Chen Hai stood like a sculpture on the high platform to the north of the martial arts school grounds. His young and resolute faces, illuminated by the firelight, looked like copper poured into iron, full of firm will for the future.
In this nine-feudal alliance, apart from the Dong clan of Hexi and the Dong clan of Liangyong, who each sent 20,000 elite troops, the Huang clan sent the largest number of troops.
Although the towering Juquan Ridge blocks the view of Liquan City, several strange lights will pass by from time to time in the sky above the martial arts arena. This shows that Dong Chou and others are using something similar to the circular light in Liquan City. The magic power of retrospection was used to peek at what was going on here.
The scale of personnel and materials evacuated by the Six Clans and the Xiyuan Army is huge, and it cannot be completed in a day or two. However, Wusheng Pass is a large pass embedded in Yanshan Mountain, and there are several roads extending from Wusheng Pass. , penetrated into every corner of the Gyeonggi Plain, it may only take more than a month for the Six Clans and the Xiyuan Army to withdraw from Wusheng Pass.
"Dong Chou may not necessarily attack Juquan Ridge, but he only needs to surround Juquan Ridge and block the connection between Yandangyuan and Yuting Mountain. When the Six Clans of Tu Rong withdraw from Wusheng Pass, he will allow the eunuchs of the inner court to lead the five guardsmen. With one hundred thousand elite troops fighting against Longxiang's troops in the capital, Dong Chou's vicious plan will be accomplished!" Zhao Ruhui sighed.
It was late at night, and in front of the disciple building at the west foot of Juquan Ridge, the secret seals of flames on the surrounding Tengyan stone pillars were activated. Flames burned in the sky above the stone pillars, illuminating the 400-square-foot martial arts school grounds as brightly as day. .
"Then we can only compete with who can compete for time," Chen Hai stared into the distant and silent night, and said calmly, "Right now, it depends on whether the Xiyuan Army withdraws from Wusheng Pass faster, or I, Long Xiang Is it faster for elite troops to cross Qintong Mountain, reinforce Juquan Ridge, and reinforce the capital?"
Seeing Dong Chou's face change slightly, Ge Xuanqiao asked: "What's wrong?"
There is a third expressway in the hinterland of the western foothills of Qintong Mountain.
After hearing what Zhao Ruhui said, it was not difficult for Yang Qiaoer to realize the viciousness of Dong Chou's soldiers gathering in Quanling, and secretly felt that it was really difficult to resolve.
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Chen Hai appeared in Tianji Academy and encouraged his disciples to make such an earth-shattering noise. Even if Dong Chou and others covered their ears in Liquan City, they could hear clearly. What's more, Tianji Academy is destined to Tianji regardless of the origin of its disciples. There are too many sect spies inside the academy who can report everything that happens in Juquan Ridge at any time.
However, Ge Xuanqiao didn't want to see a big fight between Hexi and Longxiang's army. It was just that his personal words were too small to change the overall situation. He even had to accompany his son Dong Chou to Liquan, but he was too lazy to speak in such a military discussion. They even don't want to remind the prince and everyone else that Chen Hai will never be as simple as they imagined.
Huang Peiyi was dismissive of the news coming from the inside of Tianji Academy that Chen Hai rushed back to Juquan Ridge and used the name of Mrs. Song and the Marquis of Guining to recruit disciples from Tianji Academy to form the Guining Army to fight against the Jiupan Alliance. , said: "The Guining Army is a rough creation. It has not experienced the tempering of bloody battles, and it is difficult to become a great weapon. But ten thousand steps back, even if we don't attack Juquan Ridge, we only need to seal the entrance and exit of Juquan Ridge. Tianji Academy How long can one hundred thousand disciples and hundreds of thousands of people around Juquan Ridge be able to sustain themselves without food being imported from the outside? And the Longxiang Army only has 120,000 to 150,000 soldiers and horses in Gyeonggi. Once it cannot be dispatched from Liquan and Hengshan, With elite troops and material reinforcements, after the Xiyuan Army and the Six Clans withdraw from Wusheng Pass, their troops in Gyeonggi Province will surely suffer a violent and fatal blow from the inner court. What is the use of such actions at this time? ?”
