Chapter 470 Farewell to Zhennan temporarily

"We have spent a full month at Zhennan Pass!" Dai Qingxiao said in a low voice.

Below him, all the generals of the Star Luo Empire, led by two of the three most famous generals of the Star Luo Empire, including the Death Blade General Wang Qianren and the Crazy Lion General Renn, were all kneeling on the ground with their heads lowered and did not dare to do so. asthma.

Anyone can detect the anger in Dai Qingxiao's words, but...

"This time we mobilized millions of elites, the Tiger Roaring Army, the Raven Army, the Death Blade Army and even my royal Royal Knights!" Dai Qingxiao's words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. .

"Later, half a million civilians were recruited to the front line to attack the city, and civilians from major border towns were also mobilized as supplementary lines!"

The more he spoke, the more anger he couldn't hide in his voice, "The most important thing is that this time it's me, your Majesty the Emperor, who will lead the expedition in person! But even in this way, we can't take this little Zhennan Pass!"

"The opponent only has an army of 300,000 people! Among them, 200,000 soldiers are ordinary border guards! They are far behind the elites of the empire like you!"

"But you still can't attack it!"

"This makes other people on the mainland think of me and the Star Luo Empire!" Dai Qingxiao said bitterly, "They will think that I am an incompetent emperor, and that the millions of elites of the Star Luo Empire are nothing more than that!"

"You! Incompetent people one after another are sitting in high positions but are extremely incompetent, causing our Xingluo Empire to lose its dignity and dignity!" His emotions reached the extreme, he raised his tiger palm in front of everyone, and put the long case in front of him It was smashed to pieces!

Dai Qingxiao was not like Emperor Xue Ye. He was in his prime and had Contra-level cultivation. He had no problem smashing a long wooden case into pieces.

But it was precisely because he smashed the table that the thunderous fury from the king in his prime was frightening to the extreme!

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Suddenly, all the generals of the Star Luo Empire who were kneeling in front of Dai Qingxiao shouted in unison in fear.

Even the generals, except Wang Qianyan and Renn, knelt on their knees, kowtowed and shouted in fear.

Queen Zhu Lanxi, who was sitting behind Dai Qingxiao, sighed. Facing the angry Dai Qingxiao, she had nothing to say. She just stepped forward and took out a handkerchief and gently wiped Dai Qingxiao's sawdust-stained hands.

However, she was not worried that Dai Qingxiao's hand would be injured. After all, he was a strong Contra player. How could he be injured just by patting a table?

"Your Majesty, calm down. They have nothing to do, right? I believe they have tried their best to help the empire attack Zhennan Pass." Zhu Lanxi defended the generals of the Star Luo Empire.

In fact, Dai Qingxiao also knew that the failure to attack Zhennan Pass this time was not due to non-war crimes. It was not because these soldiers were useless or they were incompetent.

These soldiers are elite soldiers who have fought all their lives in the Star Luo Empire. Most of them are soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. Only a few of them are rising stars from some military families within the Star Luo Empire.

But in addition to lacking battlefield experience, these rising stars are also very good talents. This time they go to the battlefield to gain experience.

And this was what Dai Qingxiao acquiesced to. After all, without experiencing a real battlefield, how could the Star Luo Empire produce generals who were good at fighting in the future.

And the main decision-making is in the hands of a group of veterans. Although there are many rising stars who will put forward some opinions, if they are not good enough or are too risky, they will not be hired by Dai Qingxiao.

But no matter what, the fact that they were unable to capture Zhennanguan for nearly a month this time does not mean they are incompetent.

But I really didn't expect Zhennanguan to be so defensive. With an army of 300,000, it could withstand the intensive siege of the Star Luo Empire's elite army of one million for a month.

Even the two empresses of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi, went to the battlefield, but they were beaten by Lu Yuan and almost got into trouble.

And in this month, the 500,000 elite main army and 500,000 temporary army were all wiped out in this battle.

This is the most uncomfortable thing.

Lu Yuan had a saying in his previous life that fits this situation very well, that is, "It's not that we don't work hard, but the other party has Gundam."

It’s not that the Star Luo Empire didn’t work hard and didn’t want to fight, but in the face of Lu Yuan’s combat power that can be called a dimensionality reduction strike, the Star Luo Empire really tried its best...

Dai Qingxiao actually understands it, do you think he doesn't?

He also knew that the fault this time was not fighting, but that Lu Yuan on the opposite side was too fierce.

