On the long and sandy Beihai battlefield, the Five Regions Dynasty relied on the sophisticated weapons in their hands to defeat the 200,000-strong army in Beihai, but they could not help themselves.
On top of the cliff mountain, a sword summoned thunder from the sky, destroying a hundred thousand troops on the big sea ship.
In front of the decisive battle with continuous rain, hundreds of thousands of troops besieged the city, and the blood mixed in the rain made the soldiers of Da Chu suddenly cry all over the place.
A fire dragon burned the soldiers of the Silver Moon Kingdom in the two arrow towers and fled. Finally, an arrow from the sky attracted the water of the Black River that had been planned for a long time and flooded the army before the decisive battle.
Not to mention that in the Divine Dragon Valley, it attracted the Phoenix to Nirvana and split the high platform carefully prepared by the Great Elder into four pieces.
In the dream, Li Xiuyuan turned over and opened his eyes, only to see Nalan Yu sitting quietly in front of the big tent table in a daze.
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan asked lazily: "Brother, is something happening outside?"
Shaking his head, Nalan Yu looked at Li Xiuyuan who got up late and said with a smile: "A few disciples who were injured on the Beihai battlefield came to the military camp."
"According to the night guard, many Qingcheng disciples went down the mountain overnight and left the sect last night."
In Nalan Yu's view, these Qingcheng disciples who were born in the world were nothing more than that.
Before the army even fired a heavy spear, many of the disciples on the mountain were scared away. How similar was it to the Fuchun River back then?
Li Xiuyuan got up and went to get some water to wash up and become more awake.
Looking at Xiao Hei in his dream, he thought that he would have to go there again tonight. Since he wanted to fight, he would do the same as he did in Beihai, beating the head of Qingcheng and a group of elders.
Let them not dare to step into the world again to interfere in the government affairs of the dynasty for decades or hundreds of years.
Li Xiuyuan nodded, looked at the sky and said thoughtfully: "Elders who don't have blood on their hands can let them go."
"For the Qingcheng disciples who were disabled due to the Beihai War, once the matter on the mountain is resolved, I will immediately prepare the elixir for them. This is not a trouble."
Reaching out to light the stove on the table, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Give them another two days, there is no rush."
When Nalan Yu heard this, he immediately became energetic and came over to ask, "Should we attack in two days?"
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said: "This is not a bet between me and Qingcheng, this is a battle. One-on-one, you can't beat Qingcheng's elders and disciples."
Nalan Yu looked at him and nodded, saying: "There is nothing we can do about it. Now, do we still have a way out? We must seek justice for our dead brothers."
After a moment of silence, Li Xiuyuan said: "Give me the order, and the heavy slave camp will move back a hundred feet. Except for the forbidden troops on duty, all the forbidden troops will be divided into two groups."
At this time, Li Xiuyuan suddenly thought of the battle before the decisive battle and the weakness faced by his side.
Therefore, he had to change his side's strategy before the opponent launched an attack.
Only in this way can he ensure that Qingcheng's threat to his side will never be fulfilled, and that the Imperial Army will not suffer too much damage due to the other party's sudden madness.
Before attacking his opponent, he first thinks about what kind of counterattack and damage he will suffer. This has become a habit or instinct of his.
Nalan Yu was stunned, looked at him and asked, "Are the Imperial Masters afraid that the elders from Qingcheng will lead their disciples to charge down? We have a heavy slave camp, so there is no need to be afraid of them."
Shaking his head gently, Li Xiuyuan said: "No."
"Two squads of forbidden troops lined up and dug a large pit or trench five feet wide and three feet deep at the intersection at the foot of the mountain. I can only give you two days."
"This task must be completed in two days. Whether you can win this battle or not depends on you."
Li Xiuyuan was startled by his thoughts. He looked at Nalan Yu and said, "After the big pit is dug, push the heavy slave forward."
"Do you want to fill it with water? I took a look and found that the intersection is only twenty feet wide. We can dig a large pit of thirty to forty feet."
