Liu Xin had already seen the change in Zheng Xiao's face, and he sighed secretly in his heart, just now his thoughts only flashed for a moment, but the reality seemed to have passed for a long time.

But he couldn't answer Zheng Xiao's question with such an answer.

Because others will only think that he is perfunctory.

It takes so long for a thought to strike in someone's head.

However, Zheng Xiao's wit is still there.

"Just now I was wondering if the strategy we had at the beginning could be launched earlier?"

"Huh?"

Doubts arose in the hearts of the people.

Except for Huangfu Rongjiang and Zheng Xiao.

This is a matter that only the commander of their three-way army and horses, as well as Hu Gengchen and Liu Xin, who are guarding the base camp, know.

They arranged Dugu Xuanqing in a very hidden position.

And such a strange soldier, the proposer is Liu Xin.

This is also Liu Xin's attack method of rivers and lakes brought into this exercise.

In the rivers and lakes, it has always been the thief who captures the king first.

Unlike the two armies against the commander, there are always heavy guards, and it is actually very difficult to directly kill the enemy chieftain.

In today's world, I'm afraid only a grandmaster can do it.

But even if the grandmaster wants to take the head of the general from the ten thousand armies, I am afraid that there is a high probability that he will fall.

The power of the army is absolutely beyond the reach of manpower.

But among the rivers and lakes, the most effective thing is to capture the thief and capture the king first.

As long as you can solve the one that the other party takes the lead. Most of the forces in the rivers and lakes will scatter birds and beasts.

Of course, this does not include a super-powerful sect like the Holy Sect, which has been passed down for hundreds of years.

A sect like the Holy Sect already has a spirit spirit, but it will make the cohesion of the sect stronger because of the fall of a sect master.

Liangshan is the other extreme.

Today, there are 800,000 people in Liangshan, but there are as many as 35 large and small forces.

And there are even more forces left that do not enter the stream.

This makes Liangshan's cohesion can be said to be zero.

The interior of Liangshan is already very good if it does not attack each other.

This is also the main reason why Liu Xin persuaded others at first.

Of course, this is also related to Dugu Xuanqing's persistence.

He didn't want to be the commander, and he didn't want to be someone else's subordinate.

This is exactly the same as Huang Linxian.

There are still doubts in Zheng Xiao's eyes, we are here to discuss business, but you are there thinking about your own previous proposal.

Moreover, everyone has agreed to that proposal, and it is even being implemented.

But before he could say more, a soldier arrived with an urgent report.

The soldier handed the report to the two Warlords and left.

Could it be the news from Wei Zongquan's side?

Everyone's attention immediately shifted to the two war generals.

After reading the information transmitted, the two Warlords looked a little strange.

But even with strange faces, they still announced the news directly.

"Wei Zongquan rebelled with his own left-wing army.

The battalion mutinied, losing 7,000 troops.

This is what happened on the twenty-third day of the exercise. ”

After announcing the announcement, the general handed the note to Huangfu Rongjiang.

Huangfu Rongjiang took a look, his eyes full of disbelief.

No one expected this to be the case.

"If Wei Zongquan rebels......"

Zheng Xiao's face became extremely ugly.

In his previous strategy, the left-wing army led by Wei Zongquan was very important.

Even indispensable.

And now Wei Zongquan's betrayal directly caused the gap between the attacker and the defender to widen again.

And after this pull-off, it directly led to the attacker's loss of more than 30% of the troops.

And the defender's strength was again twice as large as the attacker's.

Zheng Xiao was already somewhat damaged in his Dao heart.

"Don't be too discouraged, it's just a drill."

Liu Xin stepped forward to comfort him, and at the same time he looked at the other people with a look of defeat on their faces, and said in a loud voice:

"Everyone, don't forget, this is just a drill!

Even if we take the results of this exercise as very important,

Even if it's a real possible battle,

But for the sake of the general, we must not give up lightly.

There is a good saying, people die and birds rise to the sky!

Even if we are doomed, it will bite off a piece of the enemy's flesh.

Let them follow in our footsteps with serious injuries. ”

"Liu Xin is right, don't say it's just a drill.

Even if it is true that the battlefield encountered the current situation.

There is only one thing we have to do, kill as many enemies as we can!

