Echigo and Hokuriku border, Kamiki Castle.

This place is barren, with many high mountains and mountains, as for Shangqi, it is really an exaggeration to say that it is a city, if you look at it by current standards, it is at most a town. Besides, the guards here are organized, and the nature of sentry and exploration is far greater than that of defense, and the real defense line of the North Continent is still in the rear, and Shangqi belongs to the outside of the pass at most.

As Jue said, in this dungeon space, the thousand-person army is also a large force, thinking that it has just arrived with the chaotic dragon flag, the more than 200 soldiers of Shangqi are already frightened, if it is not for the heartfelt heart of Beilu, it is likely to flee in despair.

It can be said that it is not easy to take Shangqi with a thousand troops, but at present, the problem that makes Yang Cheng tangled has also arrived, according to the report of the spies who are ambushed in the rear, Echigo has been carried by Uesugi Kenshin with an army of 5,000 to raise the banner of Bizi to crusade against his so-called traitor.

Now it can be said that it is a dilemma, if you just escape by yourself, it is really not a problem in such a barren place, but as Jue said, judging from the current situation, there is a great hope that these more than 1,000 people are the last chance to complete this quest, if you give up, I am afraid it will be difficult to turn over in the future.

And he is not lying, those 300 people are a thank you gift from him to march to Shangqi, in other words, these are 300 dead soldiers, loyal, not secretly watching.

is definitely a villain, a real villain who does what he says.

Therefore, the only question Yang Cheng is thinking about now is where he wants to retreat, how many days of food and grass in the army is enough to last, and what kind of base to find and how to develop after that, which is really a headache.

Starting from Echigo, he stepped up his pace for many days, and after capturing Shangqi, Yang Cheng was temporarily stationed here, on the one hand, to let the soldiers take a breath, and on the other hand, he was taking countermeasures after studying the map.

However, before he could figure out the reason, the scout came to report that Beilu had already transferred thousands of troops from Guannai, and Shangqi could become a battlefield at any time.

Yang Cheng knew that this was just as he had conceived, and that Asakura must have taken Uesugi's crusading force as his own reinforcements, which was also the beginning of the possibility that the two sides would officially declare war. From beginning to end, the thousand-strong troops he brought with him were the existence of a fuse, and the real role was to ignite the all-out war between Asakura and Echigo.

In a dilemma, the only thing that can be evacuated is this barren mountain and wilderness, but due to the limitation of time, Yang Cheng had to temporarily camp here first, and only wait for dawn to withdraw.

It's just that what he never expected was that something happened that night.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, although all the reconnaissance and protection tasks had been properly distributed, Yang Cheng still didn't dare to feel a little sleepy, and now his heart was in chaos, how could he sleep peacefully?

He really missed the crowd around him now, and if any of them were there, it would be much better than his own hard meditation. He is not a military strategist or politician, so how can there be so many ways to fight.

While he was still studying the route, a soldier suddenly came to report that something was going on outside.

At first, I didn't realize it in the room, but as soon as I walked out of the room with the soldiers, I could hear countless animals barking wildly around me, one after another, and I don't know how many fierce beasts were buried in the mountains around Shangqi. Yang Cheng was shocked and asked, "Have you found someone to check, what is going on?" ”

"General, the scouts alone have been sent out in three waves, but none of them have come back alive, this is dangerous, and they must be withdrawn immediately!"

Yang Cheng frowned, "Where are you going to retreat in such a dark night, it is very likely that you will be ambushed by the enemy, notify it, let all the soldiers gather into a formation, and then listen to my command and wait for the opportunity to move!" ”

After hearing this, the deputy immediately went to spread the order, Yang Cheng was now simply an ant on a hot pot, so he had to be anxious. There are 5,000 crusading troops of Uesugi Kenshin in the rear, and thousands of troops sent by Asakura in front, who wanted to retreat to the barren mountains, but they didn't expect such an accident to happen now.

The enemy was unknown, but listening to the fierce voice of the beast, it was obvious that he had bad intentions.

The most important thing is that Shangqi doesn't even have a decent building defense facility here, so it is really dangerous at night.

Just after giving the order to gather the soldiers, I only heard the deputy report, "The general is not good, there is a commotion in the north, and many wild beasts have rushed out of the barren forest." ”

Yang Cheng felt a chill in his heart, and followed his deputy to the improvised simple watchtower to look north by the moonlight, only to see hundreds of black and white beasts rushing towards Shangqi's side in a rage.

"Pass the order, let the ashigaru team and the spear team form a defensive formation, let the archers suppress from the rear, be sure not to mess up the formation!"

In the dark night, constantly using torches to give orders, although the training time of the more than 1,000 soldiers who took over was short, and although they were panicked at the moment, they quickly formed a simple formation.

Yang Cheng continued to observe the current situation, and when he saw the rushing beast, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened at the same time, the black and white beast - the panda???