Even he and Zhu Lanxi couldn't defeat Lu Yuan when they launched the martial soul fusion skill - Netherworld White Tiger, so what should they do?

The key is that he seems to be indestructible. One person can stop thousands of troops on the battlefield. Even if you give him a little time to hold back his 100,000-year-old soul ability, your tens of thousands of troops will be completely wiped out.

Dai Qingxiao's anger was actually similar to that of a gamer who blames others. He simply didn't want to admit that it was his mistake.

Especially since he is still the emperor, the emperor must not make mistakes. This will damage the emperor's pressure.

That's why he got angry.

After Dai Qingxiao calmed down a little, he sighed, "Maybe the time has not come this time... maybe we really shouldn't insist on this..."

He looked very tired and stroked his forehead, his eyes full of confusion and sleepiness. He was thinking about whether it was really worth it?

In other words, even if I persist, is it necessary?

Can we really capture Zhennanguan if we persist?

There was a faint intention to retreat in his heart.

This battle was fought not long ago, and a month to siege a city is indeed not that long. Generally speaking, it is common to siege a city for two to three months, and even a longer siege of half a year is possible.

But that is when the strength gap between the attacking and defending sides is not large, or the defending side is slightly inferior to the attacking side.

However, the Star Luo Empire invested 1.5 million troops in siege this time, and the most important thing was that there were one million elite troops.

According to the elite level of the army, it can be divided into elite ace army, border defense army, city defense army, miscellaneous army and temporary army.

Like the ace legions of the two empires - the Royal Knights, the Tiandou Empire has a record of having 50,000 Royal Knights able to annihilate a kingdom's 500,000-strong army. The Royal Knights of the Star Luo Empire can be said to be even better than the Royal Knights of the Tiandou Empire. The group needs to be stronger.

A kingdom's army is almost equivalent to a city defense army.

The Royal Knights are equivalent to the ace in the elite ace army. Elite armies such as the Raven Army and the Tiger Roar Army of the Star Luo Empire are not as exaggerated as the Royal Knights. An army of ten thousand is better than a hundred thousand city defense troops, plus the border defense army. A little stronger than the city defense army.

But it should be no problem that at least 10,000 troops can be equivalent to 20,000 border guards.

In other words, the 300,000 troops at Zhennanguan were only equivalent to the 200,000 elite troops of the Star Luo Empire.

The offensive and defensive forces were five to one, but they still couldn't defeat the city after a month...

In addition, the empire's losses were too great. The sacrifices of half a million elites and half a million civilians only resulted in the annihilation of the more than 200,000-strong army on the opposite side.

This is difficult for Dai Qingxiao to accept.

The generals of the Star Luo Empire fell silent when they heard Dai Qingxiao's words.

In fact, it was the frontline generals who were the first to be shaken. As early as the moment the Shenlong Sect appeared and failed to attack Zhennanguan again, they felt that they could not win this battle.

But they did not dare to say this to Dai Qingxiao, so they had no choice but to continue leading the troops to fight.

But at this time, Dai Qingxiao seemed to suddenly wake up.

At this time, the Deathblade General Wang Qianren, who was standing at the front, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty... the damage caused by attacking Zhennan Pass is too great, I think it is better to retreat."

"Because even if we can attack Zhennanguan, our losses will be so huge. Is it really worth it?"

The generals couldn't help but nod, but one person didn't think so at this time.

"Death Blade, the empire has suffered so much damage in this battle, shouldn't we continue to attack?!" Mad Lion General Renn frowned and looked at him and said, "If we return to the city before we have accomplished anything, I'm afraid that we will only cause trouble when the time comes. Everyone on the mainland is laughing at you! How should we face the common people of the empire like this, how should we face the soldiers who died in this battle!"

"Crazy Lion! Now is not the time to care about face." Wang Qianren snorted coldly and said, "If you continue to fight, are you really sure that you can attack Zhennanguan? You must know that Zhennanguan is not just a city. !”

"Behind him is a huge empire the same size as our Star Luo Empire. They haven't sent reinforcements this month. What about two months later? The four major kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire can still mobilize reinforcements!" He said coldly. said.

"After our continuous attack on Zhennan Pass for a month, the troops are already insufficient. Maybe on the next third or fourth day, they will be attacked by our Star Luo Empire before they can wait for reinforcements. By then, Relying on Zhennanguan, what if the enemy army arrives?!" Ren didn't give in at all, looking at Wang Qianren and said.

