On the plain three hundred miles away from Xiyuan Pass, in the account of the commander of the coalition army, Mo Han was dealing with daily affairs, and suddenly his own soldiers hurriedly walked in and said: "Report, Generalissimo, we have received accurate news from the country!" ”

When Mo Han heard this, he stood up all of a sudden, and his eyes shone eagerly: "Say it quickly!" ”

The soldiers said with some excitement: "It's the Yeyue Empire that has a big trouble, first of all, their leopard Taowei in the Eastern Regions suffered a lot of losses under the offensive of the Eastern Xuanguo, and then counterattacked, although they took the capital of the Eastern Xuanguo, but it seems to have fallen into the trap of others, so far there is no news, the situation of the Tiger Benwei in the Northern Regions is even more miserable, Li Xianzong was crushed by the Northern Coalition Army with absolute strength, and now the army has suffered a lot of losses, retreating to the capital of the Qi State, but it is surrounded by people on all sides, and the contact is cut off, the situation is probably already precarious." ”

Speaking of this, the soldiers paused and frowned: "As for the Lion Weiwei in the Southern Regions, there is no loss, but that is because Nan Guoyan has not attacked much, it is said that Li Tianyou is quite dissatisfied with this, and the battle situation on our side has also made Ximen Changli very uncomfortable, this series of defeats has made those small and medium-sized countries that have previously taken refuge in the Yeyue Empire begin to move, and the most obvious manifestation is the Wu State, it is said, They have killed all the officials and troops that Li Tianyou has stationed there and announced the restoration of the state of Wu! These are just the external troubles of the Yeyue Empire. ”

"Oh! Could it be that there is some big trouble within them? Mohan interjected.

The pro-soldier nodded and said: "The last few big defeats, especially the loss of the Huanhua Wetland, have made the internal defense of their country tight, and some martial arts sects and families who were cowering in the mountains in the past have begun to sit still, and want to come out to do something, although there has not been a large-scale conflict yet, however, their internal instability has been highlighted, and the current Yeyue Empire should be very uncomfortable." ”

"Haha~~" Mo Han laughed after hearing this, and said: "Li Tianyou is stubborn and self-serving, reckless and unskilled, and he can't tolerate others in his eyes, although it seems to be a powerful empire, but there is no continuing power in it, and now he must be anxious." ”

The soldiers were a little puzzled and said: "Generalissimo, there are some subordinates who don't understand, then Ximen Changli is clearly on a par with us, even if he wants to retreat, there is no need to give up the previous city, but why did he retreat to Xiyuan Pass all of a sudden?" ”

"Hehe, don't you understand?" Mo Han smiled proudly: "That's because several other directions need the support of the army, but Li Tianyou has no extra troops, so he desperately wants Ximen Chang to leave for a big victory, and beat us to the point that we can only shrink, so that he can divide his troops to reinforce other places." ”

"But what he didn't expect was that we were not easy to bully, and gave him such a ruthless blow, especially when the Dongfang seniors defeated Li Taisan, in this case, if he still wants to fight with us, then he has no way to reinforce others, so he simply gave up all the occupied land and relied on the strong defense of Xiyuan Pass to confront us, so that they can divide part of their forces to reinforce other places." Mohan analyzed.

"In this way, we don't have so many Long Wuwei and Feng Yiwei facing now, if we attack with all our might, wouldn't we be able to take Xiyuan Pass and make it our pass, and in the future, we will fight the Yeyue Empire if we want." The pro-soldier said excitedly.

Mo Han shook his head and sighed: "Hey, it's not that easy, Xiyuan Pass is the border fortress of the Yeyue Empire, and it has been in operation for more than a thousand years, do you think there will be no powerful formation protection?" And there are also hidden traps and weapons that don't know how terrifying, if we attack like this, I'm afraid it's exactly what people want. ”

Hearing this, the soldier's face changed, and he said, "Then what should we do next, do we just do it and watch it, and do nothing?" ”

Mo Han smiled and said: "Of course not, now we can already be sure that there is no danger outside this Xiyuan Pass, and it is impossible for the Yeyue Army to go out of the city to fight with us, so we can set up the camp in front of them, and then send people to challenge every day, and attack the city from time to time, in short, we can't let them live in peace." ”

"But what's the point?" The pro-soldiers couldn't understand it even more.

"Hehe, drag down a large number of their troops and create some conditions for other battlefields, as long as one of the four domains is broken, then, the next Yeyue Empire will have to take care of one or the other, and at that time, our opportunity will come!" Mohan Dao.

