Nightwatcher

Royal study.

The eunuchs brought sand tables and small flags, and set them up according to the Empress's instructions. The red flags represent the Dafeng Army, and the blue flags represent the Yunzhou Army.

In addition, there are Southern Border, Western Regions, and Witch God Sect. The whole is a miniature Kyushu continent.

Among them, there are more than a dozen small flags with gold borders on a black background. On the flags are written "Luo, Zhao, Xu, Kou, Jin, Ah, Sun" and other words.

Huaiqing waved his big sleeves, and the eunuchs in the hall retreated one by one.

In the quiet imperial study room, Huaiqing pushed the "Luo" flag to the north, and then their respective allies and enemies pushed it over together.

Eliminate all miscellaneous and supernatural, and only fight to the death with Baidi and Jia Luoshu, this is the best situation Da Fengfang thinks.

But perhaps, the enemy will see it differently.

Therefore, Huaiqing pushed the flags of "White Emperor" and "Gala Tree" to Yongzhou.

If the Yunzhou army took advantage of Luo Yuheng's crossing the catastrophe and concentrated their efforts to take Yongzhou in one fell swoop, then in Huaiqing's view, this would be a tolerable loss.

Not to mention capturing Yongzhou, Huaiqing would not frown even if he surrendered the capital.

Because it is impossible for Xu Pingfeng to refine the luck of Yongzhou and the capital within thirteen days, and capture Yongzhou=, it is only a short-term occupation, but in exchange for Luo Yuheng's success in crossing the catastrophe, he was promoted to the first-rank land immortal.

At that time, Da Bong is fully capable of counterattacking.

This is her big picture.

Later, Huaiqing pushed the "Luo" chess to southern Xinjiang. What if the battle was arranged in southern Xinjiang?

This place is full of Dafeng's allies.

"This choice has obvious advantages and disadvantages. Buddhism still has two first-rank and one second-rank. Although the Gu clan has many extraordinary powerhouses, the third-rank is not enough to intervene in this level of battle. The only second-rank Heavenly Gu Granny is still a Not good at fighting.

"The key point is that Xu Qi'an was unable to mobilize the power of sentient beings in the southern border. As a result, the number of our superpowers doubled, but our high-level combat power declined instead."

Huaiqing shook his head.

Moreover, the Gu clan's Chaofan may not be willing to help, because for them, they may perish at any time.

In addition, she has another concern. No one knows whether the one in Alando still has the energy to display the Dharma image of the Great Sun Tathagata.

If Shenshu joins the battle, and that one still has the strength to spare, the Great Sun Tathagata will appear in the world, well, everything will be lost.

After all the calculations, it is the safest way to let Luo Yuheng choose the location of crossing the tribulation in the northern border.

So Huaiqing moved the chess pieces back to the north again, and placed Jia Luoshu, Baidi, and "Xu, Ah, Jin, and Zhao" on the side of the "Luo" chess.

"Xu Qi'an"

Huaiqing closed his eyes and murmured:

"Are you really sure, or have you put all your eggs in one basket?"

Xu Mansion.

A column of imperial guards hurriedly broke into the mansion.

In the inner hall at this time, my aunt was still eagerly asking Mu Nanzhi for tips on how to raise flowers. The outer and inner courtyards of Xu's mansion were full of gorgeous flowers, which looked like a fairyland in the cold winter.

"Sister, teach me quickly, how can I learn such a magical spell?"

My aunt can worship the God of Flowers now, and she is "sister" when she opens her mouth and shuts her mouth.

The unlucky nephew brought people into the house twice in three days, first was Li Miaozhen, who was polite and polite, and said bad things about her in the small mirror behind her back.

Then there's Lina, who knows how to eat all day long. It's fine to eat the Xu family's big fish and meat every day, and even steals her beauty pills with the evil girl Xu Lingyin.

She didn't like the first two, but she liked the one named Mu Nanzhi very much.

They are about the same age and have common topics.

"What's the relationship between Aunt Mu and my elder brother?"

Xu Lingyue at the side had a pure and innocent face, gentle and harmless.

Xu Lingyue actually didn't think that her eldest brother would fall in love with such an ordinary woman, who was still as old as her mother.

But this woman looks like she has a husband's family, so why did she choose to live in Xu's house?

"It doesn't matter, he just pesters me every day." Mu Nanzhi said.

When my aunt heard this, she became angry, and held Mu Nanzhi's hand guiltily:

"You say that this unlucky boy is really shameless. I didn't teach him well. It's my fault. Sister, tell me how he pestered you. Later, I will let him kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights. "

Just as he was talking, the butler led the imperial army in.

The three women in the hall got up at the same time and looked out blankly.

The imperial guards stopped outside the hall, lined up on both sides, the clanging of armor stopped, and the leader of the team stepped into the hall, clasped his fists and bowed:

"According to His Majesty's order, accept the daughters of the Xu family into the palace."

In the capital city of Tiantian, from the commander of the forbidden army camp to the princes of the imperial court, the family members of all the real power figures were taken into the palace.

The treasury and granary are engraved with teleportation formations.

