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Chapter 228 The alliance between the two countries, the great victory in the riding battle

The news about the founding of the other two families in Dingzhou is indeed not small. The yellow and red pillars standing on the ground of Dingzhou are extremely eye-catching even in the entire northern border.

Zhou Bai stood on the clouds overlooking the northern border, his luck manifested, the border was very straightforward, and dozens of countries stood in a row.

However, there are not many formed pillars that can be seen directly, and most countries are still in the state of sorting out their internal affairs.

The three pillars of heaven in Dingzhou are already considered the most special state among the seven states. Once the Three Kingdoms War breaks out, it may be the first to unify.

This is also why the Dingzhou Three Kingdoms will attract the attention of other big states in the north. When others use the state to attack the county, how can you stop it.

And aside from An Beiguo, a "pervert" who has formed a legal net immediately after its founding, Dingguo and Dingxiguo actually have Chengde luck.

Dingguo was canonized by the imperial court. After all, they control the core area of ​​Dingzhou and regard Daxu as the suzerain state. It is only natural that they can inherit the old fortune with Daxu.

There are countries that don't want resources and take the initiative to rush to supply gas. Is it possible that the Red Emperor will refuse?

This is also the reason why Zhou Bai never refused Chi Qing's overtures before, and after deciding not to accept the good fortune for the time being, he spared no expense in donating a large amount of luck.

The previous dynasty was Chide, and Chidi had been in charge of human affairs for more than three hundred years, and the legacy of influence was too great.

According to a relatively popular law of virtue rotation, fire produces earth, and when red virtue fades, it is regarded as yellow virtue.

Therefore, for an unknown Qianlong like Lu Ding to suddenly have a relationship with the Yellow Emperor's lineage really shocked many people.

Not to mention the layout of the important figures in the lineage of the Yellow Emperor, Lu Ding is also a person with great ambitions and plans.

"When the red virtue is exhausted, it should be the yellow virtue. It is appropriate to follow the will of heaven and follow the hearts of the people."

Huanglong was born, with the destiny added to his body, and he chanted such a slogan at the right time, how could the hearts of the people of Dingxi Kingdom not be united.

Their countrymen, like the people of Anbei Kingdom, firmly believe in their own monarch's unification of Dingzhou.

The virtues of red and yellow rotate, so there should be no fire and water between Dingguo and Dingxi Kingdom, especially Dingguo, must always be careful about the attack of Dingxi's army.

But unexpectedly, on October [-], the first year of Tongzhi, the second day after Dingguo sacrificed to heaven and recognized his ancestors, the two countries announced the conclusion of an alliance and agreed to the outside world.

At the price of 5000 taels of gold and [-] low-grade spirit stones, Lu Ding bought the land and ports along the river in Yongquan County. The Dingguo army withdrew from Yongquan County, and the navy was no longer within a hundred miles of the border of Dingxi Kingdom.

On October [-]th of the first year of Tongzhi, the Heavenly Court officially announced at the Tiangong Monument that the recruitment of the kingdoms of the Tianyuan Continent will begin at the beginning of the second year of Tongzhi.

The requirement for enlistment is to sacrifice to the heavens and ascend the throne, and to be a country recognized by the heavens.

To put it bluntly, you sacrifice to the heavens to give luck to the heavens, and the heavens give you a qualification to fight on the outer planes.

At that time, the luck and part of the benefits obtained by victory will belong to you, and the big benefits such as the right to develop the plane will belong to the heaven.

Exactly what kind of form to recruit, the announcement did not clarify, only know that it is through the treasure of the heavens, and it will not easily hurt human life.

The news of the conscription war shocked the high-level officials of the various countries. Some Fulong Sects went to the Fulong Sect, and those with connections to the Heavenly Court went to the Heavenly Court, trying to find out more detailed inside information.

But Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao, like Zhou Bai, knew the news a long time ago, and their energy was not distracted at all.

On October [-]th, Dingxi sent [-] troops, and the soldiers came to the gate of the gate.

