Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Seeing everyone's silence, Zeng Yang said, "Each brigade will gather its personnel first and set off in an hour."

"Yes." The captains of the major groups present stood up and responded, leaving the meeting hall one after another.

"Friend Zeng, has our army completed the encirclement of Yunxuan City?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Not yet. According to the latest news, the eighth column has just captured Huanxian Pavilion, and the ninth column has captured Yuhua Pavilion. The rebels have greatly reduced their forces and are sticking to the Xuanyun City formation."

"How long will it take for the rebels' follow-up support force to arrive in Yunxuan City?"

"I don't know that either."

"So how many high-level monks did the rebels support in Xuanyun City?"

"Currently we only know that the high-level rebel monks are resisting Xuanyun City through the teleportation array. The specific number is unknown."

"In addition to the rebels staying in Yunxuan City, do they have other camps outside?"

"As far as I know, all the remaining rebels have retreated to the city."

"It will probably take at least dozens of days before most of the column rushes to Xuanyun City. Will the rebel reinforcements have arrived by then?"

"The legion requires the headquarters to abandon all Tier 3 and Tier 4 warships and gather the personnel on the Alliance Fengling Ship, so that they can rush to Xuanyun City within a few days."

"All the personnel are gathered on the Wind Spirit Ship to carry them over. Do you want all these third- and fourth-order warships?"

"At that time, the column will assign a small number of people to stay behind."

"Without the cooperation of Tier 3 and Tier 4 warships, if we fight the enemy, our combat effectiveness may be a bit overwhelming."

"This is not something we have to worry about. The legion will make its own arrangements when the time comes. All we have to do is execute the order."

Everyone in the hall was talking one by one. In less than half an hour, all the ministries had gathered outside the hall. Everyone boarded the wind spirit boat and gathered towards the column meeting hall.

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Nine wind spirit ships guarded the Tianling ship, passing through the clouds and fog, and arrived at Yunxuan City five days later. At that time, the army had already formed a looming encirclement of Yunxuan City.

Giant cannons are displayed on the majestic and majestic Xuanyun City Wall, and teams of armor-piercing monks stand tall. Inside the city wall, a huge light curtain is faintly visible.

Hundreds of people were gathered on the Fengling ship of the second regiment, and all the monks in the regiment were here.

In the cabin, the wing stewards and the captains of each brigade gathered together. The stone door was pushed open with a creak, and Zeng Yang, Ling Wan, and Jiang Yu filed in.

"I have just received the order from the column. The headquarters will join forces with the second column to attack the west side of the rebel city. Since the headquarters is eager to rush for reinforcements, the third- and fourth-order warships are staying in Wuyueting City. The army decided to transfer half of the battleships from the second column. Give the ship to the headquarters, and the warship will arrive later." Zeng Yang sat down at the main seat and said, turning out a topographic atlas in his hand and unfolding it on the stone wall.

"This is the internal defense map of Yunxuan City drawn by the legion. The west side of the city outline is five hundred miles long from north to south. There are two Tiangan cannons, twenty Kunyuan cannons, and one hundred magnetic cannons deployed. The specific distribution The location is shown in the picture. In addition, there are also many Ksitigarbha bombs placed inside the city wall, the specific number is unknown. "

"This is the outer wall defense of the rebels. There are large formations arranged by the rebels inside the wall."

"Our mission is to capture the outer defenses of the rebel city first. As you can see, although the number of rebels is small, their defense force is still relatively strong."

"Let's talk about the mission of the headquarters unit. The headquarters is arranged here, one hundred to one hundred and fifty miles away from the end of the city wall. This position is more than a hundred miles away from the enemy's nearest Tiangan cannon."

"There are two Kun Yuan cannons and ten magnetic Yuan cannons. From now on, our headquarters will launch an attack to break through the city's defenses."

"Our left side is the first wing of the column, and our right side is the third wing."

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When everyone was discussing the battle plan, a ray of light came from the Leizi ship of the legion headquarters, and Xu Wenruo's figure appeared. There was already a person waiting on him. Seeing him falling from the ray of light, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Fellow Daoist Xu" , please come with me.”

The two entered the cabin and came to a stone room. There was a middle-aged man sitting inside. He had slightly white temples, a thin figure and clear eyes. He was Ran Yan, the deputy captain of the legion.

Xu Wenruo stepped forward and saluted: "I have met Senior Ran."

"You're here, sit down!" Ran Yan nodded: "Do you know why you are invited here?"

"Junior doesn't know."

Ran Yan smiled slightly: "When we captured Jining Island, you were only a golden elixir cultivator, and you performed a miraculous feat for our headquarters. Now that you have successfully broken through to become a god, your abilities are much higher than before. Facing a small building Yunxuan City should not be able to trouble you!"

"The capture of Jining Island relied on the lives of all the monks in the army. The coalition forces were commanded and dispatched properly. The juniors just followed the instructions. How dare you take credit?"

"I summoned you alone just because I don't want to stir up trouble. Your ability is very rare, and it is also one of the strongest weapons in this department. It will definitely come in handy again in the future, so I don't want too many people to know about this."

"Junior understands, I wonder what senior needs junior to do?"

