Ye Huolei's explosion announced the dawn of Hulao Pass.
The morning light brought golden light and fell on the tents of each camp. Groups of soldiers were patrolling the camp. Smoke from cooking stoves filled the sky for dozens of miles. Outside the city, people inside and outside the city were preparing for the morning meal.
Thirty feet...that is, ten-meter-high archery towers stand three hundred meters in front of Guancheng. Each of these huge war fortresses is equipped with hundreds of crossbowmen.
There are three times more infantry under the tower specifically responsible for loading the string, and relaying the full-strung rhubarb crossbow. It can be launched by attaching the three-edged arrowhead, providing continuous firepower, and also serving as a defense against attacks in the city.
Even so, during the offensive and defensive battle last night, 60% of the buildings were lost, with only thirty remaining, barely maintaining the situation of sealing Hulao Pass.
At this time, the camp was moved to the front of the embankment. The commander's position was naturally heightened and reinforced, and connected with the soldiers of the army, but this made it look even more chilling.
"There is not much mana left in Taiping Road, and there is a southeast wind, a group of sky lanterns, cross-shooting angles from the archery tower, and multiple rounds of arrow rain to suppress it. Yu Fan and the governor are still fighting like this. Do you dare to be more obvious about letting go?"
On the high platform of the camp, Qianqian saw him and was very unhappy.
Although she was mentally prepared as a pig teammate, she was shameless and had no bottom line. It still refreshed the girl's world view once again.
"These things, including the archery tower, magicians, crossbows, and arrows, were all produced by Governor Yu Fan. They may be more upset than us... In the end, we will not suffer any loss."
"The most important thing is, regardless of whether they are sincere or not, the enemy is tired." Ye Qing smiled faintly: "The time is ripe."
He comforted his wife and whispered a few words in the ears of Qianqian and Cao Baijing. After they were ordered to lead half of the magician group out, he said in a deep voice: "beat the drum to raise the tent, and send an order to summon all the battalions for discussion."
"Yes" Immediately a herald went out to deliver the order.
"Dong, dong, dong." It only took a few minutes for the drums to ring out and spread for thirty miles, touching everyone's heartstrings. This was the first meeting of the princes since the war started, or it might also be the last.
The sound of drums reached Hulao Pass, and the fog of war that had been pervading for the past few days dissipated. A huge chasm ran through the north and south, from the cliff in the south to the Yellow River in the north. On the other side of the river, hundreds of meters of reinforcements were even built on the original embankment.
The Xiliang soldiers on Guancheng were stunned. Although the generals and above had received the military intelligence report in advance, seeing it with their own eyes was a huge shock.
Just for a moment, some discussions could be heard faintly through several layers of walls.
Looking around following the sound, I saw some people discussing among groups of soldiers.
"Going back a few decades ago, when there was no siltation, there was such a man-made water channel not far to the east, which was the chasm..."
"Liu Bei is really going to flood Hugh Prison..."
Hu Zhen led his troops to patrol the city. He could hear the news because of his martial arts skills. He could only whisper to these generals in silence. Seeing the generals, they all looked a little panicked. A few of them approached and suddenly became aware of the general. They trembled with surprise.
, they all kept silent.
When he saw the Lord passing by, his expression was normal and his face returned to normal.
Hu Zhen stared at the long embankment built day and night. In such a large-scale attack and defense, any mobilization of manpower and material resources involves tens of millions, and the true intention is difficult to hide.
The enemy seemed to have no intention of hiding anymore.
Looking carefully again, the Taoist priests who were accompanying the army a little further away had something wrong in their eyes. Hu Zhen thought for a moment. He could tolerate the soldiers' words, but these were different. He had an elite team under his command who could communicate privately and secretly at any time and at any time.
The team, and I couldn't participate in it, probably no matter who the coach was, wouldn't be really relieved. After observing it for a while, I realized that at least on the surface, it was still following the instructions, so I was slightly relieved.
It is rumored that all illegal religious groups were eliminated under Liu Bei's rule, and Taiping Dao was almost uprooted in Yuzhou. Even Jingbei and Xuzhou also started to take action. Once they enter Luoyang, they will never be able to eat the good fruits of these Taoist priests. At least for now, they are all in the same boat.
"At least before the city was broken..."
The special envoy also frowned and looked at the long embankment that ran from north to south, and then looked at the huge ravine between the embankment and Guancheng. He vaguely felt that something had been missed, and his expression suddenly changed: "Report on the spiritual stone reserves of the formation."
"There are still 60% left."
"How is your mana recovery going?"
"There hasn't been much time to recover. More than half of them only recover about 40%. Those with better levels only recover 60-70%. On average, it's still... less than 50%."
This is just below the standard for casting combined spells...
The face of the special envoy darkened: "I ordered not to take any more action, just maintain the magic circle. If the magic power is less than half, withdraw it completely. Leave everything alone and restore the magic power with all your strength."
"Then the enemy wants to use the water power to launch a water spell offensive?" Master Liu couldn't help but ask secretly.
"Hmph... The Governor and Yu Fan have the excuse of last night's mana consumption, so they won't do anything. What can they do with only Ye Qing's group of magicians?" The real envoy could only reply in this way through a voice transmission. In fact, he was not sure.
It feels uncomfortable when the control is not in one's own hands.
It would be great if there were elites from the teachings...especially Master Yangshen. As long as one person is present, he can directly perform the task of making a white rainbow penetrate the sun.
In the monks' war, only realms can fight against realms. The Realm of Yang Shen's Dharma Elephant can directly break through the realm of the Jade Seal in the hands of the Queen Mother and kill this bitch first.
