Jiangning is here, it is the early cold season, but the stone city is full of cars and horses, and the atmosphere is jubilant.

Many people wearing well-fitting or not-so-fitting brand-new official robes and uniforms are gathering in groups under the heavy platform of the main hall, snorting smoke with different expressions, whispering to each other, waiting for the sound of the ceremonial official.

Then, according to the region to which they belonged, and the order of their rank, batch after batch entered the main hall, and the group worshipped and revealed, as if they had mastered their future and the prison country from which they came from.

Although there are quite a large number of people, and they are complicated and monotonous, as the main supervisor here, there is no impatience and slackness, but with a rather appropriate expression and tone, he can easily correspond and envelop these newly born bureaucrats.

Occasionally, in a flattered expression, a certain name is called, and then the other party is moved or overjoyed and other reactions and expressions.

During this time, he was in a good mood. The main reason is that the battle that has advanced to the city of Luodu has advanced ahead, although there are still some unsatisfactory and twists and turns, but the core of the Northern Dynasty has become a trapped beast huddled in a city and a place, and the internal and external isolation and self-chaos are just around the corner.

When I think of the ancestors of the past dynasties who have descended from the dynasty to the dynasty, the long-cherished wishes and organizational training, and the commanding heights of fame and achievements that have been gradually achieved in their own hands.

Therefore, even his usual late nights and insomnia are much less.

After the regular group pilgrimage,

Among them, only a small number of people can call the names of the attendants in the audience according to the needs of relatives and distances, and stay to participate in the follow-up banquet in the inner garden of the palace.

After the others paid their respects on a routine basis, they could only take their families and servants who were full of worries and longings and hurriedly drove to their posts.

In a certain way, these talents represent the people around the prison country, and they need to focus on the target groups that need to be gathered and recruited, and even supported. I have also seen the alternate sources and new blood from the small circle of the dragon team.

Although this festival is the most interesting to enjoy the plum and snow, except for the very small number of people who have been introduced to the circle of the prison country and initially entered the prison country, the topic of most people who remain in the garden is not on this topic.

Of course, what they discussed the most was about the Northern Expedition and the related things derived from it.

For example, in a somewhat mysterious tone, it is rumored that a certain maritime bank has once again eaten the latest amount of 100,000 yuan of the latest amount of recovering bonds, but I don't know what kind of privileges and conveniences I want in private.

For example, they will be envious and jealous of someone, mortgage the property and family credit, and only then can they make up at least 50,000 yuan of expenses to move a position of salt and iron supervisor in the long-recovered Zhejiang West Road, and they don't know how to loot and accumulate in office, so that they can get back the principal with interest.

Or, some disdainful ridicule, some unjust people who do not move the market in the system, it is easy to spend a lot of money to buy a position with high taste, but it is in a remote and barren, or a Hanyi miscellaneous county outside the state, but they don't know that it will not be until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to get the price of relocation and even return to the vacancies.

and even some kind of schadenfreude sympathy, someone was put on the stall to transport to the front of the army, this typical thankless errand, whether a few days ago he took advantage of the blank period of the recovery of Jiangnan, hoarded Juqi to chase the high and cut the low, and made a big fish, which made people's eyes red

In the south of Luodu City, the Chinese army camp in Guanqiaoyi is already a little frosty white in this dripping weather of water and ice.

Duanchen stood in front of a corpse, stretched out his hand to gently cover a corpse, his face was covered with some strange smiles, the deceased was full of wind and frost at a young age, his limbs were thick and powerful, his body was mottled and thick calluses, and he looked like he had traveled a long way and fought hard battles.

He is one of the sons of the Wang family who came to serve in front of the army with Wang Duanchen as a personal general, and has survived through all kinds of wars, and has been one of the young descendants who have placed high hopes on him.

In the end, it was folded here, and because of the fatigue and fatigue of going out at night, and suddenly encountered a cold snap in a snowy night, and finally wrapped in a blanket and snooze against the wall, but never woke up again.

As an elder and a direct official, Wang Duanchen, although Rao is heart and intestines are hard and abnormally hard by the life and death of countless battle formations, it is difficult to say what kind of feeling he feels in his heart.

He and his men still underestimated the difficulty of attacking such a thousand-year-old city.

Although he had successfully broken through Yishui's defense line and pushed the battle directly under the city of Luodu, the truly difficult and tragic battle had just begun.

Luodu itself is a super huge city covering an area of more than ten miles in length and width, with high walls and thick moats, although it is strong for a long time, and there are eight rivers in and out and flowing through, which is equivalent to dividing the pattern of the attacking side into more than a dozen fragmented areas of different sizes in the natural terrain.

Therefore, although Wang Duanchen is known as a strong soldier and a strong horse, he cannot do everything, so he can only concentrate on attacking a section and looking for several breakthroughs; The focus is on besieging the south, while a small number of troops are divided to monitor and guard other directions to prevent large-scale outruns and detours.

