Half a year passed in a hurry, and the Northern Alliance invaded the southern area for hundreds of miles with the southern water pass as a stronghold, and Zhou Xiang's team also participated in several battles, but almost encountered little decent resistance, so that everyone suspected that this was not a war, but only a march.

On this day, Yang Ting came forward to receive the antidote, and everyone in the team swallowed it except for Han Dahan Er. In order to test whether the poison in the two brothers would attack regularly as Beimeng said, they were hit by the time of the poison. In Zhou Xiang's expectant gaze, the two of them suddenly began to distort their faces, and streams of black gas continued to emerge from them, and everyone was shocked and hurriedly fed them the antidote. This incident also fully proves that the North Alliance has given them the real poison. Everyone can only honestly continue to be cannon fodder.

After two battles again, Zhou Xiang and his team are still in the middle of the cannon fodder army, whether they are small teams or individuals, although they will not be brutally eliminated, but they are still far from meeting the standard of freedom promised by the Northern Alliance.

In addition, now the Northern Alliance's supervision of the cannon fodder monks has not only not relaxed, but has become more severe, and all teams have been forced to stay in the camp and not move around at will. In this case, Zhou Xiang spent the rest of his time meditating and practicing swords, except for practicing cooperation with his teammates every day. The second style of the mixed yuan sword technique has been completed, and the third type of "desert lonely smoke" has begun to try.

The high-level of the Northern League held several meetings during this time, and the participants increased from one or two yuan babies to more than a dozen later, and the scale became larger and larger, and they were very dissatisfied with the results after the battle of Nanshuiguan.

In order to hurt the opponent and obtain greater benefits, the Northern Alliance decided to send several second-rate sect Yuanying monks to attack several important sects and families in the southern region in five ways, while the main force continued to move south, targeting the enemy's important town - Thousand Gullies Peak.

Deacon Wuji Sect and Deacon Zhu, who have always followed the actions of the large army, have been discussing more and more secretly, and the two have reached the point where they are almost inseparable, and after the Northern Alliance issued a combat mission, the two got together again.

"Brother Zhu, several meetings have been held, and the form is becoming clearer and clearer. The Battle of Nanshuiguan clearly failed to achieve its goal. Deacon Wang spoke first.

"Yes, in these battles, the Southern District has only sacrificed a few insignificant families, and there must be a lot of exchange of interests behind it. Our Northern Alliance is repairing under the pretext of repairing, but in fact, we are also giving the other party time to calculate the gains and losses, but we don't know which gate faction or family will be unlucky next. "Deacon Zhu is a little worried.

"Isn't this the case within our Northern Alliance? All the first-class forces participated in this high-level meeting, but in the end, it was not those second-rate sect Yuanying who led the team, especially Ma Chen of the Zhengyang Sect, who was empty-eyed, thinking that he had taken advantage of everything. Hmph! I don't know if I've been sent to die. As a second-rate sect, this vision is really not good, and in the end, there is a time when he cries. Deacon Wang was very disdainful.

"Who let them offend the high elders of Yi Shuimen in the Zhengyang Sect? The last time they were given the task was to borrow a knife to kill people, I heard that many disciples in their sect died, and now they are so poor that they can't even distribute the pills. This kind of second-rate sect with only one or two yuan babies is exactly the target of this war. After this battle, the Zhengyang Sect will inevitably be destroyed. ”

"It's still a first-class force, and it's good to enjoy the shade behind the big tree!" Deacon Wang rejoiced.

"Hmph, our Wuji Sect is not monolithic, I heard that Elder Yang who is in charge of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion and Elder Bi of our Refining Hall both want to take advantage of this war to get rid of each other, especially Elder Yang actually came forward to serve as the commander of the left wing, you and I have to be careful, don't be caught by him. Deacon Zhu reminded.

"Hehe, Yang Bushi, this guy has a rat's belly and chicken intestines, and he doesn't take the other elders seriously when he is in charge of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the eyes of the deacons under him have grown to the sky. Besides, as deacons of the Chinese army, we are not under his control, for I am afraid that he will do something!" replied Deacon Wang.

"Having said that, we have to guard against it, in case the commander surnamed Yang transfers us to his left flank, the commander of the Chinese army can't help but sell favors, so you and I should be careful. ”

Deacon Zhu reminded again.

"Yes, you have to guard against him. Deacon Wang nodded yes, and the two muttered to each other, discussing their next actions.

