Chapter 210: The victory is achieved, and the situation stops (6k)

Starting from the beginning of December, the great bewitching formation on Anping Road and Nanxiang Road became useless and could no longer reduce the supply efficiency of Tonghuo City.

Several leaders of the Jihun Pass decided to completely abandon the defense outside the Jihun Pass. Many troops hidden in the wild were called back, and all small gathering places were also abandoned.

Only a small number of troops are still hiding in underground cities or secret valley bases. These strongholds basically only hide a few hundred combatants, and the total number may be 20,000 to 30,000.

The Six Armies Alliance basically doesn't care about these small fry and is too lazy to spend time searching for them.

Because they could not gather together, had no heavy siege equipment, and even no powerful warships, they could not make any progress.

On this kind of battlefield, the bravery of a small force is of no use at all.

Even if tens of thousands of people gathered together, if there was not even a fifth-order warship, three to five hundred Great Zhou soldiers would be able to chase them away.

In low- and medium-level battlefields, large magical weapons, siege weapons, and flying warships can play a decisive role.

Like when Long Xiao and Zhao Xing encountered the Nether Flame warship, if the other party did not open the barrier, they could only stare blankly.

The same goes for killing Qian Shougang. They only had the opportunity if the other party took the initiative to leave the warship, which was an aerial fortress. Otherwise, they could only watch Qian Shougang's men fly back to the Black Dragon Army's base.

The wilderness outside the pass is vast. Once we take down the Sacrifice Soul Pass, we can dispatch more troops to slowly screen for military merits.

The Soul Sacrifice Pass is defended by sixteen armies of different factions. Some of them are from the Fire Demon Tribe, some are from the Holy Spirit Royal Court, and some belong to other tribes of the Golden Feather Royal Court.

The great leader nominated by the sixteen armies was named 'Wraith', and Morik was just a small leader at the bottom.

Minghun also has a "military advisor" from the Xuantian Sect under his command, named "Longyang Taoist".

It was he who ordered the troops to withdraw and defend with all their strength.

Two months ago, Minghun was still able to fight back and forth with the Six Armies Alliance of the Great Zhou.

Even a small leader like Morik could harass the Tonghuo City in the rear.

Now, two months later, Ghost has switched to full defense, not sending out any warships or releasing any ghosts, purely to defend the city.

The gray-black barrier stretched out like a line on the horizon.

Zhao Xing stood on the boat and looked into the distance. He could see that the sky ahead had become completely dark.

If you look closely, you can see many ghosts roaring in the barrier.

"The Jihun Pass stretches for hundreds of miles. Because there are so many ghosts, the whole place is filled with yin energy."

The Soul Sacrifice Pass does not have a higher defense level than the Fire Dragon Pass, but it requires specific tools and professions to be easy to fight.

Because its barrier is rooted in the underworld, it tears a hole in the underworld and continuously releases the Yin energy.

The effects of normal siege equipment on it will be weakened, and other professions entering this area to fight will also be weakened.

This formed a field that was only suitable for underworld professions such as priests and soul masters.

"If there was only the alliance of the Divine Might Army, the Black Armor Army, and the Navy Army, then this battle would be difficult to fight."

"But with the addition of the Huanyou Army, Zhaoyuan Army and Yuanhua Army, the situation will be different." Zhao Xing said secretly.

Both the Zhaoyuan Army and the Yuanhua Army have purely combat-oriented priest battalions. As for the Huanyou Army, it is mainly composed of priests.

In the Shenwei Army and Zhenhai Army, there were not many combat priests, and a battalion of a thousand people had only ten to twenty priests. There were not many masters, most of them were ninth-grade, and there were relatively few eighth-grade and seventh-grade ones, so they could not form a separate battalion.

The Black Armor Army does have a priest camp, but when Xia Jing was selecting the people, he did not consider that he might encounter people from the Holy Spirit Royal Court.

"It's different now."

While Zhao Xing was waiting for the supplies to be unloaded, the allied forces also began to attack the city.

The most important weapon for tackling tough problems is called the 'Hunyuan Boundary-Breaking Vehicle'.

The name sounds impressive, but it is actually the "Five Elements Catapult" installed on a warship.

The warship equipped with it is also called Hunyuan warship or Five Elements warship.

The team was launched from the air thirty miles outside the Jihun Pass.

