C5 (2/2)
Other than that, there was also the Fire Phoenix Army, which was known as the Imperial Army Soul. It had a full force of twenty thousand people, and was directly under the command of the Fire Phoenix Royal Family. Other than the imperial city, every province only had three hundred battalion people, of which one hundred and fifty were heavy-armored knight s and one hundred and fifty were Apprentice Knight s. Although this was only the White Feather Battalion Commander, all of them were outstanding figures who came from the royal family or Imperial Military Academy.
The number of troops in the local army was the largest, but it was basically half-armed, half-peasant. Their fighting strength was far from being able to match Border Army and Fire Phoenix Army. Therefore, other than the Fire Phoenix Army that guarded the imperial city, the rest of the high-ranking members of the Border Army and Fire Phoenix Army had to be courteous and courteous to these dozen or so officers of the same level or even one or two levels lower.
From this, it could be seen that although these ten odd pipe belts only had Red Feather Battalion Commander s or White Feather Battalion Commander s, their position and power were incomparable to those of Kong Sheng and the others of the same level. Even if Commander Sun was still alive, he would have to smile towards these strongholds. Although Kong Sheng was a surrogate commander, he was only temporarily assigned to do it. He was already a White Feather Battalion Commander, so he was even more courteous to these officers.
Now that the Fire Phoenix had deployed the military strength from the five provinces into the three trials of the Phoenix, the total number of soldiers was over a hundred thousand. This was not an ordinary battle; this was a great battle that could be called a great national war!
No matter what the purpose of the new Fire Phoenix King was, as a soldier, being able to participate in such a huge battle was something that would leave the history of the world!
Following that, Commander Shi Keren did not give everyone much time to exchange pleasantries. Instead, he directly asked Kong Sheng to explain to everyone the current battle situation.
Kong Sheng cupped his hands in greeting to the few local army officers, cleared his throat and said, ”Yesterday, our army repelled a ten thousand man army attack, and we suffered over three hundred casualties, as well as a thousand casualties. On the surface, that's a good number, but we had less than eight thousand men in our army, and now there are only two thousand, and almost all of them are wounded. One commander and three White Feather Battalion Commander were also killed. The stone slabs, purified feces s, rolling wood, and kerosene s had all been lost. More than twenty stone thrower had lost more than half, so the amount of stone needed to prepare for battle was only about one fifth. I have to say something that is a little dejected. If everyone does not come, the other side will only need to launch one or two more attacks of the same scale as yesterday. This Phoenix City Pass will probably break. ”
Normally, the Phoenix City Pass stood at the entrance of the Wu Lian Mountain, with an outer city outside the inner city and a group city outside the outer city. Outside the group city, there were also Lan Yue and Lie Yang, so everyone felt that the Phoenix City Pass was a natural barrier that couldn't be broken through. He did not expect that after hearing what Kong Sheng Kong's surrogate commander said today, the Phoenix City Pass was already in danger, the Devil Kingdom Army would break through the Phoenix City Pass in almost an instant, and rush straight to the various provinces of the Mainland.
The Red Feather Battalion Commander called Zhang Yuan asked, ”May I ask surrogate commander Kong, if the enemies break down the city gates, can the Phoenix City Pass guards retreat into the inner city for a few more days?”
Kong Sheng laughed bitterly: ”Returning to the Zhang tube belt, if our troops were to retreat into the inner city, they would only be able to hold on for a few more days.
Commander Shi Keren frowned and asked: ”surrogate commander Kong, this old man will ask you. Coming to the three trials of the Phoenix, other than the Chu Phoenix City Pass, how about the other two trials? Why didn't the Devil Kingdom army notice the enemy's situation and start preparing when they first entered the Demonic King Valley? Phoenix City Pass has always been an important issue for the Empire, so why are there so few soldiers, so few armaments, and even so, insufficient food? ”
Each of his words hit the mark, causing Kong Sheng to break out in a cold sweat, he immediately knelt down on one knee: ”Please forgive me, Lord Commander!”
Shi Keren harrumphed, ”What's the use of being forgiven? Right now, I am not going to hold you responsible, but ask what should we do? Was he prepared to abandon the pass after completing his duty of guarding the earth for ten days? ”
As soon as these words came out, all the generals of Phoenix City Pass behind Kong Sheng knelt down, and said that they did not dare. Kong Sheng could hear the hidden meaning in his teacher's words. Although the three trials of the Phoenix were all military, he still had to rely on the northern five provinces to provide a portion of military rations and a portion of military resources. If he were to defeat this board, the few lords in charge in front of him would definitely not be able to take it. old commander waved his board at Kong Sheng on the surface, but in reality, if this board fell, it would kill many people.
