Chapter 1215 - Counting is Counting
Therefore, Yuan Fang has already made a decision, the transit base must be destroyed, but such an important local defense force is absolutely strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to solve it at one time by relying on Xueqin alone, and if the army can't follow up at the same time, even if the air force wins, so much material and food can only be blown up, that would be a pity, you know, the Dongsheng Empire is not rich, especially the shortage of food, the preliminary preparations for this war almost emptied the imperial treasury, but the food is still stretched, Yang Xing could all count on capturing enemy funds to maintain the next supplies, if so many food supplies were burned by Yuan Fang, Yang Xing would definitely be desperate for Yuan Fang.
After thinking about it for a long time and thinking about it again and again, Yuan Fang finally made a decision to transfer 30,000 cavalry from the three front armies, plus 10,000 cavalry who would rather have the empire, to break away from the main battlefield and converge near the Wanliu transit base.
The order was given, and Xueqin sent two squads of fighters back to support the main battlefield on the ground, or to open a passage for the cavalry to cross the blockade line and rush to a new target.
At the same time, Yuan Fang felt that it was time to contact the Wen'an Empire, another ally of the late twilight alliance, and sent someone to inform the Wen'an Empire of the fact that the Dongsheng Empire and the Empire would rather take the initiative to attack, and asked the Wen'an Empire to send troops to cooperate and attack the northern part of the Yuanhe Empire to reduce the pressure on his side.
As for the outcome of the battle, Yuan Fang did not say, but vaguely mentioned that the two sides entered a stalemate, this is a temptation or a test, Yuan Fang just wants to see the attitude of the Wen'an Empire, if that Liu Cheng is really two-faced, then how to redefine whether the Wen'an Empire is still an ally in the future.
Sang Rou felt that Yuan Fang was doing this a bit too much, if there was collusion between the Wen'an Empire and the Wanliu Empire, and the Wanliu Empire suffered such a big loss, it would definitely ask the Wen'an Empire for help, and the Wen'an Empire would definitely choose to stand on the side of the Dongsheng Empire after learning the truth, and the so-called temptation was meaningless at all.
Yuan Fang did not agree with Sang Rou's statement, just like Sang Rou said, if the Wanliu Empire asked for help from the Wen'an Empire, or the matter of the rout on the front line was known by the Wen'an Empire, the Wen'an Empire would definitely stand on the side of the Dongsheng Empire without hesitation, which Sang Rou could think of, and the Wanliu Empire could think of it as well, so the Wanliu Empire would not ask for help like the Wen'an Empire, and would spare no effort to block the news and delay time, so as not to cause the Wen'an Empire to join the Dongsheng Empire's camp and bring more pressure to the Wanliu Empire.
Yuan Fang's judgment was correct, the Wanliu Empire did just that, so much so that when Prime Minister Liu Cheng of the Wen'an Empire received Yuan Fang's letter asking for help, he knew that the war had broken out in advance, and it was the Dongsheng Empire that took the initiative to attack. Liu Cheng immediately replied to Yuan Fang, the letter prevaricated, saying that the Wen'an Empire's army was already on standby at the border, but there was still something wrong with a batch of the most important materials, and the Wen'an Empire was trying to solve it, Liu Cheng asked Yuan Fang to put it down, he would personally supervise this matter, and the Wen'an Empire would also send troops as soon as possible, hoping that Yuan Fang could hold out for a few days.
In the evening of the same day, the cavalry of the three armies and the cavalry of the Rather Empire arrived at the designated place to converge, but the number was not as expected of 40,000, but only 30,000, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Empire was not a lot, but there was a problem on Tang Jian and Shi Ping's side. Tang Jian and Shi Ping's two front armies are located in the main battlefield, and the number of enemy troops against them is not less than them, although the other side has no air force support, but the same is true for the Dongsheng Empire's side, this is a battle between land forces.
The advantage of the Dongsheng Empire lies in the artillery, but the artillery is not omnipotent, the two armies are opposed, and the other party will of course try to avoid it after understanding the power of the artillery, so the generals of the Wanliu Empire will send cavalry to attack without exception, and the artillery of the Dongsheng Empire takes time to load ammunition, and at the speed of the cavalry, it is only enough time to rush to the front of the battle, although there will be a lot of losses in the charge against the artillery, but it is better than waiting to be eaten away by the artillery little by little, once the two sides enter the melee, the artillery will lose its meaning.
And the best way to deal with cavalry is to send cavalry to hedge and intercept, so, in the face of the fierce enemy, Tang Jian and Shi Ping couldn't draw too many cavalry, so they only gathered 10,000 cavalry.
The cavalry's war horse is not an airship, as long as there is fog and stone power, it can fly all the time, and the rapid march of 30,000 cavalry for one hundred and fifty miles has reached the limit and has to rest.
After dinner, Yuan Fang once again reiterated the entire plan, repeatedly emphasizing that he should not bombard the buildings in the base as much as possible, strive to take this transit base before dark, and hand over the command of the cavalry to Chang Xun. After reconnaissance, perhaps because the transit base is located in Forte, the occupied area of the Wanliu Empire, there are not many defenders around, according to the analysis of the area of the barracks and the number of tents, there are only more than 10,000 infantry and thousands of cavalry stationed outside the base, and most of the inside of the base are some laborers of the Yuan and Empire, but the airport in the base has more than 200 air combat airships, and more transport boats.
Time passed little by little, the war horse was almost rested, Chang Xun gave an order, led the combined cavalry troops to set off, and then, Xueqin and a hundred Liusang air forces set off, and finally Yuan Fang's bombing formation. This time, Yuan Fang didn't bring too many airships, only a squad and five escort boats, and the meaning of his existence was not only to support the cavalry to attack the ground, but also to appear as a commander who coordinated the overall situation.
The news that the front line of the Wanliu Empire was attacked by a sneak attack and that the front-line air force was almost wiped out had already reached the base, and the Wanliu Empire had already mobilized the air force from the east of the occupied area to support, and at the same time, it also sent a hundred airships from the airships given to the Yuanhe Empire to rush to the western front together.
At the same time, the army has also made adjustments and sent troops to the transit base to strengthen the defense of the base. The reaction of the Wanliu Empire was not slow, but it was still a little slower than Yuan Fang and them, that night, when the air force led by Xueqin had just arrived at the base and appeared in the sentinel's telescope, the alarm had just sounded, and the Liusang Air Force, which had fled to the base to repair here, took advantage of its unpreparedness to suddenly attack, and rushed out of the barracks like crazy, slashing most of the pilots of the Wanliu Empire who were preparing to board the plane to meet the battle, and at the same time, there were plans to destroy many of the airships of the Wanliu Empire and destroy the tarmac, resulting in only a few people who could take to the air to meet the enemy. According to Yuan Fang's instructions, Xueqin ordered the Liusang Air Force in the team to attack to meet the battle, but the main air force of the Dongsheng Empire became idlers, watching the battle from afar.