Chapter 264

After receiving the news reported by the spies, the situation was tense, and Yuan Yi and Qingyuan, the city leaders of Xilan City, did not discuss matters in the main hall of the city, but directly discussed with the general on the city tower.

On the city tower, Zhang Yuanyi and Qingyuan joined the army standing at the front, and there were more than a dozen generals standing behind the two, all of whom had solemn faces. Looking at the east from afar, there is a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, and for the Snow Army, the situation is not optimistic at all, even more than when the night army was guarding the city.

The moat of Xilan Castle is very wide, with a distance of 20 meters between the two banks, and a stone bridge is built on the bridge. Originally, according to Zhang Yuanyi's intention, destroying the stone bridge could stop the attack of the Night Country army, but Qing Yuan joined the army and thought that the stone bridge would be used when the Snow Army sent troops to attack the Night Country in the future, so he disagreed with Zhang Yuanyi's opinion, after all, the stone bridge is the closest road from the western part of the Snow Country to the border pass of the Night Country.

The long stone bridge was a representative of fear in the eyes of many of the generals of the Snow Army who fled back with Xu Tianyi, and when they attacked Huangyan Guanshi, they were on a bridge, so no matter what bridge they saw, they would have a feeling of fear. Not surprisingly, they and Zhang Yuan also had the same idea, it was better to destroy the stone bridge, so that the night army would definitely not come to attack the city in a short time.

But there are some generals who are not convinced by the suggestion of destroying the stone bridge, they think that it was Xu Tianyi who led the troops to the disadvantage that led to the two defeats of the Snow Army, but they wanted to see the true strength of the Night Army, so leaving the stone bridge had a great effect.

As for Zhang Yuanyi and Na Qingyuan's joining the army, they no longer think about the matter of Shiqiao at this moment, if the night army is here to attack the city, the most important thing they should do now is to deploy troops.

There are 100,000 troops in the city is not a small number, and the number of night troops who come to attack the city through the bridge is limited, and it is impossible for the 200,000 army to come over in a short time, so only a small number of night troops can really play a role in the siege, and they don't have to worry about facing the attacks of countless night troops at the same time.

In addition, because the bridge deck was too wide, the method of building a bridge with the help of a ladder was not very suitable, and the night army could not increase the number of soldiers crossing the bridge at the same time by other means.

"Marshal Zhang, how do you think you can stop the offensive of the night army?" Qingyuan joined the army and participated in several wars with the army, and his experience of war was much deeper than that of Zhang Yuanyi.

"According to the news reported by the spies, the night army has not all been dispatched, I'm afraid it's not coming to attack the city!" Although Zhang Yuanyi doesn't know much about the art of war, he is an eighth-order martial artist who is over sixty years old, and he doesn't know how many years of experience he has learned for ordinary people, and his ability to analyze information is naturally stronger than that of ordinary people.

"Then what do you mean by that, what is the purpose of the Night Army?"

"According to Marshal Ben's opinion, the Night Army deliberately sent an army over just to find out what is true in our Xilan City. Yesterday we had a lot of spies captured, and the information about the defenders in the city must have been leaked. ”

"No, if the strength of Xilanguan is known to them, the night army should attack the city on a large scale, why only send part of the army?" At first, Qing Yuanyi, who thought that Zhang Yuanyi's analysis was reasonable, changed his mind to join the army, and felt that Zhang Yuanyi's statement was inconsistent.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yuan was also a little confused by Qingyuan's decisive denial of joining the army, and he didn't know why the other party wanted to deny him.

"If the Night Army really wants to find out that the forces in the city should attack the city on a large scale, why should they send a vanguard army to investigate the truth. It's a pity that Qingyuan joined the army just because he felt that what Zhang Yuan said was wrong, and he still couldn't think of the intention of the night army. For a moment, both of them fell silent.

At the same time, the generals behind the two of them looked at me, I looked at you, and then one of them took the initiative to say: "Are they here to persuade our army to surrender?" This person may not have analyzed the probability of his guess, but subconsciously felt that there was such a possibility, but what this person said had a huge impact on others.

"Oh, General Meng, what do you say?" Seeing a general guessing like this, as if he was talking about something that he had not figured out, Qing Yuan immediately turned his head with a puzzled expression. His eyes stared straight at the general who had just spoken.

Qing Yuan's move to join the army attracted the attention of Zhang Yuanyi and the other generals, and Yigan and the others looked at the General Meng one after another.

"The last general doesn't know, the last general is just talking casually!" As a result, this person's crisp answer almost made the other people's jaws drop, and the solemn look on his face was even more puzzled than the others, and he directly understood to the others, this person was really just talking casually, and sure enough, in the end, it only attracted everyone's disdainful eyes.

"Does Marshal Zhang think that General Meng's guess is reasonable?" In desperation, Qingyuan joined the army and turned to look at Zhang Yuanyi.

"This matter, this matter ......" Zhang Yuan also frowned and considered this possibility, thinking about it carefully, he didn't feel like it, how could anyone lead an army of 100,000 to come over to persuade him to surrender, and it was almost the same to force him to surrender. So, Zhang Yuanyi looked at the other generals and asked, "I wonder what the generals think about this?"

