Here's the thing, there are only a hundred or so people hiding in the snow mountain. How to kill Long Chen and the Empress is a problem.
In the battle of the true realm strongman, the person guarding such a martial emperor's cultivation is not worth mentioning at all.
Seemingly unable to do anything, Gui Fei let Li Chengdao take command, which posed a problem for Li Chengdao.
When he heard that he was asked to take command, Li Chengdao was not happy at all, but his expression became solemn.
Long Chen is very difficult to deal with. Ever since the war started, he has suffered a lot every time he encountered him.
"I'm afraid I'm not capable enough..."
Li Chengdao immediately declined. He knew that this matter was difficult to handle, and if he failed, the ghost would definitely beat him up.
A lesson learned. Li Chengdao would not accept such a bad job.
Guitai sneered and said: "Why, you are afraid of being beaten by the little thief, so you don't dare anymore?"
Li Chengdao bowed his head and said, "I am ashamed of my incompetence."
Guitai leaned on the chair, patted his fingers on the crystal armrest, looked at a huge luminous pearl on the top of the cave, and said to himself: "In the end, is Long Chen too powerful, or are you guys too useless?"
"It seems wrong to say that you are too useless. Gao Qinhu also suffered a big loss..."
Li Chengdao listened quietly and thought to himself: The last battle, a must-win game, was defeated by you in the end.
Who can you blame? It’s not your own fault!
You always say others are useless, but the most useless person is you, the Holy Son!
If Li Chengdao had been in charge of the last battle, he would never have been so reckless and forced to attack. It only took a little bit of military skills to break through Yanmen Pass easily, and the empress Long Chen would have been killed long ago.
The defeat was entirely due to ghost fetuses!
"Send people out, advance five hundred miles, and keep an eye on Long Chen's movements to see if he is coming and how many people are coming!"
Li Chengdao said that Long Chen would definitely come, but Guitai still didn't believe it.
Li Chengdao bowed and said, "I obey your order!"
Guitai waved his hand and said: "Go ahead and report back anytime if there is any situation! Bring the Snow Fox with you!"
Li Chengdao knelt down, kowtowed, and then exited the cave.
When they got outside, Li Chengdao said to the commander: "The Holy Son has ordered us to immediately take people out five hundred miles for reconnaissance and warning, and pay attention to Long Chen's movements at any time!"
The commander immediately ordered his troops, selected more than twenty good men, and set off with Li Chengdao.
Guiti got up from his seat and walked into the cave on the side, where Long Teng was practicing.
After watching for a while, the ghost fetus continued to walk in, and the emperor spirit was also practicing cross-legged.
Gui Fei seldom talks nonsense with Long Teng, and talks more with Emperor Ling.
On the one hand, this is because the Emperor Ling's cultivation is higher, and on the other hand, because the Emperor Ling has been an empress, she has a better temperament and is easier to talk to.
When the guard saw the ghost fetus coming in, he immediately bowed to see him.
"Open the door!"
The cell was opened and the ghost fetus walked in. Emperor Ling heard the movement and slowly opened his eyes.
"Is the Holy Son free today?"
Di Ling smiled and slowly stood up to move around.
Emperor Ling has become calm about the ghost fetus, without fear or resentment.
"I have free time every day, but I have something to do today, so I came over to talk to you."
Guitai picked up the tea on the table and wanted to pour himself a cup.
When the teapot was lifted, no water came out. The tea inside had long since frozen.
"I'm sorry, there's no hot tea, it's frozen."
Di Ling smiled.
The ghost was very unhappy and turned to scold the guard: "How can you serve the empress if you don't even have hot tea!"
The guard was so frightened that he immediately boiled water to make tea.
Emperor Ling smiled and said nothing, and asked: "I wonder what happened to the Holy Son?"
When he heard that something happened, Di Ling was actually very nervous, worried that it was about his daughter.
Guitai sneered: "Your daughter is coming, she got the news that you are here."
Emperor Ling's heart trembled, and his body felt a little numb, and he asked: "The Holy Son deliberately released the news to seduce her?"
Di Ling has been in the snow mountain for so many years, and no one has ever known that this place is secretive. If the ghost didn't deliberately leak it, who could have discovered it?
Guitai sneered and said: "No, it's not that I deliberately leaked the news, but that little thief Long Chen was so cunning that he actually captured the person I sent."
"The dog slave said that Long Chen is treacherous and will definitely be able to find out your whereabouts, so I predict that your daughter will come!"
The guard came over with boiling water to make tea, and bent down to pour a cup for Gui Ti.
"You bitch, you won't serve tea to the empress!"
The guard only poured a cup of tea for Gui Fei, but not for Emperor Ling.
As a guard, he knew very well that the ghost fetus was actually the mortal enemy of the emperor spirit and had no friendship at all, so there was no need to be pretentious.
The guard immediately poured tea for Emperor Ling, who smiled and said, "Thank you, Holy Son, for the tea."
Di Ling picked up the teacup, blew in the hot air, and drank slowly.
"Yes, those of you who have been emperors can keep your composure."
Guitai knew that Di Ling was panicking, but his face was so calm, and he admired him very much.
Just like Li Chengdao just now, he clearly remembered the murder of his son, but he remained calm when the ghost mentioned it.
Even though the ghost fetus has lived for more than two hundred years, it still cannot fully accomplish this.
Especially after meeting Long Chen, Gui Fei became very irritable and even a little weird after being frustrated every time.
"She's coming, and I can't stop her. There's no use worrying about her."
