The relationship between Mang Guo and Fan Guo is not good in the first place.

Over the years, Mang Guo has never given up the idea of annexing Fan State for a moment.

If it weren't for the common enemy of Cangguo, perhaps at this moment, the border between the two countries would either be facing each other or fighting and fighting.

received Fan Guo's request for help, and Mang Guo was also very embarrassed.

The relationship between the two countries is not good, but at present, the armies of the two countries are on the border, and they are working together to resist the Blue Dragon Legion.

I don't want to help, but I have to.

But what can you help?

The problem of grain and grass can be squeezed out of the country's reserves of military rations, but how to solve the problem of military salaries?

You must know that it is not only one country that is affected by the demonetization order, but also the country of Mang, which is also riddled with troubles, and the military salary can only be mixed with silver and paper money, which can barely appease the front-line soldiers.

As a result, the emperor of Mangguo could only reply with a letter of state, explaining the situation and explaining the difficulties of Mangguo, and at the same time mobilized 300,000 troops for a month's grain and grass and sent it to the frontier to support the army of Fan.

Fan Guojun and his ministers were panicked, and they could only ask Ruan Guo for help again.

By mid-May, twenty red-coated cannons arrived at the Blue Dragon Legion, and combined with the news of the spies and scouts in the army, Wei Zhongquan decided to use troops against Fanguo, who had the most serious internal and external difficulties, so as to open the gap.

On May 18, the elderly Wei Zhongquan personally led 200,000 Qinglong troops to attack Youqiu.

Twenty red-clothed cannons, like a heavenly punishment falling from the sky, collapsed the wall of Youqiu, and also destroyed the confidence of Fan Guo's soldiers.

Whether it was a general or a soldier, they were shocked by its terrifying destructive power and lethality when they first comprehended the powerful power of the red-coated cannon.

In front of the red-coated cannons, it is useless to defend the city.

In the face of the red-clothed artillery and the elite of the 200,000 Qinglong Army, the Fan army could only abandon the secluded hill and retreat again and again.

In Fan Junshuai's tent, Zhang Shouling clenched his fists.

He was the number one general of Fan State, and his temperament was also very impatient, in the past few months, the resistance to the Blue Dragon Legion has been very difficult, aggrieved, and he has suffered a series of defeats in the past few days, which can be described as a great shame for him.

Combined with the current situation, the Fan army can no longer retreat, because the capital of Fan is two hundred miles later, and if it is attacked by the Qinglong Army again, Fan will have no choice but to move the capital.

At the moment, the only way to do this is to defend and wait for the Mang army to draw troops and rush to the aid of the Fan army.

So, Zhang Shouling ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the order, the armies will stick to their positions, and the deputy marshal Fan Xiyong will personally lead the army to supervise the battle, but anyone who is cowardly in battle, no matter who it is, will not be forgiven!" ”

"Obey!"

Deputy Marshal Fan Xiyong received the order with his fists and led his headquarters to the battlefield.

When Fan Xiyong arrived at the battlefield, he happened to encounter a group of fleeing Fan troops, and fled from the front line in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Fan Xiyong pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order!" Those who flee and fight will be killed! ”

Hearing this, the generals under Fan Xiyong's command raised their weapons one after another and aimed them at the stragglers who had fled from the battlefield.

"Forward!"

With Fan Xiyong's order, the soldiers arranged in a neat phalanx stepped forward step by step, and drove back the soldiers who had fled on the frontline battlefield.

There were also some of the routs who were still trying to escape, and were killed by the soldiers of Fan Xiyong's command of the Overseer.

"Don't retreat! Advance! ”

"Retreat from the latter, there is no mercy for killing!"

Under the persecution of the warlords, tens of thousands of defeated soldiers had to turn around again, face the fierce artillery fire, hold their weapons, and step onto the battlefield again to face the Blue Dragon Legion head-on.

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In May of the twentieth year of Taiding, Wei Zhongquan, the generalissimo of the Qinglong Legion, personally led an army of 200,000 to attack Fan State, won all the way from Youqiu, and finally fought with the main force of the Fan army at the last line of defense in Fan City, stalemate.

Fan Jun treated his soldiers in an extremely savage and cruel way, stimulated the potential of his soldiers, temporarily resisted the fear in his heart, and fought to the death with the Qinglong Army.

In this battle, Fan Jun did not win.

However, there was no loss either.

In the end, the Blue Dragon Legion still failed to break through the defensive line, so it could only continue to mobilize reinforcements and divide its troops to attack.

In this battle, the undefeated record of the red-coated cannon was broken, because this was the first defeat since the Xuanwu Legion first used the red-coated cannon, and it was unable to break through a defensive line after several battles.

However, although the Qinglong Army did not defeat the Fan army in one fell swoop, it also caused a heavy blow to the morale of the Fan soldiers, and they were embarrassed internally and externally, not to mention that the Fan soldiers were not iron-beaten, even if they were iron-beaten, they did not have such a strong belief!

The morale in front of him is just a harsh punishment and a support.

On 16 May, the two armies fought another battle.

However, the results were not much different.

Fan Guo is also trying his best to resist, although the country is in a mess, but the remaining strength is still not to be underestimated, it just gives the Qinglong Army an opportunity.

After waiting for the sun to go down that day, Wei Zhong accepted it when he saw that it was good, and did not expect to defeat the Fan army in one go, but ordered the whole army to retreat and fight again in the coming day.

Facing the retreat of the Qinglong Army, although Zhang Shouling was unwilling, he could only watch and be helpless.

Since the attack of the Qinglong Army, Fan Jun seems to have only been beaten.

This is the powerful Cangguo army, even if it can't defeat the enemy, it has the capital to be invincible.

Zhang Shouling's temper was originally short-tempered, but in such a situation, he could only swallow his anger.

There is no way, because this battle has been a mess so far.

As many as 30 percent of the troops of the Fan army were broken, and some of the generals who suffered heavy losses suffered serious losses of nearly 70 percent.

What comforted him was that the losses of the Blue Dragon Army were also very large, with a loss of 30,000 or 40,000 for the 200,000 army, which was a very large one in the previous wars of the Blue Dragon Army.

And this also made Wei Zhong's heart ache.

Because, the Blue Dragon Legion doesn't have to attack so strongly.

However, the opportunity is rare, Fan is a mess in the country, and if this opportunity is missed, I don't know when the next time will be.

From the overall perspective of the war, Wei Zhongquan still decided to let the Blue Dragon Legion lose some, defeat Fan Guo earlier, and break the balance between the Five Nations Alliance and Cangguo.

That night, while cleaning up the mess, Wei Zhongquan sat alone in the tent and pondered.

I don't know how long later, several generals came to reply and called softly: "Generalissimo? ”

Wei Zhongquan came back to his senses when he heard this, nodded, and asked, "...... in the army?" What is the morale of the soldiers? Don't hide it, tell it truthfully. ”

Several generals looked at each other, wanted to speak and stopped, and only after half a sound did they cautiously reply: "Don't dare to hide it, at this time, the soldiers in the barracks are generally in a depressed mood......

"That's right." Wei Zhongquan sighed gloomily.

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