In September of the 568th year of the Altino calendar, Reins

Watching the movements of Eltino's army, Reines is also facing a trade-off, regardless of the proportion of troops, if Altinor's army really comes to the North Gate Tianguan, relying on Gengoro and Niel alone will not be able to resist the opponent's heavenly combat power.

Reyns has a lot of bargaining chips for reinforcements, Lancelot and Feng'er can set off from Jixia at any time and rush to the front line, even Hua Bianque, who recently reached an agreement with Xiaocao to serve as the dean of the newly established Dark Wizard Research Institute in the Jixia School Palace, and temporarily joined Reyns's side, can make a certain degree of scheduling.

"If you ask her to fight, you'll probably be rejected, but if it's for the black magic in experimental development, or in the name of materials, you can probably invite her. ”

Xiaocao said: "It's a pity that Sister Izumi Sakura and Princess Xiang can't participate in the war for a while, otherwise our manpower scheduling can be more flexible." ”

Kokusa and Lancelot are not so stupid as to think that Izumi Sakura has not returned overseas, and from the information they have obtained and the result of Kokusa's own magic detection, they know that Izumi Sakura has just entered the Free City, and the reason is unknown for a while.

Lancelot wasn't very anxious to get Izumi back. Unless he was kidnapped, he respected his wife's freedom of movement, on the other hand, it was wartime, if his wife couldn't return to be on the same front as himself, then it was better to maintain the status quo, and therefore, when he got the summons from Youxue, he just smiled and didn't try to contact Fenghua.

Even if it is a good intelligence investigation, it is impossible to be comprehensive, Lancelot did not know that there was a person like Hai Jiaxuan, if he knew, he would definitely feel very distressed!

Oda Xiang should be on Reynes's side, with her help, the situation will be much easier than now, but in Feng'er's mood, unless it comes to the point where she has no choice, she doesn't want this child to go to the battlefield, and in reality, Oda Xiang replaces the existence of Wang Wu and re-suppresses Alcatraz Island.

Earlier, Oda had summoned Kishita in the hope of obtaining permission for her to organize private force on the island of Nishikoga to replace the five-color flag that might one day leave the island.

As the master of the white character family, Odaka's power on Alcatraz Island is almost unlimited, and it is certainly not a problem to organize private force, Lancelot and the others are just surprised, why the ghost queen, who is used to being alone, would want to train the legion. In Kaede's opinion, just because her daughter would want to take the initiative to do something, it is very gratifying, in fact, since the news of Shiro Amakusa's death came out, Kaede has been worried that Oda Ka does not know how to react.

"Because Sisikoga Island is very large, it would be too tiring to patrol by one person, and I also organized a new writing team when I was in the book, so there is nothing strange about this. ”

Maybe he thought it was troublesome to deal with, but the kid appeared on the mirror of the communication mirror with the face of Sojiro, and reported with a smile.

"Well, I can understand what you think, but on Alcatraz Island, you are the king, and the Bai family's force is also under your control, why do you want my consent? You can just let it go!"

Since it was a friend, Lancelot took the initiative to express his sincerity, saying that Oda Xiang didn't need to report it, so he would let it go, but this little ghost ignored his kindness, his expression was cold, and he said word by word.

"Who's talking to you, savage dead monkey? The flat ground is dangerous, and the primates should climb back into the mountains. ”

After speaking, his expression immediately returned to his previous pleasing smile, and said to Feng'er: "I'm reporting to Feng'er's mother, because the child wants to organize a club, in human terms, it is to mix with the underworld, such a big thing, of course, I have to talk to my mother!"

When the child showed himself a smiling face with a serious expression, the kind of angelic smile that almost dizzy, Kaede couldn't help but wonder, was this from sincerity? Or was it a simple simulated reaction from the child? But with the experience of Amakusa Shiro, Kaede chose to accept it without any guilt and smiled happily.

"Gangs, gangs are sometimes nothing bad, don't be worse than politicians......"

This speech was really incoherent, but watching the two of them look at each other and smile, that kind of warm feeling, made the people next to them feel the same joy. Of course, there are also people who can't laugh, and the performance of kindness is met with vicious sarcasm, and the ape, which is already not good-tempered, explodes as a matter of course.

"Roar!Roar~~Roar~~~"

"Huh, huh, how do people hear the sounds of nature? Is this a forest?"

The handsome little boy, with his hands on his ears, pretending to listen attentively, seemed to be very cute, even Xiaocao, who had been silently speaking, felt deeply, but tried to catch Feng'er who was angry with the ape, but he couldn't help but smile and endure very hard, and he was relieved, but he was dragged away by Lancelot.

When Lancelot was about to make contact with the water mirror, the picture of the water mirror suddenly blossomed, and when the image appeared again, the clothes of the person in the mirror remained the same, the black hair became longer, and the white face was many times more beautiful than before, and it appeared in its original form.

Unlike before, this time Oda Ka's little face has something that she has never seen before, something that people call expressions. Taking advantage of the fact that the picture of the water mirror was not very clear, and everyone still didn't see it very clearly, she quickly pulled her diagonal shirt, revealing half of her soft snow shoulders.

"Dear husband, don't be so rude, be gentle~~~"

The little girl's snow-white cheeks had an extra layer of scarlet, her eyes flowed, and she murmured softly, which was the opposite of the pure face, so bright that she seemed to be able to flow honey, the snow-white soft shoulders and neck, and the surname was charming in an instant, not only Lancelot stopped moving, but even Feng'er in her daughter's body exclaimed in surprise, and couldn't bear to look away.

Before they came back to their senses, the "wave" of the water mirror disappeared without a trace, and then everyone woke up from a dream, woke up from the girl's clever prank, and realized that they had been tricked by this little goblin.

