On the evening of June 26, 2538, at the forward headquarters of the Ice Lion Kingdom army outside Yueyang City, Vikol, the commander of the 3rd Praetorian Guards Tank Armored Division, said to Marshal Kayano in a sad voice: "Marshal, I have failed to live up to your expectations, and this battle plan to cut off the southern passage of Yueyang City has failed. ”

Marshal Kayano said with a gloomy face: "One Praetorian Tank Armored Division, four Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Divisions and six Garrison Infantry Divisions add up to almost 270,000 people, but in just over two days, you only left me with 70,000 people, such a big loss, how can I explain to the cabinet!" ”

Vicol said gloomily: "Marshal, the Great Qin army in Yueyang City, the heavy tank equipped with it, the performance is too strong in all aspects, even the Golden Lion heavy tank of our Third Praetorian Tank Armored Division is not an opponent, our eleven divisions, after a tank encounter failed, can only be chased and killed by thousands of tanks of the Great Qin army, plus the Great Qin army sent another force, and cut off the retreat of one of our Praetorian Tank Armored Divisions, four Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Divisions and six Garrison Infantry Divisions, In the end, it was not easy to evacuate more than 70,000 people. ”

At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief of the army, General Gru, spoke: "Marshal, after this failure of the operation to cut off the southern passage of Yueyang City, it can be seen that the Great Qin army currently stationed in Yueyang City is even higher than we expected before in terms of combat effectiveness, and according to the information of the intelligence department, the total strength of the Great Qin army in Yueyang City and the five counties in the south is at least two million, so with the troops that our Ice Lion Country is now gathering around Yueyang City, it will be a very difficult thing to completely capture Yueyang City." ”

Vikol, the commander of the 3rd Praetorian Tank Armored Division, followed closely and said: "The strength of the Great Qin army stationed in Yueyang City is simply a bit incredible, especially their heavy tank, I believe that not only the Golden Lion heavy tank of our Ice Lion Country is difficult to match, but the heavy tanks of other countries should not be its opponent." ”

Marshal Kayano sighed and said: "But no matter how difficult it is, Yueyang City must be defeated, if we don't capture Yueyang City, our Ice Lion Country will not want to completely take the entire Great Qin Country into our pockets." ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Army General Gru hesitated for a moment and said: "Marshal, I feel that according to the current situation, if you want to capture Yueyang City, you can't be in a hurry, you have been attacking so much regardless of casualties, the losses of each division are too great, and some garrison infantry divisions have just joined Yueyang City's street battle for only one day, and they have almost lost half of their troops, even if our Ice Lion Country has strong troops, it is really difficult to withstand such a loss speed." ”

"Gru, what do you recommend?" Marshal Cajano then asked, "Such a rate of loss is indeed somewhat unacceptable, and the effect achieved is not obvious. ”

"Marshal, first of all, let the country send additional troops to Yueyang City as soon as possible, and replenish the damaged divisions, of course, like the Third Praetorian Guards Tank Armored Division, whether to replenish here in Yueyang City, or return to the country to replenish, it is up to the War Department to decide."

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Army General Gru paused for a moment and then said: "In addition, I think we should send troops to cut off the five counties south of Yueyang City and the rest of the Great Qin Kingdom, although it is very difficult for us to cut off the passage between Yueyang City and the five counties in the south, but around the five counties south of Yueyang City, the Great Qin troops stationed in the army do not belong to the troops under Su Yi, these Great Qin troops are even inferior to the garrison infantry divisions of our Ice Lion Country Army in terms of weapons and equipment, which are mainly human soldiers, Therefore, if you want to surround Yueyang City and the five counties in the south, it should still be possible. ”

Marshal Kayano nodded slightly: "We can still do it by cutting off the connection between the five counties south of Yueyang City and the rest of the Great Qin Kingdom, in the territory of the Great Qin Kingdom, except for the troops under Su Yi's command, our Ice Lion Country Army can even be said to have no opponents, and the other troops of the Great Qin Army are too weak in terms of combat effectiveness and weaponry." ”

"Marshal, to say a word of discouragement, even if our Ice Lion Country army has not been able to conquer Yueyang City, but as long as the rest of the Great Qin Kingdom is captured, then only Yueyang City and the five counties in the south are left, and it is impossible to make any big waves, maybe at that time, Su Yi will choose to take the initiative to lead the troops to surrender to our Ice Lion Country, of course, even if Su Yi does not surrender, our Ice Lion Country will definitely be able to conquer Yueyang City in the end." Deputy Commander-in-Chief Army General Gru said.

