Republic's offensive was swift and unexpected, without any warning, it was an undeclared war, and the soldiers of the rebel troops at the forefront were leisurely smoking cigarettes one second, hiding in the shadows to cool off, and the next second artillery shells rose from the horizon.

Such a sudden offensive not only stunned the rebels, but also stunned the headquarters of the Federal Asia-Pacific Theater located on the eastern coast of the Republic.

Although the commander-in-chief of the federal Asia-Pacific Theater of Operations, Aglonso, had already received the news of the Eagle General's appointment, the General Staff Office believed that the Eagle General's forces were empty and the foundation was unstable, and even if he wanted to crusade against the rebels one day, it would be a few years or more than ten years later.

By the time the Federation reacted and sent an envoy to Chang'an, the capital of the Republic, overnight, the Red Army had already crossed the line of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains and approached the Yellow River.

As for the Federation, their attitude is actually very ambiguous, and they do not want to see the rebels defeat the Republican Radiance, nor do they want to see the Republican Radiance expel the rebels.

If the Radiance of the Republic is crushed and the rebels unify the territory, the next target must be the Federal Asia-Pacific Theater, and the Radiance of the Republic is the same, the best state is to contain each other, as before, the North and the South are divided, not unified with each other, and their own people are fighting each other because of ideology.

This situation is the most perfect, otherwise the destruction of either side will upset the balance of power, and the Federation, if not afraid, will at least increase the pressure.

Therefore, after receiving the news this time, the Federation hurriedly sent an envoy to prepare to reconcile the ceasefire between the two countries, and secretly exert economic pressure to shake the supply lines of the Republican Radiance, and if necessary, even directly intervene with troops.

On the side of the rebels in the north, the sudden offensive launched by the Eagle General did initially take them by surprise, but after the Red Army crossed the northern and southern lines, the order finally came.

Jiang Zong knows the Hui of the Republic very well, better than anyone else, including Leng Kite, he knows very well that the Hui of the Republic is facing strong economic pressure to start this war, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and no matter how tough a force is, if the supply cannot keep up, it will inevitably be a plate of scattered sand.

So every day that the war dragged on, it was even more difficult for the corn-starved Republican Hui, and for the north, where the farmland was fertile, they could afford to drag it and consume it.

Therefore, the general sect customized a special defense strategy, and all the troops in the control area in the middle of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River withdrew from the temporary strongholds, entered the city, and relied on the city walls to hold on.

Although the wall of life of the city controlled by the northern rebels is not as high as the glory of the republic, it is not 100 meters high, and there is no huge cannon in the city, but it is also extremely strong, and there are anti-tank trenches outside, and there are tunnels and holes inside.

In addition, Shojong further strengthened the strategy of "cold guns and cold guns".

Doesn't you cold kite like to push wildly? Okay, I'll hold on and make it impossible for you to storm the city, and then send a large number of mobile troops to break it into pieces, put a cold gun on one of your soldiers, take out your armored troops with portable anti-tank guns every once in a while, and harass your supply lines by the way, and use these movements to attract mutant creatures to attack your position.

Not to mention that there is also a "Honkai" once a month, when the fierce beast collapses, as long as the army can't enter the city, even if it is not crushed by the fierce beast, it will suffer heavy casualties.

Jiang Zong's move seems to be unremarkable, as if any child who has read a book can understand, but this style of play is a perfect combination of economy, supply, attack and defense, and the current wilderness ecology in terms of design, hitting the nail on the head, lethal moves, and can be used flexibly in any situation.

Later facts also proved that Jiangzong's cold gun and cold artillery strategy ran through the entire Northern Expedition War, causing a very terrible suppression to the army commanded by Leng Kite, and the total number of Republican Hui soldiers knocked out piecemeal amounted to 48,000, and there were countless soldiers who were eaten by mutated creatures, which made the Republican Hui's Red Army tremble, worthy of its name of "Jiangzong".

Of course, that's all for later.

On the Leng Kite side, he himself led the middle force that marched towards Bianliang, but what was very dramatic was that the troops attacking Yanzhou in the three major front armies arrived at the designated position, and those attacking Qizhou also arrived at the designated position, but it was the front army led by Leng Kite in the middle, with the Eagle Banner Army under his command as the main force, was blocked.

After successfully conquering Pingdingshan, the army led by Leng Kite was stubbornly resisted in Xuchang, and was repeatedly attacked during the march, and from time to time there were gunshots from unexpected positions, and blood splashed after the gunshots.

The advancing soldiers were nervous at first, vigilant search, but in any case could not catch the rebel scouts, after a long time, their fighting spirit was also weakened, and in the end, even if the teammates around them were suddenly hit by snipers and fell, no one panicked, just walked forward like walking corpses, they were numb.

Due to the lack of a frontal battlefield, it is difficult for the trapped camp to give full play to its advantages, and the rebels stationed in Xuchang City have set up a large number of anti-aircraft guns, and it is impossible to launch an airdrop like before, so the whole city has become an iron shell, so that the army of the Republic of Zhihui has no way to speak, and it is difficult to even launch an artillery bombardment, and their field artillery range is not as far as the opponent's city defense artillery, and when the artillery is pushed to the designated position, it is almost blown up.

On the top of a mountain, Leng Kite squinted at Xuchang City at the end of the horizon, if it was when she led the Eagle Banner Army to suppress bandits in the past, in the face of this kind of stubborn city, she would not hesitate to take the lead, break into the city wall, and tear the defenders apart one by one, which is not difficult for her.

But the problem is that in this Northern Expedition War, her identity has changed from a leading general to the chief general commanding the whole army, and now the three armies on the left, center and right are at least 300,000 people each, and the total number is approaching one million.

If Leng Kite goes to the battlefield in person at this time, it will be no problem to defeat Xuchang, it will be easy, but what will happen to the other armies during the time she has lost contact? In the event of a massive counterattack by the enemy, will you fight or retreat? How to fight and how to retreat? This kind of strategic question is not at all decided by the front commander, and it must be decided by her personally.

Therefore, even if Xuchang is close at hand, Leng Kite has no way to rush into the front line and fight hard like before.

Of course, this does not mean that Leng Kite is powerless against Xuchang, in fact, although the whole army is now far away from the city, the war has begun!

The cold kite stared at the remnant sun on the horizon, and the moment it fell into the horizon, a cold arc rose at the corner of her lips...

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