Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

As night fell, the siege of Lingfeng City lasted from morning to night.

The Huanzhou Alliance almost broke through the defensive formation several times, but was blocked by Xu Chu in time.

Zhou Chi watched the night fall and the defenders on Lingfeng City stubbornly resisted the attack of the army. He sighed inwardly. Now that the soldiers of the army were exhausted, it was obviously difficult to attack the city again. Then Jin Ming withdrew his troops and let the army retreat.

Zhou Hong and others in the sky had been fighting for a whole day without taking action. However, the momentum of the five peak sages put great pressure on Liu Qingquan and Liu Chenfeng. At the end of the day, they were mentally exhausted.

On this day, the Huanzhou Alliance army was counterattacked by the defensive formation during the siege, killing thousands of people, and nearly tens of thousands of Lingfeng City soldiers lost their strength to maintain the formation.

In the military camp in the city, clusters of bonfires were lit early, and the fragrance was billowing from the large iron pots on them. Taking a sip was refreshing.

An Daoquan stroked his beard and smiled lightly, and arranged for the soldiers to hand the medicinal soup to the exhausted soldiers.

In the city lord's palace, Xu Chu, Yang Zaitian and others also showed signs of fatigue.

"If the Huanzhou Alliance continues to attack like today, this defensive formation may not be able to stop them for long." Hua Luo, the deputy general of Lingfeng City, looked worried.

The other generals nodded slightly. Many soldiers gritted their teeth and persisted in today's battle. Without the defensive formation, I am afraid that Lingfeng City would not be able to hold on for a day.

At this time, Li Si stepped into the lobby with a pale Ma Chao.

"General Ma." Hua Luo and other generals stood up quickly when they saw the weak Ma Chao.

Although Ma Chao's face was pale, his eyes were extremely sharp. He glanced at a figure among the generals, revealing unlimited murderous intent!

"Come here, capture Jin Zhiyong for me, General!"

As soon as Ma Chao said this, everyone was shocked!

Jin Zhiyong, the general who brought wine to General Ma today!

Yang Zaitian and Ren Lie shrank slightly.

Everyone immediately focused their attention on Jin Zhiyong. They also felt Ma Chao's abnormal situation in today's battle. How could he suddenly become weak while fighting.

Could it be that......

Thinking of the bowl of wine before the battle, the generals headed by Hua Luo understood instantly and glared at Jin Zhiyong one by one.

"Jin Zhiyong, did you poison General Ma?"

Jin Zhiyong knelt on the ground, his face pale. He knew that if General Ma was poisoned in today's battle, he would be the biggest suspect, but he really didn't poison him. He met Ma Chao's cold gaze and said in a panic:

"I, Jin Zhiyong, never poisoned General Ma!"

"No? Haha, has this general wronged you?" The coldness in Ma Chao's eyes almost froze Jin Zhiyong's blood.

"Today, after I drank your glass of wine, my true energy suddenly collapsed during the battle, and I almost died in Zhou Lian's hands. Do you think I am stupid?"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Jin Zhiyong banged his head on the ground.

"General Ma, Master Li, I swear, I, Jin Zhiyong, have the slightest intention to poison General Ma. I will strike with five thunderbolts from the sky and I will never be reincarnated!"

"When Dr. An treated General Ma today, he already knew that the poison in General Ma was called Kui Yuanhe, so the wine you gave General Ma is most questionable." Li Si said with a serious face.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Jin Zhiyong kept kowtowing, with blood on his forehead and tears streaming down his face, but his tone was extremely firm:

"The general also knows that the general is the most suspicious, but I never poisoned General Ma!"

Everyone was a little moved when they saw Jin Zhiyong's determined look.

"General Ma only drank that glass of wine before he went to the battle. If it wasn't that glass of wine, why was General Ma poisoned?" Xu Chu's voice was as loud as thunder, and an evil spirit spread, and the hall instantly became cold.

"I don't know the end!" Jin Zhiyong said with a crying look on his face as he didn't know anything at all.

"I think it's impossible for Jin Zhiyong. No one would be stupid enough to poison himself in such a conspicuous way!" Li Hai, who was sitting next to him, looked at Jin Zhiyong's firm eyes and defended Jin Zhiyong.

Everyone's expressions changed. What Li Hai said seemed to make sense.

Who would be so stupid as to do the poisoning himself?

"However, if it is true that the glass of wine is poisonous, Jin Zhiyong is also an accomplice, and there are spies inside our Lingfeng City!" Li Hai's eyes turned cold, and he glanced at everyone. A ray of coldness leaked out, and the temperature of the entire lobby dropped by 30%, causing these master generals to His whole body trembled, and there was a bone-chilling chill in his back.

Yang Zaitian and Ren Lie's expressions remained unchanged, and they resisted the strangeness in their hearts. Before Ma Chao was dead, they had already thought of the current scene of questioning.

"Come here, take Jin Zhiyong down first and interrogate him strictly." Ma Chao looked at Jin Zhiyong and said coldly: "Jin Zhixiong, if you want to prove your innocence, find all the people who came into contact with that glass of wine today! "

"yes!"

