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Midday.

The border between the province of Palakar and the province of Roman. Noi Town.

The people of the town are still living a peaceful life. As the people of the border provinces, they have been accustomed to war for generations, and they have gradually developed a certain immunity to war. Although the army of the Asman Empire had already entered the provinces of Romans and Paracas, the people of the town did not have much panic and fear.

Under the sun, in an ordinary courtyard in the town, the grandfather and grandson were sitting in the shade of the trees, enjoying a pleasant afternoon time.

"Grandpa, what are the Asman people like?, are they scary?" the little boy was tired of the old man's arms, listening to the old man's story of the Asman invasion of the Fire Cloud Empire and his defeat.

"They look just like us, not intimidating. The old man smiled kindly and pinched his grandson's face.

"Then why do they always beat us?" the little boy looked up at the old man, his innocent eyes full of doubt.

"Because we're not strong enough! Just like you, when you meet a boy who is stronger than you, and everyone has a conflict, he will beat you. So, you have to grow sturdy. ”

"Grandpa, I still want to hear from you the story of the heroic soldiers who beat the enemy away. ”

"Okay, grandpa will tell you. ”

The old man and his little grandson told the story of the war between Assman and Huoyun. They didn't expect that it would not be long before a bloody battle would start between the Huoyun army and the Asman army outside this town. And the small town of Noi is also famous in the empire because of this battle. Many years later, the boy joined the army and grew from a soldier to a general in the Empire. The unit he led was the Huoyun army outside the town, the Second Division of the First Army of the Fifth Army of the Empire.

A few hundred meters outside the town, there is a relatively wide stone bridge. On the bridge, a group of Asman soldiers was slowly stepping forward, apparently the vanguard of the Asman army. Behind them was a procession that stretched so far as to end. After the Western Route Army conquered Patna, it left 20,000 men to defend, and the rest of the army was ordered to move west and join the Left Route Army.

At this time, another army was quietly lurking at the bridgehead, waiting for the Asman soldiers to enter the attack circle.

"His grandmother is a bear, and there is no end in sight after so many miles, it seems that she is going to kill Lao Tzu. I wanted to eat a piece of meat, but the old guy from the Legion Commander gave me a bone, what a fucking bad luck!"

Mogo looked at the Asman army in the distance and cursed secretly.

The fame of the Second Division is also very loud in the Fifth Army, second only to the Rogue Regiment. The commander of this division, Mo Ge, can fight tough battles, thick and fine, but he loves to be cheap and grab credit. When there is a good thing to make in a war, he runs faster than a rabbit, and if there is no benefit, he will think of getting some oil from his brother's army.

But as the division commander, Mo Ge's vision and wisdom are first-class among the emperors. At the time of their arrival in the town of Noi, the Asman army was also advancing towards the town of Noi. A staff officer named Sharon once proposed to directly tear down the bridge to stop the Asman army, but Mogo severely criticized him.

"Your name is Sharon?"

"Yes, General. ”

"True to the name, you are really a fucking blind staff officer! You destroyed the bridge, didn't you tell the enemy that someone was blocking the way in front of you? More than 200,000 people, prepare in advance, get some boats, bamboo rafts, or something, and set up a few miles on the other side of the river to cross the river, and you let me have 20,000 or 30,000 people, where can I fight? The task given by the army commander is to block the enemy here for three days, and Lao Tzu will let him walk from the bridge, and if he can't get through, he will be able to find a way, won't he be able to delay it for a day?

"Listen to me, shoot closer!Don't waste arrows!" Mogo looked coldly at the cavalry exploring the way on the bridge, and gave the order in a deep voice.

The cavalry was just about to walk off the bridge when a dense rain of arrows came their way. Some people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, and some people were thrown into the river by their horses with arrows. For a time, the people at the head of the bridge turned over on their backs and made a mess, and the soldiers behind were blocked on the bridge.

The soldiers at the head of the bridge couldn't retreat, so they had to step on the corpse in front of them and rush forward desperately, but they didn't rush far before they fell to the ground.

As soon as the news of the attack on the vanguard returned, General Langton ordered his troops to stop crossing the river and began to search for equipment for crossing the river.

A few hours later, the Asman army continued to charge at the bridge, and at the same time, dozens of small boats, loaded with soldiers, began to cross the river.

At the same time, the accompanying magicians of the Right Route Army also began to use high-level magic to carry out intensive attacks on the officers and soldiers of the Second Division at the bridgehead, opening up a way for the troops to seize the bridgehead.

"Lao Tzu has always felt that the second division is too poor, and the officials still think I am greedy. Do you say that if the Second Division has a team of magicians, will it be necessary to be beaten like this?" Mogo salivated with envy as he organized his troops to withdraw from the range of magic attacks and avoid the blow for the time being.

Fireballs, lightning, hail, tornadoes, and soon cleared an open space at the bridgehead. The soldiers on the bridge, the moment the magic disappeared, seized the bridge. However, because the bridge was too narrow, the speed of replenishment of the follow-up troops was far from keeping up with the slaughter of the officers and men of the 2nd Division, and the bridgehead changed hands again.

After repeating this several times, when the second division occupied the bridgehead again, Mo Ge was so angry that he scolded at the other side: "The Asman people of the dog day have been using magicians to get me, I don't believe that your magicians can fight for a few days!"

The dozens of small boats that were snatched from the river, also under the care of Mogo, were all put ashore after a rain of arrows, and none of them survived.

In desperation, General Langton sent his own retinue Magister.

A middle-aged man in a robe, escorted by a group of soldiers, walked up to the opposite bridge and began to chant slowly. As he chanted, dark clouds began to surge in the sky, and everyone felt a strong oppression.

