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Chapter 692 Entering the Western Regions
The army continued to march westward, and at the same time, the messenger took the lead in going to the Western Regions to contact Hou Mingfeng.

When the army arrived in Yilan Country, Hou Mingfeng came to see Lin Yifan with a bodyguard.

I haven't seen him for several years. Hou Mingfeng's face is dark and thin, but he is very energetic, but there is still a trace of fatigue in his eyes.

"Hou Aiqing, you have worked hard." Lin Yifan said apologetically, he left their soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, faced with the strong siege of various countries, and ignored them for more than half a year. To be honest, he felt very guilty in his heart.

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Hou Mingfeng said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty highly values ​​you, and you are entrusted with the important task of guarding the Western Regions. How dare you slack off in the slightest? Now that countries have entered the country and invaded our territory, I have a responsibility to drive out the enemies. Holy family, this time I came here just to plead guilty to His Majesty, and I am willing to be punished."

Lin Yifan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "What did Hou Aiqing say? Why did I punish you? You were able to stop the enemy for half a year with only a weak army, and won enough troops for our army." Time. This is your greatest achievement, and it is also the contribution of the armies of the Western Regions. Hou Aiqing, it is not too late. I have called you here this time because I want to know about the war in the Western Regions, and you will tell me in detail.”

"I obey the order." Hou Mingfeng's heart finally fell, and he began to talk freely about the war in the past six months.

It turned out that at the beginning of February, that is, when the war in the Central Plains just broke out.The two Great Golden Wolf Khanates in the East and West launched an attack at the same time, and captured the northern countries in one fell swoop.After Hou Mingfeng heard the news, he knew that Yizi's garrison would never be able to hold on, so he immediately sent a message with pigeons, ordering them to evacuate to the north immediately and go south to join the army.

Afterwards, Hou Mingfeng gathered 15 people in Shasha, united with the countries of the Central and Western Regions, and joined forces with [-] troops, went north to fight against the Golden Wolf Khanate, and evacuated the immigrants from the Central Plains who were scattered in various parts of the Western Regions.It's a pity that many settlements colonized on the grasslands in the north of the territory, because they were not evacuated in time, were attacked by the Golden Wolf Khanate one after another, and countless Miao were slaughtered.

At this time, the Tianhua army was insufficient in strength and could not expel the two major khanates from the country at all. They could only make false claims with the two major khanates in the Western Regions to contain the opponent's forces.But despite this, under the offensive of the two major Khanates, the countries in the Western Regions either lost their countries or surrendered to survive. Dozens of states were destroyed in sevens and eighties.

If there are only two troops in the east and west, even if there are 40 troops, Hou Mingfeng is confident that although he is invincible, it is more than enough to protect himself.However, following the news of Tianjiguan, the Western countries raised 60 troops to attack Tianjiguan again.This time, they have been equipped with gunpowder technology, using catapults to throw explosives, causing heavy losses to the defenders for a while.He had to take a huge risk and use artillery to destroy the opponent's catapult before he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the 60 coalition forces, relying on their abundant national strength, quickly produced a new batch of catapults and continued to bomb Tianjiguan.Although the defenders adopted various counterattack methods, they were unable to completely annihilate the opponent's long-range offensive.

With less than [-] Tianjiguan defenders, they could only grit their teeth and stick to the pass, trying their best to delay the entry of the coalition forces.Until the end of July, nearly half of the defenders had to withdraw from Tianji Pass and return to the Shasha Desert.

So far, the Western coalition forces have successfully entered the Western Regions. Due to the strong military power of the enemy, Hou Mingfeng had to order the army to retreat, giving up most of the Western Regions, retreating into Shasha, and only keeping the eastern part of the Western Regions.

Today, the Allied Forces of the Four Nations are criss-crossing the Western Regions, aggressively attacking and plundering the countries.If it wasn't for the barrier of the Shasha Desert, the four countries would have sent troops to Shasha to wipe out Tianhua's existence in the Western Regions in one fell swoop.

