Arctic City, these days the tense atmosphere has become more and more intense, the patrol team in the city has doubled, and as long as they think they are suspicious, they can stop them for questioning anytime and anywhere, and even have the right to bring them back to the Criminal Affairs Department for interrogation, but everyone knows that as long as they enter the Criminal Affairs Division, they basically can't get out.

Fifty miles outside the city, sentry posts began to be added, and a large number of fortifications and defensive measures were also built, although those things were not worth mentioning in front of Ling Hua's army, but they could also play a more or less role, at least, in this case, it was impossible for the army to raid, in addition, the city gate was originally opened and closed at the end of the hour, but now, the closing time is an hour in advance!

In the council hall of the City Lord's Mansion, the Arctic City City Lord Beitangquan, the principals of the four first-class forces and the lords of more than ten second-rate forces were in their respective positions, and everyone's faces were condensed, and Beitangquan said: "Everyone, I think everyone knows that Linghua Sect has already sorted out everything in Shangyuan Sect, and now the army is heading towards my Arctic City, and it will arrive in about two or three days." ”

"Although we have made preparations these days, however, that Fang Lin is treacherous, cunning, and scheming, and no one knows what kind of means he will take to attack the city, so this city lord still hopes that everyone will think more about it in case of accidents!"

At this time, the first one in his fifties, who looked ordinary, but the middle-aged man with narrow eyes said with a little mockery: "Hehe, the city lord must have been a little frightened by that Fang Lin, no one has seen it yet, and he has begun to mess with himself!" ”

Beitangquan's face sank when he heard this, but he didn't get angry, but looked at the man and said: "Bai family master, I know that in the past, our two families had some entanglements, but those are also minor problems in the current situation, now what we should do is to hate the enemy and help each other in the same boat, if the enemy has not yet come, we will do it ourselves first, then wouldn't it be faster for the relatives to bitter the enemy?" ”

The head of the Bai family was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that he had touched a soft nail, and he was a little embarrassed all of a sudden, he smiled, didn't say anything, sat down, and sat down on the first place on the right, an old man who looked to be in his sixties but was in good spirits got up and said: "The city lord is right, this Fang Lin is a good means, we won't talk about the previous things, just say that he broke the Yeyue army and destroyed the Shangyuan Sect, which proves that his strength is beyond doubt, but the old man thinks that he is more terrifying, We originally wanted to follow the practice of the Eastern Regions Shan Old Marshal and gave up almost half of the territory of the Northern Regions, thinking that we could use it to delay Ling Huazong for some time, but we didn't expect that he would directly let those forces that had taken refuge in him manage those cities, and it only took a mere seven days to control all the situations, hehe, to be honest, this courage and wisdom, the old man had to obey it, so, Fang Lin's son, must not be underestimated! ”

Sitting next to the head of the Bai family is a middle-aged woman, not beautiful but definitely not ugly, but her person has an indescribable charm, which makes people have a desire to be close to her, this person is the valley master of the four first-class forces Lotus Valley, everyone calls her the valley master, only to hear her slowly speak: "The analysis of the Wang family master is very reasonable, and the concubine also thinks that we should pay attention to Fang Lin twelve, Ling Huajun's combat power is extraordinary, if I were Fang Lin, I would definitely choose to attack head-on and abandon those sneak attacks. Surprise attacks and stuff like that, because that's not necessary, and besides, it's not useful to us, is it? ”

The last person of the four major forces was an old man in gray, he smiled and said: "For the opinion of the lord of the valley, the old man does not dare to agree, you know, Fang Lin is a person who does not play cards according to common sense, the more this kind of battle that seems to be directly crushed, the more he has to use something unexpected, for example, the battle of Hongshi Pass, it is clear that the arrogant general of Beitang has been defeated, so in our opinion, he should have done nothing at all, and he had already won, but later, But he had already set up a large array where the army was, and used the large array to defeat the army. ”

At this, he paused. He continued to speak: "It is said that by now, he should be satisfied, but look at what he is going to do next, hehe, it is completely beyond the expectations of all of us, it is actually the whole army attacking, so acting, you say, who dares to guarantee that he will not use any insidious tricks this time?" ”

