Chapter 20: A Sword Comes East
Shangguan Chengcheng gritted his teeth, his expression was indescribable.
Indeed, if the demon clan all went to deal with the Dao soldiers, then the team of immortal court monks led by He Jingcheng would have no opponents. In the previous battle, a large part of the reason why they were able to protect Qingzhou City was because Yu Tamarin was able to contain He Jingcheng.
Although under the suppression of the demon clan monks by the Immortal Court, it was difficult for the Yu tamarin to defeat the other party, but it was always able to hold back.
In fact, the battle has lasted until now, and it has not lasted much time, and the strategy of Qingzhou City has always been very clear, that is, to completely defend and drag it until Li Ye and the main force of the Ping Lu army return to help.
Originally, this strategy had been well implemented.
Although Shangguan Chengcheng can command not many troops, she is a general of the military family after all, and Qingzhou is also a strong city, and most of the soldiers can fight to the death. Coupled with Cui Keli's effective logistics support, Rao is now the Pinglu army has suffered a lot of casualties, and the city is full of wounded, but Shangguan is estimated that it is not too much of a problem to support it for some more time.
But no one could have imagined that the Immortal Court would actually send Dao soldiers down.
The Xian Ting's attention to Qingzhou, or Li Ye, to this point also surprised the Pinglu people, who had been despised by the Xian Court before.
But the matter has come to this point, Shangguan Allure has no choice. As the main commander of this battle, she had to deal with it. The subsequent order she received was to hold Qingzhou City, so unless she died on the battlefield, Qingzhou could not afford to lose.
No, even if she dies in battle, she can't let the Xuanwu army step into the city.
Shangguan Chengcheng pulled down the armor, the bloodstained iron armor covered her face, only revealing a pair of resolute eyes, she said: "The demon clan monk continues to contain He Jingcheng, this group of Taoist soldiers, hand it over to the general!"
With that, she ordered the heralds: "Gather all the wolf fangs!"
Hearing her military order, not only Cui Keli's face changed greatly, but even Yu Tamarin was surprised, and the latter Weng Sheng dissuaded: "A thousand soldiers are not just as simple as a thousand real human realms. Although the wolf fangs are elite, after all, the realm is too low, and they are not all monks, so I am afraid that there is no possibility of defeating this battle!"
Cui Keli also hurriedly persuaded: "As the commander of the three armies, the general is related to the entire battle situation, and you must not easily get involved in danger, otherwise the city will not exist!"
He knows very well that among the generals of the Pinglu Army, Shangguan Allure's military realm belongs to one of the two highest in the realm of soldiers, his status is extraordinary, and he is the most favored by Li Ye.
Shangguan Chengcheng didn't mean to listen to persuasion, she glanced around at the two of them, and her voice was like a golden ge, and she said loudly: "Although the wolf tooth general is not as good as the real human realm, the general is a general of the military family! How many generals are there in the world? This battle may not be lost!"
After speaking, she turned around and walked towards the Yongdao, Cui Keli had to persuade again, and Shangguan Allure's cold cheer had already sounded: "This is a military order, you must obey it!"
When tens of thousands of soldiers of the Xuanwu Army rushed to the city of Qingzhou with a thousand soldiers in a cluster, preparing to attack the city on a large scale, to everyone's surprise, the city gate suddenly opened slowly, gradually revealing the wolf's teeth inside like an iron wall.
The three thousand soldiers were in black armor and black robes, ready to go, and everyone exuded a strong killing aura. The leading master will be in silver armor and white robe, holding a cloud-breaking lance, which is particularly eye-catching.
At the moment when the city gate was completely opened, this elite cavalry suddenly came out like a torrent, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, like a sharp arrow, it rushed straight to a thousand soldiers!
The soldiers of the Xuanwu Army were stunned and surprised, they didn't expect that at this time, Shangguan Allure would dare to attack.