Marshal Cajano pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that I have to send another telegram to the Cabinet. ”

Vikol, the commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Armored Division, then said to Marshal Kayano: "Marshal, I hope that the lost personnel, tanks and armored vehicles of the 3rd Janissaries Tank Armored Division can be directly transported from China to Yueyang City, our 3rd Guards Tank Armored Division has never suffered such a big loss since its formation, and I hope that the marshal can give our 3rd Guards Tank Armored Division a chance to take revenge." ”

Marshal Caliano glanced at Vicol, "I hope that your Third Praetorian Tank Armored Division will not insult the name of the three main divisions of our Ice Lion Army in the next battles." ”

The Army of the Ice Lion Country has only formed a total of three Praetorian Tank Armored Divisions, and these three Praetorian Tank Armored Divisions are known as the three main divisions of the Ice Lion Army.

After the failure of the Ice Lion Army's battle plan to cut off the southern passage of Yueyang City, the Ice Lion Army's offensive on the eastern, western, and northern parts of Yueyang City has also weakened a lot, and even during the day, the Ice Lion Army entering Yueyang City is mostly to defend the blocks that have been captured, and only after nightfall, the Ice Lion Army will increase the intensity of the attack, but compared with the previous attack strength, it is still much weaker.

In the middle of July in the year 2538 of the Divine Calendar, the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom launched a large-scale attack on the area outside the five counties south of Yueyang City with three Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Divisions and four Garrison Infantry Divisions as one way, and four Janissary Mechanized Infantry Divisions and five Garrison Infantry Divisions as the other way.

By the end of July of the year 2538 of the Divine Calendar, the surrounding areas of the five counties south of Yueyang City had all fallen into the hands of the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom, which was equivalent to encircling Yueyang City and the five counties of Yuhong, Zhutian, Lanping, Danyan, and Huining controlled by the army under Su Yi.

For the Ice Lion Country's army's attack on the surrounding areas of the five counties south of Yueyang City, Su Yi did not send troops to support the other army units of the Great Qin State, and even the fighters of the Air Force were not dispatched, so that the various Great Qin Army units stationed in the above areas were crushed under the attack of the two armies of the Ice Lion Kingdom, and almost no effective resistance was formed.

At the temporary residence of the Ministry of National Defense in Jinzhou City, the capital of Nanjiang Province of the Great Qin State, Minister of Defense Liu Fuchen slapped the table fiercely and shouted angrily: "What does Su Yi want to do!" He has an army of more than two million, but he sits back and watches the friendly army encounter the attack of the Ice Lion Army, and is unwilling to send a single soldier to help, and even asked him to send his fighters to support, but he refused, it is not that he Su Yi wants to completely break away from the sequence of the Great Qin army! ”

Zhao Zeling, one of the six vice ministers of the Ministry of National Defense, immediately said in a deep voice: "It should be that some people did too much some time ago to annoy Su Yi, and this time Su Yi did not send troops, which is likely to be a response to those things some time ago." ”

Zhao Zeling's words made the faces of several high-ranking members of the Ministry of Defense suddenly become a little ugly, and some of them snorted coldly.

It turned out that after the Ice Lion Kingdom army launched the second attack on Yueyang City, some factions of the Great Qin military still did not stop secretly co-opting the generals under Su Yi's command, and coerced and enticed, and various means emerged one after another.

Not all of the officers under Su Yi's command are loyal to Su Yi, and even the officers who are more loyal to Su Yi only account for a small percentage, after all, the officers under Su Yi's command are all ordinary people, and they cannot be compared with cyborgs and clones.

Fortunately, Su Yi had some precautions in this regard, and many officers were placed around him, and after some officers under Su Yi were bought by various forces of the Great Qin military, Su Yi immediately revoked the military positions of these officers, and forcibly sent people to send these officers out of the country, including two division commanders and two deputy division commanders, and more than 30 brigade-level officers and regiment-level officers.

Next, Su Yi sent a harshly worded telegram to the Ministry of Defense of the Great Qin State, telling the various factions of the military that if they continued to carry out these small actions that were not on the table and pulled the defenders of Yueyang City back, then don't blame Su Yi for being ruthless.

