General Zhao Yu is also paying close attention to the battlefield at this moment, the actions of the Imperial Advance Army have been informed by him, and he has let many of his ambush soldiers enter the predetermined ambush circle, preparing to attack the main army of the Empire.

The originally quiet and peaceful Thorn Ridge Mountain Range has become manic at this moment because of the battle between the two empires, and many spirit beasts have been frightened away by them, and in the steep mountain range, many ambushes have been in place, waiting for the arrival of the imperial army.

Liang Ming, who came out of the Thorn Ridge Pass, had been anxiously waiting for news from the advance army, and only if they helped him clear the obstacles, he would have the confidence to pass through the dangerous mountain range, otherwise he would not dare to take it lightly.

Soon, the herald on the front line rushed to Liang Ming's army and brought the latest news.

"General Qiqi, our army of cash has been raided by many batches of spirit masters and enemy soldiers before and after the mountains, their numbers are not too many, but relying on the steep mountains and complex terrain to detour in the deep mountains, our army cannot wipe them all out, but the general has cleared the obstacles on the main road, patrolling along the way, and now this ambush has fled in the deep mountains, there is no need to worry", said the herald.

"General, it seems that the disciples of the Tianhua Sect and the Jingyue Sect who attacked us before are in ambush here, they rely on their personal strength and terrain to dare to be so arrogant, and now once our hundreds of thousands of troops are mobilized, they will not dare to launch an attack even if they have a hundred courages", the military advisor said.

"Order the three armies, advance immediately, before today, you must reach the place twenty miles in front of Yecheng and set up camp, who dares to slack off and be killed", Liang Ming ordered the army to move and launch a final attack on Yecheng.

At this moment, within the Danyang Empire, Jiang Bingkun looked at the beautiful scenery under his feet, the beautiful imperial city, which was particularly dazzling, and now his four-way army had launched a war against the four empires in an all-round way, although he had encountered huge obstacles in front of him, but he also sent back a lot of battle reports that satisfied him.

Their armies relied on their superior firepower to meet their opponents in the frontal battlefield, and he saw the dawn of world domination.

"Wei Wuji, I heard that Liang Ming's army is preparing to go to Yecheng and prepare for a decisive battle in the past few days, what do you think of the victory?" Jiang Bingkun asked.

"Your Majesty, General Liang Ming has planned far this time, the Empire's expedition of hundreds of thousands of lions will definitely be able to conquer Yecheng, open the last obstacle of the Tianyang Empire, and present a satisfactory gift to Your Majesty", Wei Wouji flattered.

"So, was it right for me to replace the Shadow Moon King in the first place?" Jiang Bingkun said.

"The Shadow Moon King family has been in control of the empire's heavy forces for many years, if he continues to control the heavy forces, it may be detrimental to the empire in the future, and this attack on his forces is also for the sake of the empire's safety, Your Majesty can only deter these feudal officials and firmly control the future of the empire by firmly controlling the country's powerful war machine," Wei Wuji said.

"I hope Liang Ming won't live up to my high hopes, if he fails, I really don't have any generals worthy of my trust," Jiang Bingkun said.

At this moment, in the Shadow Moon Fortress, the Shadow Moon King was also silently watching the frontline war, more than half of the army commanded by Liang Ming were soldiers of his Shadow Moon Valley, many of whom had been loyal to their family, and it was easy for him to obtain information on the front line.

"General, Liang Ming has now led the army to the Thorn Ridge, ready to launch the final blow to Yecheng, the end of the Tianyang Empire is coming, if Yecheng is lost, Liang Ming will inevitably become bigger, where will we go?" Zhang Tiancheng said.

"You have also seen Zhao Yu, the defender of Yecheng, if you want to take Yecheng easily, you underestimate Zhao Yu too much, even if Liang Ming captures Yecheng this time, he will inevitably suffer an unimaginable price. When the time comes, no matter whether he wins or loses, I will let the military department Shangshu read a copy of him, how long will I see him proud?" said the Shadow Moon King.

