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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 622

    When the Qinghe army was building a navy force in full swing, corpses were already strewn outside the city of Xitianfu in Jiangnan Province, and blood flowed like a river.

    The Southern Army troops commanded by General Li Hong of the Southern Army launched a fierce attack on Xitian Mansion, trying to destroy the Qinghe Army here, but it was just a trap.

    The Qinghe army built a trench fence position outside the city of Xitianfu, blocking the southern army's siege.

    In order to clear these obstacles on the outskirts of Xitian Mansion, Li Hong ordered his troops to attack violently for three full days. After paying the heavy casualties of more than 10,000 soldiers, he was able to get close to the city wall of Xitian Mansion.

    The defenders of the Qinghe Army in the city were waiting for work, while the troops of the Southern Army who had fought hard for several days were exhausted.

    In particular, the casualties of more than 10,000 people have severely damaged their morale. Seeing the wailing comrades in the wounded barracks, they no longer have the previous high spirits.

    Although Li Hong offered a reward, in the face of life and death, the soldiers of the Southern Army are not fools. They must survive first before they can enjoy the glory and wealth.

    The city walls of Xitian Mansion have been reinforced, and the city walls are filled with thunder stones and rolling logs, so the Southern Army's attack can be imagined.

    Li Hong mobilized elite troops to storm for a day, except for leaving the corpses of more than 3,000 Southern Army soldiers under the city, nothing was gained.

    The days of fighting made the soldiers of the Southern Army miserable, and many of them even became war-weary.

    Li Hong, the leader of the army, was red-eyed, because he was unable to capture the Xitian Mansion and wipe out the Qinghe Army for a long time, which made the Zhennan General dissatisfied.

    General Zhennan was in a stalemate in fighting Yang Hao's rebels near Dongjiang Province and Yunshan Province, but Li Hong made no progress for a long time, so naturally he kept sending people to urge him.

    Moreover, General Zhennan even euphemistically expressed his intentions. If Li Hong can't do it, he will come back with another person.

    It was not easy for Li Hong to be able to lead the army alone in battle. This is a golden opportunity to make contributions.

    So he didn't want his official career to stop here. Facing the exhausted soldiers, he still forcibly ordered the attack.

    It can be said that Li Hong has thought of all the ways, such as sneak attack at night, sending people to dig tunnels and other methods.

    However, the Qinghe army in the city stood still, they were as hard as a rock, making Li Hong helpless.

    Now Li Hong's troops suffered heavy casualties, and at the same time they rushed back to help, not bringing much food and grass.

    So he ordered the exhausted troops to continue to storm Xitian Mansion, and at the same time ordered the wealthy families in the surrounding prefectures and counties to deliver food, grass and military support.

    The militia troops in the nearby area have been wiped out by the cavalry of the Qinghe Army. Fortunately, the militia troops in the southern and eastern counties of Jiangnan Province have also arrived one after another.

    Facing these newly arrived militia troops on the battlefield, the cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army did not intercept them, but still stuck to the camp.

    The arrival of the militia troops all the way made Li Hong, a general, feel more at ease. Even if he used his life to pay for it, he still wanted to capture Xitian Mansion.

    He divided these militia troops into two parts, one part went to attack Xitian warehouse on the outskirts of Xitianfu, and the other part continued to besiege Xitianfu.

    When Li Hong focused all his attention on how to conquer Xitian Mansion, the main force of the Qinghe Army hiding in Yancheng Mansion had already quietly moved.

    The main infantry force of the Qinghe Army, led by Yuan Jie, the deputy commander of the Second Army Corps of the Qinghe Army, approached Xitian Mansion slowly, day and night.

    ?Because the attention of the Southern Army troops was concentrated on the Xitian Mansion, and they did not realize that the danger behind them was approaching.

    "The southern army has been exhausted from days of attacks, and they killed more than a hundred deserters in the morning."

    In the woods near Xitian Mansion, Yuan Jie, the deputy commander of the army, had lurked over with his troops, and the scouts reported the information they got from the captives one by one.

    Hearing the shout of Sha Zhentian in the distance, Yuan Jie, the deputy commander of the army, also showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth. Their strategy of exhausting troops has already taken effect.

    The current Southern Army Reinforcement Force no longer has the vigor of the past, and they have become an exhausted army.

    "Deputy Army Commander, when are we going to launch an attack?"

    Han Feng, the head of the Twelfth Banner, has been hiding for almost a week, and his hands are already itchy, and he can't wait to launch a fierce attack now.

    "Let the brethren be fed"Sufficient, launch a general attack in the evening.  Yuan Jie, the deputy army commander, replied.

    After hearing Yuan Jie's words, the faces of the senior officers of the Twelfth Banner Regiment showed excitement.

    They have been hiding for so long, and what they are waiting for is to put a knife in the back of the Southern Army, and they will soon realize this wish.

    The orders were conveyed to every soldier in turn, and the soldiers of the Qinghe Army of the 12th Banner Regiment were all gearing up, eating dry food, wiping their weapons, and getting ready to attack.

    However, the Southern Army's attention was focused on the direction of Xitian Mansion, and the scouts guarding behind them did not realize that an army had already touched under their noses.

    Deputy Army Commander Yuan Jie, while eating dry food, also worked out an attack plan with his staff on this simple map.

    They decided to use two banner regiments with 10,000 troops to directly attack the Southern Army's central camp from behind, and the other troops were divided into several small groups as suspicious soldiers, so as to create the illusion that the Southern Army was surrounded.

    They have already contacted the 13th Banner Regiment of the Qinghe Army Cavalry stationed outside the city of Xitianfu. Their mission is to send a cavalry banner battalion to assist in attacking the southern army's central camp, and the other troops are responsible for chasing down the remnants of the enemy.

    After all, compared to the two-legged infantry, the cavalry unit is faster, and they are responsible for the pursuit, and the effect is better than that of the infantry.

    Now Xitian Mansion is besieged by the Southern Army. Although the city cannot be contacted for a while, if they launch an attack from outside, the city of Xitian Mansion will respond accordingly.

    After everything was arranged properly, officers at all levels also returned to their troops to prepare for the pre-war mobilization.

    In the evening, amidst the low sound of the horn, the blood-stained soldiers of the Southern Army stopped attacking the city with relief and began to retreat to the camp.

    Although they rushed up the city wall several times, they were all forcefully suppressed by the Qinghe army.

    The two battalions in charge of the offensive consisted of more than 10,000 southern troops, and now more than half of them have been lost, and the rest are also wounded.

    Fortunately, tomorrow they will rotate other troops to attack the city, and they can finally catch their breath.

    They dragged their exhausted bodies and stepped on the piles of corpses to retreat, their faces were full of joy for the rest of their lives in the bloody battle.

    But before the exhausted soldiers of the Confederate Army retreated to the camp, suddenly a high-pitched and loud horn sounded in the distance.

    "what happened?"

    Everyone on the battlefield was attracted by the sound of the horn in the distance, and looked up one after another.

    But it was dark, and they couldn't see anything clearly, they just heard the sound of the horn getting closer and faster.

    "Go and see what's going on?"

    General Li Hong, who was in a bad mood, also felt upset when he heard the sound of horns, so he sent someone to investigate.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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