Chapter 1498
Rangers swept through Duodun's territory left scars on Duodun's territory. Duodun's light cavalry could not chase the fleeting rangers at all. They could only watch the abominable nomadic barbarians rushing wildly along the southern hinterland of the Duodun Kingdom. The main forces had gathered in the southern border area and were preparing to form a coalition force in the Puer army that was steadily moving south. This is an eastern attack group in the strategic planning, responsible for selecting appropriate attack points on the front line of more than 1,000 miles in the eastern Tang Dynasty. From Okhotsk to Yunzhong to Yulin, there are all options available.
However, such deployment was obviously disrupted by the sudden attack of the Tang Dynasty Rangers. The entire southern part of Duodu was in chaos, and Kuts, an important central and southern town, was even more in panic. As the main army moved south, no one expected that the Tang Dynasty Rangers would ignore the more than 200,000 troops stationed on the border at this time and forcefully broke through and inserted into Duodu's hinterland, which once brought chaos to Kuts city, where almost no defenders were stationed.
Fortunately, the 60,000 rangers passed by like a hurricane. Although they left a burst of pain in the southern hinterland of Duodu, they finally came and went quickly. While reminding the neighbors of the west to accept this uninvited guest, Duodu was really relieved in his heart. These damn nomadic barbarians, even if they were subdued under the command of the Tang Dynasty, could not change their bad nature. They burned, killed, plundered, and made all evil things mess up the entire southern part of Duodu. However, at this time, these evil guests had already been involved in the territory of Puer in one breath. It was now the turn of Puer people to have a headache.
It should be said that the Puer people became alert when they received the Tang army rangers invading the southern part of Dudun. In addition, their army's movement speed and method were slightly different from that of Dudun. They had not had time to push all the troops to the southern border, and they should be said to be still in the process of marching and advancing. As soon as they got the news, they had all the light cavalry deployed in the area bordering the Kingdom of Dudun, hoping to squeeze these damn guys back to the Tang Dynasty.
However, the Pooles obviously estimated the strength of their light cavalry and also regarded these nomadic cavalry that had been suppressed for a long time too simple. When they were about to enter Poole's territory, they suddenly threw away the Poole's light cavalry trap, which had been on high alert, and suddenly turned north and headed straight to Hesen City, the capital of the Kingdom of Poole. This made General Corrik, the commander of the Eastern Front who had arrived at the southern border to start preparing for war. In this case, he knew that the enemy might be trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain and delay his war preparations, but he had to order all the light cavalry to catch up immediately to prevent these rude and simple-minded Rangers from really rushing to Hesen City.
The two sides immediately launched an outrageous pursuit battle around the radius of hundreds of miles of Haisen City. The Tang Dynasty Rangers in foreign countries naturally had no scruples, robbing what should be and burning what should be. Relying on their horse-surgeon skills, more than 100,000 cavalry started an unprecedented fierce battle in the central plain of Liberia with Haisen City. The Tang Dynasty Rangers naturally had no scruples, but the Pour Light Cavalry was tortured to a great extent. The two sides continued to fight on a small scale, but the Pour Light Cavalry, who occupied a certain amount of force, could not seize the opportunity for a decisive battle. In the end, these rangers broke through the south after harassing for a week, and fled into the territory of the Gerok from the junction of the southern part of Puer and Kaman, where the army gathered.
The commander of the Puer Army, who was so angry that he smoked from all directions, had not yet come back to his senses. The Tanghe Rangers broke into Puer again from Fanlin. Taking advantage of the slackness that the last wave of Tang army rangers who fled back to the Jeroke might have some rest, swept across the southern part of Puer again, causing the entire southern part of Puer to go up. Before the 100,000 light cavalry of the Puer Army had even had time to breathe, this wave of rangers rushed into Duoton from Puer territory. A whirlwind entered Yunzhong territory from Duoton territory, causing the Duoton cavalry who were originally planning to intercept the Tang Rangers in the Yanshan border and the Puer cavalry who were chasing behind them to empty.