"Maybe at a critical time, we will stab him a little bit to let him understand, who is the real general?" Zhang Tiancheng said slyly.

"Let's wait and see, if his siege goes well, we must find a way to stumble on him, if his actions don't go well, we don't need to make a move at all, Jiang Bingkun will deal with him", said the Shadow Moon King.

Liang Ming's army marched forward neatly, and along the way, they also found a lot of traces of engagement, all of which were caused by Shi Xuan's surprise attack on their advance army before. The bones of many Imperial soldiers on the road were uncleaned, all abandoned in the wilderness, and the beasts were allowed to eat the corpses.

Liang Ming and many empires naturally saw this in the future, but they were unmoved, as long as they could win this war, they would not care about these casualties in the slightest.

The army passed through most of the mountains, and did not encounter an attack, the road was smooth, Liang Ming relaxed a lot at the moment, and his attack on Yecheng had already begun to calculate.

On the mountain range of Thorn Ridge, Zhao Yu and many of his subordinates who were in ambush had already seen their army crossing the mountain, and everyone was waiting for General Zhao Yu's battle order.

"General Zhao, it's almost over, almost all of their troops have entered the mountains and are ready to start hunting," Jiang Yuheng said.

"There are many enemy troops, if some of our people are besieged, I hope that your spirit masters can help more, and the casualties in this battle must be minimized", Zhao Yu advised.

"I still understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, we must go all out", Jiang Yuheng took Shi Xuan and them to the major ambush points to prepare to assist the allies at any time to carry out operations.

On the steep hillside, there are thorn-like stones everywhere, which is particularly terrifying, and many of the soldiers of the empire are nervously looking at the surrounding hillsides, they have seen the tragic situation of several ambush points, many soldiers have been stoned to death by the stubborn stones, and they are also very worried at the moment.

General Zhao Yu finally began to collect the net, and an arrow stretched out into the sky, exploding a huge spark, which was Zhao Yu's exclusive arrow, and all the soldiers in ambush received the order to attack.

Countless huge boulders on the hillside were pushed down by the combined efforts of many warriors, and quickly rolled down the steep slope.

The soldiers of the empire fell into a panic all of a sudden, and they were ready to dodge, the rolling rocks, many people panicked, on the narrow road, the imperial soldiers were bustling everywhere, it was difficult to dodge, the huge boulders broke up their formation, some soldiers had a stampede in order to avoid the boulders, and many people were trampled to death by their own soldiers.

In the mountains, there was the sound of rolling stones everywhere, and the soldiers of the empire were in confusion and took refuge everywhere, but the narrow roads could not be avoided, and many soldiers were crushed to death by huge boulders, blood splattered, and wails were everywhere.

Liang Ming and many of his soldiers were suddenly blindfolded, the enemy's all-round surprise attack came so suddenly, he watched the panicked soldiers scurrying around, completely without formation, many of their heavy weapons, huge catapults were also directly smashed by huge stubborn stones, and the losses were huge.

"Steady, stabilize for me, kill along the hillside, kill for me", Liang Ming shouted loudly, but the chaotic soldiers had the kung fu to take care of him, and they were busy dodging the stubborn rocks.

Shi Xuan They are even more ferocious, as spirit masters, the destructive power at this moment is fully revealed, they use their powerful spiritual skills to cut off countless stubborn stones, rolling down in pieces, and soon a large area of no man's land appeared, where they passed, a piece of enemy troops were crushed into broken corpses, tragic and abnormal.

In some places that were not conducive to launching an attack, many imperial troops began to assemble and attack Zhao Yu's subordinates, and some local raiders were also ruthlessly suppressed by them.

"Shi Xuan, you lead a group of people to the front to rescue the besieged soldiers", Jiang Yuheng received a distress signal.

