Chapter Seventy-Two—Regaining Military Power

After Bu Luan said this, he immediately bowed deeply in the direction of the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden forces and bowed deeply, and the white-clothed female soldiers around him who were originally silent began to talk about it, some of them were biased towards Princess Qingxuan Bu Luan, or the soldiers who had been favored by the royal family of the feudal kingdom for generations threw down the weapons in their hands and knelt down in front of Bu Luan from afar.

One person rang, ten thousand people responded, and some of the white-clothed female soldiers who were not very supportive of Gongsun Yu threw down the weapons in their hands and knelt down in front of Princess Qingxuan Buluan, and there were more and more corresponding people, many of whom shouted loudly: "We are sorry for the princess, thanks to the trust of the princess, I am willing to go to the soup for the princess!" Slowly, more and more soldiers knelt down, and the number had approached half of the fifteen-thousand-strong army, and counting.

Staring at the soldiers who shared the hardships in front of them, Bu Luan and Bu Yuehan's eyes were gradually covered with a layer of mist, although they were women, they had carried too many responsibilities and obligations that should not have been borne by themselves since they were children, and now they were almost numb They felt an extremely cordial feeling, these soldiers of the white-clothed celestial women's forces were in fact companions and brothers who had been following them in life and death, and they couldn't let them fall into trouble no matter what.

"What are you doing, is it ......" Gongsun Yu, who was shocked that he was suddenly at a disadvantage, subconsciously shouted out this sentence that exposed his own state of mind, and he immediately beckoned to his relatives around him, taking advantage of the fact that the surrounding situation was not very clear, Bu Luan and Bu Yuehan had no time to take care of themselves for the time being, he immediately rode the war horse on the side and went straight to the south, and the relatives behind him accelerated their pace and ran after Gongsun Yu and quickly left the battlefield.

The two princesses, Bu Luan and Bu Yuehan, were busy appeasing the surrounding soldiers at first, and they didn't notice that Gongsun Yu chose to leave the battlefield directly without hesitation, and when they found that Gongsun Yu had disappeared, Gongsun Yu had already ridden a war horse and left the battlefield, obviously unable to catch up.

However, catching up with Gongsun Yu is not the most important thing, the most important task for them is to regain military power, now this plan has basically succeeded, most of the armies of the white-clothed celestial girl forces have returned to their command, this is enough, Gongsun Yu is not worried now, he will inevitably suffer from the punishment and torture of the Holy Emperor when he returns to the Feng Zhan Society, but they don't need to worry. Bu Luan, who had figured this out, slowly turned around and shouted loudly to all the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden soldiers in a serious tone that is usually difficult to see: "Pass my order, give up the plan to dig up the embankment of the Xuanling River, and the army will immediately march and go to Shengcheng!"

"Yes!"

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At the head of Shengcheng City, Xin Pei didn't know that Gongsun Yu's plan had suffered a heavy blow, and even Gongsun Yu himself had disappeared without a trace, but Xin Pei didn't know about the series of things that happened in front of him. He was now facing an orderly siege of the city by an elite army of 7,000 departing countries, which, to his surprise, not only had powerful siege weapons, such as ladders and nest carts. What's even worse is that he originally thought that the power of fire oil and trebuchets would be enough to stop the attack of this outlying army, after all, their army is also quite numerous, and he has mobilized 5,000 troops to defend here, according to common sense, the army that left the country to attack is only 7,000, and the surprise attack of the heavy cavalry is useless before the city gate is opened.

But just now, Xin Pei got an urgent message from Xicheng, a 3,000-strong army from the almost undefended Xicheng launched a surprise attack, this army used iron hooks and the dexterous bodies of the soldiers to quietly jump onto the Xicheng, after easily occupying the Xicheng, this army has now begun to attack the city of Shengcheng. When Xin Pei first heard the news, his whole face turned pale in an instant, in order to cooperate with Gongsun Yu's plan to seize power, he almost mobilized most of the troops in the city here to defend against the attack of the departing army, but what he didn't expect was that Kong Hong, the general of the departed army and the spirit lord of Yinan, had already seen through their plan, and directly began to dispatch troops to deal with their conspiracy.

Even though he was quite dissatisfied with Gongsun Yu in his heart, Xin Pei still had to deal with the situation in front of him that he couldn't accept no matter what. He left the defense of the eastern wall to his henchmen, and he led hundreds of his followers to the city at once. One thing he knew very well in his heart was that the main base of the white-clothed celestial girl was in this Shengcheng before, and they had a great deal of opposition to the people's hearts or the military hearts in Shengcheng, which Xin Pei deeply understood, most of the people in Shengcheng did not buy the accounts of the Holy Emperor and the Fengzhan Society, if it wasn't for the fact that the Holy Emperor had prepared in advance to transfer the original army in the city before he took office, I am afraid that he, the governor, would not be able to do it at all, he, the governor, completely relied on the army to forcibly suppress the emotions of the people, plus he treated people well on weekdays, and the people were obedient for the time being。

Xin Pei knew very well in his heart that once the army of the white-clothed Celestial Maiden forces could return to this city and successfully drove out him and the army under his command, I am afraid that the city would immediately return to the embrace of the white-clothed celestial maidens' forces, and there would be no other results. But even so, Xin Pei knew that he could not take a step back no matter what, and he would rather die on the battlefield than back down.