The entire warship is used to serve as this kind of weapon for breaking through the enemy's defenses.

Among the materials planted by Zhao Xing in Tonghuo City, there are many materials that are consumables needed for the Hunyuan Breaking Boundary Warship.

"Boom boom boom!"

A burst of azure light emerged from the left deck of the Hunyuan warship, and there were twenty mechanical engineers behind each catapult.

When they were launched, the sky and earth around the warship camp were dyed blue, and the power of water became extremely strong.

The first round of launches were all [Golden Rock Catapults].

One by one, huge spherical polyhedrons with a diameter of eight meters flew towards the Soul Sacrifice Pass City Arch.

It dragged its khaki tail and landed heavily on the black barrier.

The black barrier, which was ten miles in radius, was eroded and turned into a yellowish earth color.

The barrier of the Soul Sacrifice Pass is called the 'Xuantian Yin Five Elements Array', and the largest sect in the Holy Spirit Dynasty is the Xuantian Sect.

This magic circle was tailor-made for the Holy Spirit Royal Court and can borrow the power of the underworld for defense.

Spear and shield, attack and defense, overall, the spear is stronger, but it also depends on the situation.

The defense area of ​​the Soul Sacrifice Pass is very large, but the Six Armies Alliance focuses on attacking one area.

Now, a large area of ​​khaki color appeared on the black barrier, as if a puddle of mud had been thrown on it.

The first batch of Hunyuan warships were launched, and the second batch of Hunyuan warships followed closely and launched the second batch of "boulders".

The second batch launched was the [Lihuo Catapult].

The fifth-level materials Zhao Xing planted in the volcano in the south of Tonghuo City include "Cracked Crown Wood", "Phoenix Roost Wood", and "Fire Bamboo". All of them are fire materials and are consumables for making "Fire Stone".

The fiery red boulder fell down, followed by the ochre-colored boulder.

The ochre-yellow patch on the black barrier was suddenly covered by flames.

The black color, which was originally recovering lost ground, suddenly slowed down its progress.

The purpose of the dual stones of fire and earth is not to break the defense of the black barrier, but to solidify and destroy the self-repair of the Yin Five Elements barrier.

Then came the third batch of boulders launched——【Heavy Water Catapult】

The azure water, rippling with a mesmerizing light, covered the flame that had just been extinguished.

"Om~"

The entire barrier suddenly became transparent.

When the soul sacrifice was closed, the solidified ochre-colored barrier suddenly became brittle.

A large amount of ink faded away, and the barrier began to shake, as if it had consumed a huge amount of energy at once.

The fourth batch——[Gengjin Catapult]

"Boom boom boom!"

The power of Gengjin's stone throwing was much greater. It bombarded the light blue ice crystals and immediately broke large holes in the barrier.

But it didn't take long for the black barrier to be repaired and all colors were erased.

The warships of the Great Zhou began a new round of bombardment with earth, fire, water, and gold.

"This kind of stupid battle is purely a logistical waste." Zhao Xing shook his head. "In a low-level battlefield, the Hunyuan warship is just a castrated version, and it lacks the most important wood element."

The Wood Element's Stone Throwing was to throw a large number of seventh-level seeds and seedlings over.

All that were selected were carefully chosen 'different species'.

They can use the barrier as nutrients! They can take root in the defensive barrier!

The barrier's energy supply can be drained very quickly, and restoring it is not so easy.

"On the complete version of the Hunyuan warship, there are fifth- and fourth-rank military Si-nong in charge. The four rows of launches in front also have corresponding warlock camps."

"When hitting the Wood Element, if the situation permits, Jun Si Nong's Pure Yuan projection will also cover the barrier, doubling its power."

However, a complete-level Hunyuan warship, equipped with so many experts, usually appears in high-level battlefields, such as attacking the royal city.

As for now?

Now we can only fight against the soul sacrifice.

The bombardment method of the Hunyuan warship puts a lot of pressure on logistics, and the magic formation of the Soul Sacrifice Pass also consumes a huge amount of energy.

Now let's see who can't stand it first.

Even if there is only one gap that cannot be restored, the army can break through it, break through the barrier and go in to kill.

On December 15th, Zhao Xing once again brought eight warships, transporting supplies to the Jihun Pass to break the formation.

At this time, the Jihun Pass had been under attack for seven consecutive days.

