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On November 19, 999, the Empire Zhenhai Mansion.

Outside Zhenhai Prefecture, the Han Empire army and the Western coalition were fighting fiercely; there were wailing sounds inside the city.

Early in the morning, in order to support the imperial reinforcements outside the city, the guard cavalry of the 5,000 Guards Army followed the commander of the Imperial Huaibei camp. The Imperial Guards Army leader Zhang Guangyuan, the Marquis of Zhenbei, went out to fight, but was caught in the ambush that Mr. Long had already set up, and fled back to the city less than 3,000, and almost all of them were injured, and they even threw away the fortress outside the city.

Zhang Guangyuan looked at the morale that became even more depressed because of the defeat, and then listened to the shouts of killing more than ten miles away. However, he felt confused.

Even if he was rescued by reinforcements in this battle, he could not escape the reprimand. Moreover, most of the elite troops of his guards under him were lost in this battle, which was equivalent to losing his wings. Needless to say, he would continue to show off his power in the future. Even the entire Zhang family of Zhenbei Hou may be swallowed by hostile forces, and the Guards were even removed from the top ten legions of the Empire.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guangyuan didn't even have the intention to watch the battle in the city.

Zhang Guangyuan was reluctant to take charge of the war anymore, and Deputy Commander Cao Kunhu was seriously injured in the ambush of the Western Allied Forces. He is still unconscious. In addition, in the past few days of battle, countless middle and senior officers of the Han soldiers were killed or injured. For a time, the city was in charge of a second-level legion commander, and the commander of the legion refused to command the battle because he was afraid of taking responsibility.

The guard soldiers who knew the news in the city and the soldiers of the other second-level legions were already whispering. If the imperial army outside the city was not fighting fiercely with the coalition forces, the city would have given up its resistance for the time being.

At this moment, the military staff of the Huaibei Camp and the chief of staff of the Guards Corps were walking towards the city wall, with several young and low-level officers behind them.

These officers had heard of the analysis of the battle situation of 6 Qing, or admired 6 Qing's upright character, and voluntarily united around him.

Now Zhang Guangyuan is in a state of dismay, looking at the map in the command post, Cao Kunhu is seriously injured, and other senior officers have their own plans and cannot escape the battle. However, 6 Qing took the initiative to ask Zhang Guangyuan to supervise the battle in the city and be responsible for today's city defense.

It has won the admiration of these young and strong officers.

Since entering Zhenhai Mansion, the Qing Dynasty has been thinking about the real purpose of the Western coalition forces, and even vaguely guessed that the coalition forces used Zhenhai Mansion as bait. He also suggested these issues with Zhang Guangyuan that day, but they were ignored by Zhang Guangyuan, who was restoring the eastern capital of the Empire.

The subsequent Western coalition army suddenly appeared and besieged Zhenhai Prefecture confirmed the 6th Qing Dynasty's conjecture, but at this time he did not think that the coalition army was going to destroy Zhang Guangyuan's army.

If Zhenhai Mansion is a very big cake bait, then these tens of thousands of besieged Han soldiers are the most attractive cream on this cake.

After Qing understood these, he gradually filtered his thoughts. The Western coalition was going to fight a decisive battle with the Han Empire army at Zhenhai Prefecture.

But the 6th Qing did not believe that the Western coalition could defeat the empire in this way, even if their troops had exceeded the level of the gathering of the imperial team.

"There must be something I didn't expect." 6 Qing thought.

At this moment, he was standing on the tall city wall west of Zhenhai Mansion. Because of the loss of the fortress outside the city gate, Zhenhai Mansion could no longer send out reconnaissance cavalry.

But 6 Qing's hand kept holding the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and observing the battlefield more than ten miles away, hoping that clues could be found in it.

Although there are no mountains outside Zhenhai Mansion, the weather is quite sunny today, but after all, it is ten miles away, and 6 Qing can only vaguely see two teams fighting. And looking at the color, the black representing the empire has a certain advantage.

But for some reason, seeing these made Liu Qing even more confused.

Because of his keen insight, the coalition forces are in decline, but there is no confusion. Even on the left wing of the coalition forces, a few miles away, there are still excess troops cruising and not joining the battle group.

These men and horses are more than 10,000, but judging from their position and defense, it is more like stopping the Han soldiers from reconnaissance.

"It's strange today. In the past, the coalition forces in the river have been dispatched to and from time to time. Why did this warship send more than a dozen ships and they are still blocking the river..."

"Well, all the scouts sent in the morning were spotted by the coalition's scouts. The coalition was going to trap us in the city."

The conversation between two Han soldiers not far away suddenly came to the ears of the 6th Qing Dynasty.

6 Qing looked at the river in the distance. A row of Western coalition warships in the Qianli Mile Mile had completely blocked the river. Combined with the checkpoints and defense lines set up by the coalition forces on the ground, 6 Qing suddenly understood something.

"The enemy is definitely not just trying to trap the Han soldiers in Zhenhai Mansion to death. They can no longer enter and exit Zhenhai Mansion freely. The coalition forces do not have to go so hard. What must be hidden? Is there an ambush? Yes, it is an ambush!" 6 Qing was shocked. If the ambush really broke out from the south at this time, then the Han soldiers on the battlefield would definitely be surrounded by counter-encirclement, and it would be a disaster for the empire at that time.

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"Kill--" Reus roared and led his troops to the broken city gate.

