Almost everyone in Black Dragon City knew that Shi Ziling was the top martial arts master today, enough to compete with Li Yuan, the leader of the Tongtian Sect, after hearing the news that Shi Ziling had taken Mijing City and Yan Zhao Guan lightly, everyone thought that if there was anyone who could lead the army to defeat Li Yuan today, then this person must be Shi Ziling.

Encouraged by the good news that Shiziling's reinforcements were about to arrive, the soldiers and people in Black Dragon City rekindled their fighting spirit, and the army fought together against the enemy, and resisted the waves of attacks of Li Yuan's army, so that Li Yuan's army, which had planned to break through Black Dragon City within one day, returned in vain.

Li Yuan, who personally supervised the battle in front of Black Dragon City, was shocked, and the defenders of Black Dragon City, who were already demoralized, suddenly had a great boost in morale, and even the strength of the troops suddenly increased a lot. Black Dragon City was still standing after a day and a night of onslaught, but it was Li Yuan's army that lost a lot of men and horses.

For the sudden excitement of the defenders of Black Dragon City, the generals of Li Yuan's army felt inexplicable, and privately speculated whether Black Dragon City had invited reinforcements. Xue Zhengyang, the hall master of the Heavenly Dragon Hall who was in charge of leading the siege of the city this time, said to Li Yuan: "Sect Master, the number of defenders of Black Dragon City seems to have suddenly increased a lot, this is really strange, could it be that they really have reinforcements coming?"

Li Yuan said angrily: "Bastard, the battle is still messing with the army's hearts when it comes to this point! Where did they get reinforcements, don't you see that there are many people in the city wearing civilian clothes? It is clear that the people in the city have also been sent, which just shows that Xiahou Yuan has no one to use, and the end is imminent." ”

"But you actually let these people and the defenders composed of the remnants of the defeated army block you under the city again and again, what is it if it is not a rice bucket?

"I originally asked you to sweep the territory of the Xiahou family within five days, but now that eight full days have passed, and Black Dragon City is still safe and sound. Let me tell you, I don't care what method you use within a day, if you can't capture Black Dragon City again, you can come and see you!"

Xue Zhengyang was shocked, and hurriedly bowed down to take the order.

Just when the offensive and defensive battle of Black Dragon City was in full swing, the Songhu Legion of Shiziling was also on the way to the rescue, day and night. Although the Black Dragon City of Zhilu Dao was in danger, and it was even possible that it had been conquered by Li Yuan, Shi Ziling always held a hope in his heart.

In his opinion, if he could arrive before the Black Dragon City was breached, he could not only save the Xiahou family's most difficult foundation, but also strategically form a two-sided attack on Li Yuan. Even if Li Yuan has an advantage in terms of troops, if he is attacked by the enemy, it will inevitably be difficult to take care of the end, and then there will be an opportunity to defeat Li Yuan's army in one fell swoop, and perhaps the victory or defeat of this expedition to the northwest will be in one fell swoop.

During the march, Shi Ziling told the whole army about the strategic significance of rushing to Black Dragon City this time, telling everyone that if they wanted to create a miracle of defeating Li Yuan's army in one fell swoop, they must arrive before Black Dragon City was conquered. After learning the significance of this trip, the whole army said that they would do their best to fight.

After obtaining the consensus of the whole army, Shi Ziling ordered the whole army to march day and night, and worked hard for three consecutive days without sleep.

Three days later, in order to conserve physical strength, the whole army changed to a normal routine, still marching during the day and resting at night. Although it was only the first three days, it still saved a lot of time. By the evening of the eighth day, the advance special attack division had gradually approached the periphery of Black Dragon City.

Yu Wei said to Shi Ziling: "We have been on the road for eight days in a row, and we have been marching at night for the first three days, and now the whole army is tired, and I don't know what is happening to the Black Dragon City now." If Xiahou Yuan is finished, then we will really lose a lot this time!"

Yin Qi said: "We are already much faster than expected, if we continue to advance overnight at the current speed, then we will be able to reach Black Dragon City after dawn." ”

Shi Ziling said: "Pass the order, the legion will camp on the spot and rest, let everyone rest tonight, and we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Yu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went down to give the order.

Yin Qi asked Shi Ziling: "Commander, we are almost at the outskirts of Black Dragon City, why don't we insist on marching overnight? In this way, we can rush to Black Dragon City before dawn, and maybe we will have time to rescue Xiahou Yuan!"

Shi Ziling shook his head and said: "Our eight-day march speed is too fast, especially the first three days are completely sleepless on the road, although the whole army is very high-spirited, but the physical strength is still greatly affected. No matter what the current situation of Black Dragon City is, we must first ensure our combat strength, otherwise it will be useless even if we arrive in time. ”

Wei Hu asked: "A few days ago, Ma Yu's military division Feige passed a message, saying that Nangong Xia had already led the Narcissus Legion to come later, asking us to wait for a day and act with them. However, our journey was so hurried, not only did we wait for Nangong Xia, but we also left them far away. ”

"Although the whole army can be rested tonight, our special attack division alone has limited strength after all, and if we want to fight against Li Yuan's army of more than 100,000, I am afraid that it will still be more than lucky. ”

Shi Ziling said: "This is also a matter of no way, Ma Yu can encourage Nangong Xia to come immediately, it is already very good." I will ask Wei Song and the Duanmu brothers' brigade to wait for Nangong Xia here, and then decide to advance or retreat according to the situation after they meet. ”

Wei Hu was surprised: "Does the legion commander mean that he wants to lead the special attack division to act alone?"

