The plan of the foreign dynasty was very clever, and the east and west went to war at the same time, so that the forbidden army could not take care of each other.

The eastern part first lured the enemy deep and wiped out Liu Xingchao's 100,000 forbidden troops outside the city of Qicheng, while the western part attacked at the same time to capture Chang'an, when the defenders were at their most weak.

4 billion against 20 million, legitimate imperial power against illegal rebellion, millions of troops against 200,000 troops, mourning soldiers against arrogant soldiers, old scheming against angry blood, any one of them can guarantee victory, let alone all.

Unfortunately, the imperial court still lost. I don't understand why, is it the Heavenly Principle? Destiny? Intellect? By chance? Information? Force?

When Liu Xingchao's army had just stepped into the border of Shandong Province, the Royal Army's troops stationed in Gyeonggi (referred to as the Gyeonggi Army), the Xiliang Army, the Liaoxi Army, and dozens of large and small government armies in the three provinces almost all went out to attack Gyeonggi together.

In Gyeonggi Province, only the Great Chang'an region was controlled by the forbidden army, the counties were controlled by the government army, and the remaining hundreds of counties were controlled by local tyrants, bandits, and demons - of course, nominally listening to the emperor, they did not dare to openly rebel.

One by one, these cities were surrendered to the imperial court, and then millions of troops surrounded Chang'an.

These people don't know how powerful Chang'an is.

When they saw Chang'an for the first time, they must have been in the same state of mind as I saw Chang'an for the first time, and thought: Chang'an, the imperial capital, is not worthy of its name, it doesn't even have a city wall, and the streets are wide enough to exceed twenty horses, and it is not lively at all.

The commander-in-chief—I don't know who he was, and it doesn't make sense who it is—first ordered small units of the Xiliang Army and the Liaoxi Army to enter Chang'an, and they followed the straight avenue until they reached the palace, and there was not a single forbidden army, a Chang'an army, or even a single person in sight along the way.

The commander was full of joy: all 10 million people in Chang'an City had run out! I picked up a great achievement for nothing today!

He ordered the entire army to enter and occupy Chang'an.

Millions of troops entered Chang'an, crowding Chang'an to its brim.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire.

Tens of thousands of bunkers, dark bunkers, and dark chambers in Chang'an City opened fire at the same time, and the imperial army was beaten and blinded, and they were about to escape.

It's too late, when Chang'an City was originally designed, it was designed so that you can't escape, so how can you escape?

Tens of thousands of gun holes were skillfully arranged into an impermeable firepower network, killing all the imperial troops that entered Chang'an.

But the dead are all the Royal Army, and the government army is very good, which is so easy to take the bait.

Most of the government troops were outside Chang'an, and when they saw that the imperial army in Chang'an City was suddenly all dead, they immediately turned around and ran.

Most of the government army were cavalry, and they disappeared as soon as they slipped through the smoke.

The forbidden army of Chang'an City immediately left the city and drove in pursuit of the government army.

The cavalry was quickly overtaken by the chariots of the forbidden army, but the cavalry of the government army immediately dispersed and fled, and the losses were not too great.

The Chang'an Forbidden Army captured the Gyeonggi counties that had just been occupied by foreign troops. They don't garrison troops, because where can they finish the hundreds of counties? They killed the people of the imperial court and handed over the county to those loyal to the Praetorian Army—even if it was only self-proclaimed.

They then attacked the six major counties of Gyeonggi.

The six counties are all loyal to the emperor, but the imperial army and the government army are not in the city, and the opponent is the forbidden army with tanks and artillery, how can they resist?

The six county-level counties of Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, northern Shaanxi, Hongnong, and Hanzhong fell one by one.

The forbidden army garrisoned 1,000 troops in each county, and the rest still returned to Chang'an City.

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Liu Xingchao listened to these telegrams that followed, and his face was slightly soothed.

He said, "It's all right! The old Ben is still there. Order, arrest all the nobles and local tyrants in all counties and counties, and those who are loyal to me will be killed! ”

He thought about it again and said, "Gyeonggi Heavyland, I'd better make my own decisions." Lin Yiren, you guard Luoyang well, and the forbidden army should not go out of the city easily. I'm going back to Chang'an to meet them. ”

Lin Yiren is the commander of the newly formed First Army, and now he is the second person in the Forbidden Army.

Liu Xingchao then returned to Chang'an.

There were too many corpses in the Battle of Chang'an, and when we arrived, the slaves of Chang'an were still cleaning up the corpses all over the streets.

The corpses were exposed to the summer sun, like mushrooms, and sometimes they would explode with a "bang", as if the mushrooms were spreading their own spores.

The smell and heat in the air make people sick to their stomachs, but you get used to it when you vomit too much.

The commander of the forbidden army who stayed in Chang'an was called Lu Zhenghao, the commander of the Tenth Army.

