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The climate of the Eastern Continent in March has suddenly become a little abnormal, and it seems that God has been a little stingy with the rain since the Spring Festival, and there is still not much rain until the end of February, but this has not attracted much attention. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter all, March and early April are the most important seasons, this month is the season that needs the most rain, from the performance after entering March, it seems that it is not very good, there is no sign of rain, until the middle of March, there is still not much rain, more serious is that this drought does not seem to be just a certain area or a certain area, but occurs in the entire Eastern Continent, from the Marston Heath in the north to the coast of the Great South Ocean in the south, from the coast of the Great East Ocean to the foothills of the Great Hengduan Mountains in the west, almost affecting the entire Eastern Continent。

At this time, it seems that people remember that since the end of last year, the rain has become a little scarce, and this year, the rain is even more rare, but until this time still no one will believe that this is the beginning of a disaster year that lasted for two years, and many people think that this season may be reduced in the spring, and hope can only be placed in the second half of the spring season. Grain prices had already fallen after experiencing a sharp rise in grain purchases from the northwest in early March, but the abnormal weather after entering March made grain merchants begin to worry that there would be a poor harvest in Xiaochun, and grain prices rose slightly.

Beginning on March 15, 698 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, the small-scale conflict in the war on the Crescent Peninsula finally turned into a large-scale siege, and the 150,000 troops from the Doton Kingdom finally began to attack the fortress in the Jeolla Valley after two days of rest, and the Japanese army that had been constantly improving and strengthening the fortress also increased from 50,000 to 100,000。

Since the Jeolla Valley fortress was built in a hurry over the course of twenty days, despite its narrow throat area, its walls were low, it was heavily reliant on irregular stones and bags of dirt, and it had neither a moat nor sufficient long-range defensive weapons, so it was more of a makeshift end-of-life station made of rough dirt bags and stones.

The courage of the Dodonians in the face of the invasion of their territory by foreign enemies and the great threat posed by it is also to be admired, the 150,000-strong army took turns to launch a ferocious charge against the fortress of the valley, and the Japanese seemed to have prepared for this terrible battle, and the two sides fought an extremely tragic strangulation battle in this improvised building that was barely called a fortress for twenty days or so, and this terrible battle lasted for a whole month, and the number of soldiers engaged in the battle on both sides was unprecedented, and the casualties caused were unprecedented, so that the Dodons had to redeploy their forces from the interior of the country, and Tachihara Yamakawa had to issue a conscription order again, and declared a state of emergency in the whole territory, continued to recruit reserve soldiers into the battlefield of the Crescent Peninsula, and used the dominant naval army to attack the rear of the Dodonians.

In this strangulation battle that lasted for more than a month, the number of casualties on both sides reached a terrifying more than 200,000, for this improvised fortress, the two sides fought repeatedly, the position changed hands more than seven times, and the death toll on both sides even exceeded 120,000, the Dotun people exceeded 70,000, and the Japanese people also paid the price of more than 50,000 lives, so that this war was called the "meat grinder battle" by later history.

Both sides who paid huge casualties had to stop and lick their wounds when they were bleeding, and the Japanese who received a large amount of logistical support from the Tang River Navy also successfully held this fortress, which made the Dodon Kingdom's efforts not return anything, and at this time, with the drought throughout the entire Eastern Continent also seriously affected the Dodon Kingdom, the Doton Kingdom, which did not have much strategic reserves, had to stop the war, and the two sides re-entered a strange and long-term confrontation stage.

At the same time, the battle for Tokai-gun's sphere of influence has also entered a white-hot stage. Without the fetters and threats of the Dodons, Situ Tai's army began to show its might and launch counterattacks everywhere. The Second Legion finally showed its demeanor as the main force of the imperial ace under Cangzhou City, and several bloody battles under Cangzhou City in a row made the Royal Guards of the Kaman people also feel that the Emperor [***] team was not as simple as they imagined, and had to restrain the offensive. And the First Army fought back again and again under the city of Beiping, and repelled the menacing Poole army several times in succession, bringing a lot of losses to the Poole people, so that the Poole coach had to consider whether his side had too much appetite to swallow Beiping in one bite.

And Situ Tai, who transferred out a few mobile divisions, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and with the support of Pengcheng Prefecture, he sent troops to Pengcheng, and had the potential to swallow the entire East China Sea in one go, and Situ Yuan's tenth army performance was really disappointing, and after only two days, the defense line collapsed, Pengcheng changed its banner in a blink of an eye, and sent away Situ Yuan's men and horses on the front foot, and the Pengcheng gentry were already beating gongs and drums to welcome Situ Tai's army into the city.

