"Yes, General Yue is right, it is our luck to be able to fight with General Yue this time, although I have no regrets in death, I swear to kill the moon thief!" Yue Zhan's words entered the hearts of everyone, and the crowd was excited.

"Swear to kill the moon thief and defend your homeland!"

"Swear to kill the moon thief and defend your homeland!"

“......”

Everyone present, including the soldiers and the people, was excited, full of enthusiasm, and the cries were higher and higher.

"Report !!"

At this moment, a high and rapid voice came, and a scout rushed to Yue Zhan with the momentum of a whirlwind, knelt down on one knee, and said very eagerly: "Report to General Yue, the enemy situation has been discovered five hundred miles away, and a large number of troops are rushing to the Iron Blood City, and with the speed of the enemy army, the troops will be able to attack the city in less than an hour!"

"What!"

The voice shook everyone's hearts suddenly, although they had already expected that the Blood Moon attack was imminent, but no one expected it to come so quickly, so that everyone was not mentally prepared at all.

"It's coming so soon!"

"In less than an hour, the Blood Moon army will be able to enter the city, what should I do?" the crowd looked at each other, and they couldn't help but be a little scared.

Not only the ordinary people, but also those soldiers were inexplicably frightened and lacked confidence in this battle.

Yue Zhan was shocked, he came so soon, and he didn't give them time to prepare, and he felt more and more that this battle was dangerous and unpredictable.

Generally speaking, the marching speed of the army is relatively slow, after all, there are many people, and the cultivation is different, so it is necessary to prevent people from falling behind, and it is impossible to consume too much physical strength, and it is impossible to rush with all their strength.

And even with all their might, it would be impossible for an ordinary army to travel five hundred miles in an hour, unless the soldiers of this army were extremely well-trained and had a very high average cultivation.

According to the Scout's intelligence, the Blood Moon army is really moving, and it is difficult to deal with.

Yue Zhan frowned, quickly calmed down, and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?"

"Two hundred thousand!" the scout's voice slammed into the hearts of the crowd like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, trembling fiercely!

Two hundred thousand!

Generally, the establishment of the army in the city is less than 30,000 at most, and it may be increased to 50,000 in wartime, while the Iron Blood City occupies a natural danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is the first vital line of defense against the invasion of the Blood Moon Dynasty, and the garrison establishment has been maintained at 50,000, and it may reach more than 100,000 in wartime.

But this time the Blood Moon Army launched a rush war, and it was too late for the imperial court to send troops to support, that is to say, the defenders of Iron Blood City only had 50,000 soldiers from the Yue family's army, even if they added the young warriors left behind among the people, they could barely reach 100,000.

However, although these civilians also have a self-cultivation and are not powerless, they have not undergone strict military training and have participated in very few battles, and the actual combat effectiveness can be worrisome.

Even if you don't look at the actual combat strength of the two armies, in terms of numbers alone, the Blood Moon army is more than twice as many as them, what are the chances of winning such a battle?

Yue Zhan's heart was clouded with a haze, but he knew that he must not show the slightest timidity, let alone allow this negative emotion to spread, which would greatly damage their combat effectiveness and be defeated without a fight.

"Soldiers, fellow villagers, the 200,000 army of the Blood Moon is coming, are you afraid?" Yue Zhan looked at the crowd with sharp eyes and asked in a loud voice.

"General Yue, we are not afraid!" many people responded loudly, but even they themselves noticed that their voices were trembling, and they immediately lowered their heads in shame.

Seeing this, Yue Zhan just smiled slightly and said: "You are afraid, the blood moon army of 200,000, we are only less than 100,000 when we are full, even if we rely on natural insurance, we do not have an advantage." ”

When people heard this, they were even more ashamed.

"You don't have to be like this, it's normal to be afraid of death, who in this world is not afraid of death? Am I not afraid? No, I am also afraid, if I can live, I don't want to die. Yue Zhan said very calmly that he was afraid of death, and immediately everyone looked at him in shock.

Even his generals were amazed, the general couldn't have taken the wrong medicine, right? If they hadn't heard this kind of thing with their own ears, they wouldn't have believed it coming from his mouth.

"There's nothing strange about it, I'm also human, and I'm scared if I'm human. Yue Zhan had already expected that everyone would react like this, and continued: "Ten years ago, the army dispatched by the Blood Moon was not 200,000, but 1 million, and the martyrs of our Iron Blood City used their blood to forge this martyr's monument, aren't they afraid, more than 100,000 people plus a group of ordinary people against millions of people, who dares to say that they are not afraid, but even if they are afraid, they have never taken half a step back, but have defended the dignity of Iron Blood City with their own lives, why is this?"

People turned from astonishment to deep thought, yes, the situation faced by the defenders of Iron Blood City at that time was even more desperate, with a million troops, many Spirit Yuan Realm powerhouses, and Tianxuan Realm powerhouses. But why didn't any of them retreat out of fear?

