Wang Lanling returned to the county.

"How's it going over here?"

Wang Lanling called Gong Yueman, Tong Yue, Zhao Liangyan and others to a meeting to understand what was going on here when he was away.

Gong Yueman said: "After the soldiers who died on the front line came back, things were a little more troublesome, but we did ideological work from house to house, and most of them understood the current difficulties. ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "That's fine, it's not suitable for me to come forward to solve this matter at the moment, let's talk about it after the war." ”

Tong Yue said: "My lord, you have also worked hard, is the situation on the front line okay?" The report said that it had been a lot quieter in the past few days. ”

Wang Lanling explained: "The situation is okay, that is, the guard on the opposite side is an old and famous general, no matter how humiliated I am, I will not come out, and it is really bad for us to continue to drag on." ”

Zhao Liangyan said: "My father and brothers are arresting rogue soldiers in the city and countryside, and recently they have captured a lot of prisoners and war horses. ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "Okay, this is a good thing, we need war horses very much now, some of the war horses captured last year killed a lot, and there are only two or three thousand left, and now the front-line battle situation is not sure what it will look like, it is always good to have more horses." ”

Gong Yueman showed a puzzled expression, he looked at Wang Lanling, and saw Wang Lanling lowering his eyelids without a trace.

With just a look, Gong Yueshu put away the doubts in his heart.

In his mind, Wang Lanling would not say anything about the escape so formally and casually.

This time it's more like a spit.

As for who it is for, it's hard to say.

There were not just five or six people in this room, but even more so after going out.

Wang Lanling continued to sit in the room for a while, listening to the reports of the directors of various departments and some people who were responsible for the work of commanding public security, and put forward some views of his own.

Sea Kuotian's troops continue to be stationed on Whale Island.

Huguiqiao, Chidonglai, and the Muzhou cavalry that had surrendered last year went west to fight the horse bandits entrenched in the valley.

On the Dumu County side, they defended it with their own people, and Wang Lanling also sent people from several nearby counties to assist, providing weapons, ammunition, food, and livestock.

Although Dumu County is only a town, basically all the people in it are soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not weak at all, and it is a real regular army.

These people were all regular soldiers left by the emperor to plant trees and defend the frontier, and they often fought against horse thieves here, and their combat experience was higher than that of people in Heishui County.

After Wang Lanling finished the meeting, it was already more than six o'clock in the evening, so he said before the meeting ended: "I haven't been home for a long time, I will return to Xianshui Palace today to rest for a night and then leave, there is nothing too good here." ”

Gong Yueman quickly said, "Adults should also take care of their bodies!" Now everything in the prefecture is inseparable from your guidance. ”

Wang Lanling smiled, "I know." ”

"Report !!"

A shout came from the same place, and Wang Lanling and the others quickly looked at the enemy at the door.

A man in a sheepskin garment ran in.

Hu Camel shouted: "My lord! Oh no! Dumu County has been attacked by the army of Sand State, and now I ask you to come to your rescue! ”

Wang Lanling's face sank, and he quickly said: "Let the people there must guard!" As long as there is still a front line on the Whale Island, we don't need to be afraid! ”

"Hu Huo! You quickly send someone to inform the defenders of Giant Whale Island that the sea and the sky are wide, since the Shazhou army dares to attack us, it must be the order of the court, the court cannot only let the Shazhou army attack, but I am afraid that the Lanzhou army will also attack the Giant Whale Island! ”

"Send someone to the rescue!"

Hu Camel said anxiously: "Yes! ”

Wang Lanling walked out anxiously and said quickly: "I'll go back to the Xianshui Palace first, and then remember that now is the time for survival?" Don't panic! ”

"Don't worry, sir! We will hold on to this place! Gong Yueman quickly responded.

Tong Yue also felt something strange? But have followed Wang Lanling for so long? In addition, when I saw Gong Yueman and Wang Lanling singing and harmonizing, I also realized the problem.

Tong Yue has been to Dumu Town a few times, and he knows very well the combat effectiveness of those people? There is also the fact that the Shazhou Legion was scared several times by Wang Lanling by suppressing bandits.

If you want to come and get revenge? Those people who bully the weak and fear the hard should go to other places where the defense is weak, such as looting a few villages and towns that are not protected by city walls.

