Chapter 1018 The final solution to the port city's predicament
Jiang Zhi looked at the elegant and pretty girl in front of him in surprise. If it weren't for the magician's robe, she would really be no different from the girl next door.
"It turns out to be Miss Ao. I have long heard that you are the prince's friend. You are not as famous as meeting me. I didn't expect you to be so young." He couldn't see how dangerous Ao Yan was, and the soldiers guarding the headquarters just felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
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Ao Yan opened her jade palm and a document appeared. In the blink of an eye, it flashed on the table in front of Jiang Zhi, "Brother Kui wrote this to you. I hope you will reply as soon as possible." She was not good at dealing with strangers and completely ignored Jiang Zhi.
Zhi’s polite words.
"Oh, hehe, okay." Jiang Zhi licked his lips in embarrassment, picked up the document and browsed it quickly.
"Six hundred new magicians have been added, and all the troops are almost in place. It's time to defeat Sancha Town." Jiang Zhi picked up the pen and started writing on the paper. He wrote three military orders in a row and stamped them as "Staff Staff".
Put the long ribbon seal into the envelope.
"Please, Miss Ao, please bring this military order back. It is inconvenient for Jiang to keep it longer." He was not polite to Ao Yan, and handed over the other two military orders to his subordinates for issuance.
Ao Yan took the envelope, put it into the space ring, nodded to Jiang Zhi, and left without saying a word using teleportation.
Shaodian's side is planning some big move, and our own side has not stopped either.
As soon as Ao Yan left the port city, all the soldiers and horses from the south camp were mobilized and moved to the west of the city. The north camp also sent a team of troops to the west of the city to meet them.
Ding Kui and others wanted to go out to check, but they were intercepted by Hao Tong and others. The masters and magicians from both sides quickly gathered and came to the west of the city to confront each other.
"Are these guys deliberately leaving the south side to lure us to flee to Hengfu City?" Ding Kui was puzzled by the unusual behavior of his own army.
"Besieging Sancha Town is a commonly used means of siege. It is not ruled out that the enemy is worried about us leaving the city to attack Sancha Town. We can think of it, and so can the enemy." Tan Shang was not surprised.
"Did they notice Yanmei leaving?" Ding Kui was unsure.
"It's possible that the wolf-faced woman has very strong senses."
On the tactical level, only Tan Shang and Ding Kui were discussing matters. Ding Kun, Ao Yu and Shi Jiang were unable to intervene.
"There is also a possibility that the enemy will transfer the elites from Sancha Town to attack the city by force. They would rather lose Sancha Town than capture the port city." Ding Kui had to prevent his own army from going crazy.
"Although Miss Ao is not here, she will be back soon. Sancha Town is not far from here. We can hold on until reinforcements arrive, and the enemy cannot break through the port city." Tan Shang asked Ao Yan to go to Qinglan City because he liked her.
Quick feet.
Ding Kun asked: "Do we need to strengthen the crossbow camp to the west of the city?"
"No, it's already dark, and poor visibility affects the accuracy of the crossbow. The 71st Division can hold on." Ding Kui didn't see that his army had plans to attack the city, so he decided to remain unchanged in response to any changes.
"Huh? Does the enemy want to build a military camp overnight?" General Shi has the best night vision except Ding Kui.
"What are you doing? Aren't you afraid that I will send cavalry to charge the camp if you are making trouble at night?" Ding Kui became more and more confused about his own army's actions.
Buzz, there is an energy storm coming from the distance.
"Fuck! Everyone retreats, just defend the city wall and not be attacked!" Ding Kui immediately led his people back into the city.
He saw Ban Tu hiding behind the crowd and preparing a forbidden spell. At this time, Ao Yan was missing and there was no advantage in fighting head-on, so he chose to avoid it.
The people of our country forced Ding Kui and others back to the city and stopped. They had no intention of attacking the city at night. Ban Tu's forbidden curse was just to scare people, and Ding Kui had to follow this trick.
When Ao Yan came back, Haotong and others consciously stayed away from the city wall and hid behind the newly built wall.
"Advisor Jiang agreed that we should abandon Port City and leave the city overnight to attack Sancha Town." Ding Kui read the military order.
"Are the enemy troops planning to support Sancha Town?" Tan Shang looked at the military camp that was beginning to take shape in the distance and knew that it would be very difficult to leave the city now.
"I don't think so. They are more like coordinating the retreat of the enemy forces in Sancha Town!" Ding Kui figured it out at once, "We can give up the port city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and they can also give up. Then the enemy forces in Sancha Town will
We must withdraw, and only by blocking us can we ensure the safety of the retreating troops."
This inference was correct. Feng Run left 10,000 local troops to defend Sancha Town and rushed to Port City at full speed with more than 40,000 troops from the Fifth Northern Army.
Shu Li and others received Jiang Zhi's military order and immediately organized troops to attack Sancha Town. At first, they encountered desperate resistance from the enemy. After the efforts of thousands of magicians, they finally entered the town. However, the enemy ignited a fire and Sancha Town quickly became destructive.
Into a sea of fire.
Seeing the steady stream of soldiers and horses bypassing the port city, Dong Ba became restless and asked Ding Kui: "What should I do? Are you watching the enemy troops flee? I can lead the army out of the city to entangle the enemy troops. It is impossible for these tens of thousands of people to attack all at once."
Ran away."
"You also know that there are tens of thousands of people outside. Although the enemy has retreated, it has not been defeated. It still has the morale to fight to the death. Even if the enemy is held back, what if the 71st Division is wiped out? Exchange one division for another legion.
