Chapter 267

"If the marshal can't give an answer before tomorrow morning, our army will go directly to the city," after saying a few long sentences, without waiting for Zhang Yuan to respond, Zhao Xu said the last sentence again, and after speaking, Zhao Xu directly signaled the surrounding generals to turn around and go back.

When the soldiers in the back saw that Zhao Xu and they were going to return, they took the initiative to get out of the way one by one. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xu left with his men and horses in a very orderly manner.

The seven people on the tower did not speak, and no one would have the idea of pursuing. Zhang Yuanyi's facial expression changed several times and finally turned into calm, and Zhang Yuanyi understood that no matter what he thought, he must not show any flaws in front of Qingyuan joining the army.

At the same time, Qing Yuan also had his own plans to join the army at the moment, and he didn't want to question Zhang Yuanyi immediately, and then tear his face with Zhang Yuanyi. As for the other five generals, they were only pondering the reliability of their commanders at the moment, because from an objective point of view, half of them thought that it was best for Zhang Yuan to defect to the night army.

There is still one day to go, and if we can't give a satisfactory answer to the night army tomorrow morning, then the two sides will have to meet each other. The 100,000 army of the Night Kingdom came and went quickly, no matter what, Zhao Xu had completed the mission handed over to him by Zhao Wu.

"What do the two generals think of what I just said?" The words just now were really said by Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu didn't think that he had the ability to persuade Zhang Yuanyi, if it was according to Zhao Xu's temperament, how could he talk to the other party about those nonsense and fight directly with the 100,000 army to be considered clean.

"General Zhao's words are very sincere, I think that Zhang Yuan will definitely think about it. ”

"I don't think Zhang Yuan is as unbearable as we imagined, I'm afraid that General Zhao's words will not have an effect. The two generals expressed their inner views one after the other.

Next, Zhao Xu discussed with the two generals about the soldiers just now.

At the same time, Lin Xuanzhong in the army only now understood the purpose of their trip, which turned out to be to persuade the other party to surrender. It's just that Zhao Xu's persuasion method is too strong, and it is completely a means of persecution. I don't know what the background of the other party's commander is, but listening to Zhao Xu's meaning, Lin Xuanzhong feels that the other party's commander will definitely not be a simple person.

In addition, since that person was a commander, he must have the strength of an eighth-order martial cultivator, and his realm was many times higher than that of himself. No matter from which angle he looked at, Lin Xuanzhong felt that he could only look up when he looked at the other party.

On the way back, Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts were chaotic and he didn't speak. There's still one more day, and everything will be clear after a day. Of course, if the enemy commander surrenders early, it may not even take a day.

The return journey was not as easy as when they came, and many soldiers were worried that they would be pursued by the Snow Army, but the Snow Army did not have the courage to dare to pursue them.

On the other side, after the night army gradually disappeared from sight, Zhang Yuan also returned to the main hall with those people.

In the main hall, in order to show Qingyuan's determination to resolutely resist to join the army, Zhang Yuan immediately summoned a cadre of generals to discuss matters. If the army comes tomorrow morning, they must have a plan to deal with it. Of course, the relevant arrangements have already been made in advance, and now we are only discussing again to see if there are any areas for improvement.

The number of troops is limited, and they cannot all be deployed in the city, and they cannot all be deployed under the city, and some people must be left in a fixed position to provide rescue to those in need during the war.

After some discussion, the previous deployment strategy has not changed, and the military forces deployed in all aspects are the same as before, except that the three armies with unfixed positions have become much more mobile. Zhang Yuan also convened the meeting to let Qingyuan join the army and all the generals know that what they had to do was to resist.

After passing down a few military orders one after another, Qingyuan, who had been participating in the deliberations, finally stretched his eyebrows, and Zhang Yuanyi's words and deeds undoubtedly showed that they were going to fight, no matter what the final victory or defeat was, in short, Qingyuan could rest assured that he was joining the army now.

After the discussion, Zhang Yuan also went back to rest. The military order to meet the battle has been issued, whether it is out of his own will or intentionally for others to see, in short, Zhang Yuanyi himself is more afraid of going to war now.

With a stomach full of worries, Zhang Yuan also hurriedly went down from the city to return to the usual resting place, and then immediately repaired a letter and ordered someone to quickly whip back the news that the night army might come to attack the city tomorrow.

The night army was in full swing, and Zhang Yuanyi himself still believed that Zhao Xu deliberately reported the total number of troops. The news reported by the spies before clearly stated that only a part of the night army was dispatched, and how could Zhang Yuan determine how much that part of the night army accounted for the total number of people.

Zhao Xu's words kept recalling in his mind, the more Zhang Yuanyi thought about it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, pacing back and forth in the study, very uneasy, and now, Zhang Yuanyi can more and more understand that the position of commander is not casual, especially if he is a person with a family background, the implication is too great.

As a member of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuan also did not have the right to control the family. Zhang Yuan also brought back the letter from the family, first, to seek the opinions of other high-ranking members of the family to determine whether they could meet the night army, and secondly, Zhang Yuan also reminded the family to be ready to evacuate at any time.

