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Li Yi has long been accustomed to doing his own thing, and Li Yi has always disliked to take other people's opinions to heart. People live for themselves, so why care what others think of them.

Of course, being able to have this free and easy mentality is entirely because of Li Yi's strength. If Li Yi didn't have to rise and fall in the world like others because his strength was already so strong, then with Li Yi's character, it would be too difficult to survive in this kind of cannibalistic society.

However, putting aside this assumption that it would not be true at all, after the storm of the massacre of prisoners of war that day, although the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion began to have a little fear of Li Yi. But it also brought a very good result unexpectedly to Li Yi, that is, after that day, all the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire also realized a problem.

That is, if they want to survive in the current crisis-ridden situation, then they can only be absolutely ruthless like their commander Li Yi. Regardless of whether the other party still has the ability to resist, as long as the other party still has a breath and the possibility of threatening him, then he must directly swing the knife at the other party. Only the dead are the least threatening, and only by turning all their opponents into dead people can their team walk more safely on the land of the Tianlan Empire.

After that battle, Li Yi let his subordinates change into the military uniforms of the Tianlan Empire, and after leaving a part of the grain and grass as a follow-up supply for the troops, Li Yi let this disguised army, under the leadership of Yadi and Pat, march to Danfeng Province according to the original plan.

For Li Yi's crazy arrangement, his subordinates did not show anything unusual at all. After all, they had watched Li Yi slaughter thousands of prisoners of war from the Tianlan Empire who had no resistance, so they didn't feel crazy about any arrangements made by their own commander, but naturally fulfilled them.

Seeing that his subordinates were so knowledgeable about current affairs, Li Yi didn't say much to them.

Li Yi knew that his decision must be extremely dangerous, because no one could guarantee that among the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire who had been killed, there were acquaintances in the troops of Danfeng Province. Once his troops entered Danfeng Province, before they could make a move, they would be seen by the other party as flawed, then these tens of thousands of horses were destined to be surrounded and annihilated in Danfeng Province.

But although he knew that it was extremely dangerous, Li Yi really couldn't think of any other good strategies at this time. Originally, he just decided to lead his troops across the Taikaro Mountains, and then do some harm in the rear of the Tianlan Empire. As for what to do after arriving here, this was something that Li Yi hadn't considered before he left.

So in this case, now that there is a ready-made identity that can be used, how can Li Yi be willing to give up. Even if he didn't take this risk this time, Li Yi wanted to vainly try to count on these people under his command to attack a certain city, and the danger would be no less than this action.

Since this is the case, Li Yi simply makes good use of it.

From the mouths of Yadi and Pat, Li Yi learned that the number of troops gathered in Danfeng Province today is not very large. The main forces of the three major legions had all been drawn to the southern border of Sai a month ago, and the troops now gathered in the province of Danfeng were completely for the purpose of advancing towards the Seine Royal City, so as to make up for the weak defensive strength of the Seine Royal City when most of the soldiers went out to fight.

In this case, only 100,000 troops had been gathered in Danfeng Province, and in addition, there were not many troops that could be mobilized in the rear of the entire Tianlan Empire now.

Hearing this news, Li Yi became even more determined in his plan. As long as he can successfully enter Danfeng Province under the cover of Yadi's army this time, and then look for a good opportunity to give them a ruthless blow and eliminate most of their living forces, Li Yi's next activities here will be much less pressure.

Thinking of this, Li Yicai gave the order very resolutely, and the troops who had already changed into the military uniform of the Tianlan Empire marched towards Danfeng Province.

At the same time, the situation on the south side of Sayi is not as optimistic as Li Yi's.

Now, after nearly two months of "bloody battles", the Yanlong Legion has been occupied by the troops of the Tianlan Empire in nearly four provinces under the deliberate concession of Bettina and Elena.

After the complete occupation of Jingchuan Province, Bettina was already a little unable to withstand the resentment of the soldiers in the army.

In the army, there are many soldiers whose homes are in the provinces that have been occupied by the troops of the Tianlan Empire. Seeing that the homeland is occupied by the enemy, the relatives do not know whether they are alive or dead. And his own supreme commander only knew how to blindly retreat, and in this case, the soldiers began to faintly show some signs of rioting.