These words immediately silenced everyone, and it took a long time for a second-rate force principal to speak: "What Sect Master Tian said is also reasonable, I don't know if the Refining Weapon Sect has recently refined any powerful treasures that can help us detect Ling Hua Sect's every move." ”

Sect Master Tian smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to talk about refining weapons, no one here knows that the Beitang family is second to none, and what they don't have, how can my refining sect have it." ”

At this moment, a personal soldier ran in, hugged his fists and said: "Report, my lords, the latest news, Ling Huajun has entered my fifty-mile defensive area, they did not do anything else, but directly killed our people, destroyed all our fortifications, there is no intention to hide their whereabouts at all, just swaggering, advancing little by little, where they passed, chickens and dogs were not left!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed shocked looks, and after a long while, Beitang Quan spoke: "Jianggu Lord, I was really right by what you said, it seems that Fang Lin didn't plan to use any tricks at all, he just crushed it so strongly!" ”

Everyone looked at the Jianggu Lord's eyes with a strange light, but she herself had an unusually solemn face, and said slowly: "Everyone, in fact, this is the last thing the concubine wants to see." ”

"What do you mean by that?" The head of the Bai family was the first to ask.

The valley lord sighed and said, "Hey, everyone, think about it, under what circumstances would you use this kind of dignified crushing without considering all kinds of conspiracy methods? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood, and Beitang said in a deep voice: "Absolute strength, which also shows that Fang Lin thinks that he has the absolute strength to crush the alliance of all our forces!" Is this possible? ”

The rest of the people also looked incredulous, and the Wang family master spoke: "Isn't this a trick used by Fang Lin to make us mistakenly think that he already has absolute strength, and then have psychological fear, in order to achieve the goal of winning without a fight?" ”

The head of the Bai family immediately waved his hand to deny this point of view, and he spoke: "Fang Lin is not a fool, he will not do this kind of useless behavior, you know, the alliance of our forces already has nearly three million troops, hehe, this number does not seem to be much, but everyone must know that these are the most elite disciples of all our forces, whether it is cultivation or combat power, they are all top-notch, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as they are there, the confidence of our people is very strong, It's not a trick that can be shaken at all. ”

Everyone also agreed very much when they heard this, and at the same time, a proud expression appeared on their faces, but the Jiang Valley Lord said lightly: "Everyone, I don't mean to grow up others to destroy their own prestige, our elites are all here, it is impossible for Fang Lin not to know this, and our specific number is not a secret, so, I am sure that Ling Hua Sect must have a more accurate estimate of our strength, and where is our biggest shortcoming compared to Ling Hua Sect?" ”

This sentence made everyone fall silent, Beitang Quan sighed, and said: "Hey, the number of powerhouses in the realm of life and death, there is also the vacancy of top masters, and the other is that we don't have a general who can compare to Fang Lin, these three points can almost be said to be fatal to us!" ”

At this time, Sect Master Tian of the Refining Weapon Sect smiled and said, "Hehe, everyone, the combined strength of the Life and Death Realm of all our forces is indeed inferior to the Ling Hua Sect, but we have a treasure that can deal with the powerhouses of the Life and Death Realm, unless they really fill in with the lives of the Life and Death Realm powerhouses, otherwise, those things are their biggest threat, and they will not be able to mess around." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but perk up, Beitang Quan also nodded, and continued: "But don't forget, they have a powerhouse in the Void Realm, and those treasures of ours can't deal with the powerhouses in the Void Realm, if they ••••••"

Beitang Quan's words didn't continue, but everyone knew what he meant, and they didn't speak one by one, but at this time, the Jianggu Lord spoke: "Lord City, as one of the four major families of the empire, the Beitang family has a long heritage, I think it is impossible not to have people or treasures to balance the powerhouses of the Void Realm, now we are in danger of survival, is it that your family still plans to keep a hand?" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they looked at Beitangquan with that blazing eye, in the face of such a scene, Beitangquan also felt very unnatural, and said in a sneering voice: "Everyone, you also know that although I Beitangquan is the lord of the city, my status in the family is not high, how can I know these core things." ”

The Jianggu Lord was about to speak when he heard this, but at this time, a rich old man's voice came from outside: "Hehe, I have heard for a long time that the Jianggu Lord's wisdom is unparalleled, and today I saw that it was not a lie, what you expected is good, my Beitang family does have something that can deal with the powerhouses of the Void Realm, so you don't have to worry about the powerhouses of the Void Realm on the other side, as long as he dares to come out, I will be dealt with by my Beitang family!" ”

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At the head of the Arctic City, a group of high-level officials gathered here, looking at the Ling Hua Army slowly walking ten miles away, a burly middle-aged man wearing the armor of a great general had a calm face, although he tried his best to make a calm expression, but the slightest nervousness and panic could not be concealed, he was Beitang Heng of the Beitang family, the supreme commander of the alliance army, who was promoted like a duck on the shelf.

