After easily taking Qingzhu City, the other four cities were quickly taken down by Gao Xuan and others one by one in silence, in the Cuizhu City City Lord's Mansion, a group of high-level Linghua Army leaders gathered, and there were also four new faces, Yang Jing and the city lords of the other three cities, and one city lord was a die-hard royalist and was killed.

"Yang Jing, you have done a good job, now you have two choices, one, join my Linghua Army, you can lead a division of troops, and second, you can enter the sect and become an inner disciple, which one do you choose?" Gao Xuandao.

When Yang Jing heard this, countless ripples suddenly appeared in his heart, as a professional soldier, he originally wanted to continue to stay in the army, besides, in the past two days, he has witnessed the strength of the Linghua Army, and it is every general's dream to be able to command a powerful army, but if he enters the Linghua Sect and becomes an inner disciple, then he may have hope to go further in the martial arts, and maybe he can become a real powerhouse in the future!

It was only a moment before Yang Jing's eyes became clear, and he said with a wry smile: "Elder Gao, the last general still chooses to enter the army, with my qualifications, even with the help of a large number of resources in the sect, I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter the realm in this life, besides, if I perform well in the army, can't I also use my combat merits to exchange for various exercise resources." ”

When Dongfang Minghui heard this, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he said in his heart: "This Yang Jing is very remarkable, he can accurately position himself in the face of huge temptation, just this kind of heart, he is a guy worth paying attention to, cultivate it well, and he may not be able to defend one side in the future." ”

After getting Dongfang Minghui's transmission, Gao Xuan nodded and said: "Very good, Yang Jing, now Elder Ben will order you to be the commander of the 32nd Division of the 10th Army of the Third Army of the Linghua Army, General Feng Pingshang, rectify the army, and step up training!" ”

Yang Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, Xie En left, Gao Xuan's arrangement was exactly what he wanted, if he was given a regularly trained Ling Hua army, he was still afraid that he would not be able to command at all, and if he rectified and surrendered the army, it could become his own army, of course, he would never dare to disobey Ling Hua Zong's order.

The three city lords are a woman and two men, but the two men are looking at Mei Ji who is sitting down with an obsessive face at this time, Gao Xuan sighed in his heart, if Mei Ji uses a charm on herself, can she bear it, perhaps, it is even worse than these two city lords.

With a dry cough, Gao Xuan looked at the middle-aged female city lord and said, "White Flower City Lord, your city is the closest to the city in the west, can you tell us about the situation in the intoxicating city?" ”

Bai Hua is a heroic woman, with a unique temperament of sonorous roses, her voice is very hearty, and she said: "Elder Huigao, the city lord of the Intoxicated City is named Qiu Jinlong, who just broke through the reincarnation realm three months ago, and is a very talented general, who once created a record of two thousand people retreating fifty miles from the siege of 100,000 bandits in the nameless wasteland in the north to return to Luoxia Pass. ”

Speaking of this, she paused and continued: "Qiu Jinlong has a very good relationship with the last general, once in a casual chat, he mentioned that he has a sister named Qiu Jinfeng, but I don't know where he went, he has been looking for a long time and has not found it..."

Just as Bai Hua was about to continue, Gao Xuan suddenly interrupted her and said, "Wait, what was the name of this Qiu Jinlong's sister you just said?" ”

Bai Hua was stunned when she heard this, but she still replied instinctively: "Qiu Jinfeng." ”

When Gao Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "That Qiu Jinfeng is an old woman who looks like she is in her last years?" ”

Qiu Jinfeng's use of the Rejuvenation Pill did not cause any fluctuations, so Gao Xuan directly asked the question as she used to be, however, Bai Hua shook her head blankly and said, "I don't know, how can I inquire about this." ”

Gao Xuan nodded when he heard this: "Do you think this Qiu Jinlong has deep feelings for his sister?" ”

Bai Hua was even more puzzled, but still replied: "Judging from our conversation, Qiu Jinlong is very concerned about his sister, and he has also publicly stated that if someone can help him find his sister, he can even give up this position as the city lord. ”

When Gao Xuan heard this, the light in his eyes shone even brighter, and said, "Can you still meet him now?" ”

Bai Hua smiled confidently and said: "There is no problem at all, now he doesn't know the situation on my side, if the battle situation over there is not urgent, even if he is invited over, it will be no problem." ”

Gao Xuan glanced at Bai Hua with strange eyes and said, "•••••• between you"

Although the words were not finished, the meaning had already been clearly expressed, and Bai Hua sneered and said, "The elder misunderstood, we used to fight together for a hundred years, and then we became city lords separately, and we had a fateful friendship, that's all." ”

