Outside the city of Nanhai, at the gate of the Chu army camp.

Lan Cai'er led a group of high-level generals to come, and Qingyunzi, as the local host, personally opened the camp gate and led Li Xiong and other East Route Army generals to greet him.

"Haha, I have been under the South China Sea City for a long time, and I have been unable to take this turtle shell, but today the queen led the army to help, and with this help, I finally have the bottom in my heart."

Waiting at the door for a while, a Luan driver came slowly from afar, Qing Yunzi saw this, hurriedly took two steps forward, and took the initiative to salute.

Although it is Lu Yuan's clone, it can essentially be regarded as a double body of one person, but in the eyes of outsiders, Qingyunzi is an independent immortal cultivator and Lu Yuan, except for the master-slave relationship, there is not too deep a connection.

Lu Yuan's propaganda to the outside world is the same, only mentioning Qingyunzi and Huang Xuan, who are monks who were lucky enough to get the opportunity of their predecessors, who have been cultivating in the mountains for decades, and have achieved something.

Then he fell into the lack of aura of heaven and earth, and it was difficult to advance an inch in this life, and the avenue was extinct.

So he gave birth to the idea of coming to the mortal world, looking for wealth and wealth, and spending this life in peace.

As for so many big countries in the world, why are you looking for Chu?

Naturally, it is because Lu Yuan, the king of Chu, is also a monk, and he has the same identity as the two of them, so they have more words in common.

This external excuse, don't care if others believe it or not, anyway, Lu Yuan and the two clones believe it.

Even if others have too many doubts, in the face of the three monks, they can only slander in their hearts, and they will never dare to put their beaks outside.

And with the passage of time, because Qingyunzi and Huang Xuan were divided by Lu Yuan's divine thoughts, they were essentially equivalent to another trace of soul.

In addition to some defects in temperament, the external performance is emotional indifference and a somewhat withdrawn personality.

This is more in line with their ascetic status.

Therefore, they are the truth of Lu Yuan's clone, and no one has been able to discover it for decades.

At this point, even Lan Caier, Lu Yuan's personal person, has always been kept in the dark and does not know the truth.

"Where, where, Qingyunzi Zhenren is an immortal master, the Tao is mysterious, and the Ning people and the South China Sea Kingdom only rely on a large number of soldiers for a while to be trapped in this city.

With the power of a real person, over time, he will be able to find a way to break the thief.

The palace is now leading people to come, but there is some meaning to take the bow of the real person, and I hope that the real person will forgive me. ”

For Qingyunzi, the real person who protects the country, Lan Caier shows great importance and respect.

Regarding the arrival of the catastrophe of heaven and earth, there is also the plan for the ascension of the Xianmen in Kyushu, and now among the countries in Kyushu, all the hegemons who are connected with the Xianmen have basically learned the news.

After Lu Yuan received the support of the Flying Frost Dao, he did not hide the news, but informed the innate grandmasters in the country.

As the queen, Lan Caier certainly knows the inside story.

Therefore, for Qingyunzi, who can let go of the opportunity to ascend, choose to stay in Chu State, and support her husband, she is of course extremely respectful.

After all, this is one of the few immortal cultivators in the entire Kyushu except for his own husband.

The whole world may not be counted more than the number of hands.

For this kind of rare talent, that kind of weight treatment is naturally not comparable to ordinary innate grandmasters.

Not to mention, with Qingyunzi's strength and status comparable to the innate second realm, he was naturally much higher than the average first realm grandmaster.

Lan Cai'er knew about this, and so did the innate grandmasters behind her.

Especially Han Liang, who was born in the Immortal Sect, naturally has a bit of awe and respect for a real monk like Qingyunzi.

Only those who were born in the immortal sect can find out how heavy a monk is.

With a spell, it is possible to directly kill a character of an innate grandmaster, a real high-end combat power.

Of course, with the current situation of today's depletion of spiritual energy, a wild cultivator like Qingyunzi who has no heels, after the essence is exhausted, the mana in the body will be reduced by one point, and after it is used up, it will no longer be able to make up for it.

Therefore, for this kind of casual cultivation, the mana in the body is limited, and the spell can not be used without using it, which belongs to the top deterrent that is hidden but not released, and is not a conventional combat power.

Therefore, Qingyunzi, who has spells, although he has the strength of the innate second realm, cannot use it often, or even avoid using it.

