To the east of Qinglan City, there is the largest port terminal in the Cangyun Empire, which is connected to the busiest trade channel in the East China Sea. Most of the seaborne goods will enter the empire from here and then be transported to other cities.
In the past, the port was bustling with activity. Ships from different countries in the fairyland gathered here. Merchants with different skin colors and shapes came and went, shouting and shouting one after another, creating a prosperous picture.
But at this time, the port of Qinglan City was already in turmoil, and merchant ships from other forces and countries had disappeared. Even Qinglan City's own boatmen had locked their ships tightly on the shore with iron chains.
On the wide blue and white rock pier, there are no traders and workers, and there is no hustle and bustle. Only the waves are still lapping at the shore tirelessly, making bursts of sounds.
All the peaceful past seemed to have disappeared, replaced by newly erected guard towers and military tents. Soldiers in imperial uniforms continued to carry various war preparation materials, including weapons, armor, medicine and food.
A group of shirtless craftsmen wielded hammers in their hands and built simple bunkers on the embankment. There were also many men who were obviously recruited temporarily and dug trenches with unskilled techniques.
In the inner harbor, dark green warships were lined up neatly. The officers loudly ordered the sailors to carefully inspect every detail, from the sails to the artillery, from the armor outside the hull to the deck. The ammunition reserve is not detailed but the division of labor is clear.
These warships, plus the ships led by Liu Qingling that are about to return, are all the maritime forces that the Eastern Military Region can dispatch to Qinglan City at this time. They will be responsible for the task of resisting the Penglai fleet head-on.
The two are far apart in terms of quantity and quality, but this is already the result of the Liu family's multi-faceted operations. After all, as a vast empire, there are not many port cities on the coastline. Naturally, the naval power cannot compete with it. Compared with the Penglai Fairy Kingdom, which is surrounded by the sea.
Moreover, at this time, the Cangyun Empire was still divided into two. The old royal family, headed by Huangfu Yi, occupied the three major military regions of the west, north, and central. The Liu family and the Ji family, which were in charge of the two major military regions in the southeast, also needed to send a large number of troops to guard the borders. , there are only so many people who can support Qinglan City.
But the good news is that Yun Lier's "live broadcast" in the imperial capital was very effective. More and more forces and sects in the areas controlled by the old royal family began to move their families, passing through many obstacles and arriving within the scope of the Southeast Military Region. .
Among them, the power of the monks is even higher. After all, the Yunlan Sect is respected in the world of immortal cultivation in Cangyun Empire. As the sect leader, Yun Li'er ascended to support the empress Huang Fuqin and gained recognition from the world of immortality. It makes sense.
In the past few days, Yun Li'er and Huangfu Qin traveled among the major sects, constantly using their emotions and reasoning to convince them. In the end, they persuaded most of the sects to send disciples and elders to help Qinglan City.
Although Huangfuqin grew up in Yaolu outside the world, the dignity inherited from his bloodline and Yun Lier's sudden training have now revealed the majesty of a ninth-five-year-old man in both his speech and behavior. This is also the case for all major sects. This is a big reason why those old guys are willing to believe her.
It’s not just Yun Lier who is too busy to keep his feet on the ground. Li Yubai, who is in charge of Qinglan City, also never relaxes for a moment. Whether it is the deployment of troops in the city or the construction of basic fortifications, as well as the coordination and communication of many family forces, this Qinglan City Although it is just a city, the workload of mobilizing all the tens of millions of people living in it is unimaginable.
Especially those wealthy families, when faced with an uncertain fate, will always put their own interests above others. It is not uncommon for them to work hard and do one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes. How can these old foxes be willing to do so? It was a headache for Li Yubai to have someone pay to support this defense war.
In the end, Liu Long made a decisive decision and led the Liu family's personal guards to visit the stubborn families one by one. In the face of absolute strength, the family heads and elders became obedient. With these people who control most of the wealth of Qinglan City, With the family's support, the city's overall combat readiness has greatly improved its progress, which made Li Yubai breathe a sigh of relief.
While Li Yubai controls the overall situation, Liu Ruoying focuses on arranging support forces from all over the empire. Among them are private soldiers from nearby cities and casual cultivators traveling here. These people have different cultivation levels and With different identities, even the way of doing things is completely different.
To manage them well and put them into play in the defense battle requires extremely superb coordination skills and great charisma.
As the wife of the city lord of Qinglan City and the eldest daughter of the Imperial Military God Family, Liu Ruoying was obviously very comfortable with this matter. First, she forcibly dispersed all the ordinary soldiers who came for reinforcements from all forces and placed them in the Eastern Military Region troops. Under formal preparation.
The sect monks and casual cultivators form special combat teams according to their cultivation levels. Each team will dispatch a captain whose cultivation level is significantly higher than that of the team members. This also solves the problem of some monks who pretend to be noble and do not obey orders. difficult problem.
Later, Liu Ruoying also proposed an intelligence exchange system with defense zone linkage and level-by-level reporting based on the communication method used by the regular army of the Eastern Military Region. The entire Qinglan City was divided into four defense zones, and all forces involved in the defense war were As a team, you can obtain tokens that can display the team's status.
Such advanced thinking instantly revitalized the originally chaotic defense forces in the city, and everything was done so that when the battle started, the whole city could be integrated into one and jointly resist the invasion of powerful enemies.
In addition to these preparations, the reserve of high-end combat power will also directly affect the outcome of this defense war.
The three ancestors of the Li Family Yin Sect all have perfect abilities in the Tribulation Realm, and they have become the backbone of the entire city.
Then there are the three seniors of the Liu family and the elders from the Yunlan Sect, Xuantian Sword Sect and other local sects. They form the most powerful and final line of defense in Qinglan City, and their mission is to fight against the Penglai Army. The seven Penglai Ten Guys, as well as many battle captains with immeasurable realm cultivation.
Although the Li Family Hidden Sect is extremely powerful, the three ancestors who have completed the Tribulation Realm, including the white-bearded old man who ordered two six-year-old children to beat Li Mu, are seven beginners and seniors in the Tribulation Realm, and the Infinite Realm There are dozens of strong ones.
However, the small world of the Yin Sect is the foundation of the family and cannot be sent out in full force, so in the end, under the decision of Patriarch Ling, a total of three elders of the Tribulation Realm and twenty disciples of the Immeasurable Realm were sent out of the small world to support this place. In the midst of a battle.
In this way, the gap between the monks on both sides can be considered to be made up, but whether the true strength of the Penglai Army is as shown in the intelligence can only be known when the battle starts. There is also the "blood" organization that is always hidden in the dark, which will also become With the variables of the battle, and after so many years of planning and preparation, Zi Tong would never easily see Qinglan City win. After all, he needed to rely on continuous wars to collect enough blood beads to complete the tasks assigned to him by the organization.
As the first stumbling block of Zi Tong's plan, Qinglan City is a level that he must help Penglai Immortal Kingdom conquer, so members of "Blood" will definitely appear on the battlefield by then, and the members of these organizations are not only powerful but also have weird methods. , the blood evil camp alone is extremely difficult to deal with, not to mention it is not clear whether there will be a super strong person from the "blood" coming.
Faced with such a complicated situation and situation, the City Lord's Mansion headed by Li Yubai can only try its best to plan every detail, because they are not only burdened with their own destiny, but also the Qinglan City and the motherland behind them. , and the loved ones who live on this land.
This battle must be won!
