Half a month later.

Joan of Arc sat on a chair in the city lord's mansion, her eyebrows furrowed, and her face glowed with a hint of sorrow. His current state comes from that powerful Beichen Kingdom!

Since the night of the battle with Beichen Kingdom a month ago, Joan of Arc's face has never been better. Overnight, the 500,000 elite army of Gaul was still in the middle of 200,000. This was a big blow to Joan of Arc.

Needless to say, his own strategy and battlefield control are naturally not to be said, and Zhang Handu, the general of the Beichen Army, is still unable to compare with himself. However, in the dark providence, it seems that he has been taking care of Beichen Kingdom.

That night's bloody battle was supposed to be the end of victory. Most of Zhang Han's arrangements were expected by himself, but he still failed.

This is no longer the general's mistake, but the difference in strength between the two sides is too great.

Let's just talk about the ambush he arranged in the camp at that time, although in the end Ma Chao led more than 10,000 cavalry to kill it. But you have 100,000 men, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 archers. As a result, he was stunned that he couldn't hold a large battalion and couldn't withstand the attack of 50,000 people in Beichen Kingdom.

And the 100,000 people who were transferred back to support the battalion, I really don't know what to say about you. That's 100,000 people, even if there is a Greek divine fire, but the enemy is only 20,000 people. A large group of you old men didn't dare to go up, and surrendered directly.

What else can I say, even if I meet such a soldier, no matter how powerful I am, I can't save the defeat!

After leading the remnants of the defeated army back to a nearby city, Joan of Arc pleaded guilty to her boss. However, although the king did not say anything, he sent himself an army of 100,000. But Joan of Arc can still feel the king's emotions.

It was sentimental with a hint of heroic strangeness.

In the battle with the Beichen Kingdom, the Gallic Kingdom lost nearly 300,000 elite troops, although it also killed more than 100,000 infantry troops and more than 40,000 cavalry of the Beichen Kingdom. However, the Beichen Kingdom is too powerful, and he can't consume the Beichen Kingdom at all.

It's like a piece of information on my desk right now.

After disappearing for twenty days, Beichen reappeared in the sight of the Gallic Scouts.

But the number of troops is not even accurate for the experienced scouts. I can only roughly report to myself that the army of Beichen Kingdom is on the right, south, and north, and the number of troops is at least more than 500,000.

Joan of Arc still vaguely remembers the expression on her face when she first saw this information, a wry smile. This is the strength of the first county in the world, and the Gallic country is just a clown in front of the Beichen Kingdom.

Even if he has his own historical god in charge, he is at most a powerful clown. In the end, he still can't escape the reincarnation of fate.

The First World War suffered 150,000 casualties, but in less than a month, the Beichen Army turned around and became 500,000 troops. What should I do, how should I fight?

Although there are nearly 500,000 troops under his hands, there are only tens of thousands of people who can really compete with the Beichen Army. There are also more than 200,000 soldiers who have experienced the battle, but they can also be used. But the 200,000 recruits made themselves lose their temper at all.

It should not be said that there are 200,000 recruits, and the real recruits are only 70,000 or 80,000. But the other 120,000 people are all former garrison troops, and they have never experienced a battle formation at all, and they are no different from new soldiers.

Perhaps, they are not as good as the recruits. After being stationed in the place for such a long time, they have all become veterans who have never fought before. For them, they don't know anything about war, but when it comes to oppressing the people, Gaul can't find anything to compare with them.

Such an army, on the battlefield, let alone command. To be able to pray that they don't run away is already God's care.

Joan of Arc let out a deep sigh and walked out, intending to go to the camp outside the city to see the morale of the army.

The city was called Hachi, and it was a city of a Middle Eastern country that was previously captured by the Gaul state. The cities of the Middle East have inherited their traditional spirit, and the walls are all made of thick sand. The walls are more than six meters high, so that Joan of Arc does not have a sense of security.

The siege weapons of the Beichen Kingdom have been tried before, and hundreds of catapults will launch a threat, and the heavens and the earth will change color. For the small city of Hachi, it only takes a hundred catapults to smash it for a few hours, and it can completely disappear from the world.

Riding a horse, Joan of Arc dressed in white and silver armor, soon came to the outside of the city and saw the barracks of the 500,000-strong army.

The camp covers a very wide area, nearly ten kilometers long and several miles wide. Moreover, the location of the military camp arranged by himself was backed by the city wall, and the camp next to the city wall was built with a mixture of earth and stone, and it was not as strong as Hachijoruo.

The large battalion army outside the city and the troops inside the city echoed each other from afar. If the Beichen army forcibly attacked the city, it would be impossible not to pay a big price.

There were 400,000 troops in the barracks, and 100,000 troops on the walls. Even if the Beichen Kingdom broke through the big camp, it would have to face the camp wall behind the big camp and the city wall of Hachi City. The distance between these two blocking walls is only 100 meters, and according to the standard longbow of the army, the archers in the city can completely stand on the wall of Hachi, cross the wall behind the camp, and attack the Beichen army.

