The next day, the deafening sound of fighting echoed over Jukou Canyon again.
The mission of Fire Fox Village is still to guard the mountain on the right. It seems that because of yesterday's defeat, the attacking team sent by Liehuang City this time is obviously much stronger, with a full 7 fire ring levels plus 60 fire level warriors. The overall strength is as good as that of Fire Fox.
The village is extremely close.
After a hard fight, until the enemy finally retreated after being unable to attack for a long time, the Fire Fox Village took stock and found that nearly twenty of their companions had been killed in the battle. A layer of gloom suddenly fell on everyone's faces.
As the day's battle came to an end, the stockpiles of wood and rolling stones on the mountain peak were also used up, which meant that the Fire Fox Village no longer needed to be stationed here and had to join the frontal battlefield.
When they thought of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little heavier.
However, unexpectedly, early the next morning, an order came from Yanlong City for all affiliated villages to stay where they were, and all leaders were summoned to hold a meeting.
Lin Yingning rushed to the meeting as instructed, while Lin Ze, Su Ping, Yu Yong and others stayed in the main tent, waiting with confusion.
After more than three quarters of an hour, the tent curtain was lifted, and Lin Yingning walked in with a frown.
"Chief!" "Chief!"
Su Ping and others stood up to greet each other one after another, and finally asked: "What did Yanlong City say?"
Lin Yingning motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said: "Nie Hui wants us affiliated villages to take turns to garrison at the entrance of the canyon. If people from Liehuang City invade, we will repel the enemy. At other times, we are not allowed to take the initiative to attack."
"this......"
Su Ping and Yu Yong looked at each other, paused, and asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"
"Yes, this is too strange, isn't it?" Guo Xiaozhi frowned for a while, "Didn't Yanlong City take the initiative to provoke the war? Why did they switch from offense to defense after only two days of fighting? Didn't they plan to capture Jukou Canyon?
"
Lin Yingning shook his head and said: "I don't know either. Many leaders at the meeting raised the same question, but Nie Hui is stubborn and has no intention of explaining at all. He just insists on us executing the order."
Everyone immediately looked at each other.
After a long time, Su Ping sighed and said: "This is not a bad thing. At least if we switch to defense, the number of battles and casualties will be reduced, which is also good for us."
"That's right, but if the war lasts for too long, it won't be reassuring in the village." Guo Xiaozhi said.
"There is nothing we can do about it." Lin Yingning shook his head and looked around at everyone, "No matter what, orders must be carried out. According to the rotation order, it will be our village's turn to guard the entrance to the canyon the day after tomorrow. Let's have a good rest these two days.
, nourish your spirit.”
"yes!"
Everyone left the tent with confusion and confusion, but Lin Ze didn't care. Since he had some rest time, he could just use it to practice.
So after returning to the tent, he turned around and devoted himself to practicing with concentration.
In the next five days, the Jukou Canyon was strangely calm. Yanlong City made up its mind not to attack, but Liehuang City sent a small team to tentatively attack once, but was repulsed.
Yanlong City had no intention of pursuing the victory, so they retreated to the south exit, followed closely by some scruples who didn't know whether they couldn't figure out Yanlong City's intentions, and there was no movement after that.
For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate.
This strange calm lasted for five days, and it was not until the sixth day that a Yanlong City warrior riding a lizard beast arrived at the camp in a dusty manner, breaking the peace.
The man was sweating profusely and his clothes were stained with dust. He had obviously traveled a long way. He got off his mount at the gate, checked the tokens, entered the camp, and ran all the way to the main tent in the middle of the camp.
At the same time, someone had already rushed to notify the person in charge of the camp.
The man who reported the message waited in the tent for a while. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked back and saw an old man with frosty white hair on his temples, firm skin and sharp eyes, opening the curtain and walking in.
"Is there any news from Hegu Plain?"
As soon as he entered the tent and before he could sit down behind the table, the old man asked simply and neatly, showing off his resolute manner.
"Lord Nie Hui!"
The man who reported the news quickly bowed and responded respectfully, and then replied, "Yes, our army won a great victory in the Hegu Plain. It has defeated the army of Liehuang City and is now heading towards the hinterland of Liehuang City.
March on!”
Hearing this, Nie Hui's eyes suddenly flashed with light, and he nodded with joy: "Okay, we have been preparing for so long, and this time we finally broke through the defense line of Hegu Plain!"
Yanlong City and Liehuang City have had many battles in the past, with each winning and losing, but they were never able to break through Liehuang City's defense line on the Hegu Plain. But now they are able to achieve their strategic goals in one fell swoop. This is undoubtedly a command.
Good news that surprises people.
After a few breaths, Nie Hui calmed down his excitement, glanced at the man who reported the message, and asked in a deep voice, "Does Deacon Zhang Jingxuan have anything else to say?"
"Lord Zhang Jingxuan, please be sure to hold back Liehuang City's defenders in Jukou Canyon so that they cannot return for reinforcements."
Nie Hui heard the words and pondered: "Delay the defenders... Once they know that the Hegu Plain has been lost and Liehuang City is facing the threat of the army, the defenders of the canyon will definitely come back at all costs. In this case
It’s not easy to hold the opponent back next time.”
If they want to hold back Liehuang City's troops who are eager to return for reinforcements, they will undoubtedly encounter a very violent counterattack. It is indeed difficult to complete this task with the current strength of the camp.
The man who reported the message said: "Master Zhang Jingxuan said, please hold the other party for at least three days."
"Three days... I understand, you can go down and rest."
After thinking for a moment, Nie Hui nodded slightly and waved.
The man who reported the news bowed again before turning and leaving the tent.
Silence returned to the tent. Nie Hui stood there, his expression changing uncertainly for a long time, before he shouted in a deep voice: "Here comes someone."
...
Click!
There was a sudden cracking sound, and Lin Ze looked down and found that the fire source stone in his hand had turned into powder.
"It's the last one." He sighed secretly.
The more than 600 Fire Origin Stones he brought during this trip have all been used up. According to his expectation, practicing during the break of the war, the more than 600 Fire Origin Stones should be enough to use until the end of the war. Unexpectedly, he only used
After two days of fighting, both sides of the battle stopped strangely. In the past five days of training, the fire source stone was consumed very quickly.
"I don't know when this battle will end?"
If possible, Lin Ze doesn't want to waste time waiting in vain.
However, as soon as this thought came to his mind, he suddenly heard loud noises coming from outside and the sound of rapid footsteps.
"What's wrong?"
Just as Lin Ze was about to get up, he saw Guo Xiaozhi running in in a hurry.
"Lin Ze, get ready, the war is about to start again!"