The fire of the coastal city burned for four days and four nights, the sky seemed to be unbearable, and it took two days of heavy rain to completely extinguish the fire, and the East China Sea army was finally able to enter the city, and the only thing that came into view was the ruins of the fortress, and none of the surviving soldiers and civilians were willing to rebuild their homes here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The anger of the king of the East China Sea turned into a ruthless order, mobilized heavy troops to encircle and destroy the military camp, killed one person and rewarded a thousand gold, and those who won the captain Gao Yuan were rewarded with a main city regardless of whether they died or lived, and the scouts and cavalry of all cities in Binhai Province came out together, and the troops that were supposed to reinforce the front received orders one after another, first looking for and destroying the enemy lurking in the hinterland.

Breaking the military camp and attacking Binhai City from the waterway, the sailors along the way are all guilty, but it is difficult for the king of the East China Sea to kill all the commanders and colonels, hundreds of warships in Qinghe Bay turned into flying smoke, and the elite of the navy suffered heavy casualties.

Qili County camped, Duguying frowned lightly after seeing the military situation.

Rushed to the front by the teleporter, decisively abandoned dozens of cities, shrunk the army in the dangerous fortress, defended the danger but did not defend the city, and seemed to lose the city and abandon the people, but the precarious situation was reversed, and the fleeing imperial army finally relied on the strong fortress to stabilize the defense line after paying heavy casualties. The coalition iron cavalry was forced to abandon the tactics of pursuing the tail of the city, stopped and waited for the infantry in the rear, and attacked the city with elite cavalry, and the King of the Wind did not have the strength of the Sunset Empire.

"Your Highness, if you don't counterattack as soon as possible, the two cities left behind the enemy won't last long. ”

At Hua Yue's suggestion, Dugu Ying refused to live in the county guard's mansion, erected the general's banner at the teleportation platform, Hua Yue led the guard battalion to defend it impermeably, and the other city guards received strict orders to send elite soldiers to cooperate with Wuzong to defend the teleportation station closely to ensure the smooth flow of military orders.

The council hall was crowded, and after the generals who came from the cities reported on the defensive deployment, the old general sent by the military department to assist the command of Duguying was worried, and there was a legion left in each of the two prefectures, and when they retreated, they restrained the cavalry from pursuing and made great contributions to the redeployment of the army.

"Counterattack? Who will counterattack! Hundreds of thousands of defeated troops have just been reorganized, the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, and the cavalry will be defeated if they take a look!" Hua Yue unceremoniously interrupted the old general's words, and raised his hand to the map: "The city wall is strong, there is plenty of grain and grass, there is already a battalion of defenders, and another army is sent, plus the defeated soldiers who fled into the city, if more than 30,000 people can't hold it, hmph, what does the general want him to do." ”

Most of the generals in the seat lowered their heads, the grassland war, the soldiers faced seven or eight times the enemy, relying on the hastily built earthen city and held on for more than two months, and when they took the initiative to retreat, they could also set up ambushes to intercept the pursuers, and the regular army of the dignified empire lost the county government in half a month, so that the cavalry of the king of Linfeng could not be chased into a crush, and the arrogant generals were dissatisfied with Hua Yue's attitude in their hearts, and it was difficult to argue in the face of the facts.

"Generals, Hua Sima's words are serious but they are also true, even if the county lord wants to go to the rescue, there is no general and no soldiers to send in front of him, for the two city guards, the county lord will not embarrass them, hold on for a month, if you can't do it, then open the city and surrender, the Qinghui Empire does not raise wine bags and rice bags. ”

"County Lord!"

"Old general, the lord of this county knows that it is a taboo in the army not to save each other in defeat, hehe, 3,000 people in the broken military camp have penetrated tens of thousands of miles into the enemy's territory, and there are hundreds of thousands of enemies around, who will go to the rescue! Spread the original words of the county lord to the guards of the two cities, from today on, not a single soldier will be sent to reinforce it!"

