Cao Yao's confidence did not last long.
In less than half an hour, the messenger ran over in panic, his face pale. "General, it's bad. The enemy's reinforcements have entered the city!"
"What?"
Cao Yao turned pale with fright. His body swayed and he was about to lose his balance.
His face instantly turned ferocious. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed the messenger's collar, saying in a stern voice, "Nonsense. The city gate was guarded by two thousand soldiers. How could it be breached so quickly? You dare to pass false military intelligence? I'll kill you! "As he spoke, he was about to draw the sword at his waist.
The poor messenger was frightened by Cao Yao's ferocious expression. His collar was so tight that he could barely breathe. His heart trembled. It's over. I'm going to die in the hands of the general.
"General! General!"
Fortunately, his personal guard rushed over in time and saved the messenger's life.
Cao Yao was startled and finally regained his composure. He tried his best to maintain his calm and asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Speak. How was the city gate breached?"
The messenger hurriedly sucked in two breaths. Only then did his face turn red. He glanced at Cao Yu with lingering fear in his heart and said carefully, "The enemy has already set up an ambush at the city gate and caught the guards unprepared. With both sides working together, the city gate was breached very quickly. "
The ones who ambushed the guards at the city gate were the five hundred elites led by Zhao Yan.
Last night, Zhao Yan had led his troops and sneaked into the residences near the city gate. When the army led by Luo Shixin arrived, they immediately rushed out and defeated the two thousand city gate guards.
"Ambush?"
With Cao Yao's intelligence, he immediately figured out the cause and effect of the matter.
"I was too careless!"
Cao Yao did not expect that the enemy would actually ambush an ambush in such a hopeless situation. He, Cao Yao, had lost this battle. He had been utterly defeated.
The huge sense of defeat caused Cao Yao to be dazed.
"General, what should we do now?"
"What should we do?" Cao Yao muttered to himself. After a long time, he squeezed out a few words with difficulty, "Surrender!"
Cao Yao did not want his soldiers to lose their lives in vain. There was no longer any meaning in continuing to fight.
There was a moment of silence on the city tower.
The feeling of falling from heaven to hell was definitely not pleasant.
A moment ago, they were still in sight of victory. The next moment, they were about to become prisoners.
"Surrender!"
Cao Yu repeated his words, but his tone was much firmer.
My Lord, Cao Yao has failed you!
A hint of death flashed in Cao Yu's eyes.
When the rumbling sound of horse hooves rang out on the commercial street, it was simply a nightmare for the allied troops who were attacking fiercely.
The murderous Steel Cavalry charged from behind at high speed, immediately causing people to be thrown off their horses.
In an instant, the allied forces suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, this nightmare ended as quickly as it came.
In less than ten minutes, a white flag of surrender was hung on top of the city wall. The allied soldiers hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands as if they had seen a ghost, for fear of being mistakenly killed by this group of demons.
Compared to the miserable state of the allied forces, the Southern Army was in a state of celebration.
They did it. Under the fierce attack of 50,000 soldiers, they managed to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
The First Division of the Tiger Brave Corps was worthy of its glory.
After the revelry, there was great exhaustion and sleepiness. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, the soldiers had not had a good sleep for two days and two nights.
Some of the soldiers did not care about the blood on the battlefield and fell asleep.
The corpses on the battlefield were used as pillows by the soldiers.
When Luo Shixin arrived with his troops, he saw such a strange scene.
As the allied forces surrendered, the battle of Tan Mu County ended with Shanhai City's victory.
Fan Lihua stood on the ruined battlefield, but there was not a trace of the joy of a victor on her face.
This victory was really not easy to come by.
In this battle, the First Division of the Tiger Brave Corps had lost more than 3,000 soldiers, including a Brigade Commander and six Battalion Commanders. If the wounded were included, the casualty rate was close to a third.
This was the first time a Brigade Commander had died since Shanhai City was formed.
The loss could not be said to be small.
The Brigade Commander who died was the Brigade Commander of the Cavalry Brigade of the First Division, Li Mingliang.
Li Mingliang was also a veteran of Shanhai City. Since the days of Shanhai Village, he had been valued by Ouyang Shuo and was promoted all the way from Squad Leader to Battalion Commander and finally to Brigade Commander.
Unexpectedly, he fell on the battlefield of Tan Mu County forever.
The atmosphere on the battlefield was somewhat oppressive.
Seeing this, Luo Shixin led his troops and took the initiative to take care of the prisoners of war.
In the end, only about 30,000 of the allied forces survived. Some of the soldiers were seriously injured and had to be retired. At the end of the battle, there were no less than a thousand people who were executed by the supervising troops.
This battle was really tragic.
Fan Lihua was also a strong female general. After a brief moment of sadness, she recovered.
Taking care of the prisoners of war, treating the wounded, and cleaning up the battlefield.
Other than that, there was also the completion of the occupation of Tan Mu County, the restoration of order, the implementation of military control, and so on.
The work after the battle was really complicated and fragmented.
