Gu Jianchi felt a little strange in his heart. In the past, his mentor only paid attention to the world of cultivation. Why would his mentor be interested in mortal wars today?
Since his mentor asked, he could only briefly introduce the war situation in the north.
It is not just the Western Region that is in danger now.
There are dangers in many directions in the world, but major wars have not broken out in other directions, so they have not attracted much attention from the world.
Not all the celestial army from the lower realm of the Catastrophe Gate in the west of Yinshan Mountain went south to attack Yumen Pass.
Only half of the troops went south.
The other half of Tianjie's troops advanced eastward along the northern part of Yinshan Mountain.
One of them has arrived five hundred miles north of Niangziguan, but it has only set up camp near Datong Mansion and has not launched an attack yet. It is probably waiting for the subsequent arrival of the destruction army.
The other group is still continuing to advance eastward. The infantry marches 150 miles every day. The Storm Legion is faster. Before the Battle of Longmen started three days ago, it had already entered the Liaodong area. Yesterday, a group of Storm Legion cavalry even
Appeared about two hundred miles outside Shanhaiguan.
Niangzi Pass and Shanhaiguan both belong to the northern war zone. This war zone is also called the Gyeonggi War Zone. Losing Niangzi Pass is equivalent to opening the western gate of the capital.
And without Shanhaiguan, the northern gate of the capital was opened.
His Majesty the Emperor appointed Marshal Xu Kai as the Commander-in-Chief of the March in North Shanxi Province, commanding 23 million soldiers and stationed at Niangziguan.
Xu Kai knew that Niangzi Pass was not as good as Shanhaiguan Pass, Yumen Pass, and Yingzui Cliff, and it would be difficult to withstand the attack from Heaven, so his tactics were different from Zhao Zian's.
Xu Kai fought in Datong Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Xinzhou Prefecture, and Yangquan Prefecture, relying on favorable terrain to block attacks at every level, trying to eliminate the enemy's effective forces.
The city gate of Niangziguan is the last line of defense for the western gateway of the entire Gyeonggi Province.
Therefore, Xu Kai deployed more than 15 million heavy troops at Niangzi Pass. As long as these 15 million soldiers were not killed, the enemy would not be able to cross Niangzi Pass.
The commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan was named Li Xianjing.
Hereditary iron-hatted king, worshiped as the general of the country, with the title of first rank.
The Li family has been blessed by the emperor for generations. Li Xianjing's grandfather, Li Shou, was a child of the current emperor. When the emperor was still the prince, Li Shou served as the commander-in-chief of the six guards of the East Palace.
After the prince ascended the throne, Li Shou became the commander-in-chief of the 200,000 imperial guards in the imperial city.
His eldest son, Li Fu, commanded millions of soldiers and guarded Shanhaiguan for forty-three years.
The second son, Li He, took the path of a civil servant. He was worshiped as Prince Shaobao and was of the first rank.
Li Xianjing is the eldest son of the Li family. He has been training in Shanhaiguan with his father since he was a child, and has rich battlefield experience.
Otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor would not have dared to hand over the northeastern gate of the capital to Li Xianjing.
Li Xianjing was not as adventurous as Xu Kai. He acted steadily and withdrew all of his more than 20 million troops to Shanhaiguan.
This withdrawal, which seems to be a simple withdrawal, actually requires a lot of determination.
This is equivalent to giving up the entire Liaodong region.
The catastrophe came quickly. Now, less than 50% of the people in the 27 prefectures in Liaodong have been transferred to the pass.
There are more than 20 million old, weak, women and children still outside the customs.
The heavenly army is coming, and they have no place to hide.
The situation of these 20 million women and children is extremely critical.
After Gu Jianchi briefly introduced the current situation outside Shanhaiguan to Yu Jizi.
After a pause, he said: "Now that the imperial court has deployed heavy troops in Shanhaiguan, it is equivalent to abandoning the entire twenty-seven states in Liaodong. According to calculations, there are still at least 20 million people who have not been transferred to the pass.
According to recent news, the three countries of Goguryeo, Buyeo, and Baekje on the Liaodong Peninsula, as well as the Mohe tribe near Changbai Mountain, have united the Detachment of Women from many places that cannot be transferred to the pass.
They formed a coalition of eight million troops and formed two lines of defense on the east bank of the Beishui River in Liaodong and in the Qingtian Valley at the foot of the Changbai Mountain.
Cover the movement of people to the Liaodong Peninsula and Changbai Mountain.
However, they don’t have good weapons and their defenses are very crude. If the heavenly army has ideas against them, they won’t be able to stop them for a few days.”
Yu Jizi fell into silence.
After a long while, he said: "It is winter now, and the Heavenly Realm soldiers are in the Northeast and Liaodong areas and should not advance quickly.
The fighting in the Northeast will not stop at least until the ice and snow melts next March.
Alas, once the Northeast is lost, the world will lose a big granary.
I don’t know how many people will starve to death.”
Gu Jianchi said: "Master cares about the common people, and disciples respect him.
However, there is nothing we can do about it. There is a vast plain outside Shanhaiguan, and there is no way to stop the enemy.
Now we can only pray that Shanhaiguan and Niangziguan can be defended, otherwise the capital will be in danger of being attacked from both sides."
Yu Jizi nodded and said: "Although the mortal battlefield has nothing to do with us cultivators, they are all of the same lineage in the human world after all. In the future, you should pay more attention to the mortal wars.
It seems that nothing big will happen in Central-Earth recently, so I plan to stay in seclusion for a period of time.
You and Yun He will be responsible for taking care of all matters on Cangyun Mountain.
If there is anything important, you can report it to the teacher at noon every day.
Remember, it can only be noon.
At other times, please do not disturb me as a teacher."
Gu Jianchi was stunned.
He didn't understand why this time his mentor had to set a time limit for him to meet him during his retreat.
He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. He stood up and saluted, saying: "Yes, disciple, please remember this."
The news of Yu Jizi's announcement of seclusion quickly spread in Cangyun Sect.
Not only the Cangyun Sect disciples were surprised, but also the foreign disciples gathered in Cangyun Mountain.
The catastrophe has come, and the cultivators are fighting against the six tribes of heaven and humans.
At this critical moment, Yujizi actually announced his retreat.
Young people can't figure it out, but older people seem to be able to understand Yu Jizi.
Now the world's last hope for this catastrophe rests on the reincarnation circle in Cangyun Mountain.
And Yu Jizi is the only one who can activate the reincarnation circle.
One can imagine how much pressure Yu Jizi was under.
Yujizi chose to retreat at this critical moment. He must have wanted to use this time to improve his cultivation level, so that he might be able to gain more confidence in victory in the world.
Fortunately, the recent wars seem to only occur on the mortal battlefield. The world of cultivation on earth and the Six Tribes of Heaven and Man are still relatively peaceful, and no major conflict will break out in a short time.
Even if Yu Jizi goes into seclusion, it will not have much impact on the current war situation in the world.
Ye Tianci didn't care whether Yu Jizi was in seclusion or not. There was still about half an hour before dawn.
He had already put on his gorgeous clothes and led nearly a hundred high-level officials of Guixuan Sect and casual cultivators from Devil Lake, departing from Qiuci City and flying towards the temple five hundred miles to the north.
