August 698 is a memorable month. Neither military historians nor ordinary people living in that era will forget that war-torn August. From the Battle of Pinglu Tombs to the withdrawal of troops from Tianshui, from the continuous battle of Sanjiang on the southern front to the Kaman invasion of Heshuo, the war seemed too many for the Tanghe Empire. The newspapers and media in the imperial capital seemed to be numb to the frequent words, and the people of the empire also had a quiet attitude towards war, from attention to concern to worry, and finally to indifference. In short, these wars seemed to happen outside the imperial capital. There were hundreds of thousands of imperial troops guarding inside and outside the imperial capital. Relying on fortifications that the emperor could not conquer, the gentry and people of the imperial capital seemed to be content with this kind of remoteness.

However, when the great prince Situ Tai's army of water and land marched towards Yuhang, Jiangnan at the same time, the eyes of all the people in the imperial capital were attracted to the peace of Jiangnan again. Almost everyone at home and abroad knew that the war in Jiangnan was inevitable.

On August 19, 698, on the second day after Situ Tai's Second Legion crossed the Shanjiang River and entered Yuhang in large numbers with the cooperation of a large number of ships in the naval fleet, the Kingdom of Milan announced that at the invitation of His Highness Situ Yuan, King of Chu of the Tanghe Empire, the Kingdom of Milan will send the Kingdom Second Legion (Purple Lily Legion) to the Jiangnan County of the Tanghe Empire to help His Highness the King of Chu guard Jiangnan. At the same time, more troops will be sent to the station depending on the situation.

On August 21, 698, the mainland Gregorian calendar, Situ Biao, the Hunan King of Tanghe Empire, suddenly announced to the news media in the Wuhu area that it could not tolerate foreign forces entering the empire. It was unacceptable for the Milanese people to enter Jiangnan. At the same time, three divisions were sent from Wen Ning to Jinhua. Situ Yuan was fully responding to the invasion of his eldest brother's Second Legion. He never expected that his sixth brother would suddenly stab him in the waist. In addition to expressing his anger, he had no time to take care of it.

On August 22, Cheng Dayou, deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region of the Empire and guarding the Jiujiang Prefecture City, expressed that Jiujiang and Huzhou were in harmony and were in line with each other. He did not want to see Huzhou facing the spread of war. Huzhou was an inseparable part of the central government of the Empire. He sent three main divisions of the Thirteenth Army under his control to Huzhou, and won the support of King Situ Yuan, the King of Chu who was retreating steadily under the offensive of Situ Tai's army, and agreed that Cheng Dayou would temporarily take over all military and political affairs in Huzhou.

On August 25, the 13th Army under Cheng Dayou's command, the 13th Army, and the 5th Division of the 13th Army, entered Huzhou Prefecture City, and took over and immediately reorganized the Huzhou Prefecture Division. A large number of confidants and Jiujiang Reserve soldiers directly enriched the Huzhou Prefecture Division. On the same day, the Central Committee of the Empire also agreed that Cheng Dayou would temporarily take over Huzhou City. With the support of the Central Committee of the Empire, Cheng Dayou's smooth means immediately attracted the gentry and merchants in Huzhou Prefecture. The gentry and merchants in Huzhou Prefecture have always been quite fond of the performance of the western neighbor's rule in Jiujiang Prefecture. The two sides hit it off. The Huzhou Chamber of Commerce even offered to offer an emergency loan of two million gold coins to the new owner.

The Battle of Beiheshuo seemed to be nothing remarkable. Even though Nick wanted to show the military power of the Kaman people in the Heishan and Longquan Mansions, he was still not satisfied. In addition to the Taiping Army showing a little about their strength when conquering Longquan Mansions, they could barely call the army, the Taiping Army, including the Heishan Mansions, retreated without exception, not only retreated, but also fell into a thousand miles. From the front of hundreds of miles west to east, the unprepared Taiping Army had completely transformed into bandits who only knew how to loot and extort gentry and merchants. Faced with the murderous intent of the Kaman soldiers who were eager to vent their cowardly in the Battle of Pinglu, they completely lost their fighting spirit. They were about to collapse and could not form an army. This is the simplest and most direct description of the Taiping Army in the entire Beiheshuo Battle.

Standing at the towering Longquan Mansion, Nick looked at the east with his hands wrapped around his face expressionlessly. The entire Longquan Mansion had crawled at his feet. The Black Mountain Mansion had been completely occupied two days ago, but Nick's heart was always heavy and could not be happy. A touch of sorrow quietly climbed up his forehead.

