Chapter 177: The Puzzle (3/5)
Hearing the news that those masters of the righteous path were packing up their tents and preparing to leave, the masters of the Cold Moon Sect in Gu Yu City were all taken aback, and they didn't care about anything else at the moment, so they immediately killed them.
The city gate of Gu Yuan City was finally opened, and the Cold Moon Sect members of the two banners of the Beiyun Banner and the Golden Lion Banner were led by Cai Qiongyue and Wu Canghai to kill out of the city one after another, as for the masters of the Cold Moon Sect such as Ning Hongshan, Bailikong, and Wang Linglan, they didn't wait for the city gate to open, but jumped directly from the high city wall, and took the lead in attacking and killing the hundreds of righteous path masters who were retreating.
In fact, not long after Wang Linglan, Yu Wushi and Ning Xingyun, the three masters of the Cold Hall, entered Gu Yu City under the guidance of Cai Qiongyue, the secret agents in the Cold Moon Sect hidden in the True Machine Hall spread the news of the arrival of reinforcements in Gu Yu City.
It's just that if it was according to Ji Qing'an's original plan, after confirming the news that reinforcements had arrived in the Cold Moon Sect, the righteous path should have chosen to evacuate as soon as possible.
But when it came to the end, Ji Qing'an seemed to be a little hesitant again.
According to Ji Qing'an's statement, although the Cold Moon Sect in Gu Yu City has already arrived with reinforcements, but what kind of strength the reinforcements are coming, the True Machine Hall does not have an accurate statement, so in Ji Qing'an's opinion, there is no need to retreat immediately as soon as he hears about the arrival of reinforcements from Gu Yu City, it is best to go into the city to explore and find out what kind of strength Gu Yu City is now, and then make an interruption.
It's just that although Ji Qing'an was the commander of this sneak attack on Guyu City, along the way, everyone in the righteous path was looking forward to him, but this time, those righteous path masters really did not follow his ideas, and still insisted on retreating.
Although Ji Qing'an is the commander of the action, those righteous path masters are all high-level figures of various sects, and they may not be worse than Ji Qing'an in terms of mind or decision.
In their hearts, not to mention that Ji Qingan had already said before, if reinforcements were really found in the city, they would immediately withdraw. Even if it is really like what Ji Qing'an said, the strength of the reinforcements is not strong enough, but since there are already reinforcements in the city, who knows if there will be particularly high reinforcements in the future?
Their group had gathered hundreds of elites of the righteous path, and their original purpose was to create pressure on the main force of the Cold Moon Sect that was confronting the righteous path in front of them by besieging Gu Yu City, but now, their purpose had already been achieved, so why should they risk staying again?
Speaking of which, this is one of the great weaknesses of the Righteous Path Sect compared to the Cold Moon Sect.
Although the Cold Moon Sect was powerful and had a cloud of masters, the true number of masters could not be compared to the strength of all the forces of the entire Righteous Path combined.
However, in the confrontation with the entire righteous path, the Cold Moon Sect basically did not fall into the disadvantage, and the root cause of it was not only the strength of the Cold Moon Sect itself, but also the intrigue between the righteous path factions, which could not completely twist the power into a rope.
It's like the current situation.
Ji Qing'an had previously led the righteous path masters all the way forward, naturally there was no problem, facing Gu Yuan City, he Ji Qing'an wanted to attack, and those righteous path masters would also cooperate with him to attack, that was because the righteous path masters all knew that the Cold Moon Sect masters in Gu Yuan City could not pose a threat to them.
But now it's different.
Now in Gu Yu City, the reinforcements of the Cold Moon Sect have arrived, and they are already able to pose a threat to them, so if they want to take the risk to attack, they are naturally unwilling.
Whether it was for their own safety or for the safety of the elite disciples they brought, it was impossible for them to obey Ji Qing'an's request and continue to stay even though they knew that the strength in Gu Yu City had been strengthened.
In this regard, although Ji Qingan was helpless, he saw that many masters, including Ao Donghai, were unwilling to take risks, and he could only order a retreat in the end.
For the righteous path masters, this order to retreat was naturally extremely correct, because in Gu Yu City, the power of the Cold Moon Sect had indeed reversed the situation.
