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The supply of food and grass is insufficient, and although the morale of the troops is strong, the soldiers' physical functions are about to reach their limits because of the battles they have fought all the way. The Yanlong Legion has been passively avoiding war from beginning to end, and now it is sitting in Xicheng, the troops are recuperated, and the supply of food and grass is worry-free. Such a war, you don't have to fight, you know what the ending will be.
If this battle is defeated, the Tianlan Empire will be completely defeated. Because this is not a simple defeat, as long as this battle is lost, then if the Yanlong Legion takes advantage of the victory to pursue, the subsequent battle is likely to be a copy of the previous one.
It's just that when the time comes, the side that keeps winning will not be the Tianlan Empire, but the Yanlong Legion that has been pretending to be a grandson before.
After thinking about all this, although Lieutenant General Luo Ning was very unwilling, he also had to be in awe of the people in the Yanlong Legion who could set up such a big conspiracy. What kind of person can have such a forbearance strategy?
Although the ploy was insidious, it has finally worked a lot. In today's Yanlong Legion, all the soldiers have finally received the final explanation from Bettina and Elena. All the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion knew the good intentions of the two female marshals, and finally understood why the Yanlong Legion had been so negative since the start of the war.
Now, when the Yanlong Legion finally exchanged forbearance for a chance to fight fairly, all the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion bowed to Bettina and Elena.
They knew that their commander was not a bad race, but that although he was a woman, he could be more forbearant than a man. Such good intentions and outstanding intelligence are beyond the reach of these big soldiers. Now they all know only one thing, that is, in the near future, the Yanlong Legion will be able to fight the Tianlan Empire openly. In this battle, the Yanlong Legion can raise its eyebrows.
Seeing this situation, Elena was finally completely relieved. Although there is no way to retreat now, we must fight with the Tianlan Empire. In the eyes of outsiders, the Yanlong Legion is bound to be defeated. But Elena firmly believes that victory must belong to the Yanlong Legion.
Thinking of being able to achieve this result today, Elena had to admire the old-timers who came up with such a sharp strategy for Li Yi.
The old-timer who was called Hans by Li Yi, who was sacred, sitting in the city lord's mansion in Xicheng peacefully, Elena finally had leisure time to think about this kind of gossip.
And what she thinks is exactly what Lieutenant General Luo Ning thinks now. When Lieutenant General Luo Ning saw that the situation of the battle was irreversible, he knew that it was time for him to close the curtain this time. In that case, Lieutenant General Luo Ning just wanted to know whose hands he was defeated this time.
But this question, it is estimated that Lieutenant General Luo Ning will never get an answer.
Because even Li Yi, who got this strategy from Hans with his own ears, didn't know where Hans was sacred before he entered the Mountains of the Dead.
But here, I have to mention that Hans, who had been fighting side by side with Li Yi for ten years in the Undead Mountain Range, had a very prominent identity before entering the Undead Mountain Range.
The former commander of the Central Army of the Tianlan Empire, concurrently serving as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Tianlan Empire, and the mentor of Lieutenant General Luo Ning's tactics, these prominent names all fell on one person decades ago.
This man is called Hans.
"Luo Ning, is the situation really as bad as you say it is now?" In the temporary battle hall of the Tianlan Empire, Commander Kane, who had always been absent-minded about the war before, was frowning at this time, looking at Lieutenant General Luo Ning with a serious face and said.
Hearing this superfluous question from his old comrade-in-arms, Lieutenant General Luo Ning wanted to take the opportunity to spread his resentment on him, but when he thought that even if it was like this, it would be useless, so Lieutenant General Luo Ning glanced at Commander Kane, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Well, that's how things are." Although all this is just my guess, I know that in this situation, we have no choice but not to attack the city. It is even necessary to retreat the line back a bit, and then it will be possible to think in the long run. ”
In his mind, he kept savoring the conspiracy that the Yanlong Legion had set up for the Tianlan Empire since the beginning of the war, although Lieutenant General Luo Ning was unwilling, but at this time, he could only come up with a remedy as soon as possible.
In the opinion of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, if we want to solve this problem now, we can only choose to avoid fighting, let the army retreat to a relatively safe place, and shrink the battle line. Only in this way can the problem of supply be temporarily solved.
And for a period of time after that, the Tianlan Empire should not talk about attacking the Yanlong Legion. First, the Tianlan Empire can't withstand this kind of toss at all, and secondly, Lieutenant General Luo Ning knows that although he has lost to them once now, as long as the Tianlan Empire can hold on to the results achieved before, then the Tianlan Empire will be able to deal with the Yanlong Legion after a few years, and then it will be really easy.
