Chapter 66 - The Army of the North

Although Feng Baiyi also had a little despair in his heart, he didn't want to put this emotion on his wife, these days guarding the city, her efforts and persistence were by no means weaker than him, and at this time, the female character was gradually exposed here. And he himself, although he also deeply understood in his heart, there was no hope of any recovery in the situation he was facing now, although it was possible that the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent could finally thwart the conspiracy of the Dark Legion and the Sealing War Society, but at this time, the two of them, the husband and wife, and the soldiers of the Qi State who were still here now, would inevitably die here, there was no doubt about this.

Now the armies of all sides cannot be concentrated in the city, the two of them are naturally facing this unprecedented crisis, they can't and have no way of knowing the plans that the Dark Legion and the Dark Evil God are preparing now, their main focus is on the Yue clan and the army of the Leaver and the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden forces in the north, these three armies have set off a storm tide against the Dark Legion in the north of the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, as far as they know, the Dark Legion is now gradually retreating and advancing to the north, including the main army of the Sealing War Society has begun to gradually retreat to the north。 According to common sense, now is the best time for the Qi army to counterattack, but not only do the two of them no longer have enough energy and combat effectiveness, but now the Qi army only has the weakest 10,000 old and weak remnants, even if they want to find an opportunity to fight back, it is already unlikely.

The two of them have gradually accepted the fact that they are about to be attacked by the Dark Legion, in fact, they are not allowed to continue to delay time, now most of the Qi army in the city has been damaged, and there are only more than 10,000 old and weak remnants left, these old and weak remnants really do not have much combat effectiveness, even if the Dark Legion is now casually dispatched an army can easily sweep them. The city is now in fact a non-existent entity, Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing don't have much to worry about now, the children and the widow of His Majesty Xuan Lejun have successfully left the encirclement of the Dark Legion and the Sealing War Society, waiting for the main army of the Dark Legion and the Sealing War Society to capture the Huicheng, which is also the future they have already foreseen.

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In fact, the Dark Legion has already fully understood the current useless defense of the city under the dispatch of the Dark Evil God, but the reason why the Dark Evil God did not order the Dark Legion to capture this place is that the main purpose is to prepare to encircle and send reinforcements. But to his surprise, the Yue clan, the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden, and the coalition forces that left the country in the north of the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent had no intention of entering the city, and this incident surprised the dark evil god. As a result, the Dark Evil God simply manipulated the Holy Emperor to dispatch the army of the Sealing War Society to leave the city and go north to support Sheng City, which was already besieged in the depths by the forces of the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden and the army that had left the country.

The garrison of the Sealing War Society in Shengcheng itself is small, and the forces of the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden and the army that have left the country have surrounded Shengcheng, and the garrison of Zhongcheng did not dare to act rashly because they did not get the order of the Holy Emperor, and the Empress Rongle took the initiative to suppress the army of Zhongcheng, so that the loyal army could not support the north. Now, at the critical moment when Lingcheng has been regained by the forces of the white-clothed celestial maiden, the dark evil god finally chooses to compromise and orders the army of the Sealed War Society to return to Shengcheng. This is also the most critical thing that the forces of the white-clothed goddess and the army of the Yue clan have to do, that is, to implement the strategic plan of exchange, the main force of the Dark Legion and the main force of the Sealing War Society are besieging the city, trying to destroy the Qi State in one fell swoop and obtain the seven artifacts to open the seal of the labyrinth, so the key to them is not to take the initiative to fight with the Dark Legion, but to choose guerrilla tactics to force the Dark Legion to take care of one or the other, and now, their plan has begun to bear fruit.

Outside Shengcheng, in the camp where the white-clothed Celestial Maiden's forces and the army left the country were stationed, Princess Qingxuan, the highest commander of the white-clothed Celestial Maiden, was discussing with Kong Hong, the commander of the branch army of the departed country, how to break through Shengcheng's strategic plan. According to the latest information they have received, Huicheng is still surrounded by the main army of the Dark Legion, and the main force of the country has successfully occupied Licheng and Que City under the leadership of Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde, and has successfully marched into Xuancheng with the assistance of the Yue army. It's just that after the current Xuancheng has undergone that great change, it is now completely no longer prosperous, and there are almost no living creatures in the whole city, there are ruins and ruins everywhere, and there is no sign of any prosperity in the past.

And the reason why Chen Xinyu and the Yue army want to recover Xuancheng is not to use it as an important strategic base, but that this city is the most important place for Qi State, once the city is recovered, it will inevitably arouse the hope of all the Qi soldiers and civilians who are still scattered everywhere, and they will inevitably go all out to fight against the Dark Army, which is more of an investment.

Of course, Xuancheng is also the road that their army must pass through to the south, after resting in Que Cheng for half a month, Chen Xinyu took Que Cheng as their current strategic base, and left 10,000 troops to guard here, and at the same time ordered the grain destroyer to return to the Xuanling Continent to urge the Hou army to keep up, she was ready for a protracted battle with the dark army. Now, the "Battle of the Rising Stars" triggered by the Dark Army's invasion of the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent has transformed from the initial strategic retreat to the current strategic confrontation.

