Qi Chong is the founder and leader of the Japanese army, and he is also the soul of this army. If Qi Chong dies, the morale of the beheading army will be greatly affected.

At this time, the war situation in the Eastern Theater is still very unoptimistic.

Because the number of the Dongying Japanese army was much larger than that of the Song army, and the scope of activities in the east and southeast of the Song State was large, they were good at fighting guerrillas, and they were very difficult.

From the outbreak of the war to the present, the Song army has kept recapturing some towns occupied by the Japanese army, but at the same time, the Japanese army has continued to occupy new towns, burning, killing and plundering, and has not fought the main battle with the Song army at all, making it difficult to make substantial progress in the war.

Now that Qi Chong is dead, I am afraid that the situation will get worse.

Qi Chong left, and the commander of the Eastern Theater fell on Zhao Kuangyun's head.

But although Zhao Kuangyun and Yang Haonan are brave, the situation they are currently facing is extremely grim.

At the same time, in the Northern Theater of Operations, there is no good news either.

After the stalemate in the war, the countries in the north also followed the example of Tibet and sent top cultivators to the south.

Xia Xi's national teacher Ouyang Shenyue, the fourth princess of Mohan, Mu Xi, the protector of the high priest of the country, and the national teacher of Goryeo and others were all dispatched.

And although the Song army has the world's No. 1 sword and leaf mad knife in charge, the situation is still very grim. Especially after Qin Yannan took over as the coach, he suffered several defeats in a row, which caused a great blow to the morale of the Song army.

At a time when the situation in the Eastern Theater and the Northern Theater was still extremely grim, in the Western Theater, Zhou Tianci's General Chi Jingda summoned Xilin and made a major decision after discussing with him.

Zhou Tianci decided to take advantage of the great victory and lead the army to attack Tibet!

Zhou Tianci thought very clearly, now that the saints of Tubo are all dead, the first general Qinling is dead, and the whole country is declining, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

More importantly, if Tibet is uneven, then the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the western theater will never dare to leave the west and go to other fronts to support.

Tubo, don't you always like to send troops, don't you always like to fight? Then this time, I will accompany you to fight to the end and hit your capital!

Zhou Tianci stood at the head of the city in the west with a solemn face, looking at the sky in the west, and a cold light of murderous intent floated in his eyes!

After Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda discussed, they made an important decision.

He decided to take advantage of the great victory, attack Tibet, enter the country of Tibet, and completely solve this opponent.

After making a decision, Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda formulated a very simple and crude attack plan, the two planned to merge the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of Yu Chi Jingda and the 20,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of Zhou Tianci into one road, and then directly use this as the main force, go straight to the west, and attack in the direction of the capital of Tubo!

As for the nearly 20,000 horses in Tian Chongji's hands, he continued to garrison the southern front to guard against another attack by Dali's army.

After making the plan, Zhou Tianci did not immediately let the army go to battle, but asked the soldiers to rest in Xilin first, and at the same time wrote to the imperial court, rewarding the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in the previous war, and lavishly rewarding the army.

After all, before that, the soldiers of the Western Theater had been fighting fiercely for several months with an enemy several times their size, and they were extremely tired and hard. Now that the Tibetan army has been completely defeated, it is very necessary to rest and reward!

At the same time, Zhou Tianci sent another team of Heavenly Soldiers and ordered them to go to the firearms foundry in Jingzhao Mansion to see if there were any new firearms available. If there were, they brought all of them, and at the same time, all the new 'mortar' shells made in the factory in recent days were also transported to the west.

After doing this, Zhou Tianci and his senior sister Chen Yao left Xilin City together and went to Taibai Mountain.

The body of Xingzi is still on Taibai Mountain and has not been buried. Because Chen Yao and Qing Yunzi both knew that if Zhou Tianci could wake up from a coma, then he would definitely want to look at his master again.

Therefore, they stopped the body of Xingzi in the cold jade crystal coffin, and did not rush to bury it.

