"General Mu Kai, what do you think of us boys?"

Elder Shi Liu, who was standing on the side, asked Mu Kai with a smile who was directing his subordinates to train those Gao Yue recruits who had just been selected.

"Nice, pretty good! As long as the equipment is in place, as long as I give me half a year, I promise to train them into an ironclad hero! ”

Mu Kai nodded and said proudly: "Our Gaoyue people's body is not boastful, and it is difficult to find a few comparable ones on the mainland. ”

"Yes, General Mukai, when do you think you'll be able to make them one of you?" Shi Liuban's next words made the smile on the proud Mu Kai's face stiffen.

"It's almost over, when Lord Qin and them take Loulan, we will go to join the adults and them, and then we can officially join Lord Qin and become one of them."

After a pause, Mu Kai hurriedly picked up and comforted Shi Liu, but he knew in his heart that there was a big question mark over whether the trick he played before he came could be fooled.

"Deputy Division Commander Mu Kai, have you been approved by Lord Qin to recruit these militia personnel?"

Mu Haoran, deputy director of the Northwest Administration Bureau, who was standing on the side, asked suspiciously, according to what he knew, Lord Qin had already promised Director Liang Qiming not to expand the army in the near future, why did this Mu Kai reorganize the army here again?

"Of course, without Lord Qin's approval, who would dare to expand the army without authorization? I also reported on this when I came. Mu Kai pretended to be arrogant.

"Really? But I heard Director Liang Qiming say that Lord Qin has decided not to increase the army in the near future! Mu Haoran still looked puzzled.

"Alas, the battle situation is ever-changing, maybe Lord Qin has changed his attention again." Although Mu Kai's heart was empty, he had to hold on, and the feeling of being complacent had long since disappeared.

Mu Haoran didn't say anything anymore. But he also decided to do his best to report the situation back to Qingyang and report it to his direct boss Liang Qiming.

Just as Qin Duan's army was rapidly marching towards Vito City, an important town in the northeast of Loulan, the entire Vito City was already in a panic, and many nobles and wealthy merchants dragged their children and daughters, pulled all their belongings in horse-drawn carts, and fled south in clusters. The remaining 10,000 troops in Vito City had quietly retreated out of the city to the central city of Manlon under the leadership of the defender Clement a day earlier. In order to prevent the people of the city from detecting the chaos and affecting his march, Clement did not even greet anyone, but only pulled some important officials and family members in the city and left overnight.

When people got up the next day, they found that none of the soldiers had disappeared, and the barracks were closed, and even the yamen was quiet, and the nimble minds had already sensed that something was wrong, and the well-informed had begun to pack up their things and flee south.

Soon, rumors spread throughout the city. Some say that the army of the Great Qin Empire has been fully invaded, some say that the countries of the Western Regions have jointly sent troops to Loulan, and some say that a large group of bandits who do not know the origin are about to sack Vito City, the situation in the city suddenly becomes uncontrollable, the lack of public security forces and the social security of the army is in chaos, many lawbreakers take the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob, groups of frenzied burning, killing and plundering, the originally beautiful and picturesque Vito City is about to become a paradise for rioters.

Just as people were fleeing out of the city and flocking south. No one noticed that a cavalry force was rapidly approaching the north gate of Vito.

"My lord! General Liu Wu urgently report! ”

A rush of footsteps interrupted Qin Dui's beautiful dream, and in the dream, Shangguan Zixi and Yuzhu's second daughter, Luo Skirt, were half-dissolved. Want to welcome or refuse, that shy and sultry style made Qin Dui can't help but salivate even in a dream, seeing that the second daughter is about to take a light part, hugging into his arms, but the report of the scenery just interrupts this most charming moment.

Qin Duan opened his eyes stupidly and wiped the remaining saliva from his mouth. Extremely unhappy, he turned over and got out of bed, stretched his waist for a long time, and then asked lazily, "What's the matter?" ”

"General Liu Wu from the front line sent an urgent report!"

