It was past half hour, and Li Xiuyuan was looking through the battle report produced by the general and others.
Looking at Chu Feiyan and Chu Ruoyu beside them, they said: "The city gate has been repaired and the city wall is being repaired. Our casualties are less than 5,000, and the opponent's number has been reduced by at least half!"
After Chu Feiyan took the battle report and read it, he frowned: "If our statistics are correct, the Silver Moon army suffered heavy losses this time. If we go to besiege the city, what will Princess Qingyue have to fight with us?"
"Why is she so afraid? Didn't she come here with 200,000 troops?" Li Xiuyuan looked at her and said calmly.
Chu Ruoyu took the battle report and read it carefully twice, then raised her head and looked at Li Xiuyuan and said: "Generalissimo! You are still the best. The soldiers of Da Chu all depend on you."
Chu Feiyan looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked: "Generalissimo, in your opinion, how should we continue?"
Li Xiuyuan frowned and thought for a moment, then replied: "If my prediction is correct, Qingyue will lead the Yinyue army to retreat to Black Salt City today, and we will naturally follow."
When Chu Feiyan heard this, she laughed and said, "I guess Qingyue would never have been killed. She led an army of 200,000 to fight two battles in front of the decisive battle, and when she returned to Black Salt City, only half of her troops were left."
"War has always been a life-and-death struggle. How is it different from our practice of fighting for fate against the sky?" Li Xiuyuan looked at her and replied in a solemn voice.
Chu Feiyan lowered his head and thought for a while, then replied: "Should we reorganize the army and march to Black Salt City?"
Chu Ruoyu looked at the two of them and said: "If we go to siege the city, we can only hold on until the heavy snow comes. If we can't harness it before winter comes, the army will have to withdraw to the decisive battle."
All the soldiers of Da Chu knew that in the ice and snow in the north of Da Chu, no large army could survive the long winter in the wild. Without the opponent taking action, a hundred thousand troops would fall in the ice and snow.
Chu Feiyan waved her hand and said: "Hurry up and play, it's not your turn to make suggestions on this important military matter!"
Chu Ruoyu stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "I'm going to go play with Xiao Qing and Xiao Long'er." After saying that, she clapped her hands and walked out the door.
Chu Feiyan looked at Li Xiuyuan in front of her and asked seriously: "When will we set off? Do we want to pursue it all night? Give Princess Qingyue an unexpected surprise!"
"Don't push them too hard. Let them return to Black Salt City first. We will set off tomorrow."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled. He was confident that Qingyue would sign a contract under the city in Black Salt City to end this meaningless war.
Chu Feiyan looked at him and smiled: "I have nothing to do tonight. I have been waiting for you to give me an unexpected surprise?"
Li Xiuyuan frowned, looked at her and asked, "Are you so anxious? This war is not over yet."
Chu Feiyan looked at him and nodded, looking at the sky outside the hall and said: "Everything in the decisive battle is convenient, but it would be inconvenient if we camped in Black Salt City."
...
Just when Li Xiuyuan was about to complete the agreement with Chu Feiyan, and Chu Wudi led the remaining 90,000 troops to fight against Black Salt City, Qing Yue had already led the remaining 120,000 troops to Black Salt City.
After the Hongfeng retreated in front of the decisive victory pass, the Silver Moon army took the dead and wounded soldiers back to the camp fifty miles away overnight.
Then the fire in the camp burned for a day and a night, and the dead soldiers were cremated so that they could be brought back to the Silver Moon Kingdom.
Looking up at the hazy sky, Qingyue said coldly: "When we return to Black Salt City, that will be their burial place."
Qin Miaoyu, who was following her, looked at her silently. She decided that from this moment on, she would no longer make decisions for Qingyue.
In the decisive battle outside the Pass, more than half of the 200,000 troops were almost killed. Logically speaking, Qingyue at this time should also calmly lead the remaining army to leave Dachu and retreat to the Silver Moon Kingdom.
At least, the Chu Feiyan in front of her did not have the courage to fight against the Silver Moon Kingdom.
As the generalissimo, Li Xiuyuan could not help Chu Feiyan fight other countries.
