Under the city of Qiyuan, three million Northern Alliance legions besieged the city, and at the head of the city, the Linghua army was solemn, although their number was three times less than that of the coalition army, but no one had a look of fear on their faces, on the contrary, they were all eager to try, and some people couldn't help but stick out their tongues and lick their lips.

Yelu Zongzheng stood on the handsome position, without sorrow or joy, quietly watching the changes in Ling Huajun at the head of the city, and also looked at the old man on the handsome throne standing still, with a fluttering white beard, and said in his heart: "General Tianxiao, let Ben Shuai come to see if you are as god as the legend says!" ”

At this time, a gold-armored general in the coalition army rode out and shouted loudly: "Everyone in the city has listened, this general is the general of the Northern Coalition Army, Hua Chi Iron fungus, now Qiyuan City has been besieged by my three million army, you have no way to retreat, the city will be broken in the near future, if you want to live, surrender quickly, otherwise, on the day the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

He said this with great momentum, and the ordinary residents of the city were indeed trembling with fright, and they all hid in their homes and did not dare to go out, but the defenders at the head of the city were indifferent to this, and some of them even showed mocking eyes, if it were not for the strict military discipline, I am afraid that some people would have spoken back.

At this time, a general also walked out of the Linghua army, and said in a loud voice: "What kind of general, you are not afraid of the wind when you speak, I am Liao Zhongkai, the deputy general of the Linghua army, it's not that I look down on you, just your combat strength, let alone three million, even if you give five million, you can't break this Qiyuan City, hehe, if you don't believe it, you can try it today." ”

Liao Zhongkai's sneering words immediately angered all the coalition forces, and the million-strong army began to scold, as if there were endless sparrows chattering there, even if they were ten miles away, they could be dizzy.

With a soft sound~~ A soft sound, the Linghua Army opened the city protection array, isolating most of the sounds, which made it feel better, however, this behavior made the soldiers of the coalition even more angry, and they jumped like thunder one by one, shouting and demanding to attack.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Yelu Dingkun's mouth curled up slightly, and he glanced at Yelu Zongzheng, who understood, and pretended to be angry and shouted: "Soldiers, these Linghua soldiers insult us so much, how can my dignified northern men endure it?" ”

"I can't bear it, kill them!" Everyone suddenly shouted, and the fighting spirit suddenly rose to the peak, and Yelu Zongzheng lost no time in giving a morale-boosting speech, and then ordered the catapult to attack.

After looking at the deployment of the coalition army, Dongfang Tianxiao was not disdainful of the current attack at all, and said lightly to Fu Heng next to him: "Thanks to Elder Fu's exquisite layout, the Northern Alliance Army has almost reduced forty percent of its strength and a large number of masters, so that although we only have one million troops, the old man is confident that he can defeat them." ”

Fu Heng smiled faintly, and after a few modest words, he continued: "General, look at this situation, their attack is very fierce, there are three or four hundred catapults alone, but the pressure brought to us by these four-sided sieges is a bit great." ”

"Hehe, Elder Fu is worried, the enemy's offensive seems to be very fierce, however, as long as we don't make mistakes, there is not much threat at all, after all, their attack was deliberately provoked by us, and it can't last long, and even if they want to do it all the time, their resources don't allow it, in fact, this kind of attack is exactly what we want." Dongfang Tianxiao smiled.

"Why?" Fu Heng asked puzzled.

Dongfang Tianxiao glanced at the entire battlefield again, turned back to Fu Heng and said: "The longer the attack drags on, the greater the test of the soldier's spirit and will, in fact, this kind of cookie-cutter offensive and defensive battle is to see whose resources are sufficient, whose soldiers are tough, then the final winner is who, in this case, it is generally the attacker who wins in the end." ”

Dongfang Tianxiao paused and continued: "And now, if the coalition forces keep maintaining this kind of attack intensity, it will instead keep our soldiers' spirits highly concentrated, and the consumption rate of their rune stones will increase significantly, and it won't be long before they run out, then it is very likely that even our great array will not be able to break." ”

Fu Heng nodded after hearing this, and then continued to speak: "However, if they keep the siege and don't attack, we can't do anything about them, after a long time, without baggage supplies, we will be in chaos ourselves, wouldn't that be bad." ”

Dongfang Tianxiao said with a smile: "Hehe, Elder Fu doesn't have to worry, we have long expected that the coalition army will come to find trouble, so we have already hoarded enough food for the whole city for a year, as well as a large amount of military supplies, so to speak, it is impossible for the Northern Coalition Army to support us, besides, we still have a teleportation array, don't we, on the contrary, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for them." ”

