Chapter 287: Retreat to Shangquan
The reason why he retreated to Shangquan City was because Ju Xinshui had a premonition.
If you continue to stay in Xiquan and fight with the upcoming Li Quan, the entire central part of Xizhou will be beaten into a pot of porridge.
At that time, it wasn't like pulling out if you wanted to.
Sticking, although it seems to be without merit, is actually the biggest fault.
Regardless of whether they win or lose, the generals of either side can decisively make a series of layouts that are most beneficial to the current situation, as long as they are wise enough.
And the stalemate is stalemate, and anyone needs to spend a lot of effort to capture the fighter.
And if you capture this fighter, the other party may also capture it at the same time.
Even in the end, the development of the situation is out of his control.
Ju Xinshui retreated to Shangquan in order to avoid being stuck with Li Quanyi.
Because in addition to the fact that a stalemate is not good for us or foe, there is also the most important reason.
Ju Xinshui wanted to take advantage of the contradiction between Jiang Hanming and Li Quanyi to fulfill his plan.
The forces of the Barbarian Witch Continent are not much more united than the forces on the Barbarian Continent, and even the intrigue between the forces of the Barbarian Continent is even more serious.
Speaking of the rebel army and the bandit army, what is going on?
This starts with the history of the Barbarian Witch Continent's expedition to the Ancient Continent.
Although the Barbarian Witch Continent is also vast, in terms of material resources, it is far inferior to the Desolate Ancient Continent in another space.
Resources are the foundation of cultivation, and if there are no sufficient resources, then the quantity and quality of the powerhouses in this space will be very poor.
In order to solve the problem of lack of resources, the ancestors of the Barbarian Witch Continent discovered a channel to the space of other continents by chance.
And through these channels, wage wars against various continental spaces, and then conquer.
The Ancient Continent is one of the continent spaces discovered by the ancestors of the Barbarian Witch Continent, and it is also one of the richest resources.
After countless years of conquest, the Barbarian Witch Continent has obtained countless resources from the war.
These resources have also created peerless powerhouses.
But in the war of the Ancient Continent, the people of the Barbarian Witch Continent encountered unprecedented difficulties.
Because, the masters of the Ancient Continent are no less than those of the Barbarian Witch Continent, nor are they worse than those of the Barbarian Witch Continent.
Under countless years of mutual conquest, the Barbarian Witch Continent has invested a lot of resources in the war against the Desolate Ancients, but the corresponding gains are not much.
Every time it ended in failure, and every failure meant the death of countless barbarian warriors and masters.
Regarding the war, the various forces on the Barbarian Witch Continent also have different opinions.
They were divided into two factions: the main battle faction and the armistice faction.
The main battle faction believes that they can't give up on the Desolate Ancient Continent halfway, otherwise the countless years of operation will fall short.
Moreover, the resources of the space of the Desolate Ancient Continent are extremely sufficient, as long as the Desolate Ancient Continent is taken, the Barbarian Witch Continent will have no worries from now on.
The armistists, on the other hand, believed that the barbarian witch's devotion to the war of the Ancients far outweighed the benefits gained.
The resources provided by the other spatial planes under the control of the Barbarian Witch Continent are enough for the development of the Barbarian Witch Continent.
The strength of the Desolate Ancient Continent is also very strong, and if you continue to wage war, you will only lose more than you lose, and there is no need to fight again.
The disagreement between the two factions was at first a disagreement over rhetoric.
Later, it was a small friction between them.
However, the two sides have been grudging for a long time, and on the issue of this continental war, the armistice faction has quit.
They thought that this was all in vain, and it would only consume the strength that the Barbarian Witch Continent had so hard accumulated.
As a result, the Armistice faction announced that it would no longer help in the war against the Ancient Continent.
When the main battle faction saw this scene, they naturally refused to give up.
They claimed that the Armistice faction was the bloodsucker of the Barbarian Witch Continent, and they only knew how to ask for it but did not know how to pay for the mainland.
The contradiction between the two sides for countless years finally broke out, and during this time the Barbarian Witch Ancient Continental War, the Barbarian Witch Continent also had the current civil war situation.
The armistice faction led by Ju Xinshui, Su Yuangang, Guo Yi and others organized a righteous army.
It was declared that he wanted to overthrow the rule of the main battle faction led by the Barbarian Witch Supreme Demon Venerable Palace, and return the Barbarian Witch Continent to a peaceful world.
The Demon Venerable Palace naturally would not sit still, and while maintaining the war on the mainland, it quickly organized a corresponding bandit army.
