The information brought by Pan Cheng made everyone silent for a while.

Xiao Nan stood up and wanted to speak, but he didn't say anything and sat down again.

"What's wrong?" Wei Shuangling asked.

Gu Jiao smiled and spoke, "Commander Xiao wanted to go and help, but he hesitated. ”

Xiao Nan nodded, and said with some bitterness: "We don't have enough manpower, so we can help a little, but we will suffer a big loss." ”

"Commander Xiao, this favor can be helped, but how to help can be completely decided by us. Fan Tuanshou squinted his eyes and looked at Xiao Nandao.

When Xiao Nan heard this, he was overjoyed, and soon ordered the team to be assembled, but before he could set off, he saw Pan Cheng running to Xiao Nan quickly.

"Commander Xiao, just now another scout came to report quickly, the battle outside Ikeda City has stopped, the army of cultivators has retreated into the city, and the remaining nearly 200,000 evil spirits have also evacuated more than ten kilometers outside Ikeda City. ”

Gu Jiao and the other officers looked at each other, and someone spoke: "This evil spirit army also has a commander and command. ”

Xiao Nan stroked his forehead, "Let's disband and rest, don't let your guard down, Pan Cheng, always pay attention to the direction over there, and also find out the terrain everywhere." ”

"Commander Xiao, don't worry, these boys under my command, each of them is clever, now I will personally go around here for two days and draw a topographic map to hand over to you. ”

After Pan Cheng finished speaking, he disappeared into the night, and the officers also issued an order to disband and rest to the Fu Demon sergeants who had just assembled and were ready to leave.

The next day, a group of scouts came to report, the first saying that the battle outside Ikeda Castle was fierce, the second saying that the cultivators defending the castle had lost a lot of people, and the last one was near noon, when the battle was over, and thick smoke was billowing everywhere, and the cries of the wounded in the castle shook the sky.

All the officers were very uncomfortable when they heard this, and only a few miles away the reserve army was quite enthusiastic, and suddenly, more than two thousand new men were added, and they were from two powerful forces.

In the afternoon, the non-commissioned officers who had nothing to do also joined the training of the reserve army, and the wounded who had not yet recovered were still taken care of very intimately, which was carried out by those caregivers under Xiao Nan's repeated emphasis.

The Offshore Sect, the Xingyue Sect, and the Songhemen would receive news from the Harrier Eagle from within the Demon Army every day.

Even Zhuge Huairen of the Xuanling Sect would occasionally receive information about the Demon Suppression Legion.

"Sect Master, the evil spirits have always been blocked by several cities in the south, and all the sects have converged, although there is damage, but it has not yet achieved the goal we want. Elder Pang said to Zhuge Huairen, who was drinking in a big cup.

In the attic, there was a table of sumptuous wine and food, but only the two of them sat in the main place.

Zhuge Huairen lifted the wine jug and poured wine into Elder Pang's wine glass first, Elder Pang hurriedly stretched out his hand, wanting to refuse, "Sect Master, how can this be done!"

Zhuge Huairen shook his head at him and sighed: "You can be casual with me today, these years, you have been running around, the most tired, I have seen all this." ”

"Sect Master, I am a member of the Xuanling Sect, and it is my duty to do these things. ”

Zhuge Huairen snorted lightly, "I have already explained to Chen Jianqiu of the Capricorn Sect, let him set aside a few more pieces of land, and let the heirs of your Pang family manage them." ”

Elder Pang got up, arched his hands, and said resolutely: "Sect Master, please rest assured, I have already instructed the Pang family that no matter where they go, they will do things for the Xuanling Sect, and they will be loyal to you without shirk!"

Zhuge Huairen pressed a fat hand towards him, "Sit down and sit down, in the future, when you and I are alone, be more casual and don't talk about these politeness." ”

Immediately, he brought the wine glass to his lips and drank it all, put down the wine glass, his face trembled, and said loudly: "The Capricorn Sect itself dispatched 30,000 disciples, and united with other sects in the north, a total of 150,000 people, and has gone south. ”

"Hehe, there's a good show to watch!" Elder Pang actually knew the news.

"Lao Pang, there is one thing, I'm afraid you haven't thought of it yet. ”

"Sect Master, please say, what's the matter?" Elder Pang had a solemn expression.

