The land in the north of Qi has almost completely fallen under the control of the Dark Legion, and after Feng Yuchong and they successfully persuaded them to leave the country to send troops, Empress Chen Xinyu led the 100,000 troops to occupy Licheng and use it as a bridgehead on the Demon Spirit Continent from the Hanhai Sea, and began to plan to take advantage of the dark army's temporary lack of defense and counterattack time to prepare to directly occupy Que City and give the dark army a containment from the north. This was also a well-planned ploy by Empress Sidley, and it was never good news to rush to fight the Dark Legion before knowing the details of it.

However, only five days after they were stationed in Licheng, the most unfavorable news came from the Qi side, and when Kong Hong, the spiritual lord of southern Hebei, handed over the news to Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, Chen Xinyu's expression and eyes changed significantly. What she never expected was that she originally thought that the Dark Legion and the Qi Kingdom would be in a stalemate in the defensive battle of Xuancheng for a while, after all, Xuancheng was the capital of the Qi State, and it was the best existence in the Qi State in terms of both the defense capability and the quality of the troops stationed, not to mention that the Qi State Monarch Xuan Lejun personally commanded, according to ordinary reasoning, it was unlikely that it would fall so easily.

But it turns out that Chen Xinyu's idea is still a bit wishful thinking, and now the flying pigeon biography in his hand clearly states that the dark legion has directly broken through the Xuancheng defense painstakingly managed by the Qi State just by virtue of this day's large-scale attack, and in this flying pigeon biography, these two sentinels who left the country also reported another news that surprised them even more. That is the class of the Dark Legion, not ordinary ordinary soldiers, their real elite are hidden in the air and underground, this completely unexpected place launched an attack on Xuancheng. Xuancheng fell in one day, in fact, the main reason is the deployment of Xuanle Jun, he deployed most of the elite army on the north wall of Xuancheng, what I never expected was that the Dark Legion's Cointreau I directly bypassed the north city wall and rushed out of the ground to directly attack the granary in Xuancheng, making it difficult for Qi to take care of the head and tail, and finally I could only choose to give up Xuancheng and retreat. On the way to retreat, Xuan Lejun sacrificed himself to attract the pursuit of the main force of the Dark Legion in order to cover the safe withdrawal of the army, and finally saved part of the army to retreat to the southern Huicheng. It was precisely this part of the army that was preserved so that the Qi State could barely survive this fiasco and not fall directly into a situation of near destruction.

After learning this news, Empress Chen Xinyu, who was originally quite comfortable, suddenly became worried, and she asked Kong Hong with some concern: "According to the news they have transmitted, now the Dark Legion has not continued to pursue the remnants of the Qi State and attack Ruocheng after occupying Xuancheng, but has taken the north. This clearly means that they want to launch an attack on our Fa, how can this be good?"

Kong Hong was also very worried, but she actually had nothing to do, after all, although she knew some details about the Dark Legion at this time, after all, there was really no good way to deal with such a crisis. "Maybe I'm thinking that the reason why the Dark Legion is now heading north instead of south may be trying to attack us. But what I've always been puzzled about is why the Dark Legion is so reluctant to go so far and draw three forces directly against him at any cost, even if they are strong in their own right, they shouldn't have made such a bad decision anyway. It doesn't seem like a wise move.................."

Chen Xinyu also nodded, "This is indeed a problem, but we don't have time to investigate these now, compared to this, we are more worried about our own safety." Kong Hong also agreed with this point of view, so she didn't talk about anything else, and went straight to this most critical topic. "In this way, I think we have two choices now, one is to withdraw overnight, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Dark Legion will not arrive here so soon, and directly withdraw to the north, once we withdraw to the Xuanling Continent, the Dark Legion should not be so laborious to cross the sea to attack us for the time being. Besides, when we return to the Xuanling Continent, we can use the artifact Qingming Umbrella, maybe we still have the strength to fight with the Dark Legion.......... I wonder if Your Majesty has a plan?"

Chen Xinyu did not maintain his imperial temperament and mental skills in front of Kong Hong, although the two of them were the highest commanders in the country, but there was not so much complicated relationship when they talked in private. Chen Xinyu thought for a while before he said: "Overall, I still support your first plan, but if we don't fight a war, it will be tantamount to wasting time and food and grass to come here like this." Therefore, we still decided to occupy Li Cheng to temporarily carry out defensive measures, although the combat effectiveness of the Dark Legion is palpitating now, but in fact, as long as we can understand the internal composition of the Dark Legion, it is possible to find a way to break the Dark Legion. What do you think?"

Kong Hong asked tentatively, "Your Majesty means to say ..........."