His conventional combat power is still the same as that of another real person who protects the country, Huang Xuan, and he is so forcibly that it is incredible, and it is enough to rival the refining technique of the innate grandmaster.

The common method used by the two real people to protect the country to the outside world is the indestructible body refining technique, with this means, it is enough to compete with ordinary innate grandmasters.

If you count the spells that may be used at any time, then even if you encounter the innate second realm, you must be afraid of three points, and dare not provoke casually.

As for the Grandmaster of the Innate First Realm, when facing the enemy, he learned that the opposite side was an enemy who could release the spell of killing him instantaneously at any time, and his heart would naturally be a head shorter.

When fighting, it is inevitable to be timid, ready to save your life at any time, or to escape the means, and under your own hands and feet, of course, you can't beat these two clones.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the two protectors of the Chu State are the second realm grandmasters who belong to the conventional innate combat power, but have a short duration and high lethality means.

It's enough to be afraid, but don't be too jealous.

That's why.

During the siege of the city, Qingyunzi took Li Xiong with him, and actually led the siege of the city several times, wanting to forcibly break through the defenses.

But Shangguan Ming, the commander of the Ning army in the city, came out to stop it at a critical moment every time.

He didn't force himself to fight with Qingyunzi, he just delayed it, leaving room for him at any time, and he could run away for his life, obviously to prevent Qingyunzi's spell.

In this kind of situation where the enemy is on full alert, even if Qingyunzi is a sword cultivation clone who is good at fighting, he has solidified the sword technique in his body.

However, although the entry-level spell of Fu Sword Technique is also amazingly powerful, if it can't hit the vital point with one blow, it can't kill an innate grandmaster in an instant.

In the case that Shangguan Ming was on guard, it was quite difficult for Qingyunzi to sacrifice a spell and kill this person neatly.

If the other party dodges the sneak attack, although it is not impossible to kill it, what needs to be used at that time is not a small spell, but maybe two, three, four or five.

For example, if aura is scarce today, Lu Yuan doesn't have much mana to supply clones, so naturally he can save a little.

For the sake of a mere innate first realm grandmaster, it costs too much mana, and in his opinion, it is obviously more than worth the loss.

After all, if you want to kill an innate grandmaster, there are too many means to choose from, and there is no need to use precious spells.

That's it.

After Qingyunzi, the doppelganger, contacted Lu Yuan's ontology and conveyed the predicament he was facing.

Lu Yuan sent a message to Lan Cai'er, asking her to quickly solve Su Xuange in Yulin City, and then lead her troops to Nanhai City to support.

This is also why Lan Cai'er suddenly gathered troops and issued an order to storm Yulin City some time ago, because Lu Yuan intervened.

Although the battle situation is controlled remotely thousands of miles away, there is inevitably a suspicion of a micro-manipulation master.

But fortunately, Lu Yuan's judgment was not wrong.

With the strength of the Western Route Army being four times that of the enemy and seven times the strength of the soldiers and horses, even if Su Xuange sat in the lonely city, he would never be Lan Cai'er's opponent.

Dealing with the weakest enemy on this path first, and then mobilizing superior forces, and then solving Nanhai City, is obviously the best choice at the moment.

Now that the Su State has been overthrown, as long as the South China Sea State is destroyed again, then the Chu State's southern expedition can be regarded as a preliminary achievement of the goal and the capture of the original Lingnan territory.

Yes, the word Lingnan, in the pre-Yue period, originally referred to the two counties of Nanhai and Yulin.

As for the current Jiuzhen County of the Song Kingdom, in terms of geographical division, it does not actually belong to the Lingnan region, but is closer to the islands of the South China Sea and the rainforest of the southern region, and at the same time has an intersection with the mountainous area where the southwest Zhuyi is located.

Generally speaking, it belongs to the Lingnan, Southwest, South China Sea, and Rainforest, which are the junction of these four geographical locations.

You can put it anywhere.

The reason why it is now divided into the Lingnan region is only that the Yue Kingdom attacked and destroyed the Jinghai State, and for the sake of convenience and correct name, it was assigned to Lingnan.

If Lu Yuan did not deliberately pursue perfection and chose to be content and peaceful, after conquering and destroying the South China Sea, he would directly choose to withdraw his troops, and he could also claim to annex Lingnan to the outside world, and won a great victory in this southern expedition.

Of course.

In today's situation, with so many advantages, of course he would not be stupid and choose to let go of such a piece of fat as Song Guo.

