Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

The thick smoke rising from the fierce battle filled the entire Huanqing City. As time passed, dead bodies were lying on the ground under the city tower. They were bleeding, but no one moved forward to clean them up. The strong smell of blood and sweat The smells were mixed with each other and filled the air, pungent and unpleasant. Soldiers from the Lianzhou Alliance came one after another, but they never reached the tower.

Seeing the Chu army in the front easily repelling the waves of alliance soldiers, in the military tent behind, the Fengxue Building Master became a little impatient and said to the people in Beiming Cangtuo:

"How about we, Fengxue Tower, cooperate with Yundu Valley to ensure that the combat power of the vanguard army soldiers increases tenfold!"

The people in Yundu Valley nodded heavily, with infinite murderous intent in their eyes. The elder of his own force was suddenly shot dead by Zhong Lizhen!

Didn’t you say that you can protect the safety of their elders?

But people from other forces frowned when they heard this. The poisonous mist from Yundu Valley and the blood evil from Fengxue Tower can indeed increase the combat power of soldiers tenfold, but these soldiers can only live for half an hour. If they survive half an hour, If they don't die in battle, they will lose their vitality.

"No, this is one of our trump cards. King Yu's army has not moved yet. There is no need for us to fight to the death with King Chu's army!"

Beiming Cangtuo looked at the fierce battle at the city gate without any fluctuation in his eyes.

Wu Yuxue looked at the soldiers who died tragically, with a hint of unbearability in her eyes, and said, "Alliance leader, let's retreat. We have been attacking Huanqing City for two consecutive days, with tens of thousands of soldiers injured and killed. No matter what, it's time for King Yu to send troops."

Lu Junyi, Li Zongyi and other elders from various forces also nodded one after another.

Beiming Cangtuo glanced at the motionless King Yu's army behind him, and finally nodded and said:

"Okay, let's retreat then. Let's talk to King Yu tonight."

"retreat!"

Following the signal from the military tent, the nine elders of Yundu Valley instantly put away their green flags and fell down. The Tianwu Realm experts guarding them also fell down one after another. They were always on guard against hidden arrows from the opposite side, especially Zhongli. The arrow of 眛.

As the green mist faded, the charging vanguard army also received the order to retreat. Each one of them looked like they were surviving the disaster and retreated quickly.

Soon, the enemy's figure disappeared from everyone's sight. The defenders at the city gate finally put down their weapons and took a long breath. They were covered in blood, whether it was the enemy's or their teammates'.

"Everyone goes back to rest, and the second group of defenders goes to the city to be vigilant."

As Meng Tian issued the order, the exhausted soldiers dragged their weapons down the tower, and another group of energetic soldiers went up to the city to continue their vigilance.

Below the city gate, the team cleaning the battlefield was also ready to go. Each one took anti-virus measures and went out of the city to clean up the battlefield.

"Wenhe, what do you think King Yu wants to do next?"

On the city wall, Li Yuan looked at the direction of the army's evacuation in the distance, his eyes were deep, his robe was hunting, and he let the cold wind full of blood smell blow.

On the other side, Jia Xu's long beard was blown high by the wind. Jia Xu quickly stroked his beard and pressed it down. Facing Li Yuan's question, he already had something in mind and his face became solemn:

"For King Yu, when he arrives in Lianzhou, the first step is not to deal with us first, but to deal with the Lianzhou Alliance first!"

Jia Xu looked at the direction in which the Lianzhou Alliance disappeared, and said with a faint look: "In these troubled times, everyone is a potential enemy, and everyone is also a potential ally. The Lianzhou Alliance thinks that King Yu, like the imperial army, must deal with us first. It is very ridiculous. , I wonder if they have ever thought that even if King Yu is solved and we get Huanzhou and Lingzhou, King Yu himself will become the turtle in the urn!"

Li Yuan's eyes flashed and he nodded slightly.

King Yu's base camp is in Yang and Liang Prefectures. Even if King Yu defeats them, they will capture Huanzhou and Lingzhou, and Lianzhou is the obstacle that blocks King Yu from connecting the four prefectures of Yang, Liang, Huan, and Ling. In addition, Zhongzhou And the two neighboring states of Feng and Yi belonged to the imperial court. How could King Yu let Lianzhou cut off his escape route?

Therefore, King Yu will definitely subdue or eliminate the Lianzhou Alliance before he is dealt with, ensuring that when he enters Huan and Ling states, his retreat will not be blocked.

"That's why King Yu not only won't stop our strategy of alienating the Lianzhou Alliance, but also fully agrees with it." Li Yuan said softly, his eyes very calm.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded: "Yes, King Yu wants to reap the benefits. If nothing else, Fengxue Tower is King Yu's first target to conquer."

