It was almost noon, and the sun was high in the sky above Wanqiu.

The fiery light scorched the buildings in the city, the glazed tiles on the roofs, and the bluestone pavement of the streets, rising waves of heat.

There is no longer the bustling scene of yesterday in the city, only a small number of soldiers pass through the period.

In order to avoid casualties, Gongsun Eying ordered the people to evacuate yesterday afternoon, and sent more than 1,000 sergeants to escort them to the rear.

The current Wanqiu City has a closed courtyard and locked shops, almost an empty city.

The marching procession on the street was the Xuanyuan army that had withdrawn from the jungle after the Battle of Luoshenfeng.

They hurried through the night, somewhat tired, but the marches were orderly and neat.

They were rapidly assembling towards the camp in the back mountains in the north of the city.

The mountains behind the barracks are verdant and verdant, and the tall banyan trees spread out with dense foliage.

During the mixed season of various wildflowers, it adds a lot of coolness to this hot day.

Shaded by green leaves, several rows of white stone steps are scattered and uneven, winding to the mountainside.

At the end of the stone steps, several pavilions can be seen towering majestically.

"Crunch ......"

The gatehouse in the middle of the second floor of the pavilion was pushed open by slender jade hands, and a delicate figure tiptoed gently into the bamboo couch on the inside of the bedroom.

She winked at the sleeping man on the bed, then lifted the sheet from his body.

"The sun is all on the little buttocks, get up, little lazy pig!"

The person sleeping on the bed is none other than Regulus.

Because he had been out playing all day yesterday, and he stayed up late at night in Dayu Valley, he was too tired, so he lay on the back of the unicorn unicorn before returning to the city, and slept unconscious.

I slept until three poles in the morning.

Naturally, the person who entered the house was Xuanyuan Xing's favorite sister Yueyue.

Xuanyuanxing, who woke up from his dream, rubbed his eyes and saw the sunlight shining on the windowsill, and he also knew that he had overslept.

At this time, when he saw that Yu Yue was beside him, the excitement immediately rushed into his head, he turned over and got up, and rushed out of the door with Yu Yue.

kept shouting: "Get up, you can play with Sister Yue!"

"I know how to play, I don't even change my clothes!"

Yan Yue grabbed Xuanyuan Xing, pointed to the nightgown on his body and said with a smile: "Also, such a big person, I am not ashamed to sleep with my father and mother!"

Xuanyuan Xing subconsciously glanced into the room and found that he was indeed not living in his room.

He was ashamed of Concubine Yue, his cheeks suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly defended: "I...... I don't know why I'm lying here, besides, I live with my parents, ...... What's there to be ashamed of?"

"Okay, let's go change your clothes. Our Xuanyuan Star is a big man who stands up to the sky, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed!"

Yu Yue went back to the city with Xuanyuan Heng yesterday, and naturally saw him carrying Xuanyuan Xing back to his room.

She deliberately played tricks at this time, just to extinguish Xuanyuan Xing's prestige on weekdays, claiming to be a "little adult" and a "man".

This may be what people often say: "Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums." Living together for a long time, the two have no suspicion. ”

While Xing'er was changing clothes, Yu Yue walked around the room.

After being in Wanqiu for so long, it was the first time she had gone to Gongsun Eying's room.

The inquisitive Yue Yue found that although the style and layout of this room were similar to the one she lived in, the various flowers and plants planted in it were different from other places.

She had heard that Gongsun Eying liked to plant exotic flowers and plants, but she didn't know that she was so obsessed.

In dozens of squares, there are all kinds of flower beds, flower pots, and flower bowls of different sizes, among which all kinds of flowers are blooming one after another, decorating the simple room naturally and elegantly.

The faint fragrance wafting from time to time is even more refreshing.

A fist-sized peach-colored vase on the windowsill caught the attention of Yu Yue.

Inside it is a small seedling with three leaves, and the leaves are in the shape of a rolled fishtail.

