When an unparalleled expert appeared in a place, an expert who could unify the universe, it would not attract the attention of the four seas, but would attract the combined forces of heroes to attack together.
Just like the Qin State in the past, it fought against the six states alone.
As the Great Xia ascended to the top position in the Hua Xia region and conquered overseas, its momentum was unstoppable. Finally, it met the same fate as the Qin State.
As early as five months ago, the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, Qing, and the Zhou Dynasty, a total of six states, with the help of the Zhou Dynasty, formed an alliance in order to resist the rise of the Great Xia.
As the Great Xia took drastic measures against the Han State, it wanted to destroy the Han State as soon as the war ended, completely exposing the Great Xia's ambition to unify Hua Xia. Finally, the six states took action.
Gaia's cancellation of the summoning of the Imperial Guards gave the dynasties a reassurance.
Thus, a loose "Anti-Xia Alliance" was formed.
In order to facilitate the alliance of the six states, Di Chen put in a lot of effort and did not hesitate to offer a sky-high price.
Among the six states, the Great Qing and the Great Xia had always been at odds with each other. Di Chen did not waste much effort to rope them in. The Song and the Ming Dynasties, which were located within the borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty, were the focus of Di Chen's efforts.
In order to conquer the two states, Di Chen did not hesitate to cede the entire Jingchu Province, where Xiangyang was located, to the Great Song, and the entire Donghai Province, where Jianye was located, to the Great Ming.
The condition was that the two dynasties had to bear the heavy responsibility of defending the borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so that the Great Zhou Dynasty could take the opportunity to destroy the Great Jin when the Great Xia attacked the Han State.
It could even be said that Di Chen was prepared to continue after conquering the Great Jin and take down the Han State in one fell swoop. Of course, before conquering the Great Jin, Di Chen would not reveal any of this to his allies.
It was funny that the Han State was originally a member of the alliance of the six states. Now that its strength was damaged, it was immediately abandoned by Di Chen and became the prey of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As the saying goes, "It's easy to change mountains and rivers, but it's hard to change one's nature."
If Di Chen's plan could be realized, then the Great Zhou Dynasty would have to give up two provinces, gain two more provinces, and win two more allies. This was definitely not a bad deal.
As for the Northern Frontier Province, Di Chen "generously" promised it to the Great Qing.
Great Qin and Great Tang's participation was mostly due to their apprehension of being in the same boat. They did not have a specific deal with the Great Zhou Dynasty. They only agreed not to get involved in the war between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty.
Qin Jin's kindness instantly vanished into thin air.
In the face of national interests, the alliance was just a piece of waste paper. It did not have any binding effect.
Obviously, both Emperor Qin and Emperor Taizong of Tang did not wish for the Xia Kingdom to continue expanding in the Huaxia Region, constantly squeezing their living space and causing trouble in the future.
Fortunately, the Qin Empire and the Tang Empire still remembered Great Xia's kindness. They only promised not to send reinforcements to Great Jin, but they would never confront Great Xia head-on.
As for how to circumvent the restriction of the dynasties from taking the initiative to attack Great Xia, Di Chen had his own ways.
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On the seventh day of the seventh month, Han Xin led his troops and successfully took down two passes to the north of Luoyang. In just a week, Han Xin had broken through two checkpoints. It could be seen that Han Xin was a godly strategist.
The kinship between Han Xin and the burly man had long since vanished into thin air in history.
As one of the most magnificent cities in the world, Luoyang's defense was undeniably strong. This battle was also the first time that a lord of the Huaxia Region had seriously attacked Royal City.
If they won this battle, Han Xin would be famous throughout the world. If they lost, his reputation would be ruined.
In view of this, Han Xin did not dare to be negligent. It seemed like he was marching quickly, but in fact, he left behind strongholds along the way to ensure the safety of the grain route. When the army arrived outside the city, they also built their camp step by step.
Before the camp was repaired, Han Xin had no plans to attack the city.
The Burly Han Dynasty's response was also very rational. As early as when the Imperial Army was transferred away, Emperor Wu of Han had already realized the crisis and immediately ordered General Wei Qing to transfer all the Imperial Army scattered within the Dynasty back to Luoyang.
With a mere 200,000 Imperial Army, it was impossible to defend the vast territory of the Central Plains Province. Instead of being defeated by the enemy one by one, it was better to join forces and fight to the death. Perhaps there would be a chance to turn things around.
On the contrary, as the most magnificent city in the world, not only was Luoyang's defense stable, but it also had sufficient rations. It wouldn't be a problem to defend for more than a month.
Near the end of the war, seeing that Great Xia was preparing for war, Emperor Wu of Han ordered the commoners of Luoyang to disperse and seek refuge in the surrounding counties so that Luoyang's rations wouldn't be depleted.