"The Capricorn Sect has gone all the way south, and the land it has conquered also has many cities that belong to us. ”

Elder Pang frowned, "Sect Master, in fact, I also thought about it, I was going to inform our people in advance to pretend to resist, and then retreat back to the sect. ”

"Hahaha" Zhuge Huairen laughed when he heard this, his eyes that were deeply immersed in the flesh flashed, and he said to him: "Elder Pang, I really didn't expect that you would also be confused. ”

"Sect Master, do you have a more suitable plan?"

"Well, I have already discussed with Chen Jianqiu, their army will go south, and there will be countless sieges, and there will be ...... of sects that surrender and join them. ”

Before he finished speaking, Elder Pang's face turned grim, and he shook his head and said, "How can you do that?" The eastern cities that belong to our Xuanling Sect, there are at least hundreds, all of them do not resist, and all of them have joined their troops, not to mention the other three major sects, even ordinary sects will be suspicious. ”

Zhuge Huairen glanced at him dissatisfied, "Who said it would be so obvious? It's just that a few were forced to join them after feigning resistance." ”

When he said this, he drank the wine in his cup again, "Other cities, let some of them abandon the city directly, and some abandon the city after some resistance, don't let them go back to the sect, just mess around in the east to be a rogue, and finally find an opportunity to integrate into the team of the Capricorn Sect." ”

When Elder Pang heard this, he slapped the table and got up, and said with excitement on his face: "Wonderful, Sect Master's plan is extremely wonderful!"

When he said this, his brow suddenly furrowed.

"What's wrong?"

He sat down again and muttered, "Sect Master, there are quite a few of those people, hundreds of thousands,

Give it all to the Capricorn Sect?"

"You are confused! Wouldn't I have thought of this? I naturally agreed with Chen Jianqiu, and afterwards, of course, those people would still return to our Xuanling Sect. ”

Elder Pang smiled, and his face immediately relaxed, "Sect Master, without further ado, I will immediately go and write a secret letter, and inform them city by city." ”

"Well, by the way, our Capricorn Sect disciples and disciples of the First Pyloric Sect in the back mountain, you also go and inform them, let them be ready, set off at any time, go and kill the one surnamed Xiao for me, hum, the ...... of the Demon Army. ”

"Sect Master, this matter is getting more and more tricky, several of them are mixed together, two days ago I received news from Ikeda Castle, saying that even the people of Huacang Sect and Dongjun Sect have now joined that kid's demon army. ”

Zhuge Huairen's eyes were straight, and he snorted after a while: "I always have some bad premonitions, that kid is indeed a little evil." ”

"I've informed our people in the Valley of the Ghast that the Demon Army is the main target. ”

Zhuge Huairen nodded and groaned: "You contact the people of the Ghast Valley again, and I will send another 10,000 disciples to help." ”

As the half-moon passed, the evil spirits outside Ikeda Castle gathered more and more, and the number of defenders inside the castle increased.

Xiao Nan's team was stationed in the mountains hundreds of miles behind Ikeda Castle, during this time, the soldiers and Xinding had nothing to do except training, and the Demon Army added nearly 500 soldiers, and more will be added in half a month.

This made Xiao Nan feel at ease, as did the others in the Demon Army.

Some of the affairs in the army are already on the right track, and the officers only need to complete the daily routine step by step.

This made Xiao Nan a lot easier, during this time, in addition to practicing the water breaking style of the Ten Styles of Xiaotian every day, he returned to the open cave to meditate and absorb.

In the afternoon, Xiao Nan was holding the spirit stone in his hand and absorbing it quietly, hearing the footsteps, he looked up at the entrance of the cave, and after a while, the incomparably beautiful figure walked in from the outside.

"Why are you back? Miss Han doesn't have to ask you to train them?"

Wei Shuangling ignored him, but his flushed cheeks were flat, as if covered with a veil of chagrin.

Her eyes went straight, but she didn't look in the direction where Xiao Nan was, and moved a chair with her feet so that it was facing the outside of the cave, and then she sat down angrily.

Xiao Nan hurriedly got up, came to her, leaned over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

There was no response, but she pushed her to the side.

