Chapter 40: Difficult
No one wants to be passive, and Mu Tianxiang doesn't want to, but 400,000 people came, pressed over like a mountain, and filled the entire canyon, sneak attack, detour, ...... It's not easy to do, and the only thing you can face down with may be passive and stubborn.
Although nearly 10,000 people were recruited and the troops were replenished on the surface, Mu Tianxiang knew that in such a difficult situation, the best way for these people was to kill them, but Mu Tianxiang really couldn't bear it.
Now that it is added to the team, the cooperation can't keep up, the loyalty is also doubtful, and the morale is also very problematic now, and it is easy to affect the people around him. But if you want to kill those high-ranking monks and generals, you can still temporarily deter them. After a long time, it's hard to say, in short, there are many problems.
The contact with Shangguan Cheng is also intermittent, but the general battle situation can still be understood, and no one is optimistic that Mu Tianxiang can hold it at first, each has his own thoughts, Shangguan Haoran is also difficult to support alone, and he hesitates to act.
In the end, seeing that Mu Tianxiang fought a few battles and won, these people saw hope. Under the pressure of the elders of the Skirmisher Alliance, the action began to accelerate, and now that the perimeter has been cleared, millions of people have surrounded Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang, but the time is still delayed, and it seems that it will last longer.
These flies and dogs within the alliance, Mu Tianxiang is reluctant to think about it, but the current situation is always difficult, Mu Tianxiang came to the command tent of the Second Army while thinking.
"Vice President Mu, thank you very much for avenging Brigade Commander Zhang this time. "The senior generals of the Second Army were all talking in the big tent when they saw Mu Tianxiang coming in. Shangguan Meizhi said gratefully.
"This is a decision made by the general manager, there is nothing to take revenge and not take revenge. Mu Tianxiang waved his hand.
"We have all heard Miss Shangguan say that you proposed and insisted on killing those high-ranking monks and generals. ”
"It's like, otherwise it would be impossible to kill those people, these people are worth a lot more than us......"
"Especially those three prefecture-level monks......"
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Everyone talked about it, in the previous battles, these captured high-ranking monks were treasures in the eyes of various forces, and it was impossible to kill them all in order to avenge a small brigade commander. Mu Tianxiang's actions inadvertently exchanged the loyalty and morale of the Second Army.
"Okay, let's not talk about it, now that the enemy's 400,000 people are pressing over, what do you think?" asked Mu Tianxiang.
"How many come, how many kill," Hao Jun said arrogantly.
"We all listen to the command of the deputy pastor, and we can do whatever you tell us to do," Zhang Wei said.
"It seems that the situation of Fengyun City and Li Jiazhuang is also known to the Bloodthirsty Gate, and I'm afraid it will be difficult this time," ** said after thinking about it seriously.
In these circumstances, Mu Tianxiang also knew that although he held on to the Sun Moon Gorge, it was still impossible to completely break the connection between Fengyun City and the Bloodthirsty Gate, and the surrounding demonic beasts and terrain could block ordinary soldiers, but they could not completely stop the monks from transmitting news, although the price paid was very high.
Mu Tianxiang also asked Zhang Wei and Li Rui to organize some monks to besiege and kill, but the mountain range was too big, and there were always fish that slipped through the net, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, Zhang Wei and they didn't dare to go too deep.
"Shangguan Meizhi, your division has suffered a lot of losses this time, I want to put your division on the third city wall, how about it. Mu Tianxiang asked.
"No, I want to avenge my sisters," Shangguan Meizhi said resolutely.
Mu Tianxiang looked at Shangguan Meizhi, and it was difficult to say anything more.
"Report" Mu Tianxiang was studying the issue of defensive deployment with the generals of the Second Army, and the herald came.
"Come in, what's the matter?" asked Mu Tianxiang.
"The general manager let you go over immediately, the bloodthirsty door is coming. The herald said.
"Do you persuade to surrender, in this situation, how can it be possible to surrender, and the leaders are all Shangguan Haoran's children and cronies, how can it be. Mu Tianxiang shook his head amusedly, and quickly came to the general tent.
In the big tent, only Shangguan Qingyun and Shangguan Qinghe accompanied a red-haired monk, who thought to be the one who came to persuade the bloodthirsty sect to surrender.
"This is our vice president pastor," Shangguan Qingyun saw Mu Tianxiang come in and introduce to the visitor.
"Tianxiang, this is Elder Tan of the Bloodthirsty Sect," Shangguan Qingyun said.
"What are you considering about the conditions I just said," Elder Tan glanced at Mu Tianxiang, and seeing that Mu Tianxiang was just a yellow-level monk, he snorted contemptuously, and then ignored it.
Mu Tianxiang didn't care, and casually sat under Shangguan Qinghe. It is difficult for his own cultivation to attract the attention of these high-ranking monks, and Mu Tianxiang has long been used to it.
"This time, our 400,000 army has overwhelmed, and it will be difficult for you to retreat with your whole body, or you will have nothing to retreat," Elder Tan said contemptuously.
"Then you have to fight to find out, after all, we have just defeated an army of 150,000......" Looking at Shangguan Qingyun's depressed appearance, Mu Tianxiang said lightly.
"What do you mean by Shangguan City?" Mu Tianxiang's reply surprised Elder Tan.
"I trained the soldiers, and I proposed the strategy, what do you say?" Mu Tianxiang glanced at and said.