As Beitangli's cousin, he also followed Beitangmo's expedition to the east and west, and participated in countless battles large and small, but he did not command any major military operations, to be exact, he was just an executor of orders, and he basically fought some tailwind battles, so it was difficult for him to control today's situation.

Beitang Heng secretly cheered himself up, and said slowly: "Looking at Ling Huajun's posture, it is true that he doesn't want to use any other means, so he comes to fight with us in such a dignified manner, and crushes us with absolute strength, everyone, what are your opinions." ”

When Beitang Yulin heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes beside him, but he didn't say anything, but he secretly said in his heart: "Hmph, a straw bag, relying on the position of the seventh elder is his father, he didn't have any ideas and came to others to ask for advice, how could such a person command such a big battle, the Beitang family is really rotten to the roots, and at such a time, they are still thinking about fighting for power and profit!" ”

After a long time, no one answered, and watching Ling Huajun getting closer and closer, Beitang Heng couldn't help frowning, and continued to speak: "Everyone, now is the time when we should be in the same boat and share weal and woe, if you have any good ideas, please say them directly, after all, now is not the time for us to make unpleasant trouble!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces changed, and the valley lord couldn't help but sigh and said: "Hey, general, it's not that we have any other thoughts, but in this case, there is no other way at all, after all, the initiative is in the hands of others, and we can't have any rescues or reinforcements, so now everything can only rely on our hard power!" ”

Beitang Heng's expression darkened when he heard this, but at this time, the Bai family master next to him said in a low voice: "General, you have to cheer up, if you are all in a low mood, then the disciples will have no combat effectiveness!" ”

Beitang Heng was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly let out a wry smile, then beat his spirit, tried his best to make a calm appearance, and raised his voice: "Outstanding disciples of the Alliance, Ling Hua Sect not only killed our clansmen, relatives, and friends on the battlefield on the front line, but now it is coming with great momentum, wanting to occupy our land, plunder our resources, deprive us of our lives, and destroy our forces, what do you say we should do?" ”

"Kill, kill, kill!!" Millions of people roared loudly, unparalleled in might, hearing this voice, Beitang Heng seemed to have regained his confidence, his whole body trembled slightly, pointed at Ling Huajun who was getting closer and closer in front of him, and said loudly: "At this moment, our enemies are approaching us step by step, they have already shown their bright weapons, revealing hideous faces, are you afraid?" ”

"Fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death!!" Everyone shouted in unison, which made the high-level people a little enthusiastic, Beitang Heng's face was flushed, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he pointed ahead and shouted: "Everyone, guard your posts, don't let any one from Linghua Sect climb the city wall one step, in addition, let's take a look at who killed the most enemies, how!" ”

"Roar, roar, roar!" Everyone's blood was already boiling, and after the yell, everyone returned to their positions, staring intently at the Ling Hua army that was not approaching slowly.

On the other side, Li Haoran watched the every move of everyone on the city wall, and chuckled: "Hehe, I didn't expect that this new general still has a hand, just like that, he raised his morale in a few words, so that these forces that have a lot of gaps in the city have put aside their contradictions with each other and have the same hatred for the enemy." ”

Qu Shan'er pursed her lips and said, "Cut, how can such a rabble be our opponent, but I think it's a little strange, Fang Lin would have calculated something under normal circumstances, but this time, he didn't calculate at all, just such a dignified attack, could it be that Fang Lin has already exhausted Jiang Lang?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a chuckle, it turned out to be a few other women except for Defrost, and Princess Xiangxiang looked at Fang Lin with a playful look on her face: "See, you are a guy who plays tricks in our hearts." ”

"Hee-hee, yes, there are still crooked ways that are not doing their jobs." Bai Lian also lost no time in scolding two sentences.

