No one expected that the reinforcements of the Long Xiang Army would come so quickly!

No one expected that Chen Hai had built a thousand-mile passage connecting Liquan and Hengshan between the mountains at the western foot of Qintong Mountain in the past few years, and the lords were unaware of this!

If Dong Chou hadn't seen the rock-breaking chariot digging and collapsing the tunnel mouth with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that all this was true. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is relatively easy to pave plank roads and erect iron bridges in the deep mountains, but the sixteen tunnels and potholes with a total length of 160 miles are located in the depths of the rock formations, and they have to be dug inch by inch.

The reinforcements of the Long Xiang army came so quickly, the Nine Domains Alliance had not yet completed the final preparations for attacking Juquan Ridge at this time, and had just collected thousands of scales of the primary thunder demon beasts, and prepared to make a mine-fighting chariot in order to approach the mountain gate of the Tianji Academy, and also planned to create a batch of heavy catapults to limit the power of the heavenly machine weapons possessed by the Longxiang army.

However, all these preparations of the Nine Feudal Alliance Army have just begun, and the newly formed Guining Army of the Tianji Academy Palace, plus the Fourth Town Division of the Longxiang Army that has been reinforced, has already reached 200,000 soldiers and horses.

They didn't even understand that the 400,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Long Xiang army in Tianjun City and Tongkou to guard against the Liangyong Miao clan and the Hexi Dong clan had not decreased, so where did the new 100,000 elites come from?

The reinforcements of the Long Xiang army were assembled earlier than expected, and the coalition army of the Nine Domains could only retreat in Liquan City, but on the Gyeonggi Plain, Yu Zonghu would lead the Tiger Roar battalion to attack Guining City at any time, and Chen Hai would not give the coalition army of the Nine Domains any chance to delay.

Moreover, since the two sides have reached the point where they have drawn their swords against each other, Chen Hai naturally wants to completely abolish the previous agreement on the co-governance of Liquan by the nine feudatories, and expel the forces of the nine feudatories from Liquan, Tongbei Mansion, and Qintong Mountain, and will not continue to suck blood comfortably on the Tianji Xue Palace.

On December 28, the 83rd year of Emperor Yitian, Chen Hailiu left 40,000 Guining troops to garrison Juquanling, gathered 100,000 elite Longxiang troops and 60,000 new soldiers of the Guining army, divided into five wings of soldiers and horses on the left, center, and right, and marched to Liquan City, dozens of miles away.

Chen Hai, Zhao Ruhui, Guo Hongju and others stood on the chariot and slowly approached with the Chinese army.

In the past few days, the coalition army of the Nine Domains has also accelerated the construction of fortifications outside Liquan City.

A wooden fence wall spreads along the foot of the stone ridge on the west wing of Liquan City, stretching for thirty or forty miles to the south bank of the Tong River.

The stone ridge on the west wing is not too steep, and the highest mountain is only three or four hundred meters, but around the three main peaks in the shape of "product", the Nine Domains Alliance Army built three large camps outside the city of Liquan and behind the wooden fence wall.

On the steep ridges and peaks, the warlords of the Nine Domains Coalition built wooden towers and placed heavy crossbows, and in the ice and snow, the quenched heavy arrows on the muzzles of the crossbows flashed with a lethal chill.

These heavenly chariots were not additionally transported in by the Nine Domains, but were directly stored in Liquan by the Nine Domains in case there was any change, but they were not expected to be used to resist the attack of the Long Xiang Army on Liquan.

Dong Chou did not deploy the war bird battalion on the forward position, but from Liquan City to the Xiling position, there was only a distance of fourteen or fifteen miles, and it could cover it like a violent thundercloud at any time to block the offensive of the Long Xiang army.

"It seems that Dong Chou still has illusions, thinking that with 100,000 rabble, he can really block us to the west of Liquan City!"

