In the end, in order to achieve a quick victory, Liu Ergou had to order the mobilization of heavy artillery on the city wall to directly blast the defense line of the logging battalion.

A warrior's vocation is to obey orders, and these "second-class warriors" are clearly fully dutiful.

It's just that Liu Ergou really can't pay tribute to these competent fighters at the moment.

Madame Pivo not only arranged this line of defense in the Valley of the Weeping Gorge, but there were as many as four lines of defense and seventeen camps along the canyon to the east, but the heavy firepower was mainly concentrated here.

If you can't completely capture this defense line quickly, and wait for the other defenders in the canyon to come back to their senses, Liu Ergou will have to ride a tiger!

This round of shelling crushed more than half of the soldiers and the defensive line they were stationed in to ashes, and scattered evenly on the battlefield.

After solving all the resistance, the first problem Liu Ergou faced was whether to hold this line of defense.

Like the Pivov Army, Liu Ergou also faced the problem of long supply lines.

It is more than 300 kilometers from Kitahara Castle to Shenwai Canyon! There was nothing along the way but the wind-blown and sandy Gobi Desert.

If he wants to gain a foothold here, it means that Liu Ergou has to establish a long supply line that stretches for 300 kilometers, which is quite difficult for the current Beiyuan City.

And if this line of defense is abandoned like this, then the Pivof army who have come to their senses will surely realize that there is a stronghold of the Imperial army not far from the Crying Canyon.

And in this way, it is difficult to guarantee that Pivov will not attack the idea of this "stronghold", and then use it as a springboard to invade the interior of the empire.

At that time, Kitahara Castle will be facing the army of Pivov!

After careful consideration, Liu Ergou still decided to rely on the original fortifications and defend on the spot.

It may be difficult for Kitaharahara to maintain a three-hundred-kilometer supply line, but this is not the case for Pivov. Since it was possible to supply this line of defense with seventeen camps in the canyon, it was difficult to guarantee that Madame Pivo would not use seventeen camps to spread the army all the way to the gate of the northern plains.

Unlike the former Third Legion, which still had dense forests and hills to defend, the vast wasteland between Kitahara City and Shenwai Canyon was all endless except for the highlands where it was located.

Want to go head-to-head with the Pivov Army on such terrain? Liu Ergou hadn't swelled to the point where he felt that he was better than Satorio.

If you want to stop this potential invading army, the best option is to block it in the Crying Canyon.

On the other hand, out of consideration for Avilans to save Zhao from Wei and Wei, Liu Ergou could not be withdrawn.

In the final analysis, one of the important reasons why Liu Ergou was able to agree to this plan was the dangerous location of the Divine Cry Canyon.

Unlike the Northland Wastelands on this side of the Empire, at the eastern end of the Weeping Canyon is the northern town of the Principality of Pivov - Furlong.

Like Nefarian and Ohlian, the city of Furlong is an important source of metals in Plvóf.

If it is lost, it will deal a serious blow to the overall military strength of Ivov.

The reason why it was necessary to strengthen the garrison of the Divine Cry Canyon in this way was to prevent the Imperial Army from sneaking up from behind.

Judging by the situation at the front, it seems that the Pivov Army was only ready to fight on a single line with the Imperial Army.

Cascillin's Southern Front Corps only played the task of feints and containment, and the Divine Cry Canyon could not be directly retreated.

If Pivov really had extra military strength, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity easily.

In this way, there was no garrison in the direction of Furlong, and it was impossible to mobilize enough garrisons to ensure the security of the border, so extreme tactics such as the Maginot Line were adopted.

And the reason why Liu Ergou decided to stay in place was to gamble on this.

To be precise, it was a bet that Pivov's high command would mistake this surprise attack as a signal for a major Imperial attack, and then adopt the tactics of reinforcing the defensive line instead of attacking actively.

In this way, Liu Ergou was not only able to protect the safety of Beiyuan City, but also played a role in containing the war in the east, so that the Pivov army that invaded Ohlian City did not dare to let go of their hands and feet to fight.

After all, no matter how weak the Imperial Army is, it will not eat dry food, and if it really fights hard, Pivov will not have enough troops to defend itself.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou wrote a letter on the spot, and then asked Brent to personally take someone to deliver it to Easton Dock overnight.

In this letter to Avilans, Liu Ergou enumerated in detail the benefits of being stationed in the Divine Cry Canyon.

And taking this as an opportunity, he asked Avilans to directly send troops to reinforce Kitahara Castle.

Writing this letter was somewhat of a helpless move.

After all, if he could, Liu Ergou really didn't want outsiders to get involved in the defense work of Beiyuan.

However, with the current strength of Beiyuan City, it is already quite laborious to maintain this three-hundred-kilometer-long supply line alone, and more manpower is undoubtedly needed to garrison Shenwai Canyon.

It's not enough to just shrink back like Gerson did before.

The Pivov Command is not a fool, and it can see through the weakness behind Liu Ergou's move at a glance.

Therefore, in Liu Ergou's plan, the Divine Cry Canyon must not only be defended, but also maintain a considerable degree of active attack momentum!

Whether it's reconnaissance, harassment, or a tentative frontal attack......

In short, Madame Pivo on the other side of the canyon must not be left idle, and must always send a signal of "I like you".

And this, it is necessary to rely on the regular army of the Empire.

But before that, Liu Ergou still has a lot to do, one of which is to harvest the spoils of this time.

Sent to clean up the battlefield...... Or tidy up the warehouse, in short, by early morning, Liu Ergou had a list of lengths that he was very satisfied with.

One hundred and forty-seven cannons, two hundred and three ballistas, and a number of weapons and equipment of various kinds......

What Liu Ergou wants most is Mrs. Pivo's powerful long-range magic cannon, and after this battle, as many as twenty-eight guns were captured!

If it weren't for the first round of bombardment, which bombed the city together for the sake of safety, Liu Ergou would have been able to harvest more artillery.

Leaving two-thirds of the various cannons, the remaining one-third was immediately shipped under Liu Ergou's orders.

And Dries and the others in the city were already ready to receive it, and they only waited for the cannon to arrive and began to reverse analyze.

Liu Ergou has never doubted the level of research on Drissy.

Presumably, it won't be long before Kitahara Castle will be able to use the advanced cannons it has made.

As for the individual weapons and equipment, except for projectile weapons, which were left to strengthen the defenses, the rest of the swords and armor that did not match the shape of the orcs were transported back to the city.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and these 3,000 people's weapons and equipment can also refine a lot of metal.

Because the process of capturing the defensive line was faster than expected, Liu Ergou's original plan of "digging the ground and blowing up the wall" did not come in handy.

The intact wall was retained as part of the new defensive line, except that the position of the garrison was changed to the west and the guns were aimed at the valley on the east side.