Chapter 452: The Western Regions Coalition that should not be underestimated
With King Mujshid's consent, the Four-Nation Coalition began to requisition food in the province of Oren.
Although the commanders of the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Anxi Kingdom, under the strong request of the commander of the Gaochang Kingdom, Yunus, ordered the armies of various countries to only forcibly collect grain, the killings still occurred on a large scale.
In order to collect enough food, the Four-Nation Coalition Army robbed almost all the edible things in various towns and cities in Orun Province, and the people of Gaochang in Oren Province inevitably resisted, and then the armies of Dawan, Cheshi, and Anxi Kingdom brutally suppressed this resistance.
With the beginning of the suppression of the armies of the three kingdoms of Dawan, Cheshi, and Anxi, the requisition of grain immediately changed its taste, and the armies of the three kingdoms began to loot property, compete for women, and wantonly kill all the Gaochang civilians they met, and suddenly the towns of the Oren Province became hell on earth.
And many of Gao Changguo's own armies not only turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of Dawan, Cheshi, and Anxi's armies, but even personally participated in them, only the young Zhuang requisitioned by Gao Changguo's army from the territory of Oren Province saw that their relatives were killed and chose to resist, but these young and strong resistance, in the face of the millions of red-eyed troops of the Four Nations Alliance, is tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car.
This grain requisition campaign lasted for three whole days, and in the end, the 14 cities and hundreds of villages and towns in Oren Province, with a population of more than 1.2 million, were left with less than 400,000 people, and more than 800,000 civilians of Gaochang Kingdom died in this grain requisition operation.
And there are more than 100,000 young men and women requisitioned by the Gaochang army from Olun Province, who also died in this cruel grain requisition operation.
On May 25, in a conference room in the city lord's mansion of Teboka City, the capital of Gaochang Province, the commander of the Gaochang Army, Yunus, was very ugly, after all, counting the loss of the Gaochang army in this grain requisition, the entire Gaochang country lost almost one million people, you must know that the population of the five provinces directly under the command of King Mujshid is only more than 10 million in total, and the grain collection of the four-nation alliance army in Oren Province suddenly made the population in King Mujshid's hands less than one-tenth.
Duke Fawaz, the commander of the Dawan Kingdom, looked at the appearance of Yunus, the commander of the Gaochang Kingdom, and coughed awkwardly and said: "Count Yunus, there are some things that you must also know that the evolution of the grain levy into this way is really not what a few of us want, but our four-nation alliance army finally does not have to worry about the problem of grain and grass in four or five months." ”
In fact, in four or five months, according to the food and other materials looted by the Four-Nation Alliance, it was enough for the four-nation coalition army of 4.4 million to eat for more than half a year.
Originally, the strength of the Four-Nation Alliance had reached 4.6 million, but in the grain requisition operation, more than 100,000 young men of Gaochang Kingdom were killed, and about 10,000 soldiers of the Four-Nation Alliance Army died due to the resistance of Gaochang Youth and other civilians, so that the total strength of the Four-Nation Alliance Army dropped to more than 4.4 million.
The commander of the Sabbatical State, Marquis Obaide, said: "The matter has passed, let's not dwell on some accidents caused by this grain requisition, and then we will study how to deal with the Broken Army!" ”
Marquis Feida, the commander of the Cheshi Kingdom, nodded and said, "Now that we have enough soldiers, it is indeed time to study the question of how to defeat the Broken Army." ”
Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Cult sighed and said to Yunus, "Count Yunus, for the benefit of the entire Holy War, a small sacrifice is worth it!" ”
Yunus, the commander of the Gaochang Army, knew very well that it would be useless for him to get angry here, and it was impossible for the millions of Gaochang people who died to be resurrected, not to mention that the grain was requisitioned with the permission of King Mujshid.
