April 25th, Shanhai City.
The Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Cobra, was reporting to Ouyang Shuo.
When Cobra took office, it happened to coincide with the unification of the Lianzhou Basin, and he took the opportunity to make a adjustment to the Military Intelligence Department.
The First Military Intelligence Team was responsible for collecting intelligence in the direction of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and Chiyou City, while the Second Military Intelligence Team was responsible for the Xun Province, where the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was located.
The Special Operations Team was in charge of the highest level of intelligence gathering in the Military Intelligence Sector. For example, the task of infiltrating Chiyou City and the headquarters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was carried out by the Special Operation Group.
Like this, the Special Operations Team could be considered to have a proper name in Military Intelligence, their status higher than Team One and Team Two.
The Bureau of Military Intelligence would withdraw from Lianzhou County and focus solely on the collection of military intelligence.
Ouyang Shuo handed over the surveillance of the players' territories, mountain barbarian tribes, and grassland tribes in Lianzhou County to the Black Snake Guards.
Before the establishment of the Security Division, Ouyang Shuo could only use the Black Snake Guard.
With the appointment of Cobra and the addition of a large number of former Rattlesnake members, the strength of the Military Intelligence Department had greatly increased, and their ability to gather intelligence had increased by several levels.
The main purpose of Cobra's visit to Ouyang Shuo was to report the latest movements of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Chiyou City.
During these four months, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's rebel army was like a swarm of locusts. With an unstoppable momentum, they swept across the entire Xun Province.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had already occupied all of Xun Province.
After occupying Xun Province, the Revolutionary Army began to build their capital city, naming it Tianjing.
In history, the rapid rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a lot to do with the upper echelons of the rebel army, especially the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.
After the Taiping army entered Nanjing, they immediately carried out a large-scale construction project. They expanded the Liangjiang Governor-General's Yamen into the Heavenly King's Mansion. They demolished a large number of civilian houses and employed thousands of men and women as laborers. It took half a year to complete. It was extremely magnificent, but it was soon destroyed by fire. In 1854, it was rebuilt on the original site. Within a radius of more than ten li, there were palaces and gardens, resplendent and incomparably extravagant.
If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked.
The construction of the East Prince Residence was also extremely exquisite and pleasing to the eye. Even the crown and shoes, the ceremonial guards and horses were all extremely luxurious. In addition, the Heavenly King continued to select beauties from the common folk to enter the palace.
It was reported that Hong Xiuquan had more than a thousand beauties in his harem.
According to Gaia's arrangements, the other core members of the Revolutionary Army did not have any historical memories. Only the leader of the Revolutionary Army had a complete set of memories from his previous life.
It was equivalent to saying that Gaia had cheated the Rebel Leaders and arranged for them to be "reborn."
Therefore, learning from the lessons of his previous life, Hong Xiuquan would not make any big mistakes in the short term when leading the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. On the contrary, he would work hard to build an ideal Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
After establishing the capital of Tianjing, the rebel army began to expand outwards.
Learning from his previous life's lessons, Hong Xiuquan did not wantonly confer the title of king. Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Xiao Chaogui, and the others all appeared as generals.
Hong Xiuquan oversaw Tianjing and commanded from the center. The rebel army formed four armies in the east, west, south, and north. Each army had more than 20,000 soldiers, and they claimed to have 100,000 soldiers. They planned to occupy the whole of Guang Xi in one fell swoop.
In the west, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan led their troops to attack Zhen 'an.
From the north, Shi Dakai and Li Kaifang led their troops to attack Guilin.
In the east, Yang Xiuqing and Lin Fengxiang led troops to attack Wuzhou.
In the south, two young generals, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, led troops to attack Lianzhou.
Of the four armies, the western and northern armies were like a hot knife through butter. The players' territories were beaten until they could not retaliate. They either surrendered or were annihilated.
The rebel army was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger.
The lords in Guang Xi had already formed an alliance. It even had a tragic name: the Alliance to the Death. Unfortunately, faced with the aggressive rebel army, they were still retreating in defeat.
The fall of Zhen 'an and Guilin was only a matter of time.
The eastern army encountered the stubborn resistance of Chiyou's army.
After establishing Chiyou City, Chiyou had led his troops to occupy the whole of Wuzhou. The rebel army wanted to invade Wuzhou, so naturally, they had kicked an iron plate.
Chiyou's army was made up of elite Mountain Barbarian warriors.
The rebel army led by Yang Xiuqing naturally had no problem dealing with ordinary player lords. However, if they encountered the Mountain Barbarian army, they immediately showed their true colors.
Aside from their morale and the ability of their generals, the rebel army that had been hastily formed was no different from a peasant army. In terms of weapons and equipment, they lagged far behind.
The eastern army was blocked, but Yang Xiuqing was not discouraged. She simply set up the eastern camp on the border between Wuzhou and Xunzhou. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Xiuqing and Lin Fengxiang began to train the troops and rectify military discipline.
Chiyou City was limited by its population and did not initiate any provocations.
Thus, the eastern army was in a deadlock.
Similarly, the southern army was in a deadlock.
In the middle of April, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng led an army of 20,000 and advanced toward Lianzhou in high spirits. When they arrived at the mouth of the canyon, they could not help but be dumbfounded when they saw the huge fortress built there.
