After Lu Yuan listened, he exhaled, "Sure enough, it's a very strong opponent." ”

"But it's just right, I want to use this battle to announce to the mainland that my Celestial Shadow Army is powerful!" He confidently declared.

It was as if he had won the game.

"General, have you already thought of a strategy to break the enemy?" Suddenly, Cheng Qixiao and the others frowned and asked.

"I've figured it out." Lu Yuan said with a chuckle.

There was a confident glint in his eyes!

The next day.

The Central Military Department of the Star Luo Empire.

"Why hasn't there been news for so long?" The overlord general Gao Zhong frowned.

When he set up the strange strategy of "smuggling around and stealing directly from home", he actually expected that the rugged and rugged area of the mountain range would be difficult and majestic, and it would take a lot of time.

"Have they failed?" Dai Mubai pursed his lips on the side and said.

"Impossible, I'm not surprised that Leng Yu's (Jackdaw's real name) army is gone, but Leng Yu and those flying soul masters can't fall to their deaths in the mountains." Gao Zhong frowned and said, "Even if the entire army is wiped out and the operation is canceled, it is impossible for their hundred or so soul masters to be gone!" ”

This back and forth took three or four days at most, and now five days have passed!

However, they had already started the smuggling plan when the army attacked head-on for the first time, and there was no news yet, which was really unreasonable.

"Could it be that our plan has been discovered?" Dai Mubai was suddenly a little worried, "So the fat people were ambushed?" ”

"Their forces have not decreased, even to the extent that everyone is wounded on the battlefield to barely resist our offensive, how can there be more troops to ambush them." Gao Zhong frowned and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about it, at this time, either they have failed and come back, or they are ......"

A twinkle flashed in his eyes, "They've made it!" ”

"But if it succeeds, why hasn't the enemy moved?" Dai Mubai asked, "According to the original expectation, shouldn't they have to go back to rescue Hull City in the rear because of this?" ”

"The city of Hull must be saved, otherwise there will be chaos in the future, and they will be equivalent to sitting and waiting for death." Gao Zhong thought for a while and said, "This is also what we thought of at the beginning, it is impossible for them not to save, but the art of war is ever-changing, some people give questions, and some people try to give different answers." ”

"I think it's possible that the other party is also doing that delaying tactic!"

"A delaying tactic?" Dai Mubai was puzzled.

"Once they go back to the rear, the forces in front will not be enough to resist our offensive, so the follow-up of this plan is that as long as their forces are scattered, we will attack with all our strength and occupy Zhennan Pass." Gao Zhong said slowly to Dai Mubai as if he was in class.

"It is also possible that the other party knows this, although in my opinion, no one in the Heaven Dou Empire can compete with me except for Ge Long, but after learning that the rear has been raided, it should not be difficult to understand the front and back of this strategy."

"This kind of thing should not be difficult to hold the process of answering and pushing, so they also understand, if we go back directly to help, we will definitely go all out to attack, and then Zhennan Pass will be in danger."

"At this time, if it were me, I would pretend that the front line was not moving, and in fact secretly dispatch the army back to help."

"So...... The current Zhennanguan is very likely to be an empty shell?! Dai Mubai was suddenly overjoyed and said.

"To suppress Leng Yu and them, at least 10,000 troops must be dispatched back, and the other party should be very smart, not to transfer 10,000 people at once, but to transfer them in two groups, so that the troops on the front line will not be dispersed obviously." Gao Zhong frowned and said.

"That's not right...... It should be divided into three to rush back to help! Otherwise, five thousand people are still too obvious, and three thousand people are not so obvious, plus there are people who transport grain to disguise. ”

Gao Zhong understood, "So it's not that Leng Yu's side didn't reply, but that they have succeeded, and the Heaven Dou Empire's side doesn't seem to be all mediocre." ”

"But compared to the general, he is still a little immature." He sneered and said, "Your Highness, tomorrow you can send 100,000 troops to attack and test it, if the other party can't even stop 100,000 troops, then it proves that they have sent part of the army back!" ”

"When the time comes, launch a general attack and capture Zhennan Pass!"

"I see! Overlord General! Dai Mubai said excitedly.

……

By the third day.

