Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, Dang, Dang, Gongsun Mi ordered the gong to be sounded again.
The local military warehouse retreated. The soldiers no longer cared about their formation, they only wanted to stay away from the giant crossbows. The dense formation turned into a pile of scattered sand.
The strong crossbow switches to long-range attack mode, drawing a parabola in the air to pursue deserters, and continues to exert long-range lethality.
"Well, the closer the distance, the denser the bows and arrows. The enemy's blocking force is concentrated two hundred meters in front of the earth wall, but they have weapons to break the dense formation." Gongsun Mi saw the clues.
Two failures allowed him to sum up different experiences and gradually understand the strength of his opponent.
"Long Shuang!" Han Ruren retreated behind the earth wall.
"Here!" Long Shuang ran over.
"A large group escorted the ballistae back to Zhenyuan City."
"Shouldn't we evacuate before dark?" Long Shuang looked up at the sky, "It's still early."
"Do you want to disobey the order?" Two cold eyes shot at Long Shuang.
"Yes!" Long Shuang knew Han Ruren's temper and hurriedly ran back to his team. "What are you doing?" He found that Dai Le was already gathering his men.
"The enemy has spread out horizontally. When you are asked to go, you must ask us to withdraw first. Let's leave early and don't let the fifth and sixth brigade hold us back." Dai Le had the foresight.
"As long as you are smart, then well, you can lead the team to the rear."
"..."
An hour later, the local army organized another attack. They divided their troops into five groups and spread out an attack surface five miles wide. The five groups advanced together and slowly approached.
Boom, boom, boom, fire broke out in many places. The three attacking troops in the middle encountered fire ditches blocking their way, and the two groups on the left and right were blocked by rain of arrows.
The fire burned with thick smoke, blurring the view of the battlefield from the front, and crossbows shot through the fire from time to time. The soldiers who were shoveling earth to put out the fire in the middle were forced to retreat.
Gongsun Mi looked at the faint black spots behind the fire, sighed, and said: "Let them go, and then push them over after the fire goes out."
The magicians of the 111th Division have gathered here. The magicians of the local army must take a certain risk if they want to put out the fire by force. If the ballistae fires concentratedly, there will definitely be casualties.
The fire gradually weakened, and Han Ruren decisively ordered: "Retreat!"
The fifth and sixth brigades quickly left their defensive positions, jumped on the horses that had been prepared, whipped their whips and drove away.
After the two battles involving tens of thousands of people in Shui 6 ended, fierce small-scale battles broke out in Shangshan City, Shiwa City and Lianwu City in Yanling County in the evening.
At night, the tops of the three cities were replaced with the flags of the small imperial court.
The mahjong table in the main hall of the Earl's Mansion in Juyang City has been changed several times, but Ding Kui has been watching from the sidelines, and his family just won't let him play.
"Hey, it's 30,000 yuan. Isn't it 40,000 to 70,000 yuan?" He stood behind Shaodian Luan with his hands behind his back.
"Aren't you sleepy? It's been two days, let Haishi take care of you and rest." Shao Dianluan spent a long time picking out 30,000.
"It's confused." Fei Ze on the opposite side smiled and pushed away all the cards.
Shaodian Luan turned around and rolled his eyes.
"Oh, Lao Fei is about to lose. Let him have some control. Be good." After saying this, Ding Kui rubbed oil on his soles and slipped away.
"My lord, it's a joke, my subordinate is not good at playing cards." Fei Ze happily took the two gold coins and put them into a tray with only a handful of gold coins.
Kong Ren from the previous family yawned and said, "If it hadn't been for Miss Ding Fen's kindness last night, I would have lost all my money." Ping, Ding Fen put down a cup of tea heavily and gave it to him.
"Little Hua, don't make trouble, I'm not losing your money." Ding Kui subconsciously patted his pocket.
Ding Fen brought tea to him and said: "They bully people, they must have practiced hard when they got home."
Ding Zhong trotted in and reported: "The 111th Division encountered the local army led by Gongsun Mi and wiped out more than 5,000 enemies in the area south of Bai'an City. He suffered more than 100 casualties. It has now withdrawn to Zhenyuan City to rest.
The latest battle report shows that the 1st Division of the National Defense Army successfully occupied Shiwa City, the 74th Division successfully occupied Lianwu City, and the 75th Division successfully occupied Shangshan City.
In addition, the navy is still operating in the waters of Jinping County, our navy will return to the waters of Yanling County tonight, and the 191st and 192nd Divisions have returned to Zhuoshui Town to set up defenses."
These battle reports were all made in front of everyone and are public information.
The last person at the mahjong table was Jiang Xi. After listening to the battle report, he said: "General Han has wiped out more than 5,000 enemies. His commanding ability is getting stronger and stronger. It is a bit unworthy to stay in the Twelfth Army."
"Second uncle, Commander Xing will be in urgent need of you when he hears this." Ding Kui was very satisfied with the situation of the battle.
"He dares! I didn't force Han Rujian to come under your control at that time. How could he have such an outstanding division commander? I can use it for him or transfer him away. The Long family will protect him, but I will not."
Long Yan immediately walked up behind Jiang Xi to massage, "They are all from the imperial court, regardless of the Long family or the Jiang family. You are the commander-in-chief of the staff department, so you don't have time to take care of the division chief." She put in a good word for Xing Bao.
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Jingjing took the opportunity to climb onto her father's lap: "Baby, I want, I want to make money."
"If you are celebrating the New Year, you can't ride it crazy. Those who become princes in the future must pay attention to their image!" Ding Kui gently pinched the flesh on his daughter's face.
"Yes, listen to your father and go play with Jingbao." Jiang Xi also didn't want to see Jingjing running around on Wangcai.
