In the early spring of 7869 in the Great Zhou Dynasty, this is a season when all things burst out.

Under the warm spring breeze, the temperature in Beibing Town began to rise slowly, and at the same time, the plants and trees buried in the ground by the snow were all eager to pull out new shoots.

Everything is celebrating this hard-won early spring.

At the same time, the Northern Glacier, which has been able to see dry riverbeds in winter, also has its annual wet season.

- Although the temperature of the extremely cold snow-capped mountains does not change with the rise or fall of the outside temperature, there is not only one source of the Northern Glacier, but also the rivers in other parts of the 100,000 Great Mountains also have water sources.

Therefore, in spring and summer, the Northern Glacier will also gallop like other rivers, but under normal circumstances, the fluctuation of water volume will not be as rapid as other rivers.

On a sunny spring day, the mighty Xingyue soldiers rode the warships that had already been cast, ready to drift all the way down the North Ice River.

If you go down the river, you can avoid being blocked by the passes set up by the Yuwang clan on land.

That's the benefit of being upstream.

As long as they have enough ships, the upper reaches of the country can send troops to attack the cities and countries downstream of the river at any time.

And whether it is the supply of food and grass or the mobility of soldiers, the consumption of taking the water route is far less than that of the land route.

A few years ago, a courtier in the Great Zhou Dynasty proposed to build a pass in Yicheng in the lower reaches of the Beibing River to prevent the Xingyue Army from going down the river and threatening the safety of the northeast land.

At that time, this excerpt also caused a lot of waves.

Many people of insight feel that it is very necessary to build this city, after all, although the strength of Beibing Town has not yet reached the level of threatening the Great Zhou, it has also reached a situation that should not be underestimated.

To curb its development, the construction of a pass in the lower reaches of the Northern Ice River is not a trivial matter.

Of course, some people feel that this is redundant.

In their opinion, no matter how powerful the Star Moon Army is, it is just a rebel army that has been divided into one place, and although Da Zhou's plan to lead the army to attack North Glacier Town last time was not completely successful, it also made the Star Moon Army in North Glacier Town pay a great price.

Presumably, after this battle, the Xingyue Army should be able to be honest for a long time.

The two sides of the court have their own opinions and quarrels.

In the end, it was Zhou Tianzi who personally went down and became a referee.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Tianzi affirmed the worries of the Cultivator Sect, the Star Moon Army in Beibing River Town was indeed not to be underestimated, and he had to find a way to curb its continued expansion to other places.

But at this time, the Zhou Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, and it had not yet stabilized, and the eastern region was at war with Daqi, and the south was also not peaceful, and it was still making every effort to help the Tang Dynasty resist the attacks of Ming and Qin.

There is simply no way to allocate a lot of money and grain to build a checkpoint in the lower reaches of the Northern Ice River that will not produce much economic benefit.

Therefore, although this plan was finalized, the Great Zhou Dynasty had only released a rough plan over the years, and it had not had time to implement it, after all, no matter how much the Great Zhou monarchs and ministers looked up to the Xingyue Army, they did not expect that the Xingyue Army, which only occupied the two places in the northwest, would be able to completely recover in just over 20 years, and in terms of the number of troops alone, it was even much more than the peak period in the past.

The time difference in this is undoubtedly very convenient, and the Xingyue Army flows down and moves eastward.

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The Xingyue Army floated along the Beibing River for half a month, bypassing the Great Zhou garrisons who were responsible for guarding the land cities and passes, and finally came to the waters around Yicheng after drifting for thousands of miles.

After discovering that they had arrived at their destination, as the commander-in-chief, Huang Lier and others immediately organized people to protect the soldiers on the ship to land.

This time, the level of secrecy is very high.

Many of the soldiers received orders from above when they were about to send out troops, and even when they did, they only made all their personnel ready for battle at first, and did not disclose in detail what they were going to do.

It wasn't until it was close to departure that the town of North Glacier revealed its true strategic purpose

The buffer time is very short, leaving no chance for the enemy to take advantage of at all.

In order to prevent long nights and dreams.

The Xingyue Army got off the warship, and before they had time to rest and recuperate, they rushed towards Yicheng overnight.

Among the combat strategies jointly formulated by Ding Yi and others, Yicheng is obviously a very important city.

This town, like North Glacier, is located on both sides of North Glacier.

If the Wing City cannot be captured, then the Star Moon Army will not only have no foothold on the land on the east coast, but may also be attacked from both sides by the soldiers of the Wing City when the army is withdrawn or defeated.

This kind of accident is naturally not allowed by Ding Yi.

Therefore, the first task of the Xingyue Army after entering the northeast land was to occupy Yicheng and provide a platform for Beibing Town to transport grain, grass and reinforcements along the river.

Nowadays, the defense of Yicheng is very strong.

There were nearly 100,000 defenders alone, plus 10,000 elite men and horses of the Yu royal family in the city, and the overall number of soldiers may have approached 150,000.

These are the number of soldiers carefully considered by the Great Zhou when re-arming the remaining territory after the loss of the two places in the northwest.

