Alien Arms Empire.

If there is one person in this world who most looks forward to Zhao Yu's death, then this person must be Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji really wanted to kill Zhao Yu with his own hands, and he definitely didn't need a knife if he could use a saw blade.

When he and Zhao Chen rushed to the front line, the troops of the Great Hua Empire were still gathering, and it was actually not an easy task to launch an attack.

Compared with the strategic mobilization efficiency of the Great Tang Empire surpassing the Second World War, the mobilization ability of the Dahua Empire is close to that of the First World War, and the overall mobilization takes more than a month.

Although locally, speeding up the time can speed up the mobilization, but the speed after this increase is not too fast, and the time is calculated in weeks.

The overall mobilization of the country is not an easy task, and it cannot be turned back: it is very complicated, requires a complete plan and a lot of work, and it is not something that the leader just grabs the phone and orders.

Therefore, although three days have passed, the troops of the Dahua Empire near Fengjiang are still in the process of preparation, and this preparation process is even under the surveillance of the intelligence agencies of the Datang Empire.

As one of the key areas to attack, the Great China Empire has a corresponding assessment of all the troops deployed near the Xifeng River, the amount of ammunition in stock, the transportation capacity, and the ability to command and mobilize.

The nearby map of the Great Tang Empire has also been made in great detail, and some places are even accurate to the level of meters.

"When can we launch an attack?" Seeing the train carrying the ammunition stop at the station, Zhao Ji asked Zhao Chen who was standing beside him impatiently.

This is Hezhe, the nearest city to Fengjiang. You can tell from the name that it is related to transportation.This place used to be the main road of transportation, and it was the transportation hub from the Great China Empire to Zheng State.

From here to the east is the Fengjiang River, and after crossing the Fengjiang River, you will reach the border between Dahua and Zheng Guo in the past, and Hezhe also has roads to the south, leading directly to many important cities in the south.

Since the railway, it has become more prosperous and the city is also very large.As the in-depth line of defense against the Great Tang Empire, of course a large number of elite troops of the Great Hua Empire were stationed here.

Starting from here, to the north is the wasteland, an important town in the north, to the south is Wanliang, an important grain-producing town, to the west is the Great China Empire, and to the east is the famous port city Fengjiang.

Seeing the unloading of supplies from the train, Zhao Chen, the prince leading the troops, said honestly, "There is no rush for this kind of thing! Although some preparations have been made in the early stage, but if we really want to launch an attack, we have to wait for more than a week."

"Why is it so slow?" Zhao Ji was obviously dissatisfied with the speed, so he asked subconsciously.He is actually not familiar with leading troops to fight, so he doesn't understand the mystery.

He just looked at the countless soldiers in front of him, as well as a large amount of ammunition and supplies, and felt that he should be ready. As long as he gave an order, the battle could start.

"Your Highness, a hasty attack will only usher in failure." Zhao Chen explained what he still needs to prepare: "A large amount of weapons and equipment are still on the way, and the artillery ammunition reserves are not sufficient. Not ready... What should I do if I lose the first round if I launch an attack rashly like this?"

"Why do you need to prepare so many things? What about the traitors on the other side? They don't need to prepare these?" Zhao Ji was still dissatisfied. In his opinion, if he was not ready, it meant that the enemy was also not ready.

"Fengjiang has always been Zhao Yu's lair, and he is at the door of Fengjiang's house, so the preparations are naturally much faster than ours." Zhao Chen replied patiently.

He felt that he had to stabilize His Highness the Crown Prince and let him understand his painstaking efforts, so as to prevent His Highness the Crown Prince from jumping out to make trouble at critical moments.

Don't look at this prince as stupid and stupid. He may not have the ability to succeed, but he must have more than enough to fail.

In fact, although it seems that the Dahua Empire has an absolute advantage in military strength, in fact Zhao Chen knows how many of the troops in his hands and the surrounding areas are really obedient, only God knows.

When there is an army suppressing, these areas are obedient and good babies, but if the deterrence is lost, many places are likely to fall to Zhao Yu.

Therefore, on the way here, he made a very clear plan: all the surrounding troops will deploy their defenses in place, turning the vicinity of Fengjiang City into a fortification zone.

Trapped 30 Zhao Yujun near Fengjiang City to death!Force Zhao Yu to use limited troops to fight against his Zhao Chen army near He Zhe, and weaken Zhao Yu's army as much as possible.

If conditions permit, then invest in the follow-up reserve forces, recapture Fengjiang, and completely annihilate Zhao Yujun!
No matter how you look at it, his plan is the most feasible - the only fly in the ointment is that this plan may be time-consuming.

What Zhao Kai lacked was time: as the weaker side, the Dahua Empire was afraid that the Tang Empire would be involved in this war, so they insisted on a quick battle.

