Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

Chapter 19 Powerless

When Dani learned about the situation in the city, she realized that something was wrong.

This is not in line with the previous judgment. Before the start of the fight, Diane sent some spies to sneak into the city secretly, but they did not find any traces of the church or other countries' military forces. The only things that can be seen in the entire city are those Samanjan soldiers.

How could there be so many people suddenly?

"City map, hurry up!"

Dai Ni ordered, and the adjutant next to her quickly unfolded the city map of Huang Tiecheng, and the map of the entire city of Huang Tiecheng was presented in front of her.

Based on the information from her subordinates, she marked the positions where strong resistance forces appeared, and then looked at those positions...

Those locations can be found in almost every corner of the city.

She knew exactly what that meant.

"Tell all the troops in the city to immediately withdraw from the city and stop the attack."

It was a tough choice, but it had to be done.

Huang Tiecheng asked Dai Ni to invest a huge force of at least nearly ten thousand soldiers this time, which is almost a rare scale in the current border battlefield-nearly ten thousand people were used to attack a small border city. than she expected.

But she had to get the troops to stop attacking.The enemy's resistance was multifaceted. Basically, the whole city was full of enemies. The Onishi Army, which had an advantage in strength, fell into an embarrassing situation of being divided and wiped out.

The enemy is trying to use the complex streets and strong buildings in the urban area, as well as some city defense weapons in the urban area, to divide the army of the Onishi Kingdom into countless small-scale troops, thus dividing and encircling it.

If it was just Samanjan's own troops, it would definitely not be able to do this-they didn't even have enough troops to invest in the city defense station.

It can only prove one thing: the church is indeed involved.

The troops of the Great Western Kingdom can deal with the army of Samanjan, but they can only guarantee to deal with Samanjan. Once the church intervenes, with the combat capability of the Holy See army, in the city, the troops given to him by His Majesty will only be bit by bit to eat.

"Ms. Diane, I don't think we can make the plan to immediately withdraw the troops from the city."

said the adjutant.

"I know."

Diane thought for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the paper:

"Send someone to Qin Taiwei's residence as soon as possible, and hand over the letter to him, hurry up!"

"Yes!"

"Another 3000 people will be transferred from the nearby defense area, and they will go to Huang Tiecheng to relieve the troops inside, and send... Forget it, I will take people there myself."

After Diane finished speaking, she threw the pen in her hand aside, and then took off her armor from her shelf, but at this moment, the adjutant next to her stopped her: "Ms. Diani, if you go in person , That's too dangerous! The paladins of the church are all extremely powerful in combat, and if something goes wrong, no one can afford such responsibility."

"It's urgent, I have to go in person, otherwise I don't worry."

Facing the opponent's obstruction, Dai Ni frowned, and then continued to walk outside.

The adjutant looked helpless: "Then, what if the Taiwei replies?"

"If they decide to help us, then just lead their troops over here. Tell them about the situation in the city; if they don't come...you can just send someone to wait in the stone forest outside Huangtiecheng, Don’t go to the city to rescue them again.”

Under the current circumstances, no matter how many people were sent to break into Huang Tiecheng City, it would probably be a refueling tactic.

The enemy is far more familiar with the environment in the city than their own side, and the army of the church is higher than that of the Onishi Kingdom in every aspect. It is difficult to get cheap from them in this kind of street fighting. Throwing in a few thousand people may be able to control the situation, but in that case, the loss of the army will be unacceptably large.

After explaining these things, Diane left.

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"The church really got involved."

Looking at the letter delivered by the messenger, Qin Ji sighed.

Once entering the territory of Saman, the possibility of the church's participation will be greatly increased, which Qin Ji expected.So he didn't plan to chase all the way, but to restore the state of the troops to the best before considering continuing to attack.

Atlantis' attack this time may not end well.

