Under the gradually warm sun, the camp was full of sweaty and rainy, and various figures were working on various equipment. From time to time, clouds of smoke representing firearms were looming over the camp in the distance.

According to the tradition of this army, even during the interval between marches and battles, as long as there is a little possibility and condition, the military training of corresponding physical fitness and skills cannot be pulled down at any time.

And under the impetus of a certain force, the specially assigned feudal soldiers were also able to join in as a kind of coordinated and adaptive supporting mixed training.

In a sense, this also represents the latent willingness of Luo Fan's side to get to know and get in touch with Huaidong's firearms tactics and corresponding military tactics at the cost of this army.

I couldn't help but yawn, because this routine was too peaceful.

The vanguard of the combined army, the white-clothed mourning soldiers who formed a formation in Beizhenyi and the city below, fought fiercely, and finally the coalition army, which had the advantage in strength and equipment, prevailed;

However, seeing that the opponent was about to be completely annihilated, it was the Pinglu army that withdrew halfway through the way that came out again, and after paying a certain price, it still took the remnants of the opponent's forces back to the city.

Then it's time for the rather boring garbage time of offense and defense. Because for me, siege or something is the most annoying thing.

It's a pity that the county town of Liaoxi or Kaiyi City, as the nest of the Xue family for generations, and the fortified city that has been besieged several times, although the scale and pattern are smaller than those of Liaocheng, but in the layout and solidity of the city defense, it is not inferior at all.

Even if the four-inch field artillery of my army came through, it only shattered a little of the outer edge of the battlements, while inflicting seemingly astonishing corresponding damage; Of course, if there is a larger caliber siege artillery, perhaps you can also consider slowly gnawing at the city defense.

Or you can also consider the means of blasting, which requires a long period of exploration and preparation. But that's obviously not what I have right now.

Moreover, the other side also has large stone cannons and bed crossbows to provide condescending counter-suppression and support means, which is a waste of my artillery firepower when firing at each other.

In addition, on the periphery of Kaiping City, there are several fortified sub-cities with garrisons along the mountain range, which serve as screens and echoes. Therefore, until they are completely uprooted, they will not be able to fully devote themselves to the siege and capture.

Therefore, after a slight attempt to be frustrated, Luo Fan's next strategy was only to focus on besieging the five city gates, and divide his troops to loot and sweep the villages, towns, and towns in other places.

Because, such as Yan Ran guarding and capturing, Langzhong guarding and capturing, etc., because of the Xue clan's losses and greatly shrinking, they are already quite empty or even undefended.

My troops also had their hands free and took the initiative to undertake one of the sweeping missions. Mainly in cooperation with the exclusive feudal soldiers, along the mountain range to the southwest, to open up a coastal area access road to the northern end of the Liaoning West Corridor, which belongs to Liulin County (between present-day Chaoyang City and Jinzhou City).

Similarly, because of the low-lying coastal inland terrain in this area, the sandbanks on the shore edge, the sea is diverse, and the sediment zone is vast, there are many suitable places for ships to dock.

In this way, it is possible to temporarily obtain landing sites by the sea, and obtain some limited supplies from Huaidong by sea, follow-up information, and external intelligence support.

Of course, according to the public statement of Luo Zhanji, the lord of the Xue clan, at least he was not carried away by the victory in front of him, and shouted slogans such as taking Yingzhou, an important town in Pinglu Dao, or re-attacking to the Wuding River in Youzhou, and being ashamed.

Under his leadership, Luo Fan did his best to the purpose and expectation of this expedition, or to completely solve the Xue family, which has been fighting for generations, as the primary goal, and he also made it very clear in his private confession, and he didn't think that this time he could solve the Xue family, the old rival family, once and for all.

At least the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who have retreated to Kaiyi City and have a close relationship with the Xue clan will not sit back so easily.

Therefore, being able to take this opportunity to weaken and destroy as much as possible, the foundation on which the Xue clan relied to gain a foothold and maintain in Liaoxi was already very satisfying.

Therefore, the operation of my division along the way is also called the Battle of Guanmen, because if the most basic goal of the war is successfully achieved, it can seal the Hebei provinces once and for all, invade and intervene in the gateway of Andong from the Western Liaoning Corridor.

And let the land of Anton, which is full of strife, temporarily cut off the interference and promotion of external factors, so that it can close the door and slowly solve historical grievances and many remaining problems with the isolated and helpless Xue family.

