According to later statistics, during the whole day on 22 July, the Anbei Army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the Ruinan Army suffered more than 3,300 casualties, and the battle loss ratio was almost 1 to 3.

If this is really the case, Zhou Bai is really difficult to accept such a loss, in order to solve it quickly, he brought out veterans this time.

Before dusk that day, Yan Luo also thought the same way, and in a desperate situation, he would redeem the child.

If you can really besiege and kill Zhou Bai in one battle, it will be worth it even if you pay the price of 30,000 people.

Because this is a common problem of separatist forces in troubled times, no matter how much territory you occupy, the rise and fall of the entire system will be pinned on you alone.

If the male lord of one side dies, the inheritance will inevitably be unstable, and it is common for it to be divided.

What's more, as far as Yan Luo knows, Zhou Bai did not marry a wife and have children, if Zhou Bai dies, it is foreseeable that the Anbei Governor's Mansion will inevitably collapse.

At that time, take advantage of the situation to counterattack Bei'an, and the price of 30,000 people may not be in exchange for 10,000 Anbei Army and a Zhou Bai, but in exchange for a rich and prosperous Bei'an County.

In fact, Zhou Bai also thought about this question, if he died, who would be able to take over his shift, and the answer was no.

Whether it is Chen Zhongbang, Zhou Yuan, or people within the Zhou clan, no one has such prestige and ability.

Marrying a wife and having children is what Zhou Bai must do, but his consideration is to appease people's hearts, not to worry that there will be no one to inherit the inheritance.

Sitting on the memory and wisdom of two lives, coupled with the assistance of the Book of Fortune, it is impossible to start a business and establish a foundation, is it difficult to expect a child to be supported by someone to succeed?

Yan Luo's tactical ideas were very good, but when the Anbei army was fighting endlessly, and the Ruinan army was not allowed to withdraw his troops, he felt that a great disaster was coming.

As expected, after a night, the Ruinan army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, surrendered and captured nearly 10,000 people, and fled to other places, and less than 5,000 people actually retreated to the city.

It was not even called a battle last night, but a one-sided massacre, with thousands of people running after 30,000 people, and if they did not lay down their arms and surrendered on their knees, they would die.

Attacking in a scorching hot environment during the day, consuming most of the physical strength is only one aspect, and the more important thing is that the morale of the army collapses, and all the Ruinan soldiers have been frightened.

This is the insignificance of individual efforts swept by the general trend.

Now the hearts of the people in Ruinan City are shaken, and all the soldiers and horses collected together are less than 20,000, and they can barely maintain order, which is already the reward brought by Yan Luo's long operation of this city.

Of course, the appearance of the great master of Xuanwu Zhenren, as well as the frequent actions of the Taoist group of Jiedu Mansion, also made some well-intentioned people in the city dare not act rashly.

Relying on the huge pressure brought by the Anbei army outside the city, Yan Luo reluctantly gathered his strength to make the defense of the city wall look like that.

He pointed to the mountains of corpses piled up outside the city, told the soldiers that this was the fate of not being able to hold the city, and then often went to the front line to greet his subordinates and reward them.

For a while, the morale that was low to the bottom really rose a lot, after all, in this era, the regional concept is really strong.

The vast majority of people have never left their hometowns in their lives, and the huge geographical area of Bianzhou makes Ruinan County and Bei'an County de facto two countries.

This is also the reason why Yan Luo can mobilize his soldiers, and in such a situation, he can still defend the city.

No matter how well the inscriptions of the Anbei Governor's Mansion are written and how loud the slogans are shouted, they are also invaders, at most better than the "outsiders" of Qingxu.

If Zhou Baizhen then ordered an attack at this time, maybe the defenders would muster the courage of the mourning soldiers and swear to defend the city with the enemy.

But Zhou Baiguan ran out of firewood in Ruinan City, bottomed out, and condensed the collision of soldiers, so he was not in a hurry.

Ruinan City, which has lost most of its army and has no fighting spirit, can be taken at any time.

So in the next few days, in addition to renovating the camp, the Anbei army was to provoke the generals and suppress morale.

Only half of the two teams of one hundred Silver Jiao troops returned to the city, and more than sixty Silver Jiao cavalry failed to break through, so these Jiao horses were incorporated into the enemy cavalry and let them show off their might outside the city, which made Yan Luo itch with hatred.

But this is not the most angry, the most angry thing is that Zhou Bai reorganized and practiced the surrender in front of the defenders of the city and Yan Luo.

After completing the strength, speed, obedience and other tests, you can be assigned to the recruit camp for the next training.

Those who do not pass the test will be eliminated, and they will be immediately sent dry food trays to their hometowns.

The family's wheat field is ripe, and it needs young and strong laborers to grab the summer harvest.

The defenders at the head of the city were dumbfounded, is it really so good? But the grain and silver issued can't be faked, and it can only be said that the Anbei Army is wealthy.