"Because we want to use Fengxue Tower to cause civil strife in the Lianzhou Alliance, King Yu believes that Fengxue Tower will not be ours..."

At this point, Li Yuan's eyelids suddenly opened, a terrible thought came to his mind, and he blurted out: "Gongming, they are in danger!"

King Yu has always been extremely smart, and his advisers are even more extraordinary. He deliberately asked Lian Wucan to go back. They must be able to guess his alienation plan. His alienation plan is so crude, why are they not afraid that the Lianzhou Alliance will not be fooled? It is because in Lianzhou We have our own people in the alliance!

As an outsider, King Yu would naturally think of this. As long as he investigated the situation in Lianzhou, Song Jiang and Song Gongming would be exposed soon.

Now King Yu has even begun to doubt Song Jiang, Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen and the others!

Li Yuan frowned deeply and walked up and down the city tower. It seemed that he had to find a way to get Song Jiang and the others back.

"Your Highness, don't worry. If King Yu has already doubted Song Jiang and the others, we can't act rashly. He is waiting for Song Jiang to show his weakness." Compared to Li Yuan's faint worry, Jia Xu's tone was very calm, and his eyes as deep as the abyss did not get a trace. fluctuation.

Li Yuan listened to Jia Xu's words, but seemed not to, and said thoughtfully: "Wen He, if Song Jiang and the others have been exposed, not only will their stay in the Lianzhou Alliance be useless, King Yu may very well use Song Jiang to mislead us. , it’s time for us to bring Song Jiang and the others back.”

Jia Xu's lowered eyes moved slightly, but he said: "Your Highness, even if we let Song Jiang come back, how will they come back?"

"When the next war happens, just ask Song Jiang and the others to come back." Li Yuan said.

"But now King Yu has noticed Song Jiang. Once Song Jiang makes a move, they will definitely capture Song Jiang as soon as possible. I'm afraid that before our people arrive, the lives of Song Jiang and the three of them are already in King Yu's hands. When the time comes to use the three of them to sacrifice the flag, it will be a heavy blow to us." Jia Xu raised his head and said: "It is not difficult for King Yu to guess the strength of Lord Song Jiang."

Li Yuan's face gradually became serious after hearing this.

And Jia Xu continued: "If Song Jiang is directly exposed, there will definitely be panic within the Lianzhou Alliance, and they will definitely investigate themselves. Then there is a risk that our secret agents in other forces will be exposed, and King Yu will be better at taking action."

Li Yuan's face darkened, "You mean Bingxue Pavilion and the others..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Song Jiang is not in danger now. As long as King Yu doesn't have conclusive evidence, King Yu can't touch Song Jiang. After all, for the Lianzhou Alliance, Song Jiang is one of their own, and King Yu is an outsider. How can they easily I believe King Yu." Jia Xu looked at Li Yuan's nervous look and smiled: "Especially now that King Yu is using the Lianzhou Alliance as cannon fodder, the forces in the Lianzhou Alliance must have complaints against King Yu. If King Yu If Song Jiang dares to expose Song Jiang, as long as Song Jiang insists that King Yu wants to use this to alienate the Lianzhou Alliance, King Yu will have nothing to do and may even arouse the vigilance of the Lianzhou Alliance, and Song Jiang will be locked up at most."

After hearing this, Li Yuan nodded one after another and asked:

"So what do we do now?"

"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. King Yu and the others just lack the time we need." Jia Xu said with a confident smile.

"Okay, then let's focus on defense."

Li Yuan waved his sleeves and slowly walked down the tower.

Seeing this, Jia Xu smiled softly and followed Li Yuan closely.

Everyone was busy up and down the entire Huanqing City Gate. They didn't even see a sudden flash of green light in the sky.

As night fell, generals such as King Yu, Wei Wen, Tang Cangtuo and the Lianzhou Alliance gathered in the lobby again.

"His Royal Highness King Yu, we attacked Huanqing City for two consecutive days. We never reached the city tower, but suffered heavy losses. We really have no choice. When will you take action?" Fengxue Louzhu said directly.

As soon as Fengxue Louzhu opened his mouth, other elders from other forces also started talking behind him:

"Yes, King Chu's defense is so tight. Even if we continue to attack, even if the entire Lianzhou Alliance joins in, we may not be able to break through Huanqing City."

"Who says otherwise? The King of Chu is so powerful that we are no match in the first place. How much more should we attack the city?"

"I have heard that King Yu has a group of elite soldiers and generals. If you take action, you will definitely be able to break through Huanqing City."

"That's right, if His Royal Highness King Yu takes action, Huanqing City will be conquered soon."

"Yes, we really want to see their style..."

"I love Du..."

King Yu above him quietly listened to the "quiet discussions" of the elders below, with a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

The eyes of Beiming Cangtuo, Wu Yuxue, Yun Guzhu and others who were paying attention to King Yu moved. Could it be that King Yu was preparing to take action?

