Chapter 216 Murder by the sword
The Beihu army on the outer city wall failed to cope well with the surprise attack of a large group of Imperial Qi Realm cultivators, and when the battle was not long, An Siming's troops captured the outer city wall.
However, on the way to the inner city wall, the soldiers were met with stubborn and orderly resistance from the defenders of the inner city wall, who were lined up in a neat line and firmly positioned.
Under the threat of the Sky Wolf Bow, An Siming's department in the passage suddenly felt that it was difficult.
At the critical moment, An Siming took the lead and led the guards to rush forward, killing the elite of Beihu who were blocking his own battle formation. Just as he was about to step into the inner city wall, there was suddenly a middle-aged man in front of him.
An Siming's eyes narrowed.
This person has a good demeanor and a dusty bearing, even if he is in the midst of thousands of troops, he is also calm and calm. Although the whole body is draped and the armor is tight, it gives people a feeling of wide-sleeved robes and a leisurely stroll.
And he looked at An Siming's eyes, just like a god looks at all beings, and all beings look at ants, without the slightest emotion, only a faint condescension, full of confidence that he can control the fate of the other party's life and death.
The other party must have extraordinary strength!
But the other party slashed at him, although the momentum was strong and powerful, and he grabbed people's hearts, An Siming did not feel the oppression of Wang Jijing's strength. He was not careless, swung his knife to meet him, and fought hard with the other party.
The true qi on the blade suddenly exploded, and the overflowing qi wave set off a violent wind, and the robes of the surrounding soldiers were all erected upwards in an instant! If it weren't for the soldiers around the two of them, all of whom were cultivators with good strength, they would definitely have been overturned at this moment.
Both of them took half a step back at the same time.
An Siming's mouth was numb, and his eyes were even lower when he looked at the other party, and there was a hint of not saying anything clear.
The Beihu master was also stunned, looking at An Siming's eyes full of surprise, and at the same time there was a sense of originality.
Although both of them only showed the strength of the Great Perfection in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, they already knew that the actual realm of the other party was the Wang Ji Realm!
An Siming, of course, is the king of the extreme realm.
If he didn't have this strength, how could he be entrusted by the emperor to go to Yanmen Pass to compete with the Zhao clan for military power?
If he was only in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, in the face of Zhao Beiwang's power and coercion, he would not have a chance to compete with Zhao Beiwang at all.
The two hedged and killed together again, because their strength was equal, and they were inseparable for a while.
And at this time, the second hidden realm, the Beihu King Extreme Realm, came to the inner city wall, with an elite counterattack against An Siming.
Without An Siming to stop him, this Wang Jijing should have killed all sides. But when he faced An Siming's lieutenant general, General Ma Face, the situation was not as he thought.
It's not that General Horseface is also Wang Jijing-he is a genuine Great Perfection in the late stage of the Yuanshen Realm-the two face each other, and General Horseface has been pressed and beaten all the time, and he has no chance of winning.
However, behind General Ma Yan, there were several late Yuan Shen Realm players who had been killed, and the number of them was as large as the number of ten thousand commanders in the Black Stone Valley!
Although this Beihu King Extreme Realm can suppress the horse-faced general, after there are two Great Qi Yuan God Realm late-stage strategies to deal with the horse-faced general, the Wang Extreme Realm can only protect himself.
"When did there become so many masters in the Yanmen army?" Wang Jijing was shocked.
In the later stage of the Yuanshen Realm in the Yanmen army, they were basically from the Zhao clan, and the emperor wanted An Siming to fight against Zhao Beiwang, of course, he couldn't let An Siming have no one to help him.
If the emperor wants to take over the power of the family, he first has to strike the iron himself, and without the backing of a strong cultivator force, why should his poor family force take the job of the family?
Although the proportion of cultivators in the Great Qi Army was not as good as that of the Tianyuan Army, the absolute number of cultivators in the Great Qi Army was ten times that of Beihu.
After all, the Great Qi Emperor is the emperor, and he wants to recruit some folk experts to cultivate them and enrich an army of more than 10,000 people, which is easy, and it doesn't require much wealth.
The unparalleled weapon that the emperor can rely on the most is not financial resources, but power.
To recruit these masters, the emperor only needs to give the corresponding official position.
Therefore, although the emperor could not use the money from the treasury in vain, and the treasury was limited, he could let countless officials and cultivators of the poor sect serve him.
"What's going on with this Yanmen army, there are so many middle and late stages of the Yuan Shen Realm?!"
Charahan saw that on the city wall of the Black Stone Valley, An Siming and the horse-faced general, relying on the numerical advantage of the late stage of the Yuanshen Realm behind them, had been pressing the two kings to fight, and the inner city wall was about to be lost, and he couldn't help but feel a palpitation.
