Chapter 676: Secret Friend

Since it was the time when the Night Country was in danger, according to those generals, Zhao Xu should lead his troops back to the Night Country as soon as possible. However, in the content of the news, Lan Ce made it clear that no matter what, Zhao Xu must ensure that the situation on the eastern border is stable, so as to leave a way back for the Night Country.

Since it is necessary to ensure the stability of the situation in the east, withdrawing troops is no longer the best way, and relatively speaking, it is most important to hold Fancheng, so Zhao Xu did not accept the proposal to withdraw troops. After deciding to stay in Fancheng, the most important issue at the moment is to resolve the current war crisis.

In response to the problem that the coalition forces still have reinforcements on the way, Zhao Xu is ready to transfer troops from Snow Country. If necessary, Zhao Xu will transfer the 100,000 new troops that originally stayed in the Snow Country in time, of course, those recruits only need to be ready to be mobilized at any time.

In just three days, the situation has been grim to the point of critical survival, but his own side is still at a loss, and after receiving so much unfavorable news for his own side in a row, Lin Xuanzhong is becoming more and more nervous.

In addition, based on the overall situation, the above has not yet conveyed the local situation of the Night Country to the soldiers below, and it is strictly forbidden for the general above to discuss this matter in private, the purpose of which is obviously not to affect the morale of the army. It's just that paper can't contain the fire, and concealing the news is not the right way to solve the crisis above.

Since receiving the above warning, Lin Xuanzhong has always kept that matter in his heart and never mentioned it in front of Zhang Jiutian. In the affairs of the Night Country, like many generals, Lin Xuanzhong could only pin his hopes on Zhao Wu. Luo Tianguo's gathering of a million troops to conquer the Night Country this time was the biggest crisis faced by the Night Country in history, Lin Xuanzhong naturally couldn't speculate on the outcome of the incident, and now he could only do his job according to Zhao Xu's instructions to stabilize the situation in the east for the Night Country.

Because he knew too much important information, Lin Xuanzhong's mood gradually became agitated, and he could no longer calm down and accompany Zhang Jiutian to train today. Walking in the queue, Lin Xuanzhong has always been absent-minded, so that soon Zhang Jiutian discovered Lin Xuanzhong's abnormality.

Although he didn't ask, Zhang Jiutian could also think that Lin Xuanzhong's changes must be related to the current situation. Maybe the higher the authority, the greater the responsibility, the pressure from the coalition forces in recent days has made Zhang Jiutian breathless, Zhang Jiutian can naturally think that Lin Xuanzhong is also under great pressure.

It is worth mentioning that after the cultivation in recent days, Zhang Jiutian's injuries have healed earlier, and his strength has finally taken a step closer, and he has leapt into the ranks of high-level martial cultivators, so he has attracted countless envious eyes.

For Zhang Jiutian's realm improvement, the most envious of the army are Fang Qing and Ni Youbin, because since Yu Tong died in battle, there is a vacancy for the position of deputy general under Lin Xuanzhong, and Fang Qing and Ni Youbin both want to compete for the position of deputy general.

At present, there is no exact arrangement above, if the two of them become a seventh-order martial cultivator first, there is a great hope that he will become Lin Xuanzhong's lieutenant. Thinking about it, Zhang Jiutian's status in the army has surpassed that of some ordinary generals, and the two of them are extremely covetous of this deputy general's position.

In addition, based on the relationship between the two of them in their respective identities, there is great hope for becoming Lin Xuanzhong's deputy general after becoming a seventh-order martial cultivator, so the two of them are extremely envious of Zhang Jiutian's promotion to the ranks of high-level martial cultivators. Fortunately, Zhang Jiutian can only occupy one deputy general position, so they still have a chance.

Speaking of which, Li Jianran had already mentioned the vacancy of the position of deputy general below Lin Xuanzhong, and had asked Lin Xuanzhong to choose one at random from the seventh-order martial arts cultivators in the infantry camp. For this reason, Lin Xuanzhong also went to find those high-level martial artists who were candidates for the position of deputy general, but those people were very old, and because he couldn't find a suitable person at that time, Lin Xuanzhong put aside the matter that Li Jianran explained for the time being.

Later, when he responded to this matter with Li Jianran, Li Jianran did not force it, after all, Lin Xuanzhong still had Zhang Jiutian by his side. Now due to the request made by Ni Youbin and Fang Qing, Lin Xuanzhong will not find anyone else for the time being, unless Lin Xuanzhong can be allowed to choose one of Fang Qing and Ni Youbin as a deputy general.

But now it is not as good as at the beginning, Lin Xuanzhong, who is already in the ranks of first-class wolf generals, can no longer find a sixth-order martial cultivator to be a deputy general, so that deputy general position will continue to be vacant.

In the past three days, Lin Xuanzhong had met Fang Qing and them once, there was nothing special, the only thing that Lin Xuanzhong cared about was that Princess Lan Xin would leave in three days. Because of the letter from Yedu, Princess Lan Xin had to go. However, although Lan Xin left, Lan Feng, who had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, had to come from the Snow Country.

