On the first day of June, the 700,000 strong army of the Peacock Dynasty assembled at the border of the Great Xia's River Tao Province. Accompanying them were more than 100,000 combat professional players.
At the same time, the Gudo Dynasty, under the escort of a fleet, was expected to land on the southern coast of the River Tao Province or the southwestern coast of the Hanoi Province.
The Gudo Dynasty's plan was that if they could restrain the Heluo Army of the Great Xia, it would create an opportunity for the Kingdom of Java to attack. In this way, they could also share the pressure on the Peacock Dynasty on the battlefield.
Killing two birds with one stone.
The Great Xia's response was somewhat 'shabby'.
The Southern Frontier Army and the Heluo Army guarded the islands against the Kingdom of Java. The Hanoi Army was responsible for guarding the monster nests in the River Tao Province and the River Tao Province and could not participate in the battle.
The imperial guards set up defenses along the coast, making full use of the cavalry's mobility advantage, and were ready to meet the Gudo Dynasty's army at any time.
The Dragon Stallion Army was deployed at the border of the River Tao Province to meet the Peacock Dynasty's army. The final count of adventurers in the River Tao Province was less than 50,000.
Basically, the Great Xia army was fighting one against two, which was very worrying.
The city guards had prepared a corps as a reserve, ready to reinforce the front line at any time. In addition, the Leopard Army, Stalwart Tiger Army, and Soaring Eagle Army were not prepared to be mobilized.
The previous battle had exhausted the resources of the Piao Kingdom, which was now the River Tao Province. The war resources stored in the Hanoi Province were also stretched thin and could not support the consumption of a million troops.
Ouyang Shuo had steeled his heart and was not prepared to go all out.
Ever since the sixth update, the army was no longer made of iron. Not only did they have to make up for the casualties, but they also needed time to rest and recuperate.
Mobilizing the Dragon Stallion Army and the imperial guards was already a last resort.
Under such circumstances, the Great Xia army was destined to defend instead of attack. It was just that it was not an easy task to guard it well. First of all, in the River Tao Province, in the previous battle, the border fortifications were almost completely destroyed, and it was impossible to build a new line of defense in a short period of time.
As such, Bai Qi could only rely on the five border cities to build a city defense chain. If the Peacock Dynasty was not greedy, the surrounding villages were bound to suffer.
The imperial guards were also not easy to defend.
Huo Qubing stationed his infantry at a few cities along the coast that had ports. The rest of the cavalry was spread out and prepared to move when the opportunity arose. They would make further arrangements after the Gudod Dynasty's army disembarked.
At the same time, in order to reduce the defensive pressure on the imperial guards, the Indian Ocean Fleet's Second Formation and Fifth Formation strengthened their patrols in the surrounding waters.
Although they were unable to face the Gudo Dynasty's naval fleet head-on, they could still greatly reduce the Gudo Dynasty's landing area and reduce the defensive pressure of the Imperial Guards.
Otherwise, the Imperial Guards wouldn't be able to keep up with the vast coastline.
The first formation of the Indian Ocean Fleet stationed at the headquarters in Los Leones and the fourth formation stationed in Auckland were responsible for sealing off the waters around Java.
The Indian Ocean Fleet was also very busy.
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June 2nd, Pang Bin City.
Pang Bin was a small border city in the west of the Hetao Province. The border was a hundred kilometers west of the city. Because Pang Bin City was in the middle of the border, Bai Qi chose it as a temporary headquarters.
The thirty-five Dragon Stallion Armies used these five small border cities as hubs to coordinate with each other.
Just the day before, the scouts of both sides had already exchanged more than a hundred blows at the border. Some daring adventurers were unwilling to be left out and were active in the forest at the border.
The killing had already begun the moment the national war began.
The sixth system update had an effect on the national war. The buffs brought by the country's Honor Points and the strengthening buffs from the Nation Weapons had all been removed.
This was clearly very unfair to the Hua Xia region.
For this reason, Gaia had offered a compensation plan. It was to allow Ouyang Shuo to summon an additional 100,000 Imperial Guards in addition to the usual 5% of the Royal City Imperial Guards during the national war.
After the system update, the Royal City Imperial Guards had been reduced by half. In addition to the destruction of Dali, the ratio of 5 to 5 meant that he could only summon 220,000 Royal City Imperial Guards.
Because the Indian Region only had one Royal City, the Imperial Guards were not damaged. As the leader of the national war in the Indian Region, the Peacock King could summon 250,000 Imperial Guards.
Of course, with the addition of 100,000 people, the situation was different. In addition, the Hua Xia NPC Dynasty had a long history, so the quality of the Imperial Guards was also higher than that of the Indian Region.
Great Qin's army of tigers and wolves, the Great Han Iron Cavalry. Which one of them wasn't a world-class army?
This time, Ouyang Shuo was going to make an example out of the Great Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of Han was entrenched in the Central Plains. When he sent an envoy to the royal court last year, he didn't mention anything about offering the Nine Province Cauldrons. This made Ouyang Shuo very angry. If there was a chance, he would naturally teach the Great Han Dynasty a lesson.