According to the normal situation, the difference between the strength of the defender and the attacker is not more than double, and it is difficult for the attacker to break through the defender's city head-on, so Da Zhou arranged more than 100,000 horses in Yicheng, many of which are elite.

Even if the 300,000 Star and Moon Army poured out a few years ago, the defenders of Yicheng should be more than enough to resist for a while.

As long as it is not immediately breached, when the armies of other cities react, they can immediately send troops to help.

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No matter how you look at it, this arrangement makes perfect sense.

However, they made a lot of calculations and considered many aspects, but they only missed one point, that is, they did not have a clear and definite concept of the expansion speed of the Star Moon Army.

——Da Zhou is still using the strength of the battle with the Xingyue Army twenty years ago to compare the strength gap between the two sides, but he didn't think that twenty years has passed, which is enough to make the balance of strength between the two sides tilt hugely!

The Star and Moon Army moved like thunder and lightning.

After several days of rapid marching close to Yicheng, they immediately surrounded Yicheng as quickly as possible.

Before the soldiers in the Wing City could come to their senses, they immediately launched the horn for a general attack.

looked at the Xingyue soldiers outside the city.

Countless Great Zhou soldiers in the entire Yicheng were all confused.

Although the Great Zhou court sent them to station in Yicheng, Yicheng has always been one of the hinterlands of the Great Zhou in the northeast, and there has not been any large-scale war for thousands of years.

It wasn't until decades ago that the two northwestern regions became independent, and Yicheng, an inconspicuous hinterland city, became a military powerhouse, and began to send heavy troops to guard it.

However, neither the generals nor the soldiers of the garrison in Yicheng would ever have imagined that the Xingyue Army in North Ice Town would really attack the Northeast downstream!

Therefore, after seeing the dense crowd of people under the city at this time, countless people in the entire Yicheng couldn't believe their eyes.

"The Qi army is still fighting with the twelve companies and battalions in the north, this is Yicheng, why is there so many troops suddenly appearing?"

"Judging by the flag, this force seems to be the rebels of North Glacier Town!"

"The Xingyue Army of North Glacier Town ate the bear-hearted leopard and had the guts? Do you really want to start an all-out war with my big week?"

"According to Wang Ji's news, isn't there only 300,000 in the Xingyue Army? Even if more than twenty years have passed, they should have just taken a breath from the last Northern Campaign, why do I see such a large number of Xingyue soldiers under the city?"

"Judging from the density of the array seen so far, the number of these soldiers is far more than 300,000!"

"It's not good, it's not good......

Looking at the neatly arrayed Xingyue Army, the Zhendong soldiers stationed in Yicheng were in chaos, and they almost forgot their duties for a while.

Fortunately, there are still elite troops sent here by King Yu in Yicheng.

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After the Xingyue Army appeared outside the city, these elite soldiers reacted quickly and began to take over the command of Yicheng, mobilizing the logistics soldiers of the Zhendong Army to continuously pile up various war equipment on the city wall.

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But it was too late.

The dense Xingyue sergeants took one wave after another, and they were in a neat formation, so there was no need to worry about the accident of stepping on each other. They marched extremely fast, and even when they were bombarded by arrows and catapults, they still rushed forward like a precision machine. They were well-equipped, and many of their soldiers were equipped with iron armor, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the defenders in Yicheng.

Although the soldiers in the city had been fighting hard since they woke up, they still felt deeply powerless in the face of the vast sea composed of the Star and Moon Army.

In less than half a day, Yicheng was easily taken down by the Xingyue Army.

The most important thing about being able to occupy this hinterland city so smoothly was not only the superiority of several times the enemy's troops, but also because the Star and Moon Army appeared so suddenly, so that the defenders of Yicheng did not have time to figure out their minds when they were attacked by soldiers all over the mountains.

Even the mountain of city defense equipment in the warehouse didn't have time to be completely taken out, and the powerful and fearless special forces of the Star Moon Army seized control of the city gate.

The gate of the Wing City was opened, and the main force of the Star and Moon Army entered the city without any hindrance.

The vast majority of the defenders of Yicheng who found that the general situation had gone immediately raised their hands and surrendered, and the few who resisted fiercely were killed on the spot.

After occupying Yicheng, the Xingyue Army assigned 100,000 troops to guard it, as the backing firmly controlled the gateway for the Xingyue Army to come and go freely from the Beibing River, and the remaining 400,000 troops carried enough food and grass to continue to run towards Jincheng further east.

In Ding Yi's prior battle plan, the most important thing to implement was the lightning tactic.

Prepare to inflict maximum damage on the defenders in the northeast of the Great Zhou as quickly as possible, and only by stirring the entire northeast into a pot of porridge can the Xingyue Army gain a firm foothold here. Otherwise, whether it was a big turn to attack the Star Moon Army, or Great Qi taking this opportunity to further annex the land of Great Zhou, it would not be a good thing for the Star Moon Army.

In the following time, the Star and Moon Army launched a blitzkrieg.

The first to be attacked was the target of this trip: Jincheng.