On the same day that Situ Tai stepped into the city of Pengcheng Mansion, he announced the formation of the Twelfth Army Corps of the Empire, based on the two backbone reading divisions of the Northern Military Region and the garrison troops of the five prefectures of Donghai County except for the Jinling Mansion, and officially established the Twelfth Legion of the Empire, and only a week ago, Situ Biao had already announced the formation of the Eleventh Army of the Empire after conquering Wenning Mansion. Situ Tai's pace of expansion once again made Situ Lang and Situ Yuan feel the threat from the most powerful brother in the north, and Situ Lang relied on the Praetorian Guard Legion and the Third and Fourth Army Corps to guard against the attack of the Kamans on the outer defense line of Yanjing, which made Situ Lang and Situ Yuan have to turn their begging eyes to the west again, Li Wufeng still did not make any moves in the west, except for wandering in the six provinces of Kansai, he seemed to have completely forgotten his original promise, especially at this time, Li Wufeng submitted the report on the establishment of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, which made Situ Lang and Situ Yuan even more angry。

"Seventh brother, look at it, what is this bastard doing? Push back on our request, let him attack Qinghe, he said that the Kaman people are in full swing, it is not suitable to enter the army, now it is good, what is the establishment of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, it is simply putting the cart before the horse, and he does not put the empire in his eyes at all. Situ Lang, who was dressed in a yellow robe, walked around the main hall irritably, and the ministers had dispersed, leaving only Situ Yuan, the king of Chu, standing alone under His Royal Highness.

"Your Majesty, you and I have long known who Li Wufeng is, and it is not surprising that he did this, this guy's methods are indeed clever, first he forced the third brother to withdraw from Hanzhong and Jincheng without spending a single soldier, and now he wants to establish a Western Xinjiang Protectorate, it seems that his appetite will only grow. Situ Yuan said with a gloomy face, the loss of the situation in the East China Sea made him very depressed, especially the performance of his Tenth Legion can only be described as bad, Jinling is also crumbling, if the entire Donghai County will fall into the hands of the eldest brother, he is both anxious and helpless, if he wants to hope that he and Li Wufeng will attack Qinghe to reduce the pressure on Yanjing, it is better to spend more time on how to improve the combat effectiveness of the Tenth Legion, he has never believed in Li Wufeng.

"Don't mention him, it's disappointing to mention it, the eldest brother is aggressive in the East China Sea, what are you going to do, Seventh Brother? If you don't react, I'm afraid the situation in Jinling will also be in danger, even if the Seventh Legion hasn't gone through a few hard battles, I'm worried that it may not be the opponent of the eldest brother's troops." Situ Lang laid his eyes on the face of his brother with a gloomy face, if the East China Sea was lost, Yanjing would become an isolated island surrounded on three sides, with the Kamans in the north, the Taiping Rebellion in the west, and the power of the big brother in the east, the situation in the empire would become more and more critical, and his position, which had only been sitting for a short time, seemed to be a little shaky again.

"Well, but what can we do now? I can only defend Jinling and wait for the opportunity to recapture Pengcheng. Situ Yuan's tone was full of uncertainty, obviously even he himself was not very sure, "Or Your Majesty will let the Eighth and Ninth Army Corps also train to see if the eastern passage can be opened." ”

Speaking of the Eighth and Ninth Legions, Situ Lang couldn't help but sigh, although the two legions have been successfully formed, but these two legions are purely new armies, compared to the rebuilt Third and Fourth Legions, even if he is a layman in military affairs, he can also see the gap between the two, fortunately, some officers and veterans from the Third and Fourth Legions were transferred to strengthen the Eighth and Ninth Legions, which seems to have improved slightly, but Situ Lang is not very sure after reviewing the two legions, maybe he can make do with the Taiping Army, if he really wants to fight against the first and second legions of the Kaman and the eldest brother, he will definitely lose, this is Situ Lang's assertion in the depths of his heart。

Seeing that Situ Lang shook his head speechlessly, Situ Yuan was helpless, and the others were also not hopeful about the Eighth and Ninth Legions, the army was built for a short time, and it was not tempered, and it was made up in a hurry, it was difficult to expect them to be able to perform, and the hall fell into a depressing silence.

"Your Majesty, if there is really a difficulty, do you think you can borrow troops from the Kingdom of Milan?" After hesitating for a long time, Situ Yuan finally asked tentatively.

"Milan?" Situ Lang felt bitter in his heart, the dignified Tang River Empire actually went to borrow troops from foreign countries, how to explain this to the Chinese people, and to deal with the brother who was originally the same father, this taste is really not very pleasant.

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