Each piece emits light, and when illuminated by the sun, it looks extremely beautiful and strange.

"Don't touch it!"

Yu Yue approached the windowsill and was about to reach out to touch it, but was stopped by Xuanyuan Xing.

"Is this flower poisonous?"

This was the first reaction in Yu Yue's mind, and she quickly withdrew her hand and asked curiously.

"It's not poisonous, but, my mother said, this 'pansy' needs to be nourished by the yuan force, if you touch the leaves, it will suck you up, and take a big gulp of the yuan power in your body until you are full, otherwise you will not be able to break free. I think, Sister Yue's Yuan Li, I'm afraid it's not enough for it to suck!"

Xuanyuan Xing is colorful.

"Hey, it's fine, it's just a little greedy. You say it's called pansy, but it only has three leaves, green, black, and red, and three colors?"

Yu Yue timidly stared at the flowers, frowning and thinking.

Xuanyuan Xing explained while buttoning the buttons on his leather coat: "The five-color pansy was brought to Xuanyuan from the medicine clan by his mother many years ago, and there should have been only one black leaf at the beginning, which was fed by my father and mother with Yuan Li, and now it has grown two other pieces, if you want to grow five pieces, what other Yuan Li is needed, this ...... I don't quite understand either. ”

"Hey, I can't imagine that it takes so much time and yuan power to feed a small flower, so I don't know what the use of this pansy is, and it needs to be fed so much by Aunt Eying and Uncle Heng!"

Yu Yue sighed to herself.

"Well...... It's not very clear, but I heard my mother say that the house full of exotic flowers and plants is not as good as this pansy. Okay, let's not talk about it, Sister Yue, Daddy, they must be discussing the military situation in the hall at this time, and we will also go and join in the fun!"

After speaking, Xuanyuan Xing hurriedly took Yu Yue's hand and hurriedly rushed to the military camp at the foot of the mountain.

The total area of the camp where the Xuanyuan army was stationed was more than twice the size of Wanqiu City.

The battalions and units were neatly arranged and scattered.

Inside and outside the camp tents, the managers and generals of various departments are carefully counting the personnel and horses of their headquarters, some are storing offensive and defensive equipment on the battlefield, and some are placing the wounded and providing assistance...... It's a busy scene everywhere.

To the south of the camp is a training ground paved with stone and sand, which can accommodate nearly 100,000 people at the same time.

To the north is the spirit beast domestication site and the munitions depot, although the area is not as good as the training ground, but at this moment there are soldiers riding thousands of spirit beasts in the period, it is also extremely spectacular.

The most eye-catching thing is the wooden watchtowers in more than 300 places in the barracks, each of which is close to 10 zhang, which is a multi-layered and porous trapezoidal structure, which has a variety of functions such as observation, early warning, defense, and command.

Lookouts are scattered all around the barracks, towering and spectacular.

The center of the circle surrounded by many lookouts is where the command center of the whole army is located, that is, the commander's tent of Xuanyuan Heng.

Walking up the eight-step stone steps, you can see several people sitting around a long wooden table.

Sitting directly above is Xuanyuan Heng and Gongsun Eying, the white-haired veteran on the left is Zhu Dan, the burly and dark-skinned man on the right is naturally Tao Gao, and the handsome general sitting next to him is Wei Yuan.

There were also more than a dozen lieutenant generals on both sides, their faces full of surprise, and their eyes focused on Xuanyuan Heng directly above.

"Lord Wang, you said that you want to give up Wanqiu, I don't think it's appropriate. ”

Tao Gao raised his voice, for fear that the people around him would not hear, he pulled his rough and huge fist, turned his head and glared, and continued: "The coalition army of hundreds of thousands of horses is menacing, and it is not still beaten away by us! Wanqiu is our northwest gateway, if we give it up, then ...... Isn't that cheaper for them! If you want to withdraw, I want to defend Wanqiu to the death, and just leave, the soldiers still think that we are afraid of the coalition army!"