"Mu Tianxiang means what we mean. Shangguan Qingyun made Elder Tan speechless just now, and at this time, he saw that Mu Tianxiang was very relaxed, and he was also shocked, and said.
Elder Tan slowly drank the tea in his hand while looking at Mu Tianxiang, not knowing what he was thinking.
Mu Tianxiang also picked up the water on the coffee table, his eyes gentle.
"This rebellion between Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang, no matter how you say it, is our internal matter, we will solve it ourselves, and the intervention of the Bloodthirsty Gate surprised us," Mu Tianxiang said.
"Fengyun City and Li Jiazhuang still have some friendship with our Bloodthirsty Gate, they have been bullied, we don't care at this time, and it's not good to tell outsiders. Elder Tan said with a smile.
"The rebels have a relationship with you, and you are not afraid that others will say that you provoked them," Mu Tianxiang said.
"Misunderstanding or not, it doesn't matter much, we are here now to solve the problem. Elder Tan didn't want to be idle, so he said directly.
After Shangguan Qingyun and Shangguan Qinghe heard this, they stood up with a bang, this is the rhythm of tearing their faces.
"We don't want to have a conflict with the Bloodthirsty Gate, there are already a lot of people dead in front," Mu Tianxiang waved his hand to stop Shangguan Qingyun's impulsiveness, and said slowly.
"The vice president of the pastor is clever and skillful, I am afraid that it will be useless, I have just said why my 400,000 army is here this time. If you don't surrender, it's all pointless. ”
"As long as you surrender to Shangguan City, the sect will not be wiped out, and in the secular land under our control, it is not impossible for you to survive in a city, but this is to be given up. Elder Tan said.
"I'm the same thing, if you want to fight, we'll continue, anyway, we've already killed 150,000, and it's the same if we come to another 400,000, if the bloodthirsty gate doesn't give us a way to live, we can only fight to the death. Mu Tianxiang said.
"You can die generously, and the monks, generals, and soldiers below will not be afraid of death when they face the thunderous blow of our 400,000-strong army. Elder Tan threatened.
"Elder Tan may not know that we have just killed more than 400 monks in front of the whole army, including three prefecture-level monks, most of them are bloodthirsty people, and those who want to surrender will think about it. Mu Tianxiang took a sip of tea and said indifferently.
"You, how can you be so ......," Elder Tan said angrily.
"We also lost a brigade commander, whose body was desecrated. Mu Tianxiang slammed and put down the teacup in his hand.
"So what, Ground-level monks......" Elder Tan was furious, the prefecture-level monks were not cabbages anywhere, and there were not many bloodthirsty sects, so how could they say that they would be killed.
"Calm down, Elder Tan, we have already done the matter, we don't regret it, we should discuss what to do next, how to reduce the deaths of both sides......" Mu Tianxiang said calmly.
"There is nothing to negotiate, if you do not surrender, this is where you will be buried. Elder Tan tried to calm down and said viciously.
"If so, this is not only our burial place, but also your burial place. Mu Tianxiang said.
"You will not be naïve to think that with your 40,000 men, you can block the full force of our 400,000 army. Elder Tan asked suspiciously.
"How do you know if you don't try, after all, we have already killed you plus the reinforcements of Fengyun City, almost 200,000, 400,000 is not a lot. Mu Tianxiang said.
I can't talk about it anymore.
Elder Tan slammed the door and walked out.
"Get ready for battle, there's no left to chance. Either you die or I die. Mu Tianxiang sighed and said.
The next day, the coalition forces of the Bloodthirsty Gate launched a continuous attack regardless of the losses, and the soldiers of Shangguancheng, whose morale was high, resisted desperately without retreating. The people who surrendered that Mu Tianxiang was worried about made trouble, but under everyone's attention, it didn't happen, and the occasional waves were quickly quelled without affecting morale.
The continuous attacks of the Bloodthirsty Gate caused a large number of casualties, and Mu Tianxiang estimated that there were almost nearly 100,000 people, but in the face of the precarious calls for help from Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang, the Bloodthirsty Gate had no choice but to hope for an early breakthrough in the defense of the Sun Moon Gorge.
On the fifth day, the coalition forces of the Bloodthirsty Gate finally broke through the first city wall, and Shangguancheng also took advantage of the carelessness of the enemy army and killed two ground-level monks who broke forward with the high-quality bed crossbow, which greatly shocked the coalition forces of the Bloodthirsty Gate and improved their morale.
The war was deadly, and the five-day defense of Shangguan City also lost more than 10,000 soldiers. ** and Li Rui In order to rescue Shangguan Meizhi, Li Rui was besieged and killed on the spot, ** was also seriously injured, and his cultivation was basically abolished.
Brigade commanders Wang Huan, Wang Feng, and Ma Changchun were also killed one after another, and the generals of the First Army were relatively high, and the main generals did not suffer any losses, but the battalion commanders and company commanders below were basically replaced.
The loss of ** made Mu Tianxiang heartbroken, but there was no way, and finally transferred Geng Biao as the division commander, **'s injury made Shangguan Meizhi disheartened, resigned from the position of division commander, and took care of ** with peace of mind**. Mu Tianxiang appointed Li Muran as the division commander.
The first city wall was breached, the loss of personnel, the injuries and deaths of important generals seriously hit morale, and the situation was precarious, Mu Tianxiang was pondering.