But at the moment, this idea of Lieutenant General Ronin cannot be implemented at all. Because not long after the army of the Tianlan Empire had just conquered Ram Fortress, there was a rumor from the imperial capital, and Emperor Kevin was very happy to hear that Ram Fortress had finally been conquered. And Kevin the Great also knew that the soldiers of the empire had begun to tire a little because of the continuous war. But after all, the Tianlan Empire will soon be able to achieve the final victory, as long as it can conquer Xicheng, this Yanlong Legion is the last fortress to guarantee. Then the Tianlan Empire's conquest this time can be a complete success.
Seeing this order, Lieutenant General Luo Ning couldn't wait to scold. He really couldn't figure it out, since Emperor Kevin kept saying that he had thought that the troops were already showing fatigue, then why did he choose to attack at such a time, so that his soldiers braved the cold and the lack of food and grass to send them to death under Xicheng.
And the most difficult thing for Lieutenant General Luo Ning now is that he can't inform the imperial capital at all now, so that Emperor Kevin and those ministers who only know the hand painter understand that the army of the Tianlan Empire today no longer has the huge advantage it had when the war started.
This time, if it chooses to forcibly attack the city at such a time, then even with the tenacity of the soldiers, the Tianlan Empire will be able to reduce its losses. But no matter what, this Creek City is categorically impossible to capture. There is no other reason, it is just because the Tianlan Empire no longer has a huge military advantage.
In a tough battle, if the attacker wants to win, it is impossible to succeed without paying a huge price.
Unless all the soldiers on the defending side have no intention of fighting, or if there is not enough food and grass in the city, civil strife may occur. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the besieging side to capture the city with a similar number of troops.
But looking at the Yanlong Legion, their troops have no morale problems, and second, they don't have the problem of insufficient food and grass. Judging from the current defensive posture of Xicheng, the current Yanlong Legion is clearly going to fight with the Tianlan Empire to the end. Either the Tianlan Empire will attack the city immediately, and maybe it will be able to decide the winner before the food and grass run out.
Either the troops of the Tianlan Empire should retreat now, to avoid the danger of being counterattacked if the siege is unfavorable.
But obviously, the Yanlong Legion had no intention of letting Lieutenant General Luo Ning withdraw his troops at all, and when the army withdrew from the Ram Fortress, the spies of the Yanlong Legion planted in the Tianlan Empire's underworld began to move again.
All kinds of unfavorable rumors have pointed to Lieutenant General Luo Ning, judging from those rumors, if Lieutenant General Luo Ning dares not to attack the city, then when he returns to the court, even if he has a hundred mouths, he will not be able to defend himself clearly.
So in desperation, Lieutenant General Luo Ning could only tell Commander Kane all about the current bad situation.
Originally, Lieutenant General Luo Ning thought that even if Commander Kane had never been involved in the planning of the war, as the deputy commander of the troops, he should know everything in front of him.
However, when Lieutenant General Luo Ning communicated with Commander Kane, he was surprised to find that his old comrade-in-arms seemed to be ready to thoroughly implement his golden mean. Mo said that it was the current situation of the Yanlong Legion, and even the current situation of the frontline troops of the Tianlan Empire, the commander of the Kane Legion did not know anything.
Especially when Lieutenant General Luo Ning told Captain Kane all the current problems, Commander Kane woke up like a dream, and his eyes always flashed with disbelief when he looked at Lieutenant General Luo Ning. He now hoped that Lieutenant General Ronin would be able to tell him that everything Ronin said was just a joke.
Now that the commander of the army is driving straight in, it is already a victory in hand, although Xicheng is firmly defended, but in front of the army of the Tianlan Empire, it is not vulnerable at all.
But when Commander Kane saw Ronin's serious expression and indifferent eyes, Captain Kane knew that everything his old comrade-in-arms said was true. Now he finally doesn't have to be suspicious of the emperor because of his remarkable military achievements in the future, if this time the conquest fails, then Luo Ning and Kane, as the two commanders, have absolutely no chance of surviving.
Even if they were able to escape from the hands of the enemy and return to the imperial capital, they would be punished severely.
And just when both of them were worried about these things, Lieutenant General Luo Ning suddenly got another piece of news that made him almost faint.
