After a debate, the Annan players finally decided to send another 200,000 troops to the south.
According to the intelligence from Haifang City, the Great Xia army had only landed in Da Nang City and Lu Ping City and had not assembled troops in other coastal cities.
The three Great Xia field legions that landed in Lu Ping City were only active in the northern border for the time being. Their purpose seemed to be to clear out a strategic buffer zone for the follow-up troops to establish a stronghold.
Apart from that, there was nothing unusual.
If it weren't for the fact that the 500,000 southern punitive army was trapped, the Hanoi players would have organized a northern punitive army to wipe out the Great Xia army and defend their territory.
According to the intelligence from the spies in Haifang City, the entire Great Xia field legion stationed in Da Nang City was stationed in the city and showed no signs of going out.
Even if there were, it was only a small unit.
As for the Great Xia imperial cavalry that had already headed south, according to the intelligence reported by the southern cities, two or three cities were attacked by the army within a day.
Obviously, this cavalry had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the south and couldn't appear in Mt. Hai Yun.
With such an analysis, the Annan players finally settled down. The probability of the reinforcements being ambushed was almost zero unless the Great Xia army knew some sorcery.
That was obviously impossible.
Once the 200,000 troops went south and rescued the trapped southern punitive army, they could also take advantage of the situation to recapture Da Nang City in one fell swoop and then drive the Great Xia imperial cavalry out of the southern border.
The two strategic goals that were previously set were possible to achieve.
After thinking it through, the Annan players no longer hesitated. Saving people was like fighting a fire. On the same day, they selected 200,000 warriors to form the second southern punitive army and quickly rushed to Mt. Hai Yun.
The war in Annan seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog.
The huge number of players determined that even if Annan suffered setbacks in this war, they would still be able to handle it with ease and could calmly dispatch troops to reverse the unfavorable situation.
It was still the same sentence: "In the face of absolute numbers, all conspiracies and tricks are fleeting."
Annan was far from falling!
When the mighty army left the city, millions of players spontaneously came to see them off. Although there was no real death in the game, the price of the destruction of the country was still huge, so the scene was very touching.
It was unknown whether they would get what they wanted this time.
A few days ago, the [Yan Huang Alliance] army had already arrived at the West Chu border and the two sides were on the verge of war.
The Tyrant Xiang Yu was still as domineering as ever, and declared, "This time, the [Yan Huang Alliance] army will not be able to return, and will be humiliated!"
Di Chen and the others silently mobilized the army. They were like a pack of wolves, pincer attacking West Chu from the north and south. There was also the threat of the sea from the east and their mortal enemy the Great Han Empire from the west.
West Chu once again fell into a "besieged" situation.
At the same time, in order to prevent Great Xia from intervening in this war, the Handan Fleet, Blood Red City Fleet, and Zhoushan Fleet worked together to completely seal off the Yellow Sea, cutting off Great Xia's sea rescue route.
Although the coastal fleet of Great Xia was also in the Yellow Sea, they were unable to break through the blockade of the three fleets of the [Yan Huang Alliance] and could only "watch from the sidelines".
This time the Great Xia seemed to be at their wits' end. Not to mention sending reinforcements to West Chu, they couldn't even see Xiang Yu's face. This was because the two powers were not official allies, so they did not open the transmission array to each other.
…
Shanhai City, Xia Palace.
Almost at the same time when Annan sent out the second expeditionary army, the Xia Kingdom's Honglu Temple sent a secret envoy back to Shanhai City with two letters of credence.
Ouyang Shuo carefully read the credence, especially the one from the Tang Dynasty. He was in a good mood and smiled at Zhang Liang, "Why are you so sure that Tang Taizong will agree to our request?"
Zhang Liang replied, "Tang Dynasty has many famous generals. They don't lack Li Jing. What they lack is a territory for these generals to use. Tang Dynasty did not suffer a loss in this deal. With Tang Taizong's ambition, it is normal for him to agree. "
"That's true. Emperor Wu of Han occupied the vast Zhongyuan Province. I'm afraid that it was a big blow to those two. Without a vast enough territory, what's the use of having a bunch of civil and military officials? "
As Emperor Xia, Ouyang Shuo could more or less understand the thoughts of those two lords.
Cooperation was nothing more than looking at the other party's biggest needs and guiding them appropriately. While satisfying the other party's needs, one could naturally achieve one's own goal, even if the other party found the request difficult to accept.
Ouyang Shuo put down the credence and said with a smile, "Since the cooperation has been decided, it's time for us to fulfill our promise." As he spoke, Ouyang Shuo unconsciously looked at the southwest land.
He did not know what kind of drama would unfold there.
Gaia Fifth Year, April 12th, Annan, Haiyun Mountain.
At around ten o 'clock in the morning, Annan's second expeditionary army arrived at Haiyun Mountain. Along the way, the army did not encounter a single Great Xia soldier. Everyone secretly heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that their judgment before they set off was correct.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw the mountain path blocked by three-hundred-meter-tall gravel. Everyone subconsciously gasped. "This, this is really …"
They could not find a suitable word to describe it at the moment.
