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"Don't worry, everyone. Although these 200,000 troops are trapped and fighting, as the saying goes, a dying tiger still has some strength left. Our army does not need to rush to attack the city for the time being."

Different from everyone who was looking forward to the war, Qin Tianye, the temporary supreme commander on the Northeast battlefield, showed a very calm mentality.

He knew that everyone was eager to achieve merit, but after fighting beside Xia Yun for a long time, he naturally developed a cautious character.

It is not difficult to annihilate the 200,000 mixed forces in the city. The difficulty lies in how to annihilate all of them while paying the minimum cost in casualties!

"Master Zhao, what is the situation in the Baideng Mountain area?"

Immediately afterwards, Qin Tianye changed the subject and asked about the situation in the Baideng Mountain area.

Just two days ago, 50,000 reinforcements from the Dune Kingdom wanted to enter the northeast battlefield from the Baideng Mountain area.

Fortunately, Zhao Gongming had already left behind 100,000 troops in the Baideng Mountain area in advance, which blocked the reinforcements from the Dune Kingdom outside the country.

"The terrain in the Baideng Mountain area is complex, and our army has a large number of troops stationed there, so it won't be a problem for us to hold off the Dune Kingdom's reinforcements for half a month."

In response to the question raised by Qin Tianye, Zhao Gongming responded immediately.

Qin Tianye nodded after hearing this.

"Half a month is enough."

According to the current situation on the Northeast battlefield, in another half month, they will be able to destroy at least two-thirds of the invading forces.

By then, even if they took the initiative to send the Dune Kingdom reinforcements outside Baideng Mountain into the northeastern territory, it would only cause another massacre.

"Convey the command from the headquarters. Keep the troops in place for now and wear down the enemy's morale. When noon comes, the army will attack from the east of Guangmo City. Send 30,000 troops from each of the other three directions to conduct a feint attack!"

Qin Tianye then no longer hesitated and directly stated the siege strategy!

"As ordered!"

"As ordered!"

On the small hillside, a group of generals immediately responded in unison!

……

At the same time, in the city of Keto.

On the city wall, Li Taisui, wearing heavy armor, stood facing the cold wind.

At the same time, behind him, followed a dozen lieutenant generals with determined looks on their faces.

And if you look closely at Li Taisui and the dozen or so people behind him, you will be able to discover it immediately.

The armor of all the generals present was stained with a layer of fresh blood.

In fact, just them, the soldiers who were defending various positions on the city wall, were covered in blood.

It is obvious that a bloody battle has just taken place here not long ago!

"General, the enemy has retreated for several days. It looks like they will not attack the city again in the short term."

As the whistling of the cold wind became louder and louder, a lieutenant general behind Li Taisui immediately spoke up.

"General, according to the reliable intelligence we have obtained so far, the Dune Dynasty troops retreating from the city of Keto should be heading towards the northeast battlefield. Should we send people to pursue them?"

Immediately afterwards, another participant at the scene spoke up.

However, when faced with the lieutenant general's suggestion of pursuit, Li Taisui rejected it on the spot.

"The commander-in-chief has already issued an order that our army can only defend the city and not attack without authorization."

Li Taisui waved his hand with a firm attitude.

During the past period of time, the Dune troops that came as reinforcements from all directions would launch large-scale sieges on the city of Kto almost every one or two days.

Fortunately, the defenders in the city had strong firepower, and the walls of Ktor were high and thick.

Therefore, every siege by the enemy would end in vain.

Not only that, the Dune Kingdom's reinforcements left at least 40,000 corpses under the city of Ktor!

"What about the Northeast battlefield? If we send all those dune troops to reinforce the Northeast, it will probably add a huge pressure to our Northeast army."

At this time, another lieutenant general spoke up, with a worried look on his face.

"The only thing we can do now is to believe that our comrades can resist the reinforcements from the Dune Kingdom."

Li Taisui's attitude remained firm, but as he spoke, a very deep light flashed in his eyes.

War is cruel.

Especially this kind of large-scale corps combat.

From the Hexi Corridor to the northeast, and then to the city of Keto, the war spread to almost the entire northern coast of the Daliang Dynasty.

At the same time, it covers almost two-thirds of the Mobei steppe area.

Since when, their enemies in this war were no longer just simple barbarian troops.

If they want to win this war completely, they can only resolutely carry out the series of orders issued by Xia Yun!

As for Xia Yun, all the generals, including Li Taisui, have almost absolute trust in him!

……

Time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, another five or six days had passed.

While soldiers on battlefields across the country were fighting in full swing, the convoy of more than a hundred people led by Xia Yun himself finally arrived at Juan City in the evening of that day!

"Sir, the city of Juan is ahead. We are here!"

Looking at the outline of the city wall appearing in his sight, Huyan Jueluo, who was guarding Xia Yun, immediately shouted excitedly.

Soon after, the more than one hundred people in the convoy all saw the appearance of Juan City, and expressions of great excitement appeared on their faces.

Among them, only Xia Yun and a few others still maintained a calm expression.

"Is there any news from Lantuo City?"

Before entering Juan City, Xia Yun's attention shifted to Jiang Wenzhong standing aside.

During the past period of time, Jiang Wenzhong has been responsible for communications with Lantuo City.

"Reporting to the Marshal, there is no new news from Lantuo City for the time being."

Jiang Wenzhong responded immediately.

Three days ago, they received the latest news from Lantuo City.

On the morning of the second day after Xia Yun and his party left Lantuo City, the investigation team sent by the Dune Dynasty to Lantuo City officially entered the city.

However, after some investigation, the investigation team found the bodies of Richard and others in the city lord's mansion, but they still could not find any clues of the murderer.

Naturally, the whole incident ended up in nothing.

So, on the fourth day after Xia Yun and his party left Lantuo City, Lantuo City lifted the full martial law and resumed commercial exchanges.

The more than 40 Blackwater Tower operatives who were previously arranged by Xia Yun outside Lantuo City were also able to enter Lantuo City smoothly.

And he successfully connected with Tuoba Jingcheng in the Grassland Inn.

Based on the assumption that everything went smoothly, the more than 40 Blackwater Tower operatives should have successfully taken root in Lantuo City.

"Keep an eye on the news coming from Lantuo City. If there is any disturbance, report to me immediately."

Xia Yun nodded, then looked around, and everyone looked exhausted.

No wonder.

Although everyone had a lot of food and drink along the way, it was a long journey after all, and it was inconvenient to take a shower and wash up, so it was difficult to stay clean.