"The last general will also find the murderer!" Jin Zhiyong raised his head and gritted his teeth.

After two of Ma Chao's personal guards took Jin Zhiyong down, all the generals in the hall looked at each other, and a faint suspicion circulated among them.

"I will investigate the spies hiding in Lingfeng City overnight, but don't let a little spy make us mess up. The top priority is that we discuss how to deal with tomorrow's battle." Li Si's face has returned to calmness, solemnly The tone made everyone less suspicious of each other.

Seeing what Li Si did, Li Jiang nodded slightly.

Jin Zhiyong has made all the generals wary, and even made the spy afraid to show up easily. Now it is true that we cannot make people panic just because of a spy.

"yes!"

The generals immediately took their seats and began to report on today's battle situation.

Yang Zaitian felt relieved when he saw that the lobby was on track. However, when he saw Li Si's deep and calm eyes, his heart tightened and there was a sense of urgency.

After the generals have finished reporting one by one.

"Venerable Jiang, I wonder if you are sure of stopping Venerable Huanzhou Alliance?"

Li Si was no longer as calm as before, but with a trace of anxiety in his eyes, he asked the most critical question.

Li Jiang frowned, glanced at Liu Qingquan and Liu Chenfeng, shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

I can fight three peak sages alone, but as long as the Huanzhou Alliance is not stupid, they can stop me for a moment by sending two sages. At that time, they still have seven peak sages, including three peak sages. Even Yuwen Chengdu can hold back a peak sage, and Li Mu only has two peak sages with fighting strength. How can other sages on our side stop him.

"I remember there is a girl named Ah Qing in the Prince of Chu's palace. Why hasn't she appeared at this time?" Li Hai, the royal family member, raised his inner doubts.

When he first arrived in Lingfeng City, he didn't see Miss A Qing. She didn't appear in yesterday's battle or today's battle.

If it doesn't show up tomorrow, Lingfeng City will be really in danger.

Once the Huanzhou Alliance opens the door to Lingzhou, the defeat will be unstoppable.

Yang Zaitian and Ren Lie were shocked when they saw Li Hai raising this question, and their eyes were fixed on Li Si.

Everyone also looked at Li Si.

Li Si's expression tightened, and he immediately sighed and said, "Your Highness is at a critical moment of healing. A Qing must protect His Highness at all times."

Li Jiang and the others narrowed their eyes when they heard Li Si's words.

"Is His Highness cured soon?" Hua Luo and other generals were shocked when they heard the news about Li Yuan, showing excitement.

But some generals who had already suspected that Li Yuan was attacked and killed showed doubts.

"Well, let's stick to it. When His Highness shows up with Ah Qing, we will be able to defeat the Huanzhou Alliance!" Li Si nodded heavily, then swept over the soldiers and Yang Zaitian and others, and said in order to reassure them:

"And now Master Xun has arranged for General Zhongli to lead an army of 200,000 people to set off from Lingrong Mansion. They can arrive here in ten days at most. We will definitely be able to stop the Huanzhou Alliance's attack."

After hearing this, everyone's eyes brightened slightly, and they finally gained a little more confidence.

Yang Zaitian and Ren Lie looked at each other, and a flash of light flashed.

"Okay, now you go down and prepare for tomorrow's siege. With all the venerables, Generals, and General Xu here, we will definitely be able to maintain the support of General Zhongli!" Ma Chao waved his hand to the generals to leave.

"As for the spy, he can't hide for a few days!"

"yes."

The generals looked at each other and left with a hint of suspicion and vigilance in their hearts. The elders of Lieyan Sect also left one after another.

Liu Qingquan, Liu Chenfeng and Yang Zaitian stayed.

Li Jiang and the other three did not leave either.

At this time, everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

Li Hai glanced at everyone and said with a sneer: "Everyone, we are the only ones here. Let's show our cards directly. We all know that King Chu is dead. Where is Ah Qing? Where did she go!"

Li Jiang and Li Zhong also scanned these people.

Yuwen Chengdu, Li Si, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu are the core figures of the Chu Palace. Liu Qingquan, Liu Chenfeng, and Yang Zaitian are the leader of the Lieyan Sect, the supreme elder of the Lieyan Sect, and the great elder of the Lieyan Sect. They are also the only surviving major forces in Lingzhou. If they can subdue the core figures, Lingzhou's power will truly surrender to them.

Yang Zaitian also said in a deep voice: "At this critical moment, don't hide anything. Whether we can stop the Huanzhou Alliance depends on our concerted efforts!"

Facing the gazes of Li Jiang, Yang Zaitian and others, Li Si slowly closed his eyes, but he could not hide his low mood.

"Aqing has left Lingzhou and is missing!"

"What!" Li Jiang, Yang Zaitian and others were shocked and looked at Li Si and others in disbelief.

When they saw Yuwen Chengdu, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu also lowered their heads, they believed what Li Si said.

"A Qing really left?" Li Jiang frowned. He still clearly remembered that strange girl.

"Well, if Ah Qing is still in Lingzhou, why should we be anxious?" Li Si shook his head and said with a bitter smile; "Since Miss Ah Qing left, Xun Yu has been unable to contact her no matter how hard she tries."