The reason for sending troops is absurd. It is said that they were invited by the people to take revenge and make decisions for the people.

This means that Jiao Tu received too much resistance at the beginning and slaughtered the local tyrants.

Then Dingxi country now finds the bitter master to file a complaint, and the officials and people of Dingxi are "filled with righteous indignation" when they hear it, and they are angry with the righteous teacher.

It is also very simple to get them to retreat. The first thing is to apologize to the people in the border town who died tragically, and then let go of the southern gate of the border town and let Dingxi Kingdom control the gate.

When the ministers of Anbei Kingdom saw the documents handed over by Dingxi Kingdom, they were almost laughed out of anger.

If their Anbei army counted as killing innocent people indiscriminately, there would be no country of justice in the world.

And as far as they know, during the process of your Lu Ding's unification of Dingxi, there were not a few ordinary people who died under the butcher's knife.

Especially in Yongquan County, the loss was too great, and the soldiers were quite indulgent afterwards, so they almost shouted that the sword would not be sealed for three days.

Dingxi Kingdom dispatched troops this time because it felt that Anbei Kingdom was too threatening, and deliberately made up a name to start border quarrels and waste national power.

If the three counties are all turned into Bei'an County, there will undoubtedly be no follow-up.

Many ministers strongly advocated sending troops to fight a battle for the establishment of the country, but Zhou Bai did not agree, and only dispatched some Taoist officials to support them, and did not even move the imperial army.

The defense of Border Town County Zhou Bai was handed over to Jiao Tu, and there were [-] garrison troops under his command, many of whom were veterans of the frontier army.

The soldiers and horses went ahead without food and grass, and without Jiao Tu asking for help, he definitely would not easily dispatch the forbidden army.

The point is, since Dingxi sent troops, how could Dinghou Lei Haomiao watch.

The two sides have formed an alliance to deal with the outside world, and who can deal with it can only deal with An Beiguo.

On October [-], the Dingxi Army's follow-up siege equipment was transported in place and began to attack Menjuguan.

On October 3, the Dingguo Forbidden Army, that is, [-] Yuanzhou Army, arrived at the junction of Longfeng County and Ruinan County, and a small group of forward troops took the initiative to harass.

At the same time, the war on two fronts has doubled the pressure on An Beiguo, and the support is increasing day by day.

From the beginning, it was only to transport armor, food and other materials to the front line, and gradually began to support the militia and auxiliary soldiers in the back.

At the end of October, when the Dingguo Ningjiang Navy moved southward and captured the southernmost tip of Ruinan County, Ningrui Ferry under the jurisdiction of Ningrui County, the front line was shaken.

Zhou Yuan, who sits on the front line, asks for help. The gap between the naval forces is too large. Please send elites to counterattack on land.

If the counterattack achieves results, the Dingguo Navy must be distracted from taking care of the back road along the river, and dare not go north easily.

Zhou Yuan was in charge of dealing with Dingguo. Since he made an aid suggestion, Zhou Bai would naturally not ignore it.

But at present, he wants to try his best to keep the internal stability and save up for a few months, train the various ministries of the imperial army, and stabilize the national system.

This can only be a quick battle and a quick decision. It is necessary to defeat the Dingjun to obtain results without delay.

So Zhou Bai sent Chu Kai to lead five thousand Xuanjia cavalry, and Hu Jiang to lead five hundred dragon dragon cavalry to head south quickly.

The military order is very simple, choose your own target, fight south, count as far as you can, and destroy the enemy's northern expedition strategy under the condition that you can protect yourself and return.

Needless to say, the dragon dragon cavalry, the horses are flood horses that can travel thousands of miles a day, and the personnel are the best of the best.

As for the five thousand Xuanjia cavalry, most of them are veterans, so this time Zhou Bai also has the intention of training soldiers.

The predecessor of Dingguo was the elite area of ​​Dingzhou, with a strong military force, but it can be limited by natural disasters in recent years and a sharp drop in food.

In order to ensure the resource supply of [-] silver dragon cavalry, the number of ordinary cavalry supported now has been greatly reduced, leaving only nearly [-] cavalry.

