After a complete stalemate with the Chen army in the Longmen Mountain area, Mulang Ye used the small-scale battles that occurred from time to time to hone the actual combat capabilities of his troops. At the same time, he sent people to ask Emperor Ye Chen Chen whether he could bypass the Longmen Mountain defense line and attack the hinterland of Luzhou.

.As a result, the emperor quickly sent an order through Mi Chong, strictly ordering him not to attack the hinterland of Luzhou without authorization.

Ye Anfeng, who spent 30 million gold, watched with joy as Mulangye personally led the troops to attack Luzhou. Especially at the beginning, Mulangye occupied Hongya County in only five days, and the troops were at the peak.

Refers to the Longmen Mountain area. But in the next three months, Ye Anfeng felt more and more depressed. Mulang Ye's attack on the Longmen Mountain defense line made no progress, and he refused to take a detour to attack the hinterland of Luzhou.

Only then did Ye Anfeng realize that his 30 million gold had probably been wasted. Mulangye didn't really want to capture Luzhou. Otherwise, Ye Xi wouldn't have sent more soldiers to Luzhou.

The situation in Luzhou was easily stabilized.

On the other hand, the millions of troops deployed by Chen State in Kenzhou have become more and more mature through more than a year of continuous confrontation with the Nanchen State army. Some of the elite troops can even compete with the same troops under field conditions.

A large number of Nanchen Kingdom's troops resisted. Coupled with the continuously improving underground tunnel defense system, Chen Kingdom's defense line in Shangyang County, Kenzhou became increasingly strong.

Seeing that the hope of conquering Shangyang County from the front, and then occupying the entire Kenzhou, and threatening the Imperial City of Chen Kingdom was getting slimmer, Ye Anfeng had to consider adjusting his strategic deployment.

After conducting several war games with the commanders of the five major armies, Ye Anfeng finally decided to give up the attack on Shangyang County. The entire army retreated south and established defense lines in Shipai County and Yangze County. The Red Star Army was stationed in Shipai County.

, the Tiger Army was stationed in Yangze County to prevent the Chen State army from counterattacking California, Pennsylvania and Huazhou that had been occupied by it. The Rising Sun Army and the Youtan Army returned to Pennsylvania to repair and wait for the next order.

Ye Anfeng sent the Feiyang Legion to land in Pennsylvania. After suffering heavy losses, he realized that attacking Chen State was not as easy as he thought. In order to ensure the follow-up power of the attack, Ye Anfeng ordered his confidants to stay in You State at that time.

, Zhao Hu, who is now the Prime Minister of Youguo, began to recruit new soldiers on a large scale and carried out rigorous training.

Ye Anfeng inherited the royal treasury of the first emperor of the Chen Kingdom. This treasury contained the private collections of successive emperors of the Chen Kingdom for tens of thousands of years. Its value is immeasurable. Ye Anfeng was able to make a comeback because of the support of this treasury. But under his circumstances,

When troops were sent to attack Chen State, the money spent was less than one-tenth of the value of the treasury.

There is a saying that money makes things easier. It took Zhao Hu only one month to recruit one million Youguo people to join the army in Youguo. Later, Zhao Hu followed Ye Anfeng's instructions and spent a lot of money to recruit soldiers all over the world.

Recruiting mercenaries. Because of the generous military pay, rangers, absconders, professional mercenaries, etc. from all over the world flocked to Youguo. Zhao Hu raised another army of millions of people in just three months.

Team.

After a year of rigorous training, stimulated by heavy rewards and heavy punishments, Zhao Hu's newly recruited two million troops have reached a standard that can go on the battlefield.

Originally, Ye Anfeng did not want to use these two million people easily, but the stalemate in Kenzhou forced him to make strategic adjustments, invest more power, and open up new fronts.

In the end, Ye Dark Wind chose Nanting Port at the junction of Aizhou and Georgia as a breakthrough point.

Aizhou is close to Lizhou and Zuozhou, the fiefdoms of Ye Xi when he was the prince. Under Ye Xi's long-term management, the combat effectiveness of the state soldiers in Lizhou and Zuozhou is much higher than that of state soldiers in other places. Once Nanchen Kingdom lands here, it will immediately

It was besieged by reinforcements from Aizhou, Zuozhou, Lizhou, and even from the direction of the Imperial City. From this analysis, Nanting Port was not a good landing place, but Ye Anfeng had no choice.

There are a total of eight states in the Chen Kingdom near the sea. Excluding the already occupied Huazhou, Pennsylvania and California, only Texas, Aizhou, Georgia, Xiazhou and Kangzhou are left. Among them, Texas is the territory of Mulang Ye, behind

There are Si Kingdom and Xu Kingdom. Unless Ye Anfeng wants to fight on multiple fronts, he would not dare to move here. Xiazhou and Kangzhou are the territory of the Mu family, with the entire Mao Kingdom behind them. Now the Mu family and Ye Xi are just on the surface.

In a cooperative relationship, if Ye Anfeng attacks Ye Xi while also attacking the Mu family's traditional territory, it will only allow the two parties to achieve true cooperation. This is in line with Ye Anfeng's original strategic thinking of first Ye Xi and then the Mu family.

Disagree.

At this point, the only landing places left for Ye Dark Wind to choose are Aizhou and Zuozhou. However, the coastline of Georgia is very short and there is no port suitable for large-scale landings. The eastern part of Aizhou is surrounded by continuous high mountains, and Ye Dark Wind has no choice.

Therefore, we could only choose Nanting, which is located in the west of Aizhou and has good port conditions.

In fact, choosing Nanting Port as the landing place is not without its benefits. From a topographic point of view, behind Nanting Port is a large plain that can lead directly to the hinterland of Aizhou. After the troops successfully land, at least there will be no geographical inconvenience. Another point,
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