The fact that Fangqiu Kingdom was preparing to attack Xinguo was only spread within Fangqiu Kingdom, and did not spread to Xinguo's territory.

The third prince had already begun to attack, but the eldest prince was helpless.

After several months of conscription, there are still not as many soldiers under the eldest prince as the third prince, and there is still a big gap in the level of training.

The old courtiers of Xinguo were demoted by the eldest prince because of the matter of the seven princes, which caused many nobles of the family to have a grudge against the eldest prince, and the eldest prince's troops could not be dispatched, and a lot of defensive strength must be left.

To sum up, in the face of the offensive of the three princes, the eldest prince could still only defend the city.

This is not what the eldest prince wants to see, he is not afraid of the third prince, but if he blindly retreats, it will only make the city lord who is attached to him lose confidence.

The inner sanctuary of the Royal Palace.

The eldest prince recruited Qi Lin and Xiao Jing, Qi Lin was his confidant, and Xiao Jing valued his martial arts.

The eldest prince sighed, "Alas, the three princes are not for a decisive battle this time, but only for training, and we are not yet fully prepared, I am ready to send the two of you to each lead 200,000 soldiers to support, not to seek merit, but to defend, and not to have too many head-on battles." ”

"Yes. Qi Lin replied.

"Your Majesty is reassured. Xiao Jing replied.

The eldest prince still trusts Xiao Jing, but this time he handed over the military power to him, mainly because there were no available people, not to mention that the defense of Anping City and Xinyang City was also the top priority, and only Xiao Jing could be dispatched.

After Xiao Jing left, the eldest prince left Qi Lin behind and asked, "I heard that your strength has improved a lot?"

Qi Lin said: "Weichen is no longer weaker than Xiao Jing. ”

Qi Lin's internal strength had already been greatly improved after breaking through the fifth layer of Nine Lives and Nine Deaths Xuangong, and after collecting and learning various exercises, he could already use them proficiently.

"Okay, your strength has improved, then I will be more relieved that you are alone outside, learning of your death that day is more uncomfortable than cutting off one of my arms, fortunately you are back again. ”

There are countless officials in the court, but there are only a few people who really make the eldest prince trust, and the closest one is Qi Lin.

Speaking of the three princes, relying on the advantage of a super army of 1.5 million, even if the city lord resists desperately, there are three cities broken, and each city will be defended for no more than three days.

However, the army of the three princes suffered even more heavy losses, and the siege battle was already extremely damaged, not to mention that they were all recruits, and the battle loss ratio reached a terrifying ten to one, and the soldiers were as many as 300,000 fewer just by capturing the three cities.

It's not that there are only 30,000 people defending the three cities, after all, the city walls are on all sides, and the soldiers defending the city are also scattered, and in one of the city walls was broken, the enemy soldiers who attacked like ants instantly broke the courage of the defenders and surrendered decisively.

The three princes will not retaliate against the surrender of the soldiers, but choose to accept them, and these surrendered soldiers do not have the determination and necessity to resist desperately.

When Qi Lin and Xiao Jing rushed to support with an army of 400,000 in two ways, the third prince decisively stopped continuing to attack the city.

After three baptisms of siege, most of the soldiers have been baptized on the battlefield in person, and now it takes time to sort out the experience gained on the battlefield, rather than continuing to send soldiers to death.

The elite army has more warriors, even if it can't fly the eaves and walk the wall, it will be easier in siege warfare, at least not too much loss.

If the recruited civilian soldiers do not know martial arts, then the high walls will become an impassable obstacle, and even if there are ladders, there will be many casualties.

For the soldiers of the three princes now, siege warfare is the most irrational choice, and he has always hoped to be able to compete with the eldest prince on the battlefield.

And the method used by the third prince is to create public opinion, and if the eldest prince doesn't want to be pointed at and scolded by the whole Shinkoku, he should agree.

If he does not agree, he will also lose his prestige and gradually drift away from morality.

However, it is not yet time, the army of the three princes still needs further training, compared to the eldest prince who is bound by the city, the three princes have the absolute initiative.

However, a piece of news quickly spread to the country of Shin, and the army of Fangqiu Kingdom entered the country of faith and was attacking a fortress where Fangqiu Kingdom was in contact with the country of Xin.

This fortress is the same as the former Green Water City and Linshui City, as the most important military place, he will not take refuge in any prince.