But the Xuantian Yin Five Elements Array remained strong, and every time a gap was broken, it was quickly filled.

On December 22, Zhao Xing came to Jiehun Pass again to transport supplies.

The planting direction of Tonghuo City has been adjusted, mainly to plant siege consumable materials.

At this time, the barrier of the Soul Sacrifice Pass has lasted for fourteen days, just counting from the time when the "Ghost Soul" was defending with all his strength.

The recovery is getting slower and slower.

But Zhao Xing was also exhausted. Although there were 10 people in Tonghuo City, the consumption of the army was also extremely shocking.

Not only did he have to transport supplies, he also had to manage the logistics of 10 people and farm the land himself.

On December 28th, Zhao Xing brought the last batch of supplies to the front line.

"This is the last batch. The area within a hundred miles of Tonghuo City has been completely turned into a wasteland by me."

"It will take a month for 10 people to find a new place, build a city, set up formations, regulate the earth veins, and cultivate seedlings."

"If you can't take it down, there's nothing I can do."

There was a hint of fatigue in Zhao Xing's tone.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhao." Qi Yuanjun looked at Zhao Xing with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Enough is enough." Nangong Ye said, "One more day, the Soul Sacrifice Pass will be breached!"

Yi Yue had nothing to say.

He had been somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Xing before, but now he couldn't find any fault with him.

Zhao Xing was able to achieve this with the makeshift logistics teams of the Shenwei Army, Zhenhai Army, and Xuanjia Army. He really has nothing to say about it.

In Yi Yue's eyes, these were the logistics teams of a weak army, but Zhao Xing managed to meet their needs.

Originally, Yi Yue, Qi Yuanjun, and Nangong Ye were prepared to fight this war until the spring of the eighteenth year of Jing Xinli.

Now it is much earlier than expected.

December 29th.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The boulder suddenly broke through the black barrier.

The soldiers patrolling and stationed on the city walls were smashed into pieces by the falling rocks.

Moreover, the damage caused by the powerful impact force of the rolling boulder will also cause secondary damage.

This time, the black barrier had a gap as large as ten miles in diameter, and it could not be restored at all.

A large number of warships quickly entered from outside the pass through the gap.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Hurry into the fortress!"

"Escape!"

The small leaders guarding the city screamed miserably, but they were too hasty to put up any effective resistance.

There was a loud noise on the city wall.

The harsh and heavy sound caused the soldiers guarding the city to bleed from their ears and their heads to buzz.

It felt as if there was an earthquake on the city wall.

The garrison on the city wall suddenly fell into panic.

"Don't panic, everyone enter the fortress on the city wall and strengthen the barrier!"

"Don't run away!"

A commander with a terrifying scar on his face roared, his voice drowning out the noisy sounds.

So he ordered the leaders of the city wall to enter the fortress, while he himself just flew along the city wall to suppress the panic.

But he just turned around.

"Pfft~"

A crossbow arrow as thick as an arm pierced through him and even nailed his entire body into the city wall.

"what--"

“Fire, fire, fire!”

"My legs, help me!"

On the top of the city, it was a tragic scene.

In a marching hall, the ghost suddenly woke up.

"Where did the noise come from?"

"Report, General! The enemy has crossed the southern section of the Jihun Pass, the barrier has been broken, and the city walls have collapsed and have many defects!" A soldier reported in panic.

"What?!" Although he had expected it, when the moment really came, Minghun still couldn't believe it.

"Meet the enemy immediately!"

"Go and call Elder Long Yang quickly." Minghun ran out of the room and came to the outside of the warship.

As the great leader, his warship was always hovering in the black clouds.

"Chief." After a while, Taoist Longyang appeared on the deck.

"Elder, the southern section of the city has been breached. Can it still be defended?" asked Minghun.

"We can't defend it anymore." Taoist Long Yang shook his head. "We can only retreat while the formation is still effective, and we have to do it quickly. According to the original plan, we will retreat to Linggui City. If they chase us too deep, we may still have a chance to counterattack."

…………

On December 29th, the southern section of the Sacrifice Soul Pass barrier, which had held out for more than half a month, was broken and could not be completely repaired.

The six-army alliance quickly moved out and quickly crossed the checkpoint.

Faced with the elite troops of the Great Zhou, Minghun simply gave up resistance and ordered a retreat.

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Xing let out a long sigh of relief.