At the same time, the Tang army rangers who rushed out of Jiayuguan also caused gusts of cold wind in Kaman and Sisro's territory, but Kaman and Sisro's preparations were obviously much more sufficient. The grid-based defense system, combined with the equally powerful light cavalry, quickly built a grid-shaped solid wall clear field. The infantry cooperated with the light cavalry to attack, forcing the Tang army rangers to dare not go deeper, especially in the cooperation between the cavalry of Sisro and Kaman, was far stronger than Dodon and Poole. Almost as soon as the Tang army rangers entered a certain area, the neighboring army would attack from all over the place in the shortest time. This made the Tang army rangers, who originally hoped to use the relaxation of the two countries in the border areas to achieve brilliant results. Although they also achieved some results, compared with the achievements made by the other two Ranger regiments in Dudon and Poole, it was inferior.
Even so, Sisro and Kaman had to divide the power of light cavalry to clear out these Tang army rangers who were coming and going. If these guys were not driven out, they would also cause a lot of trouble to their own army in the end.
Cui Wenxiu frowned and looked at the map and thought, the burden pressed on his shoulders was really not light. The three Liberian attack groups had already taken shape, and almost every attack group had a force of about 500,000. Such a huge force would make the empire feel heavy no matter which direction it squeezed, especially on the mid-line and western fronts. Whether it was the Sithro or the Kaman people, they began to compete with the Western Xinjiang army at that time. From the battle for Yinchuan to the later battle at Ganlan Fortress, the Western Xinjiang army and the Yinchuan army at that time jointly fought against the Sithro people's spy. As for the Kaman people, let alone the disputes with the empire can no longer be described in words.
His Majesty the Emperor has completely handed over the troops that he could give himself. The eight army corpses and eight Rangers also had a force of about one.2 million. In terms of number alone, the Tang army was about 300,000, but the Liberian coalition forces had three fists on the long border line. Any fist hit was enough to make the empire gasp. One million and two million soldiers were deployed on the long border line from Yinchuan to Okhotsk. The only ones that could really support the overall situation were still the original elite legions. The newly established legions were allowed to station them in the fortress in the city, perhaps it could still be a battle. If they wanted to take on the ability of field battles, Cui Wenxiu would not dare to be so arrogant. Once they were defeated by the Liberian runner-up, it would be a huge mistake.
After weighing it for a long time, Cui Wenxiu had no better way. Maybe he could only give up one or even two routes, rely on the city fortress to passively defend, and choose the weak to eliminate them. However, this depends on the other two routes of the Liberians that cannot be too smooth. Otherwise, even if one of the three attack groups of Liberians is eliminated and the other two routes are driven straight in, causing irreparable consequences, it would be useless.
Seeing Cui Wenxiu's eyes wandering on the map for a long time but never said anything, Mulige also knew that this colleague who was always wise and versatile is also in trouble now. It is hard to cook without rice. At present, the imperial army is not only less than the Liberian coalition, but also slightly inferior to the Liberian coalition in terms of combat effectiveness. In addition to being like the third, fifth, and twelfth legions, which can vaguely suppress the Liberian runner-up, the tenth, eleventh legions, the thirteenth legions, are obviously unable to compare with the Liberian elites who have been through battle formations. The improvement in combat effectiveness cannot be achieved overnight.
"Lige, it seems that we must give up. If we continue to waste this, we are afraid that we will really delay the big things." Putting down the pencil in our hand gently, Cui Wenxiu stared at the map for a long time before sighing: "I am powerless. If the Maqikhan no longer causes trouble in the south and give me those legions, I am very sure that the Liberians will destroy the country within next year! But now, we have to think carefully about how to prevent the Liberians from hurting us at all."
Mulige heard the implicit meaning of Cui Wenxiu's words. The war in the south was in a stalemate. The Maqi Khan chose a very clever strategy. He neither chose a decisive battle, but did not give in. Instead, the whole country mobilized and increased troops, which made the empire's pressure in the south more. At this time, it seemed that the capture of Ronesia and Gong Ming, Daliao and Maudmian became a burden, and it restrained a large number of elite troops. Especially the army of the South Alliance also continued to move north, which caused the unstable situation in the south. In this way, if the situation in the south is to make a breakthrough in a short period of time, it must rely on itself. Even Mulige was regretful in his heart that Liang Chongxin's heroic reputation was in a dilemma in this battle at this time, and perhaps his whole life's heroic reputation would be destroyed in this battle.
Chapter completed!