In the previous battles, the wolf tooth capital took the initiative from time to time, disrupting the battle formation of the Xuanwu army, echoing the defenders at the head of the city, so as to repel the situation of the Xuanwu army.
This military battle formation led by the silver armor general has long left a strong psychological shadow on the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army, and there are several soldiers and generals who died under the opponent's hands, and there are countless soldiers killed and injured by the other party.
As soon as he saw this elite cavalry bathed in the misty light and blessed by the power of the generals' battle array, the Xuanwu army instinctively felt fear.
Zhu Wen was on the watchtower behind the Xuanwu army, and when he saw that the wolf teeth were fearless to meet the Taoist soldiers, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his heart was extremely moved.
He is not the kind of person who sells criticism with a smile on his face, and most of the time, he will say whatever he thinks in his heart.
So he sighed: "After many days of fighting, the Pinglu army suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only about sixty percent of those who can still fight." If it were an ordinary army, in such a war situation, it would only be afraid that everyone would be in danger, and there would be no morale at all. But the Pinglu army did not retreat from the fight, but still had the tendency to fight more and more bravely, why is this?"
The staff next to him said disdainfully: "A group of fools who don't know the times, they want to find death, who can stop them?"
The meaning of the staff's words is to resolve the impact that Zhu Wen's words may have on morale, which can be described as well-intentioned.
But Zhu Wen didn't appreciate it, he sneered: "If my soldiers are brave enough to find death on the battlefield, can I still be invincible?"
The staff opened their mouths, unable to speak.
At this time, a young man spoke up: "King An has governed Pinglu for several years, and with the help of Confucian scholars, the officials have ruled Qingming, the government is harmonious, and the people are rich. Under such circumstances, people's hearts naturally cohesive like never before. In the face of the invaders from outside, not only the soldiers of the three armies, but even the citizens of the city, will fight to the death in order to protect their homes and protect their rich lives. ”
"And the Xuanwu army division is unknown, although the generals want to make meritorious contributions, and the soldiers want to loot after breaking the city, but relying on these things to support, once the war lasts, morale will naturally be a lot lower, and after encountering desperate resistance, there will not be many people who are willing to fight with their lives. ”
Zhu Wen glanced back, and he recognized the person who spoke, it was a Confucian scholar who had just joined him, as if his name was Zhang Zhongsheng, and he heard that he was still one of the seventy-two Confucian scholars.
Zhang Zhongsheng came to the Xuanwu Army, in fact, he didn't really take refuge in Zhu Wen, but wanted to see if the Xuanwu Army had a chance to capture Qingzhou City. Confucian scholars rule the country and level the world, of course, they also need to be well-informed.
Zhang Zhongsheng continued: "It is said that Confucian scholars can only govern civil affairs, which is useful in peacetime, and has no place in troubled times, which is naturally absurd. If Pinglu did not have the governance of Cui Keli and the Cui family, how could there be the current prosperous and prosperous situation, not to mention that the supply of ordnance and grain could not be supplied, and the hearts of the army and the hearts of the people would not be so neat, not to mention that the soldiers fought to the death and the people died to help. If it weren't for this, Qingzhou City would have been captured by the Xuanwu army long ago. The army and the people are of one heart and one mind, the top and bottom are united, and they hate the same enemy, this is the capital of the master of the world!"
Zhu Wen's expression perked up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but nod his head, "Mr. Gaojian." ”
Seeing a Confucian scholar talking so loudly, He Jingcheng was not happy.
He scoffed, "Don't put gold on Confucianism's face. In the face of the absolute power of my Dao Sect Immortal Court, all obstacles are destined to be swept away! Don't you see, my Immortal Court Dao Soldier is already about to defeat that wolf tooth capital!"
He Jingcheng is right.
In the interval between everyone's words, the wolf tooth capital that killed out of the city encountered a thousand Dao soldiers, but they did not reproduce the previous glorious achievements, but were pressed and beaten by the Dao soldiers, and the battle array light shield was about to fall, and there was a danger that it might break at any time.
