At 8:30 a.m. on June 19, the Tubarian army gathered hundreds of artillery pieces and launched an artillery bombardment of the Zhou army's position north of Linqu City.

Liu Erga, commander of the 61st Brigade of the Western Jin Army, after seeing the shelling of the forward positions through the telescope, turned his head and said to an adjutant beside him: "Send a telegram to the heavy artillery brigade and the heavy artillery regiment of our brigade, so that they don't rush to carry out the bombardment, and after the enemy's infantry starts to charge, give Lao Tzu a beating first!" ”

"Yes, Brigadier."

In addition, he sent a telegram to the 613 regiment at the front, telling the 613 regiment that if he did not receive the order to retreat, he must nail Lao Tzu to the position.

Whoever dares to retreat without authorization, don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and being ruthless! ”

At the end of the 15-minute shelling, thousands of infantry of the barbarian army began to charge the positions of the Zhou army in a skirmish.

However, as soon as the infantry of the thousands of barbarian army launched a charge, they were covered by the extremely fierce artillery fire on the side of the Zhou army, which directly extinguished the first infantry charge of the barbarian army.

Major General Gurni of the Black Bear Imperial Army and Yu Wenzhang, a squire of the Barbarian Empire Military Department, couldn't help but change their faces slightly when they saw such fierce artillery fire from the Zhou Family's army.

Gurney frowned and said, "You have to find a way to suppress the opponent's artillery, otherwise the infantry won't be able to rush at all." ”

Yu Wenzhang said with a wry smile: "The Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires is obviously equipped with a large number of large-caliber artillery, while each infantry division of our Tuban Empire is only equipped with a heavy artillery battalion with 12 130mm howitzers.

With 8 infantry divisions combined, there are less than 130 mm howitzers, and it may be difficult to suppress the opponent's artillery. ”

Gurney said in a firm tone: "If you have difficulties, you have to give it a try, let our artillery find the location of the opponent's artillery position as soon as possible." ”

The 61st Brigade of the Jinxi Army, which guarded the northern position outside Linqu City, had only one heavy artillery regiment equipped with 48 French Schneider 1913 105mm howitzers.

However, the heavy artillery brigade of the 6th Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army was also assigned to the 61st Brigade.

The heavy artillery brigade has 48 French Schneider 1929 155mm howitzers and 96 French Schneider 1913 105mm howitzers.

In this way, the number of large-caliber artillery on the side of the Zhou army is exactly twice that of the barbarian army.

As a result, the 96 130-mm howitzers of the barbarian army not only did not suppress the artillery of the Zhou army, but were blown up by dozens of large-caliber howitzers of the Zhou army.

The remaining large-caliber artillery of the forced barbarian army had to fire a few shots, so they had to quickly transfer their positions to avoid being wiped out by the artillery of the Zhou army.

In this way, the situation was embarrassing, and the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops suddenly became a bit of a dilemma.

In the case of a strong attack, due to the lack of superiority in artillery fire, the losses are too great, and even Major General Gurni of the Black Bear Imperial Army, who does not care too much about the casualties of the barbarian army, is a little unbearable.

If you retreat, it will be too embarrassing.

After all, this was the first time that the army of the Barbarian Empire and the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires had fought each other, and the Barbarian army still had an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

What's more, behind the barbarian army, there is also the Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire, known as the world's first army.

And just when these hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops were in a dilemma, the 6th Infantry Division and the 8th Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army stationed in Linqu City suddenly launched a large-scale counteroffensive against the barbarian army.

Although the army of the Barbarian Empire is under the army of the Black Bear Empire, most of the officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Army have never been on the battlefield, and they are much worse than the army of the Black Bear Empire in all aspects, and their will to fight is very different from the army of the Black Bear Empire.

The sudden counteroffensive of the 6th Infantry Division and the 8th Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army actually triggered a great rout of the barbarian army, except for the small losses of the cavalry troops, the eight infantry divisions of the Tubarian army suffered very heavy losses, and the number of officers and soldiers captured alone exceeded 50,000.

If it weren't for Xie Dong, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army, and Du Ning, commander of the Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army, considering that the strength of the cavalry of the Turkian army was not damaged, they did not order the troops to chase to the end, and if they did not make the eight infantry divisions of the Turkian army, they would have been completely annihilated by the Sixth Infantry Division and the Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jinxi Army.

