Standing alone on the slightly dilapidated city gate tower, the barbarian foreign king heard the cheers of the saints' people rising higher and higher.
The capture of this giant city that had blocked the Saints' southward march for thousands of years drove all the Saints' people to the point of going crazy.
Countless people chanted his name, and his name resounded throughout Beifeng City.
But there was no joy on the face of the barbarian king. He looked at the endless Great Yan military camp in the distance with an expressionless expression.
The violent wind and snow could not hinder his vision at all, and he could even clearly see the lines of the stone bricks on the simple camps.
"Creak——"
"Creak——"
Tuxue's footsteps suddenly came, and a low and hoarse voice sounded beside the barbarian king, with a smile:
"King, don't you go celebrate? Now many people of our holy clan have ranked you with the ancestor gods."
The barbarian king turned back and said:
"Zaya, the ancestral gods do not exist. The so-called ancestral gods are just a fictitious sustenance created by our saints in that desperate snowfield."
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The barbarian king withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the Dayan camp outside the city, his voice emotionless:
"You came to see me for something?"
As someone who grew up with the barbarian king, Zaye could see that the other party was worried, so he stopped his smile and reported in a solemn voice:
"The various tribes of the Holy Clan have taken over the Beifeng City, and the gains and losses have been tallied up by the high priest. Please take a look at it."
The foreign king of the barbarians took it without looking, and directly ordered:
"If there is nothing else, Zaye, please go down first and let me stay alone for a while."
Seeing this, Zaye quickly said in a deep voice:
"King, there is one more thing."
"explain."
"An envoy from Dayan wants to see you."
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The barbarian king was silent for a moment, and his blue eyes finally showed a touch of relief:
"Bring him here."
The cold wind is like a knife, which hurts people's faces.
Wrapped in a thick fur coat, Xu Yuan looked at the wind and snow outside the cave. The military intelligence briefing in his hand suddenly ignited with blood and turned into a handful of ashes.
Lou Ji gave him the latest briefing,
Beifeng City was completely occupied, and Wu Yuan took a few remaining soldiers north to Houting County.
Looking out from the cave, the waterfall-like blizzard buried everything in the wild under the boundless white.
The cave where Xu Yuan and Lou Ji are now is the contact point established by the Black Scale Guards in the snowfield, and it can also be said to be a safe house.
It is equipped with a spirit-avoiding array to prevent soul exploration and a communication crystal for long-distance communication.
The northern border has been at war for many years, and the success or failure of a war actually depends to a large extent on the amount of information obtained by both sides.
The establishment of this kind of contact point allows scouts or high-level cultivators to report the detected enemy information to the rear camp as soon as possible.
Of course, this kind of thing is not unique to the Black Scale Guards. Many forces have established such caves or basements in the snowfields of the north.
It's a pity that most of these contact points were destroyed the last time the barbarians went south.
It's not that the barbarians' hands and eyes are so powerful that they can accurately find the location of these contact points in the vast snowfield, but simply because all parties in Great Yan are playing tricks on each other to accurately report the points to the barbarians.
I heard from Lou Ji that the Black Scale Guards used to have nearly ten contact points in the snowfield, but now they only have two points left.
One is in the mountains next to the Beifeng Plain, and the other is where Xu Yuan and the others are now, in the mountains a hundred miles northeast of Houting County.
"Long sky."
With a soft call, Xu Yuan looked back after hearing the words.
A plump figure slowly walked out from the darkness of the cave with a slender waist and plump hips, and smiled softly:
"That little girl Wu Yuan doesn't seem to have touched the things you left."
Xu Yuan came back to his senses after hearing this, looked at Lou Ji and smiled slightly:
"Although there is a lot of information missing, Li Qingyan is a smart woman and she should be able to see something."
When Lou Ji heard his praise for her, she bent her eyes and smiled:
"It seems that Chang Tianqian is having a good time getting along with her these days?"
Xu Yuan subconsciously thought of the bad woman's seductive techniques, chuckled and shook his head:
"Not too bad, she's a very powerful woman."
After a pause,
Xu Yuan glanced at the darkness behind Lou Ji and asked:
"Sister, has the sect reached an agreement with the barbarians?"
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After pondering for a moment, Lou Ji crossed her arms across her chest, raised a slender index finger and tapped her white chin, her green pupils glowing like a snake:
"Well, an agreement should have been reached, but the two sides do not have a basis for mutual trust. So far, they are still deadlocked."
"The basis for mutual trust?"
Xu Yuan murmured, thinking about the cause and effect in his mind, and was a little speechless.
Even if the sect wanted to let the barbarians use the road to go north, the barbarian king would not dare to trust the sect easily.
The foreign king of the barbarians probably knew the sect's purpose very well, and also knew that the sect did not want the barbarians to be too weak, but this was a matter of losing their heads, and they were the heads of most of the clan's combatable soldiers.
