Chapter 18: The Final Battle
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This is also thanks to the fact that Liu Wei and Liu Xie do not deal with each other, mainly because Liu Xie has his self-esteem, although he does not intend to deal with his brother directly, he does not intend to form an alliance with Liu Xie; At the same time, Liu Wei was suspicious, always worried that when he went south to attack Li Yu, Liu Association took a bite on the side, so a delicate balance was formed between the three kingdoms, and peace was maintained for five years.
As mentioned above, the Han Empire represents imperial power, and the vassal and civil rights in this country are at a disadvantage; The Republic of Han represents the power of vassals, so the imperial power and civil power are at a disadvantage; Li Yu also said that government officials, even he, the head of state, only have a different division of labor. Of course, it does not mean that this country does not have imperial power and vassal power, but it is diluted under the premise and is at a disadvantage.
The Han Republic and the Han Empire were merged into one, and the vassal power and the imperial power were compromised, and the civil power was truly at a disadvantage. Li Yu saw this, so he felt that the current Han Empire had the possibility of revolution!
The original situation of the three kingdoms has been completely broken, and there is no possibility of a truce between the two sides. I'm afraid that this is not only clear to Li Yu or Liu Xing, but also those who pay attention to national affairs, I am afraid that they can guess it, after all, today is different from the past, and people are not ignorant.
The Huaxia Republic was the first to go to the reserve for emergency training, after all, no one knows how long this final war will last, and no one knows how many materials will be consumed to complete this war. The defense scope of both sides is almost as wide, from the Nanzhong region to Youzhou and even the Korean Peninsula region are within the scope of the war.
There is almost no need to doubt the initial battlefield: Wuling County and Nan County, both of which will become the battlefields of the decisive battle!
On the contrary, whether it is Nanzhong or Youzhou, the land there is vast and sparsely populated, and it is almost impossible to fight, and even if it is defeated, there is no way to effectively defend it. On the contrary, Henan Yin is likely to become a new battlefield, compared with other places, Henan Yin's surrounding Hanoi County, Hedong County and Yongzhou in the east are all under the rule of the Han Empire, Henan Yin will inevitably face a three-way attack, and the situation is not optimistic.
The advantage of the Chinese Republic on the Yellow River lies in their naval and naval forces. The coast is already completely within the range of strikes, and even the Korean Peninsula is within the range of attacks. Although it is worthless to fight, it can also threaten the rear of the Han Empire, and if it is ignored, it will also have a great impact on the overall situation.
The Yangtze River is dangerous in the south, and the southern part of Yizhou has not been thoroughly developed, so it does not have the possibility of becoming a major battlefield. However, because of this, it may become a breakthrough point, so we can't be sloppy.
In the final analysis, such a wide range of borders between countries will inevitably have to change from local battles to all-out decisive battles. As a result, the final competition is still national strength!
By July 202 AD, the two countries had assembled heavy troops at the forefront and built a large number of sentry posts and secret posts. At the same time, the first batch of reserve units was deployed in front-line cities for emergency training. At the same time, it entered a state of combat readiness, reduced entertainment items, and the country's resources were tilted towards the war!
The difference is that the Huaxia Republic has also invested more manpower and material resources in road traffic construction, all the steel mills have worked overtime to smelt, manufacturing a large number of steel rails, which are transported to the front line together with sleepers, and the five railways have been intensively transported at the first time, and at the same time the rapid construction of armed trains has begun.
Everyone seems to feel the tension between the two countries, and although no one has declared official war for the time being, and the merchants on both sides are still coming and going, the price of war materials has tripled in just three months, which is enough to say a lot.
Many people have subconsciously bought food, and even dug a cellar or secret room under the homestead as a hidden food, and even hid it at critical moments. This has been accompanied by a triple in the price of commodities such as cement and steel bar, and even a fivefold increase in prices on the black market.
At the beginning, the Huaxia Republic cracked down on the black market very severely, but it also prevented people from profiting from it. Just where there is a market, there is trading, and more black markets are starting to go underground, perhaps because a few people are selling little by little, hiding from the shadows to even darker places.
In the end, the Chinese Republic simply took the lead of the Ministry of the Interior and secretly built more than a dozen black markets to conduct secret transactions. Although it is also a black market, it is at least in the hands of the state, which also prevents the people from suffering greater losses.
In September 202 AD, there are less than three days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and of course there is no such festival in this era. There are worships to the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, whether it is Liu Xing or Li Yu, it will be done, and it was not until the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty that it was officially determined as a legal holiday.
In this era, especially now that the atmosphere of war is so strong, no one really cares about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Are you sure you want to go to war?" In Li Yu's mansion, Li Yu looked at Li Hao in front of him.
