It didn't take long for the news of the Shadow Knights of the Shesheng Clan infiltrating the Jialan Peninsula and killing six of their guards, as well as the Lich's summoning of the Plagiarism Hunter to slaughter the fishing village, reached Sycamore City. In the camp of the governor of Zhennan, everyone was shocked, and the soldiers were resentful.

At the same time, news suddenly came from the north, the war broke out in northern Xinjiang, and some of the vanguard troops of the Shesheng tribe had launched several incursions on the periphery of Cedar City, a military stronghold in northern Xinjiang, and the three towns of Muge Town, Waite Town, and Luoma Town, which belonged to the northern defensive fortress of Cedar City, had been tightened with troops, and most of the civilians of all ethnic groups had been transferred to the major towns in the central region. The Zhenbei Overseers had no choice but to send people back to the base camp of the Dawning Alliance, and the main city of Cangyan, Red Flame City, sent back news of the urgency of the war and requests for reinforcements.

After the Cangyan Prophet of Red Flame City learned about it, he sent a request to the city lords of the big cities of all clans to transfer troops.

At this moment, the White Tiger General, who was guarding Wutong City, that is, the Yue* priest of the Jialan clan, immediately summoned the deacons of the infantry battalion, cavalry battalion and mage battalion into the city to meet with the governor's mansion in the south of the town.

Liu Lingkong, as the deacon of the right battalion of the black-robed mage, was naturally among his summons, and after receiving the news, he hurriedly entered the city. At that time, Liu Qin'er had been recuperating at home for more than half a month, and she was recovering, she was so depressed at home, she was noisy and must go to Wutong City with Liu Lingkong, but Liu Lingkong couldn't help it, so she had to take her with her.

When he arrived at the Overseer's Mansion in the south of the city, it was already noon, Liu Lingkong handed over the carriage and horses to the guards in front of the gate to take care of, showed his identity, waited for a while, and when the internal guards came to lead, he led Liu Qin'er into the door and walked straight towards the lobby of the Overseer's Mansion.

When passing through the garden in front of the lobby, Liu Lingkong stopped and said to Liu Qin'er: "Qin'er, the high priest has summoned the deacons, and it is inconvenient for you to enter, so rest here first and wait for me to come out." ”

"Hmm. Liu Qin'er answered, and walked alone to a pavilion in the middle of the garden and sat down.

Liu Lingkong entered the inner hall and saw that General Baihu was already sitting in the middle at this time, and the deacons of the rest of the battalions had already arrived in the hall and sat on both sides below, leaving only a chair in the right row next to General Baihu empty, needless to say, this was naturally reserved for Liu Lingkong. On the left side are the head of the knight's left battalion, the deacon of the left battalion of the mage, the head of the left battalion of the infantry, and the deacon of the right battalion of the mage, the head of the right battalion of the knight, and the head of the right battalion of the infantry. It stands to reason that the seat and status of the head of the knight's right battalion should be slightly higher than that of the deacon of the mage's right battalion, but only because of Liu Lingkong's courage and ability, few people can match his outstanding achievements, and he once saved his life to the head of the knight's right battalion in a breakthrough battle, so the head of the knight's right battalion has always regarded Liu Lingkong as his brother, and all the governors and deacons in the army also have great respect and admiration for him.

When General Baihu saw him coming, he also got up to greet him, not only because he valued Liu Lingkong the most, but also because they were old acquaintances of Jialan, and there was more closeness between the two than others.

But he said that where could Liu Qin'er sit down peacefully, and he was lucky enough to come to this famous general's mansion, he was full of curiosity, so he naturally wanted to wander around and take a look. At this moment, she was lying on the porch of the garden, quietly looking into the lobby in front of her, and happened to see General White Tiger greeting her father. I saw that this white tiger general was dressed in a plain dress, embroidered with a few cloud ornaments at the hem, long black hair draped around his waist, a cloud bun on the top of his head, eyes like a phoenix, eyebrows like a sword, although his face was like a peach blossom, but he was heroic.