After passing the test, what kind of treatment should I be treated if I really become an Anbei army?

No, the other side seemed to hear the voices of the defenders, and then began to register and distribute money to the new army.

Just the recruits will have five taels of silver for settling-in, and two taels of silver for a month, and the silk and silk grain and rice will be replenished later.

In addition, many rough-voiced Anbei soldiers directly shouted slogans such as giving land to the army and giving land for meritorious service.

Three meals a day, there are real rice or steamed buns at every meal, and there is fragrant broth at noon.

All kinds of treatment directly stunned the defenders of the city, not to mention the various policies that were propagated after the staff officers of the Anbei Army wrote the manuscript.

For example, all kinds of beautiful blueprints were publicized day and night by exempting all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, paying wages for conscription, and ensuring that the output of grain fields was doubled.

Even if Yan Luo repeatedly emphasized that this was fake, he couldn't stop people's yearning for a better life, and if it was true, how could Bei'an's strength be so much stronger than their Ruinan.

Time passed day by day, and gradually inside and outside the city became accustomed to this kind of "peaceful" confrontation, and the biggest action of the Anbei army was only to dig canals and introduce water from moats to various ponds and reservoirs.

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Many of the guards were thinking that surrendering was actually quite good, but it was clear that they couldn't beat it.

In troubled times, the Ruinan people need a strong leader and system to protect their safety and at least be able to eat well.

Since Lou Jinpeng led two thousand horsemen to carry out the blockade operation, there has not been a grain of rice outside into the city, and the situation has reached this point, and the Jiedu Mansion has ordered a reduction in the use.

Except for large-scale battles, the rest of the time can only eat one dry meal and two thin meals, and the people in the city can only eat one bowl of porridge a day to continue their lives.

What is even more ironic is that if it had not been for the loss of more than 20,000 soldiers in World War I, I am afraid that there would be no food for civilians now.

Yan Luo and the civil and military forces of the Jiedu Mansion sit all day long, and there is no way to break the situation at all.

And in the next few days, when he saw the surrounding residents, he dared to run to the wheat fields under the nose of the Anbei army, and became more and more desperate.

Because this means that Zhou Bai has gradually subdued the hearts of Ruinan people, and the Anbei military facts have proved that they are not tyrannical, but to practice royal Taoism.

In the end, Yan Luo could only occasionally hope for a miracle, because with the assistance of Xuanwu Zhenren several times, there were still many messengers who successfully broke through.

I don't say anything about the beliefs of some powerful local forces, but just follow the way, and the gains and losses do not affect the overall situation.

Only the other three roads are the key, all the way to the three counties in the south of Ruinan and the Ningjiang River, all the way to Dingxi to seek assistance from Lu Ding, and all the way to Dingzhou City, to seek the help of the governor Lei Haomiao.

In the letter, he spoke earnestly, talking about the alliance and "being a minister", about Zhou Bai's ambitions, about the strength of the Anbei Army, and about the reason that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold......

To be honest, Yan Luo felt that there was some hope waiting for reinforcements, after all, for the people in power in the three counties, only he could give so much autonomy.

And for the other two heroes in Dingzhou, Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao, it is impossible for them to be willing to watch Zhou Bai rise.

However, the garrison and militia gradually sent by Bei'an County gradually shattered this hope.

Although these soldiers and horses are not as elite as the government army, they are not weaker than ordinary soldiers, and the key is that they are numerous.

According to observations, there are 10,000 people stationed in the main camp, and there may be even more sent to counties, checkpoints, and military towns.

Yan Luo couldn't understand how the war potential of a border county was so great, and where did the Anbei Governor's Mansion get the huge amount of money to support the soldiers and buy horses.

Then, on July 29, the news from the south directly crushed the last hope and confidence of all the forces in Ruinan City.

The three counties in the south of Ruinan County have all fallen, and the main force of the 20,000 government army commanded by Zhou Yuan is completely controlled.

On 1 August, when all the ferries in the Ruinan section of the Ningjiang River were occupied by the Anbei Army, Li Bao, the captain of the boat school, decided to lead more than 100 large and small warships and more than 2,000 sailors to ask Zhou Bai, the governor of Anbei, to surrender.

This means that Yan Luo's plan to attack the water route has also failed, and he has the grace to support Li Bao, so he thinks that Li Bao is loyal.

But Yan Luo didn't want to think about how Li Bao could carry out his plan, all the ferries were lost, supplies were completely cut off on land, and it was a problem for the sailors and soldiers to survive.

The key is that they are good at water warfare, but they are not good at land warfare, and there are only a few hundred soldiers who can land and fight, which cannot affect the overall situation on the shore at all.

In the end, under the fall of all the counties and the unanimous demand of his subordinates, Li Bao could only surrender.

Their wives and children are still on the shore, and if they continue to resist, the consequences can be imagined.

