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The defeat of the City Guard Corps in Longquan was a heavy blow to the center of the empire, and the ministers, including Lu Wenfu, did not expect that the two legions would deal with the Longquan Mansion guarded by two divisions, and they would actually lose their troops, and even the self-proclaimed elite of the empire The City Guard Legion was disabled by the raid of the opposing rangers, and the performance of the Third Legion was simply unbearable, such an emperor [***] Is there still a need for the team to exist, it was originally planned to let the Eighth Army cooperate with the Praetorian Guard to launch an attack on Jinzhong, and now no one dares to mention this stubble, the difference in combat effectiveness between these newly built and rebuilt Emperor [***] regiments is beyond imagination, the Imperial Minister of the Interior Sidon directly proposed to disband the third, eighth, and ninth army corps, there is no need to spend huge amounts of military funds on these garbage troops, but the Emperor [***] Minister of State Jilin asked rhetorically, without these garbage troops, what can they rely on to defend against the threat of the Southern Western Frontier Army?

Situ Yushuang also felt a dilemma, the combat effectiveness of the three newly formed legions was estimated to be similar, and it was completely unrealistic to rely on them, and at this time, Yusuf's request was also sent to the center of the empire, which made Situ Yushuang breathe a sigh of relief, and Situ Tai also made it clear that he was willing to put the first division of the First Army stationed in Yanjing into the battle against Jinzhong, which made Situ Yushuang feel that the grasp of taking Jinzhong, the western gateway of Yanjing, was suddenly much greater. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But Ma Yuanxiang reminded Situ Yushuang that the threat from the south made Situ Yushuang's heart hang again, Jiangnan was a voice of change of banners, Li Wufeng's dominance in the south was inevitable, Situ Biao is now a mud bodhisattva who can hardly protect himself, and he lives in the land of Sanfu for a long time, but it is in this situation that he should seize the time to take Jinzhong and ensure that the west is safe, so as to free up his hands to deal with the threat that may come from the south, which is also a helpless move for Situ Yushuang to rack his brains. There is not much energy to take care of other things at the moment, Situ Yushuang also understands that the war that really determines the fate of the Situ Dynasty is actually the battle in the clouds, if you can overcome the clouds in one fell swoop, then it is still possible, if the battle in the clouds is lost, even a tough person like Situ Yushuang cannot avoid the reality of defeat. Before the battle of Yunzhong is decided, being able to control Jinzhong can be regarded as winning one more respite for the Situ Dynasty.

Chu Taifeng had already realized the severity of the battle, and the news of the defeat of the southern city guards under Longquan Mansion had already spread, and Chu Taifeng did not intend to let his subordinates know the news, and letting them know about these situations at such a critical time would only be in vain. The self-righteous guys of the city guards still thought that they were the so-called legions directly under the central government of the empire and could see everything, you must know that now is a face-to-face life-and-death struggle, a gamble to bet with blood and life, not just exercises and training to achieve the goal, Chu Taifeng has always looked down on those arrogant guys who have stayed in Yanjing City all the time, and now the cruel reality has taught Yusuf a lesson, making him understand that the current situation is very different from the past, the Western Xinjiang Army is not a weak brigade, and Li Wufeng's army is really a group of ferocious and fierce hungry wolves。

Today's progress of the battle situation did not satisfy Chu Taifeng, although he had been mentally prepared for the tenacity of the Western Frontier, but he still did not expect that the resolute resistance of the Western Frontier had brought such great losses to his army, it should be said that the Dotun and Pur people had basically done their duty as allies, but their clumsy siege methods were obviously not suitable for the response strategy that was urgently needed now.

A new batch of storming vehicles and siege towers were sent to the camp again, and the logistics department's preparations for this battle could be called the most complete in the history of the Northern Army, and all kinds of materials were quite abundant, that is, to ensure that the battle was carried out, and the nail of Yunzhongfu was pulled out before the Western Frontier Rangers who had already rushed forward.

Negotiations with the Poole army also went quite smoothly, perhaps because the Poolers also sensed their shortcomings in the siege, they agreed to send three elite infantry troops under the command of Chu Taifeng, and they would continue to launch an offensive in the west, and the Dodons also accepted some of Chu Taifeng's suggestions, and they would adjust their attack methods appropriately to make their attack strategy more threatening and lethal.

Chu Taifeng didn't expect to win a complete victory on the first day, if that was really the case, it would be an insult to the combat effectiveness of the Western Frontier Army, and also an insult to Li Wufeng's wisdom, Kamapov is not easy to match, today's performance has proved his ability, but this can't change his fate, Chu Taifeng firmly believes this. The key lies in the next three days, Chu Taifeng hopes that in three days he can completely destroy the defense of the Western Frontier Army and win the city, and he also has this confidence.

