Chapter 227 Death of White Robe
On a city wall several feet high.

Chen Sanshi did not wait for the enemy to arrive at the city, but suddenly rose into the air with billowing flames. When the enemy, like a black tide, was about 500 steps away from the city wall, he suddenly fell to the ground like a meteorite from outer space.

“Rumble–“

After a series of shaking, a huge meteorite crater was left outside the city gate, with broken soil flying everywhere, sand and gravel filling the sky, and smoke filling the air. A black-armored figure stood in the midst of a coiled fire dragon, with runes on his armor flowing and shining.

“One step forward——”

“die!!!”

The word “death” is like an arrow piercing the heart.

It actually stopped the advance of the 200,000-strong army in its tracks. The heavy equipment such as siege vehicles and ladders came to an abrupt halt as if they had hit a solid wall.

One person, one gun.

Drive away an army of 200,000!
Two hundred thousand soldiers, but no one dared to take another step!
“I have 7,000 defenders in the city, and you only have 200,000 people. Why don’t you surrender?!”

Chen Sanshi spoke again, his voice like thunder:

“We are comrades in arms!
“It is only because the court is incompetent and treacherous officials are in power that we have no choice but to turn our weapons against each other again!
“I have no intention of killing. Why don’t you put down your weapons, turn around, and join my Beiliang cavalry to fight our way out of Chang’an City, and restore order to this world?!”

There was dead silence on the battlefield.

The soldiers from the Central Plains looked at each other, and then began to whisper, but no one knew what they were talking about.

“Don’t listen to the nonsense of this traitor!”

Not until waves of powerful sounds enveloped the battlefield did the army’s morale return to normal.

I saw.

Above the army.

There is a small boat that can actually fly in the air.

King Zhennan Cao Rong, Li He, Daoxuan Sanren and Ling Yun, four people, stood together on the flat boat and quickly rushed to the battlefield ahead.

“A bunch of idiots!”

“There are only about 7,000 people in the city. What are you afraid of?!”

“…”

Hear this.

The soldiers from the Central Plains finally came to their senses.

Yup!

Chen himself said that there were only 7,000 people in the city, while they had 200,000 brothers, so what were they afraid of? !

The other party’s words were a bit too contemptuous of them!

For a while.

They were also a little annoyed.

How can a man from the Central Plains be a coward? !

“Just attack the city!”

“Leave Chen Sanshi to us!”

“The first one to ascend will be granted the title of marquis! The title will be passed down from generation to generation! In addition, the imperial court will continue to provide them with resources until a martial saint appears in the clan!”

Be the first to be awarded the title!

Plus the anger in the face of humiliation.

The soldiers from the Central Plains finally burst out with endless murderous intent.

“kill–“

“Kill the thief——”

“…”

The army advanced again, and the mountain-like equipment began to move again. Everything formed a black tsunami that suddenly erupted and swallowed up the towering city walls.

But in the black tide, there was a particularly dazzling ray of fire, like a stubborn rock in the turbulent flow, which separated the tide and left only a scorched earth wherever it passed.

But after all, there was only one person, and he could not stop the hundreds of thousands of troops from other directions from rushing to the city wall. In the end, a fight was inevitable.

On the flying boat.

Cao Rong, the King of Zhennan, took the lead in launching the attack. He jumped directly from a height of a hundred feet and raised the edgeless broadsword in his hand high. In the process, he practiced the “Dragon Sutra” in reverse. The deformed lower eight scene gods continuously generated evil energy and true power, which were continuously infused into the surface of the broadsword. The evil energy rose steadily until it covered the sky and turned into a dark mountain with no end in sight, and finally smashed down on the black-armored general on the ground.

It was as if the gods in the sky were angry, so they displayed their supreme magical powers, sent down the Nine Yin Black Mountains, and suppressed the troublemakers in the mortal world.

But mortals just won’t yield.

A fire dragon rose into the sky and crashed into the bottom of the Black Mountain. It even seemed as if it was about to break the Tianshan Mountain apart. But at this moment, the other people also attacked at the same time.

Wu Xiu’s Lingyun long sword came out from his sleeve. You couldn’t see the sharpness of it, only the water of the Taotao River was seen pouring down. It was the world in his sleeves. Tianshui has the Ling family and the Tianhe swordsmanship!

