Under the city of Dongping County, earthen fences were built on all sides to block the entire city. Thousands of soldiers were arrayed in the cold rain. Under the continuous black mist, magicians rushed out of the main tent of the camp from time to time, arranging the capture of local areas in the county and plundering resources.
Transportation matters, and efforts to maintain smooth military conditions.
For this army of terracotta warriors, everything is going on as usual, and the entire war machine is regular and orderly. Except for the fact that the armor is soaked by the rain and is a little cold, and the magician needs to cast spells regularly to dry it, there is no other impact. As for complaints, even more
There was no sound.
Except before they were killed, the soldiers' Taoist bans were broken, they returned to the light, and screamed. At other times, they followed the orders and forbade them, marching forward one after another, without knowing tiredness, hardship, or fear, and there was no problem with morale.
But for the garrison on the county city, even if there is a large formation of spiritual light shining on it, the atmosphere is still as oppressive as a stagnant water - these days the county city has become like an island, completely isolated from the outside world. Although there is no siege, no one knows the enemy's immortality.
Whether the ship will appear in the field of vision next moment.
The oppressive atmosphere did not last long. In less than a quarter of an hour, the city noticed a group of enemy magicians rushing back to the camp, and the escape light penetrated directly through the black mist and entered...
"Has there been any change in the external situation?"
The dark face of the prefect Chang Shan was full of wrinkles. These days of siege were only half a month, but his originally graceful face suddenly became much darker, and even his hair turned a lot whiter.
At this time, he was wearing shabby clothes and motionless in the cold rain. He was a little surprised when he saw this. He subconsciously had a premonition and his heart beat loudly: "Which side will it be? If it is reinforcements from the Marquis of Xiang, will I surrender or not?"
As soon as the casual cultivator entered the black mist magic circle, he went straight to the main tent. The leader hurriedly said: "City Lord, the contact point in the west of the county received a warning from Hutang County - a large group of enemies ambushed the rock.
Lucheng Army, the enemy may attack our army."
The curtain opened with a "swish", and a young man with slightly pale skin glanced at the general: "Why are you panic? Bring it to me."
"Yes, City Lord." The magician stopped and didn't bother to wipe the rain off his face, and presented an iron crown-shaped jade talisman.
Jin Qiuxing glanced at the magician and checked the jade talisman. The special information magic seal was difficult to forge. He quickly determined that it was a message from a friendly ship in Linjun, and his expression changed slightly.
The disorder of the metamagnetic field makes communication inconvenient. The Taoist letter in this area is even neutralized due to rejection halfway. Even if a liaison station is set up in the east of the county to receive friendly ships, the loss of messages is still the norm. I don’t know whether this jade letter is the first one.
Re-send several times, which means the enemy may be nearby.
Jin Qiuxing read the jade talisman carefully, exhaled, put down the jade talisman and thought silently. After a long time, a fire flashed in his eyes, and he made a decision, saying: "Give me the order, immediately abandon the camp and retreat south, notify all the detachments."
Move closer to our main force, pass the talisman and ask for support from the Immortal Lord."
withdraw?
Several thousand captains were startled and couldn't help but said: "The wind and rain are too strong. Five thousand-man teams have lost contact and cannot be notified for the time being. Do you want to slow down?"
"Loss of contact? Where are they? When was the last communication?"
The military map was spread out on the low table in the tent with a "pop" sound. The last directions of the green dots were all displayed in the north. The scattered dots were distributed in a roughly linear shape. The magicians in charge of communications pointed one by one: "Along the river."
The seventh detachment that attacked was two hours ago, and the ninth detachment was at one
An hour and a half ago... The above four teams are relatively far away, but the third team is facing the county in the north. The last contact was just an hour ago. According to regulations, communication should be done half an hour ago, so there will not be much interference in the short distance.
See, I have sent a magician to contact you..."
"Any news?"
"...There's no news either."
Jin Qiuxing's eyes suddenly became sharp, and with a sneer in his hoarse voice, he glanced at these magicians: "I'm afraid we have lost contact. If an elite army comes from the port, fast enough, powerful enough, according to the progress along the route,
Then it should have reached...this position."
The dagger was inserted on the map, in a hilly gap less than half an hour away from the county town.
In the end, this was just a guess, and the magician couldn't accept it: "You can't even send a message for help in time, so you are so elite?"
"Zhang Weicun has no time to take care of himself. There is no obvious movement of troops in southern Hunan. The reinforcements from the Qing prince are blocked in central Hunan... Where are the enemies coming from?"
"I don't care where the enemy is"
Jin Qiuxing frowned and said decisively: "Immediately organize the camp breakout and contact me at the same time as the 14th detachment. They should be near this hilly location."
The captains and centurions all just listened to the city lord's orders and immediately went down to organize. The casual cultivators also went down to contact them even though they were complaining. Soldiers from all sides continued to gather in the camp. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, the main force quickly moved south after reorganizing.
…
And a few minutes later, when the attempt to contact the 14th detachment failed, everyone's expressions changed, and everyone with any brain realized that this was no coincidence.
"What a strong new force." Jin Qiuxing softened his expression at this time and squinted his eyes: "You are right, this is not the direction from southern Hunan or central Hunan. The one coming from the north is either Sun Xinbo or...