When he was in the first world, he went to the zoo and saw pandas, but the pandas were very docile and cute, and they were scarce and precious. Who would have thought that pandas would also be seen in this dungeon, no, maybe this is a kind of monster similar to pandas, they are obviously a little different from pandas, they have a larger body than the pandas of the previous world, their long claws flicker with a cold chill in the night, they bark and roar wildly, it seems that they will definitely not eat bamboo. It's not so much like a panda as a mutated bear.

Let's call them mutant bears, the current situation really can't allow Yang Cheng to worry so much anymore.

In less than a moment, the mutant bear troops had collided with the Shangqi thousand troops, the sonorous sound of weapons and claws, the angry howl of the mutant bear, and the screams of the soldiers being torn apart, in such a night, but they were intertwined into an extremely tragic picture.

The Mutant Bear Force is simply a sharp weapon for killing and charging, their big body hair is like steel, one is close to the soldiers, and they are immediately ferocious.

The monstrous claw force, the amazing strange force, tore the soldiers' hands, feet, heads, and bodies frantically one after another, blood splattered everywhere, and some timid soldiers even began to retreat.

As soon as Yang Cheng saw this situation, it was okay, now that there were ashigaru teams and spear teams in front of them, they were already in danger, and if the people's hearts collapsed again, these more than 1,000 people were afraid that they would be slaughtered by the mutant bear troops immediately.

"Inform me to let the archers aim at the soldiers who fled timidly while suppressing them, and those who have fled will be killed!"

With such an order, the previous commotion was quickly suppressed, although the mutant bear force was fierce and strong, but after all, it was only a little less, and after leaving more than half a hundred corpses, I heard a long whistle in the mountains and forests in the distance, and it retreated like the tide.

Yang Cheng now understands that this mutant bear force is artificially controlled, but he doesn't know who has such a ability, fortunately, there are not many of them, otherwise he will be invincible if he pulls a little attack formation on the battlefield, and he is afraid that it is not much better than Takeda's wing-tipped heavy spear troops.

After scouting the nearby mountains and forests that were not in much danger, Yang Cheng dared to let the soldiers withdraw their defensive formation, and as a result, more than 200 lives were lost by the number of people surveyed.

Yang Cheng thought worriedly, killing fifty enemies and losing two hundred, if he came two more times, I was afraid that these thousand troops would be completely wiped out.

However, it was only after less than an hour of rest that the things that worried him did happen again.

This time, no less than two hundred mutated bears rushed out of the mountains and forests, and the attacks of these bears were even more fierce than before, although Yang Cheng lined up to greet him, and there were more people, but in any way they were in a passive situation.

He himself led the troops to the point of death, but was repeatedly attacked by the beast troops, and could not escape, so he could only be forced to face the battle.

The soldiers had been on the road for many days before they could have a good rest, but they were about to be thrown into such a brutal battle, and it seemed that their lives could be lost at any time, and this time even if there were archers behind to suppress them, there were still many soldiers who were timid and retreated.

Two hundred ferocious mutant bears tore apart the defensive formations of Ashigaru and Spear, and Yang Cheng almost fought the crowd tactics this time to suppress the attack, but when he counted the number of people for the second time, his heart was half cold.

Of the more than 1,300 people brought, there are now only more than 700 left, and there are hundreds of wounded and remnants, and the morale is low.

The atmosphere in the troops suddenly sank.

It was when the sky was dark and about to dawn that the terrifying beasts around Shangqi barked again, and after feeling the panicked atmosphere in the troops, Yang Cheng changed his previous defensive suppression, but chose to take the initiative.

If the kite is flown like this, even if the number of people is not completely destroyed, the entire army will be scattered. Yang Cheng lifted the spear and resolutely decided to go into battle in person, and the previous defensive formation was directly changed to a cone attack formation under his leadership.

Just as he was preparing for a new wave of Mutant Big Bear troops, the system prompted Shanshan to arrive.

"System prompt: Due to the compatibility of the murderous spirit of the two sides, the two sides will jointly trigger the death quest to defeat the opposing troops or be crushed by the opposing troops! Completing the mission will reward 100,000 survival points and a chance to draw random items! If you escape in the middle of the game, the mission will be judged to be a failure, 300,000 survival points will be deducted, and if the points are insufficient, they will be wiped out! ”

At this time, the sky had just broken and the pale blue sky was still studded with a few sparse residual stars. The earth was hazy, like a layer of silver-gray light veil, and the blue and white dawn and the faint morning mist blended together, dyeing the current dilapidated Shangqi.

Yang Cheng could now see clearly, on the opposite side of the troops, a group of nearly 200 mutated bears were waiting for them, they were roaring wildly, except for the saliva flowing from the corners of their mouths, their eyes were closely fixed on the man who controlled them.

It was the man who sat on the shoulder of the largest mutant bear, and he wore a mask with a long nose on his face that made it difficult to see his appearance, but Yang Cheng knew that the person was undoubtedly an adventurer. Presumably, the man controlled the beast troops to attack repeatedly, and he was also a little anxious, so the two sides triggered the death quest in a common state of mind.

This war has become a fact, either you die or I die!