The two generals were now arguing in front of everyone, which immediately made their generals very uneasy.

It’s not that it’s rare to see disputes between Wang Qianyan and Ren En. Within the Star Luo Empire, things are not monolithic. Even when General Baxia Gao Zhong was alive, there were often discord among the three generals.

It's just that this is in front of the imperial court and on the front line. Wang Qianyan and Ren En, the two generals with the most say, are arguing here. It is really disturbing.

But fortunately...

This siege was conducted by the imperial commander himself!

"That's enough!" Dai Qingxiao shouted at this time.

Immediately, Wang Qianyan and Renn both stopped arguing, knelt down on one knee again, and said in unison, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, please forgive me!"

Dai Qingxiao looked at the two of them, he frowned and sighed, "Forget it, one day is only one month. In that case, let's see if we can capture Zhennanguan in the battle tomorrow."

"After capturing Zhennanguan, we will occupy Zhennanguan and plan for the long term. However, if we still cannot capture it, then we will have no choice but to give up and retreat." He looked around at the generals in front of him and said tiredly.

Suddenly, Dai Qingxiao spoke and issued an order, and everyone could only say, "I will obey your Majesty's will!"

…

But night.

In Zhennan Pass.

"The fifth soul skill... Source number control!" Lu Yuan used his soul power to directly penetrate the space in front of him and create a space shuttle tunnel that was twenty meters long and three meters high.

Behind him is the only 50,000 troops left in Zhennanguan. The total army of 350,000 in Zhennanguan is now only one-seventh of the strength, which can be described as very tragic.

However, no matter what happened before, this 50,000-strong army that survived the cruel battlefield is now definitely an elite warrior.

In addition, there are more than a thousand monks from the Shenlong Sect. They are all soul masters, but they are inevitably sacrificed on the cruel battlefield.

In the last two battles to defend Zhennanguan, more than 200 monks were killed among them, and only more than 1,800 monks were able to return alive.

But even so, they still have no regrets. This is probably the power of faith.

"Marquis Senluo, please take everyone to evacuate tonight." Lu Yuan said, "Also everyone from the Shenlong Sect, please evacuate too. I, Lu Yuan, will remember this kindness of fighting side by side! I will have it in the future. Report again!”

Marquis Senluo frowned, "Mr. Tianying, won't you retreat with us?"

Yu Ruoxi also frowned, "Yes, Lu Yuan, you should retreat with us, otherwise everyone will retreat and only you... and Miss Rongrong will be left."

"Don't worry, I will leave too. I don't intend to stick to it. Of course I have to retreat." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"I just want to stay to buy some more time. At the same time..." He was obviously smiling, but for some reason his eyes showed a hint of coldness as he said, "Give those guys from the Star Luo Empire a share... Big gift!"

Ning Rongrong also smiled and said, "Okay, you go ahead. Don't worry about Xiao Yuan and me. Nothing can happen to Xiao Yuan and me."

She has the flying ability of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, and can also absorb the vitality of nearby weeds to restore her own injuries.

Lu Yuan is even more outrageous. Since he got Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bones, he now has many life-saving skills, such as "Void Phantom Silly Fall", "Shadow Step", "Shadow Crossing", "Invincible Golden Body", "Teleportation" and the damage reduction of "Death Star True Body" maximized his survivability.

It can be said that even if Tang Hao is resurrected in front of him, he may not be able to kill Lu Yuan smoothly.

Ning Rongrong was very confident that nothing would happen to her and Lu Yuan. The most important thing was that she knew exactly what gift Lu Yuan wanted to give to the Star Luo Empire.

"But..." Yu Ruoxi was still very worried and wanted to persuade.

But at this moment, "Okay."

Yu Youxi on the side smiled and held her sister's hand and said, "Believe him, he has always been like this, hasn't he?"

Yu Youxi turned her pretty face to look at Lu Yuan, with a smile in her eyes, "He is always so confident, and he never disappoints people. We should believe in him for things he is sure of. "

Lu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle when he heard her comments about him, "So...trust me, you go over first, and I will meet you tomorrow night."

"It's a deal." Yu Youxi said with a smile.

Lu Yuan nodded, smiled and replied, "It's a deal."

Then, without the Star Luo Empire knowing about it, Zhennanguan was emptied out overnight, leaving only...

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong.

They sat on the empty city wall, closing their eyes and practicing soul power, waiting for the arrival of dawn.