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After Cui Wenxiu confirmed that he would reach a compromise with the Hansen Alliance, he had already begun to make frequent adjustments to the army in his hands, except for the two divisions of the Seventh Army Corps, which would take on the task of defending and stabilizing the entire integrated imperial area, the rest of the divisions were quietly assembled to the south, preparing for a battle of unprecedented scale. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It should be said that the entire three occupation areas of Fahan, Kerman, Khulo, and Manna were somewhat weak in any case with only two divisions in the adjacent areas, but after the intelligence obtained from the intelligence system convinced that the Hansen Alliance had no intention of continuing the war, Choi Wen-so resolutely made this seemingly risky decision.

In fact, in areas such as Fahan, Kerman, and Khulo, Cui Wenxiu believed that there was no need to station many troops now, and after the withdrawal of the Hansen Alliance, the Holy Spirit Sect, which represented the upper forces, and the Nia Sect, which was supported by the middle and lower classes, fought very fiercely.

On the one hand, it still expresses its support for the Niaism in the open, but it has changed compared to the original attitude of unconditionally supporting the Niaism, requiring the Niaism not to interfere in secular affairs, and the Niaism must cooperate with the actions of the emperor's [***] political institutions and call on the people to obey the emperor [***] On the other hand, the empire is also in secret contact with the Holy Spirit Sect, and has consciously relaxed the suppression of the Holy Spirit Sect.

In Cui Wenxiu's view, this is obviously another common trick of the empire, and it is what His Majesty the Emperor is best at and likes, balance, always the most beneficial to the empire, only let both sides hold each other, both have to rely on the empire, the empire can quickly gain a foothold in this region, the Holy Spirit Sect and the Niye religion are born feuds, the exclusive surname of the canon makes it difficult for the two sides to shake hands and make peace, the contradiction of water and fire makes the two sides can never live in peace, and the empire only needs to grasp the scale, the empire needs secular power rather than religious power, and religious power also needs to obey the needs of secular power。

In such a situation, it is enough for the garrison to maintain local law and order, eradicate some local bandits, and restrain the two sides from using violent means to oppose each other, as for what means the two sides take to expand their influence in religious beliefs, it depends on their respective abilities, at least for the time being, the empire has not intervened too much in these aspects. Of course, Mana needed to secure a garrison, as the status of the Empire would have to maintain considerable influence here, and the condominium agreement with the Hansen League required the Empire to hold a firm grip on this sacred place of the Nia.

The remaining three divisions of the Seventh Army Corps have followed up and arrived in the southern area of Kerman, and the Indean Army is the whole army south, advancing into the province of Rossai, Cui Wenxiu is very dissatisfied with the performance of this corps in the last battle, Ying Jianming and Zhao Jianfeng are both holding their tails to listen to the training when they meet Cui Wenxiu, Cui Wenxiu has made it clear that if the performance in the second stage is still unsatisfactory, he will report to the Imperial Privy Council to revoke the establishment of this legion, and disperse and supplement other troops that have performed well in the battle and have suffered large losses, which makes Ying Jianming and Zhao Jianfeng both can't help but sweat。 This is the biggest insult to a soldier and an army, if the Indean Legion really becomes like this, then Ying Jianming and Zhao Jianfeng may only have one death to thank the world.

After a period of rest, the Gerlok Corps gradually recovered, but the huge losses were still not enough to make up for a moment, and the reservists replenished from the empire were still on the way. Although Qiu Zicheng wanted to put his army into full force, Cui Wenxiu took into account the actual situation of the Tenth Army Corps, or only used two divisions, originally Cui Wenxiu planned to put the entire Tenth Army into the North Luzon region, so that Qiu Zicheng was responsible for launching an offensive against the Luzon mainland in the North Luzon region, but as the situation changed, Cui Wenxiu had to concentrate heavy troops in order to be able to eliminate the living forces of the Luzon and Merry people in one fell swoop。

The Volga River flows slowly westward in the setting sun, the most important river in the South Indean region is divided into two different halves here, the south of the West Ze and Repovo are wild, the grain fields are continuous, the climate is warm and humid, and the north of the Kerman and Fahan is dry, the desert Gobi and the steppe oasis are mixed, becoming the only nomadic area in the Indean Kingdom.

