The night in Arctic City is always full of stars but no moonlight, and the artificial lake in the backyard of Beitang's house is also the moon and the dark wind is high but shelters the mandarin ducks, a slender figure in a light blue gauze skirt sits alone on a double stone chair by the lake, she does not enjoy the lake in the night, nor does she pay attention to the joy of the mandarin ducks, just wiping her tears there.

At this moment, a long sigh came from the side, awakening the weeping woman, and she whispered, "Who! However, there was still a trace of sadness in that voice.

"Hey, second aunt, it's so late, you don't stay at home with my second uncle, how can you have time to come here to cry, do you know what kind of place this is, you shouldn't come here." A gentle voice reached the woman's ears.

The woman looked up and saw a handsome, sunny smile, well-dressed handsome boy standing in front of her, looking at herself with those bright and deep eyes, which were so clean, unlike the others, there was always something annoying in their eyes.

Shan Huanting's cheeks were slightly red, and she hurriedly dried her tears and got up and said, "I'm sorry to let you see the joke, you are ••••••"

"Hehe, the second aunt really doesn't know me, but it's no wonder, we have met at your wedding with the second uncle so far, but it's just a glimpse, it's normal for the second aunt not to remember me, I'm Beitang Yulin." The man chuckled.

Shan Huanting heard the words and politely said a few words again, and then, Beitang Yulin chatted with Shan Huanting, this son is worthy of being a veteran of the love field, and found a breakthrough in a few words, opened Shan Huanting's chatterbox, the two chatted like this for two hours, and when parting, Shan Huanting actually had a feeling of reluctance.

In the slums of the west city of the Arctic City, there is a huge but very simple big Zhuangzi, it is said that this used to be the mansion of a great nobleman, but the family road is in the middle, and now all that is left is this house and a few people, usually, it is very quiet here, if it is not for the bad environment around here is too sloppy, I am afraid that someone will come to buy this mansion.

At this moment, Bei Tangyao was the first to sit on the top of the main hall, and there were twelve people sitting on either side of him, eight men and four women, all of whom looked very old, and all of them had solemn and solemn faces.

Beitang Yao opened his mouth and said, "Ma Lao, how are our people prepared?" ”

The old man on the left side of the lower head got up and said: "Childe, our three thousand elites have been selected, all of them are masters above the Yin and Yang Realm, and all of them have rich combat experience, and now they are stepping up their training, I believe it will not be long before they can become a terrifying and strong army!" ”

Beitang Yao nodded when he heard this, and after instructing to speed up the progress, he continued to ask: "Elder Niu, have all the equipment we need arrived?" ”

An old man with a strong physique said: "Childe, there is a bit of trouble in terms of equipment, and the imperial court has been very strict in this aspect recently, and we have almost been caught by the imperial court patrol several times, so it will take some time." ”

Beitang Yao took a deep breath and said: "Recently, the imperial court suffered a defeat in Hongshi Pass, but Ling Huazong is pressing step by step, he has come to the Shanhai Pass, and he has learned the lesson of the Eastern Regions, so the control of these military materials is more strict, be careful, these equipment are very important to us, and we must not lose them!" ”

Niu Lao promised, and Beitang Yao looked at a short and fat old man and a cold-faced old woman sitting in the first and second places on the right and said, "Old rat, old snake, what new movements have been made in Beitang away from that side recently?" ”

The old woman got up and said, "Childe, Beitangli basically doesn't do anything else except for the things he does every day, but the mouse found out by accident, the Fan family in Dongcheng District seems to have something to do with Beitangli, and now we are doing further investigation!" ’

Beitang Yao nodded at the two with a smile, didn't say anything else, and then looked at a long-bearded man about fifty years old and said, "Elder Yang, how is Beitangchun, Beitangli's loyal lackey?" ”

The man stroked his beard and smiled: "Hehe, Beitang Chun relied on her cultivation in the reincarnation realm to actually want to use herself as bait to trap us and others, but she miscalculated, but she was killed by us, and none of her people ran away." ”

Beitang Yao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said, "The old sheep is mighty. Then he looked at a woman in her thirties and forties, "Sister Ji, are all the resources we need ready?" ”

The woman smiled and said, "This son doesn't have to worry, he has already been prepared, and there is a lot of surplus, yesterday Long Lao and they got a lot of things in the Western Regions. ”

Next, Beitang Yao asked some other questions, and basically got satisfactory answers before leaving the secret passage.