This alone can revitalize the offensive in one fell swoop. Once the innate seal of the Yin Yang national weapon is removed, all real people above the level can move forward and retreat freely in the assassination. There is no need to worry about being surrounded by the army, not to mention the powerful force of Yang Shen Zhenren. How can it be?
How could Ye Qing, who had not yet become a true dragon, resist?
It is a pity that the decisive battle between our sect and the Tianyi Zhengwei League is at a critical moment. The general formation of the Hanzhong Tianyi Zhengwei League is about to be breached, but it just happened to be stuck at the right time in the past few days...
Ye Qing's move to Luo was so unexpectedly fast. Did he get some information from somewhere, or was he just lucky?
"Anyway, when I take over, Master has an order, and he must not break the barrier within five days... There are still two days left."
...The military drums were ringing for the second time, the horses' hooves of each battalion were beating rapidly, and the princes, big and small, rushed in with different expressions. No one wanted to be accused of neglect at this time.
At this time, they were discussing with each other, and many eyes were cast on the long embankment running from north to south to the west of the camp.
It seems from this side that the long embankment has a gentle slope that can be climbed up. The slope is particularly gentle in some places near Liu Bei's camp. Even the oxen and horse carts carrying soil can go up and down calmly. It seems that the efficiency has been improved a lot.
Amidst the chants of "Hey, yo, hi, yo", the coalition soldiers took turns to go into battle to serve as embankment engineers. They were busy all day and all night, and finally retreated in batches, while a small group of magicians were running along it.
Carrying out acceptance and reinforcement work, it is obvious that no one is given the opportunity to do shoddy work.
Everyone rushed over and saw the camp in the distance in the dim light. They couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and began to gather and discuss.
"I heard that a large embankment will be dug to flood..." This is purely hearsay.
Someone burst out laughing: "You haven't been to the river to see it, have you? This is not the lower reaches of the Yellow River. The waterline is below the ground all year round, which is to prevent summer floods. Where did the levees come from... It's dry now.
It’s even more impossible for the water to rise up the embankment.”
"Could it be that we are waiting for rainfall to increase the water?" Some people were dubious and said a more credible rumor: "The rumor is that a river embankment will be built to intercept the rising water and pour it into Hulao..."
"Tsk, tsk, look at the chasm between the long embankment and Hulao Pass, it's just waiting to be filled with water. It's so impressive." Already, the princes in the lower lands guessed the method in step with the times, and repeated the professional judgment of the Taoist priests: "It's ordinary.
It’s impossible. This requires a group of three hundred Taoist priests to cast a combined spell.”
Another person mysteriously lowered his voice: "Cao Cao and Sun Jian have said that they will never help this rebellious thing. Just rely on Ye Qing's Taoist priest..."
The alliance commander's tent had come down from the top of the mountain and moved forward to the bottom of the embankment. It was clearly dawn, but the continuous tents looked dark and gloomy. Only rows of soldiers could be seen, each standing with swords in both hands.
There are circles of white and red military aura, and there is a four-clawed dragon hidden in it. Even if you can't see it, you can still feel the intoxicating atmosphere, shining in the dark - this is the so-called "general aura".
Many princes couldn't help but fell silent... maybe this was because the two great guards Dian Wei and Xu Chu were at the door, holding swords and halberds, and Shen Shen looked over.
Listening to the sound of the armor driven by the two men, except for a few loyal eunuchs who were calm, many people felt a slight chill in their hearts.
I took another look at the guards and Taoist priests following behind me, and felt relieved again.
"You can kill Yuan Shao by overturning the table at the slightest disagreement. Even if the Queen Mother issued an edict, everyone knows what happened to that woman. Who wouldn't be wary of you, Liu Bei?"
Time is too short and it will be impossible to bridge differences and suspicions.
The large tent was golden-red in color, with a faint flash of magical light. It was built with hardwood support and could accommodate more than 300 people. At this time, more than a dozen magician representatives came in to investigate and came out to indicate that there was no problem.
Even so, the two great princes, the Governor and Yu Fan, were the last to enter, accompanied by the force protection of half a magician regiment. The so-called internal cracks in the coalition were fully exposed.
As soon as everyone entered, they were invigorated by the vigorous heat and energy inside.
Pieces of crimson crystal beams hang down from the top of the tent, and the spiritual light is released steadily. A three-dimensional military information sand table near Hulao Pass is placed on a dozen large joined tables in the center. Magicians from all over the world are communicating, and from time to time someone adds changes to the sand table, which is intuitive and clear.
, Guo Jia, Xun You and other staff were busy making arrangements accordingly, and everything seemed in order.
The resources that can be mobilized in the name of half a million alliance leaders are driven to the maximum extent by a strong staff group, and are faithfully executed by Generals Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong, turning into heated projects and spectacular fierce battles on the battlefield outside the tent.
It is said that every order issued from here determines the fate of thousands of people, even life and death.
At this time, the embankment construction project that had aroused all kinds of suspicions was undergoing final inspection and acceptance, and preparations were also being made. The core of the staff was the voice of a thirty-year-old heroic man: "The last one hundred and fifty trebuchets were ordered to be dismantled and withdrawn.
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"Where's the arrow tower?"
"It's still useful if you keep it..."
There was a soft "click" sound, and the green light flashed in the big tent, and the shielding circle isolated the inside and outside.
"Oh, everyone is here." At this moment, Ye Qing looked away from the magic sand table and smiled at the princes who came in.