As Gao Zhou guessed, Chen Wu's early departure was indeed because something big happened. Read the novel

The South Peak Fortress has fallen!

After the loss of the Jianhuangling section, the army of the Kingdom of Oman and the Tiannan Army engaged in repeated battles and battles in the adjacent sections. As of the day before yesterday, the Tiannan Army once again paid the price of heavy losses to two divisions, and there was also a shortage of food, ordnance, wounds, and medicine. The number of formed troops that Leji can still use seems to be less than 70,000.

70,000 troops!

It still looks like a staggering number.

Although continuing to hold on for a period of time can still inflict staggering casualties on the army of the Kingdom of Oman, Leji has to face an embarrassing situation: the defense line of the Spring Mountain section is about to be breached.

This section of the defensive line, which is close to the middle section of the South Peak Fortress, is an important node in the entire fortress system. Once captured, the Omani army had a way north. If Leji continues to defend the Nanfeng Fortress, the Oman Kingdom can completely divide the army into two parts, one part will continue to hold the open gap and confront the Tiannan Army, and the other part will drive straight from the road behind the defense line of the Chunshan section and go north to the hinterland of Tiannan County!

In the entire Tiannan County, although there are still some local troops, they can only delay a little in front of the army of the Kingdom of Oman, and they can't stop their troops at all. At that time, the army of the Kingdom of Oman could completely cut off the food route and retreat of the Tiannan army after capturing most of the area of Tiannan County.

In the face of the Kingdom of Oman, which has enough troops to support the division of troops, the Tiannan Army actually has no other choice.

After the defense line of the Chunshan section was dyed red with blood and was about to be broken, Leji, who knew that this place would be lost sooner or later, chose to give up on his own initiative.

Since the South Peak Fortress no longer has any meaning, there is no need for the Southern Legion to be trapped here that day. Taking advantage of the cover of night, more than 10,000 wounded soldiers and soldiers who had been defeated and lost their formations withdrew to Tianlong along the way. Subsequently. Showing weakness, Leji induced the army of the Kingdom of Oman to attack in a big way, and then made a fierce counterattack. Take advantage of this chaotic effort. The remaining 60,000 troops completed their preparations for retreat overnight and quietly withdrew from all fronts.

When the sky is bright. The armies of the Kingdom of Oman attacked again, as if the fortress of the South Peak, a hell on earth, had long been deserted.

This line of defense, which has repeatedly blocked the Kingdom of Oman's attempts to move north, has finally all fallen into the hands of the Kingdom of Oman!

Because the Military Intelligence Department had placed a large number of intelligence officers on the side of Tiannan County, and the matter was important, the news was transmitted to Dengzhou at an alarming speed, and then sent to Chen Wu non-stop.

"The South Peak Fortress is lost!"

At this time, the high-ranking generals of the Taiping Army, who came one after another, had already received the news.

Although as early as when there was an internal rebellion to help the Omani Kingdom break through the defense line of the Jianhuangling section. Everyone was mentally prepared, but at this moment, the generals present still felt a lot of pressure. Without the barrier of the South Peak Fortress, the Kingdom of Oman can cross the border and head north at any time as long as it has an idea.

Not only Tiannan County, but Matsue is also completely in the range of their military threat.

No one can feel at ease in the face of this powerful and greedy neighbor to the south.

"Prepare to send troops as soon as possible!"

In a depression, Chen Wu, who had been silent since the arrival of the crowd, said such a sentence.

Leji took the initiative to evacuate with the heavily damaged Tiannan Army, and the final retreat was mostly in the county town of Tianlong. The old way of using soldiers with Leji. Chen Wu also had reason to believe that the other party had already prepared for the clear field along the way. This would prevent the Kingdom of Oman from receiving supplies within its borders, but it would also force the other side to abandon the needless invasion. The army came straight to the county town.

If there are no accidents, the two sides will start a final showdown under Tianlong City!

Either Leji led a large army, held Tianlong to the death, and held it until winter, forcing the Kingdom of Oman to withdraw; Either that, the army of the Kingdom of Oman is attacking the city from all sides, forcibly taking Tianlong at any cost and capturing the entire Tiannan County.

If the Taiping army wants to intervene, the opportunity can only be in this siege battle.

For Leji, Chen Wu is confident, but he can't completely pin his hopes on the other party being able to hold Tianlong. When necessary. The Taiping army must intervene to ensure that the Kingdom of Oman cannot take Tien Nan County. and even fought back in one fell swoop, knocking them back to the Red River Valley.

The generals of the Taiping Army who were present. The same is true for the deteriorating situation.

As a result, the Taiping army, which had only captured Dengzhou for a short time, quickly resumed its action after a short rest for three days. The Taiping Volunteer Battalion, with more than 4,000 troops, took the lead in moving south and secretly stationed in Chishang Mansion. Food, ordnance, and more recruits also began to move south one after another.

The intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department should increase the investigation of the vicinity of Tianlong.

The Taiping Army is doing its best to prepare for the biggest war since the start of the army!

………

South Peak Fortress.

