Vol 2 Chapter 172:

Li Yi has long been accustomed to his own actions, and Li Yi has always disliked thinking about others. People all live for themselves, so why should they care what others think of themselves?
Of course, being able to have this free and easy mindset is entirely due to Li Yi's strength. If Li Yi is not so strong because of his strength, and does not have to rise and fall in the dunya like other people, then it is too difficult to survive in this cannibalistic society with Li Yi's character.
But letting go of this assumption, which would never be true, after the storming of prisoners of war that day, although the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion began to have some fear of Li Yi. But it was also unexpected that Li Yi brought a very good result, that is, after that day, all the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire also realized a problem.
That is, if you want to survive in this crisis-ridden situation, then you can only be absolutely cruel as their chief executive Li Yi. Regardless of whether the other party still has the ability to resist, as long as the other party is still breathing and there is a possibility of threatening themselves, then they must directly wave the knife to the other party. Only if the dead are the least threatening, and only if their opponents are all turned into dead people, can their team walk more safely on the land of the Tianlan Empire.
After that war, Li Yi put his men in the uniform of the Tianlan Empire, and left a part of the grass as a follow-up supply for the army. Li Yi let this disguised force in Yadi and Pat’s Under the leadership, proceed to Danfeng province according to the original plan.
For Li Yi's crazy arrangement, his men did not show any strangeness at all. After all, they watched Li Yi slaughter thousands of unresisting prisoners of the Tianlan Empire, so they didn’t feel crazy about any arrangements after their chief, but they did it naturally. stand up.
Seeing that his men were so aware of the current affairs, Li Yi did not talk to them any more.
Li Yi knows that his decision must be extremely dangerous, because no one can guarantee that among the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire who have been killed, whether there are acquaintances in the troops of Danfeng Province. Once his troops entered Danfeng Province, before they started, they were seen by the other party. Then these tens of thousands of horses were destined to be slain in Danfeng Province.
But although he knew that it was extremely dangerous, Li Yi couldn't really think of any other good strategies at this time. At first, he just decided to cross the Takaro Mountains with his troops, and then do some harm behind the Tianlan Empire. As for how to act after arriving here, this was not considered before Li Yi set off.
So now that there is a ready-to-use identity now, how can Li Yi be willing to give up. Even if he didn't take the risk this time, Li Yi wanted to vainly expect these people to attack a certain city, and the danger was no less than this action.
In this case, Li Yi simply makes good use of it.
From the mouths of Yadi and Pat, Li Yi learned that in the current Danfeng province, the number of troops gathered is not much. The main forces of the three major legions were all drawn into the southern Sai territory as early as a month ago. The troops gathered in the Danfeng province are all for the purpose of drawing to the city of King Sena to make up for the majority of the soldiers of the city. When the defense is weak.
Under this circumstance, only 100,000 troops were gathered in the province of Danfeng, and besides that, there are no more troops that can be mobilized behind the entire Tianlan Empire.
Hearing this news, Li Yi became even more determined about his plan. As long as he can successfully enter the Danfeng province under the cover of Yadi's troops this time, and then look for a good opportunity, give them a ruthless, after destroying most of their living power, Li Yi next here Side activities, but there will be a lot less pressure.
Thinking of this, Li Yicai very resolutely ordered that he had already put on the troops of the Tianlan Empire military uniform and marched toward the Danfeng province.
At the same time, on the south side of Sai, the situation is not as optimistic as that of Li Yi.
Today, after nearly two months of "blood war", the Yanlong Legion, under the intentional concession of Betina and Elena, has nearly four provinces and territories occupied by the troops of the Tianlan Empire.
After Jingchuanxing Province was completely occupied, Bettina could no longer withstand the troops, and the soldiers were resentful.
In the army, there are many soldiers' homes in the provinces that have been occupied by the Tianlan Empire. Seeing their homes occupied by the enemy, relatives do not know what to do. But his highest chief only knew blind concessions. In this case, the soldiers also began to faintly show signs of rioting.