At the same time, Kamapov is also inspecting the preparation of the four gates of the city wall, the east gate is still the focus of prevention, the first army is worthy of the first army, the first day of the fight had to put himself into the reserve, which made Kamapov admired and a little worried, Chu Taifeng's style is wild and fierce, especially the first few axes, Kamapov can proudly say that if other regiments are replaced, there may be a crisis in the first day of the enemy's all-out offensive, but the fifth army stubbornly blocked the enemy's fearless charge, and caused great damage to the enemy。

Kamapov has a lot of experience in the rational arrangement and use of the sniper team, especially how to maximize the function of the sniper team in defensive operations, which is also a set of methods that Kamapov has been trying out and gradually perfecting in the past two years. It should be said that Kamapov achieved very good results by building a corner tower to allow the crossbowmen and shooters in the sniper team to control a large sniper surface in a fan shape relying on the corner tower, and the Northern Army paid a considerable price in this regard.

According to the statistics of the staff department, on this day, at least more than 60 officers above the squad leader level of the Northern Army were killed by the sniper team with arrows and throwing guns in the entire Dongmen city wall, and the killing team also killed at least more than 30 officers above the squad leader level of the Northern Army, which accounted for at least more than 60 percent of the number of officers killed in the entire Northern Army, and the death of the officers not only dealt a great blow to the morale of the Northern Army, but also effectively undermined the offensive command efficiency of the front line of the Northern Army.

However, the vigorous fighting spirit of the Northern Army did surprise Kamapov, and there was almost no gap in the repeated attacks, often one wave of attacks had not yet ended, and the second wave of attacks had already swept in, and the full preparation of the Northern Army, especially the adequacy and perfection of siege equipment, also exceeded Kamapov's expectations. The number of these two large siege equipment is a bit incredible, Kamapov did not expect that the Northern Army would be willing to spend so much money to build so many city vehicles and mobile arrow towers, especially the city vehicles, this kind of goods cost a lot, and the Northern Army also improved the mobile conditions of this equipment, increased the speed and shock absorption, and the Northern Army can put dozens of vehicles at a time to participate in the battle, which caused great pressure on the city defense, and it is also the main reason why Kamapov had to use reserves in advance。

The dragon cannons and giant catapults were clearly not prepared to strike at these threatening siege engines, and most of the dozens of storming vehicles were still able to launch an offensive at the end of the day, which made Kamapov very angry, for which the commander of the engineering wing was dismissed.

The Northern Army has also made quite full preparations in terms of long-range strike weapons, and more than 30 percent of the battlements and pheasant moats on the city wall of Yunzhong Mansion have been damaged, and the people and engineers in Yunzhong have to use the night time to repair them overnight, and the catapults and ballistae that have been damaged are also being repaired and replaced in a hurry, and the maintenance and repair of fire dragon cannons is the most important thing, and they will play an even more important role in the ensuing war.

In view of the dire situation, Kamapov had to send the commandos organized by the people in the clouds to the front line, although it was not yet time to rely on them to save the situation, but it was also necessary for them to adapt to the tragic atmosphere on the battlefield first. However, Kamapov was quite pleased with the high fighting spirit of these civilian commandos, although most of these people from the gangs of the Jianghu sect had never participated in a real war, but most of them had a life of licking blood from the edge of the knife, and they were not too unfamiliar with this bloody massacre, and I believe that as long as they were given a little time and opportunity to adapt, they could become a good helper for their army.

Kamapov feared that the Northern Army would find a way to reduce the threat of this new weapon, but there seemed to be no good way to deal with this small thing, maybe covering the dirt or putting on a wooden plank could reduce the damage of this kind of thing to the soldiers' feet, or only add a piece of iron to the soles of the soldiers' boots, but where could they find so many suitable pieces of iron in a hurry? The only way to do this was to cover it at night, as this not too long spike only needed to cover it with a thick layer of dirt to make it lose a considerable degree of power, and the area that needed to be passed through to launch an attack from the front was not very large, so it was not too difficult to achieve this goal.

Wu Houlu, who was hidden in the dirt, tried to open his eyes wide and looked ahead, the dark night was like splashing ink, Wu Houlu didn't know how long he would stay in this dark pit, maybe one night, maybe a while, everything depended on the change of situation. This pit should have been dug half a month ago, and it was set up very hidden, not too far from the city wall, and it should be a fairly suitable observation point.

(To be continued)