Gao Xuan nodded and didn't dwell on this issue, and said back to the truth: "Do you think you can persuade him?" ”

Bai Hua shook his head firmly and said: "Impossible, he is a loyal and courageous person, the elder should know that the last general was greatly favored by General Meng Xuan back then, and he was dissatisfied with the imperial court, so he surrendered under the order of General Meng Xuan, but he was promoted by the imperial court, although he was also very dissatisfied with some of the practices of the imperial court, but he would never betray." ”

Gao Xuan nodded and praised when he heard this: "This Qiu Jinlong is a loyal and righteous person, but if I have news of his sister and can arrange for their sister and brother to meet, do you think he will surrender?" ”

Bai Hua couldn't help but be stunned for a long time when she heard this, and finally said hesitantly: "Does the elder really have news of his sister?" If there is, I'm afraid it will be very promising. ”

Gao Xuan's eyes flashed when he heard this, and said: "In this way, if you ask him over, you will say that someone has news of his sister, and I will talk to him personally when the time comes, if it is ••••••"

Bai Hua was taken aback when she heard this, and said in a firm tone: "Elder, please forgive your sins, the last general will definitely not do anything that harms his friends!" ”

Gao Xuan waved his hand when he heard this: "You think too much, we will definitely not harm his life." Looking at Bai Hua's eyes full of disbelief, Gao Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, let me tell you, among the deacons of the outer hall of this sect, there is an old woman named Qiu Jinfeng, the cultivation of the reincarnation realm, if the Qiu Jinlong you said is really his younger brother, how can we kill him, it will definitely be sent to his sister, and the sister and brother recognize each other." ”

When Bai Hua heard this, his eyes were still full of doubt, Gao Xuan took a deep breath and continued: "Killing him will not do us any good, but it may also make our masters of the reincarnation realm deviate from us, you should also see our strength, a mere intoxicating city is not in our eyes, it is just a simple way to avoid some losses and reduce some troubles, I swear in the name of the elder that I will never harm the life of the autumn golden dragon!" ”

Looking at Gao Xuan's extremely solemn expression, Bai Hua finally nodded, and then Gao Xuan arranged for the other two city lords, and at this point, the seven southern cities related to the Tianyan Great Array all fell into the hands of Ling Hua Sect.

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In the valley of the Tiger Roaring Pass, Fang Lin and his party were a little stunned when they saw the merchant army of the seven northern cities galloping away, no one thought that General Nahua actually fled without a fight, Ayinata's eyes flashed, and said: "Fang Lin, let's chase it, with our speed, we can at least kill him several phalanxes." ”

Fang Lin shook his head and said: "There's no need for that, even if we can kill a few of their phalanxes, it doesn't make sense, the most important thing for us at the moment is to stabilize the Tiger Roar Pass, wait for Senior Brother Gao Xuan's information, once that side successfully takes Cuizhu City, we will be responsible for containing or even taking the seven western cities, and create better conditions for the capture of the other six southern cities." ”

"However, the reinforcements from the seven northern cities have not been damaged, if the man surnamed Hua comes to make trouble for us, wouldn't it be a trouble?" Li Haoran said.

Dongfang Tianxiao laughed on the side, and said: "Don't you see it, this surnamed Hua is a cautious person, and besides, he should have other plans, but it is not ours, the strength we have shown in this battle has already made him feel cold, so I guess he will not stay in the range of the Seven Cities in the South." ”

Dongfang Lei's eyes lit up and said, "Uncle, are you saying that the man surnamed Hua is going to flee back to his Northern Seven Cities?" ”

Dongfang Tianxiao didn't speak, just nodded slightly, but Princess Xiangxiang frowned and said: "In this way, although we will have a lot less resistance to take the Southern Seven Cities, but correspondingly, when we attack Rongcheng, I am afraid we will face even greater trouble." ”

"Hehe, don't think about it so much, let's take it step by step, the counter-evidence must be faced." Fang Lin smiled faintly.

Everyone nodded, but at this moment, Fang Lin's communication talisman suddenly vibrate, Fang Lin smiled and said, "It seems that Senior Brother Gao Xuan, their good news is here." ”

When Fang Lin finished reading the information, a stunned look appeared on his face, and Concubine Shu said anxiously: "What's the matter, is something wrong?" ”

The rest of the people were also inexplicably nervous when they saw this, after all, if something went wrong over there, then the actual significance of the Tiger Roar Pass that Fang Lin and the others had won would not be much.

Fang Lin smiled lightly and said, "Something happened, but it's a good thing." Next, Fang Lin didn't sell it, and told the story of Qiu Jinlong again, and everyone felt a sense of drama after listening to it.

