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Chapter 310 Taking advantage of the fortune, all parties are moving
The land of Qinzhou is turbulent, and it is at a time when the sky is changing. What the stranger can see from observing Qi is the formation and spread of the Dragon and Tiger Network, and its fortune is rare in the world.

Seeing that the Xia Kingdom was about to cross three states, the powerful enemies from the northern countries and even the neighboring areas were naturally unable to sit still.

Tongzhou has a long and narrow territory, with seven counties all leaning on the Tianjiang River. It is rich and powerful, with a population of nearly 2000 million, and each county has a military strength of 20 to [-].

Of course, because its economy is mainly developed through commerce and trade, it rarely experiences disasters and endures long periods of peace, resulting in a weak army.

After two years of continuous attacks, only the water-bearing county and Linjiang county adjacent to Qinzhou remained among the seven counties of Tongzhou. The other five counties have all become the territory of the Ling Kingdom.

And even if the two major counties of Weishui and Linjiang had support from the Central Region on the south bank of the Tianjiang River, they could only barely hold back, and the situation was in a steady retreat.

If the Daxu court or other big powers send troops to assist without knowing it, Tongzhou will fall in half a year at most. By then, the entire Tianjiang port and ferry in the north will be in the hands of the Ling Kingdom.

Based on the two states of Ling and Tong, and then relying on Tianjiang merchants to expand violently, it is still unclear whether it will become a big dragon and sweep across the northern border.

This was King Ling's initial plan. As the sixth son of Emperor Xiangxing, he had many advisers under his command. Qianlong's overall plan naturally had the highest success rate and was the most consistent with his own reality.

But the kings and ministers of the Ling Kingdom never expected that a Xia Kingdom would appear on the desolate northern border, and its rise would be unstoppable.

In the seventh year of Tongzhi, we conquered Liangzhou, and in the ninth year of Tongzhi, we will completely capture Qinzhou. This is only possible if we have strong national and military power.

If there is no intervention, even if the Ling Kingdom annexes Tongzhou and controls all the Tianjiang ports in the north, it will not be able to defeat Daxia in the end.

On December [-], the ninth year of Tongzhi, the third day after Jing Heng became Queen of Qin, the Ling Kingdom suspended the Tongzhou attack and dispatched military supplies, and was requested by the King of Qin to send an army of [-] for support.

Tongzhou and Qinzhou are connected, and there is Heyang County between Qinzhou Jincheng County and Tongzhou Lingjun. If Lingjun directly attacks Heyang, it will definitely relieve Jingheng's pressure in Jincheng.

However, the main force of the Xia army led by Zhou Bai was in the Heyang area of ​​​​Jincheng. The Ling army only sent [-] troops and was not an elite in hundreds of battles. How could it be willing to go head-to-head with the Xia army, which was famous for its military force.

One hundred thousand Ling troops directly attacked the border of Lingliang, which brought a huge impact to Liangzhou, which had just been stable for a year. The King of Xia was not in the capital, and the people were uneasy.

Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the rear army who stayed behind in Liangzhou in the Great Xia, received the news from the King of Xia and immediately mobilized the garrison troops from all counties in Liangzhou to go south to Changyan and Nanfu counties to support him. He himself also fled to the front line.

The king's decree gave him the emergency authority to mobilize the Longshou Forbidden Army, but Li Dingguo believed that it was not necessary because the northern defense line needed the Forbidden Army to deter him.

The result was as expected. The Ling army forcibly attacked the Liangzhou border several times and only captured a few warning military fortresses. They were not allowed to advance after the arrival of reinforcements.

The military strength was insufficient to support the strategic push, and the soldiers were not elite enough. If it were not for the imminent unification of Qinzhou, Li Dingguo would definitely ask Zhou Bai for instructions to counterattack.

Originally, with the power of Lingguo, the mighty kingdom suddenly launched an attack on another big country at the same level, with at least 30 to [-] regular soldiers like Zhou Bai's attack on Liangzhou.

Keling State suffered a huge loss in opening up Tongzhou, and there were too many factors that affected the cross-state war. It was far less easy than Xia State's annexation of Liangzhou.

Renovating the army and maintaining local defense stability are only one aspect. The consumption of food supplies is the main reason for the limitation. Being able to open a second battlefield and mobilize an army of [-] troops has already meant that Lingzhou has accumulated a lot of storage savings in the past two years.

The Lingchao weather change has improved the geographical environment of the northern border, and the output of staple crops such as rice and wheat has greatly increased. Half-spiritual fields with two or even three harvests a year can be seen everywhere.

