Zhennan Pass.

Cheng Qixiao, Han Qiannuo and the others walked onto the city wall, looking at the army of the Star Luo Empire on the battlefield from afar, and couldn't help but sink in their hearts.

On the battlefield filled with yellow sand, the crowded army seemed to be boundless, raising the flag and waving in an orderly manner.

Advancing on the vast plains in units of 10,000 people is like a torrent of steel.

The heavy cavalry, even men and horses, covered in heavy armor, was at the front of the army, flanked by an all-strong army of hoplites, and in the center was the largest infantry army.

At least two light cavalry regiments galloped back and forth on the left and right sides of the army, responsible for reconnaissance, scouting, and guarding the center, and marching forward in a mighty manner.

In the rear of the army, there is a huge army of grain and grass, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

The number of these logistical supply troops alone is definitely more than 50,000, and the logistical supplies are constantly being transported.

In fact, from the number of people in the logistics supply, we can roughly guess how many troops were sent by the Star Luo Empire this time!

50,000 people, the number of the army is definitely more than 200,000!

Cheng Qixiao and the others also saw that in the center of the Xingluo army, ten siege vehicles were slowly pushing towards Zhennan Pass under the protection of the heavy armor corps.

Zhennan Pass had no intention of going out to engage the Star Luo Empire on flat ground, after all, their defenders were only about 100,000.

The battle strength is 100,000 against more than 200,000, and there is no doubt that the advantage is on the side of the Star Luo Empire.

Zhennanguan had his brain pumped, so he chose to go out of the city and fight head-on with the army of the Star Luo Empire.

"Generals, what can I do now?" The general of the defenders of Zhennan Pass is quite respectful to Cheng Qixiao and others.

Although he is the highest commander of the Zhennan Pass garrison, he is far inferior to Cheng Qixiao and others in terms of military position and noble title.

After all, Cheng Qixiao directly belongs to the royal family, and the status of local and central generals is completely incomparable.

"Under the absolute suppression of troops, we have nothing to do, and our baggage is on the way with the general's main army." Han Qiannuo said in a deep voice.

"General? Which general is it? The general of the Zhennan Pass garrison was suddenly overjoyed and asked.

"Celestial Shadow General." Cheng Qi said respectfully, "The army is marching, and it will be about two days before the generals and they arrive." ”

"Is it the youngest marquis of the Empire, General Lu Yuan, Marquis of Celestial?" At this time, General Zhennanguan's face was a little unpleasant, but he asked with a reluctant smile.

"That's right!" Gao Kai frowned, then looked at him, "What? Do you have any questions? ”

Gao Kai's eyes were a little fierce, in the past two years, the Tenth Division of the Royal Knights had already become Lu Yuan's diehard.

After all, Lu Yuan's reward and punishment system and how he behaves have already convinced these elite soldiers of the empire - the most important thing is that he is indeed treated very well with Lu Yuan.

With high wages, good treatment, and clear rewards and punishments, which migrant worker must not kneel directly on the spot and shout "If the public does not give up, I am willing to worship my father".

Gao Kai was still pulled up by Lu Yuan, so he was naturally quite loyal to Lu Yuan, and he couldn't listen to anyone else's disrespect for Lu Yuan.

General Zhennanguan thought that it was the veteran general of the empire who rushed to help, but he didn't expect it to be Lu Yuan, the youngest marquis in the history of the empire.

Although it is rumored that this young marquis is a genius among geniuses, not only has he reached the Soul Emperor stage at the age of fifteen years old, but he has also performed many miraculous feats before that.

But after all, he is still too young, and cultivation is not the same as fighting.

And it's only been two years since the Shadow Marquis formed his own army, can this compare with those battle-hardened armies?

But in front of Gao Kai and others, does Zhennanguan dare to say what he thinks in his heart?

Naturally...... Don't dare.

He said stupidly, "There's nothing wrong with it, I just think it's ...... Could it be that only the Heavenly Shadow Marquis came to help, and it couldn't solve the current crisis in Zhennan Pass. ”

Russell on the side frowned, grabbed the young and vigorous Gao Kai, and said lightly, "The Celestial Shadow Army is the closest legion to here, and we have to wait for the help of other armies in the empire, I'm afraid it will take more than ten days, so we can only take the lead to support." ”

"It's a lowly position, I don't know about it......" General Zhennanguan is now eager to slap himself in the mouth.

