"That's the recruits we can recruit." Lu Yuan looked at the fifty thousand people in front of him and said softly.

Ning Rongrong, who was beside him, looked at the fifty thousand recruits recruited from the Duchy of Hull in front of him, some of them looked like middle-aged men in their thirties and forties, some were young people in their twenties, and some were even only sixteen or fifteen years old.

Now is not the time to talk about humanitarianism, this is still a recruit sent by Lu Yuan when he talked a little about humanity.

This time, there are more than 50,000 young and middle-aged people recruited by the Principality of Hull, mainly because Lu Yuan said that if there are three young adults or more than three fathers and brothers in the family, or two fathers and sons, their fathers will be requisitioned as soldiers, and if there are two brothers, their brothers will be recruited as soldiers, and if there is an only son in the family and one of his parents to support, there is no need to levy it.

Therefore, the original 120,000 young and middle-aged people were only recruited to the battlefield with more than 50,000 young adults.

These 50,000 young adults had uneasiness in their eyes, and this sudden requisition of them to the battlefield really made them a little flustered.

Although some of them are not without experience in the battlefield - ten years ago, when the wars between the two empires were frequent, the border kingdoms and principalities and the two provinces often recruited young and middle-aged people to go to war.

More than half of the population of the Duchy of Hull has been evacuated, and only 50,000 young men have been reasonably recruited as temporary recruits among the last 700,000 people.

Lu Yuan also did it himself, and personally and justly recruited these 50,000 young and middle-aged recruits as recruits, trying not to let these 50,000 young recruits not have too many grievances.

However, at this time, blindly Huairou is not a way, so he also directly beheaded a few guys who met the conditions but were unwilling to accept the conscription on the spot, which made them settle down a lot.

It is now the twenty-first day of the fortification......

There are still nine days left before the scheduled one-month time to hold Zhennan Pass.

The Star Luo Empire rested for a few days and sacrificed the lives of several scouts and fine workers before learning that the Star Luo Empire had begun to transfer a large number of people from nearby kingdoms as the people to supply the army, and the original people had requisitioned 500,000 troops and ordered them to be the vanguard troops, preparing to start a continuous siege war.

Coupled with the original army of 500,000, it was the Star Luo Empire that once again pulled up an army of one million this time......

Lu Yuan knew that the Star Luo Empire was planning to complete its work, but it was not the same as the previous bet on the whole army.

The Star Luo Empire is planning to fight a protracted war, and Lu Yuan and the others must be prepared to face the siege battle of the Star Luo Empire for several days.

In the previous three wars, Zhennanguan lost 60,000 troops, and 20,000 troops were seriously wounded, and they were no longer able to fight.

There were only 120,000 troops left in the 200,000 army to fight, so it was necessary to recruit young men from the Duchy of Hull as soldiers, but even so, only 50,000 troops were recruited.

These 50,000 troops still have no combat experience, not to mention comparing with the elite troops of the Star Luo Empire on the other side, they are far inferior to the original defenders of Zhennan Pass.

Their combat strength is equivalent to an army of twenty thousand at most.

That is, what seems to be 170,000 troops is actually only equivalent to 140,000 troops, and the next step is to resist the continuous siege of the million army on the opposite side......

And the plan of the Star Luo Empire is obviously to continue to attack the city, and the millions of troops take turns to attack the city, even if Zhennan Pass can be held on the first day.

But what about the next day, the third day?

The 140,000 troops in Zhennan Pass are not made of steel, and they will inevitably be tired in the face of the opponent's continuous attacks.

When a soldier is tired, his combat effectiveness and will to fight will decrease.

When the time comes, won't it be easy for the Star Luo Empire to break through Zhennan Pass in one fell swoop?

But...... No matter what, Zhennan Pass must be defended.

It's not something that can't be done, it's something that has to be done.

Even if all the 170,000 troops die here, they must hold on.

Even if this war can't be won at all, we must hold on until the last moment when the city is broken!

This is the responsibility that must be adhered to as a soldier and as a general, born here, only to die to serve the country!

"It's too late to train them now, so we can only let them go directly to the front line." Sen Luohou looked at the 50,000 recruits from the side and said.

"That's all there is to it." Lu Yuan's face was indifferent.

They all know very well that there will not be many untrained recruits who will survive on the battlefield.

But it is a necessary sacrifice.

On the battlefield, it is necessary to place all individual feelings under the victory of the war, and everything must be centered on the victory of the war to make way for the victory.