According to the latest reliable information, Kong Hong and Bu Luan successfully learned the news that the Fengzhan army was about to return to Shengcheng, and they immediately realized that there was not much time left for them, and at this time, Bu Yuehan and Gongsun Yu also rushed back from outside Shengcheng City and came to the Chinese army tent of the coalition army, and the four of them began to discuss how to break through Shengcheng as soon as possible.

In the past two days, Gongsun Yu and Bu Yuehan have been observing the situation in Shengcheng, they can be said to be the most vocal existence in this matter, when Kong Hong and Bu Yuehan asked about this matter, Bu Yuehan took the lead and said: "We have been observing the situation in Shengcheng for the past two days, and the current garrison in Shengcheng is about 6,000 people, all of which are more elite troops directly under the Feudal War Society, not the guards with weaker combat effectiveness in other places. The commander's name is Xin Pei, I know the name of this man, he was originally a defender in Zhongcheng, and later surrendered to the Holy Emperor and was named the governor of Yicheng, after our army retreated to the Qingming Mountains, he was ordered to garrison Shengcheng, commanding 6,000 troops stationed here. This person has some talents, and after entering Shengcheng, he strengthened the city defense and stabilized the people's hearts, which made our siege campaign temporarily fall into a bottleneck. But what I'm curious about is that since the Holy Emperor has deployed a more talented general and the army directly under the Fengzhan Society here, why is the Spirit City almost useless, not only is there no general and the army directly under the Fengzhan Society stationed, but the ordinary strength of the guards is only about 2,000, and it is impossible to hold the Spirit City on a larger scale than this Shengcheng. Why is that?"

After a long period of training, Bu Yuehan is no longer the arrogant and willful princess she was back then, she herself learned a lot about reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance abilities from Jiang Mingcheng, which just happened to come in handy here. In the past two days, she has been learning about the situation in Shengcheng through her disguise technique and light skills, and she can be said to know this well. The question she is raising now also happens to be asked in the hearts of Kong Hong and Bu Luan.

Gongsun Yu next to him took Bu Yuehan's words and continued: "When I was the governor of Lingcheng, there were more than 10,000 people stationed in Lingcheng and the grassland, and now after we took the initiative to retreat into the Qingming Mountain Range to avoid and abandon Lingcheng, it stands to reason that the Holy Emperor should mainly send troops to garrison here, and the Holy Emperor is quite cautious, and it stands to reason that he should not make such a mistake." ”

Kong Hong smiled awkwardly, "General Gongsun, we should still pay attention to the current situation, how to break through Sheng City and put pressure on the Sealing War Society and the Dark Legion, instead of talking about these things that have happened." ”

Gongsun Yu scratched his head a little embarrassed, then raised his hand to pick up the wooden pole on the table and pointed to the sand table in the center of the camp, this sand table was made by the white-clothed goddess after the uprising in Shengcheng, covering most of the territory of the feudal kingdom rain, except for Dream City, all the territory is described in more detail on this sand table, including mountains and rivers and many other terrains are marked. The most ingenious thing about this sand table is that it can be separated and assembled, and it is made up of several small sand tables. The direction that Gongsun Yu pointed with his right hand turning the wooden pole was the Sheng Cheng that the four of them were most concerned about at the moment.

"As we all know, Shengcheng is on a low terrain and is adjacent to the Xuanling River, so it is in an embarrassing situation that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. And I also know Xin Pei this person, although he knows how to use soldiers, but he is not decisive, and sometimes he is too cautious. Just like now, it is impossible for him not to think of the result of being trapped inside the city, but he is not willing to deploy mobile forces to make a detour outside the city, but instead begins to strengthen the city defenses and increase vigilance and vigilance inside the city, which also provides us with an opportunity. ”

The wooden pole moved eastward, and the wooden pole in Gongsun Yu's hand lightly touched the bank of the Xuanling River adjacent to Shengcheng, "My plan and Her Royal Highness Princess Liuli is to send troops to pretend to attack Shengcheng, and to send troops to pretend to dig the Xuanling River embankment to release water. It's winter, and the river is so cold that it freezes at night when it hits the walls. At that time, we will attack with fire, and the protection formed by filling the earth will inevitably collapse with the impact formed by this fusion of ice and fire, and it will be easy to capture Shengcheng at that time. ”

Bu Luan just wanted to shake his head against this too risky strategy, but he accidentally caught a glimpse of Kong Hong's face beside him, and Kong Hong gently shook his head to signal her not to object for the time being. Bu Luan knew that Kong Hong was thoughtful and resourceful, and she must have her intentions when she said it now, so Bu Luan suppressed the idea in her heart, and instead smiled lightly and encouraged: "General Gongsun is thoughtful, I am ashamed of myself." In this case, I will leave this plan to you with full authority, and I hope that General Gongsun will not let me down. ”

Gongsun Yu clasped his fists and saluted, "The last general will not disappoint His Highness, please wait for good news." ”

Gongsun Yu left the big tent of the Chinese army to arrange this strategic plan to lead the Xuanling River to implement the integration of ice and fire, and seeing his body leave, Bu Luan asked in a low voice: "Why do you want to agree to such a plan?"

Kong Hong's face was mysterious, and the corners of his mouth outlined a strange arc with a slight smile, "Could it be that His Highness has worked with this person for a long time, and he hasn't seen some clues?"