After handing the battle report to Zhao Hao, Zhuo Ya stood aside and said, "They are probably worried that the Gan army will divert the Chu River back into the capital. Xie Daoxun and the Queen of Shu are planning to lead their troops out of the city to fight!"
"The Gan army has been besieging the city for nearly two months. The canal is about to be completed. It is time to fight."
While listening to the report, Zhao Hao looked at the news in his hand and nodded slightly.
"Over there, has the new fleet arrived?"
Zhuo Ya said, "It should be in these few days, if nothing unexpected happens!"
"In half a year at most, we will be able to fully equip our 40,000-strong army."
Zhao Hao sighed and said, "Half a year."
Even though he seems to be doing nothing every day, he is actually very anxious.
The days of waiting are always long.
Now, the new weapons have been equipped to more than 30,000 people.
In fact, it already has relatively strong combat capability.
However, facing a powerful army, 30,000 troops alone are not enough.
Da Gan is constantly training new troops, and eventually he should be able to mobilize a total force of nearly 400,000.
According to his estimation, at least 40,000 people must be armed in order to have a chance of winning.
Even though his weapons are generation-leading, he has to fight enemies with extremely high combat power.
It is not a corrupt regime or an army without combat effectiveness.
Therefore, even if all 40,000 people were assembled, the pressure they would face would still be considerable.
At this time, on the other side, the coalition forces of Wu, Shu and Southern Chu had already taken the initiative to attack from Shangdu City.
Launched an attack on Dagan.
Gan army commander Xiao Chuyun was not at all surprised by the coalition's actions.
Moreover, a response plan has already been prepared.
The two sides engaged in a fierce fight outside the city of Shangdu.
The Queen of Shu kept her promise and sent King Xiaoyao to lead an army of tens of thousands to attack first. Then the armies of Wu and Southern Chu joined in when the two sides were fighting fiercely.
The two sides fought continuously, and soon the battlefield outside the city of Shangdu turned red.
Countless bombs were used by both sides, and the sounds of explosions occurred one after another.
There were also hundreds of sky-blasting cannons, which caused huge casualties to both sides.
While fighting, the coalition forces were also destroying the water conservancy facilities built by the Gan army.
In order to prevent this, the Gan army actually diverted water back into the capital.
After fighting for half a month, the Chu River was dyed red before it finally came to an end.
The coalition forces retreated to the capital city, but the Dagan army remained in a siege and did not withdraw.
However, after half a month of bloody fighting, both sides lost a large number of fresh troops.
The coalition forces suffered even greater losses, reaching 70,000.
The Dagan army had a slightly smaller force, but not by much, losing nearly 45,000 men.
The canals built by the Gan army were also damaged a lot by the bombardment of cannons and thunder bombs.
However, after the truce, the Gan army began to act again and continued to rebuild the canal on the original basis.
After more than half a month of rest, the two sides started fighting again.
This time, the Gan army burst out with even stronger fighting power than last time.
The battle lasted for a full twenty days, and the Gan army wiped out nearly 100,000 coalition troops in one fell swoop.
And its own losses have not exceeded 50,000.
After this battle, Gan's army reversed the situation and completely gained the upper hand.
Although in terms of troop numbers, they are still inferior to the coalition forces.
But, if we keep going, victory in the next battle will surely belong to Dagan.
In the field battle outside the city, the combat effectiveness of Dagan's cavalry was truly terrifying.
During the first war, they lost 45,000 men but only killed about 70,000 coalition troops.
That’s because almost half of them are new troops.
This was the first time he experienced this kind of life-and-death fight, and he had not yet been able to fully unleash his fighting power.
But the second time, it was completely different.
After experiencing a test of life and death, the surviving new army's combat effectiveness has undergone a qualitative change.
Therefore, in the second battle, there were terrible changes.
In Shangdu City.
Xie Daoxun and the Queen of Shu both had solemn expressions on their faces.
In front of the two men stood a group of generals.
Everyone had a very real feeling about the horror of the Dagan army.
No one spoke in the room, only the sound of everyone's slightly heavy breathing could be heard.
After a long time, it was the Queen of Shu who spoke first.
"Mr. Prime Minister, the war has been going on for so long that we cannot stop."
"We must defeat Xiao Chuyun so that Da Gan can feel the pain deeply."
"Let them no longer have the thought of destroying the country."
Xie Daoxun nodded slightly, agreeing with the words of the Queen of Shu.
"We can't fight outside the city again until reinforcements arrive."
“The new army of Ganjun has undergone tremendous changes after these two bloody battles.”
"Their fighting power is too strong."
Sometimes, some things just seem unbelievable.
The people of Wu, Shu, Southern Chu, or Yue, like Dagan, are all from the Central Plains.
Our cultures are not very different.
They both have the same nose and the same head, but why is there such an obvious difference in their fighting capabilities?
Even among the new recruits, the gap is so big.
Speaking of the various countries in Kyushu, only the originally barbaric ones could compete with Da Gan in terms of military combat effectiveness.
This gap is really speechless.
Time quickly came to the end of September, and almost a month had passed since the Second World War.
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