His biggest advantage in the face of the Yanmen Army was not the Heavenly Wolf Bow that was commonly equipped in the army, nor the geographical advantages of Fengming Mountain, or even the many middle and low-level cultivators in the army, but the powerhouses of the Eight Kings Extreme Realm!
Eight King Extreme Realm cultivators can let him wantonly slash and capture the flag.
No matter how strong the siege of the Yanmen army is, without the top-level masters and the main generals, how can they continue to attack the city? No matter how skillful the Yanmen army is in foot combat, without Zhao Xuanji and Zhao Beiwang, how can it resist the Tianyuan and Khitan coalition forces?
But now, the powerhouses in the middle and late stages of the Yuan Shen Realm in An Siming's department, especially in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, are obviously more than the Wan Commanders under his command.
Even if the two Kings Extreme Realm who participated in the battle did not suppress the realm, it would not be very easy to kill so many Yuan Shen Realm in the late stage.
The Wang Ji Realm that Chalahan can provide to the Black Stone Valley is only three or four at most, and the rest of the Wang Ji Realm has to deal with Zhao Xuanji, Zhao Beiwang, who is holding a thousand strange soldiers, and Zhao Zhenzhong.
And now, even if the third king enters the battlefield of the Black Stone Valley, it will not be able to ensure victory, at most, it will be able to block the offensive of the opponent's top combat power.
"Send another Wang Ji Realm down, no matter what, you must hold the Black Stone Valley! Guancheng should not be able to hold it, reserve troops and prepare to enter the battlefield!" Charahan ordered in a deep voice, his voice as cold and hard as Jin Ge.
This was the first time since the start of the war that Charahan had experienced palpitations. Seeing Zhao Ning's majesty before, he was just in a bad mood, and he was still sure of defeating the Yanmen army, but he felt that he had to pay a great price.
But now, the top cultivator did not have a clear advantage, and he no longer had absolute confidence in defeating the Yanmen army.
However, to defend Fengming Mountain, he still feels that he is nine out of ten. Although An Siming's troops were strong, the battle continued, and he still felt that it was impossible for the Yanmen army to break through the second layer of defense in Blackstone Valley.
After all, the number of cultivators in the Tian Yuan Army was still extremely large. The Yanmen army is strong, that is, more than 10,000 people in An Siming.
It's just to hold Fengming Mountain, which is not in line with Chalahan's expectations.
Just to defend Fengming Mountain, he can't capture a large number of Yanmen military generals.
Charahhan's mood was terrible.
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Zhao Ning and Yang Jiani, together with their master guards, stopped at the top of a mountain, and each took two pills to restore their true qi.
At this point in the battle, they had already captured seven mountain packs, and they had been fighting continuously for so long, even if they were not too seriously injured, their true qi would not be able to withstand the consumption after all.
Now we must stop, replenish ourselves before our true qi bottoms out, and take the opportunity to recuperate, so that we can fight again and continue to fight for a longer time.
Not only them, but also the various departments of the Yanmen Army also rushed forward in a rolling manner. After a period of fierce fighting in the front and lack of strength, they will stop and rest, and the soldiers in the rear will take their place.
The second layer of defense of the Northern Hu army in Baifengkou has been captured by them. However, this area is very long, and more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides are fighting here, and the battle will continue for a long time.
In this situation, no one can fight from the beginning to the end.
"On the side of Blackstone Valley, An Siming's troops have already captured the city and entered the gate. Zhao Beiwang came to Zhao Ning's side and informed him of the battlefield situation in time.
Zhao Beiwang has never made a move, not because he doesn't want to, but once he makes a move, the Wang Ji Realm cultivators in the Beihu army will definitely be killed, and the two sides will inevitably become entangled. Unless you kill the opponent, it won't be of much use against the battle situation.
And to behead a king in the extreme realm, in the absence of realm suppression, and the other party does not want to die, it is as difficult as ascending to the sky. Against the enemy in the same realm, even if Zhao Beiwang has a thousand jun, the other party doesn't want to fight, and he can get out at any time.
When it was not necessary to make a move, Zhao Beiwang still dispatched troops and commanded all units to attack.
Zhao Ning glanced in the direction of the Black Rock Valley, and of course he couldn't see anything through the mountains, but there was still a playful smile in his eyes.
The emperor sent An Siming to Yanmen Pass, let him command 60,000 soldiers drawn from the forbidden army, and gave him such a strong strength of cultivators, what was the purpose, Zhao Ning knew it well.
