Chapter 488 Establishing a War Zone
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No matter how the world changes, Ouyang Shuo's path must be walked step by step.
However, on October 5th, an urgent message from the Military Intelligence Department disrupted Ouyang Shuo's inspection plan. He had to end his inspection tour of Zhaoqing County early and hurried back to Wulong City.
Just as Chen Sheng and Huang Chao were jumping up and down, Hong Xiuquan, who had been holding back all this time, finally made a move. As soon as this heavenly king made a move, Shanhai City was in trouble.
On October 2nd, the second day after Chen Sheng founded the country, Hong Xiuquan and Chi You secretly reached a tacit agreement. The representatives of the two sides signed a peace agreement at the border of Wuzhou County. The two aboriginal forces will not invade each other and live in peace.
One headed west, one headed east.
As soon as the agreement was signed, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom East Route Army stationed on the border of Wuzhou County all withdrew. Even the Eastern Daying Camp was completely abolished.
At the same time, the troops stationed on the western border of Chiyou City also withdrew.
No one knows how the two sides communicated, and they were able to trust each other to such an extent. It is unheard of to say that they are not defending each other anymore.
The entire peace talks were carried out in great secrecy, and the participants were high-level officials from both sides. Otherwise, the two major intelligence agencies, the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard, would not have reached the peace talks without hearing any news.
The disarming of both sides is only the first step of the whole operation.
The Eastern Route Army withdrawn from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom merged with the Southern Route Army, and the troops pointed directly at Mulan Fortress. The two armies, with a total strength of 150,000, marched into the Mulan Fortress with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai.
It seems that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is determined to take down Mulan Fortress.
I don't know what place in Lianzhou County is worthy of Hong Xiuquan's fanfare.
When the Military Affairs Department got the news, it immediately ordered the City Guard Division to go north and immediately stationed in Mulan Fortress. Assist the third division of the Longxiang Army stationed in the fortress, that is, the evil division, to resist the powerful enemy.
As a result, the entire Shanhai City is an empty city, without a single soldier stationed there.
Du Ruhui immediately ordered that the city defense forces of all prefectures and counties in Lianzhou County enter the first level of alert and be on standby at any time. Fortunately, the first formation of the Beihai Gulf Fleet has successfully returned to Beihai City.
The gate of Lianzhou is safe for the time being.
The First Division of the Huben Legion stationed in Qiongzhou County is also urgently transferred to Yashan City. Once the situation changes, the Fanli Flower Division will be the main force to reinforce Shanhai City.
In addition to attacking the Mulan Fortress, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also merged the West Route Army and the North Route Army to form a new West Route Army with a total strength of 200,000 troops.
Kunming County is the county with the largest area in Yunnan Province, occupying one-third of the province's territory, and it is also the sphere of influence of Lingxi City.
After a period of expansion, Lingxi City has occupied more than half of the territory of Kunming County. It's just that Kunming County occupies too much land, and it will take time for Lingxi City to control the entire county.
But before Bai Hua could go any further, such an accident happened.
Against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Lingxi City is not defenseless. The problem is that the three counties occupied by the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, in addition to expanding westward, if they go north, the Northern Sichuan Province and the Southern Shonen Province are good places to go.
Unexpectedly, Hong Xiuquan didn't know why his brain was cramping, so he changed his previous strategy of attacking from all directions, and instead concentrated his forces to attack Kunming County with all his strength.
In this way, the situation of Lingxi City is not good.
The location of Lingxi City happened to be close to the junction of Yunnan Province and Southern Sichuan Province. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent troops to Yunnan Province, Lingxi City was the first to bear the brunt.
According to the news, the entire Consonance City has issued a first-level war mobilization.
The 50,000 army led by Zhang Liao was rushing to the border to set up the first defensive chain at the border. The total strength of the entire Lingxi City is only five divisions, about 70,000 troops.
This time, Bai Hua fought with all her might.
It doesn't work if you don't try your best. Once the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom invades, the old nest will be lost.
What makes Bai Hua helpless is that the entire Kunming County, which has not yet been occupied by Lingxi City, has chosen to sit on the sidelines this time very unanimously, and has no intention of joining the coalition forces at all.
Perhaps, in the minds of these lords, rather than being slowly eaten away by Lingxi City, it would be better to watch Lingxi City be destroyed. As for how to deal with it in the future, we will talk about it later.
In other words, Consonance City cannot recruit reinforcements for the time being.
Suddenly, Lingxi City was in a hurry.
Consonance City is a very important node in Ouyang Shuo's big map, and it must not be lost.
At this moment, only Shanhai City may be able to increase troops to Lingxi City. [Shanhai League] The other allies are also caught in the chaos of war and cannot get out.
This battle in China finally pushed [Shanhai League] to the edge of the cliff.
As for how to increase the troops, Ouyang Shuo had to make unified arrangements.