Yunus said in a deep voice: "Since there is no shortage of food and grass, when will we attack the captives entrenched in the provinces of Shakhtinsk, Huhesa, and Lisakos?" ”
Duke Fawaz, the commander of the Dawan Kingdom, said loudly at this time: "According to various confirmations, most of the troops of the Broken Army are currently gathered in the province of Huhesa, and the total strength will not be less than two million, and in the province of Shakhtinsk and Lisakos, the army of the Broken Army has also deployed 200,000 or 300,000 troops each, according to my idea, our four-nation coalition army can launch an attack on the province of Shakhtinsk, Huhesa and Lisakos at the same time, and strive to defeat the main force of the army in one fell swoop in the above three provinces." ”
After a pause, Duke Fawaz continued: "My plan is that the army of our Dawan Kingdom and the army of Cheshi Kingdom will attack the province of Huhesa, the army of the State of Rest will be responsible for attacking the province of Shakhtinsk, and the army of the Gaochang country will be responsible for attacking the province of Lisakos, what do you think?" ”
Although the Western Regions Four-Nation Alliance has not made it clear who will be the commander-in-chief, but because the number of troops in Dawan accounts for half of the Four-Nation Alliance, the commander of Dawan Kingdom, Duke Fawaz, has vaguely become the commander of the Four-Power Alliance, and the commanders of the other three countries have no opinion on Duke Fawaz's modest plan.
Although there is no shortage of food and grass for the Western Regions Four-Nation Alliance, the Broken Army opposite them, because they have captured a large amount of grain from Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisakos Province, is also not short of food, and it is impossible to drag down the Broken Army by relying on confrontation, so the wisest choice for the Western Regions Four-Nation Alliance Army is to rely on the superiority in strength to launch an active attack on the Broken Army.
When Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, learned that the civilians of Oren Province had lost more than 800,000 yuan in the three days of grain requisition, and also lost more than 100,000 young men and women requisitioned from Oren Province, he immediately started to smash the newly rearranged dormitory again.
Prime Minister Mengtai Suir still stood aside, without saying anything of persuasion, until King Mujshid had finished smashing all the things in the palace, and then he spoke: "Your Majesty is angry, in order to recapture the twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassal states occupied by the Broken Army, it is worth paying some price!" ”
King Mujhid said angrily: "That's the lives of nearly a million Gaochang people!" Yunus, this bastard, what this king told him was all in vain, and he still caused such a big loss in the province of Oren! ”
Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the army of millions is not at all under the control of Count Yunus. ”
"By the way, the plan to the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Country, and the Sabbath Country can be canceled, no matter what, now the millions of troops in the Oren Province are no longer short of food and grass." King Mujshid said in a deep voice.
Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier nodded and said: "Now the four-nation alliance army in Oren Province will not be short of grain and grass for at least four or five months, and with this buffer time, the minister is enough to raise enough grain and grass to supply the millions of troops of the four-nation alliance. ”
King Mujhid snorted coldly and said, "We can't let Gaochang Kingdom keep raising millions of troops from the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Kingdom, and convey the king's order to Yunus, urging the alliance of the four countries to attack the Broken Army as soon as possible. ”
Beginning on 28 May, the coalition forces of the four Western Regions launched a large-scale offensive against the provinces of Shakhtinsk, Huhesa, and Lisakos, which were occupied by the captives.
Although the Broken Capture Army formulated a battle plan to wait for work and use the benefits of defending the city to consume the strength of the Western Regions Four-Nation Alliance, many of the Broken Prisoner Army units in the three provinces did not defend the city, but took the initiative to meet the enemy when the Western Regions Four-Nation Alliance Army attacked, hoping to give the enemy a head-on attack.
Among the coalition forces of the four countries in the Western Regions, the army of Gaochang Kingdom was exhausted because of the last war with the Broken Army, and most of them were mainly recruited and recruited, which caused the battle to drop sharply, but the troops sent by the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Country and the Anxi Kingdom this time were all elite troops of the Three Kingdoms.
In the face of the elite troops of Dawan State, Cheshi Country and Anxi Country, many of the Broken Army troops who went out of the city to take the initiative to meet them suffered great losses, and even under the attack of the elite troops of the Cheshi Country, the Broken Army also lost a city in Shakhtinsk Province.
