The fifth prince, Hibrom, then gave a decisive order to Augustus, commander of the Ninth Royal Legion: "Commander Augustus, for the next siege, send out a 10,000-man force of Desert Heavy Infantry.
No matter how great the cost, this prince must capture Lingbao City!"
Lingbao City was originally only garrisoned with 50,000 Qin elite soldiers from the 21st Regiment of the Imperial Guards. However, because the Han Kingdom was going to declare war on the Apulian Empire, 50,000 Modao soldiers and 50,000 Beifu soldiers from the 20th Regiment of the Imperial Guards also entered Lingbao City, bringing the garrison strength of Lingbao City to 150,000.
Cao Ren, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 21st Regiment, saw a group of heavily armored Apulian Empire soldiers carrying ladders approaching the city wall from a distance. He could not help but say to Meng Tian, the commander-in-chief of the 20th Regiment of the Imperial Guards, "They're using barbarian heavy infantry. These barbarian heavy infantry are very difficult to deal with."
Meng Tian then asked, "Should we transfer some soldiers from the 20th Regiment to the city walls?"
Cao Ren smiled slightly. "Barbarian heavy infantry are difficult to deal with, but I'm not referring to when we're attacking a city. I've prepared a great gift for them."
The great gift Cao Ren mentioned was actually the boiling golden liquid in the row of iron pots on the city wall, that is, feces.
The heavy armor of the Desert Heavy Infantry could not withstand the boiling gold juice. A team of 10,000 Desert Heavy Infantrymen was eventually drenched in gold juice and collapsed.
The Apulian Empire's Royal Sixth Legion and Royal Ninth Legion attacked Lingbao City for seven days. In addition to suffering more than 80,000 casualties, they failed to capture even a corner of Lingbao City.
Augustus, commander of the Ninth Royal Legion, then advised the Fifth Prince, Hibrom, “Your Highness, it seems that the Han army in Lingbao City has more troops than we expected.
There is no point in continuing the attack, and the Han army's reinforcements will arrive at any time. I think it is time to retreat."
Grip, commander of the Sixth Royal Army, also advised, "Your Highness, there is a saying in the Han Kingdom that victory and defeat are common.
It seems that our plan to capture Lingbao City this time is impossible to achieve."
The fifth prince, Xiboluom, also knew that this surprise attack on Lingbao City would fail, so he said dejectedly, "It seems that our idea of capturing Lingbao City as a gift for my father's seventieth birthday is impossible to realize."
However, when the Apulian Empire's Royal Sixth Legion and Royal Ninth Legion were preparing to withdraw, they found that a large number of Han troops appeared around them.
So they had to turn the retreat into a breakout.
But what the fifth prince Hibrom and the two legion commanders did not know was that at this time, more than five million Han troops had gathered around them, and more Han troops were rushing over in a steady stream.
As a result, the Apulian Empire's Royal Sixth Legion and Royal Ninth Legion failed to break out and were trapped in a mountainous area west of Lingbao City.
"Bang——"
Abramo, the Emperor of the Apulian Empire, slammed the desk in front of him and said, "Who allowed Xiboluom to lead two royal legions to attack Lingbao City of the Han Kingdom without permission?
Why hasn't anyone reported this massive military operation to me?"
At this time, the Prime Minister of the Apulian Empire, Duke Andrea, said: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince wants to capture Lingbao City of the Han Kingdom and also wants to present a gift for Your Majesty's seventieth birthday.
"I wanted to give Your Majesty a surprise, but I didn't expect the Han Kingdom to react so quickly. In less than ten days, they mobilized a large army to surround the Sixth and Ninth Royal Legions."
Duke Andea is the uncle of the fifth prince Xibrom, so of course he has to make excuses for the fifth prince Xibrom. Duke Andea also supports the fifth prince Xibrom's plan to capture Lingbao City.
When Emperor Abramo heard Duke Andea say this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, but he didn't continue to pursue the matter of the fifth prince Hibrom secretly leading two royal legions to attack Lingbao City.
Duke Andea, as the Prime Minister of the Apulian Empire, has always been the right-hand man of Emperor Abramo. Now that Duke Andea has spoken, Emperor Abramo has to give him some face.
"Everyone, tell us what you want to say! How can we rescue the Royal Sixth Legion and the Royal Ninth Legion?" Emperor Abramo said in a deep voice.
As soon as Emperor Abramo finished speaking, the eldest prince Bogdan said loudly: "Father, I am willing to lead the army to rescue my fifth brother and the two royal legions."
The eldest prince Bogdan should be the first heir to the throne of the Apulian Empire, but his biological mother was of humble origin, so the nobles of the Apulian Empire were unwilling to let the eldest prince Bogdan inherit the throne.
This also meant that among Emperor Abramo's sons, the eldest prince Bogdan had the least military power. He only had an independent legion stationed in the imperial capital, which was under the command of the eldest prince Bogdan.
Duke Andrea pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it would be best if we could mobilize a few nearby legions to rescue the Sixth and Ninth Royal Legions, so as to avoid being too late."
Among his sons, Emperor Abramo actually loved the fifth prince Hibrom the most, so he agreed to Duke Andrea's suggestion and immediately mobilized the other two royal legions and seven independent legions near the border of the Han Kingdom to rescue the fifth prince Hibrom and the trapped Royal Sixth Legion and Royal Ninth Legion.
However, Emperor Abramo never expected that Sun Hao had already set up a large net, waiting for the rescue troops of the Apulian Empire to come in.
As a result, the 1.2 million troops of the two royal legions and seven independent legions were surrounded and annihilated by the four imperial guards and eight forbidden guards of the Han army in just two days.
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