"Lord Qiyu, Deputy Marshal Gong has led the local army into Dongxiong City and is cooperating with the naval army to hoard supplies; The staff officer reported to Yudi.

"Captain Feng. ”

"The subordinates are here. ”

"Continue to hold on to this place, and do not evacuate without my orders. "Yudi's meaning is very clear, Feng Run desperately has to defend the camp in the west of the county that he has just recaptured, and there will be no way to escape if he is defeated.

Ruan Xingzhu was disguised by Ding Kui as a big flower face, with short hands and long legs, and a bloated body, no one who didn't know would not associate her with the suspected fake Ao Yan anyway, and this big flower face would never use teleportation.

Although Hao Dong and the magicians of the Northern Fourth Army converged, Ding Kui's side had Tan Shang and Ao Yan, and there was also an invincible big flower face below the sixth level combat power, and after a fierce battle, his army had to withdraw from the field of vision of the Baiqiu Town camp again.

"No, why hasn't the enemy army in the county town arrived yet?" Ding Kui calculated the time, Yudi's men and horses should have extinguished the fire in the camp in the west of the county and rushed to attack Baiqiu Town.

His army was attacking from both sides in the northeast, and he did not have enough troops to repel his own army.

"The enemy army has been fighting for most of the day, will it be necessary to rest and recuperate?" Zhang Dingyuan has been busy since the morning, and he feels tired physically and mentally.

"General Qiao, how many people are left in Chunni Town?" Ding Kui found that all the troops that could be mobilized were in Baiqiu Town.

"A brigade that will notify us if it is attacked by the enemy. "Qiao Meng thinks that Baiqiu Town is more important.

"No, Yu Di has hundreds of magicians in his hands, who can intercept Xinying, and there are more than 10,000 cavalry. Ding Kui's face changed.

He turned his head to look at Ao Yan, who nodded and said, "Well, I'll take a look." ”

A thousand men could not withstand the attack of tens of thousands of cavalry, and the enemy army had magicians.

Sure enough, Ao Yan brought back a bad news, Chunni Town was in flames, and the brigade left behind by the 80th Division set fire to the entire barracks, and no one should have escaped.

"And a great army is coming south of us, and the wolf-faced woman is with them. ”

"Sure enough, it was the Northern Route Army that turned over the ground, singled out our weaknesses, and took down our two military camps in one day. Ding Kui suppressed his anger and forced himself to calm down.

"But we have also recovered Shimu City and Wangxia City, and generally speaking, we have not suffered a loss. Fei Ze analyzed.

"Feng Run's descendants should be the enemy's 3rd and 4th Northern Army Corps, this time he concentrated the forces of the two army corps to fight, the purpose is not like expanding the occupied area, because the area controlled by the enemy is getting smaller and smaller, but our army's weak points are more and more, and only we can resist the enemy's full force. Ding Kui shuddered when he thought about it, not to mention the Kong Family Army and the 21st Army, even the partial division commanded by Hua Mo couldn't defeat it.

"If the enemy concentrates his forces on the southern front, then the rest of the country must be empty, allowing friendly troops to take advantage of the weakness, and maybe recapture a few more cities. Shu Li saw an opportunity.

The base camp of the theater, "The Kong army captured Ximu City, and the 201st Division recaptured Wangxia City," Sun Jianing reported, "However, the chief of staff suggested that we temporarily suppress the military situation and not report to the Commander's Office, because it is expected that the enemy may have major military operations." ”

Jiang Xi glanced at the map and said, "The progress made on the northern front is indeed unexpected, the enemy's three armies in the north are not so weak, and they lost the two cities so easily?

"It has entered Minaminuma State. ”

"Go to Wen Nanjing City, ask the state government to assist in escorting, let the twenty brigade recruits hurry to the base camp, and order the 203rd and 204th divisions to go to Ximu City to garrison, and listen to Jiang Zhi's dispatch. Jiang Xi gave the order.

Jizhou City, the scout ran to the city lord's mansion, "Report, the Kong army captured the city of Ximu, and there is news that the enemy army is storming Baiqiu Town. ”

Han Rujian waved his hand to let the scout retreat, and stood in front of the map, and the staff officer of the 111th Division said beside her: "Now that the defensive pressure of our department has been greatly reduced, we can increase the long-range marching training of the soldiers. ”

"No!" she raised her jade palm, "leave two thousand people, and we will go to Huatong City." ”

"However, our department has not yet equipped the magicians, so it is not advisable to approach the front line, in case of a sneak attack by the enemy's main force, the 111th Division may be wiped out. The staff officer said anxiously.

"Huatong City is less than eighty miles away from Baiqiu Town, and General Ding Kui's followers are within easy reach, which seems to be very dangerous but is actually very safe, maybe our appearance will scare off the enemy forces in Baiqiu Town. ”

As a vein of the Changsheng Marquis of the Guyuan Empire, Han Rujian has a unique view of marching and fighting, and the word "Chang Sheng" is not called in vain.

She was ordered to garrison Jizhou City, and had the responsibility of responding to friendly forces. The position of the 111th Division in the theater of operations is delicate, and there is no corps leader for the time being, it can be regarded as an independent unit, and she has relatively large autonomy.

After nightfall, his army tried to attack Baiqiu Town from the north and south, but Ding Kui had more than 40,000 horses and horses from the 71st, 75th, 77th, 78th, and 80th divisions, plus 1,000 crossbowmen, and repelled the attack of nearly 100,000 of his own army.