Wang Lanling soon returned to the Xianshui Palace, and as soon as he lived in the Xianshui Palace for a few hours, someone reported the news of the loss of Giant Whale Island to the Xianshui Palace.

"Withdraw! Quickly get the front-line soldiers to retreat? Stick to Lanling County! ”

Wang Lanling worked hard to write the book, and soon handed over the letter with the seal and the code to the messenger to pass it on? And it's sent every hour.

He was really anxious at this time, if the old turtle refused to come out, then he really had to defend the city.

******

Shanzhou Mu didn't sleep well this night? The agents kept bringing the good news to him.

"Dumu County is being attacked by the Sands Legion!"

"Giant Whale Island is besieged by the Lanzhou Legion!"

Wan Gu walked into the military tent and said quickly: "General Qiyu, I have been on the stage to observe for a long time, and there are cavalry patrols, the mountain navy has indeed begun to retreat on a large scale, and there are about 3,000 people left behind, and the main force should have retreated to a place twenty kilometers away." ”

Shanzhou Mu looked at the map with a pensive look.

Seeing this, the Mian Mao on the side asked, "Can't you pursue it at this time?" ”

Wan Gu quickly said: "The last general thinks that it is worth pursuing at this time, first, Wang Lanling is not in the army at this time, the dragons are leaderless, as long as our army is unprepared, those people will definitely flee in panic!" ”

"Second, if we chase slowly, once Wang Lanling retreats to the territory of Linshan County, we will continue to fight a tough battle, and the mountain navy with high walls will only be more difficult to fight."

"In addition, in a few days, the weather will be hot and hot, and our army's battle line will be stretched again, and logistics and transportation will be even more troublesome, and the slightest carelessness will be cut off by the grain route halfway."

Where eons can be thought of, Shanzhou Mu can naturally think of it.

It is indeed necessary to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and only by destroying Wang Lanling's large army will the follow-up battle be more trouble-free.

Shanzhou Mu looked at the housekeeper beside him, "Is the news true?" Is Wang Lanling really in the Immortal Water Palace? ”

The housekeeper said with great certainty: "It's true, our spies have infiltrated the Xianshui Palace, the county government, factories, markets and other places, and Wang Lanling has already notified his father-in-law's family to take refuge. ”

Shanzhou Mu pondered about this matter, his original plan was indeed to wait for Shanzhou and Shazhou to act, and then act together.

But now, he feels that this alone is not enough!

Inadequate!

Far from enough!

Mian Mao persuaded: "General! Don't miss the time! At this time, if we can't take the opportunity to destroy Wang Lanling's main force, we will fall into a bitter battle again, and it is said that the defeated soldiers are like monkeys, and the guards are like tigers, if we besiege Lanling County, those soldiers will only work harder to protect their own families! ”

The current battle situation is very anxious, and Mian Mao's own army has also died a lot, and if he doesn't solve the matter as soon as possible, there will really be problems.

"Wait, there's still no one coming." Shanzhou Mu still refused to attack.

He wasn't like this before, but after fighting Wang Lanling a few times, and the death of many of his elites made him feel distressed, he became like this.

Without complete certainty, he won't fight hard.

No one can persuade him, and it's useless for the emperor to come!

Mian Mao and the rest of the generals could only sit aside angrily and wait.

"Report! The main force of the mountain navy withdrew twenty-five thousand meters! ”

"Report! The main forces of the mountain navy withdrew thirty kilometers! ”

"Report! The main force of the Mountain Navy is approaching Linshan County! ”

"Report! The main force of the Mountain Navy Regiment camped outside Linshan County to rest, eat and patrol! ”

"Report! At 10 o'clock last night, the main force of the Shanhai Regiment had retreated to the county government of Lanling County, and was resting in the barracks when the spies came. ”

"Report! The Mountain Navy Regiment sent 1,000 people to Dumu County to support, and 5,000 people to Giant Whale Island to support! ”

On the third day, on the morning of the third day after Wang Lanling left, Shanzhou Mu and others gathered at the headquarters again.

The atmosphere in the headquarters is very bad, and now many people can't be in a hurry!

Everyone has run home to hide in the city, what's the use of being anxious now?

