Chapter 789: The Invitation of Sword City

Doing the math, it has been three days since the two armies entered the territory of Yang. A day ago, Fang Quyin reported back to Zhao Xu the situation he had encountered in the past two days. After receiving the news, Zhao Xu and Lan Feng started a meeting, in addition to the two of them, there were three other main generals, there are now 100,000 troops stationed in Yicheng, and 40,000 people are left behind in Fancheng.

A month has passed since that war, and the Night Nation has been speeding up the pace of its full occupation of the Wing Country, because the resistance forces in various places have not shown their prominence, and everything is going very smoothly. It wasn't until Fang Quyin sent back the news that they realized that not everything was going well.

Because Fang Quyin said in the letter that the problem of the new army was very serious, Zhao Xu was already thinking about whether the decision to let the 40,000 new army serve as troops was correct. Finally, according to the results of the discussion, the existence of 40,000 new troops is undoubtedly a problem, and the problem is so big that it is likely to hinder their progress. So, after discussing what kind of problems those new armies would cause, everyone naturally discussed remedies.

It is not possible to transfer those new troops back now, it is not the army's standard of action to get out without gain, and Zhao Xu finally thought of a way to send those new troops out of the territory of the Wing Country. If they couldn't bring back the 40,000 new troops and take a step back, they thought that they could give up the 8,000 Yang soldiers and surrender them. As long as it does not affect the overall situation, the existence of the 8,000 Yangguo soldiers is not a big problem.

Giving up the 8,000 soldiers is one way, and the other way is to clarify the movement of Emperor Yang as soon as possible. If Emperor Yang doesn't go to the Night Country for a day, Lin Xuanzhong and they will be in danger for one more day, and Zhao Xu doesn't want to cause their army to be in trouble because Emperor Yang's movements are unclear, so the sooner they find out Emperor Yang's movements, the more beneficial it will be for them. In the end, the problem stopped at the real situation of Yangguo, but the distance between Yicheng and Meteorite City was too far, and it was not easy to pass on the news, so Zhao Xu could only explain to Fang Quyin to deal with the problems of the new army first.

Of course, the most important point is to send a message to the Night Emperor as soon as possible, so that the Night Emperor can send troops from the Night Capital as soon as possible, arrive at the border of Yang from the Snow Country, and provide security for Lin Xuanzhong and them as soon as possible. In fact, what worried Zhao Xu was not only the hidden dangers in the new army and the movements of Emperor Yang, but also the problems of Gu Guo.

The Night Army is in the name of conquering the Gu Country, as long as the Gu Country cares about the movements of the Night Army, he must have known about this matter, and once he knows about it, he will not be indifferent. The Snow Country was annexed by the Night Country early in the morning, but the Valley Country and the Thunder Country were in a stalemate for so long, presumably the Valley Country would not easily bow down to the Night Country. Although the Night Emperor has asked for more investment in the western operation for the Thunder Country, the specific battle situation, due to the distance is too far away, communication is inconvenient, Zhao Xu is still unclear.

Due to the lack of information, Zhao Xu and the progress of their discussions are limited, and the situation can only be considered later.

On the other side, on the third day of the night army's departure, General Zhang of the Gu State side not only discussed with the Qingyuan envoy, but also made preliminary arrangements. With the help of Emperor Yang, the 100,000 soldiers of the Gu Kingdom went into battle lightly, divided into several roads through several important places of the Yang Kingdom, and have now secretly rushed to the vicinity of Sword City and stationed in a secret place. If there is no Yangguo person who intends to disclose the news, it is extremely difficult for the night army to know about the transfer of troops in the Gu country.

The arrival of the Gu army is the first step, and the second step is on the Yangguo side. At the request of Qingyuan's envoy, Emperor Yang had already issued an order to the city lords of all cities, asking them to secretly prepare to cooperate with the Gu army to attack the night army, and they must not make a noise. After the Night Army entered their trap, the two sides cooperated with all their strength to sweep away the Night Army and make the country a shame.

In terms of the Yang army, according to General Zhang's opinion, in order to prevent leakage, the tens of thousands of Yang troops continued to stay in their original positions. Because of General Zhang's move, even if the secret agents sent by the Night Army can find out the movements of the Yang Army, they will not be able to obtain true information.

Of course, General Zhang knows very well that the longer it drags on, the greater the possibility that the night army will find the problem, so General Zhang has already prepared for the plan if their whereabouts are discovered by the night army, in short, their plan to annihilate the night army in one fell swoop must not be affected by the outside world, otherwise things will become more and more troublesome.

The generals surnamed Zhang are very thoughtful, and they have another obvious advantage over the night army, that is, they are very aware of the movements of the night army. To put it simply, they are in the dark, and the night army is in the light. If the Night Army had passed Sword City and marched towards Meteor City, their ambush plan had been executed without incident. Even if Lin Xuanzhong has gathered 40,000 new troops now, he still can't cope with the next ten ambushes.