…Ye Qing.”
When he uttered the last name, his eyes flashed with fear: "Although I don't know why Yingzhou was not restrained by the immortal ship, and I don't know whether this person has been authorized by the heaven, but we are across a river in northern Hunan, so we must have the corresponding
The state’s worst-case scenario of full-scale intervention...Has there been any reply from the mothership?”
"Yes, Taoist Xuanguan said that he would send immortals to protect us, but he also asked us...where is the progress of the last batch of spirit stone convoys." The magician lowered his head as he spoke, his voice trembling slightly.
Both the captain and the magician looked at each other, because the last batch of spirit stone convoys were already halfway on the way, and they were expected to return to the mothership soon. Then... would the immortals still care about the life and death of the warriors?
Jin Qiuxing took a breath and calmed down: "What are you afraid of? We have already followed the mothership once. They still need us right now. Ordinary soldiers and warriors can bring a lot of seeds, but we don't have many."
"That's what the city lord said."
Above them, as the rain and lightning interacted, a colorful mist blended into the black clouds.
Nuwa's eyes were calm as she looked down at the team crawling like ants below... Cooperating with Ye Jun's advancing force, she could find the location of the enemy ship by following this group of soldiers.
On the far side of the thick clouds, under the dim and dark curtain of wind and rain, a green light instantly enlarged, and the blue-gold sword light came in response to the call, and the figure of the Taoist appeared beside her, with only a quarter of the usual aura.
His eyes were eagle-like as he stared at the general in brocade below: "Do it?"
"No, our mission is to follow the clues to locate the enemy ship and release a long line. It is to catch the big fish for the Han Marquis. This small fish has little talent... we just leave it to the Han general to train." She glanced at the red lurking farther north.
Military spirit, said calmly.
"Tsk tsk..." Tongtian couldn't help but glance at this stunning woman in palace clothes, and shook his head regretfully: "Seven thousand years, the covenant is gone, let's let it go, how many people will remember to benefit from you? You treat people like this
Making a wedding dress..."
"But I do"
Nuwa stopped with one sentence. As a woman, she would be unreasonable sometimes. At this time, she seemed to think of something interesting, and she laughed: "You are qualified to criticize me? You are not the burden of a large group of disciples and disciples..."
"Ahem, let me explore along the direction first..." Tongtian Jianguang headed south, running away, intercepting the teachings was simply a pain in his heart, and doing this kind of practice of the path was also painful and happy.
In the clouds, Nuwa smiled lightly and disappeared with the mist.
At this time, in the retreating team that was like snakes on the ground, Jin Qiuxing's heart suddenly beat wildly, as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast. He looked around and saw nothing unusual: "Strange..."
"Lord?"
"I'm fine. Let the magicians bless the whole army with the agility skill and run south..." He didn't think it was an accident. It must have been an extremely dangerous warning just now. He immediately ordered the magicians to call for help again: "Our unit is in danger, report
Give the location to the mothership so that the immortals can come and protect it."
Half an hour later, the rain became heavier and heavier.
In the southern hilly area of Dongping County, there is a deep black valley. Heavy rain washes away the vegetation and soil on the mountaintops on both sides, forming a turbid torrent rolling down. A giant object with a length of 500 meters is submerged in the mud and motionless. It looks like
A huge dark rock, shaped into a diamond shape by the uncanny workmanship of nature. Over time, the top is even covered with thick vines due to wind and rain, and there is an aura shrouded in it, making it as elusive as mist.
But even though a baggage truck loaded with spiritual stones came over, a tall porthole opened on the side of the giant thing, and a faint light flashed inside, completely simulating the environment of the outer world and revealing the nature of this fairy ship from the outer world.
A group of soldiers pressed the car inside and transported the spiritual stones into the core fairy furnace at the deepest part of the ship. The spiritual power spread along the dark golden lines, slowly repairing some of the damage to the ship's body, and the rest condensed toward the bow.
Suddenly, spiritual light surged like a tidal wave in the control hall at the bow of the ship. Five figures of Taoists were sitting on futons, each with a golden pearl suspended above their head, forming five whirlpools of spiritual energy. After being absorbed and digested, the golden liquid was poured out, pouring into their bodies like a torrent.
The pores on his face are constantly being tempered and repaired, and the signs of internal injuries on his face are constantly disappearing... The functions of this fairy ship are obviously more perfect and powerful than the Hongwu ship.
"Finally done..."
The first Taoist opened his eyes, and all the golden liquid was absorbed into his body. The true immortal blood was hidden deep inside and was not visible. From then on, his body could come in and out without any hindrance.
Only then did he feel a little safer and really start to care about how to take root next. With a wave of his hand, a picture flashed on the detection screen. It was the retreating army of terracotta warriors.
"Lord Jincheng, where is the enemy?"
Jin Qiuxing, who was on the march, was slightly startled when he heard the sudden voice beside his ear. In a blink of an eye, a trace of joy flashed across his face, and he quickly lowered his head to report.
"The enemy troops rescued Dongping County. There were a large number of people. We retreated on the spot according to your warning. The main force has approached the mothership, but most of them are still halfway. We urgently need support."
The Taoist listened quietly without saying a word, and just said lightly: "I understand."