“呲呲-“

The water-based true power like a waterfall irrigated the fire dragon, immediately and effectively weakening the power of the fire dragon, so that the black mountain composed of evil spirits would not collapse immediately, but still restricted Chen Sanshi’s movements.

Li He took the opportunity to make hand gestures and chant a spell, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto the sword blade. Suddenly, a red light shone brightly, and his magic power became more vigorous and vast, turning into an illusory edge that was more than ten feet long.

This is the “Blood Curse”, a life-risking method that comes at the cost of destroying one’s foundation.

He was originally an old fellow who had failed in building his foundation, so naturally he had no worries. He only needed to kill this colleague at all costs, which would in turn gain a large amount of cultivation resources for future generations.

The bloody sword fell.

With the combined efforts of the three, they were finally able to extinguish the flames on the spear.

Under the impact of the twisted void, Chen Sanshi’s legs were embedded in the ground and did not move, but his body slid backwards a hundred steps, leaving two shocking grooves on the ground.

Until then.

Daoxuan Sanren, who had been waiting for the opportunity, finally made his move. He stood in the air and threw out a formation plate, which shone brightly like a bright moon. Then, with the formation plate as the center, he covered the area within a hundred steps in radius with the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. He shouted “Kun” softly, and steep rocks suddenly rose from all directions on the flat ground, trapping Chen Sanshi in it like the bloody mouth of a giant beast.

“Kan word!”

He shouted again, and the soil at his feet collapsed. A continuous underground river of water gushed out, containing infinite magical power: “Fellow Daoist Ling, I will lend you a helping hand!”

“Thank you, fellow Taoist!”

The martial artist Ling Yun raised his sword, and all the glacial water and water energy gathered together to wrap him up. In just a few breaths, a huge water tornado was formed. It looked soft, but it actually contained endless murderous intent.

Two nearby siege vehicles were caught in it and were smashed to pieces in the blink of an eye. A soldier had no time to avoid it and was also pulled into the air. The moment he came into contact with the tornado, he turned into a ball of blood mist and completely merged with the water tornado.

Just as Chen Sanshi escaped from the “Kun” earth prison technique.

Ling Yun swung his sword like a long whip, and a water tornado swept away.

The rest of the people followed suit.

Cao Rong’s sword was like the collapse of the pillar of heaven.

The edge of Li He’s sword was shining with blood.

The three of them went all out and didn’t give the other side any chance to breathe!
“Rumble–“

The earth cracked and dust filled the sky.

But when everyone looked again, they saw a talisman that was hit by the bombardment and turned into ashes. The talisman general Tie Kai, wearing a white robe, was no longer there. Instead, he quietly appeared hundreds of steps away and flew to the city of Hongdu Prefecture on a flying magic weapon.

Just when Chen Sanshi was fighting fiercely with everyone.

A brutal siege was also going on.

After all, there were only 7,000 soldiers in Hongdu Prefecture, and even defending the city seemed extremely difficult.

The most important thing is that the other side also has two cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage and a warrior who has reached the perfect Transcendent stage. They quickly climbed onto the city wall and were quite unstoppable.

This time he sneaked into Yinping.

Chen Sanshi only brought Zhao Wuji, the Martial Saint.

Zhao Wuji was originally the commander-in-chief of the Liangzhou Commandery. He had experienced the Battle of Mingzhou with him. After his troops were completely wiped out, he fled back to Liangzhou alone.

This time, shortly after the uprising, he surrendered to the Northern Liang Army.

This person had reached the Great Perfection of Xuan Xiang five years ago. Not long ago, with the help of elixirs, he finally broke through to the realm of Martial Saint, so he was simply brought here to guard Hongdu Prefecture together.

But he couldn’t resist it alone.

Among the enemy troops, there was a warrior who had reached the pinnacle of transcendence. He held a three-pointed, double-edged sword in his hand. With the help of the monks, he quickly found the flaw, knocked the opponent’s weapon away and kicked him, taking advantage of the opponent’s loss of balance to take his life.

At this moment, he felt the temperature on his back getting higher and higher, and before he could even look back, he lost consciousness.

It was a silver bullet that blew his head apart.

“Commander!”

Zao Wou-Ki, who had come back from the dead, burst into tears.

Chen Sanshi ignored him and reached out to catch the three-pointed, double-edged sword and started using it in his hand. With the blessing of layers of fire power, it turned into a flaming three-headed dragon, majestic and breathtaking.

