Ding Kui leaned back and said indifferently: "The key is whether you believe me or not, what I can tell you is that you can fight."

The Eighth Legion listens to me, the new Twelfth and Nineteenth Legions listen to me, and soon you will learn that the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Legions also listen to me.

I have at least 600,000 regular troops in my hands, and my goal is not to fight the imperial court, but to unify the Shaodian country. ”

Cui Dun moved his ass and said, "The imperial court and the rebels both control millions of troops, control several states, and hundreds of millions of people, so it is not easy to unify the Shaodian." ”

"Hehe, of course it will not be easy for them to join forces, but they are also opponents, the main focus is not on me, I have a chance to grow, just like the city lord Cui has the opportunity to become a county guard in the future, or even a higher position. Ding Kui threw out tempting conditions.

This is to recruit me! This is very tempting for him, even if it is enough to be promoted to the county guard in this life.

Judging from the current situation, I don't know how long the civil war will last, he can sit firmly in the position of the city lord, but if he goes up, the chances are slim, there is no vacancy in Nannuma Prefecture, and it is not his turn to be in other states.

Ding Kui has more than one vacancy in the county guard, Cui Dun is not too late to defect to Ding Kui, and the most important thing is that there are not many people in Ding Kui's camp who have the ability to manage a county.

"If you can really free Shaodian Feng, do you really support him as king?" Cui Dun found a step for himself.

"Of course. Ding Kui smiled brightly.

Cui Dun got up, let Ding Kui stand on top, bowed deeply, and said, "I am willing to follow the will of the prison country, and ask Lord Ding to appoint a tax commissioner to Shapu City." ”

"Hahaha!" Ding Kui put his hands on the throne, "Lao Cui doesn't need to be polite, for the time being, he is in charge of Shapu City for the time being, and it is best to promote his subordinates to take over the position of the city lord. ”

"Thank you, Commander Ding. Cui Dun officially joined Ding Kui's camp.

"Brother Yu, order the special combat group to rush to Zhongguan City immediately to take over the city defense, and kill in case of resistance. ”

The special combat regiment was outside Shapu City, because Ding Kui had a little friendship with Cui Dun, so he personally came to the door to persuade him, and did not let the special combat regiment forcibly attack the city.

Cui Dun looked at Ao Yu who flew away, and said: "My lord, the lowly post has a lot of friendship with Yulong in Zengxi City, it is better to let the lowly post send a message to Yulong, persuade him to surrender, and avoid a sword soldier." ”

Ding Kui was about to answer, when a slave hurried over and reported to Cui Dunyu: "Master, the Magic Guild is critically ill, please go and meet your distinguished guests." ”

"What?" Ding Kui and Cui Dun were both taken aback.

Magician Yu Ku is more than ninety years old this year, and because he failed to break through to the tower magician, his life span has come to an end, and it is not something that can be saved by medicine and magic.

Ding Kui and Cui Dun hurried to the Magic Guild, came to Yu Ku's sickbed, and looked at the old man on the bed with a very heavy heart.

There were just three of them in the room, and the other magicians obeyed Yu Ku's explanation and all left the room, "Meet again, young man." Yu Ku's right hand moved, wanting to raise it to greet Ding Kui.

Ding Kui took a step forward, squatted next to Ku, grabbed his right hand, and said, "Don't move, the younger generation has come to see you." Cui Dun walked behind Ding Kui and glanced at Yu Ku.

"City Lord Cui, you also know the meaning of the Magic Association, you'd better sit down and talk, we used to be comrades-in-arms, and we have faced life and death together, don't make a fuss. "Yu Ku has seen the servants of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Elder Yu, please rest assured, I have been loyal to the eldest princess, and now I am still Lord Ding's comrade-in-arms. Cui Dun hurriedly explained.

"I'm waiting for you to take care of your body and continue to fight side by side in the future!" Ding Kui gently patted the back of Yu Ku's hand.

"Hehe," Yu Ku took a deep breath, "I'm going to the Eternal Sanctuary, and I'll leave the fight and killing to you young people." There's something I want to ask of you, I hope my old face is still useful. ”

Ding Kui patted his chest and said, "You said, what I can do must be my responsibility." ”

"Hmm. Yu bitterly took a breath, "When you occupy Huashan County and take the mining area, remember to take care of the Shapu City Guild, we are really too poor." ”

Ding Kui resisted the urge to take out those precious pills in the space ring, and said with red eyes: "Definitely! From today onwards, the Shapu City Magic Guild will not live another poor life!"

"Okay, okay, ahem, uh......"

An old man who was nearly 100 years old passed away.

The Magic Guild had already prepared to use an ice coffin to hold the body of Yu Ku for the deceased to pay homage to before being buried.

"I really hope that people in the world can be like Yu Lao, and leave the world with a smile, and the battle that can not be fought must not be fought. In this way, you send a message to the cities of Huashan County, and I will give them three days, and those who are willing to submit to me will reply within three days, and if you are unwilling, don't blame me for being ruthless. Ding Kui gave up his plan to raid Huashan County.

"Yes! ”

Ding Kui has a relationship with Huashan County, and the first battle after joining the army broke out here, making his name in one fell swoop and establishing the status of the 21st Army Corps.

However, there are not many people who are willing to submit to him, and the situation is only a little better than that of Tunchang County and Chongxi County, and there are two city lords who replied within three days, one is Cui Dun's friend Yu Lang of Zengxi City, and the other is Jiang Yuan, the city lord of Wanggui who has long had the heart to take refuge in Ding Kui.

