Once the war is defeated on the battlefield, even if hundreds of thousands of soldiers are facing such a situation, not many will survive.

But in two large and vast and sound military and political powers, the offensive speed of the offensive side cannot be faster than the defensive side's withdrawal speed.

In your own country, as long as you have the will to resist, the defensive side will definitely be able to form an effective defensive front at the next appropriate location after the initial failure to resist the attacking side's next fierce attack.

Under the pressure of logistics transportation and the burden of separating troops to occupy various places, the attacking army could not continue to advance.

This is why Mullen was able to fortify the front line of Mulu City.

Therefore, a great country with a vast territory and strong combat power will not be destroyed by a war.

"The army has outstanding strength and progresses rapidly. Mullen built a defense line in Mulu City, and from the beginning to the army's attack, it took less than a month in total. Although the defense line was fully arranged, it was not perfect in terms of depth and solidity. Otherwise, it would be difficult for us to attack with the terrain on the edge of the plateau."

In front of the Kopet Mountains, Li Ye and King Qi observed the Mulu City defense line.

In the northeast of the Kopet Mountains is the Karakum Desert. Mulu City is built in an oasis on the northern foot of the southeastern end of the mountain range, facing the Murgabu River. The vanguard of the Chang'an Imperial Army has begun camping not far away.

"Overall, the terrain here is similar to that in the four towns of Anxi. Apart from the difficulty of attacking the plateau fortress upwards, the terrain of the desert oasis is nothing." King Qi stroked his hair on his temples, and the wind here was also dry, making her hair a little scattered.

Because there were also great monks who were waiting for the mountain tops in front of them, the two of them were not staying in the air forever.

They did not get too close to Mulu City. After all, Malen is there, and Li Ye's cultivation is still in the Immortal Realm, so there is no reason to send himself to the other party's mouth. The two soon arrived near the Cavalry Army, a pasture in front of the hillside, waiting for the subsequent army to arrive here.

The pasture is not small and the water and grass are quite lush. Unfortunately, now, the original shepherd and cattle and sheep are not visible. I don’t know whether it was because of the war or the war.

What is wandering on the pasture is the flock of cattle and sheep driven by the cavalry. This is the main food they carry, from all large and small pastures in the Black Khanate.

Li Ye and King Qi found a beautiful location, set up a fire, caught a lamb that looked very cute and docile, and liked to look up at them bleating, and prepared to slaughter and peel them to make roasted lamb.

The person who works today is not Li Ye, but King Qi, who has always been very unfamiliar with cooking.

Since she failed to practice singing and dancing, King Qi has diverted her attention and gave up on those things she really couldn't handle, and plunged into the kitchen and couldn't help but feel uneasy. Until now, she claims that after many days of hard practice, she has been able to make seven or eight exquisite dishes, each of which is full of color, fragrance and taste, and can definitely make the eaters praise it.

Li Ye is used to the boastfulness of King Qi and is unwavering in his goodwill.

Until he saw the other party facing the lamb, muttering and bleating, no one stopped, as if he was having a soul-study exchange or negotiation, he felt that things might not be what King Qi boasted about.

The water in the big pot next to him was almost dried up. Li Ye did not see King Qi put the knife on the knife, but instead began to caress the lamb's head and body, his movements were as gentle as he was to smooth his hair, looking very intimate. It didn't seem like he was going to slaughter the other party and put the hair into the pot and pluck the hair and eat meat and suck it.

The marrow is like keeping it as a pet.

Li Ye, who was sitting and waiting for dinner, finally couldn't help it and joked: "Your Highness Qi, it's almost dark. Do you still have to talk to a lamb about life? Is it unwilling to put it into the pot, and you can't convince it to be willing to become your food?"

King Qi turned his head and laughed awkwardly, saying insignificantly: "I think it is quite spiritual and can still ask questions and answers to me. It seems that I can understand my words and can't do it for the moment."

What she calls a question and answer is that when she says something, the lamb just screams twice, without interrupting or speaking, and knows the rules very well.

Li Ye asked seriously: "Did you understand what it said?"

King Qi nodded seriously: "I can see from its eyes that it does not want to die, it wants to live, and is trying to convince me."

Seeing that King Qi was talking seriously, Li Ye opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer the conversation. He could only wave his hand and said helplessly: "Then let it go and change it quickly. I'm still hungry."

King Qi smiled embarrassedly, touched the lamb's head a few times, and indeed let it go from his arms, got up and went to find the next prey. The lamb seemed to know that he had been released, and screamed happily. He followed King Qi's feet and jumped around him, never leaving, and seemed to have changed his appearance and turned into a pet.

After learning from one mistake, King Qi took back the second sheep, and did not communicate with the other party before death. He cut the other party's neck cleanly and threw it into a boiling water pot to pluck the hair.

When the stars were everywhere, Li Ye finally ate the roasted lamb made by King Qi himself. The meat was in his mouth. The mysterious taste made his face wrinkle into buns.

"How is it?" King Qi held a lamb leg in his hand, but did not go to eat it, but looked at Li Ye nervously and expectantly.