The reason why the Martial Saint is called “Saint” is because he has mastered the “art” to the extreme.

The realm of true power is mainly about tempering the body, and standing meditation is mainly a way of “circulating the body” to refine spiritual power through the meridians. It is no longer limited to a certain weapon.

It can be said.

The difference between a martial saint and one with true power lies only in whether or not one has “true power”. If this point is excluded, if the two simply fight with weapons and moves, they can almost be evenly matched.

Chen Sanshi had practiced with hundreds of weapons a long time ago, so no matter what weapon he held, he could use it immediately.

As he raised his hand, he controlled the three-headed dragon to pierce through the heart of a late-stage cultivator and then pulled the golden bow to its full extent, and another flaming white tiger swooped down from the air and killed another cultivator who took the opportunity to escape.

Kill these people.

Chen Sanshi activated his [Qi-Observation Technique] to its fullest, searching for high-ranking generals from the Central Plains army in the densely packed crowd. He no longer used silver bullets, but switched to streamer arrows, firing four arrows at a time, and his right hand pulling the bow was as fast as an afterimage.

After just a few breaths.

Just kill four Xuanxiang generals and one Martial Saint!
The previous entanglement with Cao Rong and others was just a feint. Killing the opponent’s generals was his real goal today!

As long as most of the Xuan Xiangs are killed, the pressure of defending the city will be reduced many times.

“Treacherous villain!”

Cao Rong and others could naturally see his intention, and finally rushed to the outside of the city wall, and once again fought with Chen Sanshi, who was wearing a mask and black armor and holding a three-headed dragon. But this time, Daoxuan Sanren’s formation could not keep up.

Any formation takes time to set up and remove, so it is impossible to follow people wherever they go.

The four of them could only display their best skills.

Daoxuan Sanren’s magic spells are endless.

Ling Yun used the water element to restrain the fire element and continued to exert pressure.

Cao Rong was responsible for the entanglement.

Li He kept looking for flaws, trying to deliver a fatal blow.

However, without the assistance of the formation, the four of them found that their suppression of Chen Sanshi was getting weaker and weaker, and the opponent seemed to be getting braver and braver. If this continued, he would probably be able to tie with them soon.

“not good!”

Ling Yun was shocked.

He had also heard that this man could kill tens of thousands of people without getting exhausted, and that the stronger the enemy, the braver he became. Now it seemed to be true.

Even in Tianshuizhou, he had never heard of such a terrifying martial arts physique.

That alone.

If this person is willing, the strongest martial arts sect in the world will scramble for it!

“We can’t keep fighting like this. Since there’s no way to end this quickly, let’s just withdraw first!”

Daoxuan Sanren was also terrified.

About fifty rounds of fighting.

The four of them retreated alternately until they returned to the formation. Only then did the man named Chen stop chasing them and they were able to successfully withdraw their troops.

The black armor on Chen Sanshi’s body disappeared, turning into a streak of light and drilling into the storage ring. The flames on the three-pointed, double-edged sword also gradually dissipated. He stood still and quietly watched the “rebel suppression army” retreat all the way until they disappeared from his sight.

The first round of siege today ended so hastily.

On top of the city wall.

a mess.

The battle damage and situation were quickly sorted out and reported.

More than 800 brothers died in the Hongze Camp!

The brothers who had been crossing mountains and rivers together not long ago were reduced to only more than 6,000 people in the blink of an eye.

But then.

There won’t be so many casualties anymore!
The main casualties in the first round came from the enemy’s high-level warriors. Now most of them above Xuanxiang were killed on the spot, and their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened. From the second round of siege, even if Chen Sanshi concentrated on dealing with Cao Rong and others, the soldiers of Hongze Camp could handle it completely on their own.

Recalling the battle.

Cao Rong and his three companions are quite strong, and they haven’t fought to their death yet, so they can be dealt with without any problem. But if these people suddenly fight to the death at the same time, the fighting power that breaks out will be a huge trouble.

Especially the formation master.

If Chen Sanshi was not mistaken.

The great formation today should be the core of the “Eight Gates Golden Locks to Trap Immortals” in the Heavenly Book’s formation. After this formation is completed, it can concentrate the power of the formation to “trap immortals”.

Daoxuan Sanren did not use it, probably because he was not ready yet.

They don’t have the mysterious beads, so if they want to use the heavenly book formation, they will need to consume a large amount of formation flags and spirit stones, and most importantly, time.