It's a pity that the mobilization speed of Dahua Empire is really unsatisfactory. After a few days, they haven't even completed the basic partial mobilization.

In fact, the situation on the opposite side of the Xifeng River is not much better. Even with the material support of the Tang Empire, the mobilization speed of the troops in the Xifeng River area is actually not fast.

According to the standards of the Tang Empire, this is completely at the level of chickens pecking at each other, and it makes people drowsy just looking at it.

Three days later, after Zhao Yu arrived in Fengjiang, the entire Fengjiang garrison did not fully enter the fighting state, and they did not act immediately except for the material assistance given by the Tang Empire.

Although there is an advisory group of the Tang Empire in command, the state of the Dahua army is like this, and no one can force it.

Zhao Yu dispatched troops and generals in high spirits, and was about to launch an attack in the direction of Hezhe City—he felt that staying in Fengjiang was absolutely waiting to die, so he was going to take the lead in launching an attack.

It's just that, except for him as the "leader", the rest of the officers did not intend to set the main attack direction on He Zhe, because if they did that, it would basically be a dead end.

There are only about 30 troops near Fengjiang City who are dispatched by Zhao Yu. This is all the forces that are currently on the surface.If you use these troops to attack He Zhe, even if you win He Zhe, you will have no strength to continue attacking.

At that time, the troops of the Dahua Empire only need to wait for work in the lower rein west of Hezhe, and wait for Zhao Yu's army to throw themselves into the trap to find their own death.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the plan of the Tang military advisers was not to attack Hezhe westward, but to attack another city southward: Shanping!

As long as they break through the siege and go south to Shanping, there are not many main forces of the Dahua Empire here, but they rely more on Fengjiang economically. Compared with Hezhe City, Shanping is also closer to Zhao Yu.

After controlling Shanping, you can threaten Guiguang City!Further south of this city is the famous Jiange, the land of Longxing in the Dahua Empire!
There is a reason why it became the land of Longxing in the Dahua Empire. There is a small plain to the west of Jiange, which is rich in grain and there is only one road leading directly to Jiange. There are also iron ore and copper mines nearby, which are quite rich in products.

Back then, the Taizu of the Dahua Empire raised troops here and named the plain on the west side of Jiange Nanku, which means treasure house.

Controlling Nanku, Jiange, Guiguang, Shanping, and Fengjiang means that they have the capital to fight against the Dahua Empire. These places can continuously provide food and soldiers, and even have a certain industrial foundation.

Therefore, defending Fengjiang and capturing Guiguang City became the only choice for Zhao Yu to win.What's more, as long as they seize Guiguang, an important transportation town in the south, go north to Wanliang City, and go west to Shanchong City, it will be a fatal threat to the Dahua Empire.

Shanchong is the transportation hub in the hinterland of the Dahua Empire. It is located between three mountain ranges and is extremely dangerous. Taking control of this place is tantamount to closing the passage that threatens Guiguang from the west.

The northern part of Guiguang is the main grain-producing area in the eastern part of the Dahua Empire. If it is lost here, at least one-third of the grain production of the Dahua Empire will be lost.

What's more, Wanliang went northeast and returned to Hezhe City, which was equivalent to threatening Hezhe from the flanks. Under the attack from both sides, the Dahua army had to consider whether to give up Hezhe and retreat.

If you want to defend the southeast of the Dahua Empire, you must defend Guiguang, and if you want to block Guiguang's westward path, you must guard Shanchong.

Similarly, if you want to defend the northeast of the Dahua Empire, you must hold the peace.If the Dahua Empire wants to concentrate its forces to defend the eastern front, in fact the shortest line of defense is to defend the lower rein and Shanchong.

The strategies of both sides are already on the surface: Zhao Chen must fight Zhao Yu in He Zhe, and Zhao Yu's way of life is to go south to Shanping City.

So while Zhao Chen was waiting for the reinforcements to arrive at He Zhe, Zhao Yu's troops were also desperately strengthening the defense line on the west side of Fengjiang without Zhao Yu's knowledge.

They had to rely on fortifications to resist Zhao Chen's attack, and drew out at least 10 troops to attack Shanping.

Just as the two sides were dispatching troops, a piece of news that made Zhao Chen and Zhao Ji depressed suddenly came: the railway line behind them was blown up by a group of thugs.It will take at least one day to repair this section of the railway...

This kind of accident ignited Zhao Ji's anger all of a sudden, and he went back to the lower rein angrily and thoroughly investigated the bombing of the railroad track.

After he left like this, Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief: at least now, there is no idiot who doesn't understand anything around him making all kinds of stupid demands that make people laugh and cry every day.

So, he even kind of thanked those who blew up the railway tracks, and thanked them for helping the Dahua Empire solve a huge problem to some extent.