Chapter 1 The Beginning of Punishment
There is a state in the northwest outside Shanhaiguan of the Great Xia Empire, named: Anzhou. The city of the prefecture is named: Wangjiang City.
Wangjiang City is only 73 kilometers away from the border river of the Great Xia Empire, the border river. After crossing the border river, it will be the land of the Federation of the princes.
One hundred and fifty-four kilometers west of Wangjiang City, after crossing the Border River, it will be the land of the Anyuan Kingdom. Therefore, Wangjiang City can be said to be the junction of the Three Kingdoms and has great defensive pressure.
However, Wangjiang City has the division headquarters of the Second Infantry Division of the Daxia Empire and one of its infantry regiments. It also deploys an infantry regiment's troops at the border of the Three Kingdoms 154 kilometers west of, so there is no need to worry about the enemy coming to attack without any eye.
In fact, let alone the other two countries dare to come boldly to attack the Daxia Empire, the troops of the Daxia Empire did not cross the river to attack them. People from both countries felt very grateful.
Since the Daxia Empire occupied all the land south of the Jiehe River, various forces north of the Jiehe River have strictly guarded against it. Especially the Anyuan Kingdom, which had fought against it before when occupying the western region, has concentrated most of its troops in the east, fearing that the army of the Daxia Empire would suddenly attack the Anyuan Plateau.
Even so, Alex Elmer, the king of Anyuan Kingdom, was still worried. After all, he sent hundreds of thousands of troops to defeat the war before and after, and now the same number of troops is definitely not safe to defend.
However, the troops in the Anyuan Kingdom had reached its limit, and Alex Elmer could not send more troops to defend.
So in the end, Alex Elmer thought of this way to find foreign players.
Alex Elmer looked around and saw that the north of the Anyuan Kingdom was an unknowing dusk desert, and there was an insurmountable high mountain range to the west and south.
Not to mention the east, that is the Great Xia Empire that he needs to be guarded against. In this way, Alex Elmer discovered that in the surrounding area of his Anyuan Kingdom, there is only a force that can be united, except for the Great Xia Empire that needs to be strictly guarded against.
There is no way. Although his Anyuan Kingdom has a vast territory and a small population, facing the sword of the Great Xia Empire, Alex Elmer has and only one choice.
Although the vassal federations have always been disgusted with the surrounding countries established by destroying other territories because of their own traditions, the vassal federations are also facing the threat of the Southern Daxia Empire.
Although the Federation of Princes only met with the Navy of the Daxia Empire when sending troops to support the Baxter Kingdom, no one dared to doubt whether the strength of the Daxia Empire is strong enough from its "one-time relationship" and its reputation and power over the years.
Therefore, in the face of the Anyuan Kingdom's request for alliance, the Anyuan Kingdom and the Anyuan Kingdom successfully reached an alliance with the approval of the three dukes and giants in its country.
The two countries have an alliance agreement that if one of the two countries is attacked by the Daxia Empire and the other country unconditionally initiates support to the other country, the covenant will be valid until the Daxia Empire is eliminated.
The alliance between the Anyuan Kingdom and the vassal federations was not polite or contraindicated at all, because the threat of the Daxia Empire was too great.
After the Daxia Empire received this information, it was not at all concerned, and was not afraid of the alliance between the two countries. If it weren't for the fear of underestimating it from outside, the Daxia Empire wouldn't even bother to pay attention to it.
However, the enemies all expressed their opinions. If Yang Song did not express his feelings, outsiders would think that their Daxia Empire would be afraid of this alliance.
Therefore, Yang Song immediately issued an order, ordering the First Infantry Division, the Second Infantry Division, and the Third Mountain Division, with the assistance of the navy to launch a punitive attack on the Federation of the Princes north of the Border River and the Far Kingdom of Xi'an.
This attack is not for anything else, but for a statement, so that people at home and abroad know that their Daxia Empire is not so easy to provoke.
With the assistance of the naval fleet, the three divisions all crossed the boundary river and launched a massive attack on the Anyuan Kingdom and the Federation of the princes.
The sudden attack of the Daxia Empire completely made the two countries unable to fight back, and they didn't even know what to do.
The Covenant states that after one of the two countries was attacked by the Great Xia Empire, the other will launch unconditional support for them.
But now the two countries are attacked by the Daxia Empire together. Now who should the two countries support whom?
With the heavy losses of the front army, Alex Elmer, the Anyuan Kingdom, made the first decision. He ordered the entire army to retreat and decided to exchange space for time to ensure that his only army can preserve its strength.
The decision of the Anyuan Kingdom just allowed him to escape. After all, the Great Xia Empire was just preparing to teach the two countries a lesson in this attack, but he did not think about really occupying much of their land.
