At the east gate of the royal outpost, a group of people stood on the highest platform to watch the situation under the pass, including Ding Chuan, Qianyou, Fei Ze, Lei Feixiang, Shao Dianye, Mo Jun, etc.

Lei Feixiang is currently the supreme commander of the outpost, but Ding Chuan, Qianyou, and Fei Ze are all people around Ding Kui, and their status in the territory is higher than him, so he stands behind the three of them humbly.

Outside the east gate, their own army was arrayed for attack, and archers, infantry, and trebuchets were lined up and ready to enter the attack area.

"Looks like they're going to get serious. Shaodian Ye held the hilt of the sword in his hand, a little excited.

"It's a bit of a hassle this time. Mo Jun put down the binoculars and said, "The enemy drove out many civilians from the camp. ”

Click, click, click, and there was a rush of footsteps from behind.

"Is it confirmed?" Fei Ze turned his head to see that the person who came was Gong Le, who was going to inquire about the news.

"It has been confirmed, there is wolf smoke rising from the ferry, and news has come from the county town that Jiman is missing, and his country wants to search the Chunlu Bay Water Village, and the envoy of his country was killed in front of the county guard's house. "Gong Le went to the eagle's room.

"Prepare to fight, your country is going to officially start a war with our country!" Fei Ze said to Ding Chuan.

"Commander Lei, the lord has ordered, you are the commander of the outpost, I am here to assist you in defending this place, please give an order. ”

In fact, Ding Chuan told Lei Feixiang as soon as he arrived at the outpost, and at this time he only emphasized it in front of everyone.

"Okay, the first battalion and Captain Xiao's five hundred subordinates will guard the first wave first, and the cavalry brigade will be ordered to rush to the place designated by Lord Tutong immediately after familiarizing themselves with the horses. Lei Feixiang was not ambiguous at all, and commanded it together with the city defense brigade from Port City.

There were the first and second battalions of infantry, the cavalry brigade, the port city defense brigade and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, as well as some of the guards of the Huaxia chariot and horse shops, the guards of some commercial houses, and the security teams of the surrounding villages and towns, a total of more than 5,000 people, basically all of them were young and strong people with combat effectiveness and training.

"Captain Xiao, please go back to Port City, and introduce the situation here to the Martial City Lord, the importance of this place is the same as that of the county city, I hope that the Martial City Lord will send more troops to help, and ask the Magic Guild for help, and pass on the message for help. Ding Chuan pulled the captain of the port city defense army aside.

He is Ding Kui's housekeeper and belongs to the representative of the Ding family, and it is most suitable for the matter of asking for help to come out of his mouth.

"No problem, I'll go. "Captain Xiao is very realistic, and he will leave as soon as he finishes speaking.

"The first battalion releases arrows!" Shao Dianye quickly arranged for his subordinates to enter a defensive position, "Don't let the enemy easily line up in formation!"

The east gate of the outpost is wider than the gate of Hengfu City, and the archers are protected by shieldmen when they enter the position, and there are also shieldmen around the trebuchet, so the attack on the city pass is not so easy to cause casualties.

However, the situation of Hengfu City is different from that of the outpost, the rear of the outpost is the port city, and there is Qinglan City a little farther away, and the consumable ordnance can be replenished, and the bow and arrow do not need to be used sparingly like Hengfu City.

The regular soldiers of Juyang City have a good archery skill, and they take a great advantage condescendingly, and the shooting of a battalion suppresses the archers of their own country, but unfortunately they can't suppress the trebuchet, and from time to time there will be huge stones thrown on the city pass.

At first, there would be riots on the city pass due to boulders, and the city defense army in Port City lacked actual combat experience and paid the price of more than a dozen casualties, but with the help of a battalion of officers and soldiers, they quickly stabilized their positions and began to use trebuchets to counterattack.

"Oops, the civilians have been caught up, what should I do?" Shaodian Ye ran over and asked Lei Feixiang anxiously, his eyes constantly aiming at Fei Ze.

"Anyone who approaches the city pass will be killed!" Fei Ze's tone was full of helplessness, "If the outpost is lost, the port city behind it will not be able to hold it at all, and the residents there will not be transferred, once the city is broken, it will be unimaginable." We can't afford to hurt hundreds of thousands of people because of these hundreds of people in front of us. ”

"Mr. Fei is right! Execute the order, those who are close to the city pass are regarded as enemies, and there is no mercy for killing. Lei Feixiang's face was flushed, and green tendons appeared on his neck and the back of his ears.

Ding Chuan watched Shaodian Ye take the order, and couldn't help sighing: "Alas, they have already been asked to transfer, they didn't listen, they just wanted to stay at home, but now they are being used by the enemy to attack the city, if they die in our hands, they will be to blame." ”

When Lei Feixiang heard this, his face looked a little better, and his secretly clenched fist relaxed a little.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will go down and rest first, this enemy siege will last for a long time. Mo Jun gave a military salute and then left the high platform.

In view of the enemy's unusually attacking the city, and even civilians are using it, it will definitely not behave like before, and with the enemy's strength, it is inevitable that the city will be attacked day and night, and as the commander of the defenders, he needs to take turns to rest and conserve his strength.

"Fortunately, they don't have high-level magicians, and I can handle it before the people from the Port City Magic Guild arrive. Qianyou's magic wand pointed at the dozen or so black-robed magicians flying up on the opposite side.

"High-level magician, it should be at the ferry. Fei Ze said slowly.

