Although he had some mental preparation, Claudia was still stunned by the blow and did not react for a long time, "Baiyinren? Mazagle Fortress fell? Has the Prime Minister resigned?"

After a while of murmuring, Claudia, whose eyes were a little dull, suddenly burst out: "How could he resign at this time! He is a coward! When the empire needs it, he actually chose this way to escape! Those damn nobles! They must be the ones they made of it!"

Seeing that the Lord General suddenly screamed hysterically as if he was stimulating, the panicked adjutant quickly signaled the guards around him to surround the Lord General to prevent his emotions from affecting the officers and soldiers who were unaware of the information.

"What should we do? What should we do now? Those damn nobles, what do they know? They don't know how to drink, hunt and play with women. Do they want them to command us now? Command us to die or surrender?!" A series of roars like howling beasts gushed out of Claudia's mouth. Claudia, whose face was swollen and red, threw away the guards who came to dissuade him, clenched their fists, rushed to the crown, and glanced at the surroundings with an angry gaze, but under the begging gaze of his adjutant, he stroked his forehead dejectedly, and said sadly: "Who can tell me what should we do now?"

"Ship, Prime Minister Gomez's special envoy is still waiting for you in the camp. He said that there is a handwritten letter from Prime Minister Gomez to you, and you can also learn about the real situation from him." The adjutant swallowed a bit of bitter saliva and patiently advised him.

Waving his hands weakly, Claudia's sweat surged on his forehead, as if he was a few years older, and said in a hoarse voice: "You go and notify the departments of each department to suspend the attack, let the five ten thousand men and ten thousand cavalry grow into my tent, and order the departments to hurry up and rest, but all news must not be leaked. It is strictly forbidden to pass messages in the army, and those who violate the order will be killed! I will go to see the special envoy first and then talk about it."

In the dark tent, only the two of them met silently. Claudia had read the letter and bowed her head speechlessly. He could not tell whether the Prime Minister's resignation from the Prime Minister was a disaster or a blessing for the Empire, but one thing is certain that his mind was beyond the reach of the Empire.

As he said, if he refused to resign, with the military's support for him now, although the nobles in the empire could impeach him, he could not accept the impeachment of the noble Senate in a state of emergency and temporarily stop the exercise of power. But this means a military coup. In the empire's regime structure headed by His Majesty the Emperor, this is a kind of betrayal. Although His Majesty the Emperor has been avoiding a clear statement, his attitude is unwilling to see such a situation, because it will inevitably cause division within the empire and cause turmoil in the situation within the empire. At this time, this empire is at a critical moment of life and death, if it cannot be united within the country, the only ending waiting for the empire is to destroy the country, and the regime that loses the support of most nobles cannot be maintained. This is the basis for the establishment of the empire.

It should be said that before Prime Minister Gomez resigned, he had communicated well with the two noble leaders of Huaxili and Knox. Both sides agreed that the current priority is to stop the Southern War and reach a ceasefire agreement with the people of the Western Xinjiang as much as possible while protecting the interests of the empire, and wholeheartedly responding to the provocations of Boyinren. The only people who can play a key role are the Sithro people. The Duke of Knox has sent a special envoy to the Sithro people, hoping to invite the Sithro people to intervene in the negotiations and reach a ceasefire agreement in the shortest time.

Claudia did not want to ask about diplomatic affairs. What was before him was how to deal with the current military affairs. The military situation in the south deteriorated to this extent, and the unprecedented strength shown by the people of Western Xinjiang was unexpected. The last order issued by Prime Minister Gomez was to appoint Claudia as the military commander of the Empire after discussing with Huaxili and Knox, so that Claudia would lead the guards to immediately stop military operations, give up Yulin, and return to Kaman immediately to prevent the Western Xinjiang army from taking advantage of the situation.

Surrounding and annihilation will retain the necessary vitality for the empire. As for the Kaman army in Qinghe and Fanlin, it would be a good thing if the Sithro people could play a role in rescuing the Kaman army in both places, but Gomez also inferred that Li Wufeng would never give up the opportunity to annihilate these two Kaman army. Therefore, Gomez suggested that with the courage of a hero to cut off his arm, give up the second division, and let the second division resolve peacefully in a suitable way, and surrender if necessary. As long as it can preserve its vitality, try to preserve its strength for the empire in the future.