Because the Holy Emperor knew that Shengcheng was difficult to govern, and he might have to pay a lot of unimaginable costs to ordinary people, the Holy Emperor still entrusted him with this extremely important task, and he went from a small general all the way to the present to become a respected governor under the command of the Holy Emperor, and even let him take charge alone. He can't repay this kindness, he can only do his best to defend Shengcheng, if he really can't resist the attack of the white-clothed goddess and the country, then he will live and die with Shengcheng.

At this time, Kong Hong, the southern spirit lord of the southern wing outside the city who commanded the attack step by step, also got the latest news, and the army she planted had successfully entered Shengcheng and began to deploy, and on the other side, Princess Qingxuan Buluan and Princess Liuli Buyuehan had successfully recaptured most of the military power of the white-clothed celestial girl's forces, Gongsun Yu fled to the south with his relatives and disappeared, and they were leading the army to Shengcheng, and it would not be long before their army arrived and attacked Shengcheng together with the army under her command.

At this point, Kong Hong's original plan had been fully realized, and with the army of the white-clothed celestial girl forces stationed near Shengcheng, the army besieging Shengcheng had reached nearly 30,000 people. What's more, there is now a departed army entering the interior of Shengcheng, and the defense of Shengcheng has no choice but to temporarily withdraw an army to assist the defense of the city, which gives Kong Hong an excellent opportunity.

"Pass my general's order, the whole army presses!" Kong Hong raised his hand and drew his sword, ordering the soldiers around him to attack together, the flag soldiers waving the six-color flag to command the soldiers to press, and the army that had already prepared for war rushed forward, relying on high morale and spiritual strength support, the army left the country began to press in a big way.

On the contrary, the morale of the troops stationed in Shengcheng is now low, and some of the soldiers who are worried about their families in the city are beginning to be depressed and worried, and they are even unwilling to continue to participate in the battle to defend the city, which makes the generals who have little command experience themselves even more at a loss and do not know what to do. Because his majesty and prestige in the city are far inferior to Xin Pei, if Xin Pei is here, these soldiers may not dare to flee, but he is just a tooth general under Xin Pei, most of the soldiers are not afraid of him, and even some soldiers have begun to take the initiative to escape from the city tower and sneak back to the city quietly.

As a last resort, the tooth general could only resort to iron-blooded means, he drew his sword and ordered the soldiers not to flee, and dozens of soldiers who tried to escape were beheaded by him in public, and the blood stained his sword red, and also stained the city. "Whoever dares to run away again will be killed! Defend the city for me!" the toothed general's voice echoed above the tower.

Although the general's iron-clad methods temporarily curbed the wave of flight, the morale of the soldiers did not improve because of this, on the contrary, the soldiers' hearts became more and more unstable, and they were even more unable to actively participate in the defense of the city in the face of panic.

Seeing that the soldiers were passively on standby, the tooth general knew that his continued killing was likely to lead to fatal consequences, but he had no choice, Xin Pei was now rushing to the city to suppress the departing army I don't know what the situation was, and it was impossible for Xin Pei to help him in a short time. In desperation, this tooth general can only continue to kill, killing all the soldiers who are not active in defense or are passive and lazy.

Eventually, the Tooth General's wanton killing of the soldiers caused a violent mutiny and uprising on the castle towers, and although most of the army was from the direct subordinate army of the Sealing War Society, Xin Pei and the Tooth General were not members of the Sealing War Society. A soldier who dodged the tooth sword shouted, "He wants us to die!"

"Kill him!" "Kill them!"

Soldiers from all sides began to shout, and they waved their weapons at the tooth general and the army loyal to Simpei, and a fierce scuffle ensued on the towers. At this time, Kong Hong's henchmen in the city found the opportunity for the city tower to mutiny, quietly sneaked near the city gate and opened the city gate, losing the obstacle, and the three thousand heavy armored cavalry who had been waiting for it began to charge into the city.

At the same time, the army of the white-clothed Heavenly Maiden also rushed to the vicinity of Shengcheng, and seeing that the city gate had been opened, Princess Qingxuan Buluan immediately ordered the army to enter the city, and the army of the country swept through Shengcheng.

This was a battle without suspense, Sheng Cheng was instantly lost in the battle situation of being attacked by the enemy inside and outside, and after less than half an hour of street fighting, the forces of the white-clothed celestial girl completely controlled the city. The governor of Shengcheng, Xin Pei, and hundreds of his henchmen were killed in battle, and the rest of the thousands were captured by the forces of the Celestial Maiden in White.

The loss of Shengcheng was only the beginning, after the rectification was complete, the army of the white-clothed celestial girl and the army of the departed country continued to converge and move south, this time, their target was directly aimed at Zhongcheng.