Fang Lin immediately said, "Immediately ask Qiu Jinfeng if she has such a younger brother, and if so, ask her to report to Elder Gao Xuan quickly!" ”

The next two days were very calm, the Ling Hua army did not continue to attack, and the Shang army did not go out of the city to provoke, lost two passes, but the Shang court did not seem to care, and they also ignored the loss of their own masters, as if there were no such people.

In the middle of the night, a figure shrouded in black robes appeared at the gate of Cuizhu City, he didn't make any movements, but the formation of the city gate quietly opened a gap, and after the figure entered, it silently returned to its original appearance.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, only Gao Xuan, Li Qing, Dongfang Minghui and Bai Hua were there, and suddenly the rustling footsteps sounded, and the black shadow who appeared at the city gate slowly walked into the hall, the black robe faded, showing a beautiful person, Ying Ying bowed, and said in a voice like a yellow warbler: "Qiu Jinfeng has seen Elder Gao and Elder Li." ”

Gao Xuan nodded lightly and introduced, "This is the Minghui Ancestor of the Life and Death Realm. ”

When Qiu Jinfeng heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he bowed very respectfully: "Jin Feng has seen Minghui Ancestor!" ”

Seeing Qiu Jinfeng's expression, Dongfang Minghui said with some doubts: "Do you know the old man? ”

"I heard Lord Taka often mention that he admires you very much." Qiu Jinfeng said cautiously.

Dongfang Minghui nodded and said no more, Gao Xuan pointed at Bai Hua and said, "Her name is Bai Hua, and she is the one who told us about your brother." ”

Qiu Jinfeng became excited when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Bai Hua's hand and said, "The general really knows the news of my brother, please let me know, Jin Feng must thank you!" ”

Bai Hua looked at Qiu Jinfeng's bright face suspiciously, and said uncertainly: "Are you really Qiu Jinlong's sister?" ”

Qiu Jinfeng nodded violently without hesitation and said: "Our sister and brother have depended on each other since childhood, we were separated in an expedition five hundred years ago, and we have not seen each other again, in order to find him, I even went to the Huanhua Wetland, and stayed there for hundreds of years." ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Jinfeng's tears actually flowed down, Bai Hua's heart was also a little throbbing when she saw this, and the situation of separation she said was not much different from what Qiu Jinlong said, Bai Hua had already believed seven or eight points, but she still didn't agree to ask Qiu Jinlong to come over.

Qiu Jinfeng was a little anxious, and continued: "Since the general has a good relationship with my brother, then he should know that there is a pale cyan birthmark three inches under his chest. ”

When Bai Hua heard this, she was shocked, she knew Qiu Jinlong's birthmark, that was when the two of them were fighting hard, once Qiu Jinlong was seriously injured, Bai Hua saw it when he simply treated his wounds, not many people knew about this, but this Qiu Jinfeng in front of him said it in one mouthful, and Bai Hua no longer had any doubts.

"Eldest sister, don't be excited, I believe it, I'll send him a message tomorrow, he will definitely rush over like crazy when he hears the news of you." Bai Hua comforted.

The anxiety in Qiu Jinfeng's eyes did not fade, he opened his mouth, but finally swallowed back what he wanted to say, and said with a slight smile: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." ”

At noon the next day, dozens of cavalry rushed to Lanzhu City, which is the city of Baihua, and a middle-aged man shouted to the city: "I am the city lord of the intoxicated city, and I am invited by the city lord of Baihua to come and quickly open the door and let me go!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a gap opened in the formation, and then, the city gate also opened, and the man did not hesitate, leading the rest of the dozens of people to rush into the city, as soon as he came to the city lord's mansion, the man rushed in very urgently, and shouted very anxiously: "Baihua, you said that there is news of my sister, is this true." ”

Gao Xuan and the others, who were drinking tea in the hall, stopped at this voice, and they all smiled slightly, but Qiu Jinfeng's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he stood up with a bang, and was about to rush out after a few steps.