According to Zheng Hu Jiang, the former Yinjiao army, the generals in the army, including the civil servants of the state government, occupy too much resources for the Yinjiao army, and cannot make full use of them, so they have proposed reductions many times.

Because the resources of a hundred Silver Flood Dragon Army are enough to form another guard of recruits, which will significantly increase the strength of the army.

Of course, after all, Lei Haomiao has been the governor for many years, so how can he be so short-sighted, he still forcibly keeps the current cavalry size.

Zhou Bai couldn't be sure whether the first battle between the cavalry of the two countries would be won or lost, but he still had some confidence.

You, Lei Haomiao, were limited by the name of the imperial court before, and you didn't want to be a warlord to expand your territory at will. You have always kept cavalry, and only used it when targeting the Qingxu invasion.

The Anbei Army benefited from Zhou Bai's layout, and the seeds of the cavalry fought on the grassland all year round, and there were countless battles.

Even half of the "new recruits" among the [-] cavalry are still good riders on horseback, and they are not afraid of the former Daxu's regular cavalry.

On November [-], Chu Kai led his cavalry to Ningrui County. On the same day, he dispatched troops to wipe out all the outposts in Dingguo, and concealed all military information.

Dingjun did not expect that the Anbei Army, which had been on the defensive all along, would take the initiative to attack. In addition, the Forbidden Army assembled in Andu City according to the intelligence did not move, so it was caught off guard.

Hundreds of sentry cavalry were lost in one day, and several military strongholds in the periphery were also forcibly removed. With the situation of the enemy in all directions unknown, the Ding army could not even think about launching a major offensive against Ningrui County.

In desperation, Lei Zhen, the commander of the Ding army, asked Lei Haomiao to ask Lei Haomiao to attack the rear cavalry, at least to cover the vicinity of the main force, so as not to be surprised by the surprise attack.

In fact, the Dingguo cavalry went north with the army in this battle, but because it was a siege battle at first, they were temporarily repairing the grassland behind Longfeng County, waiting for orders.

On November [-], two thousand Dingguo cavalry were ordered to gallop to support the front line, but they were attacked by the main cavalry led by Chu Kai halfway.

The Dingguo Taoist official who supported him along the way was also ruthlessly intercepted and killed by the Anbei National Taoist official. The other party did not have three realms to perform such "small" tasks, and Li Yuan personally took action to prevent any one from escaping.

Without additional intelligence support, it was unexpected that the cavalry of the Anbei Army made a detour and made a surprise attack. They won more with less, and there was no chance of winning.

But even so, the five hundred silver flood cavalry among them also showed amazing fighting strength, counter-charging several times, almost breaking out of the encirclement.

It's just that these silver dragon cavalry did not expect that there were five hundred dragon dragon cavalry waiting for them in their retreat.

Five thousand riders, five hundred dragon riders?Or come out in force?

In this battle, [-] cavalry in Dingguo were directly defeated, more than [-] cavalry died in battle, and [-] cavalry surrendered.

Less than [-] riders escaped, of which less than half of the [-] silver flood riders remained.

In this battle, Huo Feiguang, an ordinary cavalry soldier of the Dragon Flood Cavalry, beheaded the main cavalry general of the enemy, prompting the final collapse of the Dingguo cavalry.

Huo Feiguang was Zhou Bai's guide when he was out of the fortress, and he showed extraordinary cavalry talent. Therefore, because of his military exploits, Chu Kai promoted him to be the head of the Xuanjia cavalry and command a hundred cavalry.

Then Chu Kai seized the opportunity and led his army to chase and kill the fleeing cavalry, all the way to the hinterland of Longfeng County.

Anyone who dared to block along the way would be killed without mercy, and because of the panic-stricken appearance of the Dingguo cavalry fleeing, everyone in Longfeng County thought that the front was defeated.

The two counties of Linjiang County and Fengyong County were threatened by Huo Feiguang, and they took out all the spirit stones in the treasury to buy peace.

