protect our patriarch

Chapter 575

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the same time period.

Yan State-controlled area, the county seat of Huaiyin County.

As an outpost for attacking Beiliang, Huaiyin County City has long been conscripted by the imperial court, and it has been used as the place where the central army of the Nanyan army is stationed.

Naturally, the prince's mansion in the county city became a temporary "Chinese army tent".

now.

Inside Prince Huaiyin's Mansion.

The grand banquet hall that was once used for banquets has become a conference hall for holding combat meetings.The layout of the hall basically remained unchanged, except that the original luxurious decorations were removed, and only some basic functions were retained.

In addition, a giant sand table was placed in the center of the hall, on which different colors of sand were used to simulate the terrain changes around Huaiyin County and Huaiyang County, as well as the military deployment of both sides.

Surrounding the sand table, the Marshal of Yan State's main group army [Prince Huaiyin] was having a meeting with other core members of the group army.

Prince Huaiyin is an imposing middle-aged man with a majestic appearance and an extraordinary bearing.Because he sits on the battlefield all year round, he has the unique evil spirit of a soldier on his body, which looks extremely intimidating.

The rest of the people present were also the regiment commanders of various regiments, each of them had a vicious aura and an imposing manner, and they looked extremely difficult to mess with.

The busy days made everyone's faces a little tired, but at this moment, the expressions on their faces were very serious.

"I called you here today because I have important military information to inform you." Prince Huaiyin said solemnly, "According to the secret message from [Magic Falcon Squadron] who penetrated into the hinterland of Liang State, their tactics were very successful. Several cities have been connected in a short period of time."

"Great! This result will definitely cause the old dog of Zhenyang and the old thief Qingyu a lot of headaches." A younger legion commander was overjoyed and slapped the table in surprise.

Seeing everyone looking over, he quickly restrained his expression, but his face was still full of joy.

You know, in this confrontation with Liang Guo's main army, Yan Guo mobilized a total of five legions, with a total of 10,000+ troops.

Aside from the local defenders stationed in the city and the troops deployed on the battlefield outside the territory, most of the main force of the country has gathered in Huaiyin County.

In the stalemate and tug-of-war that lasted for more than 50 years, both countries suffered heavy losses. Now they have collectively fallen into a state of war weariness and exhaustion, and their national strength is also weakening under the wear and tear of the war.

Now, both Liang Guo and Yan Guo want to end this protracted war as soon as possible.

It's just that after many years of fighting, the hatred between the two sides has accumulated more and more, and has already become a bloody enmity. If anyone dares to propose a peace, they will probably not be able to escape the end of being drowned in spit.Therefore, the best result is to achieve a dominant victory in the battle and force the opponent to take the initiative to seek peace.

As a result, as time passed, the atmosphere of the battle between the main armies of the two sides became more and more intense.

The news of Prince Huaiyin can be said to be a shot in the arm for everyone, and made the faces of the legion commanders present look happy.

Among them, the regiment commander [Prince Anhai] who was in charge of the left wing [Anhai Regiment] of the group army also had a happy face, and rubbed his chin to ponder: "Now the old thief Qingyu and his personal guards [Red Fire Heavy Cavalry] have been killed by His Majesty and Xuan Xuan. The mountain iron cavalry is pinned down in Donghai Port. And the main supernatural powers of the holy lands of the two countries are also pinned down by each other. Now, the old dog in Zhenyang is in an embarrassing situation."

"This king wants to see whether the old dog of Zhenyang will choose to divide his troops and return to defense, or be forced to jump over the wall and cross the river ahead of time to fight me to the death."

"It is impossible to return to defense. The Demon Falcon Group is an elite group of the Chao family, and its overall strength is no less than that of the Xuanshan Iron Cavalry of our country's forbidden army." The head of the Black Sun Army [Prince Heiyang], who is in charge of the right wing of the army, sneered, " If Beiliang wants to encircle and suppress the Demon Falcon battle group, if there is less support, it will send food. If you want to gain an advantage in the encirclement and suppression, the old thief in Zhenyang must send at least a 5-man reorganized army back to defend. Hehe, if he is really With such boldness, my main group army can take advantage of the situation to cross the river and have a head-on battle with Liang Guo's group army."