Seeing that Dongfang Tianxiao didn't say anything, Fu Heng looked at him a little anxiously and helplessly, and said depressedly: "My general, the old man doesn't understand military affairs, and you don't know it, why do you always play this kind of game with me, you want to kill me in a hurry." ”

Dongfang Tianxiao laughed, and hurriedly apologized a few words before explaining: "As the so-called one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion, now you look at their high fighting spirit and high morale, in fact, they were all aroused by us, and they were also provoked by Yelu Zongzheng, but. If the city cannot be broken for a long time, the morale will slowly decline until it is completely worn out, and an army without morale is no different from a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and no matter how many people there are, it will be in vain. ”

During the conversation between the two, the coalition army had already launched a three-wheeled catapult attack, but the result was not beyond Dongfang Tianxiao's expectations, the thousands of rune stones did not even touch the large array of the Linghua army, Yelu Zongzheng looked at all this expressionlessly, but he did not have any intention of adjusting his tactics.

At this time, Yelu Dingkun whispered beside him: "Although we have a lot of catapults, if people defend properly, they can't pose any threat, and I know that there is a large catapult, which can produce great power when combined with these ordinary catapults, which can bring great trouble to the defense, in addition, there is also a kind of wood attribute rune stone, which is particularly damaging to the large array, these are also the things we need to improve, but unfortunately, we have no friendship with Shangnan and Linyue, So in the next step, our diplomacy also needs to make some adjustments. ”

Soon, the fifth round of attacks by the coalition forces ended, however, at this time, the Linghua army counterattacked, but instead of counterattacking from all sides, they concentrated two hundred catapults on the side of Yelu Zongzheng and launched a swarm attack.

The overwhelming rune stones smashed down heavily on the coalition forces in front, and the powerful oppressive force made all the coalition soldiers feel breathless, their movements were sluggish, and the blue light flashed, and the tsunami covered the sky with a large rune array, however, these rune arrays were far from being able to stop the bombardment of such a number of rune stones.

I could only hear a rumbling roar, hundreds of rune stones burst out in the coalition formation, bringing up a large area of fire and a large mushroom cloud, and the screams of thousands of people in unison penetrated people's hearts.

Seeing that his army was so damaged, Yelu Zongzheng's face still couldn't see any change in expression, but his reaction was very fast, and he immediately waved the command flag, ordering the army to reorganize the army formation and shrink the defensive line in order to deal with the second round of attacks by the Ling Hua army.

Seeing Yelu Zongzheng's reaction, Dongfang Tianxiao couldn't help frowning, and muttered to himself: "Yelu Zongzheng is such a calm person, I wiped out twenty or thirty thousand people at once, and his face was still not red and his heart was not beating, but he was extremely distressed when he was destroyed by Lingxuzi thousands of people before, what is going on?" ”

Fu Heng next to him obviously heard his words, and he also pondered, and at this moment, the Ling Hua Army resisted a round of attacks by the coalition forces, and then launched a counterattack.

The same two hundred rune stones smashed over, such an attack, it is obviously impossible for the coalition army to completely block it, but this time it is much better, only about 10,000 casualties, for these, Yelu Zongzheng still did not have any expression, repeating the last order.

The strange feeling in Dongfang Tianxiao's heart became more and more obvious, but at this time, Fu Heng spoke: "General, that Yelu Zongzheng seems to be indifferent to the casualties of his soldiers, this is a bit too much." ”

Dongfang Tianxiao said: "This is not unusual, the so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, the loss of the soldiers, the commander can not show it on his face even if he is distressed, but he does not have the slightest expression for this kind of sacrifice that is almost in vain, and I don't know if he Yelu Zongzheng is really very determined, or he doesn't care at all." ”

Fu Heng opened his mouth and said: "Moreover, I still have a very strange feeling, that is, he Yelu Zongzheng still wants these soldiers to die, you see, he has been attacked by us for two rounds in a row, but now he still uses the same method of arranging troops, as if he is afraid that we will not be able to kill his army." ”

At this moment, the third round of attacks of the Linghua army was launched, and the situation did not change at all, and the coalition forces could not resist this high-density and high-intensity attack at all, and a lot of rune stones smashed into the military formation, causing another six or seven thousand casualties, however, Yelu Zongzheng was still expressionless and continued to repeat the order.

