The envoy from Xingchang County jumped into the hall excitedly, ready to report the fruits of victory to His Majesty - Recently, the entire Qixia Kingdom, including Wu Fanghai, has been losing battles, but we are winning. Look, how much face is saved
things.
So, forget about the envoy's excitement. He didn't see Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was already wearing a red military uniform, sitting on the throne. In other words, his eyes didn't see anything at all - they were completely out of focus.
, he was just excited and wanted to convey this exciting news.
But Ouyang Qingque's voice made the messenger wake up. He stopped, widened his eyes, and looked hard for a long time:
Oh, there's a replacement!
what's the situation?
That's a princess, right?
Where is the emperor?
The envoy was a little confused. Looking carefully, everyone in the court had their left and right arms tied with hemp - two great emperors had come in succession, and one arm was not enough.
The messenger looked at this weird scene and was stunned for a moment. Shouldn't I be too excited?
In fact, when Ouyang Qingque's voice came out, the entire atmosphere in the court froze. And Ouyang Si was even frightened by his sister: Why are you so stubborn!
"Ahem!" Ouyang Si coughed twice, "Well, continue to report on the Xingchang County matter."
"Oh...yes, yes." The messenger began to speak in a daze, and told the story of Xingchang County, and finally said emphatically:
"Your Highness, before my subordinates came down, the county guard specifically told us that we now have more than 100,000 prisoners in our hands, and the county guard is ready to exchange prisoners with the Kingdom of Jinyang. But how to exchange, the county guard dare not make the decision without authorization."
After Liu Xinyu heard this, she was overjoyed. She had just come into power, and she encountered such a 'good thing'.
What is this? This is God’s will!
But after the excitement, Liu Xinyu immediately ordered: "Go back and tell Gu Xingdong that I will exchange prisoners with the Kingdom of Jinyang in Xingchang County.
As for the time... you follow the strategic plan and let us know when you are ready.
The Minister of War is Yu Tiegan, you go to Xingchang County to coordinate this matter."
"Yes." Yu Tiegan immediately accepted the order and followed the envoy away.
After Tie Qian left, Liu Xinyu thought for a moment and then ordered: "Let Wu Fanghai stabilize the front, and the forces around Jiuyang Sect begin to retreat. Take away everything that can be taken away. Destroy what cannot be taken away! And cut off Jiuyang."
All the sect’s contacts in the surrounding areas isolate the location of Jiuyang Sect.
If you have the opportunity, you can try to launch some attacks on Jiuyang Sect and attack its affiliated forces, military power, etc.
Also, Wuyang County must speed up its retreat and make no mistake."
After a pause, Liu Xinyu suddenly turned to look at Hu Yinglan next to him, "Hu Yinglan, go to Ninghe County and see how the military preparations in Ninghe County are.
If you are ready, let Liu Jingming lead his army to attack Jiuyang Sect. The main purpose is to use artillery to destroy Jiuyang Sect's mountain gate, etc. Even if Jiuyang Sect cannot be defeated, Jiuyang Sect must be...unrestful! We must let Jiuyang Sect...
Zong cannot interfere in the war!"
"Yes!" Hu Yinglan also left.
Liu Xinyu glanced at the court again, her eyes paused slightly on Ouyang Qingque, but soon passed Ouyang Qingque - now, the country is not stable, and Liu Xinyu knows very well that it is not the time to 'settlement'.
Finally, Liu Xinyu's eyes fell on Su Ming, the Minister of Household Affairs. "Su Ming, how is the treasury?"
Su Ming immediately came out: "Your Highness, because of the purchase of elixirs at all costs, the spiritual stones and other materials are almost exhausted. However, the elixirs and other elixirs can last for three months. Coupled with the elixirs provided by the Kingdom of Canglan, it is expected that the elixirs can still be used.
Lasts for eight months.
Most of the magic weapons, magic weapons, etc. are now provided by Ninghe County, so for the time being... there is no need to worry."
Liu Xinyu took a deep breath. Once upon a time, a powerful country only had "a few months of life" left. Liu Xinyu raised her head and looked at the roof. Her eyes seemed to see through the house, miss the white clouds, and look towards the endless void.
.
After a while, Liu Xinyu said slowly: "Everyone, work hard. There is no need to say more about the situation now. The country of Qixia has lost one-third of its territory."
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Time quietly came to the next day; the morning sun had risen, and Zhang Hao faced it with a faint smile on his face, but there was an indescribable heaviness in his smile.