Given the nature of the Great Xia army, it would be safer for the commoners to leave the city.
As such, if Great Xia couldn't attack Luoyang immediately, it wouldn't be a problem for Luoyang to last for two to three months. Anything could happen in such a long period of time.
Unfortunately, Emperor Wu of Han still underestimated Great Xia.
In the following week, the battlefield in Luoyang was calm, and the Great Xia army had no intention of attacking the city. While building their camp step by step, they collected rations from the surrounding counties.
Large amounts of rations were continuously transported to the front line, solving the army's worries.
Han Xin wasn't a pedantic person. Although he wouldn't harm the commoners, he still had to collect rations. According to Han Xin's judgment, the battle in Luoyang was bound to be prolonged, and rations were the lifeline of the entire army.
Naturally, he couldn't hand over all of this to Great Jin.
In addition to waiting for rations, Han Xin was also waiting for a batch of secret weapons to arrive at the front line. It had been a long time since the P1 cannon was introduced. The Industry Department had made new progress and developed the second generation of cannons.
Strictly speaking, the P2 cannon was bulkier than the P1 cannon. Correspondingly, the P1 cannon couldn't compare to the P2 cannon in terms of power and range. It was a weapon specially developed by the Industry Department for attacking cities.
It could be said to be an important weapon of the nation.
Back then, in order to promote the industrialization of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Industry Department of Great Xia built two munitions factories in Great Jin so that they could make use of the abundant coal and iron ore resources in Hedong Province.
Unexpectedly, these two munitions factories played a key role in the battle of Luoyang.
As early as a month ago, the two munitions factories had been producing the P2 cannon day and night. They were then hoarded for use in the battle of Luoyang.
After Great Xia fully promoted industrialization, the transportation problem of the cannons was basically solved. With a steel frame and rubber tires, the cumbersome P2 cannon could be transported across the mountains and precipitous ridges to the front line.
Han Xin was waiting for this batch of key weapons and equipment.
For a majestic city like Luoyang, it would be impossible to fill it up no matter how many people there were. They would just be throwing their lives away.
The only way was to use the cannons to forcefully destroy the city walls and fight their way into the city.
On the 15th of July, the 200 P2 cannons finally arrived at the front line.
Han Xin didn't hesitate. The next day, he led his troops out of the barracks and officially launched an attack on Luoyang. The attack method was very simple. It revolved around the P2 cannons.
The 200 cannons were pushed to the front line. Under the protection of the army, they attacked the northern city wall of Luoyang.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The cannonball drew a beautiful arc and smashed into the city wall like a meteor. As soon as it collided, there was a deafening explosion. Just a single cannonball was enough to cause stone fragments to fall from the sturdy city wall.
"Good!"
Han Xin's face lit up with joy when he saw this.
The P2 cannon was indeed a siege weapon. Even though Luoyang's city wall was dozens of meters thick, it couldn't withstand the continuous bombardment. If there was no interference, it would only take two days to destroy one side of the city wall.
"Stay alert!"
Han Xin didn't let victory get to his head. At this moment, he was most worried that the Great Han army would take the initiative to leave the city and destroy the cannons. This was also the only way for the enemy to break the siege.
With Han Xin's experience, how could he not guard against such a move?
This was indeed the case.
On top of the city wall, Wei Qing, who had been staying in the watchtower, realized that something was amiss when he saw the Great Xia army leave the barracks after a week of peace. He ordered the entire army to be on guard.
When the 200 cannons were pushed out by the enemy, Wei Qing felt even more uneasy.
The Great Han Dynasty's technological level naturally wouldn't remain at the level of the historical Han Dynasty. If that was the case, how could they be competitive?
The top of Luoyang's city wall was also densely packed with cannons, but they were all primitive versions.
What made Wei Qing uneasy was that before the enemy cannons reached the firing range of the city wall, they would stop one by one and start reloading. Obviously, the enemy's cannons had a far greater range than the Great Han's cannons.
When the cannons were fired in unison, Wei Qing's expression became even more solemn.
As a Godly General who was on par with Han Xin, Wei Qing naturally made the same judgment as Han Xin. He knew that if he didn't take immediate action to destroy the enemy cannons, Luoyang wouldn't be able to defend itself.
"Pass down my order. Get the first division of the first legion to get ready!"
As soon as they arrived, Wei Qing sent out his ace cavalry. Given the limited width of the city gate, sending out a cavalry division was already the limit. Any more and the enemy would be able to take advantage of the time it took for the cavalry to pass through the city gate.
If things went awry, the enemy might seize the opportunity to occupy the city gate before the city wall collapsed.
Wei Qing naturally wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.
However, could a cavalry division achieve Wei Qing's intentions? No one could say for sure.
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