After seeing this situation, Elena also made a quick decision, no longer letting the troops blindly retreat, but using two cities with considerable defensive strength, and several natural dangerous places that could be defended, and fought a few real bloody battles with the army of the Tianlan Empire, which was unimpeded all the way.

The Yanlong Legion fought a total of three major battles and eight small battles with the Tianlan Empire, and after nearly a month of fierce fighting, the Yanlong Legion successfully inflicted heavy losses on the troops of the Tianlan Empire at the cost of the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers. In order to capture those cities and fortresses, the Tianlan Empire paid the price of more than 200,000 soldiers' lives before successfully capturing that province.

After these fierce battles, although the Yanlong Legion finally abandoned its garrison because of its unfavorable defense, it continued to retreat backwards. However, because the Yanlong Legion has performed completely differently from the beginning of the war, the current Tianlan Empire has to re-examine this opponent.

Carelessly losing many soldiers, Lieutenant General Luo Ning, the commander of the Tianlan Empire, also reviewed it with great self-reproach.

Because everything was going very smoothly before, General Luo Ning, who had been very cautious since the start of the war, began to become careless.

And just a few days after he was careless, the Yanlong Legion gave him a blow to the head. For this situation, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion were also excited.

Although the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion were still somewhat dissatisfied with the subsequent retreat. But now that they had regained some confidence on the battlefield, they also knew that the forces of the Tianlan Empire were not invincible.

And after this retreat, Bettina also arranged some officers to implicitly publicize something among the troops. That is, the current retreat is only temporary, and the Yanlong Legion will not watch the balance of victory fall all the way to the side of the Tianlan Empire. As long as they find an opportunity, the Yanlong Legion will still take the initiative to attack and hit the Tianlan Empire hard.

With this assurance from the commanders, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion finally put away their previous hearts that had become a little impetuous because of repeated concessions. Since the leader has his own vision, then they, as soldiers, act according to the arrangement. Soldiers, obedience is the duty of heaven, and soldiers should not have thoughts.

But no matter what kind of wishful thinking Bettina and Elena have in their hearts, after this retreat, the only fortress that the Yanlong Legion can use as a stronghold in their hands now is Xicheng in Zhongba Province.

Bettina knew that the day of the decisive battle was not far off. Once all the previous defensive forces of Xicheng were abandoned, it would be the day of the real decisive battle between the Yanlong Legion and the Tianlan Empire.

Because at that time, if the Yanlong Legion still continues to endure. After they gave up all the defensive forces they could use, then they wanted to continue to mediate with the strong Tianlan Empire, and there was no way back. At that time, let alone a decisive battle, it is unknown whether he can save his life.

Things are also developing towards the worst, since that day's counterattack, the Tianlan Empire, which had originally begun to become cautious, did not encounter the expected fierce resistance in the subsequent advance.

Since those battles, the Yanlong Legion seems to have changed back to its previous shrinking appearance. As long as they saw the troops of the Tianlan Empire moving forward, the troops of the Yanlong Legion would retreat. In this way, Lieutenant General Luo Ning can't see through it even more.

Lieutenant General Luo Ning has fought a battle all his life, but this time he really couldn't understand what kind of idea the Yanlong Legion was playing. If it is said that they are just to accumulate strength, in order to be able to fight to the death with the troops of the Tianlan Empire. Then according to the current development situation, it should be time for the Yanlong Legion to make a move.

But now that there are five provinces in the southern realm of Said, the Tianlan Empire is about to get four provinces. If the Yanlong Legion still has to blindly retreat, then what can the Yanlong Legion rely on to compete with the troops of the Tianlan Empire in the end.

Just when the officers of the Tianlan Empire were thinking about this problem, the Yanlong Legion had a new move.

The current situation is that as long as the Tianlan Empire can take the important town of Ram Fortress, then the troops of the Tianlan Empire will be able to enter the Yanlong Legion's lair, Zhongba Province.

However, just when the Tianlan Empire thought that the Yanlong Legion would continue to let the troops of the Tianlan Empire continue to easily obtain this fortress, the Yanlong Legion actually shot heavy troops at the Ram Fortress and began to defend it to the death.

This battle, but the sky is dark.

In terms of size, the Ram Fortress could not be compared to the Seine Royal City, and even it was much smaller than the previous fortresses. However, it was such an inconspicuous fortress, but it was used by the Yanlong Legion as the last guarantee, and it confronted the Tianlan Empire head-on.