"Report! The last three thousand people outside have retreated! ”

"Report! Long Weihe, the forward of the Dragon Teng Army, asks to play! ”

Shanzhou Mu was still solemn and didn't say a word.

The entire command, including his son, was watching him, waiting for him to give the order to attack, but he just wouldn't give it.

When the stalemate reached noon, Jiang Kedi walked in.

"General! The dragon army of Longzhou has arrived, and now it is possible to march? ”

Shanzhou Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "These are the ones I'm waiting for!" How many are there? ”

Jiang Kedi smiled and said, "There are ten in total." ”

Everyone walked out with Shanzhou Mu, and after going out, they saw five huge flying dragons hovering in the sky.

These long-billed dragons that look like birds are the royal army of the empire.

It is more than five meters tall, can have a body length of more than ten meters when its wings are spread, and can carry two or three hundred pounds of heavy objects to fly tens of thousands of meters.

On the backs of these wyverns are the very well-balanced elite of the Empire, and the weapons they use are also the most advanced flamethrowers!

"Quack woo wow~"

A wyvern flew this way, its wings thin, its flesh and spots in the sunlight, like the wings of a large bat, and its claws, but its head looked like that of a large bird with sharp teeth.

The wyvern quickly landed on the ground, its wings folded and clumsily standing on the ground.

An old man jumped down before the flying dragon landed, walked over and said: "Tell the general, the front has been reconnoitred, except for two or three hundred miscellaneous soldiers outside Linshan County, there are at most a few sentinels in the rest of the place, and the main force of the thieves is not in Linshan County, but in Shanhai County farther away." ”

Shanzhou Mu nodded, and quickly said to his son: "Everyone, move forward immediately!" ”

The old man said, "Then I will also find some of the corpses of the thieves, and feed them to me when they are hot." ”

Shanzhou Mu said solemnly: "I will send someone to protect you, whether you can defeat Wang Lanling's army this time depends on you flying dragon soldiers!" ”

The old man said modestly: "General, please rest assured, the peddler pawn is vulnerable in front of my flying dragon!" ”

****

"Report! The Mushu Legion is marching at a rapid pace! There are also big bird monsters that can fly above the troops!! ”

In the county office, the anxious Wang Lanling finally waited for the news of the bastard's dispatch!

"The whole army quickly assembled! Target! Linshan County! ”

"Infantry units get on board! Rush to the front line with me! ”

Wang Lanling quickly took out his pistol, he was waiting for this moment!

The people who were sent out were all militia and auxiliary troops, and some of Wang Lanling's main forces returned to Shanhai County, and some of them mixed into Linshan County with the militia.

And the trenches guarded by Hu Zhong and other elites are basically the elite of the elite under Wang Lanling, and they can be the platoon commander and regiment commander!

At this time, it didn't matter whether the spy was a spy or not, Wang Lanling took his men and took the infantry truck and rushed to the front line to support.

Their speed is definitely faster than that of the traitors, and it is also faster than those Shanzhou soldiers outside.

More than 20 trucks full of soldiers, as well as more than 3,000 cavalrymen, hurried close to the battlefield!

At this time, the imperial army had been running for three or four hours with great fanfare, and the 20,000 troops, mainly cavalry, and a few elite infantry who could chase after the horse's buttocks, as well as a few flying dragons in the sky, had already reached the position of the first trench.

"Shepherd, what's that thing in the sky?"

The trench in front of him was covered by a row of small branches and weeds, and he looked at the cavalry at the bottom of the mountain, but the most conspicuous thing was of course the big birds that could fly.

"Don't worry about it, if you dare to get close, you will be killed!" Hu Zhong looked at the height, which was roughly within the shooting range.

Wu Chi also looked up, "I don't feel like an eagle has flown as high, this is three or four hundred meters at most." ”

Gildan said: "You can't shoot it with a bow and arrow, if you don't have a gun, this guy is invincible, right?" ”

"It's here!" Hu Zhong quickly shouted, and at the same time quickly aimed his gun at the flying dragon that was swooping over, "Fight!" ”

When the flying dragon was five hundred meters away from Hu Zhong, the fire of the heavy machine gun quickly tilted over.

The same speed as a machine gun!