"Understood, you come with me", Shi Xuan led a group of elite disciples to feel a relatively flat place in front of them, which was not suitable for an attack, and many imperial soldiers gathered here and launched a siege and killing many of Zhao Yu's subordinates, suffering heavy casualties.

Just after a moment of their merciless siege, they were instantly surrounded by countless flames behind them, Shi Xuan came to the rescue with a spirit master, "Soldiers of the Tianyang Empire, hold on, we are coming", many allied spirit masters shouted.

"Everyone has killed our allies to save us, hold on", these people saw the spirit masters killed from the periphery, and suddenly had hope, and their morale was instantly boosted.

The two sides launched a ruthless fight, and Zhao Yu still looked at the battlefield everywhere on the top of the mountain, calmly commanding all parties to carry out actions.

"Let our men and horses give priority to their heavy catapults and their heavy ballistas, without these things, Yecheng will be safe," Zhao Yu commanded.

Jiang Yuheng also led spirit masters everywhere to support the battlefield and ensure the safety of friendly troops to the greatest extent.

Shi Xuan rushed to rescue a lot of allied troops besieged by the Empire in a row, he rushed to the enemy's chariots and horses several times, detonated a lot of arcane **, the huge explosion drowned a large number of Imperial soldiers, without these weapons, it would be extremely difficult for them to capture Yecheng.

"General, we must organize a breakthrough, what they launched this time is definitely the main force, the current Yecheng must be empty of garrison, this time we fell for their scheme, they want to annihilate our main force on the Thorn Ridge", several generals desperately killed Liang Ming's side.

"The battle line of our troops has been stretched for a long time, and many places have been cut off by their people, you immediately organize soldiers to break through and rescue those besieged soldiers", Liang Ming was still holding his position, and the remnants of the generals commanded to fight.

After the Allied soldiers ran out of rolling stones, they began to throw the arcane ** they carried down from a high place, which had a huge terrain advantage, and their arcane ** had a very good effect, and the enemy's dense formation soon suffered heavy casualties, and a lot of supplies and baggage were destroyed by their raid.

However, the main forces of the empire were all dispatched this time, and even if Zhao Yu's operation was well prepared, it would be difficult to completely annihilate the entire army of the empire.

As the arcane ** they carried was used up one after another, the remnants of the enemy army gradually gathered and began to launch a counterattack, Zhao Yu's subordinates were not as numerous as them, so they could only rely on the terrain advantage to fight and retreat, and try to slow down the enemy's counterattack.

The battle lasted for a whole day and a night, with blood staining Thorn Ridge on both sides, and corpses were strewn all over the entire main road, full of rolling rocks and tunnels blasted by arcane **, and the dead and wounded filled the road. Zhao Yu knew that it was unrealistic for them to completely annihilate Liang Ming's army this time, so they could only retreat while fighting, relying on powerful terrain to fight them in a roundabout way in the deep mountains.

Liang Ming prevented the remnants of his subordinates from launching many charges and pursuits, but taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Zhao Yu led many soldiers to quickly organize a retreat along the mountain road, minimizing his own casualties.

After fighting continuously for a day and a night, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Shi Xuan and their powerful spirit masters have begun to be weak, so they can only protect themselves in front of them, and they will organize the pursuit of the empire after breaking off along the way.

"All the brothers, hold on, we will be able to reach Yecheng soon, they can't help us", Jiang Yuheng encouraged many spiritual masters in the palace, fighting and retreating.

Liang Ming was already crazy at the moment, chasing and killing them at any cost, his army was injured in this battle, seventy percent of the heavy ordnance was destroyed, a large number of materials were burned or destroyed, and countless soldiers died tragically, he could no longer hold back his emotions, so he could only give an order, chase and fight, and chase and kill the retreating Zhao Yu's subordinates all the way.

But he didn't expect the spirit master of Tianhua Sect to stop their tide-like army, and Liang Ming was so ruthless at this moment.

However, the low morale, and the exhausted soldiers had reached their limits after a long run and battle, and in the face of a powerful temporary break, they could no longer advance half a step, and Liang Ming had to stop his pursuit.

