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Jiang Han was finally able to breathe, and the commander of the legion finally allocated 10,000 rangers to launch an attack, although the combat effectiveness of the rangers in the mountains east of Longquan was greatly limited, and even suffered some losses in one or two sieges of the city guards, but it still played a certain role in diversion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was the militia organizations that did not anticipate the real role of the people's organizations. Longquan Mansion did not recover quickly after it was recovered. Drought and plague, the population of Longquan fell sharply, but with the gradual return of some fleeing landlords and gentry, the entire economy of Longquan Province is also gradually recovering, because this area itself is the area of frequent activities of the original Taiping religion, the local political axe in the semi-military management after strengthening the armor protection system, but also encourage the local landlords and gentry to form a militia group, busy farming, leisure time training, although can not be compared with the regular army, but for the rectification of local law and order still played a considerable role. When the Imperial City Guards and the Third Army brazenly advanced westward, a battle to defend Longquan seemed inevitable, Jiang Han did not hesitate to declare a state of emergency in Longquan Mansion, which was really military control, and the militia was also immediately concentrated as an auxiliary force, when some militia organizations took the initiative to use the eastern mountainous area of Longquan to attack and harass the Emperor [***] team, Jiang Han found that the original use of this force can also play an unexpected role.

The eastern mountainous area is indeed a good place for guerrilla warfare and harassment, but unfortunately the enemy's strength is too strong, even if more than 200,000 troops are squeezed out, it is enough to squeeze the eastern mountainous area. The team is advancing on a large scale, and then it is not suitable to push these militia groups to the front line, the upcoming offensive and defensive battles will be quite difficult, Jiang Han expected that he also needs these militia groups as a supplement and reserve army for his army, many times the two sides are often inferior to that force, who can hold on to the last breath in the past, maybe who will be able to achieve the final victory, Jiang Han can only fight with this thought.

The third division came from Jinzhong to really let Jiang Han see the determination of the above to stick to Longquan, Jiang Han had always had a suspicion, that is, His Royal Highness King Qin and the corps commander even had the idea of using the first division to defend Longquan to buy time, after all, to let his own division face two legions, ten times his own enemy, even if the enemy's combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning, just relying on human lives can drag his division to death, not to mention that the Imperial City Guard Corps is definitely not a weak brigade.

The Tiger Wing Army gave up Yanjing and defended Jinzhong, and the Third Division forcibly marched to reinforce Longquan, Yanjing can be abandoned, Longquan can not let go, this battle seems to have no conditions to talk about, that is, to defend Longquan. Since he wants to defend to the death, Jiang Han will also pack up all the feelings of his children, under the military control, everything belongs to the military, all requirements can be ignored, mobilize all the forces, manpower, and materials that can be mobilized, and those who dare to go against the will of the military can only be punished as spies for the crime of defecting to the enemy, the fate can be imagined, and there is only one purpose, that is, to win this battle, hold Longquan City, people are in the city, people are lost in the city, and there is no second way.

The murderous announcement was short and clear, and several pale human heads hung next to the notice to prove the truth and cruelty of all this, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, all the forces in Longquan City were quickly twisted into a rope, a reins that wanted to use all the strength to defend the city.

As the general of the Western Frontier Army, almost everyone has this kind of consciousness and does not need to pay too much attention to the things that should not be done by themselves. The Fifth Army is under siege and in danger, the situation in Heshuo has changed dramatically, and the imperial army is approaching the city, all of which seems to indicate that Western Xinjiang has encountered the most serious crisis in the north since the establishment of the regime, although the war reports from all sides continue to be sent from the Military Affairs Bureau, but Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou have invariably remained silent about the war in the north, in this case, His Royal Highness the King of Qin seems to have surprisingly remained calm, and only asked Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou to carry out according to their own ideas and intentions without taking into account the northern war situation, this alone is enough。

On September 9, 699 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, just when everyone was shocked by the sudden withdrawal of the Tiger Wing Army from the Western Xinjiang and retreat to Jinzhong on the first night, the City Guard Legion and the Third Legion of the Empire roared towards Longquan Mansion, which was struggling in the storm, and a magnificent Great Leap Advance that swept the entire Southern Empire finally began.

"What? What did you say? The Western Xinjiang Army broke into Baoying Town? How is this possible? Didn't the intelligence say that the Western Xinjiang Army was preparing to move south to Jinhua in the south of Huzhou? Didn't you say that Situ Biao's army had already assembled in Jinhua and was ready to meet the battle? Why did it suddenly start a war against us Weiyang? What is going on?" The trembling lips had turned gray, and the dejected face was not much better than that of the dead, the purple clay pot in his hand fell to the ground and shattered, and stumbled back into the chair, the middle-aged scribe couldn't help but grab the officer's shoulder and shouted hoarsely: "What should we do now? What should we do? What are you doing to eat, you don't know if the people from the Western Xinjiang have come in? His Royal Highness King Yan will not let you go!"

