Chapter Thirty-Nine—The Wonder of the Soul (I)
Worship the geometry of the year, winter goes to the spring solstice, the ice field is unsealed, the spring breeze blows in the Demon Spirit Continent, and the breath of spring blows all over the Demon Spirit Continent. After a winter of recuperation and pranayama, the people once again set out on the road to the fields, to spread the breath of spring, or to say goodbye to their families and go to other places. The students began to prepare to go to Beijing to catch the exam, and went to participate in the upcoming imperial examination. And in the vast fields, you can see the simple figure wearing a hat and a coarse linen coat everywhere. The entire Demon Spirit Continent is showing a vibrant scene of recovery. Perhaps no one could have imagined that in such a quiet time, war was about to reignite on the Demon Spirit Continent. A war between the two states is about to break out that has not burned for twelve years since the signing of the Xuanlinghe Treaty. And once this war burns, it will be the entire Demon Spirit Continent that will be noisy, and it will still be the people of the world who are suffering.
On the coast of the South China Sea of the Demon Spirit Continent, the southernmost Qi city of the Demon Spirit Continent and the feudal city of Dream City are bordered by each other, except for a mountain range that is not too high in the middle, only a few villages and dwellings are left between them, and several small county towns are located in them. And the Sealing War will rise in the Dream City and develop in the Dream City. Although the city and the current city of dreams are separated by a horizontal mountain range, the current prosperity and military strength of the city of dreams are incomparable to those of the city.
And now, the forces of the Sealing War Society have gone to the Fengguo Kingdom to be stationed around Zhongcheng, the capital of the Sealing State, but the Huicheng itself is very small because of the garrison of the Qi State, and it is unable to resist the forces of the Sealing War Society left behind. Especially now that the news has just come out that the feudal state is about to move troops against the Qi country, it has made the people in the city where there are only more than 10,000 troops stationed in it even more panicked, and even some of the people have already absconded out of the city and gone north to take refuge in Ruocheng.
Although Chen Jie, the defender of the city, was an all-round man in civil and military affairs, the rebellion of the Lu family, the first family of the Qi State, which had arisen in the Qi State before, was precisely the white horse general Chen Jie's leading soldiers and proper troop transfer that quickly stifled this rebellion. However, there are not many troops that Chen Jie can control, and only more than 10,000 people are under Chen Jie's control and command. Now that the Qi State is about to face the Sealed War Meeting, it will cooperate with the two forces of Fengchi and Yunpin to attack at the same time, and the south will bear the brunt of the surprise attack of more than 50,000 elite Sealed War Meeting. This is also the reason why people in Huicheng have been panicking recently.
It's just that although such news spreads, it has become a matter of knowledge for everyone. It's just that although some of the people of Huicheng have fled, there are still many people guarding the Huicheng. After all, there is no trace of the army of the Sealing War Society in the present tense.
Even so, as the governor of Huicheng, Lu Qing still felt some pressure, he was born in the Lu family, a family of Qi State, as the biological brother of the head of the Lu family, Lu Qing controlled the army outside as one of the means for the Lu family to control military power. For him, being the governor of such a remote place is only a casual idle position, but this idle position is not idle, and he has the military power of a city. Slowly, Lu Qing also developed his own power in Huicheng. It's just that although he has basically controlled all the forces in the city, he can't stop the attack of the elite 50,000 troops of the Sealing War Society just by relying on the more than 10,000 soldiers in the city. This also made Lu Qing extremely anxious.
Lu Qing had no choice but to hand over his news to his family and Chen Jie, the governor of Ruocheng, who knew Chen Jie's courage and ability to command the army. He wanted to leave all these things to Chen Jie to do, but he didn't expect that the army that Chen Jie could command now was only more than 10,000 soldiers, and he couldn't deploy many troops to help Huicheng. The only thing Chen Jie could do was to ask Xuancheng, the capital of Qi, for help through the status of himself and Lu Qing as governors. It was hoped that Xuancheng would be able to send a part of the army to help them, and on the other hand, Chen Jie himself had deployed a part of the army into Huicheng to help Huicheng set up defenses. He knew that if the Sealing War would attack from Dream City, the city would bear the brunt of the attack and become the first target of the attack.
Chen played to Xuancheng, and Chen played to the hands of Li Dan, the prime minister of Xuancheng. Li Dan clearly knew that it was already spring, and the Holy Emperor had basically controlled the situation in the feudal country. Military rations and more than 100,000 civilians have been mobilized. At the same time, the Holy Emperor used his Tiger Talisman and Token to mobilize the two armies of Feng Chi and Yun Ping, and ordered them to attack Que Cheng and Donglinguan and Ruocheng separately from the vicinity of Shengcheng. At the same time, Dream City, the old nest of the Sealing War Society, also sent 50,000 elite Sealing War Society cultists and the army composed of the original army to attack the Huicheng together. Once you have passed that section of the Hengduan Mountains, the next step is a plain with a flat river. The small county towns and villages in front of the city were simply unable to withstand the invasion of the army.
