The fall of Hengshan Pass marked the beginning of the Dragon Stallion Army's assault on Jiangyang County.
Almost at the same time that Luo Shixin's troops captured Hengshan Pass, the Great Xia Left Army's Division of Child Protection followed suit and captured Jiulong Pass, the southeastern gate of Jiangyang County.
In just one day, two important passes were lost at the same time.
Feng Qingyang's face turned extremely ugly when he received the report. He flew into a rage on the spot and questioned Wei Yan, who was in charge of the territory's military affairs, "Losing two passes in one day, are the soldiers of the Second Legion eating sh * t?"
"…"
Wei Yan was speechless. When his master got angry, he really could say anything.
"Investigate. Find out how the Hengshan Pass and Nine Dragon Pass were lost." Feng Qingyang felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart. He had a hunch that the reason was not that simple.
"Yes, sir!"
Wei Yan didn't want to stay any longer and left after receiving the order. In fact, Wei Yan was more eager to know the reason than Feng Qingyang. If they did not figure out how they lost the pass, they would not be able to fight the following battles.
…
In just one day, all kinds of information had been gathered.
Feng Qingyang's bad premonition came true one after another.
Aircrafts, hand grenades, detachable siege vehicles, new cannons, all sorts of new equipment bombarded Feng Qingyang until he was dizzy.
"How the f * ck are we supposed to fight?" Feng Qingyang couldn't help cursing. The defensive chain that he thought was indestructible had turned into tofu. There was no worse news than this.
Even Feng Qingyue was frowning. Her intuition was right. Great Xia had stirred up the entire wilderness with great fanfare because they wanted to take down Swordsman City.
If it wasn't for this, they wouldn't have spent so much effort to prepare so many weapons and equipment that were specifically designed to deal with the Shu Region.
The future of Swordsman City suddenly became precarious.
The longing in Feng Qingyue's eyes intensified. "That man is really heartless!"
"What did Di Chen and the others say?" Feng Qingyue asked her brother.
At the mention of this, Feng Qingyang became even angrier. He cursed, "Those black-hearted bastards! They said that Shu's terrain is complicated and that reinforcements won't be able to help. Why don't we wait for the Great Xia army to arrive at Swordsman City before we fight to the death? "
"…"
Feng Qingyue was also speechless. Although Di Chen's words made sense, why did it sound so infuriating?
While the terrain of Sichuan restricted the invading enemies, it also restricted the deployment of Swordsman City's own troops. Just as Di Chen had said, even if they were to temporarily allocate a hundred thousand soldiers to the Swordsman City, they would have nowhere to deploy them.
Set them up at the various passes?
The pass was only so big, and it was useless to have more troops. Furthermore, Great Xia was using airstrikes. If they had more troops, it would be like throwing dumplings into a pot, and the casualties would be even greater.
Set it up in every major city?
For a city without walls, no matter how many soldiers were deployed, it wouldn't be enough for the Great Xia army.
It was precisely because of this that the two field corps of the Grand Xia's Dragon Stallion Army still remained within the borders of Dongchuan Commandery. Before the situation had fully developed, it would be useless for the Grand Xia to send more troops into Sichuan. On the contrary, it would place a huge burden on their logistics, and the losses would outweigh the gains.
At present, the two legions of Great Xia were staying in Dongchuan Prefecture. Not only was it a form of deterrence, but it could also reinforce the frontline at any time. It was indeed a good idea.
Feng Qingyue truly lived up to her reputation as a female Zhuge Liang. With just a few clues, she was able to see through the Dragon Stallion Army's plans. However, so what if she saw through it? This was an overt plot by Great Xia.
After thinking about it, Swordsman City only had one option, and that was to resist resolutely along the way and gradually deplete the Great Xia troops. When the Great Xia army reached Swordsman City, they would fight to the death in this open area.
As the main city, Swordsman City had a majestic city wall.
Swordsman City was located in the southernmost part of Jiangyang Commandery. If they really did this, it would be equivalent to surrendering 90% of Jiangyang Commandery. This would undoubtedly be a huge loss for Swordsman City, which only had two commanderies.
At that time, even if they managed to repel the Great Xia army, both sides would suffer.
No matter how he thought about it, Swordsman City would suffer a huge loss.
"What the hell is this!"
Feng Qingyang was extremely depressed. He originally didn't have any intention of competing for hegemony, but he didn't expect to be the first to be provoked by Great Xia.
…
What was Di Chen thinking? He wasn't as vicious as Feng Qingyang thought. Di Chen wasn't willing to reinforce Swordsman City immediately. Apart from the objective considerations of the terrain of Sichuan, it also involved a grand strategy.
A few days ago, the work of the four feudal lords of Dali Commandery had been completed by them. The four territories merged into one, and they had a total of 50,000 soldiers. If they applied for asylum from the royal city of Dali, they would have another 50,000 imperial guards.
Although there was no emperor stationed in the royal city of Dali, during the war in Yunnan, the imperial court of Dali had already stepped forward to protect these four territories.
Coupled with the secret assistance of the player in the Supreme Court, it wasn't against the rules of the game to mobilize 50,000 imperial guards, and Gaia wouldn't stop them.
Of course, it was impossible to exceed the upper limit of 50,000 soldiers.
Gaia, as the top AI and the main god of the game, had its own set of accurate judgment methods.
The [Xiao Alliance] also had confirmation that they were willing to arrange 100,000 combat professional players to assist them. This time, Xiao Nianying had put in a lot of capital and used almost half of the guild's combat personnel as a bet.
