The end of the military era

With a tired face, Sun Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Third Young Master, I don't want to come either.

But Marshal Zhou asked me to persuade you, so I had no choice but to come.

Marshal Zhou asked me to bring a letter to the third son. "

Afterwards, Sun Quan handed the letter to Shen Zhi, "Third Young Master, as the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are the best.

Now the Zhou family has gathered 10,000+ elite troops and thousands of artillery around Tianning City, including heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100mm.

Once the Zhou family's troops attack with all their strength, Tian Ningcheng will not be able to defend for long.

What's more, besides Tianning City, Xiushui City and Yongtai City in Fengwu Town, the other 20 cities have all been owned by the Zhou family, and the Zhou family's annexation of Fengwu Town is a foregone conclusion. "

With a gloomy face, Shen Zhi opened the envelope, took out the letter inside and read it again, Shen Zhi couldn't help showing a little more lonely look on his face.

Zhou Rui promised in the letter that as long as Shen Zhi is willing to lead his troops to surrender, the Zhou family can guarantee the safety of all Shen family members in the lineage of Jiedushi Shen Xiao, and will return part of the previous property of the Shen family to Shen Zhi. These industries are currently located in Xiushui City.

The army under Shen Zhi now has more than 2 people in total, and the Qiu family's army in Tianning City has more than 1 people.

In fact, Shen Zhi knew very well that with these 3 people, it was impossible to resist the wolf-like Zhou family army. The fall of Tianning City was only a matter of time.

"Master Sun, the Qiu family has been kind to me. If I want to surrender, I must be with the Qiu family."

"Third Young Master, Marshal Zhou has also offered very generous terms to the Qiu family. As long as the members of the Qiu family are not dead-headed, they will definitely be willing to surrender with the Third Young Master."

On October 1538, 10 in Tianyuan, Shen Zhi and the Qiu family's army in Tianning raised the white flag, and then Zhou's army entered Tianning City.

Originally, Zhou Rui also hoped to resolve Xiushui City and Yongtai City peacefully, but a piece of news received by "Ghost Shadow" made Zhou Rui immediately order Zhou's army to launch a general attack on Xiushui City and Yongtai City at the same time.

It turned out that Shen Mao, the self-proclaimed Fengwu Jiedushi, secretly contacted Boting Jiedushi, Yunan Jiedushi, Yubei Jiedushi and Deyang Jiedushi, trying to get the four Jiedushi to send troops Enter Fengwu Town.

And those four Jiedu envoys may have felt the threat brought by the Zhou family, and they also intend to form a coalition army of the four towns in the southwest to enter Fengwu Town to intervene and prevent the Zhou family from taking over Fengwu Town.

It's just that the Zhou family's army moved too fast in Fengwu Town, and the so-called coalition of the four towns in the southwest is still in the planning stage. Most of the cities in Fengwu Town have already been taken by the Zhou family's army.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, at 10 a.m. on October 14, Zhou's army gathered a total of 9 army troops and launched a fierce attack on Xiushui City and Yongtai City at the same time.

Twenty-seven hours later, Xiushui City fell into the hands of Zhou's army. The self-proclaimed Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Mao was also staunch, and finally committed suicide by drinking a bullet.

Not long after the fall of Xiushui City, the remaining Fengwu army in Yongtai City finally laid down their weapons after learning the news of Xiushui City.

So far, the entire Fengwu Town has also fallen into Zhou Rui's hands.

Boting Jiedushi, Yunan Jiedushi, Yubei Jiedushi and Deyang Jiedushi, seeing that Shen Mao was also wiped out by the Zhou family, canceled the plan to form a coalition of four southwestern towns.

However, these four Jiedu envoys secretly reached a secret agreement against the Zhou family. Once the Zhou family invaded a feudal town, the other three feudal towns must send troops to rescue them.

It is no wonder that these four Jiedu envoys were worried that the Zhou family would invade their feudal towns. You must know that these four feudal towns are the same as the previous Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town. It is scattered in the hands of many big families.

However, the Zhou family has completely controlled Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and even the southern provinces of the Bajin Empire, which is equivalent to holding three feudal towns.

With such a powerful neighbor, who can not worry?

After taking down the entire Fengwu Town, Zhou Rui immediately went to the imperial court of the Han and Tang Empires and asked himself to be named Fengwu Jiedushi.

Emperor Ouyang Hui didn't want to offend Zhou Rui, a fierce man who actually controlled the three feudal towns, so he quickly issued an imperial decree, and named Zhou Rui the envoy of Fengwu, Zhenwei, and Jinnan.