Some pity glanced at the other party, impatiently lifted the other party's hands, the officer was obviously also in a restless mood, the helmet was thrown on the chair, panting and snorting: "My lord, you should be sober, how many soldiers and horses the Western Xinjiang Army has gathered in Huzhou, do you know? We only received information yesterday that Li Wufeng did not send a single soldier from the Five Lakes back to aid Heshuo, and the offensive launched by His Royal Highness King Yan in the north did not play a role in encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao at all, and the army in the Five Lakes in the Western Xinjiang exceeded 300,000!" But how many troops do we have in Weiyang? Hmph, a division, do you still think that my division can withstand the 300,000 troops of the victor in the western frontier?"

"The 300,000 army, Bao Ying is lost, what danger is there in our Weiyang Mansion?" As if he had been stupefied, the middle-aged scribe collapsed in his chair and muttered to himself: "The combined strength of the entire Jiangnan is less than 100,000 people, how can it resist the wolf-like Western Xinjiang army?"

The officer with a hot head is also restless, Baoying is lost, there is no place to hide in the west of Weiyang, but this guy is greedy for life and afraid of death, blindly wants to defend the city, now it's good, Baoying a wing didn't even resist for half a moment and was lost, it's a pity that a good land and water fortress, if you have a division and regiment all stationed here, maybe you can hold on for a while, but after thinking about it, what's the use of insisting? His Royal Highness King Qin's main forces have already been drawn to the north, and what fifteen corps has been formed, but this Jiangnan has placed these few reading divisions, what has happened? Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yan planned to give up Jiangnan from the beginning?

I was shocked in my heart, the more the officer thought about it, the more likely it became, why even the East China Sea had placed this newly established fifteenth legion, and even some of the integrated naval armies were transferred to the Fan River, but His Royal Highness King Yan of the Seven Prefectures in Jiangnan seemed to have nothing but a strong tax extraction, or it was to wipe out the family and exterminate the clan, and the toss was turned upside down, and it seemed that he had never done anything else, did His Royal Highness the King of Yan know that this Jiangnan did not protect the surname of Suo and broke the jar?

The officer's uncertain look also attracted the middle-aged scribe who was already desperate, and he had been carrying this kind of thing for a few days after serving as the city guard of this Weiyang Mansion, no wonder he was disheartened, how to explain to His Royal Highness King Yan had become the top priority, seeing that the leader of the garrison didn't seem to have much panicked expression, this responsibility of defending the land should have been him, looking at his not too nervous appearance, could he still have any power to return to the sky?

Seeing the other party's gaze also turned, the officer knew that this matter was just a guess, but if he wanted to wash away his responsibility, he had to cooperate with the guy in front of him.

"My lord, I see that we have no other way to go now, I have sent people to destroy the roads and bridges from Baoying East, and it will take at least more than a day for the Western Xinjiang Army to kill the city, that is to say, our time is only one day, Jiangnan is estimated to be out of play, where to escape is estimated to be a result, our family is still in the East China Sea, and now if you want to go back to your Highness to have an explanation, I am afraid there is only one way." ”

Added a lip, and the cold look on the officer's face made the middle-aged scribe who was originally ignorant seem to understand a little, "You mean"

"The amount is not a gentleman, non-toxic and not a husband, if we want to have an explanation to His Royal Highness King Yan, we can't take care of much, there are many salt merchants in the city of Weiyang Mansion, although a few days ago I found a lot of people to open the knife, but now these guys are hiding like a shrinking turtle so that we can't find a fork to start, the army is chaotic, no one can control whom, I think we can only be a grass-headed king, take the money if you can come here, and if you can't get the money, we will take our lives, it is estimated that we will not be able to go back to this Jiangnan, and we will be the wicked people, otherwise we will not have anything to deal with His Royal Highness King Yan, do you say, my lordThe gloomy smile made the middle-aged scribe couldn't help but shudder, this Weiyang land is full of gold, if you really want to do what the other party says, I am afraid that it will really set off a monstrous blood rain, but if you don't act according to the other party, I am afraid that this responsibility will have to be pushed on your own head, and now His Royal Highness King Yan is holding back his red eyes and desperately betting, this guy's yin damage suggestion is not aimed at His Royal Highness King Yan?

After thinking about it for a long time, the middle-aged scribe finally sighed and said: "Well, it's just like this, let the list be provided by the people of the Tax Inspection Department, hurry up and do it, I will prepare the ship!"

(To be continued)