Western regions.

At the north-south junction of the Kushan region and the Western Regions Prefecture, under the eastern foot of the Green Ridge Mountains, there is a rich and complex mountain forest, but in the middle of the mountain forest, there is a suitable plain area for stationing.

A lot of construction was built here, and a fortress was built.

This is the barracks of one of the nine major armies of Great Wu, the Western Expeditionary Corps.

On the board of the barracks, Tai Shici, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Corps, sat in the first place, holding a holy decree from the domestic state of urgency in his hand, and there was a trace of unhappiness and helplessness in his expression.

"Withdrawing troops?"

After the establishment of the Western Expeditionary Army, what Tai Shici always wanted to do was to conquer the countries of the Western Regions and pacify the area of the former Western Regions Protectorate, but now the domestic order is for him to withdraw his troops and return to the court.

Once he withdrew some of his troops and horses and returned to the Central Plains, this allowed him to delay the war against the Western Regions countries indefinitely.

"Chief of Staff Han, what do you think?"

Tai Shi Ci thought about it for a while, and handed the holy decree in his hand to Han Sui, the chief of staff of the Western Regions Legion who was sitting beside him.

"Commander, since His Majesty's holy decree has been issued, we can only withdraw our troops back to the Central Plains now!"

Han Sui's expression was calm, he took this holy decree, looked at it, his eyes crossed a glint of essence, and smiled indifferently: "In the current situation in the Central Plains, my dynasty and Cao Wei are fighting a decisive battle in the Kanto region, and it is reasonable for Your Majesty to seize the Central Plains and then deal with the countries of the Western Regions." ”

Tai Shici, a veteran general of Eastern Wu, was dissatisfied and complained about Sun Quan's holy decree, but he Han Sui did not have this qualification.

As a general, he was able to sit in the position of chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Corps because of his cooperation with Eastern Wu in the Western Regions in the early stage, as well as the support of the Western Liang Army under his command.

The Western Expeditionary Legion was originally a combined legion of the Xiliang Army under his command, the Metropolitan Protectorate of the Western Regions and the surrender of the Kushan Empire.

But at the officer level. But it is basically the Wu general led by Tai Shici.

In this case, Han Chuan had better think that he was still a man with his tail between his legs.

"Lu Meng!"

Tai Shi Ci was silent for a moment, his eyes were a little struggling, and finally he sighed helplessly, and said to one of the army commanders under his command: "Since Your Majesty has indicated that you will lead the army back to the Central Plains." Then you lead the 28th Army back, the ships of the Sea Eagle Regiment are ready, and within three days, you will lead the 28th Army back to Korea! ”

He could not disobey domestic orders.

The officers and men of the 28th Army were all reorganized from the Guishan Army, the army commander was Lu Meng, and the chief of staff was a Guishan general.

"No!"

Lu Meng stood up, gave up his hand, and then left the camp with the chief of staff of the army quickly, but prepared to pull out the camp.

"Commander. The 28th Army can't participate in the war, so should we give up the battle of Dawan first? Han Sui said.

"Yan Xing!"

Tai Shici's strategy was not given up because of the departure of the 28th Army, he was still ready to make a move against the countries of the Western Regions, of course, now that the troops are insufficient, this action should be lighter and fight one by one.

"In!"

"The strategy of taking Dawan remains unchanged, but because of Lu Meng's withdrawal of troops, it is normal for us to be short of troops. So you're going to have to endure twice as many enemy forces, can you have faith? ”

Tai Shici's gaze looked at Yan Xing, the fierce general of the Western Expeditionary Legion. Asked.

Among the three corps of the Western Expeditionary Corps, the combat effectiveness under the command of Yan Xing was the strongest.

"Commander, the last general is guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Yan Xing's gaze moved slightly, and his expression became firm.

"Good!"

Tai Shi Ci nodded with satisfaction: "Pass on my military order, and immediately send back the two divisions of the 29th Army that were previously dispatched to the Rest Empire and enter the Northland." In order to take the country of Dawan and open the way to the north, I will personally attack the country of Dawan! ”

"Yes!" The herald goes to give the order.

"Commander, the news of your withdrawal from Anxito at this time, shouldn't you breathe with Zhuge Liang, the chief of staff of the Sea Eagle Legion. He is now holding his breath, planning to land on the Rest Empire from the sea! ”

Han Sui reminded: "Once our soldiers and horses are withdrawn, if he wants to land, he will face a lot of pressure!" ”

"That's right!"

Tai Shi Ci smiled slightly bitterly: "I'm a little sorry for him this time, come on!" ”

"In!"

