On the morning of May 15, 3012 in the Tang calendar, in a large hall of the imperial palace in Feni City, the capital of the Salad Empire, Valerian, the Minister of War of the Salad Empire, said to Emperor Heris: "Your Majesty, now our Royal Army of Sharad has gathered thirteen infantry regiments in the southern region of the Cangyu Empire, and fifteen load-carrying airships have also arrived at the front line in the southern region of the Cangyu Empire, and the army of the Cangyu Empire has also deployed about 3.8 million troops in this area. Among them, 3.3 million troops belonged to the Royal Army of the Cangyu Empire, and the other 500,000 troops belonged to the private armies of the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquis of the Cangyu Empire. ”

After the Sharad Empire sent four more infantry legions to the Cangyu Empire, the number of infantry legions in the Sharad Royal Army in the Cangyu Empire reached sixteen, with a total strength of more than 4.8 million.

However, there are three infantry regiments of the Salad Royal Army, which are distributed in various provinces of the Cangyu Empire and the capital Canglong City, in order to protect the interests of the Sharad Empire in the Cangyu Empire.

In addition to the royal family, the strongest nobles in the Cangyu Empire are the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquises, after the Shalad Empire lifted the restrictions on the number of land forces of the Cangyu Empire, the size of the Royal Army of the Cangyu Empire has recovered to twenty infantry regiments, and the private army of the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquis of the Cangyu Empire has now reached almost the size of ten infantry regiments.

However, this time, the three hereditary dukes and the four hereditary marquis of the Cangyu Empire did not send many troops to the southern border area of the Cangyu Empire.

Emperor Herris nodded slightly and said: "Thirteen infantry legions are nearly four million troops, plus the three million and 8.8 million army of the Cangyu Empire, it must be able to make the Su family army return home, by the way, how many troops did the Su family army gather in the four northern provinces of the Purple Moon Empire?" ”

At this time, Prime Minister Shurik said: "Your Majesty, according to the estimation of the intelligence department, after this period of large-scale expansion, the Su family army has gathered at least four million army troops in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province of the Purple Moon Empire. ”

War Minister Valerian then immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the calculations of our War Department, with the thirteen infantry legions of our Salad Royal Army and the army of the 3.8 million Cangyu Empire, it is completely possible to adopt preemptive tactics and rekindle the war to the territory of the Purple Moon Empire. ”

War Minister Valerian's words made Emperor Herris a little moved, after all, the situation in the Cangyu Empire is not very stable, once the Su family army really enters the territory of the Cangyu Empire, maybe the situation in the Cangyu Empire will become more chaotic, and even cause very unfavorable changes to the Sharad Empire.

Emperor Herris hesitated for a moment and said: "Previously, the Salad Royal Army was tantamount to being driven out of the Purple Moon Empire by the Su Family Army, if the Salad Royal Army took the lead this time, what are the chances of winning?" ”

War Minister Valerian pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, before that, our Salad Royal Army only invested a total of seven infantry legions in the Purple Moon Empire, and it was invested in batches, this time our Salad Royal Army has gathered thirteen infantry legions, and there are also three million and eight hundred thousand troops of the Cangyu Empire who can assist in the battle, and the chance of victory is at least eighty percent or more." ”

Emperor Herris turned to Prime Minister Schulik and asked, "What is the Prime Minister's opinion on this?" ”

Prime Minister Shurik thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I think you can give it a try, after all, our Salad Royal Army plus the army of the Cangyu Empire are almost twice as strong as the Su Family's army, and if we can rekindle the war to the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, our Salad Empire may avoid a lot of trouble." ”

"Good! Then the War Department will come up with a battle plan as soon as possible and strive to strike first against the Su Army! ”

At about nine o'clock in the morning of May 19, 3012 in the Tang calendar, in the governor's palace of Kangshui City, the capital of Luochuan Province, Cheng Ziwen reported to Su Yi in a deep voice: "Marshal, according to the reports of the scouts of various troops, the army of the Salad Empire and the army of the Cangyu Empire in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province have been mobilized very frequently in recent days, and there are many signs that maybe the army of the Salad Empire and the army of the Cangyu Empire will attack before our Su army. ”

Su Yi frowned, "Can you be sure?" ”

He Yunfei next to him said with a wry smile: "Great Marshal, the army of the Shalad Empire and the army of the Cangyu Empire will strike first, it is just our speculation, we don't have definite evidence yet." ”

Su Yi's brows furrowed a little tighter, "If the army of the Shalad Empire and the army of the Cangyu Empire attack first, will it have a big impact on our Su family's army?" ”

He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen both nodded with serious expressions, and Cheng Ziwen then spoke: "Marshal, although it is said that on the battlefield, the defending side has an advantage over the attacking side, but this is a big battle of millions of troops or even tens of millions of troops, and suddenly our Su family army changed its role and canceled the battle plan drawn up before, and there will definitely be a lot of mistakes." ”

Su Yi rhythmically tapped the handle of the chair with his fingers, thought for a while and asked, "Are the attack troops in place?" ”

He Yunfei nodded and said, "The four Guards Infantry Brigade and the forty field infantry divisions have already arrived at the designated position, so I discussed it with Ziwen and thought that it was better to immediately order all the troops to attack first, so as not to let the Salad Imperial Army and the Cangyu Imperial Army disrupt our rhythm." ”

Su Yi said categorically: "Now that the attacking troops are in place, what are you waiting for, immediately order a full-scale attack on the Cangyu Empire!" In the last two months or so, we have expanded 20 new field infantry divisions, and the number of veterans in these 20 field infantry divisions is not quite large, and I think we can go up at any time, so that we will have 20 field infantry divisions as reserves! ”

After a pause, Su Yi continued: "It seems that our Su family army has to strengthen its intelligence work, and there is no exact information, but it is a great loss." ”

In the early morning of May 20, 3012 in the Tang calendar, the emperor of the Sharad Empire, Herris, was still asleep, and was awakened by a fierce knock on the door, and then the emperor Herris learned a shocking news from the guards who knocked on the door, just at five o'clock this morning, the Su family army of the four northern provinces of the Purple Moon Empire launched a large-scale attack on the Sharad Empire army and the Cangyu Empire army stationed along the border.