As for Su Yi's threat, the various factions of the military did not care, but soon Su Yi carried out a purge of the territory of the five counties of Yuhong, Zhutian, Lanping, Danyan, and Huining, not only eliminated a group of spies from the Ice Lion Country, but also shot more than 200 lobbyists from various factions of the Great Qin military who secretly entered the above five counties and led troops under Su Yi's command.

Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff, said coldly: "I think Su Yi is getting more and more inflated, and now he even ignores the orders of our Ministry of Defense, even if our Great Qin State can drive out the invading Ice Lion Country army in the future, Su Yi is likely to become a scourge of our Great Qin State!" ”

This time, in order to secretly win over the generals under Su Yi's command, Zhou Botao, chief of the general staff, sent many henchmen of the Zhou family, but now these henchmen have been shot by Su Yi, which makes Zhou Botao, the chief of the general staff, more and more resentful of Su Yi, if it weren't for the fact that the army of the Ice Lion Country is still storming Yueyang City, Zhou Botao, the chief of the general staff, is ready to find a way to get rid of Su Yi.

Yan Degang, one of the five deputy chiefs of general staff of the Ministry of National Defense, then gritted his teeth and said: "Su Yi must be severely punished for not obeying the orders of the Ministry of Defense, if the generals of our Great Qin army are like Su Yi, then what is the use of our Great Qin State's Ministry of Defense to keep it!" ”

Now among the thirteen high-level leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, Yan Degang's hatred for Su Yi is the deepest, this time in order to secretly buy the generals under Su Yi's command, Yan Degang sent his three sons to Zhutian County, as a result, Su Yi did not give Yan Degang any face, and Yan Degang's third son was also shot on the charge of being a spy in the Ice Lion Country.

More than 200 people from various factions of the Great Qin military were shot dead before, and Su Yi was accused of being a spy of the Ice Lion Country.

Vice Minister Zhao Zeling frowned and said: "Although Su Yi's disobedience to the orders of our Ministry of Defense is very bad, but now Yueyang City, Yuhong County, Zhutian County, Lanping County, Danyan County and Huining County have been surrounded by the army of the Ice Lion Country, and we can't do it even if we want to take some punitive measures against Su Yi, not to mention that Yueyang City has to rely on Su Yi to lead troops to defend it." ”

It may be that Zhao Zeling went to Yueyang City and was touched in his heart, this time the various factions of the Great Qin military secretly wooed the generals under Su Yi's command, and Zhao Zeling did not let the Zhao family's faction participate, so there were no people from the Zhao family's faction in the list of more than 200 people shot by Su Yi.

Minister of National Defense Liu Fuchen slapped the table again angrily, "I can't let Su Yi's behavior of disobeying the orders of the Ministry of Defense be tolerated, I propose to revoke Su Yi's position as the commander of Yueyang City's urban defense, and reduce Su Yi's military rank by one level to lieutenant general!" ”

In order to appease Su Yi, the Ministry of National Defense has promoted Su Yi to army general, you must know that in the entire military of the Great Qin State, there are only two marshals, namely Minister of Defense Liu Fuchen and Minister of General Staff Zhou Botao of the Ministry of National Defense, and the other deputy ministers of defense and deputy chief of general staff, all of whom have the rank of general, and Su Yi is the only Great Qin officer who has been promoted to general in addition to the thirteen high-ranking officials of the Ministry of National Defense.

The Liu family faction where Defense Minister Liu Fuchen belongs, and the people sent to the area controlled by Su Yi this time were also shot several times, and one of them was Liu Fuchen's own nephew, and Liu Fuchen attached great importance to this nephew, which made Liu Fuchen's hatred for Su Yi no less than that of Deputy Chief of General Staff Yan Degang.

Vice Minister Zhao Zeling smiled bitterly and said to Liu Fuchen: "Minister, even if Su Yi is removed from the position of commander of Yueyang City City Defense, the more than two million elite troops under Su Yi will still obey Su Yi's command, as for demoting Su Yi's military rank to lieutenant general, it is even more painless to Su Yi, but doing so will make the relationship between our Ministry of Defense and Su Yi worse, compared to the well-armed troops under Su Yi, the other Daqin Army units of our Ministry of Defense, The difference in combat effectiveness is too great, and if you want to drive the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom out of our Great Qin Kingdom, I think you have to rely mainly on those elite troops under Su Yi's command, so it's best not to make the relationship between the two sides too stiff. ”