He also accused the rebels of Ju Xinshui and others of "undermining the peace of the mainland" and "splitting the mainland", and called them bandits.
Supporting the world and suppressing bandits and quelling chaos have become the two voices of the Barbarian Continent today.
Of course, in terms of superficial power, the main battle faction is much higher than the armistice faction.
Whether it is the number of masters or the number of troops, the bandit army of the Demon Venerable Palace is much more than the righteous army of Ju Xinshui and others.
However, with excellent military command ability and combat ability, the rebel army of Ju Xinshui and others still controlled the situation to the extent that the two sides were equal.
"What! Ju Xinshui has withdrawn?"
Jiang Hanming, who was sitting in the main general's tent, heard the report of the people under his hand, and stood up directly in surprise.
"General, the scouts in front have reported that the thief army has begun to retreat from West Springs City and is heading north. The soldier replied.
Jiang Hanming hurriedly rushed to the map of Zijin Xizhou hanging in the big tent, and his two eyes quickly swept on the map.
"Leave Westspring City and head north...... Hiraizumi is here, and there is ......" Jiang Hanming muttered to himself as he looked at the map.
After a while, a loud laugh suddenly erupted from Jiang Hanming's throat.
"Hahaha! Ju Xinshui, you also have a time when you make a faint move!" Jiang Hanming laughed and said, "Do you want to retreat to Shangquan? Leave Xiquan City for me, do you think I'm a fool?"
"Quick, pass the order, the army is assembled, and we must rush to run away when the thief army completely withdraws from Xiquan City!" Jiang Hanming shouted.
"Yes!" the herald ordered to retreat.
Jiang Hanming was left alone, laughing arrogantly alone in the military tent.
"Heaven help me! This is God help me!" Jiang Hanming finished laughing, and there was a cruel and fierce light in his eyes.
"Playing tricks to lure the enemy deeper, Ju Xinshui, I won't be fooled by you. Still, I'm glad to cause you some casualties and trouble. ”
If anyone who really knows how to march and fight will definitely shake their heads in disappointment when they hear Jiang Hanming's words.
Jiang Hanming, as Ju Xingwen said about him, is a straw bag.
Ju Xinshui has no plan to lure the enemy deeper, he just wants to leave a mess and let yourself and Li Quanyi, who will come in the future, go dog-eat-dog.
As a result, Jiang Hanming proudly thought that it was Ju Xinshui's strong man's plan to break his wrist and wanted to play a big game.
And he has a pair of discerning eyes and has seen through Ju Xinshui's tricks.
Jiang Hanming didn't want to think about it, Ju Xinshui was a veteran who had been famous for many years.
How can there be a vain under the fame? Facing off against Ju Xinshui, Jiang Hanming is still too tender......
It's no wonder that the attitude of the Demon Venerable Palace Master towards him is completely incomparable to Li Quanyi, a straw bag, the Demon Venerable Palace Master doesn't care at all.
Two days passed in a flash, and the day of the expeditionary force had arrived.
In the past few days, the eastern defense line of the Desolate Ancient Continent and the southwest defense line, under the leadership of Situ Hong and Liu Feng, not only repelled wave after wave of attacks by the barbarian witch army.
Moreover, in terms of the southwest defense line, because of Liu Feng's access, the Southwest Coalition Army further ambushed part of the field, and its morale soared.
Wuyangshu deliberately picked a mountain range and asked several of the eight masters of the ancient world.
Together with Chu Si'an, Xuan Qingyang and others, they joined forces to lay down many prohibitions.
It is impossible to find that there is an elite army of 20,000 people gathered here.
After all this was done, those who did not participate in the expedition went back to their posts.
Only the expeditionary force was left, waiting for the day, gearing up.
"The whole army is ready!" Wu Yangshu shouted as he stood on a low mountain, and the army assembled at the foot of the mountain was suddenly silent.
The three black wood carvings, once again under the control of Wuyang Shu, turned into countless fragments, forming a black gate.
After the black space gate appeared, many people in the army below were shocked in their hearts, and their eyes looked straight at this gate.
This time, without waiting for Wuyang Shu to say, Chu Ke had already communicated with Bai Yue, and a beam of power from Nirvana Ding shot out from Chu Ke's eyebrows and into the space gate.
The space door, which was still a little trembling, suddenly stabilized.
The black mist that was originally tumbling inside was also as smooth as mirror water in an instant.
This is the door to the space in order for the army to enter.
With Bai Yue's help, the space gate expanded from the original scale of only one person to six feet three feet long and eight feet three inches high.
This size is enough for forty or fifty people to pass side by side, which is completely more than enough.