Zheng Xiao, don't be discouraged, I will definitely avenge Wei Zongquan's revenge for you! ”

Huangfu Rongjiang's eyes were full of killing intent, this was not the kind of battle intent in the competition, but a real killing intent.

Huangfu Rongjiang can't figure out why Wei Zongquan did this anyway.

He is a disciple of Zhu Shuai's third son, Zhu Ying.

And Zhu Ying is now one of the examiners of this competition.

The only one who can get Wei Zongquan to do such a thing can only be him.

Why would he do that?

The defenders represent the Wenchen group.

Is there anything hidden in this?

The more Huangfu Rongjiang knew, the more he thought in his head.

But soon he forcibly expelled these nonsense thoughts.

Now he has only one thing to do.

Whether it is on the battlefield or in the Zhengyang martial arts competition.

In the face of the betrayer, all he has to do is eliminate him strongly.

So the next moment, the crowd began to rearrange.

Zheng Xiao went directly back to the No. 7 stronghold, first held on to the spot, and looked at the situation behind.

Huangfu Rongjiang led all his soldiers and horses to the fourth stronghold.

It can be imagined what the first thing happened after Wei Zongquan's betrayal.

It must be outside of Stronghold Four.

The 10,000 troops who surrounded Stronghold No. 4!

The news they received was on the 23rd day of the exercise.

And now the drums are beating on the twenty-fourth.

One day was enough time for Wei Zongquan to lead the army from the No. 5 stronghold to the No. 4 stronghold.

Huangfu Rongjiang only hoped that he still had time.

As a result, a day after the drill, it was decided that Wei Zongquan took his 11,000 troops and directly attacked the attacking side of 10,000 people surrounded by the fourth stronghold.

Among these 10,000 people, there are also some generals left by Huangfu Rongjiang.

But it is not Wei Zongquan's opponent at all.

And at the same time, Chen Fangjun in the No. 4 stronghold saw hope. Attacking from inside and outside, the attacker's 10,000 troops were all wiped out.

And Wei Zongquan only lost 3,000 troops, which can be said to be an absolute victory.

After this victory, Wei Zongquan was stationed in the fourth stronghold.

As a result, Stronghold 4 became one of the toughest strongholds for the defenders.

It's like a nail stuck in the center of the map.

Huangfu Rongjiang pounced, and the alliance echo rushed to the No. 6 stronghold, and at this time, only Liu Xin's 6,000 troops were stationed in the No. 6 stronghold.

The 26th day of the exercise.

The fourth stronghold now has 28,000 troops, plus five [arrow arrays], four [city defenses], and two [traps].

If the attacker wants to take the fourth stronghold, it will inevitably suffer huge losses.

Moreover, after the catastrophe of the attacker, when Huangfu Rongjiang returned to the sixth stronghold, the defending side's eighth, ninth, eleventh, sixteenth, and eighteenth strongholds jointly sent troops.

Led by Huang Linxian and supplemented by Lou Chenxu, with a total of 30,000 troops, he attacked the No. 6 stronghold stronghold.

At this time, there were only more than 15,000 people in the hands of Huangfu Rongjiang.

In the big tent of Huangfu Rongjiang, Liu Xin put forward his own ideas.

After some deliberation, Huangfu Rongjiang agreed.

So the drill was on the twenty-seventh day.

Huangfu Rongjiang's whole army rushed to the No. 7 stronghold to join Zheng Xiao.

Where the two sides were united, they also gathered 31,000 troops.

The 30,000 people led by Huang Linxian were directly taken. Undefended Stronghold Six.

The advantage of the attacking side is directly compressed.

Moreover, the number of troops from the No. 6 and No. 4 bases has approached 60,000.

Once they attack the attacker's base camp, if they succeed, the attacker will suffer a general demoralization drop.

In that case, there would be no way to fight this battle.

Therefore, Huangfu Rongjiang and Zheng Xiao of the No. 7 stronghold will definitely choose to support the base camp of the No. 3 stronghold.

The end result is a decisive battle between the attacker and the defender.

This is also a good strategy that Zhu Ying came up with for Guan De to fight back.

But the most critical part of this strategy is Wei Zongquan's backlash.

Without his defection, the situation of the war could not have changed so dramatically.

At the same time, Weng Bingliang, who received the news, angrily tore apart the information in his hand.