He really didn't know that the only one who could quickly rush to Zhennan Pass in a few days was the Celestial Shadow Army.

If he knew, he would have said that.

He provoked Gao Kai and others in vain, if Lu Yuan knew about it again, he would be afraid that his position as a guard would be difficult to protect!

At this moment, the army of the Star Luo Empire suddenly moved, and they had already come to the city wall with siege engines.

I'm about to take the siege ladder and prepare for the siege!

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" The general of the Zhennan Pass garrison shouted.

"Yes!" The defenders on the city walls responded in unison.

Cheng Qixiao also shouted at this time, "Royal Knights! Cooperate with the defenders of Zhennan Pass to defend the city! Our target is the soul masters who climb up! ”

There is no doubt that although the Royal Knights are not equipped and cannot go out of the city to fight, they are still elite, and more than five of them are soul masters.

And they should have no problem dealing with the attacking soul masters.

The soldiers of the Star Luo Empire followed the siege vehicles and siege ladders like locusts, and climbed up the Zhennan Pass in a steady stream.

But the defenders of Zhennan Pass had already prepared, and rolling logs, falling rocks, and boiling water were constantly smashing and falling on the enemy soldiers.

Although the military strength of the Star Luo Empire is strong, the vast majority of their grassroots soldiers are ordinary people.

Ordinary people are affected by these rolling logs, falling rocks and boiling water, either their tendons are broken, their skin is open, their blood is flowing, or their skin is red and they can't open their eyes because of the boiling water.

"Shoot the arrows!" After summoning the martial spirit, the Zhennan guard directly tore an enemy soldier with his hands, and then shouted an order.

The elite archers of the defenders of Zhennan Pass immediately fired their arrows and shot down the enemy troops who poured in.

"The other party's soul master has come up!" Just then, a voice came.

"Don't be afraid, we're here!" Cheng Qixiao held the Martial Soul Tide Breaking Spear, directly pierced the throat of the enemy soul master, and said in a deep voice.

The fiftieth level Soul King was sitting here, which immediately made the defenders of Zhennan Pass feel a lot more at ease.

Gao Kai and the others were also fighting, and suddenly fifty soul masters of the Soul Sect level appeared on the city wall, and for a while, the siege army of the Star Luo Empire was really beaten back.

is completely different from the previous battle situation with obvious disadvantages, and this time the morale of the soldiers of Zhennanguan has been greatly boosted.

And in the large camp in the rear of the Star Luo Empire's army, Dai Mubai looked at the battle situation on the city wall, frowned and said, "Could it be that the Heaven Dou Empire's support has arrived?" It's completely different from before. ”

"General, how should this be?" He couldn't help but look at the overlord general who was there by the old god on the side.

This sturdy Star Luo Empire famous general did not panic at all at this moment, "Your Highness, why worry, the current situation is still in our plan." ”

"But...... In the current situation, our casualties will be very heavy! Dai Mubai took a deep breath and said.

Some disapproval flashed in the eyes of the general Baxia, "Now our casualties are only 4,396 people, Your Highness, those who achieve great things must be sacrificed, especially in the war, if you can take Zhennan Pass, even if it is a sacrifice of 50,000 people, it will be worth it!" ”

"With more than 4,000 casualties, there is nothing to worry about! His Majesty's order to send an army of 300,000 this time means that even if a third of the soldiers are sacrificed, as long as they take Zhennan Pass, it will be worth it! ”

"Okay, I see." Dai Mubai's face was entangled for a while, and then nodded and said.

His personality has always been like this, and when faced with the battle for the throne with his brother Davis, he was indecisive and even wanted to escape.

In the end, he fled to the Heaven Dou Empire, if it wasn't for Zhu Zhuqing coming to him, he would probably be able to hide for the rest of his life.

In fact, in the final analysis, Dai Mubai's personality is still more kind than Tang San.