He said to Liu Xingchao: "We can't control the counties of Gyeonggi, and the imperial court can't control them, but the six counties of Gyeonggi are all ours." There are 1,000 garrisons in each county, and the people of the county are honest. ”

Liu Xingchao: "Don't be deceived by their careful eyes!" Kill a lot more and kill the upper class, so that the lower class people can be afraid, have a way out, and follow us willingly. Aren't there many gentry in Gyeonggi? Kill them all for me, what Northern Shaanxi Li Family, Longxi Li Family, Hongnong Yang Family, Chang'an Guo Family, all kill all! ”

Lu Zhenghao: "This is the order." ”

Liu Xingchao continued: "Also, I want to go out to meet the Xiliang cavalry. I heard that the Xiliang cavalry has not tasted defeat in the history? I'm going to see if it's true! The 5th, 9th, and 12th armies of the forbidden army are ready, let's go to the Xiliang Grassland! ”

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The three armies, totaling more than 50,000 people, immediately went north to Xiliang.

The Guanzhong Plain and the Xiliang Grassland are next to each other, and there is no danger to defend.

In fact, the difference between cultivated and pastoral areas is very subtle, and as we walk on the road, sometimes we see meadows, and after a while they become arable fields.

The fields are full of soybeans and wheat, and the fields are very lovely, and some of the fields are low-hanging crops, which are unharvested; Some of the crops were lifted high, and they had just been harvested; There were also rows of tenant farmers picking grain in many fields, and the tenant farmers seemed to be accustomed to this kind of sight, and they were not at all surprised.

Our tanks and vehicles passed by them, and they didn't even lift their heads.

The further north you go, the less arable land there is, and at the end of the day, you will be covered with half-man-high pastures.

Flocks of cotton sheep were grazing, and the shepherds looked at us in horror. There are also many herds of wild horses and wild asses running around, as if they are racing against the tanks. Rabbits and roe deer on the ground are scurrying around, larks and sand sparrows are flying wildly, and eagles and golden eagles are hovering in the air, swooping from time to time.

The rivers of the steppe are dense and crooked, but shallow enough to reach a person's knees, and tanks and vehicles can easily pass through them.

Occasionally, you can see scattered tents, and even villages composed of dozens or hundreds of tents. The village is surrounded by herds of horses and red robes on horseback.

Further north, you will see several cities.

The city on the grassland is very abrupt, like burning a harp and boiling a crane. Think about it, under the blue sky and white clouds, between the green grass and green water, there is a gray square county seat, the county seat is surrounded by a black, rancid moat, a few kilometers outside the moat is not a single grass, and there is an equally gray, grassless road leading to another county seat.

The forbidden army didn't care about these small counties, and they went straight to Liangzhou, the capital of Xiliang Province.

The southernmost part of Xiliang Province is Liangzhou, and the north is Ganzhou and Suzhou counties.

Liangzhou soon appeared in front of our eyes.

Frankly, I was disappointed that a provincial capital was the same as a county-level county in Gyeonggi.

Liu Xingchao was just about to speak, when a large number of cavalry rushed over in front, the cavalry in the sky!

I didn't use the wrong word, it's the cavalry of the "sky". The entire Xiliang grassland was as flat as a mirror, and those cavalry lined up to the sky, as if they had fallen from the sky.

The flag headed by the largest is three, the middle is the Ming Emperor flag, the right is the Liangzhou Oriental Family Flag, and the left is the Xiliang Provincial Flag.

The cavalry in the middle is also the most conspicuous, the horses are draped in chain mail, and the soldiers are also in blue and yellow uniforms. Next to them are the family flags of the major Western Liangshi clans, not only from Liangzhou, but also from Ganzhou and Suzhou. Their cavalry had little combat effectiveness, but was a horse, and the soldiers on the horses wielded machetes.

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Liu Xingchao waved his hand, and the tank opened fire on the cavalry, and the heavy machine guns and submachine guns fired together, and the cavalry turned on their backs a few kilometers away, rushed to a few hundred meters and were beaten into a sieve, and none of them could walk within 500 meters.

On the opposite side, there were people waving flags, and countless cavalry surrounded more than 50,000 people. Countless horses galloped around us, some waved flags, some lit torches in broad daylight, some yelled, and some beat gongs and drums.

You can turn as much as you like, anyway, you can't even get close to a few kilometers, you don't get tired and just turn like that.

Looking around, the sky of the grassland used to be like a big pot lid, but now it is like the pot lid is crawling with black ants.

Liu Xingchao continued to wave his hand and said, "Siege." ”

The forbidden army slowly advanced and came to the front of Liangzhou City.

After a few hundred shots, the southern wall collapsed, burying the moat.

The forbidden army entered the city.

Resistance inside was fierce, too, but hundreds of Janissory tanks carried out a scorched earth policy, blasting every building into rubble.

More and more defenders raised the white flag, and finally, all the defenders fell to their knees and surrendered.

We captured Liangzhou.