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Not long after the two main divisions of the Western Military Region of the Reich were stationed in the southern part of Gerok, they were soon drawn into the fire. www.biquge.info The Kaman army in the Jiama area under the leadership of Duke Miley set off wave after wave of attacks**, so that the garrison in the Jieluo Jiama area, which was evacuated from two corps to reinforce the battlefield of Van Lin in the northeast, was suddenly overstretched, and the defense line was frequently broken through, and the second and third divisions of the Imperial Third Army, which had planned to rest for a period of time, were forced to enter the battle, and the two sides fought many battles on the northern edge of the Bode Plain in the south of the Jiama area, but both sides failed to achieve satisfactory results.

On July 22, the garrison of Kaman in the Jiama area began to retreat and gradually retreated to Jiama City to hold on, and at the same time, the commander of the garrison of Kaman Jiama City also changed hands in extremely concealed circumstances.

Claudia, dressed in a dark cloak, rode her horse on the side of the avenue, ordering her subordinates to quickly follow, and the swift march of troops in the night was like a dark and tailless dragon heading towards the dark and dreary distance.

After the main defender of the Carman garrison in Jiama City was quietly replaced by the veteran Simpson who was known for his perseverance transferred from the empire, Duke Miley, one of the pillars of the Kaman Empire's army, had quietly gathered more than 70,000 people from the Sixth Corps from China, and advanced westward at night. At the same time, the 50,000 most elite Royal Guards led by Claudia, with the cooperation of 70,000 troops of the 70,000 Corps, had infiltrated the territory of Gerok from the north of Jiama, and advanced along the southern foothills of the Zagros Mountains to Jiayuguan, which is located at the confluence of the Zagros Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains.

In the middle of the night in July, when the slopes on the edge of the foothills were still somewhat cool, Claudia leaped up the hill on horseback, followed by his lieutenant ---- Viscount Dominic, commander of the Seventh Corps.

"Your Excellency Marquis, do you really think that we can succeed at such a great cost?" Viscount Dominic is an orthodox soldier, as the commander of several major corps of the Kaman Empire, they all have extraordinary painful memories of the world-famous Jiayu Pass, almost every corps has been bled under this famous Xiongguan, and the Kaman soldiers who have died under this pass over the years are enough to form more than three corps.

Claudia can understand his worries and even fears, as the commander of the Seventh Corps, many years ago when Dominich was still the deputy commander, the Seventh Corps that participated in the attack on Jiayuguan suffered heavy losses, the then Seventh Corps Commander Count Latin was killed on the spot, after so many years, Jiayuguan is still strong, and the commander of the Seventh Corps has been replaced by the deputy commander of the year.

Although Claudia is arrogant, he has a deep understanding of the precipitousness of Jiayuguan, even if he has the support of nearly 200,000 troops, he only dares to say that he will do his best, but now all this has a turnaround, that is, they have an extremely important trump card in their hands, and at a critical time, this person will play a role in determining the surname. Of course, only a few people in the Kaman Empire know this information, and even Viscount Dominic, who is his deputy, knows nothing about this killer feature, so he has all kinds of concerns.

With a confident smile on her face, Claudia lowered her voice and said, "Your Excellency, I assure you that we will truly have control of Jiayuguan in a month's time, and Jiayuguan will be the most important checkpoint in our Kaman Empire from now on. ”

Dominic was very surprised by Claudia's self-confidence, he looked at the calm coach in surprise, in his opinion, even if there is hope to capture Jiayuguan, it is only hope, and as the coach dares to be so sure, he really can't believe it, he even doubts whether it will be a mistake for the prime minister to appoint this fierce young man in front of him, self-confidence is good, but blind confidence will bring irreparable losses to the troops.

"Your Excellency, I can understand your concerns, there are some episodes in between, please forgive me for not being able to explain them to you now, but everything will be seen when I take Jiayuguan. Claudia ignored the deputy's look of surprise and shrugged his shoulders helplessly in apology.

Jiayuguan is located in the northern border area of the Tang River Empire, across the northern border of the empire Zagros Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains like a huge protective wall separating the northern part of the empire from the northern enemies of the Kaman Empire and the Siathrow Empire, and Jiayuguan is just on the lowland at the intersection of the Zagros Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains, it is on both sides of the majestic and steep mountains, the reckless mountains stretch out, to the east the remnants of the Zagros Mountains until the territory of the Principality of Gerok, to the west the remnants of the Hindu Kush Mountains extend to the territory of Yinchuan Province。

It is also the natural dividing line between the West Throw Empire and the Kaman Empire, to the north out of Jiayuguan is a vast steppe, there is a small river ditch winding to the north, this small river ditch is called the Duck River, the east of the river is the territory of the Kaman Empire, and the west of the river is naturally the boundary of the West Szlo Empire. The remnants of the two mountains meet here to form a peculiar basin, the basin area is very small, and Jiayuguan is built on this basin.

