Although the Tang camp was finally defeated this time, the imperial army also suffered heavy losses. The newly formed White Lion Legion was almost exhausted, and although Luo Linhai's Yellow Dragon Legion tried to preserve its strength in the first half of the battle, it still suffered huge losses in the bloody battle that finally broke the city, and there were only more than 60,000 people left.

Luo Linhai was very distressed by the loss of the Yellow Dragon Army, but he was helpless, and at this time he was discussing with his generals in Tang Jingtian's palace what to do next.

Shi Yuzhu, the commander of the White Lion Legion, said: "Some time ago, Hui Yinghong, the commander of the Silver Yan Legion, sent people to urge us to send reinforcements to Songhu City several times, and the imperial court also issued an order for us to rush to Songhu City to join Hui Yinghong as soon as possible after exterminating Tang Jingtian, I don't know what the prince means?"

Luo Linhai glanced at Shi Yuzhu and said: "I have asked Qingcheng Sanjie to lead 10,000 cavalry to support before, but as a result, Hui Yinghong sent a letter saying that all Qingcheng Sanjie was actually killed! Alas, Qingcheng Sanjie has been my cronies for many years, and he died in Songhu City, and I am still heartbroken!"

"Although we exterminated Tang Jingtian this time, we also paid a heavy price, and now we have to take a good rest while finishing up the small and medium-sized forces around Zhongzhou City. It can be seen from Hui Yinghong's letter asking for help that the city defense of Songhu City is only stronger than that of Zhongzhou City, and since Hui Yinghong's sneak attack is not successful, even if we rush over, it is probably impossible for us to succeed in a short time. ”

Elder Dian sat at the bottom of Luo Linhai and poured himself a drink leisurely, he raised his head and drank a glass of fine wine and let out a long breath, shaking his head and sighing: "Good wine, good wine!"

Shi Yuzhu has always looked down on this upside-down elder of the Huguo Temple, a good monk but has a strange broom head, and likes to drink all day long. If it weren't for Elder Dian's efforts to lobby in front of Luo Linhai this time, Luo Linhai would not have repeatedly let the White Lion Legion rush to the forefront and fight the main force of the Tang Battalion, so that the White Lion Legion now has little strength left.

Shi Yuzhu said coldly: "Elder Dian, don't always care about whether it's good to drink, you are the military advisor of this crusade against the army, in your opinion, how should we be good?"

Dian Weiye glanced at Shi Yuzhu, and said a little absent-mindedly: "As Lord Luo said, since Songhu City has been prepared, Hui Yinghong's sneak attack will not succeed, of course, it will only be transferred to the battle." ”

"The combat strength of the Silver Swallow Legion is not weak, and they have still made a disgrace and asked us for help again and again, which shows that the defense of Songhu City is indeed quite stable. We have just experienced an extremely bitter battle, and the officers and men of the army are physically and mentally exhausted, and if we rush to action at this time, our combat strength will inevitably be greatly reduced. In my opinion, it is better to play the imperial court and let the emperor continue to send troops to help. ”

Shi Yuzhu questioned: "Two of the three major legions in the capital are already fighting outside, and among the two newly formed legions, our White Lion Legion is also in Zhongzhou, if the imperial court still wants to send troops, what if the capital is lost? I heard that Shiziling has already controlled the northwest land, in case he leads the army to make chaos in the capital immediately, it will be a terrible thing!"

Dian Weiye said unhurriedly: "Shi Ziling should have heard the news of the attack on Songhu City by now, and he will definitely return to Songhu City in a hurry to rescue, their Songhu Legion has not many troops, how can they still have the strength to go to the capital to make trouble?"

"At present, there are 100,000 horses each in the Royal Guard and the newly formed Black Tiger Legion in the capital, plus the garrisons of many small and medium-sized towns around the capital, the total strength is still strong, even if another army and horses are divided to attack Songhu City, it is still more than enough in terms of defense. Let's rest here for a while. ”

Shi Yuzhu said: "Even so, since Shiziling is far away in the northwest, of course we have to take the opportunity to take down his lair first." Even if Songhu City is well defended, after all, the number of troops is limited, and it is estimated that it will not be able to hold it under the siege of the Yinyan Legion, and we expect to be able to break through the city soon after rushing over. In this way, even if Shi Ziling returns with his troops, there is nothing to be done, and maybe he will be hit by us with leisure and hard work, wouldn't that be a great achievement?"

"Now that Li Yuan and Xiahou Yuan's forces have been defeated one after another, and the Tang camp has been completely destroyed, Shi Ziling has become the number one enemy of the royal family. At that time, whether we attack the northwest or the southeast, Shiziling's troops will be overstretched, and defeat will be just around the corner. ”

Luo Linhai felt quite reasonable when he heard this, and nodded: "This time, you are right, but what Elder Duan said is also reasonable, Songhu City is only afraid that it is not so easy to capture." Well, that's good, let's take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, report to the imperial court to ask the imperial brother to send troops to support again, and on the other hand, we will go to the east after a little rest to see if we can help Hui Yinghong take Songhu City first. ”

"Even if we can't conquer Songhu City in a short period of time, we don't have to worry about it with the reinforcements of the imperial court, if Shi Ziling rashly leads troops to rescue, we just set up an ambush to attack him. What do you think?"