"Now our army is trapped. According to rough estimates, there are at least 8000 existing troops in the city. If we lose them, our army will be stretched...After all, you know, the size of our army in Daxi Kingdom itself is huge. not very big."

Compared with other surrounding countries, it is considered very large, but it still failed to reach the scale of Daxia. In Daxia's view, dispatching the Chiyuan Army was indeed a large-scale war, but it only mobilized twelve domestic armies just one of the.As far as Atlantis is concerned, more than [-] troops belong to them.

If 8000 people are folded inside, then Onishi Kingdom will be seriously injured.

"I have already persuaded your female officer before, and I thought she was reasonable."

Qin Ji shook his head.

"what do you mean?"

"Sorry, our army is unable to help."

After Qin Ji said this, the messenger from Daxi Kingdom froze in place.

"However, there are more than 8000 people...Master Taiwei, it is beneficial to both of us to preserve the strength of the frontline army at this time..."

"Mr. Messenger, may I ask if you have fought against the Holy See Army and the Paladins?" Qin Ji interrupted him, "Yes, there are more than 8000 people. In the eyes of our army, they can still be saved if they want to."

"But with all due respect, according to your feedback, regular soldiers from churches and some countries have entered Samanjan on a large scale. They will definitely not only gather in Huangtiecheng, there must be a well-organized army around."

"Firstly, our army has not yet been fully reorganized, and the logistics part used to support our army's further offensive is still being mobilized; secondly, as soon as we move, the Church's army will inevitably reinforce it—the battle in Huang Tiecheng will be was massively magnified and turned into a massive campaign that was completely out of our control."

"Your Excellency, it is hoped that our Great Xia generals will forcibly fight the Holy See Army, Holy Knights and Samanjan troops in areas where the army's logistics is short, the terrain is complex and relatively unfamiliar, and it is difficult to take advantage of our army's light cavalry?"

Having said that, Qin Ji sat down.

"I have reminded your country's army before, but Ms. Dani did not take my advice. Even now, even I can't help."

Qin Ji really planned to help Daxi, because helping Daxi would be good for Daxia.

But he couldn't let more Daxia soldiers die in vain because of a misjudgment made by the commander of the friendly army (even a misjudgment made to calculate Daxia).

There are many troops in the Great Xia, but having a large number does not mean that the lives of the soldiers can be treated as a trifling matter.

Chapter 20 Birthday

Onishi's troops suffered a disastrous defeat.

When Diani evacuated with less than 3000 people who were barely rescued, even her body had several wounds.

Most of the siege troops lost, such a record is really not happy.And after arriving at Huangtiecheng, she discovered that the situation in the city was more complicated than what she saw in the rear military tent. The whole Huangtiecheng was simply a series of fortresses. She originally planned to use the mages she brought to hide the enemies one by one. Those private houses were blown flat, but I didn't expect that each of these private houses was very strong.

Moreover, the reactions of those paladins were also extremely fast. They seemed not to be tired, and they kept appearing in various areas of Huang Tiecheng, causing Diane to be exhausted just by avoiding their sharp edges, let alone breaking through their encirclement. up.

In the end, Diani rushed forward with her weapon in hand, and finally managed to open a gap. Less than 3000 people were rescued from it, and the rest were basically folded inside.

Just then, on the way back to the barracks outside the city, they were chased and intercepted by Samanjan's own army. Fortunately, Samanjan's own army's combat quality and mobility were far inferior to those of the paladins, and Daxia finally sent a thousand cavalry Come to pick them up, and then drive away the pursuers.

The army had lost the momentum it had before the attack. For Dani, this was a shame in her life, and it also made her completely unable to imagine how to report to His Majesty.

Losing so many people at once, if His Majesty knows the news, he will be very distressed.

"Oh, by the way, Commander Daini," said General Chen on the horse suddenly, "Master Taiwei asked me to invite you to his barracks to rest for a while-he said that your army has just experienced a hard battle, and maybe it is time to take a rest." take a break."

"There are quite a few of us."

