The trend of Liberian countries' joint forces immediately made Wu Feng alert. The empire did not relax its surveillance of Liberian countries in the past two years. When Princess Gaflin of the Kingdom of Dodon and King Sezerif of the Kingdom of Pour were both in-laws, it caused concern for the Tang Empire. However, this kind of interconnected marriage between Liberians is not uncommon. There was a complex in-law relationship between the royal families of Liberian countries, but this time, the two neighboring countries had such a close in-law relationship, which still made people feel that there was a certain political need in the middle.

The Puer Kingdom has a poor economic foundation and is slowly recovering, but its military strength is quite strong and its martial tradition is strong. It is a typical country that started with military power. Although the Dutun Kingdom is slightly inferior in military affairs, it is relatively developed due to its sea east, climate is suitable, and agriculture is relatively developed. Especially in recent years, it has been in good weather. Although it has suffered heavy damage from the Japanese, it has not hurt the Crescent Peninsula, but it has not hurt the fundamentals. Its industry and commerce are also far more developed than Puer. Once the two countries form a very close relationship, it means that Puer can provide strong military protection to the Dutun side, and Dutun can also provide financial and material assistance to the Puer Kingdom continuously, which is desirable.

The marriage between the Puer Kingdom and the Dutun Kingdom was only a start for the Liberians' joint efforts. When the Tang Dynasty expressed concern and concern about the joint military exercises between the two countries in the border areas, it suffered another blow. Prime Minister Sisro visited Puer and Dutun and concluded a military cooperation agreement. Then the series of diplomatic activities of the politicians of the Liberian countries were even more dazzling. The four-nation alliance was almost done before the Tang Dynasty had already taken shape, which made the Tang Empire immediately feel the huge pressure on the north.

Once the four countries unite to have an army of more than one million, the empire was exposed to the alliance of the four countries almost the entire north, especially in the northern region, and the Liberian countries were characterized by appropriate combination of light and heavy cavalry, which also brought unprecedented pressure to the Privy Council of the Empire. In addition to continuously pursuing the repair and new construction of fortresses in the northern region, the empire also began to expand the organization of heavy cavalry divisions.

Long before the establishment of the empire, Xijiang began to carry out large-scale military horse cultivation plans in the Western Regions, and selected Wusun horses and Kuche horses in the Western Regions to cross with the grassland horses with strong weight-bearing ability and good sprinting ability in the Western Regions to cross with the grassland horses with good endurance and hunger-resistant grassland horses on the Tengger Grassland. In 699, it had already achieved success and began to breed this excellent breed called Xijiang horses in large quantities. Although Xijiang horses cannot be compared with grassland horses in terms of endurance, they retained the characteristics of their father's stallions Wusun horses and Kuche horses, which can carry weights and sprint, and their endurance has been greatly improved. They have fully achieved the advantage of comparing with the Liberian horses in the Liberian grassland. Therefore, in the second half of 699, the large-scale cultivation and breeding work reached a climax.

Some of the achievements made in the early stage also began to start with the formation of heavy cavalry, starting from a battalion to a corps, and finally forming a heavy cavalry division. As of April 701, one heavy cavalry division had been formed successfully to form combat effectiveness, and another heavy cavalry division was in full swing to prepare for the military exercise. At this point, three reorganized heavy cavalry divisions had been used to form the combat sequence, which significantly improved the ability of the Tang Empire to implement tactical breakthroughs when conducting large-scale battles in the northern plains.

However, now facing huge pressure from the Liberians, the Empire immediately realized that the Empire was still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity and quality for the Liberian countries, both in terms of quantity and quality. This disadvantage was almost fatal for the battle in the Northern Plains. In addition to continuing to expand the power of heavy cavalry on the one hand, the Empire also proposed to the Sex tribe and the Door tribe that the Armored Beast Force (Armed Unicorn Force) to establish an imperial independence to deal with the increasingly severe situation in the north. This also received full support from the Sex tribe and the Door tribe. The Armored Beast Force quickly expanded from nothing to something, from weak to strong, from the original two thousand to five thousand, and gradually formed combat power, becoming a special link in the Imperial heavy cavalry power.