Chen Hai watched the defensive situation of the Nine Feudatories Coalition Army outside Liquan City, knowing that Dong Chou had not completely despaired, and still wanted to use the mountainous terrain on the western flank of Liquan City to deploy a defensive formation and block their pace to the west of Liquan.

In this way, as long as they can hold Liquan City and block the plan of the Longxiang army to reinforce Gyeonggi, Dong Chou's plan will not be considered bankrupt.

In the face of the surging Long Xiang Army and the Guining Army like a tide, Dong Chou, who was standing on the main peak of Xiling and watching the battle, had a calm and resolute face, he naturally would not admit defeat easily, although the plan to attack Juquanling and force the dissolution of the Tianji Academy Palace failed, but he was confident that he could still hold Liquan City.

Even if he only needs to hold Liquan City for a month, give the inner court and the Su Guards enough time to annihilate the soldiers and horses of the Longxiang army in Gyeonggi, and the final victory will definitely belong to him.

Looking at the forward queue of the Longxiang Army, nearly a hundred light and heavy celestial chariots rumbled over the ice and snow, looking at the more than thirty blood demon puppets eight or nine meters high, every time they fell, the frozen ground trembled slightly, Dong Pan had a deep worry in his heart: Can the Jiupan Coalition Army really hold Liquan City?

Seeing the forward soldiers of the Long Xiang Army, stationed in the opposite mountain range to build a simple starting position, Ge Xuanqiao sighed in his heart and said to Dong Chou: "Please let me go to see Chen Hai again......"

Dong Chou has the heart to refuse, now that it has come to this point, what else can he talk about?

Could it be that Chen Hai could collect his troops and return to Juquanling, watching the Longxiang army in Gyeonggi be eaten by Wei Ziya and Yu Zonghu, or maybe the Nine Feudal Alliances have been disbanded since then, and Ren Liquan and Juquanling, which has an annual output of 40 million catties of quenched gold and iron, completely fall under the control of the Longxiang army?

At this point, who will back down?

However, negotiations can stall the time, so it is worth trying.

Dong Chou nodded, and motioned for Dong Pan and Ge Xuanqiao to go to see Chen Hai together.

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Dong Fan and Ge Xuanqiao rose from the sky in the west ridge of Liquan City and flew directly in front of Chen Haizhong's army.

Chen Hai asked the war bird battalion blocking the airspace of the Chinese army's array to get out of the way, and let Ge Xuanqiao and Dong Pan come over to talk.

"Ge Zhenren, long time no see," Chen Hai didn't expect that one day, he would meet Ge Xuanqiao with a sword, and said with a salute, "I know what Ge Zhenren wants to persuade me, but looking at today's situation, does Ge Zhenren think that I can give up Yao Valve and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guining City, and retreat in Juquan Ridge instead of taking Liquan City?"

Ge Xuanqiao was also full of emotion, who would have imagined that Chen Hai and Hexi would finally come to this point, and asked, "There is really no other choice?"

"Over the years, whether it is quenched iron or heavenly weapons, or even blood demon puppets, I have not eaten alone and shared the profits with the nine feudal clans, but the nine feudal clans are not satisfied, and I don't want to stand with the Long Xiang army to assist the imperial concubine and the emperor, eliminate the eunuchs, and restore the emperor's rule, I actually came up with such a vicious plan, I want to cut off the lifeblood of my Long Xiang army, and I want to send hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of my Long Xiang army and hundreds of thousands of Yao clansmen to the inner court to be slaughtered and maimed, Ge Zhenren asked me what choice?"

Chen Hai stood with his hands in his hands, staring at Ge Xuanqiao with burning eyes, and said loudly,

"I must say that there is any choice, that is, the nine feudal clans withdraw from Liquan and withdraw from Qintong Mountain, and Hexi must also give up Qintong Xiguan and retreat to the west of Tianshui County......

