Charlotte Bay, which means city of rocks in the local language, is famous for quarrying, jade and precious stones. What was once a glittering city is now a battlefield.

It was nearly dusk, and hundreds of corpses lay under the city. The Southern Route Army consisted of Ruan Yu as the general, and Chang Xiu and Huang Ping as the deputies. borrowed the road from the loess Dong family's territory to the north, although the Dong family agreed, they gathered a large army to send the southern route army out of the country on the grounds of drills.

Ruan Yu and others knew that compared with the northern and central armies, the southern route army was more isolated and helpless. Although Ji Ya's Chinese army is separated by the Gobi Desert, there is no danger in the back, and Ji Ya can fly away, even if she retreats into the desert, it will not be dangerous. The northern army went south from the West Queen Mother Pass, which can be regarded as having a base.

Only the Southern Route Army is a lone army that goes deep, with the Ganman Alliance in front and the Loess Dong family in the back.

The Dong family opened an opening in their own territory for the Southern Route Army to pass, and then mobilized heavy troops to block it. Now the Southern Route Army can only bury its head forward and fight with the other two armies, if it can't advance highly, then it can only be surrounded and cornered. If the other two people lose, then their side will still lose.

And as long as Ji Ya's momentum is frustrated, the Loess Dong family will never let the Southern Route Army go back safely in order to sell the Ganman Alliance. Therefore, the rhythm of Ruan Yu's leadership highlights a fast word.

Originally, Micheng on the southern border had surrendered, and the army could be regarded as having a place to stay, but I didn't expect to be blocked in this Charlotte City. There were only stones and craftsmen who made a living by chiseling stones, but the revolt was so fierce, because there were many stones and stonemasons in Charlotte Bay, so the fortifications were unusually strong.

However, this could not withstand the sharp artillery fire, and after three days of resistance, it was still broken by the army of the southern route. Before the city was breached, Charlotte Berke sent the blood-stained letters to her henchmen.

Although the city was broken, the people here were very hostile to the Zhou army, Ruan Yu didn't want to use the butcher's knife to take over the blood feud, but he didn't worry about the people here, so he could only leave two thousand elites to guard, and then collect supplies and continue to go north.

Ruan Yu looked at the somewhat messy battlefield and said, "I didn't expect the resistance here to be so fierce...... If the battle continues like this, we will have a hard time. ”

Huang Ping said: "I have inquired, the original Burke rule here was brutal and profligate, and then it was Ulantia who helped New Burke to ascend to the throne, and after a small ten years of operation, the people gradually got out of the brink of hunger, so Charlotte has always been the leader of Ulantia. ”

Chang Xiu also sighed: "Sure enough, the world of those who win the hearts of the people, it seems that this Ganman Alliance is not so unbearable." ”

Ruan Yu frowned and said: "But if the resistance in every place is so fierce, how much will we lose along the way?

Huang Ping took out the map: "As far as I know, it should be Xiu Mi'er City, and there are two cities separated from this side." ”

Ruan Yu said after reading it: "Flying cannon fighting, skip these two cities, and directly attack Xiu Mier City." ”

Huang Ping thought for a moment: "Isn't it a bit risk......y?"

Ruan Yu didn't care: "How many reinforcements can these small cities shoot? Seven hundred, eight hundred? Besides, it's better to really send them out, it's easier to fight a decisive battle on the desert than to attack a city." ”

Seeing that the two were still thinking, Ruan Yu said with a straight face: "What we have to do now is to get out of the entanglement as soon as possible and move closer to the north." There is no need to appease or start a war everywhere I go, in my opinion, it is better to jump and attack those big cities that may go north to support, not only to destroy the enemy's living forces, but also to replenish the supplies consumed, as for those small cities, leave them alone for the time being. ”

The two of them understood what Ruan Yu meant, isn't this just a tactic like a storm sweeping away leaves? Break through a big city and rob it, the opponent's army can be wiped out, and if it can't, it will be taken away, and the small city doesn't need to be cared for, let alone divided troops to garrison.

Huang Ping said: "But in this way, we will fall into the encirclement of the enemy, once we keep rushing forward, the other party will tighten the mouth again, and our more than 10,000 people will not be able to go back at all." ”

"How can there be a war without risk, and it is not so dangerous, all the troops south of Dadun Pass may add up to more than us, and they may also be distributed in more than a dozen cities, as long as a few hard bones are killed, the rest can be slowly digested. ”

Huang Ping looked at Chang Xiu, Chang Xiu nodded, and also agreed with this flying artillery combat method, and everything was prioritized by rapid marching.

......

An elegant courtyard in the middle of the city.

An old man with a gray beard looked at the girl playing the flute in front of him, his eyes were full of love, this is his lovely granddaughter, not only can sing and dance but also has a beautiful appearance, she is the undisputed first beauty in Xiu Mier City. It seemed that it was time to find her a good man to marry, but there was a little reluctance in my heart, thinking that the old man had fallen asleep.

Seeing this, the girl got up and covered the old man with a thin blanket, and at this moment a chubby middle-aged man hurriedly came in: "Miss Parida......"

The girl immediately made a gesture of silence, and then went to the courtyard with the middle-aged man, and the girl Parida asked, "Lord Burke, what happened?"

This middle-aged man was Burke from Xiumier City, and he took out the blood book and said: "Charlotte Bey City has been breached, and Charlotte Beyber Burke has been killed. ”

Parida frowned: "Didn't I say tell him to evacuate as soon as possible?"