He went straight down the high platform, and in the darkness before dawn, even if he held a torch, he couldn't illuminate the five feet around him.

But even the darkness can't stop Weng Bingliang, who is angry at the moment.

He went straight to the high platform where Zhu Ying was.

Under the high platform, Zhu Ying was already waiting for Weng Bingliang.

The former knew the temperament of the latter, and he would definitely not be able to sit still, and he would definitely come to question.

"Niang Xipi, you'd better give Lao Tzu a reasonable explanation!

Why did your protégé betray?

He does not know the gravity of treason! ”

Zhu Ying stood still in the face of Weng Bingliang's rage.

"Treason, punish the ten clans!"

Zhu Ying had a smile on his face, but under the dim firelight, he was like a demon in the abyss.

Weng Bingliang frowned deeply, he felt a feeling from the other party's body that made him extremely unhappy.

"If Lord Weng is here to question my decision.

Then I can tell you that this was specially instructed by my father before I set out.

The purpose of the Zhengyang martial arts competition is to select the rising star of the Zhengyang military.

If there is no difficulty, how can you squeeze their potential? ”

Zhu Ying's words sound somewhat reasonable at first glance.

But Weng Bingliang has never been a reasonable person.

Weng Bingliang took out his knife and cut off the load-bearing pillar under the high platform behind Zhu Ying with one sword.

This is a solid wooden stake that is the thickness of a person's waist, but it was directly and easily cut off by Weng Bingliang.

And he was holding nothing more than an ordinary saber.

Crunch!

Zhu Ying listened to the harsh friction sound behind him, because of Weng Bingliang's knife, the high platform directly lost its balance and was already crumbling.

"Two adults, please be careful!"

Not far away, the lieutenants of the two said in unison.

Zhu Ying and Weng Bingliang were unmoved.

Until the high platform was finally overwhelmed and collapsed.

In a puff of smoke and dust, Zhu Ying and Weng Bingliang still stood in place and looked at each other.

The smile in Zhu Ying's eyes had dissipated.

The anger in Weng Bingliang's eyes was also missing.

Without saying anything, Weng Bingliang turned around and left directly.

Zhu Ying looked at Weng Bingliang's back as he disappeared into the darkness, his eyes were full of coldness.

"Qin Guogong's dog dares to be so majestic!"

Not far away, several of his lieutenants did not dare to approach at all.

They know Zhu Ying's habits.

The more Zhu Ying showed calmness, the more monstrous the inner turmoil became.

At this time, it's better not to touch your brows.

However, Zhu Ying beckoned.

Several lieutenants had to move forward.

But the thought Thunder Fury did not appear.

"Prepare a new map for me, the platform has collapsed, the map is gone, and I can't appreciate the defender's Jedi counterattack."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhu Ying turned to look at the east, and the fish belly that gradually appeared white, clenched her fists.

The drums continued to sound in an orderly manner.

The drill was held on the 28th.

Lou Chenxu really led 30,000 troops to attack the No. 3 stronghold.

It's just that Wei Zongquan in the fourth stronghold did not move.

To the surprise of the defenders, Hu Gengchen in the No. 3 stronghold directly chose to retreat.

Withdrawing from the No. 3 stronghold meant that the army of the attacking party, Huangfu Rongjiang and others, had lost contact with the base camp.

This was unexpected by Lou Chenxu.

He went directly to Stronghold No. 3 and at the same time passed the news to Guan De in the rear.

However, because of the distance, it takes at least two days in between.

On the twenty-ninth day of the exercise, the forward army led by Liu Xin appeared near the 16th stronghold.

At this point, there were only 5,000 troops left in Stronghold 16.

Even Liu Xin was able to forcibly eat him.

But Liu Xin's vanguard army only lingered around the sixteenth stronghold.

After Guan De got the news, he directly ordered the No. 10 stronghold to send 5,000 people to bite Liu Xin's forward army tightly.

At the very least, get him out.

So far, the defenders have never won in the hands of Liu Xin.

Although this army is small in number, it is too fast to move.

Of course, this is just a walkthrough.

In the real situation, those water bandits in Liangshan Shuibo are not slow at all.

Moreover, the Liangshan waterway is extremely complex.