After Hou Mingfeng finished speaking, Lin Yifan couldn't help but fell into deep thought. At this time, millions of troops were gathering in the Western Regions, and there might not be a single survivor from the Western Regions.However, the Western Regions are sparsely populated and have limited resources.After the looting of the Four Kingdoms, they couldn't satisfy the appetites of millions of people.Then, the Shasha Desert is their next goal.Even Shazhou is in their plan.

So, should we stick to Shasha, or place the main force at Tianmen Pass?Lin Yifan couldn't help hesitating.The Land of Shasha, deep in the middle of the Western Regions, has a very important geographical location and is also conducive to defense.Most importantly, the Rob Oasis must not fall into the hands of the coalition forces, otherwise its control over the Western Regions will be more stable.

And if the Tianhua Army controls Shasha, they can maintain strong pressure in the Western Regions, forcing the coalition forces not to attack Shazhou easily.Otherwise, once the back road is cut off by the Tianhua Army in Sha Sha Nei, or they are destroyed in the rear, it will be enough to make them exhausted.Therefore, Shasha is definitely a stronghold that they must pull out.

If Shazhou is abandoned and the entire army gathers at Tianmen Pass for defense, the Tianhua Army will be able to rely on its convenient logistics force to withstand the offensive of the coalition forces.Although it is too passive, it is safe to win.As long as it lasts for a while, the coalition forces will definitely retreat. No one wants to spend their troops here, but they will get nothing.Once the Tianhua Army withdrew from the Western Regions, the vast land of the Western Regions became the object of their competition.

With four countries and millions of troops, no matter who gets only a quarter of the territory, they cannot make up for the shortfall of this troop dispatch.Every country has selfishness, and no one wants to get only the smallest piece of land, or even land that has no interest.In the face of this huge Western Region, there will inevitably be differences among the four countries, which will lead to conflicts and conflicts.

However, in this way, the time the Tianhua army had to wait was too long, and now the battle in the Central Plains has changed.Lin Yifan had to resolve the war in the Western Regions as soon as possible in order to concentrate his forces and deal with Cao Jun and Tian Yun with all his strength.

In this regard, Hou Mingfeng insisted on stationing in Shasha, relying on the convenient location of Shasha and the Duhufu, which has been operated for many years, can ensure that the army has no worries about logistics and is conducive to long-term combat.Although the coalition forces are numerous, facing Shasha is their biggest flaw.Due to the lack of water in the desert, it is impossible to maintain supplies of tens of millions of soldiers and horses when entering the desert.But if too few troops are sent, Shasha only needs [-] troops to garrison, and the coalition forces will not be able to win.Therefore, you must not give up on the Shasha Land. Once you give up, it will be even more difficult to take back the Western Regions in the future.At that time, as long as the opponent occupies the desert, it will be difficult for our army to capture Chasha.

In this regard, Lin Yifan also deeply agrees that the place where the sand is removed is really too important.Unless you have to, you really can't bear to give up.

In this case, Lin Yifan decided that Hou Mingfeng and Murongkang would be in charge of guarding Shasha, and at the same time, Tiaoshi Shouyi led the original Tianjiguan [-] defenders to deploy defenses at Tianmenguan to prevent the coalition forces from the East.In this way, with Chasha's army at the back, even if the coalition forces wanted to attack Tianmen Pass, they would not dare to attack with all their strength, so they had to allocate part of their troops to guard against Chasha's garrison.

At the same time, Lin Yifan also decided to give the coalition forces a strong medicine.He will personally lead 30 cavalry into the hinterland of the Eastern Golden Wolf Khanate.At this time, the Eastern Golden Wolf Khanate's forces were mainly concentrated in the Western Regions, and it happened to take advantage of the vacancy.At the same time, the troops of the Eastern Gold Werewolf can be withdrawn from the coalition forces, greatly reducing the pressure on the two places.The most important thing is that these 30 iron cavalry will be directly inserted into the heart of the Western Regions and disrupt the coalition forces.

(End of this chapter)