This time the Xihu people attacked the bastion near the capital. This was to facilitate the maximum mobilization of manpower and food and grass. After all, if they had to attack the bastion in other directions, they would have to march a long distance. The men were tired, and the food and grass were not available.

It is also inconvenient to replenish manpower.

However, it is convenient to attack the bastion near the capital, but it also has a disadvantage - once defeated, you will have to bear the consequences of the opponent being too close, attacking the capital, and driving them away.

Therefore, this battle must be won and cannot be lost.

Seeing the arrival of Xihu's 50,000-strong army, An Ran did not dare to rely on his strength, so he immediately evacuated the people from some forts on the front line, leaving only the army behind.

In this way, the first bastion was lost, and the army retreated to the next bastion to continue fighting.

She was not worried about whether she could not defeat the Xihu people or how many bastions they would lose, because in the end, either Xihu found out that they could not defeat them and ran away, or the other party was determined to fight to the death, and finally fell to her with an army of 50,000 people.

In front of the bastions.

They have no idea how many bastions they have built on the northern land. Every time they conquer a bastion, they have to pay a huge price. In the end, they will either leave by themselves or the last person will fall in front of these bastions.

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To build a stronghold and fight stupidly, she won't die many people by using the bastions, but the other side will have to pay a huge price to bulldoze these bastions.

This time, the person commanding the 50,000-strong army was the royal family and the first general of Xihu.

They were all heroes who had fought against the Central Plains Dynasty in the past. They thought that the people below had exaggerated the terrifying power of Anran Wubao. However, when they actually fought, they found that these Wubao were no better than before they had invaded the Central Plains.

The plundered Central Plains wealthy man's Wubao was completely different.

They all have experience in hundreds of battles, and they immediately discovered that such a bastion was like a tortoise shell, extremely difficult to chew, and the opponent could attack from multiple sides, making it difficult for the attackers to rush up.

Not to mention the opponent's countless bows and arrows, which are as numerous as stars. I don't know where they got so many bows and arrows. They keep using bows and arrows to suppress them, which is really difficult to defeat.

——Who makes An Ran suffer from the fear of lack of firepower? In addition, the iron ore was discovered under the rule, so he can work hard to make bows and arrows. When the enemy comes to attack, a wave of arrows will wash the ground first, and no one can withstand this offensive.

Ah.

Of course, Xihu's top generals, coupled with an army of 50,000, were not exaggerated, and they still broke through several Anran fortresses.

But just as Enron predicted, that's where it ends.

Because Anron had a clear escape route, there were no casualties caused by the breach of the bastion after the bastion was breached. That is to say, during the battle on the wall, soldiers were occasionally killed and wounded by enemy bows and arrows.

Therefore, although several bastions were breached by the enemy, the casualties on Anron's side were limited. However, Xihu's 50,000-strong army paid a huge price in order to breach these bastions.

There is no way, every bastion is extremely difficult to break, and it is purely based on human flesh to wear down the defense line.

However, after only a few fortresses were breached, the Xihu people suffered 20,000 to 30,000 casualties, which was more than they had suffered in the Central Plains imperial court in recent years.

And as casualties increase, morale is declining rapidly. If this continues, the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 will sooner or later be lost in front of Enron's bastion.

But they did not dare to retreat, because once they retreated, it would mean failure and they would have to withdraw from the prosperous world they had finally conquered. How could they be willing to do so? So they could only grit their teeth and order people from the rear to continue sending support.

Although twenty or thirty thousand people died, didn't they still defeat several of Tang Anran's fortresses? Don't worry, as long as they keep fighting, they can always defeat all of Tang Anran's fortresses.

But they never thought that if they continued to fight like this, if all of Anron's fortresses were not breached in the end, they would be the ones who died.

You know, they can't even catch cannon fodder now, because the refugees in the north know that they want to catch people as cannon fodder in the war, so they have run away far away, or hid in the mountains, where they can't catch them at all.

If they can't catch cannon fodder, they have no choice but to go into battle in person. In this way, for every person who dies, there will be one less Xihu person.

After a long time, Xihu really couldn't bear it, especially the old, weak, women and children who stayed at home. When they heard that their son/husband/father died, they would often burst into tears and be very sad. This emotion was contagious and led to

The people of Xihu who had lived in the capital city and had lived happily for the past two years were no longer happy anymore. There was a sense of sadness floating around the whole capital city.

Many people began to talk privately about whether they should stop fighting and go back to their hometown. Although they would not be able to live such a good life, at least their son/husband/father was still there. It was better than not having him alive now. Anyway, these two

I also grabbed a lot of things during the year, and I can still live well even in the desert.

But the people at the top know that they cannot retreat. If they are defeated, can they really retreat to the desert and continue living? Then they may be hunted down.

Therefore, they could not care about the opinions of the people below and continued to send troops to push down Ping An's bastion.

As they conquered several bastions, and after they occupied the bastion, they found that this kind of bastion was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder they couldn't attack it for a long time.

——In fact, what they got was an incomplete version of the bastion, because after discovering that it was about to be breached, some of the mechanisms were withdrawn or destroyed by Enron, so Enron's bastion was more complicated than what they saw.

In addition, Anron also left tunnels or back doors in the bastions. In this way, if the Xihu people planned to occupy these bastions in the future and start a tug-of-war with them, they would not be able to do so.

The people of Xihu decided to fight to the end, but An Ran was actually unwilling.

Although if this continues, the population of the Xihu people will be severely damaged and they will be driven away in the future. Because the population is too small, they will go to other places to survive and may disappear in the long river of history. However, Enron is afraid that it will be breached again.

Fort.

Although the outer bastions were recently built, most of the people living inside were soldiers, and the common people had not yet been arranged to move in. Most of the common people who were inside before were helping with work, and they have all been evacuated. The autumn harvest has been completed, and the food has been

After harvesting and transporting it away, even if the enemy robbed the bastion, they wouldn't be able to get much out of it.

However, it will always cause damage to the bastion, and it will take time to repair it in the future, which is also a waste of time.

So An Ran doesn't want to fight with them.

If you don’t want to fight to the death, there are ways.

At present, Enron is asking propaganda people to go to Beijing and other places to tell the story of the tragic situation of the war.

Xi Huerlang's family members, such as parents, children, wives, etc., really couldn't stand it when they heard the news.

At first I didn't want to fight, and we just talked about it quietly in private. Now I heard the news from the front, and the war is not going well. The king still wants to recruit troops. A child has died in the family, and there are other children who will be sent away soon.
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