Jiuyuan City, the capital of Jiuyuan Province, is located in a flat river valley, surrounded by rolling low plains. The originally peaceful and quiet Jiuyuan City is now martial law due to the war.

At several commanding heights outside Jiuyuan City, the provincial garrison army built two camps on the left and right, forming a corner to defend with Jiuyuan City.

On the periphery of the camp, the dynasty troops of Jiuyuan Province dug a large number of trenches and traps, and arranged countless fences and barbed wire. Around Jiuyuan City, the provincial governor Nagaro built a five-mile-deep defense system.

Within this defense system, more than 20,000 dynasty troops and 30,000 noble armed forces were arranged. It can be said that the current Jiuyuan Province has been built into a wall of iron by Governor Nagaro. If the Nanchuan Army wants to capture Jiuyuan City, it must pay a heavy price.

For Jiuyuan City, Linchuan Legion is bound to win. First, Jiuyuan City is the capital of Jiuyuan Province. Taking Jiuyuan City can destroy the morale of the remaining defenders. Secondly, Jiuyuan City is piled up with a large number of weapons, equipment, food and grass. [31 Novel Network        Fast Update] The Nanchuan Army does not want to let go.

On May 5, the Linchuan Legion, which slowed down, arrived at the outskirts of Jiuyuan City.

Looking at the layers of barbed wire and countless trenches, Lin Chuan stood on a high ground, frowned.

It seems that it is not that easy to successfully win Jiuyuan City.

As the capital of Jiuyuan Province, Governor Nagaro has been here for more than ten years and is now heavily deployed. For the Linchuan Legion, this is a difficult bone to crack.

"General Lin, do you want to test the attack and explore the truth?" Deputy Legion Commander Robben suggested.

"Do you think that unit will go?" Lin Chuan turned around to ask Robben for his opinion.

Robben replied with a smile: "It's better to let General Mingyang's Fifth Corps go up and try it. General Sith attacked the city and captured the village along the way. No other troops have ever seen blood yet, so you can't favor one or the other--"

Lin Chuan nodded and ordered the messenger: "The Fifth Corps of the Message tentatively attacked the dynasty military camp on the left."

"As for the order, General!" After repeating the order, the commander turned around and ran towards the formation of the Fifth Corps.

Soon, the horn sounded, and about two 6,000 Nanchuan soldiers from the fifth army team in Mingyang walked out of the banner camp and rushed towards the left camp established outside Jiuyuan City.

The two flag battalions Nanchuan soldiers responsible for the attack were mainly composed of three thousand swords and shield soldiers and three thousand archers, with swords and shields in front, and archers followed closely behind.

Regarding such a military configuration, Lin Chuan nodded in appreciation. This may be effective in both long-range strikes and melee combat.

"Governor General, the rebels have attacked!" The soldiers on the watchtower shouted loudly at the Governor of Jiuyuan Province, Nagaro.

Governor Nagala looked at the dark Nanchuan Army for miles away, and felt very complicated. As a provincial governor of the dynasty, he has always led the dynasty army to suppress the rebellion. Now he has been beaten to the door by the rebels and dared not go out to fight. Governor Nagala felt very aggrieved.

Governor Nagaro did not care about the Nanchuan army of about two flag battalions that were attacking. He ordered: "Tell the commander Zhang Zhenguan of Zuozhai that this is a tentative attack by the rebels, don't fall into the trap."

Soon, the flag on the top of the city shook, and the guard stationed in the camp outside the city was about to go out for a fight made Zhang Jie feel depressed. He waved to the gathering troops, "Dissolve, disband, this is their tentative attack, ignore them."

Zhang Jie was originally a garrison in the northern part of Jiuyuan Province. He was transferred to Jiuyuan City by Governor Nagaro a month ago and followed him south to eliminate the rebels.

Who knew that after attacking the Black Mountain Fortress for several days, not only did they fail to capture it, but they lost their troops and generals. After the large rebel forces arrived, they retreated back to Jiuyuan City dejectedly.

Zhang Jie served as a defender during the retreat and repelled the rebels' pursuit, so now he is highly appreciated by the Governor Nagaro and was appointed as the chief general of the camp on the left side outside the city.

Zhang Jie is now a carp leaping over the dragon gate and soaring into the sky. Now he wants to kill a few more rebels and make more contributions, so as to live up to the appreciation of Governor Nagaro.

Zuozhai was set up in a higher terrain. The camp was built in an extremely strong manner. Apart from the passage, there were dense trenches, fences and barbed wire mesh.

If we follow the deliberately left-handed passage to the Zuozhai, the Nanchuan army will not only face the blow of arrow rain, but also have ten stone catapults in the Zuozhai. This is not a joke. Hundreds of kilograms of huge rocks fell down and there is no way to hide in the narrow passage.

Mingyang's Fifth Corps had never experienced a decent battle in the early attack, but had just captured several small towns. So even though it was a tentative attack, Mingyang still took out the two most elite flag battalions to show their skills in front of the entire army.

You know, nearly 100,000 troops are now arranged in the wilderness, looking at their Fifth Corps. Although they knew they were going to be defeated, Mingyang still wanted to capture Zuozhai.

The three thousand sword shield warriors were all elites of the Fifth Corps. They were wearing black armor and holding four-cornered shields, keeping their bodies tightly and constantly approaching the outermost trench.

Behind the Three Thousand Swords and Shield Warriors were three thousand elite archers. They held first-grade longbows and carried quiveres with thirty wolf-toothed arrows on their backs. They had bright eyes and firm steps.

"Stop!" The bow and arrow battalion stopped with a long roar from the flag battalion commander, stood outside the trench, took off the quiver on his back, and prepared to cover and shoot.

The sword and shield soldiers protected the shield in front and continued to approach the trench, three hundred meters, two hundred meters... The sword and shield soldiers could already see the nervous faces of the dynasty soldiers holding a spear in the trench.

"Arrowman shoot!" The roar of the dynasty officers came from the defense line of the trench, and a rain of arrows enveloped the Nanchuan sabre and shield soldiers.

However, the sword and shield warriors had already prepared. Although the arrows were roaring in their ears, most of the arrows were blocked by the four-corner square shields, except for a few unlucky guys.

The injured soldiers who fell to the ground by arrows were quickly protected by the soldiers behind them with their shields to avoid being shot by arrows again.

The sword and shield soldiers braved their arrows and kept approaching the trench. On the periphery of the trench, the dynasty army not only laid out fences and barbed wire, but also had large traps.

Many Nanchuan soldiers fell into the trap and their bodies were pierced by spears inside the trap, but this did not stop the Nanchuan soldiers from moving forward.

"Arrowman prepares! Target enemy archers, shoot three stages!" At this moment, the archery battalion, which was operating with the sword and shield warriors, was also ready, and with the officer's order, he began to fight back.

Before the dynasty soldiers and archers who had just shown their power had time to react, they were shot through their bodies by arrows, screaming one after another.

However, the matter was not over. The Nanchuan Army archers who carried out three stages of shooting had just shot the arrows in their hands. The second wave of 1,000 archers were also ready to shoot...

Therefore, in a short period of time, continuous arrow strikes gave the inexperienced dynasty archers a lot of casualties. Even the survivors hurriedly avoided and lost the threat to the sword and shield warriors. (To be continued)
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