Chapter 1168 A helpless choice
Qin Tian had been away from Heiyang City for more than three months, but he was still far from Canghai City, not even halfway there.
After all, he was not traveling alone, but with an army of 10,000. The marching speed was very fast, but it was only 500 miles a day.
That night, a few stars twinkled in the sky.
The army was stationed by a small river.
In the simple marching tent, Qin Tian was roasting a fire and reading a book.
After a while.
A secret guard arrived and handed him the information from Heiyang City.
It had been some time since Long Tiejiang led his army to defeat the coalition of 19 cities.
After the Heiyang Army showed its super strength.
Many city lords within a radius of 100,000 miles chose to give up.
There were spies of secret guards in these cities.
Therefore, as soon as those city lords disappeared, the news would spread to Heiyang City, and then Xu Huanzhi would send people to surrender.
The city lord ran away, and the civil and military officials of those cities were somewhat panicked and confused. After learning about the conditions offered by Black Sun City and the military power displayed by Black Sun City, 21 cities successively surrendered to Black Sun City.
The city lords of the remaining 63 cities did not give up, and they formed alliances in private, as if they were discussing some conspiracy.
However, their plan was still discovered by the secret guards, and then An Yi sent the news to Qin Tian via telegram.
"Ambush me?"
Qin Tian smiled, with a bit of disdain on his lips.
Although he only brought 10,000 people, these 10,000 people were armed to the teeth.
Moreover, although the guards around him did not show their skills at ordinary times, they were all carefully trained by him, and each of them had reached the level of nine-star warriors.
Therefore, whether they were intercepted openly or assassinated, he was confident enough to make them come and go.
A few days later.
The 10,000 troops came to a canyon.
Qin Tian suddenly ordered the team to stop moving forward.
Because there were ambushes on both sides of the canyon, this situation had long been discovered by the secret guards.
"Set up the cannons!"
Qin Tian ordered calmly.
Then, a group of soldiers quickly moved, dismantling the sealed large wooden boxes, taking out the parts inside to form a ferocious cannon.
Soon, two hundred cannons were set up.
And under Qin Tian's guidance, the ambushes on both sides of the canyon were locked.
"Fire!"
Qin Tian slowly raised his right hand, pausing in the air for about two seconds before falling heavily.
Suddenly, two hundred cannons fired at the same time.
High-speed flying shells fell into the ambushes on both sides of the canyon.
There were more than 20,000 ambushes here, and 30,000 ambushed at the other end of the canyon.
As for the rear, there were also 30,000 people.
As long as he led his troops into the canyon, a burst of falling rocks and fire would be enough to wipe out most of his troops, and then 60,000 troops would be surrounded from front and back.
The strategy was perfect.
Unfortunately, their plan had already been in Qin Tian's sight from the beginning. He had been prepared for them, so how could they fall into the trap easily?
After a round of artillery bombardment, the ambushes on both sides of the canyon were seriously damaged.
Qin Tian did not let them go.
He ordered to continue firing.
Now, the 60,000 troops in front and behind the canyon were a little bit in a dilemma, not knowing whether to rush out.
However, they had not made a decision yet, and Qin Tian had already made a choice for them.
After two rounds of artillery bombardment, Qin Tian immediately ordered people to turn the muzzle and lock the 30,000 troops behind them.
Soon, two hundred cannons fired at the same time.
Directly blew the 30,000 troops into pieces and defeated them.
"Rush out, kill the Black Sun Army, and capture Qin Tian alive!"
The general leading the army was stunned, but he quickly reacted and gathered the remaining troops to launch a charge.
"Switch to mortars!"
Qin Tian ordered coldly.
As more than 10,000 remaining troops approached, hundreds of mortars opened fire.
In just one round, the courage of the remaining troops to charge was defeated and they fled in all directions.
Qin Tian did not order people to pursue, there was no need for that.
All he did was to show his fangs and make the people behind these troops feel desperate.
An hour later.
The secret guards sent news that the 30,000 ambushes at the other end of the canyon had voluntarily withdrawn. Obviously, they had realized that their plan had failed, and even if they stayed, they would only die in vain.
"Continue marching!"
Qin Tian waved his hand, and the army was reorganized and entered the canyon in a mighty manner.
Half a day later.
In a certain city, sixty-three city lords gathered together, but the expressions on their faces were not very good.
Because they had all received news that the attempt to kill Qin Tian had failed and suffered heavy losses.
"Everyone, do you want to continue?"
A city lord spoke with an indifferent expression on his face. Obviously, he had completely lost confidence.
"We can't just give up like this. Since ambush by the army won't work, we can send someone to assassinate that guy!"
Another city lord said very unwillingly.
"I'm afraid this way won't work!"
Another city lord said: "The guards around Qin Tian are all nine-star warriors. Unless we take action ourselves, but the rules of the game don't allow us to play in person, otherwise, the people we send will just die!"
"How can Qin Tian train so many masters!"
A city lord asked.
"I can answer this question for you. As far as I know, the annual income of Heiyang City can reach tens of millions of taels of silver. How many cultivation resources can be purchased with this silver? It is not easy for him to train a group of masters with the purchased cultivation resources!"
"That's right!"
Someone nodded: "Are we going to give up?"
"We can't fight head-on, and assassination doesn't work. What else can we do? It's better to admit defeat!"
"Ah!"
Many people sighed lightly. It was indeed the case.
"Forget it, I'll go first!"
As soon as the voice fell, a city lord wiped his neck and turned into a stream of light and left this world.
Afterwards, city lords wiped their necks and left one after another.
To be honest, even without Qin Tian, they didn't think they could advance. After all, there were only 200,000 places for promotion in the end.
And there were more than two million participants.
In terms of cultivation, no one present would admit defeat, but this game was about ruling ability and command ability, which they were not familiar with at all.
Soon, sixty-three city lords left this world one after another and returned to the Taixu Realm.
Not long after, Qin Tian learned the news.
Then he sent a message to Xu Huanzhi, asking him to send people to surrender.
More than 100 cities within a radius of 100,000 miles also officially fell into Qin Tian's hands.
As long as these cities are absorbed and digested, the population of Heiyang City can exceed 10 million.
However, the problem of going out will be faced.
It takes ordinary people several years to walk within a radius of 100,000 miles, so the road problem and means of transportation must be solved.
When he returns from Canghai City this time, he can consider building railways and making trains.
Time flies, and it's gone in a blink of an eye.
After more than five months of rushing, the army led by Qin Tian is finally only a thousand miles away from Canghai City.
There are still two days to reach Canghai City.
Two days later.
It was already evening when the army arrived at Canghai City. Gu Jie, the city lord, personally led the civil and military ministers to greet them.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Gu Jie greeted them with a beautiful smile on her face.
"You're welcome!" Qin Tian responded with a smile.
"Let's go, I've prepared a banquet for you!"
So the two of them entered Canghai City together with the crowd. (To be continued)
