In less than two days, 30,000 Xuanfeng troops arrived at Huasheng City.
When the news of the fiasco of Ba Shui came, the Geng clan was in an uproar. The monarchs and ministers of the Geng clan were furious and angry, and people everywhere were in panic.
If it weren't for the majesty of the emperor's mansion, many rich and powerful people would have fled Huasheng City to avoid the limelight.
The already ugly-looking leader of the Qian clan, Qian Lijian, turned out to be extremely ugly when he heard the news of the defeat.
At that time, she was having a frank conversation with a handsome man who was cultivated in the martial arts. The poor man was turned into a pulp by a slap in her face in her anger.
It's just pure meat. Because he was naked and didn't even have any clothes.
People in Huasheng City have been in panic for a long time, and even the stars and stripes on top of the city are listless at this time.
After the news of the defeat came, the emperor's mansion requested reinforcements from other martial lords and recruited casual cultivators to defend the city.
The Geng clan is a veteran second-class force. The Geng army originally numbered more than 100,000. However, they lost more than 20,000 people in the previous defeat. This time, they lost 50,000 to 60,000 main troops in the Battle of Bishui, leaving only 30,000 troops. Thousands of soldiers and horses.
Of these 30,000 troops, more than 10,000 were the defeated troops brought back by Mike.
With such a large territory, so many cities, and 30,000 soldiers and horses, we can't all put them in Huasheng City, right?
Therefore, the strength of Huasheng City at this time is only 17,000. Other places are also very empty.
The actual combat strength of the 17,000 Geng Army was only as high as 6,000 to 7,000 Xuanfeng Army. Although the Xuanfeng Army only had 30,000 men attacking the city, its combat strength was actually four to five times that of the defenders.
The only people the Monarchs and ministers rely on are the city defense formations up to the sixth level and the great pharmacists who are used to crack the poisonous zone.
All the formation masters, pharmacists and poison masters in the city were mobilized. Tens of thousands of casual cultivators were also temporarily recruited to guard the city.
However, the casual cultivators have not been trained in the art of war, they do not have integrated military soul cards, and they do not have a battlefield. In fact, they do not have much effect.
Mike, who had destroyed the main force of the Geng Army in Bashui, was removed from the military position of the general, and was put into the prison of the Jun Mansion with the Zhenyuan Lock. His replacement as the general was replaced by a Wu Zhen named Li Qiwei.
But Qian Lijian was not at ease with Li Qiwei. Although she didn't know much about the art of war, she relied on her status as the leader of the clan and her cultivation as a powerful martial artist to serve as the commander of the city defense herself.
This is actually true. After all, she is a strong warrior, and at least her ability to operate military seals is better than Li Qiwei's.
For more than a thousand years, as long as she could remember, there had been no enemy troops approaching Huasheng City.
Fan Lijian looked at the powerful Xuanfeng Army outside the city with a gloomy expression. The powerful pressure of the middle stage of the Martial God was unknowingly dissipated. The surrounding retainers and generals were sweating profusely and did not dare to breathe. .
Her eyes were searching for the top poison master in the opposing army, but she didn't know who it was.
She decided that after catching the great poison master, she would extract his soul and refine his bones, making the poison master regret living in the world and even more regret assisting the Mingshan bandits in their attack on the Yi army.
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Jiang Yao sat on the dragon-horned beast outside the city, looking at Huasheng City with the stars and stripes flying, his eyes cold.
It was his established plan to first help the Xuanfeng Army capture Huasheng City, and then to help the Qing Clan completely defeat the Qing Clan.
If you want to blame it, blame them for calling them the Qi clan, blame them for using the Stars and Stripes banner, blame their Juncheng for calling it Huasheng City, blame their clan leader for calling it Qi Lijian.
Then it will be destroyed.
He not only wants to be a poison master, but also a poison master.
It’s interesting to think about how “Da Qing” destroys Qi.
"The great military advisor and the great pharmacist in the city have made preparations. I am afraid that Poison Domain will not be able to be effective this time in attacking the city." Ji Xin, one of the two generals, said.
Jiang Yaodao: "Don't worry, Sir, my poison domain is an ancient recipe. Most of the great pharmacists in the city have never seen it. Even if you deduce the antidote, it will be too late."
Another general, Pei Kang, laughed and said: "If it is as the military advisor said, then how difficult is it to capture this city? The leader of the Xi clan has lost all his strength and has little strength left."
"If Huasheng City is captured, the great military advisor will be the first to succeed!"
The three giants pointed at the city with great pride, as if they were determined to win.
Pei Kang and Ji Xin were in an indescribably happy mood. First, they won a great victory over the river, annihilated the main force of the Yi army in one battle, and then attacked the main city of the Yi clan with overwhelming force.
The Xuanfeng Army has not had so much fun in many years. It has been a long time.
Today, I feel really refreshed.
The military division was indispensable, and the third sister was really good at recognizing people, and she managed to recruit a great talent like Ouyang Feng to the Xuanfeng Army.
"Send the order! Prepare to attack the city!" the two generals ordered.
The siege began.
Jiang Yao also returned to the formation and began to lay out the poison domain.
Originally, with the six-level city defense formation, it was not easy for the Xuanfeng Army to capture Huasheng City. Once reinforcements arrived, they had to retreat.
But after blessing the Poison Domain, it is no longer the case.
"What's going on? Why can't the poison zone be cracked yet?" Seeing that the guard's battle zone was poisoned and the city's defense formation was exposed to enemy attacks, Fan Lijian's face was as gloomy as water.
"Your Majesty," the great pharmacist of the Geng Clan reported in a cold sweat, "This poison domain is extremely rare and is an unusual poison. I need to continue to deduce it in order to find a way to crack the poison domain."