"I didn't expect that General White Tiger was a woman. Liu Qin'er couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, and said secretly, "The best people in the Zhennan army are here, and I don't know what is happening." ”

After a few words of greeting, Liu sat down in the air. General White Tiger looked around at everyone and said in a calm tone: " Recently, there have been signs of recovery of the Shesheng tribe, one is the sudden war in the north, several Shesheng vanguard army is menacing, has attacked the northern fortress Cedar City, and according to the outpost, there are more than 100,000 Shesheng army is coming, at present, the defenders in the north of our town have suffered serious casualties and low morale, and the leader of the alliance, Cangyan Prophet, has sent a request for reinforcements to the cities, and the other is that a few days ago, there were Shadow Knights who sneaked across the continent into the Jialan Peninsula, the purpose is not clear, but they killed several guards in the southern fishing village. Therefore, I have summoned you here today to discuss the sending of troops to the north for reinforcements, and secondly, to strengthen the garrison of the entire southern region. I wonder what you think?"

"The Great Overseer, although the Shesheng vanguard army that went south this time is called 30,000, but the Zhenbei Overseer Mu Yunhe now has more than 20,000 heavy troops, but he is losing and retreating, it is really incompetent, I think that more than 20 years ago, we followed the Great Overseer Zhenbei to resist the enemy, less than 1,500 people, but defeated the 5,000 elites of the Shesheng clan in the south. Zhang Dutou of the knight's left camp was a little dissatisfied and said, "This Mu Yunhe relies on himself to be the son of Mu Zhen, the prophet of Cangyan, and he is arrogant and conceited on weekdays, and does not take other people in his eyes. ”

"Yes, our army guards the southern towns, which is the first priority, and it is reasonable not to send troops. Besides, there are several major Allied forces in the east and west on our north flank. "The left battalion of the infantry Song Du said.

"However, having said that, if Cedar City is broken, my northern defense line will quickly collapse, and at that time, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Shesheng clan will occupy all parts of the north and slaughter on a large scale, and then march south, looking at Red Flame City, especially the 20,000 frost mages and 30,000 evil spirit ghoul warriors of the immortal old demon Black Qilin, which are particularly terrifying, and the corpses are everywhere they go, and the birds and beasts are extinct. Although there were 100,000 heavily armored knights and 50,000 mages inside and outside the main city of Cangyan in the central part of the city, plus 30,000 warriors from each of the dwarves and the Feihuang clans, they might be able to resist and repel the Shesheng army at that time, but at that time it would be difficult and cause heavy damage, and it would inevitably cause disaster to millions of civilians, and the villages and towns would be destroyed. Master Zuo Camp Deacon said.

"Well, the stakes are high, and the big picture is the most important. General White Tiger nodded, and then asked Liu Lingkong, "Lingkong, what do you think?"

"Cedar City is the first fortress in the north of Xinjiang, the terrain is dangerous, the surrounding desert stretches for thousands of miles, this city is the road for the Shesheng clan to invade the Dawn Continent in the south, if it is just to maintain a stalemate, I am afraid that it can only barely block the Shesheng vanguard army, not a long-term solution, from the current point of view, the other party is fierce, and the combat power is also above the defenders in the north of my town. But if the 30,000 vanguard army can be severely defeated here, kill the vanguard leader, then the black unicorn will not dare to act rashly, and naturally collect troops and retreat to the north of the Forgotten Worry Mountain, if once the city is broken, the central region is flat, extending in all directions, the armies of our Dawning Alliance will no longer have any danger to defend, and can only retreat to the important town of Red Flame City, and that Red Flame City is the main city of Cangyan, once the city is broken, it will be difficult to save, and the morale of the armies of our alliance will inevitably be lost。 Liu Lingkong said in detail.

After finishing the sentence, everyone else discussed, but Zhang Dutou's face was slightly unhappy, and he was silent. Seeing this, General Baihu asked: "Zhang Dutou, I know that you have always had some complaints about Mu Yunhe, but at this moment, the current enemy is related to the general trend of the future and the safety of the alliance......