Xiu Mierboke's tone was heavy: "Maybe he wants to fight for the young lady to gain more advantages." ”

"Damn, who told him to do this!"

Humil Burke didn't answer, but his heart was firm that he would do the same if he were in that position.

The girl in front of her is the only granddaughter of the veteran Wind Dragon, and she is also the first beauty of Xiliang, who is known as the pearl of the desert.

Rantis is a third-generation veteran of the Ganman Alliance, who once wore silver armor and a golden mask to fight into the enemy and rescue hundreds of people. It has a high reputation. Several of his children and grandchildren also died in battle with the bandits, and now they are old enough to wear armor to battle.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, so my heart has become softer. Or maybe the children and grandchildren all died on the battlefield, leaving a lonely little granddaughter.

Originally known as the god of war, he didn't want to train his granddaughter to be a general. After all, children and grandchildren are heroes, and there is no need for another one. Now he wants to see his granddaughter become an ordinary girl and then marry a teenage hero.

Therefore, under the cultivation of the can, Parida's dancing skills and music rhythm are quite famous, coupled with the beauty of Xiliang No. 1. Those who came to ask for relatives almost broke down the door. However, the little girl decided to stay with her grandfather for a while longer, and turned them back. It is rumored that even the Great Khan Duchang is quite interesting to her.

But most people don't know that Parida is a descendant of heroes after all, and how can she be willing to make a vase, ostensibly to maintain her delicate image of a good girl, but secretly she has put in more effort than ordinary people. The Great Khan Duchang knew all this, and even helped her collect a lot of study materials. Compared with a beauty, Du Chang appreciates her ability more. This is also why the people around him don't understand that Duchang is not ready to accept the thoughts of this first beauty.

I don't know if the veteran Rantis has seen his granddaughter's extraordinary, I'm afraid that even if he does, he can't do anything about it.

The veteran who has fought all his life has already lost a lot of blood, and there have been many dark injuries when he was young. Now not only is his body inconvenient to move, but even his spirit is not very good. Some time ago, an inexplicable heavy rain made the old man feel a little cold. Parida can only continue to pretend to be a lady in front of her grandfather.

However, now for the Ganman Alliance, the invasion of Ji Ya's army is the top priority. The city of Humir has always been the big brother of several surrounding cities, and without telling her grandfather, Parida has already met with a few Burkes and has made a preliminary plan.

There are 5,000 soldiers and horses in Xiumier City, and the surrounding small cities are only about 10,000 people, whether it is a desert battle or a city attack and defense, it is unlikely to be the opponent of the Southern Route Army.

So Parida set up a blocking tactic, the core of which is 'blocking in sections, attacking at all levels'.

First of all, the most marginal cities chose to surrender, and then evacuated the young and strong children and craftsmen in each city, and each city was divided into troops to defend it, and the opponent's troops and materials were consumed little by little in the vast land.

For example, the rock-rich city of Charlotte Bay is extremely strong, and as expected, it can consume a large number of opponents' artillery. She also took special care of it, blocking just to delay, and there was no need to fight everything, and she could withdraw in the end. I didn't expect Charlotte Burke to die and die.

In fact, Ruan Yu and the others were in a hurry to march and ignored some details, such as the city that was attacked, the resistance was particularly fierce, but there were not many supplies.

In order to maintain order and show off the appearance of the army, the army entered the city and did not let the people move around at will, nor did they rashly break into the houses to drive the people out. But if it was any other army, it would inevitably take a toll on the whole city, and then it was surprising to find that there was not a single child in the whole city.

Parida was still soft-hearted when formulating the military strategy. According to her estimates, after conquering Charlotte Bay City, Zhou Jun should not gain much. The next two small cities will also be fully defended, and the last city is only the defenders, and the people of the whole city have already evacuated, just waiting for the Zhou army to attack the city and set fire to the trap of burning the city.

The tribes in the Ganliang area are mixed, and there are many wanderers everywhere, and it is a blessing to have a fixed city to live. If it weren't for the great prestige of the veteran Rantis, where would anyone cooperate with the burning of their own city as a trap.

Now they burn the city or fight to the death, all in order to get a fighter for Miss Parida. With such kindness, Parida, who was faced with such a choice for the first time, didn't know how to respond for a while.

Xiu Mier Burke said: "These are not the most important, I received the blood letter and immediately sent people to investigate, the Zhou people did not continue to attack the city, but took a detour and avoided the avenue. ”

Parida was suddenly shocked: "They didn't attack the city again?" and then thought about it and suddenly understood, the other party's purpose was to go straight to Xiumier City.

This is actually very incredible in her opinion, it stands to reason that the Zhou people are lonely, and these cities are undersupplied, so they should not attack the nearby small cities first and expand their entrenched territory. What if you go straight and get copied? It's an all-or-nothing and extremely risky way of playing. It's just that in this way, the in-depth positions that they have arranged will not be so useful.

But things are not too bad, although they were caught off guard, but the decisive battle venue chosen at the beginning was Xiu Mier City, and he still had time to arrange it.

"How much time do we have left?"

"Not much, Miss Parida, come over without hesitation, to-night, or tomorrow noon at the latest. The Zhou people will come to Xiu Mi'er City to go down. ”

"So soon, Lord Burke, let's do what we planned, and send my grandfather away right away. ”

"Of course, but what about you, miss?"

"The descendants of the golden-faced heroes, how can they escape. Parida lowered her head: "Otherwise, how can I be worthy of those who fight to the death." ”