Xiao Nan was suddenly confused, and leaned over again beside her and asked, "Who made you unhappy?"

As soon as his words fell, Wei Shuangling suddenly turned his head, his eyes were like two scorching flames, and he rushed to his face, "It's you!"

"What's wrong with me? I didn't do anything?" Xiao Nan rolled his eyes a few times in surprise, making a reminiscence.

Her face was dark, and she turned her head just as quickly, staring straight at the lead-gray sky outside the cave.

Xiao Nan dragged a chair, sat down next to her, leaned sideways, and carefully fed her a few times, but did not get a response.

His head was close to her neck, and a faint fragrance swam into his heart, causing him to shake his mind and fall into a temporary intoxication.

He came closer, breathing greedily, Wei Shuangling tried to maintain her mood, but the breath from the other party's nose disturbed her skin, making her shrug her shoulders and tilt her head.

With this movement, the side of his forehead touched his lips that were very close, "You ......." ”

Her words "you" were barely pronounced on his lips.

There was pain, but Xiao Nan didn't mind, his hands first wrapped around the other party's shoulders, then moved up to her head, and then moved down, shoulders, back, waist, and finally was hugged by him and hugged into his arms, and the two also sat together.

The two of them sat together like this all afternoon.

"It's been half a year, and you rarely say a word to me. ”

"That's why you're mad about this?"

"No!" In fact, the grievances accumulated in her chest suddenly churned again, and her eyes were heavy and full of tears.

"I sometimes wonder how I have changed so much in the past six months, maybe I can't help myself, I used to just want to stay with you and travel around, but now I have to worry about it. ”

"You don't want this?" Wei Shuangling forgot for a moment the unhappiness he was frustrating in his chest.

"Didn't I say I couldn't help myself? I don't want to do this, it's not the only way. He looked at the wonderful face in his arms, and suddenly reached out to sneak attack, but was quickly blocked by Wei Shuangling's skillful blocking.

Xiao Nan sighed and said with emotion: "I want to do this, but I can't do this! ”

Wei Shuangling sneered, put his head on his chest, his face flushed, and snorted: "Then you are in such a hurry, anyway, ...... in the future." ”

It was not until evening that the two of them got up from their lingering seldom, walked out of the cave, and walked towards the camp at the bottom of the mountain.

The scouts also reported that the number of evil spirits was still gradually increasing, and they were already in front of Ikeda Castle and on the left and right sides, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

"It's weird, why don't they close? Han Yusheng said.

Xiao Nan was in a particularly comfortable mood because of the afternoon, and said with a smile: "That means that the evil spirit army is not ready to start a war immediately, they are still waiting." If the siege is closed, it will force the army of cultivators in Ikeda Castle to attack. ”

"Shall we continue to wait?" asked one officer.

"Actually, you can also go to fight from time to time, as Fan Tuanshou said last time, don't fight with them

, just flexibly lead some out to fight, do a good job of covering, and withdraw when you feel dangerous, you can consume some of them. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Xiao Nan looked around at everyone: "Do you want to fight?"

"Yes!" said several officers in unison, their expressions immediately excited.

Xiao Nan nodded and smiled, removed the teacups and saucers on the long table in front of him, took out the map from the dragon ball, and spread it out on the long table.

"Everybody, come here, we're going to do a surprise attack on them tonight. ”

All the people gathered around, and those with low official positions had to go to the periphery, Xun Yue, Wei Shuangqi and a few other little women had to stand on chairs and stools, but in front of them were Xun Qianhu, Lu Miaoying and others.

"You see, on the left side of Ikeda Castle, the evil spirit army here is closest to us, and we will attack this side tonight. Xiao Nan pointed to the simple map and said to everyone.

"Gu Jiao, you have four hundred people now, right?"

Gu Jiao nodded, Xiao Nan pointed to a hill and said to him: "This place is about thirty miles away from the Evil Spirit Army, so you can take your people to ambush here and wait." ”

"Can I participate this time?" Gu Mengluo stretched out his slender jade hand and asked as he pointed at Xiao Nan.

Xiao Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "There is no training at night, you can go." ”

He moved his finger and continued: "This place is about twenty miles away from the evil spirit, this is a vacant land, Fan Tuanshou, you take your people to ambush in the south, Han Tuanshou, you take your people to ambush in the north." ”

The two who are focused are promises.

