On the east coast of the Indian Ocean, the town of Yangon.

Lu Ren seems to be very relaxed in the territory, and he doesn't take the war in Yangon seriously, but in fact, it is just a gesture to stabilize people's hearts. This thing, if Lu Ren behaves very nervously, it will cause some speculation and even panic among others. If it is used by some people with ulterior motives, it will be difficult to say.

In fact, although the current fighting in Yangon cannot be said to be critical, it is also not optimistic.

Yangon, a territory controlled by Lu Ren, can be said to be an "enclave" in the art of war, far away from Lu Ren's core territory. If it weren't for the Sichuan-Burma passage and Lu Ren's arrangement in the Nanzhong region to ensure some connections, Lu Ren would not dare to say that this territory was in his own hands if he only relied on the connection of sea routes.

Even so, there were only three thousand standing regular troops in Rangoon, and these were the elite of the core; Then there is the militia, because of some factors in Yangon, the number of militia is about 5,000, and the number of people who can actually go to war is less than 2,000, and the rest are just able to move things and do chores. To put it mildly, I don't expect these militias to fight if they really start.

So the garrison of Rangoon can be said to be less than five thousand. Of course, in that era, it was almost the same for 5,000 people to guard a medium-sized town, at least in the Huaxia region, except for those important military and political towns that would be guarded by larger corps, the strength of ordinary towns was only two or three thousand, and some corners had a few hundred people. For example, during the Battle of Guandu, Liu Yan's garrison was only 3,000, while Cheng Yu's garrison was only 700 people.

Well, these are not, in short, Yangon's regular garrison ability should be said to be in the middle and so on. As a very important bridgehead and outpost for Lu Ren in the eastern Indian Ocean, Yangon is not because Lu Ren does not want to increase the deployment of troops, but once it exceeds the size of a certain garrison, it is easy to cause some unnecessary trouble.

This matter is not difficult to understand, although Yangon was not Guishan's territory at that time, but in the final analysis, it was still at the door of Guishan's house. Suddenly, you find that the other party's garrison here at your doorstep has exceeded a boundary, so if it were you, what would you think?

On the other hand, Lu Ren's control of Yangon was still many years ago, and at that time, he did not expect that the Western Regions Coalition would invade Liangzhou, so Lu Ren's attitude towards Yangon at that time was to regard it as an important trade transit point. Since it is a trade transit point, there is no need to be so strong in the military aspect, and since it is to do business, it is also necessary to maintain a relatively good relationship with the Guishan side, so it is even more inconvenient to have too many garrisons.

Therefore, Yangon has always maintained an armament of about 5,000 people. Later, with the gradual development of Yangon, about 3,000 militia were added, but as I said before, these 3,000 additional militia were more ...... than an army Well, in modern parlance, it's not much different from the "X tube".

However, when the Western Regions Coalition invaded the border, Lu Ren soon realized that this matter was not trivial, so he soon instructed the southern and central regions to recruit troops and go to Yangon for reinforcements from the Sichuan-Burma Passage by land. After several months of conscription, a total of 30,000 soldiers were sent to Yangon.

If you only look at these, most of you will think that Lu Ren's military arrangements here in Yangon are strong and powerful, and it should be easier if you really fight, right? But don't forget, Yangon is on Kushan's doorstep after all! Although Lu Ren has made corresponding military adjustments, after all, Lu Ren's arrangements are for overseas operations, and the various aspects involved are not ordinary, and many times it is inevitable that some time will be delayed for one reason or another, so the military transfer is far less rapid than that of Guishuang. You must know that this period of Guishan is in a strong period!

Anyway, since some people in Guishan deliberately provoked trouble not long ago, and after Chen Li's mobilization of troops to destroy the thousands of Guishan soldiers who came to stir up trouble, those Guishan people who stirred up trouble immediately made a fuss, and then it didn't take long to mobilize more than 20,000 troops to attack Yangon again. This is only the vanguard force, and it is really impossible to say how many follow-up troops there will be for a while......

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Night crept down amid the rumbling of cannons.