"Chen Hai, there are 100,000 elites guarding Liquan City in the Nine Domains at this time, do you really think that you can easily capture Liquan? And once this war is really revealed, you are the enemy of the Nine Domains, think about it, there are millions of iron horsemen in Hexi alone, even if he lets you capture Yanjing City one day, can the Long Xiang Army really be the enemy of the Nine Domains and the world? You must know that you are lightly provoking at this time, in addition to the 300,000 elites in Hexi in Wolong City, the Liangyong Miao clan will also gather hundreds of thousands of troops at any time to attack the lair of the Longxiang army from the northeast of Yubei City, do you think you can really resist it?" Dong Pan said sharply, "You collect your troops back to Juquanling at this time, Hexi may be able to discuss with the inner court, or you can let Yao Valve withdraw from Gyeonggi!"

"Dong Pan, you still haven't seen the situation clearly, since Dong Fan and Ge Zhenren are here, I don't mind exposing the true strength of the Long Xiang Army, so that you can think about it again," Chen Hai shook his head and shouted behind him, "Han Jian, you come out to meet Ge Zhenren......

Han Jian rode the Red Beast, slowly stepped forward, and saluted Ge Xuanqiao: "Ge Zhenren, I haven't seen you for many days, Han Jian is polite." ”

"......" Dong Pan was not very familiar with the generals of the Elite Capital Protectorate, but he had also heard the names of the three heroes of the Han family, and knew that when Chen Hai assisted Dong Ning to calm the situation in the Western Qiang Kingdom, Han Qingyuan, Han Jian, and Han Wendang all played an important role.

After that, Han Wendang was incorporated into the Longxiang Army with Chen Hai, and Han Jian and Han Qingyuan have always been the commanders of the Jingjudu Protector Army.

Looking at Ge Xuanqiao's reaction, Dong Pan confirmed that the middle-aged general in front of him was really Han Jian, one of the three heroes of the Han family.

Han Jian actually appeared in Juquanling!

Doesn't it mean that the 100,000 elites who suddenly appeared are actually the soldiers and horses of the Elite Capital Guard?

Or does this mean that Dong Ning has completely betrayed the Dong family?

Dong Pan felt that at this moment, a cold air oozed from his back.

The significance of the Elite Capital Protectorate to Hexi is by no means under Liquan, because Hexi can get more than two million catties of intermediate quenched iron from Liquan cheaply every year at this time!

The supply of quenched iron in Liquan and Lucheng was cut off at the same time, which meant that the supply of quenched iron obtained by Hexi every year would immediately drop from more than 6 million catties to one-sixth of the level at this time.

The impact of this incident is definitely worse than the annihilation of the alliance army of the Nine Feudatories by Chen Hai, and it is even more unbearable for Hexi, could it be that the incident on Liquan's side has not been resolved, and Hexi will form an expeditionary force across thousands of miles of desert to conquer the Elite Capital Protectorate?

How could Dong Ning betray the Dong family for Chen Hai?

At this moment, Dong Pan was so shocked that he could barely hover in the air.

Chen Hai ignored Dong Pan's shocked look and waved his hand to the rear, only then did Dong Fan see that in the Chinese army array of the Long Xiang Army, there were eight giant weapons dragged by light chariots, and at this time he slowly went out to the forward position.

These eight giant weapons are very similar in appearance to the heavy crossbows, but the length and size are fully magnified by ten times, and the giant crossbow arrows placed in the trailer are each about three meters long, and they are even twice as thick as his arms.

Dong Pan watched as the eight super heavy crossbows were finally placed behind the hillside on the west flank of the forward position of the Long Xiang Army, and the crossbows pointed diagonally at the sky in the direction of Liquan City.

Calculating the distance, the super heavy crossbow was twelve miles wide from the forward position of the Nine Domains Alliance, Dong Pan was shocked and thought, could it be that this kind of giant war crossbow newly built by the Tianji Academy Palace could attack targets twelve miles away?