Chapter 517: Forbidden Land Penance

The only thing that made the people in the city happy was that Zhao Wu was outside the city, and there were still 200,000 night troops outside the city. Although many of them were newly recruited soldiers, after learning that Zhao Wu was in the Night Kingdom, the people of the city were still full of confidence, so the royal family ordered them to defend the city, and one by one they did not complain.

In the case that the two attacks did not break through the city, after the allied forces of Monlay and the two countries counted the dead and wounded, the commanders of the two armies discussed that they did not plan to attack the city again, and temporarily surrounded the night capital first. Surrounded until the night was exhausted, and when the time came, it would naturally be self-defeating. On the other side, the commanders of the two armies also sent letters back to China at the same time to ask for reinforcements.

After confirming that the commander of the night army was Zhao Wu, in order to prevent Zhao Wu from leading troops to attack, they had to ask for reinforcements. Originally, with the strength of the 500,000 troops of the two countries, there was no problem in blocking the 200,000 troops gathered by Zhao Wu from all over the west, but the key was that the commanders of the two armies were afraid of Zhao Wu's combat ability and were afraid that Zhao Wu would defeat them with 200,000 troops.

On the other hand, when the commanders of the two countries asked for reinforcements, Zhao Wu revised a letter to the Lei Kingdom according to the instructions of the monarch of the Night Kingdom to request the aid of the Lei Kingdom to relieve the danger of the Night Capital. The detour of the two countries to attack the night was not considered by Zhao Wu, because the border army led by Zhao Wu at that time was only 100,000.

If it is a head-to-head battle, how to say that the two armies of Monlai have an absolute advantage, who would think that the commanders of the two armies were not sure whether Zhao Wu was in the army, so they did not take the border plug but took a detour to take the night capital, and the two commanders feinted to attack the night army border army camp, while letting most of the troops rush to the night capital The decision really surprised Zhao Wu.

Fortunately, the number of coalition troops was too large to be completely hidden, and the people of the Night Kingdom found out in advance and reported it to the Royal Family of the Night Kingdom, and in the case of preparation, the Night King held the night capital with 80,000 troops. In any case, the top priority is naturally to gather troops to rush to the aid of Yedu in order to relieve the danger of Yedu, but according to Zhao Wu's recent understanding of the two leaders, Zhao Wu knows that the two do not want to face it head-on, or they are too afraid of themselves.

It was a good thing that the commanders of the two armies were afraid of themselves, and Zhao Wu felt that he could take advantage of it. Recently, Zhao Wu has many ideas in solving the danger of the night capital. The situation is urgent, so many people have to eat in the night, if the rescue is not timely enough, then as the two commanders think, the night will only be self-defeating. Once all the royal family members are taken down, the Night Kingdom will never return.

The more anxious he is, the more he must stabilize his position, and Zhao Wu is discussing this matter with a group of generals. The homes of many generals in the army are in the night capital, and the survival of the night capital is related to their roots. If it weren't for Zhao Wu's presence, many generals would have to put forward the idea of surrendering, but fortunately, Zhao Wu could control the situation.

Putting aside the situation in the night capital, Zhao Xu has already revised a letter to inform the right minister of the border situation. The loss of 30,000 troops was close to the damage of the Battle of Winless City, which was a major situation for the Night Army.

After receiving the news, the right minister stepped up the conscription according to Zhao Xu's instructions, and now they are not clear about the recent situation in the night country, but they all know that the situation in the night country is not good, as long as they do not surrender to the Luo Tian country for one day, they will face the threat from neighboring countries one day, so it is even more difficult to draw troops from the night country, and it is still feasible to start with the snow country.

Recently, the soldiers recruited from the Snow Country are all new recruits, and many of them are ordinary people, who do not know any martial arts, and they have come to join the army because they are displaced and helpless.

The training of the new army did not happen overnight, but the right minister now had no choice but to lower the conditions for conscription. Those recruited recruits reached a certain number and were directly sent to the border pass for Zhao Xu to train.

At present, the fastest way to make recruits progress is to be placed in the Night Army, but there are still many disagreements between the two sides, so there are often contradictions, so that the difficulty of training recruits has not been reduced. In addition, conscription is followed by conscription, and so many recruits cannot go without food.

Now the household registration of all parts of the Snow Country has been changed, and the night army temporarily collects food according to the household registration, and those who do not pay the food pay money. It is still the beginning of the war, and it is relatively easy to collect grain and grass, and the progress of grain collection is relatively smooth, but from the overall situation, the night country is still extremely grim.

One day if you don't fall to one of the two great powers, you will have to face the attack of the two great powers in one day. Although the five countries are now in alliance, the head of the five countries has not been determined, so that the armies of each country are scattered and difficult to dispatch, resulting in a situation similar to that of the night capital is likely to appear.

Unconsciously, a few days have passed, and the people on Zhao Xu's side have already investigated clearly, the initiator of the beast attack is indeed from the Wing Country, and the Night Army has also found the location of the Wing Army, but they can't attack the Wing Army. First, there is the problem of topography, and second, there is the problem of troops.

If you don't count the new army, the number of the night army is now about the same as that of the wing army, and besides, the night army has just arrived at the border, so it is not suitable to send troops directly. After stationing farther away from the Beast Ridge Pass, Zhao Xu ordered people to drive away the fierce beasts that had not left around the camp, and at the same time built a ballista to deal with the fierce beasts.

