Family practice: all members of the villain

Chapter 230 The only king with a different surname in the Jin Dynasty
The fifth day of the tenth month of the year 1322 of the New Yu Calendar

The west gate of Longguan County was closed tightly, and Xuzhou's army was waiting on the city wall. Although they could see that their faces were still very tired, they still kept their spirits up and stared outside the city all the time, not daring to relax at all.

"The Qingyang Army lost 31021 men, leaving nearly 7 men."

"The Golden Armor Army lost 52910 men, with 14 remaining."

"The Silver Armored Army suffered a loss of 14, and there are still 35 left."

Gu Tianyun looked at the Jin army entrenched outside the city, and the Demon Cult army that had been purged and was coming here, the expression on his face was already gloomy, and when he heard the statistics of battlefield casualties reported by the three people next to him, he looked handsome. His face became a little more gloomy, and his mood suddenly sank to the bottom.

"The 14 casualties of the Silver Armor Army were all caused when they attacked Longguan, mainly the Qingyang Army and the Jinjia Army. When we captured Longguan, our casualties were only [-]. Hedao was ambushed by the Jin, and the casualties were at least [-]. It has doubled in size, reaching [-]!"

"The Jin Dynasty came well prepared. The two armies of wolves and tigers and brave men are no weaker than our elite soldiers and generals of the two armies of Jinjia Qingyang. In addition, there is nothing we can do because of their calculated calculations but not their intentions."

"Fortunately, there are military experts who are fighting tooth and nail to cut off the enemy's rear. Otherwise, it's not certain whether we could successfully withdraw to the city!"

The speakers were Liu Boyuan and Xun Qianjue from White Deer Academy, and Yu Longkai from the Ten Thousand Swords Saint Sect. The person who led the 20 golden armored army to support Guangling this time was Yu Longkai, who was also a Qianyang realm cultivator and had been with Gu Tianyun in his early years. Practicing in Xudu, the two called each other brothers and sisters, and they had a deep relationship.

Gu Tianyun was already in a gloomy mood, but after hearing the words of the three people, his expression suddenly became irritable. His face turned pale and pale, and his breath went up and down for a while. He didn't notice at all that a trace of blood was leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"Brother!"

"Gu Jianshou."

"It doesn't matter. It's not easy for Tuoba Tao and Wanyan Lie to work together to save their lives. It's normal to get hurt a little."

Gu Tianyun closed his eyes and looked inside, and saw that the black yin energy, one green and one purple, was constantly eroding his Dantian. It was not the first time that he had experienced the green wolf poison of Tuoba Tao from Qingyang Marquis. This time it was more troublesome. It is the Ziquan Xuanyin Qi of Ziquan Hou Wanyanlie.

Although his face was gloomy, when he thought back to the near-death battle two days ago, there was still a deep sense of joy in his eyes. As he said, it was extremely important for him to fight against the two great princes of the Jin Dynasty alone and save his life. It’s not easy, and it’s really nothing to get hurt.

"Brother, don't worry too much. After two days of repairs, the soldiers in the city have almost recovered. We still have 56 troops, including 21 elites. After the battle of Longguan, the Demon Sect's Brahma Sect Pure World Army suffered 4 casualties. There are more than 20 soldiers, and there are only 49 troops left at the moment. Even if we add the more than 60 people from the Jin Dynasty, there will only be more than 20 at most, and only more than [-] elites. As long as we defend Longguan, they It’s not that easy to break into the city!”

Yu Longkai leads the 20-strong Golden Armor Army. He is the leader of all the armies this time, so he is familiar with the casualties in the army. Currently, the difference in the number of the defenders in Longguan County and the demon sect army outside the city will not exceed ten. Ten thousand, among which the elites only differ by about [-]. It is indeed not a big problem to defend the demon sect's army.

But he also knew that his words would not have any effect, and his tone was inevitably a bit low. Gu Tianyun and Liu Boyuan had even lower expressions, without any joy at all.

Thinking back to five days ago, the 80-strong army broke through the Dragon Pass and killed the Demon Cult army. It was so majestic. But now, they retreated to the city, passively waiting for the opponent to attack the city. The roles were completely reversed, and their hearts naturally changed. Don't feel bad anymore.