Shi Xuan and they could only drag their tired bodies into the Yecheng that was holding on, and began to recover their vitality, the corpses on the Thorn Ridge were all over the field, and it was unbearable to see, Liang Ming took a short rest, and ordered the soldiers to return to the Thorn Ridge to clear the road, and all the remaining materials began to be assembled, ready to continue to resist.

Many imperial soldiers have completely collapsed in the face of the scene of corpses strewn all over the road of Thorn Ridge, the coagulated blood has soaked the land, the dark red blood on many stones is everywhere, the mutilated corpses are piled up all over the road, many people have been flattened by stubborn stones, and the blood plasma has flowed all over the ground, such a bloody battlefield, many veterans who have fought for many years have never seen such a tragic war.

Some young soldiers moved to the foul-smelling, on-the-road, and vomited all of a sudden, they could not accept such a Shura battlefield, many young people shouted to serve the empire, but at this moment, they saw the most brutal war scene, it was a bloody battlefield of 100,000 troops, and the bones were unburied, they began to doubt whether this war was necessary, and the low morale had made Liang Ming deeply afraid at the moment.

He himself understood that even if he captured Yecheng next, he would not be able to escape the punishment of His Majesty the Emperor, and he lost such a huge army at once, as the main general, he had an unshirkable responsibility.

If he can continue to capture Yecheng, he may be able to redeem his guilt and save his life, otherwise he will not be able to escape the imperial sanctions.

Although Zhao Yu has achieved great results in the bloody battle of Thorn Ridge, he has also suffered a lot of casualties, and it will still be an extreme test for him next.

Liang Ming still has 100,000 remnants of troops in his hands at the moment, and there are still 100,000 troops stationed in Night City, so he is still interested in the possibility of turning the tables.

After Zhao Yu returned to the city, he only made simple repairs, all the soldiers stood on the wall again, Liang Ming suffered a heavy defeat, and it was very likely that he would fight to the death, he could not be careless, but fortunately, many of Liang Ming's heavy weapons were lost, and above his city, there were still many defensive weapons in many centers, with the right time, people, and location, and he was confident to take this battle.

Liang Ming was stationed in the camp twenty miles away from Yecheng, at this moment, the battlefield of Thorn Ridge was cleaned by him, the soldiers gathered all the materials that could be used, he was ready to start the final struggle, he also knew that Zhao Yu launched a surprise attack on him this time, and the loss was also huge, he was not without a chance.

In the past few days, Shi Xuan has been extremely tired, he and Jiang Yuheng have almost always reached the forefront of the position to fight, and in the end, they have to help the Allied Palace, it can be said that the last drop of his strength is about to be squeezed out, but the results achieved still make him quite satisfied.

After Zhao Zhuo's repeated battles during this period of time, his eyesight has also made great progress at this moment, and he finally stepped through the final level of the Ning Yuan Realm and became a master of the Heavenly Vein Realm.

However, Zhao Zhuo has indeed weakened a lot after repeated battles in the past few days, Shi Xuan also saw it in his eyes, he knew that Zhao Zhuo must be missing Zhong Ling again, Zhong Ling was sent to the Tianheng Empire this time to act with Lin Zixu and Dai Mengli, and he did not act with Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo, Zhao Zhuo will miss Zhong Ling almost every day these days, and he has almost no heart to fight these days.

Shi Xuan himself was also extremely tired, and he also missed his relatives, but this victory can be said to have boosted his morale and gave him a reason to support himself to persevere.

Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo sat on top of the city, looking at the enemy camp stationed in the distance in a daze.

"Zhao Zhuo, can't you live without Zhong Ling?" Shi Xuan said as he looked at his sluggish expression.

"I haven't heard from them for a long time, and I don't know how they are progressing in the Tianheng Empire? I'm really worried about her, I've been dreaming about her for the past few days," Zhao Zhuo did not deny.