This was an almost crazy and rational decision. Claudia also realized that Fanlin's Western Frontier Army seemed to be consciously delaying the offensive, with the purpose of attracting himself to the city of Fanlin. It seemed that there was a tendency to eat himself and Fanlin's defenders in one fell swoop. He didn't know why his opponent was so confident, but the enemy's performance in the past few days seemed to have revealed such signs. However, according to the Prime Minister's order, it was to completely cut off the last glimmer of hope of Qinghe and Fanlin's defenders. Their outcome could be imagined. Such a painful choice was even more uncomfortable for Claudia than killing him.

Liang Chongxin, who was full of confidence, was on the high platform. The enemy's fighting spirit had been exhausted in the attack for several consecutive days. Judging from the launching strength of the enemy's long-range strike weapons, their weapons have been completely destroyed and suppressed by their own similar weapons. Their threat is almost negligible now. Although the enemy's resistance is still tenacious, in terms of the consumption of living forces, they have reached a very dangerous level. It is time for the decisive battle.

As a large number of improved Tongbai poison gas rose again under Fanlin City, the smoke spread rapidly from the northern city to the entire city with the help of good weather conditions. The Kaman army, which had never seen such a new weapon, quickly collapsed. The expected tenacious resistance did not seem to last long. The Kaman army, which was already at the end of its strength, soon lost its organized resistance under this attack that was almost natural disaster. Although many Kaman soldiers insisted on fighting to the last moment, facing the advantageous forces of the Western Xinjiang army, this individual phenomenon could not stop the Western Xinjiang army from advancing.

On February 21, 699, the mainland Gregorian calendar, the Golden Peng Banner finally rose slowly at the top of Fanlin City. Liang Chongxin, the remnant Kaman who was fighting stubbornly in the city, handed over to the Gerok Imperial Guards and the National Defense Forces, who had been slaughtered in the city, took over. The battle to encircle and suppress the Kaman Remnant Kaman continued from February 21 to February 25. The 50,000 Kaman Army finally became less than 300 prisoners of the Western Xinjiang Army. This was the survivor rescued by the Western Xinjiang Army from the Gerok Front Army when taking over the defense of Fanlin City. It turned out that a large number of immigrants from the city of Fanlin also encountered a disaster. More than 6,000 Kaman immigrants were finally able to leave Fanlin and only more than 2,000 survived, which also filled in a deep mark on the hatred between the two ethnic groups of Kaman and the Gerok.

What made Liang Chongxin feel extremely regretful was that at the last moment, the Kaman guards actually clamped their tails and fled north like gods help. Even many of the baggage were not taken away, so he fled north. This made him lose the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the opponent. 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 the Kaman soldiers nor the style of the Kamans's rather than surrender, but it was indeed the case. At the same time, the Kaman guards who stayed in Yulin City also gave up the Tanghe land they had dreamed of without hesitation and disappeared on the border of the Tanghe Empire as quickly as possible.

When the diplomatic envoy of the Sithro people rushed to the city of Fanlin day and night, all he left was a wasteland city with heavy blood mist. From the massacre of the Kamans to the revenge of the Deloks and the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides around Fanlin, more than 140,000 people became victims of this bloody battle in just over ten days. In addition to lamenting that he was late, the Kaman envoy did not dare to have any burden to rush to Molington in the south at night, because there was a war in Liujiatun in the east that decided the fate of 200,000 people had slowly begun.

Accompanied by the silence of the sky, the dark iron-armored cavalry rushed towards the front like the dark clouds rolling from the sky. The entire Yunan Plain trembled under the thousands of iron hooves, and the overwhelming momentum was like a storm cloud, whistling towards the front.

On the front, the infantry defense line was still unmoved. The main defense of the Nanjelock Legion was the First Division of the Nanjelock Legion. The rectangular defensive formations were stacked layer by layer. The thick armor trembled with the slow change of formation. The cavalry guns that were three meters away had already been inserted into the ground. The solid tower shield was inserted into the soil to cover the entire soldier tightly, like a reef in a violent storm, as steady as a mountain, waiting for the arrival of the last moment of collision. If the rough heavy infantry is like a mountain and is the skeleton of the camp, then the flexible light armor infantry is the stream flowing in the mountains. Although it is not as thick and powerful as the heavy infantry, the brilliant simple sword and flexible round shield in the hands of the light armor infantry are the souls that leaps in the infantry square formation.

Behind the mixed square formation were the spearmen with thick arms and round waists. As a powerful supplement to the heavy infantry, they were responsible for the key role of attacking the enemy's iron armored cavalry. It was their most important role to minimize the enemy's fierce iron armored cavalry attack power and reduce the defense pressure of heavy infantry on the front battlefield.
Chapter completed!