Although she had been mentally prepared, Claudia was still stunned by this blow. She didn't react for a while, "Boin people? The Mazagrad Fortress fell? The prime minister resigned?"
After muttering to himself for a while, Claudia, whose eyes were dull, suddenly burst out: "How can he resign at this time! He is such a coward! When the empire needs it, he actually chooses this way to escape! Those damn things Nobles! They must be responsible for this!"
Seeing the general suddenly screaming hysterically as if he had been stimulated by something, the panicked adjutant quickly signaled the surrounding guards to surround the general to prevent his emotions from affecting the unsuspecting officers and soldiers around him.
"What should we do? What should we do now? Those damn nobles, what do they know? They don't know shit. They only know how to drink, hunt, and play with women. Do we want them to command us now? Command us to die or surrender. ?!" A series of roars like the howls of wild animals spewed out of Claudia's mouth. Claudia, whose face turned red, threw away the guards who came to dissuade him, clenched his fists, and became furious. His eyes scanned the surroundings, but under the pleading eyes of his adjutant, he slumped and stroked his forehead, and said sadly: "Who can tell me, what should we do now?"
"Keshuai, Prime Minister Gomez's special envoy is still waiting for you in the camp. He said that he has a personal letter from Prime Minister Gomez to give to you. In addition, you can also learn some real situations from him." The adjutant swallowed. He took a sip of bitter saliva and patiently advised.
Waving her hands feebly, Claudia sweated on her forehead, as if she had suddenly aged several years. She said in a hoarse voice: "Go and inform the various departments to suspend the attack, and let the five captains of ten thousand men and captains of ten thousand cavalry come to me." In the tent, I ordered all the ministries to take time to rest, but all information must not be leaked. It is strictly forbidden to pass information in the army. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed! I will go over and see Mr. Special Envoy first and then talk about it later."
In the dark tent, there were only two people facing each other silently. Claudia had already read the letter and was speechless. He could not tell whether the prime minister's resignation from the post of prime minister was a disaster or a blessing for the empire, but One thing is certain, his kind of heart is truly unparalleled in the empire.
As he said, if he resolutely does not resign, with the current support of the military for him, although the nobles in the empire can impeach him, he can also refuse to accept the impeachment of the Noble Senate in a state of emergency and temporarily suspend the Noble Senate. Exercise of power, but this means a military coup. In the empire, a political structure headed by His Majesty the Emperor, this is a kind of betrayal. Although His Majesty the Emperor has been avoiding making a clear statement, his revealed attitude is that he does not want to see this situation arise, because it will inevitably cause divisions within the empire and trigger turmoil within the empire, and in this situation. The empire is already at a critical moment of life and death. If it can no longer be united internally, the only outcome waiting for the empire is the country's demise. A regime that has lost the support of the majority of the nobles cannot be maintained. This is the foundation of the empire.
It should be said that Prime Minister Gomez had good communication with the two aristocratic leaders Vasily and Knox before resigning. Both parties also agreed that the current top priority is to stop the war in the south and maintain peace with the West while preserving the interests of the empire as much as possible. The Xinjiang people reached an armistice agreement and responded wholeheartedly to the Bein people's provocation. Only the Heathrow people can play a key role. Duke Knox has sent a special envoy to the Heathrow people, hoping to invite the Heathrow people to intervene in negotiations and reach an armistice agreement as soon as possible.
Claudia didn't want to get involved in foreign affairs. What was before him was how to handle the current military affairs. The military situation in the south has deteriorated to such an extent, and the unprecedented strength shown by the people in Xijiang has caught everyone by surprise. The last order issued by Prime Minister Gomez was to appoint Claudia as the commander-in-chief of the imperial army after discussing with Vasili and Knox, and asked Claudia to lead the Guards to immediately stop military operations and give up Yulin, immediately returned to Kaman to prevent being surrounded and annihilated by the Western Xinjiang Army, and to preserve the necessary vitality for the empire. As for the Kaman armies in Qinghe and Fanlin, it would be a good thing if the Sisluo people could play a role in rescuing the Kaman armies in the two places, but Gomez also deduced that Li Wufeng would never give up on annihilating these two Kaman armies. Opportunities, so Gomez suggested using the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist, abandon the two groups, and let the two groups peacefully resolve it through appropriate means. You can also surrender when necessary, as long as you can preserve your vitality and try to preserve the strength of the empire in the future.
This was a decision that was almost crazy but rational. Claudia also realized that Fanlin's Western Xinjiang Army seemed to be deliberately delaying the offensive. The purpose was to attract herself to Fanlin City and seemed to eat her in one fell swoop. And the trend of Fanlin garrison. He didn't know why his opponent was so confident, but the enemy's performance in the past few days seemed to have shown signs of this. But according to this order from the Prime Minister, it completely cut off the last glimmer of hope for the Qinghe and Fanlin defenders. Their fate can be imagined. Such a painful decision is even more uncomfortable for Claudia than killing herself.
