Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 237 Fangs
At the end of July, the main force of the Central Army led by Lan Yu arrived in Austin in the eastern part of Luoshan Province. Xue Wuman, the deputy commander of the cavalry corps who had been on tenterhooks, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period of time, the rebel army from Nanchuan Province appeared and disappeared, constantly attacking military depots, villages and transport teams, causing Xue Wuman a headache, so he could only shrink his defense again and again to avoid being attacked by the Nanchuan army.

Near Austin is the Linchuan Army of the Nanchuan Army. They resolutely implement the harassment tactics specified by Lin Chuan. They are like wild wolves in the wilderness, wandering around, and whenever they find a weakness in the defense of the Dynasty Army, they will pounce on them and bite them hard. .

Along the three hundred miles around Austin, there were originally provincial garrison banners stationed, but in the face of the continuous destruction and harassment of the Linchuan Army, they have now shrunk their defenses to within a hundred miles around Austin.

Even so, Xue Wuman's troops still often encountered attacks from the rebels. Now the troops of the Thousand-man Corps do not dare to leave the camp at all. Once they do, they will never come back. Their bodies were found in a remote corner.

Xue Wuman sent cavalry troops to pursue these rebel troops who were constantly attacking, but there were countless forests and lakes around Luoshan Province, and often when they were about to catch up, these annoying rebels would sneak into the dense forest , Let them these cavalry troops itch their teeth and feel helpless.

Originally, Xue Wuman was going to deploy the provincial garrison troops to carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the rebels, but these provincial garrison troops were too weak, and they would turn around and run away in fright when they saw the black flag of the Nanchuan Army. Man finally gave up this strategy. He was really not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs.

Xue Wuman believed that if these more than 20 provincial garrison troops were gathered together to encircle and suppress, the rebels would definitely not be their opponents. However, these provincial garrison troops were unbearable, and in the end he could only wait for the arrival of the blue jade army.

Compared with the vulnerable garrison troops of the province, the Central Army troops under Sapphire's command are very elite. The morale of the army soldiers was high, and they dared to fight head-on with the rebels.

Perhaps due to the strong deterrence of the Central Army, since Sapphire led the 30 Central Army to Austin, they have been lingering like flies before, and the annoying rebels seem to have disappeared out of thin air. Disappeared in the field of vision of the dynasty army.

"Is there still no news of the rebels?" Lan Yu frowned and asked the cavalry general Xue Wuman.

Xue Wuman shook his head: "I have expanded the search range to three hundred miles, but I haven't found anything."

Xue Wuman was very depressed, especially depressed. Before Sapphire came, the camps he set up in various places were attacked, and he was very troubled, but with Sapphire's arrival, everything suddenly became calm again, as if There has never been a rebel like that.

Chief of Staff Wu Changfeng interjected: "Master Marshal, we can't wait any longer. We are under great logistical pressure. The military rations are only in reserve for two months. If the war is not over within two months..." Wu Changfeng doesn't need to say the rest However, Sapphire also knew that what awaited him would be a difficult situation.

At that time, the initiative will no longer be in my hands, and even if I want to continue to attack, I will be powerless.

Lan Yu gritted her teeth and said, "Order the troops to start marching towards Nanchuan Province tomorrow. I don't believe they don't even want their lair."

Lan Yu wanted to directly attack Nanchuan Province to force these rebels who were hiding in the dark to come out and fight him decisively.

In fact, as Lan Yu expected, when the huge conquest force left Austin and moved towards Nanchuan Province along the provincial highway, Lin Chuan, who was hidden in the forest around Austin, was caught in a dilemma. situation.

Originally, Lin Chuan wanted to use these harassment tactics to delay Lan Yu's conquest troops, so that the war would continue to break out in Luoshan Province, but Lan Yu's strong men broke their wrists and directly attacked Nanchuan Province, which caught Lin Chuan off guard.

"What did Xia Ge say?" Lan Yu advanced to Nanchuan Province, and Lin Chuan sent a liaison officer to Xia Ge's army to ask for Xia Ge's advice.

Now in Luoshan Province, apart from the Linchuan Army, Xia Ge's troops are also active in the southern part of Luoshan Province, waiting for opportunities.

The liaison officer replied: "The commander of Xia Ge's army decided to launch an offensive battle in the Changchuan River Valley to firmly attract the main force of the dynasty to the territory of Luoshan Province."

Lin Chuan frowned and said: "Now there are more than 60 dynasty troops gathered in Luoshan. It is no joke to be surrounded once."

Liaison officer: "The leader of the Xia Ge army said that with the leader of the army, you can guarantee that his army will not fall into danger."

Lin Chuan smiled, touched his chin and laughed at himself: "This kid really thinks highly of me, Lin Chuan, well, go down."

Xia Ge's trust in Lin Chuan comes from familiarity. The two have been in the same banner group since the Gyeonggi Province raised troops. At that time, the leader of the banner group was Leoman, and both of them were the sharpest knives under Leoman's hands.

During the first battle against the Dynasty army, Xia Ge captured the Dynasty army flag, and Lin Chuan beheaded the enemy general. Since then, the two sides have become good brothers who talk about everything, although now each has become a commander of one hundred thousand soldiers. However, this brotherhood has not become unfamiliar due to the change of official position.

In August [-], a major turning point took place in the battle in Luoshan Province. In the Changchuan Valley area of ​​Luoshan, the Nanchuan Army's Xia Ge Legion took the initiative to confront the Dynasty's army for the first time, and began a head-on confrontation. The prelude to a year-long war began.

Later generations commented that it was precisely because of this seemingly simple battle to encircle and suppress the rebels that the Far Eastern Dynasty's crumbling carriage was completely dragged into the swamp, and finally fell apart.

The Changchuan River Valley is located in the northeast area of ​​Austin. The provincial garrison of the three banner regiments received the order of Marshal Sapphire to advance eastward.

These three flag groups are from Heihe Province, Dandong Province and Storm Province. Because they were afraid of being attacked by rebels who appeared and disappeared, the three flag groups from neighboring provinces gathered together a week ago. Report to the group to keep warm.

According to the order of Marshal Lanyu, they set off to attack the eastern region. Although they said they were attacking and advancing, the rebels who had been harassing everywhere in the past few days had not shown up for several days. All in all, let's march together and be safer.

On the north side of the three flag regiments are the defense flag regiments of the other five provinces, and a hundred miles to the south is the central army group led by Lan Yu, so for this mission, the leaders of the three flag regiments did not How difficult it is.

Now the troops of the Dynasty Army are not far away. If there is an attack, the rest of the troops can provide immediate support. Moreover, they are all operating together with several banner regiments. The Nanchuan Army does not have that much appetite to eat them. It might even break your teeth.

But they underestimated the appetite of the Nanchuan army. After Xia Ge's army and Lin Chuan passed a letter, they decided to eat up the three provinces' garrison banners in the Changchuan valley area in one go, so as to attract the attention of the enemy.

(End of this chapter)