I won’t do it either!” Ding Kui’s attitude was quite firm.
"I wouldn't trade one division for another legion!" Tan Shang secretly praised, "Leave the eighth legion to him and it will not be cut off."
The retreat of our own army was not a deliberate escape. Under Yudi's personal command, Feng Run led the main force of the fifth northern army into the military camp in the west of the city and immediately took over the construction and defense of the barracks. The men of the third northern army returned to their original military camp.
A large number of magicians from the Northern Fifth Army set fire to Sancha Town before flying to Port City. Yudi waited until they did and then ordered Gong Jun to lead the local army to retreat into Tuofeng Mountain. The 26th and 27th Divisions set fire to the South Camp and moved the East Camp.
When the South Camp was on fire, Feng Run left 20,000 people to defend the West Camp. He led the rest of his troops to move to the North Camp. The 21st and 22nd Divisions boarded warships to cross the Chunlu River overnight and retreated to Chunlu City.
After all the warships were withdrawn, Feng Run led his men to take over the East Camp. The 26th and 27th Divisions retreated into Tuofeng Mountain. The newly built West Camp was set on fire, and the remaining troops were transferred to the Beida Camp.
There was a noisy night outside Port City. When the sky turned white, the men of the 77th Division rushed into the West Camp to put out the fire. At this time, Ding Kui ordered the 71st Division to attack.
Dong Ba, who had been holding back all night, came out like a tiger and rushed into the east camp of his army in a hurry. However, he rushed in and found no one in the enemy camp, and a fire immediately broke out.
Fortunately, Tan Shang followed behind and used magic to open a passage for the 71st Division to escape from the fire.
Ding Kui, Ding Kun, Ao Yu, Ao Yan and General Shi led nine hundred magicians to encounter Hao Dong, Lang Chun, Xia Fan, Biyan Mask, Bandu and five hundred magicians from their own country in the Beida Camp. The two sides fought in the air.
On the battlefield, our country sacrificed dozens of magicians and finally withdrew its last troops back to Camelback Mountain.
It was already noon when the main force of the Eighth Army arrived at Port City. Ding Kui led his troops out of the city to greet them. Shu Li, Luo Tao and other generals forced Ding Kui to review the troops.
The 76th, 77th, 78th and 79th divisions lined up outside the ruins of the black smoke-filled military camp. The soldiers were all in high spirits and radiant. The shouts of "Eighth Legion, the courage to protect the country!" resounded throughout the world.
In the end, the 71st Division couldn't hold it back and all ran out and lined up beside them, strongly urging Ding Kui to review again.
Ding Kui held back his tears of excitement, glanced at every officer and soldier, and immediately announced after the review: "Everyone is stationed in the port city. I celebrate the victory for the entire army tonight!"
After Qinglan City received the victory news, Hua Mo came to urge Jiang Zhi, "Chief of Staff, we haven't set off yet? We can still make it in time for the celebration banquet of the young marquis."
"Well, we can't move the headquarters to Port City yet. That's the frontline city. All the army's baggage must be sent to Port City through here. The enemy troops have assembled in Xixuan City. They can reach the city within half a day.
Who will guard Qinglan City after leaving? General Hua, don't worry, or I will arrange for Ding Kui to take command and receive the seal of the 74th Division." Jiang Zhi could understand Hua Mo's mood.
Someone was more anxious than Hua Mo, and that was the officers and soldiers of the 75th Division. Fan Yuzhen received the order from Xinying and hurried to Qatar City with the 75th Division.
"How is it? What does the chief of staff mean? Last time you told us to find a way, have you made a decision now?" Jiao Mingguang kept asking on the way.
"Lao Jiao, I have said many times that the chief of staff's order is to assist in the defense of Kada City, which is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the city lord. The order does not mention the division commander." Fan Yuzhen was annoyed by that guy.
After entering the city, Jiao Mingguang went for a walk and when he came back, he brought all the squadron leaders to see Fan Yuzhen.
"Good news, captain, our efforts have not been in vain!" Jiao Mingguang smiled from ear to ear.
Fan Yuzhen took out the crumpled military order and was about to give it to Jiao Mingguang again, but she was stunned when he heard what he said, "What good news? What is not in vain? There is no new military order from the General Staff."
"You don't know." Jiao Mingguang said mysteriously, "The young marquis has been promoted to the master knight!"
"Of course this is a happy event, but what does it have to do with our efforts?"
"Hehe, there are rumors that Dong Ba will elect Xiaohouye as the honorary commander. In addition, he is already the commander of the 74th Division. In this way, he can take charge of the 75th Division." Jiao Mingguang met the 71st Division's contact in the city.
official.
Liang Xuan, Jiang Qian and other squadron leaders asked together: "What is the honorary commander?"
Jiao Mingguang stared at Fan Yuzhen.
"Isn't that what you said? Why are you looking at me?" Fan Yuzhen pushed Jiao Mingguang.
"You really don't know?" Jiao Mingguang originally wanted Fan Yuzhen to explain and give the commander face, "That is an honorary title, a way for each legion to win over level six combatants, but it has important meaning for special people.
For example, the young Marquis, he has a very high influence in the army. Being an honorary commander is almost the same as a real commander. The key is that everyone listens to what he says. He gives you orders, don't you obey?"
"Of course I obey, I understand! I respect him as an honorary commander, and neither the Military Command nor the Military Law Department can find fault." Fan Yuzhen suddenly understood.
"Yes, now we are temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Lord of Qatar, but as long as the honorary commander has an order, of course we will give priority to the honorary commander." Jiao Mingguang smiled and looked at a circle of squadron commanders who seemed to understand.