While the Penglai Army's warship formation rode the wind and waves and headed towards Qinglan City, the atmosphere in the main hall of the Li family was extremely solemn.
"boom!"
The livid Liu Long punched the mahogany column beside him, obviously on the verge of rage.
"That old man Huangfu Yi actually issued such an order at a critical moment. He might as well let us open our doors and let Penglai Immortal Kingdom in."
In addition to Li Mu's team, there were also senior officials of the City Lord's Mansion like Lin Yu. There were more than twenty people standing there. As the current top decision-maker of Qinglan City, Li Yubai put his hands on the table and looked at the map in front of him with concentration.
, Liu Ruoying on the side gave Liu Long, who was still losing his temper, a wink, signaling him not to be impulsive.
Seeing his sister's words, Liu Long put down the tea cup that he had raised and was about to smash. After Li Mu received the news from the Nangong family that the fleet for the peace talks was attacked, Li Yubai and Liu Ruoying realized that
Seeing that war was inevitable, they acted quickly, first placing all pro-royalty forces and troops in Qinglan City under surveillance for safety reasons.
Later, Liu Long came forward to contact, and in the name of the Eastern Military Region, he issued a defense request for more than ten cities closest to Qinglan City. These more than ten cities were carefully selected. Most of their city lords were born as independent city lords. Usually,
It also maintains a good relationship with Qinglan City. This plan was originally expected to bring more than two million reinforcements to Qinglan City within three days.
But to everyone's surprise, on the same day Liu Long sent the letter asking for help, Huangfu Yi, as the supreme ruler of the empire, issued a royal order for a special period, requiring that all troops of the empire should not appear for any reason before the peace talks began.
The large-scale mobilization behavior is euphemistically called, in order to give the Penglai Immortal Kingdom the greatest sincerity and respect.
As a result, the troops that had promised to assist Qinglan City have stopped mobilizing. After all, when the overall situation is unclear, all cities are still under the jurisdiction of the royal family. No matter how good the relationship is, the city lords will not unilaterally support Qinglan City.
His speculations and requests were in flagrant defiance of the royal family.
The sudden royal order completely disrupted Li Yubai and Liu Ruoying's plans. The nearby city troops were unable to assist. The only ones they could rely on were the troops directly under the Liu family in the Eastern Military Region. However, the base camp of the Eastern Military Region is as far as 100 meters away from Qinglan City.
For more than a thousand miles, it would be okay if we rush to defeat it quickly, but it is not that simple to rush to the rescue of a large-scale infantry phalanx. The preparation of supplies alone will take at least ten days.
Over the years, under the management of Li Yubai, Qinglan City has prospered, and because of Liu Ruoying's presence, the Eastern Military Region has not regarded Qinglan City as a key area for garrisoning, and has also deployed regular troops within a hundred miles for maneuvers.
Nowadays, the Penglai Immortal Kingdom's army will be approaching the city at any time, and it is impossible to mobilize large-scale troops to assist defense in a short period of time.
"Liu Long, where are the troops of the Eastern Military Region now?"
Li Yubai's question broke the heavy atmosphere. Liu Long, who had calmed down, quickly came to the map, pointed to a mountain range at the edge and said.
"The supply of the large force has not been completed yet. It is expected that it will not be able to set off until fifteen days at the earliest. The vanguard consists of two infantry phalanxes of 100,000 people and a cavalry team of 30,000 people. It set off yesterday. According to the latest intelligence, it should
We have already arrived near this mountain range and are expected to arrive at Qinglan City in two days."
The expressions of everyone present changed when they heard Liu Long's words. They thought the situation was difficult, but they didn't expect it to be so bad. There were 230,000 reinforcements, plus the 50,000 Qinglan City itself could use.
People, plus monks from various major families, with a full force of 300,000 troops, they have to face the Penglai Army, which can fight one against a thousand. Not only does the opponent have a super fleet that dominates the East China Sea, but every soldier has reached
The realm of pill formation.
Leaving aside the monks of Qinglan City, those ordinary troops alone, no matter how well trained the Eastern Military Region is, and no matter how strong the fighting spirit of the Liu family disciples is, it is absolutely impossible to withstand the impact of the Penglai Army. This does not count the high-end combat power of the two sides.
The difference is that five of the ten men in Penglai have reached the realm of transcending tribulation, and the other five are also very close to it. This time the whole country goes on an expedition, I don’t know how many of the ten men will come in person. On the other hand, in Qinglan City, the strongest one on the surface
The other person is only Li Yubai of the Infinite Realm, and the gap between the two is simply a day and a day.
"Lin Yu, have you contacted the nearby immortal cultivating sect? Are they willing to send disciples to support us?"
Li Yubai then asked the man on his left. As the first staff officer of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Qingzhu's father was usually responsible for contacting the Immortal Cultivation Sect near Qinglan City. Now that the war was coming, and the opponent was extremely powerful, naturally
I thought of asking for help from various sects, hoping to narrow the gap in high-end combat power.
"We have contacted them all. Except for the Xuantian Sword Sect, which has always been on good terms with us, and made it clear that it would send its inner disciples to support us, the other sects have rejected our request on the grounds that they will not participate in secular battles. There is more or less in this.
There are still some shadows of the royal family, and I don’t know what benefits Huangfu Yi promised them, but they are still playing tricks that have nothing to do with them at this time."
Lin Yu's words were mixed with anger, helplessness, and anxiety. He didn't expect those high-ranking immortal cultivating sects to distinguish between worldly affairs and immortal cultivating at critical moments. Such a sect is really unreasonable. You must know that most of the immortal cultivating sects
After accumulating huge wealth, once the empire falls, how will the people of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom let them go? At that time, ordinary people may still be able to live quietly. They, the cultivators, will definitely be the first to be killed. This is why
I don't even understand. I can only say that I have been used to living a peaceful life and have long since lost the bloody spirit that a person who cultivates immortality should have.
"Huangfu Yi must have known for a long time that something would happen to the Penglai Immortal Kingdom's fleet. Now there is no news in the entire empire. He also issued a royal order to restrict the movement of the army. Time is so tight. We may not even be able to hold on for a day against the Penglai Army.
Can’t live.”
"Damn it, city lord, let me lead my brothers to fight against those bastards from Penglai. Killing one will be enough for us, but killing two will be our profit."
"Old Xing, please calm down. Our troops only have 50,000 people. What are you trying to do? You should reserve your strength and wait for support."
"Support, support, didn't you listen to what Major General Liu said? It will take at least fifteen days for the support of the large forces to be launched. By the time the support arrives, our Qinglan City will have been destroyed long ago."
The bad situation made all the senior officials of Qinglan City anxious. The generals in charge of the army and the staff of the city lord's palace quarreled over this. The chaos of the scene made Li Mu and others feel deeply powerless.