Even so, the power of the imperial armored cavalry is still at an absolute disadvantage overall. Almost every country in Liberia has more than 30,000 armored cavalry, such as the Sithro, Kaman and Poole. The combined iron armored cavalry forces are close to 200,000, and the strategic assault power of the entire Liberia countries even exceeds 400,000, which is a very terrifying number.

The only thing the empire could be proud of was the strength of the rangers, coupled with the fierceness of Gao Yue's heavy infantry and the huge number of light infantry, but whether he was sure to deal with the attacks after the Liberian countries united, even the two Privy Council envoys of the Privy Council were not very sure. Therefore, in this case, Wufeng ordered Cui Wenxiu to suspend military operations in the Central Continent and return to Beijing quickly, and discuss with Liang Chongxin, who had already rushed back to the imperial capital in advance, which might come a war that could determine the survival of the empire.

What worries Wufeng is not just the Liberian union, but what he is most worried about is that the Maqi Khans are likely to want to join this Liberian union. Although the Maqi Khans are located in the south, in the face of such a huge military operation, the geographical location is no longer the main factor affecting the change of the situation. If this battle is not done, it will be at least a protracted war, which is a desperate battle that determines the survival of the empire and the Liberian countries. The Maqi Khans cannot stay out of the matter. Once the Liberians fail, the fate of the Maqi Khan can be imagined.

In this case, it would be strange that the Maqi Khan did not want to do everything possible to mix it up. Although he knew that the Maqi Khan would not be lonely, when he learned that the Maqi Khan represented him in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital of the Sithro Empire, Wufeng still felt an unprecedented huge pressure.

Sometimes Wufeng himself is ridiculing himself, thinking that when he was single-handed and barely fighting, he didn't have so many concerns at all. But now he has a fertile land with hundreds of millions of people, but he is worried about gains and losses. Is it really because of his age that he has become more conservative and timid? Wufeng has asked himself many times, and even specifically asked Ling Tianfang and Bo Jinchen, but he has never been able to find an answer that satisfies him.

Fortunately, the empire determined a strategy to consolidate the domestic situation by developing the economy for a period of time in 700 years. With the arrival of the harvest in Xiaochun in 701, the empire also ushered in a rare harvest year. After three consecutive natural disasters, the empire was able to take a breath and no longer need to import food from Luzon and India to make up for the gap. The stability of the empire's domestic situation also provided a relatively good internal environment for the empire to use military force. Of course, the news that the Liberian countries sharpened their knives in the northern border areas that were constantly disclosed in the news media also stimulated the emotions of the people in the empire to a certain extent. The empire's people, who have been elevated to the unique dominance of the Eastern Continent, have also begun to pay attention to external threats, and the calls for strengthening military equipment and enhancing military power have finally come out of the bottom after more than a year of lows.

The Japanese also had this intention. They wanted to get involved in any attempt to weaken the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, but their strength, especially the land power, can be almost negligible. In the future, the Japanese can only decide the victory or defeat by land wars. At this point, the Japanese obviously do not have enough say.

Faced with the hostility shown by the Liberian countries, Wufeng also realized that the empire might have to change its strategic plan. He originally hoped to solve the Japanese first after the naval power became stronger and then deal with the enemy on land. However, it seems that the estimation of the situation was a bit optimistic at that time. The Liberians were not willing to sit back and wait for death, and the Maqikhans were even more determined to turn the world around. These factors combined directly affected the empire's strategy and forced the empire to make some corresponding changes.

Fortunately, the war in the Central Continent is still within the control range, and the situation in the southwest has gradually calmed down. The Western Peninsula Alliance has gradually acknowledged that the empire had annexed Sikkim, Nan'an, Western Samoa and Soktu. The establishment of the southwest county of the empire also indicates that this land is officially incorporated into the empire territory. The cooperation between Sioran and Jutland and the empire on the Meli issue has made Sioran and Jutland also have some concerns in considering the support for the Western Peninsula Alliance, especially the empire has clearly stated that Sioran and Jutland are not allowed to support the hostility of the Western Peninsula Alliance with the empire. At present, the empire is secretly happy that they can not put Jin Gexi. As for the original alliance and promises, no one is willing to provoke the empire, a behemoth. Even if they live a life of silence, they will always be better than destroying the country immediately.
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