At first, Lieutenant General Luo Ning scoffed at this choice of the Yanlong Legion. He thought that the staff officers in the Yanlong Legion were simply a group of wine bags and rice bags, did he expect such a small fortress to be able to stop the army of the Tianlan Empire from continuing to advance.

But it turned out that this time Lieutenant General Luo Ning underestimated the enemy again.

Although the Ram fortress is small, it is better than the terrain. If you want to capture Ram Fortress, you have to go through five small fortresses. Moreover, the road to attack Ram Fortress was also very difficult, and here, the large forces of the Tianlan Empire could not give full play to their advantage in numbers. If it wants to attack the city, the Tianlan Empire can only send troops to Ram Fortress in waves and in a steady stream.

And in this way, the Yanlong Legion has an opportunity. If the opponent's numerical superiority cannot be brought into play, it will be compared to the soldier's individual combat ability. And this time, the Yanlong Legion is defending, the Tianlan Empire is attacking, and the long mountain road has become the biggest obstacle. In order to capture Ram Fortress, the Tianlan Empire has been attacking for a month, not only has it not made much progress, but the consumption of soldiers is also much higher than before.

And at the same time that it has not been able to be attacked for a long time, because of the delay of time, it is now winter. The severe cold has become an enemy of the Tianlan Empire's troops, and many of the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire are obviously difficult to exert their maximum combat effectiveness in this cold weather, and because of the severe cold, the supply of the rear has also begun to have some problems.

Seeing this situation, Lieutenant General Luo Ning also began to plan closely. In his opinion, in this situation, it is not appropriate to suspend the offensive against the province of Laham. After the beginning of spring next year, we will launch a final assault here.

However, this idea was not agreed by the high-level of the Tianlan Empire, and Emperor Kevin spent a lot of money this time, wanting to annihilate the Yanlong Legion in one fell swoop. And since the start of the war, the army of the Tianlan Empire has shown a very huge advantage. After passing all the way, in just over two months, the troops of the Tianlan Empire were already about to hit the lair of the Yanlong Legion.

Since the results of the battle were so gratifying, and the cities that were more dangerous than the Ram Fortress before had been taken, why would it be difficult for the army of the Tianlan Empire to move forward this time because of a small Ram Province.

And at the same time, Elena's backhand when she had just started the war finally worked.

Before the war, Elena sent Hosaku to sneak into the imperial capital of the Tianlan Empire. Now when the Yanlong Legion is guarding the Ram Fortress, those Yanlong Legion's meticulous workers have also begun to spread rumors in the imperial capital of the Tianlan Empire.

The dazzling content is very simple, it is nothing more than that the reason why the army of the Tianlan Empire has been attacking the small city of Ram Fortress for a long time is because of Lieutenant General Luo Ning himself.

Lieutenant General Luo Ning led a million-strong army this time, and the Tianlan Empire gave Lieutenant General Luo Ning a lot of power. But it was precisely because of this that Lieutenant General Luo Ning was still shaken.

With a million male soldiers, it is now the land of dominating the four provinces. Will Lieutenant General Luo Ning have any dissenting intentions in his heart now, as long as he gives up attacking Ram Fortress now, and turns back to attack the Tianlan Empire. So with the only remaining defensive force of the Lan Empire today, can it resist the counterattack of Lieutenant General Luo Ning.

Along with this rumor, there were also many discordant voices in the imperial capital of the Tianlan Empire.

Yes, will Lieutenant General Luo Ning just support the army and be ready to do something. The previous battles had been going well, so why was it stopped by a small Ram fortress this time? When I was conquering the Sayy Empire, I didn't hear how much time and troops Captain Kane spent on Ram Fortress.

Such a voice also reached the ears of Emperor Kevin. Emperor Kevin, who was already a little wary of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, is now even more troubled.

On the one hand, he still believed that this old minister of the empire would not do such a rebellious thing at such a time.

But on the other hand, after hearing those rumors, Emperor Kevin couldn't help but secretly think: "Ram Fortress is not a difficult place to attack, why can't the old general attack it for a long time at such a time?" "Is the old general really as the rumors say, and has any disobedience?

Just as Emperor Kevin was wavering, Lieutenant General Ronin's request to suspend the offensive was also handed back from the front.