"Boss, Phoenician urgent." In the headquarters of the Shule Western Expeditionary Army, Wan Yi was about to discuss the next move of the Western Expeditionary Army with Gauss, when Xuan Yingwei's urgent report interrupted the two of them. And Liu Xuan, who was making a sand table map of the theater of operations between Taixi and Taixi, stepped forward to take the urgent report and hurriedly glanced at it: "Two marshals, the Western Fleet reported that Li Guixin and Wu Sanxing burned the main fleet of the Great Qin Navy in Phoenicia, and nearly half of the warships were burned to ashes. ”

"Well done. This Li Guixin and Wu Sanxing are really good. Gauss Ji couldn't help but praise each other, and said with a smile: "This time, the Great Qin Navy has suffered such a big blow, and it will definitely not be able to attack Phoenicia in the short term." Great Qin's navy will not be able to do anything for at least half a year, which is tantamount to bringing a new opportunity to the Great Food Empire. ”

"What Brother Si said is, but in this way, the war between the two sides can no longer be avoided. There will be an urgent report from the Xuan Ying Guard today. Gauss's words made Wan Yi nod, and after waving his hand for Liu Xuan to transmit the information back to the Chang'an base camp, he continued: "Once these two behemoths fight, they will inevitably get bigger and bigger, and the more they fight, the more difficult it will be to get out. When the two sides are almost finished, they will completely exhaust Taixi's vitality, let the battle between Daqin and Dashi completely decline, and provide us with enough time to pass through Taixi. ”

"Well, Marshal, I think let Hammud contact Wujie, let the army of the Kingdom of Rigus secretly be on guard, and you and I will sit here and watch the battle between the two empires." Gauss Ji and Wan Yi looked at each other and smiled, and began to look coldly at the two countries that had already fought. In fact, since Eridogan led the remnants of the navy back to Cyprus, the naval battle in the Mediterranean has come to an end for the time being, and there is not enough fleet support, even if Eridogan brings the logistics convoy to Phoenicia, it is impossible to win the attack of the Great Eater Army on land. Therefore, in desperation, Eridogan could only send more reserve warships from Byzantium and other places to Taranto and other places to assemble and prepare for regrouping, and on the other hand, he also let the logistics transport fleet quickly retreat, and on the other hand, the other side took advantage of his new defeat to attack Cyprus. However, no matter how Elidogan explained it on the side of the Byzantine royal court, and even directly guessed that the Tang Dynasty had intervened in the naval battle between the two countries, the news of the defeat of the navy led by him still spread in a very short time. At a time when the war between the two countries was raging and a major war was about to start at any time, the sudden defeat of the highly-anticipated navy made Byzantium unable to remain indifferent, so at first Eridogan was even dismissed on the spot, and although he was later reinstated, he was still severely reprimanded.

The rebuke from the royal court made Eridogan feel the cold killing intent, and Eridogan, who was eager for revenge, also needed to find a way to clear the snow for his defeat, so Eridogan immediately took over several shipyards in the Aegean Sea and the Apennine Peninsula after his guilt and meritorious service, and seized the time to replenish the warships, preparing to rebuild the Great Qin naval fleet and then go south for a decisive battle.