Li Ye swallowed the meat in his mouth with great perseverance, gave a thumbs up, and praised without blushing, "Delicious, really a rare delicacy in the world!"

King Qi's eyes lit up and his eyebrows were dancing and laughed: "Sure enough, I still have talent in the kitchen. If you want to eat roasted lamb in the future, just come to me and I will make as much as I want to eat."

After making a promise, King Qi patted his chest, then he lowered his head with satisfaction, and without using a knife to cut it. He opened his mouth and bit the yellow lamb leg in one bite, and teared off a large piece of meat cleanly and ate it, eating it vigorously.

Without any surprises, just chewing for a few bites, King Qi's proud expression suddenly stiffened on his face, his eyes widened, he turned his head mechanically, and looked at Li Ye in disbelief, full of doubts.

Li Ye just pretended that he didn't see anything, and picked up the wine bag and drank on his own. He had done what he could do. Since King Qi could not even eat it himself, he couldn't blame him. During the barbecue, Li Ye had to guide the other party several times, but she was confidently said no.

After hearing the sound of King Qi spitting out food and wailing in despair, Li Ye handed the wine bag to the other party and signaled that she could rinse her mouth. After a few large sips of wine, King Qi threw the lamb leg in his hand aside and said with a wounded face: "Why can't I do such a simple thing well?"

"You have mastered the heat well, which is the most difficult thing. The so-called taste is not very good, but the seasoning is not carefully added."

Li Ye stood up, waved his hand, took a sheep from the air, broke his neck, threw it into a pot of boiling water to remove hair, and pity himself, and looked at him pitifully and encouraged King Qi, "Let's do it again, it's guaranteed that it's the beauty of the world."

taste."

King Qi hesitated and said, "You also talked about the delicious food in the world just now."

"This time it's true."

King Qi quickly walked out of the shadow of failure and plucked her hair with Li Ye with her unyielding temperament. This time she planned to humbly accept Li Ye's teachings. The lamb who was let go by King Qi was chewing on her discarded lamb legs at this time, and she was eating it.

"Sheep also eat meat?" King Qi poked Li Ye's arm curiously.

Li Ye looked at the strange lamb and thought, "Maybe they don't want to eat it, but they just couldn't eat it before?"

The two ignored the little Aries who thought they were incorporated and worked together to roast a truly delicious roasted lamb. This time they both ate it happily and exclaimed that they were happy.

Especially King Qi, after confirming that the mutton tasted good, he laughed and announced that he was a master of roasting lamb, and repeated the previous sentence that she would do as long as Li Ye wanted to eat sheep.

When Li Ye and King Qi were leisurely roasting lamb, eating lamb, and accidentally recruiting a strange lamb that ate meat, in Mulu City, Malen was focusing and serious, listening to the report of the monks of the Great Temple on the progress of the conscript order.

"As long as the first three batches of monks and their supplies can reach the predetermined location within one and a half months, I can turn the defense line here into a strategic area with a depth of 400 miles. Even if the Tang army captures Mulu City, I will never be able to break through our war zone!"

After hearing the report of the monks of the Great Temple, Malun expressed his affirmation of their mission execution progress, especially the plan of the Great Temple to "lead the snake out of the cave" to lure the Tang Dynasty in detail. Then he talked about the war deduction on the front line of Mulu City to strengthen everyone's confidence in the war.

Through the war with the Tang army in the Qihe River Basin, Malun has fully understood the combat power of the Tang army. He has a personal understanding of the Tang army's strong bows and crossbows, as well as military generals, especially the Wolf-fang Army led by Shangguan Qingcheng.

His current situation of deductions in the battle situation have shown no signs of belittling the Tang army or exaggerating the combat effectiveness of the Dashi army.

After the conscript order is issued, it will take approximately two months for all the expected monks and materials to arrive at the predetermined location. With the strength of the Crescent Sect, millions of monks will participate in the battle, and the strategic depth will be 800 miles, with a total of four lines of defense. Relying on the terrain advantages of the plateau, a war zone like a copper wall and a swamp quagmire will inevitably form.

"If the Tang army cannot capture Mulu City, it is of course the best. The battlefield will only be on the eastern border, and the impact on the country will be controlled within a very small range; but if the Tang army captures Mulu City and enters the strategic depth of the 800-mile area, it will be that our Qin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty will fight with each other. At that time, the Tang army will have no chance to withdraw!"

When Mullen said this, he seemed full of confidence.

Of course, this is different from the previous determination. His current battle situation is speculated to be in line with the combat power of the two armies. He has taken into account the influence of the Lingnan fleet, which is foolproof.

Deep down in his heart, Mullen was actually very painful, because at this point, he had only room for defense with all his might and had no room for attack. It can be said that the initiative in the battlefield was completely controlled by Li Ye.

But at the same time, Mallen also knew very well that once the Tang army could not break through the strategic depth of 800 miles, it would be defeated by Dashi.

At that time, offense and defense will be easy to operate, and the development of the battle situation will usher in a new face. Everything is still unknown. The Crescent Cult may not have no possibility of recovering the Qihe Basin or even advancing to the Western Regions.

To be fair, this is still very likely.
Chapter completed!