After agreeing on the attack strategy, the Fifth Western Army rested for a day and then immediately launched an action to attack several cities that they had bypassed.
At the same time, a part of the soldiers were left in Dongwang City for training and defense, preparing to recapture the rest of the Long Boots area.
With the help of the striped geckos and the elven priests, the Fifth Western Army captured the city much more easily than expected, and even set a record of taking down a city guarded by nearly 10,000 soldiers with only 3,000 men in two hours.
The intelligence network of the Rose Empire is extremely powerful, and the news of the Fifth Western Army's overwhelming success this year has spread to several cities guarded by the Rose Empire.
Among them, Potato.Thorn, who dyed his hair into various colors, became the topic of discussion among the soldiers after dinner.
"Have you heard? General Piruf was defeated by that colorful-haired masked man."
"I think based on strength alone, the colorful-haired masked man is definitely no match for General Piruf."
"Of course, but he was still superior to General Piluf in terms of skill and agility. I heard from a good friend that General Piluf broke the wall but barely touched the man.
If that man hadn't been able to contain the general alone, there wouldn't have been so many deaths in Dongwang City."
"Is this true? When did Wansheng Country produce such a person?"
"Who knows? Maybe he's a hidden master from some subhuman race.
I heard that one of the special forces trained by the empire also suffered a loss at the hands of that person and failed to complete the original mission. They are now undergoing intensive training.
If their numbers were smaller, they might be reorganized into an assassination unit.
I bet that if the colorful-haired masked man survives until then, he will definitely be their first target for elimination."
Of course, such dialogue would only take place in the western part of the Long Boot region, where the pressure of war was not so great.
The Rose Empire Army surrounded by the Western Fifth Army did not have the leisure to discuss the question of who was stronger and who was weaker. They were thinking about how to face the Western Fifth Army, which was more powerful and unstoppable.
They lived in fear all day long and trained day and night, but in the end, when they fought, they were still like paper tigers.
They hated the bulky clothes on their bodies, hated that it was not spring or summer, and hated that their army had no room to display its strength.
In order to preserve their strength and delay time, Rose's army gradually resorted to the empty city strategy of leaving only a few soldiers and raising a red flag on the wall.
Before others prepared to attack the city, they had already left the city.
When the troops of the Fifth Western Army carefully adjusted their tactics and spent a lot of time forming their battle array, they regretted their decision to leave when they finally discovered that one person could push open the gate.
Occasionally, the Rose defenders in the Long Boots area would use a true and false strategy, taking advantage of the fact that the Western Fifth Army thought it was an empty city, setting up an ambush in the city and using the houses as cover to launch an attack.
Fortunately, the siege troops had superior skills and thus avoided major losses.
Since then, the Wansheng National Army has also been on guard against that kind of tactics and sent out more scouts to gather intelligence.
They also accepted the idea that "even if we have to slow down a bit, we must ensure that we can take the city steadily."
January 11, 415 of the Laux calendar.
In less than ten days, Wansheng Kingdom completely recovered all the cities it wanted to recover east of Dongwang City, successfully liberated the third unit of the Western Fifth Army, and completed the merger.
After successfully completing the task assigned by the Luhua Army, Yang Yu returned along the Lakasile River. A towering city wall was on the other side of the river.
Looking up, the scale of the city wall built by the Rose Empire far exceeded the Great Wall in Yang Yu's memory.
This is a world of magic. Yang Yu doesn't know how much manpower and material resources it will take to build a wall to seal off the plain, but it should be simpler than building the Great Wall.
When Yang Yu and the Third Unit of the Western Fifth Army assisted in the siege of the city, they climbed this towering wall many times.
There were many cannons on the city wall that were exactly the same as the ones on Dongwang City, and there were also control panels on them. Yang Yu actually saw that Rose's artillerymen relied on codes to control the cannons.
Due to the contraction of the front line in the Fengmang area, there were not many Rose defenders on the city wall, and they were all killed and basically wiped out.
It's quite easy to deal with them, and there's no need to worry about reinforcements.
Naturally, Yang Yu would not miss this opportunity to make a contribution. He surrounded the artillery regiment on the wall by himself and made great achievements.
Afterwards, Yang Yu specifically asked for a few artillery prisoners and wanted to interrogate them about how to use the cannon.
But no matter how Yang Yu threatened them, they refused to speak. When Yang Yu threatened them with death, these artillerymen were still quite tough and fearless.
"I tell you, we have completely surrendered on the city wall, and the dragons saw it all clearly!
You can't do anything to us. This goes against the dragon's convention of treating prisoners well.
If you dare to do anything to us, you will be punished by the dragon."
Yang Yu got some useful information from these artillerymen.
First of all, the dragons are indeed watching the progress of this war at all times.
As the most powerful beings in the world, perhaps they observe this war just like humans observe ants.
On the other hand, the Rose Empire is indeed trying to take advantage of all the rules it can.
There is a huge gap between us and a country like Wansheng, which knows nothing and fights wars honestly and lawfully.
Given the special nature of cannons, each artilleryman is a precious resource, and perhaps, can gain an advantage in the subsequent prisoner exchange.
I have a panel blessing, if possible, maybe I can apply to be the representative of the prisoner exchange, select some prisoners with good qualifications, and form my own large-scale army...
Suddenly, a huge hand gently patted Yang Yu on the back, disturbing Yang Yu's thoughts.
A strong and sturdy general with bear ears laughed heartily:
“Hahahahahaha, Luhuajun really thinks highly of you, but this is what you deserve.
Your strength is obvious to all. You are simply incomparable to the guys I lead.
I can see that you are still very young! You have a bright future ahead of you! A bright future ahead of you! "
This bear-man general is called Dongmu. He is one of the three great generals of the Western Fifth Army. The most impressive thing about him is his huge and hairy arms, which look like two furry pillows on his arms.
Although it looks soft and comfortable, frozen wood can break a big tree in half when it gets serious.
Judging from the panel, he is a powerful general who is as powerful as Piruf.
If he could arrive on time, the person who would hold Piluf back would not be Yang Yu, but him.
This general seldom praised others, especially his juniors, but Yang Yu's performance was so outstanding. The courage and judgment he displayed were in no way inferior to any general of the Western Fifth Army.
"After we go back, you will have a great opportunity to perform. Let's work together to drive those damned humans back to the cold north! Let them never dare to set foot here again!"
(End of this chapter)