Zhang Hao stood on the top of the city and first saw Huang Mingshan and others completing the work. Last night, Feng Zhiling controlled the flying boat to return to the Zhang family, bringing Huang Mingshan and others, as well as a full fifty tons of explosives! That kind of high-end
of explosives.
Making explosives is very simple, just mix them evenly. It is not as complicated as cannonballs. Even these rush-made explosives are not purified - they are completely focused on quantity.
At this time, Huang Mingshan and others had buried fifty tons of explosives underground. This was definitely a crazy number.
Seeing that Huang Mingshan and others began to retreat, Zhang Hao turned to look outside the city wall. From a distance, he saw that the attacking troops began to return. These troops brought back a large amount of supplies. And the coolies who transported them were of course Jinyang
The native inhabitants of the country, including captives.
In the past day or so, almost 30 hours, Xingchang County's army swept across a radius of 500 miles.
In the Kingdom of Jinyang, all large and small families, businesses, wealthy families, and government officials were purged, and most of those who had reached the foundation building stage were killed. Troops, officials, etc. were captured and used as prisoners to transport supplies.
Then the army also ambushed many reinforcements from the Kingdom of Jinyang by encircling the points and calling for reinforcements.
For the Kingdom of Jinyang, this was a completely unexpected war and disaster. The defenders, young generals, officials, etc. in countless places were unable to react until they died.
too suddenly!
Don't underestimate the officials and generals in small places. They are the foundation. Without these foundations, the rule of a region will be paralyzed by more than 70%.
The reason why they are so crazy is because Zhang Hao and others know very well that they have just taken advantage of a sneak attack, and it is impossible to defend this level. Therefore, what everyone has to do now is...complete destruction! Give Jin
The Kingdom of Yang left a mess in order to buy time for its own country.
The original plan was to bring disaster to the entire area, but the actual execution always differed from the plan. After all, the Kingdom of Jinyang still had some foundations, and the resistance was relatively strong.
At dawn today, the Kingdom of Jinyang finally organized more than ten legions and pressed them from all directions.
After confirming the news, the troops from Qixia Kingdom began to return one after another, each army brought back a large amount of resources and a large number of prisoners.
Zhang Hao was watching, but he saw Guan Zhengqing flying back excitedly, holding a person in his hand. When he came to the city wall, Guan Zhengqing threw the person to the ground.
Zhang Hao was a little curious. Seeing that this man was all dressed in luxurious clothes, it was not simple at first glance; he just seemed...not wearing pants? "Who is this? He can't be a prince or something, right?"
"No, it's the governor of Yunhai County. After Yunhai Pass, there is Yunhai County, which is the westernmost county in the Kingdom of Jinyang. We have already reached the county seat, but the county city has not had time to raise its defenses. Haha, I
When I caught this guy, he had just gotten up from my concubine's bed and was looking for his pants."
Zhang Hao:......
More and more troops returned, everyone was discussing excitedly, and there were even a few guys carrying girls on their shoulders. The army did not stay in the city, but directly crossed the checkpoint and went south.
Zhang Hao frowned slightly as he looked at the struggling and crying girls.
Guan Zhengqing saw it and patted Zhang Hao on the shoulder: "Turn a blind eye. Soldiers are going through life and death, and they must have something to think about. Moreover, you think that the troops from the Kingdom of Jinyang entered our country because Qiu Wuwu committed no crime."
?"
Zhang Hao took a deep breath, raised his head slightly and looked into the distance - not wanting to look at what was happening right now.
Zhang Hao knew very well that these things are inevitable in war, but he still couldn't bear to witness it. Unable to bear it, Zhang Hao said softly: "There are many intelligent beings in this world, but only we humans will conquer our own land.
."
Guan Zhengqing looked sideways at Zhang Hao, and finally nodded slowly: "Maybe. But so what? We don't want to fail, we don't want to be slaves to the subjugation of the country, we can only fight!
This war was not started by us.
If there are mistakes, they are not ours!"
Zhang Hao didn't say anything, just looked into the distance quietly.
Everything was going according to plan. At noon, the army almost completely withdrew, looting countless supplies and prisoners. The army quickly withdrew from Yunhai Pass without stopping, leaving an empty city behind.
However, in full play, Zhang Hao and others retreated, but Dugu Junjie, Gu Xingdong and others led more than 10,000 elites to defend the city.