The Lord of Tan Mu County abandoned the city and fled when Luo Shixin's troops entered the city.
The most important person to take care of the prisoners of war was naturally Cao Yu.
When she was free, Fan Lihua specially went to see Cao Yu.
On the city gate tower, Cao Yu was about to commit suicide to atone for his crimes but was stopped by his personal guards.
When Fan Lihua received the news, she immediately sent people to take care of Cao Yu alone to prevent him from committing suicide. It wasn't easy to capture a general. If she let him commit suicide, Fan Lihua didn't know how she would face the Marquis.
When the battle report of Tan Mu County reached the hands of the various lords.
The south-central region of Thunder Province was completely silent.
Everyone knew that the south-central region of Thunder Province was completely finished. There was no chance for them to turn the tables.
Some of the lords didn't wait for the army of Shanhai City to attack. They directly took the wealth of their territory, abandoned their people, and directly teleported to Royal City.
The entire south-central region of Thunder Province was instantly plunged into chaos.
Some bandits in the wilderness even took the opportunity to wreak havoc, burning, killing, and looting.
Thunder Province urgently needed a leader to restore order.
That afternoon, the First Brigade of the Imperial Guard Division arrived outside Yan Luo County.
The Lord of Yan Luo County, Smoke Demon, had already received the news of the allied forces' defeat.
Different from the other lords who abandoned the city and fled, Smoke Demon's actions were a bit strange. He directly hung a white flag on the city gate, indicating that he was willing to surrender.
When the First Brigade saw this, they were a bit hesitant, afraid that it was a trap.
The lesson of the southern army was still vivid in their minds. The culprit was the Yan Luo County.
Smoke Demon stood on the city gate. When he saw that the First Brigade did not move forward, he made another shocking move. He simply took Bao Shuya with him, held the lord's seal, and left the city to surrender.
Seeing this, the First Brigade was relieved. After entering the city, they smoothly took over the lord's mansion.
Strangely, Smoke Demon did not leave. Instead, he moved to a house next to the lord's mansion. Along with him was his important subordinate, Bao Shuya.
The Brigade Commander of the First Brigade did not make a decision on his own. After occupying Yan Luo County, he reported the battle report in detail to the headquarters and waited for further instructions from the headquarters.
This wait lasted for more than half a month.
After the battle of Tan Mu County ended, Bai Qi was so busy that his feet barely touched the ground. Almost every hour, there would be a battle report delivered to his desk.
Some asked for logistics, some asked for how to deal with the prisoners of war, and some asked for the next step of the operation.
However, Bai Qi could not ignore any of the battle reports and had to give his comments. At this time, he had no time to care about such trivial matters. The battle report was placed on Bai Qi's desk, and no one paid any attention to it.
Following the defeat of the allies in the south-central region, Luo Shixin's division quickly went north to support the northern army under the headquarters' instructions. As for the south-central region of Thunder Province, Fan Lihua's division was left to clean up.
Under Fan Lihua's command, the First Division of the Tiger Army completely cleared out the south central region of the Thunder Province in just a week.
All the roving bandits fled at the sight of them.
The chaotic south-central region of Thunder Province immediately quieted down.
The officials who had followed behind the First Division to take over the city complained to their superiors, saying that with the speed of the siege, even if they had doppelgangers, they would not be able to keep up.
The four division chiefs had no time to pay attention to their subordinates' complaints. They were even busier than their subordinates.
Investigating the gentry, appointing officials, reorganizing the prisoners of war, appeasing the people …
Fan Zhongyan and the others were so busy that they did not even have time to eat alone. They could only eat while listening to their subordinates' reports and making timely instructions.
Fan Zhongyan was busy, but Du Ruhui was scared witless.
The First Division of the Tiger Legion was busy clearing out their territory. There were sixty to seventy thousand prisoners of war in the south-central region of Thunder Province, but there was less than a brigade of regular soldiers guarding them.
Thinking about this, Du Ruhui could not sleep well.
Her subordinates were so busy in Thunder Province that smoke was coming out of their heads. As the lord, Ouyang Shuo was still sitting leisurely in Shanhai City. He did not have any intention of moving at all.
As Luo Shixin's division headed north, there were no more twists and turns in the northern region of Thunder Province.
Luo Shixin's division headed north. They first assisted the Imperial Guard Division in clearing out the central region of Thunder Province.
Next, the two divisions headed north hand in hand.
Along the way, they were like a hot knife through butter.
By the time the army reached the northern army, the northern region of Thunder Province had basically been cleared out.
Only now did the northern alliance feel regret. They regretted not listening to Smoke and Fire's suggestion. In the end, they lost everything.
The defeat of the allied forces in Tan Mu County was like the first card in a domino. The entire situation in Leizhou collapsed.
Although Wei Zhang was a fierce general, he could only obediently surrender in the face of a pincer attack from three divisions.
The battle continued until the end of June. Only then did Thunder Province was basically conquered.
Thunder Province was about to welcome a new master! (To be continued.)
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