South Peak Fortress.

With Mingjin retreating, thousands of soldiers of the Kingdom of Oman retreated from the impregnable fortress in exhaustion, and took with them all the seriously wounded who were still alive. In a short period of time, the battlefield with shouts of killing was quiet again. Soldiers were sent on each side and began to clean up the countless corpses that had been added to the outside of the fortress.

Now it's July, and the South Peak Fortress is in the southernmost part of the empire, and the high temperature weather that occurs frequently can easily let these corpses breed deadly germs, and then cause a plague in the army.

General Leji, who defended the city, had already ordered his men to try this and sent people to throw the rotting corpses into the water source of the Omani army. It's a pity that the army of the Kingdom of Oman attached great importance to the water source, and not only immediately closed the polluted well, but also quickly salvaged the corpses thrown into the upper reaches of the Red River, which did not let Leji's plan succeed.

In short, after a lot of busyness, when the bloody corpses under the city head were basically removed, the sky was completely dark.

Due to the fierce offensive in recent days, nearly 1,000 new wounded soldiers were added to the military camp of the Kingdom of Oman in just one day, and painful wails can be heard from time to time. These irritating voices even reached the side of the Chinese army through the obstruction of the tent of the camp, which made Saladin feel very bad.

However, this situation will change immediately after tomorrow!

"Your Majesty, Yan Xingbang is back."

The soldiers of the Guards, who were guarding outside, brought the news that Saladin was most concerned about. Without any hesitation, Saladin immediately summoned him in, and eagerly asked, "What is the situation in the north?" Can it be launched tomorrow night as planned? ”

"Back to your majesty, things have changed a little."

After getting the report from his secret agents, Yan Xingbang, who came in a hurry, had a somewhat stern face, and said, "Our onslaught in recent days, as well as the activity of the black-clothed guards, seem to have made that old thief in Leji feel something. Not only was the guard strengthened, but the garrison was also readjusted - 'Dongfeng', along with his subordinates, was transferred to the area of Jianhuangling. ”

"Jianhuangling?"

The entire South Peak Fortress is composed of dozens of sections, large and small, and is a long defense system. The main place of the previous army of the Kingdom of Oman is located near the Yushan battlement. For the somewhat unfamiliar section of Jianhuangling, Saladin really didn't remember it for a while, and ordered someone to bring a map.

His thick fingers traced over the delicate map of the South Peak Fortress, and his gaze rested on a remote and narrow hill. This is located on the western edge of the South Peak Fortress, which is considered to be an important part of the entire defense system. Due to the terrain, even if the army of the Kingdom of Oman captures this place, it will be difficult to cross the mountain range behind the Jianhuang Ridge and advance northward, and it is necessary to attack horizontally and open a larger gap in order to truly attack the fortress.

Compared with the original garrison point of the important target of 'Dongfeng', this position is undoubtedly much more frustrating now.

"Could it be that Leji found out about our plan?"

Saladin was a little surprised, and while considering how he needed to adjust, he quickly pondered the possibility that the whole plan had been seen through by Leji as a deliberately set trap.

The general Yan Huahui was also in the tent, pondered for a moment, and said to Saladin and Yan Xingbang: "The last general feels that this is a simple change of guard. Our actions in the South Peak Fortress are all top secrets, and it may be impossible to completely conceal them from Leji, but it will take some time for him to investigate clearly, and it is impossible for him to find out so quickly. Moreover, Leji is a veteran soldier, and he will not take risks to lure the enemy. Our military strength far exceeds that of the Tiannan Army, and the safest way for him is to immediately cut off the generals who have rebelled against us, instead of using him as bait to play with fire. ”

Of course, there may be other reasons for this, such as Leji did distrust Cheng Jiaze, the general codenamed 'Dongfeng', because of some things, but he should not have expected that the other party would be rebelled. If the Kingdom of Oman moves slower and lets Leji continue to investigate, it will be difficult to say what will happen to this most important chess piece.

"I think so, too."

Saladin hesitated for a moment and made up his mind: "Then it's good to strengthen the Yellow Ridge!" ”

Even if you can't take the South Peak Fortress in one fell swoop, it will be enough to open a gap in this impregnable defensive line for the army of the Kingdom of Oman. The role played by Cheng Jiaze in it is no less important to them than 100,000 troops.

The night of July 27, 672 in the continental calendar.

Compared to the previous days, today's offensive seemed to be much weaker, and it looked as if the strength accumulated earlier had been consumed in the continuous attack. Except for two divisions that attacked in turn, the army of the Kingdom of Oman did not make a big move.

In the eyes of many officers of the Tiannan Army, it seemed that the army of the Kingdom of Oman was going to rest for a few more days, and the South Peak Fortress finally had a few more days of peace. But in the eyes of the high-ranking generals of the Kingdom of Oman, the peace of the day was like a brief calm before a storm.

The 2nd Heavy Infantry Division of the Kingdom of Oman, the 1st Light Infantry Division of the Chiang Mai Corps, and the 1st and 2nd Guards Divisions of the Guards, with a total of four ace divisions numbering nearly 55,000 people, began to move covertly with the assistance of the Black Guards, and moved into the vicinity of Jianhuangling before dark. Among them, the 1st Division of the Guards Army, which was the leading position, was firmly at the forefront.