The royal family of the Bajin Empire has been in exile in Tiansheng City. Emperor Ouyang Hui gave a hint, and the royal family of the Bajin Empire immediately expressed their willingness to include the southern provinces of the Bajin Empire into the territory of the Han and Tang Empires.

In this way, the southern province of the Bajin Empire became a veritable Jinnan Town, and the number of feudal towns in the Han and Tang Empires also increased from 24 to 25, but three of them belonged to one family.

After Zhou Rui became the Jiedushi of the three towns, he immediately ordered the reorganization of the Fengwu Army according to the establishment of the Zhenwei Army and the Jinnan Army, and copied all the policies and regulations previously implemented in Zhenwei Town and Jinnan Town to Fengwu Town All cities and towns.

Not long after Zhou Rui became the Jiedushi of the Three Towns, the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire and the Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire broke out in the second Bara Island naval battle.

The size of the fleet gathered by the two navies this time even exceeded the first Naval Battle of Bara Island.

The final second naval battle on Bara Island lasted for two days and one night, and the naval fleets of both sides suffered heavy losses.

飞豹帝国的海军，损失了11艘全主炮战列舰、10艘全钢制战列舰、11艘大型装甲巡洋舰、27艘轻巡洋舰和31艘驱逐舰。

银狼帝国的海军，损失了13艘全主炮战列舰、14艘全钢制战列舰、13艘大型装甲巡洋舰、20艘轻巡洋舰、25艘驱逐舰和71艘鱼雷艇。

However, what frustrates the navies of the two countries the most is that with such a huge loss, both navies can only be regarded as a lose-lose. Both navies still have the strength to gather a huge fleet again for the third naval battle on Bara Island.

It may be due to the huge losses in the two sea battles on Bara Island. In addition to the land battle, the armies of both sides have been caught in a tug-of-war. No one can take advantage, so that the Flying Leopard Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire have peace talks mean.

After all, apart from the enmity between the Flying Leopard Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire, there are other orc nations that are hostile to each other.

Under the mediation of the Golden Lion Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire signed an armistice agreement on November 1538, 11.

In this war, the two orc nations both paid the price of millions of casualties, but no one took advantage of it, and it also greatly weakened the strength of the navies of the two countries.

As soon as the armistice agreement was signed, the Flying Leopard Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire announced that they would increase their naval expenditures for the next few years.

The Silver Wolf Empire even bought the 7 unfinished Punisher-class battleships of the Barbarian Empire in this world, and plans to pull them back to their own shipyards to complete the construction of these 7 Punisher-class battleships. .

Originally, the Bull Empire was on the other side of the Spirit Race world, and there were still 8 unfinished Punisher-class battleships with full main guns.

However, due to the fact that the large shipyards of several shipyards of the Barbarian Empire could not be sold in the spirit world, under the plea of ​​these shipyards, the Minister of the Navy of the Barbarian Empire, Larion, agreed to continue to allocate funds, and first put the eight ships The Punisher-class battleship with all main guns has been built.

It was precisely because of the Flying Leopard Empire that the Silver Wolf Empire chose to temporarily shake hands with the Zhou family.

So Zhou Rui learned that the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire had signed an armistice agreement, and immediately ordered the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet to enter the first level of combat readiness.

Chapter 152 Conspiracy

In an office of the Governor's Mansion of Silver Light City of the Silver Wolf Empire, Governor Igna handed a copy to Yegor, the Deputy Minister of the Navy.

"This is the assessment report of the Imperial Military Intelligence Department on the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. Take a look!"

Yegor opened the file, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, "Your Excellency, this is too exaggerated!

The Ministry of Military Intelligence actually believed that the total number of all main gun battleships and battlecruisers in the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires was between 60 and 70 ships. How is this possible? "

Governor Igna sighed and said: "When I first saw this assessment report, I felt as impossible as you.

But Krisha of the Military Intelligence Department told with certainty that this number is not exaggerated.

Even this is the most conservative figure. The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire actually possessed more battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns. "

Yegor shook his head with a wry smile, "It's not that I don't trust the capabilities of the Imperial Military Intelligence Department, it's just that this is really unacceptable.

It's a pity that the Ministry of Military Intelligence has not found out until now. Where did the warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire come from? "

"There must be many people who want to know the answer, but for our Silver Wolf Empire, the most important thing is how to deal with the southwestern coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empire.

The existence of this fleet has destroyed the strategic arrangement of our Silver Wolf Empire in the Eastern Continent, we must find a way to get rid of this fleet!