"Marquis Chen has not arrived at Juquan Ridge, so people may be in panic," Shen Kun cast his gaze into the eastern night sky, snorted coldly, and said, "As for now, the Guining army is out fighting in the wild. It may not be easy to win, but It will take the Dong family thieves to dare to lead Jiupan's miscellaneous soldiers to attack Juquan Ridge!"
"Hexi's eyeliners west of Qintong Mountain noticed that the Longxiang Army has a hundred thousand elite soldiers recently and is moving towards Hengshan City." Dong Chou said with a frown.
Over the years, Tianji Academy has built the Wind Flame Airship, providing an option for large-scale air transportation. However, you must know that the Nine Domains gathered in Liquan to fight as many as two thousand ferocious war birds. In addition to being equipped with light and soft equipment, these war birds Outside the armor, they are also equipped with extremely sharp heavy-bore crossbows, with the purpose of completely blocking the Longxiang Army's air transportation line.
Cooperating with his former great enemy, the Dong family, not to mention the young and vigorous swordsmanship disciples of the Helan Sword Sect and members of the Huang clan, Huang Peiyi was also extremely struggling in his heart, but the situation was always better than others.
At that time, what to do
Over the years, the only person with more than 100,000 troops to cross Qintong Mountain without passing through Qintong Pass was the Black Yan Army’s march from Yehu Ridge, and that march took more than four months. The army lost almost more than 60% of its troops to death from freezing, exhaustion, and illness during the journey. In the end, only less than 40% of the generals were left when they arrived at Huangmiyuan in the northeast of Qintong Mountain.
Huang Peiyi also knew in his heart that it was impossible for the Nine Domains to station a large number of elite combat forces in Qintong Mountain for a long time, but he was also worried that they would withdraw after the Tianji Academy was disbanded, and the Longxiang Army would make a comeback at any time, so they would need to station themselves in Tongbei Mansion and Liquan. Build a local clan force that can suppress the comeback of the Longxiang Army for a long time.
Tianji Academy has been established for many years, and the teaching of Tianji Puppetry, military skills, and martial arts has become a system, especially the study of military skills. It can even be said that it is specially designed to train middle- and lower-level military attachés.
"So what if a hundred thousand elites are transferred to Hengshan City? The Longxiang Army probably won't expect to be able to fly over the thousands of miles of mountains with the Wind Flame Airship at this time, right?" Huang Peiyi said with a smile. He obviously didn't think that there would be more gatherings in Hengshan, thousands of miles away. The elites will affect the situation in Juquan Ridge.
In recent years, Zhao Ruhui has focused more on cultivating and promoting disciples from poor families, but in his early years, as an outstanding figure from the poor family of Taiwei Sect, he followed Emperor Yitian to conquer the Qiang and Hu in the west, and he had unparalleled military strategies and plans.
Yang Qiaoer looked at the mountains to the west in confusion, unable to understand the meaning of Chen Hai's words for a while.
Thousands of people lined up in long queues to register their names, excitedly requesting to join the Guining Army to drive out feudal lords, punish traitors, and escort the emperor's son and concubine back to the court.
Unless Long Xiang's army can find a third expressway to quickly cross Qintong Mountain.
From Liquan to Hengshan, the straight-line distance may be only seven or eight hundred miles, but between the two there are often abyss three or four thousand feet deep or three or four thousand feet high, which is difficult for birds to cross and makes apes sad. In more than a month's time, if the elite troops in Hexi did not go through the Qintong West Pass controlled by the elite troops in Hexi, how could they cross the mountains, enter Liquan, and continue to reinforce the capital
Chen Hai smiled coldly, he wanted to see if Dong Chou had the courage to attack Tianji Academy now, and every day he hesitated, the Guining army would have one more day to consolidate, and become even stronger.
If tens of thousands of disciples want to devote themselves to cultivation, the resources consumed are extremely terrifying; it is absolutely impossible for three to four hundred thousand people to reach the top of the majestic mountains in the ice and snow.
