Chapter 461 Winning over the Haotian Sect (3)

Ning Rongrong smiled slightly and said, "Even though we are friends, your helping us again and again is a great kindness to Xiao Yuan and I."

"For such a great kindness, just toasting you two with a glass is not enough to thank you both." She said, "When this war is over, I will definitely repay you with a big gift."

Yu Youxi and Yu Ruoxi were both a little flustered, not knowing how to evade Ning Rongrong's repayment.

"Young and weak, I can't repay your life-saving grace this time, so I can only give you some mundane things in return afterwards." Lu Yuan also said with a smile.

But his eyes were indeed full of seriousness, and he really wanted to give some material rewards to his two friends, Yu Youxi and Yu Ruoxi.

"But...hey, the current situation is still not very optimistic for us..." Marquis Senluo said sadly.

After hearing this, Yu Ruoxi said worriedly, "Speaking of which, if the Star Luo Empire is attacking this time, doesn't our Tiandou Empire have no support?"

Lu Yuan shook his head, "You may not know, weakling, that our Tiandou City was attacked by a beast wave not long ago, and it took nearly three hundred thousand elite troops' lives to defend Tiandou City."

"In addition, the remaining army has just experienced a war and is exhausted. Therefore, the empire now needs to recruit armies from major provinces, kingdoms, and principalities, so that it can have the strength to compete with the Star Luo Empire."

"Is it a beast tide attack?" Yu Youxi thought thoughtfully, "Is it the sudden uprising of soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest two months ago?"

"It seems that Soto City was also attacked by a wave of soul beasts from the nearby Star Dou Forest." Lu Yuan said.

"Well, that's right. At that time, there was an inexplicable soul beast riot in the Star Dou Forest. All the soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest seemed to have united and attacked the humans who were close to the Star Dou Forest without distinction." Yu Ruoxi said.

"Later, those spirit beasts even took the initiative to rush out of the Star Dou Forest and attack the humans outside Soto City." Yu Youxi said, "We organized monks from the sect at that time to help the people on the outskirts of the city evacuate to Soto City, and also I have fought against those crazy soul beasts."

"So it was a tide of beasts?"

"Well, at that time, the 100,000-year-old soul beast supreme in the Star Dou Forest ordered all the soul beasts to launch a beast wave, and the main army was directed at Tiandou City." Lu Yuan said, "So the empire's main army was indeed damaged. It’s serious, we must buy time for the empire to recruit enough troops, and then fight to the death with the Star Luo Empire.”

"How long will it take?" Yu Youxi took a deep breath and asked.

"Two months." Lu Yuan said, "But Zhennanguan only needs to be defended for one month. As long as we hold it for one month, we will evacuate the Principality of Hel and Zhennanguan, clear the wild and strong walls, and the opponent will occupy Zhennanguan and the Principality of Hel." Finally, we must extend the front and pull the supply line over at the same time.”

"All of this will take time. In the following period, the four kingdoms will also retreat to Jialing Pass, exchanging space for time. In addition, I will lead troops around to cut off the opponent's lengthy supply line. In this way, the Star Luo Empire will definitely lose! "

Lu Yuan's eyes were full of confidence. This was his plan and it was very bold.

Because his plan was to give up the territory of the subordinate kingdoms and principalities of the Tiandou Empire in exchange for a chance of survival.

If this strategy fails, the kingdoms and principalities of the Tiandou Empire will be occupied by the Star Luo Empire.

But there is no other way. The Tiandou Empire really has no other way. If it does not gather its army like this, but is directly driven in by the Star Luo Empire and defeats the major kingdoms and principalities one by one, the direct areas of the Tiandou Empire will not be able to hold.

This is equivalent to the five fingers of the Tiandou Empire facing the fists thrown by the Star Luo Empire one by one in order. The fingers will definitely not be able to punch the fists, and will only be broken one by one.

Lu Yuan's plan was to retract his fingers and give up what they were holding on to form a fist, and head-to-head with the fist swung by the Star Luo Empire.

"One month?" Yu Youxi's eyes flashed with determination.

No matter what, she will help Lu Yuan hold on for this month.

"It's not a big problem. It's already been the twenty-fifth day of defense. There are still five days to evacuate the remaining people of the Principality of Hel into the Kingdom of Barak. We can withdraw from Zhennan Pass." Lu Yuan took a deep breath and said.