The governor of Zhou Da is a male lord and a benevolent lord, but he has never been a "good man".

Of course, Zhou Bai warmly welcomed Li Bao's surrender, but he made a request, that is, there should be a surrender ceremony and it should be located outside Ruinan City.

More than 2,000 sailors and soldiers all went ashore, and under the leadership of Li Bao, they were reviewed by Zhou Bai outside Ruinan City.

Although the sailors were paraded according to the army's drills, which was somewhat nondescript, Zhou Bai's purpose of attacking Ruinan City was completely achieved.

When Zhou Bai announced the formation of a naval division and the collection of more than 2,000 sailors, the head of Ruinan City was silent, and the guards who were so hungry that they were a little weak were all bright.

Seeing this situation, Yan Luo was in a hurry and almost ordered to kill all these guards.

At this time, the luck in the sky above Ruinan City became thinner and thinner, and it was mostly gray and white, and the extremely red color only swirled around the center of the city.

Every time the black gas attacked from the direction of the Anbei Army camp, the red luck had to be further consumed, making it shaken and helpless.

Late at night, this time there was no Xuanyi Guard, but several major families independently set off a rebellion.

They set fires everywhere to attract the attention of the defenders, and more than 1,000 families rushed directly to the northern city, trying to open the city gates directly and surrender.

The defenders of Beicheng have a rotating military leader, who is from the Wangwang family in the city, so he is actually quite sure.

But unexpectedly, Xuanwu Zhenren notified Yan Luo in advance, and under the suppression of the Yajun who were full of food, the rebellion was put down.

This night was full of blood, several families, including the Wang family, were all wiped out, and the ruffians and gangsters ushered in a merciless attack.

But Yan Luo overestimated his authority after all, and at this time, the killing could only maintain a superficial stability.

The leading county wang family is gone, there are still county tyrants and civilian forces, and even the atmosphere in the army has become wrong, and no one wants to have a crazy butcher's knife on their necks at any time.

In the barracks, the Taoist officials did not dare to enter at will, and even the Xuanwu real people who were consummated by the Yin God had to scruple about it.

In the city where more than 200,000 people gathered, the previous large-scale divine searches had already been suppressed by the legal net of the Jiedu Mansion.

Now the slightest change in Xuanwu Zhenren will be uncomfortably restricted, he is not a member of the Dao Official Regiment, not even an enshrinement, and some of Yan Luo's privileges cannot take effect.

Yan Luo's internal cleaning will of course affect the city defense, and Zhou Bai will not wait and see at this time.

It is possible to drag it out, but the time has passed in vain.

News came from Dingxi that Lü Ding had completely controlled Pinghe and Xingyun two counties, and the influence of the Qingxu warships in the territory had been swept away.

Now in the name of Anmin's exorcism, which is similar to Zhou Bai, he is launching an offensive against Yongquan County, and it is progressing very smoothly, and he has gained a firm foothold in Yongquan County.

Lei Haomiao in the south has devoted all his resources to support the Taoist group and the two Yang God True Monarchs, and now the clearance operation against the two generals has also made significant progress.

The base of a general ship was bulldozed, and all the captains from the fourth sequence down were killed in battle, which was caused by the agitation of the people in Dingzhou County, and the destruction and killing caused by these outsiders was too great.

More than 100,000 people became slaves, forcing the state soldiers to slaughter the villagers.

The other general ship is also in danger, and it is difficult to maintain it without resource supply.

On the whole, the strategy of closing the door and fighting dogs in the heavenly court was successful, except for Xuzhou, which went wrong, most areas were able to be pacified like Dingzhou.

Dingzhou's war against the Qingxu invasion was coming to an end, as was the northern border and other large regions.

Wang Xiu, the eunuch in the chamberlain, sent a message that the imperial court was preparing a decree to divide the feud, and if Zhou Bai intended to establish a feudal state, please hurry up.

The implication is that he can help, as long as you are willing to spend money.

Of course, Zhou Bai will not be Daxu's screen domain, but he still made additional investments, and there are only two requirements.

The first is to know the prepared sub-sealing list in advance, and the second is to try to intercept news related to him, such as the annexation of Ruinan County, such as small matters, don't let the above know.

Ruinan City is already a lonely city, the dark tide is surging inside, and the Anbei Army outside is also sparing no effort to launch an offensive.

The water of the moat was completely diverted away during this time, and it could not be wasted in a year of great drought.

The first is the counterweight trebuchet that has not been used, which appears hideous, and more than thirty of them take turns bombarding it, without stopping for a moment.

Like thunder, the sound shakes the world.

Wherever the cannon struck, it was destroyed.

The city tower became a ruin for the first time, and a large number of soldiers from the flesh and blood mold lake were carried down the city, and the city was full of wailing.

Where have the Ruinan people seen such a posture, they only thought that Zhou Bai had summoned the thunder god to help, and the order that was already on the verge of collapse was completely ended.