At that time, there was still one and a half months before the completion of the Mulan Fortress. However, the outer walls of the fortress had already been built. All that was left was the construction of the internal buildings and defensive facilities.
The rebel army, which did not even bring basic siege equipment, was helpless against the towering fortress. Helpless, Li Xiucheng could only lead his troops and set up camp ten li away from the fortress, setting up the southern camp.
In view of the current situation, General Bai Qi had personally come to Mulan Fortress to oversee it. The Third and Fourth Divisions of the Dragonxiang Legion had also stationed themselves in the fortress.
It was fine if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not come, but if they really dared to invade, they would definitely make them suffer.
After listening to Cobra's report, Ouyang Shuo was silent.
With the strength of the Dragonxiang Legion, it would not be difficult for them to break through the southern army while the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was attacking from all sides, take over Tianjing, and then defeat the entire rebel army.
The problem was, was this really the best time?
Due to the setting of the wilderness, to a lord, land was not the most important resource. Population and various other resources were the most valuable assets.
This was also the biggest difference between a territorial war and a war in reality.
If it was only for the sake of seizing land, Ouyang Shuo could use the Dragonxiang Legion. With an invincible army, he could wipe out the rebels. Not to mention Guangxi, he could even take down Lingnan in one fell swoop.
The problem was, what would happen after he took it down?
Taking over a vast but sparsely populated territory would only bring harm and no benefit.
Therefore, a territorial war was a test of a lord's ability to grasp the right timing.
If the war was started too early, the "fruit" would not ripen, and it would not be worth it. If the war was started too late, the enemy would have already taken advantage of the situation. It would not be easy to take down the territory.
The appearance of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a great opportunity for Ouyang Shuo.
If he allowed them to conquer Guangxi, manage Guangxi, and make the cake of Guangxi bigger and stronger, it would undoubtedly be the best choice for them to reap the fruits of their labor.
This was another strategy that Ouyang Shuo proposed after the "Raising Venomous Insects" strategy in the Lianzhou Basin. He called it the "Raising Wolves" strategy.
Compared to raising Venomous Insects, the difficulty of raising wolves was not to be eaten by the wolves.
With the momentum of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's development, it was already a foregone conclusion that they would take down Zhen 'an and Guilin. They might even continue to expand into Yunnan and Guizhou.
By that time, could the Dragonxiang Legion really suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
It would probably be impossible.
Therefore, it would create a situation where the tail was too big to fall.
However, Ouyang Shuo was not willing to attack now. If they took down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now, the Deadly Alliance and Chiyou City would also benefit.
It wouldn't be easy to take care of the [Death Alliance].
There was no doubt that if they saw an opportunity, the Deadly Alliance would definitely ask for help from the Yellow Alliance and collude with them, just like what happened in Duanren County.
Ouyang Shuo did not want to fight so hard every time.
He hoped that he could conquer the entire Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as easily as crushing dry weeds.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was undoubtedly a good chess piece.
Therefore, to achieve Ouyang Shuo's strategic goal, the difficulty was to allow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to expand, ensure that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not get out of control, and at the same time, guard against Chiyou City.
Chiyou City should not be underestimated.
According to the Cobra's report, Chiyou City had a regular army of 30,000. If necessary, they could temporarily recruit 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers from various tribes.
The mountain barbarian tribes in the Hundred Thousand Mountains had all moved to Wuzhou.
Not only that, the mountain barbarians, including the stream barbarians, had also begun to gather in Wuzhou. Wuzhou had become the base camp and holy land of the barbarians.
If they did not control Chiyou City, it would also become a huge hidden danger.
There was news that Chiyou, with the support of various tribes, was already preparing to establish the Jiuli Kingdom in Wuzhou.
Once the kingdom was established, the will of the barbarians would be united and would rise again.
At that time, even if they conquered the Jiuli Kingdom, it was unknown whether they could tame the people of the Jiuli Kingdom like they tamed the mountain barbarian tribes.
The situation that Shanhai City was facing was not optimistic.
Ouyang Shuo would not forget that he was the number one enemy of the Eye of Chiyou.
Ouyang Shuo was in a dilemma about how to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Chiyou City.
Fortunately, he was not fighting alone.
After the Cobra left, Ouyang Shuo immediately sent a message to Mulan Yue, asking her to inform Bai Qi to come to the base camp through the teleportation formation in Mulan City tomorrow. There was an important military matter to discuss.
April 26th.
At nine o 'clock in the morning, Bai Qi returned to Shanhai City through the teleportation formation in Mulan Mansion.
Ouyang Shuo summoned the Chief of Military Affairs Du Ruhui and the Chief of Operations Zhao Kuo to discuss the Northern Expedition with General Bai Qi. The Chief of Military Intelligence, Cobra, was allowed to attend the military meeting.
Under Ouyang Shuo's instructions, Cobra reported yesterday's information again.
After the report was done, Cobra left.
The following military meeting was extremely confidential, and only Ouyang Shuo and the other three could attend.
Ever since Zhao Kuo became the Chief of Operations, he had not shown any ability. After listening to Cobra's report, his eyes lit up.
He knew that the opportunity to show his ability had come! (To be continued.)
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