It's just that their order came a little late after all, and it was precisely because of the time delayed by Ji Qing'an that they wasted their precious time and did not evacuate at the first time, so that although they had already started to retreat one step ahead of the Leng Yue Sect at this moment, they were almost immediately behind, and the war drums on Gu Yu City were rumbling and ringing, and the masters and armies in Gu Yu City also killed them.
The hundreds of masters of the righteous path had just evacuated the camp and didn't run far, when they saw the gate of Gu Yuan City, which had been closed behind them, slowly open, and thousands of random Cold Moon Sect members were killed by black pressure.
The rumbling drum in the darkness resounded through the heavens and the earth, and it also struck the hearts of the righteous people one by one.
They are also full of worries at the moment. The distance of hundreds of zhang behind them is really not long, it is not short, if it is a smooth road in front of them, this distance of hundreds of zhang may be enough for them to escape, but the problem is that there is no smooth road at all around Guyu City where they are now.
To the south of Gu Yu City is the towering Broken Soul Mountain, so naturally there is no need to say anything. In addition, whether it is to the east or west, it is a difficult mountain road, and the only smooth way is probably the north side where they came before, and the problem is that it is also separated by a moat-like soul abyss.
Although the Nai He Bridge on the Wangsoul Abyss is now under their control, the Nai He Bridge is only so wide, not to mention that the Nai He Bridge, which has now been cut off by several ropes, can still withstand hundreds of people stepping on it together, even if it can, these hundreds of masters will not be able to squeeze on the narrow bridge deck together.
If there were no pursuers behind them, all this would naturally not be a problem, but right now, there were thousands of Cold Moon Sect members chasing and killing behind them, so where would they have the time to cross the bridge one by one?
Hundreds of righteous path elites thought of this question in their hearts, Ji Qing'an. Ao Donghai and several other righteous path masters also thought of this question, and their faces couldn't help but become gloomy.
Not only did they think of this, but they also thought of a much more serious problem.
That is, even if everyone can squeeze onto the Nai Ho Bridge, but the length of the Na Nai Ho Bridge will be difficult to pass for a while, in case everyone is just halfway through, those disciples of the Cold Moon Sect will cut the rope of this Nai Ho Bridge in the back, I am afraid that the vast majority of people will be buried in this soul abyss.
If you want to avoid this from happening, there is only one way, and that is to arrange for some people to stay and block the entrance of the Nanaihe Bridge, so that others can cross the Nanaihe Bridge safely at the expense of themselves.
It's just that such a thing, if it is placed in the Cold Moon Sect, it may still be possible, but it is a little difficult to put it in this loose alliance composed of the righteous path factions. This is not to say that the Righteous Path Sects are more afraid of death than the Cold Moon Sect, but compared to the Cold Moon Sect, the Righteous Path Sects are still looser after all.
If Ji Qing'an really wants to give such an order, I'm afraid that only the disciples of his Wuhou Mansion will obey it, and if he orders the rest of the families, I'm afraid the result will not be convincing.
It's just that everyone has their own private messages, even Ji Qing'an himself, it's the same, he is naturally unwilling to sacrifice his own disciples of Wuhou Mansion to fulfill others. And Ji Qingan himself is like this, not to mention the rest.
Just when Ji Qingan and the others didn't know how to decide, the masters on the side of the Leng Yue Sect had already killed Gu Yuan City and went straight to them.
The original plan of Ning Hongshan, Bailikong, Wang Linglan and others was to directly find those Qi Realm masters and launch an attack on the masters of the righteous path, as for the hundreds of elites of the righteous path, they were left to the two banners of Beiyun and Golden Lion led by Cai Qiongyue and Wu Canghai.
It's just that when Ning Hongshan and the others were killed in the city, they also changed their minds.
The questions that Ji Qingan and the others could think of, they also thought of it, and at the moment they only heard Ning Hongshan shouting loudly, "Leave them alone for the time being, go and seize the Nai He Bridge first!"
As he spoke, he took the lead and galloped in the direction of the Nanai Bridge.
At this moment, the idea of Ning Hongshan and the others was no longer as simple as simply defending Gu Yu City, but to eliminate these righteous path elites who raided under Gu Yu City as much as possible. At this moment, they have already taken the initiative, as long as they can take the first step and control the Nai He Bridge, their hundreds of righteous path elites will definitely not have the slightest possibility of escaping.