At the same time, in a luxurious mansion in Dongcheng District, Bei Tangli was also listening to some people's reports, and one of the old men spoke: "Shizi, we have confirmed that Miss Chun has been killed by the other party's sheep!" ”

"What! Lin Lao, can you really be sure, Sister Chun, is she really dead? "The North Hall is unbelievable.

"Yes, we can be absolutely sure that Miss Chun's corpse has probably returned to the Beitang family now!" Another old man said.

Beitang looked at the old man who spoke, was silent for a long time, and said: "Beitang Yao, you really can do it, Sister Chun is not only my sister, since you can be so ruthless, what can I not do, hasn't that Beitang Gong always supported you, well, you are ready to collect the body for him, Dou Lao, snipe Beitang Gong!" ”

The old man promised, and Beitangli looked at a middle-aged beautiful woman in her forties and said, "Elder Bing, how are our people preparing?" ”

The beautiful woman grinned and said, "Don't worry, the three thousand Yin Yang Realm elites are all in place, and it won't be long before they can be used." ”

Bei Tangli looked at a scholar in his thirties and said, "Old, how is our plan being implemented?" ”

The scholar smiled heartily and said: "Haha, the prince can rest assured, the old man made a move, how could those two guys with a nest of snakes and rats not be fooled, the Fan family is not an ordinary person, the background is very deep, if they really get on the bar, there will be a good show to watch!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and then, Bei Tangli asked some questions similar to Bei Tangyao's, and then also left from a secret passage.

••••••

There is no dangerous terrain outside the Shanhai Pass, it is a vast and boundless plain, it is strange to say, the soil of this plain is particularly iron, there is not even a single weed growing on it, a large bare area, as if it is dead, but there is no half of the dead air, in addition, it is very flat, if the road surface becomes a cement asphalt road, then it is a super large airport that can accommodate 10,000 Boeing 747 at the same time.

At this moment, about one-fifth of the area of the Great Plains has become the camp of the Linghua Army, and in the tent, there is a scout who reports the recent situation to Fang Lin and says: "Sect Master, according to our latest news, Beitang Ao has requisitioned 700,000 troops from the Beitang family, and Shangyuan Sect also has 300,000 disciples to help, in addition, Li Tianyou has also helped them to requisition 700,000 people from the major forces in the Central and Northern Regions, a total of 1.7 million troops, and there are currently about 2.4 million defenders in Shanhaiguan!" ”

Hearing this, all the generals couldn't help but let out a burst of inhalation, and Meng Xuan spoke: "I really didn't expect that the Yeyue Empire would be able to gather so many troops in such a short period of time, and it would almost be on par with us." ”

Fang Lin smiled faintly and said, "This is nothing, if it was in the heyday of the Yeyue Empire, they could even easily gather five million troops." Then he looked at the scout and asked, "Do you know the situation of the master among them?" ”

The scout shook his head and said, "Sect Master forgive us, we can't get such top-secret information." ”

Fang Lin nodded and didn't say anything, he was silent for a moment before continuing to ask: "These armies of theirs must have been recruited from different forces and different places, so the time of their arrival must be different, do you know how many defenders there are in Shanhaiguan now?" ”

The scout replied without hesitation: "One hundred and seventy thousand, the reinforcements of the Beitang family and the Shangyuan Sect have already arrived, and the reinforcements of the remaining forces in the Northern Regions are gathering 200,000, and it is estimated that they will arrive in three days." ”

Fang Lin nodded, and continued to ask, "When will the 500,000 reinforcements from the Central Region arrive?" ”

"The situation in the Central Region is a bit complicated, although the army has obtained it, but it has its own purpose, so they are still scattered, so the specific date of their departure is not known." Scout said.

