Ichiro Nakajima doesn't know why Sakurako Nakamoto stopped? So he ran to the front to ask the reason, and when he heard his doubts, Nakamoto Sakurako frowned and observed the surroundings: "At this time, it is late at night, in the early hours of the morning, even if there is a lighthouse in front of the city gate, but the kerosene that burns the wick can only be used until about the hour, and now it is already midnight in the morning, but the wicks in these lighthouses are still burning, so there should be an ambush here, and the order is to prepare for war." ”

"Woo Toot ......"

Nakajima Ichiro ordered someone to blow the horn, this horn sound represents the whole armament war, and after the commander-in-chief's trumpeter blew the horn of the command, this sound sounded in the various corps, after hearing the order, two burly strong men and a middle-aged woman with a scar on her face came to Nakamoto Sakurako, these three people are the commander of the second corps Ono Haruo, the commander of the third corps Kiyasu Junfeng, and the commander of the fourth corps Matsushita Shizuaki.

After seeing the movement of the Japanese Kou, the direction of the city wall also reacted, it turned out that there was indeed an ambush here, an hour ago, the war guard corps of Yalu Province took the lead in reinforcing the headquarters of the coalition army, and the person who led the troops was Xia Yuanming, the son of the Nine Emperors, Xia Yuanming was in charge of the Ministry of Engineering before, he stood in Xia Yuanwen's camp when the Seven Kings fought for the emperor, and after Xia Yuanwen failed to fight for the emperor, he followed Xia Yuanwen to withdraw to the Western Theater and took charge of the internal defense corps.

In fact, Xia Yuanming has just arrived here, in the four-way reinforcement of the coalition headquarters of the corps, because Yalu Province is the closest, so he came the fastest, although the previous intelligence showed that after the Japanese broke the city, the six corps were stationed in Ansi Province, but Ling Xia firmly believed that Zhongyuan Sakura would surprise the army to attack the coalition headquarters, so as soon as Xia Yuanming's corps arrived, he was assigned by Ling Xia to Hexi Mansion to set up defenses.

Ling Xia carefully studied the route from the Ansi Provincial Highway to the Coalition Headquarters, Ansi Province is the outermost provincial capital of the original Xinjiang, if you want to enter Luoshui Province where the Coalition Headquarters is located from there, the nearest route is to cross the edge of Xiuzi Province and go straight to the Coalition Headquarters from Hexi Province, this is the shortest route between the two provinces, since Nakamoto Sakurako is a surprise and sudden attack, then you can only choose this route that takes the shortest time to march.

Although Xia Yuanming was unwilling to obey Ling Xia's command, in view of the fact that Ling Xia was joining forces with Xia Yuanwen at this time, and Xia Yuanwen was in a difficult situation at this time, he had to follow Ling Xia's instructions to come to Hexi Mansion to set up defenses, and after arriving, he sent out a detailed work to observe the enemy's situation, and he asked people to add kerosene to the lighthouse opposite the city wall and re-ignite the lighthouse that had been extinguished.

Xia Yuanming had just taken over the military from the defenders of the local government, but those fine works came back, and they told Xia Yuanming that a large number of Japanese troops had been found more than ten miles away, and the other party's team stretched for nearly a hundred miles, and it should be a mixed formation composed of several corps, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a big battle.

Although Xia Yuanming calculated well, he underestimated Zhongyuan Sakurako's carefulness and prudence, and he didn't expect Zhongyuan Sakurako to find something strange as soon as he arrived, and when he heard that even the horn sounded outside the city, Xia Yuanming had to show up and face the other party. Standing on top of the city wall, and then those lighthouses saw the strength of the Japanese Kou, Xia Yuanming took a deep breath, and then he turned his head and asked his lieutenant in a whisper: "Haven't the other three reinforcements arrived yet?" ”

The deputy general is a man with a short beard, his name is He Xiuyuan, he was originally the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, and later followed Xia Yuanming to the corps as a deputy general, at this time he was also frightened by the number of widows in the city, after hearing Xia Yuanming's inquiry, He Xiuyun shook his head: "In addition to our corps, the other three corps are still on the way, we are the closest to the headquarters of the coalition forces, so we are the fastest, but they are different."

On the way here, I calculated the distance and time according to the distance of the three road corps, Yu Qianqiong's corps will take two hours to get here at the earliest, Nangong Buji, the head of the internal defense corps stationed in Tong Province, will need four hours to come here, as for Peng Tiangang's corps, because he is the farthest away, even if he rushes non-stop, I'm afraid it will take seven hours, and now we can only rely on ourselves to deal with it here. ”

"If that's the case, then we'll have to find a way to block the attack of the Japanese for at least two hours." Xia Yuanming frowned and looked at the front of him, seeing that the Japanese Kou had already set up an attack formation at this time, one cavalry legion, two siege soldier legions, two shield soldier legions, five archery and crossbow corps, and the Japanese Kou Preparation Corps had already begun to line up, once they completed the assembly, the city wall of Hexi Mansion would be fiercely attacked.

"Damn the Wako, with such a big hand, he dispatched ten legions as soon as he came up." With a sigh of emotion, He Xiuyun looked at Xia Yuanming with an ugly expression: "Lord Wang, the Japanese invaders dispatched ten corps to attack the city at the beginning, how should we deal with it?" If we can't hold out for two hours, what awaits us is a devastating blow, or why don't we protect the coalition headquarters from the edge? Wait for reinforcements to arrive and start together. ”

"Avoid? After we take refuge, what will happen to the people of this city? What should I do if I can't get in after reinforcements arrive? You listen to me, if you can't defend it, you have to defend it for me, the four legions of Ansi Province faced the attack of the entire six corps of the Japanese Invaders, and they still held the city for three hours, we have a reorganized corps here, only facing the strength of the four corps of the Japanese Invaders, can't we hold Hexi Mansion for two hours? ”

After saying this loudly, Xia Yuanming waved his hand and ordered: "Go, bring our secret weapon up, I wanted to stay in the back and use it, it seems that I have to appear in advance now." ”

"Can you use it now?" After He Xiuyun heard the order, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

"Don't use it now, why don't you wait until the whole army is wiped out?" Glaring at He Xiuyun, Xia Yuanming said in a deep voice: "Take them all, Made, Lao Tzu is too good." ”

Seeing Xia Yuanming say this, He Xiuyun stopped talking, and then conveyed the order to the commanders of the five major group armies behind him, and after a few breaths, tens of thousands of soldiers carried things covered with black cloth to climb the city wall, and after seeing these things, Xia Yuanming's originally solemn face showed a trace of expectation.

It turned out that this Xia Yuanming was clever, and he had a premonition that the second prince might fail to fight for the emperor, so he arranged the back hand in advance, and he used the identity of the Ministry of Industry to bring all the skilled craftsmen and their families in China to the territory of the Western Theater, those craftsmen are all top leaders in various fields, all of them are equivalent to scientists in later generations, and he did this, resulting in no talent available after Xia Yuanyou became emperor.

Later, the Japanese invaded, the three factions formed the headquarters of the coalition army, Xia Yuanming formed the strongest and most loyal soldiers under the command of the second prince into an elite corps of internal defense, and he did not waste those skilled craftsmen, all these years have been letting those people study weapons, and after the joint cooperation of those top craftsmen, a new weapon was finally created on the basis of the siege crossbow and the city-breaking crossbow------ combo heavy crossbow.