Today, the Dayue Kingdom can only form an alliance with the tribes in western Mo.
After all, the tribes in western Moxi had a deep hatred with the Northern Army.
As long as the people of the Moxi tribes are not stupid, they will never refuse to form an alliance with the Dayue Kingdom.
Everyone knows that after Yun Zheng destroyed the Dayue Kingdom, it will be the turn of the Moxi tribes.
Anyone with a little foresight knows the principle that if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold.
“That’s true.”
Shen Luoyan suddenly realized and turned to look at Yun Zheng, "It seems that this battle is not as easy as I thought!"
"How easy can a war to destroy a nation be? Besides, Lou Yi is not a loser." Yun Zheng smiled to himself and asked, "What about the Guifang? Do you think the Guifang dare to get involved in this?"
Fu Tianyan smiled: "The Guifang should not dare to interfere, and they don't have the strength to interfere."
The Guifang were really badly defeated and had to pay so much compensation.
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If you get involved again, the country will be destroyed!
Now, Guifang has submitted to Dagan.
The best option for Guifang is to open the defense line and allow Beihuan and Mondo's army to attack Dayue from the north.
"Do you think the Guifang will get involved?"
Yun Zheng turned around and asked Shen Luoyan again.
Chen Luoyan thought for a moment, frowned and said: "Logically speaking, the Guifang should not dare to get involved! But if the Guifang are worried that you will completely destroy them after destroying the Dayue Kingdom, they may take risks..."
The human heart is the hardest thing to describe.
Faced with the threat of national destruction, anyone may make an unexpected decision.
"Yeah, I think so too."
Yun Zheng nodded and said: "Although the Guifang are weak, we still have to be on guard!"
After thinking for a while, Yun Zheng asked Qu Zhi again: "What's the situation in Zulu and Mondo?"
During the period when Yu Shizhong led his troops to garrison in Fuzhou, Qu Zhi was in charge of the affairs of the Yanhuishan camp.
Qu Zhi should know more about the situation in Zulu and Mondo than Yu Shizhong.
Qu Zhi immediately replied: "Zulu's troops have been disbanded, and the current strength has been maintained at 15,000. Mondo's troops have nearly 30,000 troops..."
The Zulu territory today is actually quite large.
Fifteen thousand troops can be said to be pitifully small.
But there was no way, the Zulus really couldn't afford to support an army of 20,000.
Even though Yun Zheng handed over the original Quanrong territory to Zulu, the Quanrong area had already been plundered by the Guifang and had no food at all.
Not only that, when the Quanrong were short of food in winter, Zulu had to take out the food he got from Guifang and distribute it to some of the Quanrong people.
"Is that so?"
Yun Zheng thought for a moment and looked at Yu Shizhong again: "How many troops can the Northwest Protectorate mobilize to participate in the war?"
Yu Shizhong replied: "I estimate that there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Lingzhou at most!"
The Northwest Protectorate originally had 70,000 troops, and Dugu Ce gradually recruited another 10,000.
Now, Lingzhou and Xing'an Fort have deployed 30,000 troops each, and Tianqiong Pass has 5,000 troops.
There must be some troops left behind in Yufeng City, right?
As a result, Dugu Ce only had about 10,000 soldiers and horses at his disposal.
But these ten thousand soldiers cannot be deployed at will; they are to provide support at critical moments.
These 10,000 troops will provide support to wherever the pressure is too great.
"Then let's make it thirty thousand!"
Yun Zheng smiled, "We will draw another 10,000 elite soldiers from Zulu and 20,000 elite soldiers from Mondo. Add to that the 20,000 troops from Beihuan and the troops around the Yanhuishan camp, and we will have a lot of troops!"
By this calculation, they have about 150,000 troops.
Mobilizing an army of 150,000 to fight a war to annihilate a country should be enough.
"Your Highness, don't you want to mobilize all the troops in Zulu and Mondo's hands?"
Wang Qi asked in surprise.
"Are you stupid?"
Yun Zheng smiled at Wang Qi and said, "Don't you know how strong Zulu and Mondo's men are? We can just mobilize their elite troops! Don't take those rotten fish and shrimps that are just there to make up the numbers! Otherwise, it will be a pure waste of our food."