"Hey~ The strength of the Zhenyang old dog is about the same as ours. If there is a complete lack of a reorganized army, how can the Zhenyang old thief resist our army's offensive?"

Marshal Prince Huaiyin nodded, first affirmed the other party's speculation, and then calmly analyzed: "Judging from the 50-year 'friendship' between this king and Zhenyang, there is a high possibility that he will not return aid, but will Choose to cross the river ahead of time and start a head-on battle between the main armies of both sides. If you win, the Demon Falcon Group, which is alone and deep, will be the turtle in the urn. If you lose, you can only honestly bear the consequences of defeat. It is impossible to watch Liang Guo be completely destroyed."

"Liang Guo's defeat is certain, and it is inevitable for the Immortal Dynasty to intervene. The current best strategy for our Great Yan Kingdom is to defeat Liang Guo's army as soon as possible, and sweep forward as quickly as possible to capture the three counties of Huaiyang, Jinfeng, and Futong At that time, even if the Xian Dynasty responds and intervenes, because the defeat of the Liang Kingdom is certain, His Majesty the Demon Emperor can set aside a copper-rich county as a strategic maneuver when negotiating with him."

Take three counties!

Liang and Yan currently only have nine counties each. If they can really win three counties at once, then it will be twelve against six in the future. Even if one county has to be spit out due to strategic mediation, the future will be eleven against seven. situation.

Once this situation has been stabilized for thousands of years, and the country of Yan has digested the benefits it has brought, and its national power has grown, what will the country of Liang have to contend with the country of Yan?

If the next battle between immortals and demons starts, Yan State might be able to take advantage of the situation to annihilate Liang State in one fell swoop and dominate the Lingqu Continent.

Thinking about such an opportunity to make contributions makes all the legion commanders very excited.

"Thus, under the strategic layout, this king plans that once Prince Zhenyang takes the initiative to attack, our army will also give up its defensive posture and take advantage of the momentum to speed up the time to fully engage with him. At that time, Prince Anhai on the left wing of our army will be responsible for containment The enemy's Qingfeng Army. And ordered Chao's reinforcements [Magic Corpse Battle Group] to quickly go around to the back of Qingfeng Army, and join hands with your troops to defeat Qingfeng Army." Marshal Prince Huaiyin solemnly ordered, "This battle is extremely critical. Can't go wrong."

Prince Anhai's face became serious, and he immediately said: "Our army is under orders."

"Prince Black Sun listens to the order. The right-wing Black Sun Legion you are in charge of also implements the same tactics. Once our army's forward legion is in full contact with the enemy, we will immediately join hands with the reinforcements [Black Eagles] to defeat the enemy's [Anping Legion] .” Marshal Prince Huaiyin ordered.

"Marshal, don't worry, the Black Eagle Squadron is extremely powerful. With them, they can easily tear apart the flimsy defense on the opposite side, and implement hammering tactics around the back. The Anping Legion will surely be defeated." Prince Heiyang beamed with joy. Take orders.

Once this battle is successful, the credit he can get is not small.

Seeing that they all understood their strategic thinking, the Marshal Prince Huaiyin nodded in satisfaction, and then solemnly warned: "This battle is related to the fate of my country, so don't be careless. Anhai and Heiyang, you two legions defeated the enemy. After the legion, remember not to be greedy for merit and chase down the defeated soldiers, but to immediately regroup and outflank the enemy's main rear from two directions at the same time. We must win this battle that is related to the fate of the country in the shortest possible time."

With that said, he stood up and looked at the crowd with piercing eyes: "Everyone, it's up to you whether you can be famous in history."

"Yes, Marshal!"

All the legion commanders were very excited.

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Liang Guo.

The junction of Huaiyang County and Futong County - Jinyangwei.

Unlike Huaiyang County, which is a flat plain area, there are many mountains in Futong County, and there used to be rich copper deposits underground. The word "rich copper" in Futong County is also named after this.

And Jinyangwei was also famous for smelting copper mines and its related industrial chains.

But now, with the increasing shortage of copper mine resources, Jinyangwei has gradually lost its former glory and turned into an ordinary acropolis.