Not only the rate of fire, but also the range and power that are stronger!

Dozens of bullets quickly hit the wyvern's face, piercing the fragile creature's skull, shattering the plasma and brain water inside!

The huge wyvern quickly lost the ability to fly, and its body crashed into the hillside, twisting its neck and limbs along with the dragoon on its body!

"It's exciting!" Gildan swallowed, looked at the dead wyvern in the distance, and then at the muzzle of Hu Zhong's gun, which had stopped shooting.

Hu Zhong scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm coming!" ”

The entire battlefield was watching this side, but a dense sound of déjà vu soon came from the hill where it was, and at the second trench a hundred meters away from Hu Zhong's side, Dong Guo Zheng also killed a flying dragon that was approaching.

Flesh and blood creatures are really vulnerable in the face of such heavy firepower.

The wyvern's body itself is relatively fragile, but even if an elephant runs in, it can't withstand the strafing of machine gun fire.

"Protect the Dragons! Rush! ”

The commander of the cavalry quickly gave the order and ordered all the cavalry to charge against the hill, which was obviously not many people in front!

Gildan shouted excitedly: "It's coming, it's coming!" What Lord Wang said is a husband! Don't open it! ”

The people who stayed in these places were all acquaintances under Wang Lanling, and they were all the kind of people who didn't want to die and dared to fight.

In the trenches on the front line, there is not only one machine gun here, nor is it only Hu Zhong.

Six mountain bags, thirty machine guns and a large amount of ammunition, as well as cooling water and grenades, emergency food, bandages, hemostatic medicine.

The orientation of each trench is a little different, and it is all about strafing the front as much as possible!

The cavalry that launched the charge was quickly left in place by the dense bullets, and the dead horses and corpses were piled up on the enemy beneath the slope.

The cavalrymen who tried to bypass from the side were quickly killed by the machine gunners on the other side.

The faster it comes, the faster it dies!

In just over two minutes, most of the cavalry who rushed over were dead, and the rest did not dare to continue running forward.

It's a death sentence!

"Infantry! The infantry rushed quickly! There are only a dozen people on it, and they are running out of bullets! Those who have killed the enemy will be rewarded! Big Prize! ”

With the death of two Wyverns, this matter can no longer be good, and the commander must take this mountain as soon as possible and catch the murderer of the Wyvern.

The Shanzhou infantrymen, armed with rifles, quickly launched a charge.

Heavy machine guns are actually better at dealing with infantry, and if thousands of cavalry were to charge together, they would be able to take down this mountain pack of twenty men......

But like this mountain bag, there are five more nearby!

The invention of heavy machine guns has prolonged battles that could have been solved in a few days by more than ten to dozens of times, and a war can even be fought for several months.

The reason for this effect is that the heavy machine guns hurt the infantry too much!

Infantry nightmare, the nemesis of crowd tactics!

It is also this heavy firearm that makes people pay attention to the role of trenches.

The dense gunfire like firecrackers did not make too many people feel terrified, so when the Shanzhou infantry continued to charge forward, and the excitement in their hearts was cooled by the dense corpses in front of them, they really understood the horror of this gunshot!

But the one who stands still is the target!

There was no mercy on the battlefield, and Hu Zhong controlled the muzzle of his gun to strafe the infantry below the mountain bag, knocking down the people standing one by one.

This thing doesn't have the same area of effect as artillery, and it can't make a big hole in the ground, but it's much faster.

The warriors in front were already within the realm of truth when they realized the horror of this thing, while the infantry behind only knew how to charge with their heads over, and did not yet realize the danger.

The cavalry commander looked at this side anxiously, he was very sure that there were not many people hidden in that mountain bag, so as long as he continued to rush forward, he would definitely be able to take this position!

The military order is like a mountain, there is an enemy in front, and it is not that you can retreat if you want to!

He had to make a safe path for those in the rear and remove this obstacle!

"Rush! Keep rushing! ”

Most officers in this era still like to use crowd tactics.

Hu Zhong and a few machine gunners have gone crazy!

The Uchi didn't have to throw grenades at all, and he was now in a hurry to cool down the machine gun.

"Shepherd! When there are fewer people, rest! Wu Chi quickly urged Hu Zhong.

