The Three Kingdoms

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The northern suburb of Liangxiang City.

Xu Huang's vanguard army has already appeared on Dafang Mountain. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses look down on this Liangxiang city, with eyes like wolves and tigers. This is the only way they must go south, and they need to break it at all costs. (To be continued.)

[Chapter 35 of the main text: Battle of Kanto Nine]

Western Regions.

At the north-south junction between the Guishuang area and the Protectorate of the Western Regions, under the eastern foot of the Congling Mountains, there is a dense and complex forest, but in the middle of the forest is a suitable plain for camping.

A lot of construction was carried out here, and a fortress was built.

This is the barracks of the Western Expeditionary Corps, one of the Nine Great Wu Corps.

Above the conference hall of the barracks, Tai Shici, the commander of the Western Expedition Corps, sat at the head with a tall and straight body, holding an imperial decree from the urgent state in his hand, and there was a hint of displeasure and helplessness in his expression.

"withdraw troops?"

After the establishment of the Western Expeditionary Corps, what Tai Shici always wanted to do was to conquer the countries of the Western Regions and pacify the area of ​​the former Protectorate of the Western Regions, but now the domestic order asked him to withdraw his troops and return to the court.

Once some of the soldiers and horses were withdrawn and returned to the Central Plains, this would delay his war against the countries of the Western Regions indefinitely.

"Chief of Staff Han, what do you think?"

Tai Shici thought for a while, and handed the imperial edict in his hand to Han Sui, chief of staff of the Western Regions Legion sitting beside him.

"Commander, since His Majesty's imperial decree has been issued, we can only withdraw our troops to the Central Plains now!"

Han Sui's expression was calm. He took the imperial decree, looked at it, and smiled lightly: "In the current situation in the Central Plains, our dynasty and Cao Wei are in a decisive battle in the Kanto region. Your Majesty wants to seize the Central Plains, and then come again." It is also reasonable to deal with the countries of the Western Regions."

A veteran general of Soochow like Tai Shici has the right to be dissatisfied and complain about Sun Quan's imperial decree, but he, Han Sui, has no such qualification.

As a general, he was able to sit in the position of chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Corps because of his cooperation with Soochow in the Western Regions and the support of his Xiliang Army.

The Western Expedition Legion was originally a legion composed of the Xiliang Army under his command, the Protectorate Army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and the descendants of the Guishuang Empire.

But at the officer level, it was basically Wu generals led by Tai Shici.

Under such circumstances, Han Chuan had better think that he was still a man with his tail between his legs.

"Lu Meng!"

Tai Shici was silent for a while, his eyes struggled a little, and finally he sighed helplessly.Facing one of the army commanders under his command, he said: "Since Your Majesty has ordered you to lead the army back to the Central Plains, then you lead the No. .20 The Eighth Army pulled out its camp and returned to the court!"

He cannot disobey domestic orders.

No.20 The soldiers of the Eighth Army were all reorganized from the Guishuang Jiangjun. The commander of the army is Lu Meng, and the chief of staff is a Guishuang Jiangjiang.

"promise!"

Lu Meng stood up and bowed his hands to accept the order.Then he and the chief of staff of the army left the camp quickly, but they were about to leave the camp.

"Commander, the No. 20 Eighth Army cannot participate in the battle, so shall we give up the campaign against Dawan?" Han Sui said.

"Yan Xing!"

Tai Shici's strategy did not give up because of the departure of the No.20 Eighth Army. He was still preparing to attack the countries in the Western Regions. Of course, the number of troops is insufficient now, so this action should be lighter and attack one by one.

"exist!"

"The strategy for taking down Dawan remains unchanged, but because of Lu Meng's withdrawal, it's normal for us to have insufficient troops. So you have to bear twice as many enemy troops. Are you confident?"

Tai Shici looked at Yan Xing, the fierce general of the Western Expedition Army, and asked.

Among the three armies of the Western Expeditionary Corps, Yan Xing's has the strongest combat effectiveness.

"Commander, I promise to complete the mission at the end!"

Yan Xing's eyes moved slightly, and his expression became firm.

"very good!"

Tai Shici nodded in satisfaction: "Pass my military order, and immediately send back the two divisions of the No.20 Ninth Army that were dispatched to the Anxi Empire before, and enter the Northland, in order to win the Dawan Kingdom and open up the way north. I will personally attack Dawan Kingdom!"

"Yes!" The orderly sent the order.

"Commander, should you share the news of your withdrawal from Anxi at this time with Zhuge Liang, the Chief of Staff of the Sea Eagle Corps, who is holding his breath right now. He plans to land on the Anxi Empire by sea!"

Han Sui reminded: "Once our troops withdraw, he will face great pressure if he wants to land!"

"Right!"

Tai Shici smiled wryly: "I'm sorry for him now, come here!"

"exist!"

"You immediately send this secret letter of mine to Zhuge Liang, chief of staff of the Sea Eagle Corps, through the Sea Eagle Corps' camp in Minaraga City as quickly as possible!" Tai Shici wrote quickly. confidential letter.Pass it to the guard and say.

"No!" The guard left with the secret letter.

"Zhuge Liang, I really can't blame me for this!"

Tai Shici sighed, and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for His Majesty's order, I would have enough troops to relieve your pressure, but now the country wants us to withdraw our troops, and we can only prolong the time to deal with the Parthian Empire." If I can’t take down the countries of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, I dare not place my main force in the Anxi Empire!”

The Seahawks mainly deal with Anxi.

As for the Western Expeditionary Corps, the current priority is to take down the area of ​​the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

The completely unreasonable purpose will naturally lead to some conflicts between the two armies in terms of troop coordination.

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A day later, at sea in the Arabian Sea.

Except for the one army taken away by Zhou Tai, all the forces of the Sea Eagle Legion are now pressing on this sea area. The goal is to move westward, intending to pass through the straits of the Parthian Empire and break into the land of Rome.

On one of the iron-clad ships, in the ship's command room, Zhuge Liang looked at Tai Shici's letter with a somewhat ugly face.

"The time is wrong, it seems that we are going to go back!"

Zhuge Liang was a little helpless. Although his main force was ready to land, without the assistance of the Western Expeditionary Army, he would suffer heavy casualties in the face of the Anxi Empire's head-on attack.

"Chief of staff, but the fleet of the No.20 Fifth Army is already at the mouth of the Parthian Empire Strait, ready to land!" a staff officer said in a low voice.

"Send an order to let them retreat!"

Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said: "Without my order, no soldiers are allowed to land and fight. The fleet continues westward and clears the sea route first. There is a piece of Mediterranean Sea here. Let's find a way to connect to this piece of Mediterranean Sea!"