Vol 2 Chapter 173:

Seeing this news, Kevin the Great was even more puzzled. Now the battle situation is very clear, as long as the Ram province is removed, the Yanlong Legion will not be able to persist for long. And the morale of the army has been high before. At this time, if you choose to rest, who can guarantee that Lieutenant General Luo Ning does not have any other ideas.
So just hesitated for a moment, and Kevin the Great ordered that the troops continue to attack, no matter how much the price was paid, this time the Yanlong Legion must be completely destroyed.
Upon receiving the order of Kevin the Great, Lieutenant General Luo Ning stared at the snowflakes floating outside the military account, and could not help whispering, "Why do you want to attack?"
After entering the winter, the pace of the Tianlan Empire Army also completely slowed down.
No one in the world thought that with a small Ram fortress, the Yanlong Legion could stand still with the Tianlan Empire for so long.
This time, the Yanlong Legion seemed to have decided to showdown with the Tianlan Empire completely. The attitude of passive avoidance since the beginning of the war has now disappeared, replaced by desperate defense.
Although the severe cold caused obstacles to the troops of the Tianlan Empire, it also caused some trouble to the Yanlong Legion. However, as the defending party, the influence of the Yanlong Legion was far lower than that of the Tianlan Empire.
And the most important point is that the Yanlong Legion, after holding a long time with the Tianlan Empire, has finally seen it. Before, they always thought that the seemingly invincible Tianlan empire was not as terrible as imagined.
Prior to this, the Yanlong Army had caused heavy damage to the army of the Tianlan Empire. Now, with the help of a small Ram fortress, the Tianlan Empire can't be attacked for a long time. In the face of such results, the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion also swept away from the decline since the beginning of the war.
On the contrary, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire gradually began to wonder whether this conquest was indeed a mistake. At least, in this winter season, forcibly attacking Ram Fortress is not an unwise choice.
And Lieutenant General Luo Ning is now scorched because of this matter. On the one hand, Lieutenant General Luo Ning has already seen the fatigue of the current troops. If the blind attack is strong, although the Ram Fortress can be overcome, but the price paid is real It is too huge.
On the other hand, the emperor capital of the Tianlan Empire continued to send messengers to the General Luo Ning to send Kevin the Great to order a decision to step up the offensive.
Faced with this situation, Lieutenant General Luo Ning was really in a dilemma.
But when Lieutenant General Luo Ning was undecided, something happened that made everyone puzzled.
The Yanlong Legion withdrew.
How could this be the case, but the current situation is of great benefit to the Yanlong Legion, and sticking to the Ram Fortress may not necessarily completely hinder the pace of the Tianlan Empire troops' offensive. But if you give up the great advantage in front of you, then the Yanlong Legion is estimated to be completely defeated.
Since the beginning of the war, because of the blind retreat of the Yanlong Legion, the Yanlong Legion is now almost unstoppable. It is now possible to have the Ram fortress as a stronghold and to fight the courts of the Tianlan Empire. But why did the Yanlong Legion retreat at this critical juncture?
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire were relieved. Because they have stormed the Ram fortress for a month, but now they have only captured the five small fortresses before the fortress. And assaulting these five small fortresses, the Tianlan Empire has once again paid the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. If the Yanlong Legion continues to die, then if you want to remove the Ram Fortress, the Tianlan Empire will no longer bleed once, how is it possible?
Moreover, it is midwinter again now, and the severe cold weather has made the warrior Tianlan soldiers also become a bit slow. When they looked at the not-so-great fortress every day, their hearts were very painful. Because none of them knew how many of them would die here for this fortress.
But when all the soldiers in the Tianlan Empire were worried about attacking the Ram Fortress, the Yanlong Legion retreated. The problems that have troubled the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire have finally been solved inexplicably. How can these soldiers of the Tianlan Empire not be happy.
The large troops entered the Ram Fortress in a majestic manner. The officers of the Tianlan Empire also knew that their men were exhausted, so after entering the city, all the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire finally had a breath. Opportunity.
But the soldiers were relieved, and Lieutenant General Luo Ning became more prosperous.
His men couldn't see some potential problems, but how could this veteran who had been through battles see the Yanlong Legion repeatedly making strange moves?
