Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Chapter 28: Lu Jiang Beacon

"In your opinion, we should reduce military spending, reduce the army, and focus on developing the economy?" After thinking for a while, Philip V seemed to accept the opinion of his close friend and new prime minister.

"I feel that reducing the army is not necessary for the time being. After all, there are still Boyin barbarians in the north who have not surrendered, and the empire is a military power in the Eastern Continent. Reducing troops at this time will also damage the image of the empire. I just think that the empire can do it Instead of fighting those unnecessary and worthless battles, and focusing on strengthening the daily training of the army, it will be enough to save a lot of money. In the next few years, we will follow the example of the Northwest under Li Wufeng's rule and shift the focus to economic development. The wealth and foundation of the empire, can we not compare to a Northwest County under the rule of Li Wufeng?" Pokaninski put forward his thoughtful suggestion.

"What if Mott refuses to change his nature and invades our west again?" This is the question that Philip V has always been worried about.

"This is exactly the problem that I am planning to solve in this negotiation with Su Qin. However, in my opinion, as long as we can persuade Li Wufeng to restrain the Mott and Tubu people, these should not be a problem. Of course, this requires We also made some concessions." Pokaninski is very confident.

"Well, but will those nomadic barbarians listen to Li Wufeng so honestly?" It seems that Philip V was heartbroken by the Mott's harassment, and he was still not at ease about this issue.

"Your Majesty, I just missed one point. The reason why the Mott people and the Tubu people surrendered to Li Wufeng's feet was not entirely the result of Li Wufeng's complete suppression of military strength. More importantly, whether it was the Mott people Both the Mote and Tubu people have been completely assimilated and controlled by the Northwest economically. The entire Mote and Tubu people have been integrated into the powerful and dynamic economic circle of the Northwest. and other goods sold to Northwest merchants, and then obtained from Northwest merchants who are richer than ever before in various Northwest commodities, they can no longer adapt to the life of losing the Northwest as a transit link. In this case, you say Mo Can the Te people and the Tubu people not only follow Li Wufeng's lead?" Pokaninsky believes that this is the most important factor for the Northwest to defeat and control these two tribes.

After a long silence, Philip V stood up heavily, patted his Prime Minister on the shoulder, and said with some regret: "Maybe you are right, we need a good environment for development, but we have delayed too much As for the development opportunity, we can’t delay any longer, and we will do it according to your opinion, as long as we can win a peaceful environment for a period of time, even if we make some concessions, it will be tolerated.”

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Since Li Wufeng wants to get involved in the melee in the Central Plains of the Tanghe Empire, he won't have any direct conflicts of interest with us in a short period of time. He didn't intervene in the Central Plains for a year or two. It will be clear, we can just get a buffer period to rest, as long as we restore and develop our national strength, whether it is the people of Mott, the people of Boyin, or the people of Tanghe, as long as we have the strength Many things may not be as complicated and difficult as we imagined!" Pokaninski also stood up and straightened his not-so-thick chest.

Kansai in early autumn is exceptionally beautiful, piles of haystacks can be seen everywhere in the rice fields after the harvest, and the farmers and women who have finished their busy farming finally ushered in a rare leisure season. During this period, farmers who live on farming may The most leisure time for them is until the Spring Festival. They can stay in teahouses, in the woods, and by river ditches to enjoy the cool and rest all day long, play cards and do some small gambling. During this period of time, small businesses start to operate. Grain trading, wine making, carpentry, house building, and small grocery shopping are the most common businesses in the countryside, and it has also become the best time for some farmers to earn extra income.

"It's time for the general attack!" An officer rushed into the command post excitedly, waving his hands and shouting loudly.

"When?"

"Tonight? Or tomorrow morning?"

"But I'm tired of waiting. If you don't work hard, you will get sick."

Immediately, the command post seemed to explode and became lively. The officers who were originally lazy all of a sudden cheered up and surrounded the officers who rushed into the command post.

"Probably tonight, just now I ran into an acquaintance of mine who was a senior staff officer at the army headquarters. I heard from him that he had just received an urgent report from Kuaima, and I heard that Sanjiang was the first to attack. I don’t know if the Maqihan people fought with the Lin family first. Now the general command post is convening a meeting with division chiefs. I'm going to receive orders, it seems that our division is at the front line." The panting officer hurriedly explained.

"Okay, it's finally time. I'm going to be crazy to stay in this forest all day long."

