Volume 4: The Game of the Gods Chapter 25: It turns out to be a secret crossing
"What happened next? How did you get out of this?" Ping Lili regretted asking the question as soon as she asked it. She thought, what purpose could a man have for knocking out a young woman for no apparent reason? It could be nothing more than robbing her of her money and her body. She wondered if her abrupt question would bring back bad memories for Qingluan.
"I fell into a coma after he knocked me out. When I woke up, it was three days later, and the man in green had disappeared without a trace!" Qingluan's answer left Gong Lili stunned for a long time.
"Ah? He didn't rob you of your money or your body, so why did he knock you out for no reason?" Gong Lili's tongue is always faster than his brain, and maybe he will never change it until he dies. What's more terrifying is that he is like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, and he never knows how to reflect on himself.
"Later, I found out that the five-colored crystal that I carried with me and could enter the secret place of my master was taken away by that evil man. I think he knocked me out to steal that crystal!" Qingluan was so excited that he couldn't help himself. In the final analysis, the culprit was still the man in green. If he hadn't knocked me out suddenly and made me miss the opportunity to save people, it wouldn't have caused such a tragic scene today! If that man appeared in front of me again, I would die with him even if I had to risk my life!
"Will your master punish you if you drop your crystal?" Gong Lili was thinking about something else at the moment. Although he didn't know what the so-called five-colored crystal was, it sounded like something that could make such a master disregard his status and try to snatch it must be a treasure.
Punishment? Qingluan was a little amused when she heard this. It was a good thing that I could get such a bargain. "The place where I practice is very special and isolated from the world. The crystal stone is an important item to enter the holy place of practice. If I lose it, I will have no way to go back... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Anyway, I don't have the courage to go back and face my master..."
"So what do you plan to do in the future?" Ping Lili actually felt a little sympathy for this woman whose fate was quite tortuous and rough. She thought to herself that she had always thought that she had a miserable life, but she didn't expect that there were people whose lives were more miserable than hers .
"I don't know either..." Qingluan shook her head: "I left Licheng when I was young and followed my master to practice in the holy land of the sect. I have never been to other places. Now, I can never go back to the sect. Licheng has no meaning to me. The world is so big, but there is no place for me..."
"Nonsense, this Xu Ming World is so big, there is always room for us to stay." How could the always optimistic and heartless Gong Lili tolerate such negative words, and immediately blocked Qing Luan's self-pitying words.
"To be honest with you, Miss Ping, I actually intended to fight that Kongming clan monster with my own body. Perhaps, if I died, everything would be over and I would have a clean ending..."
"Bah, bah, you crow's mouth. You are still so young, stop talking about life and death. Haven't you heard that a good death is worse than a miserable life? Besides, you are not afraid of death, so why are you afraid of living?" In a hurry, Ping Lili walked forward quickly, grabbed Qingluan's hand and said earnestly: "How about this, you have nowhere else to go anyway, why don't you follow us to fight the Kongming tribe?"
After hearing this, not only Qingluan was stunned, but also Wei Xingying, who was talking to Nangong Huang, couldn't help but look at her sideways, thinking that this girl was too hot-blooded again. Even if she wanted to get help, she couldn't lie like this!
Seeing that Qingluan didn't respond for a long while, Ping Lili finally realized that her invitation seemed a little inappropriate. After all, this trip was not for sightseeing, but for a real fight with the Kongming Clan. It was indeed a little inappropriate to invite them so abruptly. She scratched her head and explained awkwardly: "G, I don't want to drag you to die with me. I just think that if you are alone, you will have wild thoughts again, and you will be very lonely. Being with everyone, at least you have a companion..." At the end, she even felt that her words were not convincing, and her voice was getting lower and lower.
Qingluan's body trembled slightly, but she paused for a long time before she nodded gently: "In this case, Qingluan would rather obey your command. The Kongming tribe and I have a blood feud. If you can avenge the people of my Ye country, Qingluan would be more than happy!" When these words came out, it was a response to the invitation made by Ping Lili before.
Since coming to the Xu Ming World, the people that Ping Lili has come into contact with are either related to Yao Ji, or have some ulterior motives towards her. But Qing Luan is different. They were just casual acquaintances. She has nothing to do with Yao Ji, and has no significant relationship with herself. Such a person should be considered the first friend that she has in the Xu Ming World. This realization makes Ping Lili quite happy.
At this moment, Ping Lili, who was full of pride, did not notice the worried look of Wei Xingying behind him. Ping Lili did not know the origin of Master Qingluan, but Wei Xingying knew it. How could the disciple of the Holy Mother of Mount Li in Penglai Fairyland be someone he could make friends with casually?
However, seeing how excited Ping Lili was, Wei Xingying couldn't bear to spoil her fun. He thought that since Qingluan didn't seem to have any ill intentions at the moment, he would just observe her for a while first.
Moreover, Wei Xingying's mind was full of other things at this moment. The information he just received from Nangong Huang completely overturned all his previous assumptions!
He originally thought that the Cloud Cavalry Army was here for the same purpose as his own, to assist the Dragon Cavalry Army in defense. But he soon discovered from Nangong Huang that the truth of the matter was not what he expected at all!
It's not just the Cloud Cavalry that came this time! Half of the elite troops of the Ruoye tribe are now here! The commander is naturally General Fang Nan, who not only moved the left army camp under his command from the previous expedition, but also Uncle Long Yu's central army, all of which are here at this time, obeying his orders!
This army of three to four hundred thousand people came here with such a big momentum and with such a grand show, not to recapture one or two cities or valleys, their real purpose was to go all the way west and take the Mingsha City of the Kongming Clan!
This is a risky chess move that uses the opponent's strategy against him!
