Hearing the Queen's decisive words, Wanyan Chizha shook his head with a sad expression.
 “Your Majesty, why are you doing this?”
“Uncle Wang, I have made up my mind. The soldiers will fight to the death for the country. How can I lead them to surrender just to survive?
I can’t do it, so Uncle Wang shouldn’t talk about surrender anymore.”
“Well, I understand, I will definitely never mention this matter in the future.”
“Report to your majesty and to the commander-in-chief that the enemy troops cleaning up the battlefield outside the city have retreated.”
The lookout's shout interrupted the conversation between the Queen and the two. The two hurriedly stood up and looked out of the city. With the last ray of light before the sun went down, they could faintly see the dragon soldiers and horses using pallets.
Carrying the injured robe and body, he slowly rushed towards the military camp several miles away.
“Come here, let the clever brothers slide down the rope immediately, repair the seven trenches outside the city, and refix the damaged spikes.”
 “Get the order!”
Following Wanyan’s command, thousands of Jin soldiers nimbly followed the ropes thrown down from their robes and slid down the city wall.
These soldiers from the Thousand Gold Kingdom were not equipped with weapons. Instead, each of them carried a pickaxe used by farmers and was cautiously groping towards the outside of the moat.
 As thousands of people approached, the situation outside the city gradually became clearer.
A trench about three feet deep and two feet and a half wide appeared in front of thousands of people, completely surrounding the south gate of Anzhou City.
 There were seven such trenches at intervals ranging from twenty to forty steps.
The trenches were filled with thorns and thorns, and two trenches were even filled with jars holding kerosene.
This is a relatively clumsy way to defend the city, and it can delay the enemy's siege.
Simply filling in these ravines will keep the enemy busy for a while. If the defenders on the city wall continue to obstruct the process, a protracted battle will be inevitable.
This was excavated by Wanyan Chizha, who led tens of thousands of soldiers, and spent several days and nights digging it while the Dalong soldiers and horses were still on their way north.
Except for the north city wall, there are seven similar trenches on the east, west and south walls.
As for why Jianzhou didn’t dig trenches like this to resist the siege of Dalong’s soldiers and horses, it’s nothing more than the terrain outside Jianzhou city with bulging rocks and rocks.
To build such a large project, the cost is also not small. Even if it waits for Dalong's troops to arrive at the city, it will be difficult to complete the project.
 Outside Anzhou City is fertile black soil, which is soft and requires little effort to dig.
The reason why Wanyan Chizha told the Queen that today's casualties were the fewest since the war began was because of the contribution of these trenches.
Laddermen, siege vehicles, forward infantry, sword and shield soldiers simply cannot attack the city smoothly. If you want to cross these trenches, you must build bridges and pave the way with ladders.
 But how could the defenders on the city wall be so easily taken over by the enemy?
 Just relying on artillery bombardment, for the defenders who had been prepared, the losses were already much smaller than those outside Jianzhou City.
The lookout on the city wall was holding the telescope handed to him by Wanyan Chiezha intently, observing every move outside the city. The brothers who were repairing the trenches outside the city were alert to the investigation of the dragon scouts.
The chirping of falcons broke the silence of the night, and the Queen, Wanyan Chizha and a group of generals looked towards the hazy night sky.
“Uncle Wang, I’m afraid that because of this letter from Aiqing Yeluha of Kanzhou, will Kanzhou also fall?”
Within two cups of tea, a soldier ran over holding a bamboo tube.
 “Commander, a letter from Marshal Yeluha of Kanzhou!”
Wanyan Chizha directly took the letter from the bamboo tube and started reading it, without giving it to the Queen for review first. He would follow the authority in urgent matters. His Majesty said that he would not interfere with military affairs.
 “Okay, great!”
The Queen looked at Wanyan Chizha's surprised expression and hurriedly leaned forward to look at the letter.
Wanyan Chizha directly handed the letter to the Queen: "Your Majesty, brother Yale has received good news. The first fire bull formation was destroyed by the dragon's soldiers and horses using fire attacks.
 However, the Second Fire Bull Formation unexpectedly severely damaged Dalong's troops.
A herd of 2,700 Turkic cattle tied with fire and thunder bombs, surrounded on three sides by the three Turkic generals, rushed into the Dalong army formation outside Kanzhou City, directly inflicting heavy damage on the Dalong army outside Kanzhou City.
The infantry and a small number of cavalry totaled about 40,000 troops.