The young general standing behind Nick's side, wearing golden armor, also noticed the coach's unhappiness. It took less than a week for the entire Beiheshuo Mansion to be included in such a brilliant battle. Although the opponent is the Taiping Army with weak combat power, it should be said that it is worthy of glory to be able to solve it so cleanly and neatly, but the coach's expression still seems to be unhappy.

"Ship Ni, what do you think you are worried about? Is it Li Wufeng in the west or Tanghe people in the east that makes you so upset? I'm just frank, I can't see that either of them can threaten us." In the entire Kaman army, there was only one person who dared not use the official names of the Grand Marshal or the Grand Master to call Nick and Miley. He used a strange title, attached the first letter of the two names with an official title, and obtained a strange name.

"Claudia, don't underestimate Li Wufeng. Although we captured Pinglu City and obtained a strategic support point, the combat effectiveness of Li Wufeng's army has been fully exposed in this battle, which also made me Nick really open my eyes. It turned out that Miley always told me not to underestimate Li Wufeng. I still don't believe it, but this time I really saw it. It was more than 70,000 yuan, which is something I, Nick, had never encountered in my life. In the past, we underestimated the Tanghe people. It turned out that we all thought that except for the First and Second Legion, our Kaman army was invincible in the East Continent."

After pausing, a look of contemplation appeared on Nick's thin face, "I didn't expect that Li Wufeng could build an army that was not inferior to the First and Second Corps with Situ Tai in just a few years. It's really not easy. I really can't figure out what kind of person this guy is. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the army is not determined by the number of people and the quality of weapons and equipment. What determines the combat effectiveness of the army is experience and training, plus a group of excellent officers and an excellent commander. It is easy to do this, but I don't know how much effort it takes to do it in the middle. You and I know this."

Being able to be the commander of the Royal Guards is the first in the Kaman army except for the two marshals Nick and Miley. Claudia's knowledge will naturally not be bad. After thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Ni, Li Wufeng's army is not born so powerful, just like our army is constantly training with the Northern Baiyin barbarians. Without the Baiyin barbarians, we can't provide us with the opportunity to train troops, I think the military power of our Kamans cannot reach such a peak. The same is true for Li Wufeng's army. This guy chose Qingyang as the place to start. Although this limited his economic foundation, it also provided him with an excellent place to hone his own army."

"Qingyang and even the entire Northwest County are the four battles. The nomadic light cavalry from the Tengger grasslands are wild and fierce, as fast as the wind and fire. The Sisro Empire was tortured by a Mot, and the original Northwest County was also ravaged and desolate. If Li Wufeng wants to gain a foothold in Qingyang, he must first face the harassment of nomadic people. At that time, the Northwest Team was full of troubles. In addition to facing the nomadic barbarians, Li Wufeng also had to deal with the bandits inside, especially the Guide bandits.

At that time, under the command of Fielding of Taixuan Mansion, the entire northwest was quite rampant. At the same time, the Sithro people were also eyeing Yinchuan Mansion in the north. Under such circumstances, Li Wufeng was able to survive because of the army trained through bloody battles. In addition, this guy cleverly conquered Gao Yue people and used the natural brute force of those guys to form an extremely powerful heavy infantry. In this way, Li Wufeng could truly become a character on this land."

"In the past few years Li Wufeng's establishment in the northwest, Luo Bei people, Mots, Luzons, Sisro people, Taiping scholars, and we all caused him a lot of trouble, but at the same time provided him with countless opportunities for training. Li Wufeng's army grew up in such an environment. In contrast, although our army has a history of hundreds of years, it mainly faces the Tanghe people and the Baiyin barbarians, but they rarely have contact with the nomadic barbarians and lack experience in dealing with the light cavalry that came and went like the wind, so they suffered losses in the fight with the nomadic light cavalry."

"Many people think that the Baiyin barbarians have always been our biggest concern. How good would it be if they were not the Baiyin barbarians? But I think in a certain aspect, the Baiyin barbarians have at least made some contributions and help us. Most of our troops have gone through wars with the Baiyin barbarians. This is actually the best training ground. Without the Baiyin barbarians as a training camp, we have to push the army directly to the battlefield facing the Tanghe people. Every time it will be a large-scale battle, so our losses may be far more than the current situation. Ni Shuai, what do you think?"
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