After the embarrassed Gurney and Yuwenzhang fled back to Jingzhou City, Guan Tianqing asked the two of them with a gloomy face: "General Gurney, Lord Yuwen, what should we do next?" ”

Guan Tianqing was now very disappointed with the combat effectiveness of the barbarian army, and the 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions combined had a total of 300,000 troops, but they were easily defeated by the 80,000 Zhou army.

Such a barbarian army, even if there is another one or two million, may not be enough for the Zhou family army to fight.

Gurney said with some embarrassment: "This time we are a little underestimated, I didn't expect that the army of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires would be equipped with so many large-caliber artillery."

I will immediately send a telegram to the War Department of the Black Bear Empire, asking the War Department to equip the army of the Barbarian Empire with more large-caliber artillery. ”

Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Barbarian Empire's military department, then comforted Guan Tianqing: "Don't worry, Marshal Guan, this defeat outside Linqu City is just an accident, and the 12 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions of the second batch of our Barbarian Empire's dispatched army will soon enter the Baji Empire."

Like the accident outside Linqu City, there will never be a second time, as long as we are sincerely united, we will definitely be able to drive out the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires! ”

After Gurney and Yu Wenzhang left, Guan Tiancheng walked into the room, "Big brother, the army of the Barbarian Empire is a little unreliable!"

The 300,000 barbarian army was beaten by the 80,000 Zhou army and lost their armor, relying on the barbarian army, can we keep this family business? ”

Guan Tianqing sighed and said: "I didn't expect the combat effectiveness of the barbarian army to be so poor, it seems that the Black Bear Empire doesn't care much about the barbarian army." ”

If the Black Bear Empire sent to the Barbarian Empire's Army Lieutenant General Gouyt, hearing Guan Tianqing's words, he would definitely shout that he was wronged.

It's not that the Black Bear Empire doesn't care about the barbarian army, it's really a little unsupportable.

The army officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Empire, after all, are all human beings, and they are psychologically rejected by the Black Bear Empire, which also makes many army officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Empire just cope with things in many things, including training.

Guan Tiancheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Big brother, do we have to make another plan?" ”

"Alas—you send someone to contact the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires!

Remember, you must lower your posture, as long as you save the lives of all of us in the Guan family, other things outside the body, you should hand them over, don't be reluctant. ”

"Big brother, I understand what to do."

"It must be kept secret, and the people of the Barbarian Empire must not know about this matter, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

In the Governor's Mansion of the Black Bear Empire's Gaget City, Governor Deniso learned of the disastrous defeat of the barbarian army outside Linqu City, so he called the Black Bear Empire's army chief Gra over.

"Marquis of Gra, the combat effectiveness of the barbarian army is really a bit disappointing.

300,000 against 80,000, and more than 100,000 people were lost at once, while the losses of the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires were very small, which made me feel very worried about the war in the Baji Empire. ”

Gera hesitated for a moment and said: "The main reason why the barbarian army was defeated so badly outside Linqu City was that the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires was equipped with a large number of large-caliber artillery.

Perhaps only by equipping the barbarian army with more large-caliber artillery could the tide of the war in the Baji Empire be turned around. ”

"What does your War Department think about this?"

"Governor, our War Department believes that the Barbarian Army has essentially become a servant army of our Black Bear Empire's Royal Army.

Equipping the barbarian army with more large-caliber artillery will not threaten the interests of our Black Bear Empire.

Moreover, if the barbarian army can defeat the Zhou army in the Baji Empire, it will also avoid the losses caused by the personal participation of the Royal Army of our Black Bear Empire. ”

Governor Deniso touched the black fluff on his chin and said, "Then equip the barbarian army with some large-caliber artillery, but your War Department should also be prepared."

Once the barbarian army is unable to reverse the situation of the Baji Empire, perhaps the imperial army of the empire will need to personally intervene to teach the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires a lesson. ”

"Governor, we, the Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire, had better not go to war.

If our Black Bear Empire's Royal Army participates in the war, it will need to cross thousands of kilometers of ocean, and the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires controls a naval fleet of terrifying scale.

Even the navy of the Golden Lion Empire was in the hands of that human naval fleet, and it suffered several big losses in a row. ”

"The human naval fleet controlled by the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires can indeed be regarded as a trouble.

But now the Royal Navy of our Black Bear Empire is no longer a soft persimmon.

