That night, when the warning drums sounded in Heyang City, the whole city shook. After a month of panic, what was supposed to come finally came!
"The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!" The messengers galloped wildly in the city, and the general's message spread throughout Heyang City, "The whole city is on alert! The whole city is on alert!"
Bai Ze woke up immediately, Qing Lin was still sleeping soundly with his arms around his neck. Bai Ze patted Qing Lin's back gently and called her: "Lin'er, Lin'er?"
"What's wrong, daddy?" Qinglin snorted, and opened his emerald eyes in confusion, filled with the mist of not waking up.
"Something happened." Bai Ze didn't have time to explain, "Quickly transform into the original body, I'm going out."
"Yeah." Qing Lin drowsily transformed into a palm-sized green snake, got into Bai Ze's chest, and went to sleep.
Bai Ze quickly put on his black armor, wielded two swords, untied the reins of the courtyard war horse, and rode out of the courtyard gate. He saw that Tao Hongjing's courtyard door was locked.
"It's so late, where is the teacher?" Bai Ze was wondering, but without time to think about it, he rode out of the alley and headed straight for the gate of Heyang City.
The city roads were already filled with soldiers running around.
Large numbers of refugees were running around the city.
The scene was extremely chaotic for a while.
There were fires everywhere and the troops were gathering with torches. Shouting sounds kept coming from the corner, some calling for help, and some calling for parents.
"Drive!" Bai Ze was blocked on the road by the crowd flowing against the current, and he wanted to run directly into them.
"Damn it!" But Bai Ze still didn't do that. He cursed, unsheathed the Qingshuang Sword, held the sword in the sky, stepped on it, and headed straight for the city gate.
The walls of Heyang City were already densely packed with defenders. The fire was like a long dragon, looking extremely ferocious in the night, setting the city wall on fire.
The whole army was silent.
Bai Ze flew with his sword and galloped all the way.
When he arrived at the tower above the gate of Heyang City, Mu Chen, Lu Qian, Zhu Shiwu, and Lu Zheng all arrived. All four of them had serious expressions on their faces and stared intently at the dark night outside Heyang City.
Pitch black.
But the sound of the marching army kept coming.
"Roar!!--"
There was a frightening roar in the darkness, not one or two, but one after another.
Bai Ze had a bad feeling. He remembered that when Tao Hongjing took him back to Heyang City that day, he saw a scene of monsters chasing away in the sky.
At that time, the nearly 10,000 monsters were all running southward. Could it be that those monsters were summoned by Xian Zhen and went to join Xian Zhen?
In this way, when those ghost soldiers ride on the Warcraft, don't they become Warcraft cavalry?
Bai Ze's scalp felt numb just thinking about it.
How to fight this?
Even if the Warcraft Cavalry, let alone the Heyang Army, encountered the Great Zhou Cavalry, the situation would be a 50-50 split. Whoever can’t tell will be killed!
And only those prosperous dynasties in Zhongzhou were so generous that they could raise a large number of Warcraft and form Warcraft cavalry.
In the entire northern border, there has never been such a terrifying army. You must know that these monsters are all Dushan monsters that have just died. Their corpses have not yet rotted, which is far better than those skeletal war horses that scatter in a rush.
Even if it is a first-level monster with the same strength as the bitter sea monk, the terrifying power of its charge is far greater than that of most war horses in the north!
What's more, these monsters are dead, and now they don't know what death is. If they don't chop off their heads, they will be charged endlessly.
Bai Ze was timid.
Xian Zhen sent an army of 200,000 to attack the city. Once Heyang City is breached, no one will be able to escape.
All must die!
There was a dead silence on the city walls.
Even the breathing of the three armies was suppressed. Thick white steam spurted out in the mouths and noses of everyone, and was quickly carried away by the biting cold wind.
Less than half an hour passed, and the endless army of the dead finally appeared slowly in the darkness.
"What is that?" Bai Ze has a mountain ghost seal inheritance and can see at night. He saw a huge thing moving slowly in the darkness among the marching army and asked aloud.
"Siege vehicle." Lu Qian said.
With an army of 200,000 ghost soldiers and siege vehicles, Lu Qian had already seen the outcome of Heyang City.
In this battle, Heyang City may be completely wiped out.
But soon, the people guarding the city realized something was wrong.
Because they discovered that the army marching in the night was indeed heading towards Heyang City, but they did not stop, and there were no signs of attacking the city. Instead, they seemed to be just passing by Heyang City.
"This..." Bai Ze and Mu Chen looked at each other, neither of them understanding what was going on.
Lu Qian was stunned for a moment.
He recalled what Zhao Dun had said to him in the study before, and was shocked.
Is it possible that, as the Grand Duke said, Xian Zhen's 200,000-strong army just passed by Heyang City? It doesn’t make sense! Further north, only Hulao Pass is closed.
