After Lu Xiaoyue's reminder, the soldiers and commanders of Lingjing City all understood one thing, they must regain Yuanchi City as soon as possible.
Therefore, they made preparations almost overnight and set off early the next morning for Yuanchi City.
After two wars, there were nearly 100,000 coalition troops, and there were still more than 70,000 left, enough to deal with the thousands of troops from the Western Shang Kingdom who stayed in Yuanchi City.
No matter how weak the combat effectiveness of the 70,000 people is, they can still defeat all the defenders of Yuanchi City with their numbers.
However, what no one expected was that things went much smoother than everyone imagined.
The troops staying in Yuanchi City had already learned about what happened outside Lingjing City, and had long been frightened by the "World-Destroying Formation".
From a distance, I saw the coalition army marching towards Yuanchi City. The defenders actually abandoned the city and fled. They ran towards the border of the Western Shang Kingdom one by one as if their lives were lost. They discarded their helmets and armor along the way, for fear that they might be running half a step slower.
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As a result, when the combined army of Lingjing City arrived at Yuanchi City, not a single soldier of the Western Shang Kingdom could be seen in the entire city, and they also picked up many armors and weapons discarded by the soldiers of the Western Shang Kingdom...
In this way, more than 70,000 combined troops recaptured Yuanchi City without any blood and settled down here.
The people of Yuanchi City also lined the streets to welcome him, cheering for Yuanchi City to return to Hanling Kingdom. For a time, the whole city seemed happy and happy.
Lu Xiaoyue did not follow the army into the city at this time, but followed the direction in which the defenders fled, chasing them all the way.
After these people abandoned Yuanchi City and fled, it seemed that they fled back to the Western Shang Kingdom, abandoning their armor and armor all the way back to the Western Shang Kingdom. However, Jian Zhen could tell at a glance that their purpose was not simple.
These defenders are more like just showing off!
If they were really scared, they could have withdrawn from Yuanchi City as soon as possible after receiving the news that the Xi Shang army was completely destroyed.
The 500,000 troops outside Lingjing City were gone. Even if they abandoned the city and fled, no one would blame them.
However, these people did not leave immediately. Instead, after waiting for the United Army to arrive in Lingjing City, they abandoned the city and fled for their lives in front of the United Army during the last remaining time to escape.
When they do this, the element of acting is far greater than the element of reality!
Jian Zhen noticed this immediately, so he told Lu Xiaoyue directly, telling her not to rush into Yuanchi City to celebrate, but to follow the footsteps of the soldiers who stayed behind and enter the territory of the Western Shang Kingdom.
The border between the Xishang Kingdom and the Hanling Kingdom is actually a mountain range that is hundreds of miles long, known as the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
The entire Hundred Thousand Mountains is actually a natural barrier between the two countries. Because of the barrier of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, usually the two countries will not collide. Even if there are some minor conflicts, they will be resolved in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
However, this time the invasion of the Western Shang Kingdom broke the barrier of hundreds of thousands of mountains and forcibly opened a way out from the middle.
The 500,000-strong army of the Western Shang Kingdom came out of this gap.
Lu Xiaoyue didn't know this at first, but when she came here after chasing the defenders who had abandoned the city, she was deeply shocked by the scene before her.
A huge gap suddenly appeared in the towering mountains of Hundred Thousand Mountains, like a row of neat white teeth with one suddenly missing in the middle.
When she saw this scene, the soldiers who were left behind were filing in through the gap and into the Shiwan Mountain.
Lu Xiaoyue said nothing and immediately wanted to chase in. However, before she even raised her foot, she was stopped by Jian Zhen.
"Xiaoyue, wait a minute!" Jian Zhen shouted loudly.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, then immediately stopped and found a hidden place for herself to hide.
"That gap... was opened artificially!" Jianzhen's eyes were very sharp, and he immediately noticed the abnormality of the gap.
When Lu Xiaoyue heard this, she turned her eyes and looked towards the gap. She found that it was indeed as Jian Zhen said. There were uneven marks everywhere on the gap. It was not smooth at all. At a glance, she knew that it was dug manually.
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But... if we really want to open such a huge gap, it will probably take several years, right?
Could it be said that the Western Shang Kingdom started digging mountains a few years ago in preparation for the invasion of Hanling Kingdom?
Lu Xiaoyue thought so, but quickly shook her head to deny this guess.
A few years ago, the Mie Ling Sect was still at its peak, and the royal family of the Hanling Kingdom was still well-maintained in the palace in the capital. No matter how ambitious the Xishang Kingdom was, they would not dare to invade the Hanling Kingdom so blatantly.
The Soul-Destroying Sect a few years ago was not something to be trifled with!
"When did it open?"
Lu Xiaoyue thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a reasonable answer, so she had no choice but to turn to Jian Zhen for help.
Jian Zhen couldn't guess the opening time of this gap for a while, but based on what happened in the past year or so, he got a rough time point.
"I think that after the news of the destruction of the royal family of Hanling Kingdom spread, Xishang Kingdom started to prepare! Although I don't know exactly when, it must have been not long ago, maybe even a few months ago!"
Jianzhen analyzed seriously.
"months ago?"
Lu Xiaoyue looked at the huge gap and the towering mountains surrounding the gap.
With such a high mountain range and such hard stone, can a gap be opened in just a few months?
"Mu stick, do you think the Western Shang Kingdom can open such a gap in a few months?" Lu Xiaoyue asked with some confusion.
"No!" Jianzhen simply shook his head and denied: "I don't think the Xishang Kingdom has this strength! However, don't forget that there is also the Immortal Fate Sect... There are immortal cultivators involved, and it is not very difficult to open mountains and crack rocks.
thing!"
"That's it!" Lu Xiaoyue sighed, and soon understood.
Indeed, with the participation of the Immortal Fate Sect, it is not difficult for the Western Shang Kingdom to carve a way out of the Shiwan Mountains.
The difficult thing is that there is such an opportunity and there is such preparation.
Perhaps, they had already planned to invade Hanling Kingdom, but they had been suffering from no chance until the news that the royal family of Hanling Kingdom was completely destroyed came, giving them a god-given opportunity.
Lu Xiaoyue thought for a while, suddenly laughed, and said with some emotion: "I originally thought that the disappearance of the royal family of Hanling Kingdom would not have much impact on this land and the people on it, but I was wrong.
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"Xiaoyue, you don't have to think too much...it doesn't matter whether there is a royal family in the Hanling Kingdom or not, and the point is not about them! If there is no problem with the Soul-Destroying Sect, even if there is a hundred for the Xishang Kingdom
How dare they dare to invade Hanling Kingdom so blatantly! All this is just because of the decline of the Soul-Destroying Sect..."