The generals have been rolling in the officialdom for many years, and they are all secretly frightened when they hear the words, if 30,000 people can't hold it for a month, in the eyes of the Qinghui county lord, there is no need to break the siege, and the empire can save grain, grass and ordnance earlier, and the army like that kind of general, after surrendering, it will not only be difficult to support the enemy, but will become a burden on the coalition army, and it will not end well in the future.

"All legions are not allowed to attack for a month, hold the city and raise the soldiers, the empire has not had a major war for decades, who is not worthy of being a general, let the enemy help the military department to test the merits. ”

The meeting was dispersed, the generals hurriedly returned to the defense area, the declining morale of the imperial army was slowly restored, and after the defense line was completely stabilized, the Qinghui county lord was bound to adjust his military position, and no general was willing to let him remove from his post at this time.

After receiving the order of the county lord, the defenders of the two prefectures behind the enemy were frightened, and the idea of defecting to the enemy occasionally appeared in their hearts, and soon the facts in front of them were shattered, and the camp directly ordered to adjust the deployment of the teleporter, and sent the captains who were more loyal to the empire to lead the troops to cooperate with Wuzong to defend the town, and the personal guards obviously increased the strength of the guards, and the military and political department strengthened the precautions against the main general in wartime.

When the allied infantry began to attack the city, the defenders of the city, who knew that there was no way out, led the troops to start a brutal offensive and defensive battle with the enemy. Duguying really did not send a soldier to reinforce, but the news of the destruction of the military camp and the massacre of the city was engraved and distributed to the soldiers and civilians of the cities, and the rumors spread rapidly in the city. The local government was surprised to find that more and more young men came to sign up and volunteer to join the team to assist in the defense of the city, and the casualties of the defenders were quickly replenished, and the sergeants engaged in auxiliary defense could be transferred to the city at any time to fight, and the logistics support no longer occupied too many troops.

The eastern battlefield that was originally in a good situation, because of the arrival of Duguying changed the situation, the coalition army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and never failed to capture the two cities, several times on the city wall, the defending generals personally led the reserve reinforcements, and threw the enemy's corpse down the city after desperate resistance, and the stubborn resistance of the city contained the main force of the coalition army, and won valuable time for the army to be trained in the rear.

Seeing that the city could not be attacked for a long time, the general of the coalition army ordered to stop the attack, let the infantry besiege outside, gather the elite cavalry to go around the city, and interspersed with the rear of the imperial army's defense line, wanting to cut off the supplies and personnel replenishment of the eastern corps, so as to mobilize Duguying to send troops out of the city to fight.

Receiving the urgent document from the rear, Duguying was still unmoved, and ordered the defenders of each city not to go out of the city without authorization to fight, the generals saw that the grain and grass were decreasing day by day, and they were anxious but did not dare to disobey the military order, the news reached Kyoto, and the two ministers of the military department hurriedly entered the palace to see the king, hundreds of thousands of troops let cut off the transportation line, and the situation of the eastern corps was critical.

"Your Majesty, the military headquarters ordered an attack to intercept, and the county lords all used the excuse to delay, and the allied cavalry not only cut off the main transportation routes, but also looted and burned in the rear, and the front was close to the border of Kyoto. ”

The Minister of Military Command gave a detailed report on the situation in the eastern battlefield, and the old king looked at him and sighed in his heart. After decades of peace, the imperial generals may still know tactics, but they are surprisingly unfamiliar with strategic deployment, and even the common sense that the soldiers do not fight for the gains and losses of one city and one place, and value the layout of the troops, have almost forgotten.

"What's the news about the broken barracks?"

"Six battles and six victories, after jumping out of the encirclement and disappearing, the king of Donghai said that it had been eliminated, but the garrison corps was secretly looking everywhere, and the number of casualties in the broken military camp was unknown. ”

The old king closed his eyes and pondered, and after a while, he asked: "How does the military department think about the disappearance of the broken barracks?" The minister of military orders replied: "The ministers and the veteran generals have discussed, and the broken barracks have killed more than 20,000 enemies, and it is estimated that he has also suffered heavy casualties, and it will be difficult to fight again in the short term. ”

"Lone received a secret report, breaking the barracks for six battles without seeking to kill the enemy, mainly to snatch war horses, if there are heavy casualties, what is the use of Gao Yuan grabbing thousands of war horses?"