Even if the exchange of offensive and defensive roles is not mentioned, everyone's hearts are still extremely heavy when they think of what Gu Tianyun said when he retreated to the city two days ago.

At present, their large army is trapped in Longguan, and the [-] Disha monk soldiers from Leiyin Temple in Fucheng are also being targeted by Zhang Zhenwei. This means that all the troops in Xuzhou, Guangling Prefecture, are unable to move.

According to Gu Tianyun, Zhan Taiqing did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of 20 soldiers and deliberately lured them to attack Longguan, just to create a situation where their army could not move at this moment, so that the Jin could concentrate on attacking Lingyuan Mansion in the south.

"Although the Jin Dynasty is strong, fighting on three fronts is too exaggerated, right?"

"The Yuliang Emperor led millions of people to attack Lincang Road in Zhongzhou. Although the main force in Hedong is the Demon Cult, there are also four holy places participating after all. The Jin Dynasty will definitely not only send the two marquises, but will continue to send people in the future. This It has already taken up a lot of manpower and material resources in Dajin.

The Moyan Holy Sect in the south and the Blood Spirit Holy Sect in the west may resolve the Holy Son Rebellion at any time. These two families will definitely take action when they see the two-front war between Dajin and Zhengdao. Emperor Fenling and Emperor Youye, They must keep an eye on it personally. Under such circumstances, it is indeed a bit incredible that the Jin Dynasty dared to send people to attack Lingyuan Mansion to open up a third line of battlefield! "

Liu Boyuan and Xun Qianjue expressed their concerns one after another. Although they had realized that there was something wrong with the battle at Long Pass, they still couldn't believe Gu Tianyun's guess.

On the front line of Zhongzhou, facing the common master of the world, the Holy Dynasty of Dayu, formerly known as the Divine Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty sent Emperor Yuliang. It is actually not an exaggeration. After all, the variables are too great. If you don't try your best, you are likely to suffer a backlash;

As for their Hedong front line, they are still in the early stages of the war. Even if the Demon Sect serves as the main force, they are facing the Ten Thousand Swords Saint Sect and the White Deer Academy, plus Leiyin Temple, a quasi-holy place. If the three schools join forces, even if the Jin Dynasty does not send out The Three Emperors will definitely not send only two princes, so they will definitely send a large army in the future.

Just from these two fronts of war, the pressure faced by the Jin Dynasty was far beyond ordinary people's imagination. They also continued to send people to attack Lingyuan Mansion. Even if they were stronger than the Jin Dynasty, they couldn't be so big, right?

Gu Tianyun took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I hope I guessed wrong, but look at the demonic army outside the city. So far, they are just surrounding the city. If it is not what I guessed, why are they? Not attacking the city directly, but surrounding it and preferring not to attack or let us leave?"

The rest of the people's brows suddenly condensed when they heard this, and their hearts trembled slightly.

Both sides have hundreds of thousands of troops. Once the demon army attacks the city, they must concentrate a little. In this way, they can choose to defend Long Pass or not.

For them, the best choice at the moment is not to defend Longguan County. After the battles in the previous few days, Longguan County was already in dilapidated condition. They simply abandoned Longguan and returned to the undamaged Lingdong County to garrison. It is the best choice to send a part of the army to support the city and, together with the [-] monk soldiers from Leiyin Temple, to attack Zhang Zhenwei's [-] Brahma Sect Pure World Army in front and back.

But now the demonic army is surrounding but not attacking. Their 56-strong army is like a pool of stagnant water, unable to move. This is the most deadly thing.

Abandon Long Pass and force a breakout to the east?
Gu Tianyun turned his head and glanced at the east side of the city. The abundant energy and blood of the Jin Dynasty's Wolf, Slaughter, Tiger, and Ben armies were floating in the sky above the east side. This undoubtedly confirmed his suspicion.

Dajin and the Demon Sect deliberately imprisoned him in Longguan County!

"I have summoned Xu Du to explain the situation here. The current encirclement of Chen Ming's army is all my fault. Our army in Guangling Mansion cannot move, and neither can the army of Jin Dynasty and the Demon Cult. If there really is a large army If we attack Lingyuan Mansion, Xu Capital will definitely respond, we just need to guard Longguan and wait for the situation to change."