Therefore, after the Third Mountain Division in the west outside the Daxia Empire saw that the enemy had fled, his division commander, General Pingxi, Zhang Wei, could only helplessly issue an order to retreat to Leizhou after burning down many towns, and returned to the Anyuan Plateau, the Anyuan Kingdom, and Leizhou east of the border river.
Although the Anyuan Kingdom escaped by accident, the princes and federations could not use the same method.
Because the vassal federations are closely united by territories, if the method of using the Anyuan Kingdom to exchange space for the withdrawal of troops from the Daxia Empire would definitely cause heavy losses to some lords near the boundary river.
If other territories in the vassal federation really give up Linhe territory, the vassal federation will also fall apart, and then the vassal federation will return to the point where they will face the entire Daxia Empire alone.
The three dukes and giants of the Federation of the Princes and other lords are not fools. Of course, they know this truth. Even if they think about giving up the lords in Linhe, they dare not really say it, let alone do it.
So in desperation, the Federation of the princes could only gather all the troops from all territories to fight a major battle with the First Infantry Division, the Second Infantry Division, the Navy's defensive fleet, and the Marines who came to participate in the war to support the war.
The vassal federation, which had been in peace, did not lose any living strength. Even if it was bombarded by the Xia fleet in order to support the state of Baxter a few years ago, it would be just a part of the army sent by the adjacent territory.
Moreover, when these territories saw that the original cross-river bridge was collapsed by the Xia Kingdom, they immediately withdrew their troops to defend, so there was no substantial loss.
Even though there are some losses along the river line, after so many years, what should be restored has been almost done.
Because the Daxia Empire knew about this, the Army sent a total of three divisions to the Anyuan Kingdom and the Federation of the Dukes, and two divisions were sent to the Federation of the Dukes.
For the Anyuan Kingdom, which has suffered a major blow, a third mountain division is more than enough to deal with it.
Seven hundred thousand! In order to resist the attack of the Daxia Empire, the vassal federation sent an army of a huge number of 700,000!
There are only two infantry divisions and one Marine Corps on the Daxia Empire. Even the 7,300 people in the Shanghai Army’s defensive fleet are only nearly 120,000.
The army's strength is close to 1 to 7, and even if there is such a big gap, this side of the Daxia Empire is not worried at all.
After Yang Song learned that the Federation of the Princes and the Federation had all their strength to fight him, he not only was not worried, but was happy, because in this way he could crippled the Federation of the Princes and the Federation of the Princes at one time.
To this end, Yang Song immediately asked Li Jing to take charge and went to Lizhou Hui to join the Fourth Heavy Division stationed in Yongsheng City to support the battlefield in the north.
After Li Jing went to Yunzhou in the north to take charge of the overall situation, Yang Song was completely relieved.
Originally, with 120,000 people plus a fourth-level division, a total of more than 160,000 troops, the commanders and chiefs of staff of each division were enough to fight.
But in order to prevent it, Yang Song asked Li Jing, the only general of the Great Xia Empire, to go to the battlefield to command the command.
When the army of the Great Xia Empire gained a foothold north of the Border River with the support of the Navy's Defense Fleet and the Marines, the end of the vassal federation was already destined.
Because the time for the Federation of Princes to use the natural danger of the boundary river to block the Xia army from crossing the river has passed!
Even if the Federation of Princes can block the Xia army's crossing the river with the advantages of boundary rivers and huge military strength at the first time, the Xia army has overwhelming water power, and in the end it can still cross the river, but it will be a little late in time.
In fact, the Xia Kingdom sent troops this time to punish the two countries in name, but in fact, it was to attack the vassal federations that had always been relatively stable so that the other party would not invade the Daxia Empire first with the accumulated military advantage.
From the fact that the vassal federation was able to quickly assemble 700,000 troops this time, we can see the opponent's strength and potential strength.
Another thing is about the initiative and the location of the battlefield. Active offense is always better than passive defense.
Active attacks can give priority to gathering superior forces, and you can choose the time and location of the war - although the advantage of troops this time is still in the local area!
Moreover, a large area of land south of the Jiehe River is now being developed by the Xia Kingdom. If the battlefield is within the Xia Kingdom, it will be a huge loss.
So to sum it up, it is still a matter of initiative. As long as you grasp the initiative in war, the probability of winning the war is much higher.
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A war with nearly one million troops on both sides quickly staged on the land of the Federation of the princes north of the Border River.
Under the command of Li Jing, the army of the Daxia Empire launched an attack on the enemy by the First Infantry Division, the Second Infantry Division and the Fourth Heavy Equipment Division.
The navy's defensive fleet and the Marine Corps ensure smooth logistics across the river.
Although Li Jing was the commander-in-chief, he still asked the divisions to play independently. He only played a strategic deployment and coordination role, which is why Li Jing divided the offensive route into three parts.
Chapter completed!