On the other side, the round continent, Zhongzhou City.
Hundreds of thousands of troops led by Yang Jian were already encamped outside the city.
A few days ago, Yang Jian completely defeated Yunzhou City. After a short rest, he continued to set off, conquering cities and territories along the way, invincible, and arrived at Zhongzhou City in just a few days.
Just now, Yang Jian ordered an attack on the city, but the Ouyang family and various sects jointly blocked it.
Speaking of which, with the strength of the Ouyang family and various sects, they are no match for the Northern Army. However, Zhongzhou City is the most prosperous big city in the hinterland of the Earthly Continent, with an area five times that of Yunzhou City. Its fortifications are
It is almost the largest in the round earth continent.
Under this situation, the Ouyang family and various sects were lucky enough to block the attack of the Northern Army. It can be said that they were able to hold on mostly with the help of the people of Zhongzhou City and the strong defenses.
After the attempt to siege the city failed, Yang Jian took no further action and ordered the army to temporarily rest in the camp.
The Ouyang family and the masters of various sects did not dare to relax in the slightest. With the help of the people, they strengthened defenses at various entrances to Zhongzhou City. At the same time, they sent people to observe the movements of the Northern Army at all times and prepare for the opponent's next attack on the city.
For a time, the entire Zhongzhou City was shrouded in shadow.
At this time, in the military tent of Xicang Camp.
Yang Jian sat in the commander's position with a gloomy face.
Zhang Jue next to him also had his brows furrowed, while the dozen or so generals standing there didn't dare to express their dignity.
The atmosphere in the entire military tent seemed calm, but there was also a suffocating feeling of depression.
At this time, Yang Jian was very angry. He thought that the first wave of attacks would capture Zhongzhou City, but he did not expect that he would fail.
But having said that, Zhongzhou City is indeed the largest city in the Earth-Earth Continent. It not only has a large population, but also has countless fortifications, which is really a headache.
At this moment, the forward general Huang Yan slowly walked out.
When he arrived, Huang Yan asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to try to attack the city again before dark?"
Yang Jian waved his hand and said angrily: "What's there to try? Are you sure you can break through the fortifications in Zhongzhou City?"
Well...
Huang Yan looked embarrassed, then thought about it and whispered: "Actually, with the strength of our army, we can defeat it with an all-out attack."
"Don't I know this?" Yang Jian said coldly: "Forcibly capturing Zhongzhou City, not to mention the casualties of the army, the people of Zhongzhou City must also suffer countless casualties. I have already suffered a lot of infamy when I conquered other cities before.
Do you still want me to leave the impression of a tyrant in the hearts of the people in Zhongzhou City?"
When he said this, Yang Jian was very angry.
Huang Yan was right. With the strength of the Northern Army, as long as they go all out, they can completely capture Zhongzhou City by force. However, in this case, this prosperous Zhongzhou City will definitely become a ruin.
More importantly, Yang Jian did not want to lose the support of the people.
Yang Jian has an arrogant temperament and maintains his own identity. He wants to unify the nine states and become an unprecedented emperor. However, when he conquered other cities before, he did not think too much and made the occupied cities a mess, which made the people complain.
, this made Yang Jian feel very uncomfortable.
In this attack on Zhongzhou City, Yang Jian had planned to occupy Zhongzhou City at the minimum cost and try not to harm innocent people.
Well...
Huang Yan looked embarrassed and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in panic: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have no such intention. I just want to occupy Zhongzhou City as soon as possible to share your Majesty's worries."
Yang Jian was so upset that he didn't bother to care about it, so he waved his hand to ask him to leave.
The next second, Yang Jian turned his head and looked at Zhang Jiao: "Commander, do you have any good ideas?"
call!
Zhang Jiao took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Your Majesty does not want to harm innocent people, so he wants to occupy Zhongzhou City at the minimum cost. It is not that there are no ways, but I am not sure whether it will succeed!"
"Military advisor, please tell me!" Yang Jian was overjoyed and urged.
Zhang Jiao smiled slightly and said: "My method is very simple. Let's send a few experts to sneak into the Ouyang family's mansion quietly, catch Jiang Shan, and everything will be solved."