The corners of Fang Lin's mouth were slightly hooked, and he muttered: "It's really interesting, Li Tianyou's control over the country seems to be weaker than I imagined, it's time to burn your eyebrows, those forces of yours are still thinking about calculating each other, hehe, it's really ridiculous." ”

Li Haoran thought for a while and continued: "So, now there are actually only 1.7 million people in Shanhaiguan?" So, if we suddenly attack now, will something wonderful happen? ”

Baili Qingfeng got up and hugged his fists at this time and said: "Sect Master, the last general thinks that we can launch a surprise attack at this time, but we can't expect the other party to make any mistakes, after all, that Beitang Ao is also a general, how could he not think of this, so, I estimate, he must be fully prepared!" ”

Fang Lin looked at this young general who had only recently emerged, and nodded with satisfaction, Li Haoran also laughed, but he didn't care that his opinion was refuted by others, and said: "Good boy, you dare to embarrass me in person, but we in Linghua Sect don't have so many scruples, in matters related to the sect, we just have to say something, haha, good!" ”

On the contrary, these words made Baili Qingfeng a little embarrassed, and he was at a loss there, and everyone laughed when they saw this, and after a while, Fang Lin said: "Feng Wanchun, Ling'er lined up and prepared to attack the city!" ”

An hour later, under the Shanhai Pass, the Linghua army had already lined up in formation, a phalanx of thousands of people lined up into a huge square, dense spears formed a huge forest, and the murderous aura of the night gathered into a chilling long river, wave after wave impacting the mind of the Yeyue army on the head of the city.

At this time, the Shanhaiguan Pass had been protected by a layer of light blue light, and at the head of the city, Beitang Ao looked at the dense Ling Huajun below, like an ant colony, and laughed at himself: "I'm afraid that Fang Lin was standing on the head of the city of Hongshi Pass and looked at us at the same time. ”

Cai Wenyong shook his head and said: "General, Fang Lin's mood at that time was different from ours, although Ling Huazong was attacked from all sides at that time, but he laid two major formations outside the Red Stone Pass, and there was also a Xuan Array to protect us, we had no ability to break through his level at all, but now, the situation is reversed, however, we don't have a big array outside, and besides, our big array of city protection is not a Xuan Array, hehe." ”

When Beitang Ao heard this, he could only smile bitterly, Cheng Pu opened his mouth to say something, but after all, he didn't say anything, and Dong Lingfan, who was standing in the crowd, was staring at Cai Wenyong and Beitang Ao in front of him with gloomy eyes, and he didn't know what kind of sinister plan was brewing in his heart.

Ling Huajun lined up with a hula, and five rows of catapults were revealed, which shocked Beitang Ao and the others at the head of the city, and a patriarch of the family said: "This Ling Huajun is really a big deal, this time he took out more than a thousand catapults, including four hundred large catapults, and there are even more huge, there are one hundred and fifty, this... ”

Beitang Ao also looked at the super-large catapult with a solemn face, and said: "How can there be such a big catapult, this kind of thing is not available in the empire, you know, the catapult is not the bigger the better, if it doesn't play its due combat ability, that kind of big guy is a waste." ”

Just when everyone in the city was thinking differently, an order to attack came from the Linghua army below, and in an instant, the catapults roared, and then, the overwhelming rune stones smashed over, but those super-large catapults did not move.

Seeing this scene, the Yeyue Army did not show weakness, the tsunami covered the sky and the great rune array unfolded, the defenders attacked those rune stones, and at the same time, their catapults also launched a fierce attack, and for a while, the two sides entered the most boring but had to carry out the tug-of-war between attack and defense.

At the rear of the army, Princess Xiangxiang stood beside Fang Lin and said, "Fang Lin, since we captured the super-large catapult of the Dugu tribe, you invited the refining masters of Shangnan and Linyue to come over to study, and also made a hundred such catapults, but you promised to give them the production drawings, isn't this a bit of a loss for us." ”

Qu Shan'er also pouted when she heard this, and said: "That's it, those guys are really too cunning, who doesn't know, in the Dan Fu Array, technology is the most precious, but they want to take this most precious thing, and the cost is only a hundred catapults, I think of it is a belly of anger." ”

Li Haoran laughed and said: "If you look at it this way, you are wrong, Fang Lin is not a master who can suffer, although the two countries have obtained the production process and drawings of the super-large catapult, but you don't forget, they were made in my Linghua Sect, so we also got those things, not only that, but the other party also paid some classics and craftsmanship in refining, hehe." ”

Wen Yue'er grinned and said, "I know that Fang Lin is the best, and the power that those catapults can exert in our hands is not comparable to those guys of the Dugu tribe who don't understand the Xuan Pattern, hehe." ”

Bai Lian was a little puzzled, and said, "Fang Lin, why don't we attack with that super-large catapult now?" ”

Fang Lin said with a smile: "Hehe, of course you have to use it, but the rune stone of the super-large catapult is not so easy to make, we don't have much, we can't afford to waste it, so we can only use it at the most critical time to have the greatest effect!" ”