Almost in an instant, Wei Xingying understood Uncle Long Yu’s true intention and the mystery of the Dragon Cavalry’s defeat!
General Su Ye was a hero all his life, how could he be such a coward? If it weren't for Uncle Long Yu's instruction, he would not retreat even if he died in battle in Licheng!
However, this elimination is extremely risky. Uncle Long Yu has made himself and Yonghui City into bait, but the Kongming Clan's leader Yan Zhu is leading hundreds of thousands of troops and is determined to win. Can Yonghui City be defended with only the 50,000 Dragon Wing Army in Yonghui City and the less than 50,000 Dragon Cavalry Army sent back by General Su Ye?
If you are not careful, you will lose everything. Even if General Zhuguo takes Mingsha City this time, if Yonghui City unfortunately falls and something happens to Uncle Longyu, wouldn't it be a loss?
In other words, does Uncle Long Yu have any other tricks up his sleeve to save Yonghui City?
Wei Xingying suddenly remembered the Shikigami who had parted ways with him before. The destination of that Shikigami was the South China Sea Imperial City. Could it be that he was going to the South China Sea Imperial City to ask for reinforcements?
No, that's not right. Others don't know the secret of the South Sea Imperial City, but Wei Xingying knows it. The 200,000 garrison troops of the South Sea Imperial City must not be moved. That is the rule left by the ancestors of the Ruoye tribe. Many, many years ago, the Ruoye tribe had such a legend. Although the South Sea Imperial City is the birthplace of the Ruoye tribe and has abundant spiritual power from heaven and earth, it is also a place where demons are sealed. It is said that under the Imperial City, there is an entrance to the demon world, and the 200,000 garrison troops are there just in case...
No, the reinforcements would not come from the Nanhai Imperial City. Then, what exactly was Uncle Long Yu's trump card? Even if he was invincible in Wei Xingying's mind, Wei Xingying did not dare to expect that he could easily stop the iron hoof of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Kongming Clan with only 100,000 people!
Even if we can defend it, I'm afraid we will have to pay a heavy price!
What shocked Wei Xingying even more was yet to come. According to Nangong Huang, the General of the State seemed to have known that the Dragon Cavalry would be defeated. The Ruoye cavalry led by Nangong Huang was more of a rear guard than a vanguard! The previous fierce attack was not only to occupy the advantageous terrain at the mouth of the valley, but also to provide cover for the real army. That was why they kept beating drums and blowing flutes, and letting the orcs shout loudly, but it turned out to be just to cover up the movement underground.
This is a brilliant plan to sneak into Chencang!
Even Wei Xingying would never have imagined that there was a long secret passage under this valley, leading from not far from the valley entrance to the Hengyue River outside the city. The people who dug this secret passage were none other than the Dragon Cavalry who had been defeated before!
No wonder General Su Ye abandoned this seemingly dangerous valley without hesitation, it turned out that he had been prepared for it.
As for General Su Ye and General Zhu Guo, they must have received secret orders from Uncle Long Yu, which is why they cooperated so well. The Dragon Cavalry Army had just left when the Expeditionary Army arrived, and the Dragon Cavalry Army had even prepared a place for the Expeditionary Army to secretly cross Chencang.
The only drawback is that the entrance to the secret passage is quite close to the mouth of the valley. Perhaps the Dragon Cavalry Army dug the secret passage in a hurry, and before they had time to dig farther, the Kongming Clan came to kill them. They had no choice but to hastily cover the entrance to the secret passage and pretend to be defeated.
The Kongming tribe had arranged an orc army to ambush near the secret passage at the entrance of the valley. Therefore, General Zhuguo had no choice but to arrange Nangong Huang to lead these thousands of cavalry to attract the attention of the Kongming tribe. On the one hand, they wanted to seize this important valley entrance to ensure that the army in the rear could calmly go down to the secret passage; on the other hand, they also had to cover for them and prevent the Kongming tribe troops ambushing in the valley from noticing their movements.
He personally led the army to find the secret passage during the chaos, secretly crossed the valley, and went around to the rear of the Kongming tribe who had been lying in ambush here!
What Nangong Huang did at this time was just to make the plan of secretly crossing Chencang more realistic.
His scouts reported that the nearest ambush troops of the Kongming tribe were five or six miles away from them. So, he just needed to make a bigger noise and make the other side mistakenly think that this side of the Orc army had the upper hand, and his goal would be achieved.
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After this chapter was updated, some readers reported that their heads were confused and they couldn't understand the current troop distribution situation. It seems that this is indeed difficult to understand. Although I have a picture in my head, Zongheng cannot upload pictures, so I will simply describe it here in words.
The Xuming Realm is a pentagram-shaped continent, and now it is a three-way competition among the Ruoye, Kongming and Shamo tribes.
After hundreds of years of fighting, the Ruoye tribe occupied two corners of the pentagram, the lower left and lower right corners. The Kongming tribe and the Shamo tribe divided the upper left corner, the top corner and the upper right corner respectively. The Kongming tribe was in the west and the Shamo tribe was in the east.
The circle in the center of the pentagram, which is a large area of Kuaiji Mountain, is a no-man's land. To be precise, the three races do not have the strength to annex the center. There are many small tribes and city-states scattered there, which will be mentioned later.
Yonghui City is located in the lower right corner of the Pentagram Continent;
Licheng should be said to be located at the junction of the upper left corner and the lower left corner; the Mingsha City of the Kongming Clan is naturally in the hinterland of the upper left corner of the Pentagram Continent; the place where the expeditionary force was previously located was in the central circle near the eastern Shamo border.
I don’t know if this introduction can make you understand a little bit more. Well, if it’s still not clear, I will try my best to draw another picture, haha.