Kushan's attacking troops retreated after dark, and the soldiers who had been fighting for a day in Rangoon were hurrying to repair the fortifications or lay down on the spot to catch up on sleep. And after Yang Lunon City Guard Chen Li finished ordering some things, he also sat down on the chair almost out of strength.

As Lu Ren's descendant, and can also be sent by Lu Ren to manage Yangon, Chen Li's ability is still good. And Lu Ren explained several very important things when Chen Li was preparing to go to his post, one of which was "When you kid arrives in Yangon, you must remember to build the city wall high and thick for me!" As an enclave, there is not much troops, so when there is something to do, it can only be supported by a high and thick city wall, understand? ”

Chen Li implemented Lu Ren's proposition very thoroughly, so the city wall of Yangon was built high and thick by Chen Li. At this time, it was precisely because of this high and thick city wall that Chen Li was able to withstand several attacks by Guishuang with ease without causing too many casualties.

But now Chen Li also has a headache! The weapons and equipment that Lu Ren arranged for Yangon are actually quite good, there is no need to say much about artillery, there are also 1,000 musketeers among the three thousand directly subordinate elites, if it is according to the normal situation, Lu Ren and Chen Li both believe that with these advanced weapons and equipment, as well as well-trained elite soldiers, they can completely withstand the attack from the Guishan side for several months, and they can hold out until Lu Ren's reinforcements from both the sea and land sides arrive.

However, the invasion of the Western Regions Alliance, to be precise, was due to the things that Wan'er brought to Anxi and Guishan with the appearance of Wan'er, and Anxi and Guishan also had some corresponding artillery and firearms, which was too unexpected for Lu Ren. The number of firearms brought to Liangzhou by the Western Regions Alliance Army is actually not much, and roughly speaking, the total number of artillery pieces brought by its more than 100,000 troops should be about 500 at most. And it's just light artillery, after all, it's hard for them to carry heavy artillery by land.

But Yangon is on Guishan's doorstep! Some things that are very inconvenient for the Western Regions Coalition Army to bring on the road can be used nearby to deal with Yangon near the doorstep. In particular, some of these heavy artillery pieces really gave Chen Li a headache.

This is also fortunate that the people who came to attack Yangon now are only those Guishan nobles who provoke trouble, and they have not yet reached the point of all-out war with Guishan, so the number of those Dongdong is still relatively limited, and the artillery in Chen Li's hands has a lot of technical advantages after all, and the gap can be leveled in many cases, otherwise the casualty number here will be much higher than now.

The reinforcements from Nanzhong were actually in the Sichuan-Burma Passage, but except for a small number of vanguard troops, although its main force Chen Li was authorized by Lu Ren, Chen Li did not dare to use it. It's not for anything else, Chen Li knows that he has a few catties and taels in the military, to put it bluntly, it's okay to take these thousands of people to defend the city, but he really wants to use a large army to fight a large-scale battle with the other party, Chen Li knows that he doesn't have that level, and he doesn't want to miss Lu Ren's big thing because of greed.

Therefore, Chen Li chose to let the reinforcements from Nanzhong still stand by on the Sichuan-Burma Passage, and he insisted on until the reinforcements from the navy arrived, and handed over the military power to Gan Ning to be responsible. From the perspective of the overall situation, Chen Li's choice is correct, but this also increases Chen Li's burden during this period......

"The castle guard has worked hard, let's eat something first!"

After commanding a day's battle, Chen Li was so tired that his body was almost exhausted, so that his stomach was obviously very hungry, but he felt that he couldn't even lift the strength to eat. After resting for a while, Chen Li picked up the dishes and chopsticks and took two bites, and then turned his head to the waiter who brought the food and asked, "Do the soldiers have any food?" ”

The waiter nodded. However, Chen Li was a little uneasy, so he still walked out of the city gate tower with chopsticks and looked around, and saw that the soldiers were gobbling up, which was a relief. At this point in the battle, the soldiers defending the city often did not have time to eat on time, and even had a full meal at dark during the day. However, there are also many people who are really tired, at least Chen Li saw a number of soldiers who were already disgraced, with half a steamed bun in their mouths, but they fell asleep leaning against the corner.