"You immediately pass this secret letter of mine through the Sea Eagle Legion's camp in Minnaraga City to Zhuge Liang, the chief of staff of the Sea Eagle Legion, as quickly as possible, there must be no mistake!" Tai Shi Ci quickly wrote a secret letter, handed it to the guard, and said.

"No!" The guards left with the secret letter.

"Zhuge Liang, I really can't blame me for this!"

Tai Shi Ci sighed and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for His Majesty's order, my troops would be sufficient, and I would be able to relieve your pressure, but now that the country wants us to withdraw our troops, we can only prolong the time to deal with the Rest Empire, and I can't take the Western Regions Protectorate, so I don't dare to put my main force in the Rest Empire!" ”

The Sea Eagle Legion deals primarily with Sabbat.

As for the Western Expeditionary Legion, the current priority is to take the area of the Western Regions Protectorate.

The completely incompatible purpose will naturally make the two major armies have a certain conflict in terms of troop coordination.

……

A day later, the sea of the Arabian Sea.

Except for the one army taken by Zhou Tai, all the forces of the Sea Eagle Legion are now pressed on this sea area, and the goal is to advance westward, intending to break through the strait of the Rest Empire and break into the land of Rome.

On one of the ironclad ships, in the command room of the shipyard, Zhuge Liang looked at Tai Shici's letter, and his face was a little ugly.

"The timing is wrong, it looks like we're going back!"

Zhuge Liang was a little helpless, although his main force was ready to land, but without the assistance of the Western Expeditionary Corps, he would face a head-on attack from the Rest Empire, and he would suffer heavy casualties.

"Chief of Staff, but the fleet of the 25th Army is already at the mouth of the Strait of the Rest Empire, ready to land!" A staff officer whispered.

"Order, let them retreat!"

Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said: "Without my order, no soldiers and horses are allowed to land and fight, and the fleet continues to move westward, sweeping the sea route first, there is a Mediterranean Sea here." We've figured out how to connect the Mediterranean! ”

The map of the world that Sun Quan described through his own memories was the foundation of the navy's westward expansion, but this map was only a rough one, and now they had to open the way and sort out the route.

Originally, Zhuge Liang meant that after breaking through the Resting Empire, he would use the Resting Empire as the basis. And then to continue westward.

But now they don't have the strength to deal with the Rest Empire, so they can only open up sea routes and dominate the territory of the sea first.

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Youzhou.

Liangxiang City.

The Wei soldiers had been fighting for a whole day and a night in the breakthrough battle of Liangxiang City, and although Xu Huang's strong attack on Liangxiang was very fierce, he did not knock Cao Xing's defense as he wished.

"Rush!"

Xu Huang had already gone into battle in person at this moment, but Cao Xing in Liangxiang City was also desperately defending, making it difficult for him to advance an inch.

"Sons, if we want to go home, we must take this city. Kill it with General Ben! ”

Xu Huang was furious, waved a battle axe in his hand, and personally killed the ladder.

"Kill it!"

"Kill it!"

The Wei soldiers rushed forward and charged the city one after another.

They all knew in their hearts that only by breaking through this obstacle could they take it home and return to the territory of Great Wei, so they were very desperate and not afraid of life and death.

"Haven't breached Liangxiang City yet?"

At this time. The main force led by Zhang Liao has also entered the area of Dafang Mountain, and he rode his horse on the hill. The eyes are looking down on this battle.

"General, the Wu army has been prepared for us for a long time, they have arranged a strong defense line in Liangxiang, I am afraid that in a moment or three, it will be difficult for us to break through this pass city!"

"What a Pang Shiyuan, a certain family has to admire him!"

Zhang Liao held the reins of the horse tightly with both hands. His face became extremely solemn: "He can arrange such a solid defensive line in such a short time, it seems that he is determined to keep us!" ”

"General, Liangxiang is just the beginning, I'm afraid that the battle will be more difficult in the future!" Yu Ban whispered.

"Now we don't have any other choice. No matter how difficult it is, you have to rush out! ”

Zhang Liao smiled coldly, and a resolute light crossed his eyes: "Pang Shiyuan, if you want to stop me, I'll see who is more ruthless, Yu Ban, you lead the army to reinforce Xu Huang, within one day, break out of the city at all costs, I just want the result, not the process!" ”

"No!"

Yu Ban trembled and took the order.

"Has Xiahou Yuan escaped the pursuit of the Wu army?" Zhang Liao asked.

"Probably not yet!" Cao Hong shook his head and sighed: "We just withdrew our troops, and the Wu army caught up, in order to let us withdraw our troops safely, he intercepted the Wu army in Guangyang County, whether we can join us before we break through Liangxiang is still an unknown!" ”

"Hopefully, it's still too late!"

There was a trace of sorrow in Zhang Liao's eyes, now he was racing against time, and he had to break through to the south before the Wu army completed the offensive of the front and rear forces.