The imperial court had already prepared for the worst. Once Luo Yuheng failed to cross the catastrophe and Dafeng's extraordinary powerhouse fell, the real power figures in the capital would be transferred immediately.

This battle, for the empress, for the princes, and for the court, is a battle that bets on the fate of the country.

But for the people at the bottom, there is no difference between today and yesterday. The days are not rich, but they are peaceful and happy.

At most, they would talk about the war in the south after tea and dinner, complaining about why the court had not heard the news that Xu Yinluo killed one hundred thousand troops in Yunzhou with one knife.

Lingbao Temple.

Luo Yuheng stood by the small pool, looked at the young man opposite, and stretched out his hand:

"return!"

The divine sword above Xu Qi'an's head was "unsheathed" and returned to its owner, bringing out a bunch of red and white ones.

"My brains."

Xu Qi'an quickly caught it, absorbed the blood and the life force in his brain, then squatted down, and washed his hands clean.

During the process, the sword wound on the top of his head healed and returned to normal.

Luo Yuheng shook his hands, shaking off the blood on the sword, and let out a cold snort.

After all, he was the Daoist leader of the Renzong sect, so he was too narrow-minded. After Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, he looked around subconsciously, and he was relieved when he didn't see Yuan Hufa.

Thinking about it, I feel sad again. After all, I am a second-rank boss, but I was psychologically shadowed by a monkey.

Luo Yuheng narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"What are you thinking about?"

"I'm boasting that the national teacher is as beautiful as a fairy, and being able to become a Taoist partner with the national teacher is the greatest blessing in my life." Xu Qi'an smiled cheekily.

Luo Yuheng said lightly:

"Then cancel the marriage with Lin'an."

Xu Qi'an let out a "haha", the smile on his face subsided, scratched his head, and sighed:

"All I can give her is title."

Luo Yuheng gave him a deep look.

Xu Qi'an got up, stepped across the small pond, stared at the delicate and flawless face of Yu Jie, and said in a low voice:

"What I can give you is life and death.

"In this battle, I live, you live. You die, I die!"

Luo Yuheng pursed his lips, lowered his head suddenly, as if he didn't dare to look at him, looked at the surface of the pool wrinkled by the wind, and gave a soft "hmm".

The two turned into Changhong and disappeared over the capital.

The tribulation has not yet begun, and Yongzhou has already fallen into the flames of war.

The Yunzhou army bypassed Xunzhou and assembled outside Nanguan City, eighty miles southeast of Xunzhou.

With lightning speed, they attacked the city on a large scale, and within half a day they took down Nanguan City, which was not so well-defended.

After capturing Nanguan City, the Yunzhou Army did not occupy it, but massacred it.

Then they looted the remaining population and supplies, and retreated in a large scale, leaving the city in ruins.

This is a very classic looting style of play. Concentrate your forces and leave with one shot. While looting supplies to support the battle, it can also make the defenders exhausted and spend manpower and material resources to repair the city wall.

This tactic is often used by foreigners, and the core idea is "the barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes".

After massacring the city, the scouts of the Dafeng Army sneaked into Nanguan City to check the situation, and found that the city, which originally had a population of tens of thousands, was left with ruins.

There were no chickens or dogs left in the city, houses collapsed and burned, and the corpses of defenders and civilians piled up like a mountain, a total of twelve Beijing temples.

In front of each Beijing Temple, a wooden sign was erected, written in blood:

The City Slayer——Zhuo Haoran!

The Beijing Temple was built to show military exploits.

Yang Gong, the supreme commander of the Yongzhou battlefield, convened a staff discussion overnight, and while retaining the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the field, he allocated 30% of the troops to be responsible for tasks such as rushing to aid, harassing, and cutting off the enemy's supply lines.

The war has changed from being unable to hold on to a half field battle and half defending the city.

Xu Xinnian led 4,000 cavalry and 500 artillerymen, wandering on the desolate battlefield.

During the defense of Qingzhou, Xu Erlang showed a strong commanding ability, so he and several members of the Tiandihui each commanded a cavalry to fight guerrilla warfare.

In addition to his own ability, there are two reasons why Xu Erlang was entrusted with the important task.

Master Hengyuan was in the team he led, and Hengyuan was able to communicate with other people in the Tiandihui, and the speed of information transmission was extremely fast, making it easier to cooperate.

This is simply an unreasonable advantage on the battlefield.

What's even more unreasonable is that Xu Nian has a mirror in his hand, which can contemplate the magic weapon with a radius of thousands of miles.

Heavenly Mirror!

This is the trick that Xu Qi'an handed over to his cousin when he left.

The magic mirror of the cloudy sky can observe thousands of miles away, and can attack the enemy army suddenly, killing the opponent by surprise. Retreat can avoid its sharp edge, protect yourself and run for your life.

This is the reason why Xu Qi'an insisted on retaining the Heavenly Mirror in the first place. On the battlefield, it is so important.

"Amitabha!"

Master Hengyuan put away the fragments of the earth scriptures, put his palms together with compassion on his face, and recited the Buddha's name.

Xu Erlang turned his head and asked:

"Grandmaster?"

