Under no talent, is a world famous general

In the northern border of Dali, there was an extremely huge column of smoke rising into the sky!

The strong and pungent burning smell spread in all directions, and the temperature of the entire wilderness, which was already like a sea of ​​fire, rose rapidly!
There are flying ashes everywhere, and the world here seems to be covered with a layer of frosted glass, which is gray.

The second line of defense, Yinglan City, on the city wall, Gu Yulan, whose armor was stained with blood and whose face was tired, pursed her lips tightly, her eyes full of determination.

A ray of fire kept dancing in her eyes, it was the projection caused by the sea of ​​fire in the distance.

I saw that three miles outside the city had been covered by a sea of ​​flames, and the eyes were full of flames. Even if they were far away, they could still feel the heat wave blowing towards their faces.

There, what was burning were the corpses of Xiang Rong and the soldiers of Dali.

After several months of fierce fighting, Dali paid huge casualties. For the common people behind him, for the survival of Dali, tens of thousands of Dali soldiers fell in Yinglan City.

Gu Yulan watched helplessly as the subordinates were replaced one by one, watching Da Lierlang die one by one.

But she was powerless, except to defend Yinglan City desperately, she couldn't do anything else, she couldn't repel Xiang Rong, and couldn't save the lives of her subordinates...

Dali could only desperately mobilize troops and spend decades of savings, the pillars of the country, the future of the dynasty, little by little here.

The saddest thing is that they have to be like this, they have to be consumed like this.

If it fails, between the second line of defense and the third line of defense, dozens of people in the city will surely perish, and die in the mouth of Xiang Rong!
But such a huge consumption, even Gu Yulan, who has a strong heart and is used to going forward, can't bear it.

What's even more hateful is that a month ago, she was wounded by Xiang Rong's knife, and her left arm was injured, which has not healed yet. Since then, many generals have refused to let her go to the front to fight.

She didn't listen, and didn't persuade her until the lieutenant general said a word.

What the lieutenant general said was that in Yinglan City, she was the spiritual leader of many soldiers. If she fell, the second line of defense would collapse!

As a result, Gu Yulan had to stay behind and restless when his subordinates were fighting to the death.

This kind of suffering, while tormenting her, also made her grow rapidly, making her less calm and peaceful, and more determined and determined!

Only advance, no retreat, live and die with the city!

It is also this kind of spirit that made her, and many of her subordinates, fight extremely bravely even though they died without regrets, creating the myth of Yinglan.

This battle lasted for several months. Although it was tragic, it firmly blocked Xiang Rong and protected the tens of thousands of people behind him.

Therefore, this Battle of England and Lane, together with the glorious image of Gu Yulan who would rather die than retreat, will be recorded in the annals of history, and it will be called the bloody battle of England and Lane!
As a result of this bloody battle, until August 13th, Dali soldiers died and injured [-]!Xiang Rong, [-] casualties!
As a result, the corpses under the city piled up like a mountain and had to be burned regularly. Otherwise, Xiang Rong would not need to use the ladder at all, and would be able to run up to the city wall of Yinglan by stepping directly on the mountain of corpses.

Standing on the top of the city that was covered in blood and could not be washed away at all, looking at the last batch of corpses thrown into the flames, Gu Yulan said in a deep voice, "Salute!"

She took off her helmet, mourning on her face, those are all Da Lierlang, her subordinates...

Many wounded soldiers beside them took off their helmets one after another and remained silent.

They no longer remembered which batch they were in to come to Yinglan City. They only knew that the elephant army stationed in the distance was the second batch. Among them were the black woolly elephant army and the light woolly elephant army.

It was also the arrival of the second batch of elephant soldiers that let them know that there were actually elephant soldiers among the elephant soldiers.

Those huge and unparalleled war elephants made them panic. Looking back, they are still terrified.

Fortunately, war elephants cannot participate in siege battles, so they have never fought war elephants.

After burning for a long time, the flames in the distance slowly subsided, and no longer emitted scorching air waves to the surroundings.

The fiery red continued to dissipate, and the sky returned to its original darkness. At this moment, night is approaching.

At this time, a soldier rushed to the top of the city, ran to Gu Yulan's side, and held a document, "General, a letter from the imperial court!"

Gu Yulan took it, opened it, and immediately frowned!

This is the third time that the imperial court rejected her suggestion!

After receiving Qin Yi's letter, she immediately sent a letter to the court, proposing to build heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, and spearmen.

These three types of arms required a lot of heavy armor and several-meter-long spears, which Yinglan City could not produce. Only with the approval of the imperial court could they be formed.

But three times in a row, the Emperor Dali refused. The reason was that the Yuan Clan should not dream of fighting with Xiangrong in the field, the end would be a dead end!
Guarding against danger is the way out for the Yuan Clan!

Gu Yulan strongly disagrees with this point, no matter what, she can't try and deny herself.

So, she sent letters three times in a row, but she never expected that what greeted her was still the court's short-sightedness.

With a light sigh, Gu Yulan pursed her lips tightly, and after a long time, said in a deep voice, "If the court disagrees, that's all..."

From Gu Yulan's tone, the soldiers who sent the letter could hear the deep helplessness.