However, Qingyue had already fallen into a crazy state of revenge at this time.
She eagerly wanted to fight face to face with the Chu army and avenge the deaths of tens of thousands of Silver Moon troops.
Qingyue, whose eyes were covered by revenge, could no longer listen to her advice.
The two of them were running quietly on the wasteland heading to Black Salt City. The entire Silver Moon army had lost the vigorous momentum it had when it came before.
Hundreds of thousands of troops walked quietly on the wasteland, only hearing the sound of war flags flapping.
...
On the eve of the 90,000-strong army of Da Chu going out to attack Black Salt City, several visions appeared in the Lord's Mansion of Jueshengguan City.
Li Xiuyuan agreed to Chu Feng's request on Luoxia Mountain and prepared the elixir for Chu Feiyan and Chu Ruoyu to help the two sisters break through the realm.
Under the repeated requests of Chu Feiyan and Huangfu Xuanming, and under Huangfu Xuanming's promise not to disclose anything, Li Xiuyuan cooked a pot of broth with elixir added for Da Chu's students in the academy... .
It was night, and more than a dozen people broke out in the city lord's mansion.
Among the students in the academy, Chu Yanran was the only one who broke through the second level, while the other students all broke through the first level.
Chu Feiyan had already experienced breaking through the realm many years ago in the back mountain of the academy, and she was not surprised at all by Li Xiuyuan and his methods, even though she had broken through two realms in a row and stood above the sixth level of breaking the void.
Only Chu Ruoyu cried and laughed after breaking through, hugging Chu Feiyan and making trouble for a long time.
For her, every time she breaks through a realm, it takes a lot of hard work and time, even if she is the only descendant of the national master.
In less than two hours, she broke through two realms in a row, and even her master Huangfu Shenji was unable to do anything.
"This guy Chu Feng only knows how to eat alone. He didn't tell me earlier about such a good thing!" He held Chu Feiyan's hand and kept shouting.
Chu Feiyan patted her hand gently and smiled lightly: "Chu Feng and Li Xiuyuan have known each other in the academy for a long time, and even I..."
Chu Feiyan spent a while and told him about the misunderstanding he had with Li Xiuyuan because of Dongfang Yu'er and Qin Qianshan.
Chu Ruoyu looked at her and said in a daze: "What a monster!"
Chu Feiyan glared at her and said with a smile: "Have a good sleep today, I will go to Black Salt City to fight tomorrow."
...
Outside Black Salt City, three days later.
Li Xiuyuan led Da Chu's 90,000-strong army and walked unhurriedly on the wasteland for three days, finally setting up camp a few miles outside Black Salt City.
Both Chu Feng and Chu Wudi wanted to lead the army to attack the city, but were blocked by Li Xiuyuan.
Looking at the time when the time had just arrived, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Start cooking at Youshi, enter the position at three o'clock at Xushi, and launch an attack on Black Salt City at two o'clock at Haishi!"
After saying these words, Li Xiuyuan looked at Chu Feng and said: "You will be responsible for this attack. General Chu will not interfere with it. Remember, everything will go according to our previous plan!"
Chu Feng laughed when he heard this, looked at him and replied: "I like to do this kind of thing! I guarantee to satisfy the generalissimo!"
Chu Feiyan and Chu Ruoyu looked at the two of them and frowned and asked, "If you don't launch an attack in broad daylight, what do you want to do in the middle of the night?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at everyone and shook his head: "Don't say it!"
After saying that, he took Xiao Long'er's hand and walked towards his tent. As he walked, he said, "Xiao Qing, if you have nothing to do, go with Chu Feng to help. This will save you from going to Tianshui City another day without any military merit."
When Xiao Qing heard this, she immediately laughed, looked at him and said, "That's pretty much it. My hands have been itchy for the past few days. It's all Xiao Long'er, and I can't go anywhere with her."
Li Xiuyuan looked back at Xiao Long'er and said with a smile: "It's okay. I will take Xiao Long'er with me tonight. You can go and make meritorious service with Chu Feng! By the way, let all the students in the academy go. Just pay attention to safety."
