Chapter 457 Sweeping the Heavenly Soul (Page 12)

Xu Tianran and Feng Ling both escaped the pursuit of Fire Phoenix, but the fate of Dragon City's fall was unavoidable.

This time, Huo Yuhao and Huo Fenghuang did not choose to retreat. They took over the city lord's palace and killed all the garrison.

He also asked Fire Phoenix to send people to patrol day and night to maintain order in the city.

The phenomenon of the Sun and Moon Empire troops maintaining order in Dragon City did not make the people in the city feel the slightest bit at ease.

They had not done this before after breaking the city, and any change in precedent during the war would make people feel panicked.

The civilians awaited their upcoming fate with trepidation.

There was a reason why Huo Yuhao decided to settle in Dragon City.

After Dragon City was broken, all the resistance forces in the entire northern territory of the Tianhun Empire were uprooted, and there was no longer any force that could threaten them.

There will be no problems in taking a short rest in Dragon City.

Another point is that they need to occupy Dragon City to continue advancing towards the hinterland of Tianhun.

After discussion, Huo Yuhao, Orange and Luan Feng have completely decided on the next strategic policy.

They decided to cooperate with the heavy border troops to bulldoze Tianhun first.

It would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them. Flattening the entire territory of Tianhun would greatly weaken the fighting will of the Douluo Alliance and weaken their war potential.

After taking control of Tianhun, both the personnel and material reserves of the Douluo Alliance will be greatly reduced.

This is very important to the Sun and Moon Empire.

Since the empire's goal is to unify the entire continent, this step must be done no matter what.

But there are two major problems in the process of promoting Tianhun.

The first is Tiandou City, which is the capital of the Tianhun Empire. The will to resist and the defensive strength are not too weak.

But everyone is confident of conquering it. The main strength of the Tianhun Empire is concentrated on the border, and the defense strength of Tiandou City is not at its peak.

A complete team of soul engineers is enough to win.

The second problem is the key point, which is Shrek City located in Tianhun territory.

Shrek City does not belong to Tianhun, but it is indeed located in the territory of Tianhun. If you want to capture the entire territory of Tianhun, this city is inevitable.

In this regard, Huo Yuhao described Shrek City's powerful defense system in detail to Orange and Luanfeng.

This city was built mainly to guard against the beast tide in the Star Dou Forest, and its defense power was extremely powerful.

Although now because of the beginning of a new round of holy war, most of Shrek's strong men have been sent to fight on the front line.

But Shrek will definitely leave enough power in Shrek City to prevent the soul beasts from attacking the city in a short period of time, and it is impossible for them to all come out in full force.

Because of the existence of this part of power, Huo Yuhao didn't think that a group of soul engineers could defeat Shrek. It would only be possible with the cooperation of a large army.

Shrek has been in business for ten thousand years, and Shrek City's defense methods are impregnable.

The power of a group of soul engineers would not be stronger than one percent of a beast tide.

After discussion, Shrek City will not be included in the attack scope for the time being, and it will be considered again after joining the army.

The strategy was established, and the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Group set off from Dragon City again after resting for only one day.

It is worth mentioning that as soon as Fire Phoenix took control of Dragon City, it immediately implemented the laws of the Sun and Moon Empire here, as if Dragon City was already a territory belonging to the Sun and Moon Empire.

Fire Phoenix showed such a gesture in order to combat the luck mentality of the civilians.

Just to tell them that killing the defense forces before was just a trivial matter, but now it is true that the Sun and Moon Empire has the ability to destroy the heavenly soul.

The Soul Engineer Group marched very fast. Starting from Dragon City and advancing all the way to important cities in the Tianhun hinterland that had been left defenseless due to the border war, the marching speed was not even slowed down.

Moreover, because the marching speed was too fast, when the attack reached the next city, the information about the fall of the previous city had not yet been transmitted.

Under such circumstances, the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Group pushed all the way, and it didn't take long to reach the last city before Tiandou City.

As long as this city is captured, Tianhun's capital, Tiandou City, will no longer have any pass and the road will be smooth.

This city is called Chengtian City, which means guarding Tiandou. It was the name given when the Tiandou Empire still existed. Since the name of Tiandou City has not been changed, the name of this city has naturally not been changed.

With the Fire Phoenix's marching speed, this city would generally not have time to fortify itself.

But due to Xu Tianran and Fengling's escape, the Tianhun Empire's royal family finally reacted at the last moment.

Heavy troops temporarily recruited were deployed on the last line of defense in Tiandou City.

They say they have heavy troops, but in fact the organization of these troops is very chaotic.

Because it is a temporary recruitment, we can only guarantee the quantity, but cannot guarantee the quality at all. If we put some temporary troops here, at least the quantity will be acceptable.

In addition, Emperor Tianhun also transferred back all the elite troops on the border front to guard Tiandou City.

No one at the top of the coalition could say anything about this crisis situation with the sword hanging on their foreheads.

If someone said that Tianhun should not be allowed to support the capital, I am afraid that the coalition would immediately fall apart.

If I didn't join you, I could still use my own strength to resist the enemy. But if I join you, when the capital is threatened, I won't be able to mobilize even a single soldier?

In this case, who would dare to serve the coalition forces?

Therefore, the top leaders of the coalition forces allowed the Tianhun elite to leave, while trying their best to appease Tianhun and persuade them to abandon Tiandou City and transfer the royal family to Xingluo or Dou Ling, because the border defense line must not be lost.

Unfortunately, the efforts of the top leaders of the coalition failed. It is impossible for the Tianhun Empire to give up Tiandou City so easily. This is the foundation of Tianhun.

Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, the top leaders of the coalition forces made a prompt decision to abandon the Tianhun defense line and shrink with all their strength, trying their best to ensure that the Xingluo defense line was not lost.

At the same time, the troops drawn from the Tianhun defense line immediately prepared for the next war, the Shrek Defense War.

Because after the fall of the entire Tianhun Empire, the Sun Moon Empire's next target must be Shrek City, the only fortified city in the Tianhun Empire.

This will be the next focus of defense for the coalition forces.

At the same time, heavy troops must be deployed at the border between Dou Ling and Tianhun, otherwise Dou Ling will soon fall.

This decision is undoubtedly an attempt to make up for the situation. Once the Heavenly Soul is lost, the entire coalition defense line will fall short. The Sun and Moon Empire can advance, attack, retreat or defend, and will occupy a completely active position.

The situation of the remaining two empires will be even more difficult.

That's right, no one believes that Tianhun will defend Tiandou City.

Maybe even they themselves don't believe it, but this strategy of retreating without a fight is unlikely to be accepted by anyone.

This is the capital of an empire. If the capital is abandoned, there will be no need for this empire to exist.

Any force belonging to the Tianhun Empire should no longer expect high combat effectiveness. Those who can even give up their own home will vent their anger to the end.

Therefore, a result that is destined to fail, but many people will be buried with it.

This is not an absolutely rational approach, but there is no way. The most rational approach may not necessarily be the most appropriate.

But all of this takes time. If the Fire Phoenix had defeated Tiandou City before the reinforcements from the Tianhun Empire arrived, the result would have been different.