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Chapter 53 Difficulties

On the night of November 20, 698, the mainland Gregorian calendar, Wang Liao, deputy director of the Western Xinjiang Foreign Affairs Office, and Chiliding, special envoy of the Principal of Medan, signed the "Wang Chi Agreement" in Yada City. The Principal of Medan announced his surrender to the Great Protectorate of the Western Xinjiang of the Tanghe Empire. The Grand Duke of Medan accepted the title of the Tanghe Empire. Maloda, the former general of the Principal of Medan, was also awarded the title of the Imperial Marquis, and the entire territory of Medan was surrendered.

On November 23, the 4th Legion of the Western Xinjiang was leaving behind a division stationed outside the former capital of the Principal of Medan. When the outside world had not yet learned that the two sides had signed an agreement, they rushed south quickly with lightning speed. On November 26, they defeated more than 20,000 troops from the East Samoa and Moro coalition. In addition to the coalition forces that were still staying in Kutterdam, the troops left behind in the East Samoa and Moro cities were almost lost in this battle. On November 28, the Fourth Legion of the Western Xinjiang Army entered the Eastern Samoa Urban Republic, which had been declared undefended. On November 29, another Western Xinjiang Army, the First and Second Division, occupied the Moro City Republic, which was also declared undefended.

On November 25, the Machikhan Special Envoy and the Nanyang Alliance Special Envoy arrived at the Mialo City, a temporary office that has become Li Wufeng on the peninsula, and demanded that Li Wufeng stop the progress of the south and resolve the dispute between the two sides in the form of negotiations, but was rejected. At the same time, the two Machikhan corps sent troops to Kutterdam and joined forces with the Peninsula coalition to defend the Kutterdam and the city-states of Legon. After half a month of debate, the Nanyang Alliance Parliament finally agreed to send 70,000 troops to protect the commercial interests of the Nanyang Alliance from being violated and entered the Sanbao City-state. On November 30, 50,000 mercenaries returning from the Central Continent disembarked at Sanbao Port and landed in Sanbao City-state, and joined forces with the Nanyang Alliance Front Army to station Sanbao City-state.

On November 26, one week after the Pasha people signed an agreement with the coalition forces, that is, the third day after the eastern mercenaries boarded the ship and returned, they suddenly tore up the agreement to launch an attack on the unprepared western countries of the Peninsula Alliance. The unexpectedly guarded western countries of the Peninsula were defeated by the Pasha army in one fell swoop. In addition to the fall of the Principality of Tocton, the Principality of Ascha and the city-states of Ithane were captured on November 29 and 30 respectively. On November 30, the Principality of Sioran and Princeton, the core western city of the Peninsula Alliance, officially declared war on the Pasha Kingdom. At the same time, the Kingdom of Jutland, which had just been secretly married to the Prince of the Kingdom of Sioran, was increasingly complicated.

The southern peninsula has suddenly started to storm, but the northern part is covered with clouds and fog.

The importance of the Kaman Empire is well known to everyone. I spent a lot of effort to seize the Kaman Empire in one fell swoop during the civil turmoil of the Tanghe Empire. I don’t know how much effort the Kaman people spent to tear a hole in the natural barrier of the Tanghe Empire. It is precisely because of the Jiama, a wedge that penetrated deeply into the Duchy of Jeroke, that the Kaman Empire succeeded in the subsequent battle to capture Jiayuguan, and the final Fanlin captured, the entire

The Kaman Empire had built a thick strategic barrier outside its southern land to ensure that its land would not be attacked by foreign hostile forces. However, all of this suddenly turned into a castle in the air due to the loss of the Armour Horse. The impregnable southern defense line in the mind of the Kaman people suddenly collapsed, exposing the entire southern region to the iron hooves of the Western Xinjiang people. The danger was even several times more dangerous than before they first seized the Armour Horse.

As the coach of Kaman's southern defense line, Miley certainly understood this, but the serious logistical shortage greatly weakened morale, especially since October, when food was intermittent, the domestic food supply was completely cut off, relying on supplements from the eastern occupied areas. Once the supply line in the eastern is attacked, this already fragile supply line will soon cause great trouble to Kaman's army guarding the southern border.

Although Ferdinand's westward advance and looting regained enough food for the northern garrisons for half a year, the side effect was huge. The Sithro Empire once withdrew from the Liberian Alliance and issued an ultimatum. If the Kaman Empire did not give a clear statement, they would declare that the Sithro Empire and the Kaman Empire entered a state of war. Although this was somewhat intimidating, with the existing military power of the Sithro people, they were not enough to fight the Kaman Empire. However, in the face of the anger of the people of the Sithro Empire, both the emperor and the nobles of the Sithro Empire felt that if they did not make some tough statements this time, they were afraid that the pressure from the people above and below would be enough to make the empire face a huge crisis of trust.