Of course, the security around the camp is very tight now, and there will be no more people sneaking into the camp. In addition, Zhang Yitong has been removed from his post by Zhao Xu for dereliction of duty, and is waiting for the punishment of the royal family.

Although Zhang Yitong was the one who supported Zhao Xu with Fang Quyin last time, he was too big to commit, and it was natural for him to be removed from his position, and he could only be blamed for his poor ability. Zhang Yitong was dismissed, which is also a warning from Zhao Xu to the generals, the night army can't ignore all foreign enemies because of the successive victories in the battle, and Zhang Yitong is not vigilant enough to be attacked by the wing army is the best example.

Of course, although the situation at the border pass is not good, it is not bad, 100,000 recruits gave Zhao Xu confidence, Zhao Xu knew that the wing army would make a comeback, so he was stepping up training recently. As for the three thousand soldiers left in the windless city, Zhao Xu did not issue an order there at all.

Previously, after receiving the news from the side stopper, the soldiers in Lin Xuanzhong's headquarters were extremely angry from top to bottom, and they wanted to go to the Wing Army immediately to take revenge, but they never received an order after that, and they still had to continue to stay in Windless City. Moreover, after the number of recruits at the border reached 100,000, Zhao Xu also sent a letter to inform the right minister that the newly recruited soldiers would be sent to the windless city for training as a reserve force.

A few days ago, according to Lin Xuanzhong's explanation before leaving, Zhang Jiutian told Lin Xuanzhong about the attack on the former army and the fact that there was no order. After the training of recruits, Zhang Jiutian did not go to the Ling Mansion to find Lin Xuanzhong again. Because Lin Xuanzhong also explained that unless there is an order, there is no need to come to Ling Mansion again.

In Lin Xuanzhong's opinion, there would be nothing else in the army except for Yu Tong's group looking for something, so after immersing himself in cultivation like a retreat, Lin Xuanzhong didn't know that there were recruits coming.

The temporary training of recruits is all due to Tonghe Zhang Jiutian, of course, there are so many recruits, Zhao Xu will not rest assured that he will be handed over to Lin Xuanzhong to manage, and he is considering sending some generals back to train recruits recently.

Putting aside these military situations, three days ago, the head of the Ling family took Lin Xuanzhong to the place where the three of them competed at the beginning, demarcated an area there, and specified that no one was allowed to approach, even Fang Qing and Ni Youbin, the head of the Ling family specially explained that there was nothing special not to disturb Lin Xuanzhong. The head of the Ling family asked Fang Qing and Ni Youbin, and Lin Xuanzhong agreed.

After coming to this area, it felt like it was still the same as before, and it was a little difficult to even stand all the time, let alone practice swordsmanship and body skills.

In the past three days, the Ling family master had let Lin Xuanzhong practice swordsmanship and body techniques, of course, they were all practicing some of the simplest things, so that Lin Xuanzhong could adapt to the environment inside. Having the experience of cultivating in the outer areas, Lin Xuanzhong always tied up his hair when he was cultivating here, so as not to let the wind blow away, and the clothes he wore were no longer loose.

Before the formal cultivation, the Ling family master said to Lin Xuanzhong some things that needed to be paid attention to when cultivating here, and then personally instructed Lin Xuanzhong on how to cultivate, so as not to let Lin Xuanzhong make some mistakes because of his own exploration. After Lin Xuanzhong understood how to cultivate, the Ling family master only came over occasionally to take a look, and most of the time Lin Xuanzhong cultivated alone.

As the head of the Ling family said, there are too many hardships to endure to practice here, and the discomfort of being blown by the wind is only physical, and the influence of the wind on cultivation will even be destroyed in the heart, but Lin Xuanzhong will not retreat, coming early every day from the first day to the third day, and going back later.

Three days later, Lin Xuanzhong had somewhat adapted to the environment inside. It's the fourth day, and Lin Xuanzhong plans to officially start practicing the body again. Starting from the simplest basic footwork of the Eight Desolation Steps, one step, two steps, three steps, repeatedly and tirelessly, the skin blown by the sharp wind hurts, but what hurts more is the inside of the body, because of the constant pain, Lin Xuanzhong has a feeling of going back to a few years ago.

During the time when I practiced the body method in the small courtyard day and night, because of physical problems, there was always pain to accompany the practice of the body method at that time, but it was better to say that it was better now, at least I would not have to face the humiliation of my fellow clansmen every day, so no matter how painful or tired he was, Lin Xuanzhong never stopped, and he never regretted his decision to come to the Ling family to practice.

Over and over again, Lin Xuanzhong's mind was focused on martial arts, sometimes he couldn't even take care of eating, and once he encountered problems in cultivation, he would study according to the method given by the Ling family master. In terms of learning the Eight Desolation Steps, the Ling family master couldn't help Lin Xuanzhong much, and could only say some experience in body cultivation. Despite this, Lin Xuanzhong still benefited a lot.

As for swordsmanship, the Ling family master naturally had no reservations, and he taught everything he could, as for how much Lin Xuanzhong could learn, it could only depend on Lin Xuanzhong's talent and hard work. All in all, in terms of cultivation, it still depends on Lin Xuanzhong himself.

In addition, after Lin Xuanzhong went to the depths of the forbidden land to cultivate, Fang Qing mixed with Ni Youbin every day, and he was quite serious under Lin Xuanzhong's influence in terms of practice, of course, he was still some distance behind Lin Xuanzhong. As soon as they have time, the two will go to find Sister Ling Ziqing.