Ran Yan said: "I'll tell you the truth! According to our information, there are dozens of Void Refining Fusion monks in Xuanyun City reinforced by the teleportation array. Don't look at the fact that Xuanyun City is completely surrounded by our headquarters. In fact, in the city The rebels have no fewer monks at the Void Refining and Fusion level than the coalition forces, and their combat effectiveness is naturally no weaker than that of the coalition forces. "

"Coupled with the huge cannons, Jizo missiles and many other sharp weapons outside the city walls, even though the headquarters army has a large number of people, its combat effectiveness may not be as good as the rebels in the city, let alone the fact that they rely on the formation to defend themselves. To break the formation, they must divide their troops, but in the city The rebels are no weaker than us, and once they are divided, they will be defeated one by one. "

"Now that the enemy and we are equal in strength, if we want to capture this city, we can only outsmart it. If we force the attack, the rebels will find an opportunity to defeat it."

"Since our headquarters attacked Xuanyun City, we have been advancing smoothly all the way. The rebels are not very willing to fight. They basically defended and then retreated symbolically. Originally, we thought we could easily capture Xuanyun City. "

"I didn't expect that at the last moment, the rebels went out of their way and wanted to fight us in Xuanyun City, the last fortress. This was really unexpected. I didn't expect that they would increase their troops in Xuanyun City."

"We speculate that the rebels did not intend to stick to Xuanyun City at the beginning, but something happened that caused them to make the decision to stick to Xuanyun City at the last moment, and quickly mobilized the high-ranking rebels around Yunxuan City. The monks arrived at Xuanyun City."

"No matter what, since things have happened, we have to face it and find a way to break the situation. Before sending troops, our army swore to the higher ups that they would win Xuanyun City."

"If we fail to capture Xuanyun City and instead lose troops and generals, the entire army will lose face."

"The rebels have gathered the entire high-level monks stationed in Yuanxian County in Yunxuan City. As long as we capture Yunxuan City and subsequently recover Yuanxian County, it will be much easier. Therefore, this battle is very important."

Xu Wenruo nodded and said: "Senior, do you want to repeat the same old tricks used to capture Jining Island?"

"Yes, only by relying on your ability to destroy the formation from within can we have a chance of winning."

"When they attacked Jining Island, the entire Qingzhou coalition participated, and some of them are now senior rebels. The younger generation is worried that they will know about this plan and will take precautions."

"Yes." Ran Yan nodded and said, "I have thought about this carefully. When we attacked Jining Island, many people did know that our headquarters broke through the Mubei Demon's defense from within, but not many people knew the details."

"At that time, our organization was in an independent state. Although we had contacts with the senior officials of the Qingzhou Alliance Army, the relationship was not as close as it is now. In addition, our headquarters did not publicize this matter everywhere. They should not be aware of your ability. ”

"Of course we can't rule out that there are people secretly inquiring into the whole situation, but these people may not be rebels from Xuanyun City, and as of now, we have no better way."

Xu Wenruo pondered: "I dare to ask Senior Ran, how many people in our army know your plan?"

"I haven't told anyone yet. As I said just now, your ability is very special and may come in handy in the future. Naturally, you should keep it as secret as possible."

"In this case, things can be done. Senior, I hope you can keep this matter a secret for me, so that even if you face inquiries from the higher-ups of the legion and the coalition forces in the future, you can find a reason to shirk it."

"Are you worried that there will be rebel spies within the legion?"

"Not only because of this, privately speaking, if the junior's ability is exposed, it is inevitable that he will not be targeted by others, and the rebels may even send people to assassinate him. Publicly speaking, things are unpredictable, just like when the Qingzhou coalition attacked Jining Island. Who would have thought that the allies who fought together back then would turn against each other and become the Qingzhou rebels today."

"You have thought deeply, so let's make this decision! We are going to break through Xuanyun City's defense from the inside, and you are a crucial link. Now I have to obey your orders."

"How dare I, junior? If senior needs me to do anything, just tell me."

"You're welcome. These are extraordinary times. When it comes to extraordinary things, only you know your magical powers best. Tell us what you think! We will try our best to cooperate with you."

Xu Wenruo muttered: "There are many masters in Xuanyun City, and among them there are inevitably monks who have practiced strange arts or possess rare treasures who can see through the tricks of the younger generation. The younger generation is not completely sure that they can hide it from their eyes. If you want to start from To break the formation internally, someone controlled by a junior must enter the core area of ​​the formation, and it is best to capture the monks who control the formation alive."

Ran Yan said: "The rebel formation is thousands of miles away from the outside of the city. When we attack the city, we can catch a few alive, but the key person who controls the formation will definitely not go out easily. It is impossible to capture him alive." ”

Xu Wenruo said: "If you can't capture the key people who control the formation alive and only capture a few minions, it won't help. If the junior's unique skills are to be effective, they need to be carefully arranged and formulated before they can be used. Back then, When attacking Jining Island, the headquarters also started collecting intelligence several years in advance and formulated a detailed and thorough plan, so it was able to succeed."

"Junior often tells people that the battle on Jining Island was all due to the command and control of the superiors of the headquarters. This is not a polite statement, but the truth. What the junior could do back then was only a small part of the plan."