Xiangfan County, Xiangyang City, the county seat.

A group of fully armed, snake-scale black armor light cavalry rushed out of a school yard in the city, and on the street, the few pedestrians avoided a road, watching the murderous cavalry rush towards the city gate.

Although it has been more than a month since Xiangyang was breached, the people in the city did not dare to step out of their houses on the 1st, and only some people who had run out of grain gathered the courage to cautiously come to the street to see if they could buy some food to go back.

It's not that the people of Xiangyang City are timid, but that in the days when Xiangyang City was broken, a bloody massacre and blood stains are still there, although I haven't experienced it, but the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls for several nights in a row still makes everyone still have lingering palpitations.

No one cares where that group of cavalry went, because these days, there are a lot of soldiers and horses coming and going in Xiangyang City, and it is better to care about their own lives than to care about these.

Xiangyang City, located on a long and narrow peninsula, less than 30 miles to the north is the Tianhe, and the west and south are more out of the city 35 miles out of the river, the inlet is sandwiched.

This group of cavalry went straight out of the north gate, went north along the official road, headed towards the north of Xiangyang City, and ran against a ferry on the Tianhe River. Yapudu, as if a duck's foot is printed next to the Tianhe waterway, relying on this ferry, here has formed a market town, stretching for more than 20 miles of bluestone wharf area, can be said to be the cornerstone of Xiangyang City's prosperity for hundreds of years.

And at this moment, as the king of Xiangyang, Situ Nalan, occupied this place and cleaned the gate lords in Xiangyang City by bloody means, for a while, the merchant ships coming and going to Xiangyang City seemed to have disappeared, and the ferry, which could not stop the flow of people in spring, summer, autumn and winter, became deserted for the first time.

However, on the wharf, there are still some people who are busy, and the merchant ships that have been forcibly requisitioned are constantly transporting teams of soldiers and horses across the river from the other side of the Tianhe. The important geographical location and strategic position of Xiangyang City are all fought for by Li Tang, even at a time when the external environment is becoming more and more critical.

This group of elite light cavalry rushed into the dock area of the ferry, and at Pier 3, a large number of guards had been arranged around it, and except for a few generals standing on the pier, the entire pier was listed as a forbidden area.

"General Fu Zhonglang, the snake scale guard is in place, waiting for your order!" a captain with a scale snake with a fist on his body strode to the dock, and saluted a military general in general armor.

The scale snake on the captain's body is a little flat, the scale armor is as fine as armor, wrapped around the other party's body, plus the black scale armor that the other party is still wearing, looking at it from a distance, I really can't see that there is a scale snake wrapped around his body.

Li Tang re-established the country, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he re-established the seventy-two fold chong mansion when the Tang Dynasty was strong, this seventy-two fold chong mansion can be said to be the pillar of Li Tang, and each of the fold chong mansion in addition to ordinary elite soldiers, there are several demon guards, the existence of this demon guard is equivalent to the independent psychic brigade or beast riding battalion in each division of the empire.

"Got it!" the general looked up at the sky, where the sun had risen in the middle, and looked at the rippling river bend again, as if he was expecting something.

"Captain, what's the matter, actually let our lieutenant general wait on the dock in person, could it be that the envoy of Zhengnan Jiedu is coming to Xiangyang?"

"Probably not, our festival should be in Nantao at this moment, compared to our side, the situation in the southeast is more urgent, after all, there is no natural danger to defend over there. Captain Snake Scale shook his head and said.

"What else could it be, could it be Her Highness the Holy Princess?"

When the lieutenant talked about the holy princess, his murderous eyes couldn't help but show a hint of confusion.

"Okay, don't guess, you'll know right away!" "Oh!" The lieutenant followed the gaze of the real snake scale captain into the inlet, and several crab barn ships slowly sailed into the inlet under the escort of several warships, and the rippling water waves set off layers of scales, flashing dazzling in the sun.

The warship did not sail into the dock, but turned around, revealing several crab barn boats in the middle of the surroundment, and the crab barn boats that had lost traction took advantage of inertia, and a few wooden oars rowed from both sides, slowly entered the pier, and leaned on the trestle.

From the warehouse of a crab warehouse ship led by him, a figure walked out, and seeing this figure, the Zhonglang general on the dock hurriedly straightened his clothes, took a group of subordinates, and strode over. "Teacher, you're here! The student has already prepared a car......

Before Fu Yu finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old man waving his hand, and said, "I'll talk about these later, and the carriage and horses you prepared are ready!"

"Teacher Hui, it's all ready, do you want it now?"

"Well, let the carriage and horses come over, and load the goods into the car first!"

Although Fu Yu was full of suspicion, he still beckoned his subordinates and drove the prepared carriage into the trestle, and then saw a large box lifted out of the crab barn boat, what Fu Yu didn't know what was in these boxes, but those who carried the boxes were all Taoist masters.

"Why is the national teacher here!" Captain Snake Scale looked at the national teacher who was wearing a robe full of formations, with a white beard fluttering, and a fairy wind and bones, and was also a little surprised.

