The reason why Nanhai Prefecture is called the second state of Daheng is not because of its area distance, the total area of Nanhai Prefecture is about 350,000 square kilometers, and the area of this trip can only be regarded as medium in the huge Daheng Empire.

It is because the terrain of Nanhai Prefecture is mostly flat, with the lower reaches of the Luo River Plain, that is, the Liangluo Plain, and a Guang'an Plain, so that the total grain output of Nanhai Prefecture can enter the top three in the Daheng Empire.

In addition, Nanhai Prefecture is rich in coal, iron ore and other mineral resources, since ancient times Nanhai Prefecture is an important steel producing area, after the appearance of the steam engine, after the improvement of the level of steelmaking, Nanhai Prefecture is one of the important heavy industry bases and national defense industry bases of the Daheng Empire.

And all of the above are inseparable from the Luo River water system!

The main stream of the Luo River has excellent navigation conditions, and large sea ships can go all the way up from the mouth of the Luo River to the north and go deep into the hinterland of Daheng, and there are many tributaries in the lower reaches of the Luo River.

From Dongdingzhou all the way to the west, and finally near Luohai City, it flows into the Nam Luo River.

It passes through Ninmei County and finally flows into the Xintai River at the junction of Luoan County and Luohai County.

It passes through Hexi County and finally flows into the Pingdan River in Luo'an County.

There is a Jeonggang River that originates in Qiuhwa County, and the river is very short, but the water is relatively abundant, and it flows into the Luo River near the Dinggang fortress.

In addition, in the area west of the Luo River in Luohai County, there are many tributaries that are not long or large, but still have good navigation capacity.

This constitutes the lower reaches of the Luo River, which runs through almost every corner of Nanhai Prefecture.

From Luohai City, if you take a steamship, you can go to every county in the state, and there is also a direct river connection with Dongding Prefecture next door and Quyang Prefecture to the north.

At the same time, Nanhai State is also a coastal state, and through maritime transportation, it can contact many coastal states.

The developed ship shipping is the foundation of the second continent of the Tang Empire in Nanhai Prefecture.

It's not just about fertile land and minerals, Daheng has no shortage of fertile land, and the entire empire has more than two million square kilometers of arable land, and there are a lot of mineral resources.

What really made Nanhai the second continent of the Great Heng Empire was the fertile land and mineral resources, as well as the convenient ship transportation system.

Luohe, this is the main reason for the rise of Nanhai Prefecture.

The developed transportation of the Luo River, to a certain extent, also restricts the development of railways in Nanhai Prefecture.

Railways are not a strange thing for a long time, and a large number of railways have been laid in many overseas countries, even within Daheng, several states with relatively stable situations, such as Jingzhou, which has been under the control of the Ji royal family, have now built more than 2,000 kilometers of railway lines, and several other states have more or less railways.

But in Nanhai Prefecture, the total length of the railways is only about 200 kilometers, and they are all mining railways, purely for the transportation of coal or iron ore, and these railways are not built by the feudal towns, but by the local mining merchants themselves.

However, even though there is no railway network in Nanhai Prefecture, relying on the west of the Luohe River and the coastal transportation system, it still does not affect the transportation of materials and personnel in Nanhai Prefecture in the slightest.

This is the powerful influence of Luohe!

If there was no Luohe, it is estimated that even if there was chaos in Nanhai Prefecture in the past, those feudal towns did not want to build the railway, but the previous Nanzhou Bank would have taken the lead in building the railway on a large scale.

The importance of the Luo River system is undoubted, and Lin Ziran feels it even more deeply!

His troops moved north, south, and east, and now urgently reinforced the northern front, relying on the well-developed Luo River system.

Now with his order, tens of thousands of troops can carry a large number of artillery and supplies on board the steam boats, quickly evacuate Hetai County along the Nanluo River, and then enter Luohai County through Anlong County, and when they arrive at the Luo River, they can go north along the Luo River, and it will not be long before his army can appear in Guang'an County to resist the attack from Quyang Prefecture.

Relying on the Luo River water system, Lin Ziran's speed of mobilizing troops is very fast, if there is no Luo River, it is estimated that when he transfers the troops back, the soldiers and horses in Quyang Prefecture have already led Guang'an County and entered Luo'an County.