Because of the war between Liang and Yan for more than [-] years.

In order to prevent accidents, city guards in various places have also organized and established "village brave teams".

It's just that the Jinyang Guard is not on the main battlefield, and the troops capable of fighting and fighting have been repeatedly withdrawn. Now the only remaining regular army is only three local patrol battalions that are not full of size, and the regular army has less than a thousand troops.

In contrast, the local township brave groups are more interesting.

Under the leadership of the two seventh-rank families, the Jinyang Murong family and the Jinyang Zhao family, a total of four militia battalions have been organized, consisting of hundreds of Xuanwu monks and three to four thousand strong mortals. The official designation is [Jinyang Militia].

It's just that the composition of the thousands of soldiers with cultivation bases is a bit complicated, they are clansmen, family generals, elders, and even casual cultivators stranded in Jinyangwei from more than [-] families, large and small.

As for those thousands of mortals, although they were also armed with bows, crossbows, knives, guns, etc., their combat effectiveness was really worrying, and they could not be counted on in a tough frontal battle. They could only help maintain law and order, repair fortifications, and do some logistical work. .

Since receiving the latest "Shangfeng Notice", [Wei Boqiu] Wei Boqiu, the guard of Jinyang City, has organized a civil defense team and started to actively defend.

All the descendants of the family and related personnel have now moved to the Acropolis, and those who are still stranded in the town and village are some unarmed civilians and tenant farmers. Whether they survive or not can only be left to fate.

Jinyang Acropolis is not small, but it can't accommodate millions of civilians in various towns and villages.

With this kind of defensive power, it is not a big problem to resist and contain an ordinary battle group, but what they will face is a murderous elite battle group.

Even Wei Boqiu, the city guard, and the two patriarchs of the heavenly and human family could only hold each other together, praying in fear, hoping that the elite battle group of the enemy army would pass by from other places, and never take Jin Yang by chance. Wei was hit.

But their prayers obviously didn't work.

Just as they waited for the verdict of fate with trepidation.

A scout troop consisting of dozens of people, wearing pitch-black battle armor and riding a black-scaled one-horned horse, appeared several miles away from the Acropolis with lightning speed.

Their armor was ferocious, and their aura was cold, and the leader was even more imposing. Although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, he could feel the strong sense of oppression emanating from him.

The muffled sound of horseshoes was steady and powerful, as if stepping on the heart of the defenders of the city wall, which made people almost suffocate.

[Scout Team of the First Pioneer Battalion of the Magic Falcon Group].

This is undoubtedly the sharp knife elite in the Magic Falcon battle group.

The leader is the first vanguard battalion deputy and scout captain of the battle group, named [Chao Wenguang].He was born in a collateral lineage of the Chiyue Chao clan, and because of his good aptitude since he was a child, he was recruited into the Chao clan soldiers and carefully trained.

After many years, at this moment, he is already a veteran of many battles, and his strength has reached the realm of heaven and man.

Especially those eyes, deep and stern, exuding an indifferent calm of life and death.

As for the dozens of brothers behind him, several of them are at the late stage of the Lingtai Realm. Although the rest of them are slightly inferior in cultivation, they are at least at the middle stage of the Lingtai Realm. They are all powerful, calm and intimidating. , as if only dozens of people could besiege the city.

No wonder.

The Demon Falcon Squad is considered an elite group among the soldiers of the Chao Clan, and since its formation, it has been representing the Chao Clan on rotations in foreign battlefields.Even on the extraterritorial battlefield where there are so many masters, the Demon Falcon Group can be called the main battle group.

This kind of battle group with a long history will naturally have a lot of military exploits and glorious resumes to brag about, which is one of the necessary factors to unite the soul of the army.

But correspondingly, such a battle group is also extremely indifferent to human life.

"Deputy Commander." An elite scout looked at Jinyangwei's defenders indifferently, "It's such a small town again, it's too boring. Why don't we simply bypass these broken cities and attack the copper-rich county directly? .”

"This matter is not up to me, the little deputy commander." Chao Wenguang said indifferently, without changing his expression, "However, with the commander's personality, this siege battle will undoubtedly be fought."

