Youzhou City, the Xia Family Divine General's Mansion.

In the Dongting courtyard, a noble lady was sitting in the hall.

She looked to be in her forties, but her complexion was as creamy and more supple than a girl. Against the backdrop of her luxurious clothes, she looked like a pretty lady walking out of a painting, her manners dignified and noble.

She is not a wife, but Xia Linglong, the current head of the Xia family and the true dragon of the previous generation.

Because he promised not to marry for the rest of his life, he was qualified to compete for the real dragon. In addition to his extraordinary talent, it was rumored that he was the most talented person in the Xia family for hundreds of years.

He entered the realm of three immortals at the age of twenty. Although he was not as good as the monster from the Li family who became immortal at the age of nineteen more than ten years ago, he was still extremely brilliant and famous throughout the world, and everyone knew about it.

When she was in charge of the Xia family, demonic forces from all sides deceived her as a woman, laughing at the decline of the Xia family and being weak and easy to bully. In other large states under the control of the Xia family, chaos was everywhere and the people were in dire straits.

But after Xia Linglong came to power, she quickly attacked with thunderous means and killed these monsters and drove them back.

In many battles, she personally led the army, went into battle wearing iron armor, and stained her hands with the blood of countless demons. After returning home from battle, she wore a colorful dress, rouge, and pink, admiring flowers and drinking tea like those ladies of the country.

It's just that the books that the lady of the country was looking through were "On Women" and "The Study of Husbands", but what she held in her hands were military books, art of war, and maps of the boundaries of demons.

Half a month ago, the Gluttony Valley, which was besieging the Minghe River outside Liangzhou, suddenly shifted its offensive and launched an attack on the Xia family in Youzhou. This battle was caught off guard, and the elders of the Gluttony Valley led a personal expedition, causing the eastern border defense line to be breached. Now half of the

The eastern part of Youzhou has fallen.

There were more than thirty cities killed, injured and burned.

Each city and its surrounding towns and villages had a population of at least four to five million, and some had as many as ten million.

The headquarters of Dazhou she was guarding suffered such heavy losses that she had not had much rest for many days. Previously, the owner of the Gluttony Valley acted wantonly and attacked the Divine General's Mansion.

They were forced to retreat by joint efforts.

However, this battle also made her feel that the strength of the Valley Master of Gluttony Valley should not be underestimated. Although he is not in the Dao realm, he has few opponents in the realm of ultimate skills.

The most powerful secret skill of the world falls on him, and the effect is greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the Gluttony Valley Master is not as old as the Taixu Realm. He is a great demon king who only emerged five hundred years ago and has not yet entered the Dao Realm.

Otherwise, the Xia family will really face disaster, and they must use their strongest strength to stop it!

But despite this, the Xia family is already in dire straits right now.

"In the eastern battlefield, news came from Xia Changkong that the second line of defense will no longer be able to hold. They will retreat to the Minghe area and activate the third line of defense there."

In the hall, an old man said in a low voice.

He is the older generation of the Xia family. He has put on armor and is ready to go to war at any time.

His eyes fell on the lady-like Xia Linglong in the hall. Although the latter was a female, no one in the Xia family dared to despise her, and they all respected her with great respect.

"Master, please let me go on an expedition and accompany Changkong to guard it!"

The old man took the initiative to ask for help. His eyes were like eagles and he said sharply: "If the third line of defense is lost, I will fight to the end with that Gluttony Valley!"

The others' expressions changed one after another, and they hesitated to speak, wanting to stop them, but they didn't know what to say. As the Divine General's Mansion, this has always been their mission. What's more, countless soldiers have already fallen on the front line at this moment, and they also have

One's own relatives.

"A bloody battle is the final choice, but it is not the goal."

Xia Linglong spoke, her autumn-like eyes were devoid of the usual tenderness, only cold:

"If the Lord of Gluttony Valley takes action, even the third line of defense may not be able to be defended by you. Currently, the power gap between the two sides is too big, especially the cutting-edge power. At the same time, we must also be prepared for the possibility that other demonic forces may take advantage of the chaos to take action. The situation

Before there is any uncertainty, you must not make a desperate move!"

The old man's face changed slightly, and he stared at her, but did not question it, but waited for her next words.

After Xia Linglong paused for a moment, she stared at her eyes and whispered:

"The third line of defense pretended to defend and attracted the Lord of the Gluttony Valley to Cangling. There was a magic circle buried by our ancestors of the Xia family there. With the power of the magic circle, the Lord of the Gluttony Valley was blocked. Then we went to the front line to kill him.

After all the demons have been wiped out, we will finally have a battle with the Gluttony Valley Lord. This time I plan to invite the ancestral holy treasure!"

After hearing her words, the old man's face changed slightly, and the pupils of the others also shrank.

They all felt the great determination of the family leader.

