The battle situation in Shaanxi was very bad, from the highest palace to the lowest city wall, the whole of China was shrouded in a heavy atmosphere.

There were still a few porcelain fragments on the floor of Wentizhai in the night, and the attendants who were cleaning had a frightened look on their faces. Xiao Yu sat in the deepest position with a gloomy face, the whole person seemed to dissolve into the darkness around him, Xiao Jin and Qu Cang sat in the positions next to him respectively, their faces were also solemn.

The silence in Wen Tizhai lasted for a long time, and finally Xiao Yu broke the silence, he let out a long breath of turbidity, and sneered: "A good Fujian line, a good one fought outside the northwest, and in a blink of an eye, he lost Shaanxi, and he really deserves to be my Shaanxi Zhongxing Camp Seal Officer." ”

Xiao Jin rubbed his temples and said with a little tiredness: "Fortunately, Wei Ban arrived in time, and the situation has not yet reached the point of no return." ”

Xiao Yu's face was dyed with a layer of dejection, and he sighed: "Wei Ban retreated to Xiheyuan, and Min Xing retreated to Hanzhong, the two were separated by the army raised by the shepherds, and it was difficult to echo from the beginning to the end. ”

Xiao Jin nodded and said: "Now the key is whether the two armies of Shuzhou and Huzhou can rush back in time, even if only one army rushes back, it can greatly alleviate the dilemma in my northwest." ”

Xiao Yu asked, "How is Lin Han's movement there?"

Qu Cang said: "The news has been transmitted, although the situation in Shuzhou is better than that in Huzhou, but it is also quite limited, we have just occupied Shuzhou not long ago, and there are many rebellions, if the army of the Sword Pavilion camp is withdrawn rashly, I am afraid that the Jiangling camp stranded in Huzhou will be cut off from the back road, and it will become a lonely division completely, and Lin Dudu said that it is very difficult." ”

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment and asked, "What about Lan Yu?"

Qu Cang said: "According to the news of the Dark Guard Mansion, the Jiangling camp has been fighting a lot recently, and after the night attack on Du Mingyu was fruitless, I am afraid that the Lan Inspector will not be able to leave the Huzhou battlefield in the short term." ”

Xiao Yu closed his eyes and was silent for a long time.

"The overall situation is like this, and there is nothing to be done. After a long time, he opened his eyes and sighed: "Send another flying sword letter to the Sword Pavilion Xing Camp, so that they must leave to return to Hanzhong within seven days, and tell Lin Han that this is a military order, and there is no room for negotiation." ”

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Shuzhou Sword Pavilion camp.

Lin Li walked slowly into the house. Many days of government affairs made her look tired, and her face was even a little haggard, and when the first Flying Sword Transmission from the Northwest arrived, she didn't immediately realize the seriousness of the matter, and it wasn't until the second Flying Sword Transmission arrived that she suddenly woke up.

It is impossible for Xiao Yu to give up Shuzhou for no reason, so the only explanation is that there is really a great crisis in the northwest, so Xiao Yu has to transfer this pro-army back to the northwest, even at the risk of losing Shuzhou.

Inside the house, Lin Han was reading at the desk, and after hearing Lin Li's footsteps, he looked up at her, "What's the matter?"

Lin Li said softly: "There is news from Zhongdu, let us return to Hanzhong within seven days, this is a military order." ”

Lin Han frowned and remained silent.

Lin Li said: "It will take a few days to gather the garrisons from all over the country, and the major families in Shuzhou are not very peaceful, so I am afraid that there will be problems with the camp in such a hurry." In addition, there are more than a dozen gangsters who have flowed from Huzhou to Shuzhou, and it will take time to clean them up, and the seven-day time limit is really too urgent. ”

Lin Han was silent for a long time, and said: "Reply to the Zhongdu, the edict of the thirtieth month of the first month is respectful, the whole camp of the Sword Pavilion respectfully obeys the decree of the king of the northwest, and it is tentatively scheduled to return to Hanzhong on the second day of the second month of February. ”

At this time, all the heavenly masters of the Northwest Dao Sect led by Zi Shuiyang finally quietly entered Shuzhou. At this time of life and death, Xiao Yu naturally could not bear all his net worth and life on Lin Han's thoughts, if Lin Han refused to carry out Xiao Yu's military order, then Zi Shuiyang and others would forcibly enter the Sword Pavilion camp and take over the entire Sword Pavilion camp with Xiao Yu's warrant.

Of course, it is not enough to just have a sword pavilion camp, but also to withdraw the Jiangling camp in Huzhou, the strength of the three major camps will be in Hanzhong, with the combat strength of the Northwest Army, it is naturally not afraid of a head-on battle with the herdsmen.

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Gangneung camp.