The huge ships marched all the way west and soon entered the Luo River, but this time Lin Ziran did not let all the troops go north, but stopped in Luohai City.

This time it was not only Guang'an's side that was in danger, and the enemy who came was not only the enemy army in Quyang Prefecture.

Now it is Ningyu Prefecture in the west, Zhongluo Prefecture in the northwest, and Quyang Prefecture in the north at the same time, although the real troops are only Quyang Prefecture at present, but Zhongluo Prefecture in the west and Ningyu Prefecture in the south are also highly probable.

By the way, we have to add a Dongding state.

At present, the South Korean Navy is facing siege from all sides at the same time, and the situation has reached an extremely critical moment.

At this time, Lin Ziran calmed down.

The Guang'an North Line seems to be the most dangerous, but other directions are equally dangerous, so Lin Ziran can't just care about one Guang'an North Line.

It is extremely irrational to rush out all the hole cards before the enemy in other directions has moved.

What's more, before this, he had already dispatched the First Division, the Garrison Brigade and the Fifth Heavy Artillery Regiment originally stationed in Dingjiang Fortress to the north in advance.

With these troops, even if the situation on the northern front is not optimistic, it will not be defeated, and no matter how bad it is, there is still a fortress of Chongguang City to defend.

Now Lin Ziran needs to know the situation on the eastern and western fronts and the northwest front, and only after knowing the specific situation of these places can he make a final decision.

After Lin Ziran returned from the Eastern Front with the army, although he did not continue to go north, in fact, the troops were ready to set off again at any time, the weapons and equipment of the troops were all left on the ships, the personnel only took turns to go ashore to rest, and the warships of the navy were also ready to escort at all times.

At the same time, taking advantage of the precious time of the stay, the logistics department is organizing people to carry a large number of logistics materials onto the ship.

On the evening of returning to Luohai City, Lin Ziran continued to receive news that the Sixth Division reported that in the direction of Qingyuan County in the west, a large number of soldiers from Ningyu Prefecture appeared, and these soldiers from Ningyu Prefecture were marching, and the marching route was very straight, that is, they were going to Luohai County, and the preliminary judgment was that the strength was more than 60,000 people, as for whether there were more Ningyu Prefecture troops behind, it was not clear for the time being.

At the same time, the navy also reported that a large number of warships from Ningyu Prefecture and Dongding Prefecture appeared in the coastal waters of Qingyuan County and Hetai County.

On the morning of the next day, the Eastern Front reported that Yuan Yonghan's headquarters in Dongding Prefecture dispatched more than 50,000 troops to launch a surprise attack on the Hetai defense line, which was repelled by the Eighth Division and the Fifth Division.

In the evening, news came from the northern front, Zhongluo Prefecture on the side of Hexi County really sent troops, they dispatched at least 40,000 troops across the desert area, and the 4th garrison division and the 6th cavalry division stationed in the local area had a battle, the front-line troops estimated that these 40,000 troops are not a department, the other side may have dispatched more than 100,000 troops.

In the direction of the northern line of Guang'an, the Third Division reported that more than 100,000 troops in Quyang Prefecture took advantage of the superiority of troops to launch a general attack, and they attacked the Luohe Gorge with an absolute superiority of troops, and quickly divided their troops to outflank them south, and after two days of fierce fighting, the Third Division consumed a lot of ammunition, and at the same time there was a risk of being surrounded by the rear road.

In order to avoid the troops being besieged, and in order to avoid running out of ammunition and food, the 3rd Division took the initiative to retreat and abandon the Luohe Gorge, and retreated to Guang'an City while waiting for ammunition to be replenished.

The first batch of reinforcements from the north, the First Division, the garrison brigade and other troops have arrived in Chongguang City by ship, and are expected to arrive in Guang'an City within two days, bringing with them a large amount of ammunition and rear-loading artillery that are urgently needed on the front line.

Lin Ziran looked at the large military map on the wall with his hands behind his back, and on the map, there were enemy troops attacking on all sides of Nanhai Prefecture!

Looking at those huge arrows, Lin Ziran frowned slightly, "I didn't expect my Lin Ziran's face to be so big, this has not completely unified Nanhai Prefecture, it has attracted siege from all sides!" ”

After talking to himself, he went to the window with his hands behind his back, and there was a raging storm outside the window!

The rainy season in Nanhai Prefecture is coming!

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