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The 1st Division of the Northern Luzon led by Shan Zhu was an infantry division composed of pure Gaoyue soldiers, and its combat effectiveness was beyond doubt; while the 5th Division of the Northwest Army led by Long himself was a main division of the Northwest Army of the Wufeng Command, and its veterans were all the Guide Righteous Army who had been trained by long-term battles with the Guide bandits, and after years of battlefield tempering, it had become a well-deserved elite unit of the Northwest Army, so that the defenders in the city of Pinglufu reached 55,000 people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to prevent the Kamans from attacking, the two demolished all the wooden buildings within 100 meters of the city wall to prevent chaos caused by the fire, and the wooden watchtowers on the city wall were also demolished.

Piles of rock-bombs and rolling logs are piled up into a hill, cans and barrels of sealed tung oil are tightly covered with fireproof tape, truckloads of lime bottles, lime bags, and lime cans are neatly arranged, boxes of crossbow arrows and ordinary arrows are densely placed along the city wall, and dozens of bags of sand and soil used to extinguish fires are piled up every few tens of meters. The catapults and ballistas had already been wiped brightly, and in order to strengthen their emergency capabilities, the dragon and the mountain pillar also carried out two emergency combat drills after the Kamans broke through the city defense wall before the arrival of the Kamans, in order to achieve actual combat results. For this battle, the two of them are also determined to fight with the Kamans, who are known as the invincible iron army, and let blood defend the honor and dignity of the Northwest Army.

The Kamans, who also knew the cruelty of this battle, did not dare to despise it, the combat power of the Northwest Army in the Tang River Empire had far surpassed the armies of other feudal towns, and even surpassed any other army except the first and second armies, although it had an absolute advantage in numbers, but the other party was defending the fortified city, well prepared, and there were two cavalry troops that rushed out of the cage and wandered behind them, especially the 30,000 rangers, who came and went like the wind, and their mobility far exceeded that of their own light cavalry。 On the one hand, we had to attack the city with all our might, and on the other hand, we had to guard against a sneak attack from the rear, which was really difficult and dangerous.

But the Kaman's thorough preparation made the Kaman man have the last laugh. From the composition and deployment of troops to the preparation of various siege equipment, including giant catapults, overturning bridges, phosphorus fire crossbows, oil bladder fire bombs, siege towers, and so on, from pre-war mobilization to incentive mechanisms, from the distribution of formations and platoons to the preparation of logistical materials, from intelligence support to the planning of rebellions behind enemy lines, all of them have been carefully planned and prepared. It was a life-saving strangulation that Nick, commander of Carman, called "a painful history of hell", and a month after the war, he still often thought he was still commanding the battle, immersed in the scene where he could face a crisis at any time and anywhere, and the intense battle process made him lose sleep for a month.

The Pinglu offensive and defensive battle officially began on 31 July, lasted for seven days, and officially ended on 6 August, also known as the "Battle of the Seven Days," in which both sides invested 250,000 troops, and until the end of the battle, the number of casualties on both sides reached 120,000. The Kamans on the besieging side paid the price of more than 70,000 men, while the reserves of the two Northwest Army divisions and three wings defending the city were reduced to less than 11,000 men when they broke out of the city.

The entire Pinglu city wall was almost shattered by continuous catapult attacks, although there was the help of the inhabitants of the city, but the damage caused by the powerful power of the giant catapults of the Kamans could not be repaired by manpower alone, in the last two days, the damaged city walls on all sides were no longer able to assume the responsibility of defense, and the Northwest Army almost used manpower to forcibly block the Kaman soldiers who were swarming into the city, and the casualties caused to the Northwest Army in the last two days alone were as high as 28,000 people.

During this period, tens of thousands of Northwest cavalry wandering behind the Kaman army also carried out surprise attacks and sneak attacks on the Kaman army continuously, but the good military quality of the Kaman people made the sneak attack of the Northwest Army not have much effect, they defended on the spot and organized counterattacks in a timely manner, so the sneak attack did not have a substantial impact on the main force of Kaman besieging the city.

When the mountain pillar and the dragon had already made up their minds to sacrifice their lives, the 100,000 cavalry returning from Indean finally arrived at the critical moment and immediately entered the battle, tearing apart the encirclement of the Carmans in the western camp in one fell swoop after breaking through the outer defensive line. After seven days of hard fighting, the Kamans were obviously a little tired, and their morale was not as strong as when they first entered the battle, and the input of 100,000 fresh troops made it impossible for the Kamans to organize an effective counterattack for a while, and the western encirclement was immediately torn apart, and the 30,000 troops were scattered by 100,000 rangers, and the northwest army in the city also took advantage of the situation to break through, and after joining up with the nomadic cavalry, they were finally able to retreat into Yasuhara under the cover of the rangers.

