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The canopy of the dark night is like being splashed with a bucket of ink, reaching out and not seeing the five fingers, from the city wall to check the situation of duty, Shen Jin returned to the center of the fortress ---- command the embassy, this is a small building, and the guests here are not fixed, sometimes it is the city guard, sometimes it is himself as the commander of the first garrison division, sometimes it is Wang Fengshan, a colleague of the commander of the second garrison division, and the commander of the third garrison division, who has the shortest time in the army, has never had the opportunity to stay here, because the garrisons of two divisions are retained at the same time, and there is no chance to get them in turn。 Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The situation on duty at night is more satisfactory, it seems that the Kamans will not attack tonight, it is pitch black outside the pass, and the Kamans need to rest. The high-density attack for several days in a row did make Shen Jin feel a little difficult, the enemy fully demonstrated the power of the siege equipment they had, especially the powerful attack power of the mobile catapult and the nine-bow bed ballista made Shen Jin really have a long experience, the Kaman people successfully improved the accuracy as a mobile attack weapon, so that the hit rate of these two types of weapons was greatly improved, and also caused great damage to their own side, although their own side also had a certain amount of preparation, but the power of the enemy's improved weapons was obviously underestimated, and in a few days, the number of soldiers killed and lost their combat effectiveness caused by these two types of weapons alone was as high as six thousand, and the casualties caused by the real hand-to-hand battle were only more than 3,000 people, which couldn't help but give him a headache as the commander-in-chief.

The intensity of the attack of the Mans can be said to be greatly beyond Shen Jin's expectations, after how many bloody tests have been experienced, Shen Jin's attack on the Kamans has long been accustomed to it, if there is no attack by the Kamans, it is abnormal. But this attack is a bit unusual, in addition to attacking from the north and south, what is surprising is that even the rarely seen Kaman Royal Guards also joined the battle sequence, and the number and quality of various siege equipment used by the Kaman people in the attack in the past few days are also unprecedented, which cannot but arouse Shen Jin's attention.

Judging from the number of the enemy's attacking troops, the Royal Guards Regiment of the Kaman people located in Guannan is the Royal Guards Regiment of the Kaman people, and its combat effectiveness naturally needs not be said, and the other force is also the main force of the Kaman people---- the Seventh Corps, and the one in Kanbei is the Kaman Third Corps, known as the "Iron Cone", and its attack power is also in the forefront of several main corps of Kaman. After a few days of fighting, the natural defensive ability of the fortress certainly caused huge losses to the Kamans, but as a defensive side, the losses were not small, far exceeding Shen Jin's pre-battle estimate.

Of course, this does not affect the overall defense capability of the fortress, as Jiayuguan, which is known as the first pass in the world, has already established a complete set of emergency defense plans. There are about 20,000 strong men in the 80,000 civilians in the fortress, they are all from the interior of the empire, and the long-term life in the fortress has created their fierce surnames and styles, and the fortress has to conduct routine reserve training for them almost every year, although it is not really formed into an army, but it only takes an order to immediately form an armed force that is not weak in combat effectiveness, and there are sufficient weapons and materials in the fortress, as long as it is fully equipped, a brand new team can be used by Shen Jin. As long as they rely on the excellent fortifications of the fortress, they can also exert great power.

Back in the command mansion and brewing a cup of strong tea, although it seems that the Kamans will not be attacking tonight, Shen Jin has always been unable to sleep, especially the inability to see through the conspiracy behind the other party, making it difficult for him to sleep easily even though he has the strongest and most complete defense system. The careful inspection of the front and back passes made him feel a little relieved, the strict duty system, and the reserves of each wing at the gates of the front and rear passes, such a strict deployment, Shen Jin also consciously did not dare to boast that it was foolproof, at least it could be regarded as impregnable.

Spreading out the map on the case, Shen Jin carefully inspected the situation on the left side of the fortress, another army of the Kaman people had approached Taixuanfu City, but he didn't worry too much, the sophistication of the city guard should have a way to deal with it, he only needed to firmly hold this Jiayu Pass and not fall, it was the first achievement, as for the rest, it was not something he could manage. Even the fatigue of the day is difficult to resist even if it is strong tea, rubbing his eyes heavily, walking out of the manchurian outside, everything is so calm, who can predict that behind this calm is a huge conspiracy?

The mouths of all the horses were covered with special muzzles to prevent making noises, and the four hooves were also wrapped in thick cotton cloth, even the soldiers were made an exception to require each person to carry a stone in his mouth to prevent accidental exposure, everything was done in silence, 10,000 elite infantry, 10,000 elite iron cavalry, just so quietly moved to a hidden place a kilometer away in front of the pass, and then there was a place where the enemy's lights could shine.

Claudia, like other ordinary soldiers, patiently crouched on the wet grass, the sweltering weather foreshadowed that there would soon be another heavy rain, even if a large amount of mosquito repellent was wiped, but it still could not stop the mosquito attack, but the soldiers were like a group of frozen stone statues, quietly lurking there.