At this moment, a figure rushed in in a hurry, and kept shouting: "Baihua, you are talking, you ••••••"

When the man rushed into the door, he happened to see the oncoming Qiu Jinfeng, his words were instantly stuck in his throat, the corners of his eyes trembled slightly, and he looked at the beautiful woman in front of him in a daze, his lips squirmed for a long time, and then he shouted with difficulty: "Sister~~"

Qiu Jinfeng was already a pear blossom with rain, trotted two steps, hugged the man into his arms, and choked up: "Little brother, it's really you, it's really you, it's so good, it's really good, my sister finally found you, woo woo." ”

The man also hugged Qiu Jinfeng with his backhand, crying and laughing: "Sister, sister, is it really you, I finally found you, I'm so happy, so happy." ”

Next, the two sisters and brothers did not speak again, they could only hear the slight sobbing of the two, and after a long time, the two separated, Qiu Jinfeng held the man's hand tightly, afraid that he would fly away as soon as he let go, and came to Gao Xuan's front and saluted slightly: "Thank you Elder Gao for giving us the opportunity to reunite my sister and brother, Jin Feng must remember it in his heart, and in the future, he can only bow down and die, in order to repay the great kindness of the Lord." ”

The man was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't have time to observe it because he was too emotional, but now it seems that there is a strange young man sitting on the main seat, but Bai Hua is just sitting on the first place, and there are also some old and young, unfamiliar faces.

Just when the man's thoughts were turning, Gao Xuan said lightly: "Deacon Qiu is polite, you have been conscientious in taking care of the Huanhua Wetland for the sect over the years, and many affairs of the wetland can be put on the right track so quickly, you have made great contributions, and when I learned that you also have a younger brother, the sect master immediately ordered you to recognize you, which can be regarded as an affirmation of you." Then, he pointed to a seat and said, "Sit down." ”

Qiu Jinfeng saluted again: "It is Jinfeng's honor to serve the Lord!" Then he pulled the man to sit down, and then introduced: "This is my long-lost brother, Qiu Jinlong. ”

Gao Xuan nodded and smiled lightly: "Qiu Jinlong, we know you, Bai Hua has already told me all about your basic situation, let me introduce myself, my name is Gao Xuan, and I am the core elder of the Linghua Sect." ”

Although Qiu Jinlong had a certain guess before, but now when he heard Gao Xuan say it himself, he still couldn't help but buzz in his head, but his reaction was very fast, he just woke up in an instant, and glanced at the crowd vigilantly, and then, his heart was cold for a moment, and there were several people here who couldn't see through the cultivation, even if he couldn't see the outline at all.

Seeing Qiu Jinlong's nervous expression, Gao Xuan smiled, and said lightly: "General Qiu doesn't have to be nervous, we have no malicious intentions, not to mention that Sister Ling is still a person of high status among us, shouldn't we sit down and have a good talk." ”

Gao Xuan's tone was very peaceful, and there was no trace of fireworks on his body, which made Qiu Jinlong feel a lot more relieved, and his sister was still gently patting the back of her hand on the side, signaling to have a good talk.

After taking a few deep breaths, Qiu Jinlong arched his hand and said: "Your Sect let my sister and brother reunite, Qiu Jinlong is grateful, but the Great Shang Imperial Court has the grace of supporting the general, and the treacherous thing Jinlong will never dare to do, so for Elder Gao's good intentions, Jinlong can only say sorry." ”

Gao Xuan was not angry when he heard this, and said with a smile: "General Jin is really a loyal and righteous person, but you have to think about it, is a court like Shang really worthy of your loyalty, he keeps saying that my Ling Huazong is a thief, but what he has done to our Ling Hua Sect, you don't know it." ”

After a pause, without waiting for Qiu Jinlong to speak, Gao Xuan continued: "Three years ago, my Linghua Sect suffered a heavy blow, but at that time, the imperial court not only did not give us any respite, but also appointed my sect master as the squire of the Sipin Rite Department, and sent an envoy to the northern kingdom for the sake of the overall situation, and still accepted the appointment of the imperial court, and went to the northern kingdom after nearly two years of life and death, and finally completed the task and returned, but at this time, what did the imperial court do to us, not only did not reward and commend us, but ushered in endless suppression, Surveillance and bullying, and in the end, they even came together with the Yeyue Empire to coerce our sect, you say, what is there to be worthy of our allegiance in such a court? ”

For these things, it is not a secret, Qiu Jinlong naturally knows, to be honest, he still supports the decision of the imperial court at that time, after all, he is thinking from the perspective of the imperial court, but now that Gao Xuan said this, he was speechless to refute, after all, the imperial court is indeed dishonest first, and he himself is a person who is extremely trustworthy, if he wants to let him talk nonsense with his conscience, he can't do it.

