Chapter 56 - Surviving the Crisis Together

This envoy knows and knows very well that the current situation within Qi is relatively good, and the overall military and people of Qi are relatively united, and their offensive has been thwarted today, although the morale of the soldiers of Qi has been further improved, and they may even be more united in this. But the supplies in the city, especially food, could not be replenished, and as long as they continued to carry out two or three large-scale attacks regardless of casualties, the city would naturally not be able to hold on.

But this Mingyi envoy did not dare to make such a decision, the fundamental reason for this was because they did not have any particularly ingenious and meticulous plans in the process of attacking Huicheng, and generally adopted a strategy based on strong attack. For them, even if they were able to capture the castle, it would lead to very serious casualties, and this result, the Ming Yi envoy with the book in his hand, knew very well that it was impossible for his master to accept it.

It was precisely because he knew that his master would inevitably not accept such a result, so this Mingyi envoy did not have any thoughts and plans to continue to organize and launch a second attack. The main purpose of their siege of Huicheng was not to defeat the Qi army, but to facilitate other operations, including the army sent by the Dark Legion, which was gradually carrying out the plan of corruption in the worlds created by other creation gods. And the most important thing is to find all the seven creation artifacts and unlock the seal on the maze city, which is the most crucial.

Unexpectedly, the Dark Legion had worked hard to manage the good situation, but it continued to hit the nail here in Huicheng, and the Qi army forced back their attacks many times, so that the plans of the Dark Legion were hindered to varying degrees.

The most obvious example of this is the Dark Evil God himself, because the one who was sent to the Nine Domains to find the remaining two Creation God Artifacts, the Mingyi Envoy with a giant hammer, was later suppressed by Feng Yuchong and Gao Hanyue, and finally under Feng Yuchong's Seven Instrument Soul Forms, with the mysterious power of the Wing Clan obtained by Gao Hanyue, this Mingyi Envoy was killed by Gao Hanyue.

The death of this Ming Yi greatly limited the plans of the dark evil god itself, and he had to choose to go to the Nine Domains, on the one hand, in order to rescue this important confidant under his command, but more importantly, he wanted to take the two creation artifacts of Qimen Bagua and Biluoyu into his own hands as soon as possible.

Because, the current dark evil god is not in the dark army, and he himself wants to take the opportunity to control the Holy Emperor, and the idea of using his body as a very good carrier of his soul has to be put on hold for the time being. Today, the main force of the Dark Legion failed to attack Huicheng, and the situation in all aspects could not be considered smooth, and it was even full of twists and turns.

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At noon, the Governor's Mansion in Huicheng City, after a very high-intensity battle yesterday night and early this morning, the soldiers and civilians of Qi in Huicheng united to repel this large-scale attack of the Dark Legion. The people in the city walked the streets and alleys, lit the firecrackers that had been treasured for a long time, and celebrated with the soldiers of the Qi State to defeat the dark army, which is definitely a thing worth congratulating.

However, for the three young men sitting opposite each other in the Doge's Palace, defeating the Dark Legion was only the most basic step, and the subsequent situation may not go in the direction they expected. Judging from the preliminary statistics of the military commander's information returns, in the process of this hand-to-hand confrontation with the Dark Legion, the soldiers of the Qi State only lost more than 100 people and injured hundreds of people, which is very acceptable.

In the main hall of the Governor's Palace, gentle coals were lit in the braziers around it, making the whole hall quite mild, and the cold breath of winter was no longer felt here, and the three young men sitting facing each other had hot and freshly brewed fragrant tea on the table, and a roll of sealed paper that had just arrived here, and the pen and ink had not yet dried.

The three young men who appeared in the mansion at this time, the young man sitting on the left, were wearing a slightly wide red python robe that did not match his age, and the patterns painted on the top of this red python robe were all black pythons, this set of clothes was originally the clothes of the governor of Huicheng, but a hat was missing. The young man's face was slightly delicate, not with the murderous aura of a bloody battle, and the hair that had just been washed was draped a little loosely on his shoulders, which also added two points of heroism.

Sitting next to him was a girl wearing a slightly tight-fitting white shirt, with long hair flowing and a smile on her face, wearing a slightly wide black cloth pants under her gentle body, and wearing relatively lightweight, black soft shoes that are conducive to action, which are not the ones that most girls like to wear, pink embroidered shoes.

From the outside, this girl can see the appearance of a very ghostly elf, flashing a pair of bright and clear, but warm deep black eyes, with a smile on her expression, and the fluctuations in her heart are difficult for others to see.

