"Long live the republic! Long live the king..."

"Preserve the laws of nature, destroy the barbarians, and promote the republic!"

Tianjin, port.

Cheers came one after another. Amidst the cheers, the new recruits of the Youzhou Army were lined up in a small and orderly line to board the ship, all of whom were excited, as if they had won the first prize. The expedition soldiers organized by the Doctorate Order saw them off waved the ten thousand talisman flags in the distance, making loud shouts.

This is the scene when the Youzhou soldiers, who have been renamed the Republican Army, boarded the ship and set off!

Not far from the pier, Zhang Kegong, who had boarded a passenger ship, was waiting to drive the boat, standing on the platform above the cabin, staring blankly at the joyful scene on the pier.

"They are not Song people! They are his old Qin people! I am happy when I hear the war! Yelu Yanxi, run away quickly, you can't beat them! Stop talking about you, even your ancestor Yelu Abaoji will have no chance to come. Yelu Abaoji can beat the tyrant Qin? It's impossible..."

It’s a pity that Yelu Yanxi couldn’t hear what Zhang Kegong was thinking. And even if he heard it, he wouldn’t believe it. The people of Yan were honest and not many people dared to resist for more than a hundred years under the rule of the Khitan. How long has it been passed by Wu Haogu? It turned into a violent Qin Dynasty. Is it possible?

Zhang Kegong's visit to Tianjin City, Du Wenzhong did not go to the dock to see him off today, but went to Mrs. Yu's mansion on Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Street to recognize Du Wenyu, a girl who had been "lost" for more than ten years.

It was not for the sake of glory and wealth, but for his only son Du Guoliang. This boy ignored Du Wenzhong's persuasion and finally signed up for the army and became a glorious Republican soldier. He has now entered the military camp and is waiting to board the ship to Liaodong.

This is a desperate attempt to kill Du Wenzhong. He is just a precious son. Now he is going to Liaodong to fight the terrible Khitans. If there is anything, how can he survive? So regardless of the crime he once committed in Jiehe Market and the later faction of collecting evidence of Wu Haogu's crimes for Zhang Kegong, he bit the bullet and went to find his sister Du Wenyu.

No matter what, even if you go to prison, you have to take out your son! If you really die in Liaodong, how can Du Wenzhong survive?

On this side, the Du brothers and sisters were naturally crying with their heads in their arms, while on the other side, Du Guoliang received a charcoal armor. The Youzhou Army was sent to the crossbow soldiers and was definitely not equipped with so many new recruits who were vowing to defend the Republic to the death. Therefore, they could only be given priority to the "Young Soldiers". Du Guoliang was a primary school student, so he was classified as the "Young Soldiers" and was given armor.

His crossbow and sword are both owned. Tianjin City encourages citizens to practice martial arts and encourages private possession of weapons, especially crossbows that are powerful weapons to defend the city. Because Du Wenzhong is a good citizen, he also paid for a crossbow for his son to play with. As for the sword, each elementary school student has a hand, even girls from girls in girls' schools are no exception. Of course, Du Guoliang also has a sword and can also fencing.

Therefore, the "young soldiers" who joined the army, except for the students of the Knight Primary School (all cavalry), were mostly served as crossbow soldiers, and some of them were assigned to the poor in the management of the accounts or documents.

While receiving armor and assigning troops, Du Guoliang's brief training in the new recruit battalion ended, and he was assigned to the supplementary battalion of the Sixth General of the Army. In a few days, he would board the journey to Liaodong.

Because of the winter ice period, the troops transported to Liaodong will set out before the end of autumn and then complete the final training in Lushun Prefecture.

As the supreme commander of the Republican Army, Wu Haogu will also be on the battlefield this time. However, it is not crossing the sea to Liao, but going to Yuguan with Zhao Zhongge to command the battles in western Liaoning.

According to the original plan, the Republican Army would only fight the Khitans on the Liaodong Peninsula. After repelling the Liao army, they would wait for an opportunity to seize the Liaodong Peninsula and the Liaoxi Corridor.

However, the situation changed, and the working people in Youzhou were too enthusiastic about defending the Republic. Therefore, the General Military Command of the Republic Prefecture had to open up a second battlefield. At the same time as the war in Liaodong began, the Liaoxi Battle was launched. This was not because there were too many soldiers and had no place to use them, but because the Republican government had to seize more land to allocate it to the working people who loved the Republic.

The elders, including Wu Haogu and the senior officials of the Republican government, were not fools. They knew very well why so many working people loved the Republic... It was not that the republic system improved their lives, but that the system of granting the Tianfu military service allowed them to see hope.

They joined the army for the sake of land! Military pay may not be given, but the land must be divided! After deducting the "patriotic primary school students" (they are the basic base of the republic) and the knights who have been granted land, after the government soldiers, at least more than 250,000 new recruits need to allocate land after defeating the Liao Kingdom!

If all the new recruits were granted land according to the standards of the government soldiers, 50 million acres would be granted... The entire Liaohe River Basin would probably be distributed to the working people in Youzhou.

Bohai Country and other things... Well, for the sake of the working people of Youzhou, I can only let Gao Yongchang down and the Bohai Right Landlord class who supports him.

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Liaodong, Fuzhou, Bijiashan.

