The lockdown has been set off for more than a month, looking at the exhausted soldiers around him, he is indeed a little unbearable, the rapid march for a month has almost made everyone almost unable to support it, even the well-cultivated guard battalion is a little unable to withstand this continuous march. In fact, this is nothing, the most unbearable thing for this army is the continuous harassment, even if it is just a hundred or so people, they dare to lean on it and launch a ridiculous so-called attack and then disperse in a hurry.

To be honest, if it weren't for the heavy responsibility, the most willing thing to do in the city was to kill these chaotic people who dared to disobey the spear god, but now they are more than willing to do it.

The lockdown clearly remembers how surprised Zhang Xingqing, the former enemy executive officer he admired, when the news of the fall of Fort Xiangyang reached the big tent of the Chinese army, and how he couldn't withstand the blow of the broken supply line and vomited blood on the spot.

The lockdown remembers more clearly that the first thing the executive officer did after he woke up was not to treat, but to let him select 100,000 troops as quickly as possible and attack Xiangyang Fort, and even Zhang Xingqing's instructions to him turned out to be to recapture Xiangyang Fort as quickly as possible at any cost, even if for this reason, all the 100,000 troops fought to take Xiangyang Fort.

In fact, the lockdown was extremely resolute in the implementation of this order, marching nearly 5,000 miles a month, not to mention marching under the constant harassment of some resistance forces, which was definitely an unprecedented feat in the history of the Dreadnought Empire's conquest, but the lockdown knew that this speed was far from enough.

"Bring me the map!" Lockdown pursed his dry lips, gave an order to his own soldiers, sat straight on his horse, and carefully looked at the map in his hand, close, close, five more days, no. In just three days, the army he led will be able to rush to Xiangyang Fort and kill all those damned sinners.

Just looking at the surrounding terrain, the mountains and forests are dense, and the roads are chaotic, I am afraid that the small group of enemy troops who are harassing are hiding somewhere and are ready to move.

"Set up camp and rest, the third battalion of the Chinese army is responsible for night vigilance, and after the brigade sets off tomorrow, the third battalion will defend and rest on the spot. Then chase after the brigade. ”

After such an order was given, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion were already desperate in their eyes, but good training and loyalty to His Majesty the Spear God allowed them to obediently start this mission.

The first priority of the rapid march is to ensure sufficient rest, and the battalion that is on guard will naturally not get the opportunity to rest, so the closure of the city will issue an order for the third battalion to defend and rest on the spot the next day, in fact, he has issued this order more than 20 times, that is to say, more than 20 battalions of troops have been abandoned by him in this long marching process.

This is also something that can't be helped, as early as the beginning of the departure, the lockdown has already found that the march is in the middle of the way. There has never been a shortage of some of the most daring rebels trying to slow down their own pace, and the method adopted is to attack at night, as long as the troops are camped and rested, until they are out of camp and set out. Don't want to have even a moment of peace, when everyone is tossed and exhausted, the lockdown uses this method of losing the pawn to protect the handsome, and finally ensures the quality of rest for the vast majority of people.

It can be said that as long as the battalion serving as a guard does not die, basically all the soldiers can sleep in the earth-shaking killing sound.

It's just more than 400 people per battalion. Along the way, more than 20 battalions have been abandoned by the lockdown, and the total number of troops is nearly 10,000, which is one-tenth of the strength of the troops he brings.

But. Thinking of Xiangyang Fort, which was close at hand, Feng Cheng made up his mind in his heart, this lost qiē must be taken back in Xiangyang Fort, as long as Xiangyang Fort is recaptured, then the supply line will not be cut off, and Lord Zhang Xingqing will definitely be able to lead the invincible dreadnought army to sweep away the entire God of War Continent.

For Lord Zhang Xingqing, the closure of the city is admired, not to mention anything else, just looking at the three thousand Shanyue people in the camp who have already found a random place to sleep, the closure is full of admiration for Lord Zhang Xingqing.

These Shanyue people are clearly an uncivilized people, all of them are strong, climbing mountains and rocks like walking on the ground, and their skin has become very hard in the habitual mud bath, even some of the swords in the army can not be broken, it is really a special talent born with the ability to siege the city.

When I first met the Shanyue people, almost everyone in the army laughed at the backward lifestyle of these savages, but only Lord Zhang Xingqing keenly discovered the special ability of the Shanyue people, not only relieved the poor Shanyue people with a large amount of military materials, but also recruited nearly 6,000 Shanyue young people to join the ranks of the Dreadnought Empire Expeditionary Force in the form of paid employment.

