At the end of noon, Wei Changtian and others who bid farewell to Liang Qin returned to Jinzhou City.
Although all the 300,000 troops have left the city, they are still far away from Xinfeng anyway, so there is no need for Wei Changtian to accompany the army all the time.
Therefore, he planned to stay in Jinzhou City overnight and do two things on the way.
"Son."
Passing through the busy streets, the carriage slowly stopped at the door of a cleared inn.
Chu Xianping, who was waiting outside the carriage, immediately came up to him and whispered to Wei Changtian, who had just got out of the carriage:
"An hour ago, Qian Hui Erguo had completed the encirclement of Fengyuan."
"Now Fengyuan is completely an isolated city."
"..."
"Um."
Without stopping, Wei Changtian asked calmly: "How many people have returned to Fengyuan City?"
"Less than a hundred thousand."
Chu Xianping lowered his head and replied: "Even including the monks who have not rebelled, there are only about 120,000 or 30,000."
"Twelve to thirty thousand..."
Wei Changtian nodded and asked again: "How many people are currently besieging the city in Qianhui Erguo?"
"At least half a million, and it's still increasing."
Chu Xianping's expression was not very good: "It seems that they are not planning to advance slowly by occupying one city and defending one city, but are preparing to wipe out the entire Xinfeng area in one go."
"If this happens, Miss Xu may not be able to hold on for too long. I'm worried that Fengyuan may fall before we arrive."
"Sir, would you like to make all armies march faster?"
"Or let the Tengu army rush over first, at least it can delay the enemy's offensive..."
"..."
While walking towards the inn, Chu Xianping quietly analyzed the current situation and provided a solution in time.
Wei Changtian, on the other hand, listened without saying a word and was not in a hurry to express his opinion.
Hundreds of thousands of people guard a large city like Fengyuan.
And there are many Buddhist monks among them who are not necessarily reliable.
Looking at it this way, Xu Suisui's current situation is much more dangerous than that of Li Qi before.
At the beginning, Li Qi defended Fengyuan with nearly 300,000 old and weak soldiers. Facing Daning's more than 400,000 elite troops, he finally defended Fengyuan for more than a month.
But now, the power in Xu Suisui's hands is less than half of Li Qi's, but the enemy's power is even worse.
How long can she hold on despite the ebb and flow... This matter is by no means a simple mathematical problem.
Last time, although Daning's military strength was much stronger than that of Da Feng, the difference was not enough to subvert conventional tactics.
In other words, Daning still needs to fight and stop when attacking the city, and Dafeng also has enough troops to rotate when defending the city.
But this time, the enemy is five times stronger than Qian Huiguo. There is no need to adjust tactics at all. It is completely possible to maintain high-intensity siege at all times.
As for Xinfeng, once most of the soldiers climbed onto the city wall, they would never have the chance to come down again.
Therefore, the answer to how long Xu Suisui can last may be very pessimistic.
but......
"Brother Chu, we are already marching in a hurry. If we move faster, I am afraid that even if the soldiers can arrive a few days earlier, they will be like a pile of scattered sand and will no longer be able to fight."
"As for the Tengu Army, they are indeed brave, but their numbers are too small after all. They can only be effective as surprise troops. To face the enemy head-on will only injure the enemy by one thousand, but oneself will lose eight hundred, which is unnecessary."
"So we don't need to adjust the march plan for the time being, and everything can continue as usual."
"Squeak~"
Pushing open the door of a guest room, Wei Changtian walked to the table and sat down, turning to look at Chu Xianping, who was frowning.
"Brother Chu, I know you are worried that we will be late."
"Actually, you don't need to worry too much about this matter."
"Let me ask you, has Xu Suisui received any new news today?"
"this......"
Chu Xianping was stunned for a moment, and seemed to understand what Wei Changtian meant: "No, Miss Xu hasn't sent a message yet."
"Look, it's okay."
Wei Changtian smiled: "Since she is not in a hurry, why should we be in a hurry?"
"Don't worry, didn't I tell you? Xu Suisui's tricks are no less than mine."
"If I'm really at my wits' end, she'll push me."
"..."
"Yes, I understand."
After lowering his head, Chu Xianping didn't say anything more.
"Sir, if nothing happens, I will go out first."
"Well, go ahead and call Zhang San over."
"yes."
"..."
Lowering his head and taking two steps back, Chu Xianping quickly turned around and left the room.
Wei Changtian also turned his gaze to Yang Liushi who was making tea and remained silent.
"Have you checked the matter I told you yesterday?"
"Yes, I checked."
Yang Liushi came over with a cup of tea and placed the tea cup in front of Wei Changtian: "Last night, the Nu family secretly went to Yellow Maple Valley, and felt an intermittent scent of monsters in the mountains behind it."
"It seems that the information given by the Xuanjing Division should be correct. There is indeed an old demon with profound knowledge being imprisoned there."
"Well... that's okay, then let's go tonight."
Wei Changtian nodded, took a sip of tea from the cup.
This was one of the two things he planned to do in Jinju.
After obtaining the Solar Eclipse Bead, he asked the Freemasonry and the Xuanjing Division to secretly investigate where the great demons appeared in Ningshu and Shu.
The former has not found any accurate information until now, and all it has obtained are basically rumors with low credibility.
However, because the Xuanjing Division is in charge of both monster matters and Jianghu sect affairs, it has already provided a lot of information.
For example, the "Yellow Maple Valley" is both a place name and a sect.
The latter is considered a relatively large Jianghu force in Jinzhou. The mountain gate is not far from Jinzhou City, less than a hundred miles north of the city.
If we put it in the fantasy novels of previous lives, Huang Maple Valley can be regarded as a standard "medicine sect". It grows many immortal herbs and elixirs, and is also very good at medicine and alchemy.
However, compared to the elixirs and elixirs it "produces", a poison called "Half Moon" has a more famous name.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not only is the output extremely small, but it is also extremely toxic. It is one of the few poisons that can threaten practitioners.
It is said that just one drop can cause a low-level third-level warrior to have his heart broken and die within three breaths, and three drops can cause a middle-level third-level warrior to faint and die on the spot.
A poison that can have an effect on practitioners and has such a ferocious effect is impossible to refine with ordinary poisons, so Huang Maple Valley must have some other means.
Ordinary people will never know the truth.
But he couldn't hide it from the Xuanjing Division.
According to the latter's information, there is a high probability that Yellow Maple Valley secretly raises a snake demon with a spiritual practice of at least five hundred years, and "Half Moon" is made from the venom of this demon snake.
The information from the Xuanjing Division is very reliable to begin with, and Yang Liushi personally verified it last night, so this matter is basically not false.
As a result, Wei Changtian became interested.
Of course, he was not doing it for the poison, but was planning to kill the snake demon to "charge" the Solar Eclipse Pearl.
Anyway, I happened to be in Jinju, so I did it easily, and I will make another trip in the future.
As for why not go there right away, we have to wait until night...
"Dong dong dong!"
"Sir, madam."
There was a knock on the door. Zhang San came in and said hello to the two of them. Then he approached Wei Changtian and asked, "The carriage is ready. Do you want to go to Wang's house now?"
"Well, go now."
Wei Changtian drank all the tea in his cup, stood up and said to Yang Liushi, "I'm going out and I'll be back soon."
"good......"
Yang Liushi nodded in surprise, but didn't ask any more questions.
She watched Wei Changtian and Zhang San push open the door and then blinked in confusion.