On December 12, 694 in the continental calendar, the Macedhan Khanate, the first powerful country in the southern part of the eastern continent, launched a fierce offensive against its western neighbor Yuejing with lightning speed, and in just three days, the 300,000 troops of the Maceder's Khanate were like bamboos, connecting two cities, and annihilating 70,000 elite troops of Yuejing in one fell swoop.

On December 16, Ma Qi Khan's army under the leadership of Anguo General Ming Zhong bloodlessly occupied Yuejing City, the capital of Yuejing State, before that, the two important cities in the east and south of Yuejing State, Hefang City and Gongming City, were broken by Ma Qi Khan's army on the same day. After learning of the large-scale invasion of Maqi Khan's army, Li Deguang, the king of Yuejing, panicked and did not have time to make any defensive arrangements, so he led his ministers and concubines and children to flee to the territory of Sanjiang County of the Tang River Empire, a neighboring country in the north.

On December 19, the westernmost Kilimanjaro checkpoint of the Yuejing Kingdom was planted with the flying wolf flag of the Maqi Khan, and since then, the entire territory of the Yuejing Kingdom has fallen into the hands of the Maqi Khan.

"General, the Fifth Corps has come to report that they have captured the Mali Pass on Kilimanjaro and sent a team of 10,000 people to garrison it. A staff officer hurriedly rushed into the headquarters that Ming Chong had set up in the capital governor's mansion in the city of Yuejing, his face flushed with overexcitement.

"Well, I see. Ming Zhong replied calmly, without the slightest look of excitement, the two corps swept the remnants of the Yuejing [***] team was originally overkill, if it was not for the consideration of completing the war as soon as possible, one corps would be more than enough.

"Then, General''''''"

"The 7th, 12th, and 13th Corps were ordered to return to China as soon as possible, and the Fifth Corps continued to eliminate the remnants of the Yuejing forces that dared to resist, and assisted the domestic people to take over local affairs. The 6th Corps took over the defense of Yuejing, the 8th Corps took over the defense of Hefang City, the 9th Corps took over the defense of Gongming City, and the 10th Corps was stationed at Laojun Mountain between Yuejing City and Hefang City, closely monitoring the movements of the Tanghe people in the north, and reporting any abnormalities immediately. After arranging the arrangement in one go, the orderly next to him repeated his arrangement, and quickly went out to convey it.

At this time, Ming Zhong motioned for his staff officer to sit down and sighed slightly.

"General, you seem to have something on your mind?" said the young staff officer beside him cautiously.

"Well, the world is unpredictable, we have been preparing for a long time to send troops this time, and we have taken advantage of the time and place, and it should be expected to achieve such a result. The Yuejing State is lax in its armaments, the government is not in good shape, and its strength is far from that of our country, so how can it be unreasonable to be invincible if it is intentional or unintentional? But what I am worried about is what kind of reaction will our Tanghe people in the north make? If they really want to get involved, we will have to fight this battle. Mingzhong gently stroked the short beard under his chin and said slowly.

"I'm afraid not, last year, we raided Anjie Province (formed by the merger of the annexed Ankun City and Jemero Kingdom), and the people of Tanghe just pretended to verbally quarrel, and in the end they didn't take any action, and they didn't make an agreement with us obediently, in my opinion, this time it's about the same, and it's none of their business, why are they pointing fingers there?! They are not the masters of the Eastern Continent, why should we act according to their eyes?"

"Drey, you're not too old, and you're an old man in the army, so you really can't even understand this truth? I think you'd better go back and do something else as soon as possible. Mingzhong's tone was rarely heavy.

"I'm sorry, General, I'm a little out of shape, I just think that with our strength, there is no need to bow down to the Tanghe people. Don't you often say that the current Tang River Empire is just a foreign powerhouse and a middle cadre, and it is completely a paper tiger?" The young staff officer's face turned blue and white for a while, and he hurriedly controlled his emotions.