More than 250 years ago, in order to prevent the nomadic barbarians on the grassland north of the mountain range at that time to disturb the imperial territory south of the mountain range, the 17th emperor Situ Qian ordered to build a fortress here, stationed an army, to defend against the invasion of the nomadic barbarians in the Central Plains, after more than 10 years of engineering construction period, the magnificent Jiayu Pass was finally completed, it is said that the construction of this Xiongguan used 200,000 people, costing nearly 20 million imperial gold coins, after the completion of the checkpoint, it was already the eighteenth emperor of the empire Situ You, Situ You personally presided over the inauguration ceremony, this is the first time in the history of the emperor His Majesty presided over the inauguration ceremony of a checkpoint fortress, which shows the important surname of this pass.

Due to the special geographical location here, the city walls on the east and west sides are built against the mountains, which are extremely steep, and the mountains under the city walls are dangerous, even if the enemy infantry wants to attack, it is extremely difficult to deploy, and the siege equipment is even more difficult to use. At the key crossings on the north and south sides of the basin, a wall of 20 meters high has been built, and the city defense facilities have been repaired and improved many times over the past few hundred years, which can resist the attack of more than 10 times the number of troops and stand still. The water from the mountains on both sides was drawn from under the city walls, creating a deep and wide natural moat, forming an excellent defensive fortress from south to north and from north to south.

In order to ensure the stability of this fortress checkpoint, in addition to the troops stationed in two divisions at any time, a large number of residents were also moved in from all over Taixuan Mansion at that time, and later with the development of the economy, a considerable number of people came to move in, and the ordinary people in the fortress have reached as many as 80,000 people. In addition to a small part of these people engaged in agricultural production in the vicinity, more of them were engaged in occupations related to the garrison in the fortress, such as service, entertainment, commerce, etc., and in fact formed a large town.

The fortress has a grain reserve that can be eaten by the garrison and the people for a year, and if emergency measures are taken, it can even last for about a year and a half. In addition, the fort has abundant groundwater, which can also be drawn from the mountains on the east and west sides, so that there is no need to worry about the waterway being cut off in the fort. There is also a military warehouse built in the fortress that is large enough to make the ordnance depot of Taixuan Mansion embarrassed, storing a large number of military and civilian materials to ensure that it can cope with various emergencies at any time.

Jiayuguan since the previous emperor changed the military department to be directly managed by the Taixuan Mansion, its essence has not changed much, the three garrison divisions of the Taixuan Mansion are nominally local garrison troops, but its predecessor is the original garrison Jiayuguan Imperial regular army, and its supplies are also directly allocated by the empire. In normal times, three garrison divisions and two garrison divisions of Taixuan are stationed in Jiayuguan, and one division is stationed in Taixuanfu City, and the two cities echo each other from afar.

Fielding sat alone in his study in the castle guard mansion and looked at the map, and the recent drastic changes in the situation around the Taixuan Mansion made him feel a little uneasy in his heart. The anti-aristocratic riots that appeared in the four counties in the northwest were exactly what he expected, but the expansion of the chaotic situation made him feel a little surprised, of course, he was also wondering if Li Wufeng's subordinates were suspected of acting, how could the originally calm situation in the northwest develop to such a point in just a few days? Even if Li Wufeng himself was not in the northwest, the situation could not have developed to such a point, and he was indeed a little skeptical, because the ability of Li Wufeng's subordinates to help him left a deep impression on him.

However, just when he was still puzzled and suspicious about the changes in the situation in the four northwestern counties, a larger military conflict broke out in the east of his territory, which made him feel that he could not control the situation at all.

The fact that the Kamans had chosen to suddenly attack Gerok at this time was incredible. You must know that in order to prevent the Kamans from further invading the Principality of Gerook, the empire has long deployed the main army of four divisions in the southeast and south of the Principality of Gerook, coupled with the threat of the army of its own three divisions from the flank, the attack of the Carmans can only end in failure in any way, and it will also affect their control of the Jiama region that they have occupied, and the Carmans should not see these consequences.

Could it be that the Kamans suddenly had an arrhythmia, and knowing the severity of the present situation, why did they choose this time to start a battle? What was the purpose of their actions? Fielding stared blankly at the military map in front of him, puzzled.

Could the Carmen have other plans? The weather-hardened Fielding still keenly smelled a peculiar smell from the unusual battle arrangement of the Kamans. He slowly shifted his gaze to his own territory.

Jiayuguan seems unlikely, the Kaman people who have suffered countless losses must still remember it vividly, even if they have the strength of several times the strength of Jiayuguan, they will still stop in front of this fortress known as the first pass in the world. Could that be from the south? Fielding gently rubbed his jaw while moving his gaze to the east, the Kaman garrison in the Jiama area is now in a fierce battle with the second and third divisions of the Imperial Third Army, and it should not be able to draw any strength, although the old guy Miley is powerful, it is impossible to deal with two fronts, and even if he gets out of the battlefield in the Jiama area, Fielding is not worried, if he wants to attack Jiayuguan from the south, it will also be bloody, maybe the Kaman people will have to taste it once before they will remember it.

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