"Don't talk nonsense, enter the Iron Beast!" Fan Yuzhen knew quite well what virtues these squadron leaders under his command were.

Jiaziyuan hung his head and led his subordinates to follow Fan Yuzhen into an iron beast.

A squadron drilled into an Iron Beast, along with a hundred auxiliaries, who were responsible for digging trenches.

Helian Yu, who was wearing dark blue armor, came to the military flag pass and looked at the ten iron beasts that were advancing slowly, "Iron beasts? This is something that can only be used when there are more troops than the enemy, how dare the Eighth Army use this thing to attack the city?

The new commander of the Fourth Army of the Meng State, Ma Yu, followed behind Helian Yu, and the defenders responsible for defending the Banner Pass were his subordinates.

"The main force of our army has been assembled behind the pass, or simply rush out now and wipe out the enemy's Eighth Army here. Ma pre proposed to Helian Yu.

"How do you know that there is only the Eighth Legion under the Guan? And there can only be one legion at most to fight the enemy under the Guanxia, and you are confident that you will repel the enemy's Eighth Legion? If you hadn't been brought up by me, I would have suspected that you were a spy of the Shaodian Kingdom.

That one named Jiang Zhi is really powerful, blocking all nine of our gates, and using strategic depth to deal with my positional warfare. The Jiang family has been hidden for many years, and there is such a character in the side line, this kind of side line is the most annoying, and they will redouble their efforts to learn and train.

Hmph, lure me into a decisive battle at the Banner Pass? My strategic intentions were seen through by that Jiang Zhi again, this guy is very good at grasping my thoughts, and he can only react faster than anyone. Fortunately, the initiative is in my hands, and I don't believe that the reinforcements of the Shaodian Kingdom will come faster than mine. Helian Yu's thoughts gradually became clear.

A personal soldier ran up to the city tower, knelt down on one knee behind Helian Yu's side, and said, "Commander, Shanghangguan is attacked by the enemy's 11th Army. ”

"Ouch, it's so barbaric, I'm just suspicious, they actually took the initiative to launch a two-way attack, obviously bullying me, a weak woman. Helian Yu covered his mouth and made an exaggerated expression.

Ma Yu was in a cold sweat behind his head: You are a weak woman? Commanding an army of more than one million to stir up chaos in Nannuma Prefecture, the generals of Meng, Cao, and Qi will be cleaned up by you, so you can be regarded as a weak woman, and there is no strong woman in the world.

"Is there no movement on the southern front?" Helian Yu asked his soldiers.

"There is no news yet. ”

"Hmm, what do they want to do? Aren't they going to fight me at the Banner Pass? Have they changed their commanders? Where is their main force? Have they had reinforcements arriving?"

At this time, Helian Yu was silent, no one dared to answer her questions, and no one dared to interfere with her thinking.

"First of all, we caught a spy from Shaodian State before, and we can be sure that the other side knows that the country will send reinforcements to me; secondly, the enemy's main force attacks the Junqi Pass, which means that they judge that I will be here; finally, if there is no movement on the southern front, then it may be to put psychological pressure on me.

Inform Cao and Qi to let their main forces return to the northern front to wait for my order, and after receiving the order to attack, they will go out at all three levels and attack Jinping County with all their might.

Inform the 3rd Army to return to the southern front for defense, and the 9th Army will go down to hang the pass, and directly attack the junction of the southern and central lines without waiting for my orders.

The 2nd and 6th Corps were informed to come to the Flag Pass as soon as possible, and the Commander of the Corps would not be allowed to come to see him after three days.

The Seventh and Thirteenth Army Corps were informed to recuperate after the pass, to eat what they should eat, to sleep when they should sleep, and to keep the whole army in the best condition.

Inform the Eighth Army to hurry up and transport supplies to the front, there is no need to hide their whereabouts anymore, I only ask for one word 'quick'!

Hmph, if you want to play tricks with me, then I'll put on a dignified posture and fight with you. Helian Yu showed a proud little princess expression.

"Marshal, what about these people below?" Ma Yu didn't hear the instructions about the Fourth Legion, and his heart was a little unsure.

"Oh, why don't you just dig a few trenches and let them dig them, and symbolically throw a few stones at them, and encourage them to be more diligent. If they dare to storm the city wall, you will send death squads to fight with them, one for one for your great merit, two for one for your small merit, and three for one for your unsuccessful achievement. After Helian Yu finished speaking, he walked down the city tower with his own soldiers.

This time Ma Yu is much clearer, his task is to fight with the enemy's Eighth Legion, and the battle loss ratio of four to one is considered a dereliction of duty, and the Fourth Legion defending the wall is confident to fight this battle.

There was a loud bang, and the stone shot by the catapult on the military flag closed and smashed right on the top of the iron beast of the fourth squadron, and the entire iron beast shook, and the fourth squadron and the auxiliary soldiers all stared at the top of their heads.

"Look at it! Get to work, so far from the wall, no stone can smash the iron beast. Fan Yuzhen looked at the frightened auxiliaries and shouted impatiently.

Only heavy enough rocks can smash open the shell of the iron beast, but that kind of stone can't fit a catapult, and it can't shoot too far.

