At the end of the day, the roar of the Linghua army's catapult sounded on time, breaking the peace of the night, however, this attack made all the Linghua army high-level stunned, because the defenders' resistance was very messy, this was no sign of overall command at all, and although the large array was still running, its energy had not been replenished, and the light on the light mask was already extremely dim, and at a glance, it was known that it could be broken at any time!

After two rounds of attacks, Fang Lin raised his hand to stop the Linghua army from attacking again, and shouted at the defenders on the city: "Listen up, the soldiers on the city, I am Fang Lin, the sect leader of the Linghua Sect, I have already seen from your previous defense that your commander and most of the generals and the principals of various forces have already fled with their elites, leaving only you to die, just to delay them for a little time to escape, isn't it? Are you really willing to be so ruthlessly abandoned by them? ”

The defenders had not seen the commander before, nor had they seen a few general-level figures, they were already beating drums in their hearts, and when they heard Fang Lin say this, how could they not know what was going on, so a nameless anger grew in the hearts of these soldiers, and then turned into resentment.

A lieutenant's chest rose and fell, and his face turned red and roared: "Fuck these high-level people of the big clan who usually have five or six people, elite children, but when it comes to desperate efforts, they run faster than anyone else, and quietly leave us low-level officers and soldiers to back them up, why, what do you say this is?" ”

"Yes, why did they do this, we are not convinced!" A soldier shouted indignantly, his words were immediately met with countless voices of approval, at this time, a person dressed as a general walked over, however, his cultivation did not reach the realm of helplessness, it was just a first glimpse of the yin and yang realm.

He looked at these soldiers and shouted arrogantly: "What do you want to do, is this a rebellion, don't you know that this is a capital crime, why don't you kneel down and apologize, in that case, this general can still act as if nothing happened, otherwise, if the general knows, you will all be beheaded by the whole family!" ”

When the previous lieutenant heard this, he immediately became angry, and without saying a word, he threw a punch on the man's face, and shouted: "Fuck you, who doesn't know that you are a loyal lackey of the Beitang family, otherwise you can become a general with your little ability?" Hmph, don't take the brothers for fools, those high-ranking generals have already run away, and they actually sell all the brothers so quietly, hum, they open their mouths for benevolence, righteousness and morality on weekdays, and shut their mouths to live and die together, as a result, brothers, everyone says, is such a master worthy of our lives to support? ”

"Not worth it, not worth it, not worth !!" Almost all the soldiers shouted in unison, but the general was half frightened to death.

The corners of the captain's mouth curled in an arc, and he continued: "So, next, we should think about ourselves, but before we do that, we must kill this dog first, otherwise, he will bite us in the back!" ”

At this time, the anger of all the soldiers had been ignited, and they didn't think much about the captain's words at all, and shouted vigorously: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Just when this group of emotions was excited, Fang Lin's voice came again: "Soldiers, listen well, my Linghua Army is not a person who kills, this sect swears in the name of Linghua Sect, as long as you lay down your arms and do not resist, close the big array, and open the city gate, I, Ling Huajun, promise that no one will be killed, and if you are willing to go home, we will pay the passage fee, and if you are willing to stay, we raise our hands to welcome, I promise, you will be treated equally with my disciples of Linghua Sect!" ”

All the defenders were silent when they heard this, their eyes flashed, obviously weighing the truth of these words, the captain seemed to see everyone's thoughts, and without saying a word, he directly killed the general with a knife, and then shouted towards the city: "Sect Master Fang, I want to ask a question on behalf of all our abandoned brothers, can you?" ”

Fang Lin's voice immediately came: "You ask." ”

"Will you really keep your promise to treat our brothers well, and will you turn your face and kill us as soon as you enter the city?" The lieutenant asked.

"You can rest assured of this, and it will kill you on a large scale, this will not do us any good, but we will also have the notoriety of a murderer, think about it, this will be good for the future development of my Ling Hua Sect?" Fang Lin Road.

