South Peak Fortress. Please search ()! With 10,000 defenders in response, Saladin's army was safely withdrawn.

In the distance, the familiar fortress defense system that stretched for dozens of miles was seated, and the Omani soldiers who were a little uneasy along the way were completely relieved.

At this point, there is only one day left with the army rations, and there should be no need to worry about supplies anymore.

At the next dinner, in order to appease the morale of the army, the soldiers got another opportunity to eat with their bellies open after a long absence.

The morale that was originally frustrated by the failure of the attack under Tianlong City suddenly rose a lot.

After going out to inspect in person, Saladin felt a lot more at ease.

The grain stored here in the South Peak Fortress was still enough for all the soldiers to eat for more than ten days after the army merged with the remaining troops.

And during this time, a new round of grain escort in the rear can be transported anyway.

Recalling the previous quartermaster's assurances to himself, Saladin's mood had been very bad since the Battle of Gu Qingguan, and finally improved a lot.

"By the way, I've personally conquered Tianlong City these days, and nothing happened to the Nanfeng Fortress, right?"

Saladin drank the tea served by his attendants, and at the same time summoned the commander of the division who stayed behind, and asked.

What he was most concerned about was undoubtedly the progress of the demolition of the South Peak Fortress.

"Aside from the occasional small group of Imperial attackers, there was no chaos. The demolition of the Nanfeng Fortress is also very smooth, although those people from the Nanfeng Mansion who have been forcibly requisitioned have been passive and slacking off, but up to now, they have still demolished more than three miles of the section. The tomb for the fallen has also been preliminarily excavated, and it is expected to be completed within two months. Just ......"

After reporting on the progress, the division commander recalled the incident not long ago, and was a little hesitant in his heart, not knowing whether to talk about it or not.

"Just what?"

Hearing the previous words, Saladin was originally very satisfied.

But as soon as this turn came out, the courtier's appearance of spitting and spitting, he immediately felt a little more dissatisfied in his heart, and asked questions.

"A few nights ago, an unknown number of cavalry broke through the gap in the defence line that had been dismantled and rushed into the Red River Valley."

Probably feeling a little weak-hearted, after a pause, the division commander whispered again: "The last general immediately sent a scout after the incident and returned to the Kou Castle to report the news, I think there should be no chaos." ”

"What?"

The words of his subordinates made Saladin angry at first, and then instinctively felt uneasy.

He immediately asked, "Whose cavalry are they, how many of them, and can you confirm their purpose?" ”

In the first battle of Gu Qingguan, the imperial people once showed a cavalry.

Although there are not many of them, they play a considerable role.

In the past, Saladin would not have taken such a cavalry to heart, and at most ordered his men to be on guard.

But now, in order to capture the empire's Tiannan County, Saladin has almost mobilized the power of the country.

With the exception of the capital Valanga, the entire north is empty!

It can be said that whether it is the Red River Valley or the Chiang Mai Plain, the huge chassis has no strength that can threaten this cavalry at all.

On the contrary, that cavalry can use its powerful mobility to gallop and attack across the vast Red River Valley wasteland and Chiang Mai plains!

In case their purpose is ...... The mood that had just improved immediately became even worse.

He didn't seem to realize the problem yet, and the commander of the division was furious, and wanted to accuse him of why he didn't report it immediately, and why he neglected his duty and let the Imperial cavalry go south.

But he soon realized that it was his order to demolish the fortress of the South Peak that allowed the Empire to get a gap in the freedom of the Guò.

Moreover, with the mobility of the cavalry, unless the divisions and regiments left behind worked day and night to block the gap, it would be impossible to prevent the cavalry from breaking through.

Thinking like this, Saladin's face seemed to have an innocent look on his face, and he temporarily suppressed the words that he wanted to blame.

I comforted myself in my heart that the Red River Valley was so vast, and it would take a lot of time for a group of cavalry to get familiar with the terrain just when they first arrived.

Now that someone has been sent to warn him, he will not think anything will happen for a while.

On the contrary, now their own army has retreated, blocking the passage from the south to the north again.

The cavalry of the Imperials were instead stuck in their retreat.

From this point of view, this may be an opportunity to deal with the enemy's cavalry.

However, just as Saladin was comforting himself in this way, the urgent report from the south completely shattered his illusions, and also made the face of the division commander who had reported earlier change greatly, and he was so white that there was no blood at all.

"The next shipment of grain and grass was raided by a large number of Imperial cavalry. The wing in charge of the escort was devastated, a large number of recruited horsemen and coolies fled, and all the grain and baggage were burned! ”

The person who arrived to deliver the letter was a small group of Omani soldiers who had survived by chance.

Fearing that the cavalry of the Taiping army would still pursue them, they rode a few mules and horses that had survived, went out day and night, and made a detour around the path, and then Shanshan passed the news back.