Of course, Xiao Nianying was able to seize the opportunity to stand out in the battle for the guardian guilds and become one of the biggest dark horses in the China region. How could he be an indecisive person?
If he really made up his mind, he would have to have enough courage to go all out.
Of course, part of Xiao Nianying's confidence came from the grand plan of Di Chen and the others. Since he had 100,000 regular troops to assist him in this attack, he had nothing to fear.
In this way, the allied forces of Dali would have 200,000 soldiers.
At present, apart from the two corps temporarily stationed in Dongchuan Commandery, there was only the first corps of the Dragon Stallion Army stationed in Lingxi City to defend the Yunnan Province.
If the allied forces of Dali wanted to do anything, they had to at least lure the two corps from Dongchuan Commandery into Shu. Of course, it would be best if they could lure the first corps of the Dragon Stallion Army away as well.
It was precisely because of this consideration that Di Chen wasn't willing to immediately reinforce Swordsman City.
Feng Qingyang was obstinate and self-opinionated, so Di Chen didn't want to explain the plan to him in detail. He was afraid that Feng Qingyang would retaliate and not cooperate properly.
How could Di Chen have imagined that Feng Qingyang would take a different path because of this?
… …
September 8th, Swordsman City.
In three days, another two passes had fallen, which also meant that another two cities had fallen into the enemy's hands.
Seeing that Di Chen and the others were still indifferent, Feng Qingyang finally couldn't sit still and made up his mind. "Since things have come to this, there's no time to think about it. I might as well apply for asylum from the Shu Han Dynasty."
The continuous setbacks caused Feng Qingyang to have the thought of quitting.
In Feng Qingyang's opinion, once he sought asylum from the Shu Han Dynasty, the safety of Swordsman City would naturally be assured. No matter how powerful the Great Xia Dynasty was, they wouldn't be able to defeat the Shu Han Dynasty.
This way, he could completely put aside the troubles of his territory and focus on martial arts.
"As expected of a martial arts fanatic!"
Feng Qingyang didn't love his country, but martial arts!
Although Feng Qingyue was unwilling, he had no reason to stop his elder brother's decision. That morning, Feng Qingyang submitted an asylum application to the Shu Han Dynasty and waited for Liu Bei's approval.
… …
Chengdu, the imperial palace.
Liu Bei had long wanted to unify Shu.
Upon receiving Feng Qingyang's asylum application, Liu Bei smiled and naturally agreed.
As soon as Swordsman City was established with the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Bei couldn't wait to summon the two military advisors, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, to discuss the reinforcement of Swordsman City.
A million imperial guards. That was a military force that the Shu Han Dynasty didn't even have during its heyday. With such an army, Liu Bei wasn't afraid of anyone. He couldn't wait to start a war with Great Xia to avenge his brother's death.
After a while, the two military advisors arrived.
Zhuge Liang was still as cultured and refined as ever, acting as if everything was under his control.
That was the truth. To put it bluntly, although the deaths of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were heartbreaking, it was a great benefit to Zhuge Liang's situation in the Shu Han Dynasty.
Without the two of them holding him back, Zhuge Liang could practically do whatever he wanted in the Shu Han Dynasty.
In the army, Zhao Yun, the only one of the Five Tiger Generals, was Zhuge Liang's confidant. Huang Zhong was very friendly to Zhuge Liang and the rest of the generals followed the military advisor's orders.
As for the civil officials, more than half of them were Zhuge Liang's disciples.
Compared to Zhuge Liang's satisfaction, Pang Tong's expression was indifferent. It was obvious that he wasn't doing very well in the Shu Han Dynasty and was always on the edge of being benched.
Even so, Pang Tong was still very loyal to Liu Bei. A long time ago, Ouyang Shuo had tried to instigate Pang Tong through Zhou Yu, but to no avail.
Of course, Pang Tong didn't reject him outright and left him a way out.
According to Zhou Yu's report, Pang Tong's willpower was showing signs of loosening because he had been idle for too long. When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he smiled without saying a word. He had a lot of patience.
Taking down Pang Tong was only a matter of time.
"Who does the military advisor think we should send to battle?" Liu Bei mentioned Zhuge Liang.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he wasn't surprised at all.
A few days ago, Swordsman City sent out a diplomatic mission and Zhuge Liang was preparing for the expedition. He replied, "We can send Zilong to lead 150,000 imperial guards to reinforce Swordsman City."
Zhuge Liang never thought that he would fail in this expedition. Since that was the case, Zhuge Liang naturally gave this opportunity to his confidant Zhao Yun.
"Does the military advisor want to accompany us?" Liu Bei asked.
Zhuge Liang shook his head in surprise and said, "For this expedition, we are the guest army. It is not good for this humble subject to not go. Moreover, if this humble subject's guess is correct, this battle should be a decisive battle to the death in Swordsman City. We will rely on strength and will not need any schemes. "
Liu Bei nodded and was about to agree to Zhuge Liang's arrangement when he swept his gaze around and noticed the somewhat lonely Pang Tong. He suddenly changed his mind and said, "Since that is the case, Zilong will be the main general and Shiyuan will be the military advisor."
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were startled.
Ignoring Zhuge Liang's ruminating expression, Pang Tong had already accepted the order. "Yes!" Pang Tong had long wanted to go out to get some fresh air. He was no longer willing to stay in the suffocating Chengdu.
Just like that, the matter was settled.
On the 9th day of the ninth month, the Shu Han Dynasty received an invitation from Swordsman City. With Zhao Yun as the main general and Pang Tong as the military advisor, they led 150,000 imperial guards out of Royal City to reinforce Swordsman City.
When the news came out, the world was in an uproar.
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