After the new order was issued, the large army of the Northern Alliance set out as a whole, and this operation was extremely strict, with hundreds of miles of sentinels released in front, and the left and right wings were spread out far away, and the dense flying monks of the Chinese army were like locusts covering the sky and the sun. Everywhere they passed, all the mortals on the ground knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to breathe, and the monks nearby also tried to find a place to hide, for fear of being killed by the fish in the pond.

A day after the main force set off unhurriedly, another five teams quietly left Nanshui Pass, led by Yuanying Monk to kill in five different directions.

After flying for several days, Zhou Xiang and their large army finally arrived at the periphery of Qianqi Peak.

Specifically speaking, Qianqi Peak is not a mountain, but the nearest quasi-first-class force in the Southern District near the Northern Alliance, this force is called Qianqiumen, since the founding of the mountain patriarch, the inheritance has been thousands of years, because there are no gods in the sect, so it can only belong to the second-rate forces, but because there are as many as five people in the sect, it is much higher than the ordinary second-rate sect, and even on a par with some first-class forces, so it is called a quasi-first-rate force.

It was precisely because of his rich heritage that those first-class sects were jealous of his growth potential and looked down on him a little, while second-rate sects were jealous of them and tried every possible means to weaken their strength. After the Northern Alliance's combat target was selected this time, the various forces in the southern region were ostensibly hating the same enemy, but in fact they were all gloating, and they wished that Qianqiumen and the Northern Alliance would fight to the death, and it was best to lose both, so that everyone could enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. The Northern Alliance also saw this, attacking the Qianqiu Gate could not only weaken the overall strength of the Southern Region, but also not attract fierce resistance from other sects. In addition, the strong strength of the five Yuanying of Qianqiumen can just help the Northern Alliance eliminate those second-rate forces that are not very obedient inside, which is really a lot of success.

When the Northern Alliance army swept to the periphery of Qianqi Peak, Qianqiumen had already prepared for battle, all the monks retreated to the main peak, and the rest of the peaks and the periphery were cleared by strong walls, and all the things that could be withdrawn were withdrawn, and the main peak array was completely opened and attack and defensive formations were set up from the foot of the mountain to the upper layers.

In the face of the ironclad defense of Qianqiu Gate, the Northern Alliance army did not immediately attack, but set up a large camp thirty miles away from Qianqiu Peak, forming a semi-encirclement of Qianqiu Gate, and at the forefront of the camp were cannon fodder monks like Zhou Xiang and them. In other words, the cannon fodder troops do not have any overall defense at all, once Qianqiumen takes the initiative to attack, Zhou Xiang can only resist by themselves.

Although the Northern Alliance is menacing, the internal main body is dominated by monks from second-rate forces and third- and fourth-rate forces, and the core is the disciples of the first-class forces of the Northern Alliance. In view of the importance of this battle, the remaining six Yuan Ying except for Zhao Jin were all carefully selected monks from the Northern Alliance, and they could completely restrain the other Yuan Ying in terms of technique. They are all from second-rate forces, and the Northern Alliance has made a rich promise, and after the war, they will be given a certain amount of resource tilt and exercise support, and ensure that these sects have the possibility of being promoted to first-class forces.

Although they knew that these promises were just bait to lure them to sell their lives, they were eager for the sect to grow further, especially for those elders of the various sects who had been wandering around the Yuan Infant Stage for hundreds of years without an inch, this bait was attractive enough, so they also sent out the elites of the sect. Since sooner or later it will be calculated, it is better to be generous and calculated, and maybe you can get an unexpected joy with all your efforts.

Compared with the intrigue within the Northern Alliance and the Southern District, Qianqiumen had anticipated the situation that might be encountered next since they learned that the enemy had conquered Nanshui Pass, so in the face of the surging army of Northern Alliance monks, in the face of the orders of strict defense in the Southern District, verbal solidarity, and the few material support of allies, the entire Qianqiumen was united and prepared for a long-term battle.

On the one hand, they actively organized a frontal defense, and hired scattered cultivators to help them at a high price, and on the other hand, they arranged for the younger two Yuan Babies to quietly leave with carefully selected disciples, and as seeds in case of emergency, they would take refuge in other areas, and even reopen the door to establish a sect. In this way, even if the mountain gate in the right area of the fire is destroyed, the Qianqiu Gate will still be reborn from the fire.