Nisa City is the largest city in the northeast of Dashi. The 70,000 to 80,000 monks and huge amounts of supplies brought from there by Gariji are the absolute core of the first batch of monks who arrived in the East Realm. If this team no longer exists, it means that at least 30% of the first batch of monks and supplies were conscripted.

Without these 30% of the strength, the strength of the second line of defense has been greatly reduced.

Because of this, Mullen was furious when he heard this news.

He grabbed the collar of the talking monk, sprayed the other party with a spit on his face, and roared: "Didn't Gariji say that Tang Dynasty's Xizuo had been ambushed by you long ago and had lost the ability to operate on a large scale? How could they have the power to attack you? Why did they even get into your team?! What are you doing?!"

The great monk's face was blue and purple, but he didn't know what to say. They were also confused and shocked? At this point, they had not figured out the questions asked by Mullen, and they were also surprised and confused.

These people did not fight with Gariji, so they were able to escape by chance, but because of this, they did not hear what Xu Ge said to Gariji.

Without getting the answer he wanted, Mallen threw the monk away, feeling his heart was so upset. When he thought that the next battle situation would be greatly affected, he became irritable and anxious.

Just as he barely calmed down and continued to rush forward, he met two great monks flying in a panic and flew in a panic.

So, Mallen heard the second team that was attacked, the monks suffered heavy losses and the materials were burned out. The size of this team was not as large as that of Nisa City, but there were tens of thousands of people. It was also because of the journey day and night that gave the Western Regions Commercial Bank the opportunity to attack him while he was tired.

This time, Mullen finally couldn't help it, and he was so angry that he squirted out a mouthful of blood.

When Mullen returned to the core of the second line of defense, Manchester City, he had received news of attacks from three teams. The first batch of monks who were supposed to have arrived at the second line of defense had lost nearly half of the supplies.

The monk who reported the news in the future was killed on the spot, and then he refused to continue vomiting blood.

Fortunately, there was no more bad news in the next few days. Several other teams, with the recruited monks and supplies, arrived at Farman City successfully. This gave Mullen some comfort. Only then did he have the intention to go into seclusion and practice and recover from his injuries.

At this time, both Malun and Xi Luchi knew very well that because the first batch of cultivators who arrived in the East had only half of the materials, the combat power of the second line of defense was very weak in the early stages, and the battle would inevitably be very difficult, and it was even likely that the Tang army would break through in one fell swoop.

Mullen was ready to give up Francisco City, a decision that made him extremely painful, but he had to do so.

The losses of the first batch of monks' materials could not be recovered, but as long as the second batch and the third batch of monks and materials were recruited, they could successfully reach the eastern territory and reach the third line of defense, and Dashi still had the strength to block the Tang army.

The only difference is that war will spread to the hinterland of Dashi, and Dashi will pay even more.

At the same time, Malun strictly ordered the Grand Temple, especially the Supervision Bureau, to do all his strength to launch a war against the Tang Dynasty in various cities and places in the rear, and to capture them at all costs. In order to facilitate the Grand Temple's actions, he did not encounter any obstacles when facing local officials and forces, and gave the other party the greatest authority.

The power of the Tang Dynasty's meticulous work had already made Malen frightened. The other party's influence on the war was far beyond his previous expectations, and almost made him unable to calm down for a moment. Before this, he had never thought that so many things could be done by meticulous work could have such great harm to the frontal battlefield.

In this extraordinary period, when dealing with the Tang Dynasty's detailed works, it would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go.

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"After a closer look, Mallen's conscript order can mobilize millions of monks and war materials that have been enough to support several years. If monks and supplies enter the battlefield as scheduled and let Dashi set up a complete line of defense, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."

On Mulu City, Li Ye looked at the army moving westward and talked about the battle with King Qi beside him. He had received a report from Xu Ge about the actions of the Western Regions Commercial Bank.

A few days ago, the Western Regions Commercial Bank concentrated its efforts to attack the six teams heading to France and Manchester City. Three of them were successful, one failed, one had limited results, and one was forced to give up. The result was that half of the first monks recruited by Mahlen lost, but they were not completely destroyed.

The Western Regions Commercial Bank also paid a considerable price for this. In the failure and limited results, only the great monks retreated quickly when they saw that the situation was not good, and most of them escaped quickly. The Qi-training monks basically died on the spot.

In Xu Ge's original plan, the first batch of monk supplies recruited by Mahlen was to be destroyed. For this reason, she mobilized all the 500 monks who had entered the East Realm of the Great Seal, except for the part left to Zhang Chang'an.

