If it is said that among the four major dukes of the entire Chinese Empire, the weakest one in the superpower rank must be the Grand Duke of the Southwest, as the ruler of a state, the Grand Duke of the Southwest only has a ninth-order ability and a tenth-order ability, which can be regarded as a master of the Holy Domain with acceptable strength.

You must know that the other three Grand Dukes of the Huaxia Empire are all legendary masters, and the King of Huaxia is said to be close to the demigods, so the strength of the Grand Duke of the Southwest is relatively weak.

But even so, in the minds of the high-ranking people of the Huaxia Empire, they never thought that this Grand Duke of the Holy Domain was a weak person.

The Grand Duke of the Southwest was born on the battlefield, and in one body, he experienced 738 large and small battles, 62 battles, and 12 large wars.

Such a person, even if it is the Holy Domain, no one dares to think that he is weak, even if the legend is facing him head-on, there is no certainty of victory.

It is said that the greatest wish of the Grand Duke of the Southwest is to be born on the battlefield and die on the battlefield, and he has already done it in the first place, and he may have to do it soon.

Sanam Kangcheng, now a military fortress covered in thorns, has all moved to the rear of the city's 400,000 civilians, and all the buildings in the city have been bulldozed to build military camps.

Tents of different sizes stood in the middle of the city like buns.

In the corps headquarters, the Grand Duke of the Southwest is holding a military meeting.

He was a middle-aged man in his forties, not tall, with a strong figure, a majestic face, and a meticulous mustache that showed the characteristics of this adult's surname, not the reckless man that people imagined.

A corps staff officer began to report on the battle.

"The Grand Duke and my lords, there are currently 45,000 combat troops in Sanam Kangcheng. Among them, 3,000 are the only remaining warriors of the southwestern state, and these 3,000 people have survived a hundred battles, and those who have survived until now are the most powerful warriors, but most of them are wounded; 30,000 people are the state [***] troops of the southeastern state, this group of people is the largest number, whether it is equipment, strength or morale is very high, is our main combat force; The other more than 10,000 people are the private soldiers of the nobles of the southeastern and southwestern states, these people have different levels of strength, and the strongest ones have two holy domains, but the weak ones even have auxiliary new humans with only one second-order ability, the good and the bad are uneven, and most of them are unruly and unruly, and they are difficult to mobilize. In addition, it is equipped with a certain number of war mutant beasts, and the total number of various mutant beasts is about 3,000. At present, the aristocratic army is still increasing troops from the interior to Sanam Kangcheng. ”

After the Southwest Grand Duke experienced the almost annihilation of the country, his expression was not sad, like a rock, and he said in a deep voice: "After the meeting, drive all the guys with abilities below the third order out of Sanan Kangcheng, bring my personal guard troops, and if you disobey, regardless of your title or family background, you will be killed on the spot." ”

A lean staff officer suddenly proposed, "My lord, why kill it, just rush to the outside of the city wall." ”

Outside the city wall are the East Indians, driving them out is equivalent to letting them die, although their ability is very weak, but dozens of lives for a few lives can still be done, no matter what, it is better than being killed in vain.

The Grand Duke shook his head and said, "My guards killed them because they did not abide by military law and disrupted the battle; But pushing them out of the city is killing each other and harming comrades-in-arms, I am not soft on killing, but I will not do anything to stab my own people. ”

The lean staff officer nodded and stopped talking, and the previous reporting staff officer continued: "In the direction of fifteen kilometers behind Sanan Kangcheng, the construction of fortifications has been intensified, but whether it is from the telegram of the Grand Duke of the Southeast, or the field observation of our engineering troops, it will take at least three or four months for the rear defense line to take shape, in other words, we must hold on for at least three months. ”

The Grand Duke thought for a moment and said, "Four months." ”

The staff officer nodded, took a pen and wrote it down in his notebook, and then continued: "Outside the city, facing the East Indian Army, the three military towns used as the horns of the city defense, the North Village is well defended, there are 4,000 people, and it has repelled the siege of the East Indian Army several times, and there is no obstacle for the time being; Xicheng can also hold on, but the number of combatants has decreased sharply, and he has reported to the base camp three times, asking the base camp to send superpowers to garrison and support. The East Fort had been breached by the Anan Brigade led by the East Indian Attendant Monk Anan half an hour ago, and street fighting is currently underway. ”

The Grand Duke frowned, and seemed to be extremely embarrassed, but it only took two breaths for him to make a decision, and he slapped the table heavily: "It is impossible for the Anan Brigade alone to capture the East Fort, it must lure us out of the city to rescue." Tell Dongbao to become a complete city, give up Dongbao, take the living people, and garrison Beizhai and Xicheng respectively. In addition, after the meeting, go to collect and convene 2,000 southeast state [***] teams to enter Xicheng, Xicheng must be defended, and it must not be lost! ”

Another staff officer frowned and said, "My lord, the communication route between us and Xicheng is already extremely unsafe, and these two thousand people are likely to be attacked by surprise, and they may not be able to arrive in time."