Qingyunzi, the day after the protection of Kuizhou City, returned to Taibai Mountain to recuperate. Chen Yao followed Zhou Tianci to Xilin, and after Zhou Tianci gave her luck to heal her injuries a few times, the injuries in her body have now improved a lot.

On this day, Zhou Tianci took Chen Yao to the sky and went straight to Taibai Mountain.

Zhou Tianci, who has now become a great cultivator of the Sage Realm, is even faster than the immortal crane of Taibai Mountain, and it didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at Taibai Mountain above the clouds.

When Zhou Tianci came, Qing Yunzi, the head of Taibai Mountain, personally led the elders on the mountain and the main disciples of the young area to greet Zhou Tianci with a big gift.

"Greetings to the Holy One!"

On Taibai Mountain, the elders and all the young disciples, under the leadership of Qingyunzi, bowed to Zhou Tianci and spoke in unison respectfully.

Seeing this battle, Zhou Tianci couldn't help but be a little stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward flattered, supported Qingyunzi, and said, "Senior brother, what are you doing...... Zhou Tianci, how can you afford it. ”

Qingyunzi smiled and said, "Senior brother, you are now the new generation of saints in our Taibai Mountain. In the future, we will respect you and take you as our top and bottom of Taibai Mountain

Glory.

Your words will be supreme in the entire Taibai Mountain, and no one can disobey them! This is true for me, including the elders and Dharma protectors. This is the rule handed down by the saints and ancestors of Taibai Mountain. ”

Zhou Tianci's eyes were full of surprise when he heard this, although he was a disciple of Taibai Mountain, maybe it was the reason why he had never seriously understood it before, and he really didn't know this rule.

In fact, if his master is still picking stars, and he is this holy venerable, then Zhou Tianci feels that such rules are also very normal, and there is no problem.

But now that the matter has fallen on him, and he is not very old, looking at his senior brothers, these white-haired elders and all the disciples worshipping in front of him and chanting the Holy Venerable, Zhou Tianci really feels a little awkward.

As far as he is concerned, he still likes to be the little junior brother who fights with Chen Yao in the back mountain, and he doesn't want to be a saint.

Seeing that Zhou Tianci was obviously a little uncomfortable with this sudden change of role, Qingyunzi said solemnly: "Senior brother must not shirk, the rules passed down by the ancestors must not be broken." Of course, you may feel a little uncomfortable now, but it doesn't matter, after a long time, you will get used to it. ”

Seeing Qingyunzi's solemn face, Zhou Tianci had no choice but to nod slowly and said, "Yes, senior brother, I know." ”

When the words fell, Zhou Tianci felt that his shoulders seemed to be much heavier in an instant.

He knows very well that becoming a new generation of saints in Taibai Mountain is not just a role change. This position, while enjoying the highest honor of Taibai Mountain, also shoulders the life and death of the entire Taibai Mountain, which is a huge responsibility.

After a brief chat with Qing Yunzi, at the request of Zhou Tianci, Qing Yunzi asked all the elders and disciples to disperse and return to their duties.

Then, under the leadership of Qingyunzi, Zhou Tianci and Chen Yao went to the mourning hall of Xingzi together.

In the mourning hall, there was a cold jade crystal coffin, and in the coffin, Xingzi was lying calmly and serenely. The face is as kind and kind as before his death.

Zhou Tianci stood in front of the coffin in a daze, and in a trance, he even felt that his master didn't seem to have left this world, he just, in this dreary afternoon, took a nap and slept a little soundly.

However, no matter how the tear-eyed Zhou Tianci called out sadly in front of the coffin, Xingzi never opened his eyes again, and never gave him, the youngest disciple, a little response, and a word of earnest teaching.

"Master! …… I'm sorry for you! ”

Zhou Tianci choked up, and knelt down in front of the cold jade coffin with tears in his eyes, and buckled his head to the ground.

Picking stars is Zhou Tianci's mentor, and for Zhou Tianci, he is like a father and a mountain.