Shen Kun, Ge Tong, and Zhou Jingyuan were the first to be with Chen Hai since the Tieluling Taoist Academy. Not to mention that they still have so many elite disciples available. Even in a worse situation, they still saw that Chen Hai could miraculously move back. Defeat - As long as Chen Hairen is in Juquan Ridge, Shen Kun will not be pessimistic about the situation.
For now, there is no better choice than presiding over the Helan Jianzong and the Huang family, and Huang Peiyi therefore believes in Dong Chou's sincerity this time.
Dong Chou also thought that after almost all the disciples of Tianji Academy had left Juquan Ridge, he would use strong pressure to force Tianji Academy to disband, and then move the remaining forces of Longxiang Army and Chen Hai from Liquan and Juquan Ridge. He was completely expelled, but he didn't expect that Chen Hai would quietly bring Marquis Guining and Mrs. Song over to confuse people's minds.
Although the Huang family and Helan Sword Sect have fallen from the top sects, deep down in Huang Peiyi's heart, he still looks down on upstarts like Long Xiangjun who have only risen to prominence within ten years.
At this time, a person hurriedly walked into the hall and came to the side of the eldest son Dong Chou to whisper.
In the past few years, the Huang family has been using the savings of the old sect to purchase a large amount of grain and herbs from the outside world to fill the gap. However, no matter how rich the Helan Sword Sect's savings are, after experiencing previous setbacks, they will soon be left with nothing. one day.
Huang Peiyi not only transferred the more than 15,000 elites left by the Huang family from Yehu Ridge, but also transferred more than 400 swordsmanship disciples from the sect who were all above the spiritual realm to form a swordsmanship camp and go down the mountain to participate in the battle. .
Ge Xuanqiao sat next to the crown prince Dong Chou. He saw Huang Peiyi, the Miao clan elder, Miao Yue, who was also a top figure on the land list, and representatives of other vassal forces. They all seemed to believe that the crown prince Dong Chou had previously proposed the idea of siege and cutting off the road. The strategy is feasible, I thought to myself, you have never really seen Chen Hai's methods, so you are so negligent. Maybe it won't be long before you know that Chen Hai often has magical methods that are beyond everyone's expectation to resolve the crisis.
The Nine Domains lured them with the most elite Tongbei Mansion in the northern section of Qintong Mountain. How could Huang Peiyi resist the temptation
Zhao Ruhui stood at Chen Hai and watched the disciples from the martial arts school enthusiastically enlisting. He was also filled with emotion and said to Chen Hai: "Marquis Chen entrusted the Tianji Academy to us, but when the trouble came, we were helpless. We still need Chen Hai." Hou traveled thousands of miles to rush for reinforcements, but he really didn't expect that all the disciples would really be willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for the academy, the imperial concubine, and Chen Hou. The Guining Army was just formed, and without tempering, it may not be able to compete with Hexi The Dao Ya soldiers and the Liangyong Iron Wolf Army are fighting a tough battle..."
At first, everyone didn't take it seriously. After seeing so many disciples from poor families being bewitched, even the disciples and casual cultivators who had left Juquan Ridge before heard the news, and even returned to Tianji Academy. Nine sects were in Liquan City. The deacons were somewhat unable to sit still and rushed to Dong Chou's courtyard in Liquan City to discuss ideas.
Four hundred sword cultivator disciples can kill enemies with swords from four to five thousand steps away. In an instant, they can slash with thousands of sword lights and sword energy. Even those who are powerful in the Tao Embryo Realm and Heavenly Ranking cannot imagine that they can. He held four hundred sword cultivator disciples in front of him.
The Hexiang Army was defeated, and the Helan Jianzong was forced to move eastward to Qintong Mountain to settle down in a barren mountain like Yeguling. The ancestor Huang Qiwei was disheartened and could not go out in seclusion, while tens of thousands of his descendants and thirty-year-olds The burden of survival for the Yu Wan tribe rests on the shoulders of Huang Peiyi, the contemporary head of the Huang family and former shepherd of Hexiang County.
There are powerful vassals in all directions. Can Helan Jianzong grab a piece of land from Jiyang or Gyeonggi to rest and recuperate