Xiaocao and Feng'er glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but laugh together. Judging from the name alone, Princess Oda Xiang is the wife of the current King of Reyns Lancelot, despite the fact that the relationship between the two people is quite unfriendly, but Oda Xiang knows how to take advantage of this to make this joke to Lancelot.

"I even know how to use this expression, this little princess's actions are much more beautiful than before, it must be after Amakusa Shiro, and she got another great teacher!"

Xiaocao unintentionally said a sentence in a joking mood, and after the exit, she woke up a certain part of her surname, and was silent to think, not hearing Feng'er answer with a smile, "Yes, if you go to Daxue Mountain, my master will definitely like this kind of apprentice very much", and did not notice the ape next to him that was about to burn.

Lancelot is not a pedophile, and he only regards Odaka, who has always maintained the appearance of a child, as a strong opponent, but he has never thought about it, but in the short glimpse just now, there was such a short period of time, he felt a pounding heartbeat, and once he stabilized and realized this fact, his anger against others and himself exploded doubly.

The next moment, an angry and loud roar resounded throughout the ivory white tower.

"Roar!roar~~roar~~~Oh roar~~~~"

The voice came far away, and even the guards at the door felt a little dizzy.

"Hey, what's that sound? It looks like the wrath of some kind of beast......"

"What, listen closely, it's the sound of a beast. Whenever a wild beast asks for a puppet, it will roar loudly like this, especially the orangutan, which will beat its chest and scream like this. ”

"Oh, I see...... Spring has arrived!"

"yes, spring is coming. ”

The two guards reveled in the expression of a poet and continued their guard work. Having such a guard may be a blessing for Reyns's cultural heritage, but now that it's September, no matter where you are in the Wind Continent, spring is still far away.

Although the situation of Tianguan in the north gate cannot be said to be a cold winter, there is no spring to be seen. When Gong Jin led the Second Army to move eastward, Hua Tianxie's First Army also felt the pressure, as if it was driven away, and advanced towards the North Gate Tianguan, compared with before, the breath of war became stronger and stronger.

Compared to the Eltino army, the Reyns army at the North Gate Tianguan should be able to work for ease and easily wait for the enemy. However, since they knew that Eltino had sent troops, their bodies and minds were in a tense state, and the waiting enemy army was dragging and dragging its way, and their tense physical and mental state was not relaxed, but became more agitated, and after a long time, they accumulated a considerable degree of fatigue.

"As the old saying goes: 'Once you are strong, then you will decline, and then you will be exhausted.'" ’”

Gengoro muttered the sentence on the book of war, the enemy should not have deliberately caused this effect, but for the defenders on the side of the North Gate Tianguan, the battle has not happened for a long time, but the battle may start in a few days at any time, and that kind of pressure is not easy.

"There is no news from the Qinglou side, although Hua Tianxie and Zhou Gongjin have clearly checked the marching route and troop dispatch, but they can't judge anything. On the other side of the water mirror screen, Xiaocao shook his head and said.

The helpless fact that the major forces on the Wind Continent must face, even though each force wants to cultivate its own exclusive Reading Power Intelligence Agency, but in the end, in terms of the development of the intelligence side, they are still subject to the Qinglou Alliance and have to maintain a good relationship with it.

Since Lancelot rose to prominence as the "Forty Thieves of Alibaba", the Qinglou Alliance has taken care of his side, providing a steady stream of important information on intelligence, so that Reyns, who is not a military power, can have enough capital to stand tall.

Reynes has also maintained a friendly relationship with the Qinglou, in addition to mutual cooperation, Nier, Gengoro, and Feng'er all have personal relations with the person in charge of the Qinglou, purely in terms of bilateral relations, Reins is the best mutual friendship among the partners of the Qinglou Alliance.

But that's about it. The basic position and interests of the Qinglou Alliance are based on absolute neutrality, and it may be slightly biased towards one side or the other, but generally speaking, if there is a dominant force on either side, this is by no means what the Qinglou Alliance is happy to see.

Even at the moment, the Qinglou Alliance must not have given all the information to Reyns. It is impossible for the Shaolin abbot of the 80s to be unable to control it, but they have not transmitted the relevant information, which is the proof that the Qinglou Alliance will not put chips in a single force.

Maintaining an absolute balance of power, traveling among the major forces, and gaining benefits by balancing the growth and decline of each other's forces is the reason why the Qinglou Alliance can be inherited to this day. It hasn't changed in the past, and it won't change in the future, which Kokusa and Gengoro are very aware of, so they don't have too many extravagant hopes.

The change in the situation of Eltino has given the written media in various parts of the Wind Continent an opportunity to write hard. Experts of various factions analyzed the situation with their own arguments and watched the war affecting the two great powers, and there were many military analysts who believed that this war would never be fought.

"Sending troops to Reyns is actually a pretense, before the war broke out, Zhou Gongjin would attack Hua Tianxie from behind, cutting off supplies on the one hand, and making surprise attacks on the other. Zhou Gongjin's military talent is far above Hua Tianxie, and he used this opportunity to eradicate political enemies and stabilize Altinor, but even if he wins, Altinor's vitality is greatly damaged, and he is unable to use troops against Reynes anymore, so he must be committed to recuperation, so the real battle between the two countries will be five years later. ”

This argument is quite popular among the people, no matter where you are in the Wind Continent, once Reins and Altino go to war, the impact will affect people's livelihood prices, which is not happy for the common people...... With the exception of the merchant groups in the Free City, this group of people has always had the confidence that no matter how the situation evolves, they will be able to use the situation to the best of their own interests, with their blood of adventure and speculation in their veins.

"I'm so envious, if only we could be so laid-back. ”

"There is no way to do this, we are one of the parties, not a third party, there is no way to be so leisurely. ”

The question is, how will the situation develop? Zhou Gongjin and Hua Tianxie went to war, this seems to be the most reasonable evolution, but Xiaocao and Gengoro don't think that Zhou Gongjin will let things go on so reasonably, however, if Zhou Gongjin and Hua Tianxie temporarily suppressed each other's contradictions and jointly marched to the North Gate Tianguan, this seems to be ......