The Minister of War couldn't answer, the infantry was still hiding behind enemy lines, driving thousands of war horses, how to break the barracks to hide the eyes and ears of the King of the East China Sea, if the casualties were not large, why not to attack the transportation line of the coalition forces, and the tactical military headquarters after the massacre of the high wall was always puzzled.

"No matter how brave and good the soldiers of the broken barracks are, after all, there are only about 3,000 people, and if they can't be replenished in the battle in Donghai County, they will lose their combat strength after a few bloody battles. Lone guessed that Gao Yuan was building momentum, thousands of cavalry could attack at any time, and the king of the East China Sea would never want to have a second coastal city, and it was necessary to strengthen the defense of each city, and a broken army would disappear, so that the eastern corps would fight less than hundreds of thousands of enemies, and the tactics of hiding were more effective than attacking and harassing. ”

"The minister was not thoughtful, but fortunately His Majesty gave me advice. ”

The Minister of Military Command had no doubt that the destruction of the military camp would have a binding effect on the coalition forces, but the tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the King of Linfeng had penetrated deep into the empire in the same way, causing great trouble to the war situation in the east, and the garrison corps of the various cities in Kyoto were categorically unable to attack, so they had to prevent them from taking advantage of the weakness to enter, and the county lord of Qinghui did not move, so how to get rid of the trouble in the heart? The military headquarters had thought about using the cavalry battalion, and was worried that after weakening the defense forces in Kyoto, if the enemy cavalry ran around the city of Kyoto, where would the royal face go.

"Order the cities to close and hold on, let the cavalry of the King of the Wind get closer, and don't think about going back when you come. Qinghui County mainly wiped it out and fulfilled her alone, and if she won this battle, the coalition army would go to a major event. ”

Approaching the boundary of Kyoto, the cavalry general of the coalition army ordered the reduction of troops, 10,000 on each of the 20,000 flanks of the Chinese army, and advanced in a triangle to the west of Kyoto, he did not dare to despise the combat power of the cavalry battalion at all, and used 40,000 people to fight a head-on battle with the six battalions of cavalry, and no cavalry general in the Qinghui Empire had the courage to do so.

"Gather troops to attack Kyoto, step on the royal face a few times and leave, and you must not engage the cavalry battalion. ”

The fief of the King of the Wind is in the northeast of the empire, the grasslands in the territory are fertile and the forests are luxuriant, it is the most important production area of war horses in the Qinghui Empire, and it is very profitable to rely on the war horse trade every year, but the climate in the territory is cold and the population is sparse.

Of course, the king of the East Sea was not stupid, he sent the cavalry to the front to fight the imperial army, and his infantry followed behind to receive the city, and the wealth of the captured cities continued to be transported eastward, as for how much it could be distributed to the king of Linfeng, it depended on the strength of the eastern army and his mood. If it weren't for the cold lips of the four county kings, the king of the East China Sea thought more than once that after reconciling with the royal family, he forcibly left the war horse, and it was a big deal to spit out the plundered wealth.

The crisis of the two prefectures was lifted, Dugu Ying finally put her mind at ease, there was plenty of food and grass in the city, and the siege of the coalition army was exactly what she wanted, and she wanted to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, her eyes were fixed on the tens of thousands of cavalry in the rear, tens of thousands of war horses to be exact.

"Eldest sister, do you remember the sailor who transported the broken barracks? Hehe, a cavalry battalion has been secretly hiding in Qili County for a long time. Kyoto will send several battalions to pursue, and this battalion will intercept from the flank, and the fate of the 40,000 cavalry of the King of the Wind will be doomed long ago. However, who belongs to the war horse depends on their respective skills. ”

"You want to take advantage of the fire? Good idea, let's say, what should I do with Jie'er?"