On the side of the righteous road, Ji Qingan and the others were still hesitating, but when they heard Ning Hongshan's shout, they reacted.
If this is the case, it is better to break the tail to survive and give it a go.
I saw a sharp light in Ji Qingan's eyes, and immediately looked at Ao Donghai and several other masters coldly and said fiercely, "How about each family leaving half and leaving half?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and immediately understood what Ji Qingan meant.
Ji Qingan's so-called meaning of walking half and leaving half is naturally very simple and very clear, that is, to sacrifice half of the people in exchange for the other half of the people to escape from the Nai He Bridge.
Hearing Ji Qingan say this, Ao Donghai, Tian Guang and others were obviously still a little hesitant in their hearts.
After all, the people who came this time were all elite disciples of various sects, and they were all the best among ordinary disciples, among which there were many young geniuses with outstanding qualifications, and they were naturally distressed when they thought that they would lose half of their people here in vain.
At this moment, they were naturally very annoyed by Ji Qing'an's previous delay, but now, the situation is already like this, although Ji Qing'an's method makes them reluctant to give up, but they can't help but admit that this is the best way at the moment, after all, if any sect and faction are left alone, no one will be willing to stay, and only in this way can each faction reluctantly accept it.
Seeing Ao Donghai and the others nodding with ugly expressions, Ji Qingan breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Ning Hongshan and other masters of the Cold Moon Sect were quickly catching up with them, he didn't delay much at the moment, and said directly, "Everyone arranges their own sect disciples, and after the arrangements are completed, I will go together to block those few Demon Sect masters and cover the evacuation of my righteous sect people!"
After all, this Ji Qing'an went to find the people of his Wuhou Mansion first, and seeing this, Ao Donghai and the others naturally scattered.
Ji Qingan's method, although it can be regarded as the best way in this situation at the moment, but the real implementation is still not so simple.
Compared with the looseness and distrust among the various sects of the Righteous Path, although the relationship between the various sects and factions of the Righteous Path is to be more united, it is still not so easy when facing the real choice of life and death.
After all, everyone wants to live, and no one wants to die.
It's just that under Ji Qing'an's method, this life and death decision has been handed over to the internal implementation of each sect, although no one is still willing to die, but the righteous path elites who can be selected to participate in this operation, whether it is loyalty to the sect or the consciousness of life and death, are obviously higher than those ordinary disciples.
Therefore, although the choice was difficult, each sect eventually came up with a choice.
Some are divided by strength, with the strongest half fleeing and the weakest half covering.
Some are chosen based on age, with the younger half fleeing and the older half staying.
There are many different approaches, but in the end, they all make a decision.
The person who was chosen to be the first to escape was rejoicing, but at the same time, he inevitably felt a little guilty in his heart. As for those unfortunate people who were chosen to leave cover, they were desperate at the same time, but they were also inspired to fight to the death.
At that moment, the two parts of the people were quickly separated, and the half of the righteous path elites who fled were still quickly fleeing towards the Nai He Bridge, while the remaining righteous path disciples who needed to use their lives to cover their fellow disciples gathered together one by one, although they were still retreating, but the speed of retreat was much slower.
And at this moment, Ning Hongshan, Bailikong, Wang Linglan and several other masters of the Cold Moon Sect had already caught up with the master of the righteous path one step ahead.
Since Ning Hongshan and the others had made up their minds to take the capture of Nai He Qiang as their first goal, they naturally ignored these righteous path masters and elites, and wanted to directly cross them and snatch the Nai He Bridge.
It's just that Ning Hongshan and the others ignored Ji Qing'an and them, but Ji Qing'an and they wouldn't let Ning Hongshan go over, and after arranging the disciples of each sect, they killed Ning Hongshan and the others one after another.
"Your subordinates are defeated, don't be arrogant, let's have a few tricks with the old man first!" That Ao Donghai was still in the lead, and he shouted that he wanted Ning Hongshan and Baili Kong to kill him.
It's just that Ao Donghai hasn't approached Ning Hongshan and Bailikong yet, but he felt a powerful momentum approaching, and he was surprised in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw Wang Linglan's figure attacking him directly, and at that moment, he turned around sharply, and shouted loudly, "I have invited some reinforcements from the Demon Sect, it turns out that your old woman is still alive!" (To be continued.) )