Neither Kokusa nor Gengoro are stupid, but when they look to the future, they both feel as if they are shrouded in a thick fog ahead of them, and they can't see it thoroughly. Before this, they had thought about it hundreds of times, but this time the water mirror interview, with the help of each other's wisdom, seemed to be of limited help.

"Actually, the war is not like that, Zhou Gongjin's army does not fight Hua Tianxie and does not fight us, will it cross the Yinhai Highway and sneak attack my senior brother's martial arts?"

Lancelot, who was on the side, looked at the sad appearance of his wife and brother-in-law, felt slightly funny, and said something casually, but unexpectedly, after Xiaocao heard this, his delicate body was shocked, and then, Gengoro's eyes also turned from confusion to shock.

Although it was ridiculous, Lancelot's whimsical thought woke them up to a possible surname that had been missed.

"I don't think it's too late to say it now, Mr. Amano, can you help send a message to the Qinglou Alliance?"

Whether the army is well trained or not can be seen from the state of the march. Shi Chong's First Group Army and the Fifth Group Army before Hua Tianxie had no chance of facing a large-scale war, and they were also negligent in training in peacetime, and their quality was uneven.

Looking at the quality of the soldiers, equipment, and morale, the second group army can be called the chief force of Al Tieno, Gong Jin set off from the Zhongdu army, even though he did not deliberately force the march, but the speed was three times that of the previous Hua Tianxie, and he did not disturb the place along the way, and concentrated on moving forward, which invisibly formed a strong sense of oppression, forcing Hua Tianxie to open overnight and rush towards the north gate Tianguan.

The two strongest forces in the territory of El Tieno seem to be playing an embarrassing game of chasing and fleeing, and in the process, Gengoro tries to get in touch with the top of the Qinglou Alliance through his own channels. It's just that, several times in a row, he has not been able to successfully contact his friends in the Shangri-La Magic House.

It is naturally a very ridiculous thing that an organization that controls the exchange of information on the whole Wind Continent would have such a situation of inaccessibility, but Gengoro also knew that that lady still occasionally had retreats and practices, and even left the Wind Continent for a short period of time.

The Qinglou Alliance is a dark organization that completely adopts secrecy, and the real big thing, without the authorization of the supreme mastermind, the people below can't do anything at all. Although Gengoro said that he knew the supreme leader of the Qinglou Alliance, but when he thought about it, whether it was Feng'er, Nier, or Gengoro himself, they didn't know the second and third people of the Qinglou Alliance, and they didn't even know who those people were.

"It's funny that this is happening, and what could be more ironic?"

After not knowing how many times the contact failed, Gengoro smiled bitterly at Niel.

Nierqi said: "What are you trying to say in such a hurry?

Yesterday, the First Group Army led by Hua Tianxie had reached within 100 miles of Tianguan at the North Gate, and the battle was about to break out. Whether this temporary fortress, which was built in a hurry by the Bai family engineering troops, can be sustained for a long time in continuous warfare like the previous checkpoint will soon face a substantial test.

"Well, I actually think it's funny, because anyway, the probability of this kind of thing happening is more ridiculous than low......"

Gengoro smiled bitterly: "But from the perspective of military science, as long as there is a slight possibility, this possibility must be taken into account." ”

"What is possible?"

"The scale of the war...... The possible surname of the outbreak of war with the third force. ”

Gengoro said lightly, still thinking about it in his heart, and said that the next strategy that Xiaocao had proposed before was that when he couldn't get in touch with Qinglou, he would change to a public way and directly inform all the people of the Free City of the possibility of war.

And only a quarter of an hour later, when the intelligence officer ran into the tent with a pale face and presented the news he had just received to the two supreme leaders, Gengoro had to lament that he was still a step too slow.

"The Second Army has suddenly turned around and attacked the Free City!"

Gengoro's sense of surprise was far less than one percent of Nier's, but he felt quite bitter and asked the intelligence officer to explain the details.

The intelligence officer could explain very little, only knowing that the Second Army, which was supposed to be in the territory of Altino, suddenly appeared in the territory of Free City, and in just two hours, lightning took five cities.

"How could this be? How could Eltino's army suddenly run to Free City? Moreover, what are they going to do in Free City?"

Niel hadn't recovered from her shock yet. The outbreak of war between Eltino and the Free City Alliance sounded even less realistic than the demons invading the human world again, and if it weren't for the fact that the surname Li was still holding her thoughts, she would even want to go back and sleep again, so that this ridiculous dream could wake up sooner.

"The whereabouts of the Second Army that we have seen are probably just a disguise of a small number of troops, the real large force, advancing to the southeast, from the ruins of Gulandu, through Fullai, Jiaquan, into the Yinhai Highway, along the river through the northeast corner of Wulian, into the free city, this is the only route, it will never be wrong. ”

Gengoro said: "Wang Wu is the most famous pacifist on the Wind Continent, and the Free City has completely undefended Wu Lian in the past hundred years, how could he have expected that an army would come from Wu Lian's side? ”

As early as thinking that Gongjin might use troops against the third force, Kokusa and Gengoro knew that if this matter came true, they would definitely take this route.

Not long after, the news of the whole continent sent by Gong Jin himself proved this speculation, but the two didn't feel anything to be happy about, and it didn't make sense to be Zhuge afterwards.

In the face of an excellent general like Gong Jin, it is not easy to calculate what he wants to do, and it is not easy to anticipate the enemy first, Xiaocao tried hard to do it, and tried to stop it, but in the end it was in vain, which once again made her realize the irreversible surname of "planning things in people, and success in heaven".

