On July 16, the bones were tied.

In a week, the Bactrian army took only a week to reach the foot of the Somali royal city.

At the same time, the Atlantic Fleet led by Alvaro also completed the blockade of the waters around the Mukudushu, and the entire royal city was surrounded by the Bactrian army.

During this period, the Somali territorial army also thought about sniping the Xia army in the middle to relieve the pressure on the royal city.

But it didn't work.

Whether it is a strong fortification, an ambush trap set by using the terrain, or even poisoning in the water, all of them are easily cracked by the famous general Di Qing.

The meticulous intelligence work of the Black Snake Guard made the Great Xia army march through Somalia as if it were a leisurely stroll. Where there are mountains, where there are rivers, where there are canyons, where there are deserts, the information of the troops, troop deployment, logistics and supply points of the Somali territories are all mastered by the Black Snake Guard.

This is destined to be an unequal war.

The partial resistance of the territorial army is doomed to be futile, like a mantis arm as a car.

The Somali army is not a superb strategy, many times by Di Qing's general calculations, fighting in embarrassment, at the tactical level, Somalia does not have a general who can match Di Qing.

Even the fierce general Lu Bu can completely destroy the enemy generals.

This advantage is overwhelming, and it is not possible to win by a strong will to resist.

Just yesterday, the Somali Praetorian Guard conducted its last sniper battle outside the city, but it still ended in a crushing defeat, and the Somali coalition army could only obediently retreat to the royal city and become a turtle in an urn.

The successive victories also made the logistics of the Great Xia army safe.

The officials of the dynasty almost followed the butt of the army, accepting it city by city, even the towns and villages, and the core task was to raise food and grass for the front-line army.

At the same time, the grain and grass materials purchased by Great Xia through the caravan also arrived at the Brave Port one by one.

The two supplies went hand in hand, forming a stable grain and grass supply route from Friendship City to Mugudushu, transporting a large amount of grain and grass to the front line.

It is also the reason why Di Qing did not directly lead his troops to attack the royal city, but swept all the way. In ancient battlefields, only cities had the ability to raise food and grass for the army.

The army that has been marching in the wilderness is like a tree without roots, and it will never last long.

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What about outside the battlefield?

As Ouyang Shuo expected, the week of fighting was a quiet moment in the countries surrounding Somalia.

Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti......

Silent.

No African lord dared to stand up for Somalia, and everyone just watched with awe as this powerful dynasty from the East conquered Somalia with iron hooves to destroy the "rebellion".

The African continent fell into a deathly silence.

Even the sea breeze blowing across the continent carried the breath of death, without a trace of coolness.

The Mediterranean lord was also in a complicated mood, and he was not even in the mood to negotiate with the Great Xia envoys. Violet was also very "empathetic" and agreed to suspend the negotiations for the time being.

Everything will be known when the battle for Somalia is over.

The Great Xia Dynasty has never been so awe-inspiring, and the local army has not been dispatched much, and it can easily slaughter several cities, destroy a country, and make the global lords lose their voices.

In addition to admiration, there is only awe.

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Barracks outside the city.

Di Qing was dressed in a military uniform, raising his eyes to look at the Xiongcheng not far away, his face expressionless. The mask on his face gave this army a different kind of charm, making the soldiers under his command awe.

The wooden bones are all bundled, the last hard bone.

The attack on the royal city seems to be a dead knot, and the rules of the national war determine that both sides will not die, except for the fire attack technique like the battle of Morocco, the two sides will not consume the last drop of blood, and they cannot rest.

This kind of mentality, whether it is for the defender of the city or for the besieging side, is a huge hidden danger. If one is not good, it may lose a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses.

In the first war in Somalia, Diqing tried to solve this problem.

Di Qing's tactics are not worth mentioning, and they are very simple, that is, "besieging the city". The so-called siege of the city is to besiege but not attack, trapping the enemy in the city, and for a long time, the enemy army will break the city without attacking.

"The Art of War" has a cloud: "Ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to fight it if it is doubled, the enemy can divide it, if it is less, it can be defended, and if it is not, it can be avoided." ”

This means that if you want to encircle an enemy army, you need ten times the strength of the enemy army.

This statement is not absolute, and the Battle of Changping was an exception. The killing god Bai Qi took advantage of the geographical advantage to trap the Zhao army with the same strength, creating a miracle in the history of war.

At present, there are 80,000 forbidden troops, 50,000 territory troops, and 100,000 combat professional players stationed in the city. In terms of the number of troops alone, the number of coalition forces even exceeded that of the Great Xia army.

Although the Great Xia army claims to be 200,000, there are only 150,000 of them that are really deployed in Mugudu.

In addition to leaving 20,000 troops to guard Friendship City in case people with ulterior motives raided the lair, Di Qing also arranged for a full 10,000 troops to be responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass along the way.

There will always be riots and attacks of one kind or another in the newly occupied cities, and if there is no large army to suppress the formation, the grain convoy may riot in a minute.

