The Jingzhou Chengguan family, the Guling City Xia family, and the Chong'an City Jiang family of the Baji Empire actually took precautions against the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires buying their own generals.

even found out some generals who accepted bribes from the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, and dealt with them.

However, what these three families can find out is only the tip of the iceberg, when the army troops of the Zhou family invaded the Baji Empire, a large number of troops of the three families, under the leadership of the division commander and brigade commander, chose to defect.

When the first batch of 10 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions of the Barbarian Empire to support the Baji Empire entered the northern region of the Baji Empire in mid-June 1541, 63 of the 95 cities of the Baji Empire had been captured by the army troops of the Zhou family, including all the port cities of the Baji Empire.

The Xia family in the ancient tomb city of the Baji Empire and the Jiang family in Chong'an City both have a naval fleet, but the naval fleets of these two families, compared to the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet, are like two ants and a god-level adult dragon.

In the face of the strong strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, the two naval fleets of the Xia family in Guling City and the Jiang family in Chong'an City chose to surrender very wisely, and then relied on the cooperation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, and the army troops of the Zhou family easily took all the port cities of the Baji Empire.

In a conference room in the Baji Empire's Jingzhou City Lord's Mansion, Guan Tianqing pointed to the giant military map on the wall with a wooden pole and introduced it to Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Barbarian Empire's military department, and Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire: "Up to now, our Guan family has only 14 cities left, including Jingzhou City.

The Xia family only had 12 cities left, including Guling City, and the situation of the Jiang family was even worse, now there were only 6 cities left, and even Chong'an City, the base camp of the Jiang family, was conquered by the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

Yu Wenzhang, the military squire of the Barbarian Empire, is the commander-in-chief of the Barbarian Empire's dispatch army, and the Black Bear Empire's army major general Gurni is the advisor of the Barbarian Empire's dispatch army.

Gurney then asked in a very lame Han and Tang dialect: "How many troops can the Guan family have that can fight now?" ”

Because the Baji Empire has been a vassal state of the Han and Tang Empires for hundreds of years, its language and customs are basically no different from those of the Han and Tang Empires.

Guan Tianqing said with a wry smile: "Counting the temporary replenishment of new soldiers, there are less than 400,000 left, if it weren't for General Gurney and Lord Yuwen to bring reinforcements, maybe the remaining 14 cities of our Guan family will soon fall." ”

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Barbarian Empire's military department, said at this time: "Don't worry, Marshal Guan, the 10 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions led by this officer and General Gurney are only the first batch of troops sent by our Barbarian Empire.

In the future, there will be more troops, which will continue to enter the Baji Empire to help you Baji Empire and drive away the invaders of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

The establishment of the infantry division of the Barbarian Empire was about 25,000 men, and the strength of the cavalry division was about 20,000.

Guan Tianqing hurriedly said: "Lord Yuwen, as long as we can drive the army of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires out of our Baji Empire, our Guan family will immediately assign the 200,000 square kilometers of territory in the northeast to the Barbarian Empire!" ”

Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire then said: "Marshal Guan, our Black Bear Empire will not let our friends suffer.

After this war is over, there should only be one person left in your Baji Empire, that is, the Guan family of Jingzhou City. ”

Outside the city of Linqu of the Baji Empire, the 6th Infantry Division and the 8th Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army of the Zhou family were storming the defense line of the Guanjia army outside Linqu City, which was also one of the 14 cities that the Guanjia had not yet lost.

Xie Dong, the commander of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army, put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and said to Du Ning, the commander of the Eighth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army: "Old Du, before dark today, you should be able to take down all the positions outside Linqu City."

You said that our two divisions will launch a general attack on Linqu City tomorrow? Or let the troops rest for two days before launching a general offensive? ”

Du Ning, the commander of the Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army, graduated from the Army Academy in Shuonan Town, and because he had been unwilling to join the Shuonan Army, he came to Ganyang City at the invitation of a friend and joined the army of the Zhou family.

At that time, the army unit of the Zhou family had only one garrison brigade of Ganyang City.

To tell the truth, when Du Ning joined the Zhou family, he was more attracted by the Zhou family's high military salary and high welfare, Du Ning never expected that the Zhou family's power would swell to the current state.