"I now want to inform all the people of Free City that Reins??Tiren is my enemy of Eltinor, and all the forces that support Reyns will be regarded as an enemy by me, Altinor. For a long time, the Oriental family has been assisting Reines behind the scenes, providing manpower, weapons and funds, which is equivalent to the crime of frontal aggression against our country. ”

With words and magical images, Gong Jin spread the message throughout the Free City, letting all the civilians know why he was attacking the Free City and what his plans were in the future.

In the magical image floating in the air, Gong Jin sat alone on a chair, half of the metal mask reflected the cold light, and the sea-blue ice crystal pupils exuded the momentum of the cold, which made people extremely surprised by the fact that he was here as a conqueror.

The Eastern Family is the largest arms dealer in the Wind Continent, and although it has never been allied with any force, its head Dongfang Xuanlong has been in close contact with Lancelot, and has assisted many times, either formally or covertly, which is an open secret known to the Wind Continent.

In Gong Jin's proclamation, he clearly mentioned this point, asking the Dongfang family to make a guarantee within twelve hours, and Dongfang Xuanlong himself came forward to declare that he would remain absolutely neutral in the future and would no longer support Reins?Tiren, otherwise Eltino would soon set foot on the Dongfang family.

"The crime of standing in a hostile direction, secretly financing ordnance, and causing Reyns to destroy our land and harm my people, must be punished in practice, and the head of the Eastern family should think about the future of the family, otherwise the entire territory will be drawn into the war. ”

In this proclamation, Gong Jin made it clear that he had sent troops in the name of righteousness, and the five cities he occupied were all territories of the Oriental Family.

On the one hand, the people of the free city trembled deeply in this gust of wind full of the smell of war, and on the other hand, they also felt at ease, because Gongjin only aimed at the Eastern family, in other words, the city that belonged to the sphere of influence of the Qinglou Alliance could naturally avoid the scourge of war.

Schadenfreude is one of the worst human behaviors, especially in the media merchants of Free City. In this tense moment, they hid under the umbrella of the Qinglou Alliance, selling all kinds of comments on the analysis of the war, and mocking the citizens of the neighboring cities who were caught in the flames.

Such a situation is really very bad in the eyes of ordinary people, but from the standpoint of businessmen, if they do not take the opportunity to speculate and make war profits, then why should they go into business? They may also think that if they want to be conscientious and moral, they should not choose to work in the media in the first place.

"Well, I'm really interested in this kind of war analysis!"

Although he didn't want to touch the practical problems of military and political affairs, as the king of a country, Lancelot still had to look at the twists and turns and reports that Xiaocao had handled.

"Do you remember when there was a civil war, there was an old guy who liked to analyze what he said, because of the precious cultural value of the ivory white tower, the rebel army would never dare to attack head-on, and as a result, was that guy buried with the collapse of the ivory white tower?"

"There's such a thing. ”

"This kind of person is good, at least he is martyred, and he can be regarded as speaking responsibly. ”

Lancelot's tone sounded a little like a complaint, and the recent sudden change in events had interrupted him from his martial arts practice, and he had to be distracted. After returning from this book, he deeply felt that the future was unknown, and in order to be able to become a favorable pillar for his side, he began to concentrate on practicing martial arts, almost as long as he was awake, he was looking for Feng'er as an opponent, and repeatedly practiced the Heavenly Demon Skill.

"That iron-masked monster is really bullying good and afraid of evil, if you have a kind, you will come to us directly, why do you want to find someone else to open the knife? Those who once stood on our side are guilty? Then my senior brother also helped me defend Alcatraz Island, why didn't the iron-masked demon attack Wu Lian?"

The Fifth Group Army is almost all composed of orcs and half-orcs, all of them are brave and aggressive, and they are well-trained in peacetime, and the number is still above the Second Group Army.

Lancelot knew this, so he complained like this, but when he thought about it, he felt annoyed, didn't this kind of thinking drag his senior brother into the war he didn't like the most?

"Wife, has that perverted old man been found? Everyone has been killed at his doorstep, so don't let him still get drunk in the gentle country and send people to hell in a daze. ”

In addition to the senior brother, the situation of the righteous brother Dongfang Xuanlong is also what makes Lancelot feel very anxious. Even if he received abundant financial aid, Reines could not compare with Eltino, the country of strong soldiers, and could not start a war at the North Gate Tianguan on the one hand, and divide his troops to the Free City on the other, so despite his impatience, Lancelot could only watch the situation in the Free City at present.

Since Bai Wuji was assassinated and fell, Dongfang Xuanlong, who had lost his playing companions, seemed to have exhausted even Ping's vitality and vitality, and decided to leave.

Based on the friendship between the two, Lancelot told his brother-in-law that the second brother-in-law was not dead, but was seriously injured and did not wake up, but Dongfang Xuanlong did not go to the hospital bed to greet this old friend due to safety concerns, but chose to sprinkle the wine bought with a lot of money on Bai Wuji's pseudo-tomb.

"Life can be carnival, but what is the regret of death?"

These eight words are carnivals like cats and dogs, and they often raise glasses on their lips. In addition to being a life motto, they are also more or less mentally prepared for what path they choose and what path they will lead to in the end, they already know each other in their hearts.

"One is the big drug lord on the Wind Continent, and the other is the number one arms dealer, slaughter these two bastards together, and the Wind Continent will be peaceful. ”

Once when Bai Wuji and Dongfang Xuanlong were partying, Lancelot, who passed by outside the house, laughed and scolded like this. This casual joke also points to the truth in some ways, for Lancelot and the others, Dongfang Xuanlong and Bai Wuji are the best relatives and friends, but this does not change everything they have done. Arms dealers and drug lords, this is the positioning that the two of them have given themselves, and they also have the consciousness of "maybe one day they will suddenly die on the streets", so for Bai Wuji's sudden fall, Dongfang Xuanlong only regarded this as a relief for his friends.