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Huayang City was originally the state capital of the Eastern Regions of the Shang Kingdom, and after Shang Rong established the Rong Kingdom, he made it his capital, although it was not expanded, but its defenses were strengthened several times.

Now, before the time of Shen Shi the city gate has been closed, the original bustling, very lively street has lost the prosperity of the past, although it is not bleak and desolate, but the people walking on the street are cautious, solemn and abnormal, even the usual like to come out to hang out idle children have disappeared, the patrol team can be seen almost everywhere, as long as there is anyone suspicious will be arrested and put into prison for no reason.

At this moment, a horse galloped from afar, and when he got close, he shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, there is an urgent military situation!" ”

When the general of the city heard this, he took a fixed look, and found that the person who came was wearing a military uniform, so he knew that this was a scout who transmitted the message, and he did not dare to delay, so he immediately ordered to let him go, and the flying horse did not say much, and rushed directly into the city and left.

On the Jinluan Palace, Shang Rong was discussing state affairs with a group of ministers, when suddenly a guard shouted a long message, quickly rushed into the main hall, knelt down on one knee and said: "Report, Jiancheng 3,000 miles to expedite the battle!" ”

Immediately, an attendant stepped forward and took the notebook in his hand, Shang Rong opened it and looked at it, and immediately felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fainted, which made all the ministers startled, and after a while, the prime minister stepped forward and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what does this battle report say?" ”

Shang Rong took a long breath and said dejectedly: "Jiancheng~~ is broken!" ”

"Ah!!h The ministers below were all shocked, and the military department Shangshu said in disbelief: "How is this possible, we have carefully arranged the fortified city for a long time, and the defenders there are the strongest combat fighting forces except for the imperial city guards, how can even the Ling Hua army not be able to stop it for a day!" ”

Shang Rong said weakly: "Hey, you guys take it and see for yourself, Ling Huazong is simply using a shameless fighting method, hehe, what can we do." ”

After reading the result, the prime minister also smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, the gap between our strength and Ling Huazong is too big, people don't need a conventional army to fight us at all, but dispatch more than a dozen powerhouses of the life and death realm, plus the indiscriminate bombardment of large catapults, and on our side, there is not even a strong man in the life and death realm, so what can we do to fight with others, it is reasonable that we can't stop it." ”

Another official said with a hint of horror: "The fortified city is lost, then next, the Linghua army can go directly to the capital and trap Huayang!" ”

Shang Rong snorted angrily when he heard this, and shouted: "What are you afraid of, although we don't have a few powerhouses in the Life and Death Realm, but this is our territory, and the previous arrangements are not vegetarian, and it is not so easy for the Linghua Sect to take down us, even if they are the powerhouses of the Life and Death Realm, they will give me half of the death, such a loss, I think he Linghua Sect is reluctant!" ”

All the ministers looked calmer when they heard this, after all, they were still very confident in their arrangements, and at this moment, another guard reported that the prince had returned with his troops, and now that the army had entered the city, the prince was waiting outside the palace.

Shang Rong's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he said in his heart: "This son of evil, didn't he tell him not to come back, why did he run back again, doesn't he know that as long as he is outside, it is the only way to preserve my merchant's bloodline!" ”

Although he was angry in his heart, he couldn't reflect it on his face, and said lightly: "Xuan! ”

When the ministers heard that the prince had brought the troops back, they were all overjoyed, and the prince walked up to the palace quickly, and Shang Rong asked lightly: "Didn't the generalissimo order you to bring troops to reinforcements, how dare you disobey the military order!" ”

The prince didn't seem to hear the question in his tone, and said loudly: "Father, Ling Huazong is really too treacherous, they have planted a large number of spies in the army very early, and there are also generals who are in charge of their own affairs, it is they who poisoned the food or pills of the army, so that the army has to stay in place, and it was not until yesterday that the army was finally put in order." However, the deadline given by the generalissimo has passed, and it is meaningless for us to go now, besides, when the ministers heard that Ling Huazong's army was coming, they were very anxious, so they led their troops back and vowed to live and die with the country! ”

As soon as these words came out, he immediately won a round of applause, only Shang Rong smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew deeply that his own methods could not stop Ling Huazong's attack at all, so he gave the most elite army, the most sophisticated equipment, the best resources and the most qualified disciples in the family to the prince, and asked him to bring them out in the name of reinforcements, but he could only sigh secretly, people are not as good as heaven!