High in the sky, the last thing Zhang Hao saw before leaving was a black army coming from the east. Because it was too far away, what he saw was a black line.
An unknown number of tens of thousands of troops temporarily formed by the Kingdom of Jinyang rushed in angrily.
But what greeted them was artillery.
When they were still ten kilometers away from the checkpoint, the artillery began to greet them.
Zhang Hao only saw this, and was led by Feng Zhiling, flying away from high altitude. The main force of the legion retreated to Huaishan Pass in the south. Compared with the isolated Yunhai Pass, Huaishan Pass was completely within the influence of Xingchang County.
, easy to defend. The army will completely occupy Huaishan Pass and establish a new line of defense at Huaishan Pass.
After flying for a while, Zhang Hao looked down at the earth. The main force of the army was nearly 200,000, escorting almost 120,000 prisoners, as well as a large amount of supplies. They were advancing leisurely. The team stretched for more than 20 kilometers, like a long black dragon.
Winding in the mountains, river valleys, and plains.
Everyone was talking and laughing, driving prisoners and transporting baggage from time to time; no one was worried at all about the crazy legions from the Kingdom of Jinyang coming from behind.
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When Zhang Hao and other troops disappeared, Dugu Junjie and Gu Xingdong stood on the top of the city of Yunhai Pass, looking at the darkly approaching Jinyang Kingdom coalition forces in front of them, and listening to the roaring artillery next to them, Dugu Junjie had some pointers.
country:
"The enemy is estimated to number 130,000, not more than 150,000. But this time the incident happened suddenly, and the temporarily raised troops of Jinyang Kingdom may not have much combat effectiveness.
It cannot be said that they are a mob, but they are definitely not elites.
How long can they last under artillery fire?"
Gu Xingdong watched for a while, but his expression was serious: "I think they can hold on to the city wall. Look, they dispersed.
They haven't found a way to defend against artillery yet, but at least they have found a way to reduce casualties."
Dugu Junjie looked at it, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared: "Sure enough, you can't underestimate any enemy."
At this time, the Jinyang Kingdom's army was divided into groups of a hundred people, maintaining a defensive posture and slowly approaching Yunhai Pass; each group was separated by twenty or thirty meters.
Not only that, the direction of the team's advance was no longer straight, but a serpentine route, which made it more difficult to aim the artillery. Although it made their advance a lot slower.
Dugu Junjie's pupils gradually shrank, but the next moment, he smiled again: "Stop the artillery attack and wait until the enemy gets closer before attacking. I don't believe they can maintain this formation under the city wall!"
Gu Xingdong also had a smile on his face. Yes, compared to the vastness ahead, the area under the city wall is limited. If they continue to maintain such a loose formation, they will not be able to launch an effective attack on the city wall; if they want to launch an effective attack,
It must be assembled.
Gu Xingdong's smile grew brighter: "That's interesting! I don't know who the commander-in-chief of the other side is. I really want to see his expression at this time. By the way, how many artillery shells do we have?"
"180!" Dugu Junjie said without hesitation.
"Do you want to keep some?" Gu Xingdong said hesitantly.
"No need. In the past few days, 1,000 more artillery shells have been added to the rear. There is no shortage of artillery shells at Huaishan Pass."
"That's good!" Gu Xingdong showed his snow-white teeth, which seemed to have a cold light flashing through them.
The muzzles of the guns slowly lowered, and the five first-generation artillery pieces left here were always aimed at the legions of the Kingdom of Jinyang. The artillery did not stop attacking at all. As long as there was a chance, everyone would not mind attacking.
Well, it’s okay to be idle! Just shoot a few shots when you’re bored...
Compared to the excitement of Dugu Junjie and Gu Xingdong, the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Jinyang frowned. The commander-in-chief of this incident was none other than He Dongjiao. Since the last mission in Xinglin Hall failed, He Dongjiao has
He was scolded by the emperor.
This time, things happened unexpectedly, and the Kingdom of Jinyang was actually not very well-off. In fact, after a series of plans, the Kingdom of Jinyang was also a little tight. For a while, it was a bit of a situation of "no generals available".
The Emperor of Jinyang thought for a long time and had to send He Dongjun to fight again. Faced with this unexpected incident, He Dongjun had to rush to mobilize troops from all directions. He didn't even have time to organize, so he ordered troops from all over the place to come in a hurry.
Fortunately, He Dongjun also had some talents. He actually organized the army during the march and tried to integrate different armies.