Sprinkled an urn of wine in front of the grave, Dongfang Xuanlong laughed, brushed his sleeves and walked away. Everyone thought that he would return to the Eastern Family, but this energetic old man, who had regained his vitality, roamed the Wind Continent after leaving, and his whereabouts were uncertain, and he hurriedly said that he was looking for someone, and Lancelot did not know where to look.

Time was becoming more and more pressing, and Gong Jin was not intimidating, and six hours after that declaration, the Second Army occupied six more large and small cities, annexing half of the territory of the Dongfang family.

In a short period of time, Gong Jin has already won a quarter of the territory of the free city, deducting the time of the forced march, and if it is within two hours, he has taken down eleven large and small cities, and completely implemented the goal of the blitzkrieg, which is really overwhelming and invincible.

"It's terrifying, such an army is worthy of being a first-class strong soldier in the Wind Continent, I don't know how Zhou Gongjin trained it. ”

Gengoro knew that it was time for Gong Jin to stop for a while, of the twenty-three cities in the territory of the Dongfang family, eleven were concentrated in the western half, and twelve were scattered in the eastern half, Gong Jin had to stop a little after a round of rapid attacks, and after entering the eastern half, the cities were far apart, and it would take a long time just to march, and the speed of the raid tactics was limited, and there was no terrifying effect, if Gong Jin wanted to negotiate as the goal, he should stop.

At this time, his contact water mirror finally got in touch with Shangri-La.

"It's been a long time, Xiao Wu, looking for me in such a hurry, what's the matter?"

Even though the water mirror was used to communicate across long distances, the lady on the other side still hung a bead, showing the consistent secrecy of the Qinglou Alliance. Not only the face, but even the psychology was masked, because it was impossible for the other party not to know the intention of Gengoro's emergency contact.

"It's really not cost-effective to sign a few of your artists, after a few days of performance, they all ran out for me one by one, so I have to temporarily find a new person to replace the schedule, and I must ask you for this liquidated damages. ”

"Go to our majesty to ask for it, he has nothing else now, but money, you should know this matter best, don't you?"

The huge amount of money from the other continent was transferred to Lancelot through the Qinglou Alliance, so this lady naturally knew where the money was going. Gengoro couldn't help but sigh a little, if Bai Wuji was still there, this money should be able to be used more effectively!

"The incident in Zhongdu, there should be signs to be found in advance, why haven't you passed on the slightest news, this is not interesting!"

"Heh, even if you don't know, there is no loss to you, don't you think it's a blessing to sometimes realize it later?"

"It's not a kid's gamer's wine, but you can say that. This is a major military matter, no matter whether any intelligence is useful or not, as long as you can know it one step earlier, you can do a good job of responding to it one step earlier!"

"Yes, you also know that this is a military matter, not two children drinking at the player's house, so why do you quarrel like a little urchin who wants more sugar? The relationship between the Qinglou Alliance and Reyns is only an exchange of interests, not allegiance, there is no reason for you to monopolize all the information, so it is difficult for us to explain to other customers. ”

The atmosphere of the dialogue at the beginning was not very good, and the two people just confirmed each other's positions again through this form, and then there was a formal negotiation.

"Let's not gossip, let's get down to business, don't tell me that you don't know the Shaolin abbot of the 80s after the 80s, but it is impossible to escape the detection of the Qinglou. ”

"Heh, it's an honor to be so valued by you. It is true that we know, but there is a little flaw in the handling, the intelligence processing on Wu Lian's side is a step late, and when the news is sent to the Free City, the Eltino people have also arrived, and there is no time to take any contingency measures. ”

Wu Lian and Free City, in the division of power in the Qinglou Alliance, belong to two different blocks, and the person who was supposed to be in charge of Wu Lian and the southern part of Al Tieno was handed over to that lady after quitting the Qinglou organization many years ago.

As a result, the lady holds two-thirds of the power of the Qinglou Alliance, but because it is an escrow, the two blocks under her jurisdiction are not related to each other's operations, and they are each responsible for their own power, and they are only responsible to her, the supreme leader.

Half a month ago, she went overseas to deal with some problems in the organization, especially the large sum of money that was passed to Reins, Tiren, and it took a lot of effort to return to the Qinglou until yesterday. During this period, although the personnel on Wu Lian's side noticed the entry of the Second Army, the time was extremely short, and everyone passed the news to Shangri-La after discussion, which was already a step slower, and because the head of the family had not yet returned, even if the personnel of Shangri-La got the news, they did not dare to make too big a decision, so they had to spread the news overseas as soon as possible.

Back and forth, the timing was delayed, and when the lady returned to the magic house, she could only face the situation in front of her, secretly sighing that the world was unpredictable, even the Qinglou Alliance would still have a situation that could not be controlled.

"So, how are you going to deal with it? The reason why the Second Army did not move was not because of unfamiliarity with geography, nor because it was afraid of the counterattack of the Eastern Family, but because it was afraid of the reaction of the Qinglou Alliance. ”

Gengoro calmly pointed out the facts. On the surface, the Qinglou Alliance and the Oriental Family are on the side of the Free City, but under the table, the power of the Qinglou Alliance is far deeper and farther than the Oriental Family, and it is impossible for Gongjin, who uses troops to the Oriental Family, not to care about the reaction of the Free City, not to mention, Gengoro does not believe Zhou Gongjin's declaration at all.

"Zhou Gongjin is calm and wise, once he acts, it must be the result of careful consideration, there is no reason to enter the free city, so he cares about the Qinglou Alliance. He can be so muffled, and suddenly raise troops to cross the border and swallow the Dongfang family, of course, he can turn the gun in an instant and catch you off guard. ”

Gengoro said: "No, it may be a mistake to say this, but it is more likely that Zhou Gongjin's target was not the Oriental Family from the beginning, but you." ”

"Ha, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, it's really rare to hear you say such interesting things, how come in your cognition, Zhou Gongjin is the same as the monkey emperor of your family, is he a person who launches aggression against other countries for his own ambitions?"