Fang Lin looked at everyone, his face was full of helplessness and bitterness, and said in a deliberately pretended crying tone: "You conscienceless Nizi, who I have calculated for a thousand things, you have benefited, but you still say that I am in turn, hey, why am I so miserable." ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and after a while, Li Haoran spoke: "By the way, Fang Lin, why don't you use some strategies or something, such as divisive tactics, making noise and attacking the west or something, after all, that will make our losses much smaller." ”

Fang Lin sighed and said: "Hey, those are useless, in this situation, those who still choose to stand with the Beitang family are either their hardcore supporters, or the forces that absolutely cannot tolerate our conditions, and then there are the guys who have a deep grudge against us, unless we are ready to fight for a long time, otherwise, the discord plan has no effect." ”

"Second, using our current method will indeed cause greater losses, but it can test who is truly committed to us, who is duplicitous, and who is lurking and ready to stab us at any time!" Speaking of this, Fang Lin looked at the sky and said leisurely: "Now that we control the territory, it is quite large, and it is not as pure as we were at the beginning, it is much more complicated, even our sect has been rectified several times, you all think about it, how many spies and spies of other forces have been found?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all sighed helplessly, but at this time, the voice of Xue Mantian came from the side: "Sect Master, I know your thoughts, but there is no absolute purity in this world, you don't take this too seriously, otherwise it will be a little bit of a competition with yourself, so it is easy to stir yourself into a dead end, and finally form a demon, that will be a terrible consequence for yourself, and it is not impossible for the martial arts road to be cut off." ”

Fang Lin smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, thank you Elder Xue for reminding me, I know, in fact, I am not entangled in this issue, I just touch the scene and express some feelings, well, maybe I don't take any strategic means in this war, that is, I want to correct my state of mind, because, I feel that although my state of mind has improved, there is a feeling that I have gone wrong." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts jumped, and Dongfang Minghui immediately said with some horror: "Childe, your state of mind has improved again, does that mean that there is a sixth layer of state of mind above the fifth layer of absolute desire, what kind of situation is that!?" ”

Fang Lin shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There should be a sixth layer, but my distance is very far, and now I am only slightly improving on the original basis." ”

Just as everyone was about to ask questions, the team suddenly stopped, and a personal soldier came to report that they had arrived at the predetermined place and asked for instructions on the next step.

Fang Lin's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Order the army, prepare to attack!" ”

As Fang Lin's order was issued, the Ling Hua army quickly unfolded, one phalanx after another was neatly arranged, thousands, various types of catapults appeared in front of everyone's eyes, siege vehicles, charging chariots, towers and other siege equipment all showed their fangs, throwing that hideous face at the enemy on the opposite side.

However, before the Ling Hua army could attack, a high-pitched voice from the opposite city issued an order: "Attack!" ”

Ratling, the catapult let out a huge roar, and a large piece of black pressed rune stones pressed towards the Ling Hua army camp like a heavy mountain peak, in the face of such a situation, Fang Lin couldn't help but froze for a moment, but he didn't need his command, the tsunami sky-covering great rune array naturally rose, resisting all the pieces of rune stones that attacked, and then, it was a strong counterattack, and the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides began.

Fang Lin smiled faintly and said, "Hehe, I really didn't expect that the other party, as a defender, would actually attack first, is he going to take the lead?" ”

Li Haoran pouted and said: "I see, the other party's general is a novice at all, how can he attack first without even mastering the opponent's offensive rhythm, does he think he is the attacker?" ”

At this time, Wen Yue'er asked puzzledly: "Why can't they attack first, I think it's good, doesn't it mean that the best defense is to attack, so the opponent has no ability to attack, so there is no need to defend." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at her strangely, Wen Yue'er's face immediately turned red, and she immediately buried her little head in Fang Lin's arms, never wanting to raise it again, after a while, Fang Lin stroked her hair, and explained lightly: "Little fool, you must know that they are the defensive side, if their strength is much stronger than ours, they can naturally attack first, but if the strength is comparable, or inferior, the first attack will only expose their weaknesses faster, in this way, It's going to give us a lot of opportunities, you know? ”

Wen Yue'er sighed softly, nodded as if she didn't understand, but she didn't ask anything more, soon, the five rounds of attack and defense had passed, and it was obvious that the rhythm of the defenders was a little flustered, which was obviously the result of someone failing to keep up with the rhythm halfway.