Now Du Ning has long become a diehard loyalist of the Zhou family, and with the continuous expansion of the Zhou family's army units, Du Ning has also become the commander of the infantry division.

Du Ning pondered for a moment and said, "The 10 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions of the Tuban Empire have now arrived in Jingzhou City.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, I suggest that a general attack on Linqu City be launched early tomorrow morning and take Linqu City as soon as possible. ”

Linqu City is located about 120 kilometers south of Jingzhou City, which can be regarded as the gateway to the south of Jingzhou City.

Xie Dong nodded, "Although I don't think the barbarian army can pose any threat to our Zhou family's army, but it can reduce some trouble, I agree to launch a general attack on Linqu City early tomorrow morning."

So this time, who will be the main attack of our two infantry divisions? Who will be the secondary attacker? ”

Du Ning smiled and said, "Old Xie, do you want to take the lead in capturing Linqu City with me?" ”

Xie Dong said indifferently: "I finally ran into a hard stubble, of course our Sixth Division wants to make the first contribution." ”

"Old Xie, you are not polite to me.

However, the first merit of capturing Linqu City, I Du Ning also wanted.

Do you think that's good? Our two infantry divisions are no longer divided into main attack and secondary attack, and whoever captures more urban areas will be the main attacker. ”

"Okay! According to what Lao Du said, regardless of the main attack and the secondary attack, which division has a high record and which division is the first to capture Linqu City! ”

In the early morning of June 16, 1541, the Sixth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army and the Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army mobilized hundreds of large-caliber howitzers and began to bombard the more than 20-meter-high city wall of Linqu City from the east and west directions.

According to the current establishment of the army units of the Zhou family's feudal towns, the heavy artillery brigade under the jurisdiction of the infantry division has a total of three heavy artillery regiments, of which one heavy artillery regiment is equipped with 48 French Schneider 1929 155 mm howitzers, and the remaining two heavy artillery regiments are each equipped with 48 French Schneider 1913 105 mm howitzers.

In addition, each infantry brigade under the jurisdiction of the infantry division also has one heavy artillery regiment, equipped with 48 French Schneider 1913 105mm howitzers.

The walls of Linqu City were built with blue bricks to protect against fierce beasts, which can be said to be very strong, but they still did not resist the bombardment of hundreds of large-caliber howitzers, and soon there were many collapses.

The east and west gates of Linqu City have long been blasted open by fierce artillery fire.

When the officers and soldiers of the 6th Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army and the 8th Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army began to charge, the walls of Linqu City played almost no role, and the charging troops of the 2 infantry divisions easily attacked Linqu City.

At this time, there were about 40,000 people in the Guan family army in Linqu City, although several generals who led the troops were all children of the Guan family, and they were still ready to lead the troops to start street battles with the Zhou family army.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Guanjia army in Linqu City had no morale, and as the defense line of the city wall was breached, batches of Guanjia officers and soldiers chose to lay down their arms and surrender to the Zhou army.

As a result, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th, Linqu City, a city with a population of more than 300,000, was captured by the Sixth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army and the Eighth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army.

However, the two division commanders of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army and the Eighth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army had not yet fought for which division should be rated as the first meritorious service, so they received information from the headquarters of the Jinxi Army.

The barbarian army that arrived at Jingzhou City dispatched 8 infantry divisions and all 5 cavalry divisions to support Linqu City.

Du Ning, commander of the Eighth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army, said to Xie Dong, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army: "Old Xie, this time our two divisions have hit a big luck.

The 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions of the Barbarian Empire Army combined, but there were 300,000 people, enough for our two divisions to have a full meal.

I didn't expect that the first battle with the army of the Barbarian Empire would fall on the heads of our two divisions, good luck! ”

Xie Dong said with a smile: "Lao Du, are you going to use our two divisions to eat the 300,000 troops of the Barbarian Empire in one bite?" ”

"It's a little hard to eat, but at least you can take a bite of the meat.

It's a pity that several divisions have been mobilized above and are rushing over to support, otherwise our two divisions can really try it, can we eat a fat man in one bite. ”

Now the Zhou army has gathered more than 30 infantry divisions in the territory of the Baji Empire, and it is learned that the 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions of the Tuban Empire Army have rushed to Linqu City, and immediately there are 6 infantry divisions of the Zhou Army that are coming to Linqu City to support.