Di Ling smiled, put down the tea cup, and gave Gui Fei another cup of tea.
Guitai drank the tea and said with a sinister smile: "Just pray silently that your daughter can come, and then you mother and daughter can be reunited."
Di Ling asked with a smile: "What do you mean by the Holy Son, my daughter may not come?"
Gui Fei was very sure and said: "She will definitely come, she is a filial daughter!"
After saying that, Gui Fei stood up and left. He originally wanted to ridicule him, but he didn't expect Emperor Ling to be calm and things didn't work out.
Emperor Ling sent the ghost fetus out with a smile and went back to continue practicing.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Di Ling's expression was calm, but in fact his heart was turbulent.
She prayed that the empress would not come, and that she and Long Chen could organize their troops well and defeat the ghost clan like they did four hundred years ago.
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Yanmen Pass.
Wu Jian hurriedly opened the door and came in, saying: "Major General, Hu Feiyang and his two troops have arrived!"
Long Chen was completing the rescue plan. When he heard the news, he immediately put down his pen and asked, "How many people are here?"
Wu Jian said: "Only 100,000 people came. There were still people who backed down on the way, so they let us go."
When heading north, some soldiers felt homesick again and wanted to go back.
Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai persuaded them to stay if they could, and go back if they couldn't.
In fact, what they did was against the rules, and Long Chen only promised to let them go in the capital camp.
It's against the rules to let people go when they're on the road.
However, the matter is here, there is no need to delve too deeply into it.
"Forget it, I'll report it to the Holy One."
After saying that, Long Chen went out and arrived at the empress' room.
The Empress is carefully planning the rescue with Miaoyin.
The empress wanted to rescue the emperor spirit, Miaoyin insisted on participating, but Long Chen couldn't dissuade her.
The two of them are now like sisters, so Long Chen can't persuade Miao Yin to stop meddling in her own business.
"Your Majesty, the Nanliang army has arrived, a total of 100,000 people."
Long Chen reported truthfully and did not hide anything.
The empress put down the book and rubbed her temples, looking very tired.
After learning that the emperor's spirit was imprisoned in the snowy mountains, the empress had trouble sleeping and eating, so she looked very haggard.
"It's good to be here, let's go take a look."
The empress stood up and the maid immediately put on her shoes and changed her clothes.
After changing her clothes and wearing the right hair crown, the empress walked in front, followed by Long Chen and Miaoyin.
Walking outside, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai were waiting with Wang Quan, Ruan Cheng, Peng Qing and other Nanliang generals. Next to them stood Wu Jian, Feng He, and several old acquaintances from Yufu Kingdom.
"The Holy One is here!"
The shadow guard spoke loudly, and everyone looked over and bowed to the empress: "Greetings to the Holy One."
These people only say hello, but don't pay homage.
The empress did not pay attention to the surprise at the title, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I am very pleased that you can go to Yanmen Pass to participate in the battle."
"Of course, General Hu and General Qiu should have told you that the ghost tribe is our public enemy. No matter whether they were Xixia people in the past or Nanliang people, they are now shoulder to shoulder, back to back, life and death comrades. Even the barbarians are fighting like us now."
"Now that we're here, I hope everyone can put aside their past grudges and deal with the ghost clan together!"
The empress made things very clear without any unnecessary polite words.
At this moment, there is no need to be polite, everyone knows why they came to Yanmen Pass.
"General Wu, all their military supplies must be treated equally, and no military supplies or weapons may be deducted."
The empress gave special instructions, and Wu Jian immediately bowed and said, "The last general has given the order!"
The empress looked at the 100,000 Nanliang warriors in front of her and asked the shadow guards to lead their horses over.
The empress got on her horse and said, "Please accompany me for a review."
Long Chen mounted his horse, and Wu Jian followed suit. Other Eastern Zhou generals did not continue to follow, only the Shadow Guard followed.
Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai hesitated for a moment, then mounted their horses, followed by Wang Quan and other generals.
The empress rode through the army and greeted the soldiers from time to time.
When these soldiers saw the empress and Long Chen, they felt a little afraid, but reluctantly responded.
It doesn't matter, everyone is like this, you will get used to it gradually.
After walking around, the empress returned to the front of the formation and said to Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai: "Both generals are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. I don't need to say more about the training of the troops. These 100,000 troops are yours." Just obey King Wu's command, I won't ask any questions."
The two of them immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"
The empress said: "The ghost tribe is fierce. These people must be put into training immediately. Have you selected the 10,000 elite soldiers?"
The original agreement was that the Long family army would send out 15,000 troops, 5,000 barbarians, and 10,000 Nanliang troops, making up 30,000 elite troops.
Hu Feiyang bowed and said, "Once you've chosen, you can start training immediately."
The empress looked at Long Chen and said: "The elite soldiers have been selected, let's start training. Ten thousand people will practice secret techniques, and the rest will train like the Long family army."
Long Chen bowed and said, "Wei ministers accept the decree."
The empress turned around and went back to the room with Miaoyin to continue improving the rescue plan, leaving Long Chen to deal with the follow-up matters.
The appearance of the emperor's spirit disturbed the empress's mind. Now she only cared about rescuing her mother, and rarely interfered with the army's affairs.
Fortunately, Long Chen kept his sense and did not get confused because of Long Teng's matter.
"Select 10,000 soldiers and place them in the military camp in the south. Rest for one night and start training tomorrow."
Long Chen said to Wu Jian, and also to Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai.