Ever since Ouyang Shuo started the Nine Province Cauldrons mission, he had only received the Nine Province Cauldrons from Dali, Quanzhou, Xiangyang, and Jianye. There was no movement from the other five Royal City.
This time, he was teaching the Great Han Dynasty a lesson so that he could complete the Nine Province Cauldrons mission as soon as possible. This would remove the final obstacle for the Great Xia Dynasty to become the world's first dynasty.
As for the Shu Han Imperial Guards and the Great Sui Dynasty, he could think of other ways to weaken them. The Shu Han Imperial Guards' 500,000 Imperial Guards had already been reduced by 100,000 by Ouyang Shuo. There were only 400,000 of them left.
With the strength of the northwest war zone, even if it was a frontal attack, they would be able to get rid of the Shu Han Imperial Guards. There was no need to waste this precious summoning opportunity.
As for the Great Sui Dynasty, they basically had no ambition.
If Ouyang Shuo mobilized 320,000 Imperial Guards in one go, they would only be left with 180,000 Imperial Guards. How would they fight the Great Xia Dynasty?!
Before the start of the Kingdom War, the Great Han Dynasty had already secretly formulated a military plan to attack the Great Han Dynasty. Once the Kingdom War ended, the Great Xia Dynasty would officially declare war on the Great Han Dynasty.
The one in charge of this war was the newly established southeast war zone.
The only difficulty was that the Great Han Dynasty didn't border the Great Xia Dynasty but the Great Zhou Dynasty. The true test for the southeast war zone was how to quickly take down the Great Han Dynasty without letting the Great Zhou Dynasty reap the benefits.
Back to the main topic.
Pang Bin City, City Governor's Estate.
Bai Qi was holding a military meeting to give his final instructions for the war. What was strange was that Bai Qi didn't summon the Commanders to Pang Bin City for a meeting. Instead, he held a video conference through a communication compass.
Each of the five armies was responsible for guarding one of the five border cities.
If the Commanders went to Pang Bin City for a meeting, not only would it be unsafe, it would also be inefficient. With the communication compass, things became much simpler.
Gaia's introduction of this communication device made Bai Qi and the other historical generals very uncomfortable at the start. It was as if their military deployment had suddenly become completely secret.
Many tactics that had been proven to be effective suddenly became useless. If they didn't make any changes, they could get into trouble on the battlefield at any time and give the enemy an opportunity to attack.
Because of this, the Great Xia Army was a laughing stock.
For example, during the war with the Piao Kingdom, the Hanoi Army was responsible for advancing into the north of the Piao Kingdom, sweeping the periphery of the royal city, and cutting off the supplies of the royal city. The First Legion of the Hanoi Army was led by Pei Xingjian as the vanguard of the army.
In the end, Pei Xingjian was careless and forgot about the existence of the communication compass. He wanted to use the usual surprise attack tactics of the Great Xia Cavalry, but he didn't know that their whereabouts had long been discovered by the Piao Kingdom players.
The consequences were naturally imaginable.
The originally anticipated surprise attack suddenly turned into a farce of being ambushed by the enemy. If it wasn't for the tenacity of the Hanoi Army and the timely arrival of reinforcements, they would probably have suffered a great loss.
Even so, they still lost more than ten thousand elites.
This battle was used as a negative example and was disseminated to the entire army. It made the Great Xia generals deeply understand the deep impact of the communication compass on the war.
The so-called surprise attack would be very difficult to achieve in a war filled with players. This was especially so in a non-local situation, where the battlefield was filled with the eyes of the enemy, and there was nowhere to hide for large-scale military operations.
Of course, the ultimate goal of Gaia's introduction of the communication compass was to benefit the people. After the historical generals familiarized themselves with the device, they realized that it was more useful than thousands of troops and horses.
If used well, the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages.
Just like the current video conference, the five generals, Zhao Bonu, Lai Hu 'er, Zhang Liao, Luo Shixin, and Xiao Chaogui, were already used to it.
Although the five legions were scattered in five cities, they could constantly maintain contact with the command center. They received orders from the command center almost at the same time and reported their respective situations.
To a commander, this was a dream come true.
As a God General, Bai Qi was naturally the first to understand the essence of the communication compass and put it to good use. Not only could he command the battlefield in Hetao, but he could also control the Hanoi Army, Nanjiang Army, and Heluo Army. He didn't need to leave Pang Bin City to command the entire southwest war zone.
This was something unimaginable in the past.
"The Kingdom War will only last for a month. As the attacking party, the enemy will definitely be impatient. As long as we remain patient, we will definitely be able to find an opportunity to launch a counterattack."
After Bai Qi finished speaking, he instructed, "But before His Majesty arrives at the frontlines, all the divisions have to defend the cities to the death. No matter how the enemy provokes you, you must not leave the cities to fight. Otherwise, it will affect the overall situation. Understood?"
"Yes!"
Through the screen, the five commanders saluted in unison.
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