"Because there is something more frightening than death, more important than life, that is, loyalty, if they retreated at that time, the dignity of the Iron Blood City was no longer there, the blood moon drove straight in, the mountains and rivers were broken, how many people were broken and displaced, how much disaster would it cause, the son of Marshal Ye, Major General Ye died on the battlefield in order to block the invasion of the blood moon, if we retreated because of fear, ask yourself, are you worthy of those martyrs who fought bloodily for the country and the people regardless of life and death?"

Yue Zhan's words shocked people greatly, the fear in their hearts decreased a lot, and the belief in their hearts became more and more firm.

"Iron Blood City occupies a natural danger, and can effectively block the enemy army, once this advantage is lost, the Blood Moon army can invade our homeland on a large scale, and it will be even more difficult to drive them out, so we can't retreat, not only for ourselves, but also for the people of the world to avoid disaster, we must build a strong wall for them. ”

"There is nothing to be ashamed of being afraid, what we should really be ashamed of is to be defeated by our own fear, that is really terrible, what we have to do is not not not to be afraid, but to transform this fear into our strength to block a strong enemy, think about our family and children, we could have lived happily together, but the enemy has destroyed this happiness, so what should we do?" Yue Zhan said loudly.

"Fight with them!" The crowd was excited, and Li Tieniu was the most excited, because of the invasion of the blood moon, he was separated from his father and mother, and he may never see each other again in the future.

"That's right, fight!" Yue Zhan nodded heavily, "But we don't fight to die, we fight to protect our families, in order to continue to live with them, so even if it is a place of death, we have to seek a way to survive, then we have to defeat the invasion of the Blood Moon, kill the enemy, the more enemies we kill, the greater the chance of us surviving, so, what is your choice?"

"Kill!" the crowd was murderous, as if the enemy who wanted to destroy their happiness was right in front of them.

Niu Ba, Fu Qing and other generals watched this scene and admired Yue Zhan even more, turning people's fears into murderous energy, and in turn improving morale, such an ability is not available to everyone.

"General Yue, let's all listen to you, give orders!" Li Tieniu and other young warriors said in a loud voice.

"General, please give the order!" the soldiers of the Yue family army said in unison, and the iron-blooded aura on their bodies permeated out, like a tiger that had been silent for a long time, finally revealing its claws.

"Okay! What you want is this kind of momentum, to die and then live, whether we can survive this battle, I Yue Zhan will ask everyone. Yue Zhan's heart was wide, and he beckoned left and right: "Come on, serve wine!"

In a short time, every soldier and every citizen held a bowl of wine dripping with blood in their hands (the blood was taken out of everyone's hands, mixed together, and then dripped into the wine), and they looked intently at the mighty figure in front of them, and established a firm belief in their hearts.

"It's a heroic hero who must have true feelings, and the big husband doesn't have the amount of alcohol. ”

"I am fortunate to be with you for so many years, life and death together, come, do it, we will fight side by side, and kill the enemy together!" Yue Zhan looked at everyone's face with sincerity in his eyes, these people were pinning their lives with him...... Brothers!

Many of them are still very young, and when they are in their glory, they have to go to the battlefield, leaving behind life and death to fight the enemy.

"!" everyone drank the bloody wine in the bowl in one go, and their hearts were already very firm.

"Smack!"

The wine bowl fell heavily on the hard floor tiles and shattered to the ground.

......

Half an hour later.

The blood on the horizon was much thicker, and it continued to spread in the direction of the Iron Blood City, and the oppressive aura shrouded the city, and the heavens and the earth were silent.

"Have you contacted the surrounding cities, how is it?" Yue Zhan asked, standing on top of the city tower, looking at the blood in the sky.

"I've already contacted them, and they all promise that they will be more vigilant and will be ready to support at any time, but I didn't expect the blood moon to come so quickly, and I don't know if their reinforcements will be in time. "The one who spoke was the delicate general who participated in the discussion of the situation that day, Zhang Xian.

This is a capable general who is closest to Yue Zhan in terms of governing the army and affairs, and has won Yue Zhan's trust.

"That's ...... Then leave them alone for now, I guess we can't count on it, we still have to rely on ourselves. Yue Zhan nodded silently, although he was a little disappointed, he was not surprised.

"Huh?" At this moment, his brows suddenly furrowed, and his gaze drifted into the distance: "I didn't expect it to come faster than I predicted." ”

"Inform all generals that the Blood Moon army will arrive early and prepare for battle. Yue Zhan ordered in an instant and said.

"Yes!" Zhang Xian was slightly surprised, and went to do it very neatly.

After about a quarter of an hour, there were bursts of voices from outside the Iron Blood City, extremely neat, but with an extremely strong oppressive force, standing on the top of the city and hearing it very clearly.

However, this time, everyone's hearts were like water, they knew that it was coming, and they all clenched the weapons in their hands, and their hearts were firm.

"Sonorous, sonorous, sonorous......"

A series of voices got closer and closer, and finally, a series of figures appeared in people's field of vision, more and more, connected together, extending into the distance, and it was difficult to see the head at a glance.