"General!" Zhang Musha interrupted, "The subordinates are just worried that this emergency is not so simple, Mu Yunhe is bent on overpowering the major leaders and ascending to the position of the prophet, although the army of sacrifice is menacing, but the Prophet of Cangyan sent to Mu Yunhe is also Cangyan's elite troops, it should be sworn to the death, why retreat so early? I am afraid that he wants to take advantage of this request for reinforcements and put the forces of the major overseers on the front line to fight with the army of Shesheng, so that his own strength can be preserved, and the strength of other overseers can be greatly reduced." ”

Liu Lingkong looked at Zhang Musha, and then looked back at General Baihu, frowning slightly, deep in thought.

"You are worried, why haven't I thought about it, but survival is a big matter, fame and fortune are a small matter, and besides, I am one of the four major generals of the alliance, if I don't reinforce it, wouldn't it attract even more criticism and doubts?" General Baihu said slowly.

Everyone was silent for a while, and they all looked at General White Tiger. The general looked around at the crowd, brushed the sideburns from his ears with his hand, and continued to speak: "Now that the matter of sending reinforcements is inevitable, we will swear to fight the sacrifice to the death in the north of Cedar City. I decided to transfer 10,000 horses to the north, leaving only the right battalion of the mage and the right battalion of the infantry to stay with me to guard Wutong City, and at the same time, I also need a general who can lead the commander seal to lead the division to the north, I don't know which one is willing to go?"

"It's better to let the subordinates go down, when Zhenbei resisted the invasion of Shesheng, my battalion had several battles with the leader of the vanguard army, the ghost, and it can be regarded as an old acquaintance, I am familiar with his tactics and military habits. Liu Lingkong got up and asked for help.

When everyone saw him get up, they all felt that Liu Lingkong was indeed the best candidate, but General Baihu shook his head and said, "There is no need to go to the volley this time, your mage's right battalion has other important matters to stay in the city, so you still need to stay and help me deal with it." It is better to ask the stewards of these four battalions to lead the army. ”

"General, in that case, let me lead the troops. Zhang Musha got up and hugged his fists, with a determined expression and momentum.

General Baihu looked at the others, and everyone nodded in acquiescence, and no one got up to fight for the leader, so he patted the armrest of the seat and said: "Okay, Zhang Dutou has been fighting with me for many years, he is experienced, brave and strategic, and as the leader of the moonlight knights of my elite corps, it is the most suitable, then Zhang Dutou will lead the army and assemble and set off within ten days." ”

General White Tiger paused for a moment, and then said: " In addition, half a month ago, there were two murders in the Jialan fishing village near the South Dawn Sea, six second-class guards were killed, it is said that the Shadow Knight of the Shesheng clan did it, if this is the case, then there must be a huge mystery behind this matter, since the Shadow Knight was sent to travel a long distance here, it must not be to sneak attack a small fishing village, and killing a few guards can't be explained, so I think the only possibility is to explore some important secret, this secret can bring great benefits to the Shesheng clan, and even help them achieve revival, but it just so happens that the Shadow Knight met the guards patrolling the sea, so they have to kill people。 ”

"What the general said is very true, so we must be vigilant, and we must also find out what the Shadow Knight is looking for, if it is really as the general said, this thing has the power to revive the Shesheng clan, then we must prevent the Shesheng clan from succeeding, otherwise it will be a disaster for all the clans of my dawn. Qi Linhuo, the commander of the right battalion of the infantry, answered.

"Well, that's exactly what I thought, so I need the two of them, Lin Huo and Volley, to stay behind to strengthen the garrison of the city and the peninsula, and to start a search in the Dawn Sea to see if there is anything suspicious. ”

After the matter was discussed, General Baihu signaled that the governors and deacons were dispersed, leaving Liu Lingkong alone to wait for her, saying that Lingkong was not like the other governors who were often in this camp, and it was rare to see each other on weekdays, so he wanted to invite him to have a light lunch and talk about the old affairs of Jialan. Liu volley left in response.