"Uncle Weisan. ”

"Me?" Third Uncle Wei was surprised when he suddenly heard Xiao Nan call him.

"Well, it's you, you have a reserve army of 1,500 men lying in ambush on this hill, this is the last line of defense, about forty miles away from the evil spirit army. ”

"Okay, great!" Uncle Wei touched his head excitedly.

"Xun Qianhu, your task is the most arduous!" Xiao Nan looked at her after speaking.

"Say!" she urged.

"Your Sharp Knife Battalion, responsible for the initial raid lure, you now have one hundred and eighty men?"

"Well, nearly a hundred and ninety. ”

Xiao Nan nodded, looked at her solemnly and said, "You and Wei Shuangling have remembered for me, don't fall in love with each other, retreat while fighting, and remember not to let the evil spirit army surround your back road." ”

"Understood!" Xun Qianhu replied decisively.

"He Xian, Yi Feng, the ambulance team you are two with you, follow the head of the Xun camp to fight. Remember to be flexible, your main task is to care for the wounded!"

Today, the ambulance team has also increased by more than a dozen.

"Wait until you retreat to the ambush of the two regiments. Xiao Nan looked at Fan and Han, the two leaders, "It's time for you two to attack, and don't let the evil spirits block your back road, if you can fight, you can fight, if you can't fight, you will retreat." ”

"Understand, lead the evil spirit to the ambush of the head of the Gu camp. Fan Tuanshou said in a low voice.

"Xun Qianhu, your people are very critical at this time, if you fight for a long time, you have to lead your people and temporarily take shelter behind Gu Jiao's team to rest for a while. ”

When his words came to this, Xun Qianhu pondered for a long time before he replied in a deep voice: "I understand that your arrangement is to let us cover everyone's evacuation in the event that we are invincible." ”

Xiao Nan smiled knowingly and nodded with satisfaction, "There is also an ambulance team, don't fight hard, the situation behind is the most unfavorable for you, you can't leave an injured brother behind!"

He Xian and Yi Feng knew that the responsibility was heavy, and although they were promising in their mouths, their hearts sank.

Xiao Nan slowly moved his gaze, looking for something, and suddenly set his eyes on Wei Shuangqi.

"What's wrong?" Wei Shuangqi asked with wide eyes.

"You are following Gu Jiao's team this time. ”

"Why?"

"Shuangqi, you will listen to him this time. Wei Shuangling hurriedly turned his head and pleaded softly.

"Don't you think my cultivation is low? Wei Shuangqi's tears suddenly welled up.

"Shuangqi, what's wrong with me. Lu Miaoying also comforted on the side.

"And us, me and Dong Guo Jing are also there. Xun Yue immediately put his arm around her shoulders.

At this moment, Han Yusheng smiled and said, "Commander Xiao, I know that we are not qualified to fight now, but you can also arrange some things for us to do!"

"Tonight, you must be on guard, there are still dozens of unhealed wounded in the camp, this battle, there will definitely be some sent back one after another, if you are not defeated, withdraw to Uncle Wei's side, you must retreat hundreds of miles as soon as possible, this is it!" Xiao Nan tapped a spot on the map and said to him.

"Uncle Wei, you are our last support, it is very likely that we will not be able to fight on your side, if the evil neighbor pursues us to you, it is up to you to bring the reserve army to buy us some time, so that we can ease and repair. ”

"Please rest assured that the quality of this reserve army of 1,500 people is basically the same as that of the Demon Army, and the establishment is also very complete. ”

Of course, Xiao Nan also understood Uncle Wei's words, otherwise, he would not have sent this team out in a hurry.

"The key to the success or failure of this mission is only one point, that is, don't let the evil spirit army block our retreat route, you ....... He looked around, his gaze lingering for a moment on each officer's face.

"Understood!" After all the people he had been staring at had answered these two words, he waved his hand and let Feng Yan send a signal to assemble and set off.

The miscellaneous footsteps soon sounded, and Xiao Nan ran at the front with Hongmei.

The night was hazy and windless, and the grass and trees on both sides of the line trembled in the sound of rapid marching footsteps.