Shennong Daojun

Since the beginning of December, the soul-confusing formations on Anping Road and Nanxiang Road have been useless and can no longer reduce the supply efficiency of Tonghuo City.

Many leaders of Jihun Pass decided to completely abandon the defense outside Jihun Pass. Many troops hidden in the wild were all transferred back, and all small gathering places were abandoned.

Only a few troops are still hiding in underground cities or secret valley bases. Such strongholds basically hide a few hundred combatants, and there may be 20,000 to 30,000 scattered ones.

The Six Armies Alliance basically doesn't care about these small shrimps, and is too lazy to spend time searching.

Because they can't gather together, they don't have heavy siege equipment, and they don't even have stronger warships, so they can't make a difference.

In this kind of battlefield, the bravery of a small force has no effect at all.

Even if tens of thousands of people gather together, if there is no fifth-level warship, three or five hundred Da Zhou soldiers can chase them away.

In low- and medium-level battlefields, large magic weapons, siege weapons, and flying warships can play a decisive role.

Like when Long Xiao and Zhao Xing encountered the Nether Flame warship, if the other party did not open the barrier, they could only stare blankly.

The same is true for killing Qian Shougang. They only had the opportunity to take advantage of the other party's initiative to leave the warship, the aerial fortress. Otherwise, they could only watch Qian Shougang's men fly back to the Black Dragon Army's base.

The wilderness outside the pass is vast. After conquering the Soul Sacrifice Pass, they can transfer more troops to slowly sift through the sieve to find military merits.

There are sixteen armies of different factions defending the Soul Sacrifice Pass together. Some of them are from the Fire Demon Clan, some are from the Holy Spirit Royal Court, and some belong to the other tribes of the Golden Feather Royal Court.

The great leader elected by the sixteen armies is called "Nether Soul", and Morik is just a small leader at the end.

There is also a "military advisor" of the Xuantian Sect under the command of the Nether Soul, named "Longyang Taoist".

It was he who ordered to shrink the forces and defend with all his strength.

Two months ago, the Nether Soul could still fight back and forth with the Six Armies Alliance of the Great Zhou.

Even a small leader like Morik could harass Tonghuo City in the rear.

Now, two months later, the ghosts have completely switched to defense, not sending a single warship, not releasing a single ghost, purely defending the city.

The gray-black barrier stretched into a line on the horizon.

Zhao Xing stood on the tower ship and looked into the distance, and could see that the sky in front of him had completely darkened.

Upon closer inspection, he could also find many ghosts roaring on the barrier.

"The Jihun Pass, which stretches for hundreds of miles, is filled with yin energy because there are too many ghosts."

The Jihun Pass does not have a high defense level like the Huolong Pass, but it requires specific tools and professions to be easy to fight.

Because its barrier is rooted in the underworld, it tears a hole in the underworld and continuously releases yin energy.

The effect of normal siege equipment on it will be weakened, and other professions will also be weakened when they enter this area to fight.

It has formed a field that is only suitable for underworld professions such as priests and soul masters.

"If there were only the three armies of the Shenwei Army, the Xuanjia Army, and the Zhenhai Army, this battle would be difficult to fight."

"But with the addition of the Huanyou Army, the Zhaoyuan Army, and the Yuanhua Army, the situation is different." Zhao Xing said secretly.

The Zhaoyuan Army and the Yuanhua Army both have pure combat priest camps, and as for the Huanyou Army, it is mainly composed of priests.

For the Shenwei Army and the Zhenhai Army, there are not many combat priests. There are only ten to twenty priests in a camp of a thousand people. There are not many masters, most of them are ninth-grade, and there are fewer eighth-grade and seventh-grade ones, so they cannot form a separate camp.

The Xuanjia Army does have a priest camp, but when Xia Jing selected people, he did not consider that he would encounter people from the Holy Spirit King Court.

"Now it's different."

While Zhao Xing was waiting for the unloading of supplies, the alliance army also began to attack.

The most important attack weapon is called the 'Hunyuan Breaking Realm Vehicle'.

The name sounds very impressive, but it is actually the 'Five Elements Catapult' installed on the warship.

The warship equipped with it is also called Hunyuan warship or Five Elements warship.

It was launched in the air thirty miles outside the Jihun Pass.