The city was silent, but at this time, Li Haoran's voice came up: "All the defender soldiers, you should all have relatives, family, friends, and wives and children who are looking forward to your return, are you willing to make a senseless sacrifice like this, with our strength, even if it is a strong attack, it will not take much effort, but we don't want to make too many killings, so you should surrender, my Linghua army will not kill the surrendered army!" ”

Then there was a long silence, Ayinata was already impatient, and shouted: "Fang Lin, don't wait any longer, they are delaying the army, delaying time, let's attack!" ”

However, as soon as her words fell, the light shield of the city protection array disappeared, and then, the city gate opened, and the soldiers trotted out in two groups, and after arranging the formation, they dropped their weapons one after another, knelt on one knee, and the captain shouted: "Report to the sect master of Linghua Sect, our defenders are a total of 1.5 million and are willing to surrender to your army!" ”

"I'm willing to surrender!" The rest of the defender soldiers shouted in unison, and Fang Lin couldn't help but tremble when he saw this, it could be said that he had received so many surrenders without bloodshed, which undoubtedly added a huge boost to the Ling Hua army.

Night fell, in an unnamed mountain hundreds of miles away from the Arctic City, Beitang Yulin took the Beitang family and the Lotus Valley a total of 10,000 people to hide here, on the peak, Beitang Yulin and the river valley lord stood in the wind, after a while, Beitang Yulin took a deep breath and said: "Hehe, don't you feel very angry, the Beitang family ran away by itself, and sold the rest of your forces." ”

The Jianggu Lord sneered when he heard this, and said, "This result has actually been expected by me for a long time, not unusual, the big family has always been like this, and even you, the young family master, have not been left behind." ”

Beitang Yulin smiled bitterly and said: "Hehe, yes, what do you say for the sake of the family, any sacrifice is worth it, and the young family master has to lead by example and so on, so even if I don't want to stay, it's not okay." ”

When the Jiang Valley Lord heard this, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "The young family master called me over alone, I'm afraid he didn't come to complain." ”

Beitang Yulin patted his forehead lightly, and said with a smile: "Hehe, look at me, I just cared about complaining, I almost forgot about business, I estimate that Fang Lin will be able to completely rectify the entire Arctic City and its surrounding areas in three days at most, he must have discovered our intentions, so, next, being hunted down is certain, I want to ask the valley lord if he has any plans for our next escape." ”

The Jianggu Lord blinked when he heard this, then sneered again, and said, "Haha, I thought that the young family master would say something bold to me, or something like a blueprint for the future to arouse my enthusiasm, but as a result, you said such straightforward things to me, aren't you afraid of hitting my confidence like this?" ”

"Hehe, you don't need those tricks for smart people." Beitang Yulin said lightly.

The Jiang Valley Lord stopped laughing, his face became solemn, and said: "The strength of the Ling Hua Army has exceeded our expectations too much, especially Fang Lin's command ability, hey, I don't want to admit it, but we have to face the reality, so, next, we must not have a hard time with the Ling Hua Army, and we must try not to conflict with it." ”

"I know this, but the problem is that although the entire Northern Regions are large, there are very few places for us to hide, and as Ling Hua Sect's control over the Northern Regions becomes stronger and stronger, our space is getting smaller and smaller, and in the end, we can't escape being captured." Beitang Yulin said with some concern.

Hearing this, the valley lord raised his eyebrows, and said with interest: "Oh! So what does the young head of the house mean? ”

"We can't run around like other forces, we must have a long-term plan, a plan that is conducive to our long-term development, otherwise, we can only be destroyed!" Beitang Yulin clenched his fists.

"So what does the young head of the family think?"

Beitang Yulin said without hesitation: "We must not stay in the Northern Regions, we must go out, only in this way, Linghua Sect can not find us, and we can develop with peace of mind, the reason why I called the Jianggu Lord alone is to listen to your opinion, where should we go." ”

Hearing this, the valley lord was silent, stretched out his hand to play with his sideburns, and after a long while, he slowly spoke: "At present, there are three places where we can go, one is to go directly to the west, through the thief wasteland and into the Western Regions, where is the territory of the Ximen family, Ling Huazong should not rush over; The second is to cross the Anning Rope Bridge, cross the Nutao River, and then go north, where we have two choices, one is to enter the Shangnan Kingdom, but to enter the Linghua Sect. ”

Speaking of this, the Jianggu Lord looked at the young family master with a smile, waiting for his choice, Beitang Yulin did not respond immediately, but lowered his head and pondered, and after a long time he raised his head and said, "If I say that I choose to go to the Western Regions, I am afraid that the Jianggu Lord will part ways with me immediately." ”

Hearing this, the Jianggu Lord nodded, and said without hesitation: "Yes, my situation is probably very clear to the young family master, I have a deep enmity with the Ximen family, if you want to go to the Western Regions, then I will immediately surrender to the Ling Hua Sect." ”

