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Chapter 509 Fortress Line

At the junction of the forces of Zheng Zhu in the north and Ruan Zhu in the south of Annan Kingdom, there are two fortress lines stretching for more than ten kilometers. They lie between the high mountains in the west and the sea in the east. south.The walls of these two fortress lines are about six meters high, and at intervals above, a European-style cannon purchased from Westerners is erected.

These two impregnable fortress lines were built by Tao Weici, the first counselor sent by Ruan Lord Ruan Fuyuan.The most important fort of the first fort line is Changyu Fort, while the most important fort of the second fort line is Changde Fort.Originally, both lines of defense were controlled by the Ruan family.However, Lord Zheng bought a lot of firearms from the Kyushu Army in the past few years, and also cooperated with the Dutch and Spaniards, which led to the great increase in the strength of Lord Zheng's [-] Imperial Forest Army. ordinary army.During Zheng Zhu's southern expedition last year, the Imperial Forest Army, which used a large number of firearms, stormed Changyu Fortress. As a result, the Ruan family's army had to destroy the cannons deployed at Changyu Fortress after suffering heavy casualties, and retreated to Changde Fortress.

Because of the instability in the north, Lord Zheng returned to the north to destroy the Mo family in Gaoping first, when he failed to conquer the Changde base in one go.

The two families stationed defenders in Changyu Lei and Changde Lei respectively to guard against each other.The Ruan family had [-] soldiers living in Changde Base, and the new general of the Ruan family, Ruan Youjin, led this army.

"Changyu Fort is a bit quiet today. Why don't those Yankees yell and scold today?" A soldier of the Ruan family, carrying a bow and arrow, stood on the two-foot-high wall of Changde Fort, looking at Changyu Fort in the distance.

According to the past practice, the Zheng family's army would send a small team to the base of Changde every day to call for battle.But today it was eerily quiet.

"Maybe they were so busy sleeping with their mother-in-law last night that they couldn't get out of bed, so they didn't bother to come down and scold them!"

"Hahaha." A group of Ruan family soldiers on the city wall laughed.

The guard Ruan Youjin stood at the head of the Changde Fortress, his eyes were a little cautious.After several years on the battlefield, he has an amazing awareness of danger.

Ruan Youjin clutched his heart, he actually felt an ominous premonition, this premonition was like the nervousness that Ruan Youjin felt when Lord Zheng suddenly launched an attack on Chang Yulei last year.

"Not good, send me a military order!" Ruan Youjin seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly called the messenger, "Order all the soldiers to go up to the city wall and load gunpowder! The cook prepares the dry food as soon as possible, and there will be no time to cook for them when the fight starts." It's time for dinner!"

"My lord, this is..." The messenger couldn't help but change color when he heard Ruan Youjin's first-level combat readiness.

"Stop talking nonsense, go and execute it!" Ruan Youjin shouted.

"Yes!" The messenger almost trotted to inform the small officers in each fort section, and the small officers urged their soldiers to go up to the city wall by cursing and kicking.Although they don't know why Ruan Youjin urgently summoned all the troops without any news of the enemy.

"General Ruan Youjin, why did you look in a hurry, and why did you summon all the troops?" A man in silk came over with a few guards.

"Your Highness, Second Prince." Ruan Youjin saw the man in his 30s and hurriedly saluted him, "My subordinates saw that Chang Yulei was unusually quiet at this time, and there was much more smoke than usual in the morning, so he was vigilant. Therefore, all the soldiers were assembled urgently, and I hope His Royal Highness the Second Prince will forgive me."

"Could it be that the northern army is about to invade the south again?" Ruan Fulan, the second prince of the Ruan family, asked.

"Nine times out of ten." Ruan Youjin said firmly.

Ruan Fulan's complexion became not so good-looking: "Last year, Master Zheng invaded the south and took away the Changyu Fortress, and also made three thousand of our brave soldiers die obliquely. If the Changde Fortress is lost this time, Master Zheng's The Imperial Forest Army will drive straight in, and we, Fuchun, will have no danger to defend."

"Your Highness, Second Prince, please don't worry. I, Ruan Youjin, swear on my life that I will guard the Changde Fortress with the soldiers. I will not let Lord Zheng take advantage of it!" Ruan Youjin said.

"Thank you, Ruan Youjin is a general," Ruan Fulan said.

Clang, clang!There was a golden sound on the wall of Changde Fortress, and all the soldiers who had climbed the wall of Changde Fortress looked in the direction of Changyu Fortress.

The wooden city gate of Changyu Base was pushed open, and groups of heavily armed Northern Imperial Forest Army soldiers crossed Changyu Base. At the same time, a bronze cannon was dragged out of Changyu Base by mules and horses.The soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army who had crossed the Changde Fortress formed a square formation between the two fort lines to prevent the soldiers of the Ruan family in the Changde Fortress from rushing out of the Changde Fortress.

In addition to the Imperial Forest Army soldiers and bronze cannons, there were also huge monsters like thick walls coming out of the wooden city gate.When they walked, the ground trembled.This is a special unit of the Annan Kingdom - War Elephants.

Above Changyu Base, there are officers of the Imperial Forest Army commanding the Imperial Forest Army to deploy.

"The Yankees are coming again!" the soldiers of the Ruan family in Changde Lei panicked.It was only at this moment that they realized how accurate Ruan Youjin's premonition was, and Lord Zheng was indeed preparing to launch another southern expedition!

"It is estimated that there are more than 1 Imperial Forest Army assembled in front of our Changde Base. Including the Imperial Forest Army defending Changyu Base and the backup army, Lord Zheng has assembled 3 people in Changyu Base!" Ruan Youjin said.

"Impossible! The enemy's standing army in Changyulei is about 5000 people. How could it be possible to double the number of defenders without us getting the information?" Ruan Fulan said in surprise.

"This situation shows that there is something wrong with us internally. The dignitaries are blocking the news. As a result, Lord Zheng can send more troops without anyone noticing. Now there are 3 soldiers in the Royal Forest Army, and our defense line is only 8000 people. To defend such a long fort line, the battle will probably be very tragic." Ruan Youjin sighed.

"The rich and powerful? What kind of bastard would dare to eat inside and outside!" Ruan Fulan said angrily, "Don't they know that this is the most critical time for our Ruan family?! The firearms we sent to the heavens to ask for have not yet arrived, so what do we have to guard the head? German base!"

"Your Highness, Second Prince, now is not the time to find out who is the traitor of our Ruan family. We must hold the last line of defense of Changde Base. You should ask Fuchun City for reinforcements, and ask the Lord to lead 3, no, [-] Soldiers rushed to help our Changde base. If my subordinates guessed correctly, the main force of Lord Zheng's southern invasion would definitely not be only these [-] people, and soon Lord Zheng would personally lead the army out, and our Changde base is at stake!" Ruan Youjin said.

"Okay, I'll write a letter to ask my father for help!" Ruan Fulan saw the densely packed Imperial Forest Army soldiers under the Changde Fortress, and his hands trembled.

(End of this chapter)