"How long will it take?" Qianlijiang asked sharply.
"This, this..." The poor great pharmacist is also a martial arts master, but at this time he is as helpless as a child who has lost the protection of his parents, "Lord, I need it, I need it for a day."
What? One day?
Fan Lijian smiled instead of getting angry, "One day? I'll give you half an hour. If you can't crack the poison domain..."
The great pharmacist's face suddenly turned ashen.
Boom boom!
The defenders had few troops to begin with, and the battlefield was poisoned. Even if they had a large protective formation, they were gradually suppressed by the siege.
Under the influence of the Soul-Destroying Poison Domain, many casual cultivators who helped defend the city were in tears and grieved. Even the retainers with high cultivation levels also showed signs of astonishment.
boom!
Suddenly, a casual cultivator with warrior training, who didn't know what kind of sadness was triggered, actually blew himself up. It didn't matter that he self-destructed, he also killed and injured several casual cultivators.
The defenders' battlefield suddenly became even weaker, and they actually retreated behind the protective formation, completely exposing the protective formation.
This caused the Xuanfeng Army's powerful attack power to lock onto the city defense formation. Tens of thousands of people attacked together, and the city defense formation suddenly shook.
The expressions of the emperor and his ministers all changed dramatically!
Qian Lijian said without any hesitation: "Start the Soul Refining Blood Sacrifice Formation and strengthen the formation!"
After giving the order, tens of thousands of casual cultivators wearing True Essence Locks and prison clothes were escorted out. Their cultivation levels were sealed and they could only be brought to the top of the city like pigs and dogs.
At some unknown time, a huge altar appeared on the top of the city, surrounded by black soul-calling flags. The altar was also engraved with weird and strange patterns.
A man in black robes and a high-end mask, whose gender could not be identified, was holding a whisk made of black hair and stood quietly on the altar. This man seemed to blend into the altar and was out of tune with everything around him.
"?, please take action. As long as you defend the city, I will meet all your conditions." Fan Lijian said with a stern expression.
The man named? nodded silently, then waved his dust whisk, and black air dispersed, covering tens of thousands of prisoners with True Essence Locks.
Of course they were not real prisoners, but casual cultivators at the lowest level in the city, all at the level of warriors. The emperor captured them on the pretext that they were colluding with the Mingshan bandits, in order to prepare the soul refining and blood sacrifice formation.
This is the method of evil cultivators and is very sinister.
Under this method, the martial arts cultivator's soul will be drawn out, and the essence and blood will be squeezed out. Through the altar of evil poison and the refining of evil magic, it will become the power of evil with overwhelming resentment, blessing in battle.
Domain, the power is greatly increased.
The Poison Domain requires a large amount of precious poisonous materials, and the Soul Refining Blood Sacrifice Formation requires a large number of martial arts practitioners' lives.
It can be seen from this that the methods of evil cultivators are indeed more vicious than those of poison masters.
"ah--"
Amidst the shrill screams, countless "prisoners" whose cultivation levels were sealed had their souls pulled out alive by the whisk, and died on the spot in excruciating pain.
Their essence and blood were also drained, and their bodies instantly turned into mummies.
The entire area around the altar was like an endless hell, horrifying, extremely miserable, and turned into a heinous slaughterhouse.
The martial cultivator, who was standing high in front of mortals, was being slaughtered indifferently and ruthlessly like a pig or a sheep.
In the black air on the whisk, there seemed to be countless resentful spirits roaring. Wherever they passed, they pounced on the controlled casual cultivators with great greed, sucking out their souls and drawing their blood alive.
Immediately afterwards, the evil cultivator named? sacrificed a human skin tambourine. As soon as the tambourine was played, the resentful spirit in the black air became more fierce and cruel, and the speed of extracting souls and blood increased sharply.
Even the retainers of the Gen clan who were present showed unbearable expressions when they saw this. They also saw that? He was very strong. Although this person deliberately concealed his cultivation, he was at least a martial artist.
The leader of the clan, Yan Lijian, still looked indifferent. All she cared about was defending the city.
With so many casual cultivators in the city, what does it matter if 10,000 people die? She doesn't care if another 10,000 people die.
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of casual cultivators died under?'s evil spell. Their souls and blood essence were collected by the whisk magic weapon and poured into the altar.
boom!
The strange textures on the altar suddenly emitted a blood-red light and buzzed. The black flags around it also fluttered strangely.
As the black flags fluttered, a large amount of black and red soul energy and blood energy were generated.
? He collected the fly whisk, shook the human skin tambourine, and played weird tricks with one hand.
"Okay!" Fan Lijian smiled with satisfaction, and activated the military seal with all his strength, and a golden light suddenly appeared, like the scorching sun in the sky.
The defender's battlefield suddenly became powerful and full of brutal power.
boom!
The military domains of both sides once again crushed each other, erupting with an earth-shattering loud noise, and hundreds of miles of space trembled.
In the Xuanfeng Army formation, Pei Kang and Ji Xin's expressions immediately turned ugly.
"Is this the Soul Refining Blood Sacrifice Formation? Are there actually high-level evil cultivators in the city? The Monarch actually uses such evil methods."
"It should be the Soul Refining and Blood Sacrifice Formation. It's really unreasonable. Huh, when this city is breached, all the emperors and ministers of the Xing clan will be executed!"
Soul Refining Blood Sacrifice Formation?
Jiang Yao looked at the sudden surge in power of the defenders' battlefield, and his expression became ugly.
Humph, you guys underestimate the Soul-Destroying Poison Domain too much.
Jiang Yao sneered.
Today, we must help the Xuanfeng Army capture Huasheng City.