After seeing this situation, Elena also made a decisive decision. Instead of letting the troops retreat blindly, she took advantage of two cities with considerable defensive strength and several natural and dangerous places to keep in check. The army of the Tianlan empire really started a few battles.
The Yanlong Army fought a total of three battles and eight small battles with the Tianlan Empire. After a fierce battle for nearly a month, the Yanlong Army successfully hit the Tianlan Empire troops at the cost of the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers. . In order to capture those cities and fortresses, the Tianlan Empire paid the life cost of more than 200,000 soldiers and successfully captured the province.
After these fierce battles, although the Yanlong Legion ended up defensively, they abandoned the station and continued to retreat. But because of the completely different performance of the Yanlong Legion since the beginning of the war, the Tianlan Empire now has to re-examine this opponent.
In the carelessness of losing many soldiers, Lieutenant General Luo Ning, the head coach of the Tianlan Empire, also made a very self-critical review.
Before all the progress was particularly smooth, General Luo Ning, who had been very cautious since the war, began to become careless.
And just a few days after he was careless, the Yanlong Army gave him a blow. For this situation, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion were also excited.
Although for the subsequent retreat, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion were somewhat dissatisfied. But since they have recovered some confidence on the battlefield, they also know that the troops of the Tianlan Empire are not invincible.
And after this retreat, Bettina also arranged a number of officers to covertly promote some things among the troops. That is, the current retreat is only temporary, and the Yanlong Legion will not watch the victorious balance keep falling towards the Tianlan Empire. As long as the opportunity is found, the Yanlong Legion will take the initiative to attack the Tianlan Empire.
With this assurance from the chiefs, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion finally finally put away their impetuous heart because of their repeated concessions. Since the leader has his own vision, then as soldiers, they act according to the arrangement. For soldiers, obedience is a natural responsibility, and soldiers should not be thoughtful.
But no matter what wishful thinking is in the minds of Betina and Elena, after this retreat, the Yanlong Legion is now the only stronghold that can be used as a guard, and only the city of Xicheng in the province of China and Pakistan is left.
Bettina knew that the decisive battle is not far away. Once all the defensive forces before Xicheng were given up, it was the day when the Yanlong Legion and Tianlan Empire really decisively fought.
Because at that time, if the Yanlong Legion continued to tolerate. After they have given up all the defensive forces that can be used, then they want to continue to mediate with the powerful Tianlan Empire, and there is no way back. At that time, let alone a decisive battle, it is still unknown whether they can save their lives.
Things are also moving towards the worst. After the counterattack that day, the Tianlan Empire, which had begun to become cautious, did not encounter the expected fierce resistance during its subsequent march.
Since those few battles, the Yanlong Legion has changed back to the previous shrinking form. As long as the troops of the Tianlan Empire march forward, the troops of the Yanlong Legion will retreat. As a result, Lieutenant General Luo Ning could not even see through.
Lieutenant General Luo Ning has fought all his life, but this time he really did not understand what kind of idea the Yanlong Legion was fighting. If they are meant to accumulate power, to fight against the forces of the Tianlan Empire. Then according to the current development situation, the Yanlong Legion should also be time to shoot.
But now that the five provinces in the southern border of Sai, the Tianlan Empire is about to have four provinces. If the Yanlong Legion still wants to make concessions blindly, then what can the Yanlong Legion finally compete against with the troops of the Tianlan Empire?
Just as the officers of the Tianlan Empire were thinking about this issue, the Yanlong Legion had a new move.
The current situation is that as long as the Celestial Empire can take down the important town of Ram Fortress, then the Celestial Empire troops will be able to enter the Dragon Nest Legion's nest-Zhongba Province.
However, when the Tianlan Empire thought that the Yanlong Corps would continue to let the troops of the Tianlan Empire continue to easily obtain this fortress, the Yanlong Corps even shot heavy soldiers at the Ram Fortress and began to guard against death.
In this battle, the sky was dark.
The Ram Fortress's size cannot be compared to the Sena City, even if it is much smaller than the previous fortresses. However, it was such an unremarkable stronghold, but it was used as the last guarantee by the Yanlong Legion, and it confronted the Tianlan Empire positively.