At this time, Fu Heng suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "If you don't change your face in the face of a vain loss, then there is only one situation, and the loss is not your own at all!" ”

When Dongfang Tianxiao heard this, he immediately muttered as if he had been empowered: "Yes, yes, if the loss is not his own at all, what is there to be heartbroken, Yelu Zongzheng, the old fox, actually sent his own army in another direction, and transferred other people's troops to his own front, taking advantage of our habitual thinking, but why did he do this, what good is it for him, is it just to find a substitute for the dead?" ”

Next, Dongfang Tianxiao began to carefully observe the situation on the battlefields on all sides, but he did not relax for the frontal attack, half an hour passed, Dongfang Tianxiao shook his head, and could not distinguish what direction the army of the Bur Qi Department was, an hour passed, Dongfang Tianxiao finally found some clues, two hours passed, Dongfang Tianxiao finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and showed a smile.

Seeing this, Fu Heng's eyes lit up, and he said, "Found out?" ”

Dongfang Tianxiao nodded imperceptibly, and then asked, "How are the enemy's losses?" ”

Fu Heng said: "I have killed nearly 150,000 of them, but now that their formation has shrunk, and some of them have withdrawn from the attack range of the catapult, the current attack is basically no threat to them, should we transfer the attack point?" ”

"No, don't transfer it first, first hurt or even cripple this army on the front, which may cause internal contradictions among them!" Dongfang Tianxiao said.

"This Yelu Zongzheng is so insidious, do we have to let go of his army of the Bulqi Division, there is likely to be some long-term plan for him, let's not make swords and guns for nothing." Fu Heng gritted his teeth and said.

"Hehe, don't worry, it won't make him feel better, but it's not now, let's wait for an opportunity, a chance to make him hurt to the bone marrow, didn't his army kill us before this, so why don't we kill it?" Dongfang Tianxiao said with a smile.

Fu Heng's heart moved when he heard this, and he didn't say more, and changed the topic: "Then what should we do with the frontal army now?" ”

Dongfang Tianxiao smiled, waved the command flag in his hand, and the next moment, the roar of the catapult Galala sounded, and a large number of rune stones were thrown out and smashed into the coalition army array below.

Now, the coalition forces are no longer afraid of this kind of high-density attack, and the rune array rises, and it is easy to resist those rune stones, but everyone feels that this time the resistance seems to be too easy.

However, their doubts were not over, and the roar of Galala at the head of the city sounded again, and the experienced general knew as soon as he heard it that it was the sound of fifty catapults! Suddenly, there was a panic in the coalition army, because they had already used all the runes before, but now they needed a little time to prepare.

Whew, fifty rune stones rumbled into the coalition army's formation, this time, because the army formation contracted quite compactly, the damage caused by fifty rune stones was much greater than the damage of the first round of more than 100 fast, and the coalition forces even stampeded!

Yelu Zongzheng looked at all this indifferently, there was even a smile in the deepest part of his pupils, and he said in his heart: "General Tianxiao, Ben Shuai really didn't misunderstand you, this hand is wonderful, our competition has just begun, I will take great care of you!" ”

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The towering mountain-like city wall of Bottle South Pass has been completely destroyed by the Molin Python Fierce Ape, turning into a ruin, and it can no longer have any effect, and a large number of barbarian soldiers screamed excitedly and rushed towards the wide valley behind the city wall.

On the dense treetops in the distance, Pei Yan withdrew his clairvoyance, and said to Ziyun next to him with a smile: "Hehe, I didn't expect that these barbarians would really take advantage of the characteristics of demon beasts, I have to say that in this regard, the gap between us and them is too big." ”

"Hmph, it's just some means that don't enter the stream, it's just a mere second-level spirit beast, and Elder Ben can kill a large piece with one slap." Ziyun said disdainfully.

Pei Yan sighed and said lightly: "Elder Ziyun, I know that you are strong, even if you are a strong person in the life and death realm, you can not fall behind, but why don't you send the life and death realm powerhouses in the Yeyue army to deal with those second-level spirit beasts?" ”

"Hmph, isn't that Nan Guo Yan as timid as a mouse, worried that his master will be attacked by the barbarian master when dealing with those Molin python fierce apes, okay, I said that you kid don't teach Elder Ben there, I was sent by the sect to protect you, but I didn't come to listen to your lesson!" Ziyun said with a slight displeasure.

