During the period of mourning, Jiu Shugong Wang Zhide made a special trip back to Yuquan Peak to see the old brothers off for the last time, and also brought back the latest news about the war situation.
After the worship, Wang Jize held a family meeting, and Wang Daoyuan, as a witness, was allowed to attend. Wang Zhide reported the information he had found: "There are rumors that this war may be a trap set by the Cangyang Palace and the Wanling Sect to deal with the Netherworld Sect.
First, people from the Wanling Sect drove the scattered monsters in the mountains to attack the passing Netherworld Sect caravan, attracting the Netherworld Sect monks to encircle and suppress them. The Wanling Sect and Can Yang Palace monks in turn encircled and annihilated the Netherworld Sect monks.
According to a Qi-training monk who participated in this battle, when the spiritual insects attacked, he ran away to the west and was intercepted by the monks of the Setting Sun Palace. Then he turned around and ran east, where he was intercepted and intercepted by the disciples of the Wanling Sect. This is
A casual cultivator with extraordinary strength broke through the siege and escaped, temporarily settling in Qinglifang City. I heard these news from him."
"How is the battle going next?" Wang Jize asked.
"According to a foundation-building casual cultivator who escaped, Canyang Palace and Wanling Sect recruited a large number of casual cultivators, gathering several Jindan monks, twenty or thirty Zifu monks, no less than three hundred foundation-building monks, and Qi-training monks.
There are simply countless people, and they strive to completely cut off the trade relations between the Netherworld Sect and the Demon Clan.
However, Netherworld Sect has also received the news a long time ago. In addition to the three Zifu elders on the surface, there are also four Jindan monks ambushing behind the scenes. However, there is no large-scale recruitment of casual cultivators, and the number of foundation building and Qi training cultivators is far less.
other side.
In addition, the Wanling Sect and Can Yang Palace were in the dark, and the Netherworld Sect was in the light. At first, the Netherworld Sect suffered a big loss and was forced to let all the qi-training monks leave.
Playing into the enemy's hands, the opponent sent out Qi-training and Foundation-building monks to kill a large number of Qi-training monks. Our Wang family's losses were relatively small, and many families were wiped out.
It is said that the monks of the Netherworld Sect were given special care, and the specific casualties are unknown.
After the Qi-training monks left, the foundation-building monks and the elders of Zifu from both sides started a battle.
The Netherworld Sect's side did not have an advantage in numbers and suffered heavy losses. They then retreated while fighting, and retreated to Jinyan City, where they could barely hold on with the help of city defenses.
During the retreat, the Foundation Establishment monks suffered over a hundred casualties, and two Zifu monks were injured. However, the Netherworld Sect was fighting at home, and the mountain gate was only tens of thousands of miles away from Jinyan City. With the Netherworld Sect's continuous support, the two sides returned to a balance of power.
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Everyone was deep in thought, and Wang Daoyuan felt something was wrong. He raised his hands to Wang Jize and the elders and said, "Tai Gong, elders, can I ask Uncle Nine a few questions?"
Wang Jize nodded and said, "Okay, you can ask."
Wang Daoyuan raised his hands to Wang Zhide and said, "Nine uncles, what my grandson wants to ask is that the latest news you got was from a few days ago. Has a war broken out and what is the situation like?"
"The latest news is from three days ago," Wang Zhide stroked his long beard in thought, "Three days ago the two sides were still facing off in Jinyan City, and there was no battle between the Jindan monks."
Wang Daoyuan suddenly realized: "I said something feels wrong, so that's it."
Everyone looked puzzled. Wang Shouye pondered for a while and seemed to realize something.
Wang Jize smiled and said: "Daoyuan, don't be dumb. Tell me what you discovered."
Wang Daoyuan pondered for a moment and said: "This war is fought within the territory of Netherworld Sect. It is said that Wanling Sect should fight quickly and leave after the battle. It is reasonable to pursue and kill all the way to expand the results.
