The young affairs are not in the national capital, and the big and small affairs are handled by the three adults: Fuzheng, Bingzheng, and Gongzheng. As is customary, Shao Wu had no children, so he appointed his youngest uncle as the titular prisoner. If Shaowu died in an accident, Hou Xia, the youngest brother, would be made the king. But in fact, this supervisor is not in power, and the power is in the hands of three important ministers.

These three adults also have a division of labor. Fu Zheng was responsible for arranging government affairs, organizing the transportation of food and supplies in the city, and pacifying the people. Bingzheng was responsible for the transfer of troops, and in accordance with the strategy formulated by Shaowu, he lured the poor army step by step and bound them outside the national capital. The Gongzheng Lord Shrike was responsible for commanding the overall situation, including the arrangement of the war.

Why did Berau have to hold on to Bao Qi for half a month, because the people and materials retreating from the three cities of Wangqiu, Pinggu, and Yeliang in front needed to be transferred to the national capital in time. The fertile plains outside Badu City are the most densely populated and prosperous rich areas in Badu, and it coincides with the autumn harvest season, Lord Fuzheng has already ordered all villages to grab grain, and urgently transfer the population and livestock to Badu City.

The strategy formulated by Shaowu was that when Xiang Poor hit the city of Badu, nothing was left for the enemy outside the city.

The topography of Batu Castle is very special, and although Bamu Province occupies the most central plain area of Ba Yuan, there are still mountain ranges in some parts. The capital is surrounded by Pengshan, Zhangren and Meishan, like a natural line of defense. It will not be easy to break through this line of defense, but as long as the army comes in, Xiang Poor will be able to advance and occupy the entire plain between the mountains, and calmly surround the city of Badu.

What the shrike had to do was to slow down the advance of the poor as much as possible, so that the poor would not be able to obtain supplies on the spot after they came here. This tactic was later known as the Fortified Castle Kiyono.

For example, in the grange at the foot of Pengshan Mountain, all the things were moved back to the capital, and the slaves and farmers were all evacuated. There are many servants in his house, and it is easy to move things, and even pots and pots have been taken away. Of course, the crops in the grange were also harvested, leaving only the empty houses that could not be moved and the yellow straw in the fields.

Most of these soldiers led by Bao Qizheng were born in the villages outside the city of Badu, and some of them were withdrawn from the captured cities of Wangqiu, Pinggu, Yeliang, etc.

Half a month has passed, and all the villages outside Badu City have been empty, and even the wounded on the front line have been sent back in batches. Bao Qi knew that his task was almost complete, and the next thing was to be able to stay a few more days. Wait for the last reinforcements and cover.

At this time, Xiang Qian finally changed to the elite main force to attack the defense, and changed his strategy slightly, risking a surprise attack. Because the terrain of the pass is too narrow, a frontal attack can only open up to two army formations at a time, and the mountains on both sides are high and dense, making it impossible for large armies to pass. Xiang Qian ordered two elite troops, carrying two days' dry rations, lightly armed into the mountains and wilderness to climb cliffs and walls, and went around to the back of the checkpoint to sneak attack, cooperating with the strong attack of the frontal army.

But the plan failed. The battle has reached this point, and the other side has always had reserve elites in the deep mountains who have not been put into the battlefield. There were also two elite armies that came through the mountains and fields, and they had undergone long-term targeted training and did not carry heavy ordnance. But he is very good at climbing through the wilderness, and happens to outflank and attack the poor "strange soldiers".

The two forces that made a detour were annihilated, and only a few escaped back into the mountains. When the poor army was attacking head-on and was about to succeed, suddenly two elite military formations of the Bamuro Kingdom were killed from both sides. The defenders, who were almost about to collapse on the cover checkpoint, withdrew from their positions to rest, and they were caught off guard by a poor attack, and this time the assault was frustrated.

Poor and furious. I almost didn't vomit blood, and I asked the general of Zhenguo, Yue Xuan, and his strategists - where did this strange soldier come from, how could he be killed from the mountain?

After the analysis of the strategists, it was concluded that these two army formations could only come from the Pengshan Forbidden Land, and were under the command of the degraded general Beidao Clan, mainly guarding the nine dragon blood treasure trees in the forbidden land, as well as the medicine garden that had been jointly built by the monks of various factions over the years. The place was so remote that there were almost no roads, let alone an army of cars and horses. I thought that they had already been transferred away by the young affairs, and even if they went to the battlefield, they would not be able to carry heavy ordnance, but they did not expect to be killed suddenly at this time.

Xiang Qiang gritted his teeth and said: "This should be the last batch of elite reinforcements from the other side, and the two military formations can't turn the overall situation around...... As for the Pengshan Forbidden Land, sooner or later it will also be in my pocket. ”

Xiang Qian is right, this is indeed the last batch of troops to reinforce Bao Qizheng. However, the general of the Northern Dao clan did not come, and only let these two army formations come here to accept the unified command of Bao Qizheng. Under the persuasion of the general of Zhenguo, Xiang Poor let the army rest for three days, and assembled at dawn on the fourth day, and suddenly launched a final assault when he saw the smoke of the Guanfang cooking stove rising.

However, when the army captured this important defensive area, which had almost been reduced to ruins, it found that the Ba Mu national army had retreated. Although the army was gone, there were still a dozen people left, as if they were cooking on a fire every day, and they lit as much cooking smoke as usual to confuse the enemy. When the poor army arrived, these dozen sergeants also fled into the deep mountains and forests in time.