While everyone was talking, the offense and defense of both sides had been exchanged for six rounds, but they had not been able to cause any damage to the other party, Fang Lin looked at the opposite level, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and said: "Beitang Ao is really not an ordinary character, to be honest, his talent in command is three points higher than that of Beitang Molai, and in time, he is definitely a general." ”

Ayinata was a little unconvinced, and said: "Hmph, is that Beitang Ao really that powerful, Hongshi Pass hasn't been beaten by us, and he lost nearly half of it, and fled back to Shanhaiguan in a gray way!" ”

Concubine Shu was also a little unconvinced, and said, "Could it be that he is more powerful than our General Tianxiao, Yin Yunxi, Chen Ping and Su Xiaoxiao?" ”

Seeing that several women were glaring at him with some anger, Fang Lin shook his head, a little distressed, and said, "A few aunts and grandmothers, I just told the truth and didn't offend you." ”

Frost coldly spit out three words: "Say it clearly!" ”

Fang Lin smiled bitterly and said: "General Tianxiao, Yin Yunxi, Qiu Jinlong, Chen Ping, Su Xiaoxiao, Senior Brother Gao Yu, Senior Brother Gao Xuan, and Baili Qingfeng These people are all very good generals, even in the level of generals, they are definitely top existences, but if you want to become a real general, there must be a condition, which is also what they don't have, that is, the overall command ability and overall situation, which even Beitangmo does not have!" ”

The women didn't seem to understand it, but they didn't dwell on this issue, Qu Shan'er said: "When will we be able to use that super-large catapult, I can't wait to see its power!" ”

••••••

It was another moonless night, on the artificial lake in the back courtyard of the Beitang family, or on the double stone chair, Shan Wanting sat quietly, she didn't wipe her tears anymore, her eyes looked at the lake in front of her flatly, the water surface was like a mirror, reflecting the stars in the night sky, the starlight flashed and flashed, just like the eyes of the man sitting next to her, suddenly, she shook her head violently, blaming herself in her heart for not having the demeanor of everyone's ladies, and she had this idea of not abiding by women's morals.

At this moment, the familiar voice sounded: "Second aunt, have you been waiting for a long time?" ”

Hearing this voice, Shan Wanting immediately forgot all the previous mixed thoughts, a bright smile bloomed on her face, and she said softly: "No, I just arrived, come, sit." ”

Beitang Yulin smiled lightly and sat next to her naturally, and then the two chatted naturally, but during this time, neither of them made any deviant moves, and it looked as if they were two ordinary friends chatting.

After a short while, Beitang Yulin suddenly spoke: "Is the second uncle still like that to you now?" ”

At this time, Shan Huanting's answer was not like the lamentation of a few days ago, but she smiled coldly and said: "Hmph, he never cared about me, or rather, I don't exist in his heart at all, and now I also see it, since he doesn't want to see me, then I won't see him, it's a big deal, he's him, I'm me, it's irrelevant, hehe, in fact, it's pretty good, to be honest, it's easy to let go." Speaking of this, she even smiled.

Beitang Yulin also smiled faintly, as if he was happy for Shan Huanting's relief, but then a trace of lament appeared on his face, and said: "Hey, it's just a pity that the second aunt has a good age, keeping an empty boudoir alone, self-pity in the mirror, although it is a peerless demeanor, but it can only be appreciated by oneself, it is really unfair to God." ”

These words seemed to have reached Shan Huanting's heart all of a sudden, making her body tremble involuntarily, and a touch of sadness appeared in her eyes, just when she thought that Beitang Yulin was going to say something to comfort herself, the other party just let out a helpless sigh, and didn't say anything more, and the two of them were silent for a while.

After a long while, Beitang Yulin laughed and said, "Haha, second aunt, tell you something funny, I saw a monkey •••••• in the city today."