He guessed correctly, there was a big battle of the magician group above the ferry, the attacking side was undoubtedly brought by the Lejia and the Gong family, and the defending side was the 201st Division and the County Magic Guild.

"Report, our own warship was found in the east. "A scout came from the east.

Han Kai took a deep look at the lower reaches of the Chunlu River, his eyes struggled for a while, and said, "Retreat, set fire to the fortifications and camps, and we will retreat to the county seat!"

With the help of warships, the enemy's superiority in strength can play a role, and it will be difficult for the second brigade to contend with.

Zhang Jie confessed to Han Kai, but he couldn't beat him and returned to the county seat.

At this time, Zhang Jie was in the county guard mansion and urgently negotiated with Hou Bing.

"Why don't you order the city defense troops of each city to gather in the county seat?" Hou Bing was anxious.

"It depends on the progress of your own troops, and it will be difficult for the enemy to storm the city if they surround the city before reinforcements arrive. "Zhang Jie is most worried about the Chunlu Bay Water Village,

The time when the enemy army surrounded the county town was related to the time when the water village held on, and there were tens of thousands of people at most on the ferry side, and it was impossible to surround the county town.

A clerk hurriedly walked into the conference hall and handed Hou Bing a document.

After reading it, Hou Bing said weakly: "Nanjing City has an order, stick to it, and wait for help." ”

After the envoy of his own country was killed, Hou Bingma sent a message to Nanjing City, and then Dongxiong City also transmitted the news of the attack on the water village to Nanjing City, and Shao Dianxi immediately convened his subordinates to discuss.

Due to the attack on Juyang City, the state pastor has been closely monitoring the situation in Nanqiu County, and everyone has made a variety of analyses of the situation.

In addition to ordering the regular army and navy garrisoned in Nannuma Prefecture to rescue Nanqiu County, Nanjing City notified the imperial court as soon as possible, and also ordered the nobles in the state to organize local armies to quickly rescue Nanqiu County.

Shao Dianxi took a big risk this time, the current situation is not clear how many troops his country has to attack Nanqiu County, if the family really lost the prince and just wanted to search the Chunlu Bay Water Village, then his reaction would be too fierce, and it was likely to become the reason why the two countries really started fighting.

However, if his own army really overwhelmed the border, his response might be able to keep Nanqiu County alive, or at least curb the enemy's invasion.

He's got it right!

At noon on the 20th, Chunluwan Shuizhai fell, and a large number of giant transport ships entered Shuizhai one after another to unload people and goods, and groups of heavily armed soldiers quickly assembled and transferred, and the largest military flag read "The Third Army of the Northern Route Army".

Le Pi left 20,000 people to extinguish the fire and clean up the battlefield, and he led 30,000 people to Nanqiu County, cutting off the rescue channel to the north of the county town according to Yudi's order.

The ferry also fell into the hands of its own army at about the same time, and the Flying Tiger Division did not stop after crossing the river, nor did it chase the fleeing second brigade, but hurried to the west of the county, and this heavy cavalry division was responsible for cutting off the rescue route to the west of the county.

Hou Bing and Zhang Jie received bad news one after another, and the only good news was that Wenguo County had formed the Kong Army, and they would soon march south to rescue Nanqiu County.

The Kong family has a lot of interests in Juyang City, and the Lejia's declaration of war hurt their interests, Kong Ci had a long talk with Jiang Li, expecting that his country would invade sooner or later, and he had already ordered the people of the family to prepare to reorganize the Kong family's army. As soon as the order of the governor reached Wenguo County, the Kong army began to assemble, and since it was only disbanded a few years ago, this reorganization was effortless, and the assembly could be completed in two days at most.

"The Kong army is in the north of the state, and it will take half a month to come here, and we can't count on them. Zhang Jie poured a basin of cold water on Hou Bing.

"What about the Twentieth Legion, what about the other divisions of your Legion, how many days can the county town be defended?" Hou Bing almost cried.

He turned out to be the general secretary of the state pastor, where had he seen the scenes of war, and he knew what happened to his predecessor, and he was afraid of death in his heart.

"What kind of enemy does this look like, if it is an ordinary army of your own country, you can organize the people in the city to help defend the city, and I can ensure that the county city will not be broken for ten days. Zhang Jie is confident in this.

The combat effectiveness of the 201st Division is stronger than that of ordinary regular troops, and with the help of hundreds of thousands of people in the city, it can hold for ten days in the face of 20 times the number of troops.

"Ten days!" Hou Bing cheered up, "The food and ordnance reserves in the city are enough for three months, can the siege be lifted within ten days if reinforcements come?"

"If there is a chance, if the Twentieth Legion reacts quickly, it will be able to arrive in ten days. Zhang Jie didn't dare to hit Hou Bing, and he had already seen that this county guard didn't have much psychological capacity.

It has been more than ten days since your country captured Juyang City, and it should have completed the preparations for attacking the county town, even if reinforcements arrive within ten days, it will be difficult to break the siege, and it will be very good not to be eaten by your own army.

"Ah!" Hou Bing suddenly remembered something, "Then if it's your own country's elite legion, can you defend for a few days?" He put all his reliance on Zhang Jie.

"If it's an elite legion," Zhang Jie paused, "Lord Hou should get ready for street fighting." ”

"What do you mean?" Hou Bing screamed, "Can't you hold on for a day?"

Zhang Jie gritted his teeth and said, "I will not let the enemy occupy this city within three days." ”

If you don't let it be occupied, it doesn't mean that the enemy is outside the city, and defending the city is most afraid of forbidden magic, but forbidden magic is useless for street fighting.