The entire warship serves this kind of pass-breaking weapon.

Among the materials planted by Zhao Xing in Tonghuo City, there are many materials that are consumables needed by the Hunyuan Breaking World Warship.

"Boom boom boom!"

A burst of azure light emerged from the left deck of the Hunyuan warship, and there were twenty mechanical masters behind each catapult.

When they launched, the sky and earth around the warship camp were rendered blue, and the power of water became extremely rich.

The first round of launches were all [Golden Rock Catapults].

One by one, the eight-meter-diameter, spherical polyhedron boulders whistled towards the Jihun Pass City Square.

It dragged its khaki tail and landed on the black barrier with a bang.

The black barrier, which was ten miles in radius, was eroded and dyed khaki.

The barrier of the Soul Sacrifice Pass is called the "Xuantian Yin Five Elements Array". The largest sect in the Holy Spirit Dynasty is the Xuantian Sect.

This array is tailor-made for the Holy Spirit Royal Court, and can use the power of the Yin Realm for defense.

Spear and shield, attack and defense, overall, the spear is stronger, but it depends on the situation.

The range of the Soul Sacrifice Pass to defend is very large, while the Six Armies Alliance focuses on attacking one area.

Now, a large area of ​​khaki appeared on the black barrier, as if a pool of mud was slapped.

The first batch of Hunyuan warships launched, and the second batch of Hunyuan warships followed without gaps to launch the second batch of "boulders".

The second batch launched was the [Lihuo Catapult].

Zhao Xing planted the fifth-level materials of ‘cracked crown wood’, ‘phoenix roost wood’, and ‘fiery bamboo’ in the volcano in the south of Tonghuo City. All of them are fire-based materials and are consumables for making ‘fire stones’.

The fiery red boulder fell closely following the khaki boulder.

The khaki on the black barrier was suddenly covered by flames.

The black, which was originally recovering its lost ground, suddenly slowed down.

The purpose of the double throwing of fire and earth is not to break the black barrier defense, but to solidify and destroy the self-repair of the Yin Five Elements barrier.

Then came the third batch of boulder launches - [Heavy Water Catapult]

The azure water mass, rippling with intoxicating light, covered the flames that had just been extinguished.

“Buzz~”

The entire barrier suddenly became transparent.

The soul sacrifice was closed, and the solidified khaki barrier suddenly became brittle.

A large amount of ink faded, and the barrier shook, as if it had consumed a lot of energy at once.

The fourth batch - [Gengjin Catapult]

"Boom boom boom!"

The power of Gengjin Catapult was much greater. It hit the light blue ice crystals and immediately broke big holes in the barrier.

However, it didn't take long for the black barrier to be repaired and all colors were wiped out.

The warships on the Dazhou side began a new round of earth, fire, water, and gold bombardment.

"This kind of stupid battle is purely a logistical consumption." Zhao Xing shook his head. "In a low-level battlefield, the Hunyuan warship is just a castrated version, and it lacks the most important wood element."

The wood element catapulting is to throw a large number of seventh-level seeds and seedlings over.

All the selected ones are carefully selected "alien species".

They can use the barrier as nutrients! Take root in the defensive barrier!

They can quickly drain the energy supply of the barrier, and it is not so easy to recover.

"The complete version of the Hunyuan warship has the fifth and fourth grade military ministers in charge, and the four lines in front have corresponding warlock camps."

"When hitting the wood line, if the situation allows, the pure Yuan projection of the military minister will also cover the barrier together, and it can double the power."

However, the complete Hunyuan warship, equipped with so many masters, usually appears in high-level battlefields, such as attacking the royal city.

As for now?

Now we can only fight with the Soul Sacrifice Pass.

The bombardment method of the Hunyuan warship puts a lot of pressure on logistics, and the magic array of the Soul Sacrifice Pass also consumes a lot of energy.

Now it depends on who can't stand it first.

Even if there is only one gap that cannot be restored, the army can break through the surface and break through the barrier to kill.

On December 15, Zhao Xing brought eight warships again to the Soul Sacrifice Pass to transport materials for breaking the array.

At this time, the Soul Sacrifice Pass has been under attack for seven consecutive days.

But the Xuantian Yin Five Elements Array is still strong, and every time a gap is broken, it is quickly filled.

