Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1037

[Chapter 1029: Gathering momentum]

in Songzhou.

Luo Xin is planning the invasion of Tibet.

On the third day after sending the battle report to Qingzhou, he received an order from the emperor. This time he was authorized to handle Tubo affairs with full authority. The ultimate strategic goal was to make Tubo surrender completely.

“You should mobilize all the hot air balloons in the military region to go to Tubo now, cooperate with the hunting cavalry to detect Tubo’s movements, and pass on the news at any time so that we can block the Tibetan cavalry at important nodes.”

Similar to the barbarians, Tubo also has cavalry plus slaves. In recent years, it was precisely because of the high-quality horses on the plateau that Tibet was able to invade the empire with ease. Coupled with the hypoxic and hypoxic environment on the plateau, they rarely suffered counterattacks from the former Chongqing Kingdom, because the soldiers were at such a high altitude. There is no way to adapt to the place.

But the difference is that Dayu can block the barbarians on the grassland through the Great Wall, but Tubo has a long border with Dayu. No one knows where Tubo will attack from, so this time Luo Xin had to use heat Balloons, hoping to grasp the movements of the Tibetan army in advance through hot-air balloon reconnaissance.

“Yes, Commander Luo!” the reconnaissance company commander in charge of reconnaissance responded.

After watching the reconnaissance company commander leave, Luo Xin issued several more orders. This time he arrived in Songzhou in advance in order to deal with Tubo’s actions, but in fact the mobilization of the army had just begun.

Now he is mobilizing troops stationed in Bashu, Guangxi, and Yunnan to gather here.

According to his plan, the Southwest Army Lieutenant General will have 20,000 troops participating in this operation. These soldiers are now equipped with Han-style rifles. The artillery also uses new Guards field guns, and the long flat machine gun has reached Three hundred.

The news that Qi Guangyi had beheaded Dorgo had already spread throughout the army. As the commander of the Southwest Army, he finally had a chance to make a contribution, and he did not want to disappoint the emperor.

In the midst of intense preparations, two elite divisions of the Southwest Army were assembled in Songzhou ten days later. Luo Xin did not rush to attack. Instead, he asked the soldiers to conduct adaptive training on the plateau for half a month, and at the same time practiced between the arms. cooperation.

Although he was confident that he could defeat the Tibetan army, he did not dare to underestimate altitude sickness, something he learned from the Army Academy.

While the Northwest Army was conducting large-scale exercises, Tubo Zanpu Tashi Dundup was also paying close attention to Songzhou’s intelligence.

Inheriting the ambitions of previous generations of Zampu, Tashi Dundup also dreamed of establishing a huge empire like the Golden Horde. To this end, he began to peek at the Great Chongqing Kingdom as soon as he became Zampu.

With the decline of the Golden Horde and the disappearance of troops from the grasslands connecting Tubo, he finally couldn’t help his inner ambition and led the Tubo cavalry to control the blank area of power left by the Golden Horde.

“Zanpu, Dayu has gathered about 20,000 people in Songzhou. They have been training near Songzhou these days and have no intention of attacking us.” Captain Demba rode up to him to report his reconnaissance to the situation.

“A mere 20,000 people? Humph, it seems they are just showing off. They are only worried about us attacking Songzhou. In this case, they will ignore him and directly attack Lingzhou.” Tashi Dunzhu laughed loudly, looking very arrogant. .

Demba nodded. There was little news on the plateau. Both he and Tashi Dunzhu thought that the country of Chongqing was not very different from before, so they did not pay attention to the 20,000 people at all. After all, he had 80,000 cavalry and more. With hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers, even the Golden Horde would be wary of them.

After figuring out the number of Songzhou troops, Tashi Dunzhu finally felt at ease. Looking at the long cavalry team, he felt enthusiastic and pointed in the direction of Lingzhou.

If they can occupy this city west of Chang’an, they can control all the grasslands west of Lingzhou with Lingzhou as the boundary.

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“Commander, the reconnaissance team has sent the information. The Tibetan army is advancing towards Lingzhou. They have reached a low-altitude area and are about three days away from us.”

He Luo said on the third day of adaptive training The letter received detailed information. It turned out that this was the news from the hot-air balloon reconnaissance company. What they saw in the sky was wider, and it would not be noticed by Tubo. Because of this, the number of people dispatched by Tubo this time was detected by the reconnaissance team. Even after touching it, everything was clear.

“Lingzhou? It’s still Lingzhou after all. How many people did they send out this time?” Luo Xin asked. This was not the first time in the history of the Chongqing Kingdom that Tibet attracted Lingzhou’s attention.

This city is far away from Chang’an and deep into the grassland. It can be said to be an important place for storing grain and grass.

After being occupied by the Golden Horde, Tubo did not dare to provoke the barbarians, so it stayed quiet for a long time. Now that the barbarians have withdrawn from Lingzhou, it has been regained control by the empire, and Tubo has made a comeback.

“Report to the commander, there are about 100,000 people in total, including 40,000 cavalry and 60,000 slave soldiers.” The commander of the reconnaissance company said loudly.

“Eighty thousand people? In that case, we will set up an ambush on their way back and annihilate them in one fell swoop.”

For Luo Xin, he didn’t care how many people there were in Tubo this time. The main thing was the current route of action of Tubo. After all, the elite Southwest Army equipped with Han-style rifles can easily destroy several times the number of enemies.

As for whether Lingzhou was conquered, he was not worried, because Lingzhou was now under Qi Guangyi’s jurisdiction, and the barbarians could not benefit from his hand, not to mention the cold-armed Tubo army who lived in a closed environment and watched the sky from a well.

“Yes, Commander” the generals shouted loudly.

Now among the six military regions, the Southeast Military Region has gone to Australia, the Northwest Military Region is fighting against barbarians, the Kwantung Military Region is competing with Tsarist Russia for Siberia, and Zhu 34 is preparing to go to North America. Only the Southwest Army and the Central Army have done nothing.

The Central Army has its own mission to defend Kyoto, and it makes them uncomfortable if the Southwest Army holds back like this.

So this time it was not easy to win this battle, and the generals were all in high spirits. According to Luo Xin, generals who are not fighting might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Next, Luo Xin spread out the nearby map and assigned tasks to each general, preparing to complete this combat mission with the cooperation of the Northwest Army.

Lingzhou.

Feng Dongjin had already assembled 20,000 lancers nearby. Tubo was not under their jurisdiction, but Tubo’s march north to attack Lingzhou had something to do with them.

Therefore, these days they also sent telegrams for instructions, and started preparations after receiving the orders. But on this day, they finally waited for the mighty Tibetan army to arrive.

At the same time that he discovered the Tibetan army, Tashi Dunzhu also discovered Feng Dongjin’s Lancers.

Looking at the cavalry standing quietly on the grassland, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This feeling made him suddenly uneasy.

PS: There is one more chapter.

(End of chapter)