Lan Yu put down the thin paper in his hand, sighed deeply, it seemed that this piece of paper weighed a thousand pounds, and then looked at the people in the hall and said, "The shepherd's army has captured Shaanxi. ”

In just eleven words, a storm was set off in the wide hall, Li Rusong, Han Xiong, Zhuge Gong and others looked at each other, no one expected that the situation would take such a sharp turn, not long ago they swept Huzhou in high spirits, preparing to march into Xiangzhou, even after knowing the news of Qin Quan's defeat, they did not pay too much attention to it, after all, there was also the Shaanxi camp of Minxing, but no one expected that after just half a month, Shaanxi was lost, not to mention, even their base camp in the northwest has been crumbling.

Lan Yu's tone was quite steady, and he said: "Now, Wei Ban retreats to Xiheyuan, Min Xing retreats to Hanzhong, and the Metropolitan Governor shrinks the remaining troops to the front line of Qinghezhongdu, ready to enter the battlefield at any time, as for the Shuzhou side, it should also start to prepare to return to the northwest." ”

After Lan Yu's words fell, there was silence in the hall.

In the end, it was Zhuge Gong who broke the silence, "In the past few days, Du Mingyu has been unusual, pressing step by step, it seems that he has made up his mind to drag us down." ”

Li Rusong put his hands on his knees, his face was like water, "In this way, Jiangdu, Beidu and Dongdu are already tacit. ”

There was another deathly silence in the hall.

I don't know how long it took, Han Xiong finally spoke slowly and asked the question that had always existed in everyone's hearts, "At this time of crisis, where are the great truths of the Dao Sect?"

The world of cultivation has always been closely connected with the world. Behind Hou Jian is the Demon Sect, behind Wei Guo is the Sword Sect, after the shepherd gets up is the Buddha Gate, behind Xiao Lie is the Confucian Sect, behind Lu Qian is the White Lotus Sect, and behind Xiao Yu is the towering Taoist Sect known as the bull ear in the cultivation world.

The central capital, the northern capital, the eastern capital, and the Jiangdu, the four major capitals, now symbolize the four major warlords of the world, among which the northwest Zhongdu is the strongest, and correspondingly, the Taoist sect is far beyond the other three major sects.

Now, the northwest has become the target of public criticism, where is the Taoist sect?

The Dao Sect is in the southeast, the White Lotus Sect is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Sword Sect is in the East China Sea.

There are three ways to go from Daozong to the northwest, one is to cross the Jiangnan and then go all the way north. One is to go to the sea to the northeast, and then cross the northeast and turn to the northwest. The last one is the 5,000-mile Kunlun that is difficult for ordinary people to travel.

In terms of the realm of the Taoist sect master, it is no longer a lie to travel to the sea and twilight, and to go to the northwest, it is naturally the shortest but also the most difficult to walk 5,000 miles of Kunlun.

The real person of the sect of the master set out from West Kunlun, and in only half a day, he crossed the middle Kunlun and came to the territory of the east Kunlun, and when he was about to walk out of Kunlun, a long sword blocked the way of the real person of the sect.

The name of the sword is Zhu Xian.

The real person in charge of the sect looked at the sword in front of him and shook the dust slightly.

The clouds and mist suddenly dispersed.

The white-haired and white-robed Shangguan Xianchen appeared in front of the real person in charge of the sect.

He stretched out his hand to hold the hilt of the Zhuxian sword, and said calmly: "Brother Zichen Dao, I've been waiting for a long time. ”

For Shangguan Xianchen to appear here, the real person in charge of the sect didn't have too much surprise, and it could even be said to be very calm, as if he had expected it.

Shangguan Xianchen chuckled and said: "Brother Zichen Dao's means of falling, although Shangguan Xianchen has already understood it. However, since Brother Dao takes the human world as a chess game and all living beings as chess pieces, he should also know that the chess pieces in the chess game will not remain the same, and the chess pieces can jump out of the chessboard and become chess players, so the blacks can naturally become whites. ”

The real person in charge of the sect smiled faintly: "Shangguan Xianchen, even if you are not trapped by the Demon Sect, can you just rely on your one person and one sword to stop the poor Dao?"

Shangguan Xianchen, who is usually silent, said for the first time today: "Daoist Brother Zichen has already stepped into the realm of immortality, and Shangguan Xianchen thinks that he is still half a step away from the realm of immortality, and it is difficult to match Brother Dao. However, didn't Brother Dao hear about the division of the three families in those years? The royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty was incompetent, and the four major ministers controlled the government, among which the Fan family was the strongest, domineering and invincible, bullying the other three families in every way, and finally provoked the anger of the people, and was jointly destroyed by the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei, and the clan was wiped out. ”

Shangguan Xianchen said leisurely: "The Fan clan of the past is the Dao Sect of today. ”