Warlords: Rise of the System

The small counties along the National Salvation Army's route were basically abandoned by the bandit troops.

However, the small county town was looted by the bandit troops, and many people were captured.

Although the National Salvation Army took over these counties, what they took over was a mess.

Most of the young and middle-aged people were captured by the bandits, leaving only the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, women and children.

After taking over these counties, the National Salvation Army carried out a series of appeasement and arrangements.

All the young and strong men in the city had been captured by the bandit troops, and it was impossible to recruit any soldiers.

They could only recruit soldiers from villages near the county town, and finally managed to recruit a team of thousands of new soldiers, forming a city defense regiment to defend the county town.

After several days of rest and consolation, the recovered county town gradually stabilized.

Leaving behind a team to defend the city, the rest of the National Salvation Army continued to advance.

The bandits' troops were concentrated in the big cities, so the National Salvation Army's troops no longer needed to recapture each city and town one by one. They could advance directly towards the big cities where the bandits were stationed.

Ding Xuguang's 3rd Armored Division, together with Jiao Yajun's 2nd Armored Brigade, besieged a large city occupied by bandits.

The bandits' troops stationed in this city reached a brigade-level force of as many as seven or eight thousand people, and the supporting troops reached over ten thousand people.

The bandit troops built a large number of fortresses in this city, and even more bunkers inside and outside several city gates.

The construction of the bunker has not been completed yet, and there are still many people going in and out to build the bunker.

What made the National Salvation Army even more angry was that the bandit troops had laid mines on the open space outside the city, leaving only one road into the city in every direction.

The bandits placed warning signs directly in the minefields they had set up, and even pretended to be kind enough to remind the people of Tianlong Kingdom not to enter the minefields at will.

It was also because of this that the National Salvation Army troops knew that there was a minefield set up by the bandits in the open area outside the city wall.

The bandits are playing an open strategy this time, they are telling the National Salvation Army openly, do you want to attack this city?

Either clear the minefield or attack along the only passage.

Even the dumbest person would have guessed that this only passage must have a trap set by the bandit troops.

In the temporary command center, Ding Xuguang and Jiao Yajun gathered together.

Jiao Yajun said, "Old Ding, I didn't expect you to recruit so many soldiers last time.

"You were able to get ahead of us and be promoted to division commander. Aren't you a bit unkind?"

Ding Xuguang smiled slightly, "The area where I was stationed took advantage of me, which allowed me to recruit so many soldiers all at once. It was really beyond my expectation.

I was just one step ahead of others.

Once you have recruited enough people, you will be promoted quickly.

Let's not discuss this anymore.

What we are discussing now is how to take over this city in front of us?

The bandits have built this city into a solid fortress. It won't be easy for us to take it down."

Jiao Yajun also restrained his smile, "Why didn't I realize that the bandits were so shameless before?

Since I joined the National Salvation Army, I realized that the bandits were not that great. It seemed that they were no match for the National Salvation Army.

The bandits are now acting just like a bunch of shameless hooligans, using a rogue style of play."

Ding Xuguang sighed, "Yes, when we fought against the bandits before, they completely overwhelmed us in terms of weapons and equipment as well as combat effectiveness.

Although the bandits at that time hated them very much, I still admired their fighting ability and ferocity.

But only now do I realize that it was because they had the advantage that they performed like that.

I didn't expect that the bandits who were at a disadvantage would become so shameless and even use the people as a shield. This is simply a disgrace to the soldiers."

Jiao Yajun said angrily, "This bandit will do anything to achieve his goal.

They built so many bunkers and fortresses and imprisoned our people in them.

In this way, we have no way to use heavy weapons to destroy these bunkers and fortresses.

With the defense of these bunkers and fortresses, it will be difficult for us to enter the city even if we have to pay a heavy price."

Ding Xuguang pondered for a moment and said, "We can't just attack head-on, we have to think of other ways.

We can send out some special forces, have them disguise themselves as ordinary people and enter the city.

When night comes, let them find a way to eliminate the bandits in the blockhouses and fortresses at the city gate.

Then we will kill the patrolling bandits on the city wall, open the city gate, and let our troops enter the city."

Jiao Yajun nodded in agreement, "This is a good idea, but how can these special forces that have infiltrated the city obtain weapons?"

Ding Xuguang thought for a moment and said, "These special forces are all top soldiers, and they will obtain weapons and equipment from the bandits.

Besides, we asked them to launch a sneak attack. If they use guns, can it still be considered a sneak attack?"

Only then did Jiao Yajun remember that these special forces were all top soldiers.

Killing off a few bandits in the guard towers and some patrolling bandits on the city wall shouldn't be a difficult problem.

Jiao Yajun himself was trained to be a soldier king, but after several battles, he was protected so tightly by the guards that he had no place to use his skills.

It is precisely because of this that he has no idea how much combat ability he, the King of Soldiers, has.

Speaking of these special forces, they are all guard forces used to protect high-ranking military officers.

When Lu Tianhao was training, each unit trained a number of top soldiers.

Some of these soldiers served as officers in the army, and some served as guards to protect the safety of senior officers.

Another part served as reconnaissance troops.

When the National Salvation Army besieged the city, the bandits did not close the city gates because there were a large number of troops and people from the Tianlong Kingdom in the city.

Not to mention food, just the daily vegetables require a large amount of supply from the people outside the city. It is precisely because of this that the people can enter and exit normally during the day.

It's just that the search is more rigorous.

Jiao Yajun and Ding Xuguang selected 100 soldiers who were at the level of military king, asked them to pretend to be ordinary people, carry some vegetables and food, and sneak into the city.

As night fell, the 100 soldiers who entered the city were divided into several groups and quietly sneaked near the target.

They are just waiting for the right time to launch military action.