The situation in Jincheng is also similar to that of Yicheng, and even Yicheng is not as good as Yicheng in terms of military strength alone, after all, Yicheng is a heavy army sent by the imperial court, and the object of defense is the Xingyue Army.

Therefore, the soldiers of Yicheng can still have a little bit of defense.

As the last town in the northeast, Jincheng would not be exposed to war under normal circumstances.

Even if there is a precaution, it is against the Great Qi in the eastern land.

——The sudden appearance of the Xingyue Army directly caused the officials and soldiers in the entire Jin City to collapse instantly.

After breaking through Jincheng, the Xingyue Army had a second basic plate, and the army's troops became more and more unstoppable, and in just half a month, they broke through eight cities in a row, seven of which were medium-sized cities, and only one was slightly larger.

The Xingyue Army did not stay in these cities, nor did they garrison in these cities, but just swept away the food, grass and weapons in the military camp in the city, and left without stopping.

After all, in such a small and medium-sized city, the city walls are not high, and they are still in disrepair.

There is no way to defend it.

Only large cities with a certain military strength, such as Yicheng and Jincheng, can allow the Xingyue Army to be stationed.

With these two cities, the Xingyue Army has the initiative in the east.

Jincheng can entrench itself in the entire northeast.

Retreat back to Wing City and take a boat back to North Glacier Town.

It is truly possible to attack and retreat.

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When Jincheng was breached.

King Yu, who was still fighting with Daqi on the front line, only then did he realize that he had discovered the abnormality.

The Star and Moon Army is advancing

Before the attack, the back road of the city will be blocked, and all the post guards who want to escape from the city to spread the message are basically intercepted.

Therefore, until now the news of the attack on the rear has not come to light.

The reason why he attracted the attention of King Yu was only because he found that two of the two ways of transporting grain in the customs were inexplicably broken, and the grain was not seen or not, and not even a word was transmitted.

Yuwang, who discovered the anomaly, immediately sent people to the two two roads to investigate.

It's okay if you don't check it, but once you check it, the news that shocked the whole Da Zhou will inevitably come out!!

The Xingyue Army took a warship down the Beibing River to break through and occupy Yicheng, and a few days later captured Jincheng with great speed......

When this news came out, all the people of the Great Zhou were shocked.

His eyes widened and he couldn't even speak for a while.

Even the other countries that have played out their dog's brains have turned their attention to this matter from their own domestic wars.

"What's the situation? Hasn't the Star Moon Army been licking their wounds in Beibing Town all the time?"

"Oh my God, why do they dare to attack the Northeast of Great Zhou? Don't you know that the land of the northeast is the forbidden territory of the Great Zhou?"

"I feel that Beibing Town is really out of mind this time, is this to use the power of the northwest to act as a-stirring stick between Great Zhou and Great Qi?"

"I should say it or not, I am indeed bold enough, I just hope that Li Yueming will not regret this decision at that time!"

After the news got out.

The whole world is discussing.

The vast majority of the people who eat melons can't understand this behavior of the Xingyue Army.

After all, in their opinion, it was already good that Da Zhou didn't trouble Li Yueming, and it was too late for Beibing Town to secretly develop, so how could they take the initiative to send troops to contaminate the land of the Northeast?

Could it be that the town of Beibing River has swelled to the point where it has to compete with the power of the Great Zhou in the northwest?

Of course, there are also people who have keenly captured the deeper information in this war.

"The Star Moon Army was able to capture so many cities in the Northeast in just one and a half months, is their strength even stronger than a few years ago?"

"There has been no news about North Glacier Town for many years, and now that they are suddenly sending troops, it is definitely impossible to lose their minds, I think they must have a bigger plan!"

"Now that the Great Zhou is not only at war with the Great Qi, but also has to support the Southern Great Tang to resist the Great Qin, it is in the weakest period, and the Great Zhou was unable to break through the North Ice River Town at the beginning, isn't it even more difficult to resist now?"

"If Beibing Town can withstand the counterattack of the Great Zhou and firmly hold the current basic plate, I have suddenly seen the seventh country outside the six countries rising!"

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The outside world is stormy, and I don't know how many countries have looked at Da Zhou.

Da Zhou Ho capital.

In the palace, the furious Zhou Tianzi smashed a treasure bottle that he liked abnormalities on weekdays, and roared filial piety to the eunuch under him: "Find someone, mobilize all the soldiers who can be mobilized in Fulong Pass, Fuhu Pass, and Futian Pass, and organize the army to attack Beibing Town as quickly as possible!"

"In addition, bring all the Dragon and Tiger soldiers who can be mobilized in the entire northwest!"

"If this group of rebels dares to touch the land of the Northeast, I will make him a complete loner!"

Roaring filial piety, the order was given.

Zhou Tianzi finally reluctantly calmed down.

He glanced at the bamboo forest not far behind him, his face was cloudy and changed for a long time, and finally he walked in.

This time, he has made up his mind, not only to let Li Yueming die, but also to let the Li family be buried with the whole door!

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