"My lord, there is still a moment before the third watch. ”

"Hmm," she took a deep breath, then stood up, Claudia tried her best to calm down, "Order the first and second thousandth infantry to move quickly, and the remaining five thousand to follow in five minutes, and the cavalry to wait for the signal." ”

Waves surged in the meadow, from few to many, and quickly rushed towards the distant city wall. The first and second thousandth team is the elite of Claudia's royal guards, and its combat effectiveness is unmatched in the entire Kaman army.

Sieg looked anxious and walked around in front of the city gate, he kept rubbing his hands to hide the uneasiness in his heart, more than ten years of hard work depends on tonight, whether success or not has been doomed in the dark?

The soldiers on duty all secretly looked at the deputy division commander who was a little different from his usual calm and calm image at this time, maybe it was the bloody battles of the past few days that made the deputy division commander Sig too excited. Ascending the city tower, Sig used his eyesight, but he couldn't see farther, looked at the time, gritted his teeth, made a gesture with several of his right-hand men, and put down the suspension bridge on the city gate, at the same time, the closed heavy iron gate also slowly cracked a big crack under the strong push of more than a dozen soldiers, all this seemed so sudden, even so that the other soldiers on duty around had not even reacted.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, an officer who looked like a captain ran up and saluted and asked, "My lord, is there anything wrong with you opening the city gate at this time?"

"Oh, by order of the commander-in-chief, reinforcements will arrive quietly tonight, and I have been ordered to welcome them into the city. On the surface, it looks like an understatement, but Sieg's heart is pounding.

Although he did not receive any information in this regard, the soldier's duty was to obey orders, and he was also the second person in his division, and the officer only scratched his head and returned to his post without asking any more questions. Sig's clenched hands were already covered with sweat, and he didn't dare to do anything else, just pretending to be impatient and waiting for the visitor.

Fortunately, this torment did not last long, and a sound of neat footsteps quickly extended towards the city gate. The soldiers on the city wall who had been informed by the officers were very strange, but they only looked curiously at the somewhat strange team under the city with their swords, guns, bows and arrows, but they did not expect that this team would become the retainer of Hades to end their mission.

Claudia, who was mixed in with the infantry ranks, stepped into the city gate and saw the man standing on the edge of the city gate with an immobile expression, and at that moment, the other party's keen eyes also noticed him, and his hands were tightly clasped together, and the soldiers who swarmed in had already begun to take over the defense of the city gate according to the order.

The soldiers who had been sticking to their posts finally felt a little strange, why this friendly army was going to take over the defense of the city gate as soon as it arrived, and what was even more strange was that they seemed to be all Caucasians, and they hardly saw any yellow people among them, and they were all as silent as dumb.

However, this did not last long, when a soldier accidentally discovered that the clothes inside the friendly army were actually golden yellow uniforms, all of this had an answer.

"They are Kaman!!" The panicked and mournful voice suddenly pierced the silent night sky, and the originally amiable friendly army suddenly turned into a fierce butcher, and the unprepared Taixuan garrison soldiers could not resist the prepared Kaman soldiers at all, and the entire city gate quickly turned into a slaughterhouse, when the reserve team guarding next to it woke up, the Kaman army had firmly controlled the city gate that was related to the survival of the fortress.

With the signal issued, when the thunderous iron hooves rolled in, the battle for the city gate also entered a frantic battle, the initial advantage of the Taixuan garrison in the rapid follow-up of the Kaman follow-up troops poured into the city gate soon lost their advantage, but they did not dare to retreat half a step, the battle is also death, retreat and death, holding the idea of co-existence with the enemy The reserve of a wing soon disappeared in the torrent of Kaman soldiers who continued to pour in, when the main force of Taixuan who learned the news arrived, they were greeted by the Kaman ironclad cavalry who rushed in with overwhelming momentum。

With the iron halberds of the armored soldiers dancing wildly, rolling up waves of blood, the sleepy-eyed and unprepared infantry phalanx was simply unable to resist these natural infantry nemesis, the wide avenue in the fortress became the best place to show the power of the Kaman iron cavalry, the soldiers fell in rows under the surging iron hooves, and the Kaman infantry that followed quickly participated in the sweep of the streets and houses in the fortress, the garrison troops who were stunned could no longer organize an effective defense, and the wave after wave of Kaman soldiers poured into the fortress also made the fortress fortifications completely useless, and the entire city gate was completely controlled by the Kamans。

Shen Jin looked desperately at the blazing fire, and the deafening shouts of killing filled the city, Rao is soldiers fought bloodily, but the garrison that had lost the opportunity and had a certain gap in numbers and combat effectiveness was no longer able to make effective resistance, and the worthless resistance might bring unimaginable disasters to everyone in the fortress, maybe the Kamans were trying to find an excuse to wash the fortress in blood, in revenge for the losses suffered by their troops in the past few days.

Shen Jin closed his eyes in pain, after getting the promise of Marquis Claudia, the commander of the Carman side, to guarantee the safety of the surrendered troops and the lives of the residents in the fortress, Shen Jin handed over the command of the troops to his lieutenant, he must have an explanation, he did not want his wives and concubines and children to become the playthings of the nobles, and suicide became his only choice.