"Don't worry, Miss Zhong Ling is more clever than you, when the time comes, don't fall down and take off my hind legs because of lovesickness?" Shi Xuan said.

"Don't worry, I know how to measure, but I'm really tired these days," Zhao Zhuo said.

"Actually, if we imagine the situation of the senior brother, you won't feel tired, the enemy he is dealing with now is his former beloved people, whether the Danyang Empire wins or loses, he has to endure unimaginable suffering, but these days, he is still firmly fulfilling the duties of the senior brother, leading us to fight, compared to everything he endured, our fatigue is nothing," Shi Xuan said.

"Senior Brother is indeed the one I have seen, among the younger generation of disciples, I admire the most, whether he is a talent in cultivation or a way to behave in the world, he is the goal of my admiration in this life", Zhao Zhuo also sincerely admired Jiang Yuheng.

"Now we are all tired, not to mention the enemy army that has suffered defeat, the war has equal opportunities for both warring sides, we are extremely tired, the same is true of the enemy army, at this time the most important thing is the will of both sides, whoever can survive to the end will have the initiative in the war", Shi Xuan said.

"You are about to become the person I admire the most, I also sincerely admire your performance these days, I believe that in the future, you are the only person in our group of disciples who can follow in the footsteps of Senior Brother", Zhao Zhuo suddenly looked at Shi Xuan and said seriously.

"Why not Senior Brother Lin or Su Cheng?" asked Shi Xuan.

"Senior Brother Lin is not leaky, and his talent is not bad, but I still think that your potential is far beyond that of Senior Brother Lin and Su Cheng, I am optimistic about you", Zhao Zhuo said firmly.

"Aren't you afraid, follow the wrong person, and then I will suddenly be out of the crowd, and this will not affect your future?" Shi Xuan asked.

"Now, I trust my instincts even more, your talent, intelligence and hard work will definitely attract everyone's attention in the future, even if you are unknown in the future, I will never regret my decision, you are my best brother, I support you," Zhao Zhuo said.

"You are also my best brother, as long as I am alive in the future, no one can bully you, and if you want to harm you, you must step on my corpse", Shi Xuan promised.

Zhao Zhuo's complexion has improved a lot, and now that his strength has improved a lot, he began to ask Shi Xuan to accompany him to practice flying with the sword, and he also wanted to travel to the sky as soon as possible.

Yecheng under the morning sun is incomparably magnificent, on the ancient city wall, countless simple warriors of the Tianyang Empire are sticking to the city wall at the moment, the land behind them is their beloved land, they are guarding their beloved family, and now the enemy soldiers are in front of them, they are ready to face the next big battle, either trample on the corpse of the enemy army to win, or with this ancient city ashes.

The life and death of Yecheng has received widespread attention from all forces, and the emperor of the Tianyang Empire issued a holy decree to reward all the imperial soldiers stationed in the city, and transported a large number of supplies to come to condole.

The gains and losses of Yecheng are related to the last hope of the Tianyang Empire, and in order to defend this city that guards the main roads of the world, the Tianyang Empire has also done its best to support Zhao Yu's military defense.

At this moment, in Yecheng, there are countless refugees gathered here, they are all people who fled here to take refuge in the occupied area, and now the war is raging, they have nowhere to go, Zhao Yu settled these people, let them assist the Tianyang Empire to carry out defense, and it can be regarded as giving these homeless people a temporary home, once Yecheng is lost, they will even have their last hope will be broken, and they can only wander again and live a life of duckweed.

Zhao Yu also frowned, he was not very old, forty or fifty years old, but in the past two years, he seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, he had seen countless cruel wars, but there had never been such a horror in the past two years, new war weapons were put into the battlefield, changing the original battlefield rules, and the casualties in each battle were more than ten times that of the past.

The pressure of almost the entire empire was now on his shoulders, and he had to be on high alert at all times, carefully navigating the flat boat that could capsize at any moment.