On June 11th, a large naval battle broke out on the battlefield of Goryeo.
The warring parties were the Coastal Fleet led by Qi Jiguang and the Goryeo fleet led by Lee Sun-sin. The two sides encountered each other in the waters near Seoul.
This was the most intense and tragic naval battle in the history of the game world.
The two top fleets fought at sea for three days and three nights, suffering heavy casualties. The seawater was dyed red, and neither was willing to take the initiative to retreat. The Great Xia Coastal Fleet was going to advance into Seoul and cooperate with the land forces to besiege Seoul.
The Goryeo fleet had no reason to retreat, because behind it was Goryeo's last hope.
In the end, the Coastal Fleet relied on the magic-powered submarines to sink the main force of the Goryeo fleet, the tortoiseshell ships, in one fell swoop and obtained a decisive victory. Then, with the help of the mimicry aircraft, they completed the encirclement and annihilation of the Goryeo fleet.
In this battle, more than 40% of the warships of both fleets were sunk.
On June 13th, the famous Goryeo general Lee Sun-sin was defeated and captured, and the remnants of the Goryeo fleet surrendered to the Great Xia, signifying that Goryeo no longer had the barrier of the sea, and Seoul was completely exposed to the artillery fire of the Coastal Fleet.
At the same time, the imperial guards led by Huo Qubing had successfully taken over the southern part of Goryeo.
In all of Goryeo, only Seoul was left.
The final battle of the Battle of Goryeo was on the 14th of June, and it was also the most difficult battle. Just the 500,000 imperial guards stationed in Seoul were enough to give Li Jing a headache.
Fortunately, Li Jing was not in a hurry, and he still had time.
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In addition to the battlefield of Goryeo, the battlefield of South Palm and Chenla was equally exciting.
Bai Qi did not attack both South Palm and Chenla at the same time, but adopted the tactic of breaking them down one by one. Before the battle, Bai Qi deployed the Annan Army to the border of Chenla to focus on defense.
At the same time, the Indian Ocean Fleet, led by the evildoer Smoke and Fire, provided support at sea.
In this way, the sea and land attacked from both sides, forming a joint line of defense to stabilize Chenla and prevent it from entering the Annan Province to stir up trouble.
Bai Qi personally led the Dragon Stallion Army to attack the South Palm in the north.
The Southern Palm was a small country with less than six hundred thousand players within its borders. Of these, only seventy thousand were professional fighters. If one added the sixty thousand Imperial Guards stationed in Myriad Phenomenon City and the thirty thousand soldiers under Solangon's command, the total military strength was only one hundred and sixty thousand, not even half of the Dragon Stallion Army.
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of Chinese professional players, the army led by Bai Qi was practically invincible in the south. They moved even faster than the battlefield in Korea, reaching Wanxiang City in less than a week.
The destruction of the Southern Palm Sect was only a short distance away.
Zhen La and the Southern Palm Sect were interdependent. Logically speaking, when the Southern Palm Sect was attacked by the main forces of Great Xia and was about to be destroyed, Zhen La shouldn't just sit back and watch.
After all, Great Xia's Annan Corps only defended the east side and did not cut off the northern passage between Southern Palm and Zhen La.
However, the reality was that neither the army nor the combat professional players showed any signs of crossing the border to reinforce the Southern Palm Country. The entire country was frighteningly quiet.
This was human nature.
It wasn't that the players of Zhen La were heartless people, and it wasn't that they didn't understand the principle of being in the same boat.
To put it bluntly, this was the mentality of an ostrich.
If Zhen La sent troops to reinforce the Southern Palm Sect, it would definitely cause the defense of the country to be empty, and it was hard to guarantee that Great Xia's Annan Corps and the Indian Ocean Fleet wouldn't take advantage of the situation to invade.
If that happened, the losses would outweigh the gains.
Under the influence of worrying about personal gains and losses, the players of Zhen La only wanted to defend and protect themselves. They hoped that the Southern Palm Sect could last longer so that they could drag out this torturous month.
As it turned out, this was just wishful thinking.
Once Bai Qi led his troops to take down Wanxiang City, it would be Zhen La's turn. The players of Zhen La might have already realized this, but they were powerless to change it. This was the sorrow of the weak.
Zhen La Lord Bi Wenlie and South Palm Lord Solangon, these two 'traitors', were destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
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Japan, Honshu Island.
The battlefield of the three major battlefields was still the one in Japan.
Over the past week, the Northern Army of China had been rampaging through the northern part of Honshu Island and had fought a few tough battles. Oda Nobunaga was indeed not a mediocre person. He was meticulous in the use of troops, and his use of gunmen was superb.
In some of the battlefields, both sides had victories and defeats.
Even so, given the disparity in military strength between the two sides, even though the Japanese were fighting on their home ground, it was still futile in front of a Divine General like Han Xin.
At most times, Han Xin could command seven armies at the same time without any chaos. They cooperated well with each other, either besieging the enemy and attacking reinforcements, splitting up to attack, or attacking together. His commands were as smooth as flowing water.
After opening up a gap in the enemy's army, Han Xin did not give the Japanese any chance to counterattack. He completely suppressed them. The elegance of the Weapon Immortal was undoubtedly revealed in the battle of Japan, and it was truly admirable.
The tenacity of the Japanese remained the same.
Even under such difficult conditions, the entire northern defense line did not collapse. Although it was on the verge of collapse, it miraculously maintained itself.
Just like that, Han Xin's plan to take down the northern part of Honshu Island in a week completely failed.
At that moment, Ouyang Shuo received a secret report from the Black Snake Guards. According to the investigation, in the past week, the Japanese had secretly transferred troops from the south to the north, hoping to stabilize the northern defense line.
At the same time, Keisuke Honda finally convinced the Meiji Emperor to send out 200,000 imperial guards to the northern defense line, hoping to strengthen the defense line and maintain the situation.
In order to stabilize the defense line, Keisuke Honda did not even hesitate to use the [National War Enhancement Card] that he bought at the auction for 5 million gold coins in advance. He chose to use the 50 defense enhancement for a week.
The battle of Japan seemed to have reached a stalemate.
Han Xin received the report and asked Ouyang Shuo if they should continue to conquer the northern lands or directly attack Edo. Seeing that half of the national war was already over, they might not be able to take down Edo if this dragged on.
Ouyang Shuo replied, "Continue to sweep. The time limit is five days."
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That day, Ouyang Shuo wrote another strongly worded letter to Di Chen, ordering the southern troops to reach the vicinity of Edo within a week.
One must know that on the day Ouyang Shuo wrote the letter, the southern troops had not even completely conquered Shikoku Island.
At the end of the letter, Ouyang Shuo wrote, "As one of the leaders of the Hua Xia region, how can you be at ease with your conscience? In the future, how can Handan City have the face to stand on the land of Hua Xia? The destruction of the Japanese is an irreversible situation. No one can stop it, including those with ulterior motives. I hope that you will reconsider and not end up with a ruined reputation. "
Although the Earth was already under the federal system and there was no difference between countries, there were still conflicts between civilizations. Especially between the Eastern and Western civilizations, even within the federal system, there were endless conflicts.
Even with the tolerance of the Hua Xia civilization, they were unable to completely absorb and convert it.
And this was one of Ouyang Shuo's future missions. Therefore, from Ouyang Shuo's point of view, Handan City and the four great clans behind it did not have to become the mortal enemy of Great Xia.
Now it was up to Di Chen to choose.
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