The 100,000 troops of the Gu Kingdom, plus the 80,000 troops of the Yang Kingdom, plus the manpower of the local city organization, the number of people on the side of the Gu Kingdom may reach more than 200,000, and more importantly, when those family forces are involved, their number of high-level martial cultivators will far exceed the total number of generals of the Night Army, and it is very likely that there will be eighth-order martial cultivators among them. By that time, the night army, which had fallen into the ambush plan, categorically did not have the ability to cope with the difficulties, and everything seemed to be moving in their favor.

Another day passed, and after passing through the hidden and dangerous mountains, Lin Xuanzhong and the others finally arrived at Sword City all the way to Sword City. From a distance, the huge sword city is indeed surrounded by water, as if it was built on an isolated island. Surprisingly, the bridge connecting Sword City to the land outside was not a bridge, it was a piece of land that was only two or three miles wide.

Because that land has always existed, Sword City cannot be regarded as built on an isolated island. The road from north to south to the sword city is as long as the sword body, and the sword city is mainly distributed at the junction of the sword body and the sword hilt, and the area is very large. As the gate of the northwest of Yangguo, Sword City is more prosperous than Fancheng, it can be said that it is a commercial center in itself, and the scale is smaller than the Sleepless City that he had been to, but the situation of martial arts cultivation in it still surprised Lin Xuanzhong.

Compared with Fancheng, Jiancheng can be used as the gate of the northwest of Yangguo, relying on the water of the besieging city. If there are not enough warships, it will be difficult for any army to approach this gate from other places, and it will not take only a month or two to build a warship temporarily, so if the road is cut off at a critical moment, Sword City can be called impregnable.

The information about Sword City was all heard from the generals below, and when he thought that once he entered Sword City, it would mean that there was no way out, Lin Xuanzhong also specially convened a meeting for this. Unlike before, this meeting went particularly smoothly, and there was no discord from beginning to end, Lin Xuanzhong and the generals discussed the situation that they might encounter after entering Sword City, as well as the corresponding solutions.

The issue to be discussed was important, but it didn't last long, and the discussion was very successful.

Now before coming to Sword City, although he was fully prepared, after observing the terrain of Sword City, Lin Xuanzhong was still a little flustered. According to Lin Xuanzhong's guess, as long as Yang Guo intends to be their enemy, and after they cross the city, they will have no way back, unless they forcibly break through the Sword City.

It's a pity that aside from the enemies behind them, at that time, the martial arts cultivators in the sword city full of cities will be enough for them to deal with. The Sword City, which had 100,000 people, was really extraordinary, and before entering the Sword City, Lin Xuanzhong had already been impressed by the grandeur of the Sword City, and even felt that their troops were too small.

When Lin Xuanzhong took 40,000 soldiers from the long passage to the city, the situation was a little different from when he passed through the previous cities.

"General Lin is tired from the journey, please move to the mansion for a while, we have prepared the banquet," At the gate of Sword City, Jian Lingshuang, the lord of Sword City, and some representatives of various families dressed luxuriously stood in turn, and there was a group of people dressed as city guards behind them, and the scene was very grand.

"The city lord is polite, it's still early, the general should lead the army through the sword city as soon as possible, so as not to interfere with the lives of the people in the city," to pay a visit to the city lord of the sword city, Lin Xuanzhong didn't mean to get off the horse, but just deliberately glanced at the sword city lord and the others when he spoke. The people who stand with the City Lord of Sword City should all be the patriarchs of the major families in Sword City, and they are all amazingly imposing, and the welcome from the Sword City side is really extremely warm.

"The general has been marching for many days, passing through my Sword City, if the city lord fails to give the general a clean sweep and does not entertain him well, the city lord will be ashamed to give the lord of the country an explanation to bring the night army, and it will be even more degrading for me to promote the country," Seeing that Lin Xuanzhong had no intention of staying in the city, Jian Lingshuang continued: "What's more, the general and his party have a lot of people, even if they can pass through Sword City before dark, they still have to camp not far from Sword City." If this is the case, the city lord will feel even more ashamed, so he hopes that General Lin can fulfill it. ”

Jian Lingshuang's tone was very sincere, as the lord of a city, it was indeed very face-saving for Lin Xuanzhong to be able to put down his body and talk to Lin Xuanzhong like this. And Jian Lingshuang is not wrong, Sword City is bigger than the quicksand city that just passed, I am afraid that it will take at least half an hour for the whole army to pass. According to the current time, even if they can pass through Sword City, they still have to be stationed not far from Sword City, so they still have to refuse Jian Lingshuang's special invitation, Lin Xuanzhong feels that it is indeed a little inappropriate.

"We have already prepared the dinner, and I also ask General Lin to be sure to appreciate his face," when Lin Xuanzhong hesitated to stay in Sword City for one night, the family representatives bowed down to Lin Xuanzhong in unison. Such a big gift made Lin Xuanzhong unable to hesitate anymore.

"Then thank you for the invitation of the Sword City Lord and the family masters," After responding with a smile, Lin Xuanzhong felt that if he wanted not to be pressed by the other party's momentum, the only way to show the demeanor of the main general. Since there is Fang Quyin behind, Lin Xuanzhong still has this confidence. And the current scene, Lin Xuanzhong is not unseen, Lin Xuanzhong just feels that in the current situation, the more imposing he is, the better.