Even the artillery accidentally destroyed thirty-five pieces and burned the food and fodder of an army guard.
Now the Dalong enemy troops outside Kanzhou City have retreated twenty miles to repair, and Kanzhou, which is in danger, has been saved.
According to Yeluha's estimate, it will take at least ten and a half months before Dalong's enemy forces dare not attack the city rashly again.

The Queen hurriedly took the letter from Wanyan Chizha's hand and read it word by word silently.
　　When she saw the handsome seal and name of Yeluha at the end, the Queen suddenly felt sour in her eyes.
It’s been half a year, and I haven’t seen such good news for a long time.
“As long as I keep my large sum of money, I will treat the families of the three thousand soldiers well and keep them safe for the rest of their lives.”
While the Queen was sighing with emotion, the cry of falcons was heard again in the night sky.
The Queen's delicate body trembled, and she subconsciously looked towards the night sky.
  I am both looking forward to it and feeling anxious at the same time!
Looking forward and hoping that good news will come one after another, but panicking and fearing that the good news that just came will be followed by bad news.
 “Report, pass a letter from Kanzhou.”
Wanyan Chizha took the letter and looked through it, looking at the tense-looking empress and silently shaking her head: "It's not good news, it's not bad news either.
Kanzhou needs to replenish fire bombs.
Although the enemy troops attacking the city were severely damaged, nine out of ten fire and thunder bombs were also consumed."
Although it was not good news, it was not bad news at all. The Queen breathed a sigh of relief.
 “Hui’er!”
"exist!"
“Immediately send a message to Yue’er, asking her to urge the Ministry of War to replenish the necessary armaments for the Kanzhou garrison as soon as possible at all costs.”
 “Get the order!”
After Hui'er left, the Queen looked at Wanyan Chiezha thoughtfully: "Uncle Wang, the enemy troops in Kanzhou have suffered heavy losses. Will Yunyang send more troops to Kanzhou to help?"
“It’s hard to say.
It would not take more than six days for any of Liu Mingzhi's cavalry to rush to Kanzhou at full speed.
If there are sufficient troops here, there is no guarantee that Yunyang will not increase its troops in Kanzhou.
It all depends on whether Yan Qingshan, an old guy, can cooperate with the Turkic cavalry and delay the hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the Six Guards of the New Army.
Those reinforcements in the Western Regions, although they understand a little bit of Chinese, are still not proficient enough, and they are still very awkward in cooperating with Dalong's main troops.
 The biggest variables are these large dragon cavalry who have been attacking in a roundabout way!"
“Don’t Liu Mingzhi’s cavalry have any opponents that can compete with them?”
Wanyan Chizha looked at the empress who frowned, shook her head slightly and sighed: "It's difficult to have an entire army in armor.
 The Turkic cavalry's riding and shooting skills are actually no worse than theirs, but their equipment is too simple.
Let alone iron armor, leather and cloth armors have not been popularized by the entire army. They are no match for the dragon cavalry in head-to-head combat.
It just so happens that we, Daijin, are currently unable to provide armor and weapons to support them. We can only watch helplessly as the cavalry under Liu Mingzhi show off their power on our territory of Daikin, galloping across the territory but helpless.
The one hundred thousand cavalry under the command of this old guy Wanyan Qingshan has never been treated badly by the imperial court for so many years. The one hundred thousand soldiers are all wearing armor, so they can resist one or two. But Your Majesty, you also know what this old guy did after he joined the battlefield.
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 They made a sneak attack and quickly retreated with little success. They were more timid than rabbits.
If the situation hadn't been difficult, even though we were all members of the Jin Dynasty, I would have wanted to take off the armor from these 100,000 cavalry and give it to the Turkic cavalry who were rushing to our aid.
 At least they are not afraid of a head-on confrontation with the dragon cavalry despite their poor equipment.
It’s like this group of cowards, they simply succeed more than they do and fail more than they do.”
The Queen looked at the cursing Wanyan Chizha, smiled bitterly, shook her head and sighed: "Oh, for a moment I don't know how to evaluate Taizu's act of allowing the ancestral land to have one hundred thousand soldiers and horses to become independent!"
“There are advantages and disadvantages. The ancestral land today is no longer the ancestral land a hundred years ago. They enjoy the enshrinement of the imperial court, but they are not of the same mind as the imperial court. They just want to preserve themselves and survive.
To be continued...