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In Guangyang County, a pursuit battle between the Wu and Wei armies was being staged.

"Quick, pass my order, except for food, leave all the baggage, and speed up the march!"

It was Xiahou Yuan's Zuo Huwei who was hunted down, and after the army went south, he naturally gave up Guangyang County, after all, there was no point in holding it.

"Chase, you must leave them all behind!"

And the one who led the troops to chase and kill was a cavalry division of the 21st Army of the Wu Army's Crazy Lion Legion, and the leading general was the army commander Chang Zheng.

"Sons, cross the river!"

Xiahou Yuan was in charge of breaking the queen, but he also cut himself behind, he was chased and killed by the Wu army all the way, and his soldiers were killed and injured countless times, and finally escaped from Guangyang, and was chased non-stop.

At this time, a small river blocked their way in front of them.

The river does not look wide, and the surface of the river is calm, the water can reach the bottom, and it is not deep, and people should be able to cross it with driftwood, but horses cannot cross it.

He gritted his teeth, his eyes became resolute, and he looked at the small river in front of him: "All the soldiers obey the order, the cavalry gives up the horses, and all cross the river, which can buy three hours!" ”

Now he can give up anything as long as he can run for his life.

"No!"

When the Wei army began to cross the river, the Wu army had already pursued it.

"Xiahou Yuan, today is your burial place, you should stay weird!" Chang Zheng rode his horse and galloped wildly, his eyes were cold, and a big gun in his hand slashed: "How can I allow you to escape from Guangyang, kill!" ”

"Nameless junior, you are looking for death!"

Xiahou Yuan turned his head, looking at this scene, and he was also angry in his heart, since he didn't give him time to cross the river, he would kill a happy one, he led a team of soldiers and horses to directly kill back, and directly met Chang Zheng's forward army.

A fight unleashed on the reeds next to the small river.

……

Jicheng, after two days of cultivation, Huang Zhong has recovered a lot of spirit, and the main force of the Wild Lion Legion has also arrived in Jicheng one after another.

"Commander, this is the strategic deployment from Chief of Staff Pang!"

A clerical staff officer handed him a copy of the strategic deployment.

"Pang Shiyuan's appetite is not small!"

Huang Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly, he turned his head, looked at Zu Mao, and asked, "Commander Zu, do you think we can keep Zhang Liao?" ”

"Whether we can keep him or not, we'll have at least one fight!"

Zu Mao's pupils flashed with wisps of battle intent in his pupils, and he said in a deep voice: "Since Pang Shiyuan has now taken Zhuo County, it is equivalent to blocking them before us, this time he Zhang Liao can still fly, Commander Huang, I know that the soldiers and horses under your command have suffered heavy casualties, then this pursuit, let us complete the Wild Lion Legion!" ”

"Good!"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong nodded.

Although he was not very willing to let Zu Mao reap the fruits of victory.

However, because of the battles between Youzhou and Jicheng, the soldiers and horses under the command of the Blood Wolf Legion suffered heavy casualties, and now they still want to pursue the Wei army in the south without troops, so they can only rely on the Mad Lion Legion to reap the results.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the Commander!" The soldiers who strode in looked at the commanders of the two major army corps, arched their hands, and reported: "Commander Chang Zheng has sent news that he has blocked Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses outside the southern suburbs of Guangyang County, let us quickly reinforce and take down this force of soldiers and horses!" ”

"What, blocking Xiahou Yuan?"

When the two heard this, they glanced at each other, and the expressions of both sides showed a touch of joy one after another.

"We must leave Xiahou Yuan behind!"

When Huang Zhong heard this, his burly body suddenly stood up: "Commander Zu, my Blood Wolf Legion soldiers can't attack, and now I can only rely on your soldiers and horses, I am willing to be a pawn and personally take him down!" ”

"Commander Huang is polite!"

Zu Mao stood up, his eyes sharp: "A certain family will never let this fang leave Youzhou!" ”

The two commanders combined, led a group of cavalry, and set off towards Guangyang at a gallop.

……

A day later.

The battle of Liangxiang City ended early.

The attack of the Wei army was too fierce, Cao Xing couldn't stop it, and reported to Pang Tong, who after thinking about it again and again, agreed to withdraw in order to preserve the vitality of the 18th Army.

Cao Xuan received an order from Pang Tong to lead the main force of the Eighteenth Army, abandon Liangxiang, and go south to Zhuo County.

And what left the Wei army was just a ruined city.

"Pass my military order and continue south!"

After taking Liangxiang, Zhang Liao did not stop to rest, he did not stop, he immediately led the army to break into Zhuo County, and began to move south with a momentum at any cost. (To be continued.) )