When all the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire were given the opportunity to recuperate, Lieutenant General Luo Ning began his close planning.
Since the beginning of the war, the old general has analyzed all the situations of the Yanlong Legion. After more than half a year of discussion, Lieutenant General Luo Ning has already vaguely guessed that there must be a superior general in the Yanlong Legion. And although the old general still does not have much confidence, he also guesses how much the Yanlong Legion seems to be planning something.
Because from these positive confrontations, Lieutenant General Luo Ning has also seen that the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Yanlong Corps is not as low as he had imagined before. On the contrary, this army, which was originally composed of most of the militiamen, was so powerful that it could already approach the regular army of the Tianlan Empire. Even among the Yanlong Legion, there are individual forces that are already more powerful than the elite troops of the Tianlan Empire.
In this case, if the Yanlong Legion has invested heavily in every fortress that can be kept since the beginning of the war, every inch of their territory will be treated like a Ram fortress. Then, in this way, the troops of the Tianlan Empire will not be able to enter the place where the major military commanders are heading straight in just half a year.
But there is no need to put such a powerful force. Since the beginning of the war, the Yanlong Legion seems to have done well to give up all the territories and cities. At the beginning of the war, the troops of the Celestial Empire were looking for a chance to fight against the Yanlong Legion.
Although the Yanlong Legion had several times since then, they had been fighting with the frontal forces of the Tianlan Empire. But in those few times, the Yanlong Legion only retreated after a battle. As long as it gets a little cheap, the Yanlong Legion will immediately retreat, and will not give the Tianlan Empire a chance to encircle.
Lieutenant General Luo Ning had always thought that the Yanlong Legion did this just to be able to preserve their strength in case they could have a real head-on confrontation with the Tianlan Empire in the future. However, at this point in the present day, the Yanlong Legion could have chosen the Ram fortress as the venue for the decisive battle, but after more than a month, the Yanlong Legion fled again.
How can this kind of thing happen again and again not let the veteran who has stood the battlefield be puzzled. Now if Lieutenant General Luo Ning can't see any premeditated plans by the Yanlong Legion, then this old general is not qualified to take the position of commander of the whole army.
It's just that although it is possible to guess what the Yanlong Legion seems to be planning, Lieutenant General Luo Ning can't really be broken in a short time, what the Yanlong Legion's real plan is.
After occupying the Ram Fortress, the next thing the Tianlan Empire had to face was the old nest of the Yanlong Legion-Zhongba Province.
Among the provinces of China and Pakistan, Xicheng is the final battlefield of the Tianlan Empire.
This is located in the most southern town in the south of Sai. Not only is the city scale very magnificent, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. And because of the soil here, Xicheng has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Because the grain production in Xicheng is too rich, just the grain production of one Xicheng is enough to use the entire Sai South border.
So in the face of such a city, how can Lieutenant General Luo Ning not worry.
In fact, before the expedition, although the Tianlan Empire did not formulate a complete combat plan. However, in the prediction of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, although the Tianlan Empire did its best, the number of troops in the Yanlong Legion was more than double. But Lieutenant General Luo Ning knew that although a million troops had an advantage over half a million troops, after all, the other party played a defensive role. Moreover, the Yanlong Legion is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded at will. It is still unrealistic for the Tianlan Empire to completely eliminate the Yanlong Legion in a short time.
So before the war, Lieutenant General Luo Ning made the decision to suspend the attack in the winter. Because in this way, it can reduce the consumption of the troops due to the weather, and secondly, it can give the tired troops some breathing.
In the expectation of Lieutenant General Luo Ning, it was the best result that the Tianlan Empire could fully occupy Jingchuan Province in the winter.
But now, everything that happened is different from what Admiral Luo Ning expected. He couldn't think of it at all. The Yanlong Legion, which had been so powerful before, would only know to retreat blindly after the war. Until the winter, the forces of the Tianlan Empire had almost completely occupied Sainan territory.
When the attack on Ram Fortress was blocked before, Lieutenant General Luo Ning wanted to seize this opportunity to let the troops take a break, and at the same time give the Empire some chance to take a break. But I didn't expect that after seeing the situation so gratifying, Kevin the Great couldn't hold his breath. Looking at his posture, even if it were to pay the greatest price now, it would have to completely regain Sayam. After the problem here is completely resolved, the south of the Tianlan Empire will be invincible. By then, the Tianlan Empire will be able to let go of its hands and feet and compete with the Atlanta Empire.