On the way forward, He Dongjun was also thinking about how to deal with the artillery that appeared out of thin air from the Kingdom of Qixia. After much deliberation, he actually came up with a simple and effective way - disperse.
However, during the march, there was no problem in dispersing; but when he saw the Yunhai Pass, He Dongjun was worried - if he wanted to attack the checkpoint, he had to assemble a large army. And to assemble a large army, he had to face artillery attacks!
Not only was he struggling for a moment, He Dongjun suddenly discovered a problem - there was no protective barrier at the level ahead!
Looking at the collapsed and unrepaired city gate again, He Dongjiao suddenly slapped his head: "What are you thinking about? You are thinking too much! We face defensive barriers every day, and suddenly there is a level without defensive barriers.
, and didn’t even notice it!
cavalry!"
"Arrived!" the cavalry general responded.
"Siege the city!"
"Ah... cavalry attacking the city?" The cavalry general was stunned. "General, our mounts are either dragon horses or ordinary demon horses. They can barely fly, but they are not flexible."
"It doesn't matter. Didn't you notice that the opponent has no defensive barrier? And I will personally lead the experts to hold the battle for you."
The cavalry was ready, and He Dongxiao roared, "All those at the Golden Core stage and above, form a formation. Wandering Dragon Formation!"
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the sky, and they formed a long snake formation. This was a huge battle formation about two kilometers long. Tens of thousands of people were pushing towards the city wall like waves. Wherever they passed, the wind and clouds rolled, and the sky and the earth rolled.
A violent wind a thousand meters high with no end in sight.
Strong winds kicked up debris and broke trees.
On the city wall, Dugu Junjie and Gu Xingdong looked at each other when they saw this. Gu Xingdong calmly ordered: "Evacuate!"
Tens of thousands of people formed a battle formation and retreated in an orderly manner; several Yuanying stages raised their artillery and quickly retreated to the rear; while retreating, they attacked at the same time. On the clouds formed by the cultivators, the artillery opened fire.
That's right, in the sky, on the clouds and mist where the cultivators gathered, several Nascent Soul Stages controlled artillery attacks together.
In addition to artillery, there are also a large number of bows and crossbows, and of course, talismans and other attacks are indispensable.
Everyone fought and retreated, taking their time. After the masters from the Kingdom of Jinyang pursued for more than ten kilometers, they began to retreat. They were afraid that if they continued to pursue, they would encounter an ambush - they were recently attacked by this army from the Kingdom of Qixia.
I'm afraid of the trouble.
"Go back!" He Dongjiao sighed and returned to Yunhai Pass. Looking at the dilapidated checkpoint, he was filled with emotions for a while.
"Fortunately, I finally recaptured the checkpoint!" A general next to him sighed. At least he could give an explanation to the emperor, the country, and the legions fighting in the country of Qixia.
He Dongjiao looked around and nodded slowly, "You arrange for everyone to move in here, and I'll go around and check out the situation."
After He Dongjiu finished speaking, he flew to the periphery. He wanted to tell all the soldiers that we were victorious. The attack from the Qixia Kingdom was just a deathbed counterattack. Don't worry.
Morale needs to be encouraged, and soldiers must be informed of some victories. And He Dongjun also wanted to use this victory to complete the integration of different armies.
Sure enough, with He Dongjun's encouragement, morale gradually improved, and everyone stationed in Yunhai Pass in an orderly manner. There were even teams that began to repair city walls, defensive barriers, etc.
Noon gradually comes.
At this time, the sun shines directly on the earth.
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Under the land of Yunhaiguan, in a place that no one could see or predict (on the side wall of the well), a beam of sunlight happened to be reflected onto an formation, and a flame formation suddenly started to operate.
With the ability of a cultivator, it is actually not difficult to just set up a simple, 'triggered' flame formation.
The power of the flame array is also very small, it just ignites a candle-like flame. This flame is so weak that there is no spiritual energy fluctuation at all. Even a Nascent Soul stage master standing nearby cannot detect it.
On the ground, 50,000 to 60,000 troops have already moved in, and those temporarily staying there are mostly elites, including a large number of masters.
He Dongjun was still outside commanding the army to check into Yunhai Customs.
Suddenly, He Dongjiu felt the ground beneath his feet tremble suddenly. Before he could react, he saw Yunhaiguan... rushing into the sky.