But as far as I can see, everything in this world can be as people want. However, he congratulated him in advance on his expectations and prospects, and then conditionally accepted the task of dividing his troops south.

After such an operation, I seem to be getting deeper and deeper in this war, on the one hand, it is the consideration of the follow-up interest orientation, such as the rise of as many benefits as possible from the decline and even destruction of the Xue clan.

Another example is to obtain the corresponding port and property resources from the land occupied by the Luo clan, which has suffered a great loss of strength, in the name of co-defending. And so on and so forth.

On the other hand, there are also selfishness and obsession that I am not very willing to, if I have the opportunity, I still want to see that familiar figure again, holding the Qingluan short sword, sorting out the relationship and origin of each other, and it can be regarded as a break with the past......

Therefore, after taking a short rest, our army, after sweeping several cities and seven or eight fortresses along the way, easily got the expected end point - Longcheng County in Liulin County. This is also the ancestral land of the Dragon City where the group of recovering madmen of the Northern Dynasty, Xianbei Murong Clan, made their fortunes.

However, it wasn't until we arrived that we found that there were only a bunch of ruins left in Longcheng County for people to hang on, as well as the newly added ruins and broken tiles, which were obviously the masterpieces left by the last Luo Fan army and the long drive south.

Because of its low terrain, it is often eroded by the tide, and there are even some remnants of the city wall, which are actually half submerged in the sea water at high tide. As a result, there is basically no place to use the rest of the space.

Therefore, it seems that this task really belongs to our department. After all, our army's reputation for being the first in the field has been tested after a series of major battles in the Northern Expedition.

So, my latest assignment became to harvest suitable timber from the nearby Yacha Mountain; then drifted down the Xiaoqing River to Haikou and fished it up again; The first thing to do was to re-erect a half-mile wooden wall at the narrowest point of contraction from the coast to the mountains.

After the initial completion of the wooden wall, the wooden wall is used as the backing, and the front is dug into a deep trench section by section, and the soil is piled up as a platform; Then, from the ruins of Longcheng County, those large sections of masonry and stone building materials were transported over as reinforcement materials for the construction of key defense facilities such as guard towers, corner towers, and arrow towers.

Such a temporary line of defense along the river, facing the mountains and facing the sea, and holding the key points, was basically formed.

During this period, the biggest problem was not the lack of manpower and materials, but the harassment and destruction of the sporadic enemy from the neighboring area under the open terrain.

Because there are news and rumors that in our rear, there are many local people or vassal accounts who are inclined to the Xue clan, and they have fled into the mountains with many young people, and rely on the familiar geographical advantages to deal with the soldiers and horses of the Luo Clan who came to sweep away.

Of course, another factor contributing to this situation is the army of the Luo Fan itself.

In the process of carrying out the task of sweeping and purging, they were encouraged by new and old hatreds, and it was difficult for them to maintain an attitude of innocence in the locality; And in the face of resistance and non-cooperation, of course, it will not be extraordinarily soft-hearted.

In fact, even the feudal lord Luo Zhanji and below did not stand on the opposite side of most people, but deliberately restrained or stopped them.

Only this group of people who are responsible for cooperating with our army, under the strong requirements and constraints of our army, did not join in this carnival feast that was like a disguised reward.

Therefore, if it were only the army of the traditional Luo Domain, it might still be troubled and delayed, but with the Huaidong Army under my command, it would be completely different.

With Luo Fan's manpower fully engaged in the construction, and our army providing assistance and vigilance, in just three days, hundreds of old and new corpses were scattered around the construction site of the wall, and there were already hundreds of old and new corpses that had been pecked by the vultures.

Many of them were killed by the sentry and chasseurs in the trenches when they accidentally touched the bells and barbed wire in the game of infiltration deep behind enemy lines. There are also a few who have died miserably by experimental mines or by projectiles within pre-set impact points.

It's a pity that I'm idle, I have the mood and time to think wildly, and I'm sad and sad, and the three pieces have become impossible to let go. And he began to be in a daze at every turn, as if he was indulging in some kind of memory and past;

Although he acquiesced in disguised acquiescence to my wanton behavior of moving her hands and feet all over her body in a place that no one could see, and did not resist my request to continue to stay as a pillow after warming the bed, he categorically rejected my attempts and plans to prostitute herself day and night in the army.

Well, at least it's already a great improvement like "the legs and chest are so good that you can play all day".

At this moment, a voice of announcement, which made the boss of my hand reluctantly, pull out from under the armor of the three.

"Marshal, the dark post in the west has discovered something on the sea......"