Now, as the greatest achievement of the vanguard of the middle road, it is only under the cover of all kinds of heavy weapons and artillery, the cart is covered with earth and attacked, filling a small section of the moat of the year, and barely touching the city wall of Luodu.

The next battle can only be a refueling breakthrough section by section, a desperate battle without any scheming and tricks.

And with the delay of time, from the weather to the phenological time, they are gradually changing to the other party's favorable aspects, after all, compared with the southern army from the warm land, the adaptability and tolerance of the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty are far from being on the same level.

In terms of location, the other party has tall and deep city towers, which can be used as cover and reliance. No matter how you look at it, it is much more advantageous than your own side that has braved the wind and snow to cross a large section of rugged open space and force an offensive.

The difficulties and hardships involved, even a well-known veteran general like Wang Duanchen, who never spoke lightly about advancing and retreating, and the prestige in the army, inevitably gave birth to some hidden feelings of powerlessness and decline.

Without other variables and surprises, the battle could easily have dragged in, and throughout the long winter of siege and confrontation, one side of the straight road could not bear it and collapsed.

However, this kind of tragic price and process is something that any general who sympathizes with his subordinates should try to avoid.

Fortunately, his feelings didn't last long, and the news from the Eastern Front that several friendly troops had entered Luo from Wujiao somewhat diluted his rather heavy thoughts.

And outside the White Horse Temple, where the guerrillas were stationed, it was already a rocket speeding back and forth.

As soon as he settled in, before he started repairing, he encountered a surprise attack from the enemy of Luodu in the wind and snow.

They rode on foot, almost braving the wind and snow, and appeared not far away, using small bursts of arrows scattered in turn and arrows radiating from the wind, fighting and killing to claim their sense of existence.

The Fifth Auxiliary Army Brigade, which remained on the periphery, was almost caught off guard to see the enemy coming by head-on, and after roughly arranging the formation, it was beaten head-on into several sections, and each of them held in place in a group.

Then it belonged to the reorganized Seventh Auxiliary Army Brigade, and after the whole column met the battle, it was inevitable that it would follow in the footsteps, and some of the more unbearable ones were scattered in front of them, but they couldn't gather for a while.

A considerable part of the panicked soldiers, to the enemy in the wind and snow, wrapped and drove to the White Horse Temple, where the formation was stationed, and then in the empty front garden, the mainstay of the first battalion was blocked, and the countercharge rushed back.

The round-edged helmet and tasseled shoulders have turned white, and the first battalion is rolling up the flag, and it is also standing under the military flag in the wind and snow, with the limited flag language, loudly encouraging, and some of the subordinates who are shrunk from the cold.

The three regiments of the first battalion had already formed three hollow phalanxes in the shape of a zigzag on the spot, and with hastily loaded projectiles, they were attacking and capturing the enemy figures that were flying away in the wind and snow.

All of a sudden, the fireworks were filled, and the ping-pong games were very lively, as if there were enemies on all sides, and there were shouts and shouts everywhere.

"Slowing down...... Slow down a little ......"

"Don't rush to withhold ......"

"Listen to the password, see it, and then send it out in pieces...... Only then do you have the right head and the middle number"

"Don't be in a hurry to make a mess of yourself......"

"Who are we, we are the oldest ...... of the first battalion in military resources"

"Try to get as close as possible, don't be afraid of casualties ......"

"Trust the Brothers Around ......"

The veterans who ran in the rain of arrows and the wind and snow shouted like this, risking casualties to keep the queue of shocks and diffusions elastically within a level and distance sufficient to cover each other.

Until the revolver guns of the battalion were also pushed out of the queue and joined in the attack, the sudden dull explosion sounded the enemy who was rushing towards him, and the flesh and blood splashed and rolled all over the ground, and was quickly dyed into a pure white court of red sheets, and all kinds of wailing and screaming screams even overwhelmed the whirring gale.

Suddenly, the arrogance and momentum of the enemy were interrupted for a moment, and then they hurriedly shrank back.

After a while, under the protection of the Fifth Regiment Infantry in the White Horse Temple, several artillery groups with positions and firing angles also joined the bombardment sequence.

Condescending to the wind and snow, the scattered pills that spit out one after another suddenly tore apart the noise of the cold wind, tore apart the snow curtain, and provoked the neighing sound of a series of people turning over their horses in the distance, and also broke their determination and will to continue the attack.

I could only hear the whirring wind and the falling snow, and all kinds of hustle and bustle were gone, but they were no longer coming.

Then the wind swept the banner to command the first battalion, Xu Ran alternately retreated into the monastery, and after gathering the auxiliary army to reconstruct the front, he ushered in a large number of men and horses in this formation.