Standing at the highest point of the entire fortress and looking down from the city walls, Saladin was surrounded by countless guards.

Despite the staggering price paid by the Kingdom of Oman, including food and military supplies, and even the ace army of the 1st Guards Division, in the end, the Kingdom of Oman took this northern barrier. Starting from here, the three southeastern counties of the Qianyuan Empire no longer have any danger of mountain streams to defend, and they are all exposed to the front of the army!

Although none of them were investigated, they were escaped by Leji with the remaining Tiannan Army, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

As long as there is no such defense system, the army of the Kingdom of Oman has many targets to choose from in Tiannan County. Sooner or later, he will cut off the veteran's head and use it to pay tribute to the countless Omani men who died in battle.

"Pass the order, the whole army will rest for three days, and then the army will go north!"

After a pause, Saladin stepped on the fortress under his feet, made up his mind, and said to his opponent: "First take Nanfeng Mansion, forcibly requisition 10,000 Qianyuan people, and completely demolish Nanfeng Fortress for me!" Not a single brick can be left! ”

The design of the Nanfeng Fortress, including the defense system of a qiē, was directed towards the south. It was almost useless to defend against an attack from the north. Because of this, even if this fortress defense fell into the hands of the Kingdom of Oman, it would not be of much use, but could be recaptured by the Empire.

Although the triumphant Saladin didn't think the current empire had the ability, what if?

In order to prevent that unfortunate situation from happening, he will tear down this fortress dedicated to the Kingdom of Oman no matter what! Saladin is even going to use these demolished bricks and stones to build a huge mausoleum here to commemorate the soldiers of the Omani Kingdom who died in battle to capture this place!

The bricks and stones that the Imperials had painstakingly brought to build the fortress turned out to be the tombs of their enemies, and the Imperials must have been very angry, right?

Thinking of the enemy's angry jumping feet, but helpless appearance, Saladin couldn't help but laugh proudly.

………

The South Peak Fortress has fallen!

Even the Tiannan Legion and the famous generals of Leji fled to Tianlong!

With the actions of tens of thousands of troops, the rumors of the loss of the South Peak Fortress that had been there for a long time finally became a fact. Knowing that those damned Nanban people were about to come in, the people of Shizhou, the governor of Nanfeng Prefecture, began to flee in large areas. Compared with the previous group of wealthy people who fled, the scale of the people who fled this time was much larger than before.

Among them, especially the Nanfeng Mansion, which must be passed, is the strictest.

In addition to those who really don't want to leave, or who are too poor to care, there are also hundreds of thousands of people from Nanfeng Mansion who have fled their homeland. Some who were ready to wait and see, or still had some confidence in the empire, fled to Tianlong Mansion with the Tiannan Army. As for those people who thought that Tiannan County could no longer hold on and had few assets, they chose the route that the previous group of rich people fled, from Changlu Mansion to Chishang in Songjiang, and then fled all the way north!

In a short period of time, the two counties of Puyuan and Jiaode ushered in the first batch of people who fled from the south.

The Taiping army had not had time to detain and deal with the previous group of Tiannan people who were either rich or noble, and now they ushered in more fugitives, making the Taiping army who blocked the official road on the border dizzy. Because there are too many people, and there are five or even ten times as many people who are still rushing here one after another, the Taiping army is not stopping, and it is not stopping it. After consulting Chen Wu, they began to set up cards to collect taxes.

It's okay to go north to enter Taiping County, but you must pay a high toll per capitation!

Ordinary people who insist on dragging their families to flee north are enough to empty their family property - after all, Tiannan County has been in war all year round, and its economic situation is far worse than that of Songjiang. In this way, these fugitives will either be stopped in Tiannan County, or they will become a poor bastard and leave, and by the way, they can also make a lot of money for the Taiping army to supplement military spending.

was stopped by someone for no reason, and the people of Tiannan County were naturally unwilling. After crying and begging to no avail, some people began to incite the people to storm the checkpoint. The soldiers of the Taiping Army had been instructed in advance, and when they saw this, they unceremoniously used force to disperse. After killing seven people on the spot and slashing a dozen people, no one dared to mess around.

In the end, except for a small number of people who insisted on fleeing north and did not hesitate to pay high prices, most of the fugitives from Tiannan County were stopped in the border area between Changlu Province and Chishang Province.

The Taiping army turned into traders and began to sell grain, fruits, vegetables and clothing at high prices. On the one hand, they are squeezing out their money, and on the other hand, they are maintaining the livelihood of these people, so that they will not riot because of lack of food. After the armies of Tiannan County and the Kingdom of Oman were resolved, Chen Wu, who became the acting governor of Tiannan County, could naturally drive them back to their hometown.

Otherwise, if everyone runs out, what's the point of him taking Tiannan?

However, these people didn't know Chen Wu's intentions in doing this, although no one dared to say anything to their faces because of the soldiers of the Taiping Army, but they cursed behind their backs. But Chen Wu knows very well that as long as he can deal with the army of the Oman Kingdom as soon as possible and let them return to their hometown, the current anger and insults will be converted into gratitude!

If not, who wants to leave their homeland? (To be continued.) )>