However, Can Yang Palace and Wan Ling Sect had been planning for several years. They were so well prepared and had an advantage in strength. However, they did not use all their strength to intercept and kill them. Instead, they allowed the Netherworld Sect to successfully retreat into Jinyan City. This was the first anomaly.
The second anomaly is that the Netherworld Sect withdrew into Jinyan City, relying on the city defense formation. It was impossible for the Wanling Sect to capture it in a short time. According to common sense, they should retreat at this time because the Netherworld Sect had reinforcements.
It may come at any time, and when the inside and outside cooperate, the Wanling Sect and Can Yang Palace may be completely annihilated.
The third anomaly was that the Wanling Sect not only did not retreat, but also did not attack Jinyan City. This may have been a siege of the city for reinforcements, but the reinforcements of the Netherworld Sect were not ambushed.
It can be seen that Wanling Sect and Can Yang Palace may want to play a big game and use the monks outside Jinyan City as bait to catch the big fish of Netherworld Sect.
As for how to catch this big fish, there is too little information to tell."
"What Dao Yuan said is reasonable, but Wanling Sect and Can Yang Palace don't have the ability to fish." Wang Shouye continued, "I also thought that the two sects would attract high-level monks from the Netherworld Sect to Jinyan City and use all their strength to completely defeat the Netherworld Sect.
.But as far as I know, the Cangyang Palace is adjacent to the Wei State to the west, and has many conflicts with the Wei State's forces; the Wanling Sect is adjacent to the Song State to the south, and wars often break out with the Song State's forces.
Therefore, it is impossible for the two sects to devote all their efforts to bring bad luck to the Netherworld Sect, unless they are not afraid of being taken away by the forces of Song and Wei.
Two sects can contribute at most half of their strength. Of the three major sects, Netherworld Sect ranks second, and the other two sects are first and third. Each contributes half of their strength, which is about the same strength as Netherworld Sect. The strength is similar, and Netherworld Sect is fighting locally.
, it would be good if the other two sects could not suffer losses, but they have no ability to eat up the Netherworld Sect.
I estimate that the two sects may want to attack the east and west, contain the main force of the Netherworld Sect in Jinyan City, and then go to sneak attacks elsewhere. As for where the sneak attack will be, I don’t know, and we don’t know which places are the key points of the Netherworld Sect. There is no way they can attack the Netherworld Sect.
Zongshanmen, right?”
Wang Shouye's words were well-founded and convincing, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, there was a message from the Jade Talisman: I received the news two days ago that the heads of the Wanling Sect and the Cangyang Palace brought five Jindan monks, twenty Zifu monks, and more than two hundred famous architects.
Brother Ji, attack the mountain gate of Netherworld Sect.
Everyone looked at Wang Shouye with strange expressions. Wang Shouye blushed and said, "Well, Daoyuan, when are you going to pay me back the ten jars of red blood brew you owe me?"
Wang Daoyuan smiled and said: "You always change the subject, are you so blunt?"
"Uncle Twelve, have you ever been so open-minded? Come on, whatever you say." Wang Daoxing on the side interjected.
"Okay, this is just a coincidence, let's continue talking about business." Wang Jize smoothed things over for Wang Shouye.
"I can't figure it out. Why did the other two sects attack the mountain gate of the Netherworld Sect? The Netherworld Sect has been established for thousands of years. Needless to say, the background is not to mention. Just the mountain protection formation and the Jindan elders who are stationed in the gate. Even if the other two sects are defeated
Try your best, you can't win it quickly.
There are less than half of the people here, how can we capture it? It can't really be because of Uncle Twelve's mouth, right?" Wang Daoyuan asked doubtfully.
"That's enough, Daoyuan! If you mention this again, I'll let you know my uncle's methods."
Wang Daoyuan glanced at him contemptuously and thought to himself: Your strongest method is to cheat you into drinking, what other methods are there?
Wang Shouye saw Wang Daoyuan's eyes and expression and knew what he was thinking. He just wanted to drag him over, beat him up, and then steal dozens of jars of wine. But the situation was not suitable, so he would endure it first and settle the score later.