"You are right, the current Tanghe people have said Bo Xishan, it is indeed not as good as before, but the hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, thin camels are bigger than horses, their hundreds of years of accumulation can not be said to collapse, not to mention that they have not collapsed now. The strength of the Tanghe people alone is at least five times more than ours, and the regular army alone has seven legions of nearly 800,000 people, as well as two legions of capital garrisons, and there are also many reading divisions, this strength alone is about three times that of ours, and there are countless local troops that have not been considered. ”

Ming Zhong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, although he was a native of Maqihan, he admired the Tang River culture since he was a child, and even took a rather Tang name after his own name. When he was young, he also went to the Tanghe Emperor [***] Academy to study for two years under a pseudonym, and he has longed for the culture and art of the Central Plains and Jiangnan in the empire for a long time, but after a long period of observation in the empire, he also found that the current Tanghe Empire has been sick to the bone marrow, conservative ideology, rigid hierarchy, [***] When he returned to his homeland, he gave full support to the newly appointed Biheli Khan and Minister of State Lei Juetian, so that the military strength of the Macede Khanate rose with the great increase in comprehensive national strength at the same time.

But he is also keenly aware that although the Tang River Empire is down, it is still a behemoth to any surrounding country alone, fortunately, there are not a few surrounding countries that fight the Tang River Empire like the Macede Khanate, a sick tiger lives among wolves, and there are a large number of unpredictable contradictions within it that may erupt at any time, how long can this empire survive?

"But general, the Tanghe people are surrounded by foreign enemies, and there is not much strength to intervene in our actions, not counting the Imperial Forest Army in our country, there are still more than 100,000 troops, plus now there are three more corps back to defend, there are more than 200,000 troops, and the Tanghe people are only more than 200,000 troops in the south, even if they have any ideas, I am afraid they have to think about it. The young staff officer was also a quick-thinking person, and he was not persuaded by Mingzhong's words, and he couldn't help but put forward his own opinions.

"Oh? That makes sense, have you considered our Milanese to the east? They just formed another 100,000-man army corps against us. And what about the Mahad and the Andakos? Who were they targeting at the beginning of this year? Could it be to deal with the Japanese at sea?"

"This ''''''," the young staff officer blushed, "I don't think it's possible for them to unite with the Don River people against us for this matter, at least not the Mahad and Andakos, right?"

"Nothing is impossible in this world, and only by preparing for the worst will we not be in a hurry when the crisis comes. Mingzhong glanced lightly at the young staff officer who was a little ashamed.

"My subordinates understand, but I think the Great Khan and Lord Lei, as well as General Yaning and General Pu Tiancheng, should also take this into account. The young staff officer lowered his head and stole a glance at General Mingda, who ignored him.

With a shallow smile on his face, Mingzhong snorted lightly, "Of course, if you can't even think of this, I'm afraid the Macedhanate won't be where it is today." Drey, you should still be more thoughtful, not just from a certain aspect of the problem, but should think from all angles and levels, otherwise once there is negligence on the battlefield, the sentence will lead to the defeat of the entire battle. ”

"The subordinate understood. ”

This sudden action of the Macede Khanate immediately caused a strong reaction in the neighboring countries. On December 17, the Kingdom of Milan, the eastern neighbor of the Maqi Khan, officially announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Maqi Khanate, and at the same time announced that the whole country had entered a state of maximum alert and began to recruit reservists.

On December 18, the Grand Duchy of Mahad and the Principality of Andako also announced the temporary suspension of economic exchanges with the Macede Khanate, and diplomatic relations were also downgraded to the level of chargé d'affaires, and jointly issued a protest, refusing to recognize the occupation of the Maqi Khanate in the state of Yuejing, demanding that the Maha Khanate immediately withdraw its troops from the state of Yuejing, and the elite armies of the two countries also began to assemble and move to the west and northwest.