Seeing that Qiu Jinlong was silent, Gao Xuan smiled and continued: "What's more, General Qiu thinks that with your current strength, can you fight against us, all the troops of your Western Seven Cities to rush to the aid of Tiger Roar Pass have been eaten by our sect master, and now that the Southern Seven Cities are all under my control, the large array you rely on has been broken, General Qiu, how much can you hold on to when my army is pressing?" ”

Speaking of this, Gao Xuan stopped and looked at Qiu Jinlong, after a while, Qiu Jinlong was still silent, in fact, in his heart, these answers were already very obvious, Gao Xuan continued at this time: "What's more, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, is the general willing to fight against his sister?" ”

When Qiu Jinlong heard this, his whole body trembled violently, Gao Xuan's words were a naked threat at all, that is, if you Qiu Jinlong is obsessed, I will send your sister to meet you on the battlefield and let your sister and brother kill each other.

This moment the entire defense line of Qiu Jinlong was crushed, and he wanted him to meet his sister Bing, how could he do it, he also knew that the defeat of the Shang Kingdom was already an irreversible trend, originally he just had the psychology of killing Shengren, but when he saw his sister and heard that he was going to face his sister with a sword, his mind completely changed.

Sighing heavily, Qiu Jinlong said with difficulty: "Elder Gao's mouth is like a river, Jinlong admires, you win, I am willing to surrender, but no matter what, the big merchants are kind to me, and I don't want to turn against each other, so I also ask Elder Gao to allow me to resign from my official position and enjoy the rivers and lakes." ”

Gao Xuan's face finally showed a smile, and said: "Is General Qiu really willing to leave his subordinates who have followed him for many years, in fact, the stage of this continent is very big, our sect master has already spoken, if General Qiu is not willing to be an enemy of the Shang State, he can accompany Deacon Qiu to the Huanhua Wetland, where there will definitely be a general's actions." ”

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In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and Intoxicated City, with the cooperation of Qiu Jinlong, has long been quietly controlled by Gao Xuan and others, while the other six cities are unaware of this.

As the tiger roared close, Fang Lin looked at the generals below and said, "Everyone, now that we have completed our cultivation and the army has been replenished, our comfortable days are coming to an end, and now is the time to collect the remaining six cities in the west." ”

When everyone heard this, their emotions became excited, and Li Haoran laughed and said: "I'm a little impatient to wait, hurry up and overthrow this crumbling dynasty and establish our sect well." ”

When the rest of the people heard this, they all laughed, and then, after Fang Lin made a pre-battle mobilization, the million-strong army drove to the nearest Ruijin City with such a majestic spirit.

Although General Meng, the supreme general of Ruijin City, said that he was killed in battle, but the city was still in the hands of the Meng family, and at the head of the city, a middle-aged man in golden helmet and golden armor frowned at the black and oppressive army that could not be seen, and his heart was inexplicably a little worried.

"General Meng, although we still have more than 100,000 troops in our hands, we all know that there are less than 80,000 people with real combat effectiveness, and our combat power is not enough in front of the Linghua Army. An adjutant general spoke.

General Meng's hand holding the sword tightened unconsciously, and said, "The general has already sent a signal for help, but you also know that now the strength of the other six cities is similar to ours, where is it possible to support us and wait." ”

"The general can ask the family and the court in the capital for reinforcements, after all, our forty-nine acropolis are very important, and the court can't leave us alone." Adjutant said.

Speaking of this, General Meng's eyes were full of anger, and he roared: "That bastard Hua Ping'an, he actually fled without a fight, even if he didn't give an order to let him garrison our seven cities in the west, he dared to disobey the order, otherwise, why would we be so passive now." ”

Just when the adjutant general was about to say something, a deep voice below sounded in the ears of every merchant army: "Listen to the defenders of Ruijin City, you have been surrounded by us, don't think that your court or the friendly troops of your other cities will come to you, they don't have that ability, now my sect master gives you two ways, one is to resist to the end, in that case, we will not accept any prisoners when the city is broken, believe us, your big array can't protect you!" ”

Speaking of this, the one paused, as if to give these merchants time to joke, and after about three breaths, the voice sounded again: "Second, surrender now, we promise to surrender without killing, and you can also get preferential treatment, and you can choose afterwards, you can join my Linghua army or pay the passage fee, and you go home by yourself." ”

Hearing this, all the merchant soldiers were a little restless, after all, they had already developed a great fear of Ling Huajun in their hearts, and at this time, the voice sounded again: "Now give you a stick of incense time to consider, if you don't surrender after a stick of incense, you will never have to surrender!" ”

Whoosh, a piece of incense flew into the air, it was floating in the air like this, the spark flashed, the incense burned, seeing this scene, the soldiers on the city were in an uproar, what kind of means is this, in their cognition, even the strong people of the reincarnation realm can't do it.

At this moment, General Meng's angry roar came: "Give me silence, what do you all want to do, do you all want to be traitors, Ben will warn you, if anyone dares to surrender, Ben will immediately cut off his head!" ”

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