Not for anything else, just because of actions, not just the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
After withdrawing troops from the western border, Chi You mobilized an army of 100,000 barbarians and began to gather at the eastern border. The troops were directed at Zhaoqing County, which had just been pacified.
After a year of silence, Chi You's appetite could no longer be satisfied by a single county. The Great Demon God finally bared his fangs to the wilderness.
Bearing the brunt is Shanhai City again.
At the same time, the newly established [Lingnan City-State] is also sharpening its sword. Ruan Ping announced in a high-profile manner that [Lingnan City-State] will form a planned 100,000 allied army in the shortest possible time and deploy it on the border of Zhaoqing County. If the situation permits, the possibility of attacking Zhaoqing County cannot be ruled out.
In addition, to the north of Zhaoqing County, the [Caiyun League] in the southern province of Shonan, after several days of urgent consultations, finally reached an agreement to form the second city-state in China - [Shonan City-state].
【Shunan City-State】As soon as it was established, Caiyunzhinan announced on the forum that in order to maintain the safety of the Hunan Province, the city-state will consider giving priority to stationing troops on the southern border.
For a moment, Shanhai City was surrounded by powerful enemies.
It was against such a background that Ouyang Shuo rushed back to Wulong City in a hurry.
Originally, Ouyang Shuo was still hesitating whether to attack eastward or westward after the reorganization of the army was completed. Unexpectedly, the enemy helped him make the choice.
Now, Shanhai City is under attack from three sides.
How to solve this situation requires a good plan.
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October 8th, Wulong City, meeting hall.
This time, only four people participated in the temporary military meeting. Du Ruhui, chief of military affairs, Bai Qi, general Sun Bin, and Han Xin, the chief of military affairs, was sent hastily from Shanhai City.
These four people are the Dinghaishenzhen of the Shanhai City military.
Du Ruhui first briefly introduced the surrounding situation, and then reported the latest progress of the army's reorganization: "Since September 14th, the army has begun a large-scale reorganization. Twenty-five days have passed, and the entire army's reorganization , has come to an end, and the only thing lacking is some weapons and equipment, which have not been transported in place because of the long distance. The generals of the ministries can start to receive troops."
As soon as Du Ruhui finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shaken. To cope with the current crisis, an army of a certain size is the greatest guarantee.
It has to be said that Shanhai City's military expansion came too timely. At that time, if Ouyang Shuo had any doubts and cut down one or two divisions, the situation today would be much more difficult.
According to the deployment of the Military Affairs Administration, the four garrison divisions have already set off to the station one by one.
The Zhaoqing County Police Division, stationed near Tianshuang City, was the first to arrive. The Lianzhou County Garrison Division and the Second Division of the City Guard Division have also gone south, arriving at Beihai City by boat from the north of Leizhou County.
Within three days, the two major security divisions will be in place.
In this way, the safety of the base camp will be safe for the time being. The First Division of the City Guard Division led by Zhao Sihu can also be stationed at Mulan Fortress with peace of mind.
Otherwise, there is no garrison in Shanhai City, and even Ouyang Shuo would panic. In case any adventure players make any noise, they can only rely on the 2,000 servants of Shanhai City to deal with it.
Also heading south by boat was the Zhenhai City Guard Division.
The southern part of Zhaoqing County also has a coastline. Zhenhai City Guard Division will board the ship at the temporary port and go to Zhenhai City to station.
In this way, the entire trip will take less than a week.
Within five days, the Zhenhai City Guard Division will be in place. In this way, the 3,000 Divine Martial Guards will be free to reach Wulong County directly through the teleportation array.
In addition to the Shenwuwei and the Imperial Guard Division, what can be mobilized now are the three fully staffed legions.
Shanhai City was attacked from three sides. Ouyang Shuo's idea was to divide the three armies into roughly separate areas, each responsible for a defense zone, so as not to cause confusion in command.
For this reason, Ouyang Shuo introduced a new concept - war zone.
"Everyone," Ouyang Shuo looked around at the three generals below, and said in a deep voice, "In order to deal with the crisis at hand, and also to set a model for the defense zone of the army in the future. This Marquis decided to set up the first official war zone in Shanhai City. The so-called theater is the only supreme command organization in this strategic direction. The theater has set up a theater command and a theater commander, and the theater commander has the right to mobilize all combat troops within the jurisdiction.”
As soon as Ouyang Shuo finished speaking, Bai Qi and the others all stared.
Undoubtedly, compared with a pure general like the head of the legion, the commander of the theater has greater decision-making power, and if he assumes part of the responsibilities of the Military Affairs Department.
Ouyang Shuo set up the war zone because he also considered that with the expansion of the territory, the expansion of the army size, and the complex and changeable external environment, the Military Affairs Department could no longer cover everything.
For this reason, in order to maintain the flexibility and mobility of the front-line troops, the entire command system will not be stiff due to the long distance, and it will not be able to flexibly respond to the front-line battle situation.
Setting up a war zone is the best choice.
Except for major decisions, the theater command is equivalent to half of the military affairs department.