"Everyone, don't just stand there. Let's hurry up and get to work. I reckon that some people inside have already fainted from hunger!"
Four days had passed. The players who were trapped in the mountain path not only fainted from hunger, but they were also already in chaos. In order to snatch a piece of dry food, former friends did not hesitate to use weapons and fight with each other.
Human nature was already distorted.
Everyone did not even dare to sleep alone at night, for fear that they would be slaughtered in their sleep because of a piece of dry food.
Without a choice, the various guilds could only band together.
Between life and death, only the fittest survived.
Fights and killings were taking place on the mountain path at all times, all for the sake of two bags of steamed buns. It was truly ironic. In the face of death, everything else was just fleeting clouds.
Only by surviving could one talk about human nature.
…
Since they had arrived safely, there was nothing more to say. Let's get to work!
Although everyone brought all kinds of tools, there were no excavators or other mechanical equipment in the game. It was not an easy task to clear this pile of gravel.
For a moment, the foot of the mountain became a bustling construction site.
The 200,000 players worked together. Some were responsible for smashing the large stones, while others formed a flowing artificial "conveyor belt" to transport the gravel out one by one.
Because it was blasted by explosives, the pile of gravel wasn't stable. If they were careless and moved the stones below, it could cause the stones above to collapse and cause an accident.
The entire process was extremely difficult.
However, no matter how tiring it was, in the face of the survival of their country, they had no complaints. They could only turn this pain into hatred for the Great Xia Dynasty, hoping to take revenge on the battlefield.
Human nature was so complicated. Sometimes, it was so selfish that it was shameful. Sometimes, it was so selfless.
It was nearing evening, but the cleaning work was not even one-fifth complete. At this rate, the players on the mountain path would probably starve to death before the cleaning was completed.
The rescue team was also helpless.
They had 200,000 people, but the number of people who could really carry out the work was extremely limited. Sometimes, they used the most primitive manual work. To be able to achieve such progress was already the result of everyone's unity.
Gritting their teeth, everyone decided to fight through the night.
The team in charge of transporting the gravel during the day withdrew to the periphery to rest and eat dinner. Replacing them was a new batch of troops. Under the illumination of the torches, they started a new work.
This spirit was really worthy of recognition.
War was cruel. You wouldn't win just because you did well, because the enemy might do better than you. When the last ray of the setting sun fell into the sky, disaster descended once again!
Suddenly, the deafening sound of horse hooves came from the periphery of the camp.
"What's going on?"
"There are cavalrymen rushing over." Someone put his ear to the ground to listen. "Based on the sound, there are no less than 50,000 cavalrymen, maybe even more. They are coming from three sides."
"Cavalrymen? Is it the Coastal Defense Army? I didn't hear that they were coming. "
The players were puzzled.
This doubt didn't last long. It only lasted for about 10 minutes.
When the cavalrymen carrying the Great Xia flag rushed toward the unprepared southern punitive force like the Grim Reaper, everyone was stunned and didn't come back to their senses.
"How is this possible! How can the Great Xia cavalrymen appear here?! " Seeing the Great Xia cavalrymen attacking like a storm, the Annan players still couldn't believe their eyes.
"Could it be that the intelligence from Coastal Defense Army is wrong?"
At present, this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.
"Ruan Tianque, you killed all of us!" Someone cursed unwillingly as he was buried under the hooves of the horses.
The timing of the Great Xia cavalry's surprise attack was very accurate. It happened to be mealtime, and the tired players were eating around the periphery of the camp. In the inner circle were the second batch of players who fought overnight.
The cavalry's charge just happened to insert into the weak spot of the Annan players' camp.
Inevitably, panic began to spread.
With the help of the moonlight and the sparks of fire, the Great Xia cavalry set off a monstrous massacre at the foot of the mountain.
The cavalry that launched the surprise attack was none other than the second corps of the imperial guards led by Ma Chao. It turned out that after the battle of Da Nang ended, it seemed that Huo Qubing led the entire army south.
In fact, not long after the main force left the city and shook off the spies of Coastal Defense Army, it immediately split into two. Lu Bu, the commander of the army, led four divisions to the north secretly and hid near Mt. Haiyun.
Only the first division led by Huo Qubing really went south.
Under the command of this genius general, a single division was able to set off a monstrous massacre in the southern part of Annan. Furthermore, due to their elusive skills, they misled the southern cities.
Attacking two cities consecutively in one day seemed to be carried out at the same time, but in fact, Huo Qubing made use of the strong mobility of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry to hit the enemy.
In this way, the southern cities were convinced that the entire Great Xia imperial guards were indeed active in the south. Never in their wildest dreams would they have thought that there was only one division in the real army.
It was this misjudgment that caused a disaster to the second southern punitive expedition army.
The surprise attack by Ma Chao's army was like a heavy punch that ruthlessly hit the weak spot of the southern punitive expedition army. It caused a fatal blow to the other party and set off wave after wave of killings in the crowd.
Tonight, the sky was destined to be blood-red.
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