Nalanyu patted his chest, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said seriously: "Is it possible that the Imperial Master is afraid that they will drop a big rock and hit us hard to guard against?"
Li Xiuyuan did not reply, but said quietly: "Everything must be considered thoughtfully and comprehensively, and then our casualties will be reduced."
When Nalanyu heard this, he didn't even bother to drink tea with him any more. He got up and walked out of the tent.
This was a major matter related to the life and death of the Forbidden Army. Naturally, he did not dare to be careless and had to arrange it immediately.
And this is just Li Xiuyuan's innate intuition of danger, just like how he plotted against Princess Qingyue before the decisive battle that day.
In front of the surging Black River, no matter how fierce the Silver Moon army sent by Ren Qingyue was, it could not match the natural power of heaven and earth. From then on, the final battle changed the stalemate situation between the two armies.
Guarding a pot of spiritual tea, he took out a box of pastries prepared by Hua Tianxia and placed it on the table.
Looking at Xiao Hei in the dream, he shouted: "Xiao Hei, are you hungry?"
Unexpectedly, Xiaohei didn't even blink his eyelids, and looked like he would never get up until I got enough sleep.
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According to the established plan, the heavy slave camp surrounding the intersection at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain retreated, and two thousand forbidden troops quickly pounced on them.
With more people and more power, it only takes a moment to start digging.
Nalan Yu followed everyone and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the National Preceptor said that this big hole we dug is to protect everyone from harm."
The Imperial Guards roared one after another: "Don't worry, General, we promise to complete the tasks assigned by the National Adviser."
Who doesn’t want to come out safely and return to the imperial city safely when they are away from home?
It seems hard at the moment, but everyone knows that only by ensuring that they are alive can they win this battle with the national master and avenge the dead brothers.
There was a lot of excitement at the foot of the mountain, and there were disciples on duty in Qingcheng who had already reported this situation to the leader who was discussing the matter.
When Yuan Qiu, who was getting angry, couldn't help but look at the law enforcement elder and said, "What do they want to do? First, the army blocked the intersection going down the mountain, and now they start digging holes again?"
Murong Ming looked at him and sighed, and said helplessly: "There is no other way, unless we rush down to fight with them now."
In his opinion, the matter before him, starting from the day when the imperial city issued the official letter, everything was beyond Qingcheng's control.
Unless the seventeen elders who participated in the assassination of Guang in the imperial city are handed over, everything will be in the hands of the imperial advisor and the imperial army.
Even when the attack was launched at that moment, it was not up to one's side to have the final say.
He had never been so frustrated as he was now. He couldn't fight, couldn't make peace, and could only wait quietly for the last moment to come.
Fortunately, he and Zou Wenshan, the elder of the medicine hall, did not participate in the assassination in the imperial city. Otherwise, he would have been restless by now and thought of ways to sneak down the mountain.
Zou Wenshan thought for a while, stroked the beard on his chin, looked at Yuan Qiu as the leader and said, "How about asking the law enforcement elders to go down the mountain to talk to them?"
"Even for the sake of the youth's thousand-year legacy, we can't go to war with the Imperial Forbidden Army. We can't afford it."
In his opinion, as long as the army at the foot of the mountain surrounds them for one to two months, Qingcheng will have to surrender obediently.
How can we fight against the imperial army without food?
Who among the elders and disciples in Qingcheng is not greedy for life and afraid of death?
In order to save his own life, he would not hesitate to sell the lives of his companions, and he would not care about the lives of others. What does the interests of the sect mean compared with personal interests?
Otherwise, it would not have happened that seventeen elders went to the imperial city and committed crimes that were outrageous and resentful because of some invisible and intangible promises.
This is a gamble by seventeen elders with their own lives, and also with the future of Qingcheng.
If they win the bet, it will be of great benefit to them. If they lose the bet, they will lose the entire Qingcheng.
Right now, it is the result of losing the bet.