"Let's go!"
The black-pressed army stepped into this long door of space with rumbling steps.
In the summer of this year's continent, the Wild Ancient Continent coalition opened a historic page.
changed the situation of being invaded by the Barbarian Witch Army for countless years, and turned into the stage of counterattacking the Barbarian Witch Continent.
This day is destined to be recorded in history and passed down through the ages.
Barbarian Witch Continent, Zijin Xizhou.
Jiang Hanming had a black face and sat in the City Lord's Mansion in Xiquan City.
At this time, in Xiquan City, Ju Xinshui's army had already gone to the empty building, and he led the army into the city without the slightest obstacle.
But Jiang Hanming was still very angry.
It was not because he did not organize Ju Xinshui's retreat in time, but when he led the army to pursue Ju Xinshui after occupying Xiquan City.
actually fell into Ju Xinshui's plan to ambush in advance.
And it's a plan and a plan, interlocking.
His men suffered more than 10,000 casualties, including 3,000 on the spot.
Of the remaining 7,000 people, I don't know how many will survive.
Shame on you!
This is a pursuit battle, not a tough battle!
Moreover, even if there are many casualties in the fortification, when the city cannot be attacked for a long time, it is a person who will collect the army.
After a storm, the death toll was only controlled at about 4,000.
About 4,000 casualties are quite a lot.
It's no wonder that Jiang Hanming's face is so dark, this battle can be described as a heavy loss for him.
However, what made him most worried was that among the many strategies of Zhongju Xinshui, there was a plan that Ju Xinshui sent his son Ju Xingwen to implement.
Jiang Hanming still remembers that when the young Ju Xingwen looked at him, his eyes were like looking at a dog.
No, not a dog, it should be a clown.
Only when you look at the clown, you will have such a disdainful smile.
"Bastard!" Jiang Hanming slapped the wooden table hard, and the two legs of the wooden table folded in the middle at that time.
"Ju Xingwen, Ju Xinshui...... How dare you tease me and insult me like this......"
The more he talked about the back, the more chilling Jiang Hanming's voice became.
The last few words were almost squeezed out between the gritted teeth, making people shudder to hear.
Just then, a herald appeared outside the door.
But when he saw Jiang Hanming's terrifying appearance, he didn't dare to take another step into the room at that time.
"What's the matter?" Although Jiang Hanming was extremely angry, he still had the consciousness of being the master of an army.
The army has occupied West Springs City, and there should be no more trouble.
Seeing this herald come out, Jiang Hanming also understood that there was probably some order from the Demon Venerable Palace.
"Marshal, the Demon Venerable Palace herald. ”
Jiang Hanming really didn't guess wrong, the Demon Venerable Palace gave the order.
The herald walked in as he spoke, and pulled out a token made of a special material from his bosom.
With his hands on his hands, he bent down and handed it to Jiang Hanming.
Jiang Hanming took the token and injected his Demon Venerable aura into it, and immediately a message appeared in his mind.
After taking some time to read these messages, Jiang Hanming crushed the token, and the expression on his face became a little more hideous.
"Subordinates retire ......" Seeing that the situation was not good, the herald bowed his head on the spot and quickly slipped away.
Although I don't know what the situation is, but the handsome man is angry, if he doesn't stay there for a long time, I'm afraid that he will be used as a punching bag.
Even if you are unlucky, you may die on the spot.
Why did Jiang Hanming become even more angry after reading the token?
For no other reason, there are only two messages from this token.
First, after Li Quanyi resolved the battle in Dongzhou, he would rush to Xizhou as quickly as possible to assist Jiang Hanming in his battle.
Second, it is up to the Xizhou army to decide who is the main and who is the secondary.
"Okay, this is to take my power......" Jiang Hanming said angrily in his heart.
But he could only dare to be angry and dare not speak, because who else could give this order except the one in the Demon Venerable Palace?
"Palace Master, am I, Jiang Hanming, really so worthless in your eyes?" Jiang Hanming said sadly.
"Li Quanyi will fight? Wouldn't it be better if I let half of his army go with him? Palace master, you still deliberately gave such an order, I, I ...... Alas!"
The previous words were Jiang Hanming's inner activities, and he didn't say them.
But the last heavy "sigh", he slammed his fist against the wall and shouted together.
Li Quan will leave Dongzhou and go to Xizhou in a few days.
This series of actions of the Demon Venerable Palace is under Ju Xinshui's grasp so far.
And Ju Xinshui has long left enough room to play in order to fight with Li Quanyi in the future.
Retiring from Shangquan is his biggest skill.