Pei Yan sighed secretly in his heart, and said lightly: "Let's move forward a little more, so that we can see the battlefield more clearly." After speaking, he didn't wait for Ziyun to speak, and jumped out of front with a jump.

When the disorderly barbarian army rushed into the huge valley in a chaotic manner, they suddenly fell silent, and they did not find any Yeyue army in the vicinity of the valley, but instead saw a rigorous and orderly military formation ten miles away, which was quietly waiting for them.

This didn't seem to be quite the same as what the man had told them beforehand, at this moment, the barbarian army was a little overwhelmed, standing still, stupidly looking at the military formation in the distance, and even some people were slowly retreating.

Suddenly, a majestic voice came from the rear, although it was also a whining call, but it could be clearly heard angrily scolding these barbarians whose brains had been short-circuited, that is, after a short period of effort, the barbarians returned to their previous state, and even looked more bloodthirsty.

Suddenly, another strange flute sounded, and suddenly, all the barbarians dodged to both sides, leaving a wide passage in the middle, but the barbarians at this time were unusually quiet, very different from the usual appearance of Yili Wala anytime and anywhere, and even with a little panic in their eyes.

A small rustle sounded, and all the barbarians couldn't help but shrink back again, and soon, a colorful little snake appeared in everyone's sight, its speed was not fast, but all the barbarians looked at it with fear, behind it, followed by a large group of snakes of various colors and sizes, these snakes were as well-behaved as kittens, and slowly moved forward with the "beautiful" little snake, ignoring the barbarians who were huddled on both sides.

Nan Guo Yu in the distance saw the colorful little snake, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Nine Colored Poison Emperor!" ”

Mo Li said in confusion: "Generalissimo, what is the Nine Colored Poison Emperor, listening to your tone, it seems to be very powerful." ”

Nan Guo Yu froze and said: "Do you see that colored little snake, it's it, don't look down on it, otherwise you will die an ugly death, the Nine Colored Poison Emperor can control a large number of snakes, all kinds of snakes, forming a huge group of snakes, this is nothing, but it can make these snakes with unimaginable poisonous attributes, it is a variety of poison, in addition, its hissing sound can make those controlled snakes enter a bloodthirsty state, and the aggression and attack power will be increased exponentially, This is definitely a huge threat to our army. ”

Mo Li was also a little moved when he heard this, but he didn't panic, and said, "Then, wouldn't we send a master to kill it with one blow?" ”

Nan Guo Yan shook his head and said: "Impossible, the Nine Colored Poison Emperor pays great attention to protecting himself, and its defensive power is also quite perverted, although it generally does not participate in the attack, but it does not mean that it has no attack power, on the contrary, its attack power is terrifyingly high, coupled with the terrifying poison, even a martial artist who is a big realm higher than it is very likely to be killed and devoured by it in a desperate situation; This Nine-Colored Poison Emperor should be the pinnacle of the second-level spirit beast, so even if it is a powerhouse who has returned to the void in the realm of life and death, there is an eighty percent chance that it will become its food. ”

This time, Mo Li was really moved, and said in a trembling voice: "Doesn't that mean that we are going to lose?" ”

Nan Guo Yan calmed down and said: "That's not true, I just said that the Nine Colored Poison Emperor does not participate in the attack, as long as we don't attack it first, we won't be directly attacked by it, as long as we extinguish its snake group, the Nine Colored Poison Emperor will retreat by itself." ”

While the two were talking, the little snake had already come to the front of the barbarian army, and then stopped after three feet of march, and then made a sizzling sound from his mouth, and the snakes that followed him sizzled in unison as if they had received an order, and then shot towards the Yeyue Army in front.

When facing these snakes, even the well-trained Yeyue Army was a little frightened, and they were actually retreating slightly, Nan Guo Yan saw this, and immediately ordered: "Engineer brigade, sprinkle snake powder!" ”

Snake medicine powder is a kind of medicine powder refined by a fourth- to sixth-level alchemist, its main role is to drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants, it is very effective, and it is necessary for martial artists who have experienced in the southern wilderness.

Soon, a thick layer of snake powder with a range of about thirty zhang was laid in front of Ye Yuejun, and sure enough, when those snakes approached the snake powder, they began to stagnate, but they did not retreat as usual, but wandered around that area, and gradually, some snakes climbed towards the mountain wall, and it seemed that they were going to climb from the mountain wall.

Nan Guo Yan made a gesture lightly, and suddenly, the archers began to shoot at the snakes that climbed the mountain wall, after all, it was only a small part, and it only took a thousand archers to suppress them.