But now.

Time is on their side!
As long as we wait until the main force of the Beiliang Army has passed, all problems will be solved.

The other party has a “Immortal Trapping Formation”, and as long as he has soldiers and horses under his command, he can naturally break it!
Talk about it.

If there is a chance, it is very necessary to take back the Heavenly Book Formation from the old emperor’s hands and not spread it around anymore.

“Chirp—”

An eagle’s cry was heard.

Bluebird returns with information.

After a period of practice, the mysterious energy in its body becomes increasingly rich, and it will soon be able to officially advance to become a first-level spiritual beast.

Chen Sanshi tapped its head gently and took out the letter.

It is a battle report from the direction of Yunzhou.

At the same time he was sneaking across Yinping, the war had already begun in Yunzhou. Under Xu Wencai’s command, the country won three battles in a row and the front line had been pushed forward hundreds of miles. So far, everything was going very smoothly.

……

The imperial court troops and the central military tent.

Cao Rong and others strode back to the military camp, looking somewhat angry.

The four of them joined forces!
They were unable to do anything to Chen Sanshi alone, and even lost many generals. It was such a shame and humiliation!
“Report——”

at the same time.

News came back from Yunzhou.

This made Cao Rong even angrier.

“Don’t worry too much about this.”

Daoxuan Sanren said: “The main battle line of Beiliang is too long. It is impossible for them to attack us in a short time. Let’s think about how to take down Hongdu Prefecture.”

“Yes.”

Ling Yun sighed and said, “We don’t have much food and grass left. If we don’t take Hongdu Prefecture as soon as possible, the offensive and defensive situation will change, and our Chunqiu Prefecture will become an isolated city.”

“Daoxuan, fellow Daoist.”

Li He asked, “Do you have any fasting pills?”

“Naturally there is.”

Daoxuan Sanren stroked his beard, spread out his left hand, showed a porcelain bottle, and said, “A full one hundred.”

“I have some here too.”

Ling Yun said as he checked his storage bag: “About ten.”

“enough!”

Li He breathed a sigh of relief: “Twenty Bigu Pills are enough for us to hold on until the end!”

“We have no food, and there isn’t much food in Hongdu Prefecture!”

Cao Rong said: “Pass the order down. After dark, continue the siege day and night. We must capture Hongdu Prefecture within a hundred days at all costs!”

……

On top of the city wall.

Chen Sanshi did not leave.

In just a few hours, the sky had just darkened when the enemy attacked again.

“boom!”

A three-headed flaming dragon appeared in the night.

Another fight.

Cao Rong and his men still used their previous tactics. The four of them joined forces to besiege Chen Sanshi, but they would not fight a protracted war. If they could not hurt Chen Sanshi within twenty rounds, they would immediately call off the attack.

The situation thus fell into a stalemate.

No one can do anything to anyone.

In a blink of an eye, another eighty days have passed!
A full eighty days.

Chen Sanshi was on the city wall day and night, either killing enemies or practicing. Occasionally, when he had some free time, he would refine pills in the tower next to him, without wasting a single moment.

He couldn’t concentrate on studying the new pill formula Bai Linxun gave him, so he just refined the pills he had already mastered, such as the “Qingling Pill” and he also refined some Bigu Pills.

But unfortunately, the fasting pills cannot solve the problem of food shortage in the city.

The materials he had on him could only be used to refine about twenty pills at most.

Moreover, people with Tongmai condition cannot take the “magic pill”.

Even the simplest fasting pill contains poison. Without a certain level of cultivation, the poison cannot be eliminated, and it will only cause huge side effects.

Another morning.

Ting pupils begin to rise.

Chen Sanshi sat cross-legged in the city wall. The spirit pearl in his arms continuously emitted spiritual energy, which was then absorbed and refined by his spiritual roots, and finally transformed into spiritual power and stored in his dantian.

The qualifications of a single middle-grade spiritual root, plus enough medicinal pills.

His Fire Swallowing Technique improved rapidly.

[Kung Fu: Fire Swallowing Technique. Fourth Level of Qi Refining]

【Progress: 827/1200】

The method of cultivating immortality not only does not consume physical strength, but can nourish the spirit through spiritual energy.

This is Chen Sanshi’s “sleep”.