"Finally I have broken through this barrier."

He was already extremely tired at this point. If his soul had not reached the sixth level, he would not have been able to hold on for so long.

However, he still did not sleep, but quickly sent messages to Chen Shijie, Long Xiao and Xia Jing, advising them not to pursue too deep.

After repeated exhortations and receiving responses from several people, he finally lay down on the bed.

“A gentleman who follows the trend will be blessed with good fortune.”

"I hope Lao Chen and the others will listen to my advice."

Zhao Xing rubbed his temples and began to fall into a deep sleep.

"Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing, wake up."

I don’t know how long I slept, but Zhao Xing suddenly felt someone calling him.

"Ok?"

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and saw Chen Shijie's face.

"Old Chen, are you back to Tonghuo City?"

"Yeah." Chen Shijie nodded.

"How long have I slept?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Five days." Chen Shijie said. "Han Bing said you slept for almost five days."

"So long? What's the situation at the Soul Sacrifice Pass?" Zhao Xing asked.

Chen Shijie poured Zhao Xing a glass of water: "There are good news and bad news."

"Hear the bad news first." Zhao Xing said.

Chen Shijie said: "The cooperation between our army and the Huanyou Army, Zhaoyuan Army, and Yuanhua Army has ended, and there was some unpleasantness."

"Oh? Why is this so?" Zhao Xing asked.

"After entering the pass, the Six Armies Alliance frantically hunted down the Nether Soul, Morik and other sixteen alien armies."

"It went very smoothly at the beginning. Nangong Ye's Phantom Army was mostly composed of priests. He himself was also a sixth-rank priest, but his official position was seventh-rank."

"We followed the Phantom Army and chased them for more than 800 miles."

"Qi Yuanjun, Nangong Ye, and Yi Yue still want to continue the pursuit and plan to take advantage of the situation to attack the eastern line of the Qinggang mining area."

"Huh?" Zhao Xing was surprised. "Where do they get their confidence from? We only have 120,000 or 130,000 people in total."

"The Xixianguan defense line of the Fire Demon Clan was broken by the main forces of the Black Dragon Army, Zhaoyuan Army, Danxia Army, Huanyou Army, and Yuanhua Army. They received orders from the main forces on the northern line."

"Break through Linggui City and join up with several main forces in Huogui Territory and the northern front."

"We want to attract the attention of the Golden Feather King's Court from the east."

"After all, we have broken through the Fire Dragon Pass and the Sacrifice Soul Pass, which is enough to attract the attention of the Golden Feather King Court."

"Feint attack?" Zhao Xing understood as soon as he heard it. They were planning to raise a big banner.

With 120,000 to 130,000 troops, they claim to have an army of one million. If the Six-Army Alliance reaches Linggui Territory and makes a move to join up with the main army on the northern front, it will be very convincing.

"Did the talks break down?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes." Chen Shijie said, "Our army disagreed to continue the pursuit. Without our logistical support, they could not have pursued so fast. So Yi Yue had a big argument with Liao Rulong, angrily accusing us of delaying the opportunity to fight."

"Now, their three armies have separated from our team and are moving towards the northeast line, waiting for their own logistics troops."

"Where is the Black Armor Army?" Zhao Xing asked. He was most concerned about Xia Jing. As for the three armies, he didn't care, but the Black Armor Army was also in the northern battle zone.

"Xia Jing also received the order. Although he didn't say it now, I guess he thinks so too." Chen Shijie said.

After all, Xia Jing's relationship with the Shenwei Army is closer.

"I'll come and persuade him later. What's the good news?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The good news is that Long Xiao, Xia Jing and I have all exceeded one million military merits." Chen Shijie said with a smile.

"Oh? Has the military merit mission been settled?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes, you should be able to see the news from the ground mirror."

Zhao Xing immediately took out the ground mirror to check.

Then he smiled.

[Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army, you have completed the military mission of the military world, 'Maintaining the supply of the Soul Sacrifice Pass']

[Based on your overall performance and the results achieved in this battle on the Eastern Front, you have earned a total of 525400 military merits! ]

"How much do you have?" Chen Shijie asked.

"Not much, just 520,000." Zhao Xing said calmly.

Chen Shijie waved his hand and said, "Come here, take this fellow away and torture him severely!"

Long Xiao walked in and asked in surprise: "What crime did he commit?"