Everything I am doing now is on the basis of defending the south of the country. And if you want to hold the south of the country, you must hold Hachicheng. The point where Hachicheng is located is too important, if the Beichen army occupies Hachicheng, it can directly attack the capital to the north, and it can also fight with the 100,000 people led by Ma Chao to the west, and the last pulse of Gaul will be completely cut off to the east.

Similarly, as long as they hold Hachicheng, it is impossible for the Beichen army to cross the Lei Chi by half a step. As long as they dare to divide their troops to attack the rest of the region, they can completely divide and destroy the Beichen army.

Walking into the camp, Joan of Arc saw a soldier who was still training hard. Most of these soldiers were the elite who had experienced the battle array before, especially the 200,000 people who survived a bloody battle with Beichen Kingdom. Among them, there are many soldiers who are still inexperienced and unable to use their maximum strength accurately when they are retrained.

These people are all new recruits, only recruits will be like this, and veterans will have their own set of attack skills after experiencing life and death struggles. This cannot be learned, it can only be accumulated on the edge of life and death.

At this moment, Joan of Arc suddenly heard a noise, and when she walked in, she was immediately angry.

There were nearly a thousand soldiers, scattered around. Some are drinking and eating meat, some are gambling, and some are actually dancing there with their bare butts!

Seeing this scene, Joan of Arc immediately knew which unit these people belonged to. Of the 500,000 troops of the entire Gaul state, only the former garrisons would be like this.

"Bastard, what are you doing! Where's your general, let him come to me! Joan of Arc yelled at the group of ruffians.

Hearing a woman's voice, the more than 1,000 people were also slightly stunned. Subsequently, everyone had a frightened face, panickedly packing up the forbidden items in the army in front of them!

But none of them returned to Joan of Arc, and what was even more odious was that after the soldiers had packed their things, they all went into the tents in a honeycomb.

The big place, one moment it was still lively, the next moment it was instantly quiet.

The first autumn breeze blew softly, and strands of hair on Joan of Arc's cheeks fluttered gently. But that beautiful face is indeed as cold as ice, and you can feel the cold air that penetrates deep into the bone marrow from afar.

It's so hateful, it's okay to flout military law. The generals all spoke, and everyone hid in tents. Not a single one replied, and no one called out to their chief.

For such a soldier, Joan of Arc is really powerless. I'm a saint, so what? These guys, who have been corrupted by demons, have all fallen into the temptation of money. What Christian doctrine is, for them, it's like a fart.

Just as Joan of Arc was about to get angry and punish the soldiers severely. Suddenly, a soldier on a fast horse ran towards him. Looking at the soldier's frightened face, Joan of Arc suddenly guessed something in her heart.

"General Qiyu! The army of Beichen Kingdom has arrived twenty miles south of the camp and set up camp! When the knight came to Joan of Arc's side, he immediately dismounted and saluted.

Joan of Arc frowned, and said, "Let's go, go to the big tent of the Chinese army, and call the generals to the tent to discuss important matters!" ”

"No!"

Joan of Arc didn't bother to pay attention to those hateful soldiers now, and was thinking about how to deal with the strong arrival of the Beichen Army.

When I entered the big tent of the Chinese army, more than ten generals had gathered in the tent.

"The last general will see the general!"

Joan of Arc waved his hand lightly and said, "All the generals are exempt, sit down!" ”

"General Xie!" More than a dozen people saluted in unison again.

Sitting on the chair, Joan of Arc's brows were still frowning, and he sighed softly and said, "Is there any specific information about the Beichen Army now?" ”

As soon as Joan of Arc's words fell, a general in silver armor in the tent immediately stood up and said, "General Qiyu, the last general sent hundreds of soldiers to reconnoitre. The number of the Beichen army has exceeded 600,000 troops, including more than 400,000 foot soldiers, more than 150,000 archers, and 50,000 iron cavalry. In addition, there are more than 300 catapults, 500 bed crossbows, more than 10 siege cones, 200 nest cars, and more than 1,000 ladders, which are very powerful! ”

"Hiss~" Joan of Arc gasped, thinking that the strength of the Beichen Army was strong enough. But when I heard the specific report, I was really surprised.

An elite army of 600,000 and thousands of siege weapons!

The 600,000-strong army may not have been cared about by Jeanne d'Arc, but the thousands of siege weapons upset Joan of Arc. Perhaps, the Beichen army relied on siege weapons alone, enough to beat its 500,000 army to the end of the army's heart.

But there is no good way on my side, and some catapults and bed crossbows have just been urgently manufactured in China. However, according to the test, the catapults in Beichen are obviously farther away than the catapults in their own country. In other words, all the siege weapons in the Chinese region were completely used in the rest of the country.

One hundred and twenty catapults, three hundred bed crossbows, alas~ I just don't know how many of these in my hands can be left in the first wave of the Beichen Army's attack!

It's hard! This battle is not easy to fight!

In the face of such a gap, Joan of Arc could only sigh secretly in her heart!