It's just that the character is always not really tough.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I won't let my soldiers die in vain." The overlord general said lightly at this time, "Their sacrifice is valuable, as long as the other party has not discovered our plan, then Zhennanguan is at your fingertips!" ”

He looked at the hanging map, the rough road painted with red paint, and the road ...... It will go straight to the Duchy of Hull behind Zhennan Pass!

……

Looking at the sun in the sky that bloomed with endless light and heat, Ma Hongjun licked his chapped lips.

He stretched his fiery red soul wings, and his bloated body flew in the air, looking at it always had a sense of absurdity and comical.

And under his bloated body is an abyss.

If Ma Hongjun is in a trance and falls, it will really be doomed.

And yet at this moment......

"Ah......h

Loud screams spread throughout the valley.

Ma Hongjun turned around and saw that a figure had fallen, and he just couldn't even react to save people.

"Be careful, everybody." Like Ma Hongjun, the middle-aged man in light armor flying in mid-air said in a deep voice.

I saw that in addition to Ma Hongjun and the middle-aged man, there were more than a dozen soul masters flying in mid-air, and behind them, there were continuous mountain ranges.

Looking at it in mid-air, there are a series of black dots on the rolling mountains, and if you look closer, you can see that these black dots are all soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons.

It's just that they are close to the mountain at the moment, stepping on the extremely narrow path under their feet, and if they are not careful, they will fall into the abyss.

It's terrifying.

But they had to, and for that they had already sacrificed most of their companions.

Although everyone didn't have time to count the 10,000 people who fell at the time of departure, it is estimated that more than 6,000 people died in the mountains with a team that was already two-thirds smaller.

Most of these people were ordinary soldiers, but there were also quite a few soul masters who fell.

This is still the case that the flying soul master explored the way and opened the way in advance, avoiding the situation that there is no way ahead, but there are still so many people who fall down and lose their lives.

This shows how difficult this road is.

"Xiao Ao, come on some recovery sausages." Ma Hongjun really couldn't do it, and said to Oscar at the front of the team.

"No problem!" Oscar nodded, "Lao Tzu has a big sausage!" ”

Dozens of recovery sausages appeared in his hands one after another, and he threw them one by one to the flying soul masters flying in the sky.

Ma Hongjun took the lead in eating one, and the soul power and physical strength that had been consumed almost completely recovered a lot in an instant, which made him feel a lot of fatigue.

And then he handed it to those who looked like they were about to lose their strength, and the Flying Soul Masters did just that.

The middle-aged man at the head couldn't help but take a look at the handsome Oscar, this friend of His Royal Highness today is really not to be underestimated.

Originally, he also thought that it would be a pure burden to bring a food soul master with no combat power on the march.

I didn't expect Oscar's sausage to be so useful!

It can be said that if there is no Oscar's recovery sausage, it is estimated that more people will be sacrificed!

As for how many people will be left in the end, it's hard to say......

If this plan of "smuggling south of the town and taking Hull directly" can succeed, the biggest hero will definitely be Oscar!

For this reason, he couldn't help but say, "Oscar, if you're tired, I can fly with you." ”

Oscar was a little stunned, then looked at the Jackdaw General of the Star Luo Empire and shuddered.

"No...... No, I can walk on my own. He quickly waved his hand and refused.

"That's good." General Jackdaw didn't insist either, shouting loudly, "Everyone, keep on your way!" ”

This surprise army belonging to the Star Luo Empire moved again, and it was visible that at the end of this mountain range, the outline of a great city slowly appeared.

But in the last part of the road, there are still people who did not stick to the end.

After spending the last rays of midday sun, General Jackdaw finally landed on steady ground with only a third of the surprise army left.

"There are three thousand eight hundred and twelve people left...... Jackdaw took a deep breath, and there were only more than 3,000 people left in the original army of more than 10,000 people, that is, more than 6,000 people died on the way.

You know, it's not the number of casualties, it's the number of deaths!

More than 6,000 people died, and the two-thirds mortality rate is indeed terrifying.

General Jackdaw couldn't help but glance at Oscar at this time, if it weren't for Oscar, it is estimated that more than a thousand more people would die in this army.

But now is not the time to think about it, because their real mission is not yet complete.

