Deep in Falling Star City.
"It's time to retreat."
In a dimly lit room, the figure of Beichen, the Lord of Black Star Castle, appeared in the holographic image generator. Beichen had his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
"City Lord, you should understand that if I retreat, we will be handing over the area north of the Wumu River to you!"
Xue Yan, who is known as the witch and has heterochromatic eyes, said this almost while gritting her teeth.
In the holographic image, Beichen's expression remained unchanged: "Compared to a general, the area given away is nothing. Besides, the lost area can be fought back. But if we lose a general..."
The sexy woman in black looked unwilling: "If those bastards hadn't cut off my supplies, I could have at least held on for another week. It's not even impossible to beat them back!"
"it does not matter."
Beichen said calmly: "In a war, the loss of a place or a city does not mean anything. What we need to see is the final trend of the war."
"Please trust my judgment, General Xue Yan, and retreat."
Xue Yan seemed to have lost all his strength, and the light in his heterochromatic eyes dimmed: "I will follow your orders, Lord Beichen."
Beichen nodded: "Don't be discouraged, I promise, there will be a chance for you to turn the tables."
The woman raised her head, her eyes brightened again: "Then it is settled, sir!"
On the other side of the holographic image was the meeting hall far away in Black Star Castle.
Beichen closed his eyes and ended the call.
There are only two generals sitting at the long table in the hall, namely Shadowless General Agrif and Canglang.
Wearing a strange mask with intricate patterns on his face, the mysterious Shadowless General looked like a ghost, sitting quietly in his seat with no sense of existence at all.
As for the other general, a man named Canglang was wiping his sword. When he saw Beichen ended the call, the general asked with great interest: "Lord City Lord, when will I be allowed to play? I am already impatient to wait!"
"Wait a little longer, General Canglang."
Beichen finally opened his eyes, "Now is not the time to play your trump card."
Canglang said in a low voice: "Isn't it time yet? Lord City Lord, I heard that Sky Fort has taken over a large area of our territory just 45 minutes ago. The Storm and Iron Wall have merged to form a blockade along the Ebony River. We at Black Star Fort no longer have any advantage on the front battlefield."
"If this is not the right time, then may I ask, sir, when is the right time?"
Beichen said slowly: "Our fortress is far inferior to the Skyfort in terms of the army, the number of ascenders, the high-level combat power, military affairs, resources, and financial resources."
"Under these conditions, we have no chance of competing with the Skyfort on the front battlefield, but..."
General Wuying's voice was slightly hoarse, and he said, "Let me explain on behalf of the city lord."
"Our Black Star Fort is strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Behind us are several important cities that can provide strategic resources. Gray City, Black Bull Town, Moon City, Dragon Throat Territory... As long as these towns are not lost, we will have the strength and support to fight continuously."
"On the other hand, as the city lord said before, we don't have enough strength to fight against the Sky Fortress on the front battlefield. Instead of dispersing our strength
, giving the enemy a chance to defeat them one by one. It is better to give them those unimportant areas on the front battlefield."
"We will concentrate all our efforts, shrink our defense line, and use our strongest force to protect the main city."
Beichen nodded and said, "As General Agriv said, the previous confrontation was just a preparation for the battle later. With the efforts and dedication of General Xueyan and others, we have bought the necessary time."
"We now have a large-scale combat force of the gods and demons. The new generation of puppet system has been debugged, and the materials for 'driving' have been prepared. In addition, several legions are coming from other places. We will gather the most powerful force under the Black Star Castle."
Beichen stretched out his hand and clenched his fist: "This power is enough to let Qingtian Fort know how powerful we are!"
The Faceless General sighed, "Unfortunately, our forbidden experiment was discovered, which gave the Fortress of the Sky the support of the Golden Council. Not long ago, the Fortress of the Sky has raised the golden flag. While this flag is flying, no fortress may attack the Fortress of the Sky, otherwise they will be punished by the Golden Council."
Beichen released his hand and said in a deep voice, "Yes, if that's not the case. As long as we can attract the main force of the Sky Fortress here, our allies can launch a surprise attack on the Sky Fortress and make them suffer."
Argriff looked at the city lord and said, "If we can't defeat Skyfort in a short time, then we can only fight a delaying war. As long as we can drag the war for two or three months, when Skyfort's supply consumption far exceeds the gains from the war, we will be able to get a chance to negotiate."
"But afterwards, we will still have to face the accountability of the Golden Court. I think, in addition to having to hand over all the data of the forbidden experiment and disbanding the evil forces, I think you, Lord City Lord, will be taken away by the court..."
Canglang couldn't help but look towards Beichen.
