July 25, Hanyang County.

Although war was declared on Japan, the Imperial Army's expedition was not purely for the purpose of fighting against Japan. What's more is to recover the territory of the Qianyuan Empire and digest it slowly.

At the same time, it is also for the purpose of expanding the population, so that there will be a sufficient population base when the army is expanded in the future, so as not to lead to the widening of the age gap between the sexes of the common people in the future.

Without beating gongs and drums, there were no cheers, and the first division of the Imperial Forbidden Army of the Han Empire slowly drove into the city under the astonished eyes of the people of Hanyang County.

Because the road surface is paved with bluestone slabs, it can't bear the weight of tanks and armored vehicles at all, and the troops who entered the city this time are all infantry or honor guards.

The geographical location of Hanyang County is located on the route from Jiangnan Province of the Han Empire to the capital of the Qianyuan Empire, and it is in the center of this route, and its military value is needless to say.

And the soldiers also need a temporary rest for the marching in the past few days, and the position of the army to rest and recuperate is placed in this Hanyang county seat.

The soldiers of the 1st Division in the city slowly entered the city, while the air force personnel outside the city quickly began to survey the land, and brought many construction vehicles to prepare for the construction of a temporary airfield outside the city of Hanyang County.

The 50,000 men and horses of the Imperial Army marched 2,000 miles in just three days, which can be described as sleeping in the open air, galloping day and night, and marching to the county seat of Hanyang, and the whole army was already exhausted.

Not only the physical fatigue of the soldiers, but also the difficulties of logistics supply have gradually become prominent.

The logistical supply line of more than 2,000 miles is too long, although it only needs to transport some gold and silver, but the distance is too long, and it is inevitable that there will be some supply difficulties.

The streets are bustling with people, but the teahouses on both sides are silent, in stark contrast to the noise outside.

Xu Yang, who had changed into ordinary people's clothes, and Qin Hu, who had also been disguised, slowly walked into a teahouse called Jing Pavilion, looked around, and found a seat in the corner to sit down.

Soon, dozens of forbidden army guards disguised as various identities came in one after another outside the door, centering on the position where Xu Yang was sitting, and sat down in twos and threes.

Xu Yang and Qin Hu pretended to drink tea, but they were actually observing the demeanor of the people around them.

If you want to understand a place, you must first stay in the teahouse and restaurant of the place, and listen to the conversations of these ordinary people, so as to have an understanding of the general situation of a place.

However, after staying in the teahouse for half an hour, I got very little news, let alone any valuable information, most of which was trivial things between some neighbors.

However, just as Xu Yang was about to leave, a person suddenly broke in in a panic and said loudly to everyone in the teahouse: "Oh no, the Qianyuan Empire is dead!"

As soon as these words came out, the various conversations in the teahouse were instantly dumbfounded, and everyone's faces had expressions of disbelief.

How long has it been since the Qianyuan Empire and the Japanese Empire started the war, only half a year, the Northern Xiongnu Empire collapsed, the two countries were defeated, and the country was besieged.

"Ahem, this little student, is what you said true or false?" asked an old man in disbelief.

"Of course it's true, just yesterday, the Japanese army broke through the east gate of the national capital, but today, the Japanese army is already slaughtering the city. ”

Suddenly, the faces of everyone in the teahouse turned ugly, and a sense of despair enveloped their hearts.

They knew how terrible this Japanese army was, and if the rumors were true, this Japanese army would kill anyone they saw, whether it was the Huns or the Qianyuan.

It is said that the Huns in the north were almost wiped out by the Japanese army.

If the Japanese army is really so brutal, and now the Qianyuan Empire is also dead, they ordinary people really have no way to live.

"It's over, it's completely over, I have to pack up quickly, and flee to the south before the Japanese army can reach here. A man suddenly stood up and hurried out of the teahouse in a panic.

"That's right, didn't the south set up some kind of Han Empire, and now those soldiers walking on the street are all soldiers of the Han Empire. I think this army is not ordinary, maybe they can hold off the Japanese army. ”

"Can you pull it down, the Japanese army is so easy to defeat? People are the black and white impermanence sent by the Lord of Yama to collect human lives, where have we mortal armies fought black and white impermanence. One sighed.

Listening to these people's words, the mood of everyone in the teahouse plummeted, and they all stood up and hurriedly checked out and left.

In any case, if you flee to the south first, you will be able to survive for a while.

Seeing everyone in the teahouse leave one after another, Xu Yang's face couldn't help but be a little ugly.

The Qianyuan Empire has fallen, that is to say, their Han army will fight against the Japanese army alone, and the situation is becoming more and more serious.

Xu Yang stood up suddenly, and said to Qin Hu with a serious face: "The wind and rain are coming, the wind is full of buildings, go, go back to the headquarters." ”

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In Hanyang County, the original county government has now been converted into a headquarters, and two guards are standing at the door of the conference room, staring straight ahead.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the latest satellite image from China. A staff officer respectfully handed over a picture with both hands.

I saw that the sky above the capital of Qianyuan was almost covered with thick smoke, and it was conceivable what kind of human tragedy was happening in the capital now.

"Zhuge Feiyang, you are the director of the Intelligence Agency, and you should know the strength of the Japanese army. Xu Yang raised his head and looked at Zhuge Feiyang, who was sitting opposite him, and said.

Hearing Xu Yang's words, Zhuge Feiyang nodded, stood up, walked to the military map, pointed to the location of the capital of the Qianyuan Empire marked on the map, and said: "According to the intelligence summary of our intelligence agency, the total strength of the Japanese army that invaded the Qianyuan Empire is about 200,000, of which 150,000 troops are in and around the capital of the Qianyuan Empire, and the remaining 50,000 troops are deployed in Jinhai City in the southeast of the national capital. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Feiyang couldn't help but feel a little guilty on his face, and said: "Because the internal organization of the Japanese army is too tight, our intelligence personnel have already paid a great price for getting this information. ”

Listening to Zhuge Feiyang's words, Xu Yang naturally knew how heavy this great price was, and he was just about to say something, when suddenly a communication soldier strode in, walked into Xu Yang's ear, and said, "Your Majesty, the capital has been attacked!"

"What? Capital, what's going on?" Xu Yang's eyes widened.

Hearing the word capital in Xu Yang's words, everyone was shocked, could it be that something happened to the capital?