"Hehe~ The Luping City in front fell without holding on for even a day. This Jinyang City is not as big as that Luping City. I don't know how long it can last under the attack of my magic falcon elite." The elite scouts showed cruelty on their faces. With a smile, "Ten hours? Or eight hours? At that time, I will start killing again."

"Lao Yang, what's the point of killing someone?" Another elite scout laughed and said, "Women from those local aristocratic families have a different taste. Compared to those aggressive and rough women in our Demon Dynasty, I like those weak and weak young ladies like water." It's a pity that the one caught last time was only Miss Zhimai from a seventh-rank family, I really want to taste what it's like to be a young prostitute."

"Old Qiu, your grandson still wants the daughter of the seventh-rank family? That's exclusive to the head and deputy commanders. Even the deputy commander can only stare aside to see if they can get some soup to drink."

"Hahaha! I hope the deputy commander can have some soup, so we can have a sip too, hehehe!"

As they spoke, a group of elite scouts laughed wantonly.

They were all in the middle and late stages of the Lingtai Realm. They deliberately spoke loudly and laughed, and their voices easily reached the ears of the defenders on the city wall.

The defenders were all filled with righteous indignation, showing humiliated expressions.

A group of women holding swords and wearing women's basalt costumes were so angry that their faces were flushed, and they wished they could go out of the city and kill those foul-speaking beasts on the spot.

Among the women, a handsome woman in a red military uniform and a purple gauze crown took out a spiritual weapon bow with sullen eyes, twirled the feathers and strung the strings, and shot the bow in one go.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded, and a sharp arrow shot out like lightning, flying towards the leader of the elite scouts from a distance.

The arrow casted fast and swiftly, and one could tell that it was extremely powerful.

"Miss Qianqian is mighty!"

There was bursts of applause in the defensive team composed of all the women, and all the women showed expressions of admiration for her.

This girl's name is [Murong Qianqian].

She is the daughter of the Murong family of the seventh rank of Jinyang, and also a core disciple of the Futong Zifu Academy, with a bloodline qualification close to that of Xiao Tianjiao B.

She already had a mid-stage Lingtai Realm cultivation at a young age, and she was supposed to be cultivating secretly in the academy, but this time she just went home to visit relatives, but she didn't want to encounter this crisis.

She is extremely confident in her bow skills, and she can usually shoot a tree as thick as a bowl from a distance of mile.

Unexpectedly.

Facing the sharp arrow that hit from afar, Chao Wenguang didn't even raise his eyelids, and just shot a ray of heavenly finger force casually.

There was only a loud "bang", and the arrow containing profound energy exploded like a flower in an instant.

"how is this possible?!"

Murong Qianqian's pretty face changed suddenly, and she instantly realized something was wrong.Could it be that any vanguard on the opposite side is actually a strong man in the heavenly realm?

And at the same time.

In the distance, there were bursts of loud noises like thunder, and the ground shook violently like a landslide.

That was the sound of galloping horses.

Known for their speed and surprise attacks, the [Magic Falcon Squad] finally approached the city.

Amidst the deafening roar, the dark crowd rushed forward like a torrent, with swords, swords and swords, and war horses neighing, the momentum was monstrous.

The battalion at the front was naturally the pioneer battalion to which Chao Wenguang and the others belonged.

As soon as the main force arrives, the battle begins.

The leader of the Vanguard Battalion is a middle-aged man named Tu Ping'an.

On the way to attack, Tu Ping'an waved his long knife and took the lead in shouting: "The regiment commander has an order to attack the city immediately! If you can't take Jinyangwei in five hours, the commanders of each battalion will receive [-] whips themselves. Chao Wenguang, you go ahead with the commander. Climb the wall and make way for your brothers."

"Yes, Commander."

The deputy commander, Chao Wenguang, responded loudly, then immediately turned his horse's head, and led his elite scouts to join the sprinting team of the vanguard battalion.

The black-scaled one-horned warhorses under their crotches are all third-order spirit beasts, extremely fast, and have outstanding defense, which is by no means comparable to ordinary warhorses.

But in the blink of an eye, the black cavalry surged out with monstrous aura and rushed towards the city wall of Jinyang City.