The soldiers of the fortress cannot be easily transferred, even if the prince is cornered, he cannot transfer the soldiers of the fortress, so the prince also turns a blind eye to them.

This fortress is called Guan Yu Fortress, and the general who defends the fortress is definitely not Guan Yu, and it has nothing to do with Guan Yu.

The reason why it is called Guan Yu Fortress is because the fortress is built very tall, and even birds can't fly to the height of the top of the fortress, so they can only fold their wings and obediently enter through the fortress gate.

However, hundreds of years have passed since the glorious time of Guan Yu Fortress, and the time when it was established was still the predecessor of the Xin State, Liang State, at that time, the Fangqiu Kingdom existed, and the two sides continued to fight each other, so there was the existence of Guan Yu Fortress.

However, later Liang was replaced by Xinguo, and the relationship between Emperor Xinguo and Fangqiu State was very good, and Xinguo was able to replace Liang State at that time, because Fangqiu State arranged a large army to contain a large number of soldiers in Guan Yu's fortress.

Xinguo and Fangqiu have been friends for hundreds of years, and the role of Guan Yu Fortress gradually disappeared, and instead became a prosperous place of commerce and trade.

On this day, several soldiers patrolled the streets, after all, it was the border between the two countries, and there were often fugitives who crossed Fangqiu Country and came to Xinguo, and the problem of public security has always been a more important trouble for Guan Yu.

"Boss, there are too many merchants from Fangqiu Country in the past few days, even if the three princes of Xinguo are vying for the throne and have a greater demand for materials, it is not a day or two to fight, and it is still very strange that so many businessmen suddenly appeared. ”

The leading soldier glanced at a fierce-looking man passing by, and when he saw that he had no weapons on his body, his eyes were a little cringe, so he didn't care, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Those people all have the business certificate of Fangqiu Country, it is said that Fangqiu Country has a bumper harvest this year, and the Emperor of Fangqiu Country has relaxed the control of merchants, so there are so many merchants pouring into Xinguo." ”

"Harvest? Why haven't I heard about it, and it's not coming early or late, and now it's winter, can I go back a year ago?"

The leading soldier slapped the soldier on the head, and scolded with a smile: "This kind of thing is not something you can manage, you better patrol honestly, save more money, and keep it to go back to marry your daughter-in-law." ”

The crowd laughed for a while, and when they saw a kind-faced man, they stopped and inquired, and only let the man go after receiving a small piece of silver.

Thirty miles away, Chang Shun, the general of Fangqiu State, was stationed in this basin with a million troops, and they had been here for three days, but they had not been noticed by Guan Yu Fortress.

A soldier reported to Chang Shun: "General, we have more than 10,000 people disguised as merchants, travelers, fugitives, refugees, etc. to infiltrate Guan Yu Fortress, and sending people to the fortress can arouse the suspicion of the people in the fortress." ”

"It's only 10,000......" Chang Shun thought for a while and asked, "How many people are there in Guan Yu Fortress?"

The soldier replied: "According to the regular system of Xinguo, the number of soldiers is 150,000, but there has been no war in these years, and Guan Yu's fortress has a serious empty salary, plus some soldiers are only in name and do not stay in the fortress for a long time, according to the report of the spies dispatched, the maximum is not more than 80,000." ”

"Eighty thousand, only half, it seems that God helped me. ”

Chang Shun sorted out his armor and said to the soldiers: "Pass the order, set off immediately, and let the people in the city open the fortress gate from the inside when the siege is at its most intense!"

Millions of soldiers drove towards Guan Yu Fortress, and the people in Guan Yu Fortress also realized it later, and finally felt the crisis.

"Close the gate of the fortress, and I'll report to the general!"

One of the soldiers defending the city shouted, then mounted his horse and galloped towards the tallest building in the fortress.

Guan Yu Fortress is a military stronghold, so naturally there will be no city lord, only a general appointed by the emperor.

But such a general's life in the fortress was more comfortable than most of the city lords.

Most of the trade between Shin and Fangqiu passed through here, and every big merchant would bring the most precious gift to visit the general, and if he didn't come, then the general would trouble the merchant under various pretexts, knowing that he would be completely expelled from the trade route between Shin and Fangqiu.

