In front of it is a majestic city wall, about three zhang high and five zhang thick, like a giant dragon, lying across the earth, guarding the earth behind it like a moat.

"The construction of this wall began in October three years ago, before you reached the Zimu River. ”

General Cheng's face was heavy, and he was also quite emotional, retreating all the way here, paying a heavy price, countless soldiers were left on the road, trampled into flesh, and could never be recovered.

They are not the first warriors to die in this world, and there have been too many warriors throughout the ages who have ended up in this way.

No wonder it is always said that our land is soaked in the flesh and blood of our ancestors.

The huge mountains are the backbone of the ancestors, and the dry and hard yellow mud is the plasma of the ancestors.

The river is the tears of the ancestors, and the green mountains are the wishes of the ancestors.

General Cheng and Ye Qingfeng climbed the city tower and looked into the distance, everything was recovering, early spring was coming, but the blood was mixed in the forest, blue and red were intertwined, and the world was like a dream.

He sighed and said slowly, "It was at that time that the Dragon King of the East China Sea found His Majesty and talked about the fragmented layer of the Spirit Ruins. He always knew that when that demon monkey took away the Dinghai Divine Needle five hundred years ago, he let go of a monster, he didn't know what this monster was, but he could feel its power. ”

He was worried that the monster would be born one day, and it would be cholera time, after all, at that time, the disaster of the demon mutiny in the world was very serious, and the true gods always had some premonitions. ”

Ye Qingfeng was stunned and said, "Why don't we know these things?"

General Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "You young people have your own things to do, what is the use of these things telling you? Everything is uncertain, everything is just speculation. ”

"At that time, we didn't know that the culprit of the demon change in the world was Chiyou, we just thought that there was a big devil who was about to come to the world, the world was chaotic, and people were panicked. ”

"His Majesty came to me at that time and asked us a few questions. ”

Ye Qingfeng couldn't help but say, "What's the problem?"

General Cheng said: "Your Majesty asked us if we could play chess. ”

Ye Qingfeng's face was strange, and he was stunned: "Ask this question?"

General Cheng said: "I said I won't, Wei Cheng will meet." ”

"Your Majesty said that our Datang is playing a game of chess, a big game of chess. ”

"This game of chess is about the society of the Tang Dynasty and the life of the whole world. ”

General Cheng gently stroked the guardrail in front of him, felt the roughness of the stone, and sighed: "I don't understand this, I just asked Your Majesty, what does this mean and what does it have to do with playing chess." ”

"Your Majesty said that heaven and earth are a big chess game, and at the beginning there was no gunsmoke, and everything was very quiet. But the crisis will always come slowly, strangle the crisis in the cradle, this is peace, the crisis has grown, and it has impacted the society of the country, this is the war, the country has collapsed, a new country is established, this is the change of dynasty. ”

He said that the demon change in the world is obviously a crisis in this big game of chess, and we have not been able to stifle it, in fact, it has already meant the arrival of war. So the two sides began to play, you are the pawns sent by His Majesty, it seems to be very weak, but step by step, in the end, it can affect the whole Qiankun. ”

Ye Qingfeng was stunned, if this was the case, then now it seems that His Majesty may have thought too far.

General Cheng smiled: "I said at the time, then we can just remove the source of this crisis." ”

"Your Majesty said that the crisis that has arisen now is difficult to overcome, and it cannot be relied on strength, but only by wisdom, and more importantly, the fall of any dynasty, the experience of history tells him that there is never more than one crisis. ”

"Just as the crisis of the Qin Dynasty came not only from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, but also from Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, the crisis of the Han Dynasty was not only from the Second Emperor Huan Ling, but also from Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. The advent of every era of crisis means that there are countless crises. ”

Ye Qingfeng nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right, he is a truly wise and far-sighted person. ”

General Cheng said: "When I heard Your Majesty's words, I immediately thought of what he told us about the situation in the East China Sea Lingxu, so I asked Your Majesty if he was worried about the East China Sea. ”

"Your Majesty said yes, he said that the country is a big deal, and anyone who has a fluke mentality will die. With copper as a mirror, you can be dressed properly, with people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses, with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, Your Majesty often says these words, and we all understand these truths. ”

"Be cautious, we have to be prepared to defend whether the opposing player is attacking or not. ”

So the army went south, and His Majesty mobilized 800,000 troops from all over the country, and joined with the 200,000 troops south of the Yangtze River to form an alliance of 1 million troops, and built this great wall like a dragon day and night. ”

"For today!"

"I just didn't expect that this day would really come. ”

Ye Qingfeng was a little shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "After the construction is completed, the people will be transferred?"

"Nope. ”

General Cheng said: "At the same time as the construction, it has already begun to be transferred, do you think that so many resources are just temporarily allocated during this time? It is impossible to do it without spending a few years." ”

"Your Majesty has been working on these things in an all-round way since he decided to build this wall, but it is very secretive, all the soldiers involved, and the rest of the people do not know, only the truly intelligent people can smell the slightest trace from the allocation of resources. ”

General Cheng said with a smile: "Later, the spirit ruins really appeared, everything was becoming clearer, and His Majesty's thoughts were becoming clearer and clearer, he transferred the people, mobilized resources and troops, and thought hard about how to fight this battle, so he contacted the Dragon King of the East China Sea in advance." ”

"Can you believe it? After the Three Realms competition, he had already found the Dragon King of the East China Sea and proposed this plan. ”

"In this big game of chess, His Majesty has always been one of the most important chess players, he understands the situation in the East China Sea, and proposes to divide the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea into pieces, use the Tang Dynasty as bait, stretch the battle line of the Chaos Emperor Jade, and weaken the power of the Chaos Emperor Jade through resources, grain and grass, logistics and other aspects. ”

"Concentrate the top combat power on the frontal battlefield, concentrate the vast army on the rear battlefield, draw salaries from the bottom of the cauldron, and completely annihilate the living force of the Spirit Ruins Shatter. ”

Ye Qingfeng said: "Then what are we going to do?"