In order to save manpower, the people responsible for transporting grain were all local conscripted laborers, and they were very angry.

Fortunately, ordinary people do not dare to have any thoughts in front of the regular army. Di Qing had already said that in the event of a riot, he would not be pardoned, and he would even sit together.

Servitude from the same village, if one person participates in the riot, the whole village is slaughtered.

The grain route was the lifeblood of the army, and Di Qing had to resort to iron-blooded means to subdue the mob.

After the army arrived at Mugudushu, Di Qing arranged another 10,000-strong cavalry to bypass Mugudushu and continue southward to sweep the remaining cities in Somalia.

Coupled with the troops guarding the prisoners of war along the way, there are only 150,000 people who can really be engaged in the battle of Mukudushu, including the fourth formation of the Atlantic Fleet led by Alvaro.

As for the fifth formation, it shoulders the same heavy responsibility as the defenders of Friendship City, stationed in the waters near Port Brave, defending the core hub of Friendship City.

Friendship City was a link between the dynasty and Somalia, and it was far away from the wooden bones, and the surrounding situation was complicated, so Di Qing had to be cautious in case someone took risks.

If someone attacked Friendship City, it would definitely be bad news for the Great Xia Expeditionary Force.

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Fortunately, "The Art of War" is not about the number of troops, but about the comparison of troops.

Taking into account factors such as generals, equipment, morale, and tactical literacy, it is roughly estimated that the "strength" of the 150,000 Bactrian army is about four times that of the Somali coalition army.

Obviously, this is far from meeting the tactical conditions of "encircling them in ten corners."

Fortunately, this is a national war, and the Great Xia army has a natural advantage, that is, the Somali coalition army has no way to retreat at this time, and even if it breaks through, it is a dead end.

When the southbound cavalry has swept through the southern part of Somalia, all the rest of Somalia will fall into the hands of Bactria except for the wooden bones.

Therefore, the Wood and Bone Bundle is a real lonely city.

If the Somali coalition forces want to break through, where will they go? It's a dead end.

They had only one battle.

Therefore, Di Qing was not in a hurry at all, so he set up camp outside the city, and surrounded the wooden bones to the point that they could not be drained. While there was still time, the army even began to build fortifications to prevent the Somali coalition dogs from jumping over the wall.

Di Qing is not in a hurry, there is another decisive factor, that is, this war is not interfered with by the outside world.

In the battle of Morocco, Bactria belonged to the side that provoked the war for no reason, which was morally untenable, and in a very sensitive period of the situation in the Mediterranean, it was ready to face the help of the Mediterranean army, so it was necessary to fight quickly.

In this way, Jia Xu's fire attack plan was born, exchanging time for tricks.

At present, the Somali king is dishonest, morality is on the side of the Great Xia Dynasty, and other countries have no reason to interfere in this national war, so Di Qing is given room to play.

Therefore, what determines the success or failure of a war is by no means limited to the ability to fight. The Great Xia Dynasty had already learned how to make proper use of diplomatic means to serve the war and reduce the pressure on the front line.

This is a sign of a great power.

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After the siege, Di Qing, like a seasoned hunter, began to wait patiently, waiting for the chaos in the city, waiting for the chess pieces buried in the city by Great Xia to play a role, waiting for the variables he expected to appear on the battlefield.

During this period, Di Qing did not do nothing.

Although the early sweep was smooth, it also exposed many problems with the Somali Corps. In order to avoid chaos, in addition to Moroccan prisoners of war, the members of the corps were also mixed with other field army officers.

To put it mildly, the entire corps is a "motley army" mixed with various nationalities, somewhat similar to the former Qin army in the Battle of Weishui, and the core backbone is all middle-level generals transferred from other field armies.

Naturally, there is a process of integration and adaptation of such a unit.

Although Gaia will blur the prisoners of war in order to smoothly integrate into the new environment, and minimize the obstacles to their integration, objective difficulties still exist.

In the first few major battles, if there was no Praetorian Guard on the side, it was likely that there would be chaos.

In addition, Morocco's weaponry, training system, military regulations, and military discipline are completely different from those of the Bactria Dynasty, and the new prisoners of war also need a process of adaptation.

Fortunately, Gaia eliminated the language barrier in the army, otherwise it would not have been possible to reorganize at all.

Taking advantage of the siege time, Di Qing always paid attention to the movements in the city, and at the same time accelerated the internal rectification of the corps and eliminated hidden dangers as much as possible, which could be regarded as "grinding guns in battle".

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One day, two days, a week......

Ten days passed in a flash, the entire battlefield was deadly silent, and the two sides faced off silently. This is a big deal for the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the food stock is getting smaller and smaller, and it seems that it will not be able to support it for long.

As mentioned above, the population of each royal city is very amazing, and if there is no external material supply, at most half a month, the royal city will have a famine.

Three days ago, the wooden bones began to implement the material collection. Even so, I'm afraid it won't last ten days and half a month. Hunger began to descend on the city, and commotion grew.