There was a joyful atmosphere in the imperial camp of the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty. The nobles of the Great Liao Kingdom who entered and exited the imperial tent all had uncontrollable excitement on their faces, and they sometimes praised and praised each other.

The Liaodong battlefield has been progressing smoothly these days. The east road and Dongguan City are advancing step by step! The west road and Lushun Fucheng are also step by step, reaching the bottom of the Fucheng!

Only the Daheishan battlefield in the middle road was progressing slowly. The Bohai Army and Han Army who were feinting the attack on Daheishan were defeated for dozens of consecutive battles. Now they have to build fortifications at the foot of the mountain to confront the Daheishan Mountain City on the ridge.

Last night, the Ma family Fengxian army in the direction of Dongguan City made significant progress. The Ma family's dead soldiers blasted the Dongguan City and collapsed a twenty-step-wide wall. Now the Ma family's dead soldiers have broken into the city and fought with the Youzhou army. Although they have not yet won a complete victory, they have finally gained a firm foothold in Dongguan City.

It was only a matter of time before Dongguan City was occupied by the Ma family army.

Once the Dongguan breakthrough is achieved, the Liao army will take the opportunity to penetrate into the rear of Daheishan and the Lushun Prefecture City. The victory of the Lushun Battle is expected!

The war was progressing so smoothly, which was a bit beyond Yelu Yanxi's expectations.

So today, without waiting for the Ma family army to completely occupy Dongguan, a celebration banquet was held in the imperial camp tent in Bijia Mountain to celebrate the meritorious officials Ma Zhi.

Ma Zhi personally led his troops to fight yesterday. It is said that he had fought with a warrior from the Youzhou Army for 100 rounds, but he failed to win and was slightly injured. Now he had gauze wrapped around his head and his arm was hung by white cloth. He was supported by several personal soldiers to come to Yelu Yanxi's imperial camp.

Yelu Yanxi looked at Ma Dazhongliang's appearance and was so moved! She went up to help him take her seat in person, and asked her beloved concubine Xiao Sesse to toast Ma Zhi.

Ma Zhi patted his chest and promised that he would launch another night attack tonight and he would take down Dongguan City no matter what.

Moreover, he seemed to have found a way to restrain the Youzhou army, namely night battles, close combat and fortress battles.

At night, the Youzhou Army's spear formation and iron cavalry were unable to maintain their formation, and the Youzhou Army's "demonic magic" could not be exerted in close combat. The method of fortress advancement can also offset the Youzhou Army's "demonic magic" to the greatest extent...

In addition, Ma Renwang also found the secret of the "demonic technique" of Youzhou Army. It turned out to be a gunpowder weapon!

The Liao Kingdom also had gunpowder (gunpowder was invented long ago before the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was ceded). Although its power was much less, it could be used in the end. The blasting of the cave ground last night was done with gunpowder of the Liao Kingdom.

Ma Renwang also found a skilled craftsman and made a "big tube". Yes, it was a cannon! But it was not cast in bronze. Although there were craftsmen in Liao Kingdom who could cast large bronzes, they had to explore for several years to complete the casting of cannons. In a hurry, of course it was too late. However, Ma Renwang was flexible in his mind, so he found several carpenters, hollowed out the center of a tree trunk, and made a wooden cannon. This morning, he demonstrated in front of Yelu Yanxi and fired wooden cannonballs. Although it was not lethal, it was enough to explain the principle of "demonic method".

Yelu Yanxi was overjoyed and promoted Ma Renwang to the title of Privy Council, and was granted the title of Privy Councilor of Tongzhi's Southern Court, uncle and nephew of the Ma family, and became a popular celebrity for a while.

At the same time, a large number of Republican soldiers were retreating in an orderly manner in the city of Lushun.

Oh, it was not completely orderly. There were still many soldiers busy throwing things, destroying objects, setting fires randomly, creating the illusion of retreating in a hurry.

Lushun Mansion City is finally about to be given up!

In order to "stick" the Liao army, Ma Zheng threw both Lushun Fucheng and Dongguancheng as bait.

While giving up these two dangerous places, Daheishan Mountain City and Lushunguan Great Wall will be defended heavily.

In order to surround Daheishan Mountain City and attack the Great Wall of Lushun Pass, the Liao army must insert the "gaps" between Daheishan Mountain and Lushun Pass, so that they will be attacked from both sides. It will be difficult to retreat in the future!

"General Manager, the king will send you a message, and he believes 100% of you. You will decide how to fight in Liaodong. If the troops are not strong enough, just speak. Now our Republican Army has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, with 400,000 or 500,000 troops! More than people, the Khitans will definitely lose."

The person talking to Ma Zheng was Wu Haogu's matador Wu Xuan. He had just led a division with young knights as the main force (composed of three battalions) to Lushun Prefecture. There were 1,500 iron-armored knights, most of whom were students of Knight Primary School. His horse's kung fu was definitely not inferior to their knight father or knight brother. And they were all full of republic ideals. In addition to not having much battlefield experience, in other aspects, he was only stronger than the older generation of knights. Wu Haogu's eldest son Wu Yiyong also joined the young knight unit by his pseudonym Wu Yong and served as the commander of a cavalry team.

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