He couldn't have imagined that the Fangqiu Congress would make a move against Xinguo, hadn't the two always been good friends? Why did the Fangqiu Congress stick a knife in the back at this critical time?

The general did not believe the soldiers, but put on his armor and prepared to take a look at the city gates.

"If you dare to lie, you won't be able to save your head!"

Before leaving, the general put down a cruel word, which made the soldier's face change suddenly, and now he hoped that Fang Qiu Guo really came to attack Guan Yu Fortress, rather than die in the hands of Fang Qiu Guo's soldiers, and the general was buried together, it was better than dying in the hands of the general.

Chang Shun didn't like ink, and after making sure that his information had been conveyed to the spies in the city, he immediately ordered an attack on Guan Yu's fortress.

The wall of Guan Yu Fortress is thirty meters high, but it has not been used for many years and has fallen into disrepair.

The equipment in the fortress was also not very good, except for a batch of complete equipment for the inspectors sent by the imperial court, the other soldiers only had a sword, a bow and a pot of arrows, and the armor was either only half a piece or was secretly sold by the soldiers.

Chang Shun couldn't help laughing when he saw the situation on the fortress, he originally thought that Guan Yu Fortress was the most difficult level, but he didn't expect it to be the easiest.

No matter how high the walls are, it is impossible to defend them without enough soldiers and sophisticated weapons.

The war had begun, and all the soldiers were drawn in, and it was time for those who wanted to come to the city to act.

Soldiers disguised as merchants and others in the castle picked up their swords and began to converge at the fortress gate.

After all, the Leaving God Continent is a martial arts world, and swords are not controlled instruments, even ordinary people can carry them with them.

There are not many people defending the gate of the fortress, on the one hand, there are generally no enemies inside, and on the other hand, there are not enough soldiers, and there are not many soldiers even guarding the city, let alone watching the gate.

The soldiers of Guan Yu Fortress, who had never experienced war, suffered the bitter consequences of this major mistake.

With more than 10,000 people armed with weapons, and all of them were still a cut above ordinary soldiers, the soldiers defending the gate of the fortress were instantly defeated, and they didn't even have time to wait for support.

The gates of the fortress were opened, and the soldiers of the Fangqiu Kingdom in the city climbed the high wall and fought from the inside.

When the general of Guan Yu Fortress arrived, only corpses were left all over the ground, Chang Shun was not a Xinguo person, and he was not prepared to receive these Xinguo soldiers.

"This ...... How is this possible......"

The general was stunned, and the soldiers behind him had already taken off their uniforms and fled.

Chang Shun looked at the person wearing the brand-new golden armor and said with a smile: "You are the guard of this Guan Yu Fortress, thank you so much, but I don't like prisoners, you better die obediently." ”

"You ......"

Chang Shun didn't say much, signaled to the soldiers around him, and the soldiers swarmed up and surrounded them, and after some struggle, the general of Guan Yu Fortress was finally outnumbered and hacked to death with a knife.

"Leave 10,000 people stationed and notify the old emperor to come and receive Guan Yu Fortress. ”

Chang Shun quickly issued an order that he should continue to march towards the interior of the Shin Kingdom, and before anyone knew it, he would quickly take a few cities as a base area.

A general attached to Chang Shun's ear and said: "The general's merits are great, and now there are millions of troops here, and he can use Guan Yu Fortress as a bridgehead to create an immortal foundation." ”

Chang Shun glanced at this general, he was very loyal to himself, and this statement was definitely not a temptation.

Don't say this again, and immediately march towards Baiye City. ”

The general can understand Chang Shun's taboo, but he ......

"Why did the general march towards Baiye City, shouldn't he go to Linshui City first?"

Fangqiu Kingdom is in the west of Xinguo, outside the Guanyu Fortress that came out as a gateway, Linshui City is relatively close, and Baiye City is in the hinterland of Xinguo.

Chang Shun didn't want to explain this, did he want to tell such a general that he and Zeng Fangzhou were in the same group, and his enemies were the third prince and the eldest prince?

"I am ready to approach Xinyang City directly, no matter what is happening in Xinguo now, Xinyang City is an extremely important place, and we can effectively hit Xinguo's morale by taking Xinyang City. ”

Chang Shun's explanation was very reluctant, but he still sent everyone away, and even the Emperor of Fangqiu Kingdom was not dissatisfied with his plan.