The foreign king of the barbarians didn't know that the sect didn't have Yun Qitan.
If while they were making a detour, the sect, which did not respect martial ethics, suddenly threw a 'cloud bomb', all the snow clouds would be dispersed, and the barbarian side would be forced to fight a decisive battle in the wild with the sect.
And fight a decisive battle in the wild with the elites of Dayan.
Think a little,
Xu Yuan exhaled a breath of white mist, looked at Lou Ji and asked:
"Sister, if you are asked to rush from Beifeng to Dali Mountain, how long will it take?"
Lou Ji didn't even think about it and returned directly:
"If you don't cover up your aura, you can just drive with all your strength for half a day. But if you want to cover up your aura, it will take at least two days, or even longer."
"Two days?"
Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and murmured, then smiled and said, "Nearly five days have passed since the barbarian troops arrived at the city. The foreign king of the barbarians should know very well that he does not have enough time left and must make a choice as soon as possible."
When Lou Ji heard this, she looked at Xu Yuan with a smile, and then said:
"Oh? What choice?"
Xu Yuan exhaled a breath of white mist with a smile and looked at the falling snow outside:
"Should we choose to defend Beifeng City with all our might, or should we choose to trust the sect completely and go to Houting County to trap Marquis Wu Cheng and Mr. Zong in the north."
Speaking of which,
There was a hint of amusement in Xu Yuan's eyes, but he did not continue.
As a senior intelligence worker, Lou Ji was naturally able to keenly observe the changes in Xu Yuan's expression, and tugged on the soft flesh of his waist with slight dissatisfaction:
"Changtian, if you have anything to say, just say it to me. Do you want me to hold on to my sister?"
Feeling pain in his waist, Xu Yuan took a deep breath and quickly took a step back:
"Stop, stop, I said, I said, it's just a possibility."
"Ha" Lou Ji chuckled and let go of his hand.
Xu Yuan rubbed his waist and smiled helplessly:
"The Barbarian King is a madman, and the behavior of a madman cannot be inferred using common sense."
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Lou Ji's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly understood, and said softly:
"Changtian, what you're saying is that the barbarian king is very likely to choose neither path?"
Xu Yuan nodded and asked:
"Sister, what do you think of the protective capabilities of the camp built by the elites of the sect in the north of Beifeng City?"
After hearing this, Lou Ji recalled a little bit, bent her eyes and said with a smile:
"It's all silver pewter tips."
After a moment of pause, Lou Ji changed the topic:
"But Changtian, although these sects are disgusting, they still have many capable people in their army. The barbarian king should not choose to take risks."
Xu Yuan shook his head, grinned, and asked:
"If they dog bites dog, it will be a surprise. If it doesn't, how about we stick to the original plan? Yuan Hao has already gone to the north of Houting County to wait. Knowing that he can kill people, the psychopath will be excited."
As he spoke, Xu Yuan rubbed his arms, shuddered, turned around and walked towards the inside of the cave:
"It's so cold here"
Lou Ji looked at his back, moved her lotus steps slightly and followed up slowly:
"Changtian, that old guy Zong Qingsheng said that Wuchenghou's Beifeng Army did not come down with him."
Xu Yuan paused and turned his eyes:
"Mr. Zong didn't persuade him?"
It was indeed a technical job to persuade Marquis Wu Cheng to go south without exposing Tianxun Yuanjing.
However, for people of the level of Zong Qingsheng and Wu Chenghou, all behaviors can basically be understood as "sense of war."
After all, Zong Qingsheng relied on his "sense of war" to ambush in advance and help Li Qingyan escape the siege of Dali Mountain.
Thinking about it, Xu Yuan hesitated and said:
"If we only rely on our 150,000 black scale troops, it should be difficult to maintain the defense line in Houting County."
When Lou Ji heard this, she raised her hand and pinched Xu Yuan's serious face, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, sister, I only said that Marquis Wu Cheng didn't go south, and I didn't say that his Beifeng army didn't go south. The Beifeng army had troops in the four towns of Xueyuan. He asked two of them to go south with Zong Qingsheng, and they arrived at Hou Ting. The entire county will be placed under the command of Wu Yuan."
Xu Yuan felt slightly relieved, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.
It seems that Mr. Zong succeeded in persuading the Marquis of Wu Cheng, but if this is true, why did the Marquis of Wu Cheng leave two towns of troops in the snowy fields of the north.
The south is about to concentrate its forces for a grand strategic decisive battle. The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength. Wu Chenghou should know better than him.
Lou Ji said softly:
"Changtian, don't think too much. Marquis Wu Cheng must have his reasons for doing this. Let's just do our job well."
A moment of silence,
Xu Yuan exhaled, walked to the table inside the cave, sat down, and asked:
"Then how long will it take for our people to reach the north of Houting County?"
"Already arrived."
"What?"
"Well, the Black Scale Cavalry and the Beifeng Cavalry are a little faster than the heavy infantry~"
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