On August 6, the Kaman army finally crossed into the eastern gate of Pinglu, which was on the verge of collapse, in the twilight with a thick smell of blood and rotting corpses, and greeted them with a deathly silence and depression.

On the surface, the acquisition of Pinglu made the power of the Kamans in the northern plains further increased, but because they did not obtain the expected Pingyao granary, and there was little food left in the Pinglu city, and before the Kamans encircled Pinglu, a large number of old and weak women and children and gentry and merchants had already transferred the valuable property in the city and all the production and living materials to Huashuiyu in the south and Anyuan in the east, and the Kamans actually only got an empty city, paid more than 70,000 elite soldiers, and only got an empty and dilapidated city, which was difficult for the Kamans to accept, but the 100,000 nomadic cavalry transferred back from the Central Continent by the Northwest Army had been rushed back, and according to intelligence, the Lulong Garrison Division has also been stationed in Anyuan, and the 2nd Division of Nanjielok that has been stationed in Anyuan City to jointly defend Anyuan City, plus more than 100,000 cavalry, the Kamans have lost the opportunity and courage to advance westward.

When the Kamans were fighting to the death with the Pinglu Northwest Army, on August 2, 698 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, two divisions of the Fifth Army and a reading division of the Southern Military Region suddenly traced the water from Huanggang Mansion to the west, and on August 4, the three divisions arrived at the foot of Jincheng Mansion, and after some consultation, the three divisions entered Jincheng peacefully in the name of helping Jincheng resist the threat that might come from the Tianshui Taiping Army in the north.

After the Fifth Army entered Jincheng, the two granaries directly under Guanxi County on the outskirts of Jincheng were immediately announced to be temporarily taken over, and the 200,000 quintals of grain stored in the granaries were immediately transported to the Jinjiang Wharf in Jincheng, and a large number of transport ships from Jincheng to Huanggang rushed overnight, this kind of almost looting caused the strong indignation of officials and gentry inside and outside Jincheng Prefecture, and thousands of people spontaneously gathered to protest against the looting of the disaster relief reserve grain belonging to the people of Guanxi by King Situ Jun of Jin, the situation was out of control for a time, causing large-scale turmoil, and then the situation was controlled under the strong pressure of the Fifth Army, but almost a grain of 200,000 quintals of grain was still transported to Huanggang。

When he got the news, Wu Feng was already on his way to Tianshui.

The signing of the "Li Lin Secret Treaty" announced the formation of the situation of condominium of the three rivers, the Maqi Khans controlled the two prefectures of Huayang and Yushan in the east, and choked the key place in the central part - Loushan Pass, the Lin family still occupied the central Jiangchuan and Qindu prefectures, and although Anshun was still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Lin family, without Li Wufeng's approval, it was afraid that the Lin family would not be able to mobilize even a single soldier of the Anshun Mansion. The 20,000 Baiyin barbarian soldiers also advanced to the border area of Tiannan and Sanjiang as a reserve to prevent major changes in the Sanjiang war, and Wu Feng, Liang Chongxin, Mu Lige, and Wen Na agreed that as long as the situation on the southern front was stabilized, the war on the northern front would be much greater than the strategic depth, and even if one or two places were lost, it would not matter the overall situation.

In view of the deteriorating situation in the north, Wu Feng decided to leave Liang Chongxin and the three of them in charge of the battle on the southern front, and personally rushed to Hanzhong and Longdong Tianshui to inspect the front line. Situ Jun's military movement in Huanggang did not hide from the intelligence department, but Wufeng had no more mobile forces to deal with at this time, and the only hope was that Situ Jun would not be too greedy. The Guanxi region was empty of troops, and apart from the Second Division of the Northern Luzon Army left behind in Hanzhong and the Second Division of the Northwest Army Corps in Lujiang, there was not a single regular army.

The battle in Beiyuan has become more intense, it is estimated that there will be a fierce battle in Pinglu, and although the Taiping army in Tianshui has been temporarily contained in the offensive, if they continue to maintain the existing offensive, they are afraid that even if the first division of the Northwest Army is strong, it will be difficult to resist the enemy who is several times their own.

The weather was hot, and the unhappiness of the war in the north made Wu Feng even more irritable in his heart, and the chilled watermelon in the cool barrel in the carriage did not bring Wu Feng much good mood, and the window screen floating with the wind floated from time to time, and you could see a piece of green outside the window, which was the three crops of rice in Tiannan that had been planted, just waiting for the harvest.

The beauty next to him also seemed to notice Wu Feng's bad mood, and deliberately wanted to adjust the atmosphere, while gently shaking the fan, he wiped Wu Feng's stiff cheeks after soaking it in the bucket in the car with wet wipes.

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