"Damn, it's too big. The enemy's magus is about to wield!"

Mogo hurriedly organized a retreat, while the Magister on the bridge slowed down his chanting, and the Asman soldiers took advantage of his cover to rush towards the position of the Second Division.

“...... It's shameless!" Looking at the move that the opponent came up with, Mo Ge's face turned green with anger, "Lao Tzu sent someone to take your trick!"

With a wave of Mogo's hand, the officers and men of the retreating Second Division turned around and rushed towards the position again. As they cleared the Asman soldiers who had crossed the river, the Magister finished his chant.

"Nebula Lightning!"

In the sky, lightning fell on the position of the 2nd Division like a strip. When the soldiers were struck by lightning, they trembled and lay limply on the ground. On the battlefield, many places have become charred and black.

"Phew, blind staff officer, why are you pressing me? Lao Tzu is such an unlucky person?" Although he was a little moved, Mo Ge still scolded his staff officer.

Standing up and looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, Mogo's eyes were red: "Damn, it's a big loss this time." Blind staff, you go and count the casualties!"

Soon, Staff Officer Xia reported the casualties to him.

"Magister, a single spell killed nearly a thousand of me. Whoever wants to give me a few Magisters, Lao Tzu has sold his life to him!"

After the middle-aged man finished casting his magic, he also returned to the army. Unleash a large magic, without half a day, there is no way to recover the mana.

After the third day of the battle, less than 3,000 of the 30,000 men of the 2nd Division remained. Most of the soldiers fell under the magic attack. However, the Asman soldiers killed by the Second Division were also about 20,000. For a few days, people downstream could see floating corpses floating by, and the river was also blood-red.

"Division commander, the mission is complete, let's withdraw!" When the designated blocking time was up, Staff Officer Xia walked to Mo Ge's side and reminded.

"Withdraw, withdraw your mother's head, Lao Tzu's second division has been wiped out! These are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and they are my old book!" Mo Ge stood by the river, his eyes red, and he roared madly.

"Division commander, don't!" Staff Officer Xia stepped forward and grabbed him.

"You think I'm going to jump into the river?" Mogo asked, turning his head and staring fiercely at Staff Officer Xia.

"Could it be...... I'm afraid that you won't be able to stand the stimulation, and you won't be able to think about it for a while. Staff Officer Xia whispered.

"Lao Tzu tells you, I'm just thinking about how to find trouble with them when I go back and rebuild the Second Division! This debt owed by the Asman people has to be asked by the Second Division itself!

On July 20, 753 in the imperial calendar, the Fifth Army of Huoyun and the Left Army of the Asman Empire clashed for the first time within 200 miles northwest of Roland Fortress, and more than 20,000 people were killed on both sides. Immediately, Princess Naya personally led the 1st and 2nd Armies of the Sixth Army to leave Reese City, and cooperated with the Fifth Army to form a front and rear attack on the Left Route Army. The Central Route Army led by Brooke also immediately launched a strong attack on the Roland Fortress to relieve the pressure on the Left Route Army.

On 22 July, the main force of the Right Army of Asman, which had captured the city of Patna, was ordered to march in the direction of the fortress of Roland. On July 25, in the town of Noy, on the border of the provinces of Palaka and Roman, when they were preparing to cross the Pecos River to the west, they were blocked by the 2nd Division of the 1st Army of the 5th Army, and nearly 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded.

On July 24, Nalan led the 5th Army with 40,000 elite cavalry, appeared in the south of Patna, launched a surprise attack on Patna at night, the people in the city rioted, opened the relatively weakly defended south gate to welcome Nalan's troops into the city, the 20,000 defenders left in Patna by the Left Route Army were completely annihilated, all the logistics materials were burned, and all the people in the city withdrew from Patna.

On July 25, the 1st and 2nd Armies of the 6th Army launched a fierce attack on the Left Route Army, and the 2nd and 3rd Armies of the 5th Army Corps were also immediately engaged in the battle against the Left Route Army. In this battle, the mages of both sides wielded their might at the same time, causing thousands of casualties to each other. Since the crossing of the river by the Right Army was blocked at the town of Noi, the commander of the Left Army, Hans, ordered the withdrawal of the battle and retreated to the city of Priselli. On 28 July, the Right Army abandoned its maneuver in the direction of Roland and returned to Patna. And Brooke's attack on Roland Fortress also failed many times.

On 31 July, Nalan again led his army to blitz a division of the rear army of the Right Army south of Patna, destroying 8,000 enemies, and then led his troops to retreat to Sidon, the capital of Palakar Province.

The July Offensive launched by the Fire Cloud Empire was commanded by Princess Naya. This wave of sudden attacks disrupted the plan of the Asman army to encircle on three sides, seize the Roland fortress, and completely annihilate the Fifth Army Corps, causing heavy casualties to the Asman army and reversing the passivity of the battle situation on the southern front to a certain extent.

The July Offensive produced a war commander, a young general, and a heroic army.

In this battle, Naya strategized, sent surprise troops to attack the enemy's rear, sent strong troops to block the enemy's reinforcements, and arranged heavy troops in local scenes to have a certain advantage over the enemy's situation, forcing the enemy to retreat and turn to the defensive, disrupting the enemy's layout from the overall situation, and regaining part of the initiative in the war.

Nalan also became famous in the first battle for leading his army deep behind enemy lines, carrying out a clean attack and a quick blitzkrieg.

The 2nd Division, which was responsible for the blocking mission, also fully proved its toughness in this battle, blocking more than 200,000 people of the Asman West Route Army with 30,000 men for three days, and under the enemy's powerful magic attack, although the whole army was almost wiped out, it still made the enemy pay the price of 20,000 people.

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