The army pressed on the border, and the two sides reached a point where they were fighting to the death. The leader had to rush down the mountain with a group of elders.
Yuan Qiu looked at Zou Wenshan, the elder of the Medicine Hall, and said nothing. He then looked at Murong Ming of the Law Enforcement Hall and asked, "What does Elder Murong think? Should we send someone to talk to them again?"
Shaking his head, Murong Ming sighed: "Unless we hand over those seventeen elders, there is no need to talk."
Thinking of the scene that happened in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, Murong Ming shook his head again: "The Imperial Preceptor seems to have no cultivation, but is very difficult to talk to. They only have one condition."
Yuan Qiu was stunned, then waved his sleeves and said coldly: "Aren't there still two days left? Let the elders activate the formation and set a trap on the way up the mountain..."
After much thought, he decided to wait until tomorrow to make a decision.
It can't be done, because the Imperial City's Imperial Guards dug a big hole under the mountain and surrendered. This is Qingcheng, not Vientiane City.
Zou Wenshan shook his head, looked at the master's leaving figure, and smiled bitterly with Murong Ming: "What do you want, Elder Murong? I don't think the army at the foot of the mountain is here to negotiate with Qingcheng."
Murong Ming waved his hands: "What can I do? I'm not the leader, what can I do?"
"Aren't you afraid that they will attack?" Zou Wenshan thought for a while and said calmly: "I don't care, my hands are clean."
Murong Ming was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "I'm just like you."
The three of them discussed it for a long time, but did not come to a final conclusion, because all three of them knew Qingcheng and could not afford to lose seventeen elders who were in the realm of transcending tribulation all at once.
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Li Xiuyuan, who was sitting in the tent making tea and reading a book, inspected down the mountain and saw that the enthusiasm of the army was high. In the blink of an eye, a big hole had been dug. He saw that it would take less than two days to complete the order he issued.
He was shocked by the speed of the forbidden troops, and also shocked by Nalan Yu's efficiency in commanding the forbidden troops.
As long as he solves the current trouble, he won't have to worry about the five thousand troops at the foot of the mountain when the war breaks out.
With this big pit, it is tantamount to completely isolating Qingcheng from the 5,000 forbidden troops at the foot of the mountain. The army will guard it from a distance and prevent the monks on the mountain from rushing out to fight.
For the mission of going up the mountain to fight, he and Xiao Hei would be enough.
At the same time, on the hills outside the imperial city, thunder rumbled for two full hours.
The imperial army from the palace surrounded the hillock, and no one was allowed to go up the mountain to get a glimpse of its secrets, not even the ministers of the court.
Someone is breaking through!
More than one person broke through on the hill! The spring breeze is blowing, which is a good time to break through.
Far away from the calamity thunder, standing far away were the emperor, the queen, and Hua Tianxia, who was holding the princess Xia Ruoyu who had overcome the calamity.
It was her son Nalan Ming who suffered the catastrophe. After her son passed the catastrophe, it was her turn and the queen's turn.
The first one to overcome the calamity was naturally the Emperor. After taking the elixir and wine from the imperial master, he finally achieved his wish and attained the cultivation level he had longed for.
Hua Tianxia looked at Nalan Ming who was under the thunder and was heartbroken. He looked at Yeluyan beside him and said, "Empress, when we finish tomorrow, it will be your turn."
Yeluyan looked at the colorful divine light falling from the sky and sighed faintly: "I didn't expect that as soon as the Imperial Master came back, we would all reach the realm of our dreams."
Hua Tianxia felt the aura from the Nine Heavens divine glory contained in the seven-colored divine light, and let go of her heart that was hanging in the air.
Looking at Nalan Ming bathing in the divine light, he said quietly to Yeluyan: "I think in a few days, my sister Luoyu will come from Fangcun Mountain."
Yeluyan was stunned, looked at her and asked, "Is it possible that Sister Luoyu is more powerful than the Imperial Master?"
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