"Oh? It seems that the lord of Jianggu thinks very highly of me Beitang Yulin, hehe, in fact, I don't want to go to the Western Regions to send people under the fence, and in the Western Regions, there will be no room for our development at all, so at present, the only thing we can choose is Shang Nanguo and Linghua Sect, Shang Nanguo is too weak, and it is extremely xenophobic, if we go there, we don't talk about any development at all, so our only choice is to go to Linghua Sect! ”

The Jiang Valley Lord looked at Beitang Yulin with some approval and some amusement, and said jokingly: "If you go to the territory of Linghua Sect, aren't you afraid of being shut down and beaten by others?" ”

Beitang Yulin laughed and said: "Haha, first of all, the people of Linghua Sect don't know me, and they are not familiar with us people, um, but you may have to except, after all, you are the valley master of Lotus Valley, second, everyone understands the truth of darkness under the lamp, but not everyone can think of it, and not everyone dares to think about it, and then there is, the major forces are running around, how can they only stare at me, and besides, we stay to cover the fleeing Beitang family, So why is the Beitang family not our cover? ”

The valley lord nodded, and said: "It turns out that you let the major forces run away separately, and also disbanded most of their own forces, and the purpose is this, it is really a clever decision, it is said that Beitang Yulin is a young man, a playboy, it seems that everyone has been deceived by you." ”

Beitang Yulin smiled and said, "The previous things, don't mention it, since we have already made a decision, then the next question is how to get there." In the next hour, the two discussed a lot of things, and then the valley lord drifted away, leaving Beitang Yulin alone to look at the Arctic City in the distance.

At this moment, there was a slight clicking sound in the woods, obviously, it was the sound of a dead branch being trampled off, Beitang Yulin smiled slightly, and said softly: "Hehe, come out, I've been eavesdropping there for two hours, don't you feel tired." ”

The words fell, and a graceful figure slowly walked out of the woods, came to Beitang Yulin's side, stretched out his hand to hold his arm, and leaned lightly on his shoulder, just leaning quietly without saying a word.

Beitang Yulin also slowly closed his eyes, as if he was enjoying the tranquility of this moment, and only after a moment did he slowly speak: "How is the old lady, didn't she ask you to accompany her?" ”

Shan Huanting closed her eyes and said softly: "Since the death of the two sons, the old lady has been in a very bad mood, which has also caused her body to deteriorate, now it looks like nothing on the surface, in fact, her body is very weak, this time the reason why she insisted on staying is because she knows that her time is short, and she wants to stay here all the time." ”

Speaking of this, Shan Huanting wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued: "I don't know what's going on today, the old lady fell asleep quickly, so I will take this opportunity to meet you and stay with you for a while." ”

Looking at the gentleness on Shan Huanting's face and the smile in her eyes, Beitang Yulin's heart seemed to be touched again, and at the same time, a trace of guilt also arose, and she couldn't help but reach out and take the delicate person into her arms, and the two stopped talking, just snuggled quietly in the evening breeze.

Arctic City, the land of the Beitang family, Fang Lin and his party stood on the square outside the conference hall, looking at this huge and magnificent building complex, Qu Shan'er couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, I've always heard about how the four major families are, I didn't have any concept before, but now I finally understand when I see this Beitang family's clan land, compared to the palace of the Shang Kingdom, it is several times larger and more gorgeous." ”

Wen Yue'er is even more full of little stars, it is obvious that she has no resistance to the beauty of this building at all, even Princess Xiangxiang, who grew up in the palace since she was a child, can't help but envy.

It didn't take long for people to come from all directions, but each of them had resentment written on their faces, and Pei Shan smiled bitterly: "These people from the Beitang family are really clean, and they haven't left us anything useful at all, hehe, it doesn't look like a hasty escape at all, but like a planned move." ”

Everyone was stunned for a while when they heard this, Fang Lin smiled helplessly and said: "Hehe, forget it, the things outside the body, I am fortunate to have it, and I have lost my life, don't care too much, well, have you asked anything about the whereabouts of other high-level officials?" ”

Feng Chengdao: "They don't know, it seems that they all say goodbye without saying goodbye, what should we do now?" ”

Fang Lin touched his chin, thought for a while, and said, "If you are the head of the Beitang family, then if you want to escape, where will you choose to flee?" ”

