Qiao Lan was bent on solving the difficulties of Southern Xinjiang City, and she didn't think about it so much, but its impact was very far-reaching, for the Dingyuan Army, putting aside the selfish intentions of a few people, it was good for the overall situation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This battle also left a strong mark on the Bowen army, which was more important than the destruction of a hundred ships by the rebels.

Saladi loves generals, and Mo Ding is his most valued subordinate, it can be said that he would rather lose 10,000 or 20,000 people than die in battle, you can imagine how much of a blow Mandingdu's death brought him.

He stayed alone and sat cross-legged on a mound, facing the vast Gobi in the distance, and self-defended for a long time before he summoned his subordinates to understand the situation at that time.

Manding died a strange death, killed with a knife, and no one knew how the murderer succeeded, and suddenly died like this. If it weren't for the wound on his chest, they could have attributed it to the likes of sorcery, but the truth is that he was assassinated in close quarters.

In order to deal with the assassination of the ghost warrior, there are no less than eighteen masters around Mandingdu, it can be said that there is no leakage, but it is such a strict protection, there is still an accident, and it seems that the assassination of the other party is not difficult at all.

In other words, there are people in the country who are above the ghost warriors, who can kill people invisibly, and they are shadow killers. In addition, the withdrawn soldier also said that a young monk operated a soft sword and killed many of them.

Where did the Dingyuan Army recruit strange people, it should be a recent thing......

If this is the case, the strategy in the future will have to be adjusted, and before the details of the shadow killer can be figured out, the major generals will have to send more people around them, and they will need to take additional countermeasures.

Saladi fell into a long contemplation,

Qiao Lan didn't know that she was in a hurry, and killed an enemy general for the bottom of the kettle, so she was given the title of a "shadow killer", and it also formed a certain deterrent effect on the enemy army, she was grounded, unless she was accompanied by Feng Qixiang, she could not leave the general's mansion, and the protest was invalid. Divine Doctor Zheng, who was supposed to support her unconditionally, unexpectedly united with Feng Qixiang this time, and he ran around by himself, but he didn't let Qiao Lan follow.

As Qiao Lan suggested, the Dingyuan army began to dig trenches outside the southern Xinjiang city.

Feng Qixiang asked people to create a few similar round blades, respectively, to test the "skin bag wrapping" and "wooden stick hitting", it has been proved that these two methods can effectively prevent the flying attack of the round blade, but the sharp round blade will cut through the skin, a row to break four or five layers before stopping, and the leather goods are not easy to find, and the linen or silk is vulnerable, ten layers are useless, the wooden stick hit is very effective, as long as it hits once, it can make the round blade deviate from the trajectory, once it deviates, it can not fly back to the hands of the Bowen soldiers.

After the test, the Dingyuan Army began to dig out new and old goods and make skins, and the soldiers' training also had one more item, that is, hitting practice.

Qiao Lan was fortunate enough to go to the training ground for a while, and saw the soldiers waving their sticks in the cold wind, drinking, drinking, drinking, and it looked quite imposing, if you threw a ball over, you could have a vigorous baseball game.

She also wanted to go up to the city wall to see the Gobi Desert where she had fought, however, no, Feng Qixiang ordered her to stay away from the city wall, and informed the whole army that the Master of Emptiness was not allowed to get within ten zhang of the city wall.

The existence of the shadow killer is fearful, and the siege equipment still needs to be remade, Bowen did not launch a night attack for a long time, but Feng Qixiang sent the dead to attack Bowen's grain and grass, and successfully burned its two grain and grass, but the cunning rabbit three holes failed to fundamentally shake the Bowen army.

Nanyue's emperor Gu Duolu took it for granted, anyway, it would be annexed, either the country or Bowen, if he chose one of the two, he naturally wanted to take the country of Yin, and it turned out that being swallowed by the whale of the country and being eaten by Bowen is still different, and the first thing is the problem of grain and grass.

Bowen crossed the sea, carrying only troops and weapons, and almost all the grain and grass were requisitioned to Nanyue, and Bowen not only plundered Nanyue's grain and grass, but also enslaved its people. The people of Nanyue are already suffering, and they have to levy grain, which is undoubtedly worse. The grain and grass were burned, and then it was requisitioned, and as for the life and death of the people of Nanyue, it was not in the consideration of the Bowen people at all.

Everyone knows that the country looks down on the poor and remote land of Nanyue, even if it is for revenge, it will not harm the ordinary people, so the emperor Gu Duolu's thought is the disaster of the whole country.

In order to survive, Nanyue and the original people of Nanban had to leave their hometowns, wanting to flee to the country to seek a way to survive, it is not easy to escape the control of Bowen, and it is even more difficult to cross Hengnan Mountain, but there are many people who take risks.

A few days later, Bowen came to fight in a grand manner, and Feng Qixiang responded to the battle, but this time he sat in the rear and let Feng Qirong lead the troops to fight.

He was in a coma, which also exposed the shortcomings of the Dingyuan Army and the excessive concentration of power. Centralization is easy to manage and control, but once a general has an accident, the army is faced with a leaderless situation, so he has to support other generals and no longer dominate.

Saladi didn't dare to risk his life in the end, but let another general under him, Mu Qingduoton, fight.

Worried about the shadow killer who came and disappeared without a trace, Mu Qingduoton had as many as thirty-six guards around him, and he was also equipped with hunting dogs. Hounds have a sense of hearing that is tens, if not hundreds of times, that of humans, and can spot details that many people are unlikely to perceive. No matter how elusive the shadow killer is, he can't escape the hounds.

I have to say that Bowen's trick is indeed effective. If Qiao Lan wants to take a risky move, he has to weigh it. She has space to avoid hounds, and once she does, she is perceived by hounds with a keen sense of hearing and smell, which is equivalent to being detected by the Bowen Army......

In this battle, Ripple's purpose was to trap the Shadow Killer, but the Shadow Killer never appeared, but there was an unexpected situation on the battlefield. One by one, the Dingyuan army pulled out the wooden sticks they were carrying behind their backs and swung them at the side of the round blades that flew in, and the round blades that were hit deviated from their original trajectory, some flew into the air, some sank into the gravel, and some were finally intercepted after cutting several layers of skin......

Only a few dozen of the hundreds of round blades thrown out in the first batch returned to the hands of the rippled soldiers, and those who had not been thrown out quickly stopped, not daring to be arrogant again...... Then the blood droplets that rushed towards Feng Qirong were also intercepted by the dead.

Bowen's force suppression failed, and the next step was a real contest of strength. The Dingyuan Army successfully broke the Circular Blade Crisis, and it was when the morale was high, and the Ripple Army was defeated and retreated.

Sitting firmly in the rear, Saladi had been paying attention to the battle ahead, and when he learned that his own force had failed, he was caught off guard, and he slapped the table in front of him.

It has always been only Bowen who has tortured and killed the enemy, but now he has been defeated again and again...... How can he not be resentful, how can he not be angry......