"But our mission is not yet complete! Right now! Take the city of Hull! He pointed to the city of Hull ahead and roared loudly!

"Take Hull City!"

"Take Hull City!"

……

Suddenly, more than 3,000 soldiers roared in unison.

The jackdaw gave a direct order, "Charge!" ”

Suddenly, more than 3,000 soldiers rushed towards the undefended city of Hull.

Jackdaw is quite confident that the main force of the Star Luo Empire in Zhennan Pass is enough for the Duchy of Hull to send the defenders to the front line.

Otherwise, the Xingluo army on the front line would be enough to break through Zhennan Pass, which is actually a double strategy.

If the Duchy of Hull puts all its forces on the front line, it will naturally be able to temporarily prevent the offensive of the main force of the Xingluo army.

But their rear is completely empty, relying only on the rugged mountains to defend against the enemy, as long as they get through these mountains and ravines, the Duchy of Hel is a lamb to the slaughter!

However, if the Duchy of Hull still had some defenders left in the rear, the front would definitely not be able to hold out until the reinforcements of the Heaven Dou Empire were broken.

The Duchy of Hull, which has lost Zhennan Pass and has no natural dangers to defend, even if there is a part of the defenders left, it is still a lamb to be slaughtered in front of the wolf-like Star Luo Empire army!

More than 3,000 soldiers rushed into the city of Hull in an instant, and under the terrified eyes of the inhabitants of the city, they brandished their weapons and began the cruel side of the war - killing!

"How could you be...... How did it end up here?! An old law enforcement officer in the city looked at the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire who suddenly appeared, his eyes full of fear.

But before his doubts could be answered, he saw a hideous smile and a flash of knife light!

The city of Hull, which has lost most of its garrison, is now a sandbag that is allowed to be ravaged by the Star Luo Empire's surprise attack army!

……

"It's over......" Duke Hull in the Duke's Palace, his face was pale when he knew that the Star Luo Empire's army had descended from heaven and suddenly appeared in Hull City.

His strength is not high, and the title of the duke is inherited from his ancestors, but his strength is not inherited from his ancestors.

In other words, in the process of passing down from generation to generation, the strength of their family has gradually weakened.

Today, this generation of Duke Hull is in his forties, but he is just a soul venerable.

It can be said that it is similar to the Heaven Dou Empire Emperor Snow Night Emperor, who only has the strength of the Soul Sect.

"Lord Duke, shall we surrender......" the butler said, his lips trembling.

The Duke of Hull bit his lip, and was really thinking about whether to surrender.

In fact, he didn't have the idea of sacrificing his life for the Heaven Dou Empire in the first place, it would just be like completing the job.

After all, the Heaven Dou Empire gave him a few dollars to make him work so hard.

"Protect the Duke!" There were only a few low-strength guards left in the Duke's Mansion in front of the Duke of Hull, looking at the Jackdaw, Ma Hongjun and others who were gradually approaching in front of him.

"I can't help myself!" Ma Hongjun snorted coldly, and then the first soul ring behind him lit up, "First soul skill!" Phoenix Fireline! ”

The violent flame rays rushed directly towards the remaining guards, directly burning them to scream, and then in Ma Hongjun's unique evil fire, only a white bone remained.

The brutality of his methods made the jackdaws on the side frown.

Jackdaw knows that this Ma Hongjun and Oscar turned out to be from the Heaven Dou Empire.

Dealing with their own people, they are all so ruthless.

This is probably the so-called two devils are more hateful than devils.

Ma Hongjun looked at the Duke of Hull, who was in a high position, and the fat face that had become extremely obscene because of his addiction to sexual affairs at that time showed a hideous smile, "It's your turn next......

The Duke of Hull's face was pale, and he was about to shout, "Don't ......"

But at this moment, a series of screams came from outside!

Outside are all people from the Star Luo Empire, and now the screams are obviously only people from the Star Luo Empire.

All of a sudden, everyone's attention was diverted.

"Scythe Sweep!" The walls of the Duke's Palace were directly shattered, and then as a figure holding a giant scythe rotated and broke through the walls, countless flesh and screams also "flew" with his movements!