"You have to do it as soon as possible, stay here, no matter how well the secrecy work is done, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hide it for a long time."

"Yeah, it's better to start ahead of time. If the Maqihan people are willing to cooperate, they will cooperate. If they don't cooperate, we will fight the same. I don't believe that the Lin family's army can be the top three?"

A burst of unbridled yelling vented the dissatisfaction of this group of men. Obviously, staying in this remote valley for a long time has made these men extremely impatient, and they are eager to use fighting to vent their long-standing depression. . They are looking forward to a war, a big battle that can fully demonstrate their identities.

Two hours later, the officers who received the order quickly entered the battle state. With fighting spirit, they can finally bid farewell to this mountain nest that has been nesting for several months. What awaits them is the fate of fighters.

On the night of September 5, 697 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, almost at the same time, the 100,000 troops quietly assembled in the mountains between Bashan and Lujiang were divided into two routes and left Pingyang Valley and Wangyuepo at the easternmost end of Bashan. , Go straight to Lujiang Fucheng located on the bank of Lujiang River.

A division on the southern route sailed eastward by boat and conquered several towns along the bank of the river, while the other division followed up by land along the river. The three divisions on the northern line connected several important passes in the west of the Kelu River within three days. Although the Lin family has two divisions stationed in Lujiang Mansion, Lin Yunfei, who has already taken over Lin Guowei's responsibility for the defense of Lujiang, is worried that the 100,000 Machihans in the east are in danger of going west and attacking Lujiang Mansion. Three regiments were removed from a division originally deployed at Cuiping Pass, the most important pass in the west, leaving only two regiments in charge of defense.

They encountered continuous crazy attacks from the two elite divisions of the Langjia Tiannan First Army Corps. After a day and night of hard work, Cuiping Pass fell. None of the soldiers survived, and the two offensive divisions of Tiannan relied on their absolute superiority in strength and still paid the price of nearly 18,000 casualties to win this tragic victory. However, after this battle, the Lin family was unable to organize an effective defense in the west of Lujiang River, and the south of the sky was like a broken bamboo. It took only three days to sweep across the entire west and north of Lujiang River.

On September 10, the Tiannan Army and the navy responsible for the water defense of the Lujiang River encountered each other on the Lujiang River section 20 miles away from Lujiang Fucheng, and the two sides engaged in the first large-scale water battle. Although the Tiannan Navy had the upper hand in Shangshui, the sudden southeast wind turned the already precarious Sanjiang Navy fleet from victory to defeat. The water army launched a counterattack. Most of the Tiannan water army was reorganized from the army and was not familiar with water warfare. Most of the fleets were arranged in dense formations. After being attacked by fire, they could not disperse in time. Panic-stricken, the officers only put down their boats to escape ~IndoMTL.com~ As a result, the fighter jets were lost, and more than 20 ships were burned, while the Sanjiang Navy took the opportunity to attack, causing heavy casualties in Tiannan, as many as 8,000 people were burned to death or drowned died, and the fleet lost most of it.

However, the victory of the Sanjiang Lin family in the battle on the water could not restore the situation in Lujiang, which was over. The army launched an attack on Lujiang Prefecture from the north by land. The battle was extremely fierce. After Lin Yunfei found out that he had made a mistake at Cuiping Pass, he was worried that he would not be able to explain to his father. Pass the tower. However, this was not enough to resist the Tiannan Army, which had a superior military force. After the Tiannan side and the remnants of the empire in the Lujiang Prefecture garrison came online, the already crumbling defense system of the Lujiang Prefecture City was finally broken. On September 19, after five In the fierce battle of the day, the first and third divisions of the Tiannan First Army Corps captured the Lujiang River almost at the same time, but before that, Lin Yunfei had already crossed the Lujiang River with the help of the navy fleet and the remnants of the two regiments at night. , broke through the interception of the small Tiannan army, joined the Sanjiang army in the southeast of the Lujiang River, and fled back to Sanjiang in embarrassment.

After half a month of tug-of-war, the battle for Lujiang finally came to an end marked by the fall of Lujiangfu City. In this battle, the two sides mobilized more than 150,000 troops. The remaining two regiments of the regiment fled back to Sanjiang, and the Lang family also paid the loss of more than 40,000 people from the two elite divisions. However, the Lang family occupied Lujiang and imprisoned the main forces of the two divisions of the Lin family in Hanzhong. Locked firmly in the Hanzhong Basin, it became a lone army without any foreign aid.

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