The attempt at a conventional assault ultimately failed.

After all, the stock of explosives is limited. Neither Cheng Guorong nor Ding Lin are willing to use saboteurs to throw explosive packs to cover the assault team's ascent to the city. Otherwise, once the stock is used up and the city is not broken, the pace of the entire siege will have to slow down.

Good steel should be used where it counts. Although the development of the next generation of explosives has begun, it remains difficult to achieve a qualitative increase in production. The crucial projectile launcher still lacks a breakthrough, leaving everyone feeling somewhat constrained when it comes to fighting.

"However, judging by the current situation, the entire Taijing City's defenses are still very strong. Moreover, with the battle line shortened, the garrison's fighting spirit has been greatly strengthened. We had a chance to break the city today, but they deployed their reserves under the heavy crossbow fire, resulting in our failure."

At the summary meeting, Cheng Guorong said with a hint of regret.

Yes, with a hint of regret.

After all, as the capital of a country, no one thought that the city could be easily broken. If such a routine attempt succeeds, everything will be fine. If it fails, just try a few more times.

"Does the General Staff have any other plans?"

Lin Hai, who was sitting in the first seat, waved his hand, indicating that Cheng Guorong didn't need to worry.

Ma Wen, yes, that is the Ma Wen whose combat command was never completely satisfactory. He finally emerged in this large-scale war. Because of his unique strategic vision, he was appointed by Lin Hai as the first chief of staff (acting) of Qinghe General Staff Headquarters.

In fact, he became the first person who was not a graduate of the first batch of Qinghe College to step into the decision-making center.

Since the General Staff Headquarters was temporarily established outside the city of Taijing, it cannot even be considered a makeshift team. Simply put, it is a separate organization formed by piecing together the capable staff officers from various troops. Therefore, Lin Hai did not expect them to achieve any results immediately, and asking was just a routine matter.

"Principal." Ma Wen stood up. It was obvious that his mental state was better than anyone else present. However, he was obviously one of the hardest-working people during this period. In order to find out the battle situation, he had been running around Taijing City with the people from the General Staff Headquarters. He truly got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the chickens.

Lin Hai took a look at Ma Wen's radiant face in surprise, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that power is indeed the best stimulant.

"The General Staff doesn't have any further opinions on a conventional attack. For now, tunneling and bombing the city is the best option. However, regarding the unusual movements of the Khmer army some time ago, we have a different opinion."

Ma Wen spoke loudly, and what he said attracted everyone's attention.

Indeed, for Qinghe, there is still a question that has not been reasonably explained, that is, why the garrison corps retreated. This is indeed not common sense.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Lin Hai was clearly interested, leaning forward with his hands crossed, supporting his chin. Anyone who knew Lin Hai knew that if you made the right call at this point, you would earn a lot of points in his heart.

"Principal, we've gathered information from all sides. Although we still can't get intelligence out of the city, we believe the Khmer's actions are most likely an attempt to break out."

"Breakout? Impossible." Ding Lin objected. "We considered this possibility from the beginning, but now the entire Cambodian army is basically concentrated in Taijing and Xinyue. Where can they break out to? They can't go to those small cities. The defenses in those places are not as good as Taijing."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Guorong and other senior officers nodded. It's not that they hadn't considered such an obvious answer, but if they put themselves in their shoes, they wouldn't be able to break out either. It's not that the garrison corps couldn't break out even if they tried their best, but where could they go even if they broke out?

"Commander Ding is right. They really can't go to other small cities." Ma Wen paused, leaving the question in suspense, and then continued, "They have to go to Xin Yuetu."

"Hahahahaha, that's even more impossible." Ding Lin laughed. "Xin Yueping is the Khmer king. He fled to Xin Yuetu with a group of defeated soldiers? He would just die a few days later. As soon as he arrived, he would be hacked to death by Xin Yuetu."

"Not necessarily." Cheng Guorong's expression was very serious. "It could also be 'acclimatization problems, sudden illness'. After all, Xinyuetu often interacts with the Intelligence Department, so logically they should have learned a lot."

"Hahahahahaha." Hearing Cheng Guorong's serious joke, everyone laughed. Well, at least the boring atmosphere of the past few days has been reduced a lot.

"Alright." Lin Hai asked everyone to quiet down, then he turned to Ma Wen and said, "Tell me your reasons. You can't just say you were just guessing."

"Principal, colleagues, what Commander Ding said this time is also right." Ma Wen gestured to everyone, but no one cared. Everyone could hear that there was a "but" after his words. Generally speaking, the important content is in the "but".

"But what if we don't bring Xin Yueping with us when we break out? What if we don't even bring his sons with us? Would Xin Yuetu then accept this free armed force? Our opinion is that he would definitely accept it."

Ma Wen is a man who never stops until he makes a shocking statement.

"The capital's garrison broke out with force, leaving the king, the crown prince, and several princes behind and running away?"

Someone muttered to himself in a very doubtful tone.

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