Chapter 875: Intercept Gu Jun

Lin Xuanzhong's decision to go back earlier was not unusually firm, and the move of the capital had a great impact on Lin Xuanzhong, and Lin Xuanzhong, who wanted to finish the last leg of the military journey, was seriously disturbed, so that the recent idea of getting close to the soldiers again was directly stopped, and in desperation, Lin Xuanzhong once again handed over the responsibility of leading the troops to Zhang Jiutian, and he himself hid behind the team to consider the current problem. If you can't rush to the border of the Night Country as soon as possible, how can you inquire about the news from the North Ridge side.

Not to mention that it is impossible to go to the night country, it is impossible to even meet with Qingyi as soon as possible, and when the original will is not firm enough, the situation has become more and more complicated, and all aspects of the problem make Lin Xuanzhong feel that it is difficult to move an inch.

At night, a person finds a place to practice, after knowing that a person's strength is too small after all, Lin Xuanzhong hopes to improve his strength as soon as possible, and to improve his courage, but it is not simple to improve his strength, although he had some insights some time ago, but it did not contribute to the improvement of strength, but brought more problems, when he realized that he needed to fight more with some strong people, Lin Xuanzhong was a little resistant to finding someone to fight martial arts, and finally he could only practice hard there alone.

Knowing that the effect of cultivating alone was not great, Lin Xuanzhong still practiced there regardless of time, and in the end, even the time to meet Ruan Ming was greatly reduced. Originally, everyone in the army intended to put Lin Xuanzhong and Ruan Ming together, and after the Yangguo incident, the relationship between Lin Xuanzhong and Ruan Ming was indeed closer than before, but now it seems that everything has changed again, and everyone slowly found that Lin Xuanzhong's world seems to be only himself, and no one can get close.

The only thing that comforted everyone was that no matter how Lin Xuanzhong alienated them, Lin Xuanzhong's attitude towards them never changed, and he didn't have the slightest frame as a general, which made many people puzzled. When many people were becoming more and more confused about Lin Xuanzhong's character, Zhang Jiutian, the only person who knew Lin Xuanzhong's situation, appeared in front of them more and more times.

During this time, Zhang Jiutian attracted many people, and those who were like-minded with Zhang Jiutian all approached Zhang Jiutian, which allowed Zhang Jiutian to gradually and fundamentally control this army. Now, in a sense, Zhang Jiutian can be regarded as living up to Lin Xuanzhong's trust. Of course, Zhang Jiutian has always been very clear that no matter when, the officers and men in the army are more obedient to Lin Xuanzhong's orders, so if Lin Xuanzhong does not leave for a day, he will not be able to truly control this army for a day.

However, living in the light of Lin Xuanzhong is nothing to Zhang Jiutian, because there is no difference in the intentions of the two in leading the army, but their abilities are a little different, and now Zhang Jiutian is still in the stage of constantly moving towards Lin Xuanzhong.

At present, Zhang Jiutian is different from Lin Xuanzhong in terms of leading the army, what is the impact of the two on the morale of the army, Lin Xuanzhong's words can make tens of thousands of soldiers go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, but Zhang Jiutian cannot. In addition, other generals would consider right and wrong when executing Zhang Jiutian's military orders, but this was not the case when executing Lin Xuanzhong's military orders.

However, Zhang Jiutian is basically responsible for military affairs in the army now, and as long as Zhang Jiutian's military orders do not violate military regulations, even if Zhang Jiutian's decision is wrong, some generals will still carry it out.

Putting aside the change in the situation in the army, three days later, two hundred miles away from Xingcheng, the 30,000 night army relied on a small city to stop the mighty southward Gu army. Because of the relentless pursuit of the Lei army, the state of the Gu army, which had been defeated for many days, was close to collapse, and they could only regain their strength by joining the Gu Emperor, but the Gu army had no chance to join the Gu Huang.

When he received the news that the Gu Emperor had abandoned the city and fled, Hong Tianqi, the commander of the Gu Army, had expected that the Night Army would intercept their retreat in front, making it impossible for them to join the Gu Huang who had fled south. Now that the expected situation had become a reality, the commander of the Gu army did not know what the night army that stopped in front of them had any plans.

The news that came back from their spies before was that only a 30,000-strong night army was blocking in front of them, which was very different from the expected situation, Hong Tianqi was very strange that the night army only used 30,000 soldiers to block the road, thinking that they still had 180,000 troops, and a night army alone could not stop them at all. Even though their military capacity is poor, the disparity in strength between the two sides cannot be reversed.

However, when Hong Tianqi knew that the leader was Lin Xuanzhong, Hong Tianqi felt that things would not be as simple as they imagined, and Lin Xuanzhong dared to intercept them so boldly, there must be some conspiracy. After ordering the army to stop advancing, Hong Tianqi directly sent people to ask Lin Xuanzhong about their intentions to intercept them, but before their people set off, the people from the night army who came to deliver the message had already come.