Chen Shijie snorted, "Boasting in front of your superiors!"

Long Xiao said with a hint of smile: "What did he say?"

"I asked him how many military merits he had earned, and he said not much, only 520,000. Do you think this is human language? Should we fight?"

"Hahaha, you really deserve to be beaten."

"I admit my mistake, Lord Chen, please calm down." Zhao Xing also smiled and played along with Old Chen.

Jokes aside, it was not surprising to Chen Shijie that Zhao Xing had achieved so many military achievements.

The 10 logistics troops in Tonghuo City were all managed in an orderly manner by Zhao Xing, and nothing went wrong.

Zhao Xing played an indispensable role in solving the puzzle formation and breaking the barrier of the Soul Sacrifice Pass. If Chen Shijie had done it himself, he would definitely not have been able to do it.

First of all, he couldn't get through this bewildering formation. This formation had been deployed after the Fire Dragon Pass was broken, and it had been waiting to be deployed.

At the critical moment, separating the front-line troops and the logistics troops was a disaster. Giving 400,000 military merits to Zhao Xing alone was definitely not too much.

After that, breaking the Soul Sacrifice Pass barrier was entirely a logistical contest. As for the military supplies required by the six armies, if someone else was in charge, it might not be possible to meet them in such a short time.

Zhao Xing knows high-level volcano magic and instant origin, which are key spells for cultivating fifth-level plants. They can greatly shorten the time. With him as a breakthrough point, the rest of the low-level Si Nong can be utilized. Ordinary military Si Nong can't do it at all.

For breaking through the pass and replenishing supplies, the overall credit was distributed, and he was given 520,000 military merits.

"What are your thoughts on the next step?" Chen Shijie asked, "Do you have any basis for advising us not to take risks?"

Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao and Xia Jing advised not to advance rashly. They then advised Liao Rulong, who listened to their advice. Both Liao Rulong and Xia Jing also listened to their advice because Qi Yuanjun's next plan did not fit in with their original plan.

Now I just want to ask what Zhao Xing thinks about the next step.

"Rest and observe the situation." Zhao Xing said, "Let's see what happens first."

This answer is vague and somewhat disappointing.

But Zhao Xing couldn't tell Chen Shijie and others that Emperor Jing was about to call a truce.

How could a seventh-rank master guess this so accurately? Was it because of his fortune-telling skills?

So we can only use some old-fashioned reasons first: "The Golden Feather King Court is very determined to defend the Fire Demon Tribe's territory, but now it is retreating on three sides."

"Just think about how embarrassing this would be. They will definitely try to find a way to win some victories. Otherwise, people will lose confidence and their prestige will be greatly reduced."

This is not a blind guess, the Golden Feather Royal Court really did this in the previous life, but they chose to target the Divine Thunder Army.

As a result, the little prince Yanda met Lu Yuanwei, the son of luck, and not only was he defeated, he almost followed in the footsteps of his cousin.

After this, the Golden Feather Royal Court gave up the Fire Demon Clan’s territory, completely laying the foundation for Lu Yuanwei’s rise.

"You said that the Golden Feather Royal Court would start with the east?"

"Well, I think it's possible." Zhao Xing nodded. In fact, he wanted to wait until February of the eighteenth year of Jingxinli.

In early February, Emperor Jing would declare a truce and in March he would give out rewards.

This was the first time that Emperor Jing intended to start a medium to high-level war.

Afterwards, he would be shaken again because of the Fortune Plate and some other reasons and would continue to train his troops, but from this time on, it would not be so easy to gain military merits.

The deeper they fought, the worse the environment became, and the longer the battle line became. The military and agricultural staff were not omnipotent, and some things could not be supplied. For example, some ore materials still had to be transported from the Great Zhou.

During the truce in February, a small number of high-level warriors will enter the field. If you rush in too fast at this time, you might be killed by the strong high-level warriors without any moral principles.

Even if they didn't encounter a high-level strongman, Emperor Jing would order the troops to retreat to a certain distance and leave a buffer zone. It would be useless to charge now.

"In short, I suggest you take a break now. Don't you and Long Xiao both have a million military merits? Find Lu Tingzhi from the Transportation Bureau and ask him to come over. You can exchange for the Yin God's quota first." Zhao Xing said.

　There is no second chapter. The war part has been written. I will prepare the subsequent plot and go to bed early.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)