Seeing that Zhang Yuan also unfolded the problem, more than a dozen generals did not dare to slack off, and discussed and analyzed the possibility of "persuasion" one after another.

"Marshal Qiyu, the last general thinks that the night army is the most likely to come to investigate the reality of our army," and as a result, one of the generals thought about it and brought up the previous speculation.

"What General Li said is very reasonable, and the last general also thinks that the night army is not here to persuade us to surrender. Then a general couldn't think of a basis for persuasion to surrender, so he had to quickly echo it, which was regarded as an explanation to Zhang Yuanyi, but as a result, this person took the lead and a few people echoed it. In the blink of an eye, half of the dozen generals already expressed their approval of the previous possibility.

After several people expressed the same opinion in a row, Zhang Yuan and Qingyuan joined the army more and more agreed with their initial speculation about the intention of the night army, but in fact, the two of them had not yet gotten the answer they wanted, so they still wanted to see if there was any other answer. As a result, the eyes of the two fell on the generals who had not yet expressed their opinions.

Some of the generals stared in contemplation, some looked left and right, and in the end, their eyes stopped at Zhang Yuanyi and Na Qingyuan joining the army.

"The night army will definitely be dispatched if it is coming to attack the city pass, even if the number of people who can participate in the battle is not large, but it is good to deter our army, but according to the news sent back by the spies, it seems that the night army still has more soldiers left in the camp. Then according to the general, it is unlikely that the night army will come to attack the city. Under the urging of Zhang Yuanyi and Qingyuan to join the army, a general hurriedly expressed his opinion.

"If the night army is not here to attack the city, then there is only the possibility of persuading and forcing surrender, and the last general will see that the night army will definitely not come to our army to negotiate peace. Immediately after that, another general expressed his opinion.

One of the two generals had a rough voice, the other had a thin voice, one had a loud voice and the other had a small voice, and one after the other really brought new views to Zhang Yuanyi and Qingyuan to join the army. After considering the statements of the two generals together, the two came to a conclusion one after another, that the night army was here to force surrender. By now, the two of them had finally gotten a different opinion from the generals before them, but it was not necessarily what the two wanted to hear.

"Marshal Zhang, why did the Night Army come to force them to surrender, don't they know that your Snow Country's army is now serving the Qingyuan Great Power, and without the consent of the Qingyuan Great Power, how can the Snow Army surrender to them," In a blink of an eye, many thoughts flashed through Qingyuan's mind when he joined the army, and before he could think clearly, this person had already asked Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuanyi naturally knew that according to the situation in the Snow Country, he should obey Qingyuan's intention to join the army, but Zhang Yuanyi himself did not understand this matter. Perhaps it was because he was clear about the situation that Zhang Yuan also knew that it was impossible for the Snow Army to surrender to the Night Army, so he was surprised by the Night Army's behavior of persuading or forcing him to surrender.

"Ben Shuai doesn't know," I couldn't understand what was going on, Zhang Yuanyi simply replied to Qingyuan to join the army, but Zhang Yuanyi's answer made Qingyuan join the army more doubts.

Snow Country is indeed under the command of the Qingyuan Nation, but the Qingyuan Nation is not in charge of the Snow Country's army in the actual sense, and now the military power is in the hands of Zhang Yuanyi, and Qingyuan joins the army and also expects Zhang Yuanyi to be able to hold the city.

At this moment, when the enemy army is coming, Qingyuan can't regain the military power from Zhang Yuanyi's hands, but he really doesn't know much about Zhang Yuanyi, if this person defects on the spot, Qingyuan joins the army and feels that it is not asking for hardship, only blame for not enveloping the military power into his own hands before, now I think about Qingyuan joining the army is a little regretful, especially from Zhang Yuanyi did not see the attitude of resolute resistance, which made Qingyuan join the army very uneasy.

Having said that, their Qingyuan Great Power did not control the Snow Country's military power at the beginning, firstly, it wanted to make better use of the Snow Country's army, and secondly, to let the Snow Country have the mentality of taking the initiative to belong to them. Now that Zhang Yuan has been appointed as the commander of the three armies, Qingyuan can only join the army at this moment in line with the principle of not using suspicious people and employing people without suspicion.

As a member of the army, this person still knows a little about the art of war, so he understands the current situation very well. The situation was a little embarrassing, and Qing Yuan's face when he joined the army changed several times before he regained his calm.

"According to the marshal's opinion, if the night army comes to force the surrender, what should our army do?" As soon as these words came out, Qing Yuan's face when he joined the army was even more positive.

Just now, when Qingyuan was thinking about many issues when he joined the army, Zhang Yuan was also thinking about what he should do, while observing Qingyuan's attitude towards himself. As an eighth-order martial cultivator, Zhang Yuanyi's experience in dealing with the world is naturally not bad, and it is easy to see the other party's thoughts.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, since Ben Shuai is fortunate to be appointed by the Lord, he will naturally do his best to help the Adult resist the strong enemy, and will never surrender to the enemy," Now is the time to express his position, and Zhang Yuan must also use a very positive tone. At least for now, of course, Zhang Yuan also has his own plans.