And if the two cities of Ruocheng and Que City fall, Xuancheng is basically in an undefended state and embattled. Li Dan had no choice, the front line was anxiously waiting for the news of Sun Zhao, Feng Yuchong, and Gao Hanyue, who were not coming, and he could not grasp the marching movements of the two armies of Fengchi and Yunpin, in this regard, Li Dan did not dare to rashly dispatch more than 30,000 elite troops that were still able to move around Xuancheng, he could only send other troops to garrison the border, ready to deal with the upcoming Qi State of the Closed State at any time. However, if the two armies of Fengchi and Yunpin really attacked, the combat effectiveness that erupted in this way made Li Dan very worried. He didn't dare to imagine that if these three armies combined were about 150,000 troops attacking at the same time, how could the Qi State be able to resist the attack of the Feng State with the help of strength.
At this time, the Demon Spirit Secret Envoy in the feudal country once again came with a news that made Li Dan's heart tremble, the current emperor of the feudal kingdom, the sect leader of the feudal war society and the holy emperor of the feudal kingdom, personally issued an order to mobilize 100,000 troops as backup, so that the army of the feudal country has been increased to 250,000 all of a sudden. The Qi State didn't know how to resist the inevitable attack of the Feng State this time.
Of course, the national strength of the feudal state itself is much stronger than that of the Qi country, the Qi country was originally often in internal strife, and the rebellion of the Ming and Yue clans made the Qi country itself often overwhelmed. The emphasis is on quick warfare, first breaking through the east Linguan and Ruocheng, as well as the southern Huicheng and the northern Que City, and then once again combined forces to attack and take the capital of Qi in one fell swoop.
There was no hope for help, Chen Jie could only leave his deputy general with 5,000 troops to garrison Donglinguan, and the 3,000 troops originally stationed in Donglinguan formed an 8,000 army, trying to win more with less through the steep terrain of Donglinguan. And Chen Jie himself came to Huicheng with 3,000 elite cavalry to meet Lu Qing, hoping to obtain the deployment power of the Huicheng army. As for Ruocheng, which was originally garrisoned by at least 13,000 troops, now there are less than 5,000 troops left to garrison, and they have to be scattered all over the country to protect the people and guard small villages and county seats, and the army that really remains in Ruocheng is less than 3,000 people. It can be said that Chen Jie has basically seen that all his chips are betting on Huicheng, so he came to Lu Qing, in addition to providing him with necessary help, he also wants to defeat the elite troops of the upcoming Fengzhan Society through the support of Lu Qing's Huicheng army.
Lu Qing knew that he could not command Huicheng with full authority, and if Huicheng fell, he could not afford this responsibility. In line with the mood and idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, Lu Qing happily gave up his military power as the governor of Huicheng, and handed over the more than 10,000 troops to Chen Jie, so that he could be responsible for garrisoning and settling down, Lu Qing never worried about such a problem.
Chen Jie has now successfully mastered the army in Huicheng, and the pressure on him is even greater. In this way, he has to control more than just the elite soldiers of Ruocheng who are loyal to him and can command easily. In addition, the unpredictable Huicheng army, which only adds up to more than 20,000 troops, and what Huicheng is about to face is the attack of the elite 50,000 troops of the Sealing War Society, and the burden on Chen Jie's shoulders suddenly feels extremely heavy.
However, even if he was not sure in his heart, Chen Jie still chose to solve it for the time being. Chen Jie still arranged for a part of the army to guard the city first, and at the same time handed over the responsibility of guarding the city to Lu Qing. Chen Jie knew that it would probably be unrealistic for him to resist the attack of the Feng Zhan Guild head-on, and Lu Qing was a person with no ability in the family inheritance and very little courage. As soon as he heard that Chen Jie had asked him to guard the city, his face suddenly showed a look of relief.
Chen Jie couldn't care about Lu Qing's current expression and movements for a while, he took the remaining 7,000 troops to take the lead in advancing south. On the main road after passing through the Hengduan Mountains, he first choked the junction and sent the people of several small counties back to Ruocheng first. At the same time, Chen Jie took his own soldiers into the Hengduan Mountains first, and went to find a way to reverse the attack of the Feng Zhan Society.
Chen Jie also has no choice, there are too many things he has to take care of now, and now the military of Qi Jiangnan is basically maintained by him alone, Xuancheng doesn't seem to want to send troops to help, and the benevolent Prime Minister Li Dan didn't send any envoys to explain anything.
In fact, Chen Jie himself also knew that now that the Qi State was going to face battles everywhere, the troops were already stretched, and Xuan Lejun was not in Xuancheng, the capital of the Qi State, during this time, he went to the Fengguo alone to find his beloved concubine Yun Guifei. If he had to encounter the Feng War Meeting or the siege of the Feng Army, Chen Jie would not dare to imagine these things. All he could do now was to do everything he could to stop the 50,000-strong army of the Sealing War Society.
For two days in a row, Chen Jie wandered around the Hengduan Mountains alone, hoping to find some opportunities or favorable terrain for a blocking battle. It's just that Chen Jie has returned in vain in the past two days, this Hengduan Mountain Range looks very steep, in fact, its height is not very high, and there is a part of it is a forest across the mountain range. Although it is suitable for ambushes, it is basically impossible to escape once it is surrounded and annihilated. Chen Jie doesn't dare to do such a risky behavior now, and he can't afford it. This is also the reason why Chen Jie has been worried for the past two days, and this kind of thing is enough for him to feel anxious alone.