"Your Highness is still going to provide them with food and fodder?" Qu Zhi was surprised.
"nonsense!"
Yun Zheng was speechless. "You let people fight to the death, but you don't even provide them with food? You're even more evil than me!"
This birdman has been skinned and reincarnated for the entire week.
How can you expect the horse to run without giving it grass to eat?
Upon hearing this, Qu Zhi smiled awkwardly.
"Your Highness plans to attack the Great Moon Kingdom in two directions?"
At this time, Yu Shizhong asked again.
"To be exact, it should be all the way!"
Yun Zheng smiled: "We will mainly launch the attack from Lingzhou in the Northwest Protectorate. The other army will mainly focus on defense and will not attack unless there is a good opportunity..."
As he spoke, Yun Zheng stood up and walked to the sand table in the middle.
Compared with before, this sandbox is much more perfect.
Most of the Guifang areas and various parts of the Northwestern Protectorate are clearly and carefully marked on the sand table.
As Yun Zheng walked towards the sand table, all the generals gathered in front of the sand table.
Yun Zheng carefully examined the sand table and finally set his sights on Lingzhou, northwest of the Northwest Protectorate.
The entire Lingzhou constitutes the Northwest Protectorate's most advanced defense line in the northwest direction.
Lingzhou is barren and not suitable for farming, so most people make a living by grazing.
Although Lingzhou is called a state, its actual area is only the size of two counties.
At present, Feng Yu and Deng Bao are leading an army of 30,000 to garrison in Lingzhou to guard against the Dayue Kingdom.
The dividing line between Dayue Kingdom and Northwestern Protectorate was a canyon river called Yudai River.
During the flood season, the Yudai River is often eroded, and various landslides often occur in the soft canyon, which also makes the canyon and the Yudai River unable to serve as natural barriers, making it easy for the army to cross them.
The river is covered with various pebbles, and if you are lucky, you can even find fine white jade among them.
Across the Yudai River is the defense line where the Dayue Kingdom has stored heavy troops.
This line of defense is mainly composed of three cities that rely on each other.
Yiwu, Guleh, and Guibei.
The layout of these three cities is basically similar to that of the three border cities.
Yiwu and Gule are placed in the front, with Guibei slightly behind.
If they attacked Guibei, the armies of Yiwu and Gule would be able to provide quick reinforcements.
There is no doubt that this city called Turtleback is the first tough nut to crack in this battle.
It may even be the biggest tough nut to crack!
Yun Zheng looked at it for a while, then asked Yu Shizhong: "Do you have a detailed topographic map of the area around Turtleback City?"
Yu Shizhong shook his head: "I don't have it here, but Feng Yu and his men should have it."
"I do understand a little bit."
Fu Tianyan took over the conversation, "I have asked those Dayue country surrendered soldiers in the army, they all said that the terrain around Turtle Back City is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack! If we attack head-on, it may not be easy to capture Turtle Back City..."
"We must attack even if it's difficult!"
Yun Zheng looked determined and sneered, "It's called Turtle Back, let's smash its shell!"
Turtle shell?
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, the generals burst into laughter.
"Yes, smash its shell!"
"Once this tortoise shell is broken, the cowardly tortoise of Dayue will have no way out!"
"Let's see whether their tortoise shells are harder or the weapons in our hands are harder!"
“…”
For a moment, all the generals were ready to fight, as if they couldn't wait to smash the turtle shell.
Yun Zheng laughed loudly, then suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone and said in a deep voice: "Gao He, Zuo Ren, Huo Gu, listen to my orders!"
"I will be here!"
"I order the three of you to lead our troops to escort the food and supplies to Lingzhou first!"
"I obey your orders!"
"Chen Kuan, pass the order carefully, and immediately lead 10,000 reserve troops to the Yanhuishan camp!"
"yes!"
"Yu Shizhong, Qu Zhi, combine your troops into one, with Yu Shizhong as the commander-in-chief and Qu Zhi as the deputy commander..."
Yun Zheng issued one order after another, and the tense atmosphere of a war was gradually spreading...
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