The 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions of the Turkish Empire Army were personally led by Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Turkish Empire's military department, and Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Imperial Army.

As the gateway of Jingzhou City to the south, Linqu City is strategically located, so Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire believes that he should find a way to block the troops of the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires in Linqu City.

But what Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire Army did not expect was that Linqu City, which was guarded by tens of thousands of people, did not hold out even for a day, and was conquered by the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires.

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Barbarian Empire's military department, asked Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire: "General Gurney, Linqu City has been lost, what should we do next?" ”

Although Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the military department, was the nominal commander-in-chief of the first batch of dispatched troops of the Barbarian Empire, the real command actually fell into the hands of Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire.

Gurney looked at the military map in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let's continue to Linqu City.

According to the information given by the Guan family, at this time, Linqu City only has 2 infantry divisions of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, adding up to only 80,000 people, and our 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions add up to 300,000 troops, and we can completely take Linqu City back! ”

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the military department, hesitated for a moment and said: "General Gurney, if the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires sends reinforcements to Linqu City, even if we have 300,000 troops, we may not be able to recapture Linqu City." ”

"The second batch of troops from your barbarian empire will soon arrive in the territory of the Baji Empire, and there will be a third batch of troops and a fourth batch of troops next, and we will not suffer in terms of troops.

Maybe Linqu City will be a turning point in this war. ”

On the morning of June 18, one cavalry division of the Tuban Empire sent troops first launched an attack on the position of the Zhou army in the north outside Linqu City.

The unit guarding the northern position outside Linqu City was the 61st Brigade of the 61st Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army.

Liu Erga, the commander of the 61st Brigade, did not expect that as soon as the barbarian army came up, he gave himself a big gift.

The Barbarian Empire was a country established by steppe nomads, so in the army of the Barbarian Empire, there were still a large number of cavalry troops.

Most of the cavalry of the Barbarian Empire rode ordinary war horses, and only a small number of officers and soldiers could be equipped with galloping horses.

However, even the Wind Horse was dressed in leather armor made of the skins of other ferocious beasts, and it could not withstand the armor-piercing bullets fired by the heavy machine guns.

The 20,000 cavalry of the Barbarian Empire who launched the charge did not even touch the forward position of the 61st Brigade of the Jinxi Army, and they were defeated.

This wave of charges alone caused the cavalry division of the Barbarian Empire to lose nearly half.

Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Imperial Army said to the commander of the cavalry division with a gloomy face: "Commander Beigong, do you have a long brain?"

What is the difference between you using cavalry to attack an opponent's position equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns? ”

The commander of this cavalry division, Beigong Tong, said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that the other side would place so many heavy machine guns on the position, I thought that a single charge could take down the opponent's position." ”

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the military department, said angrily at this time: "What do you think?

This one of you 'thinks' has buried the lives of more than 9,000 warriors of our barbarian empire! ”

Beigong Tong hurriedly said: "Lord Yuwen, I hope you can give me a chance to atone for my sins, I am also sincere for meritorious service!" ”

Beigong Tong is actually the confidant of Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Ministry of War, although Yu Wenzhang is angry that Beigong Tong lost more than 9,000 cavalry at the beginning, but he will not really do anything about Beigong Tong.

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the military department, then said to Major General Gurni of the Black Bear Imperial Army: "General Gurney, Beigong Tong really wants to clear the obstacles to attacking Linqu City for the main force.

I think he will be guilty of meritorious service, I wonder what General Gurney thinks? ”

Gurney shrugged, "I don't have an opinion, but if any general dares to disobey orders in the future, don't blame me for not being merciful." ”

Then Gurney's voice changed, "Next, I am going to have 8 infantry divisions take turns to attack the position of the Zhou family army in the north outside Linqu City.

Although the army of your Barbarian Empire has been trained by the instructors of our Black Bear Empire, its combat effectiveness is not bad, but after all, it has not been tested on the battlefield.

It is a good opportunity to use this opportunity to let the infantry divisions feel what the battlefield is. ”