The battle on the battlefield of Nancheng was inextricably fought from the beginning, and the gene people still had hundreds of chariots and personnel carriers along the way, and their overall combat effectiveness was on par with the defenders, who had a geographical advantage and a numerical advantage in troops, while the aggressors' chariots were extremely powerful.

Xia Poor still adopted the tactics of thrift, ambushed the main force in the wilderness outside the south gate, and equipped the outskirts with all 20 chariots left by Agu and the original 200 earthen cannons in the city.

A hundred earthen cannons were deployed in the trenches outside the city to form the final line of defense, and most of the destroyed traps outside the trenches were reset, but no more fires were set up due to limited fuel, but those mounds and the remains of the chariots left over from the last battle became obstacles to the progress of the gene-human chariots.

Fearing that the southern city would not be protected and the enemy would be destroyed to the greatest extent, Xia Poor also adopted scorched earth tactics, and he had ordered an ambush of a hundred cannons in advance in the houses and buildings on both sides of the main streets of the city, and piled up gunpowder and fuel, and sent a corps of infantry to fight the final battle in the city.

At the pre-war mobilization meeting, Xia Poor declared that he and the civilian and military generals around him were determined to live and die together with Nancheng.

Somewhat unexpectedly, when the battlefield in the southwest direction was fiercely engaged, a raid team consisting of more than 30 chariots and several troop carriers suddenly appeared at the north gate of the southern city, where the defense was weakest.

Suddenly, there was the rumbling of cannons inside and outside the southern city, and the guns were loud and the flames were everywhere.

In the battlefield of leaving the city, the Gene people also adopted the tactics of attacking from two different directions, when the blocking battle on the frontal battlefield was in full swing, hundreds of chariots and personnel carriers bypassed the battlefield on the western front and rushed to the north gate of the city from the north, because the defenders were very weak in the north, the chariot of the Gene people quickly broke the north gate and entered the city.

However, the Gene Man did not expect that the departure from the city would soon become a fire city, and after losing a few vehicles, the Gene people's convoy had to turn around from the north and rush out of the Fire City, and then kill the battlefield at the West Gate.

Because of the irresistible power of Yagu's chariots, coupled with the tacit cooperation of his chariot convoy, the battle started in less than half an hour, and on the battlefield outside the West Gate, the genetic people had left the wreckage of dozens of chariots.

Because of the continuous firing, the energy stored in Agu's chariot weapon system was quickly close to the minimum, and his chariot had already lost more than half of his chariots, seeing the enemy's chariots coming fiercely from the north, Agu turned around the city and retreated to the east, and the rest of the remaining chariots followed closely and withdrew from the battlefield.

The infantry in the trenches outside the city saw the fire in the south and withdrew along the trenches to the east.

Seeing the defeat of the defenders, the chariots of the gene people immediately pursued after the convoy of Yagu, but when they chased more than ten miles east around the burning departure from the city, they were fiercely sniped by the 200 cannons who had been ambushed along the line, and after several rounds of artillery battles, the gene people lost dozens of tanks again and still could not break through the sniper circle, and finally had to turn around and withdraw from the battlefield to the direction of the famous city.

The battle in Nancheng entered the final moment at this time, and although the cannons and gunfire outside the city were still coming and going, the combat strength of both the enemy and us had basically been exhausted.

Most of the walls of the southern city collapsed under the fire of the genetists, and the city was in shambles, almost all the houses on both sides of the streets were blown up, and the remaining soldiers in the trenches entered the city to engage in street battles with the enemy. Because the defenders were determined to live and die with the city, they fought very tenaciously, and when there were few defenders left in the city, almost all the houses and buildings were destroyed and burned, there were only a few chariots left of the genetives, and the enemy's infantry was less than 100 people.

The official residence in the center of the city became the last fortress, and the poor and a group of officials and soldiers were making the last resistance.

After a burst of artillery fire, all the buildings around the center of the residence collapsed, and the remaining few Gene Man chariots and hundreds of Gene Man infantry surrounded the dilapidated center of the residence.

The battlefield was silent for a moment, and the genetic infantry charged towards the residence, when a violent explosion suddenly occurred in the center of the residence.

After believing that the genetics had evacuated the city and it was impossible to attack New South City overnight, Yagu led the remaining eighteen chariots back to New South City.

After completing the task of cutting off the road, the other legions retreated one after another to the outskirts of the west gate of the new southern city.

Although the battle of leaving the city successfully blocked the plot of the gene people to attack the new south city overnight, the way to attack the city of the gene people advanced to the famous city not only made the defense of the famous city impossible to win, but also completely cut off the retreat of Tie Lei's expeditionary force and the army of the famous sea king to retreat to the new south city.