Everyone pondered when they heard this, Pei Shan immediately beckoned someone to take a huge map of the Northern Regions, everyone gathered around, pointing and discussing for a long time, Xue Mantian said: "Now the Beitang family is still in charge of those old fellows of the elder group, so if you think about it from their point of view, I think they must choose to go to the capital, because it is the safest place at present, and their Beitang family still has a clan land in the capital." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this, Fang Lin drew a line on the map, and said, "Minghui Ancestor, you and Bei Niangzi lead people to chase down this line, I think there will be something to gain, let Monkey Win go with you!" ”

Dongfang Minghui nodded and turned to leave, Fang Lin looked at the map and continued: "You said, since those old guys from the Beitang family have decided to run away, then, will they leave some people behind?" ”

Yin Liguang said without hesitation when he heard this: "That's definitely going to be done, and there must be one or two heavyweights among the people who stay, otherwise, you can't suppress those who are left behind, you know, those people can be regarded as elite." ”

No one doubted Yin Liguang's judgment, Fang Lin also nodded, and said: "This can be proved from the many destroyed escape passages we discovered earlier, the old guys of the Beitang family originally wanted to leave one or two heavyweights to command the defensive battle of Arctic City, at least they could delay us for a few days, but what they didn't expect was that the person who stayed behind also ran away, but instead used them to attract our attention, hehe, I have to say, This man is indeed a great character, and I kind of admire his state of mind. ”

Bai Lian suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization, and said, "I know, the reason why you didn't personally go after those fleeing Beitang family troops is because of this person who stayed?" ”

Everyone reacted instantly when they heard this, and Concubine Shu said softly: "Fang Lin, is this person really worthy of your attention?" ”

Fang Lin nodded, and said with a heavy heart: "This person is very remarkable, first of all, he didn't fight for the opportunity to leave, but stayed, and then, he didn't follow the orders of the elder group, and we fought to the end, nor did he surrender to us, but almost escaped with the front and rear feet of the family, what does this mean, he already had Zhou Xiang's plan, and thirdly, he used the family as his own shield, and it is easy for us to ignore his existence without checking, So he will be given more time to escape, which shows that his heart is ruthless enough, and his thinking is quite meticulous, such a person, once he hides, we are afraid that we may not be able to find it for hundreds of years, and he will be like a poisonous snake staring at us in the dark, as long as we show a little flaw, we will be bitten by him fiercely, such an enemy, how can we let it go? ”

Princess Xiangxiang said: "So, you are going to take us and go after that person in person, but there is another problem, now, people from the major forces are running around, how do you know that the person we are looking for is fleeing in that way?" ”

Fang Lin smiled slightly, drew dozens of routes on the map to escape from Arctic City to various places in the Northern Regions, and then looked at everyone: "Everyone, if you were that person, which escape route would you choose?" ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, but Ayinata said impatiently: "Oh, Fang Lin, don't be there to show off, hurry up, otherwise, everyone will have already run back to grandma's house!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into laughter, but Fang Lin had a black line on his face, glared at Ayinata dissatisfiedly, and said helplessly: "Since this person has been prepared for a long time, then he will definitely not run around like everyone else, but choose a road that is most likely to escape our pursuit, according to this thinking, he will never choose the road to the east and south." ”

Speaking of this, he drew a circle on the map, and at once eliminated most of the routes, and then continued: "Due north is the direction we are coming from, and there are armies coming and going at any time, so it is absolutely impossible to choose this side, so we can exclude five more routes. ”

"In this way, there are only five roads in the west and northwest directions, but due west is the unobstructed Great Plains, and it is definitely impossible to choose there, so there are only two roads in the northwest to choose from, one is to continue west, through the thief wasteland into the Western Regions, and take refuge in Ximen's house, and the other is to the north, cross the Nutao River through the Pingning Rope Bridge, and then choose to enter Shangnanguo or my Linghua Sect!"

Everyone couldn't help frowning after hearing this, Dongfang Lai shook his head and said: "Although we have narrowed down the scope to three paths, we still can't be sure which one it is, once we choose the wrong one, it will be in vain." ”

Li Haoran tentatively spoke: "According to Fang Lin's previous analysis, that person should be a very capable, ruthless and poisonous person, such a person is generally very arrogant, and he is never willing to send people under the fence and be controlled by others, otherwise, he will not run away, but surrender, so, I judge, he will definitely not choose to go to the Western Regions!" ”

"But what if he also knew that his thoughts would be understood by us, and he would go against him?" Qu Shan'er said unconvinced.