The national teacher is a very high-status existence in Li Tang, because the national teacher is responsible for the summoning of the ancient psychic array, and is also responsible for cultivating it for the empire, a powerful demon war, although they are only studying under the ordinary Taoist master of the Heavenly Master Dao, but from the perspective of the teacher, this national teacher is also their teacher.

The Tang National Teacher is not not a person, but each of them is Li Tang's most powerful existence, and the presence of this National Teacher is far from being comparable to that of one party.

Not to mention that they were suspicious in their hearts, Fu Yu was also a little puzzled in his heart, and when he saw those boxes, he was even more suspicious: "Teacher, these boxes?"

The white-haired old man looked kind, swept his beard, and said, "Some gadgets, these boxes contain blood midges and beast eggs, be careful for me when you will transport them!"

Petrification, absolute petrification, Fu Yu, as a student of the national teacher, has naturally heard of the blood midge carved beast!

The Taoist Master is responsible for the summoning of the Ji Psychic Array, but the summoning of the Bone Psychic Array has too strong uncertainty, so many times, inexplicable creatures and demonic beasts will be summoned out, so in addition to cultivating demonic warfare, the Daoist also shoulders the responsibility of researching these demonic beast species.

The Blood Midge Carved Beast, a kind of magical beast in the water, when it is ovate, it is very inconspicuous, as if it is a milky white ball, after hatching, at first it is just a small finger-long, thin silver-scaled fish, no different from those ordinary fish.

But in fact, the blood midge carved beast is full of aggression, from the juvenile stage to the adult egg-laying period, they will frantically devour any blood-related objects, it can be said that this blood midge carved beast is by devouring blood and growing, and after reaching adulthood, the blood midge beast will generate the essence of blood, in the adult ten days, the blood midge carved beast will mate and give birth, after giving birth, it will die.

"Teacher, do you really want to use this blood midge beast?" Fu Yu swallowed. Spit foam, asked, once this blood midge beast reproduces, it is estimated that the entire Poyang Sea will become a dead lake for decades, and the dead lake without any life will even be affected. "Don't worry, we already have a way to contain this blood midge carved beast, and the kind of thing you imagined won't happen!"

Fu Yu nodded, I hope so!"This is Your Majesty's edict to you, now that the war with the Heavenly Dragon Empire is getting closer and closer, there will be a force from the Zhichong Mansion going south to Xiangyang City, this is the most force we can draw, and you will use Xiangyang to contain the soldiers and horses of the entire Chuzhou, so that the Chuzhou army cannot cross the Tianhe River and attack my hinterland!"

Fu Yu picked up the edict and looked at it quickly, but his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, after a while, he carefully folded the stealing order, no wonder he wanted to take out all the blood midge creation beasts, the current situation in Xiangyang City is in their favor, to a large extent, it depends on the Xiangyang Water Army.

And once the Xiangyang Navy is transferred into Tianhe, and the eastward battle with the Qingzhou Navy Army, the biggest reliance of Xiangyang City will disappear, and the depth of Xiangfan County is too small, and the three Zhichong Mansions, less than 40,000 soldiers and horses, are facing several times the Chuzhou army, in this Xiangfan County, which does not have too many dangers to defend, whether it can support until the end of the Qingzhou War is a key.

At present, there are two formed naval armies of the Tianlong Empire in the lower Yanghai, the Poyang Lake Naval Army and the Yangzhou Naval Army from Yangzhou, once the Xiangyang Naval Army is withdrawn, and the soldiers and horses of Chuzhou advance by land and water, Xiangfan County is afraid that it will not be able to support it even for half a month, and a single Xiangyang City will not be able to achieve the purpose of containing the soldiers and horses of Chuzhou.

And whether he can complete His Majesty's big layout, this blood midge carving beast seems to have become the only bargaining chip in his hand!

"I will do my best to hold back the Chuzhou army!"

"Hehe, it's not just about dragging, if the blood midge carving beast is used well, you can completely solve some water threats, instead of passive defense, you must know that offense is the best defense, only relying on Xiangfan alone, you can't hold it no matter what, and that puppet Situ Nalan can also play some role!"

"That person?" Thinking of the straw bale with developed limbs, Fu Yu had a headache, this person has more than enough success and more than failure, it would be good if he didn't make trouble, what else could he expect him to do?

The old man smiled, patted Fu Yu on the shoulder, and said: "Her Royal Highness the Holy Princess asked me to tell you that sometimes reckless reckless men can play some unexpected roles, and helping the King of Xiangyang to form an army is also something we have negotiated, relying only on our three Zhichong Mansions, facing hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, but it is overstretched, even if there are more miscellaneous cannon fodder!"

"Remember, your task is to drag down the Chuzhou army, as for what happens to Xiangyang, there is naturally the king of Xiangyang to stand up, so there is no need to have any scruples!

When Fu Yu heard this, he nodded heavily.