After recovering his strength, he picked up his weapon and practiced the “Dragon Sutra” without stopping for a moment. The medicinal power of the previous “Taiqing Pill” was still continuing to take effect, and a burning sensation began to appear in the upper right side of his abdomen.

A green light grew brighter and brighter until the shrine within it suddenly woke up.

Liver God!

His name is Kaijuntong, his courtesy name is Daoqing, he is six inches tall and wears blue clothes!
[Kung Fu: Dragon Sutra (Early Stage of True Power)] [Progress: 251/500]

Four of the eight sacred caves in the central region are open!
Chen Sanshi felt the true strength in his body increasing again. If those four people came again, he would never let them retreat so easily. He would try to catch them all in one fell swoop.

But as if sensing his gradual improvement, the enemy army has drastically reduced the frequency of its sieges since twenty days ago, and in the past ten days, they have not come at all.

At the same time, the battle line in Liangzhou was still moving forward, and it had won battle after battle without a single defeat. In two months at most, it would reach the east side of Chunqiu Prefecture as originally planned. By then, the Central Plains Army, which had run out of food and grass, would have no way out.

There is still a serious problem at hand.

That means the food supply has run out.

Starting from the 15th day ago, the food supply in Hongdu Prefecture was changed from two meals a day to one meal, and from a solid meal to a half-full meal. Starting from yesterday, each person can only get a bowl of thin porridge every day.

Even if we use this method to delay, it can only be delayed for about 40 days at most.

Next, the battle becomes truly difficult.

Chen Sanshi calculated.

The reason why the enemy has stopped attacking the city recently is most likely because they are facing the same situation.

……

Suppress the rebel army, the central military tent.

“The food supply has run out.”

Cao Rong paced back and forth anxiously.

Daoxuan Sanren said with a worried look on his face: “If this continues, what should we do?”

“Yes.”

Li He put his hands behind his back and said, “We have fasting and won’t starve, but the same cannot be said for these mortals under my command. They can only eat one meal a day recently and have already started to complain.”

“Daoxuan, fellow Daoist.”

Ling Yun asked: “It has been more than four months since we arrived at Chunqiu Mansion. Isn’t your formation ready yet?”

“The formation is ready, but the problem is…”

Daoxuan Sanren said, “The Eight-Gate Golden Lock Immortal Confinement Formation needs to be on the ground with the support of a military formation to exert its true power. Chen Sanshi refuses to leave the city, so I have no other choice. Unless the four of us join forces and attack him, we can see if we can find a way to lure him out.”

“Absolutely not!”

Ling Yun immediately rejected this proposal: “In the past eighty days, our suppression of Chen Sanshi has been reduced by one point each time. Last time we attacked the city, he was almost not at a disadvantage. At this rate of improvement, I am afraid that the four of us are no longer his opponents!

“He didn’t take the initiative to look for us. He must be afraid of the ‘Eight-Gate Golden Lock Immortal Confinement Formation’. If we rashly go there at this time, we might not come back.”

“Humph!”

Li He was extremely angry, and was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down: “In our Tianshui Continent, there is a saying that goes ‘It is better to bully an old man with white beard than to bully a poor young man’. Once you make an enemy with a young man, you must not be lazy just because he is a junior. Especially for young people with good talents, no matter what, you must use your realm to crush them to death before they grow up, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!
“This Chen Sanshi.

“I have suggested to Brother Cao’s father many times to kill him as soon as possible to avoid trouble, but he just wouldn’t listen. Now, unless a foundation-building cultivator comes, no one can do anything to him!”

In Tianshuizhou.

There have been examples of this before.

A young genius with an alien and natural spiritual root, became enemies with the grandson of a sect elder.

This elder, a dignified Jindan cultivator, actually traveled a hundred thousand miles to personally kill a young man who was only at the second level of Qi Refining, and then crushed his bones to ashes, not even sparing his soul.

Many people ridiculed the elder for bullying the younger generation.

But the elder just laughed and said calmly: “I saved the sect from eternal damnation!”

Many people at the time did not take it seriously, but they did not expect that a similar thing would happen to another sect in less than two hundred years.

It was also a feud between the younger generations. The elders of the previous sect did not get involved and accidentally let the young man escape. As a result, the young man cultivated to become a Nascent Soul in just two hundred years and came back directly to destroy the once prosperous Luoxue Sect.

therefore.

In Li He’s opinion, the Jindan elder’s approach was correct.