On December 19, the Foreign Minister of the Tang Empire, Saridan, issued a statement strongly condemning the aggression of the Maqi Khan, saying that the empire would never sit idly by and watch friendly neighbors be invaded by foreign enemies, announcing the severance of all economic and diplomatic exchanges with the Maqi Khanate, and declaring the diplomatic envoys of the Maqi Khanate to the empire persona non grata and leaving the country within a time limit. At the same time, the General Administration of the Imperial Affairs Department issued an order that the Southern Military Region should enter the first level of combat readiness, and all military personnel should cancel all vacations and return to the army immediately. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the 5th Army Corps, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the 6th Army Corps, the 1st Reading Cavalry Division of the Southern Military District, and the 1st Reading Infantry Division of the Southern Military District were all quickly stationed in the border areas bordering the Mache Khanate.

On December 20, Nguyen Trung Vinh, Prime Minister of Viet Kyong State, announced the establishment of a political axe in exile in Jiang Chuan City, the capital of the empire's Sam Giang County, and called on neighboring countries to give a positive response to the Macede Khanate and resolutely stop the Maqi Khanate's aggression with practical actions. The central government of the Tang River Empire immediately invited the king of Yuejing, members of the royal family, and all the officials of the exiled political axe to Yanjing Zhongzhou to discuss how to deal with the current bad situation. At the same time, Lin Guoxiong, the military and political envoy of Sanjiang County of the Tang River Empire, said that he could not tolerate the situation of arbitrarily changing the existing territory in the surrounding area, and declared martial law in Sanjiang County, and the first and second armies of Sanjiang entered a state of combat readiness. Lang Yongquan, the military and political envoy of Tiannan County of the Tang River Empire, also issued a statement in the capital Nanfeng Province, condemning the Maqi Khanate for taking military measures to change the existing situation, and announcing that the armed forces of Tiannan County would raise the alert level and respond to contingencies at any time.

On December 21, skirmishes broke out between the 1st Division of the 6th Army Corps of the Tang River Empire and the 1st Corps of the Mache Khanate in the border area, causing mutual damage. In the early morning of December 23, the conflict further escalated, and fierce battles broke out again in the border areas between the 2nd Divisions of the 1st, 2nd and 5th Army Corps of the 6th Army Corps and the 1st and 2nd Corps of the Macede Khanate.

On December 24, the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Sixth Army of the Imperial Army broke into the territory of the Macedhan Khanate and destroyed an important supply point for the Macedhan army, but due to intelligence errors and the slow pace of withdrawal, the two divisions were surrounded by the three corps of the Macedhan Khanate and fell into a difficult situation.

On 26 December, the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Sixth Army Corps of the Empire broke out of the encirclement with the cooperation of the 3rd Division of the 5th Army Corps in the north and the two Reading Divisions of the Southern Military Region, but suffered heavy losses; only two wings of the 3rd Division of the 6th Army Corps were still complete, and the remaining three wings were reduced by more than two-thirds, while the five wings of the Fourth Division were reduced by more than half, and their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened.

On December 22, the 1st Mixed Army and the 3rd Army of the Kingdom of Milan broke through the defense line of the Maqi Khan's eastern road and defeated the eastern cluster composed of the 3rd, 4th, and 14th Corps of the Maqi Khan, but they were immediately blocked by the reinforcements of the 1st and 2nd Royal Forest Corps of the Maqi Khan, and failed to penetrate, and fierce fighting broke out between the two sides in the eastern part of the Maqi Khanate. Since the Third Army of the Kingdom of Milan was a newly formed army, its combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the First Mixed Army, so that the eastern front, which had been in a stalemate, began to tilt in favor of the Mache Khans.

On December 31, under the cover of the 3rd Royal Forest Corps of the Maqi Khan, the 1st and 2nd Royal Guards of the Maqi Khan Dynasty launched an attack on the 3rd Army of the Kingdom of Milan on the right flank. Fortunately, the coach of the Milan side saw that the opportunity was not good, and the first mixed army did not suffer much loss, but the Milan side had lost its advantage and was forced to withdraw to the country to take the defensive, and the situation on the eastern front of the Macedian Khanate was stable.

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