When Lei Haomiao and the army in front reacted and prepared to encircle and suppress the Anbei cavalry that had penetrated deep into the hinterland, Huo Feiguang's troops had almost penetrated Longfeng County.

On November [-], Chu Kai led his army back in triumph, forcibly breaking through the temporary defense line of the front line on the way.

When he returned to the rear of Ningrui County for repairs, the coach Zhou Yuan was surprised to find that the war horses not only did not decrease, but increased by [-] horses, including hundreds of intact flood horses.

What is a great victory, this is a great victory.

Needless to say, Zhou Bai was rewarded by order, Chu Kai was promoted to the general manager of the Ma Jun, and Huo Feiguang was directly promoted to the commander of the dragon dragon cavalry.

As for Hu Jiang, the original Dragon Flood Cavalry Commander, based on his performance on the battlefield, Zhou Bai felt that he had stayed in the original Silver Flood Dragon Army for too long and lost the vigor of a cavalry general, so he was not suitable for the current Anbei Army cavalry.

However, Hu Jiang has made great contributions. Of course, Zhou Bai would not let go of the grind and kill the donkey. Instead, he was promoted to the Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple, and Lao Huang first set up the airs of a country's horse administration.

Lao Huang is good at raising war horses, and Hu Jiang is good at raising jiao horses. It is a perfect fit for him to work in Taipu Temple, the highest institution of horse administration.

Zhou Bai suddenly dispatched the newly expanded cavalry to attack, directly disrupting Dingguo's Northern Expedition strategy. Not only did the cavalry suffer heavy losses, but even the grain carts on the grain road were burned down.

Any offensive can only be paused until Lei Haomiao finishes sorting out.

Faced with the cavalry invasion in Longfeng County, the poor performance of officials and gentry from all over the country is really chilling.

Whether it is the system or the bureaucracy, Dingguo is not a new generation, but has inherited the legacy of the former Daxu Dynasty in its entirety.

The advantage of inheritance is that you don't have to worry about it, everything is ready-made, but the disadvantage of inheritance is also because everything is ready-made.

The old system and old bureaucrats are still entrenched in Dingguo, making this new country without any vigor to forge ahead.

Just like the cavalry of the Anbei Army entered Longfeng County, they did not encounter decent resistance, and even the joint encirclement was slow and extremely inefficient.

The county magistrates of Linjiang County and Fengyong County were cheated out of all the spirit stones in the treasury, which is even more shameful!
Even so, Lei Haomiao could not be punished too severely, just because these old bureaucrats were his former governor's base.

In the first battle alone, Dingguo exposed many weaknesses in front of Zhou Bai, but he still chose to be on the defensive.

The order Zhou Yuan received was only to defend Ningrui County and not allow the enemy to gain a foothold in the territory.

There are too many reasons, the country needs self-cultivation, the forbidden army needs to be prepared, Lu Ding on the western front is frantically exerting pressure, and the Dingguo navy is eyeing...

So when the front line was still fighting non-stop, Zhou Bai had already ordered the preparations for Chunwei, which was the first imperial examination after the founding of Anbei.

In addition, he himself started the winter patrol, and the first stop was the Anbei State Naval Base, Shuiyang Ferry.

The main force of the Anbei Navy did not go to the front line to confront the powerful Dingguo Navy, but gave up the right to control the river and retreated to the end of the Ningjiang River.

This is also Zhou Bai's order to preserve the vitality of the navy when the tonnage gap between warships is too large.

He started from Bei'an, without big rivers, the Navy is naturally a short board.

In order to overtake other cars on the curve, while expanding the army and training the navy, a shipyard was set up to build the current main warships as soon as possible.

With the well-protected shipbuilder Yanluo, the former Ruinan Jiedu, Cangshan spirit wood as the keel and ship materials, and the assistance of Tianya Pavilion and Wudingmen monks throughout the process, shipbuilding is really not a difficult task.

With the revival of spiritual energy, all kinds of changes must be able to keep up with it in time...

(End of this chapter)