He couldn't help but also secretly sighed in his heart.

Turning his head, he saw that the top of the city was full of gaps, and all the soldiers were wounded. He felt even more sad from his heart.

It was completely unexpected that Dali, who was once extremely powerful, would fall into such a state!

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Dali Dynasty, Lidu.

"Your Majesty, why don't you agree with General Gu's suggestion?" Prime Minister Zeng Chengwang frowned and asked in a low voice.

Within a few months, his hair was completely white, and his whole body looked extremely old.

But he was only forty.

It can be seen that Dali's exhaustion and predicament are like a heavy burden, which makes him physically and mentally exhausted, which is why he is so vicissitudes.

The main seat in the hall, the Emperor Dali sat on it, his face was very dignified, and his complexion was much worse than before. Sitting with his shoulders slumped, he looked depressed and uneasy.

Hearing Zeng Chengwang's question, Dali Emperor Chai Yuzhao slowly shook his head and replied, "Dali pig iron has been used to forge swords and arrows. How can there be spare energy to build heavy armor? Even if there is spare energy, it will cost a huge price, and the result will be vulnerable , isn’t it asking for trouble?”

Hearing what Emperor Dali said, Zeng Chengwang sighed softly, "I also know this truth, and I also know your Majesty's difficulties, but General Gu sent letters three times, obviously eager to allow His Majesty to allow you, but you have repeatedly refused, I am afraid... ...I'm afraid that General Gu will feel resentful, after all, Yinglan City has to be defended by her..."

Hearing the words, the emperor of Dali squinted his eyes immediately, and many thoughts flashed in his pupils, such as displeasure, anger, resentment, helplessness... Finally, he snorted angrily, "Then promise one of them, make a spear, build a spear for him As for the heavy armor, don't even think about it, the court has more than enough heart but not enough power!"

Zeng Chengwang sighed softly, nodded, and said nothing more.

Others don't know about Dali's situation, but they know it best.

Now, all of Dali's savings have been used up, and he has begun to fall into a exhausted situation.

Pig iron, silver, food and grass... are all in a state of wanton consumption, but all of this cannot be stopped.

The entire Great Li seemed to have fallen into a bottomless pit.

And this bottomless pit is also desperately devouring the soldiers of Dali. In order to fill the vacancy, they had to conscript twice, which caused a lot of public resentment.

For Dali's survival, they are helpless.

Today, after large-scale conscription, although the number of Dali soldiers has returned to hundreds of thousands, they are all untrained recruits who do not understand the battle formation. Only after a long period of training can they be sent to the battlefield.

However, many elites could not survive, so they could only be dispatched to Yinglan City one after another, where they exchanged two for one, or even three for one death ratio, and managed to defend Yinglan City.

All of this, only they know, many officials don't know, the people of Dali don't know, and people from other dynasties don't know.

In order to maintain the stability of Dali, how dare they tell the people, in order not to be taken advantage of by other dynasties, they can only keep secrets, so as not to be known and suffer from flank attack.

This is also the reason why other dynasties did not know the outcome of the Great Li War.

Even if other dynasties have secret spies in Dali, it is difficult to cross the third line of defense.

The people north of the third line of defense have been evacuated into the third line of defense one after another, and Yinglan City is already an isolated island.

This arrangement is for the sake of sacrificing Yinglan City and protecting the people behind when it is necessary.

At this moment, an eunuch rushed into the palace and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Ministry of War!"

"Read!" Rubbing his eyes, Dali Tianzi said in a deep voice.

Recently, he has read a lot of battle reports, his eyes hurt, and then he asked the eunuch to read them out.

"It is said in the letter that Qin Yi, the regent of Linzhan, has captured Liukang, and he will return to the imperial court!" The eunuch said briefly.

Hearing this, the Emperor Dali froze for a moment, his whole body froze!

After a long time, his face was full of bitterness, and his heart felt sad.

Qin Yi expanded his territory, but he had to face such a difficult predicament...

This made him full of bitterness, and he had the idea of ​​giving up on himself.

It's better to give up and spend the little time left in the harem, carnivaling with the concubines, and when Xiang Rong attacked Lidu, he slayed himself to death.

But he didn't want to die, and he didn't want to part with the throne under his butt, so he gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time before he made up his mind and said harshly, "Send the order and carry out the final plan!"

A few days ago, the Ministry of War submitted a memorial, in which it was stated that, after investigation by spies, the Xiang Rong civil war showed signs of ending.

When Xiangrong ends the civil war, it will invade the south with all its strength. At that time, Yinglan City will surely fall, and the third line of defense will also be tested!

The final plan is to cut off the wrists of a strong man when the third line of defense falls!

Two hundred miles to the south of the third line of defense, there is a huge lake. If the embankment breaks, it can submerge a radius of five hundred miles, about half a house and dozens of cities!
If the third line of defense fails to hold, then the embankment will burst!
Drown Xiang Rong in the flood!

Even if you lose hundreds of thousands of Dali common people's lives, you won't hesitate!

Hearing this, Zeng Chengwang's heart trembled, his whole face turned white in an instant, and there was no more blood!
His eyes were full of horror!