After the Tianlan Empire paid a heavy price and finally somehow obtained control of the Ram Fortress, Lieutenant General Luo Ning felt no joy of victory.
Looking back carefully at the battles over the past six months, Lieutenant General Luo Ning was surprised that from the beginning to the end, because of the blind retreat of the Yanlong Legion, the world thought that the Tianlan Empire was the dominant one in this battle of conquest. As long as you can make persistent efforts, it is only a matter of time before the Yanlong Legion is eliminated. And this time will not drag too long.
But when Lieutenant General Luo Ning finished his aftertaste, he realized that things were not as pleasant as they seemed. Although the Yanlong Legion has shrunk in a large area, but because of their passive avoidance of war, up to now, the troops of the Yanlong Legion have not been injured by the bones.
According to Lieutenant General Luo Ning’s guess, today’s Yanlong Legion, under the intentional preservation of their leader, the number of troops should be able to maintain around 250,000. And because they are sitting in Xicheng, the supply problem of the Yanlong Legion should not be too large.
However, because of the ongoing fighting, when the Tianlan Empire continued to occupy the land in the southern part of Sai, it was also because of the need to divide troops to guard the captured cities, and the loss of war. The troops of the Tianlan empire today have completely lost the domineering power of the million heroes at the beginning of the war.
After entering the Ram Fortress and taking a break, the report from the report shows that the number of troops in the Tianlan Empire is only 300,000 due to various reasons.
Seeing this report, Lieutenant General Luo Ning's brows deepened. The millions of troops, due to the consumption of wars and the reasons for the division of troops, have unconsciously been reduced to such a point.
And now is the winter season, the Yanlong Legion has set up heavy soldiers in the Xicheng City of China-Pakistan Province. Seeing the posture, they are standing by and waiting for the army of the Tianlan Empire to continue to conquer.
Looking at the report, analyze the situation of the enemy. When we saw the problem of grain supply, Lieutenant General Luo Ning finally realized the biggest crux.
Since the progress of the whole army has been too fast since the beginning of the war, Lieutenant General Luo Ning, who was originally very concerned about the problem of rear supply, also temporarily forgot this problem.
But now it seems that the shortage of insufficient supply is now finally revealed.
Judging from the situation reported by the men, for example, the grain of the troops of the Lan Empire can only be used by the troops of the Tian Lan Empire for one month. This is because in the autumn, the Tianlan empire achieved a bumper harvest, and the food and grass problem only improved slightly. But this does not solve the fundamental problem. In today's situation, if the Tianlan Empire wants to completely eliminate the Yanlong Legion, then it must choose a quick battle and a quick decision.
Taking advantage of the current strength of the entire military, perhaps with one blow, one can achieve the final victory.
But the cautious Lieutenant General Luo Ning couldn't help but ask himself: "Is it possible to make up for the shortcomings of the lack of combat power by only a morale problem.
Since ancient times, during the siege, only when the number of our army is much higher than that of the opponents, the siege can win with great confidence.
And today, although the Lan Empire has an advantage in military strength, this advantage is not obvious at all. 300,000 to 250,000, and the other party is sitting in the important town. It is really difficult to draw conclusions about who wins and loses in this battle.
However, the empire sent people to rush to fight. Those literary ministers who did not understand the military at all were arbitrarily pressured by the avant-garde forces in front of Kevin Great.
Faced with this situation, Lieutenant General Luo Ning knew that if he did not immediately trend troops to attack the city, he would inevitably receive orders from the imperial capital for a few days later. By then, it is not up to you to decide whether or not to attack the city.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Luo Ning finally wanted to understand the intention of the Yanlong Legion.
Holding the battle report fiercely, Lieutenant General Luo Ning said with a terrible face: "Yanlong Legion, you really have invested a lot of money. This General has been fighting cautiously all his life, but I did not expect this time to be planted in you Retreat, avoid war, and give up your territory without any scruples. Retreat to the present, you have finally seen it. At this level, I just want to not fight, and no one in the empire will agree. Everyone has been deceived by you. People all over the world think that the Tianlan Empire will win this battle. But, who knows, this battle is simply the trap you set."