When the first and second legions retreated according to Ling Xia's order, the sky above the city wall was subjected to a fierce attack, and waves of stone bullets mixed with crossbow arrows swept through the city wall of the east city like a storm.

The attack lasted for an hour, the walls were crumbled, the gates were broken, under the cover of the enemy archers, the island climbers stepped on the crossbow pillars, dragged the hook rope, carefully climbed the city wall, just as they took out their weapons and prepared to harvest the heads from the city wall, only to find that there was no one on it, and the whole place was empty.

After tens of thousands of island soldiers climbed the city wall, because they couldn't find the target, they had to stare at each other with big eyes, they encountered this situation for the first time, hesitated for a moment, and the general who led the team shrugged his shoulders downward: "Your Excellency the Chief Soldier Qiqi, nothing can be found on the city wall, and the battle guards here have all run away." ”

Hearing that the fierce attack just now didn't even hit a single hair, Yoshio Yamamoto was a little distressed, distressed by those stone bullets and crossbow arrows, suppressed the depression and anger in his heart, he ordered the city wall soldiers to open the city gate from the inside, and after the city gate opened, he smiled angrily and said: "There were so many people just now, why are they missing in the blink of an eye?"

The times have progressed, and the brains of those battle guards have also been activated, and the Xia Dynasty war guards who originally knew that they were stupid and indiscriminately killed, actually knew how to avoid the edge of our army, I underestimated them, but although they withdrew to the city, but in such a short time, they must not be far away, all the soldiers listened to the order, scattered search, and found out those war guards. ”

Things really developed according to Ling Xia's analysis, those island soldiers scattered into the streets to search for the battle guards, and the war guards hid in groups of three or five in those deserted courtyards, if a large number of island soldiers searched over, they would hide inside and hold their guards, if a single group of soldiers crashed in, they immediately pounced on them to extinguish the mouth.

Every time they finish killing, the soldiers of the island country will quietly change the yard, and when the soldiers of the island country outside find out the abnormality and rush in to arrest people, the soldiers of the battle guard in the courtyard have been transferred, and there is nothing else at the scene except the corpses of the soldiers of the island country.

The eastern city is too big, there are at least millions of idle deserted houses here, the soldiers of the island country have to search for a day like a headless fly, and only killed more than 700 battle guards, but they lost more than 1,000 soldiers, not to mention the heads, and more than 300 people got in, seeing the endless deserted city, Yoshio Yamamoto's face was gloomy and about to drip water.

"Lord Commander, there is no way to search, and if you continue to search, the pursuit will become a counter-encirclement and suppression. Those cunning war guards hid in the deserted houses in the city, using those idle houses as cover, and beat our soldiers stunned, when we were crowded, the other party nested in the corner and did not move, and when we were few, they gathered together.

The alleys are narrow, there are many borrowed roads, and the courtyards are dense. This kind of terrain, our weapons and equipment are not used, even the war horses can't run, we can only rely on the infantry to disperse the search, those war guards are more familiar with the terrain than us, they know how to go with their eyes closed, according to this way of playing, no matter how many people there are, it is useless, and after a long time, our losses will be greater. ”

"The hateful battle guards actually use such cowardly tactics." After scolding, Yoshio Yamamoto pondered for a moment, and then, a trace of fierceness appeared on his face: "They want to rely on the terrain here to consume us, hum----- it's not so easy, it's ridiculous that a city wants to obstruct my pace."

Passing on my military order, ordering the soldiers to set fire to this eastern city, so that these unsightly houses and buildings are all reduced to ashes, I want to see, when those cowardly Xia Dynasty war guards, without buildings as cover, where can they hide? When all the houses are burned down, what are they going to do with me? ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the island country immediately went to prepare firewood and copper oil, when everything was ready, the soldiers of the island country really set fire to the city, they sprinkled oil all over the street, set fire to the shops along the street, most of the buildings in the city were made of wood, after being ignited by the fire, the fire began to spread, and after a while, the fire in the city was blazing, and the houses and buildings gradually burned.

"Damn the wolf, they actually set fire to the city, this is an ancient city handed down by our ancestors, and now it has been burned by them." Looking at the flames rising into the sky in the distance, He Jingxiong's face was angry.

At this moment, they were all standing on the street more than twenty miles away from the city gate, watching the firelight illuminate the sky in the distance, Ling Xia said to the people around him: "Burn it, let's build it again after burning, such a large city, if the island country just expects to set it on fire, he won't be able to burn it even if it burns for a month."

Abandon this provincial city, retreat to the territory of the prefecture and county behind, build a base camp from there, and tell the soldiers that when they encounter the Japanese soldiers of the island country, they should mainly attack secretly, avoid hard encounters, and use the method of entanglement to contain the enemy in the province of Anzhou, you must save your strength at all, as long as you live, the soldiers of the island country will not dare to go deep inland.

Although the troops of the island country camp are more than ours, their daily material consumption must far exceed ours, there are empty cities within a radius of thousands of miles, and they have no way to replenish supplies and grain and grass, so the longer the battle line is stretched, the more beneficial it is for us, unless the battle guards in the nine provinces around Yuankunjiang are all dead, otherwise, they will never dare to advance. ”

"What? Listen to what you mean, do you want to leave this side? Gao Tianci looked at Ling Xia in amazement.

"Yes, I have to go back." Ling Xia nodded, looked at the firelight in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "They are all in a hurry to set fire to the city now, if they still can't destroy the battle guards defending the city after burning the city, then they will divide their troops into two lines, one way to stay here to chase the battle guards, and the other way to attack me."

After I am gone, the First and Second Legions will stay here to harass the enemy, and in my judgment, the enemy will send at least five legions to attack the northern city, and when the time comes, I will help you contain half of the enemy's forces from the northern city, while your two legions will find a way to fight the enemy's five legions.

Everyone must remember that our task is to defend the city rather than kill the enemy, as long as we hold out for a month, do not let the island country overcome the defense line of the state and Ontario, and ensure the safety of the passage in the theater, then we will complete the task, and when the time comes, we will withdraw our troops, and at that time, the decisive battle between the theater and the enemy must also be decided. ”

After instructing this, Ling Xia said goodbye to everyone, and then, he took advantage of the cover of night to quietly rush towards the southern city defense area, he wanted to return to the base camp before the enemy.