But in the next five days, it will not be that simple to defend the Star Luo Empire's attack with the remaining tens of thousands of troops.

"Everyone should eat first. We are like iron rice and steel. No matter what, can we still stop eating?" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"That's right!" Senluo Hou laughed and said, "Then you two ladies should eat first, I won't be polite."

Yu Youxi and Yu Ruoxi nodded and said with a smile, "Then we're welcome."

Suddenly, the five people present began to feast.

Not only them, but in Zhennan Pass, countless soldiers who escaped death and monks from the Shenlong Sect who came for reinforcements feasted on the feast in front of them.

After all, if you drink today and get drunk the next day, you still don’t know whether you will be able to see the sun tomorrow.

After a night of silence, the soldiers at Zhennanguan rarely had a good rest.

Because the monks from the Shenlong Sect arrived and took their place on duty on the city wall.

They are all soul masters, and their mental state will not be affected by sleep.

Therefore, Yu Youxi and Yu Ruoxi took the initiative to let the monks from the Shenlong Sect take the place of these tired soldiers and go to the city wall to keep vigil.

Lu Yuan specially allowed all the soldiers to go down to the city wall to find a comfortable residence and have a good night's rest.

At night, the soldiers at Zhennanguan, who had been mentally tense these past few days, fell into a wonderful dreamland.

In the dreamland, there are no longer two empires on the Douluo Continent, and there are no longer wars. Everyone lives together peacefully.

…

Star Luo Empire.

"Have the opponent's reinforcements arrived?" Dai Qingxiao said expressionlessly.

By this time, he had begun to doubt whether it was worth wasting so much time and so many troops on attacking Zhennan Pass.

It would be nice if we could capture the next Zhennan Pass, and we could capture Lu Yuan, a future heir of the Qibao Glazed Sect, and a marquis from the Tiandou Empire.

But the key is that we haven't conquered it yet, and so much troops and time have been wasted.

The most important thing is that half a million elite troops have been sacrificed before!

Dai Qingxiao felt distressed just thinking about that 500,000 elite army.

"Yes, the opponent's reinforcements should have arrived now, that is..." Wang Qianyan, as the siege commander, felt a little heavy at the moment, and said, "This sudden reinforcement of the soul master, according to the news from the frontline soldiers and scouts, is enough There are two thousand of them, but their martial spirits are all different."

"I can't tell which force they come from."

"Two thousand soul masters..." Dai Qingxiao said in a deep voice, "Is it possible that they are from the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect?"

It is impossible for the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect to take action in the war between the two empires. Among the top three sects, only the Qibao Glazed Sect is loyal to the Tiandou Empire and intervenes in the war between the two empires.

And they are the only ones who can send out two thousand soul masters. The most important thing is that as we all know, the Qibao Glazed Sect's main combat power comes from their outer sect, and the martial souls of their outer sect disciples are not unified.

"But... we didn't see a large number of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters on the front line." Wang Qianren frowned and said.

The martial souls of the outer disciples of the Qibao Glazed Sect are basically not unified, but the direct disciples of their inner sect all have the martial spirits of the Qibao Glazed Pagoda.

And it makes no sense for Qibao Glazed Sect disciples to send reinforcements, only outer disciples, not inner disciples.

With the reinforcement of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda soul masters, these two thousand soul masters can exert the combat power of four thousand soul masters or even more.

This is the abnormality of Qibao Glazed Pagoda as the number one auxiliary martial spirit in the mainland.

So it doesn't make sense.

"Damn it..." Dai Qingxiao took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

Queen Zhu Lanxi held his fist and comforted him with her jade hands, "Your Majesty..."

"This small town of Zhennanguan only has less than 300,000 defenders, but it was able to hold off the millions of soldiers of our Star Luo Empire for almost a month!" Dai Qingxiao's face was a little calmer, but still cold. Said coldly.

"Now that the other party's support has arrived, shall we..." Wang Qianren retreated and said hesitantly.

but……

"Their support is only those two thousand soul masters, right?" Dai Qingxiao said coldly.

Wang Qianren was stunned for a moment, "...it seems so, but I can't guarantee that they will follow up..."

"I don't believe they can assemble a large army of reinforcements so quickly!" Dai Qingxiao said angrily, "I don't believe they can stop our millions of soldiers with just these two thousand soul masters!"