Hu Zhong said: "I'm fine! ”

Wu Chi said anxiously: "It's not that you have something, it's that the gun barrel has something!" If there are fewer people below, don't be so fast! ”

Hu Zhong calmed down and stopped his vitality.

At the same time, Gildan quickly ran to the other machine gunners to speak.

The whole battlefield gradually fell silent.

The commander saw that the person on the other side was out of bullets, and quickly drew his long sword.

"Cavalry! Charge! ”

The ground here is not at all suitable for charging, and there are corpses of humans and warhorses everywhere.

But the order they received was to advance to Linshan County, that is, to clear all obstacles, so they had to go!

Hu Zhong and the others once again launched a dense fire suppression, and at the same time, the bombardier next to the machine gunner also threw grenades to interfere.

In just a dozen seconds, the cavalry charge was interrupted, and finally the infantry was sent up.

At this moment, two Wyvern soldiers flew over, attracted by the battle here, ready to assist the army below in destroying the resistance.

When the commander saw it, he shouted vigorously: "Don't get close to the people above!" Come on! Get out of here! ”

The dragon knights above couldn't hear the sound below, and they quickly flew to the other side of the mountain pack, and prepared to shoot a fierce flame spray at the dragon as it passed over the heads of these people!

Soon, two more dragons fell to the ground......

The commander was already completely red-eyed, he didn't understand at all, it was just a palm-sized place, why he couldn't hit it for so long!

"Kill! Come on! ”

The troops in the rear were soon thrown into this charge, in a vain attempt to flood the hill with the tactics of a sea of people.

The corpses piled up at the foot of the mountain had already blocked the footsteps of most of the people, and when Wan Gu rushed over with his elites, he saw corpses all over the ground!

The corpses of tens of thousands of people were piled up in the somewhat dented wasteland, and the surrounding land was stained red with blood.

In just three or four hours, the Imperial Army lost more than 20,000 people!!

"Artillery! Quickly mobilize artillery to come and open fire!! ”

Wangu let out a roar of rage, and at the same time slapped the cavalry commander in the face, "You bastard! Why don't you report it back?! ”

The cavalry commander explained: "They only have more than a hundred ......"

For a moment, I couldn't think of anything to say.

"Ulla!"

The horn of the charge sounded from the mountains in the distance, and the red flag trucks were violently approaching this side.

Wan Gu was suddenly shocked, he never expected that after so much preparation and investigation, he could still be plotted!

"Array! Cloth Musket Array! ”

At this time, most of the elite in Shanzhou were killed and wounded, and after the corpses of the elite in Shanzhou were all over the ground, the remaining people of the Muzhou Legion no longer wanted to fight.

The appearance of the motor troops, and the soldiers who jumped out of the cars, had already crushed the fighting spirit of the remaining men.

Only his descendants obeyed Wangu's orders, and when more and more Muzhou infantry around them chose to flee, the morale that was not much left completely collapsed!

The Imperial army rushed over, and at this time penetrated deep into the hinterland, losing its position and the cover of the large army.

Wang Lanling's side came by horse and car, and hundreds of people on Wang Lanling's side blocked tens of thousands of people, so naturally the morale was high!

Wan Gu also realized that it was inviolable, and quickly turned over the horse, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, "Withdraw!" Evacuate! ”

The defeat was like a mountain, because the pursuit was too far, these people had no enemy to hide and defend, they were more than 30 kilometers away from the original camp, and the slow runners quickly died and surrendered.

***

Wang Lanling mobilized people from Linshan County to guard the prisoners, and at the same time dispatched people from Shanhai County and nearby Cangxian County to help clean up the battlefield, and at the same time, a steady stream of soldiers in the rear were put into the battlefield.

When the main force advanced to the Yanshanhu tribe again, Shanzhou Mu and Jiang Kedi had already fled back to Muzhou Mansion with their personal guard troops in the starry night.

In this battle, Lanling County suffered more than 20,000 casualties, eliminated 70,000 invaders, captured 100,000 prisoners, and captured 17 cars, 500 tons of grain, 6,000 board cars, 150 artillery pieces, and tens of thousands of horses, guns, and swords.

The majesty of the empire has been shattered by Wang Lanling!