Fang Lin immediately waved his hand and said: "The most taboo thing in battlefield judgment is to look ahead and hesitate, something like this kind of analysis and judgment is originally seven points by judgment and three points by the mandate of heaven, so once you have a judgment, don't doubt it, even if it is wrong, it is also the destiny of heaven, however, if you doubt, then it is very likely to miss the fighter." ”

Qu Shan'er pursed her lips and reluctantly said "oh", Wen Yue'er spoke: "However, even if they cross the Nutao River, there are two paths to choose, so which one will they choose?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all cast their inquiring eyes, but Fang Lin smiled dumbly when he saw this, and said: "You really think of me as a roundworm in someone else's stomach, I know what he thinks, it's already very good to be able to analyze this step, okay, the rest of us can only rely on feelings, let it be fate." ”

Everyone smiled embarrassedly when they heard this, but Qu Shan'er patted her chest, pretending to have palpitations, and said, "Oh my God, this guy is finally normal, if it goes on like this, I will suspect that he is the reincarnation of a god." ”

The word "immortal" is particularly harsh, everyone knows that Qu Shan'er is taking revenge on Fang Lin for the lesson she just had, Fang Lin can only be helpless about this, and then, after everyone has made some preparations, Fang Lin took five thousand elites and a large number of masters to embark on the road of pursuit.

In the nameless mountain, Beitang Yulin and his party have escaped for more than a thousand miles, and it is already sunset at this moment, so it is not suitable to continue to hurry, so everyone found a place to camp, just when everyone was buried in eating, Shan Huanting came to Beitang Yulin's side with tears, sobbing and said: "Yulin, the old lady is not good, I want to see you, you go quickly." ”

Beitang Yulin didn't show a surprised expression when he heard this, hesitated slightly, or went with Shan Huanting, in a slightly larger tent, Mrs. Beitang closed her eyes, lying on the soft bed with a haggard face, coughing twice from time to time, Shan Huanting took Beitang Yulin to Mrs. Beitang's bed, and said softly: "Mother-in-law, Yulin is here." ”

Beitang Yulin saluted respectfully and said, "Yulin has seen the master mother. ”

Mrs. Beitang slowly opened her eyes, and said with some difficulty: "You are here, cough cough, I can't do it, there are some things to say to you, just listen to it, cough cough cough after I die, you will cremate me on the spot, and the ashes will be sprinkled between heaven and earth, cough cough, let me float to my son's grave with the wind, in addition, the five thousand people I brought are the absolute elite of the Beitang family, the top existence among the martial artists of the same level, their loyalty is beyond doubt, cough cough, I handed them all over to Huanting, I hope you can treat them well, and there is, In any case, I don't allow you to take refuge in Ling~Hua~Zong, only•••As long as you do these three things, I••••cough, I will die without regrets! ”

After saying this, Mrs. Beitang stared at Beitang Yulin so deadly, although her whole body was trembling, but her eyes were so firm, Beitang Yulin only hesitated for a breath, and then looked at Mrs. Beitang, nodded firmly: "Master Mother, please rest assured, your requirements Yulin will definitely be done, will definitely treat Huanting and the five thousand brothers kindly, will definitely not have any communication with Ling Hua Sect, if there is a chance, I will not hesitate to give Ling Hua Sect a moment!" ”

When Mrs. Beitang heard this, a smile appeared on her face, slowly closed her eyes, lay down, and then completely stopped moving, Shan Huanting couldn't help crying out when she saw this, and threw herself on Mrs. Beitang's body, at this moment, a man and a woman walked in from outside the tent, came behind Shan Huanting, knelt down on one knee and said: "I wait for Mrs. Zun's deathbed, from now on I recognize Miss Shan as the master, and I will not regret life and death!" ”

At this time, Shan Huanting just cried, ignoring the two behind her, Beitang Yulin saw this and said to the two: "Two, Miss Shan is now in grief, let's go and arrange the aftermath of the housemother first." ”

The two nodded when they heard this, got up and left, looking at the two of them, Beitang Yulin had a complicated heart, he knew that this was the last way that Mrs. Beitang paved for Shan Huanting, so as not to let her be bullied, but would he really bully such a woman.

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