As a result, Aya's heart was heavy, and on his way back to Shinnanjo, he sent a telegram to Kapokko, reporting on the battle of leaving the city and inquiring about the other three fronts.

Kapok called back and said: "Nancheng was lost, and the poor senior brother died for the country, but the genetic army that attacked Nancheng was almost completely wiped out, and it will not pose any threat to Xinnancheng." Tie Lei's expeditionary force has lost contact, although Shencheng has been lost, the enemy has been severely damaged, and the army division and Shenhai King's corps have retreated to Los Angeles. ”

Haidong had just completed the planned regional deployment of the Langcheng Corps around Xinnancheng, and he hurried to the palace of Xinnancheng to meet with Kapok Zi and the father and daughter of the king of Nandi under the entrustment of other army commanders.

After a brief greeting, the four sat down to discuss the outcome of the second battle.

Kapok Zi said: "Brother Haidong, in the first half of the night's battle, we lost the Tielei brothers and the poor brothers, but you don't have to be too pessimistic about the battle situation, according to the telegram just sent by the military division, we still have at least twenty-three corps in Los Angeles, and the enemy's infantry has lost more than half of it after two major battles, as long as the tactics are right, in the final decisive battle, we can destroy the remaining infantry of the genetic people along the way."

The only thing worrying is that the Gene Man still has at least a hundred chariots, and the military division only has eleven chariots and nine cannons in the steppe with only one left, and it will be difficult to completely wipe out the Chariots of the Gene Man.

However, the advisor believed that there were still a total of 200 locally-made cannons in Los Angeles, most of which were brought by the cavalry regiment of the King of the Sea, and that the enemy chariots would carry only a limited number of shells. With our numerical superiority, we can block the genetics in Los Angeles, so the decisive battle from the east of New South City is not a big threat. ”

Princess Nanling said: "Fortunately, the ten corps of Langcheng led by Brother Haidong have joined the expeditionary force, as long as the military division and King Shenhai can block the gene people on the east road in Los Angeles, our defense force in Xinnan City can deal with the encirclement of the gene people in the west, although there are only forty cannons left in the prairie, but we still have fifty new cannons deployed in the trenches outside the west gate."

In addition, we currently have a total of more than forty corps in New South City, and more than four hundred native cannons are deployed inside and outside the city, as long as we have the right tactics, we can defeat the Gene People in New South City!"

The King of Nandi added: "General Haidong, what the Jiesheng Military Division said here yesterday reminds this king that even if Xinnancheng cannot be defended, it does not mean that we have failed. This king has already ambushed more than 100 cannons in the streets and houses of the city, and if the battle situation is unfavorable tonight, New South City will become another battlefield.

If Xinnan City can't be defended, we will move to the countryside to fight a protracted battle with the enemy, as long as all the infantry of the Gene People is wiped out, the Gene People will not be able to occupy so many cities in Xizhou, and their chariots will have to retreat to the sea. By the time they recreate more Gene People to attack Xizhou again, many batches of military aid from the prairie have already arrived in Xizhou, and we will have enough combat power to defeat the Gene People by then. ”

Hai Dong said: "Your Majesty's strategic thinking is very correct, but there is a hidden danger that is no less than the threat of genetic people, that is, the gang of people who control the palace of the ancient city. They controlled nearly forty legions of the Gudi King, plus at least thirty legions of Qizhou. There is no doubt that they are waiting for us to fight when we are defeated by the genetive, and then they can dominate Xizhou alone, so Prince Kapok must find a way to get rid of the gang in the ancient city palace as soon as possible, otherwise we will be in a big disaster sooner or later!" ”

Kapok's face changed greatly when he heard this, he didn't expect that the consequences of the accident in the ancient city palace would be so serious.

He stood up and said, "I'm going to go to the forest, no matter what, I'm going to help us settle the matter of the ancient city palace today." ”

Kapok picked up a pen and paper and wrote a telegram, writing down tonight's battle situation and Haidong's worries, and then ordered the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Shanglin.

Not long after the telegram was sent, Yagu also hurried back, and the five of them waited uncertainly for Kabayashi to call back while discussing the battle situation.

In the past, Shanglin would usually call back within half an hour after Kapok sent a telegram, but this time it was unusual, Kapok and the others waited patiently for an hour and still did not receive a call back from Kapok.

Kapok was in a hurry, called the telegraph operator and asked him to confirm whether the telegraph was normal, and then sent the message to Shanglin again.

Soon after the telegraph operator left, he hurriedly returned and said excitedly: "Lord Shanglin has called back, saying that he and Princess Zhen'er have arrived in Xinnancheng within an hour. ”