Dai Mubai and Gao Zhong looked at the Wanlixiong Pass in front of them together, and sure enough, this time they observed carefully, and they really found that it seemed that the troops on Zhennan Pass were much smaller than three days ago.

Even the three soul kings who were more conspicuous on the Zhennan Pass before, one of them is missing today, and the middle-aged leader who is a spear is missing.

Dai Mubai looked surprised, while Gao Zhong was full of determination, but all they were thinking about in their minds was: Sure enough! Just as they thought yesterday.

Zhennanguan has already sent troops back to the rear to help, and this is the time for them to suffer from the enemy on their backs!

"Get ready to attack! The army of forwards and the army of equipment are all bet, and the sheep attack! "Give orders in an orderly manner.

"General Baxia, in this situation, can't it be concluded that the garrison force in the other party's pass is empty? Why is it just a sheep attack? Dai Mubai was a little puzzled on the side.

"Soldiers, national affairs, you can't be so aggressive!" Gao Zhong said in a deep voice at this time, "What if they set up an ambush?" ”

It can only be said that Gao Zhong really deserves the title of a famous general in the world, and his strategy and patience are to a level that is difficult for others to achieve.

In fact, sometimes famous generals are more powerful than ordinary generals, in addition to extraordinary force, that is the prudence and caution that ordinary people do not have.

"If they want to take over the continuous attack of this 100,000 army, they must exhaust the strength of the 100,000 defenders in the city, even if they actually send someone to ambush us, they will be forced to return to the city wall by the siege at this moment!" Gao Zhong said with blazing eyes.

"I don't believe they can endure that much!"

Soon, the army of the Star Luo Empire rushed to the city wall of Zhennanguan in accordance with Gao Zhong's order.

And unexpectedly, in this attack of the Star Luo Empire, the defenders of Zhennan Pass were no longer as thoroughly defended as in the past, but it was visible to the naked eye that the attack of the Star Luo Empire simply made the defenders of Zhennan Pass retreat.

And it is obvious that the defenders of Zhennan Pass are not unable to retreat in sheep's suits, but they really can't be defeated, and they have left a lot of corpses.

The casualty rate of the defenders of Zhennan Pass increased explosively, but under the city walls, only less than 200 soldiers came to reinforce them.

And judging by the style of their uniforms, they resemble the little soldiers guarding the city gates.

"Get on the bus! Battering ram! Seeing this, Gao Zhong shouted, "Their soldiers guarding the city gate have been forced to go up the city wall, and their city is empty!" Your Highness, it's time to give the order! ”

"Give me the order, and the whole army will attack! Take Zhennan Pass directly for me! Dai Mubai hurriedly shouted.

"Yes!" The herald immediately went down.

Gao Zhong also stood up at this time, picked up the helmet that was placed on the side, and slowly put it on his head.

"Overlord General...... ...... are you?" Dai Mubai's eyes were full of surprise.

"As a general, how can you be behind the army at such an important juncture." Gao Zheng said heroically, "I will lead my soldiers into battle to kill the enemy!" Take this victory! ”

"Sons, come with me to the battlefield!" He looked at the senior officers of the Star Luo Empire army behind him and shouted.

"Yes! Checkmate! These high-ranking officers, who followed Gao Chong, apparently quite trusting Gao Chong, immediately picked up their helmets and put them on their heads, and responded in unison.

"Then I'm ......" Dai Mubai was suddenly eager to try, and he also wanted to go to the battlefield.

"Your Highness, your strength is not enough to go to war." Gao Zhong shook his head and stopped.

Today's Dai Mubai is still a soul sect, and his status is noble, how can he easily go to the battlefield?

In the original text, Dai Mubai was able to go to the battlefield in the Wuhun Hall because at that time his strength in the Seagod assessment had improved by leaps and bounds and reached the level of Contra.

The strength of the Contra level is enough to protect himself on the battlefield.

But now that he is only a Soul Sect, he is still the crown prince of the Star Luo Empire, and Gao Zhong naturally can't let him go to the battlefield.

"Okay then." Dai Mubai said stupidly.

"The Buddhist Education Committee, the Zhao Education Committee, I will trouble you to protect Your Highness." Gao Zhong said to Flender and Zao Wou-Ki behind Dai Mubai.