After meeting with Hong Tianqi and others, according to the plan, Zhang Jiutian told them two options, one was to return to the night country, and then all of them were merged into the night army, and no longer accept the orders of the Gu Emperor, those who were willing to surrender but did not want to join the night army could put down their weapons, take off their clothes and armor and leave safely, and the night army would let them go like civilians;

If the Gu army wants to start a war with the night army, then attack the city, the night army does only have 30,000 troops, but they are all elite soldiers, although the Gu army has a lot of troops but no siege equipment, and the morale is very poor, plus the defeat and escape for days, the physical strength of the soldiers can not be compared with the normal period, the most important thing is that the person who leads the night army is Lin Xuanzhong, a brave general of the three armies, if the Gu army forcibly attacks the city, it will not be beneficial to anyone.

The night army took advantage of the city to block the way and set up a trap behind the city, whether to continue to move forward is enough for the Gu army to consider, but there is still the Lei army chasing after the Gu army. When Zhang Jiutian explained his intention to stop them, Hong Tianqi and many of the main generals of the Gu Army had already understood that the Night Army took the initiative to come so that they could understand the current situation of the Gu Army.

Regarding Lin Xuanzhong's choice between giving them, they had already understood that they would return to the Night Kingdom or leave this place temporarily as civilians, and then go to the Valley Emperor to serve allegiance. The Night Army deliberately forced them to commit treason, but the second option was just as difficult.

After Zhang Jiutian led the people away, Hong Tianqi discussed with the generals below, no matter how they chose, the next thing was not something that Hong Tianqi could decide alone, so they planned to discuss it.

When Gu Jun held an emergency meeting, Zhang Jiutian and the others, who went back, waited patiently for the news as if they were sure to win, and they were not in a hurry at all. Based on Lin Xuanzhong's careful plan, everyone now knows very well that the Gu army is suffering from the enemy, and it is the Gu army that needs to be anxious.

According to the news they received, Lei Jun had already traveled from a three-day trip away from Gu Jun to now need a day to catch up with Gu Jun. How anxious Gu Jun is, I'm afraid only Gu Jun himself knows. On the other hand, after Zhang Jiutian brought people over just now, even if Gu Jun's news was blocked, they should have understood their current situation by now, so Zhang Jiutian was patiently waiting for Gu Jun to discuss the result.

"Marshal, what should we do if the night army intercepts our army's way and forces our army to submit?" At the beginning of the meeting, one of the main generals of the Gu army asked Hong Tianqi.

"This marshal summoned you here, just to discuss this matter, let's talk about what you think first," glancing at the generals in the tent, Hong Tianqi slowly frowned, and did not rush to answer the man.

"The night army only has 30,000 soldiers, and the strength is far less than our army, but the night army is well prepared, and the star-chasing city is full of ballistas, as well as the archers of the night army, and the ability to defend the city is strong, but if our army forcibly attacks the city, there is still a great hope of attacking the city, but there are two night armies behind that night army, and they are not far from here, even if we force our way over, we will still encounter interception. ”

Catching up with Hong Tianqi's gaze, a chief general analyzed insightfully: "In fact, the Night Army's arrangement in Star Chasing City is just a bluff, and they have no intention of fighting our army at all. If there is a real fight, the night army may retreat to both sides, and then our army can easily enter the city, but after entering, as the enemy general said just now, our army will fall into the trap they have set. At that time, three night armies attacked our army from three directions at the same time, but I am afraid that even if the Lei army has not caught up, it will be difficult to resist with the situation of our army. ”

After a pause, the general continued: "The Lei army will quickly catch up with us, if we delay here for too long, so that we are caught up by the Lei army, and when the Lei army and the night army join forces, we will have no way to escape, so no matter what, we must decide whether to fight or surrender as soon as possible." ”

With everyone's attention, the Lord will put the problems they are facing directly into the present. According to the idea of the commander of the Gu army, the Gu army was blocked outside a city, and if they made a detour, they were very likely to be caught up by the Lei army behind, and if they forcibly advanced, they would enter the trap of the night army, and the blame was only for the 30,000 night army blocking their way.

Regardless of the specific number of night soldiers, with their current situation, the damage of forcibly attacking the city must be not small, although the possibility of breaking through the Star Chasing City is greater, but if they really break through this city, it is not a good thing to wait for them. Preparing to be flanked by the three-way night army was a big problem for them, especially since they didn't know if the Gu Emperor would come to meet them.

"According to General Zhang's opinion, the night army will not fight hard with our army, if we insist on capturing Star Chasing City, our casualties will definitely be several times that of the night army, and when the night army escapes, we will not be able to pursue, this battle will not benefit us," followed the statement of the main general just now, and another main general expressed his opinion.

"General Dong, the night army despises us so much that they forcibly force us to submit, are you really too scared by them to resist?"

"Having said that, have you ever wondered why the Night Army divided its forces to intercept us, instead of gathering together to flank our army with the Lei Army?"