Over the years, within the Great Qi Dynasty, the civil and military disputes, as well as the disputes between the poor families, have stirred up the officialdom into a miasma, and directly affected the folk atmosphere, leading to the accumulation of class contradictions and various chaos in the entire country.
The result of the internal strife is undoubtedly internal friction, which is irreversible damage to the national strength of Daqi.
But in this battle, it was the Tianyuan Army that suffered the most, and the most aggrieved person was Chalahan.
The emperor's various arrangements in order to divide the military power of Yanmen Pass were originally aimed at the Zhao family, which would cause internal division and a decline in the combat power of the Yanmen army.
But now, because of the timing and the battle situation, the Tianyuan Army and Charahan have become the biggest victims.
It has to be said that this is a kind of irony.
It is the irony that Zhao Ning is happy to see.
"Stinky boy, you seem to be quite happy?" Zhao Bei saw Zhao Ning's strange smile, and he had the urge to slap him on the head.
The strength of the cultivators in An Siming's department, Zhao Beiwang knew it.
This kind of thing can't be hidden, after all, the army will practice on weekdays, but once it deliberately conceals its strength, it will eventually reveal its feet and expose its details, which will undoubtedly anger the Zhao family.
Besides, there is no need for Ellsmin to hide it.
He also relied on this to attract more cultivators from the Humble Sect and win them over. Therefore, when An Siming's descendants arrived at Yanmen Pass, Zhao Beiwang knew the strength of the cultivators of the other tribe from the military register.
Increasing troops to the Yanmen Army, this is Zhao's proposal, and it is also Zhao's request, and now that the 60,000 forbidden troops are coming, Zhao's mood is a little complicated.
Although he is a general, he is not good at intrigue and fighting for power and profit, but after all, they are all characters in the power field, and there will definitely be common sense, not to mention that An Siming is still so strong under the command of the defense envoy of Yanmen Pass.
To say that the Zhao family has no jealousy and vigilance towards An Siming, it is impossible in the current severe situation of the civil and military disputes of the Great Qi and the Hanmen families.
Today, it was Zhao Xuanji's arrangement to let An Siming's department attack Blackstone Valley, good steel is used on the blade, and the strength of An Siming's department is so strong, it can't be said that he won't be allowed to go into battle.
In addition, without An Siming's department, Blackstone Valley is indeed not easy to conquer, and Zhao Xuanji has no choice.
At the same time, this is Zhao Ning's suggestion.
When Zhao Ning raised his arm in Zhao Beiwang, he took two steps back decisively, and said with a smile: "Isn't this very good, An Siming has captured Guancheng, and our main direction of attack is Blackstone Valley, which is beneficial to the battle situation." ”
Saying that, seeing Zhao Bei's face like the bottom of a pot, he looked like you were stupid and wanted to fool Lao Tzu, it was just a begging look, so he had to say:
"The Tian Yuan Army in the Black Rock Valley is not easy to mess with. It is very difficult for Wang Ji Realm to die on the battlefield, and the Yuan Shen Realm is not so safe, regardless of whether he is in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm.
"After this battle, An Siming will certainly have meritorious deeds, but on the battlefield of flesh and blood, life and death will not be controlled, and his fundamental strength will definitely suffer a lot of losses.
"After this battle, it is difficult to say who will benefit from the situation in the future. ”
An Siming wants to make great achievements in this battle, and can quickly gain a firm foothold in Yanmen Pass and gain prestige, and Zhao Ning also has his plans.
Use An Simming's troops to make a breakthrough in the battle situation, so that the army can defeat the Northern Hu Army, and then use the hands of the Northern Hu Army to weaken the strength of the cultivators under An Siming's command, so that he will not have so much confidence and influence in Yanmen Pass in the future.
This is a use of power, a plan to calculate, and a knife to kill.
Whether it is An Siming or the combat strength of the Northern Hu Army, Zhao Ning has a full understanding of it in his previous life, which is the basis for him to carry out this plan, and it is also the reason why he is sure of this plan.
War is a continuation of politics, and there is another interpretation of this sentence in this war.
There were people from the Zhao clan present, as well as Yang Jiani and Yang masters, but Zhao Ning did not shy away from speaking.
On the one hand, everyone is their own people, and their status is high, so they will not talk nonsense afterwards, and on the other hand, at the moment when the power struggle within the Great Qi Dynasty is so intense, this kind of topic is not particularly taboo.
Zhao Beiwang also glanced in the direction of the Black Stone Valley, touched his chin and said, "An Siming's 60,000 forbidden army, if it takes the lead in conquering the Black Stone Valley and breaking through Fengming Mountain, this credit will be too great, right?"
A sneer tugged at the corner of Zhao Ning's mouth, "Then he really needs to be able to make this contribution." ”