When everyone returned to the main hall of Lingxiao Palace, they saw the Meishan brothers surrounding Li Jing and reporting to him the losses of the Sanxian army.
After the two battles that ensued inside and outside the Lingxiao Palace, the Sanxian army suffered heavy losses. The 150,000-strong army now only had less than 60,000 left. This is too much to say.
Everyone had already predicted the situation of this war before going to Heaven, but they still could not imagine that the army had not extended its tentacles around Heaven and had to pay such a heavy price just by occupying the Lingxiao Palace. cost.
It is undoubtedly a foolish dream to rely on these people to occupy the entire Heavenly Court. Even if they achieve the amazing results of defeating the 300,000-strong Heavenly Court army and almost eliminating the Plague Department from the Heavenly Court, they still cannot change the irreversible decline.
Heaven is really too big.
This decline is not only calculated from the number of people in the Sanxian army, but also reflected on their faces.
When they defeated the heavenly army outside the Lingxiao Palace, the army of loose immortals could still cheer wildly for the time being, as a celebration of their victory in the first battle. However, after this battle against the Plague Tribe, all the loose immortals no longer cheered. The expressions on many Sanxian's faces were only deep numbness and fear. exhausted.
Judging from the actual situation, the safest way for the army at present is to stick to the Lingxiao Palace and wait for reinforcements to arrive, but everyone present knows that this is impossible.
"These Loose Immortals have only been able to form an army for a short period of time. What they can rely on now is the blood of being forced to go to Liangshan. Their discipline and cohesion are simply not as good as ordinary soldiers." Wang Jianguo said sharply, "If this continues, there will be consequences. questionable."
Lao Wangtou had been a military officer, so he was naturally very familiar with the expressions on the faces of these immortals.
In fact, ordinary soldiers often show such expressions when they fail or are frustrated in battle.
At this time, ideological and political work specialists at all levels are particularly important.
It is a pity that there are no instructors in the army of loose immortals, let alone political commissars, so it is naturally impossible to do ideological work for the loose immortals.
Li Jing obviously understood this. He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go see the Jade Emperor first. You guys can discuss it and wait until I come back."
After Li Jing left, everyone turned their doubtful eyes to Qi Zhen.
"Marshal Li judged that the Jade Emperor still has usable soldiers, and it is the kind of power that can change the general trend of heaven. From what I know so far, the Jade Emperor may really have it, and this war with the plague department seems to be This is the test that the Jade Emperor gave to the army." Qi Zhen said
Only then did everyone suddenly understand.
"None of the rulers in Heaven are fuel-efficient." Liang Sicheng sighed.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Qi Zhen asked everyone.
Everyone thought about the state of the Sanxian army, and then secretly thought about the scope of the heaven, and then they all shook their heads helplessly.
"It seems that we can only hope for good news from the Third Prince." Zhen Yuanzi said.
"What I'm more concerned about now is, what does Emperor Ziwei want to do?" Taiwei Yao suddenly said.
As soon as these words came out, the place became even quieter.
Yes, from the moment the Sanxian army arrived at Nantianmen, everything seemed to be not as expected. There were no defenders at Nantianmen, and the army marched straight outside the Lingxiao Palace. The two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding to fight a decisive battle here. If it is fair to say that Emperor Ziwei knew that the Four Seas Tribe was ambushing the enemy and wanted to force them to divide their troops by luring them deeper, then the sudden appearance of Lei Bu would indiscriminately destroy all the people on both sides of the war. The whole army was killed here, which was already a bit confusing.
And Emperor Ziwei's next operation is even more incomprehensible.
If the gods of the Plague Department had not been hiding in the palaces, but on the battlefield where the two sides were fighting, then even if there was no God of Thunder to thunder and discharge in the sky, it would be extremely difficult for the Sanxian side to win, and there would even be It is very likely that you will lose completely here.
Everyone who has experienced two wars understands this deeply.
Then the question arises, why did Emperor Ziwei not make this choice, but instead let the gods of the Plague Department ambush in the palace complex to give the Sanxian side a chance to win or a great gift?
Judging from the previous uprisings instigated by Emperor Ziwei in the Heavenly Court, Emperor Ziwei must be an emperor who makes decisions only after careful consideration. He may despise his opponents tactically, but there is no doubt that he will pay attention to his opponents strategically.
So what is his purpose?
Even if we don't consider his motives, what is Emperor Ziwei's next plan for this war and the current situation?
Doube? Or the part of the army that the Ministry of Finance surrendered to?
Where is Marshal Tianpeng now, and where have the four divine monarchs gone?
Emperor Ziwei, what exactly is he planning?
"I'm different from you. What I care about now is why Erlangshen and the others haven't come yet." Wang Jianguo said.