Wei Wen, Tang Cangtuo and other generals watched quietly.

"cough!"

King Yu coughed slightly, and everyone who was "discussing quietly" in the lobby stopped neatly and looked at King Yu above.

King Yu looked at the quiet lobby and said with a smile:

"I know that you are in a hurry, but I still want to say that you should not be in a hurry."

After hearing King Yu's words, the eyes of the elders who were looking forward to it dimmed. They felt like they heard nonsense.

"Your Highness King Yu, how do we attack Huanqing City? Huanqing City cannot be breached, how do we defeat the King of Chu?" Wu Yuxue also spoke.

Immediately, all the elders below said:

"yes."

"What should I do?"

When King Yu saw that the Lianzhou Alliance secretly wanted him to send troops, the smile on his face did not change and he continued:

"Everyone, we are not the only ones who want to defeat the King of Chu. Have you forgotten that there is also the Fengzhou battlefield and the imperial army?"

As soon as King Yu spoke out, the voices of the elders disappeared, and they all looked stunned.

The eyes of Beiming Cangtuo and Yun Guzhu moved, as if they had indeed forgotten.

Wei Wen saw the expressions of the people opposite him, waved his feather fan lightly, smiled and said:

"Leader of Beiming Alliance, distinguished lords, we and the imperial army are divided into two groups. After the imperial army arrived in Fengzhou, they have not mobilized their troops. However, we have been attacking Huanqing City for three consecutive days. Shouldn't the imperial army also attack Huanqing City? Take action."

The senior officials of the Lianzhou Alliance looked at each other and nodded, what they said made sense.

They have already taken action here, and it will be unreasonable for the court not to take action.

Seeing this, Wei Wen's smile deepened and he continued:

"Two armies are attacking the King of Chu. The King of Chu is more anxious than us. We can't capture Huanqing City here now, but the imperial army may not be able to capture Fengding City.

We have been attacking for three consecutive days, and the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted. It is better to wait for two days and wait for the imperial army to attack Fengding City. If the imperial army attacks Fengding City, the King of Chu will definitely be extremely anxious and send troops to Fengzhou for support.

If the King of Chu sends troops from Huan and Lingzhou to Fengzhou, will our pressure be reduced a lot? "

The eyes of the senior officials of the Lianzhou Alliance lit up.

That makes sense!

"But, what if the imperial army cannot capture Fengding City?" Zhang Yumei of Bingxue Pavilion said.

"Yes, the general guarding Fengding Town is Lu Bu, a super fierce general who killed five heroes alone. Even the imperial army cannot take him down in a short time." A leader of a small force in the Lianzhou Alliance said softly road.

The people next to him also nodded one after another.

"Everyone, don't be anxious." Wei Wen maintained a calm smile and said, "Even if the imperial army cannot capture Fengding City, we can attack at the same time as the imperial army. Fengding City and Huanqing City were violently attacked at the same time. Chu No matter how strong the king is, there will always be one city that we can conquer. As long as we have one way to conquer, it will be much easier to conquer another city."

Makes sense!

Wei Wen's words made everyone quiet down, even the Fengxue Building Master fell silent.

"Leader of the Northern Ming Alliance, fellow power leaders, what do you think?" King Yu asked.

Beiming Cangtuo looked at each other with Master Yungu and Master Fengxue, and finally nodded and said:

"Okay, then let's wait and see how the battle is going in Fengzhou."

After hearing the Lianzhou Alliance's agreement, King Yu and Wei Wen looked at each other with a smile in their eyes.

King Yu casually glanced at Song Jiang and Yang Zhi in the corner, looked at Valley Master Yun, and said:

"Master Yungu, we almost captured Huanqing City in today's battle. The green mist of your Yundu Valley played a huge role!"

Upon hearing King Yu's praise, Master Yungu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showing a proud look: "This is one of my secret skills of Yundu Valley, today is just a try!"

"Oh, let's put it this way, each of your Lianzhou forces has unique skills!"

King Yu looked at Fengxue Louzhu, Wu Yuxue and others with a kind smile.

And Wei Wen also looked at the senior leaders of the Lianzhou Alliance.

As both parties reached an agreement, the heavy atmosphere in the lobby cleared away, and friendly exchanges began. The atmosphere in the lobby became lively, but most of them were still in their own small circles.

In a corner, Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen were talking about which wine was the most fragrant. Zheng Bolun stood up straight and listened seriously to Li Zongyi's conversation with Venerable Luo from Fengxue Tower.

Although Song Jiang was sitting next to Li Zongyi and kept smiling, he always felt that something was wrong. With his very keen eyesight, he suddenly found that the eyes of King Yu, Wei Wen, and Tang Cangtuo had glanced at him today. (End of chapter)