Chen Xinyu nodded silently, and did not deny her thoughts, Kong Hong also nodded immediately, she could understand the huge pressure that Chen Xinyu was currently facing, and the reason why the two of them did not pick out what was not said was because they had already understood the deep meaning of this, and Kong Hong had completely understood what Chen Xinyu was referring to, and everything was in plain sight.

As a result, the two of them were silent, the situation in front of them and all the unknown situations they were about to endure were enough to make them unable to eat and sleep, and they needed to be on guard against the arrival of the dark army of unknown strength all the time. "Tomorrow I'm going to deploy my defenses myself, and try to make sure that the defenses are as good as possible before the Dark Legion arrives! "Wechen obeys!"

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Two days later, the Dark Legion that slowly marched to Licheng was stationed outside Licheng, the Dark Legion was not in a hurry to attack the now heavily defended Licheng, but chose to temporarily stay in the army and continue to use the consistent strategy to send the Demon Bat Riders to raid and harass the Departing Army on the tower of Licheng City, because the Departing Army did not carry a lot of heavy weapons and was not very clear about the combat strategy of the Dark Legion, so when the Magic Bat Rider suddenly arrived, the soldiers who left the country were still stunned in place and did not know what to do, when the Demon Bat Rider began to shoot javelins to attack them, they remembered that they needed to return fire immediately。

But when they were armed with crossbow arrows and ready to launch attacks on these Demon Bat Riders, these hundreds of Demon Bat Riders had already expected to start climbing into the sky, and they successfully went out of range before the first rain of arrows from the departing army, and in this way they took the lead. With the help of wind direction and gravity, the spears landed on the head of the city of Li, and the force of the impact caused the soldiers to fall down into the moat and die. But the casualties are only secondary, after all, there are only a few hundred Demon Bat Riders who can only throw hundreds of spears in a round, and at most they cause more than 100 casualties, but this special Demon Bat Rider caused not only physical damage to the soldiers who left the country, but also a mental blow to them. Compared to the casualties of hundreds of soldiers, the mental blow far outweighed the casualties of the soldiers.

The first time to get the news and hurried to the southern city wall were Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, and Kong Hong, the spiritual lord of southern Hebei, who had been discussing the plan until late at night, and were preparing to rest for a short time in the morning before arranging the defense. But what they didn't expect was that the speed of the Dark Legion's march far exceeded their imagination, and it had already appeared outside Licheng City today, which was something they didn't expect. In desperation, Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, and Kong Hong, the spiritual lord of southern Hebei, could only rush to the city immediately to check the situation.

At this time, the Demon Bat Riders saw that there was a large-scale army movement on the southern city wall, including the crossbowmen had all pressed in the front direction, and they began to shoot fiercely, and they immediately realized that this must be a high-ranking official or an important person coming to the city tower, so there would be such an action, and they might not be able to take advantage of it if they were here. As a result, hundreds of demon bat riders immediately began to retreat, and disappeared into the city of Licheng in an instant, of course, their departing backs were still seen by Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, and Kong Hong, the spiritual lord of southern Hebei. Of course, these dark riders riding huge bats also shocked Empress Chen Xinyu and Kong Hong, the Spirit Lord of Southern Hebei, and they realized that there was no problem with the original news, the Dark Legion itself is a special legion, and their troops are completely different from those on the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent and the Xuanling Continent. How can this be good?

Chen Xinyu looked sideways at Kong Hong, Kong Hong shook his head silently, many things will only be believed when they see it with their own eyes, and it is difficult to make a correct decision to fight against the Dark Army when their understanding of the Dark Legion is only superficial. Chen Xinyu's heart suddenly froze, she waved her hand, and motioned to the royal guards who followed behind her to call the four main generals guarding the city wall here, and she wanted to deploy the most critical defenses. Because the Dark Legion may directly launch a campaign against Li Cheng today and tomorrow, it would not hurt if they could prepare as early as possible.

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At the same time, Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Yu Fei and Nangong Yun returned to the Yue clan overnight to join Luo Yinying and Sun Hao, and with their outstanding light skills and the unfortified roads of the Dark Legion, the four of them returned to the Yue settlement in the Qilian Mountains relatively easily. Instead of making their long-suppressed mood happy, the reunion with their companions has become more complicated. Because Luo Yinying told them the latest news, the Dark Legion had rushed to Licheng overnight at a speed that ordinary troops could not match, and began to prepare to attack and leave the country. Under the threat of the Dark Legion, it is still difficult to predict how long it will last to leave the country. Then, they must make a decision as soon as possible, whether it is to help leave the country or attack the Dark Legion, in short, a decision needs to be made.