With a territory of one and a half counties and a population of two million, the family background of the Song Kingdom is actually very rich.

If he could eat it, not only would Lu Yuan be able to skyrocket a lot of luck, but his cultivation speed would be a few points faster. The state of Chu can also add a lot of taxes, and can raise another 100,000 soldiers.

There are so many benefits, of course he did not let go of Song Guo's reasoning.

Song Guo also knew this very well, so after receiving the news of the demise of the Soviet State, Xie Ning vigorously recruited troops in the country.

It has directly abandoned the policy of attaching equal importance to civil and military affairs and emphasizing long-term sustainable development that has been insisted on over the years.

learned Su Xuange's reckless military force, conscription and tyranny, a posture of killing chickens and taking eggs, and preferring to fight to the death.

Anyway, if this battle can't be won, the Song Kingdom will also die.

No matter how well it is preserved now, it will only be a cheap enemy in the end.

Rather than this, it is better to fight to the death, and in the end, it is impossible to scare off the enemy and keep the current foundation.

None of these guys who are dominant in troubled times are easy to with, and they are all ruthless and determined.

Lu Yuan did not let Lan Cai'er continue to go south after destroying the Su State, and he was not afraid that the Song Kingdom might be in ruins because of the big war.

After all, he wanted to annex the Song Kingdom, and he valued the abundant population of the local area and the wealth accumulated over the years of stability.

If this place is destroyed, even if it is annexed in the end, all you will get is a ruin.

Not only did the state of Chu not get any benefits, but it also had to lose its troops and generals, and finally spent a lot of energy to recover, wasting money and food in vain.

What's more.

In the case of the arrival of the catastrophe today, it is impossible for the Song State to spend too much energy on the development of a frontier wasteland like the Song State, which is located in the extreme south of Kyushu and is destined to be the first to suffer when the catastrophe breaks out.

In Xichuan, Xiangyang, Dongting and other grain-producing plains, and at the same time, there are waterways and prosperous money and grain lands, so Lu Yuan can devote his attention to development.

Other Lingnan counties, southwestern regions, and even important towns like Hanzhong, he could not invest too many resources, but would only let them develop.

After unifying Lingnan, defeating Ningguo, and capturing Yangzhou.

All the focus of the Chu State will be placed on the northward entry into Zhongzhou, and all the resources will also be used for this strategy.

In the future, it will be developed, resources must be invested, and it is also the land of Zhongzhou, not Yangzhou.

Zhongzhou is where the future lies.

……

After greeting each other and greeting each other, Qing Yunzi brought Lan Caier and the others into the camp.

After each of them took their seats in the conference hall, they naturally talked about the current situation in Nanhai City.

"In recent days, I have sent troops to invite battles several times, but the Ning army has retreated to the camp, and the Southern Navy is even more courageous and does not dare to go out of the city to fight.

So if you want to lure them into battle, it's probably impossible. ”

Qingyunzi introduced the information he had to everyone: "However, a few days ago, at the Shuizhai Wharf outside Nanhai City, a Ningjun naval division came to the north, with more than 100 ships in scale, and there should be nearly 10,000 people.

This Ning Jun sailor joined the sailor of the South China Sea Kingdom, and its momentum couldn't help but soar, directly covering the entire coastal area and controlling the sea route outside the city.

However, in addition to blocking the sea, the sailors of the two countries did not make any changes, except for patrolling from time to time, and more often hiding in the dock water wall. ”

The South China Sea also has a naval division, or a naval division.

As a country close to the sea, when the Nanhai faction first started, it was engaged in maritime business.

It is rumored that the Nanhai faction has business with many island countries from the Liang Kingdom in the north to the South China Sea in the south, as well as some barbarian tribes in the rainforest.

To be able to do such a large amount of business, there are naturally a lot of fleet warships in the hands of the South China Sea faction.

When it was only a Jianghu sect, the Nanhai faction, which claimed to have 100,000 disciples at that time, had most of the people who ate this bowl of rice on the sea.

In the South China Sea, basically anyone who walks on the sea and gets on the boat will serve as the banner of the South China Sea faction and lead the identity of a disciple of the South China Sea.

This is also the origin of the number of 100,000 disciples.

Because he included the lowest sailors on board, all those who did business on the sea, as long as they recognized the Nanhai School, could call themselves Nanhai disciples.

Otherwise, how could the Nanhai Sect be able to afford 100,000 disciples?