“...... Unfortunately, he is not such a person. ”

After a long period of observation and intelligence induction, Gengoro understands a lot about Gongjin's surname, this person is not a person who will take the initiative to invade outward, although he is not without ambition, but his hope and will are focused on Altino, and even because he is too focused on Altino, he gives up a lot of things that should have been obtained.

It is really incredible to think that such a person would be the first person in nearly a thousand years to break the rules of the Wind Continent and take the initiative to lead the army to capture the Free City.

The military campaign against the Dongfang can be said to be based on the interests of Altino, with the intention of establishing an alliance under the city, but if there is also a war against the Qinglou Alliance, what is it for? Is it really because it has been carried away by a series of victories, and has finally turned into a pure territorial occupation?

Thinking of a reasonable explanation, Gengoro was very distressed, but Xiaocao thought, "The recent series of actions of Al Tino are very unreasonable, if you want to judge according to common sense, then you can't think of a reason, as long as we know that this is possible, and carry out prevention and response, then it's okay." ”

"However, is there any basis for this inference? For example, what interests did Zhou Gongjin base on, so he ...... to the free city?"

"Ahh Xiaocao said: "Compare your heart to your heart, if my monkey enters the free city, even down to many cities, and then takes a step forward, the Dongfang family is so far away, and the Qinglou Alliance is so close, do you think he will fight?"

"How reliable is this basis?Can a woman's intuition determine history?" Despite saying this, Gengoro's mind came up with Lancelot's red eyes, brandishing the Fenghua knife in his hand, yelling excitedly, and leading a group of bandit legions to attack the territory of Qinglou.

"If the principal of the Qinglou Alliance is a woman, then it is a woman who drives history...... At least, it used to be. Xiaocao smiled: "I'm not sure, but if you want to find a reason for all this, I think it must have something to do with Shi Chong's sudden alliance with Zhou Gongjin." A negative or negative is positive, and an unreasonable action may be a reason for another unreasonable action. ”

Kocao's statement is neither based nor verifiable, but Gengoro can only believe her, and therefore strongly state the facts to the Qinglou Alliance. If the entire Free City falls, then the situation will become extremely bad for Reyns, because if the western and southern borders are completely surrounded, Renes, who is short of manpower and troops, will not be able to defend at all in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

"Xiao Wu, what position do you stand on to say this? Zhou Gongjin also has a cooperative relationship with us, and what good will it do him to take the initiative to provoke a war against us? Does Reins think that if the Qinglou Alliance is allowed to start a war with Al Tino, it will unconditionally fall to Reyns in the future and become your ally?"

"I know this sounds ridiculous, but our family's chief staff, Miss Cangyuecao, is so advocated, and I also trust her judgment, so I hope that the Qinglou Alliance can be wary, after all, everyone has been working together happily, and I don't want to lose such a good partner. ”

Gengoro doesn't need to say anything "If possible, I hope you can strike first", the Qinglou Alliance is not a combination of unwise people, excessive provocation will only cause the opposite effect, as long as they believe in their own words, they will naturally make appropriate responses.

The question is, will the other party believe it?

The wait was not long, and after a while, there was a gentle female laugh from the other end of the water mirror.

"Hehe, it's really interesting to see your embarrassed appearance, if Zhou Gongjin is also here, I don't know what kind of expression he has when he listens to you?"

"You mean ......"

"Don't underestimate us so much, even if we are far away in Altino, we can find out how many gray hairs Cao Shou has every day, and such a large group of people have bullied our family's land, don't we know anything? Yes, Zhou Gongjin's entire army is under our surveillance, and according to their material dispatch and orders to the soldiers, we have also judged that the next target of the Second Army is to launch an attack on us. ”

Hearing this, Gengoro's heart was half relieved. The penetration power of the Qinglou Alliance is unparalleled in the world, since it can feel the movements of the Second Army clearly, of course, there are personnel mixed in it to deal with it, and there are those who are calculated or unintentional, and they are almost invincible.

"If you are prepared, then I will be relieved, but Zhou Gongjin is a very powerful general, and the Second Army is difficult to deal with, how do you plan to ......?"

Zhou Gongjin is indeed not simple, if you fight with him, our side will have a lot of losses, so I have to lure him deeper, along the way, the wall is clear, and his strength is consumed...... Hey, what do you think the eleven cities he took are?"

Being said like this, Gengoro understood Qinglou's tactics at the time.

The power of the Qinglou Alliance is widely spread throughout the free city, even if it is a city belonging to the Oriental Family, there are still Qinglou personnel in it. This lady must have given an order after receiving the news of the entry of the Eltino army on the way home.

Gong Jin's blitzkrieg can have such an amazing result, in addition to its own strength, the Qinglou Alliance's deliberate abandonment is also one of the reasons. When the Second Army took the city, although it was not an empty city inside, the supplies such as grain and grass should have been destroyed and polluted by the Qinglou personnel.

Sending supplies from Altino mainland was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and for Altino, who was in the midst of a reconstruction, the cost of supplying two large armies at the same time was enough to overwhelm the national budget.

Being able to take eleven cities in lightning is Gong Jin's achievement, but it is also the current limit of the Second Army. In the time of waiting for the response of the Eastern Family, the Second Army must be replenished in order to fight again in a complete state, and at the same time block the news, so that other countries cannot know their predicament, and the Qinglou Alliance, which is lurking in the shadows, will naturally not let them have a good time, not only will attack the grain transportation of the Eltiano side, but also carry out all kinds of guerrilla harassment!

Thinking of changing places with Gong Jin, Gengoro felt a chill, no matter how strong his martial arts are, it will be difficult to deal with this situation, like half of his body is stuck in a quagmire, and he doesn't know how to take the next step.