"But in this case, once the third line of defense is breached, more than ten cities will be lost..." The old man couldn't help but say.

Xia Linglong stared at him and said: "Previously, I asked Uncle Qi to lead a hundred thousand troops to evacuate the residents of the city, leaving only a small amount of city defense force. It doesn't matter if the city is broken, as long as the people are still there, we can wait for the war.

After calming down, our Xia family will send more troops to help them build the city."

"Have they all been withdrawn?" the old man couldn't help but ask.

Xia Linglong was silent for a moment and then said: "It's too late, but we can save more people by cutting off the wrists in time. We have no choice."

Everyone was silent, including the old man. He knew that this niece was smart and well-organized. Since she couldn't think of a better way, it meant that there was really no better way.

"Ask for reinforcements and send them to Dayuzhou, but I heard that there are demons entrenched outside the imperial city, so reinforcements are not possible. Since the Battle of Liangzhou, no, it should be said that it has been a frequent demonic sneak attack in the past few decades, and they are all aimed at that

The place guarded by the Li family has almost ended the inheritance of the Li family, and I have already had a premonition that these monsters seem to be planning something big..."

Xia Linglong took a deep breath, her eyes were cold, and said:

"The battle in Liangzhou was just the prologue. Fortunately, it was guarded by that young man. Otherwise, with the terrain of Liangzhou, once it was occupied by demons, the second step would be to go directly to Youzhou, and in addition to invade other states through rivers, it would be difficult to attack.

If you retreat, you can defend, something big will happen!"

"They failed to attack quickly and were cut in half in one go. They had no choice but to move and try to open a gap in Youzhou. This is just the beginning. Your Majesty should have sensed it, but they have not yet mobilized reinforcements. If I guessed correctly, this

The real plan of the demon may not be Youzhou, but the Imperial City..."

"Now, it depends on who moves first and who loses patience first."

"So, we can only rely on ourselves!"

After hearing her words, everyone looked solemn, knowing that the thousand-year peace of the Yu Dynasty had been broken.

As members of the Divine General's Mansion, they had been exposed to reports of border wars all year round. They had already had such a premonition, and they could also see that the power of the Great Yu Dynasty to deter these monsters was weakening year by year.

But the demons are getting more and more rampant. This battle will come sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.

"The heroes of troubled times have emerged, and the young hero has appeared. It is enough to see that troubled times have arrived..."

Someone sighed.

"Then I'll go to the Cangling area first and set up the formation in advance." The old man said to Xia Linglong.

Xia Linglong nodded and said, "I'm sorry to bother my fourth uncle."

"Why do you need to say thank you for slaying the demon? Don't insult me." The old man snorted coldly.

Xia Linglong's cold eyes suddenly softened a bit, and she said, "I was wrong."

The old man waved his hand and was about to stand up. Suddenly, an arrow-like light flew towards him and landed in the god general's house.

The old man sensed it immediately, his face changed slightly, and he raised his hand to absorb the urgent news from the Xia family's special secret technique.

"Liyang?"

The old man's face changed slightly when he saw the words on the letter. It was a letter from Liyang!

Xia Linglong also had a stern look on her face: "Will Liyang be unable to be defended so soon?"

The old man pushed the letter with his palm and sent it to her.

Xia Linglong quickly looked through it, but her originally solemn expression was slightly startled.

"Liyang fell?"

"Is it a fallout or a call for help?"

When the others learned that it was Liyang, their hearts tightened. If the northwest was lost again, the demons would attack Youzhou from both sides.

After Xia Linglong read the letter, she couldn't help but raise her head and look at the old man.

The old man had a questioning look in his eyes.

Xia Linglong's eyes gradually burst into light, saying: "Liyang is safe!"

"Did they win?"

"Didn't we say that the food and grass were cut off earlier? If the demons cut off the food and grass, they should be planning to use a siege offensive. They should delay it for a while."

Everyone was stunned, and then their faces were full of surprise.

Amidst the successive battle reports, I finally heard some good news.

"Could it be that my son Xia Yuanming broke through during the battle?"

"Your son is not as smart as Qingshuang. It should be Qingshuang, but she has only entered the realm of heaven and humans not long ago. She shouldn't have the ability to decide the battlefield, right?"

After hearing the good news, everyone looked very happy and even joked with each other.

Xia Linglong didn't show off and said, "You all still remember the young general who was granted the title of Duke. He came to our Youzhou!"

"Um?"

"What!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then realized that there was only one young general named Duke in the entire Yu Dynasty, and he was the one who guarded Xia Liangzhou.

Of course they were no strangers, and when the story of that young man spread, a phenomenon appeared in the cities of various states, that is, some war flags with the word "Haotian" engraved on them were made in the warehouses, in case a war breaks out when demons attack the city.
To be continued...