If he had been allowed to kill the white robes, why would he be in such a predicament today? !

“…”

Cao Rong closed his eyes.

Only he knew that things were not that simple.

The white robe is hidden too well.

At that time, my father also needed him to take over the ancestral vein of Mangshan.

And if we have to talk about hatred, he is the one who hates this colleague the most.

Several people discussed countermeasures.

Daoxuan Sanren took out a Bigu Pill and put it into his mouth. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind: “I have a plan. Maybe I can cause civil unrest in Hongdu Prefecture and force Chen Sanshi to flee!”

……

Hongdu Prefecture.

“Where does the food come from?”

Chen Sanshi asked quietly and calmly.

“Commander…”

Zhao Wuji had lost a lot of weight and was wolfing down a large pancake on the ground. He almost choked to death when he heard the sound. He quickly swallowed the pancake and said, “Marshal, I bought it!

“I, I really bought it!”

He pointed to the city and explained in a panic, “There was absolutely no robbery or forced sale. Just this piece of cake cost me ten taels of silver. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask that family. They will definitely not say a bad word about me!”

Ten taels of silver for a cake.

This price is not exaggerated.

because……

There was already a famine in Hongdu Prefecture.

Even if ordinary people had food at home, it was only enough to keep themselves from starving to death.

In this situation, food is more precious than gold.

“Don’t buy it again.”

Chen Sanshi sent Wang Li to find out whether it was true and gave a reminder at the same time.

Subjectively, perhaps Zao Wou-Ki did not force others.

Objectively, not necessarily.

Just imagine.

There is a war outside and you are hiding at home day and night. Suddenly, a martial saint covered in blood and holding a knife comes to your door, puts ten taels of silver in your hand, and says, “Countryman, can you sell me a pancake?”

In this case, I’m afraid I wouldn’t dare not sell it.

Nowadays, every household in the city has their doors and windows closed and dares not show their heads. Isn’t it because they are afraid that the hungry Beiliang Army will steal their food?

People are completely two different species when they are full and when they are hungry.

But the Northern Liang Army is not allowed to take even a penny from the people. This has always been an iron rule.

Even if I starve to death!
Nor can we take away even a grain of food from the people.

“Commander.”

Zhao Wuji said cautiously, “I have only eaten this one pancake in the past three days. I am really starving. Marshal, don’t you have a fasting pill? Can you give me one so that I can have the strength to continue killing the enemy?”

“I have the Bigu Pill, but I can’t give it to you.”

Chen Sanshi refused.

The six thousand brothers in the city were starving. Most of them were soldiers of low realm. They could not eat the fasting pills. Only Feng Yong and others who had recently broken through to the Xuanxiang level could bear it alone.

But there should be absolutely no discrimination.

Not only did he not give any to his generals, he didn’t even eat a single one himself.

As a commander, if you can’t even do the most basic thing of sharing weal and woe, how can you expect your brothers to work hard with you? !

“Brothers of the Beiliang Army in the city, listen up!”

at this time.

Suddenly there was a sound outside the city.

The deputy general of the rebel army rode a skinny warhorse to the city gate and shouted, “I know you have run out of food and grass!

“Since defeat is inevitable!

“What are you still insisting on? Chen Sanshi will not die with you!

“He is also practicing immortal arts, he must have a ‘Bigu Pill’ in his hand. If you eat one pill, you won’t feel hungry for half a month!

“His Highness the Ninth Prince said so!

“As long as you open the city and surrender, not only will you be forgiven for what happened, but you will also be given food!
“But if you persist in being stubborn, even if we stop attacking the city, it won’t be long before you all starve to death in the city!
“After you die and Chen walks away, who will remember you?”

All these remarks are nothing but an attempt to sow discord.

“You’re right!”

Chen Sanshi did not avoid it, but climbed to the highest point of the entire Hongdu Mansion. He took out all the Bigu Pills and showed them to the brothers in Hongze Camp: “I do have Bigu Pills, and there are a full twenty of them, enough for me to not eat or drink for a year and not feel hungry!”

“boom–“

Before he finished speaking, flames suddenly rose from his palms, and in full view of everyone, all the fasting pills were burned to ashes!
“but!
“I won’t eat any!

“If my brothers die of starvation, then I will starve to death with them!”