Shang Rong can also be regarded as a generation of heroes, and he quickly straightened out his mood, and said with great righteousness: "Linghua Sect's evil demon outer way, relying on powerful force to destroy the great merchant first, I and the old minister swear to die, and now he is coming to kill us all, we must not sit idly by, so, I order, all the sergeants should unite as one, and swear to live and die with the capital!" ”

Two days later, the capital has been surrounded by the black oppressive and boundless Linghua army, however, for the city that is close at hand, the Linghua army did not attack, and no one even shouted the words of persuasion to surrender, and the entire Linghua army's military camp was exposed to the eyes of the defenders at the head of the city, and it could be clearly seen without the help of any equipment.

"Doesn't it mean that Ling Huajun only has more than 800,000, but how does this seem to be at least 3 million!" At the head of the city, an adjutant general swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said to the general next to him.

The general's face was also solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "It should be the result of Ling Hua Zong's continuous increase in troops during this period of time, but Ling Hua Zong's strength is really extraordinary, and it has used three times the strength to deal with our millions of troops, so he doesn't even want to give us a chance to escape." ”

"However, the last general still can't understand, since they have such a strong strength, then why don't they use three million troops when attacking Sanyun City, but have to fight with us there, if they use such troops at that time, I dare to say, the emperor will definitely order a retreat." The adjutant asked again.

"Fang Lin's use of soldiers has always been strange and unpredictable, and the general can't see through it." The general said a little dejectedly.

The adjutant general was not surprised when he heard this, but he understood in his heart that this was still quite a blow to this general, after all, he was completely suppressed by the other party on the battlefield, and he couldn't even see through the basic purpose of the other party, which was absolutely not allowed for a general.

sighed, and changed the topic: "General, you see that Ling Huazong doesn't even have a hidden meaning for his own layout design, we just need to stand on the city to see it clearly, and even show us their daily training, is it true that Ling Huajun is so arrogant that he doesn't take us seriously at all?" ”

The general couldn't answer the adjutantant's question at all, and at this moment, a rather majestic voice came: "That's because Fang Lin doesn't want to forcibly attack the city at all!" ”

The two of them were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly turned their heads and knelt down on one knee and said, "I've seen Your Majesty!" ”

Shang Rong slowly stepped forward, looked at the Linghua Army camp outside the city, waved his hand to signal the two of them to be even, and then spoke: "Fang Lin really deserves to be the most optimistic person in my hundreds of years, hey, his grasp of the battle situation is really too accurate!" ”

Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, but no one dared to ask, but Shang Rong said to himself: "The reason why we didn't need a large army when attacking Sanyun City was because he wanted to destroy our living force there, especially the two seniors of the life and death realm, hehe, it turned out that he did it, the two seniors had no friendship with us, so they left decisively when they saw that they couldn't do anything, and our misjudgment also buried the 300,000 army of Sanyun City at the same time." ”

In fact, there was another reason that Shang Rong didn't say, and he couldn't say, that is, the big killing array under Sanyun City, if Fang Lin attacked with a large army at the beginning, it would definitely trigger that big array, and then the loss of the Ling Hua army would be terrifying.

Everyone was silent when they heard this, and then, Shang Rong said: "And now the capital is besieged but not attacked, it is because he knows that our army has not gone through a long-term run-in with the imperial court, and the loyalty is not as high as imagined, and after several defeats in the front, morale is low, so it only takes a while to disintegrate our military heart, and let us see everything about them, that is, to further wear down the fighting spirit of our soldiers, when the time comes, he will attack, and then surrender, I'm afraid we're going to mess with ourselves! ”

Everyone changed color in shock when they heard this, and the general spoke: "Your Majesty, since you have seen Fang Lin's treacherous scheme, you should have a way to deal with it." ”

Shang Rong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "There is no way, in the face of absolute strength, everything is in vain, Fang Lin is using Yang Mou now, we obviously know his plans, but there is no way to take him." ”

The general gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's promulgate harsh military laws to deter those who have two ambitions!" ”

The squire of the military department immediately spoke: "The general must not be, in this way, he will only fall for Fang Lin's plan, forcing our army to mutiny, and the soldiers to defect!" ”

The general also seemed to know that his proposal was a bad idea at all, so he had to sigh and mutter: "Attacking the heart is the top, attacking the city is the bottom, and now in the face of Fang Lin's attack on the heart, we are at a loss." ”

However, at this moment, the camp gate of the Linghua army below opened, and a large number of troops rushed out of it, arraying in an instant, this scene suddenly made the faces of Shang Rong and others at the head of the city change greatly, and the general immediately ordered: "All the troops are ready to fight, and the enemy army is going to attack the city!" ”

As his order was given, the crowd of people in the city was surging, which suddenly reflected the disadvantages of their lack of training, some people could not find their place, and some people were scattered everywhere, and they were huddled together, pushing and shoving, and they were in chaos.