"What should we do?" Yang Zaitian looked a little excited and said anxiously.

At this time, Yang Zaitian was extremely excited and excited.

His worries completely disappeared. Before, when he was afraid that they would turn against each other, Ah Qing suddenly appeared and beheaded them with a sword.

Now he no longer worries and has successfully completed the task assigned to him by the Huanzhou Alliance.

Li Si raised his head, looked at Li Jiang and others, and said with some expectation: "I wonder if His Majesty Emperor Yao has also sent His Holiness to support Lingzhou?"

The eyes of Yuwen Chengdu, Liu Qingquan and others also focused on Li Jiang and the others.

Li Chong sighed and shook his head: "His Royal Highness, Emperor Yao, can send the three of us to Lingzhou at the limit. It is impossible to send His Majesty again, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain stability in Zhongzhou."

…………………………

Thirty miles away from Lingfeng City, the Huanzhou Alliance army did not return to Huanlin City, but camped here.

There are small teams patrolling and guarding the perimeter of the military camps.

In the dead of night and midnight, the news about Yang Zaitian finally reached Xu Bao.

After Xu Kuang took out the information from Xu Bao, he immediately disappeared into the military tent and soon arrived at the Zhou family camp.

"Leader, Yang Zaitian has received confirmed news that A Qing has left Lingzhou."

In the army tent, when Zhou Chi heard the news brought by Xu Kuang, he stood up suddenly and said with some excitement:

"really?"

"It's absolutely true!" Xu Kuang nodded firmly and took out the letter conveyed by Yang Zaitian.

Zhou Chi took out the letter and carefully read Yang Zaitian's story about today's conversation between Li Si and Li Jiang, his eyes getting more and more excited.

A big stone finally fell from his heart.

"Gang Leader Xu, this time our Huanzhou Alliance has no worries. We will directly attack Lingfeng City with all our strength tomorrow. We will not retreat until they are defeated!" Zhou Chi's eyes were filled with excitement and murderous intent!

"Well, Yang Zaitian also mentioned in the letter that he hopes we can take action as soon as possible. Now Li Si is already investigating the poisoned wine incident at the city gate. If Yang Zaitian is exposed, then we will lack the main force internally to crack Lingfeng City." Xu Kuang nodded.

"Um!"

Zhou Chi had no doubts about Yang Zaitian's words. He had already seen the scene of Ma Chao being poisoned and weak today. Yang Zaitian had poisoned to express his sincerity to join the Huanzhou Alliance. Although Ma Chao finally killed Zhou Lian, no one could blame Yang Zaitian. Ma Chao finally Falling into coma let everyone know that Ma Chao was at the end of his strength at that time. If Zhou Lian persisted for a while, Ma Chao would be the one who died.

It's a pity that Zhou Lian is too impatient.

Regarding Zhou Lian's death, Zhou Chi could only hate iron but not steel, and was angry and angry, but he was already full of trust in Yang Zaitian in his heart.

Now Yang Zaitian hopes that the Huanzhou Alliance can capture Lingfeng City as soon as possible than Zhou Chi. After all, Yang Zaitian poisoned Ma Chao and there is no room left. Once the Huanzhou Alliance fails to capture Lingfeng City, if Ma Chao finds out that the glass of wine is Yang Zai's poison in the world is indeed dangerous!

"In the letter, Yang Zaitian also mentioned that Xun Yu has sent another general from the Chu Palace, Zhong Lizhen, to lead an army of 200,000, and they can arrive in ten days at most." Xu Kuang said.

"Oh, we will deal with them tomorrow. Why wait ten days? When they come, we will die!"

Zhou Chi showed disdain, but his heart tightened. He must deal with the venerables in Lingfeng City this time, otherwise it would be more difficult to break through Lingfeng City if Zhong Lizhen's 200,000 troops entered Lingfeng City.

Zhou Chi looked at Xu Kuang, who was nodding solemnly, and smiled happily. It seemed that Xu Kuang was loyal to the Huanzhou Alliance, and it was time for him to tell him something.

"Gang Leader Xu, you know that there is a secret agent of King Ming in our Huanzhou Alliance!"

"Prince Ming and An Zi?" When Xu Kuang heard this, he instantly showed strong murderous intent!

"Oh? Leader, which force have you found?

I know that the small and medium-sized forces in our alliance must have hidden secrets, and I will kill these traitors with my own hands! "

Zhou Chi was even more satisfied when he saw Xu Kuang's performance, and his eyes were cold.

"Xu Gang Leader, it is not necessarily just the small and medium-sized forces who are secretly behind King Ming, there are also some of our four top forces!"

"What!" Xu Kuang suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhou Chi in disbelief, obviously shocked by the news.

After a while, Xu Kuang shook his head, looked at Zhou Chi with bright eyes, and said with a hint of suspicion:

"Leader, our four major forces have always worked together. Do you have evidence?"

Zhou Chi felt even more relieved when he saw Xu Kuang's appearance, shook his head and said:

"Gang Leader Xu, you are still too honest!"