Putting aside Huashan County for a moment, the situation in Chongxi County developed in the worst direction, and the New 12th Army encountered fierce resistance in Cheng'an City.

The 111th and 112th divisions were the first to launch an attack on Cheng'an City, and Wei Shiwen, the captain of the Nannuma Prefecture Guard Army, appeared at the head of the city, leading 5,000 men and horses from the headquarters and 10,000 city defense troops from several nearby cities.

Although Wei Shiwen commanded the local army, he did not fall behind in the face of the lack of siege equipment, and the simple defensive battle was fought vigorously, and the casualties of the attacking and defending sides were comparable.

Han Rujian commanded two divisions to attack for two days, but failed to take advantage, and the morale of the recruits dropped quickly, so they had to stop the siege and bury themselves in building siege equipment.

On the morning of the third day, Liang Chong arrived with the 113th and 114th divisions, just in time to meet the local army of the three divisions that had arrived from Nanjing. Han Rujian ordered the 112th Division to block the door, led the 111th Division to support Liangchong, and worked together to kill and retreat the local army that came to rescue Cheng'ancheng.

However, the local army did not go far, and retreated thirty miles to the north and set up camp, threatening the rear of the 12th Army Corps.

Yoyo-chong commanded four divisions to expand the barracks, seal off the exit of Seonganseong on land, and isolate the local troops in the rear.

"Tens of thousands of horses can come, Shao Dianxi still has some strength. "Liang Chong is a little impressed.

"How did they avoid the detection of the base camp?"

Liang Chong explained to her: "The mages remain neutral, and so are the mages who accompany the army, and the detection ability of both the enemy and the enemy has been greatly reduced, and the enemy army behind us set off when we entered Tunchang County. ”

"Are you sure?" Chill as a blade, strangely enough, Ryorush was able to determine the time of the enemy's departure.

"It can be seen from the appearance of the army that it is impossible to keep the flag neat and tidy in a hasty march, not to mention that it had rained two days ago, and there were no mud spots on the boots of the enemy troops, so it is obvious that they did not march in the rain, and it is not difficult to deduce the time of their departure. "There are many details that Liang observed during the battle.

Han Rujian stroked his palm and smiled: "Admire, admire! The chief of staff is as careful as a hair, and the enemy's actions are under your control." ”

"General Han will also praise people, it's really rare! Is Wei Shiwen so difficult to deal with? can block your attack. "Liang Chong believes that the combat effectiveness of the 111th Division is higher than that of the local army.

"The terrain of Cheng'an City is suitable for defense, and the siege force is difficult to deploy, and Wei Shiwen has an elite army at hand, about five or six thousand people, and there will be great casualties if he forcibly attacks. ”

The strongest combat effectiveness under Han Rujian was the Long Shuang Brigade, and they did not attack the city when they were mobilized, and the number of dead and wounded was one to one of the defenders. She didn't want to exhaust the main force here, and the legion's large forces would come to support anyway.

"Well, the people of Qingma City shouldn't have gone far, it is estimated that they are in Cheng'an City, we can spend a while, just block the exit, and fight a field battle with their reinforcements, saving them from holding on to other cities. ”

Liang Chong did not plan to attack the city, and decided to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and to consume the reinforcements sent by Nanjing City outside Cheng'an City.

Now let's take a look at Huashan County, Huairou City, Zhongguan City, Guyan City and Kaiwu City were attacked by the Protector Red Army at the same time.

Su Muqiu, the city lord of Huairou City, took office after the invasion of the Three Kingdoms, and it has been almost six years since he established his prestige and held the entire military and political power, but at this time he received a summons from Ding Kui asking for submission.

After thinking about it, he still refused Ding Kui's solicitation, because he heard from the county guard that Nanjing City had sent reinforcements and would soon be able to help him resist Ding Kui's army.

As soon as the defenders of the city noticed that an unknown armed force was approaching, he immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, and the city defense army went up to the city to fight.

The armed forces approached the city, waved the banner of the Red Army for the Protectorate, and sent soldiers to shout at the tower, demanding that the city defense force open the city gates and give up resistance, otherwise they would be killed.

"How many enemy troops are there in the city?" Su Muqiu personally rushed to the city tower, worried that the commander of the city defense army would flee in fear.

The commander of the city defense army replied: "There are less than two thousand men, and it seems that there are several hundred crossbowmen and more than a thousand infantry. ”

In fact, there was a crossbow barracks, an infantry battalion, and a thousand auxiliaries under the city.

Su Muqiu looked at the city and said, "A strong crossbow is a regiment and a battalion, an infantry regiment is a battalion, what is a regiment? What is a battalion?"

"My subordinates don't know, please forgive me. "Where does the commander of the city defense army know.

Except for the special department, no one cared about the establishment of Ding Kui's private army, and how could local officials have information in this regard.

Su Muqiu's face darkened, and he was about to curse, when a shout suddenly came from the city: "Listen, the people in the city will give you another stick of incense time, if you don't surrender in the city, our troops will attack!"

"Presumptuous, shoot him to death!" Su Muqiu pointed viciously at the soldier who was shouting.

"Shoot!" the commander of the city defense army gave an order, and a hundred arrows flew out of the string, and the archers in the city took the lead.