After presiding over the Western Regions Commercial Bank for many years, Xu Ge knew very well that once the Western Regions Commercial Bank began a large-scale action, it would inevitably lead to a counterattack from the Crescent Cultivation Temple and the Supervision Office, so the first wave of action was the least difficult and easiest to succeed. After that, the Western Regions Commercial Bank would reduce the frequency of action.

On the one hand, the action will cause the Western Regions Commercial Bank to lose a lot of manpower. Whether it is success or failure, casualties are inevitable. Hundreds of people appear among tens of thousands. Even if there are peripheral forces in the team to cooperate, the difficulties are still very large, and casualties are impossible;

On the other hand, it is also to concentrate the remaining strength and ensure Zhang Changan's subsequent actions.

That is when the Western Regions Commercial Bank truly demonstrated its skills and caused real damage to Dashi in this war.

Nowadays, the first wave of operations of the Western Regions Commercial Bank is mixed, and Xu Ge specially submitted a complaint for apologizing. However, Li Ye knew the difficulties and risks of taking action carefully, and did not mean to blame Xu Ge. The effect of the other party's actions actually met Li Ye's expectations.

The second line of defense in the East of Dashi was already very weak in front of the Tang army. Next, as long as the Lingnan Hai Division Army was joined together, and the Chang'an ship's unparalleled ability to attack the front, it was very likely to make a quick breakthrough.

"Marron plans to recruit millions of monks. Although the number is huge, the combat power of ordinary monks is still very different from that of monks who have been trained and on the battlefield.

"Originally, relying on the strategy of Dashi East, and cooperating with the Guards, the Standing Army, and the newly recruited monks, we can have time to hone our skills in the continuous defensive battle and become elites.

"But now, as long as we can quickly break through the second line of defense of Dashi and speed up the offensive progress, the monks summoned by Malun will not have time to grow. Moreover, the army of monks and the army of Qi training monks is very different.

"In fact, except for the Chang'an Imperial Army of Wolf Fang, Hu Guard, and Yulin Army, there are not many monks. They all have standard armaments and have been through the battlefield for a long time. In a head-on battle, it is not as difficult as they imagined to defeat the new recruits on the battlefield."

When King Qi said this, his eyes were full of energy and he had obviously seen the prospect of a good development in the battle. Her mentality was obviously optimistic and she was very confident.

A few days later, the army arrived at the front line of France-Manchester City. After clearing the flank threat, the Lingnan Hai Division also rushed to meet with the army.

Nowadays, soldiers are very fast, so although the soldiers have just experienced a big battle on the front line of Mulu City, Li Ye only asked the soldiers to rest for half a day that day, and launched an offensive against France and Manchester City the next day.

The second line of defense centered on France and Manchester City, the city and fortifications have been built, but the military supplies have not kept up, and many defense facilities are just empty. Moreover, because the monks failed to take their seats in time, the combat power of the Dashi was very poor.

But Malen is determined to fight and forced the current soldiers to fight hard, but the Tang army did not allow the Tang army to capture the defense line in three or five days.

It took Tang army ten days.

Ten days later, the Dashi army, which had heavy casualties, was forced to retreat to the third line of defense.

"Originally, the second line of defense should have lasted at least three months, or even longer. When all the monks and materials arrive, we will still have to raid in a roundabout way, launching a large-scale harassment on hundreds of miles of land, looking for opportunities to counterattack, making the Tang army difficult to take care of and stretched.

"And now, all this plan cannot be achieved, and we have to retreat to the last line of defense..."

On the way to retreat, Xi Luchi was worried, "Calif. What should we do now?"

Mallen glanced at the retreating army on the ground under his feet. The team was not neat, and many soldiers were hanging their heads. The monks looked solemn and in pain, and their morale had reached the lowest underestimation since the battle.

Mullen gritted his teeth and said, "Don't panic. Although the second line of defense has only been defended for ten days, I have ordered the construction of the third line of defense to be almost repaired. Most of the monks and materials we recruited are about to arrive. We have the strength to defend the third line of defense!

"Tell the soldiers that the Tang army has few soldiers. The deeper they go into the border, the more difficult it will be for them as long as we block them. Once the cold winter comes, the opponent's offensive will inevitably slow down. We have time to gather all our strength and fight back in desperate situations! We have not yet lost, and we still have hope!"

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"General Zhang, do you really want to walk with us? The danger is too great! You just need to follow behind. I will do my best if you take any action!"

"No need to say more, I must be in the team, just arrange an official position in the baggage battalion for me."

Seeing that Zhang Chang'an had made up his mind, Saidian Chi had to do what he said. He had persuaded the other party several times, but the other party refused to disclose any unnecessary news.

At present, Saidanchi has left Susa City with his recruitment team for hundreds of miles and is now heading east. With him is Mohad, one of the five elders of the Great Temple, and the other party also has a team of commanders of the high priest.
Chapter completed!