Even though the situation was so unfavorable, Beichen's expression remained unchanged: "These things are too far away, so let's not think about them. Now, we should focus on the current war. What I hope is to gather our strongest forces to defeat Skyfortress, rather than negotiate peace."
"Strong people are always born through fighting, not at the negotiation table!"
The Faceless General was silent, while Canglang seemed to be thinking about something.
Beichen stood with his hands behind his back, looking at him, his mind wandering to who knows where.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps like a torrential rain, and the door of the meeting hall was pushed open. The chief intelligence officer of Black Star Fort, a man named Du Gong, ran in hurriedly.
"Lord Beichen!"
"Master Beichen...something happened, something happened."
The city worker shouted anxiously: "Just received news that the Dragon Throat Territory has been attacked!"
General Wuying stood up suddenly, and a cry of surprise came from behind the mask: "How is it possible? In the hinterland behind us, there is the Sunrise Valley where the gods are hovering as a natural barrier. Moreover, almost all the troops of the Sky Fortress have been deployed on the front battlefield. How can they still have the spare strength to attack our important cities in the hinterland?"
Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard again. A Black Star Fort intelligence officer rushed into the meeting hall. Without bothering to report to the capital worker, he shouted directly: "Lord Beichen, our Gray City has also been attacked!"
Gray City and Dragonmaw Territory, one in the east and the other in the west, were attacked at the same time. It was obvious that the enemy had strong military strength, otherwise they would not have been able to attack two cities at the same time.
Beichen clenched his fists and asked in a low voice: "Who is the attacker?"
The worker was listening intently. In his ear, a small communicator with a green letter
The signal light flashed, indicating that communication was in progress.
After the signal light went out, Du Gong's voice trembled a little: "It was Jingtao Fort. Lord Beichen, the identity of the enemy has been found out. The ones who attacked Longhou Territory were Jingtao Fort's trump card army, the sea dragons. As for Huicheng, it was attacked by their angry dragons."
"'Sea Dragon' and 'Angry Flood Dragon' are both the ace legions of Jingtao Fort, and their combat power is amazing. If it were them, it would be no wonder that they were able to break through a dangerous place like Sunrise Valley and directly attack our hinterland."
General Wuying sat down and sighed: "Lord Beichen, this is trouble. If Qingtian Fort and Jingtao Fort join forces, we have almost no chance of winning."
Beichen exhaled heavily: "It seems that old man Yuan Shu is not going to give us any chance. First he established a blockade on the front battlefield, and then Jingtao Fort attacked our rear. In this way, we will be attacked from both sides, without any room for maneuver!"
"Yuan Shu wants to catch us all in one fell swoop!"
Beichen murmured, "But aren't you afraid that I will fight you to the death?"
General Wuying fell silent.
Canglang on the other side, on the contrary, had a burning look in his eyes, as if he couldn't wait to leave the city to fight immediately.
... ...
Falling Star City.
The battle is over.
It was almost dusk, and the witch army fought desperately to break out. As the Skyforge failed to complete the blockade, the army sacrificed some of its soldiers and successfully left the battlefield.
The entire battlefield was filled with smoke, blood and bullet holes everywhere. The soldiers responsible for cleaning the battlefield kept carrying out bodies from under the rubble and rocks, and then sending them to designated locations for burial.
Tianyang was sitting on a small building. The setting sun made his whole body blood red and the boy looked exhausted. At this moment, he was unwilling to move even a finger.
If conditions allowed, Tianyang would have wanted to lie down long ago, ignore everything, and have a good sleep first.
Since he joined the war, today was the most difficult battle he had ever fought. It started at about noon and lasted until dusk. In the meantime, except for letting Ji Yu bandage his wound, the boy had no time to breathe.
Attack the enemy again and again.
A series of life-and-death battles.
Tian Yang could no longer remember how many people he had killed. He only knew that when he fought later, whenever he saw someone from Black Star Fort, no matter if they were soldiers or officers, ordinary people or Ascendants, he would instinctively rush over and then kill the opponent with his spear and sword.
Now, his body was covered in blood. Although some of it was his blood, most of it was from the enemy.
"White Hair, you are not dead yet."
Kun Lan's voice came from downstairs.
Hearing his voice, Tianyang's eyes lit up. He lowered his head and saw Kunlan sitting down on a large rock opposite the small building.
The blue-haired boy was covered in blood and stains, not much better than Tianyang. Even his eyebrows and mouth were almost invisible on his face.
He untied a canteen, drank from it, and then poured the water over his face, washing away the streams of mud.
After wiping his face, Kunlan looked up and shouted, "How many people did you kill?"
Tian Yang replied weakly: "I can't remember clearly."
Kun Lan laughed: "Me too."
Then he cursed again: "This damn war!"