A little earlier than Zhao Xu received the message, Lan Feng and the right minister of the Night Kingdom also received a letter from the night capital, of course, the content of the message written to them was different. After all, one side is responsible for political affairs, and the other side is responsible for military affairs. Now Lan Feng wants to rush to Fancheng in person, not only to boost morale, but also to discuss military affairs with Zhao Xu. The situation in the Night Country was so grim that they couldn't help but think about the worst.

Now the situation changes continue to bring impact to Lin Xuanzhong, because of the more and more complex emotions, Lin Xuanzhong in addition to feeling more and more nervous, a sense of urgency is rapidly breeding, a strong sense of crisis, like many generals, Lin Xuanzhong also realized that their time is running out.

If they fail to think of an effective countermeasure before the arrival of the allied ordnance unit, the night army will face a huge situational shock. Similar to the current situation, the bitter cold of winter is growing day by day, and the cold breath is raging in and around Fancheng, and the soldiers who are responsible for guarding the night every morning are covered with a layer of hoarfrost.

It is not a comfortable thing to guard at night, but at the moment of the great enemy, the night army will not let down its vigilance. And in the past few days, one night it was Lin Xuanzhong's turn to lead the team on guard. From dark to dawn, back and forth, Lin Xuanzhong and Zhang Jiutian didn't know how many times they walked on the thousands of meters long city wall.

The city wall was brightly lit, because the situation on the side of the coalition camp was stable, and when the personnel in charge of the guard were sufficient, Lin Xuanzhong also deliberately arranged for the people below to take turns to rest. Of course, the resting place was still on the city wall, leaning or lying, and those soldiers had no choice.

In the cold of the middle of the night, the soldiers huddled together, some simply huddled together to keep each other warm, but those soldiers standing guard could only face the cold wind at all times, looking into the distance, and keeping watch for their companions. Because the soldiers in the headquarters are all elite, they naturally know their respective responsibilities, and no one is lazy in the past night.

Compared to the alertness of those subordinates, Lin Xuanzhong felt that his alertness was not as good as theirs, and whenever he walked behind those standing straight soldiers, Lin Xuanzhong would feel embarrassed. Speaking of which, it is precisely because of Lin Xuanzhong's existence that many soldiers want to perform better. In any case, Lin Xuanzhong was deeply touched by the pain he endured for his subordinates that night, so much so that his mood became worse and worse.

Seven days have passed since the second siege of the coalition army, and it is still the same as the previous two days, after the training is over, Lin Xuanzhong handed over the rest to Zhang Jiutian, and then walked to the residence with his head down.

On the way back, Lin Xuanzhong also thought about many of the things discussed in the previous parliament as usual. Unconsciously when he walked to the gate of the small courtyard, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked Lin Xuanzhong's way. When I looked up, it turned out to be Fang Qing and Ni Youbin.

"Brother Lin, you're finally back!" Meeting Lin Xuanzhong's gaze, Fang Qing sighed with emotion.

"You two came to me for something?" sent Princess Lan Xin away in the morning, and now Lin Xuanzhong was not in the mood to talk to the two of them more, but he still had to ask.

"There is a friend in the barracks today, presumably Brother Lin will be interested in meeting him," Fang Qing immediately replied with a smile without seeing Lin Xuanzhong's bored expression in his eyes.

"What friend?" Seeing Fang Qing smiling so happily, out of curiosity, Lin Xuanzhong immediately asked rhetorically.

"A friend we all know, Brother Lin should come with us to meet her," Seeing Lin Xuanzhong's blank face, Fang Qing didn't mind, and immediately pulled Lin Xuanzhong's sleeve and walked east.

"Isn't that Zhang Jiutian?" Before he could take a few steps with Fang Qing, Ni Youbin, who had followed up, suddenly noticed a figure in the distance, and looked at Zhang Jiutian.

"Why don't we take Zhang Jiutian with us?" Anyway, Zhang Jiutian has nothing to do when he goes back alone," As soon as he turned around, Fang Qing also noticed that Zhang Jiutian, who was walking towards the three of them, was not fast or slow, since they had already seen it, it was naturally inconvenient for the three of them to leave directly.

While Ni Youbin was talking to Fang Qing, Lin Xuanzhong was trying his best to think about who the friend they both knew in Fang Qing's mouth was. Recalling those times in the past, Lin Xuanzhong thought of many people, but he couldn't be sure who Fang Qing was talking about.

"Where are you three going?" Not long after, Zhang Jiutian came over, and seeing that the three of them were going elsewhere, Zhang Jiutian asked directly.

"Ni Youbin and I are going to take Brother Lin to meet a friend, a friend who is ten times more powerful than you," Fang Qing, who noticed the invisibly compelling aura on Zhang Jiutian's body, and wanted to directly invite Zhang Jiutian to go with him, after a fluctuation in his heart, he ended up saying something that had nothing to do with his original intentions.

"I don't know who it is?" didn't care about Fang Qing's special tone, Zhang Jiutian was very curious.

"Brother Zhang, if you come with us if you are fine, you can introduce that person to you," Before Fang Qing could speak again, Ni Youbin had already sent an invitation to Zhang Jiutian in a pertinent tone.

"Since it is a mutual friend between the two of you and the general, Zhang has no reason not to go, let's go," nodded, Zhang Jiutian's invitation to Ni Youbin could not be denied.

"Who are you two talking about?" Maybe it's because he has been thinking too much recently, thinking about it, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't think who Fang Qing was talking about.