The new army commanded by Liu Zhang launched a strong attack on Lishi City, but the attack did not go smoothly. Firstly, the terrain of Lishi City was steep and difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Secondly, the defenders were tenacious and resisted desperately. The Feng army's attacks were repeatedly frustrated. **《》
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Tang Yin only watched the siege that day and had no interest in continuing to watch it. Although there was no progress in the day's strong attack, in Tang Yin's view, the overall situation was determined and there was no suspense.
The disparity in strength between the two sides was so great that even if the enemy was not defeated on the first day, the An army would not be able to survive its own attack on the second and third days.
It was enough for him to see Liu Zhang's talent in commanding operations.
That night, after Feng Jun withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, Liu Zhang looked for Tang Yin again, but there was no trace of Tang Yin in the camp, and along with him, Asan and Asi also disappeared.
Liu Zhang was frightened and panicked. The king had disappeared in his camp. How could that be a big deal? He hurriedly found Yin Lan and Ren Xiao, who were traveling with Tang Yin, and asked them where the king had gone.
Ren smiled and said nothing, and Yin Lan said: "The king went to Fenshui City and said he wanted to inquire about the situation there first!"
Liu Zhang was shocked and asked hurriedly: "How many troops and horses does the king have?"
Yin Lan said: "There are only three generals and four generals."
"What? Your Majesty took only two of them to Fenshui City? What if we meet the enemy? Why don't you stop them?" Liu Zhang became anxious, blushing and roaring at Yin Lan.
Yin Lan was also full of grievances. The king was leaving, and she had to be able to stop him even if she wanted to! At this time, Ren Xiao smiled and said: "General Liu, don't be nervous. What you have to worry about should not be your king, but the king."
Fenshui City’s enemy forces!”
Liu Zhang still respected Ren Xiao, Master Shenchi. After calming down and thinking about it, what he said made sense. With the king's martial arts, even if he encountered an enemy and couldn't defeat it, it would still be no problem to run away.
Thinking of this, he felt a little relieved. Then, he shook his head and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the king is very dissatisfied with my command of the battle today and is too lazy to read any more."
Ren Xiao laughed and said: "General Liu guessed wrong this time. In my opinion, with His Highness Feng Wang's personality, if he is really dissatisfied with your command of the battle, he will definitely not leave the military camp, but will stay and personally
Supervising the battle, the reason why His Highness Feng Wang was able to leave to Fenshui City just shows that he is very confident in your command of the battle, and he left only when he felt that there was nothing to worry about here."
Liu Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and his gloomy mood suddenly brightened up. He patted his head hard and laughed to himself: "Oh, I'm so impatient! Thank you Mr. Ren for reminding me, I can feel at ease now."
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Ren smiled but said nothing, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Tang Yin said that he was going to Fenshui City to inquire about intelligence, but there were two intelligence agencies in the Feng Army: Sky Eye and Diwang. Why did he need to go out personally to inquire about military information? Moreover, he only took A San and A Si with him, so they were so secretive.
There must be something else hidden.
The only secret that Ren Xiao can think of now is that Tang Yin wants to use Fenshui City to improve his own cultivation. Fenshui City has an army of 30,000 people. For Tang Yin who is eager to break through the realm of cultivation, that is 30,000 soldiers.
Holy medicine, supplements, food.
Thirty thousand souls... Ren Xiao lamented in his heart.
Ren Xiao and Tang Yin have not known each other for a long time, but they really know Tang Yin very well. This time, he guessed correctly. Tang Yin quietly went to Fenshui City not to gather information, but to improve his cultivation.
The Feng Army is currently attacking Lishi City. Fenshui City is very peaceful and there are no Feng Army around. Relatively speaking, Fenshui City's defense is relatively lax, which just gives Tang Yin the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
In the early morning, before dawn, this was the time when the soldiers who were keeping watch were the most tired and sleepy. The spiritual cultivators standing on the top of the city also withdrew their insight skills and leaned feebly on the arrow stacks, hanging their heads and taking a nap.
An Jun spiritual cultivator was half asleep when he suddenly felt spiritual pressure fluctuations around him. This was the reaction of a spiritual cultivator suddenly appearing in front of him.
He was startled and hurriedly opened his eyes to see what was going on, but all he felt was a blur in front of his eyes, and then, a palm burning with black flames penetrated straight into his throat.
Phew! The black fire burned all over his body in an instant. He opened his mouth wide and wanted to scream, but he couldn't shout a word. The palm inserted into his throat had cut off his trachea.
His body fell limply, and his helmet fell off and fell on the stone bricks of the city wall, making a clanging sound. Hearing the sound, the dozing defenders around him opened their hazy sleepy eyes and looked up.
I saw people's originally confused eyes suddenly widening, and their pupils suddenly shrinking. Our spiritual cultivator fell to the ground, and next to him, there was a 'monster' squatting.
Judging from the figure, he should be a human, but his whole body was burning with black flames. What was even more frightening was that there were two strange and frightening green lights flashing in the black fire.