Chen Sanshi looked at the soldiers of Hongze Camp and promised: “From now on, I will not leave the city wall and will ensure that I am in everyone’s sight at all times. If anyone sees me take half a pill, just open the door and surrender!”

“Commander!”

Feng Yong rushed over in a hurry and started searching among the ashes on the ground.

The deputy general of the rebellion suppression army never expected the white robe to do such a thing. He was speechless at first, but after seeing this scene, he quickly said: “Great! Great! Did you all see it! Chen would rather burn the fasting pills and put on a show than save two more men! Why are you still following such a person?!”

however.

Before he finished speaking, he realized that the situation seemed not to be what he had imagined.

The lieutenant general was not distressed about the burning of the fasting pills and that he could not get any of them. Instead, he lay on the ground and loudly advised: “General! You are so stupid! We all depend on you to defend the city. How can you starve with us!”

“Yes, Marshal!”

“Why bother with the nonsense the birdman opposite is saying!”

“If they attack the city again tomorrow, we will do everything we can to help the Marshal get the Bigu Pill!”

“You bunch of bastards, keep attacking the city!”

“We will eat your flesh and sleep on your skin!”

“…”

Among the officers and soldiers of Hongze Camp in the city, not a single one turned against the man in white robe because he had the fasting pills. Instead, they became furious because their commander was hungry and cursed the rebels.

“you?!”

The deputy general could hardly imagine that Baipao’s position in the hearts of the Northern Liang Army was so unshakable.

“Zhongyuan kid!”

Feng Yong propped up his body, which was a little weak due to hunger, and shouted to the Central Plains soldiers, “Our commander burned all the fasting pills, but those people above you probably have a lot of them hidden in your hands, right?”

“They really don’t care whether you live or die!”

“It’s better to surrender early!”

“Follow us to the capital!”

“…”

Almost as soon as the words were spoken, the rebel soldiers, who had been hungry for days, began to riot in the barracks.

“what?!”

Daoxuan Sanren heard that his “brilliant plan” was so easily cracked, and he said with a sigh: “Is he really burned? Is he a fool?”

“Bad idea!”

Li He accused: “Now our people are getting restless!”

“Your Majesty!”

“Oh no!”

A lieutenant general rushed into the tent in a hurry: “Yunzhou!
“Beiliang won a great victory in Yunzhou!

“In sixty days at most, the attack will come!
“My Lord, withdraw your troops!
“The army has no food. If we don’t withdraw, we will be blocked here!”

“…”

“Anyone who talks about retreating again will be killed without mercy!”

Cao Rong, however, had a gloomy expression and said resolutely: “I still say the same thing. We have no food, and neither do they! When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Now is the time to decide the outcome. Maybe tomorrow the people in Hongdu Prefecture will starve to death. How can we retreat?!
“As for Yunzhou, write a letter to the capital!
“Tell them to try every possible means to stop the Beiliang Army!”

……

Beijing.

Zhongjue Hall.

Almost at the same time.

The news from Yunzhou was also passed on to the cabinet.

“Oops!”

Yan Maoxing said anxiously: “Yunzhou has been opened up, and there are only two passes left to block Chunqiu Mansion’s retreat!”

“What happened to Ninth Brother?!”

The King of Qi could not help but rebuke him, “Two hundred thousand men! They have two hundred thousand men! Can’t they take down Hongdu Prefecture, which only has seven thousand men?”

months ago.

They suddenly received news that the man surnamed Chen had actually crossed the mountains and rivers, and went around to the rear like a “divine soldier descending from the sky”, and captured Hongdu Prefecture in one fell swoop.

But the officials at that time were not too panicked, because there were only 7,000 people in Hongdu Prefecture and insufficient food and grass. Who could have thought that it was these 7,000 people who guarded the army of 200,000 for three full months!
Go on like this.

The 200,000-strong army of the Chunqiu Prefecture would be completely wiped out.

The Northern Liang Army will gather together in Hongdu Prefecture, then march south through the pass and head straight for the capital!

“Mr. Mu?”

The King of Qin came to the official in red robes and asked, “Do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?!”

The Zhongjue Hall became quiet.

Everyone turned their eyes to this remnant of the old times.

Minister of War Mu Fengchun, leaning on his cane, suddenly said, “Withdraw the troops.”

“Withdrawal?”

The King of Qi hissed, “Does Elder Mu mean to abandon Chunqiu Mansion and allow the Northern Liang Army to march south to the Central Plains? That’s good, at least it’s better than my ninth brother and his army being wiped out in Chunqiu Mansion.”

