However, contrary to the southern border, the northern border was in an uproar at this time.
The little prince has repeatedly claimed to the outside world that the army's retreat was not a repelled, but a strategic retreat.
All cities in southern Xinjiang can be said to be strategic retreats, but the ancient road city is a city at the junction of north and south, so it cannot be a strategic retreat, right?
Will strategic retreats lose nearly 300,000 troops?
In addition, the 300,000 elite troops who were completely wiped out at Hutian Pass and the 200,000 soldiers who lost during the strategic retreat.
The entire 800,000 army before entering the pass, but now there are less than 50,000 left!
Even if the people do not understand war, they are not fools. They can see the current situation of war.
For a moment, it caused chaos in the northern border.
There are even several large cities that directly claim that they will no longer be ordered by the royal palace without the control of the Northern Frontier Royal Palace.
With the lessons learned from the past, more and more cities and forces have issued the same statements.
In the past, they were a huge force that feared the Northern King's Mansion and had to surrender.
But now, the army led by Chu Ran has already entered the northern border. If they do not issue a statement, they may soon be wiped out by Chu Ran's army as rebels.
For a moment, the northern border almost collapsed.
However, more are still waiting and watching.
All eyes fell on Jiangcheng.
Jiangcheng now has about 600,000 troops in the Northern King's Mansion. If the little prince can destroy Churan's army with these troops, then now issuing a statement to leave the Northern King's Mansion, it would be like asking for trouble.
Of course, once Jiangcheng is lost again, the Northern King's Mansion will be destroyed before Chu Ran's army continues to attack.
This is the impact of the battle of Gudaocheng.
If the battle of ancient Daocheng is a watershed of war, then the battle of Jiangcheng will inevitably be a battle of life and death!
The same is true for the imperial court.
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The rapid march one day and one night forced the army to stop and rest.
Even though the soldiers were all energetic, the war horses could not withstand such high-intensity marching speed.
"Tell me the order, the three armies will rest on site for two hours!"
After Chu Ran issued the order, he also sent someone to set up a small camp as the commander's tent and summoned Luo An, Ming Yu, Gu Ling, Tian Yuan and others in.
Chu Ran directly spread the map flat on the table.
Chu Ran asked, "It's still forty miles away from Jiangcheng. Jiangcheng must have received the news and is ready to defend. Do you have any plans to siege?"
Goudan took the lead in the interview: "Boss, you'll be finished with the fight, I'm the first to go!"
Luo An should also shout: "I'm with Goudan!"
“This is nature”
Chu Ran nodded. The position of vanguard must be Mingyu and Goudan, and then looked at the others: "Is there anything else to say?"
"General, my subordinates think that before siege, there is something that must be clarified!"
At this moment, Gu Ling suddenly spoke.
Chu Ran waved his hand and signaled: "Say!"
"Since the general has agreed with General Luo Ying to attack Jiangcheng from both east and west, someone will inevitably take action first, attack the east and west, and then take action, and then surprise!"
Gu Ling said: "Only in this way can we capture Jiangcheng faster!"
"You're right!"
Chu Ran nodded. He had thought about this question countless times on the march.
And he concluded that they attacked Jiangcheng first and became the one who made the call of the east and the west.
Let Luo Ying lead the Tianwei Iron Cavalry Army, unexpectedly!
Their army, the mighty march along the way, must have been discovered by Jiangcheng, and there was no way to surprise him.
Now, the only thing he needs to know is where Luo Ying’s troops are and whether they have been discovered by Jiangcheng.
As the war approaches, the gate of Jiangcheng and the Lingxian Flying Boat in the city have been closed, and the people killed by Shadow can no longer enter the city.
So, only guess!
To the south of Jiangcheng is their current marching route, but they have to go around the east plain to attack Jiangcheng.
To the west of Jiangcheng is a vast forest of shrubs, connected to the ancient roads and mountains, but there are no powerful strange beasts inside.
When he thought that since Luo Ying chose to attack Jiangcheng from the west, the only place where the soldiers and horses hid was in this bush forest.
The Tianwei Iron Cavalry Army, which is close to 300,000, is not a small number.
Before the army set off, Chu Ran had already asked Yingsha to send people to the bushes and forests to find clues.
Everything can only be concluded after the news comes from Shadow Killing.
Two hours passed quickly.
The army set out again.
Jiangcheng gradually appeared in the sight of the army.
With his own cultivation, Chu Ran could vaguely see that the city walls of Jiangcheng several miles away were already full of soldiers guarding the city, and there were many large city guarding equipment.
Obviously, it is used to guard against them.
However, the army did not stop, but instead took a detour to the east of Jiangcheng.
There are obviously fewer cities here.
But it can be clearly seen that as the army was heading towards the east of the city, the soldiers on the city wall were quickly moving the defending equipment in this direction.
"Arrival half a day in advance, there is still time."
While whispering, Chu Ran sent an order: "The soldiers of the three armies should build camps on site to prevent Jiangcheng from sneak attacking out of the city."
In one hour, a simple camp was built.
It was also until this time that Chu Ran finally got the news from Shadow Killing.
"Boss, my people have contacted Luo Ying!"
"Very good!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Ran suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and finally waited for news.
Chu Ran said: "Ask her, if her men are exposed!"
After a moment, Ying Sha replied: "Not exposed!"
"Okay, tell Luo Ying that after an hour, I will launch an attack immediately and let her find the opportunity to prepare for the attack!"
After saying that, Chu Ran put away the messaging crystal directly.
At the same time, the order was issued: "The three armies started cooking and after they were full of wine, they immediately began to attack the city, and the time was set after an hour!"
"Goudan, Mingyu!"
"exist!"
"After an hour, we will lead our troops to go out on time to attack Jiangcheng!"
The two of them replied at the same time: "Yes, boss!"
"Gu Ling!"
"exist!"
"Support Goudan and Mingyu, and prepare to replace the two to attack Jiangcheng at any time!"
Gu Ling stood up straight: "It's the general!"
Jian Churan stopped issuing orders, and Luo An asked, "Boss, don't you need to send troops to harass the South City Gate and the North City Gate?"
By doing this, you can use the least force to restrain the most city defenders, so that the siege troops here will be much less pressure.
But Chu Ran directly refused: "No need!"
Chu Ran said: "I just want to tell Jiangcheng that my army will only attack the East Gate, and the main force is outside the East Gate!"
"Yes, General!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately ordered them to leave.