A maid put down the Jingbao in her arms and whirred, the little pink animal tremblingly ran to Ding Kui's feet. This great master had never given it a good look.
"Chief of Staff Jiang Zhi sent a message asking if the Eighth Army should make any move?" Ding Zhong left and turned back.
Ding Kui really regarded his main hall as his staff headquarters.
Kong Ren secretly glanced at Jiang Xi and saw that he had no reaction. When he glanced at Ding Kui again, he saw a pair of big eyes staring at him.
"Uh, cough! The army is like flowing water. Every move and every movement must conform to the general trend." He analyzed and looked at his cards.
The hall was quiet for a while, and Ding Kui couldn't help but ask: "What then? Is the general trend moving or static?"
"Well, we can only judge it based on the reaction of Nanjing City." Long Shuang obviously didn't think about it well.
Fei Ze suddenly stretched out his hand to hold the card that Kong Rengang had played, and said: "The news from Jinping County is inconvenient. I'm afraid it won't come until tomorrow. If the Tenth Army comes to rescue, the Eighth Army can make a move. I'm confused again."
"Oh, Lao Fei is so hungry now that he will eat anything." Ding Kui did not express his position on this proposal.
"Good." Jiang Xi didn't know whether he was praising Feize's proposal or Feize's card skills.
Ding Zhong stood quietly and did not move.
"Let the 71st Division gather at the border first. No attack can be made without my order." Ding Kui finally gave a clear answer.
"Yes!" Ding Zhong ran away immediately.
Shao Dianluan looked at Long Yan with questioning eyes, and Long Yan smiled and said: "How do I understand? The master's decision is naturally the best."
"Daddy, okay!" Jingjing hugged Jingbao and lay in Ding Kui's arms.
Bang bang, someone ran into the main hall again, but this time the person was replaced, it was the housekeeper Ding Chuan.
"Master Qi, Lou Xiao wants to come and talk to you."
The errand runners are rotated, but the decision-makers don't get any rest.
"Delay or give in?" Ding Kui looked at the mahjong table and winked at his wife.
"Come here!" Shaodian Luan stood up, angry, and wanted to go back to the backyard.
"Lord Jianguo, please go slowly, I won't see you off." Ding Kui quickly sat down at the mahjong table, and only a few people could see his movements clearly.
Shaodian Luan just took a step forward, "I'll lock the door in the middle of the night." She muttered and left.
Jiang Xi, Fei Ze and Kong Ren all laughed. Jingjing looked at the new environment in surprise, stretched out her little hand and grabbed a few handfuls at Jiang Xi.
"No, don't worry about my beard." Jiang Xi quickly touched the long beard on his chest.
"Delay is necessary first." Fei Ze answered the question first, "Nanjing City is not prepared at all. The announcement made during the day may be made out of anger or after careful consideration. They need time to deal with it."
"Shao Dianxi's character is cowardly. To make such an announcement shows that he has made up his mind. Sending someone to talk is just a delay." Jiang Xi has met Shao Dianxi more often and knows Nanzhao Prefecture better than anyone here. .
"Then let's talk, let's fight, let's fight. We won't refuse."
"Hahaha, Brother Kong has learned badly. This position is vacillating, unlike your previous style. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it has become difficult to predict." Ding Kui smiled brightly.
His smile froze in the next moment, "Xiaoyan, take your daughter away quickly, I am not her latrine!" Even though the Dominator Knight reacted quickly, his clothes were still stained with urine.
Long Yan took her daughter away amidst the laughter of everyone, and Ding Kui went to the side room to quickly change into a set of clothes.
"It is your blessing that the future Duke of the Kingdom pees on you." Jiang Xi's long beard was trembling.
"How about it? It's hard for me to figure it out without your daughter, right?" Kong Ren took the opportunity to tease.
Fei Ze immediately changed the subject and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages to letting Lou Xiao come. He will definitely want to see the evidence that Shao Dianxi sent people to assassinate the eldest lady. The advantage is just to confuse the city of Nanjing for a period of time. In the opinion of my subordinates, it is best to find an excuse. Drag it."
"Okay, you can wait until he comes. Let him wait at the military headquarters. When he comes, he must avoid the gathering place of our troops." Ding Kui could not argue with his daughter and chose to ignore the ridicule of others.
"It's almost done tonight." Jiang Xi pushed down the cards in front of him and said to himself, "The five cities along the Yanling County will not have battle reports until tomorrow."
"Go and have a rest. Grandpa Kun, send your second uncle to the side courtyard." Ding Kui asked the old housekeeper to receive Jiang Xi.
"I'm going to lie down in the side room." Kong Ren also stood up.
"Well, hurry up and lead the way!" Ding Kui glared at Ding Fen.
Ding Fen took Kong Ren away with a straight face.
"Mr. Fei, don't you take a break?" Ding Kui looked at the last person on the mahjong table.
"I'm old, I don't sleep much to begin with. Please keep me company with you more." Fei Ze sat still.
"Why don't you fight?" Lu Ying jumped out from behind Ding Kui.
Ding Kui patted the mahjong and said, "Three are missing and one is missing."
Lu Ying sat down at Ding Kui's house and said, "Xiao Hua will be here soon. Let her deliver some more tonight."
Hai Mengji tiptoed over and said softly: "Master, the backyard is going to be locked, please go back first."
"What's wrong with letting her lock it? Doesn't the Earl's Mansion have a surname of Ding?"
"Ma'am, I care about your health."
"Go, go, make something delicious. I want to win all the junior sister's private money tonight." Ding Kui began to shuffle the cards.
"I bought all my private money into national debt, and now I am your creditor."