Not to mention that all the 50,000 recruits were sacrificed, it was to directly send these 50,000 recruits to death, as long as the Star Luo Empire could withdraw its troops, Lu Yuan and Sen Luohou were willing.

And that's when ......

"Report ——!" One of Sen Luohou's own soldiers came running quickly from a distance.

He is a member of Sen Luohou's clan, and he is also a soul master, and he has the cultivation of a soul king, so he quickly came to Sen Luohou and Lu Yuan.

He knelt down on one knee and arched his hand and said, "Grand Duke of Celestial Shadow, General! The army of the Star Luo Empire has already begun to move, and it is seen that there are 300,000 troops marching towards us quickly! ”

"It's coming!" Sen Luo Hou took a deep breath, and then said to the soldiers of the Sen Luo Army around him, "Go to the city wall!" Get ready for battle! ”

Lu Yuan nodded, turned to the 50,000-strong army and shouted, "The whole army is facing the battle!" ”

"I know that many of you are new recruits, but at this time, you have to think about your family and people behind you!" He said.

These 50,000 troops were recruited from the people of the Principality of Hull who are still there, and according to Lu Yuan's conscription standards, there were still their families in the Duchy of Hull at this time.

"Zhennan Pass has been broken, and your family and clansmen will be captured by the army of the Star Luo Empire before they have time to evacuate!" Lu Yuan continued, "So going into battle to kill the enemy is not only for the empire, but also for your family and clansmen!" ”

"Your parents, your brothers and sisters, your wives and even your children, are behind you, protected by you!"

Hearing what Lu Yuan said, the eyes of these 50,000 young adults suddenly gradually became firm from uneasy, and the family hero is always the strongest one among superheroes.

"If you fail, the blades of the Star Luo Empire will slash at them!" Lu Yuan said with a sharp look in his eyes, "So! Do your best to protect your loved ones! ”

"For the Empire! For the sake of the family! He said angrily.

Suddenly, these 50,000 young adults roared angrily, "For the empire!" For the sake of the family! ”

"For the Empire! For the sake of the family! ”

"For the Empire! For the sake of the family! ”

"The people's hearts are available." Seeing this, Sen Luohou nodded.

……

Lu Yuan, Ning Rongrong and Sen Luo Hou led the recruits and the Sen Luo army to Zhennan Pass, and the original Zhennan Pass guard had been killed by several generals of the Star Luo Empire yesterday.

His cultivation was not high, and he was besieged and killed by several Soul Emperor generals of the Star Luo Empire, the battle situation was too chaotic at that time, and the city walls were full of soldiers from the Star Luo Empire's army, and Lu Yuan didn't see him besieged at all.

It was only after the war that his wreckage was discovered.

Lu Yuan sighed, although this Zhennan guard is not a high level of cultivation, and he is not very good at strategy.

But after all, he died to defend Zhennan Pass, but the general died on the battlefield, and the Heaven Dou Empire must have mercy and merit for him.

After this battle, if the Heaven Dou Empire didn't remember the merits of the Zhennan Pass guard, Lu Yuan would definitely go to ask for him in person.

A hero who died on the battlefield, he could not be wronged.

Of course, that's another story.

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong looked outside Zhennan Pass, only to see the yellow sand rising in the distance, and the million-strong army marched in order.

The other party re-requisitioned 500,000 troops and stood directly at the forefront.

They were covered with a thin layer of armor forged by the Star Luo Empire, and the armor was layered like leaves, but it seemed that there was no defense, and it could be broken as soon as it was slashed.

The real defensive power is the leather armor under this thin layer of armor, but such leather armor can only resist arrows at most, and in the face of the attack of the broadsword and spear, it can still be broken with one blow.

After all, they are only a temporary requisitioned army, and the worst treatment is deserved, after all, in the eyes of the Star Luo Empire, these 500,000 troops are just consumables.

Their role was to attack the city at the beginning of the war, draining the morale and physical strength of the defenders of Zhennan Pass.

However, if any of them can survive this siege battle, or even make great contributions, the Star Luo Empire will not be stingy with rewarding them.

So this 500,000 army, even as a consumable, is full of war spirit.

The ambition to make a contribution burns in their hearts, as long as they can make meritorious contributions and survive, they can obtain glory and wealth!

So of course they are not afraid!

After this army of 500,000 people, there are the surviving 500,000 elite army of the Star Luo Empire, they are far more elite than the army of people in front, and the light armor, heavy armor or weapons on their bodies are also more powerful.

It's just that they didn't look like they were attacking the front line immediately, but stopped in place like tigers, quietly staring at the Zhennan Pass in front of them, as if they were waiting for the prey to show its weakness, and then pounce on the prey!

