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Xia Yong heard the remarks of his subordinates behind him, and he was also hesitating in his heart.

"Second uncle, since Liu Zhibang is so pretentious, let's go back according to his words and see how he copes...... It is absolutely impossible to join their Han army, and joining the Han army is the rebel army of the empire, so what about our family and brothers' families? Xia Zhi whispered behind Xia Yong, he was also afraid that his second uncle would defect to the enemy because he had not met for many years, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Has Captain Xia thought about it?" Liu Zhibang looked at Xia Yong with an eager face.

Xia Yong smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you Commander Liu for your kindness, the Fire Cavalry Regiment is a regular army of the empire, it can be killed or surrendered, but it must not rebel, and Xia Mou cannot lead his brothers to submit to ......"

Ah Meng listened impatiently and said: "Commander, forget it if you kill them, and refuse to surrender, let them go in vain, this is too cost-effective......"

Liu Zhibang glanced at Ah Meng, didn't answer his words, and said to Xia Yong: "Head Xia, you come with me, I have something to talk to you about......

Everyone didn't know what Liu Zhibang thought, but the commander spoke, so he had to carry it out, and the two soldiers pushed Liu Zhibang out of the hall with him, Liu Zhibang kept walking in the direction of the village entrance, slowly climbed the city wall, and looked at the west with his hands behind his back.

"Head Xia, what do you think of our Han nationality?"

After listening to Liu Zhibang, Xia Yong looked at the two Han soldiers behind him, quite surprised, since the surrender, the soldiers of the Han army did not bind them, let alone beat and scold, at this time the two soldiers listened to Liu Zhibang's orders, stood two meters behind him and did not get closer, and did not seem to be worried about the personal safety of the commander, the Han army's strict discipline was better than his fire cavalry regiment, and he admired Liu Zhibang a little more in his heart.

Xia Yong saw the construction scene in full swing in front of him and sighed: "It's amazing! ”

Standing at the height of the city wall, the whole city of the Han nationality is in full view, although the whole city is still under construction, but it has begun to emerge, surrounded by a moat with a width of more than 20 meters, the city wall of a thousand meters on the side will be tightly guarded by the Han people in the middle, the rows of neat three-storey buildings within the outer city wall are all made of solid red bricks and blue tiles, the style is simple and generous, and there are countless arrow holes for archery on each building. Looking further in, there is an inner city, although there is only a three-meter city wall, but there is also a moat surrounding, and the four corners of the inner city are built with arrow towers that can accommodate more than a dozen people, which is really impregnable.

Xia Yong thought to himself, even if the army fought hard to enter the city, the street fighting would be more brutal, and the attrition of troops would be unbearable, although the Han people seemed to have only a few thousand men, but with this strong castle, it could withstand at least ten times the attack of more troops, and it was still at ease.

Xia Yong thought for a while and said, "Commander Liu, thank you for not killing, but I am a soldier of the Qingyun Empire, and I can't agree to surrender to the Han nationality under ......."

Xia Yong bowed slightly behind Liu Zhibang, and there was a lot of helplessness in his heart, no matter how strong the Han nationality was, in his mind, compared with the Qingyun Empire, it was still the difference between ants and elephants, and it was not the same.

Liu Zhibang retracted his gaze looking in the direction of Xia Yuancheng, turned around and looked at Xia Yong with a smile, and said: "The Qingyun Empire is rotten, traitors are in charge, people with lofty ideals cannot display their ambitions, and Captain Xia is such a talent, but he can only succumb to the small city of Xia Yuancheng, I feel sorry for you...... Head Xia, don't worry, I will keep my promise and let you go, but not now......"

Xia Yong asked, "When was that?" ”

Liu Zhibang didn't answer, and said: "Commander Xia, you are the commander of the most elite army in Xia Yuancheng, and you should also know that Li Jun is about to send a large army to attack my Han nationality!" ”

Xia Yong nodded and replied: "Yes, to be precise, Li Jun's army has been launched, and the vanguard will arrive in less than seven days......"

Liu Zhibang shook his head and said: "It's not seven days, it's five days, although the vanguard is an infantry army, but the light army is simple and obedient, and it does not carry baggage, and the marching speed is much faster than that of the Chinese army. ”

Xia Yong compared the strength of Xia Yuancheng and the Han people, with his understanding of the combat power of the Xia Yuancheng army, he was not very sure of the result, after all, the strength of Xia Yuancheng exceeded the number of Han people, according to common sense, there is really no comparison, but seeing the combat strength of the Han army under Liu Zhibang, coupled with this strong city, it seems that the Han army also has the strength to fight.

Xia Yong pondered for a while and said, "If I command the Han army, I can hold out for ten days under Li Jun's army......"

Liu Zhibang turned his head to look at Xia Yong, and said: "Well, Commander Xia is worthy of being a famous general of the Qingyun Empire, with a disparity of more than ten times the number of troops, and he can resist for ten days, he is indeed brave and strategic, okay, then I promise you, no matter whether you win or lose, all the soldiers of the Fire Cavalry Regiment will be released ten days after the start of the war......"

"That's true!" Xia Yong's expectations were a little heavier.

Liu Zhibang suddenly stood up and raised his head, and a domineering aura suddenly burst out from his not strong body, and there was no sense of disobedience.

"You have no jokes!"

Xia Yong replied: "Okay, Commander Liu, then I'll wait for ...... next."

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The morning sun rises, the morning bird comes out of the nest, and on a small road more than 100 kilometers away from the Han nationality, a hurried army is marching rapidly.

Under a triangular flag, an officer in his thirties, with his hands on his brow, looked at the place where the sun was rising, and a scout was speeding towards him, and when the scout horse approached, the officer asked anxiously, "Have you seen anyone from the Fire Cavalry Regiment?" ”

"Lord Hui, I found traces of a battle before, but I didn't even see a corpse......

The young officer thought for a moment and said, "The Flame Cavalry Regiment is one of the strongest troops in our Xia Yuan City, if these ignorant mountain people encounter the Flame Cavalry Regiment, they will definitely be wiped out, but how can they not even see a corpse, do they have a good habit of burying corpses now?" ”

"Probe!"

After the scout left, the young officer ordered to speed up, the majestic Wumang Mountain was clearly visible, he brought a thousand infantry, in addition to the strong combat power of the Fire Cavalry Regiment, in the infantry, their Black Ape Infantry Regiment is the trump card of the mountain and forest operations, the last time in the battle against the Dragon Clan, it was also his men who captured three Dragon Clansmen, although this was pre-designed by the military advisor Heichai, but without their rich experience in jungle operations, the task would not be easily completed, and they lost more than two hundred brothers in that capture operation, But compared to the credit of being able to capture the dragon clansmen, these can be ignored, and after Xia Yuan returned to the city, he replenished his military resources, and they were all good hunters in the mountains, which could save him a lot of training time.

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