August is the hottest time of the year in the south, and even in the early morning, a thin shirt is enough to keep out the cold, which is very difficult for soldiers in heavy armor.

Often the school field fights for only half a day, and the whole body is like being fished out of the water.

Therefore, the Great Xia Army's attack on Jiangnan Province was chosen in the early morning, and as soon as the sky was bright, the two major group armies of the Huben Army and the Xiangjiang Army waded through the dew, covering the entire Jiangnan border with ten field corps as nodes.

The Tiger Ben Army attacked from the southern Fujian border, and Zhang Xutuo led the Xiangjiang Army to attack from the Jiangchuan border.

The entire front stretched for thousands of miles.

The steel torrent composed of 600,000 troops, like a black line of death, spread from the southwest border of Jiangnan Province, rolling forward, to engulf the entire province.

Behind the army was a supply line of grain and grass that was longer than the front.

Early in the morning, the entire territory of Jiangchuan Province and Southern Fujian Province, every official road leading to the border was occupied by groups of grain trucks, and the traffic was busy, and the sound of squeaking and rattling converged into a piece of music, and there was no end in sight.

The imperial court won two battles in a row, and the morale was high, and the people of the two places saw the grain transport team, and there was no panic about the arrival of war, but they happily discussed where the imperial court would expand its territory.

Because it was transporting grain within the territory, the people responsible for escorting the grain and grass were all temporarily recruited officials, and when they reached the boundary of any county, the county would send officials to guard a section of the road, and they did not even need to send a large army.

In the territory of Great Xia, no one has dared to come and rob grain.

As for the wilderness wanderers, they have long disappeared without a trace, and there is no day for them to come out at all.

The grain wagons departed from the county, like streams converging into a big river, like dense blood vessels, converging to the front line and delivering "blood" to the frontline soldiers.

If it weren't for the communication compass, such a huge army and such a long front would not be able to be maintained at all, and the armies of all roads would be like blind people, and they could only fight on their own.

The advent of the communication compass changed the mode of warfare.

The one who garrisoned Jiangnan Province for the Great Zhou was the 400,000 Ming forbidden army led by the god general Xu Da. Xu Da's sophistication in using soldiers is naturally beyond doubt, and he has never slackened off when he took over the defense line from the hands of the Great Zhou Overlord Army.

Even if the war in the north stops, depending on the situation, the war in Huaxia will come to an end, and when the overlord army returns to Jiangnan Province, even if the Ming army completes the task, Xu Da has no intention of relaxing.

In Xu Da's words, "If you stick to it for one day, you must fulfill your responsibilities for one day." ”

As the front line of the confrontation between Great Xia and Great Zhou, the border fortifications of Jiangnan Province can only be described as invulnerable. In the past two years, under the personal arrangement of Wu Qi, the entire border has been marked by fifteen border cities, with fortresses built between border cities and sentry posts between fortresses, and so on to form a steel defense line.

In addition, there are beacon towers on the high mountains, lookouts on the plains, water villages on the rivers, and checkpoints on the official roads, which together weave an impermeable defense network.

Not to mention the invasion of the army, even if the enemy scouts break in, they must also take off a layer of skin.

When Xu Da took over the defense line, he was also amazed by Wu Qi's generosity.

It was precisely like this that Xu Da was not so nervous when he learned that the Great Xia Army suddenly sent troops to invade Jiangnan Province. Although judging from the information shared by Da Zhou, Da Xia was serious this time, Xu Da still didn't think that Da Xia could break through the steel defense line guarded by 400,000 Ming troops with only 600,000 troops.

"Unless Great Xia continues to increase his troops."

This possibility is not too great, because the Praetorian Guards, City Guards, and Eagle Yang Army that went out to fight in Great Xia have all teleported back to the station. If you want to reinforce the front line, you should teleport directly to Dragon Seeking City.

There is no reason to say that Daxia will panic with a lot of money and don't care about the cost of transmitting millions of gold coins.

"So, what is the enemy's purpose?"

Because of the limited intelligence, Xu Da was puzzled for a while, it was impossible to say that the Great Xia Army was idle and had nothing to do, and using an army of such a scale to cost the people and money, just to have a border exercise, right?

No general with a bit of political wisdom would make such a judgment.

As a relatively pure general, since he couldn't figure out the twists and turns behind him, Xu Da simply didn't want to focus on the big war that was about to break out.

"It's okay, just take advantage of this opportunity to train the army."

The 500,000 Ming forbidden army has never really been involved in a big war, although Xu Da is confident that the training in peacetime is very strict and effective, in the end, it still has to be put on the battlefield to test.

In the early morning, large and small battles began to break out all over the border.

If you want to attack Jiangnan Province, what the Great Xia Army has to do is to first uproot the large and small sentry posts, side cards and lookouts on the periphery, otherwise, there will be endless troubles.