The Death Blade General Wang Qianjian stood on the front line, and the continuous siege battle was a Yang plot, and he knew that it was impossible for the wisdom of Sen Luohou and Lu Yuan not to guess what they were going to do next.

So he stood directly on the front line, ready to command the operation.

After the army, the baggage troops pushed up the siege engines and siege ladders.

In the past few days, the baggage troops have been preparing a steady stream of siege equipment to ensure that there are enough siege equipment to use in these days.

Seeing that the time is almost up.

"Front-line army! Attack! ”

Wang Qianjian, the general of the Death Blade, gave an order, and saw that among the 500,000 troops of the Star Luo Empire, he immediately pushed countless siege equipment and rushed towards Zhennan Pass!

"Stop them from storming the city!" Lu Yuan said coldly.

Suddenly, the defenders of Zhennan Pass directly began to use long-range attack methods such as bows and arrows, crossbows, and trebuchets to try to suppress the siege of the Star Luo Empire's army.

But the front-line army of the Star Luo Empire was not afraid at all, and rushed directly to the city wall of Zhennan Pass with the flying objects flying overhead.

They suffered countless casualties in an instant, but they still rushed forward without fear of death, and at the same time, they also tried to use siege wood to break through the Xuantie City Gate under Zhennan Pass, which Lu Yuan had created with the control of the source number.

The number of the Star Luo Empire's army was too large, and the role of arrows, bows and crossbows and trebuchets did not play too much, so the defenders of Zhennan Pass began to pour up boiling water, gold juice, rolling wood and spears to defeat the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire who wanted to follow the siege vehicles and siege ladders.

However, even in this case, the army of the Star Luo Empire had already rushed to the city wall, and Lu Yuan and the other defenders of Zhennan Pass directly started fighting.

The enemy did not send high-ranking generals to fight Lu Yuan, Ning Rongrong, Sen Luohou and others.

Only ordinary soldiers of the army rushed up and were quickly killed by Lu Yuan, Ning Rongrong and Sen Luohou.

Lu Yuan and the others also destroyed a lot of the Star Luo Empire's siege equipment, but the Star Luo Empire quickly pushed new siege vehicles and siege ladders again, and placed them on the Zhennan Pass for soldiers to climb up.

And......

Half an hour later, the arrows, crossbows, and stones were gone.

After two hours, even the rolling wood, gold juice and boiling water were consumed.

The defenders could only use their spears to stab the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire who wanted to follow the siege vehicles and siege ladders to death.

But the 500,000 army of the Star Luo Empire is too many, and the army of the Star Luo Empire keeps people coming up, and Lu Yuan, with the assistance of Ning Rongrong, has killed them all, and new enemies continue to emerge.

The Star Luo Empire didn't seem to be in a hurry, and it didn't come up to the city wall with all 500,000 troops like the previous siege, but maintained a frequency, and enemies kept coming up.

Lu Yuan just wanted to launch a large-scale killing soul technique in an instant, and as soon as he saw that the opponent's army was completely scattered, he had no way to make a move.

The Star Luo Empire also defended against him, so that even if he spent a lot of soul power and launched the Star Huang Shatter, he would kill one or two thousand troops at most.

This obviously does not outweigh the losses.

And after almost five hours of continuous siege, the Star Luo Empire left behind the corpses of seventy or eighty thousand troops and withdrew their troops back.

However, the next day......

The million-strong army of the Star Luo Empire attacked again, and it was the same plot again, attacking the city for six hours in a row, leaving the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers, and then withdrawing the army back to the Yubei Pass.

Then came the third day......

Day 4......

Although they were all successful in defending the city in Zhennan, every day the Star Luo Empire left the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers and then withdrew their troops back.

In these four days, the Star Luo Empire killed more than 200,000 troops, while Zhennan Pass only lost 40,000 troops in these four days.

It seems to be making a lot of money, but ......

Ning Rongrong bit his lip as he looked at the soldiers defending the city on the city wall who were demoralized and had blank eyes.

They have been defending the city for four consecutive days, and in these four days, even at night, they have taken turns to rest, plus four consecutive days of high-intensity defense and fighting, which has made them physically and mentally exhausted to the extreme.

In fact, it wasn't just them, Lu Yuan and Sen Luohou hadn't gone down the city wall for four days in order to show their determination.

And that's when ......

"Enemy - Attack ——!" The high voice once again broke the silence above the south pass of the town!

(End of chapter)