Fierce flames erupted underground, and the entire level rose several feet high out of thin air. The next moment, the entire level shattered and turned into debris all over the sky. The rocks shattered, and the human body turned into mist.
The clouds in the sky shattered and disappeared instantly. All plants and human bodies within a radius of three to two kilometers were shattered almost simultaneously.
A water-like shock wave suddenly appeared like a translucent sphere that suddenly appeared, expanding at lightning speed. Under the shock wave, the entire world was distorted and broken.
As the shock wave passed by, rocks shattered, mountain peaks collapsed, and the soldiers outside the city wall shattered like balloons, turning into a blood mist that filled the sky.
The speed of the shock wave has far exceeded the speed of sound.
When He Dongjun was in a daze, the shock wave had just appeared; in the blink of an eye, his field of vision was filled with such shock waves, as if the whole world was covered in ripples.
He Dongjun was in a daze, what happened?
The next moment, the shock wave swept across suddenly.
He Dongjiao activated the treasure armor almost instinctively, but the next moment he felt his head buzzing, the world was spinning, and the foundation of the Nascent Soul stage was unable to withstand such an impact, and he hit the ground.
At this moment, He Dongjun couldn't see, hear, or even feel. He seemed to be isolated from the world, and the world around him was in chaos.
There was only the boundless sharp sound, which penetrated into the brain and internal organs like arrows, destroying the foundation of his Nascent Soul stage. Then, He Dongjiu felt vaguely that his body seemed to be torn apart, but his whole body was already numb.
, and feel no pain.
I don't know how long it took, but He Dongjiao had a vague feeling. He could finally feel his body, hands and feet.
"Not dead yet?" He Dongjiu reluctantly activated his Nascent Soul. He gradually felt a little warmth in his body and regained a little strength. He struggled to get up and wiped his face, but he was shocked to find that his face was covered with blood.
There was blood flowing out of his eyes, nostrils, mouth, and ears; at this time, He Dongjun looked like a ghost, but it was a pity that he could not see his own image.
The precious armor on He Dongjiao's body was like broken porcelain, full of cracks; every time He Dongjiao made a move, fragments fell off.
It was also thanks to his strong body during the Nascent Soul stage, and thanks to He Dongjiao's final instinct to activate the treasure armor. But even so, He Dongjiao only felt that he could not lift his strength, and felt that everything from his soul to his body had been drained.
It was crushed countless times.
He shook his head, but felt like the world was spinning; he barely wiped the blood from his eyes and raised his head, but was completely stunned.
Is this... the end of the world?
A mushroom cloud has rushed up to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, even exceeding the height of the white clouds.
All the white clouds covering hundreds of miles around the mushroom cloud disappeared, and there was only a rolling, ugly mushroom cloud in the middle. The surrounding white clouds were wavy, spreading outward in circles.
The former Yunhai Pass has completely disappeared. There is only a rolling, black and brown soil and smoke, and nothing can be seen clearly.
Not only that, the mud and smoke spread around like strong winds, forming a gloomy storm.
The peaks on both sides seemed to have been chewed by monsters, and half of the peaks collapsed. As far as the eye can see, there are bloody corpses on the ground, and all the vegetation has disappeared. A layer of the ground has been scraped off.
Seeing the storm sweeping over, He Dongjun couldn't stand up. He barely touched the storage ring on his hand, but found that the storage ring was full of cracks. He carefully opened the storage ring, but only heard a cracking sound.
The object ring was completely broken and some items fell out.
He Dongjiu randomly found some elixirs and stuffed them into his mouth, then put some more elixirs in his arms and reluctantly walked out. With every step, blood flowed down his body. His body surface was as densely covered as porcelain.
Fine cracks.
The elixir barely brought him weak physical strength, but he was finally overtaken by the storm. He Dongjun was like a leaf in the strong wind, involuntarily. He was thrown into the sky from time to time, and rolled on the ground from time to time.
While rolling, He Dongjiu luckily fell into a crater.
"Ahem..." He Dongjun was lying in the crater, struggling. If it weren't for the foundation of the Nascent Soul stage, he might have died at this time. But it was not easy to feel at this time.
Pain gradually emerged. The inside and outside of the body seemed to be on fire, and the pain was indescribable. And the efficacy of the elixir began to work again, repairing the body, and a kind of numbness and itching penetrated into the bone marrow and soul.
"Ah..." He Dongjiao roared in pain, but he couldn't hear his own voice.
The world seems to be deathly quiet.
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