However, these diplomatic affairs are not something that Miley needs to worry about. With the response of the Prime Minister, Miley believes that the anger of the Sithro people will soon calm down. What he needs to face now is how to regain the Armour and rebuild the complete southern defense line. Armour must be recaptured, otherwise the nomadic cavalry affiliated with Li Wufeng will turn the entire southern part of the empire into their hunting ground. Miley dare not imagine that consequence. But he also knows that with his current power, he is unable to regain Armour. Unless the Southern Expedition Army is withdrawn, everything will be empty talk.

But in this situation, Nick's southern expedition was also in a difficult situation. Although he abandoned Black Mountain and Longquan, even the people of Tanghe pretended to be unaware of it and were unwilling to take over, you can imagine the huge impact of the current drought on the entire Eastern Continent. Without food, what if you occupy this land? Facing the hungry mob with red eyes and screaming, you may give you a knife to the refugees behind you at any time. Even if you are a veteran of war, you will still be chilled in this environment. From Nick's heart, Miley can do it.

Resolving the other party's current suffering is like a bottomless quagmire. From Pinglu to Qinghe to Yulin, it has dragged the imperial army to the southern expedition. Now with the increasing difficulty of logistics, it is worthless to launch the south again. On the contrary, this fat meat that was originally the eyes of the imperial nobles has become a hot potato in the military. It cannot be thrown away. It is a big burden to defend this way. Not only does it consume military strength, but also has to maintain a restrained mood to face these people who are hostile to themselves, which has a great impact on morale.

Miley and Nick once exchanged opinions in their letters, believing that under the current circumstances, if we want to completely defeat the Tanghe people, we can only unite the Sithro people, the Puer people and the Dodon people, invite the Maqikhans and the Milan people in the south, connect the Japanese people in the east, use the land of the Tanghe Empire as bait, first define the ownership of the lands of the various departments of the Tanghe Empire, work together to send troops at the same time, and completely destroy the Tanghe Empire. Only in this way can the Tanghe people be destroyed and become slaves of the country be destroyed. Only in this way can the people of their respective occupied areas gradually accept the reality of the country's destruction and gradually assimilate. Otherwise, the empire or the Liberian Alliance are unlikely to eat this behemoth, or even if they eat it, they cannot be digested.

But this plan obviously has many limitations. Due to inconsistent interests, it is obviously unlikely to unite all forces that can be united to raise troops at the same time. However, it is very feasible to invite several more powerful forces to hold grand events together, but it is also difficult to successfully achieve this in a short period of time, especially now that the relationship between the allies is expected to be in a state of war, such as the Dodon and the Japanese, the Milanese and the Machikhans.

Since this cannot be done for a while, both Miley and Nick tend to temporarily evacuate the hinterland of the Tanghe Empire, such as temporarily giving up Pinglu or even Qinghe, and at most retain Yulin as the contactor of the flank of the North Terlock and the bridgehead to the south. When the famine has passed, it can not only greatly reduce the burden on the army now, but also effectively shrink the defense line and ensure the stability of the defense of each strategic location. However, this opinion will be reported to the Prime Minister and there will be no more news. Even Miley and Nick do not understand how the Prime Minister, who has always been smart, will remain silent on this matter.

The loss of the Ama Horse strengthened the will of Miley and Nick. The task before Miley was to regain the Ama Horse as soon as possible. However, when the intelligence department and scouts brought back the information to confirm that the Tanghe people and the Derlock coalition not only built a large-scale construction and re-expanded the city defense facilities, but also reached a record 100,000 troops, Miley had no words except sighing. Li Wufeng and the Derlock people were clearly trying to build the Ama Horse into a dagger on the navel of the empire. With this passage and bridge, the nomadic cavalry would become a nightmare for the people in the southern part of the empire. The tragedy of the Sithro people being repeatedly ravaged by the Mots in the past will be repeated. At this time, Miley realized that he had agreed to Ferdinand to draw elite cavalry westward to plunder food. Perhaps the stupidest decision in his life was his life, but the bitter fruit he brought was only swallowed silently.

While Miley was reflecting on his original decision, the Kaman Empire was filled with haze and dark clouds were overwhelming.

Gomez had been standing in front of the window for two hours. The servant took the coffee down and changed it twice, but the master still seemed to have no sign of returning to the chair to sit down. He wanted to remind his master, but the servant also knew that this was the time when the master hated disturbing the most, so he had to stand silently at the door and wait for the order.
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