And Shangguan Chengcheng himself was not able to break into the Daoist formation and tear apart the opponent's defense.
"The big picture is decided. Cold, she can't last two moments. He Jingcheng chuckled, complacent, and glanced at Zhang Zhongsheng provocatively, "In front of my Daomen, all power is just floating clouds, and they will disperse at a touch!"
Zhang Zhongsheng stopped talking.
Although the other party's remarks are extreme, he disagrees with them very much, but the battle situation is like this, and he can't ignore the facts.
Although most of the Confucian scholars have hard mouths, and when they say that they can't win the other party, they like to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with their necks around their necks, but Zhang Zhongsheng is not such a character.
Just when Zhu Wen and the others thought that the wolf teeth would be defeated and Qingzhou City could go down with a backhand, suddenly, everyone's hearts trembled without warning.
It was like thunder falling on them.
Including He Jingcheng, everyone couldn't help but look at the western sky, and they sensed the direction of the palpitating power.
Then they all looked horrified.
Under the fire clouds in the sky, a sword came from the east.
The sword aura is like a rainbow light, so eye-catching that it doesn't need to be discerned at all, and it is coming in an instant.
How strong he respected, he couldn't help but shake his shoulders. From this sword, he felt the incomparable power of the Great Dao and the irreversible will of the emperor.
If it weren't for being in the mortal world, He Jingcheng would almost have thought that it was a sword cut by the Immortal Emperor!
The Qingbai sword qi was dramatically amplified in the eyes of everyone, and when it landed in front of Qingzhou City, it was already three hundred zhang long.
Like a meteor falling into the mortal world, the sword qi went straight to the thousand soldiers who were fighting with the wolf's fangs!
In the eyes of all those who saw this sword, at this moment, the mountains and rivers lost their color, everything lost their voice, and between heaven and earth, there was only one sword.
The sword intent shook everyone's minds, making them unable to pay attention to anything else.
No one could describe the elegance of this sword, they could only be shocked and frightened, and then imprinted this image in their minds.
The source of the sword qi was a three-foot long sword burning with dragon-shaped green flames.
And the sword-wielding person, whether it is He Jingcheng or Zhu Wen, is very familiar.
"Li Ye?!" He Jingcheng's eyes widened, "How could it be Li Ye?!, he is obviously just a Yang God True Person, how can he have such a powerful sword...... Could it be that he has already achieved the Immortal Realm?! How could the Immortal Court grant him the qualification to become an Immortal?!"
He didn't have time to pursue the answer to this question, he only knew that he would never be able to take this sword, so he hurriedly shouted at the Daoist battle array: "Defend!"
When his words fell, there was a bang, and a layer of light rose on the ground on the Dao soldier battle array.
As the light curtain rose, the raging aura swept like a tide, swept and spread, smoke and dust rose on the loess, and the surrounding Xuanwu Army soldiers and soldiers who were a little closer were all lifted out, flying like catkins and cotton.
After the initial shock, He Jingcheng stabilized his state of mind. It is true that he can't catch this sword, but it doesn't mean that the Dao soldiers battle formation can't catch it, especially the 1,000 Dao soldiers who are fully defended!
He knows too well the combat power of the Dao soldiers, it is not a power that belongs to the mortal world, even if the True Immortal Realm comes, it is easy to break through the joint defense of a thousand Dao soldiers!
"Li Ye! You can't win! Even if you come in person, you won't be able to break through the Immortal Court's Daoist battle array! If you go against the Immortal Court, you will definitely die!" He Jingcheng shouted wildly, as if this was the only way to convince himself to regain his confidence.
He didn't forget to greet the ordinary Immortal Court monks: "Surround it, prepare to besiege and kill Li Ye, a thief who is going against the sky!"
He Jingcheng thought that after Li Ye took a sword, he would inevitably be weak, and that was the opportunity for the Immortal Court monks.
However, he was wrong.