Immediately afterwards, Beitang Yulin changed the topic and talked about some interesting anecdotes, which caused Shan Huanting to giggle from time to time, time passed quickly, and it was time for the two to separate, Shan Huanting's eyes unabashedly showed a look of reluctance, and Beitang Yulin was the same, the two were silently opposed, as if they were a couple who were inseparable, for a long time, Beitang Yulin seemed to have made a big decision, patted Shan Huanting's fragrant shoulder, and said softly: "Okay, second aunt, you should go back." ”

When the big hand touched her shoulder, Shan Huanting felt as if she was electrocuted, her body trembled violently, and she bit her lip stubbornly, as if she was making a decision, but in the end she didn't say anything, just asked in an inaudible voice: "Tomorrow night, are you coming?" ”

Beitang Yulin's eyes seemed to dim a little, and said, "If there is something tomorrow night, I'm afraid I won't be able to come." ”

Shan Huanting sighed in disappointment and said, "Then, I'm leaving." ”

Beitang Yulin nodded, and suddenly said just as the other party turned around: "I can finish things in three days at most, and we will meet here at that time!" ”

Shan Wanting was overjoyed when she heard this, and left as if she had fled, looking at her disappearing back, Beitang Yulin smiled and murmured: "Although I can use some means to get you now, but it is not as good as this method of wanting to capture and indulge, when the time comes, you will erupt like a volcano, how can you get out of my control, hehe." Immediately, his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

In a small courtyard opposite the Fan family's compound in the Dongcheng District of Arctic City, Bei Tangyao looked at the more than 100 people gathered in front of him and said lightly: "Are they all ready?" ”

Everyone nodded, but did not make a sound, Beitang Yao then looked at the snake and mouse and said, "Two, is the news accurate?" ”

Snake Elder said: "After our observation in the past few days, Beitang is very close to the head of the Fan family and several elders, and they have several secret conversations, and we have also found out that Beitang has a large amount of Yuan Jing flowing into the Fan family, which means that there is a deep relationship between them, maybe ••••••"

At this time, a man wearing a mask said in a deep voice: "Childe, now we would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, not to mention, if we can win this Fan family, then it will also be of great help to our resource reserves, so the old man feels that there is no need to hesitate any longer." ”

Beitang Yao nodded and said, "Elder Long is right, I shouldn't be so hesitant, so ••••••"

Just as Beitang Yao was about to give the order to attack, a hoarse voice came into everyone's ears: "Childe, please wait a moment!" Then a figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone, it was a middle-aged man with a somewhat fat body, a fat face always looked smiling, giving people a very friendly feeling.

As soon as he saw this person, Beitang Yao immediately spoke: "Pig Lao, why did you stop this son?" ”

Regarding this obviously somewhat reproachful tone, Zhu Lao just smiled and said, "Childe, listen to me after I finish speaking." After a pause, he continued: "I have already investigated clearly, this Fan family is nothing more than a wealthy family on the surface, and its strength can be called a top second-rate family, but it is not so simple behind the scenes. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately became interested, and Zhu Lao continued: "Since the third prince was killed by Dongfang Li, it is the seventh prince who is the most favored by the emperor, although he has not canonized the crown prince, but he has already exercised the power of the prince. ”

Everyone listened to these unrelated words, and they all looked puzzled, and Beitang Yao couldn't help but speak: "Pig Lao, what does this have to do with what we have to do tonight?" ”

The old pig said solemnly: "The surname of the Seventh Imperial Concubine is Fan!" ”

Just a few words shocked everyone, and Beitang Yao said: "You mean that this Fan family is ••••••?"

Zhu Lao nodded, and then everyone closed their mouths tacitly, Beitangyao frowned and said: "In this way, Beitangli has found a good backer, are we going to be passive next, I am very unwilling!" ”

Zhu Lao shook his head and said: "Son, calm down, once a second-rate family like the Fan family has such a status, it stands to reason that they should move to the capital immediately, but why are they still staying in Arctic City, and they are so low-key, if we didn't deliberately investigate, we wouldn't know at all." ”

Beitang Yao was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Zhu Lao again, at this time, a scholar looked, a woman about thirty years old spoke: "That's because they don't want people to know their identities yet, maybe they are afraid of causing some trouble to the Seventh Prince, or they are secretly helping the Seventh Prince do something, in short, they have their own purpose." ”

Beitang Yao also regained his composure at this time, and said, "Sister Rabbit is saying that a family like them will never participate in the battle between me and Beitang Li?" ”

"Yes, since they are unwilling to be exposed, how can they participate in this level of fighting, I think, that is a bureau deliberately set up by Beitangli for us, once we destroy the Fan family, then, we will directly face the anger of the Seven Princes, and he can sit back and reap the benefits." Sister Rabbit is confident.

Beitang Yao also sneered and said, "What a poisonous plan, Beitang Li, you wait for me, I will give you a big surprise!" ”

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