"Among the younger generation, you are already considered a leader!"
Nangong Wenjian held the long sword behind him again and did not take advantage of the situation to pursue Xiang Yang.
He said slowly: "None of the unlucky disciples like you can compare with you."
"Moreover, in terms of strategy, you, Xiang Yang, are also the best among the younger generation!"
"If nothing else, the fact that you were able to summon up the courage to break into the Qinglian Mountains this time and launch a surprise attack on this city at such a disadvantage is indeed not something that ordinary people can have."
"It's just...you made the wrong calculation!"
Hearing this, Xiang Yang smiled and couldn't help but ask: "Oh? I don't know where my nephew made a mistake. I hope my senior can correct me."
"Haha... Okay..." Nangong Wenjian nodded, not in a hurry, and said slowly to Xiang Yang: "The idea is very good, but you are too obsessed with winning."
"And I overlooked one important thing..."
"Let me ask you, this 800-mile primeval forest that has been eating people since ancient times, even if it loses its former danger due to some reasons, it is still a place where humans have not set foot for thousands of years."
"Which of the people who can enter this place to open up wasteland at this time is a good person?"
"You only see that there are only five thousand defenders in my city, but you don't know that the tens of thousands of people in the city are all elite troops!"
"You have attacked here, destroyed their houses, and trampled on their farmland. How can they not fight you to the death?"
After saying that, Nangong Wenjian paused and continued to say to Xiang Yang: "In fact, we developed the Qinglian Mountains very early. In addition to establishing this county, we also built many roads and military stations."
"Especially from here to the newly established Qinglian County, there are five large castle military stations in between, each of which contains five thousand cavalry, so that if something happens to the two cities, they can provide quick support."
"Hulan County and Qinglian County were established. The original idea of ​​establishing these two cities was to attack Yanzhou and Dayan by surprise."
"Although now, this goal has only been achieved for one world, but you ask yourself, in such an important place, there are no trump cards that can achieve it?"
"Not to mention your 30,000 remaining soldiers, even if there are another 30,000, you may not be able to gain a firm foothold again!"
With that said, Nangong Wenjian took two steps forward with his sword on his back, and smiled at Xiang Yang: "My nephew, you are at the end of your rope! It's better to surrender, maybe you can still save your life."
"To tell you the truth, the five huge signal flares just fired were just to summon the troops and pioneering people who were pioneering outside."
"It takes them at most two hours from gathering to rushing back... As for the five military stations in the direction of Qinglian County, once they get the news, the closest one can go from gathering to supporting here at the fastest one hour!"
"And now, it has been three hours since I sent the signal, and it is almost dawn... Why do you think there are no reinforcements coming?"
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yang suddenly became alert and hurriedly opened his mouth and said in a bad tone: "Why?"
"Hahaha..." Nangong Wenjian stroked his beard: "Because I have already sent an order for them to assemble and destroy the enemy armies from the other three sects first."
"Then they will quietly surround you at the east gate...guess, have they finished?"
As he spoke, Nangong Wenjian waved his hand. Seeing this, the soldier behind him took out a signal bomb from his arms and stretched out his hand to sound it.
"Bang... bang..."
The red fireball flew into the sky with its tail, and then exploded into a gorgeous firework.
The red light instantly illuminated the black night sky.
As soon as the voice fell, countless torches suddenly appeared in the dense jungle around the east gate of Hulan County City.
Xiang Yang turned around subconsciously and saw that the densely packed torches were like coiled pythons, surrounding his remaining army.
At this time, the situation was already clear. The 20,000 troops he sent to besiege the other three gates had been completely wiped out.
Now, he has less than 10,000 remaining soldiers, surrounded by enemy troops at the east gate.
And according to what Nangong Wenjian meant, reinforcements from the Ming army would just come in a steady stream.
For a moment, Xiang Yang felt a sense of powerlessness rising from the bottom of his heart.
"Good nephew... look, do you think you can still escape?" Nangong Wenjian saw that he lowered his head and said nothing, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "It is better to surrender, maybe you can save your life!"
"You don't want your Xiang family to be cut off right now, right?"
Listening to Nangong Wenjian's words, Xiang Yang just smiled coldly: "Surrender? I don't know what surrender means!"
Looking up, he saw that Nangong Wenjian was very close to him at this time, and a sense of madness spontaneously emerged in his mind.
He suddenly shouted: "Go to hell!"
Then he took it out from his arms, and three flying knives emitting faint green light pierced Nangong Wenjian straight away.
However, who is this Nangong Wenjian? He has been wandering around the world for decades, how could he be unprepared?
The moment Xiang Yang stretched his hand into his arms, he was already wary, and the vast internal energy in his dantian was secretly mobilized.
When the three flying knives came, Nangong Wenjian just smiled disdainfully, waved his long sword a few times, and he easily knocked down the three poisonous flying knives.
Seeing that Xiang Yang was so vicious, Nangong Wenjian gave up on trying to persuade him to surrender. He swayed and retreated quickly, shouting: "Attack the entire army!"
Blessed by the strong internal force, the voice seemed particularly loud.
In an instant, all the surrounding troops and pioneer people rushed towards the enemy in front of them.
"Kill...charge..."
"When...when...when..."
A melee broke out again, and this time, Xiang Jun had no intention of fighting. Facing the Ming army rushing like wolves and tigers, some even began to kneel down and surrender.
Seeing the increasingly unbearable war in front of him, Xiang Yang felt helpless.
But he also knew that he could not sit still and wait for death. In his anxiety, he led his soldiers to break through the enemy's weak points like headless flies.
"Come on... If you rush out, you will win...! Come on, you, follow me...!"
As Xiang Yang shouted and took the lead, Xiang Jun, who was in chaos, had no choice but to follow.
Perhaps it was because of the so-called last stand and no way out. In such a chaotic battle, he was surrounded by Ming troops several times his own.
Xiang Yang just relied on his last few thousand troops to break out of the encirclement and headed towards the vast mountains in the north.
Seeing this, the generals were about to organize a pursuit, but Nangong Wenjian reached out to stop them.
"Okay, don't rush after me yet!"
"Uh... Sir, why is this?" Some generals were in the mood for fighting and suddenly became confused.
Nangong Wenjian smiled faintly: "Don't chase after poor bandits. There are more terrifying opponents waiting for them ahead..."
After saying that, he turned around and ordered the troops: "Attention, all troops, assemble the troops, leave some to defend the city, and prepare the rest to pursue the enemy after dawn!"