"Don't worry about this." Flender smiled and said, "Mubai, we will protect it." ”

Gao nodded emphatically, said no more, and directly put on armor and dragged a bright red cloak, and stepped onto the battlefield.

And behind him, all the high-ranking officers of the Star Luo Empire followed him this time, preparing to divide the great military merit of capturing Zhennan Pass this time.

……

"Huh——! Bump! ”

"Huh——! Bump! ”

On a four-wheeled ironwood cart, I saw a hard and unusually thick tree trunk fixed to the cart, and then it was pushed back and forth by the soldiers behind it, crashing into the huge gate of Zhennan Pass.

This is a special prop used to break through the city gate in the era of cold weapons, which is called "rushing car".

Dozens of soldiers pushed the huge rushing cart and kept hitting the city gate in front of it.

This time, everyone felt that it was very relaxed.

Unlike before today, every time I hit the city gate, I felt that there was a reaction behind the city gate.

But today, the city gate does not have the kind of reaction force that rebounds, so it is naturally very easy.

"Huh——! Bump! ”

"Huh——! Bump! ”

……

Under the command, the soldiers stormed the city gate with rushing cars, and the gate of Zhennan Pass kept crumbling.

In front of the city gate, the remaining 100,000 troops of the Star Luo Empire were ready to march at any time, and the overlord general Gao Zhong was waiting quietly in the center of the army.

Finally, the gate of Zhennan Pass let out a final wail, and in a burst of cheers and the sound of wood breaking, it burst open!

"Soldiers! Rush me! Gao Zhong shouted angrily and ordered.

"Rush!" The soldiers of the Star Luo Empire erupted in loud cheers, because in their opinion, they had won this war.

They only went in to get the fruits of their victory.

……

"Defensively, you don't necessarily have to hold out until the end." Lu Yuan looked at everyone and said, "Although Zhennan Pass is the strongest pass in the world, the difference between our strength and the enemy's strength is too great, even if we add the 50,000 people of the Celestial Shadow Army, and the existing soldiers you have, the number of city defense troops that can be invested now is only 130,000!" ”

"Occupying a geographical advantage on the city wall, we can only reach a tug-of-war with the other side, and we may be able to hold on to this drag, but the cost is too great."

"So what do we do?" The guard general of Zhennan Guan said in a deep voice, "If you can't defend it, it's impossible to go out to fight, right?" ”

"No......" Lu Yuan smiled slightly, "Let's come in and fight!" ”

……

The infantry army of the Star Luo Empire was the first to rush into Zhennan Pass, and the 30,000 soldiers at the front had already taken the lead in entering, but at this moment......

"Boom ——!" There was a deafening sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, which attracted everyone's attention.

Gao Zhong looked over and found that in the middle of the huge city gate that had been broken through the south pass of that town, a huge black iron block suddenly fell, just blocking the city gate, and a few unlucky ghosts died!

"Not good! Hit the trick! Gao Zhong shouted angrily, "Retreat! Hurry up and get out! ”

……

"Their original plan was to force us to send troops back to defend them, but I saw through them, and the surprise attack was killed." Lu Yuan said, "But although this plan was discovered by us, they should not know that I ruined his plan." ”

】

"So, let's do a trick." Ning Rongrong said with a smile.

"That's right, but the truth is false, and the truth is real, to deal with this kind of old fox, you have to not act so stupid, otherwise it will be very troublesome for him to be suspicious and not fooled." Lu Yuan smiled again and said, "I will spend two days luring this old fox into being fooled." ”

"Lure them in!"

"Let's close the door and beat the dog!"

……

Outside the city gate, even if the view was cut off by the Xuantie Gate, the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire could hear the wails of more than 30,000 soldiers inside.

They could still hear the continuous banging on the dark iron door, apparently after cutting off the back road, they were desperate to the extreme.

After all, not everyone can call Xiang Yu to break the kettle with one move, and not everyone is Han Xin, and he has another trick to fight against the water.

After half an hour, the wails of more than 30,000 soldiers finally stopped.

But everyone knew what it meant that the wailing ceased.

……

"These two days are just enough time for me to make a black iron gate out, we put it on the inside of the city wall, deliberately let them destroy the original city gate, when they come in part of the army, we close the iron gate, they are lambs to the slaughter!" Lu Yuan continued.