On the evening of June 3, in the city lord's mansion in Cilisi City, the capital of Huhesa Province, Zhang Liang said to everyone in a deep voice: "Now it has been ascertained that the army attacking Shakhtinsk Province belongs to the State of Sabbath, the army attacking the Province of Lisakos belongs to the Gaochang State, and the main armies of the Dawan Kingdom and the Cheshi State have launched a fierce attack on the Province of Huhesa. ”
After a pause, Zhang Liang continued: "At present, the city of Gaqim in Shakhtinsk Province has been broken by the army of the State of Rest, and the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Corps guarding the city of Gaqim finally managed to break through with less than 4,000 people, the brigade captain Guan Zhao of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Corps was killed, and the captain Gao was killed, and the four battalion captains and five captains of the five infantry battalions under the jurisdiction of the 17th Infantry Brigade were also killed, and only the battalion captain Zhang Daoyuan broke out with less than 4,000 people, but the battalion captain Zhang Daoyuan was also seriously injured. ”
Guan Zhao is a first-class military general in the Qin Dynasty, the force value has reached 88 points, and the intelligence value and commander value are not low, and he was appointed by Liu Ji as the brigade captain of the newly formed 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Legion, Gao Ji is a first-class military general of the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a force value of 85 points, and was appointed by Liu Ji as the captain of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Corps.
The brigade lieutenant is the commander of a brigade, and the lieutenant is the lieutenant general of the brigade lieutenant, and in the brigade, the military rank is second only to the brigade lieutenant, and the battalion lieutenant is the commander of the battalion, and the lieutenant is equivalent to the lieutenant general of the battalion lieutenant.
Liu Ji heard that the loss of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment had reached ninety percent, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the source of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment was mainly based on the surrender of the Red Turban Army, and it was not long to form, although Liu Ji sent a lot of veterans and Wei soldiers to it, but the combat power of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment can only be regarded as very average.
According to the battle report sent by Heishuitai, the army of the Resting State that attacked the city of Gaqim was about 100,000 people, and according to the military system of the Resting Country, these 100,000 people should be a legion.
The brigade captain Guan Zhao of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Legion saw the army of the Rest Country approaching the city, and took the initiative to take three battalions of troops out of the city to meet the battle, but there were several fierce generals in the army of the Rest Country.
The city of Gaqim was finally breached under the onslaught of the army of the Sabbatarian Army, and the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Corps lost more than 36,000 people, and nearly 20,000 were captured by the army of the Sabbator Army alone, which was also unprecedented since the establishment of the Breakout Army.
Zhang Liang then continued: "There are still four cities in Shakhtinsk Province that are under siege by the army of the Rest State, and the situation is not optimistic, and the four cities in the territory of the Lisakos Province are also being attacked by the army of the Gaochang State, but the problem of these four cities in the territory of the Lisatin Province is not big, and the combat effectiveness of the army of the Gaochang State is not much compared with the army of the State of Peace. ”
There were eight cities in the Shakhtinsk and Lisakos provinces, and the Breakers placed eight infantry brigades in each of these provinces, and one infantry brigade guarded one city.
Zhang Liang said to everyone again: "In the main battlefield of Huhesa Province, although the Western Regions Four Nations Alliance Army has put the main armies of Dawan and Cheshi both countries here, but our broken army has also gathered heavy troops in Huhesa Province, so far, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, the armies of Dawan and Cheshi are now storming the three cities in the west of Huhesa Province, and we have arranged four infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades in these three cities, and these three cities are not a big problem for the time being. ”
In fact, the six cavalry brigades guarding the three cities also chose to take the initiative when the troops of Dawan and Cheshi also chose to attack when the troops of Dawan and Cheshi were approaching the city, but in the end they all returned with a feather, but fortunately, the losses of each cavalry brigade were not large.
The twelve infantry brigades of the Broken Army in the three cities in the western part of Huhesa Province, half of the Guards Legion and half of the Western Regions Legion, and the six cavalry brigades of the three cities were all from the Western Regions Legion.
There are a total of 10 cities in Hohsa Province, covering an area of about 150,000 square kilometers, and the capital city of Chilis is behind the three cities in the western part of Hohsa Province.
The main force of the Broken Army, which was gathered at this time in Cilis City, included two cavalry brigades and sixteen infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, four cavalry brigades and three infantry brigades of the Native Legion, five cavalry brigades of the Steppe Legion, and four cavalry brigades and seven infantry brigades of the Western Regions Legion.
In addition, there is also an infantry brigade in each of the other six cities in Huhesa Province, which are four infantry brigades of the Native Legion and two infantry brigades of the Western Regions Legion.
As soon as Zhang Liang's words fell, Liu Ji said in a deep voice to the generals of Wenchen under his command: "The strength of the Western Regions Alliance Army cannot be underestimated, especially the armies of Dawan, Cheshi, and Anxi, all of which can be described as elite, and we must not take it lightly in the next war, the lesson of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Guards Legion is right in front of us!" ”10