Yes, what happened to Erlang Shen? Why haven't we heard any news from the two of them for so long? Could it be that they encountered difficulties when they went to the underworld to move reinforcements, or that they had already encountered danger?
But with the strength of Erlang Shen and Lin Biao, even if they encounter difficulties, it is not difficult to convey a message to everyone, right?
They could not imagine that except Tathagata Buddha, anyone in this world could really stop these two people.
The entire Ziwei Palace took action together, but there was no way to keep Erlang Shen, let alone others?
Therefore, everyone is more inclined to believe that the reason why the two did not bring an army to heaven for support is probably due to unknown difficulties. It is not that they cannot leave, but that they cannot leave.
The former refers to ability, while the latter refers to willingness.
The topic will eventually return to the placement of the Sanxian army. As Wang Jianguo said, it will never work if it continues like this. We must find a target or a way out for these 60,000 people.
"But the Lingxiao Palace that we worked so hard to defeat must have troops stationed there, right?" Zhang Qi said in an extremely inappropriate tone.
This is also what worries everyone.
The palace complex where the Lingxiao Palace is located is naturally extremely small compared to the entire Heavenly Palace, but in terms of absolute floor area, Qi Zhen is probably much larger than the Forbidden City.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be tens of thousands of people stationed in it and they wouldn’t even be able to hit a splash.
According to the various defense points mentioned by Li Jing before, including the guards at the main entrance, side entrances and core building positions, even with the shabbiest troop deployment, at least 30,000 people would be needed.
Then there are only 30,000 loose immortals left who can be taken to the battlefield.
This still includes logistics and exploration troops. Just like this, the army of scattered immortals still wants to attack everywhere? Attack the hell!
So what Zhen Yuanzi said just now seems to be the most reasonable and even the only path for the Sanxian army.
Just when everyone was at their wits' end, a grass-headed god brought even more helpless news.
Under Li Jing's strict requirements, the army wanted to see people alive and dead, and the number of people must be accurately counted after every battle.
The dozens of loose immortals who originally acted together under his command suffered so many casualties after the battle outside the Lingxiao Palace that only a dozen of them were left.
As a result, after the war with the Plague Tribe, several of the Loose Immortals under his command suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Everyone present seemed to understand what this meant and could only remain silent. These people must have discussed it together, or they felt that there was no hope of victory, or they were simply frightened by the death around them and defected.
Even the most well-trained army would find it extremely difficult to avoid deserters during war years. It did not seem surprising that it would happen to the Sanxian army that had just been established not long ago.
And as time goes by, this situation will probably become more and more common.
Could this be Emperor Ziwei's backup plan in this battle? Let the newly formed army of loose immortals be in panic all day long in a strange place like Heaven, and eventually collapse on their own due to lack of morale?
However, there are still many untenable places in this speculation.
And guessing can't change the current situation of the army.
After strictly instructing the grass-headed god to keep the matter secret, the atmosphere returned to silence again.
The issue that everyone needs to consider now is not only to keep the army's fighting spirit and cohesion high.
Now they must find a reason for the Sanxian army to continue fighting.
After a while, Li Jing came back.
Everyone looked at the slightly happy expression on his face, and finally there was a wave of excitement in their hearts.
has hope.
The so-called person who has a thunder in his chest and a face as flat as a lake can worship the general. This happy look appears on the face of Li Jing, who has always been serious, proving that he has received benefits beyond imagination from the Jade Emperor.
"Ministry of Finance." Li Jing did not give in, and gave an unexpected but reasonable answer.
Everyone present, even those who personally participated in Emperor Ziwei's uprising, did not know the full picture of this war.
Naturally, no one knew that Zhao Gongming, one of the four heavenly marshals of Ma Zhao Wenguan, surrendered instead of being captured when he led the Ministry of Finance to resist the army of Death General.
Due to the sudden defection of Lei Bu, Zhao Gongming and the Ministry of Finance instantly lost the possibility of resistance. However, Zhao Gongming was obviously very "aware of current affairs" and chose to give up the struggle in an instant and do what was good.
The Ministry of Finance is still under the control of the Jade Emperor. This news from the Jade Emperor is undoubtedly a timely help to the current Sanxian.
They passed the Jade Emperor's test, and they deserved this gift.
It's just that the righteous god of the Ministry of Finance and the army used to maintain law and order in heaven are not in a good situation at the moment.
Entrust the token to Li Jing and let him lead the army to rescue him. If he is rescued, the Ministry of Finance will become the best support for the Sanxian army. If he cannot be rescued, it will prove that the strength of the Sanxian army has been exhausted. No one else can blame him.
This is what the Jade Emperor said.