Just taking Guan Yu Fortress is a great achievement, when it was still Liang State, a Guan Yu Fortress blocked the million-strong army of Fangqiu State.

The news that Fang Qiu Kingdom entered the Kingdom of Xin and took the fortress of Guan Yu quickly spread throughout the Kingdom of Xin.

The eldest prince immediately withdrew Qi Lin and Xiao Jing back, compared to the three princes, Fangqiu Kingdom is the biggest threat, if Xinguo loses territory in his hands, even if his identity as the emperor of Xinguo is recognized, it is also a sinner of Xinguo.

The eldest prince called Qi Lin and Xiao Jing to the palace and ordered: "Set off immediately to defend the city in the west, you must not lose another city or pool, I will naturally defend Anping City and Xinyang City, I will give you another 100,000 troops each, remember, you must not lose a city." ”

The army of the great prince did not have many available troops except for those stationed in the city, so it was all that was sent out of 600,000 people.

The third prince did not fall into the well at this time, his feelings for Xinguo were no less than those of the eldest prince, or what he hoped to get was a complete Xinguo.

With his strength, he had the greatest chance of winning the battle for the throne in the end, and naturally he didn't want Fang Qiu Guo to take advantage of it.

He also sent a letter to the eldest prince asking if he needed assistance. The eldest prince naturally refused.

On the Seventh Prince's side, it was a different story.

After reading the information, the Seventh Prince immediately said, "We will immediately send troops to Juyun City!"

Juyun City is a city that the Great Prince captured from the Three Princes when he besieged Renjin City, and now it belongs to the Great Prince.

Zeng Fangzhou originally thought that it would take a lot of words to convince the Seven Princes, but he didn't expect that the Seven Princes' consciousness was so high that they would take the initiative to attack the Great Prince's Juyun City.

The Seventh Prince looked at Zeng Fangzhou and said, "Lord Shangshu won't blame me, Xinguo is now a Chu Jing, and then come to Fangqiu Guo's involvement, even if I am powerless to change this situation, only by becoming the rightful emperor of Xinguo, it is possible to completely clean them out, Lord Zeng, are you right or not." ”

Zeng Fangzhou hesitated, "Your Highness is reasonable. ”

The Seventh Prince immediately led the 400,000 troops in his hands and headed in the direction of Renjin City.

Ren Jincheng's intelligence system is still being established in an orderly manner under the remote command of the old crow, but it is a little worse than that of the princes.

The news of Guan Yu's fortress being broken was too shocking, and it spread quickly, and even Ren Jincheng knew about it.

Chu Jing stayed by Qin Yingran and Lan Yanru's side all day long, and after inheriting the black magician, his own strength quickly improved to the Ling Xuan Realm, and the Ling Xuan Realm that everyone dreamed of had no obstacles in front of Chu Jing, just the extremely fast golden crystal, and he quickly reached that realm.

Even the gods were cut down by Chu Jing, and no new tasks appeared, Chu Jing seemed to have reached the pinnacle of his life, at least there was nothing he needed to worry about, he just needed to be by the side of the beautiful woman and enjoy himself comfortably.

The news of Fang Qiu's invasion of the Kingdom of Xin surprised him and gave him some headaches.

The Northwest Land is not in direct contact with the Fangqiu Kingdom, but it is very close.

At this time, the troops in the northwest were all brought out by Chu Jing, and the remaining part was in the hands of the city lord and the second prince of Fuchun City, whether they would be stabbed or not was a question, not to mention that they had to help resist.

Zeng Fangzhou had not yet come to Renjin City, and at this time, Chu Jing did not know that Chang Shun was his own person.

"It's going to be war again. Chu Jing muttered.

Qin Yingran said sadly: "Even Fangqiu Kingdom dares to bully us Xinguo, this is impossible when my father is still there." ”

Xinguo is not very big, but with Chu Feixiong and the four town generals, militarily, Xinguo is not inferior to ordinary big countries, so the thirteen countries are willing to unite under Xinguo.

Chu Jing soothed Qin Yingran's hair and said, "It's okay, Fangqiu Country is just a small country, it's just a small fight, and soon they will be driven out." ”

"Hmm. Qin Yingran replied meekly.

After practicing darts for more than a month, Qin Yingran lost interest in martial arts, and Chu Jing did not persuade her, with Chu Jing's protection, Qin Yingran would not encounter any danger.