Behind the iron beast there is a gate about two meters wide with a height of one person, and the sand dug out of the ground is built on both sides of the trench to form a low wall, and in the trench more than one meter wide, wooden stakes and planks will be erected to keep the soil, as long as the top of the trench is covered with wooden planks, soldiers can rush through the trench to the vicinity of the city wall.

Mao Jian ascended to the general platform and walked to Yu Zhong's side, he was Yu Zhong's henchman who was brought to the Eighth Army from Xijiang Water Village, and served as the captain of the Fifth Brigade.

"My lord, did you want us to be cannon fodder when the iron beast opened to the gate?"

"Don't guess, the main force of the 75th Division is infantry, and it is reasonable to be the main attack of the siege war. It would be a few days before the Iron Beast advanced to the bottom of the city wall, and whether or not to attack it depended on the enemy's situation at that time. Yu Zhong was calm.

"The 71st Division and other divisions are so far away from us, if the large army rushes out of the pass, we and the 76th Division will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"You have been on the ship for a long time, and you have not really seen the strength of the ace elite, the seventy-first division is a cavalry division, and they can rush over as long as we hold out for half an hour. At most, fifty or sixty thousand people can be placed before this level, and seventy-one, seventy-six plus we are enough to deal with it. Yu Zhong's tone was full of confidence.

As the commander of the division, his vision is much higher than Mao Jian, and in the first battle of the Pingzhou Plain, he deeply felt the strength of the combat effectiveness of the legion, and he would not be at a disadvantage when fighting against ordinary troops.

After several years of hard work, Yu Zhong has become familiar with the temper of his subordinates and gradually gained their trust. Especially in the battle on the Tongyuan River, he finally established the authority of the division commander and began to be comfortable with the command of the division and regiment.

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"Your Excellency, the first section of the 21st Army is rapidly heading to the base camp. Jiang Zhixing rushed to the headquarters with a piece of information.

Jiang Xi glanced at Jiang Zhi, and then looked at the document in his hand again, "The twenty-first army has just been formed, and the whole army is recruited, even if the whole army arrives, it won't help much, just come and tell me when you come?"

"Marshal, I'm not excited about the reinforcements, but because of the person who led the troops. Jiang Zhi's excitement has not diminished.

"Oh?" Jiang Xi closed the file and raised his head, "Let me guess, who can make you so excited?" Hmm, you are the best among the side children, this person is not from the Jiang family, a person who does not have enough influence is not worth your pleasure, then this influence is not small, Pingzhong County has the most influence and you know, I only think of one person, that is my good nephew. ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Dashuai, Long Yan is my cousin, so Ding Shizi is my cousin-in-law. My cousin-in-law temporarily replaced the first brigade of the 201st Division and led the first brigade to the base camp at full speed. "Jiang Zhi's father is Long Yan's mother, and her mother is a cousin.

"Well, how should the 21st Legion be used, don't take special care of him because he is there, my brother-in-law doesn't like that, the Ding family won't appreciate it." It can be privately spread in the Eighth Legion, the Protector Hou Shizi has arrived in the war zone, do not reveal which unit he is in. I believe that the combat effectiveness of the legion can be increased by at least 20%. "Jiang Xi has always been in contact with Jiang Li, and he has long known that Ding Kui will join the army.

"Yes. In addition, the Eighth and Eleventh Corps successfully launched the attack on the Banner Pass and the Upper Hanging Pass, and the main forces of each corps had moved to a position less than a day's journey from the base camp. Jiang Zhi quickly transitioned to the status of chief of staff.

"The enemy has the strategic initiative, I believe that they are not willing to give up this advantage, Helian Yu is good at taking advantage of the situation, this cannot be careless. The order was issued, and all departments sent additional scouts to pay attention to the dynamics of the nine passes, the main force had standing dry rations for ten days, the auxiliary troops in front of the pass were ready to retreat at any time, and the magician support group of the Monan branch was on standby at any time. "Jiang Xi didn't hand over all the combat arrangements to Jiang Zhi to plan, and the commander of the staff is not just a person who can be a person.

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The cavalry brigade led by Ding Kui had already entered Nannuma Prefecture, and they were galloping all the way to the southeast. Because it is a long-distance march, the speed of the horse is suppressed at 30 kilometers per hour, so that the road of 300 kilometers can be driven in a day, and the war horse will not be overworked, and the enemy situation can be transferred to combat at any time on the way.

After arriving at a campsite, Ding Kui released the letter eagle on time to maintain contact with the main force in the rear.

"In four or five days we will be at the base camp in the war zone. Feng Liang looked at the marching map issued by the staff officer.

"Well, we'll be able to meet our Captain Xue soon. Ding Kui glanced at the other squadron leaders who were busy.

"What's the matter, isn't the junior brother the acting captain enjoyable?" Feng Liang was a little surprised by Ding Kui's response.

"Many of the words 'generation' always feel a bit unjustifiable, they are just afraid of military law, and they don't believe me much. Ding Kui's chin lifted towards several squadron leaders.

"It's okay, as long as the junior brother fights a few beautiful battles, they will all be convinced by you, the senior brother firmly believes this. Feng Liang patted Ding Kui on the shoulder.