Master Hengyuan sighed:

"Fellow Daoist Li Miaozhen just went to Nanguan City and described the tragic situation in the city through the book from the ground. The poor monk couldn't bear to read it."

Xu Erlang's heart moved, and he said tentatively:

"show me?"

Master Hengyuan nodded, took out the fragment of the book and handed it over.

Xu Erlang reached out to take it, and stared intently at the jade mirror, lines of small characters stood out on the mirror.

[Two: The Yunzhou army finally exposed their true nature. They didn't even spare women and children, and killed Nanguan City completely. Such disorderly officials and thieves, as well as that Zhuo Haoran, my wife wants to kill him with her own hands. 】

Li Miao was trembling with rage.

[Four: The Yunzhou army is coming in menacingly, slaughtering the city to strengthen the army's morale. I have a hunch that the battle in Yongzhou will be even more tragic than that in Qingzhou. 】

【Seven: How about we assassinate Zhuo Haoran? 】

After listening to the description of his junior sister just now, Li Lingsu felt a little annoyed in his heart. After all, he is still not too forgetful, and he will still be influenced by emotions.

[Four: First of all, you have to confirm his location. There are Suzaku army scouts patrolling in Yunzhou. When we find him, he can also find us. It is very difficult to lock Zhuo Haoran. 】

Zhuo Haoran Xu Erlang touched his chest, remembering the day when Songshan County fell.

The one named Zhuo suffered a great loss in Songshan County. After the city was broken that day, Zhuo Haoran massacred the defenders and civilians, chased him for dozens of miles, and almost killed him with a knife.

Li Miaozhen cursed for a while, and made an agreement with the members of Tiandihui that once Zhuo Haoran's whereabouts were found, he would immediately lead his troops to attack and kill this madman who slaughtered the city.

Then the group of books calmed down, and no one passed on the books.

Xu Erlang returned the book from the ground to Master Hengyuan and asked:

"Why didn't the master form an army like them?"

Hengyuan shook his head:

"The poor monk is a warrior monk, I don't understand these things."

Xu Nian nodded, and immediately felt hot in his arms, and quickly took out a bronze mirror with half of it missing.

"Stinky boy, you don't even have dragon energy, so you are worthy of this seat?"

A mouth protruded from the mirror surface of the Heavenly Mirror, he took a mouthful of "bah", and said cursingly:

"This seat is a treasure you can't have. If you want to use me, you have to pay more, and you have to use the air machine to keep me warm."

Of course, qi mechanism cannot be compared with dragon qi, but it is also the most pure and yang energy.

Hengyuan heard the words and said:

"Leave it to the poor monk."

Xu Erlang is a disciple of Confucianism, he has no such thing as energy.

Xu Erlang frowned and said:

"Brother told me that you made a deal with him and stayed by my side for the time being. Are you trying to trick me by mentioning this to me now?"

"Yes, so what!" Hun Tian Shen Jing showed a barefoot attitude that was not afraid of wearing shoes.

Xu Erlang glanced at it: "I think you are asking for scolding."

"Stop scolding, stop scolding, you human race has sharp teeth."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Huntian Shenjing felt that he had become a scum in the magic weapon, and said angrily:

"I'm too lazy to argue with you, don't call me if you have nothing to do."

"Wait!"

Xu Erlang took off the water bag and took a sip:

"You show me your skills first."

After thinking about it, Hun Tian Shen Jing felt that it was not a big deal, so he said:

"Looking good!"

The bronze mirror immediately vitrified, rippling like water waves, and the ripples slowly smoothed out, manifesting a picture.

It was a military tent, with sand tables, maps, armor and weapons laid out. On the bed, a burly man was torturing a slender boy with a ferocious face.

The boy's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, as if he was in extreme pain.

"Why are you showing me this?"

Xu Erlang felt offended and said angrily.

Among the dignitaries, as well as in the army, there are not a few who are as good as Long Yang, so it's not surprising, but Xu Erlang just feels that this broken mirror is connoting him.

A question mark flashed in Huntian Shenjing's heart, a little puzzled and aggrieved:

"Don't you like it? Your elder brother likes to watch men take a bath."

A series of question marks also flashed in Xu Erlang's mind, and then the corners of his mouth twitched:

"Big brother is big brother, I am me, I am different from him."

Xu Erlang didn't quite believe what the mirror said, but it didn't prevent him from returning to Beijing in the future, telling his parents about his elder brother's hobbies, letting them judge his elder brother, making his elder brother like him before, unable to hold his head up in front of his family.

At this time, Xu Erlang saw in the mirror that the strong man stopped all movements, raised his head, and enjoyed it.

The strong man has rough facial features, his left eye has a white pupil, he cannot see, and there is a long scar on his cheek.

Zhuo Haoran!

Yongzhou border.

Kou Yangzhou stepped into the territory of Qingzhou, and then released his energy wantonly.

In the next second, a handsome young man dressed in white and with a knife hanging from his waist appeared in midair.

Xu Pingfeng and Ji Xuan.

The old man with silver hair like frost sneered:

"I'm here, hit me."

He then took a step back:

"I'm back again, come and hit me."