At first, Lieutenant General Luo Ning scoffed at this choice of the Yanlong Legion. He believes that the staff members of the Yanlong Legion are basically a group of wine bags, do you expect such a small fortress to stop the advance of the Tianlan Empire?
But it turned out that this time Lieutenant General Luo Ning underestimated the enemy again.
Although the Ram Fortress is small, it is better than the dangerous terrain. If you want to capture Ram Fortress, you have to go through five small fortresses. And the road to the Ram Fortress is also very difficult. Here, the large forces of the Tianlan Empire simply cannot exert their large number of advantages. If you want to attack the city, the Tianlan Empire can only continue to send waves, sending troops to the Ram Fortress.
In this way, the Yanlong Legion has an opportunity. If the opponent's superiority cannot be brought into play, it will be better than the soldier's individual combat capability. And this time, the Yanlong Legion was defending, the Tianlan Empire was attacking, and the long mountain road became the biggest obstacle. In order to capture the Ram Fortress, the Tianlan Empire has been attacking for a month. Not only has not made much progress, but the soldiers have also consumed a lot more than before.
And at the same time, because of the delay of time, it is now entering the winter. The severe cold has become an enemy of the Tianlan Empire forces. Many soldiers of the Tianlan Empire obviously struggled to exert their maximum fighting power in this cold weather, and because of the severe cold, some problems began to appear in the rear supply.
Seeing this, Lieutenant General Luo Ning also started a close plan. In his view, under such circumstances, should we suspend the offensive against Ram province. After the spring of the coming year, the final offensive will be launched here.
However, this idea was not approved by the senior officials of the Tianlan Empire. This time, Kevin the Great had made a attempt to wipe out the Yanlong Legion in one fell swoop. And since the beginning of the war, the troops of the Tianlan Empire have shown a huge advantage. Along the way, it only took more than two months for the troops of the Tianlan Empire to hit the old nest of the Yanlong Legion.
Now that the results are so gratifying, and the cities that were even more dangerous than the Ram Fortress have been taken down, why this time, because of a small Ram province, the army of the Tianlan Empire will be difficult to move forward.
And at the same time, Elena's backhand, which she laid when she just started the war, finally played a role.
Before the war began, Elena sent meticulously to sneak into the emperor capital of the Tianlan Empire. Now when the Yanlong Legion is guarding the Ram Fortress, the detailed works of the Yanlong Legion also began to spread rumors among the emperors of the Tianlan Empire.
The dazzling content is very simple. It means that the reason why the army of the Tianlan Empire will continue to attack the small city of Ram Fortress for a long time, the reason is that Lieutenant General Luo Ning himself.
This time, Lieutenant General Luo Ning led a million troops, but the Tianlan Empire gave Lieutenant General Luo Ning a lot of power. But because of this, Lieutenant General Luo Ning was still a little shaken.
With millions of soldiers in hand, it is now the land of four provinces. Will Lieutenant General Luo Ning feel distracted now, as long as he now gives up attacking the Ram Fortress and turns back to attack the Tianlan Empire. So, as the only defensive force left by the Lan Empire today, can defend the counterattack of Lieutenant General Luo Ning.
Together with this rumor, there were many discordant voices in the capital of the Tianlan Empire.
Yeah, Luo Ningzhong will not just have his own weight and prepare to do something. The previous battle has been smooth, why was this time blocked by a small Ram fortress? When I was conquering the Sai Empire, I had not heard how much time and strength the Kane regiment spent on the Ram fortress.
Such a voice also passed into the ears of Kevin the Great. Kevin the Great, who had been wary of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, has now become even more prosperous.
On the one hand, he still believed that this veteran empire would not do such a big deal at this time.
But on the other hand, after hearing the rumors, Kevin the Great could not help but think: "The Ram Fortress is not a difficult place to attack. Why did the old general not be able to attack for such a long time." Is the old general true As stated in the rumors, what kind of unwillingness is there?
Just as Kevin the Great was swaying, Lieutenant General Luo Ning's request to suspend the offensive was also handed back from the front.