"Read!"

"According to intelligence, Vito City is currently in chaos, and there are no defenders or officials. The subordinates have led the army to enter the army first, clean up the law and order, and report to the lord, hope that the lord will instruct, and meet as much as possible. ”

"Well, I see, let's put it there." Gently draped over his coat, Qin Duan got up and paced in the tent while thinking.

"Someone! Pour me a cup of coffee. ”

"Yes, sir!" The answer was the guards on duty outside the account.

It seems that I can't sleep well tonight, Qin Duan sighed helplessly, I was really unaccustomed to not having a woman by my side, and I don't know how I used to live without a woman.

It seems that the Loulan people are ready to abandon Vito City, and after occupying Vito City, will they continue to march south to reap greater benefits, or will they take a temporary break to observe the changes? Until now, Qin Duan had not made up his mind.

With his current military strength, Qin Duan has absolute confidence to take advantage of the situation to take Manlong City in the middle of the country in the short term, but in this way, Qin Duan is not sure what kind of reaction the Loulan people will make. If the Loulan people draw troops from the south to support the defense of Manlong, then whether the Loulan army, which is already at a disadvantage, can withstand the onslaught of the superior Pasha people, Qin Dui is most worried about this problem.

If the people of Loulan continue to abandon Manlong City, this is also the result that Qin Duan is most willing to see, and obtain the maximum benefit at the lowest cost. But can the people of Loulan act according to their own ideas?

If you stop there, don't say that the generals of the army will be suffocated, even if you feel a pity, you must know that Manlong City and its surrounding areas are quite rich areas of the Grand Duchy of Loulan, far from being comparable to North Loulan, if you take this area, it is enough to improve your finances.

This is indeed a double-edged sword, if you don't get it right, you won't get benefits, but it will hurt you and put yourself in a passive situation, Qin Duan fell into deep contemplation.

……

General Solon, with a desperate face, watched the terrible image in front of him, the fire was still burning, and the ant-like soldiers around him were helplessly carrying water from the nearby cistern in an attempt to suppress the fire, but this qiē seemed so futile, forage and food, as well as a large number of wooden siege equipment, had long been burned to the ground.

The fire that has been burning continuously for more than three hours is no longer controllable by manpower, the fire borrows the wind, even if it is dozens of miles away, you can see the billowing smoke rising here, if you want to extinguish the fire, you can only hope that the sky will open your eyes, but it is already the late autumn season, the land of Loulan has already passed the rainy season and entered the dry season, where to find this heavy rain?

There may also be a pungent smell of burnt meat in the middle of the air, and I don't know whether it is the dead horses or the corpses of dead soldiers who have been swept into the ring of fire, as the commander of the Cormini side on the Western Front, Solon is clearly aware of what awaits him.

This fire has completely ruined the hope of the Komini army advancing eastward, you must know that this is the bridgehead of the Komini army's eastward crusade, and it is also the most important supply center of the army, after a rigorous search, even knowing that there is no decent armed force nearby, Solon still arranged 20,000 troops here to garrison to ensure the absolute safety of this logistics center. Where did I think that there would still be such a big difference cuò!

In addition to the more than 100,000 troops stationed on the front line, the second batch of reinforcements of the 100,000 troops are also ready to set off, and the current situation is that there is not a grain of stock, what does the more than 200,000 troops live on?! Solon was so desperate that he could even imagine what his fate would be, a noose would definitely not be able to escape, he could even imagine that his wives and concubines and children would be reduced to slavery and trampled on, and he only felt that his heart was dripping blood at the thought of his beautiful wife and daughter being ravaged by those political enemies with human faces and beasts.

What to do? The painful choice is in front of him, whether to obediently withdraw his troops and return to China to wait for the trial of the military court according to common sense, or simply commit suicide? Thinking of this, Solon even wanted to look up to the sky and howl to vent his inner furious feelings. (To be continued......)