Boom, boom, the overwhelming rune stones smashed heavily on the light curtain of the city protection array, and at this time, the tsunami covering the sky of the city defenders did not rise, and everyone could only watch those rune stones smash on the light curtain, making the formation light curtain that was not of a very high level shake and shook.

Seeing this, the general was so angry that the three corpse gods jumped violently, and shouted: "Damn, the tsunami covers the sky and the great talisman array, are all people dead!" ”

After his roar, some of the more experienced sergeants could be regarded as reacting, a little blue light appeared, the waves stacked up, and it turned out to be a triple large runic array cast at once!

However, at this time, Ling Huajun's rune stone had already stopped attacking, because the light curtain was already crawling with green vines, and the light curtain exploded with a crisp click.

The defenders were horrified in their hearts, standing at the head of the city, their hands holding weapons were trembling disobediently, although Shang Rong and the others who saw this scene were so angry that their beards turned straight to their faces, but there was no way.

The next moment, Ling Huajun's arrows were pressed down like dark clouds, and this scene frightened those timid soldiers who directly screamed and squatted in the corner, trembling all over, and many soldiers were shot, but there was no imaginary blood splash.

Suddenly, an exclamation came out: "Hey, these arrows don't have arrows, and there is a letter on them!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it instantly aroused the curiosity of countless soldiers, many people picked up the arrows, opened the letter and read it, and suddenly, a soldier screamed: "Ergouzi, isn't this a letter written to you by your wife!" ”

A lean soldier ran over when he heard this, took the letter and read it, then tears flowed from his eyes, and he muttered, "Mother, my son is not filial." ”

Scenes like this played out throughout the city, and then spread rapidly, causing even more confusion among the already unstable Honored Army, and even some of the sergeants who were originally loyal to the merchants swayed a little.

The general knew that he could not go on like this, so he ordered some guards to take whips to suppress the unstable emotions in the army, however, this move had the opposite effect, and under the instigation of some internal responses arranged by Ling Huazong, the army began to mutiny!

"Bastards, all bastards, kill me, kill them, kill these thieves!" The general roared through gritted teeth.

When a thin old man heard this, he slashed at a mutinous soldier not far away with his sword, only to see a snowy sword slash through, and the soldier's body was split in two, and the blood exploded in all directions, pouring the faces of the nearby soldiers all over their heads.

As if they were shocked, the army was quiet for a moment, and then someone shouted: "Brothers, these officials don't treat us as human beings, now our relatives are in the heat of the water, they don't think about going to the rescue, but instead they are here to slaughter us, that He Lao Ghost was originally a person from the Demon Heaven Sect, they were originally murderous without blinking, left and right are a death, so many of us are afraid of a hair, fight with them!" ”

"Fight, fight!!" Someone in the crowd immediately responded, and then the voices of the response grew louder and louder, until almost all the troops shouted desperate slogans.

Seeing this scene, Shang Rong closed his eyes helplessly, and at this time, the captain of the guard beside him whispered: "Your Majesty, there is nothing to be done, retreat quickly." ”

Shang Rong smiled dismally and said, "Do you know why the masters of the Ling Hua Sect have not appeared until now?" ”

The captain of the guard was stunned when he heard this, but Shang Rong didn't pay attention to him, and said directly: "That's because they have all gone to the palace, and our back road has been cut off." ”

As if to confirm his words, there was a bang in the direction of the palace, a few scattered screams, and then someone rushed towards them, and not long after, everyone saw that the prince was carried over, there were not many people, there were only a hundred people, but each of them was a strong person above the Nai He realm, and one of them made Shang Rong's eyes tighten sharply.

"Fang ~ Lin!!" Shang Rong gritted his teeth and slowly called out the other party's name.

Fang Lin looked at Shang Rong and said with a smile: "Old man, you and I originally had a good foundation of friendship, but at that time, how could I have thought that we would actually come to this point of facing each other." ”

Shang Rong didn't panic, but instead said like an old friend chatting: "Yes, we talked very happily in Wansheng City back then, and the old man was also quite optimistic about you from the beginning, and he also said good things about you in front of the emperor countless times. ”

"Hehe, since it's creation that makes people, and you and I can't change it, then let's make an end." Fang Lin said with a smile.