Indiscriminate filling is indispensable.

Later, the Nanhai faction turned into a country, and the original menzhong fleet directly changed their flags, changed their identities, and directly became the sailors of the Nanhai country.

The scale of this sailor is not small, and then the original Nanhai faction has a base of 20,000 people at the beginning, and then after the expansion of the Nanhai faction, there are now 40,000 sailors.

However, most of these 40,000 sailors are part-time caravans, running on the sea all year round, and they do business in the south and north of the world, and they will not be stationed in the South China Sea.

Those who really stayed in the South China Sea for a long time were only about 10,000 sailors.

Now these 10,000 people and the 10,000 sailors sent by the Ning people have converged, which is enough for 20,000 sailors and more than 200 ships, which is enough to occupy an absolute advantage on the sea surface if the sailors of the Chu State cannot be sent.

At the very least, the Chu army outside the city at the moment has no choice but to watch them block the sea waterways with those sailors of the two countries who are showing off their might on the sea.

"The Ning people suddenly sent a water master?"

After listening to Qingyunzi's introduction, Lan Cai'er couldn't help frowning: "Now that the Yangtze River is in full swing, the Ningren Naval Division has been defeated repeatedly, and they have lost control of the waterways in the Jiangxia battlefield.

The Ning people had redundant sailors, and instead of sending them to the Jiangxia battlefield to support the front line, they came all the way to the Lingnan border to support the South China Sea country, which had no water threat.

Could it be that they want to take over the Ning army and the people of the South China Sea Kingdom here? ”

Lan Caier made this guess close to reality.

Qing Yunzi nodded and agreed with this speculation: "According to the stalls in the city and the intelligence I have collected from many sources, it is speculated that those sailors sent by the Ning people do have the intention of taking the Ning army in the city to evacuate at any time.

It's just that they still want to struggle and want to defend Nanhai City, so they just blocked the sea and kept the waterway unblocked, and they didn't directly pick people up.

The Southern Navy and the Ning Army in the city also had this retreat, so even if the situation became more and more unfavorable, they had no idea of surrendering.

It's because they can leave at any time that they are so stubborn and stubborn to defend this city. ”

Qingyunzi said with a slight gritted teeth.

In fact, Ning Ren's intentions are not difficult to guess.

Those monks stayed on the dock of the water village outside Nanhai City, and what kind of idea they were fighting can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

Aren't you just planning to pick up someone and run away at any time?

And so it is.

At the beginning, Bai Yi'an proposed to send sailors to Lingnan to pick up the armies of the South China Sea, the Soviet Union, and the Song Kingdom.

This strategy was naturally improved by Shen Qiu's concept of moderation, and finally changed its appearance.

For example, Shen Qiu originally proposed to send at least 30,000 sailors to the south, and to recruit a large number of civilian ships from the country, so as to transfer the many troops and materials of the three Lingnan countries.

When he arrived at Shenqiu, he changed to send 10,000 sailors to the south first, and did not recruit civilian ships, and even after arriving in the South China Sea, he did not directly evacuate the soldiers and horses of the two countries in Nanhai City, but united with the South China Sea Sailors and watched on the sea.

The idea of this is naturally that Shen Qiu is still obsessed with his own balancing strategy in the South China Sea, and feels that he has great hope of attacking Chu State, and he may be able to keep the three allies of Lingnan and let them contain Chu State here.

With this kind of thought, it is naturally impossible to evacuate the armies of allies such as the South China Sea State at such a critical moment.

The 10,000 sailors sent now are just holding the plan to withdraw the remnants of Shangguan Ming's Ning army if the plan really goes wrong.

With the cooperation of the naval division of the South China Sea State, more than 200 warships, and the collection of some civilian ships of the South China Sea State, it is enough to withdraw the remaining 40,000 local troops and part of the South China Navy, and at the same time take away the powerful people of the South China Sea State.

In this way, Ning Guo can not only prostitute more than 10,000 sailors for nothing, as well as 20,000 or 30,000 elite Ning troops, but also take away a large amount of the wealth accumulated by Ning Guo, even if the South China Sea Kingdom is lost, they will not lose money.

Even with the South China Sea royal family in hand, it may be possible to lure a group of South China Sea sailors who are scattered to do business in various countries to come and take refuge, which can be more profitable.

In this way, if you win, Lingnan will be protected, and if you lose, you can get back part of the capital.

The golden mean of Shenqiu can be described as perfect.