"Monster...monster, monster...it's...it's a monster!" An Jun screamed with hair all over his body and a cold wind running down his back.
It would have been better if he didn't yell. When he yelled, the two green lights slowly turned around and looked directly at him. An Jun was so frightened that he jumped up from the ground with a howl, turned around and ran away.
Quickly, that 'monster' was even faster, rushing behind him in an instant and inserting the knife into his back.
Plop! Another corpse fell to the ground under the burning of black fire. The surrounding Anjun's scalp was numb, his legs were weak, and they all screamed strangely and fled in all directions.
The 'monster' obviously had no intention of letting them go. With two rustling sounds, two waning-moon-shaped scimitars appeared in his hands. As he took the scimitars into his hands, the black fire on his palms spread to the blades.
Fast, like electricity and ghosts, they appeared and disappeared around An Jun. An Jun, who was running away in a hurry, was shrouded in black fire one after another. Many people were burning with black fire all over their bodies and continued to move forward.
After running for a few steps, they collapsed to the ground. White aura emerged from their bodies and formed a ball in the air.
Hundreds of soldiers were killed in an instant. The wounds on each corpse were different, but the skin was the same pale white, and even the black pupils turned the same gray.
The night is still quiet, murderous aura spreads on the top of the city, corpses are scattered on the ground, but there is no smell of blood. A black fire stands among the corpses, and two green lights are getting brighter. The whole scene is weird and terrifying.
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At this time, there was the sound of footsteps under the city wall. A soldier with disheveled armor walked out of a tent not far away. He looked at the city and shouted: "Hey, it's not yet dawn. What are you doing on the city?"
Woolen cloth?"
No one answered, and he didn't see anyone on the top of the city. Just when he was secretly wondering, a black mist suddenly appeared out of thin air around him. Then, the black mist condensed into a human shape, and he slowly opened his mouth,
Just as he was about to scream, the opponent's knife had already scratched his neck.
There was still no blood, and the corpse with all its essence evaporated lay slumped on the ground like a ball of mud, with its eyes wide open. The black figure did not even look at the corpse on the ground. After sucking up the spiritual energy in the air, he lifted his hands.
Knife, step into the tent...
When daylight came, Fenshui City exploded, rumors spread, and an atmosphere of terror enveloped the hearts of everyone in the city.
Near the city wall of the North City, there were soldiers of the An army standing up and down the wall, but the whole scene was silent and eerily silent. People looked solemnly and stared blankly at the bottom of the city wall.
Under the city wall, there were thousands of corpses neatly arranged in a large area. Among them were ordinary An army soldiers, as well as spiritual cultivators and generals in the An army. They had various wounds on their bodies.
There were knife wounds and claw wounds, but one thing was the same: their blood seemed to have been sucked dry by something in an instant.
"Who can tell me, what happened in Beicheng last night?" Overnight, thousands of defenders on the Beicheng Gate were all killed. Wei Ling, the commander-in-chief of the Fenshui City defenders and the head of Gurao County, glared at
Looking at all the soldiers present, he gritted his teeth and roared.
No one knows what happened here in Beicheng, when did the enemy come, and how did they kill so many of our own people. A general said in a trembling voice: "Reporting to your lord, this morning, the brothers who changed the guard came to Beicheng."
, I saw the bodies of the brothers. Many brothers died in the camp. They did not wear armor or hold weapons. They were obviously killed in their sleep. If the enemy attacked, it would not be possible to do so quietly.
It was silent, and it was impossible to run away after the fight. In addition, after looking at the corpses, it was found that the wounds on many brothers were not fatal, but the blood had been sucked dry. This was obviously...obviously not an enemy...not something that humans could do.
Jiang estimates that last night, there was probably a ghost... there might have been a ghost here in Beicheng!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present shivered, their faces turned pale, and their whole bodies became cold.
"What nonsense!" Wei Ling said angrily: "How can there be any ghosts in the world? If you dare to confuse the public with your evil words again and disrupt the morale of our army, I will definitely kill you without mercy!"
The general was so frightened that he didn't dare to say another word and retreated with his head lowered.
"Give the bodies of these brothers a good burial. Please cheer up tonight. We will double the number of sentries in all four cities and arrange for patrols. Do you understand?" Wei Ling clenched her fists and said.
"Yes! Sir!" All the generals responded in unison.
Wei Ling could suppress the morale of the defenders, but he could not suppress the popular sentiment of the people in the city.
Rumors that ghosts killed thousands of soldiers overnight spread quickly among the people. Under great fear, people naturally looked for someone to vent their anger to.
Soon some people pointed out that Yueze had rebelled against the royal family and had been punished by heaven for being barbaric and unethical. However, the Fenshui City defenders continued to be loyal to the emperor here, so they attracted ghosts and monsters to cause chaos. This was completely retribution.
Defending a city, especially when a weak force is fighting a strong one, requires the unity of the army and the people. Once the army and the people are separated, it will be difficult to defend the city.
At this time, Fenshui City was facing such an embarrassing situation.