Seeing that the staff was pointing directly at him, Shang Rong was about to speak, but a crisp female voice let out an angry shout: "Old ghost He, your Demon Heaven Sect has done a lot of evil, and today this girl will come to you to ask for your life!" ”

This voice attracted everyone's attention, and they saw a beautiful girl with a frosty mask and hatred in her eyes slowly walking out of Fang Lin's camp, and with a shake of the long whip in her hand, she pointed at the old ghost of the Demon Heaven Sect from afar.

Old Ghost He's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything contemptuous, just said coldly: "Who are you, I, Old Ghost He, have killed countless people in my life, but I don't remember that there is an enemy like you as a little girl." ”

Qu Shan'er said hatefully: "You have indeed done too many bad things, and you don't remember how many enemies you have, so I will remind you, lest you become a fool, twenty years ago, the Puyang Qu family, you can remember!" ”

When Old Ghost He heard this, his pupils shrank sharply, and he said: "It turns out that you are the only little girl in the Qu family who escaped, hehe, it's not bad, now you are already a high-level martial artist in the Nai He Realm, but if you are a few years later, if you break through to the reincarnation realm and come to the old man again, you may still have a little chance of winning, but now you are not the old man's opponent at all." ”

Qu Shan'er looked at He Lao Ghost and sneered and said: "Hehe, did this girl say that she was going to fight you alone, you are a master of the reincarnation realm, won't you really be so naïve!" ”

Qu Shan'er's words made He Laogui's face stiffen, it is indeed good, there are many strong people in the realm of life and death here, and any one of them can kill them without leaving a piece of armor, and there is no need for Qu Shan'er to take action by himself, thinking of this, He Laogui's face is extremely pale.

Just when he wanted to say something, Fang Lin said lightly: "This old ghost He will be handed over to us, and all the rest will be handed over to you except Shang Rong, all of whom will be killed!" ”

All the officials and officials of Rongguo were shocked when they heard this, some directly begged for mercy, some scolded fiercely, some resisted fiercely, and some turned around and ran, but under the suppression of absolute power, none of them could be spared at all.

Old Ghost He also seemed to know that he had no hope of survival at all, so he looked at Fang Lin's ten people with a fierce face, gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph, don't think that if you have a strong man behind you, the old man will show mercy to your subordinates, since you don't plan to let the old man go, then go to hell with me as a companion!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he rushed towards Fang Lin and the others, the people of the real great sect were different, although it was also a pseudo-realm, but it was much stronger than Fang Lin and the reincarnation realm they had killed before, and the momentum alone made the ten people feel uncomfortable for a while.

There was no nonsense, and the frost shield stood at the front, facing the ferocious blow of He Lao Ghost, just when He Lao Ghost's fist was about to bombard the shield, Ayinata screamed fiercely: "Unload the force Gu!" ”

A circle of black light suddenly appeared on Old Ghost He's body, and then, he felt that his attack power had dropped by three percent! , I was shocked in my heart, I never thought that Ayinata would be so powerful.

Boom, He Lao Ghost punched firmly on the shield, although the shield was blessed with the protection of the earth, but it still violently waved a circle of energy ripples, spreading wildly around, but the frost entered the true yuan of the whole body into the shield without money, the light on the shield flickered, and it lasted for about two breaths, the frost finally couldn't bear it, the corners of the mouth were bleeding, and the figure gradually retreated.

At this moment, a golden light shone on Frost's body, and her injuries immediately began to heal, and at the same time, two knives struck from the left side of Old Ghost He, enveloping his head and waist.

The True Yuan Power attached to the twin knives let Old Ghost He know that this was a spiritual weapon, and he would definitely not be able to resist it, however, just when he was about to dodge, Ayinata's coquettish voice sounded again: "Slow Gu, Armor Piercing Gu!" ”

Hmph, in an instant, there were two more dark circles of light on the old ghost He's body, and suddenly he felt that his body was much heavier, and his speed instantly dropped by thirty percent, and his defense power also dropped by three percent, if he was hit by these two swords, even a martial artist in the reincarnation realm would be killed in seconds!

Without thinking much about it, with a wave of his hand, a small shield appeared on the left side of his body, instantly turning into a tower shield, and firmly guarding himself, and then he heard two bangs, and the tower shield trembled for a while, and He Lao Ghost also felt the tumbling of qi and blood in his body, and said in his heart: "The witch master is really terrifying, you must kill her first, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for a few rounds!" ”

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