The strategy of the Qinglou Alliance is extremely vicious, and Gongjin, who attaches great importance to military discipline and people's hearts, will not let the soldiers kill even if he can't get military rations and must plunder the people's homes; even if the nightmare of slaughter comes true, those cities are the land of the Dongfang family, and the Qinglou Alliance is not painful at all.

In order to replenish this, within about two or three days, Gong Jin had to launch an attack on the neighboring cities, that is, the cities in the south that belonged to the sphere of influence of the Qinglou Alliance. However, the Qinglou Alliance, which is willing to abandon the war, will set its defensive strategy to damage the enemy as much as possible, rather than defending the city, and the Second Army, which captures the city, will only face the dilemma of having no food and grass again and again.

The more cities captured, the more troops must be dispersed to control and suppress, when the main force of the Second Army is scattered and fewer, and the strength is gradually weakened, the Qinglou Alliance will turn the darkness into light and fight a decisive battle with the Second Army.

Gong Jin seems to have the upper hand now, but his enemies are hidden behind the shadows, and if this situation continues, the final scenario is likely to be the total annihilation of the Second Army, and only a few masters can escape from the Free City.

"This is not the first time that he has been invaded since there was a free city, but compared with the peerless heroes such as Xuan Ye and Yinzhen, what is he Zhou Gongjin?"

This rhetoric sounds arrogant, but Gengoro knows the real surname in it.

During the Kyushu War, the first time the demons attacked the free city, they encountered a similar counterattack, and finally the demon army was completely wiped out, and even several sons of Xuanye who were responsible for leading the army almost couldn't survive, which can be called a beautiful victory, but before Xuanye's personal expedition, the free city took the initiative to surrender to the demons, and signed a very preferential contract, under the jurisdiction of the demons, they enjoyed almost complete autonomy and self-reliance, but caused the rest of the human countries to lose their powerful allies, and they were broken and destroyed one after another.

"Even Temujin himself never dared to move Shangri-La, but I want to see what Zhou Gongjin has the ability to turn the tide from this situation. ”

Gengoro thought about it, under normal circumstances, this is indeed the case, this is not something that can be changed by sending a few Heavenly Rank masters to break the city in an instant. Even if the city is broken, it still can't find the main enemy, it still can't get food supplies, and even if it destroys every city in the free city, the Second Army can still only make friends with hunger, and at most the surrounding scenery is "clear"

It's just "scorched earth".

"The basic strategic direction is correct, but the final battle should still be won by the Heavenly Position Battle, if I am not mistaken, the place of the battle should be in Jerusalem!"

The other end of the water mirror remained silent, unwilling to confirm Gengoro's guess, but from the atmosphere between the two, Gengoro knew that he was not wrong.

"Zhou Gongjin's own strength is unknown, but if the decisive battle is chosen in Jerusalem, I don't think you have a reason to lose, but let me still ask, do you need our assistance?"

Seemingly a little surprised by this proposal, the other end of the water mirror said softly, "Huh", "Do you still have such a sparing? As far as I know, your manpower over there should be very tight!"

"It's true, after all, our side is also being pressed by the army, and it's not comfortable. However, if the Free City side can succeed in the battle, the situation in the future will be very favorable to us, and I think it is worth sending a master to the battle. ”

"Since you're so generous, then I'm not welcome, Ni'er girl, Feng'er girl, I haven't seen them for a long time, why don't you send them here, and hold a celebration concert by the way after the war? ”

“...... You want to have a celebration so early?"

"Marshal, I'm sorry, but this is all the fault of the incompetence of my subordinates. ”

"I remember that I emphasized the importance of this batch of grain and grass, and I also sent troops to strengthen the guard. ”

"That's true, but the enemy's cunning was unexpected, and our troops had no chance to make contact with the grain convoy, which was attacked in the territory of Altino, and the whole army was destroyed, and the entire convoy was burned. ”

In the Provisional Marshal's Mansion of the Second Army, Gong Jin listened to his subordinates' report of the total destruction of the grain transport troops, and the destruction of this army meant that at least within fifteen days, Elteno would not be able to transport the second grain and grass supply, which was undoubtedly worse for the current serious situation.

This temporary marshal's mansion was requisitioned by the Second Army after entering the city, and the surrounding wall decorations were damaged, and there was no time to repair it at the moment. Looking out of the window, the blood marks left by the death of many Dongfang family masters have not been completely cleared, and the heavily armed soldiers come and go frequently, the expressions on their faces seem quite excited, but there is uneasiness in their eyes that cannot be hidden.

Soon after Gongjin took control of the city, he ordered that the army should only take the bare minimum measures to maintain law and order, and not to disturb the people in the city too much.

If the people were afraid to go out into the streets and hide in their homes, the goods and economy of the whole city would not be able to flow, and it would not be a good thing for the occupying side. Therefore, although the sudden war frightened the people, it did not have much impact except for the change of the ruling system.

It is the side of the occupying forces that is really troubled. After entering the city, although they rushed to occupy the granary as quickly as possible, they always got a pile of ashes that had been burned out, and broke through eleven cities in a row, adding a large number of civilians who needed to be fed, but they faced a great crisis in the source of food.

Sensing this situation, Gong Jin took decisive measures and sent food from Altino. The Second Army, plus the half-moon grain and grass of the eleven cities, such a huge number, the rear military personnel were almost pale, but fortunately, Hülegü shouldered it, and the order was sent by the family to try to get it together.

Under the leadership of the commander-in-chief, the fighting spirit of the Second Army was very high, and even in the face of the crisis of possible food shortages, the morale of the army still did not fluctuate at all, which was almost inconceivable from the perspective of ordinary military science, and it was also a proof of their unconditional confidence in the commander.

However, the current situation is also the limit, every soldier knows the importance of this batch of grain and grass, if they know that this batch of grain and grass was burned by a surprise attack, and the crisis of food shortage becomes a reality, it is really doubtful whether the soldiers can hold on.