Huangfu Xuanming looked at his back and said with a smile: "Dinner later, would you like a drink, Generalissimo?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "Just ask someone to bring the food to the tent for me. If you want to drink, wait until tomorrow!"
Chu Feiyan looked at Li Xiuyuan who was walking away, and asked Chu Feng: "Tell me honestly what kind of tricks the general wants to play tonight."
Chu Feng looked at her and shook his head: "Why are you so anxious? I want to know if we can get together tonight. It's not like I won't let you go."
When Chu Ruoyu heard this, she couldn't help but stepped forward, pinched his ears and laughed: "Since you have the general marshal, you don't even listen to the words of the eldest sister and the second sister!"
Chu Feng used his strength to break free from her clutches, looked at her and said with a smile: "If you have the ability, will you be the generalissimo?"
...
At the top of Black Salt City, Qin Miaoyu said seriously to Princess Qingyue beside him: "If we really can't fight, let's retreat. There are still 140,000 soldiers and injured brothers left behind in Black Salt City. We can go home alive without any shame." ."
Qingyue glanced at her, shook her head and replied softly: "No matter what, we have to fight before we are willing to fight, otherwise I won't be able to close my eyes even if I die."
Behind the two of them, Zuo General Ye Wubei, who had healed his wounds, said, "How about we go forward and attack the camp while they are still completely stable?"
Qingyue looked at him, shook her head, and replied: "The lives of our soldiers are precious, don't use them to fight each other easily."
General Ye Hui frowned and asked, "Your Highness, are we just waiting for the other party to attack the city?"
Qingyue looked back at him and replied quietly: "Black Salt City is a ten-foot moat, what are they going to use to break it? They know how to play with fire, don't we, the Silver Moon Army, not know how to do it?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Wubei nodded heavily and said with a smile: "We just need to learn from them, pour kerosene on the moat, put flammable branches on it, and see how they attack!"
Qin Miaoyu saw that he could not convince Qingyue on his own, so he had no choice but to shake his head and walk under the tower.
Since the words are slight, it is better to go back and rest.
Qingyue looked at Ye Wubei and ordered: "Let the army take turns to watch the night, and we cannot let our opponents attack us in the middle of the night!"
Ye Wubei replied: "Don't worry, princess, I will personally arrange this matter!"
...
At three o'clock in the morning, the sky in the north of Dachu had completely darkened.
Today is the end of the month, there is no wind or rain, there are no stars or moon, the sky and the earth are dark again.
Chu Feng directed the 20,000 soldiers of Chu to carry up the wooden stakes and straw figures prepared along the way, and quietly arrived in front of Black Salt City, one hundred and fifty feet away from the city tower.
Neat rows of wooden stakes were arranged in two rows, forming a long snake formation outside Black Salt City.
Among the second rows of wooden piles are rows of straw men wearing various clothes, each with a helmet on their head.
Until this time, Chu Feiyan and Chu Ruoyu, who were following Chu Feng, did not understand what kind of drama the Grand Marshal was going to perform.
Not to mention the dozen or so Dachu students from the academy.
Only Li Xiuyuan took Xiao Longer and stood far in front of the formation. There was a table in front of him, with a small stove burning on it and a kettle being boiled.
Sitting next to him were General Chu Wudi and National Preceptor Huangfu Xuanming. General Chen Tianfang also followed Chu Feng, Xiao Qing and others to the front line to direct tonight's battle.
At a quarter of the hour, Chu Feng had led an army of 20,000 to complete the formation in front of Black Salt City!
At this moment, the kettle in front of Li Xiuyuan made a whining sound.
While he was washing a cup and making tea, he looked in the direction of Black Cloud City and poured hot tea for the general and national advisor in front of him. He and Xiao Longer each held a cup in their hands.
Chu Wudi looked at him and asked nervously: "Generalissimo, it's already 2:00am, should we issue an attack order?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he looked at Xiao Long'er who put down his tea cup and said with a smile: "Xiao Long'er, go set off a firework to show to the soldiers in front!"
After speaking, he took out a firework and handed it over.