"What did Gu Jianshou say? Although we were ambushed by the Jin Dynasty, in the battle of Longguan, we also killed more than [-] demon sect troops. It is an indisputable fact that we recaptured Longguan. Although we are currently besieged in the city, the army cannot Even if they are still here, they can't attack, so what's the crime?"

"Senior brother, how can we be guilty? In order to trap us in Longguan, the demon girl would use the lives of more than 20 soldiers as a bait. No one would have imagined this battle. Besides, the Jin attack on Ling Yuan Mansion is just our guess. , has not come true, the Holy Sect will definitely not blame senior brother."

After hearing the words of his junior brother Yu Longkai and the academy's Liu Boyuan, Gu Tianyun's expression calmed down a little. As the two said, he had fallen into the trap at this moment, but he was not defeated. There were still nearly 90 troops in the 70-strong army. In addition to the two achievements of recapturing Longguan and severely damaging the Demon Cult army, the possibility of Xu Du being blamed is indeed slim.

Even if Ling Yuan Mansion was really attacked, he, as the Xizhao Swordsman in charge of Xingyuan, would indeed bear the blame, but even if the Holy Sect really blamed him, he would be excusable.

So far in this battle, the Demon Sect has dispatched 83 troops, and the Great Jin has dispatched 20 troops, and in his hands, including the 20 Golden Armored Army sent by Xu Du to support, plus the 20 troops from Leiyin Temple and Bailu Academy Reinforcements, a total of only 90 troops.

If the Jin Dynasty really wants to attack Lingyuan Mansion, it will definitely send a large army. As a result, there will be a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. Of course, he also has something to say.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Tianyun felt much more at ease.

"Then next, it depends on whether the Demon Cult and Dajin will attack the city. If they attack the city, it means that they have no intention of attacking Lingyuan Mansion. But if they keep surrounding like this without attacking, then there is a high probability that they will. ..."

When everyone heard his words, they all nodded and looked at the army of the Demon Cult and the Great Jin Wuyangyang outside the city. There was a trace of hope in their hearts, hoping that they could attack the city as soon as possible!

On the first day, there was no movement from the demon army.

The next day, still nothing.

On the third day, still no movement.

On the fourth day, still the same.

On the fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day... After waiting for about half a month, there was no movement from the demon sect and the Jin army. As a result, Gu Tianyun and others who were guarding Longguan City felt in their hearts There are already answers.

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October 1322, 25 in the New Yu Calendar
"General, there are 198 casualties this time."

Outside the city of Guangling Mansion, Hou Yuxiao looked at the Brahma Sect Pure World Army that was attacking the city for the fourth time. They once again retreated from the city gate. When they heard the number of casualties reported to Zhang Zhenwei by a grandmaster-level commander, his expression was as calm as before, but But deep down in my heart, I couldn't help but admire Zhang Zhenwei.

Because he personally participated in the previous three sieges, he was unable to see the overall situation. During this fourth siege, he watched from outside the city, and only then did he realize the power of Zhang Zhenwei's [-] Brahma Sect Pure World Army.

The four sieges were all feints. This [-]-strong army was not only able to move forward and retreat in a well-founded manner, but also carried out the orders of the battlefield commander without any compromise. They rushed when they were given the chance and retreated when they were given the chance. After all, they were the elite of the Holy Land. Not only is his average cultivation level high, but his military quality is far beyond that of ordinary soldiers in Xingnan Prefecture.

The casualties in the first siege were 1209, and the following three were 209, 217, and 198 respectively. From the casualty figures of the four sieges, we can roughly see the quality of this [-]-strong army.

Even if it is a feint attack, you must know that the minimum cultivation level of both sides is the tenth level of Kaishen, and there are many Gangqi realm warriors. Such a large-scale attack can control the casualties to about two hundred. If you think about it carefully, you will know , how difficult this is!

As Zhang Zhenwei is the supreme commander of this army, the quality of the army naturally highlights his ability.

"Four feigned attacks. Even those old bald donkeys from Leiyin Temple, no matter how stupid they are, can still tell that we are pretending to attack the city. Counting the days, it should be almost the same today!"

Hou Yuxiao had already followed Zhang Zhenwei and the others back to the camp. Hearing Zhang Zhenwei say this after sitting at the head of the table, he suddenly showed a hint of doubt. He didn't know what day he said it was almost time.