Because the targets are small and scattered, it seems impossible to mobilize a large army, so small units with battalions as units can only be dispatched into the vast wilderness like a net.

On the morning of the first day alone, the Great Xia Army sent hundreds of "clean-up" troops.

The Ming army's response strategy was to be able to keep the rules, and if they couldn't hold it, they would withdraw, neither to carry it to the end, nor to give up easily, to put it bluntly, they were taking the border resources of the Great Zhou Dynasty to do a military exercise.

A lively day will soon be over.

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The southern suburbs of Bawang City, where the headquarters of the Ming army is located, and the camp tent of the Chinese army.

In view of the fact that the Overlord City was too sensitive, the Ming army did not enter the city, but only relied on the Overlord City to establish a large camp outside the city and set up the headquarters of the whole army.

The god will Xu Da himself sit here.

The lights in the big tent were bright, and after reading the war reports that had just been reported from all over the country, his expression was no longer as relaxed as when the war first started.

It stands to reason that like the defensive network laid by the Great Zhou on the border, many sentry posts are set up in very secret places, and if you are not familiar with the terrain, it will take the Great Xia army most of the time to find the right target to strike.

This is not the case.

In just one day, the Great Xia Army uprooted more than 300 small strongholds and made a good start. Calculating the time, this is almost impossible, which is equivalent to the Great Xia Army finding their respective targets without much effort.

The Great Xia Army had a thorough understanding of the Great Zhou defensive front, which greatly surprised Xu Da.

"It is rumored that Great Xia has three major intelligence agencies, and secret agents are everywhere, but this is too exaggerated, with Wu Qi's ability, it is impossible not to have any precautions against these military secrets."

Xu Da was very confused, and for the first time, he felt that behind this big battle, he was afraid that there were factors at work that he didn't understand, which made him, who had always been calm, feel a little uneasy.

"The Great Xia Tiger Army is stationed at the border of Jiangnan Province, and the horses on both sides must be visiting the door from time to time, and it is not too surprising that the Great Xia Army has figured out the frontier checkpoints on the Jiangnan border." Deputy Marshal Chang Yuchun thought about it.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang led the troops to guard the southern border of Great Xia, Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da as the main general, Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, and the generals Deng Yu, Feng Sheng and others accompanied him, and the lineup was quite luxurious.

Tang He, who is as famous as Xu Da, led his troops to guard Jianye City.

Among the generals, in addition to the god general Xu Da, Chang Yuchun is the most famous, and he is one of the top ten fierce generals in history with Shi Wansui, Xue Rengui, Ran Min and others.

Xu Chang's two generals, one is known for his strategy, and the other is known for his courage and courage, and the two cooperate with each other and are invincible in the world. In terms of fighting a war, this pair can also rank at the top in Chinese history.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, starting from the destruction of the nine clans of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong on the charge of "plotting misdeeds", the left prime minister of Han Gong Li Shanchang, the general Lan Yu and Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong and others were killed one after another.

Among them, Lan Yu is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law, and Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.

Among the 34 meritorious heroes awarded in the early Ming Dynasty, a few died of illness before, and the others rarely died well. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's small hair and in-laws, the first hero of the founding of the country, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was also "given to death".

Chang Yuchun can have a good death, not because Zhu Yuanzhang is merciful, just because when the Ming Dynasty did not completely dominate the world, he unfortunately died in the army due to wind and cold, at the age of forty.

Otherwise, it is difficult to say whether Chang Yuchun's outstanding military talent and courage will be spared.

If you want to say which of the nine emperors who appeared in the wilderness, which one is the most embarrassing, it is none other than Zhu Yuanzhang, even Emperor Kangxi, who killed Aobai, is more comfortable than Zhu Yuanzhang, after all, Aobai died by himself.

Thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang's good learning of "Thick Black Studies", he can maintain the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da nodded silently, although he felt that what Chang Yuchun said was reasonable, but he was still a little unsteady in his heart. But even if it is not steady, the war must continue.

"The order goes down, starting tomorrow, all departments must be more resolute in their defense, and they must not easily give up their posts. If necessary, the defenders of the border city can also take the initiative to go out of the city to fight and oppress the enemy army. ”

"No!"

Xu Da is going to put a little pressure on the Great Xia Army, otherwise, if he continues to fight like this, before the Overlord Army returns to Jiangnan Province, the entire border defense line will be destroyed by the Great Xia Army.

At that time, the Ming army could naturally retreat, and what was left for the overlord army was a mess.

Such a thing, he Xu Da can't do it.

"Perhaps, the real purpose of the Great Xia Army is to destroy the border defense line in the south of the Yangtze River and create an opportunity for a decisive battle with the Overlord Army in the future?!" A flash of light flashed in Xu Da's mind, and he faintly guessed.

Just looking at the generals in the tent, Xu Da didn't say this guess.

Next, there is a tough battle waiting for them.