Chen Li had no choice but to tell the soldiers to take care of each other. After eating the meal haphazardly, he sat aside to rest, and looked at the Guishan camp outside the city, Chen Li began to think about how to fight tomorrow's battle.

While thinking about it, the soldiers who were eating and resting didn't know who started it, and the songs that were at least familiar to the children of Yizhou were sung out in unison. And in the corner of the city wall that looked up, there were also bursts of melodies wafting in the night at this moment.

There are no war songs, more gentle and soft songs. And under this atmosphere, the atmosphere here in Yangon City seems a little calm, even a little sad. Many, many soldiers, when they hear those familiar melodies, they will involuntarily put down the food in their hands, and then sing along with the melody.

“…… I'd rather / a drunk / vaguely laugh and see you in a dream; The fate is not over/The flowers are not gone/As if the past is in front of you......"

This is Chen Li's involuntary singing along a few words, and there is a little strangeness in his heart. A deputy general next to him came up and said with a worried face: "City guard, isn't it good to let the soldiers sing like this?" Although Miss Lan's song is good, it can't help but feel a little sad, which is easy to arouse the sadness of the soldiers, and I am afraid that it will affect the morale. Like when Chu and Han were fighting, Han Xin used to use embattled tactics to ......"

Chen Li waved his hand and said that the deputy general would not go down, but he glanced at the soldiers in the city a few more times, and recently shook his head and said, "This time, that time." After a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers were already physically and mentally exhausted. At this time, let them sing along with their favorite songs, which can relax their minds. ”

“…… Promise. ”

The adjutant general retreated, and Chen Li secretly bowed his head. This set was actually taught to him by Lu Ren, according to Lu Ren, these Yizhou children have lived overseas for many years, and it is inevitable that they will feel homesick, so if they have nothing to do, let them have more things in their hometown, which can make their mentality much more stable. And just now, Chen Li also had that kind of "embattled" worry, but because Chen Li also sang a few words along, Chen Li suddenly realized how profound Lu Ren's proposal actually was. At least looking at the soldiers who were either singing along or listening attentively, Chen Li felt that there was something invisible and untouchable that was maintaining the hearts of the soldiers......

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A new day also means that a new battle is about to begin.

Today's battle is a little more fierce than the previous few days, and it has entered a white-hot stage almost as soon as the fight begins. But it's no wonder that this is the case, those Kushan nobles who thought that Yangon City could be taken down at will, never expected that under the strong attack of several days in a row, they would not be able to break through a corner of Yangon City, which was really difficult for them to accept.

Again, the Kushan in this period was in a strong period, and as a branch of Central Asian Persia, its own aggression was relatively strong, and it was still a little arrogant and conceited, but I didn't expect it to be in this small ...... Well, in their eyes, the small city of Yangon is so hard-boned, so where can the proud and conceited Kushan nobles accept it? So today, they drove their soldiers and launched a tough offensive.

In addition, their plundering of Yangon's surroundings during this time also stimulated their nerves. Yangon is a transactional town, and the core is naturally in Yangon City, but Chen Li, in accordance with Lu Ren's instructions, has not neglected to provide development assistance to the surrounding villages of Yangon. According to Lu Ren's thinking, it is not only necessary to live here in Yangon for a long time, but also to develop the territory step by step on the basis of long-term residence. Forcibly beating it down is not suitable for the current pace of development, so Lu Ren will use his usual soft knife to stab.

Therefore, some of the villages around Yangon have developed well after receiving some advanced farming techniques, and have made good profits from the trade with Yangon, so that these rural residents can be described as "well-off rich peasants", at least much better off than many of the middle and lower class poor in Kushan.

After the start of the war, these villages were inevitably sacked by the Kushan army. And in the midst of the looting, even some of the little nobles of Guishan whose families were not too good felt that their lives were even inferior to those of the commoners in these villages. And this is only the countryside near Yangon, if this Nima breaks through Yangon City, and then goes to Yangon City to ransack, how much wealth will it have?

This is the case with the so-called Liling Zhidu, so these individuals are all greedy for the wealth of Yangon City, so when they received the order to attack comprehensively and with all their strength, they all attacked Yangon City like crazy......

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Yesterday I was out of the house temporarily, and I didn't have time to update, forgive me!