Holding the letter he had just received from the herald, Lieutenant General Luo Ning's lips began to tremble unconsciously. And Lieutenant General Luo Ning stared at the letter while reading it, and repeated in an incredulous tone: "How can this be, how can this be ......"
Seeing Luo Ning's abnormal performance, Captain Kane was even more excited, and walked in front of Luo Ning with a nervous expression, and Captain Kane asked in a trembling voice: "Luo Ning, what happened again." ”
Hearing Kane's voice, Lieutenant General Ronin woke up from his lost state. After smiling wryly, Lieutenant General Ronin handed the letter in his hand to Commander Kane.
Suspicious of the result letter, Commander Kane immediately set his eyes on it. But after he finished reading it, Commander Kane threw the letter on the ground at once, and then, like Lieutenant General Ronin, repeatedly repeated: "How can this be ......?"
It turned out that this letter was not a letter from the imperial capital, but a battle report from Danfeng Province. Danfeng Province, originally in the eyes of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, was just a place for his own troops to transit. Most of the resources and backup forces in the rear of the empire were gathered from all over the province to Danfeng Province, and then collectively set off from Danfeng Province until they reached the frontline troops.
Because of the garrison of the Seine Royal City, when Lieutenant General Luo Ning conquered the Yanlong Legion, he never thought that there would be a problem in Danfeng Province. But even if Lieutenant General Luo Ning doesn't believe it anymore, this problem has arisen now, and judging from the battle report, this problem is still a big problem.
It turned out that as early as a month ago, Li Yi secretly joined the troops of the Tianlan Empire gathered in Danfeng Province by pretending to be the army of the Tianlan Empire.
Originally, Li Yi's plan was to surprise one or two enemy troops after the convergence, and it was best to occupy the city and consume the number of enemy troops by defending it.
But what Li Yi didn't expect was that at this time, the highest governor in Danfeng Province, a guy named George, turned out to be a veteran who had followed Li Yi in the bloody battle in the Seine King City.
When he first entered the city, Li Yi didn't find out, because Li Yi didn't remember who had fought with him in the Seine King City back then. If it weren't for the fact that Mel had been in front of Li Yi back then, Li Yi wouldn't even remember Mel.
But Li Yi doesn't remember, it doesn't mean that Mel doesn't remember. On the school grounds, after seeing George from a distance, Mel recognized at a glance that this guy was the one who had fought with him in the Seine King City. That is, he was also a member of the Central Army at one time.
As for George, Mel asked himself if he knew anything about him. Back then, when Mel and a group of them were rebelling against the Tianlan Empire, George originally wanted to rebel. But because at the time of that mission, George had already been transferred out of the Central Army earlier, so he couldn't fight against Mel and them.
At the same time, George was not like Mel and the others, who had no roots in the Tianlan Empire. George's father can also be regarded as an old hero of the Tianlan Empire, and he also made a lot of contributions to the Tianlan Empire's southern and northern wars. George joined the Central Army under the impression of his father.
However, after seeing Mel and them rebelling against the Tianlan Empire, George was originally dissatisfied with the Tianlan Empire because of the ruthlessness of the Tianlan Empire, but when he talked to his father about wanting to rebel against the Tianlan Empire, he was severely criticized by his old father.
George is also extremely filial, and the reason why he wanted to mention the rebellion against the Tianlan Empire to his father was because he wanted to take his family with him. After all, once his name of treason was established, and his family was still in the Tianlan Empire, it would be difficult for them to save their lives.
Therefore, George, as a veteran of the Second Knights who was fortunate enough to survive from the Seine King City, did not follow Mel and them to Jingchuan Province to develop.
But over the years, George has slowly mixed into the position of division commander by virtue of his military exploits. For example, today, the Lan Empire is fully conquering the southern border of Said, and George, who is in a high position, is also sitting in Danfeng Province and handling all logistics problems for the front-line troops in the rear.
But when Li Yi and the others quietly entered Danfeng Province, and after Mel recognized George, Mel decided to meet George after discussing it with Li Yi to see if he could persuade George to come over.
Mel believed that even if the persuasion was unsuccessful, with George's character, he would definitely not do anything to kill Li Yi and them.
And Li Yi likes to do things as he wants, I heard that George was his old subordinate back then, and Mel also repeatedly assured that George was not a person with bad intentions, so Li Yi did not order his subordinates who had successfully infiltrated the Tianlan army to leave here. Instead, he sat in the middle of the army and waited for news from Mel.