At this time, the Great Cannibal was clearly unwilling to give up this good opportunity, and almost as soon as the results of the Battle of Phoenicia reached Baghdad, the order for an all-out battle was immediately issued to all places. The large armies that had been hoarding in Egypt and on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean also began to move rapidly towards Byzantium. Soon after, an expeditionary force from the Iberian Peninsula crossed the Pyrenees and found itself in Gaul without reaching an agreement with the Gauls who had fled to the English peninsula, and immediately fought the Great Qin army stationed there. Compared with the army on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, the expeditionary corps is a long-fought division that has been fighting for many years, and its combat power is much stronger than the local Great Qin army, so it is not necessary to fight backwards from the beginning of the Great Qin Empire. The eastern front was approached by the huge army of the Great Eclipse and the western side was beaten to the ground in Gaul, and the situation turned in the most unfavorable direction of Great Qin at the very beginning. However, in the midst of the disadvantage, Byzantium mobilized the whole country and launched an unprecedented general battle in the Central Asian Peninsula and the main force of the Great Food Empire, and both sides fought from May to August of the 12th year of the Apocalypse, with heavy casualties. And after struggling to support it for more than three months, the Great Qin Empire waited for the help of its allies, the Russians in Kiev. More than 100,000 of the most savage Slavic warriors braved the dense formation of the big cannibals to launch a decisive charge, under the concentrated bombardment of nearly 200 artillery pieces concentrated by Daqin, the stalemate between the two sides was finally broken, and the decisive assault of the Slavic warriors brought huge results, and the front of the Great Food Army was cut into a large hole about a few miles wide, which gave Daqin's frontal heavy armor corps a chance to assault. Almost regardless of casualties, the Great Qin Army rushed into the Great Food Formation along the hole cut by the Slavs, and the melee was out of control. The bloody struggle involving hundreds of thousands of people made Liu Xuan, the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army who came to observe the war, feel an inexplicable chill. And when the curtain came down on this battle, which lasted for three days and three nights, the two sides could no longer afford this kind of lenient and frontal battle. Although Daqin successfully blocked the approach of the Great Cannibal to his royal capital with sacrifices and the bravery of his allies, and thwarted the strategic intentions of the Great Cannibal, it also brought a heavy price to himself, and the price of 150,000 deaths once made Daqin have a shortage of troops, if it were not for the continuous flow of Russian reinforcements from Kiev to the Central Asian Peninsula, I am afraid that as long as the Great Cannibal can hold on, he will be able to march towards Byzantium. It's just that Daqin's heavy price and cannibalism also empathize. At the beginning of the war, in addition to the 100,000 troops stationed in Egypt, the Great Food Empire almost all of its main army was transferred to Central Asia, and more than 400,000 troops were only half left after more than four months of continuous fighting, which can be described as a defeat for both sides. The Battle of Central Asia was thus turned into a chicken feather. In the short term, neither country can afford to wage a big war in this direction. As a result, the direction of Gaul, which was originally only a partial division, became the focus of attention of both sides at the end of the twelfth year of the Apocalypse.

"Two commanders, these are the notes I took while observing the war in Central Asia." In the headquarters of the Shulexi Expeditionary Army, Liu Xuan recorded what he had seen and heard in detail after returning from the Taixi front and handed it to Wan Yi, and at the same time said: "This war between the two countries has directly entered a climax from the very beginning, hundreds of thousands of people have been fighting in Central Asia for nearly four months, and the total casualties are only no less than 400,000, which will inevitably sharply deplete the war potential of the two countries in a short period of time. Therefore, there will be a hunch that Tessie's future battles will also change, and there should be no such battles as well, unless there is really a good chance for a decisive victory. ”

Liu Xuan's words made Wan Yi and Gauss nod for a while, and Gauss continued: "What the chief of staff said is reasonable. The result of this battle is only afraid that it is not only that, it may make the high-level leaders of Daqin and Dashi understand that the national strength and war methods of themselves and the other party are between the two sides, and if this kind of war continues from the beginning, then in the end it will be my Datang who is cheaper. Therefore, their war should become mainly based on conquering cities, consuming the opponent's war potential and strengthening their own side. So the next thing is the war is the focus, and it is also the key moment for my Datang. ”

"Brother Si is right, the chief of staff will immediately submit these observations and our predictions to the Chang'an base camp." Wan Yi stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Si informs the Uighur army not to attract the attention of the Great Cannibals for the time being, and even warns Wu Jie if necessary, that the army of the Kingdom of Hujia will cancel this year's annual training plan or enter the Beiting area from the north, and do not stir up nerves on both sides in sensitive areas." ”

"This is very necessary, if it weren't for the critical moment when the Russians in Kiev broke through the main army of the Great Food Empire at the critical moment, I am afraid that the frontal army prepared by Daqin would definitely be difficult to attack. Therefore, the combat power of these Slavs should not be underestimated. Gauss Ji smiled a little curiously: "I want to find a chance to meet these Kyiv Russians, to see if these Slavic warriors are born barbarian warriors as the emperor said." ”