What a good thing, Reus, when he arrived at the city gate, he waved his spear and completely smashed the city gate that had broken half, and then rushed to the door with the cavalry behind him.

These Teutonic Knights who had been holding back for several days were now like hungry wolves, with a arrogant murderous intent, and rushed towards the Han soldiers disdainfully.

When the Kuanglan Army's vine armored spearmen in the doorhole saw the enemy rushing towards him, they shouted loudly for life: "Stiff!"

The horse steps under his feet were staggered and stood firmly, and the spear in his hand was stabbed out, as solid as a rock.

With the bang, the six Teutonic heavy-armed cavalry rushing in the first row were as if they had hit a huge rock. Not only were they stabbed down, but even the war horse in iron armor fell to the ground.

But then, the array of the Kuanglan Army's vine armored spearmen was also hit by a deep depression.

Although the rock is hard, it will break.

Under such a collision, the vine armored soldiers in the front two rows spitted blood and were about to lose their support. The Han soldiers in the back quickly filled the gap.

But before they could raise their shields and spears, the Teutonic cavalry behind them rushed over again on their companions' bodies and hit hard again.

These Teutonic heavy-armored cavalry are different from previous soldiers. The armor is strong and important parts are protected by armor. Even war horses are covered with light chain armor. The spears in the hands of soldiers are often unable to give them a fatal blow in one move.

But as long as one blow is not hit, it will give these knights a chance to counterattack and even directly destroy the formation of the Han soldiers.

After repeated impacts, although the Han soldiers behind continued to replenish, the entire Han soldiers' queue was compressed step by step and retreated.

In particular, Reus and his personal guards rushed up from behind, rushed into the Han soldiers' queues that had begun to appear, and waved their spears to stab.

Although the vital armored spearmen of these Kuanglan Army were protected by the vine armor, the other parts were just ordinary leather armor, and they were stabbed to blood and fell to the ground and lost their combat power.

"Warriors, the enemy is almost out of reach. Now I will rush into the city to reward 100 gold coins. I will be promoted to Sanji and will become my Golden Lion's guard knight!" Reus roared.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards, not to mention the Teutonic soldiers who value reputation. Being the guard knight of Reus is a supreme honor for these ordinary soldiers.

The Teutonic Knight, whose eyes were red and waiting for his work, quickly completely suppressed the Han soldiers in the doorway. The five hundred vine armored spearmen in the forefront persisted for nearly an hour under the continuous impact of tens of thousands of enemy troops, killed and injured more than 200 people.

However, after the Teutonic heavy infantry regiment joined the battle, the remaining more than 200 people only persisted for a moment under the fierce attack of the Teutonic heavy cavalry.

These pilaf armored spearmen of the Kuanglan Army were killed by the Teutonic heavy cavalry led by Reus. In the end, the ordinary Kuanglan Army infantry, and even the reserve military and civilians were added.

The rest of the Han soldiers were now trapped by the Western coalition forces on the city wall. What Jinshan Mansion can rely on is the Han people who are constantly blocking Reus with their flesh and blood.

Reus raised his spear and swung his sword again and again, and every time he slashed, it was smooth, but Reus's heart became more and more anxious.

What kind of group of people are they? They are fearless and fearless. They seem to have even disappeared. They are hit by swords, but they still rushed up with red eyes and fight with their fully armed Teutonic knights with weapons and even fists.

Even in Teutonic, such people can be called warriors, and they are the most respected warriors.

Killing such people is nothing, and ten is nothing, but killing hundreds or thousands. Warriors like Reus who are not religious believers have a hint of hesitation in their hearts - why do we become enemies with such people? Are they really just ignorant and backward aliens promoted by the Holy See?

But on the battlefield, there was no need to hesitate. Reus stabbed a Han military and civilian in front of him with a spear. At this moment, the streets of Jinshan Mansion had completely appeared in front of him. Reus was sweating all over his body. At this short distance of dozens of meters, Reus could no longer calculate how many guns he had stabbed.

At this moment, the road to victory was ahead. Although only dozens of people were killed and a small city gate was seized, Reus still had an uncontrollable ease and ecstasy: "Kill into the city!"

"Royce, dare to fight me, Steira." A loud shout suddenly sounded, and then a team of cavalry rushed out of the street. The leading general was covered in imperial armor, but it was short golden, with a high nose and deep eyes, and extremely handsome. It was Steira who had already come down to the city wall to fight Reus.

There was no emotion in Stella's deep eyes, no joy or sorrow. He would not be sad for the dead Han soldiers and civilians, nor would he be happy for the death of Reus's men. Such a man was not ruthless, but once he stepped onto the battlefield, he would only have the battle. This was actually his way of respecting the heroic fighters.

In Stella's eyes, the Han people who died in battle today are all heroes worthy of his respect. Even if they die today, they must die on the battlefield like them so that they can not lose his conceited face of the blood of the Odin tribe.

Reus stared at Stera tightly, with disdain, surprise, and a hint of admiration in his eyes.

For the Teutonic Knights behind Reus, the man with the title of "Hell Dog" in front of him is a warrior worthy of their respect.

So, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. All the Teutonic Knights involved in the attack temporarily stopped the attack, raised their weapons to Stera, and gave a knight salute in a distance.

Stera and the former Teutonic Knights behind him also raised their weapons in their hands and saluted their former comrades.

Although they are now enemies, despite their hatred and even hatred, for these warriors, giving respect to their opponents is also respecting themselves.
Chapter completed!