I don't know how the other high-level leaders of the Zhang family will decide, in short, Zhang Yuan also understands that when the letter he wrote is transmitted to the clan, the Zhang family will definitely be in chaos, and I am afraid that everyone will scold him for not.

What a glory it was to serve as the commander of the Snow Army before, and even his status in the family was raised by a notch, but he didn't expect that the situation would change now, and his military rank was just a trigger for burning himself, and Zhang Yuan also had a huge contrast in his heart. It's like falling from the clouds to the bottom.

From an objective point of view, the Zhang family can't watch Xilan Pass being breached by the Snow Army, but it can't be lowered to the Night Country either. Regarding the content of Zhang Yuanyi's letter, those high-level officials of the Zhang family will definitely consider it carefully.

In addition, Zhang Yuan also expressed his intention to ask for help from his family in his letters. If the high-level family chooses to defend the city, then it is best to send some seventh-order martial cultivators to help in the battle. But in fact, there were many differences between ordinary seventh-order martial cultivators and generals in the army, and no matter how many seventh-order martial cultivators with no military experience were sent, they might not be useful.

What's more, the enemy army must be prepared when they come in a big way, and if they take the initiative to send a seventh-order martial cultivator, I'm afraid it will bring some losses to the family. But they can't watch Xilan City being breached, then their Zhang family will have no place in Xilan City in the future. In the letter, Zhang Yuan also mentioned Zhao Xu's persuasion, so the high-level Zhang family who received the letter also had to consider this aspect.

If the news is true, then their Zhang family needs to consider more issues.

After a period of time, it is not surprising that the high-level officials of the Zhang family quickly divided into two sides when they learned the content of the letter, the main battle or the main surrender. As a result, a group of high-level Zhang family leaders had a debate about this.

Putting aside the matter on the Zhang family's side, after returning to the station, Zhao Xu went to the big tent of the Chinese army alone to report to Zhao Wu. After arriving at Xilan Pass, he recounted the events to Zhao Wu, and the other two generals reported the information they had from their investigation to Zhao Wu.

The stone bridge was not destroyed by the Snow Army, since this was the case, Zhao Wu could think that with that bridge, they could save half of their strength in attacking the city, and even the casualties would be greatly reduced. Moreover, according to the description of Zhang Yuanyi's attitude by the three generals, Zhao Wu could see that the strength of Xilan City was consistent with the news they had inquired about, so in other aspects, as everyone had discussed before, the reinforcements of the Snow Army would not arrive in Xilan City in a short time, and they had a few days to attack the city.

Since Zhang Yuan did not give an answer in person, according to Zhao Wu's meaning, I am afraid that the other party will not surrender to them nine times out of ten. In this case, the night army should make pre-war arrangements as soon as possible.

At present, there are many soldiers in the night camp, and there is no need to consider the problem of manpower and equipment when going to attack the city. Besides, Zhao Xu actually didn't plan to learn the way the Snow Army used the ladder to attack the city, if he could directly break through the city gate, it would be more conducive to maintaining the current morale of his own army. When the time comes, the Night Army can completely defeat the Snow Army in one go.

What made Zhao Wu uncomfortable now was the people in Xilan City, which was not big, but it had a population of hundreds of thousands and lived densely. There is no lack of martial arts among the city's residents, and they can not beware of those high-level martial cultivators, but what if they encounter too many medium-strength martial cultivators, you must know that the soldiers in their army basically only have ordinary strength, and they will not be the opponents of those people, so after breaking through the city pass, the night army cannot rush to the city.

In other words, after breaking through Xilan Pass, the Night Army still had to be careful, and it was best not to cause those families in the city to join forces to resist. Zhao Wu hadn't experienced this matter before, and he didn't know how to deal with it, but there were many forces in the city, and it was not so simple to unify them, so this problem could be put aside first.

After Zhao Xu left with the army before, Zhao Wu discussed the strategy of attacking the city with the other generals, and now that the discussion has ended, everything depends on Zhang Yuanyi's reply tomorrow morning. As for tonight, Zhao Wu ordered all the soldiers to rest and prepare to attack the city in the future.

Before dinner, Lin Xuanzhong found that many soldiers were consciously practicing martial arts, and he found a clearing with his weapons and played with them.

At the beginning, that set of swordsmanship had not been practiced for many days, and now it was a little rusty to practice, especially with so many people watching, it was difficult for Lin Xuanzhong to practice swordsmanship wholeheartedly.

It is not uncommon for soldiers who know martial arts to be in the cavalry camp, but they are very rare in the infantry camp, so it didn't take long for the Da Niu brothers to bring more than a dozen people to watch. Some saw that Lin Xuanzhong was particular about his actions, and he played a trick and style, and he kept clapping his hands and applauding, and Lin Xuanzhong who shouted was even more embarrassed.

A face is getting hotter and hotter, and while he is nervous, Lin Xuanzhong did not stop the movements in his hand, a long sword changed his movements in his hand one after another, and every move was an eye-opener for Da Niu and the others, regardless of whether it was right or wrong.

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