"We have paid a lot of money to capture Zhennanguan. If we go back empty-handed..." He gritted his teeth and said in a voice that seemed to be squeezed out from his teeth, "No, I will never agree!"

Dai Qingxiao is now like a stock investor, because he has invested too much principal and he has not gained anything yet, so he is unwilling to give up just like that.

Therefore, he must persevere and at least get back the lost principal.

At least... at least attack Zhennanguan and either capture or kill Lu Yuan, Ning Rongrong and Sen Luohou!

"But your Majesty..." Wang Qianren was about to say something.

The Mad Lion General Renn on the side said in a deep voice, "The empire has already made too many sacrifices at Zhennan Pass. Your Majesty is right, we cannot just return empty-handed!"

Wang Qianren looked at Ren with some disbelief.

However, Ren's gaze remained unwavering.

Suddenly, Wang Qianren understood.

This is Renn's style as the Wild Lion General. He has always been bold and reckless. When risks and rewards coexist, he always chooses to turn a blind eye to the risks.

Yet over the course of his sixty-year military career, he was lucky enough not to fail once.

Once he misses, Renn will not be standing here with the title of General Mad Lion.

At this time, Wang Qianren suddenly missed Gao Zhong. If Gao Zhong were here, with his steady character, he would still persuade His Majesty.

And with Gao Zhong gone, he couldn't resist Ren and His Majesty's radical ideas.

"Your Majesty, our morale is not good right now. After all, five consecutive days of siege has taken a huge toll on our army." Wang Qianren took a deep breath and finally said, "The equipment is almost exhausted. I hope your Majesty Even if you want to continue attacking Zhennanguan, it is best to let the army and soldiers rest for some time..."

"In that case..." Dai Qingxiao waved his hand, "The army will rest for three days, and the baggage and equipment troops will rest for one day. On the second day, we will seize the time to make siege equipment! Two hundred thousand arrows and three hundred siege engines. The chariots and a thousand siege vehicles must be ready within two days! There must be no mistakes! Anyone who neglects military aircraft will be executed immediately!"

"I will obey His Majesty's will!"

…

There was no words for the whole night, and early the next morning, Xue Beng was escorted out of the room by the Soul Emperor.

And soon, they were taken to have breakfast.

Then Tang Long took them straight to the front yard of Haotian Sect.

The front yard of Haotian Sect.

It was completely different from the tranquility when the avalanche came yesterday. At this time, at least 150 people gathered in the yard.

Most people were standing around. In the center of the courtyard, the sect leader Tang Xiao and four white-haired old men stood there.

These four old men all looked to be at least eighty years old, but they were all energetic and glowing.

The first old man among them was talking to Tang Xiao with a serious expression.

They were the only four elders of the Haotian Sect. The first elder and the third elder were killed in the battle with Wuhun Palace eighteen years ago. The sixth elder was killed because Tang Hao went to Xiweier City to rescue Tang San. Douluo's bone-formed dragon killed him on the spot.

Tang Long whispered: "Except for those who are purchasing and doing things outside, the direct descendants of the sect are basically here. The four in the center are the four first-generation elders of the sect. Even the sect leader has to give them some points. In terms of seniority, they are all uncles of the sect master."

Xue Beng was a little surprised and glanced at Tang Long.

However, Tang Long nodded to him, obviously he supported Xue Beng.

But what surprised Xue Beng was that Tang Long dared to talk to him so blatantly in front of the four elders.

Accompanied by Tang Long, Xue Beng and the Soul Emperor bodyguards beside him came to the courtyard. As soon as he appeared, he immediately became the center of attention.

At this time, it is the middle of the sun. The top of the mountain is undoubtedly very cold when there is no sunshine, but it is also closer to the sun. When the sun is full, the temperature is much higher than that on the flat ground.

The harsh sunlight can even cause sunburn on your skin.

The four elders turned their attention to Xue Beng.

At this moment, Xue Beng felt that the gazes of the four Haotian Sect elders were hotter than the poisonous sunlight.

But the next moment, the old man who was talking to Tang Xiao said calmly, "I have met His Highness the Fourth Prince."

"Senior's words are serious. It's time for me, this young man, to meet all the elders and seniors." Xue Beng didn't dare to complain, so he quickly gritted his teeth and bent down to salute.