Xuanyuan Heng heard what Tao Gao said, but did not say anything, only smiled slightly, and turned to look at Zhu Dan.

"General Zhu, what do you think?"

After all, Zhu Dan is a veteran who has fought for many years, and his prestige in the Xuanyuan army is extremely high, and Xuanyuan Heng listens to his opinions before making major decisions.

Zhu Dan stroked his white beard in his hand and said slowly: "At present, all the units of our army have returned to the camp, in terms of the number of people reported, in the battle of Luoshen Peak, our army suffered more than 12,000 casualties, which is not a small number, if you stick to Wanqiu City, the losses in the battle in the coming day will be immeasurable, and the enemy will be outnumbered, it is not a long-term solution......"

"We have lost a lot, so the consumption of Chiyan and Qi Sect is not big?"

Tao Gao heard the subtext contained in Zhu Dan's words, and before he finished speaking, he was so anxious that he got up from his seat and grabbed the conversation loudly.

"Let's not talk about the battle of Luoshen Peak, the losses of their coalition forces will not be less than ours, that is, last night in the Great Yu Valley, they killed each other, not to mention that there were twenty or thirty thousand horses buried at the bottom of the valley, I see, they lost their troops and lost their generals, their morale was low, and they would have retreated a long time ago!"

Tao Gao has always been a little rude and reckless, but his analysis is not blind and arrogant.

Last night, when Lu Zisong and Susu rushed back to Wanqiu from Dayu Valley, they immediately informed Gongsun Eying of Xuanyuan Heng's plan.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Gongsun Eying still sent a large number of swift troops to investigate, and dispatched some of the bird teams that rushed back to the camp first to respond.

As a result, at dawn, the news that Xuanyuan Heng in the Great Yu Valley had 60,000 pursuers and defeated the coalition army by killing people with a knife quickly spread among the army.

The officers and men all clapped their hands and applauded, and the morale of the whole army was also high.

Tao Gao was not surprised when he heard of such a big victory.

Now there are such remarks in the tent hall, which is also natural and natural.

"I said Tao has a loud voice, you let Old Man Zhu finish his words, why are you always so reckless, no big or small!"

Wei Yuan, who was sitting on the side, pressed Tao Gao's thick arm, forcibly pulled him off the seat, and laughed and persuaded.

"It's okay, it's okay, the old man is used to it anyway!"

Zhu Dan's words caused everyone to laugh.

He continued to tell the story: "In the battle of Luoshen Peak, the losses of Chiyan and Qi Sect were not small, but they did not hurt the fundamentals, and we should not underestimate the enemy. Wanqiu is my Xuanyuan border town, it is a pity to give up, but we can't take care of the other, half an hour ago, the prince and I learned the battle report, the king gave up Biyuan Pass, 100,000 horses retreated to Yecheng, the Lanling army has penetrated into my Xuanyuan territory. ”

"The king retreats to Yecheng!"

"Why did the king give up Biyuan Pass?"

"It is easier to defend and difficult to attack than Yuanguan, it is the eastern gateway of our Xuanyuan, and Yecheng is just a border town close to the Inner Spirit Domain, and it has no strategic value......!"

As soon as Zhu Dan's words fell, the soldiers in the tent talked about it.

After Gongsun Eying and Xuanyuan Heng tacitly looked at each other, they added: "The 300,000 army of Lanling is pressing the border, and the king temporarily avoids the edge and retreats to Yecheng, which has the intention of the king. At present, the Lanling army that attacked Wanqiu is nowhere to be found, but judging from the movements of the Lanling handsome army over there at Yuanguan, their target is likely to be Wanqiu City, so we have to plan early. ”

After speaking, the tent was suddenly surprisingly quiet.

Everyone realized the crisis of the situation and the seriousness of the situation, and they all pondered in silence.

"Report ......"

The sound of the soldiers outside the tent broke the silence at this time.