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After the last two elite armies reinforced and repelled another round of attacks, Bauchi was looking for the right time to retreat overnight. The remnants of his troops can also be reorganized into several complete military formations, and they are all elite in a hundred battles, including the two elite military formations rushed from the Pengshan Forbidden Land, which are basically undamaged, and these forces will also be invested in the future capital defense battle.

This battle lasted 21 days and resulted in more than 1,000 casualties. Fortunately, it was a positional battle of one attack and one defense, and the two sides could calmly arrange, if it was a field battle, Bauchi would have collapsed on all fronts.

The army then entered the plains and prepared for the final battle. But they did not meet any resistance, and the villages they passed, no matter how big or small, were all empty, and even the crops in the fields were harvested, and no one was touched, and they were killed very smoothly under the most majestic Badu city on the Ba Yuan.

Rather than fighting a decisive battle on the plains, Shrike withdrew all his formations to the city and held out. It seems that relying on tall and strong city defenses is very beneficial to the defenders, but this strategy is usually very passive and helpless. Because once the city is besieged and the connection between inside and outside is cut off, it will not be able to get more supplies, and can only be beaten passively and slowly consume blood loss.

No matter how abundant the troops and supplies in the city were, if there was no reinforcement from the army, sooner or later it would be impossible to hold it, and the capital was besieged, that is, the command center of a country was paralyzed. Therefore, the task of the shrike is to drag the main force of the poor army as much as possible, and ensure that the capital is not lost, and wait for the young affairs to win in the hinterland of the Xiangmuro country, and the siege of the capital will be solved without a fight.

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Zheng Gu, the monarch of Zheng Muru, has recently received various battle reports: Xiang Poor waved his army into the hinterland of Ba Muru, Shao Wu attacked Feihong City from the rear and captured it, and Xiang Poor Qiang attacked and defended himself and was about to march under Badu City.

On this day, the monarchs and ministers of the Zheng family were discussing state affairs again, and Zheng Gu said: "The latest battle report, Xiang Qian is storming the last pass outside Badu City. Calculate the time, by the time we received the battle report, they should have arrived at the city of Badu. The envoy of the Xiangmuro country also arrived, and the prime minister claimed that the purpose of this dispatch was to help our country resist the invasion of Shaowu, and asked why our country had been slow to hold its troops. In your opinion, should we march in the same way?"

Master Fuzheng sneered: "Who still doesn't understand Xiang Yuan's thoughts? He promised to come forward to mediate, but is the mediation necessary to attack the other party's national capital? It is obvious that he wants to take advantage of the situation when the army of the Bamuro country is transferred to the south, and we will contain the main force of the Bamuro country here. ”

"The country of Bamuro has captured Baiguo City, and we are ready for a national war, no matter what, this is a great opportunity to march. The capital of Ba Mu is surrounded, and the front-line army will be in turmoil, and raising troops at this time will win a great victory. ”

Lord Caifeng shook his head and said: "Shaowu has led a strange army into the hinterland of the Xiangmuro Country, probably trying to use this method to force Xiangqi to withdraw his army." But the strange thing is that before the latest war report was received, various rumors were breeding in the country, which were later confirmed by the war report. Now some people say that they will be defeated by the poor and will be captured by the young affairs, and the truth of the rumors is not credible, but who can have news faster than the battle report received by the lord, could it be that someone has expected today's situation a long time ago?"

The opinions of the ministers of the Zheng Mur State were divided into several factions, some suggested that they should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then take advantage of each other when both the poor and the young affairs were defeated; others believed that they should take advantage of the situation to march, and if the young affairs succeeded in the rear of the Xiang Mu State and forced the poor to withdraw their troops, the best opportunity would be missed.

Zheng Gu was also difficult to decide, and suddenly asked the general of Zhenguo, who had not spoken: "Lord Ruichuan, you just rushed back from the front line, you should know the situation on the side of Ba Muro, what is your opinion?"

General Rui Chuan replied: "I think the rumors in the country are very suspicious, Shao Wu should have expected what Xiang Poor would do, and the overall response was not panicked, and the military spirit of Bamuro Country may not be shaken. It is said that the national capital is about to be besieged, and the front-line army should return to help.

However, I found out that the reserve army formations of the various cities in the territory of the country had been transferred to the capital, and the large army on the border had not retreated, but had recently sent a few more troops to make the defense line more stable. It seems that Shao Wu is confident that he can succeed in the hinterland of the Xiangmuro country and relieve the siege of Badu City, so he has made up his mind not to let us have a chance to sneak attack. ”

Lord Fuzheng frowned and said, "Where did Bamuro come from so many military formations?"

Lord Caifeng replied: "I have to admire the efficiency of the various cities of the Bamuro Kingdom in carrying out the decrees, and the young affairs have indeed been protected by his father's forty years of rule, and in a short period of time he has recruited an army several times that of the standing army. The border troops that had been guarding the border did not move at all, and there were constant reinforcements from reserve formations. What he brought to the country of Xiangmuro may be the elite of field warfare who has been practicing all year round in the country. ”

Regardless of whether to fight or not, it is necessary to predict the consequences of starting a war, and Zheng Gu asked General Rui Chuan, who was leading the army on the front line, if he sent troops at this time, was he sure of a big victory......?