Now that 50 Statue-class battleships with full main guns and 50 Sea King-class battlecruisers have all been put into service, even in the face of the human naval fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, they have the power to fight. ”

At the end of June of Tianyuan 1541, the second batch of the Tuban army also arrived in the territory of the Baji Empire.

The second batch of the Turkbarian Empire's dispatched army consisted of 12 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions, with a total strength of 420,000.

At this time, there were only 9 cities left that the Jingzhou Chengguan family could control, and only 7 cities left in the Xia family in Guling City, and the Jiang family in Chong'an City was completely wiped out by the Zhou family's army.

The Guan family's army, because it was supported by the barbarian army, temporarily blocked the offensive of the Zhou family's army.

However, the Xia family in Guling City is almost in an isolated and helpless situation, if there is no accident, soon the Xia family in Guling City will be like the Jiang family in Chong'an City, and will be eaten by the Zhou family cleanly.

In the end, the head of the Xia family in Guling City, in order to allow the family to continue, chose to surrender to the Zhou family's army, and handed over the remaining 7 cities and more than 200,000 Xia family troops to the Zhou family.

Immediately, Zhou Rui ordered the area controlled by the Xia family in the original ancient tomb city to be divided into Jidong Town, and the area controlled by the Jiang family in the former Chong'an City was divided into Jixi Town.

Although the Guan family in Jingzhou City has not been completely defeated by the Zhou family's army, Zhou Rui also decided to divide the area controlled by the Guan family in Jingzhou City into Jibei Town.

After increasing Jidong Town, Jixi Town, and Jibei Town, the number of feudal towns under Zhou Rui's command has increased to eleven, and the strength of the Zhou family will expand a lot.

Regarding the annexation of the Baji Empire by the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, the six beast countries and several human countries all strongly condemned the Zhou family.

It's just that most countries are only verbally condemning, and the countries that can send troops to intervene are only the Barbarian Empire for the time being, and even the Black Bear Empire is hiding behind the Barbarian Empire.

On July 7, 1541, the Zhou army concentrated 28 infantry divisions and launched a full-scale attack on the Guanjia army and the troops sent by the Tuban Empire.

At this time, the large-caliber artillery promised by the Black Bear Empire to the barbarian army had not yet left the territory of the Black Bear Empire.

The artillery is at a disadvantage, and it is not the worst for the barbarian army, and what makes the barbarian army speechless is that the Guan family, who fought side by side, secretly took refuge in the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires and betrayed the barbarian army.

As a result, the Tuban army completely collapsed, and even Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Tuban Empire's military department, and Major General Gurni of the Black Bear Empire Army, became prisoners of the Zhou family's army.

It turned out that Guan Tianqing, the head of the Guan family in Jingzhou City, found that the combat effectiveness of the barbarian army could not compete with the Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires, so he decided to secretly surrender to the Zhou family, so as to at least ensure that the Guan family would not be uprooted.

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Baiyun City, the capital of the Barbarian Empire, Emperor Dugu Liang said with a wry smile to Lieutenant General Guit of the Black Bear Empire: "General Guit, I didn't expect the Guan family of the Baji Empire to be so unreliable, and this time it will make our Barbarian Empire miserable. ”

Gouyt's face was also very ugly at this time, after all, the Guan family in Jingzhou City contacted the Black Bear Empire, and this time the Guan family in Jingzhou City betrayed the Black Bear Empire.

"This matter will not be settled like this, we will take back the Baji Empire at all costs!" Gouyt said in a deep voice.

Emperor Dugu Liang sighed and said, "General Gouyt, the two groups of our barbarian army this time combined, the losses are more than three-quarters.

I wonder if it's ......"

Before Emperor Dugu Liang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gouyt, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about military matters, I will help Your Majesty deal with it." ”

When Emperor Dugu Liang heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, Tema's! This is really using me, the emperor, as a puppet!

However, Emperor Duguliang's face did not show any angry expression, "General Gouyt let it go, and I support General Gouyt unconditionally." ”

Emperor Duguliang's words made Gouyt's face slightly better, "Your Majesty, rest assured, our Black Bear Empire will never watch the Baji Empire be divided into three new feudal towns by the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

Maybe soon, the Royal Army of our Black Bear Empire will also send troops to the Baji Empire. ”

Emperor Dugu Liang nodded, "If the Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire can participate in the war, then it is still very promising to recapture the Baji Empire." ”