A new batch of grain and grass has been burned!

This bad news was even more devastating to Saladin than when Gu Qingguan was attacked.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been smooth sailing, and he was almost so angry that he fainted with the news.

Rao was so, his eyes were still dark for a while, and he had to reach out and hold on to the table, so he barely let himself fall.

"陛xià! 陛xià! ”

The commander of the division, who knew that he had made a big mistake, was frightened, and he could not care about his dignity, so he hurriedly came up and helped Saladin to sit on the chair.

"I'm fine!"

After all, Saladin is not yet fifty years old, and he has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and his body is very tough.

After the brief moment of anger passed, he quickly stabilized his spirit.

After a few breaths, he asked, "When did the attack take place, and how many cavalry did the Imperial cavalry have?" How much do they lose? What happens after the grain and grass are burned? ”

Because he was so concerned that Saladin asked a series of questions in one breath, so that the soldier who reported the news did not know which one to answer first.

However, for the Omani escort wing, who had barely seen a large cavalry, they were obviously frightened by such huge losses when they were charged by cavalry for the first time, and there was no way to properly assess the number of Taiping cavalry.

In his depiction, the cavalry of the Taiping army was strong and unstoppable, "to say the least, there must be two thousand horsemen"

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"So much!"

Saladin was taken aback by this number, the empire really had to have so many cavalry, and it was almost possible to walk sideways in the territory of the current Kingdom of Oman.

Except for Valanga, who may not be able to get close, everywhere else is under their blow.

Moreover, the group of cavalry continued to run south without accident and ran directly to the Castle of Coy!

This made Saladin's uneasiness even stronger.

He instinctively felt that it was impossible for this group of Imperial cavalry to stop so easily, and it was likely that they would plan to do something even bigger.

A little later, at noon the next day, the news came back that something even worse almost shook the whole army.

Koy Castle has been battered!

The Taiping cavalry took advantage of the dawn to burst into the city, inflicting heavy damage on the defenders and burning the building items that could be built.

The entire castle was on the verge of collapse, thousands of houses were burned to the ground, and more than 4,000 people were burned and even trampled to death in the fire and on the way to escape.

At least 60,000 or 70,000 people of Koi Castle fled south in panic amid rumors and panic.

The frontline town, which the Omanis painstakingly managed, was devastated in one day!

Countless riches evaporated in the sea of fire!

"It can't be!"

After listening to the report, which was worse than the previous one, Saladin was already strangely angry in his heart, and at the same time completely unable to believe this fact.

The cavalry did not have the ability to siege the city, so how could they easily break through the defenses of Koi Castle and fight into the city?

Not to mention that in just one day, the defenders of the city were routed and the entire city was destroyed.

"There are remnants of the Hue Dynasty to do internal response! Many, many Hue people! ”

The soldiers who had witnessed the chaos of that day, with a twinkle of panic and hatred in their eyes, described Saladin: "They opened the gates of the city and let the cavalry of the empire into the city. And then they set fire to the chaos and spread rumors to assassinate our soldiers and officials -- maybe hundreds, maybe more, like everywhere. Oh my God, it's horrible! ”

Recalling that scene, the soldier's body couldn't help but tremble.

"The remnants of the Hue Dynasty!"

After figuring out the key to the heavy damage to Koi's castle, Saladin's face was pale, his teeth were clenched, and the hatred in his heart was already at the extreme.

He could tolerate the counterattack of the Qianyuan Empire, after all, it was the upper kingdom that dominated the Eastern Continent, but he could not tolerate the resistance of the Hue people who had already been conquered by himself.

He himself had treated the conquered Hue people well enough, and even allowed them to join the army as officials, and even gave them tax relief for a time.

Unexpectedly, in the end, these Hue people actually repaid themselves like this!

"Sure enough, you shouldn't be soft on these obsessed guys."

Saladin secretly regretted it, and after making up his mind about this incident, he must let Yan Xingbang's black-clothed guard "repay" well

Take them a bit.

If you don't regret killing the remnants of the Hue Dynasty, your name and year will be written upside down!

The news of the destruction of Koy's castle was too heavy, and Saladin, though trying to blockade it, was already a step slow, and the news soon spread among the army.

Many of the people who were once stationed at Koi Castle were even locals.

Knowing that the former important town on the front line and his hometown were destroyed, the morale of the Omani army was also severely damaged, and people were panicked again for a while.

Just as Saladin had realized the seriousness of the problem and began to recruit generals and courtiers to discuss the matter, more bad news came to the front one after another.

Along the entire Red River Valley, along the Chiang Mai Plain, all attempts to raise food to the front line were destroyed by the Hue people and the remnants of Nam Thai!

The blows of three waves of bad news made Saladin angry, and finally he couldn't support his body and fainted violently.