“Do not.”

Mu Fengchun shook his head, his old voice a little hoarse: “What I mean is that the South withdraw its troops.”

“south?”

Yin Mingchun, the Minister of Personnel, continued, “Mr. Mu, the 300,000 troops in the south have been dealing with Nanxu. How could they withdraw?”

“No more.”

Mu Fengchun made a startling statement: “Abandon all the prefectures in the east and concentrate all the troops in Yunzhou to resist the Beiliang rebels. Then abandon all the prefectures in the south and concentrate all the troops near the capital as the last barrier, just in case.”

“Mr. Mu?!”

The King of Qi stared in astonishment, and even had a hint of anger in his tone: “Does Mr. Mu know what he is talking about? This is half of my Great Sheng Dynasty. Are we just going to hand it over to the thieves from Dongqing and Nanxu?!”

“Warring on all sides will only lead to collapse on all sides!”

Mu Fengchun said in a firm tone: “Your Highness the Ninth Prince must understand that what we need to do now is to preserve our strength as much as possible while delaying time and waiting for His Majesty to come out of seclusion.

“The threat posed by the Xu and Qing countries is far less than that posed by the Northern Liang Army.

“Therefore, the South and the East can completely shrink their fronts and only need to use a small number of troops to guard important passes, and they can still stop Nanxu and Dongqing for at least two years.

“Then, we can concentrate our superior forces to eliminate the Northern Liang Army first. This matter cannot be delayed any longer.”

Who would have thought.

The Great Sheng Dynasty, which had stood for more than 300 years and was once surrounded by enemies but still surviving, was forced to give up half of its territory by a group of rebels from the north!

“Everyone, I agree with Mr. Mu’s opinion.”

The old and frail cabinet chief, Yan Ge Lao, came to the Zhongjue Hall with the help of two guards: “We are not abandoning our territory, but we have temporarily lost control.

“As long as we wait for His Majesty to come out of seclusion, within three to five years, we will not only be able to recover our territory, but also severely damage the Three Kingdoms. Even unifying the world is not impossible. Therefore, everything should be based on protecting Kunlun Mountain and the capital.

“This is also what your majesty meant.”

Imperial order!

Hear this.

Civil and military officials no longer had any objections.

“This king agrees!”

The King of Qin seemed to have made up his mind, and he slammed the table and stood up, “After giving up the east and south, we can gather a full 1.5 million troops, and there will be 300,000 troops who can rush to Yunzhou alone!
“The sudden appearance of 300,000 troops is enough to catch the Beiliang rebels off guard and trap them!
“As long as we can destroy the more than 100,000 main forces of the Northern Liang Army in Yunzhou, Chen Sanshi’s dream of a great future will be completely ruined!”

“But……”

Yin Mingchun still said worriedly: “The fighting power displayed by the Beiliang rebels when they marched south this time is really amazing. Even if we can trap them, I am afraid it will be difficult to wipe them out in a short period of time.”

“I am well prepared, old man.”

Mu Fengchun coughed twice, raised his hand and said, “Master Wang, please come in.”

Wang Jun of Shengyun Sect walked into the hall, holding a tray in his hand. The surface was covered with a layer of white cloth, so the contents inside could not be seen. One could only see that it was a spherical shape with blood stains.

“Send a message to His Majesty the Ninth Prince.”

Mu Fengchun pointed at the sand table with his cane and said quietly, “Since we can’t take it down, don’t take the risk. From now on, we will adopt the strategy of besieging Hongdu Prefecture without attacking it.

“In addition, we must do everything we can to sever the connection between Hongdu Prefecture and the Yunzhou Beiliang Army.

“As long as we can ensure this, and let Master Wang Jun deliver the things I prepared in advance to the Northern Liang Army, the 150,000-man army will be in danger and will be defeated in no time!”

“Sever contact?”

The King of Qi said thoughtfully: “This is not difficult. If we can trap the Northern Liang army in a city, we can lay a net in the air to ensure that no Saker Falcon can get close.

“But Mr. Mu, what have you prepared?
“Can you open it and show it to us first?”

After getting the default.

The King of Qi gently lifted the white cloth and was so frightened that he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

I saw.

On the tray.

There was a bloody human head lying there.

Chen Sanshi’s head!

(End of this chapter)