The abundant water that nourishes the land along the river makes the banks of the river an important agricultural area, especially in the southern part of the Kerman province, where a large number of ditches and canals are dug to divert water from the Volga, turning it into a famous irrigated agricultural area.

Cui Wenxiu, Kang Jianguo, Ying Jianming, Qiu Zicheng, Jiang Bin, Bayinzhuo and his party stood quietly in a dense forest on the north bank of the river, observing the front, the battle was imminent, and the Luzon people were also aware that Xize Province might be a key attack direction of the Tang army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the other side of the river will be our main battlefield, Frederick is not simple, he actually exchanged himself for the assistance of the 150,000 troops of the Merries, it seems that he still has some blood money. South India De'an originally had 250,000 troops, but our feint on Rosse's side attracted part of the Luzon army, and in the early stage, the Luzon and the Pasha people had not yet reached a compromise and also transferred some troops, and now they have not yet returned to their positions, so at present, the Luzon army has gathered about 150,000 troops on the line of Xize and Leipo, and Crouff has made up his mind to concentrate superior forces to annihilate our army on the western front, so we have completely adopted a posture of retreat on the central and eastern fronts that we originally preset, so the victory or defeat is here. This is also the reason why I strongly advocate starting a war first, first, we can gather and destroy the enemy's main force, and the enemy's troops have not yet arrived in place in the later stage, and third, the enemy army can hardly predict that we will abandon the other two fronts and go all out to pursue the western front, and this is our advantage. The horsewhip in Cui Wenxiu's hand shook casually, but his eyes kept looking at the south bank of the river.

"Marshal, even so, the number of the combined forces of Luzon and Merry is not less than ours, once a stalemate is formed, if the enemy's army that is now rushing back to catch up with this battle, will it have an adverse impact on this battle?"

"Well, Jianguo probably asked the doubts in everyone's hearts, it seems that the battle with the Hansen Alliance still makes us sober up a lot, but don't be intimidated by the enemy, the Luzon army should say that it has been competing with the Pasha people and us all these years, we have a general understanding of their details, it should be said that they have a certain strength, but limited to the number, it is not enough to pose a big challenge to our Tang army, as for the Merry people, it sounds like a lot of people, but it's not that I'm arrogant, this kind of army that has not experienced the baptism of large-scale war for decades or even hundreds of years still has much combat effectiveness, I doubt it。 No matter what means they adopt for training and exercises, no matter how fully and superior their equipment and supplies are, there is one thing that needs to be made clear: the army is fought out, not trained, and the training is only for the most basic preparation for fighting a war.

Smacking his lips, Cui Wenxiu continued to play: "Don't look at the fact that we have a few hard-fought battles with the Hansen Alliance this time, and the losses are not small, everyone is a little heartbroken, but I think it's worth it! If I had to choose again, I would also choose this kind of decision! Why?" Without this kind of experience, it would be impossible for the Seventh Legion or the Tenth Legion to mature at all, and your Gerlok Legion will be full of sharpness in the passage of time, and your Indean Legion can only stay at the level of local troops forever! It is precisely with this experience that we have gained the experience of competing with those military powers in the Western Continent, and we will know ourselves and our opponents in the wars we face in the future!"

Seeing that everyone was pondering their words, Cui Wenxiu deliberately paused for a while to let everyone digest their thoughts before he said: " The Merry people are not afraid, what we need to face up to is the Luzon people, and the intelligence department has also sent information about the commander of the Merries, Selovy, the nephew of the Grand Duke of York in the Duchy of Merry, a guy who has been in the upper echelons of the army for a long time, but has never worked at the grassroots level of the army, the sentence that the fierce general must be sent to the army does not seem to be very applicable to the Merries, and we will make the Merians pay the price for this sentence. Ladies and gentlemen, this battle will establish the position of the empire in the entire Indean region, and whether Indean can truly become the backyard of the empire depends on this situation. Jiang Bin, three days, I will only give you three days, your legion must build three pontoon bridges for me to ensure the passage of the army!"

(To be continued)