They will be the first two attacking armies of the Kingdom of Oman in this operation.

It's not that the Kingdom of Oman doesn't want to invest more troops at once, there are three main reasons: first, the terrain near the Jianhuangling Mountains limits the investment of troops; secondly, the capture of this place is an internal response, and it is a night battle, and the arrival of ordinary troops may not be able to help, but may add to the chaos; The third is that it is impossible for a larger-scale transfer to conceal the intelligence personnel of the Tiannan Army.

Being able to mobilize four divisions at the same time is already the limit of the Kingdom of Oman. Even so, it will be known to the empire in a day at most, but the Kingdom of Oman is playing tonight's time difference!

Of course, in addition to these four ace divisions, the third batch of 100,000 troops of the Kingdom of Oman has also been secretly prepared, but they have not really acted. Once the Fourth Division mastered Jianhuangling overnight and began a lateral offensive to capture more sections of the Nanfeng Fortress, the third batch of 100,000 people would quickly dispatch and join the battlefield along the gaps made, completely defeating the Tiannan Army and capturing the entire Nanfeng Fortress!

The Kingdom of Oman has been fighting for decades, for this moment!

………

In the afternoon, a light rain fell on the side of Jianhuangling, and it did not stop until almost evening.

The soldiers of the Tiannan Legion had long been accustomed to the hot and humid climate on the side of the South Peak Fortress, and no one complained about anything. What's more, it's good to have a little rain, so that the army of the Kingdom of Oman will not attack lightly. Compared with the meat grinding battle in the sea of corpses and blood on the other side of the Yushan battlement, a little rain is nothing at all.

On the battlements of this section of the wall, a group of soldiers on duty were discussing something in a relaxed whisper, when they suddenly heard footsteps, and the faint light of torches, and immediately dispersed back to their original positions, standing upright.

Soon, Cheng Jiaze rushed over with a team of personal soldiers.

As the deputy division commander of the Fourth Division of the Tiannan Army and the brigade commander of the Second Brigade, Cheng Jiaze is definitely one of the few senior generals in the Tiannan Army. It's just that because of his bad deeds of deducting military salaries and beating and scolding soldiers, his reputation among ordinary soldiers is not good. Seeing this person coming, the soldiers at the head of the city didn't dare to come out, for fear that he would find something wrong.

But contrary to the expectations of these soldiers, Cheng Jiaze today is very kind.

After an inspection, not only did he not find fault with the accusation, but he gently encouraged everyone. The man who followed him also carried two buckets of boiling herbal tea to cool off the tired and thirsty soldiers who had been standing at the head of the city for a long time. This move made many soldiers secretly moved in their hearts, and even reversed a lot of the rumors they had heard before.

Who said that Deputy Chief Cheng had a bad record of beating and scolding soldiers? It's clear that he loves soldiers like sons, so good!

Smiling and watching these soldiers scooping herbal tea with scoops, Cheng Jiaze's eyes inevitably flashed a trace of guilt and uneasiness, but when he looked at the two newly transferred "pro-soldiers" who followed closely beside him, the guilt and uneasiness in his eyes finally turned into firmness. After the soldiers in the vicinity finished drinking the herbal tea, he explained a few words, and continued to the next outpost with his men.

Along the way, at least two brigades of soldiers drank this herbal tea with the ingredients specially provided by the black guard.

"Mr. Deputy Division Commander, what's the matter, seeing your soldiers drink these, do you still have any patience in your heart?" Finally, after walking down from the city, the soldiers around him asked coldly, although the voice was no different from that of the locals of Tiannan County, but it sounded a little more blunt after all.

"What's so unbearable? Those who achieve great things, how can they not sacrifice a little! ”

Cheng Jiaze said coldly, the last bit of softness in his heart disappeared without a trace, replaced by the yearning and fanaticism for promotion and wealth. Although he didn't want to bow down to these southern vassals, on the one hand, Leji wanted to kill him, and on the other hand, he was a high-ranking official of the Kingdom of Oman, and in the face of death and wealth, as well as the threat and temptation of the black-clothed secret agents, he finally complied with his heart and chose the latter!

As for those innocent poor soldiers, if you want to blame it, you can blame Leji.

If it weren't for the fact that this old guy was so stubborn and didn't even let him make a little money, and if he was found out, he would have to cut off his head, he Cheng Jiaze would not have made this decision!

"The deputy division commander is really wise, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, presumably after this time, I can call Your Excellency General Cheng!"

The two black-clothed guards disguised as his own soldiers smiled proudly, as if they had seen the scene when the Kingdom of Oman trampled the Qianyuan Empire, which dominated the continent, under its feet.

As the night deepened, the potion secretly dropped by the black-clothed guard gradually took effect. The soldiers defending the city began to feel soreness in their hands and feet, and when they became alert, their voices began to become hoarse, and one by one they fainted to the ground - by this time, even if they could give a warning, it would not make a difference.

The military operation codenamed "Qifeng", which directly changed the situation in the Eastern Continent, opened the curtain! >