The main two battalions of the Ninth Army have more than 7,000 people, plus more than 200 hot air balloons from the headquarters' Zentian Camp, and more than 200 hot air balloons from the Zentian Camp temporarily seconded from the First Army.
Two lines, advancing towards the southern fortress.
Guan Zhen himself was born in the Army and was the head coach of the Ninth Army Corps, but this time, he chose to take the Legion's Yutianying hot air balloon in order to be one step ahead and arrive earlier.
Along the way, Guan Zhen's face was livid. In his opinion, the Ninth Army was in great disgrace this time. The entire Dingnan Army had been defeated three times in total, lost Konoha City once, and had its border defense line breached once.
Now the most outrageous and unlucky thing happened to me.
Guan Zhen will never allow this to happen.
The army marched for a day and night, and showed a little bit of fatigue. Although Guan Zhen was anxious, he did not lose his mind. He worked hard on the expedition and went into battle without rest. It was a taboo for military strategists. No matter how anxious he was, Guan Zhen
Zhen Zhen is still an excellent and qualified general and commander. He will never make this kind of mistake.
The army camped and rested fifty miles away from the Southern Fortress, but Guan Zhen was in no mood to 'rest and recuperate'. With a wave of his hand, he took a small group of soldiers and took seven hot air balloons all the way to the Southern Fortress, preparing to do something.
On-site investigation.
The southern fortress stretches for hundreds of miles and consists of three main cities and more than a hundred small joint forts. Now the construction of the overall structure has been completed. Among the three main cities, one is temporarily vacant and serves as a barracks for the defenders.
It serves as the landing site for the Tiantian Camp, while the other one is used to protect the Yeti Golem.
According to the reports of the soldiers who escaped, the main city that served as the landing site was declared to have fallen as soon as the battle started. All the hundreds of hot air balloons inside fell into the hands of the enemy, which resulted in the loss of Dingliang in the air.
With the advantage of suppression, three thousand army troops fought against more than ten thousand rioting rebels from the Baiyue Kingdom, and finally had to choose to retreat to another main city where the Snowman puppets were stored.
This is what Guan Zhen has repeatedly ordered. The importance of the snowman puppet is self-evident. No matter what, it must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
The hot air balloon led by Guan Zhen slowly arrived in the sky near the southern fortress. Looking up into the distance, the smoke inside the main city fortress was still burning slowly. It was the remaining defenders inside who were asking for help from the nearby settlement.
Guan Zhen felt a little sad in his heart. His brothers had endured this and were still asking for help. However, it was impossible for the defenders in the nearby city to dispatch in advance to come for assistance.
It's not that there is any problem between them, it's just that in such a large Dingnan Province, the army is really very small. The field army only has three legions, with a total of only 34,000 people. The entire Dingnan Province has a total of twelve
Large cities, except for the three cities allocated to Baiyue in the southwest to accommodate refugees from future wars, under Su Yin's instruction, the Baiyue people themselves have formed civilian armed forces to take charge of self-defense. The capital, Konoha City, has two thousand Duke Palace Guards.
In addition to guarding, the remaining eight cities can only rely on Lin Changfeng's 6,000 local security troops. Each city is assigned less than 1,000 people. The smallest city has only more than 500 defenders.