The Grand Duke of the Southwest nodded: "Yes, so their task is to be loyal to the country, and in addition, gather a thousand noble private soldiers with a rank of more than the fourth rank to follow behind, and their task is to take advantage of the chaos to enter Xicheng." ”

The Grand Duke paused and said, "On the premise of not affecting the plan to aid Xicheng, the private army can go to the rescue of the trapped state [***]. ”

"My lord, but even if this is the case, you should let Bang [***] postpone it, although the strength of the aristocratic private army is stronger, but it is difficult to unify the order, it is simply a plate of scattered sand, and if you really fight, the combat effectiveness is not as good as Bang [***]. Maybe when the situation is critical, those aristocratic private armies can even escape. The staff officer was puzzled.

The Grand Duke smiled and said: "Of course I know this, so after the meeting, I will personally go to Huo Shishi and let him be in charge of this matter, and all the noble private troops who go to the rescue will be selected by him and commanded by him." ”

The name Huo Shixi, as if there was some kind of magic, a group of staff officers who were doing it heard what the Grand Duke of the Southwest said, nodded one after another, and no longer had any objections.

After briefing on the current situation on his side, the staff officer returned to his seat and sat down, ordered one of the staff officers to get up, and began to report on the enemy.

"My lord, after a month of fierce fighting, the momentum of the East Indian Army has finally been curbed, including a trump card A division on the other side, a total of two divisions, four brigades, a total of 30,000 people were annihilated by our side, but we also paid the price of 27,000 people."

"This battle damage is acceptable." The Grand Duke nodded, expressionless on his face, and motioned for him to continue.

"According to the report, at present, East India has sent three additional divisions and about seven or eight reading brigades from the rear, with a total of 50,000 to 60,000 people, to fill the previous vacancies in battle damage. That is to say, the enemy forces now surrounded outside Sanam Kangcheng and three, oh no, two military towns, there are about 100,000 people in all. ”

A trace of anger appeared on the face of the Grand Duke of the Southwest, and he said angrily: "What are the people of Abidar Khan doing!" Even if they are floating on the sea, they should have reached the rear of East India, and they actually let East India have the spare strength to continuously increase troops towards the front line! ”

Abidar Khan is the Grand Duke of the Steppe in the mouth of the Central Plains, and the 50,000 steppe athletes he sent should enter the rear of the enemy-occupied area by water, disturb the enemy's rear, and contain the East Indian forces.

The staff officer smiled bitterly: "My lord, I'm afraid we can't count on them anymore, in fact, we should never count on them." ”

The Grand Duke of the Southwest was a little angry, but he nodded and asked, "What is the overall strength of these East Indian troops now?" ”

The staff officer said: "After several battles, we found that the slave soldiers on the other side are about the strength below the third order, and the main combat strength on the battlefield is the precept monks and ascetics, but it is still the same problem as before, I don't know why, the ability level of these people has not improved, but the combat effectiveness has increased significantly." In addition to this, there are "

The staff officer said this, paused for a moment, and looked like he wanted to say something.

"It's all about this time, and there's nothing more to say." Great justice.

The staff officer took a deep breath: "On the battlefield at present, the most troublesome thing for us is not actually the East Indian Army, but about 30,000 pseudo-Indian troops and more than 100,000 cannon fodder slaves. The puppet Indian army is all our original people, and now they have surrendered to the Indian army, their combat effectiveness is not strong, but they know us well; Before each battle, the East Indian Army would drive these slaves to the forefront and consume us, and many soldiers would not be able to do anything after seeing these slaves. Several times, the other party mixed in with a few masters among the slaves, suddenly attacked, and even killed Lord He Bing! ”

He Bing is a famous master of the Holy Domain in the Southwest State, and after retreating to Sanam Kangcheng, he defended the East Fort, and it was precisely because he was attacked and killed by an Indian master in a slave tide that the East Fort would be breached.

The Grand Duke took a deep breath: "Contact Mr. Zhuge of the Zhenhai Hou Mansion and ask him to help mobilize a batch of artillery and dense gun arrays, and if you encounter refugees in the future, you can directly shoot and kill them remotely." ”

"Zhenhai Hou Mansion?" The staff officer gasped and said uncertainly: "Although they support the battle with the East Indians, will they help us with this?" ”

The Grand Duke sneered: "Then what else can be done, the best modern weapons in the old world are all in the Zhenhai Hou Mansion, that thing can't deal with superpowers, it has a certain effect on dealing with ordinary people and a large number of mutated creatures in the sea, except for the Zhenhai Hou Mansion, where can other places find so many weapons at once." ”

"You can do it without worry, it's not a big deal." Dagong said: "I think Zhenhaihou knows the importance of it, and he will not embarrass us on such an innocuous trivial matter and make himself the enemy of the whole country." ”

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