In some places, only those sampan boats of the Liangshan bandits could pass, and the ships of Zhengyang Kingdom could not pass.

But since it's a walkthrough, of course, it's to simplify these complex situations.

From the perspective of the overall situation, Liangshan's ability to fight water is far inferior to Zhengyang's.

So the defenders don't have a ship or anything like that.

On the 29th day of the exercise, Guan De received news from the front.

At the same time, he also received the news that Huangfu Rongjiang directly attacked the No. 8 stronghold.

At the same time, Huangfu Rongjiang's army directly abandoned the No. 8 stronghold and directly pounced on the No. 14 stronghold.

Guan De didn't know if the other party really knew that he was in Stronghold Fourteen.

Or a blind cat meets a dead mouse.

But he now has only two options.

One is to stick to Stronghold 14.

The other is to abandon Stronghold 14, whether it is to Stronghold 10 or Stronghold 17 is a good choice.

But if Huangfu Rongjiang is just a blind cat touching a dead mouse, if he chooses to leave the No. 14 stronghold, it is equivalent to telling the other party that he is in the No. 14 stronghold.

As things stand, the defenders definitely have a good chance of winning.

But if you are eliminated before the defense wins,

It may affect whether he can enter the final match.

Although as the main commander of the defensive side, the qualification for the final round is certain.

But if he is killed at this time, and is defeated by the other party's thief who captures the king first, he may lose some achievements because of this.

If the defender has a lot of good performances in the later battles, then his qualifications are not clear.

Therefore, instead of sticking to the 14th stronghold or giving up, Guan De chose the third way.

He directly ordered the nearest stronghold No. 17, No. 15, and No. 10 to surround the fourteenth stronghold.

He had no intention of abandoning Stronghold Fourteen.

I don't want to put myself in danger.

Therefore, he could only abandon these three strongholds and concentrate his forces on the fourteenth stronghold.

Although it may not be too late to arrive before the arrival of Huangfu Rongjiang's troops.

But he was confident that he would be able to hold out until the forces of the three strongholds arrived.

At that time, Huangfu Rongjiang will be attacked by the enemy on his back and will inevitably choose to retreat.

And the other party may not guess that he is in the fourteenth stronghold.

Just when Guan Tak was proud of his plan.

Liu Xin led his vanguard army to appear directly near the tenth stronghold.

And the offensive began directly.

Previously, the strength of Stronghold 10 had been expanded to 10,000.

Liu Xin's vanguard army couldn't eat it anyway.

But to Kwande's surprise, this army turned out to be 10,000 men.

What surprised him even more was that in just one day, the 10th stronghold was breached.

The other party actually directly used four rounds of [Arrow Array], and fought hard to win the No. 10 stronghold.

For a moment, Guan De didn't know what the attacker was trying to do.

And just after receiving the news that the No. 10 stronghold had been taken, Guan De saw the army led by Huangfu Rongjiang.

According to the spies, there were 20,000 or 30,000 people.

How could Huangfu Rongjiang still have so many troops.

That was Guan De's first thought.

And he quickly thought that Liu Xin's forward army had joined forces with Huangfu Rongjiang.

Only by concentrating all the forces in front of him can it be possible to contend with him.

After the army led by Huangfu Rongjiang appeared, he directly threw out four rounds of [arrow array] without saying a word.

The 14th stronghold garrisoned by Guande had a total of 15,000 troops.

Plus ten [Qice].

But the main role of [Qize] is to attack.

The defense was a little weak.

However, Guan De directly chose to use [Qi Ce] to transform into [Arrow Array] and attack Huangfu Rongjiang's army.

As a result, it was finally determined that both sides had lost 2,000 troops.

However, for Huangfu Rongjiang's army, this loss was obviously acceptable.

Moreover, Huangfu Rongjiang continued to carry out the onslaught, and it seemed that he would not give up until he took the fourteenth stronghold.

And the reinforcements from the seventeenth stronghold will not arrive until at least the thirtieth day of the exercise.

Guan De looked at the dwindling troops.

He used [Chice] again, but by this time the damage had gradually decreased.

Because his own forces are also declining.

Huangfu Rongjiang already knew that Guan De was in the fourteenth stronghold.

And the source of the intelligence is Dugu Xuanqing, who has disappeared for a long time.