On the other side of the right, sitting is a girl wearing a long white dress, with a soft face and a slight smile, which looks like a quiet atmosphere on the outside. From her slightly pale face, it can be seen that this girl is not in a good state at the moment, but her usual calm and gentle expression conceals her uncomfortable appearance.

These three young men sitting in the Governor's Mansion looked young, only in their twenties, but from the way they sat in the Governor's Mansion so calmly, we could know who they really were.

Although the dark army has been temporarily pushed back, the situation in the city has become more serious. The simplest example of this is when the number of arrows in stock has run out, and if the Dark Legion attacks again, they may not have enough arrows to use.

Feng Shanshan had previously proposed to collect the arrows scattered outside the city and reuse them, but this idea was rejected by Feng Yuchong. The main thing is that they are worried that the Dark Legion will take the opportunity to attack them, if they pick them up, although it will reduce the danger, but the efficiency is very low, after all, there are only three of them.

This is also a helpless move, since the recovery of the city from the hands of the Sealed War Society, they have fought the Dark Legion several times, large and small, and each time they cannot easily go to the battlefield to collect the weapons that are consumed. The main reason is that this collection process takes a long time, and the dark army is only temporarily retreating, and it is too dangerous to rush to collect the battlefield in order to lose the main force.

After some preliminary counting, the official who counted the stewards wrote it himself and sent it to the governor's mansion, which was the roll of paper on the table. On this scroll of paper, the number of important materials and equipment currently in stock in the city was clearly counted, and the amount of food, money, arrows, weapons and armor and many other materials were in short supply.

This is also the reason for the city itself, which is not a very important military town in the first place, and may have to guard against the feudal army in the direction of Dream City. But with the entry of the leader of the Sealing War Society, Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao, into the Loyal City, the focus of the Sealing War Society has changed, and the main goal has become to attack Ruocheng, a Qi city that is closer to Loyalty.

Because it is far away from the war, all the material and equipment reserves in Huicheng are not much, and the reason why Huicheng has been able to hold on to this day is because of the military tun some time ago, and on the other hand, because the soldiers and civilians of Qi in Xuancheng brought weapons, arrows and armor when they went south.

But to this day, the broken armor, the broken and rusty weapons, and the arrows that cannot be recovered, these important military equipment cannot be replenished, and they still fall into a very helpless and embarrassing situation.

Although there are very good craftsmen in the city, and the armory supervisor who smelts and forges weapons has also moved here from Xuancheng before. But the lack of iron ore was the most fatal problem that prevented them from smelting their own weapons.

The problem that the number of weapons and armor is not enough to support the army has also become another problem after the lack of food. Although they have reached an alliance with the Celestial Maiden in White, and even with the Departure Country, they are unable to provide substantial support in the face of the siege of the Dark Legion.

Moreover, even if the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden and the departure from the country are willing to help with food and supplies, their current base is relatively far away from the city, and it will take at least a month on the way, according to the current situation, it seems that it is too late.

"Food rationing, this method that we have no choice but to take has lasted for nearly a month and a half, and it is difficult for the people in the city to have enough food rations to survive. Luo Yinying, who was sitting on the right, was very vocal in this issue, she knew the situation in the city very well, but she had never found a good way to solve the dilemma.

Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters, also looked a little embarrassed, although the people they saw along the way, although they were singing and dancing in the city, and even setting off firecrackers to celebrate the victory, but these people were all yellow and thin, and they didn't look healthy.

Seeing such a scene, how could they not realize that the dark army had been besieging the city for a long time, which must have delayed this year's harvest and cultivation, and also greatly affected the food reserves in the city.

Luo Yinying's expression was extremely worried, it was because of this situation that she almost relapsed into her old illness. The return of the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, somewhat added two points of hope to her.

Hearing Luo Yinying's words, Feng Yuchong couldn't help but fall into deep thought, indeed, it was gratifying to repel the attack of the Dark Legion, but it didn't mean that they had gotten rid of the crisis. The biggest problem that bothered them was that the reserves of many supplies in the city were almost exhausted, and the dark legion besieged the city for months, causing them to fall into a situation of extreme lack of food, weapons, and bows and arrows, which could not be replenished by the city alone.

"I have a way to get through this crisis. Just when Feng Yuchong and Luo Yinying were frowning, Feng Shanshan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and the words that came out really made the two people in front of them a little unresponsive.