At the head of the city, Beitang Heng was already sweating profusely, and muttered: "Their offensive is too fierce, a salvo of thousands of catapults at once, we have already held out for six rounds, I'm afraid there will be two more rounds at most, and the soldiers won't be able to hold on, what should I do, what should I do!" ”

On the side, the principals of the four major forces couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this, and sighed in their hearts, but at this time, it was not good to say anything else, and the lord of Jianggu suddenly reminded: "General, hurry up and say something to calm the hearts of the army, and also, immediately adjust the attack method of the catapult and the city guard crossbow to disrupt the enemy's offensive rhythm, otherwise, we won't last long!" ”

Beitang Heng was stunned when he heard this, and then seemed to react, and said in a hurry: "Yes, yes, adjust immediately, adjust immediately, order, immediately adjust the attack method of the catapult and the city defense crossbow, quickly!" ”

However, hearing his order, the herald did not move, looking at him suspiciously, and even the rest of the high-level officials were looking at him intently, but Beitang Heng was even more suspicious, and yelled at the herald: "Go and give the order, why are you stunned, stupid!" ”

The herald didn't dare to say anything, but said aggrievedly: "How to adjust the catapult, how to attack the crossbow to defend the city, whether the archers also need to be adjusted, please try it!" ”

Beitang Heng was even more stunned when he heard this, and turned his eyes for help to the lord of Jianggu, this plain and shrewd woman was also full of helplessness at this time, so she looked at the herald, said a series of adjustments, and finally said: "Go and give the order." ”

Beitang Yulin looked at this scene, he really had an urge to vomit blood, at this moment he had no intention of watching the joke, he didn't say much, turned around and rushed to Beitang's house.

As soon as he got home, Beitang Yulin went directly to Mrs. Beitang's courtyard, and he didn't know what kind of means he used, but he actually obtained the support of Mrs. Beitang, after walking out of the courtyard, he met Shan Huanting on the way, however, he didn't look at each other, and walked straight towards another courtyard, Shan Huanting's face was full of loss, but he still kept muttering: "He should be too busy, otherwise he wouldn't ignore me." ”

In the following period, Beitang Yulin visited Elder Su, Elder Jiu, Beitang Dun, and some other elders who had the right to speak, and finally, he came to the hall of the elders' council and rang the golden bell for the emergency convening of the elders' meeting.

Soon, all the elders gathered, and everyone looked at Beitang Yulin with a suspicious expression, the future head of the family didn't want to grind with everyone now, so he directly took out a photo talisman and showed the image inside to everyone, which was the whole process of Beitang Heng's command of the battle just now.

After reading it, all the elders were full of black lines on their faces, especially the seventh elder, whose old face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and slapped the table and shouted: "Junior, what do you mean by this, is it that such a big battle is just to make me ugly?" ”

At this time, Beitang Yulin changed his previous style and shouted: "Old guy, you fight for power and profit on weekdays, regardless of the overall situation, what time is it now, you are still thinking about those flies and dogs, you have also seen the previous things, Ling Huazong has already come to the city, and I don't need to say more about how fierce their offensive is, you yourself touch your conscience and say, is your Beitang Heng the material of the command?" ”

When the seventh elder heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he shouted: "You, you are not big or small, don't think that you can be disrespectful to the old man as the young head of the family, I ••••••"

However, Beitang Yulin's shouting interrupted him: "You old fool, what time is it now, our first consideration is how to keep the Arctic City, how to keep the Beitang family, if there is no Beitang family, who are you still the elder, who will respect you with the old and the young, hmph, if you are caught by Ling Huazong, even if you want to be a slave, I am afraid you will not have a chance!" ”

After speaking, he no longer gave the Seven Elders a chance to speak, and said to the rest of the big people: "Elders, you have all seen that Beitang Heng is not qualified for the position of this great general at all, and now it is the tentative attack of the people, he can't bear it, if the people really attack, I'm afraid it won't be long before the city is broken, and when the time comes, we will all have to play together!" ”

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