At the national level, the frequency of wars is higher. As long as there is food and people, we can continue to expand.

During the turbulent dynasties in history, ordinary vassal states rarely mobilized foreign troops once a year, and the wars were limited to tens of thousands of people.

Only three years of good weather, or even ten years of cultivation can lead to a national war that determines victory or defeat, unlike the [-]-level battles that are so common now.

Needless to say, Daxia, with his advanced agricultural and food layout, Zhou Bai could mobilize troops every year without damaging the country's vitality, destroying the country and opening up frontiers at every turn.

As for other famous princes in the world and even the big countries in the north, they did not have Zhou Bai's unique and advanced layout, but they adopted the conventional heavy taxes in troubled times and still maintained high-frequency dragon wars.

This is the case with the two states of Liaodong and West Liao in the north. Affected by factors such as the geographical environment and the fierce struggle for hegemony, they have been fighting for years and the wars are endless.

At the beginning, when Liaodong and Liaoxi were coexisting, Yan State planned to cut the flesh with a knife and merge them bit by bit.

The early strategy was indeed effective. One county was established in one month and one county was established in half a year. In this way, the two Liaos would be unified within ten years.

But since Zhou Bai annexed Liangzhou, the Yan State, which occupied Liaodong, felt great pressure, and the scale of the wars became larger and larger.

In late October, the Xia army launched the Battle of Qinzhou.

This was like a signal that the Xia Kingdom had set its goal and had no time to worry about it. Lingzhou, Daizhou, Liangliao and even the grasslands began to take action one after another.

Withdraw the troops guarding Dingliang, or engage in external annexation operations, or suppress internal strife.

Yan Gong Mo Huba seized this opportunity. Regardless of the livelihood of the people at home, he mobilized the entire country's troops to invade the final territory of western Liaoning.

The Western Yan Bo Kingdom, which occupies half of western Liaoning, has exhausted its national strength and can no longer continue its reign. It has been retreating steadily all the way.

On November [-]rd, Beiping City, the capital of the Xiyan Kingdom, was besieged by the Liaodong Yan army. On November [-]th, Xiyanbo announced his surrender under the threat of Mo Huba massacring the city and annihilating the clan.

Daxia's offensive in Jincheng County was like a fire. The puppet Qin army had no fighting spirit. Many people surrendered and abandoned the city. Soon only the state city Chang'an was still under the control of the Qin army.You must know that as the core area of ​​Qinzhou, Jincheng County is extremely prosperous. Every city and every checkpoint is a dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Historically, many foreign enemies who set foot in this county have found it difficult to advance.

The golden city in Guanzhong is thousands of miles away. It is truly the so-called land of abundance and the backbone of the world. Guarding the city in all directions is the foundation of descendants and emperors for eternity.

When the Xu Dynasty launched the national policy of Zongxu vassalage, Jing Heng, a branch of the royal family, had the opportunity to become the first prince in the south of the Yangtze River in the Central Region, but he still chose to be the governor of Qinzhou, not just to turn a dragon into a dragon.

After working hard among the imperial supervisors and various warlords, and wooing people from left to right, he finally became the largest "warlord" in Qinzhou and was expected to found a country. Who knew that the King of Xia suddenly appeared and acted on behalf of heaven.

In the previous generation, the Qin State occupied five states and almost unified the northern border. The potential of Qin State was actually beginning to flourish. Jing Heng was unwilling to accept it. His vision was right, but he lacked manpower.

The imperial court of Zhongzhou still had the title of direct jurisdiction over Qinzhou, so it took advantage of the Xu Dynasty's fortune to ignite the foundation fire and claim the throne as a last-ditch effort.

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At the junction of Heyang County and Jincheng County, Xia Army's Central Camp is based here. The military strength and fortune are astronomical. Thirty thousand elites are ready to support any place at any time.

This is the last mobile force around Zhou Bai. Although the number is small, they are all core forces such as demon-slayers, bodyguards, and snow dragon riders. They have the power to change the overall situation of a country.

In the king's tent with a fish and dragon hanging upright, Zhou Baizheng was at his desk reviewing memorials and intelligence from all sides, including military information, changes in various countries, and the fate of the front lines.

"Chang'an's luck is like a flaming golden mountain, with a boiling ocean below. Even with the power of our army, it is still difficult to suddenly suppress it...Looking at its source, there is no foundation, only the red flag of Chixu can borrow luck... It is recommended to postpone the destruction of the country. Of."

Since his "rebirth", Zhou Bai has relied on his judgment on the fate of the situation to turn good luck into bad luck. As the world has changed, the methods of various parties competing for hegemony have become more diverse, so he naturally thought of taking advantage of this.