The Nine Colored Poison Emperor didn't react, a pair of snake pupils looked coldly at everything that happened in front of him, and after a while, there were almost tens of thousands, and the snake climbing the mountain was shot and killed, and it opened its mouth and let out a sizzling sound.

This voice seemed to be the backbone of those snakes, and in an instant, the originally restless snakes settled down, but a pair of ruthless eyes stared at the Yeyue Army in front of them, and the snakes were swallowed, and those snakes who climbed the mountain also retreated, no longer making meaningless sacrifices.

Immediately after, the Nine-Colored Poison Emperor turned his head to look at a guy in the barbarian army who had drawn a fancy face and was playing the flute, and then curled up and circled in place, the man seemed to understand what the Nine-Colored Poison Emperor wanted to express, and muttered something to another person with an even more fancy face.

The man nodded, raised the pitch-black skull staff in his hand, and recited a spell that no one could understand at all, and then, a slight wind blew, at first there was nothing, however, as time went by, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the naked eye could see a trace of black wind drifting wildly in the valley, and gradually, the black wind became more and more, denser and stronger, and it actually blew that layer of snake powder everywhere in the sky.

"Hmph, Chaotic Wind Jue, this hand is not very skillful, isn't there anyone on my side who knows this kind of spell, hehe, this time it helped me." Nan Guoyan chuckled.

After speaking, she turned her head to look at an old man behind her and said, "Uncle Clan, it's up to you next." ”

The old man nodded, played a few tricks, and drank softly in his mouth: "Buckwind tricks!" ”

Soon, a cyan wind appeared in the air, and it instantly entangled with those black winds, and this time it scattered the snake powder that was blown up by the black wind.

Snake powder sprinkled at will, the dense snakes below were charging towards the Yeyue Army, suddenly, a large amount of snake powder in the sky sprinkled on their bodies, as soon as the snake group came into contact with snake powder, it immediately became chaotic, the snake sprinkled by the snake powder suddenly became crazy, it didn't care about friends or foes at all, as long as there was a living body around it, it would pounce on it and bite desperately, and use all means to put the other party to death!

Seeing the chaotic scene, Nan Guoyan immediately ordered, and the whole army slowly retreated, but the barbarian army was so anxious that they screamed when they saw this, but for all this, the Nine Colored Poison Emperor just looked at it so indifferently, and he didn't have the slightest intention of stopping it, or rather, this was what it wanted to happen!

I don't know if it was a scuffle of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of snakes, it lasted for nearly five hours before it ended, at this time, the effect of snake powder had disappeared, and the raging snakes gradually returned to calm, but more than half of them had turned into corpses.

At this moment, a long hiss sounded from the Nine Colored Poison Emperor, and the snakes also seemed to have received some kind of signal, and followed the hiss, the sound seemed not loud, but everyone present, even those Yeyue Army who had withdrawn from the formation for two or three miles, felt a tingling pain in their eardrums, and then, those snakes began to quickly compete to devour the corpses of their companions, and the scene of ten thousand snakes eating was even more chilling in people's hearts.

That is, in about a quarter of an hour, all the snake corpses were devoured, however, what frightened Ye Yuejun was that those living snakes were becoming more and more powerful, the original thick python body had grown a whole circle, and it was still growing, the colors on those poisonous snakes were even more vivid, and now, although the number of snakes has decreased by more than half, the quality has improved by more than a notch, and next, Ye Yuejun may have more than one more trouble!

Seeing this, Nan Guo Yan's eyes flashed coldly, knowing that he couldn't let these snakes complete their evolution, otherwise, his army would suffer heavy losses, so he no longer hesitated, waved the flag, and shouted: "Fu Array Team, Fire Spirit Rune Array, Flame Burning Sky, Target, Snake Group, Attack!" ”

The next moment, a sea of fire rumbled out in the snake group, almost enveloping most of the snakes, and it could be seen that countless snakes were churning, struggling, and hissing, and soon, the air was filled with the smell of barbecue, but before everyone could enjoy it, the fragrance became the smell of burnt meat.

Seeing this, the previous depressed mood was swept away, and they couldn't help cheering loudly, looking at the painful appearance of those snakes, it was simply very happy, and some people even made a provocative gesture towards the barbarians, so angry that those barbarians screamed, but they were helpless for a while.

However, at this moment, a loud roar suddenly came out of the burning sea of fire, and then a bang sound came, and huge figures appeared in the sea of fire.

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