Chapter 2998
The first thing Jiang Fan did when he landed in Yuzhou was to listen to the progress of the war.
The three major armies of Qin State were divided into three routes and advanced with overwhelming force. But they did not just go deep into the country, but conquered cities and plundered land, making their backs very stable.
As of July 19, Jiang Fan read the battle report, and the three armies had occupied a total of 28 cities in the four continents of Xia State. This was only one month after Qin State started its army. They almost conquered one city every day. This speed has never appeared in previous wars.
Is this speed strange? No, in fact, the Yangdu oath of allegiance was a ceremony. The real army had long been stockpiled in the border cities. After a command was given, Gao Qi, Wang Jian, and Meng Tian led the elite light cavalry to travel day and night and arrived at the border in just four days. Then the vanguard officer took the lead in attacking, and the army followed closely. The three armies advanced in three routes and experienced 28 days. On average, each army conquered a city in about three days.
Of course, war cannot be calculated in this way. For example, Montaigne's Liefeng Army once divided into four routes and conquered three cities at the same time.
But this is terrifying enough. You know, these three days also include marching, which means that the Qin army spent most of its time on the march, and it took almost no time to attack the city, which directly shows the strength of the Qin army. The biggest key is of course the Lishan war weapon, hot weapons, which are almost unmatched.
In southern Xia, one quarter was lost to Qin, and one quarter was lost to Dian and Chu, which together has lost nearly half.
And the move of the Xia Kingdom was very wise. Almost all the cities in southern Shanxi gave up defense and transferred the main combat forces to the most important Yuncheng. As long as this place is there, Xia Nan will not be considered dead, and as long as this place wins, the Xia Kingdom can organize forces to launch a counterattack.
Faced with this move, Gao Qi was not anxious, but became more and more steady. The three armies advanced in parallel, steadily controlling the cities one by one, so that there was no worry in the rear. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Qin army was obviously also intent on a battle with Lu Qinghou to decide the outcome. In this decisive battle, the main combat power in the southern border of Xia State was defeated in one fell swoop. After that, the major prefectures in southern Xia State would be as easy as taking something out of a bag.
Both sides were accumulating strength. The battle of Dayun determined the survival of half of the country and attracted worldwide attention.
But there were also a few pieces of news in the middle. First, Feng Chen was attacking Fucheng, a large border city of Wei State near Jin State.
Fucheng, like Handan City, was one of the two main passes from Jin State to Wei State. Therefore, Fucheng was also built very tall and solid, as can be seen from the fact that it successfully resisted the attack of Chen State for more than ten days and remained strong.
And the one who faced Chen State here was Linzi Camp, one of the four major camps of Wei State. The main general was Cao Zhang, the uncle of the King of Wei, and the vanguard general was Zhang Liao, one of the five fierce generals of Wei State. Both of them were famous generals of the time. Zhang Liao fought the unknown Snake Dragon to a draw, but the main general Cao Zhang was inferior to Wei Liao, so that the Lin Camp was always suppressed. If it weren't for the advantage of occupying the home court, I'm afraid they would have been defeated long ago.
Secondly, Dian Chu attacked the area south of Qinhuai and east of Dayan Mountain. As Xia Kingdom continued to withdraw troops to prepare for the Great Fortune, many people analyzed that the five states in the southeast of Xia Kingdom might change hands within a few months.
Thirdly, after Longmen Jiang and Huaiyang Jiang sent troops to Xia to help, the two families held a formal meeting and established an open alliance, known as the Longhuai Alliance. And part of the alliance's troops were staring at the top of the dragon head. If it weren't for the imminent war, they would probably lead a large army to retake the dragon vein ancestral land.
The fourth thing is what Jiang Fan is most concerned about in the accompanying information. The Holy Land Coalition Army was officially named the Holy Tai Coalition Army on its way to Xia State, and continued to expand along the way, recruiting people who were loyal to Taiyue, which led to many temple generals who respected the Holy Land abandoning their posts and surrendering. Many of them took their own direct troops with them, and the military force was expanding like a snowball. In Jiang Fan's view, this was basically prepared in advance.
But this is really worth being vigilant. Taiyue's accumulated connections and strength for thousands of years finally began to really show their strength.
These things have a huge impact in secret, but on the surface, although these things are very lively, they have not received much attention in the context of the Qin-Xia war.
At present, there is only one focus information that can be compared with the Qin-Xia war, that is, Taiyue will establish a new elder.
On July 27, the head of the original five elders, Changsheng Zunlao, will offer sacrifices to heaven and earth and ascend to the top of Taiyue. And on that day, the new five elders will be appointed. From the news released by Taiyue, they will be the successors of Changsheng Dazunlao and the four elders who will replace the sick man.
Changsheng was replaced as it should be, but Taiyue directly issued a decree to abolish the position of the sick husband. As for the new candidate, the holy land will announce it on the same day, and now all parties are still speculating.
Taiyue established the elders, which directly followed the enthusiasm of the Taoist sect to open the mountain gate, and even the enthusiasm was higher than that of the Taoist sect.
In addition to the participation of heavyweights in the temples of the seven countries and major forces, what shocked Jiang Fan the most was that even foreign delegations came.
First of all, the Buddhist country's Great Leiyin Temple, the only holy land of the Maurya Dynasty, sent two of the three great monks of old friends, Wuzhu and Shijue, to lead the team. The guardian was still Moda. Jiang Fan felt that their congratulations were just superficial, and their real purpose might be to continue to attack the Chinese, and it was very likely that they had some connection with Taiyue.
Then in the Western Regions, the Grand Duke Wu Tan of the Wuzi Empire sent his son Wu Ge to lead the delegation. Unexpectedly, a name was listed, the banshee Ge Salin, and her identity was actually the national teacher of the Hu Kingdom.
People from the Western Regions Golden City also came, but they did not travel with the Uzi Empire delegation. Instead, they arrived in Yuzhou in advance. The leader directly handed over power to the second son of the Golden Lion King, the Camel Lion, in Yuzhou.
Originally, the Golden City was a holy place in the Western Regions, but since it was buried, the powerful Uzi Empire gradually stopped taking it seriously, so it ignored this so-called holy place and sent an envoy alone.
The Golden Lion King is essentially a defender, equivalent to the guardian of the Huayu. When the Queen Mother of the West returned, he had no time to care about Uzi.
Even the Northern Barbarians sent people, because the high priest was in the New Moon Tribe. This time, the second priest of Shamanism, the only religion in the Northern Frontier, came. The leading guard was Bater, the son of Baturu. The barbarians came, and there was no good news. Jiang Fan directly suspected that they came to observe the civil strife of the Hua tribe.
Because it was very clear that the second priest, one of the murderers who directly killed the mother of the New Moon, was the most loyal supporter of the Great Wolf Lord of the Golden Horde. If he could not communicate with the White Wolf God, the Great Wolf Lord would definitely push him to the position of high priest. He and Bater's father Baturu were both the most determined war factions, and they always had their eyes on the Huayu.
There was also a particularly unexpected group. Hai Yusheng actually sent a message to Taiyue that the Kingdom of God would send an envoy to congratulate. There was news that a cardinal and four angels came.
What really moved Jiang Fan was that someone from the distant west, Gilgamesh's homeland, the Ellen Dynasty, actually crossed the endless territory to the west. The one who came was Enqi, the powerful man who had defeated Gilgamesh and then awakened and let him go.
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