"Hmph, I thought that the enemy army dared to attack us all night, and we retreated before midnight. Dong Ba didn't go out of the camp to charge, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

Ding Kui sketched on the distribution map of the enemy's forces and said: "It has been confirmed that all the three armies of the enemy's north have come to the southeast of Jiaxincheng, most of the main forces of the enemy's four army corps are operating in the county area, and the remaining five army corps of the enemy's north are less than 20,000 people, which are also concentrated in the county area.

That is to say, almost all of the enemy's main forces are near us, and it is estimated that there are no less than 150,000 horses, which is three times the strength of Baiqiu Town. It's not a big problem to hold this place, but will the enemy attack us at all costs?"

"According to your deduction, Dingjiang City, Shifeng City, and Xining City do not have enough enemy troops to garrison, should the enemy take the initiative to give up these three cities?" Zhang Dingyuan dared to put forward his own opinions more and more.

"This may be the enemy's plan," Fei Ze stood next to Zhang Dingyuan, "take the initiative to give up the three cities and see if our army dares to seize it." ”

Luo Tao asked, "Why don't you dare?"

"The enemy's forces are fixed, they do not suddenly increase or decrease in a short period of time, but the density of enemy forces changes. ”

Ding Kui nodded frequently, agreeing with Fei Ze's statement.

"On the other hand, the strength of our army has not changed much in general, but the density is getting smaller and smaller, and every time the city is recovered, it will become smaller, and the enemy can raid more and more places. Fei circled several places on the map.

Detail City, Wangxia City, Dingjiang City, Shifeng City, Xining City.

"Should we send troops to garrison these five cities? How many troops are needed to defend against the enemy's surprise attack? Although the number of enemy troops has been decreasing, the combat effectiveness of the army is rising, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to achieve victory. ”

No one was able to answer Fei Ze's question.

"It is indeed Yudi's conspiracy, we have to recapture the lost territory, and we have to send troops to garrison it knowing that it will be raided, and the only way is to contain the main force of the enemy. "Ding Kui has only one concept, no specific method.

In the city of fine eyes, Kong Cheng received a notice from Jiang Zhi, "Divide the troops to capture Dingjiang City, Shifeng City and Xining City, leave a small number of troops to garrison, and retreat immediately if attacked?" He didn't quite understand.

Zhao Touch, the commander of the 202nd Division, happened to be on the side, and said: "Zhang Jie took an empty city, and Chief of Staff Jiang must think that those three cities are also empty cities, and he is obviously giving you the credit." ”

"Then why did you let me send a small number of troops to garrison it?"

"There is no flaw in the Kong family's army to defend the boundary city alone, but the soldiers are divided into five ways to defend the city, and it is inevitable that they will be taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

"Now the boundary city can not be defended, the other four cities each send 20,000 horses, the enemy army wants to sneak attack for ten days and eight days, can't we wait for reinforcements?"

"It's hard to say, but the enemy has a forbidden magician. "It is inconvenient for Zhao to belittle the combat effectiveness of the Kong family's army.

"Report, the commander of the theater has an order that the 203rd and 204th divisions will arrive in Ximu City in the near future. "There's a magician sending the latest military order.

"It's done, get rid of you waiting for the 203rd and 204th divisions, and the Kong family army will go to take the three cities. Kong Cheng was no longer worried.

The Kong army was divided into three routes, and each city could be divided into 2 to 30,000 horses, and he was confident that he could hold it.

The next day, the soldiers and horses attacking Baiqiu Town became the Northern Third Army, and they ran to the east to storm fiercely, and the masters of their own country were gathered, and Ban Tu was also in the array.

The number of sixth-level combat power is six to five, but the magicians of the Northern Third Legion are all there, and Ding Kui is still at a disadvantage with the help of the magicians of Nanqiu County.

The Shaodian army in other places made good progress, Hua Mo led his troops to capture Jiaxin City, and the Kong army easily captured Dingjiang City, Shifeng City, and Xining City.

"Recover the three cities again? Well, you must not report to the Commander's Mansion. Now there is merit in reporting it, but it is a sin in case it is occupied again, and the sin is greater than the merit in this back and forth, so it is better for us to keep a low profile. For the sake of insurance, Jiang Xi temporarily suppressed the battle report.

"Do you want to notify Nanjing City?"

"No, the Governor will figure it out. By the way, let the disciples of the Invisible Sword Sect come to see me, and I will pick ten for Ding Kui first. ”

A hundred disciples of the Invisible Sword Sect have rushed to Nannuma Prefecture and were intercepted by the base camp of the war zone, Jiang Xi will not let these people go if he wants to form a twelfth legion.

Ding Kui led his troops to fight for a whole day, repelling the attacks of his own army many times, and Ruan Xingzhu also seized the opportunity to kill more than a dozen magicians, becoming the one with the most achievements in the army.

In this battle, both sides suffered considerable losses, more than a dozen captains were injured, and Fan Yuzhen was among them, and he had to recuperate for at least two days before returning to the battlefield.

The most eye-catching performance is the crossbow barracks, which can attack both ground troops and mages, and because they are well-equipped, they suffer very few casualties, which makes the commanders of each division red-eyed.

"Yudi doesn't even want Jiaxincheng, it's very angry, but where did the enemy's Northern Fourth Army run?" Ding Kui was very worried about the Northern Fourth Army that disappeared on the southern front.

"If I were Yudi, I would definitely trouble the Kong family. Dong Ba was blunt.

"The most dangerous is Dingjiang City, the enemy naval army can monitor the situation there at any time, do you want to notify the chief of staff to remind Kong Shuai?" Fei acquiesced to Dong Ba's conjecture.

"This can be clearly seen, I'm afraid it's not Dingjiang City. Ding Kui disagrees with Fei Ze's opinion.