"Marshal, subordinates are willing to take responsibility. ”

The officer in charge of leading the troops to meet the grain convoy fell on the ground and pleaded guilty to the commander-in-chief. He believed that his death should calm the anger of the soldiers and was the most appropriate way to deal with it at the moment, but his commander clearly did not think so.

"Even if you hang your head high, the soldiers' bellies won't be full, and that won't change anything. ”

Gong Jin said lightly, his tone calm. The officer lying on the ground couldn't see the boss's expression, and it was even more difficult to judge the boss's mood from such a tone, and it took a long time before he got the message from the eyes of Chief Jiang Zhong in front of him, and silently withdrew from the room.

"Although I have long guessed that the enemy will make this kind of move, however, the Qinglou Alliance is really powerful, and it actually directly carried out a surprise attack in the territory of Eltino......"

Anyone can have such an exclamation. Today's Altino, the main forces are concentrated in the central capital and the two major battlefields, and there are only some scattered garrisons left in the local area.

Gong Jin stood up and looked out the window with his hands down, trying to find some information from what he saw. What he said was not talking to himself, in addition to Jiang Zhong, there was also a witch who had lifted her invisibility and emerged from the darkness.

"Marshal, do you need us to do anything?"

has already reverted to her human appearance, Hao Kelian's current appearance is just a gorgeous human beauty, but for the other people in this room, her identity is not a secret.

"Not yet, at least not to the point where I want to use you. You are an important trump card in our hand, and if we use you too early, we will lose a lot of advantages. ”

Gong Jin said: "This time, in order to let you retreat, we paid a lot of price, so that the enemy began to peek at our strength, and the loss in this regard will be recovered when you are sent next time." ”

The three of them were talking to each other when there was a loud bang not far away, as if something had exploded over there. Gong Jin ignored it, Hao Kelian also smiled and didn't move, only Jiang Zhong bent down to salute the coach and rushed out.

This was a guerrilla surprise attack carried out by the personnel of the Qinglou. From the beginning of entering the city, eleven cities occurred repeatedly, either suddenly blasting a house with fire, or setting fire to a certain place, or simply making strange noises at night, disturbing people's hearts, making the soldiers in the city tense their nerves all the time, unable to rest in peace.

The food shortage crisis, coupled with these disturbances, the Qinglou Alliance tried to reduce the enemy's morale and strength as much as possible before the official battle. Although Gong Jin saw through this, the Qinglou Alliance was deeply rooted in the free city, and after thousands of years of operation, the personnel were hidden without a trace, and it was just a waste of effort to find people from house to house, not to mention that Gong Jin didn't think that there were no Qinglou personnel lurking in his army, so he didn't plan to do this at all.

Compared with the scattered guerrilla attacks in this area, another problem is more serious, although only a few dozen people are sick, but after observing it, Gong Jin suspects that the Qinglou Alliance has poisoned his own side, and at the same time uses psychological and physical aspects to attack the enemy.

If it's just the drinking water being poisoned, it's easier to do, and what Gong Jin is most worried about is that the Qinglou Alliance uses the wind direction to release some odorless and tasteless poisons upwind, which can poison hundreds of thousands of people overnight by airborne transmission.

"Marshal, in addition to the Shi family, Reyns is also actively developing the Ancient Demon Dao weapon, from what I have seen this time, it is very likely that they plan to use the Ancient Demon Dao weapon to balance the heavens, this will be a great loss to us, should we ...... it?"

"I'll leave the problems of the Ancient Demon Dao to Zhu Yan to take care of, and as for the results, you will have a chance to see them soon. ”

Gong Jin suddenly said, "How long have you been in the human realm?"

"This ...... Because I escaped from the pursuit, I came to the human realm, met the marshal who was chasing and killing the demons, and after I was defeated by you, I am still ...... It's been more than 100 years!"

"Do you remember why I let you live at that time?"

"I remember it very well. ”

"You're smart, that time has come after all, and you don't have to hide like this in the future, you can move freely. By the way, I heard from my friend that you met your brother. ”

"Yes, I'm sorry for the trouble, I ......"

"Needless to say, the obligation of your four guards is to protect my safety, but I also have the responsibility to take care of you, and it is my fault that the broken things are in my fault, so I hope you are safe. If you need anything, ask us for help, and if you have a decision, I will drive your brother back to the Demon Realm......"

Gong Jin smiled and said, "My friend also expressed his willingness to help just now, but if he takes action, your brother will probably never have a chance to go to the Demon Realm again." ”

Hao Kelian didn't smile, but she felt very relaxed in her heart. The iron-masked boss is a very strict man, who never jokes with his subordinates, and now he will tell such a joke, which can more or less show that he wants to support his heart.

"Thank you, subordinate...... Much appreciated. ”

Hao Kelian bowed her head deeply while bending over. She didn't dare to let Gong Jin see her expression at this time, because with her self-esteem, it would be a very gaffe.

And Gong Jin immediately replied to his usual coldness, and when Jiang Zhong came back to report and ask for instructions on the next course of action, he asked lightly.

"Jiang Zhong, under normal circumstances, if you want to forcibly break through a city under the Qinglou Alliance, how long will it take?"

"Depending on the size of the city, it may take about five to ten days, and it may even take fifteen days to surround and attack night before it falls. ”

"And what about when the enemy is half-defending and half-retreating?"

"This ...... I can't estimate it, but it should be soon. ”

"It's rare for the host to be so polite, opening so many doors in a row to invite us straight into the hinterland, if you just wander at the door, don't you think it's rude?"

"Marshal, what do you mean ......"

"Accept their invitation, and if you arrive at a restaurant in Jerusalem, they'll drop by and deliver your meal, which would be ideal. ”

The basic strategy was thus set, and six hours later, the Second Army took the first city in the territory of the Qinglou Alliance.

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