Facts have proved that Lord Zhang Xingqing's vision is really powerful, there is a large Qi country, nearly forty big cities, and more than a hundred small cities, and there is no city that can stop the attack mode of the Shanyue people, so that the Qi country can be defeated with one blow at the fastest speed.

Therefore, in this operation, Lord Zhang Xingqing actually gave half of the Shanyue people to himself, which shows how important the strategic position of Xiangyang Fort is. In fact, the enemy forces in Xiangyang Fort are indeed too much, otherwise, the blockade is sure that Xiangyang Fort will be recaptured with only 3,000 Shanyue people.

As night fell, except for the unextinguished bonfires that were dancing the last sparks, the whole camp was silent, and occasionally the three battalion squads dragged their tired steps to carry out the guard patrol mission between the tents.

And on the side of the mountain forest not far from the lockdown camp, in another camp that was much smaller in scale, it was a different scene, and in the camp that looked not as strict as the Dreadnought Empire's side, but also strictly followed the camping standards, men in various colors were nervously and orderly packing their bags.

If Ling Xiao is here, you will find a lot of familiar figures, Liu Wenyuan's son Liu Yinghui Dashao, Wang Xin, Zhao Liuxing, and even Yue Yatou and Zhao Xiaobao are among them, and half an hour later, after packing up, everyone is in front of the camp, there are more than 4,000 people, and standing at the front of the entire queue is an old acquaintance of Ling Xiao, Song Guohu Bugui.

Ling Xiao's old brother obviously increased a lot of wind and frost on his face, and he was still doing his old job as a messenger, but at this time, when he stood at the front of the team, he immediately showed a bit of ability and majesty, which made the whispering in the crowd suddenly a lot quieter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the spies reported that there is an army of the Dreadnought Empire that is camping and resting not far away, and its number is nearly 100,000. ”

As if to strengthen his tone, Hu Bugui stretched out his hand and waved, "Originally, it was a good idea to teach them a lesson with our strength, but this time, we gathered in this place under the convening order of the Arrow Sect, in order to support Ling Xiao, maybe the news of the arrival of the Fearless Imperial Army, Xiangyang Fort doesn't know yet, so our task now is not to attack the enemy, but to reach Xiangyang Fort as quickly as possible." I ordered, abandon the baggage, march lightly, and no longer rest and no longer stay until we reach Fort Xiangyang. ”

To be honest, such an order is definitely not something that a qualified commander will give, but although Hu Bugui has not commanded any battles, he has quite a lot of experience in all kinds of traveling from south to north, and in his opinion, the defending side does not need anything like a war horse at all, all it needs is qualified soldiers.

That's why he issued such an order, if you don't camp for three days, people may be tired and want to die, but as long as you raise half a day's effort, you can definitely slow it down, as for the war horse or something, it is to run to death, and Hu is not distressed.

The whole camp was in a mess, even the youngest Yueya and Zhao Xiaobao also knew that the situation was urgent at this time, but fortunately, the two children were from a good background, and all the supplies were packed in the storage equipment, so there was no need to discard anything.

However, Hu Bugui, who was old in accidents, knew the weight of Yue Yatou and Zhao Xiaobao in Ling Xiao's heart, so when distributing the war horses, although the two children were young, they also got two good horses each.

However, in the time of a hundred breaths, the team of 4,000 people had already set off along the line, and the sound of horses' hooves continued to beat on the ground, and it spread far away, startling many chickadees.

Even the lockdown camp that is far away can be noticed, but the third battalion received the order to defend, even if they vaguely heard some movements, they didn't pay attention to it at all, you know, they have heard a lot of this kind of galloping sound of war horses along the way, but most of them are fake voices tossed out by those harassment squads, and now they can't attract the attention of the alert detachment at all, I'm afraid that only the enemy troops who actually appear in front of them can arouse their alertness.

The sky was getting brighter, and various voices began to sound in the closed camp, and under the drive of the guard camp, it took nearly an hour to finally complete the preparations before departure, and even some soldiers were still holding all kinds of dry food in their hands, gnawing on them, and climbed on their horses.

He believed that as long as he arrived at Xiangyang Fort, with the assistance of the Shanyue people and the encirclement of 90,000 troops, Xiangyang Fort would definitely be able to be held in his hands even if it was the Longtan Tiger's Den.

Of course, the lockdown did not expect that a decisive force would actually sneak past him not far away, and it would inevitably reach Xiangyang Fort before him, perhaps if there was no such pure archer team to save zài, the Blockade would be able to capture Xiangyang Fort after paying a certain price. However, when Ling Xiao mastered a team of 4,000 archers in his hands, I am afraid that the ability to seal the city will not be enough to complete the task. (To be continued......)