Not only was the Qintian Prison newly established, but there was also a group of people among the military Taoist officers who studied the Qi Observation method, and the conclusions they observed would be provided to the staff as intelligence reference.

Killing chickens to scare monkeys is simple and effective. Hui Yanzong's fate was really tragic, which made the subsequent integration of Qinzhou Taoist Academy extremely smooth.

Wen Shi, a new member of Yangshen, the head of Xiangyi Clan, a hidden sect in Qinzhou, was appointed by Zhou Bai as the fifth-rank Lingtai Lang of Qin Tianjian, specializing in the position of observing Qi and deducing.

Once you come, make peace with him. In order to quickly settle down in the Xia Kingdom's court, he went to Chang'an to watch Qi in person and gave his own suggestions.

Zhou Bai compared the conclusion of Master Wen and looked at it from a thousand miles away. He could only feel that the remaining flames of fortune in Daxu were like a raging fire. It was obvious that the foundation had not been fully burned yet. Jing Heng wanted to imitate the famous comeback of a city in the history books.

Of course, with the strength of the Xia army, if they attack Chang'an now, they will definitely be able to win it. It is not worth exchanging the lives of the soldiers.

With the defeat at this point, Jing Heng still had the support of Xu Chao Yanyun, and Zhou Bai used the perfect qi-gazing technique to observe the trajectory of qi, and there was only one conclusion.

What the puppet Qin regime burned was the luck that the Xu Dynasty used to block Shulong. Jingheng, who was born in a royal family, could have the foundation he has today without having a few dragon-supporting magicians around him, but he still cares about so much when he is about to be overthrown.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai pulled out an inconspicuous piece of daily information from a pile of Xuanyi Guard memorials in the corner of the desk.

"On November [-]th, there were signs of small movements of troops and baggage in Zhenxi County."

"On November [-], the governor of Zhenxi County was seriously ill and the county lieutenant took over all military power..."

It was planned long before the decisive battle at Qihuang Mountain. Is it possible that Zhenxi County is now an empty shell?
Zhou Bai looked solemn, and while instructing Xuan Yiwei to activate the secret weapon to investigate quickly, he issued tiger talisman arrows to mobilize the Chinese army.

"Order the former army to besiege Chang'an but not attack, and divide the troops to capture Zhenxi."

"Gao Hu listened to the order and led the demon-subduing army of [-] men and two horses to attack Zhenxi County and defend Dashan Pass at all costs."

Western Shu's complete occupation of Suolong Ridge only broke the lock on its neck. From then on, it can develop steadily in the land of Shuchuan. However, if it captures Zhenxi County, especially Dashan Pass, it will have the qualifications to enter the northern border.

After some emergency maneuvers, Zhou Bai sat down and listened to the military intelligence report from Xu Yun, who joined the imperial camp.

"Li Dingguo, who stayed in Liangzhou, won the victory. The Ling army was unable to achieve any success. The situation in Liangzhou is stable. Now [-] militiamen have been mobilized to march west to Qinzhou to support."

"Yan Gong Mo Huba sent out [-] cavalry to spy on the country's border. Our border army soldiers guarded the city to avoid fighting. Mo Huba was unwilling to return without success and led his troops into Daizhou."

"The deadlock in Daizhou was broken, and Daihou Lu Ding took the opportunity to invade Dainan, seize the land of two counties, and change the Daibei Kingdom to Daiguo to oppose the Yan Kingdom."

"The Jin Kingdom raised an army of 20 to attack Cangbei County. General Huo Feiguang led a counterattack with ten thousand cavalry, and went deep into the hinterland of the grassland to sweep pastures. The Jin Kingdom was in internal turmoil... 300 million stones of grain have been shipped from Taicang, Dingzhou, and are on their way to Qinzhou. , Dingzhou is left behind, and the Minister of War, Zhou Yuan, is escorting him, asking the king not to worry about the safety of Dingzhou."

"A secret report came from the Shenjing Palace. The internal fighting between the emperor and the king is open. There may be big changes in the near future."

Any piece of information compiled by Xu Yun is a major event that can affect a state or even several countries, but Zhou Baidu just listened silently. The most critical thing for Daxia now is the west.

From the day when the White Emperor's star fell, the situation of Xishu Qianlong has become a fog and unpredictable.

"Send the order, the Chinese army will break out of camp immediately!"

Zhou Bai glanced at the bulge in the northwest corner of the sand table, where there was the Us Plateau, also known as the Us Territory, which had always been ignored.

(End of this chapter)