The defenders on Jinyang City reacted quickly, and immediately someone shouted and began to organize an interception.

Amidst the whistling sound, batches of arrow rain hit from the city wall.

The dense rain of arrows fell like raindrops, covering a large area of ​​sunlight in an instant, and looking around, the top of the head was covered with darkness.

The two leaders of the Heavenly Human Realm did not change their faces, and waved their profound energy to resist easily. They chopped off the arrow rain in an instant, even if they slipped through the net occasionally, they would not be able to pierce the vest.

However, in just a dozen or so breaths, the elite soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion, led by the two Celestial Realm commanders, crossed the distance of Li Xu, and arrived not far from the city wall like a black torrent.

The faces of the defenders on the top of Jinyang City were pale, and a few timid ones were so nervous that they began to tremble all over.

At this moment.

The two Heavenly Human Realm commanders were full of mysterious energy, and they rose into the air at the same time, ready to fly to the city wall to sweep away the miscellaneous soldiers, leaving room for the follow-up vanguard troops to climb the wall.

Although the Lingtai Realm can also fly into the air, it cannot stay in the air for a long time, and can only glide for a short time.With the two of them clearing the way, it will be much easier to ascend the city wall at the Lingtai Realm.

Unexpectedly.

They had just soared to a height of more than ten feet, when they were about to cut out their saber energy.

Suddenly!

A shocking sound suddenly sounded.

Different from the sound of bowstrings next to it, this thunderous sound was like a dull hammer hitting the hearts of the two commanders, causing their hearts to stagnate for no reason.

Chao Wenguang's pupils shrank, his intuition was not good.

However, before he had time to react, a lightning-like sharp arrow pierced his chest.There was a hole the size of a fist on his chest, including the man and the armor.

Blood sprayed out all over the sky.

After piercing through Chao Wenguang, the arrow continued unabated, and shot all the way to Li Xu, piercing through several elites of the Demon Falcon battle group, before sinking deeply into the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Chao Wenguang was sent flying backwards for tens of feet by the tyrannical force carried by the arrow, before he fell to the ground exhausted.

Blood flowed all over the ground. At this moment, Chao Wenguang was covered in a mess and was extremely miserable, but the strong vitality of the cultivator in the Heaven-Human Realm kept him from dying for a while.

When he was dying, there was only one thought buzzing in his head: How is it possible?

I, Chao Wenguang, will be shot to death by a cold arrow!

"This……"

Murong Qianqian stared blankly not far away, unable to recover for a long time.

At some point, a handsome young man in bright silver armor appeared there.

She watched the arrow shoot from his hand with her own eyes.

His facial features are as beautiful as if they were carved by a craftsman. The same armor is nothing special when worn on others, but it seems to give him a halo when worn on him, making him look like a novel. God of War in general.

The appearance of him shooting through Chao Wenguang with a bow and arrow in his hand is like a divine soldier descending.

wait!Why has she never seen this young man?

If she had seen such an outstanding appearance and temperament, she would definitely remember it.Moreover, she had never heard of such a number one person in Jinyangwei.

Just when she was confused, the bow actually spoke.

"Wang Anye, you're going too far! I'm a dignified Dao weapon butcher bow, and you let me shoot and kill a young man." A cold snort came from inside the bow, and the voice was clearly mixed with anger.

"Didn't my great-grandfather change your name to 'Careful'? Don't you also feel that [Tu Sheng] is under too much pressure?" Wang Anye replied innocently.

"One moment and another moment. When I followed Venerable Blood, I felt that Tu Sheng was under a lot of pressure." Tu Shenggong said confidently, "But after getting along with Master for a long time, I gradually feel that our future is limitless, Tu Sheng Mie Immortals are nothing to worry about."

"So, you are not allowed to use me to kill me in the future. Hey, what are you doing? Let me go..."

"call out!"

Another arrow was shot, and this time it hit Tu Pingan, the commander of the Pioneer Battalion.

In the blink of an eye, he flew upside down like Chao Wenguang, and lay down in one place.

Poor two battalion commanders of the vanguard battalion of the elite battle group, they didn't even survive half a chapter.

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(End of this chapter)