"Father, you don't need to keep persuading me! My mother and aunt had been persuading me for hours before you returned. Since the child is serving in the army, he should be prepared to die on the battlefield! Li Hao said firmly.
Li Hao is actually a very face-saving guy, but he does have this talent, so he covered up this character flaw. It is precisely because of this that it is a very headache at such a critical moment!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Hao is likely to become the head of the next generation. Li Yu is also arranging in this way, in a short period of time, Li Hao has a very high status in the army, and being able to reach this height at his age is actually very abnormal, but others are too . Son, plus the ability is indeed excellent, no one will have any objections.
With Li Hao's military position, generally speaking, there will not be much danger. But on the battlefield, anything can happen, and who can guarantee that they will be absolutely safe? This is not Bian Linglong and Ren Hongchang's two daughters, they have been persuaded for hours!
"I don't advise you, since you're going to the battlefield, it's better to go! But remember, take care of yourself! At the critical moment, think of your mother and aunt who are waiting for you back at home! Li Yu said solemnly, knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Li Hao's bull temper will not listen to persuasion at all, and there is no need to persuade anything.
It's really a critical juncture, let the guards of the Guards pull him back!
"Master, how can you say that......" Bian Linglong didn't do it, in the end, it was a piece of meat rolling out of her stomach, seeing that the war was about to break out, and it was a protracted war, how could she bear this kind of thing to let Li Hao go to the battlefield.
"Needless to say, he has grown up and is able to make his own decisions! Since he chose to go to the battlefield, let him go! Li Yu sighed, looked at Li Hao, and then walked towards the back room.
"You...... "......Bian Linglong has always been a gentle woman, and this is the first time she has been angry with Li Yu. It's just that she didn't cry, make trouble, and hang herself, but returned to her room with a crying voice, and ignored Li Yu for several nights.
Li Hao finally went to the battlefield, and directly under Guan Yu, he sat in Yin, Henan, which is one of the areas that is likely to become the main battlefield, and the mortality rate is as high as 45%, which is still a conclusion taken into account the gap in strength and technology between the two sides, and even the possibility of the Yellow River naval army blocking the Yellow River.
In contrast, the mortality rate in the battlefields of Nanjun and Wuling County is conservatively estimated to be only about 22%.
Li Yu could only tell Guan Yu: "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" ”
After the latter heard this, he was also a little relieved, the battlefield with a mortality rate of 45%, even he could not guarantee that Li Hao would be safe and sound. In fact, these words are the same for him, you must know that Guan Ping is under his command, in this war, even if he is as fierce as Guan Yu, there is no way to guarantee that Guan Ping can be safe and sound!
At three o'clock in the morning on October 1, 202 AD, a quarrel broke out at a trading post along the Yellow River, which was originally just a group of merchants complaining about the transportation of goods, but turned into a riot, and more than 30 merchants and their entourage were injured or killed.
This quarrel also directly turned into diplomacy, and the Han Empire officially submitted diplomatic documents to the Huaxia Republic: hand over the murderer, and at the same time return the port trading post, which should be the undisputed territory of the Han Empire!
Of course, this so-called return trading station may not only be on the banks of the Yellow River, not to mention Jizhou Youzhou, or even those in Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula. In other words, the Han Empire intends to reclaim sovereignty along the coast!
This would have been understandable, but the Huaxia Republic has invested so much time in construction on this, how can it openly retreat? If it retreats, will the next time the Han Empire take back its territorial sea rights? And then further declare that the Wa State is a foreign friend, and the Chinese Republic is not allowed to contact alone?
In the final analysis, it was to find fault, so Xu Shubu, who was on standby by the Yellow River, directly rejected their request.
This also directly became the fuse between the two countries, and a large number of soldiers began to advance in the direction of the border, and the war finally broke out in full force. Until this time, the Han Empire showed its fangs, resolutely abandoned Nanjun and Wuling County, and attacked Henan Yin in an all-out way, trying to use this as a basis to attack the Nanyang and Yanzhou regions.
More than seventy percent of the troops moved towards Hangu Pass, Hadong County, and Hanoi County, and even Guan Yu could only immediately ask for help from the rear through the communicator.
In the end, Zu Mao took Xu Shu's position as the town guard, and Xu Shu's troops came to support.
In the south, after quickly occupying Wuling County and Nan County, Li Dao troops guarded Nan County, and Zhao Yun troops went north to Henan Yin to support, so that the two sides were barely evenly matched and faced off by the Yellow River.
The real war, or the final decisive battle, has finally begun...... (To be continued.) )