"Then you just wait." Gauss's words did not elicit Wan Yi's answer. In fact, the Western Expeditionary Army has been studying the reactions of Great Qin and Great Food after the Great Food War. Judging from the results of the current frontal battle between the two sides, the next partial division on the Western Front will become the focus of both sides. The Great Qin Empire in Gaul was not able to recover its disadvantage not in terms of how long the army could hold out, but how long the navy could recover its strength. Elidoan has done his best, and even now he has more than 100,000 of his most elite troops in his hands who have not been engaged in the previous battles, but waited for his naval strength to recover and then attack Phoenicia in one fell swoop, cutting off the east-west connection of the Great Food Empire. Because Da Qin is also very aware of the matter of digging a canal on Da Shi's side, but at present, only after the river is built to Dakuhu, this canal is only afraid that there will be no signs of breakthrough within next year, so even if Da Shi and Da Tang are connected with Da Qin behind their backs, there is no canal, it will be useless. Therefore, Elidogan simply ignored the urgent reports for help sent from the Gallic front, but took root in the major shipyards wholeheartedly, and there was no problem with the reserves of the Great Qin Navy, as long as the warships were in place, they could immediately restore their combat strength. However, after being beaten back by the Great Cannibals on the Gallic side, both the Eridogan and the Byzantine Great Qin Court began to reach the Holy See on the Apennine Peninsula, and the Second Crusade came into being. The difference is that this time the crusade was not only supported by the Holy See, but also by the Great Qin Imperial Court. The other conquered city-states on the Apennine Peninsula came to the aid of some reason, so the second crusader army was soon formed in Apennines and other places, and then crossed the Mediterranean with various merchant ships to continue the assault on Jerusalem.

Naturally, the Byzantines formed the Crusaders to share their pressure so that they could draw troops from the front line of the Central Asian Peninsula to Gaul to stop the expeditionary corps of the Great Eclipse. But what I didn't expect was that the Great Cannibal, whose population base was worse than that of Great Qin, was also playing the same idea at this time, and compared to the Great Qin side and the Holy See, there were many contradictions, and the Great Food side was a **** system, so the army of Heavenly Sect disciples also began to be formed, and the goals of both sides were on pressing the road to Salem. The difference is that the Great Cannibal learned that the Crusaders' goal was Jerusalem, and then temporarily transferred back the army of Christians who were supposed to cross the sea to the Iberian Peninsula to help in the war, preparing to block the Crusaders at sea.

The army of believers formed by the two sides had already sent the news to Shule before it was opened, and Wan Yi handed the information in his hand to Gao Siji and said with a smile: "It seems that sometimes this religion is also a very powerful means, and in a short period of time, it can successively mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to prepare to open up another new battlefield." ”

"But it's too dangerous, and it's easy to hurt yourself." Gauss Ji shook his head, obviously disapproving with the practices of Great Qin and Great Food, but was very curious about the actions of Great Qin's Navy Elidogan and smiled: "Is there an update on the report of the Great Qin Navy from the dark guard?" How much of their combat power has been restored? If you want me to see this, why did Eridoan become so timid after being burned by Li Guixin once? Now the key to changing the momentum of the two sides is in his hands, doesn't he know? ”

"I'm afraid that the deputy marshal guessed wrong, and Elidogan has become much more cautious because he knows that the key is in his hands." Liu Xuan said with a smile: "The current warships of the Great Qin Navy are still a lot worse, there are probably only more than seventy ships that can go to sea to fight, and it was enough to conduct naval battles, but if you want to cover the landing operation of the army, I am afraid that the number is not enough." And the most important thing is that the Great Qin is currently in a tight war, and the artillery originally used to equip the warships was transferred to the Gallic front. As a result, Eridoan has to wait for our artillery to be delivered while supervising the construction of warships. ”

"Did we do it for a long time or did we delay? It shouldn't be too difficult for us to produce this kind of artillery, right? Gauss touched his head and continued: "Did the equipment department transport it in time?" ”

"The deputy marshal can rest assured that this batch of artillery has been delivered in full, and according to the itinerary, it should have arrived in Byzantium and other places by this time. So the deputy marshal don't worry. Liu Xuan nodded, he was the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army, and he had the power to supervise the arms that originally left the northwest, so he was naturally clear.

"Then wait, I think, at most after the New Year, Eridoan will definitely set off to the south, and then it will depend on how Da Shi responds, and start a war on three sides, although it seems that Da Qin is currently at a disadvantage, but as long as Ali Doan can open the situation, Da Qin will be able to turn the situation around at once with his actions." Wan Yi nodded and sighed: "But time is running out, it depends on whether Daqin has the courage during this time." Wan Yi's words were not finished, but both Gao Siji and Liu Xuan understood what the other party was talking about.