Dai Ni looked around, although there are many people lost now, but Dai Ni still has more than 5000 people in her hand including the previous reinforcements.Can Qin Ji's barracks accommodate so many people?

"It doesn't matter, it was originally intended to be used to receive our army's logistics troops. Since the logistics troops haven't arrived yet, there is naturally a place for you."

Having said that, General Chen turned around and asked his adjutant: "How far is it from our barracks?"

"About an hour's journey."

"Okay." General Chen nodded, "Captain Dai Ni, what do you think?"

"Okay, I just want to meet your captain too."

I met this Great Xia's Taiwei before, but the two of them didn't communicate much. So far, the only communication is letters.

This time, her behavior will undoubtedly not leave a good impression in the eyes of the other party, and it is normal for her to change to someone with a bad temper, which will directly affect the cooperation between the two countries.So this time the decision to meet the other party directly can be regarded as improving the relationship between the two parties.

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Your Majesty still has things to do today.

But today, Xia Yuxiao specially put on a particularly grand black embroidered gold dress, and then sat in the hall.

Today's court meeting is quite special, because according to the convention, the court meeting of Daxia is held in the morning.But today is completely different. The time for the court meeting was chosen on a sunny morning, and the entire hall was decorated with joy.

The ministers did not discuss state affairs with His Majesty in the hall early, but waited in a long line outside the hall.

After a long time, Liu Songyao walked out of the hall, and said something to the Dragon Guard at the door in a low voice.

Sui Longwei nodded, and then shouted loudly to the ministers outside:

"Today is His Majesty's birthday, all the ministers who came to celebrate the birthday, start entering the palace!"

"All ministries, play ritual and music in unison!"

The rites and music are also different from the rites and music used to hold sacrifices or major ceremonies in the past. While ensuring grandeur, the elements of silk, bamboo and gongs and drums are added, which is particularly festive. —In addition to important court officials, there are also many foreign envoys and even important figures, and some county guards who are relatively close to Tai'an City, etc.

There were even quite a few people—some from Hexi County, which was hit by the disaster before, and some from Tai'an City.Most of these people are local respected people, and they were also picked up to attend Xia Yuxiao's birthday ceremony today.

However, considering that some of those highly respected people are too old to withstand the toss, the people selected by Da Xia are basically not very old.

"I respectfully congratulate His Majesty on his birthday, and wish His Majesty a long life and happiness like the East China Sea!"

The ministers saluted in unison, and the hall was rarely full of people.

Afterwards, the ministers presented congratulatory gifts one after another.

Most of the ministers gave gifts such as calligraphy and painting, pearls and jade, etc., and some gave objects that "symbolized auspicious omens", such as a strange stone with the name of the current emperor on it.

To be honest, Xia Yuxiao didn't believe this.She had seen a lot, so she naturally wouldn't believe this outrageous so-called "good omen".But believe it or not, no matter whether the stone has been carefully selected or carved manually, it is still a gift from the ministers, and it should be regarded as a congratulatory letter.

At the end of the present, the ministers' offerings were basically completed. At this moment, General Bai came up.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this year's congratulatory gift is a weapon... I dare to ask Your Majesty to allow me to bring this weapon to the palace."

Hearing that he was sending a weapon, Xia Yuxiao became curious, so she waved her hand and signaled Longwei to bring the weapon up.

It was a knife with a cold light, showing a beautiful arc, and it could be seen at a glance that this knife was very suitable for slashing.

"What is this knife?"

"Your Majesty, this saber is the first saber produced by our Great Xia army since it was reformed. This type of saber is very suitable for cavalry. Our Red Yuan Army is currently using this saber to kill enemies for the country on the western battlefield. Therefore, today, I present the first sample knife produced at that time to His Majesty, firstly to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday; secondly, to thank His Majesty for his courage to carry out innovations for the country."

"Okay! In this way, this knife is very meaningful, and I like it very much."