"Impossible!" At this time, it was the Zhennan Pass Guard again, and he frowned, "At this time, it is impossible for us to make a metal iron gate in such a short time. ”

"It's not us ......" Lu Yuan smiled slightly, the fifth soul ring behind him lit up, and he wiped the wooden long table in front of him in his hand, and the long table instantly exuded a metallic color.

"It's me."

……

The loss of more than 30,000 elite soldiers at once was more than the casualties caused by the Star Luo Empire's siege in the past two days.

The Star Luo Empire had only lost more than 10,000 soldiers in the seven days of siege, and the wounded were a little more, but it was about 20,000 soldiers.

But such a sudden is enough to be worth the casualties of the siege for seven days, how can this not make Gao Xin feel painful.

At this time, not only the 30,000 soldiers who went in were lost, but even the city walls were receiving bad news at this moment.

"Report! - The scout quickly stepped forward to report, "There are many reinforcements from the Heaven Dou Empire on the city walls, and they use crossbow arrows that can fire continuously, we are not enemy opponents, and we have all been shot down!" ”

"What?! Reinforcements from the Heaven Dou Empire?! Gao Zhong couldn't help but glare, "Which family's army, crossbow arrows...... Is it the Yan family? ”

"No, their flag is...... Shadow! ”

"Shadow?" Gao Zhong couldn't help frowning, "Who is this?" How I haven't heard of it! ”

……

"Their total strength is about 300,000, right?" Lu Yuan looked at Cheng Qixiao.

"Basically confirmed, if there is a lie, I am willing to deal with it by military law!" Cheng Qixiao nodded and said.

"Good! If it is true, I will personally go to Your Majesty to ask for your reward! Lu Yuan smiled and said, "300,000 troops, the other party's recent casualties are about the same as ours, we have about 20,000 casualties, nearly 30,000 or so, the other party is besieging the city, definitely not less than us." ”

"Thirty thousand casualties, and then encircle and suppress at least 20,000 people on the other side, it is impossible for them to ignore the rear, and then exchange casualties for casualties in the upper defense battle, so that the gap between our forces will be much less."

"But they still outnumber us." The guards of Zhennan will be puzzled.

"But at this time our morale is high." Lu Yuan said surgingly, "One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, the other exhausted, I don't have the strength to fight!" ”

……

"Retreat! Fall back! Evacuate for the time being! Gao said in a deep voice.

Although he was also annoyed by this, he knew that he was being put on a side, and the other party knew his plan and calculated him in turn.

And the biggest reason is that he didn't know that Zhennanguan would come with reinforcements so soon.

The detailed work was done in advance, but they didn't get any information about the newly established legion of the Celestial Shadow Army.

In fact, this is Lu Yuan's deliberate, in this era of too backward information transmission, isn't it simple to hide important information?

But no matter how heavy he is, he knows that he can't be rash on the battlefield.

So he decided to evacuate.

But at this moment, the tall dark iron door suddenly turned into countless sawdust and burst open!

The sawdust fragments that broke through the air became a killing weapon under the high-speed flight.

"Pss

"Pss

……

The infantry units at the forefront of the army were directly pierced by sawdust, and blood holes appeared in their bodies one after another.

Gao Zhong reacted very quickly, couldn't hold back anymore, and shot directly.

"Martial Spirit Possession!"

Suddenly, a turtle shell with countless scales appeared out of thin air on Gao Zhong's body, and his head became longer, shaped like a river turtle, but it looked like a dragon's head.

His limbs grew stronger, and his hands conjured dragon claws, and an earthy tail with a snake's head appeared behind him.

Wurm Martial Soul - Baxia is one of the powerful martial souls that is not inferior to Ge Long's Eyelid Martial Soul, although it is far inferior to the martial soul of the purebred dragon - Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Rex.

However, it takes into account the characteristics of Xuanwu's defense and the powerful attack power of the dragon martial spirit, making Gao Zhong extremely powerful.

And the eight soul rings under Gao Chong's feet mean that he and Ge Long are not famous.

The seventh soul ring under his feet lit up, "Seventh Soul Technique!" Dominate the real body! ”