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Liang Chongxin stood confidently on the high platform. The enemy's fighting spirit had been exhausted in several consecutive days of attacks. Judging from the intensity of the enemy's long-range strike weapons, their weapons had been completely destroyed and suppressed by their own similar weapons. , its threat is now almost negligible, and although the enemy's resistance is still tenacious, in terms of the consumption of their physical strength, they have reached a very dangerous point, and now it is time for a decisive battle.
As a large amount of improved Tongbai poison gas rose again under Fanlin City, the diffuse smoke quickly spread from the North City and the entire city with the help of good weather conditions. The Kaman army, which had never seen such a new weapon, soon collapsed. , the originally expected tenacious resistance did not seem to last long. The Kaman army, which was already at the end of its strength, quickly lost its organized resistance under this attack that was close to a natural disaster. Although many Kaman soldiers persisted in fighting until the last moment. , but in the face of the superior strength of the Western Xinjiang Army swarming forward, this individual phenomenon cannot stop the Western Xinjiang Army from advancing.
On February 21, 699 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, the Jinpeng flag finally rose above Fanlin City. After encircling and annihilating the remaining Kaman soldiers who were stubbornly resisting in the city, Liang Chongxin handed over to the Jerok Guards and the National Defense Force, who were already mad at the massacre in the city. The battle to encircle and suppress the remaining Kaman army lasted from February 21st to February 25th. In the end, the 50,000 Kaman army captured less than 300 people by the Western Xinjiang Army. This was when the Western Xinjiang Army took over the defense of Fanlin City. The survivors rescued from the Terokk Front. It turned out that a large number of immigrants from Kaman to Fanlin City also suffered a disaster. When more than 6,000 Kaman immigrants were finally able to leave Fanlin, only more than 2,000 people survived. This also created a great opportunity for Kaman and Jerok. The hatred between ethnic groups has been filled with a deep feeling.
What made Liang Chongxin extremely regretful was that at the last moment, the Kaman Guards actually turned their tails between their legs and fled northward like a god of help. They even fled northward without even having time to take away a lot of their baggage. This made him lose the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the opponent. Good opportunity. He didn't know why the other party could suddenly retreat at such a critical moment. This was neither in line with the usual practice of Kaman soldiers nor in line with the Kaman people's style of preferring death over surrender, but it was indeed the case. At the same time, the two ten thousand Kaman Guards who stayed in Yulin City also gave up the Tanghe land they once dreamed of without hesitation and disappeared on the border of the Tanghe Empire as quickly as possible.
When the Sisi Luo people's diplomatic envoy rushed to Fanlin City day and night, what was left to him was a deserted city thick with blood and mist. From the massacre of the Kaman people to the revenge of the Jerok people, and the attack and defense of both sides around Fanlin, In just over ten days, more than 140,000 people became victims of this bloody war. In addition to lamenting that he was late, Special Envoy Kaman did not dare to delay any more and rushed to Mo Ling in the south at starry night. Suddenly, because in Liujiatun to the east, there is still a battle to determine the fate of 200,000 people, which has slowly begun.
Accompanied by the thunderous roar in the sky, the black armored cavalry were like dark clouds rolling in from the sky, rushing towards the front crazily. The entire Yunan Plain trembled under thousands of iron hooves, and the overwhelming momentum was like Stormy clouds roared in.
On the front, the infantry defense line arranged in neat squares remained motionless. The first division of the Nanjie Locke Army was responsible for the main defense on the front. The rectangular defensive squares were stacked on top of each other, and the heavy armor trembled with the slow changes in the formation. There was a crisp and sweet sound of stacking armor, and the carbine, which was three meters away, had already been thrust into the ground. The solid tower shield was inserted into the soil, covering the entire soldier tightly, like a rock in a violent storm, as calm as a mountain, waiting. The last minute collision comes. If the rough heavy infantry is like the mountains, it is the skeleton of the camp, then the flexible light armored infantry is the stream flowing in the mountains. Although it is not as powerful as the heavy infantry, the brilliant sword in the hands of the light armored infantry And the flexible round shield is the beating soul of the infantry phalanx.
Immediately behind the mixed phalanx are the spearmen, all with thick arms and round waists. As a powerful supplement to the heavy infantry, they play a key role in attacking the enemy's armored cavalry, minimizing the attack power of the enemy's fierce armored cavalry. Their most important role is to reduce the defensive pressure on heavy infantry on the frontal battlefield.