However, since old commander had such a high profile, it was actually to let Kong Sheng owe him a favor. Thinking about it here, Kong Sheng carefully replied, ”Returning to the Lord Commander, before the reinforcements from Master Guan and a few other Master Guan arrived, this general would rather die on the battlefield than leave. As for the matter of the soldiers and the lack of military rations, it has been a long-term problem and cannot be left to one's own devices for the time being. But this lowly general is now a surrogate commander of the Phoenix City Pass, and has the help of a few other Masters. I still have some thoughts on how to defeat the enemy and achieve victory. ”
”Speak!” Commander Shi Keren sat back on his chair and stared deadly at Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng swallowed his saliva, and said: ”I have a question to ask, how many reinforcements did Lord Commander bring this time?”
Shi Keren replied coldly, ”This old man came in a hurry this time. I only have the battalion s under the direct command of my subordinate Chen Chu and the nearby local army that the few lords have temporarily deployed. However, the Token for Transfer of Troops from the five provinces of this old one have already descended. I estimate that within ten days, there will be at least thirty thousand local troops arriving at the Phoenix City Pass. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Handong asked Kong Sheng in a low voice: ”Old Kong, why didn't Lord Commander transfer the Border Army of the guards over?”
Kong Sheng lowered his head, his lips slightly moved, and replied with an extremely low voice.
Zhao Handong was not stupid, he had only sent people to poke at the windows for him. Upon hearing the word ”trainer”, he immediately understood. The difference in battle power between Border Army and the local army was huge, and many of the White Feather Battalion Commander s in the provinces were already used to it. Now that Shi Keren was the commander and the highest ranking military officer in the northern region, the first thing he had to do was to grab onto the military power and increase his fighting strength. The current Phoenix City Pass being anxious was actually a good opportunity to transfer and train their troops. Although the difference in combat power between the two sides was huge, with one attacking and the other defending, the wall and tower gave the defenders a huge advantage. They might as well transfer the local army over, disrupt the formation of the troops, and send them to the top of the city wall to take over the military authority on one hand, and on the other hand also had the effect of training their troops. Most importantly, he took the opportunity to reinforce his Phoenix City Pass.
With just a thought, Shi Keren commanded three birds in a single stone.
Kong Sheng naturally understood his teacher's thoughts, he raised his head and answered loudly, ”This general humbly requests all soldiers of the local army to assist with the protection of the city walls, so as to protect the Phoenix City Pass. Then, I humbly request that Chen Chu and his son lead a group of Fire Phoenix Army to separate the Blue Moon Pass and the Liehyang Pass. If there are still two stages, they would take out the soldiers from the two stages to block the Demon Army's escape route from the back.
Listening to his plan, the several straps nodded their heads in agreement. They were originally negotiating with Commander Shi Keren about the northern battle zone, but in the end, they received the news of reinforcements during the meeting. The military's situation was like fire, who would dare not send their troops? However, none of them wished to bring their own local army to fight against the Devil Kingdom army head on. Others might not know the strength of the local army, but they themselves were well aware of their own strength.
Why are there not enough Phoenix City Pass soldiers? This had to do with a few of the pipe belts in the mainland. The Fire Phoenix Empire used a soldier selection system. Besides the fact that one part of the Fire Phoenix Army was made up of the descendants of aristocratic families in the Empire, the rest were all selected according to the levels of the local army, Border Army, and Fire Phoenix Army. And this system would cause some of the managers to think differently.
There were no more than two locations on the Border Army. One of them was to come to the three trials of the Phoenix, where small fights were unending before, big fights were not, sending their own outstanding disciples over was just a game to wait for death, there was no development, one might even lose their life. The other place was where the Wulian Mountain Range resided. That place was either within the mountain ranges or when fighting Demonic Beast s. This place was even more deadly than the three trials of the Phoenix. One could not say that nine deaths meant three lives, but seven deaths meant three lives. Not to mention these people, even if they were ordinary people, if they were not poor, no one would want their own children to go to such a place.
And if they changed their way of thinking, spent money to clear up the relations, and sent their outstanding disciples to the Fire Phoenix Army, that would be very impressive.
The Fire Phoenix Army was known as the empire's military soul. Not to mention the fact that the imperial city could be surrounded by the emperor, just the fact that the generals were all aristocratic families would be of great assistance to the imperial family in the future. Regardless of whether it was being promoted to an official or being taken into the Wealthy Class, it was a great thing that would happen in the future. Even if he gave away one out of a hundred people, he would be the one to take care of him.
With such considerations, who would be willing to send their troops to the Border Army? Actually, all of these reasons could be summed up in one sentence: The Fire Phoenix Empire has been living too comfortably these past few years.
Just as the atmosphere became slightly more relaxed due to Kong Sheng's suggestion, Shi Keren's words caused everyone's mood to sink once again. old commander asked coldly, ”Kong Tuo, this old man will ask you, what if I lose the two trials of Blue Moon Pass? What do you think? ”
Kong Sheng knelt on one knee, lowered his head deeply, and said with a clear voice. ”It is as if the two stages have been destroyed, and I vow to take the two stages back with my life!