"Hulao Pass!" Lu Qian shouted, finally understanding, "Xian Zhen's goal is Hulao Pass!"
On the city tower, the generals of the Heyang Army heard what was said and looked at the current situation, and they all understood what was going on.
Everyone was relieved in their hearts.
But then, everyone's worries shrouded their brows again. They all understand the meaning of lips dying and teeth falling cold.
Based on Xian Zhen's news, even if the target is really Hulao Pass, once Hulao Pass is in crisis and is breached, then without even thinking about it, the next person to suffer will definitely be Heyang City.
This is just the difference between death penalty and suspended death.
Bai Ze was dressed in black armor, holding a sword in his right hand, watching the army passing by on the six-foot-high wall of Heyang City.
It took a full hour for the 200,000-strong army to gradually disappear from the sight of everyone in the city and disappear into the darkness again.
But the fear suppressed in the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies did not dissipate because of the passing of Xian Zhen's 200,000 troops.
Because while the sergeants were glad to have escaped disaster, the generals knew it in their hearts. It's just that the time to start a war with two hundred thousand ghost soldiers has not arrived yet.
There will definitely be a bloody battle between the living and the dead! The outcome of this battle will determine both victory and defeat, as well as survival.
…
That night, Heyang City could not sleep at night.
When the morning star emerged from the cloud curtain and hung in the eastern sky, a man and a horse came from the east and went straight to the main gate of Heyang City.
The person who came was none other than the man who had disappeared for a long time, the most famous general in the Yan Kingdom, Heyang Hou Mu Suifeng.
"Open the city gate!" The defenders were overjoyed when they saw who the visitor was, and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the city lord into the city.
On this day, Mu Suifeng returned.
At dawn, a horseman came from the north, wearing the military uniform of the Hulao Pass garrison, and braved the cold wind to knock on the city gate and enter the city.
The person from the north was Ye Xuan, the inspection commander of Hulao Pass. Ye Xuan brought a closed-door secret letter, written by Xie Xuan himself.
"The date for the battle is seven days later." Ye Xuan brought the news, "Seven days later, the Heyang army will leave the city and attack Xian Zhen's military formation from the flank to open a gap."
"In Dao Zun's plan, what is the outcome of this victory?" Mu Suifeng asked the inspection commander of Hulao Pass with his horse still riding and his face covered with frost, "I heard that Grand Sima Wang Lang is also at Hulao Pass?"
"Da Sima is indeed at Hulao Pass." Ye Xuan said, "The key turning point in this battle will be on the seventh day. Dao Zun ordered that the Heyang army must be in position after seven days. By then, the war will end."
"I understand." Mu Suifeng nodded.
"And." Ye Xuan said again, "I want to take someone away."
"Who?" Mu Suifeng asked.
"Bai Ze." Ye Xuan said.
After saying that, Ye Xuan turned around and left.
"Grand Duke, what do you mean?" Mu Suifeng asked Zhao Dun.
"In any case, Xie Xuan is our last bet." Zhao Dun said, "I communicated with the Sword Emperor before and told him about Li Tianxing's conspiracy with me."
"Conspiracy?" Mu Suifeng was secretly surprised.
"Sit back and watch the decisive battle between Xie Xuan and Li Tianxing at Hulao Pass." Zhao Dun said, "Both sides will suffer losses. I will lead the Heyang Army to clean up the mess."
"Inappropriate!" Mu Suifeng said.
"It is indeed inappropriate." Zhao Dun said, "I have thought about it, who is Xian Zhen? He will allow a huge threat to stay in the rear, which may change the situation of the battle at any time? I have seen the clues, I, the Sword Emperor, I see it.”
"How do you say that?" Mu Suifeng also felt strange.
"Time is running out." Zhao Dun said and laughed, "There is not much time left for them. The way of heaven is strange, and they will die under the way of heaven. Winter is about to come to an end, and as soon as winter ends, they all To be wiped out in ashes and face the consequences of going against the will of heaven.”
"It's so?" Mu Suifeng was overjoyed when he heard it, but then he was full of doubts, "Then why don't we stick to our position and wait for spring to come next year?"
"It's too late." Zhao Dun said, "I'm afraid there is no city gate in the southern region that can stop Xian Zhen's army of 200,000 ghost soldiers."
"Not even Hulao Pass?" Mu Suifeng asked.
"Hulao Pass is no good either." Zhao Dun said, "Otherwise Xie Xuan would not have agreed that the Heyang army would go out in seven days to open a gap for the army of the deceased."
"So, the 200,000-strong army that passed through Heyang City last night but didn't take action was part of the plan?" Mu Suifeng asked.
"Yes." Zhao Dun said, "I deceived Li Tianxing. But these two people are not fuel-efficient lamps. They will not be completely defenseless against Heyang City."
"So, this tough battle related to the life and death of the Southern Territory must be fought." Mu Suifeng took a deep breath.
"We must fight," Zhao Dun said, "and we must win."