"Yue Feng is not here. The woman named Jiang Shan has been directing the battles on the Tiandiyuan Continent these days. As long as she is captured, the Earthly Yuan Continent will be leaderless and there will be chaos."
At the end of the story, Zhang Jiao looked confident, pointing to the sand table in front of him, and continued: "I just took a look. The Ouyang family's mansion is in the northeast of Zhongzhou City. To the north is the barren mountain in the suburbs. It is not difficult to sneak into it.
But it’s hard to say whether we can catch Jiang Shan.”
Hahaha....
Hearing this, Yang Jian was overjoyed and praised sincerely: "The military advisor's method is indeed not good! We can try it and leave this matter to the military advisor."
"yes!"
Zhang Jiao responded, then stood up, selected several powerful generals on the spot, and asked them to sneak into the Ouyang family to capture Jiang Shan.
Speaking of which, if Zhang Jiao and Yang Jian took action on this kind of thing personally, the success rate would definitely increase. But as one of them is the emperor and the other is a military advisor, how could they do it personally? Therefore, they can only let their subordinates do it.
Soon, a few minutes later, a few selected generals pretended to be citizens returning from other places and sneaked into Zhongzhou City.
At this moment, the Ouyang family.
In the hall, everyone in the Ouyang family, as well as masters from various sects, gathered together, all with solemn expressions, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
The Beiying army is approaching the city, and Zhongzhou City is in danger.
Although they had just blocked a wave of attacks from the Beiying army, no one was happy.
Just now, Jiang Shan called everyone together to discuss the next countermeasures.
However, after discussing for a long time, no solution was feasible. Thinking of the strength of the Beiying army, everyone felt as if a huge mountain was weighing on their hearts, and there was nothing they could do.
well!
Seeing this scene, Jiang Shan frowned and sighed.
Is Zhongzhou City really hopeless? Is it God's will?
"If Fengzi were here, we wouldn't have to worry." Sun Dasheng next to him was also very anxious and muttered: "This kid went to find Su Qingyan, but he didn't know where he went. He couldn't find anyone."
yes!
Upon hearing this, everyone present nodded silently.
If Yue Feng was here, he would definitely have a solution. After all, he had successfully repelled the Beiying army in Nanyun Continent.
But there is no news about Yue Feng now, so everyone can only worry.
"Mrs. Jiang!"
At this moment, Wen Chou Chou looked at Jiang Shan and said warmly: "In the past two days, you have commanded everyone to resist the Beiying army and have not had a good rest. Now that Yang Jian has not moved for the time being, you can go and have a rest. Don't worry, Zhongzhou City
We will not slack off at all in our defense.”
Wen Chou Chou's heart was as thin as his hair. Seeing Jiang Shan's face looking exhausted but still holding on, she suddenly couldn't bear it.
After the words fell, everyone around him also spoke one after another.
"Yes, Mrs. Jiang, go and take a rest quickly."
"Leave the defense of Zhongzhou City to us."
"That's right, since Yue Feng is not here, you are our backbone. Don't let yourself get in trouble."
Everyone spoke to each other with concern. Although Jiang Shan is a woman, she has led everyone to resist the Japanese army these days. Her outstanding leadership skills have impressed many people.
"All right."
Hearing everyone's words, Jiang Shan smiled lightly, was very moved, nodded and said: "Then I will go and rest for a while, I will leave everyone with the defense matters."
After saying this, Jiang Shan slowly walked out of the hall under the attention of everyone.
call!
When she arrived in the backyard, Jiang Shan took a deep breath, unable to conceal her exhaustion. Although Jiang Shan had a tough character, she was still a woman and was responsible for defending Zhongzhou City. You can imagine the pressure in her heart.
swish swish...
Just when Jiang Shan was about to enter the room, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the garden not far away.
Immediately afterwards, a dozen men in black appeared in front of them, each with a strong aura.
Hula...
When they saw Jiang Shan, the eyes of these men in black lit up.
The leader, with a stern expression and a bit of excitement in his eyes, was Huang Yan.