empire wars

Chapter 64 The Great Army's Northern Expedition
The city gate was wide open, but it seemed empty, except for a few curious people who wandered around the gate for a while before returning to the city.

Boom boom boom!
Giant catapults and siege vehicles, like wild beasts, walked in the streets, and the huge gears left long tooth marks on the ground.

And each catapult only needs ten people to push it, the speed is not slow, almost faster than ordinary horse-drawn carts.

At this time, many people were alarmed, and they watched the giant war beasts slowly drive out of Mingwu City.

Many people pointed at the catapult, saying that one of the parts was made by them overnight.

"My lord, General Qin You has received news that in the Battle of Huangyaling, the Xuanwu Legion cooperated to kill the Dragon Scale Army of the Divine Army. Order people to bring them back to Mingwu City. And he himself led the Xuanwu Army, and General Bai Qi led the Killing God Army, and continued to go north."

"A message came from Hengmai Mountain that 130 enemies were killed, and the entire enemy army was wiped out."

"The news came from Qifeng Road that they encountered 20 and [-] Northern Qiang deserters and wiped them out."

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"In this battle, a total of 11 Northern Qiang enemy troops were wiped out, 500 horses were harvested, 10 taels of gold, [-] taels of silver, and countless copper coins, weapons, and armor"

Zhuge silently reported the information, "In Mingwu City, there are 38 people colluding with foreign enemies, involving eight families, two chambers of commerce, and one bank. All ransacked their homes."

"It seems that this month's closure of the city has achieved good results."

Qin Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

If it was a month ago, I am afraid that even the [-] enemy troops of the Northern Qiang people would not have been wiped out.

However, in today's battle alone, more than 11 enemies were killed. If the results of this month are included, the number of enemies killed is about 7000.

15, almost twice the size of Qin Yuan's army.

"This is just an initial victory. Next, our goal is the entire Wuwei County."

Qin Yuan said that although they won this battle, they were fighting a defensive battle. Apart from the good harvest of horses, there were not many other gains, especially the territory.

Next, you have to occupy other cities and accept the people so that your power can develop rapidly.

The army's Northern Expedition, and the recovery of the cities occupied by the Northern Qiang people, can be regarded as the real result of the battle.

The Northern Qiang army lost 15 troops in Mingwu City, which was absolutely traumatic, and even mobilized forces from various places, as well as the forces of many tribes in the grassland.

Therefore, the city defense force in Wuwei County must be very empty at this time.

"The counties occupied by the Northern Qiang enemy army were captured according to the plan. The order was Beilin City, Guliang City, Shangbi City, Xiyong City, Tianchang City, and finally Wuwei County City."

"The Northern Qiang Ma clan that entered Wuwei County this time is mainly divided into two factions. The Ma Qingbiao faction was wiped out by our side and has no power to fight back. The other faction is the Ma Feiteng faction. The main force of their army is attacking Jincheng County. It should be powerless to return.”

"Except for Wuwei County, there may be a lot of Northern Qiang troops guarding. The rest of the counties are empty, and even if there are not many defenders, as long as we are fast enough, we can take advantage of the enemy's reaction. The momentum, recover it."

Zhuge Mo analyzed and pondered for a while, "In addition, the Tianshan County in the south has fallen into the control of the Tiandao Army, and has begun to capture Fanyang City. Fanyang City has sent envoys many times to ask us for help. support?"

"Fantasy City? It has not been captured for so long."

Qin Yuan was a little surprised. Although Fanyang City had written back to say that he would take refuge in him, Qin Yuan didn't take it seriously at all. He just donated a batch of food and grass resources, hoping that they could persist for a while.

"It's not that the Heavenly Dao Army can't take Fanyang City, but they don't want to take it, otherwise Fanyang City won't last for a month."

Zhu Gemo said.

The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Tiandao Army is very strong. Unlike the Northern Qiang people, it is not because of its elite, but because of its large number. Everyone can be a soldier, and almost all of them are militiamen.

But since the occupation of Xiping County, the army has not been dispatched as much as before.

As for Tianshan City, it surrendered to the Tiandao Army instead of being captured and occupied.

After occupying Tianshan City, the Tiandao Army was not as strong as before, and only sent a small number of troops to continuously harass Fanyang City.

This move was not out of fear of Qin Yuan's power, but out of fear of the Northern Qiang people, leaving Fanyang City behind and having a buffer space with the Northern Qiang people.

The overall situation of the Tiandao Army today is not good. It is attacked by almost all the Liehan families. The situation is getting worse day by day.

Now the Tiandao Army's Northern Expedition not only did not receive internal support, but instead sent troops to the Central Plains for reinforcements.

At the same time, the expansion plan had to be postponed, and instead, it began to digest the territorial power, continuously recruit troops, and transform it into military strength.

"Heavenly Dao Army, sooner or later they will be attacked."

Qin Yuan pondered for a while, the Heavenly Dao Army was a rebel army, and Qin Yuan, as a court official, had to send troops to crusade.

On the one hand, accumulating meritorious deeds and asking for merit from the court can promote official positions.

Although the imperial court is declining day by day, it is still orthodox, the centipedes are dead but not stiff, especially although the luck of the imperial court is dissipating, there are still many.

If he can be promoted to an official position and canonized by the imperial court, he can also get a lot of luck, which is also one of the ways to get luck.

On the other hand, the crusade against the Heavenly Dao Army can also enhance Qin Yuan's prestige and reputation, and become famous all over the world at the fastest speed. It is not only convenient for his own territory rule, but also lays the foundation for future hegemony.

Sometimes reputation can make all the difference.

Otherwise, people who have never heard of it, when they are their rulers, let alone ordinary people, those aristocratic families will not agree first.

Even if Qin Yuan doesn't need the support of the aristocratic family, he doesn't want them all to stand against him, at least let them be in a neutral state, so that he can't attack the next city, so he can kill all the families in the city.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful Qin Yuan is, he will be like the Heavenly Dao Army today, everyone shouting and beating, which is very unfavorable for him to fight for world hegemony.

Qin Yuan's ultimate goal is to expand the territory, accumulate luck, and finally unify the mainland of China and conquer the Guyuan plane.

As long as there is no dissent from the aristocratic family who can rely on him, Qin Yuan will naturally accept him, even if he remains neutral, Qin Yuan will agree.

But if you stand on the opposite side of Qin Yuan, then I'm sorry, Qin Yuan is not a soft-hearted person.

(End of this chapter)