As if to confirm his words, an orderly soldier outside the door suddenly came in a hurry, bowed his hands and said: "General, there is a young man outside the door who claims to be the deputy envoy of the Wolf Slaughter Guards of the Great Jin Dynasty. He has brought a small group of people, saying that he is People from Longguan County have urgent military information to report."

"Please come in!"

Zhang Zhenwei seemed to have expected it and nodded.

The people around, including Hou Yuxiao, all became energetic, their eyes widened, and they watched a dozen or so people walking slowly outside the door.

When Hou Yuxiao saw the leader, the young man with an arrogant face who was riding a black horse, holding a halberd, wearing a half-moon crown and a flying fish suit, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He is actually an acquaintance. Although I had expected to see him in this Hedong battle, I didn't expect it to be so early.

The leading young man was none other than the man from the Jin Dynasty who left a deep impression on Hou Yuxiao during the Zhaoyang Rebellion at the end of last year.

Seeing Hou Fei's familiar face behind Tuoba Huang, Hou Yuxiao's eyes were filled with joy and he took two steps forward slightly.

"Junior Tuobahuang, please pay your respects to General Zhang!"

"At a young age, he has broken through the Que Shen Cave in the lower hinterland and reached the realm of the Grand Master. He is worthy of being a descendant of the Tuoba clan. Qingyang Marquis once said that this expedition brought a junior member of the clan. Could it be that he is talking about you?"

I don't know whether he was accustomed to it or didn't take it seriously. Facing Zhang Zhenwei's praise, Tuoba Huang's expression remained unchanged. He slightly cupped his hands and said, "General Zhang is ridiculous. This junior is the grandson of Marquis Qingyang!"

Zhang Zhenwei showed a look of surprise at the right time, and said: "So, I have to honorably call him the prince..."

"Senior, there is no need to be polite, just call me by my junior name."

Hou Yuxiao didn't pay attention to the two people's politeness at all. Just when Zhang Zhenwei said that Tuobahuang had broken through the Queshen point in the lower hinterland, he was already slightly absent-minded.

When I met Tuobahuang at the end of last year, he, Sikong Yue and Tian Fazheng had the same cultivation level, and they were both second-level grandmasters. Only a short time ago, he was actually a fourth-level grandmaster...

Hou Yuxiao thought of the peony she saw not long ago, and then looked at Tuobahuang in front of her. She couldn't help but think of Sikong Yue in southern Xinjiang, and an inexplicable sense of frustration suddenly arose in her heart.

Not only did he have the Divine Lotus Swallowing Skill, but he had also experienced so many near-death situations. He originally thought that with the cultivation level of the current Third Realm Grandmaster, not to mention compared to Sikong Yue, at least surpassing people like Tuoba Huang and Tian Fazheng, there would be no problem. big.

Only now did he realize that none of these people were worse than him.

He has been able to kill Ding Buhai, and seems to have the combat power of a heaven-level grandmaster. But the real combat power of people like Tuo Bahuang, Tian Fazheng, and Sikong Yue, will it be simple?

Everyone is making progress!
A surge of motivation emerged from his heart. Hou Yuxiao slightly put away his recently swollen heart and listened intently to the military information that Tuoba Huang brought from Longguan County.

"On October 23rd, I, Prince Wuwei of the Great Jin Dynasty, Hou Jing, personally led 50 Tianwei troops under his command, and had already conquered Fucheng. All seven counties in Lingyuan Mansion had surrendered. King Wuwei sent an order to the Great Jin and Demonic Cult armies in Guangling Mansion. , all continue to maintain the current situation, do not act rashly, and those who disobey military orders will be killed without mercy!"

The generals in command of the Demon Cult in the camp, including Zhang Zhenwei, all had an inexplicable look on their faces when they heard this military order.

Hou Yuxiao, who had already expected the military report, originally had a normal expression on his face, but belatedly noticed the name of King Wuwei, and his expression was slightly startled.

"Hang Jing?"

"The head of the family, among the seven kings of the Jin Dynasty, the only king with a different surname is indeed named Hou Jing. I was a little surprised when I first learned about it."

A voice sounded in his ears, and Hou Yuxiao turned around to find that the voice was coming from Hou Fei, who had already walked to her side.

(End of this chapter)