At this time, Yu Wei came back with the order, and when he heard that Shi Ziling was going to lead the special attack division to act alone, he couldn't help but shout: "Ziling, aren't you crazy? Our special attack division has only more than 15,000 people in total, and Li Xiaoyao said that Li Yuan still has 130,000 troops, even if he fights with Xiahou Yuan these days, at least there are still 100,000 troops and horses, right? Our more than 10,000 people went to fight Li Yuan's 100,000 army, this ...... That's not how you fight this way, is it?"

Shi Ziling said indifferently: "The situation in Black Dragon City is still unknown, and I am not going to take the special attack division here to fight Li Yuan head-on, but to find out the situation first." Although we only have more than 10,000 people, we have enough mobility and are extremely skilled in cooperating, and it is easier to dispatch flexibly. ”

"Besides, even if our Songhu Legion acts together, it is still less than half of the strength of Li Yuan's legion. Moreover, the follow-up troops of Wei Song and the Duanmu brothers are not as fast as ours, and they will not be able to arrive here until early tomorrow morning, and if they do not get enough rest and immediately go into battle with us, their combat strength will be greatly reduced. ”

When the generals heard that Shi Ziling would only take a special attack division of 15,000 people to act alone tomorrow, they couldn't help but be a little worried. Their opponent here is the famous peerless hero Li Yuan, who is naturally far from being comparable to Li Xiaoyao or Li Yan and others before, and the disparity in strength is too great, it is really a very risky move.

Seeing that everyone was a little worried, Shi Ziling said with a smile: "I have already said that we are not going to have a hard encounter with Li Yuan's army, but mainly to rush to support Xiahou Yuan, and how to act will be decided after seeing the situation in Black Dragon City." If we're lucky, we'll be able to reach before Li Yuan conquers Black Dragon City. ”

"Although the strength of our special attack division is not large, it is enough to help Xiahou Yuan hold the Black Dragon City without breaking, and when Nangong Xia, Wei Song, and Duanmu Xuan and their brigades arrive, we will be able to form an internal and external attack, and even if we are still at a disadvantage in terms of total strength, it will be enough to form a fatal threat to Li Yuan's army. ”

Yu Wei slapped his thigh and said, "It turns out that you are playing this abacus, I thought you brought a special attack division to find Li Yuan desperately!"

"According to what you say, as long as we can arrive in time and help Xiahou Yuan defend Black Dragon City, then the situation will be reversed, and as soon as the rear brigade arrives, our special attack division and the people of the Xiahou family will join forces to rush out of Black Dragon City, and the men and horses of Wei Song and Duanmu Brothers and Nangong Xia's army will attack from behind Li Yuan at the same time, and it will be difficult for Li Yuan's army to be undefeated!"

Shi Ziling smiled: "That's what it means, but there is a premise, that is, the Black Dragon City has not been breached." ”

Yu Wei slapped his thigh again and said, "After talking for a long time, it is still useful if Black Dragon City is not finished! But if we rush over with the special attack division to take a look, Xiahou Yuan is already finished, so how can it be good?"

Shi Ziling said: "So there are also advantages to having fewer people in the special attack division, if the Black Dragon City has been lost, we will win by relying on the speed and mobility of the special attack division, and I think we can still get out of the encirclement of Li Yuan's army, at least we should not encounter the danger of annihilation." ”

Hearing Shi Ziling say this, the generals relaxed a little, and Yu Wei said: "In this way, we have to pray for God's blessing tonight, and I hope that Black Dragon City can hold out until we arrive!"

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "You have to travel with me tonight, and pray for God's blessing to leave this kind of thing to others to do." ”

"Traveling with a team?"

Yu Wei was surprised: "Didn't you already give the order for the whole army to rest early, why do you still have to lead the team to travel? Where are you going?"

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "The cavalry and infantry teams of the Special Attack Division need to get enough sleep, but it doesn't matter if we martial arts masters sleep for one or two nights, right? You immediately go and gather the five hundred martial arts masters of our Special Attack Division's arrow troops, and we will immediately set off to explore the way." ”

"Pathfinding?"

Yu Wei was puzzled: "Didn't you say that we have already reached the periphery of Black Dragon City? You can go north directly tomorrow morning, what kind of road are you going to explore?"

Yin Qi suddenly said: "I know the way! The commander of the legion must be worried that there will be an ambush ahead, so he wants to take people to explore the road overnight. Li Yuanxiong thought about it carefully, it was hard to guarantee that he would not have thought that Yan Zhaoguan had already fallen into our hands, in case he had set up an ambush on the road ahead, it would be very fatal!"

Yu Wei was startled, and understood that this was not a joke, so he hurriedly went to gather the martial arts masters in the army.