General Cheng smiled: "All you and I have to do is ...... Hold on here, not a single step back!"

After speaking, he turned his head and walked to the other side, looked at the towering green mountains, the earth was like a green, and said softly: "There is Jiangnan behind me, and I can't retreat anymore." ”

"This city tower blocks the road to the south of the Yangtze River after all, both sides are mountain ranges and the water tribe can't pass, and the road is too far to the north, and the water tribe can't go over. Only here, this is where they have to rush through. ”

"We can only have two results, the first is to hold on here, and the second is to die here. ”

Ye Qingfeng nodded and said, "I understand." ”

In the blue land, the third layer of the undersea labyrinth, the place where Chu Yanyun was once sealed, Long Xiaoyun and the Shura Ghost King looked at the map on the table and had been pondering for a long time.

Long Xiaoyun finally stood up and said in a deep voice: "I've been thinking about the Spirit Ruins Fragment these days, whether it should be included in this chess game, it seems that there is no use over there. ”

"If you look at the map, the strength of the Chaos Emperor Jade is mainly concentrated in the sea area near our Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, and there is still a small part of the army assembled in the South China Sea, that is, two centers. As long as we seal these two centers, they won't be able to return to the Spirit Ruins Fragment. ”

The Shura Ghost King said, "Do you know about the Spirit Ruins?"

Hearing this, Long Xiaoyun frowned and shook his head, and said slowly: "What do you mean......"

"Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. ”

Shura Ghost King said: "In your opinion, it is not necessary to take the spirit ruin in a strategic sense, and I understand your opinion, after all, it takes a price to take the spirit ruin, and the impact on the overall situation does not seem to be very large, so it is not worth it." ”

"But we don't know about the Spirit Ruins, we don't know what's really there, we just went to the second floor of the Ice Palace. But have you ever thought about it, what if there are some things on the Shattered Layer of the Spirit Ruins that we don't know about, but they are of great help to the Chaos Emperor Jade?"

"In the final analysis, the strategic significance of taking down the Spirit Ruins, the first is to ensure that the tiger will not return to the mountain, so that the other party can make a comeback, and at the same time, it can also increase our morale once and for all. ”

Long Xiaoyun said: "I'm just worried that if we want to find out what is going on in the Spirit Ruins, we need to send powerful cultivators, and our strength in this area is very limited, I can't think of anyone else who can do these things except you." ”

The Shura Ghost King said: "But you have to do it, otherwise the strength of the Chaos Emperor Jade is a living spring, which will give these water tribe warriors endless strength." ”

Long Xiaoyun thought for a long time before nodding and saying, "Okay, this time I still listen to you, you are the chess player on our side." ”

"Li Shimin is. ”

The Shura Ghost King smiled: "I'm just an executor, he is the helmsman in this big game of chess, but few people can guess that this human emperor is the real chess player, after all, people will subconsciously despise a mortal." ”

He pointed to the map and said slowly: "What you need to do now is to leave this place, quietly go to various places in the East China Sea, contact the previous army generals and patriarchs of various clans, you must be trustworthy, the news is leaked in advance, and this big game of chess will be lost." ”

Long Xiaoyun nodded and said softly, "Your Excellency the Ghost King, our East China Sea Dragon Palace has ruled the Water Tribe, after all, it has been thousands of years. ”

The Shura Ghost King said, "Then I'll be relieved." ”

"Okay, I'm leaving. ”

As soon as Long Xiaoyun took two steps, the Shura Ghost King suddenly said: "Long Shaoxia, prepare for bloodshed, the battle under the sea will not be easier than the battle on the road." ”

"This is the dignity of our aquarry, and we are willing to bleed for it, even to the point of death. ”

Long Xiaoyun strode out of the underwater labyrinth, his steps extremely resolute.

Beside the Shura Ghost King, a swarthy octopus ran over and said in a suppressed voice, "Boss, so we won this time?"

This octopus is the deep-sea octopus rescued by the Shura Ghost King in the second layer of the underwater labyrinth before, and it can speak well, guarding the blue land, and hiding here with the Shura Ghost King.

The Shura Ghost King looked at it suspiciously, and said, "Our words are obviously very dignified, how can you see that we can win?"

The deep-sea octopus smiled and said, "The boss has taken action personally, so he will definitely win." ”

The Shura Ghost King smiled, sighed, and said, "Whether you can win or not depends on whether this game of chess is big enough, and if it is big enough, there is hope." ”

The deep-sea octopus said: "What is big enough?"

The Shura Ghost King looked at the map and seemed to see the future, and he said softly: "Heaven and earth, the four directions of the universe, every force enters the chessboard, Li Shimin, can he eat it?"

"Can you eat it?"

"Maybe. ”

The Shura Ghost King laughed.