Shi Yuzhu repeatedly praised Luo Linhai's plan for having the best of both worlds, but Dian Weiye didn't know if Shi Ziling had rushed back to Songhu City now, and there was no reason to refute it for a while. Anyway, he didn't care much about who won or lost, since Luo Linhai's plan sounded quite reasonable, he also praised Luo Linhai a few words, and the other generals were of course unanimously praised.

Luo Linhai laughed, his mood was greatly relieved, and he was about to personally repair the book and ask the imperial brother to continue to send troops, when the two monks who had been standing behind him suddenly took a step forward and looked around.

Luo Linhai rarely saw the two monks with different expressions, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What's wrong with the two masters?"

These two monks are Puning and Puji of Huguo Temple, and they are known as the three great monks together with Elder Dian. It's just that although Elder Tuan is rich and talented and amazing, he is still one of the compilers of the top 100 list, but his actual martial arts cultivation is mediocre. And Puning and Puji are just the opposite, these two monks don't care about the world's mundane things, they have been devoting themselves to studying martial arts, and they are the strongest masters in Huguo Temple, and their strength is still above the abbot Puguang.

Although the two monks of Puji and Puning rarely fight with outsiders and have never entered the top 100 list, they all have the amazing strength of the top ten in the United States. This time he came to Zhongzhou with Luo Linhai, mainly considering that Tang Jingtian was a disciple of Yuan Shi Tianzun, and the emperor was worried that Yuan Shi Tianzun would be invincible in case he made a move, so he specially ordered Huguo Temple to send three major monks to accompany the army. Puning Puji was just in case of dealing with Yuan Shi Tianzun.

However, until the imperial army annihilated all the people and horses of the Tang camp, not only did they not see Yuan Shi Tianzun appear, but even the disciples of the Three Qing Sects did not see any of them, so everyone had already forgotten about this matter.

Puning Puji is different from Elder Dian, he usually follows behind Luo Linhai and always doesn't say a word, and over time, everyone ignores their existence, but he didn't expect that tonight suddenly had a different look, which made everyone a little surprised.

When Pu Ji heard Luo Linhai's inquiry, he folded his palms and bowed down and replied, "The poor monk just noticed that someone had infiltrated the palace, and this person's body was extremely fast and his whereabouts were wandering, so he looked around. But this man seems to be far away now. ”

Luo Linhai himself is also a top twenty master in the top twenty in the world, but he didn't notice anything just now, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked: "In the master's opinion, who kind of person could this be?

Pu Ning replied: "I heard that Yuan Shi Tianzun is the first person in today's martial arts, and his strength must be incomparable, although the person who sneaked into the palace just now is also very good, but his strength seems to be inferior to Tang Jingtian's brothers, it should not be Yuan Shi Tianzun himself." ”

Luo Linhai was immediately relieved when he heard that it was not Yuan Shi Tianzun, and he said to Puning Puji: "Fortunately, there are two masters accompanying me this time, otherwise I would be a little worried." Since it's not the Yuan Shi Tianzun, I don't know who will break into the palace at night?"

Shi Yuzhu said: "This is the old nest of the Tang family, there are many masters of the Tang family, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, so we should be careful." ”

Luo Linhai was always afraid of Yuan Shi Tianzun, and he said to Puning Puji: "Although Tang Jingtian fled to Shangqing Mountain, it is difficult to ensure that there is no remnant of their party lurking inside and outside the palace, so please pay more attention to the two monks." ”

Pu Ji bowed his head slightly and said, "Lord Wang, please rest assured, we will not leave the Lord Wang's side tonight." In addition, the two junior disciples of the poor monk will also be on duty in front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, if the prince is busy with official business, please rest assured to go back to the Heart Cultivation Hall to rest. ”

Puji's two junior disciples are the deaf and dumb two monks Pushan and Puhua, these two of them were unwilling to stay in the camp of the Yinyan Legion after being killed by many female generals in Songhu City, and left without saying goodbye overnight, and returned to the Luo Lin Navy early.

Luo Linhai knew that although the strength of the deaf and dumb monks was not as good as that of Puning Puji, it was also extraordinary, with them on duty outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the two great monks of Puji and Puning following him, he would definitely be able to ensure safety.

Then Luo Linhai wrote a letter imploring the imperial court to continue to send troops to his subordinates overnight, and then hurriedly dispersed the meeting and went back to the heart palace behind to rest. Puning Puji naturally followed closely, and the other generals also dispersed one by one.

Elder Dian Weiye did not return to the barracks with those generals, he had a rare opportunity to live in the palace, and had already applied to Luo Linhai for a bedroom in the side hall as his resting place, and at this moment seeing everyone disperse, he took two large bottles of wine from the table, and planned to continue to pour himself a drink after returning to the room.

Although the palace of Tang Jingtian is not as grand as the palace in Yanjing City, it is also quite large, Dian Weiye admired the magnificence in the palace, and walked to his bedroom while sighing at the wonder of his life.