What made Zhou Tianci even more sad and guilty was that the reason why Xingzi finally agreed with Nie Chilong was because he had spent decades of effort to save himself and the demon, otherwise, with Xingzi's cultivation, he would most likely not die.

Zhou Tianci felt that it was himself who killed him.

Zhou Tianci knelt for a long, long time in front of Xingzi's coffin, and in the end, it was Chen Yao and Qingyunzi who worked together to forcibly pull him up.

They understand the grief and guilt in Zhou Tianci's heart, but in fact, all of this is none of his business. He didn't do anything wrong. To blame, we can only blame the Tibetans who launched this war, and the other eight countries.

Zhou Tianci was in Taibai Mountain, and kept a vigil for seven days, and then buried him.

After picking the stars and being buried, Zhou Tianci returned to Xilin City with the little fox. On the third day after he returned to the city, the Heavenly Soldier Squad that went to the Jingzhaofu Firearms Factory returned.

This time, in addition to bringing back dozens of new 'mortar' shells from the firearms factory, they also brought back two heavy guns with artillery trucks, as well as a dozen new muskets!

Zhou Tianci looked at the newly brought ammunition and firearms, especially the two heavy guns with a muzzle as thick as a wine bowl, and finally a smile appeared on his face

Appearance.

After receiving the replenishment of firearms and ammunition, Zhou Tianci immediately ordered the three armies to stand by, and three days later, the whole army marched west and went out to attack Tibet!

Three days later

The more than 40,000 troops in the west, with Zhou Tianci as the chief commander and Wei Chi Jingda as the deputy commander, marched west to attack Tibet.

On this day, more than 40,000 elites of a hundred battles, which were composed of a mixture of heavenly soldiers, forbidden armies and peaceful western armies, left Xilin and advanced westward under the leadership of Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda.

Qin Yiyi was left in Xilin by Zhou Tianci, and ordered him to lead the old and weak wounded soldiers in the city and the newly recruited militia to stay in Xilin.

After a rapid march, two days later, the army of Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda arrived at the first fortified city on the border of Tibet, Erling City!

In today's Tibet, almost all the main forces have been lost in the war against the Song Dynasty, and the remaining troops are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. The only thing that can still be seen is the more than 50,000 soldiers and horses withdrawn from the Lizhou area of the northern line.

That force, led by Gurry, the deputy commander of the Tibetan army, attacked the Lizhou area from the northern front. After the Qinling army on the central line was completely annihilated, Gurry's northern front was also counterattacked by the army led by Wei Chi Jingda, and he was defeated all the way back to Tibet.

However, due to the fact that Gurry did not fight to the death with Yu Chi Jingda at that time, he retreated in time, and did not suffer particularly heavy losses in the face of Yu Chi Jingda's counterattack, leaving more than 50,000 soldiers and horses for Tubo.

The topography of this world is somewhat different from that of the earth, and there is no natural danger in the western part of the Song Kingdom, but in the direction of Tubo, the terrain will soon begin to rise, and there are many plateaus and mountains.

Most of the cities on the border of Tibet are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the same is true for the city of Oro. This is also the reason why the Song army has defeated the Tibetan army several times before this, but it has never dared to fight in Tubo.

After Gurry led his army back to Tibet, he sent more than 10,000 of his soldiers and horses to garrison the city, plus the original thousands of defenders in the city, there are still nearly 20,000 defenders in the city today.

However, Gurry deliberately strengthened the border city defenses to defend against the Song army from the west. But in fact, neither Gurry himself nor other civil and military ministers in Tibet believed that the Song army would dare to attack Tibet.

Because of this war in the western part of the Song Kingdom, although the Song army defeated Tubo and Dali, the damage of the Song army was not small, and there were not many soldiers and horses left.

In addition, the situation around the Song State is very severe and dangerous, and the monarchs and ministers of Tibet all believe that in this huge war launched by the Nine Kingdoms, the only thing the Song army can do is to defend within the territory of the country, and strive to keep the Song State immortal. As for taking the initiative to attack other countries, it is absolutely impossible.