On December 22, Zhao Xing came to the Soul Sacrifice Pass again to deliver supplies.

The planting direction of Tonghuo City has been adjusted, mainly planting siege consumable materials.

At this time, the barrier of the Soul Sacrifice Pass has lasted for fourteen days, starting from the full defense of the ‘ghost soul’.

The recovery speed is getting slower and slower.

But Zhao Xing is also exhausted. Although Tonghuo City has 100,000 people, the consumption of the army is also amazing.

Not only does he have to transport supplies, but he also has to manage the logistics of 100,000 people, and he has to farm in person.

On December 28, Zhao Xing brought the last batch of supplies to the front line.

"This is the last batch. Tonghuo City has been completely turned into a wasteland by me within a radius of 100 miles."

"It will take a month for 100,000 people to find a new place, build a city, set up formations, regulate the ground veins, and cultivate seedlings."

"If you can't take it again, I can't do anything."

There was a hint of fatigue in Zhao Xing's tone.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother Zhao." Qi Yuanjun looked at Zhao Xing with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Enough, enough." Nangong Ye said, "One more day, the Sacrifice Soul Pass will be broken!"

Yi Yue had nothing to say.

He was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Xing before, but now he couldn't find any fault.

Zhao Xing was able to lead the Shenwei Army, Zhenhai Army, Xuanjia Army and other makeshift logistics teams to achieve this, he really had nothing to say.

In Yi Yue's eyes, these were the logistics teams of weak armies, but Zhao Xing just met their needs.

Originally, Yi Yue, Qi Yuanjun, and Nangong Ye were all prepared to fight this battle until the spring of the eighteenth year of Jingxinli.

Now it is much earlier than expected.

December 29th.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

The boulder suddenly penetrated from the black barrier.

The soldiers patrolling and stationed on the city wall were directly smashed into meat paste by the falling rocks.

And the damage caused by the strong impact of the rolling boulder would also cause secondary damage.

This time, the black barrier had a gap of ten miles in diameter, and it was impossible to restore it.

The black warships followed the gap and drove in quickly from outside the pass.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Quickly enter the fortress on the city wall!"

"Escape!"

The small leaders guarding the city screamed miserably, but they had no time to make any effective resistance in a hurry.

"Boom boom boom~"

There was a violent sound on the city wall.

The harsh and heavy sound made the soldiers guarding the city bleed in their ears and their heads buzzed.

It made people feel as if there was an earthquake on the city wall.

The garrison on the city wall suddenly fell into panic.

"Don't panic, enter the fortress on the top of the city and strengthen the barrier!"

"Don't run away!"

A commander with a terrifying scar on his face roared, his voice drowned out the noisy voice.

So he ordered the leader of the city wall to enter the fortress, and at the same time he only flew along the city wall to suppress the panic.

However, he just turned around.

"Puff~"

A crossbow arrow as thick as an arm pierced him, and even nailed his whole body into the city wall.

"Ah——"

"Fire, fire, fire!"

"My legs, save me!"

On the top of the city, it was already a tragic scene.

In a marching hall, the ghost suddenly woke up.

"Where did the noise come from?"

"Report, General! The enemy crossed the southern section of the Sacrifice Soul Pass, the barrier was broken, and the city wall was also smashed and many defects!" A soldier reported in a panic.

"What?!" Although it was expected, at this moment, the ghost still couldn't believe it.

"Meet the enemy immediately!"

"Go and call Elder Longyang." Minghun left the room and came to the outside of the warship.

As the chief, his warship has been hovering in the black clouds.

"Chief." After a while, Taoist Longyang appeared on the deck.

"Elder, the southern section of the city has been broken. Can it still be defended?" Minghun asked.

"It can't be defended." Taoist Longyang shook his head. "We can only take advantage of the effect of the formation and retreat while fighting, and quickly. According to the original plan, we retreat to Linggui City. If they chase too deep, there may be a chance to counterattack."

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On December 29th, the southern section of the Jihun Pass barrier, which had been held for more than half a month, was broken and could not be completely repaired.

The Six Armies Alliance quickly set out and quickly crossed the pass.

Facing the elite troops of the Great Zhou, Minghun directly gave up resistance and ordered a retreat.

Hearing this news, Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally I have broken through this barrier."

He was extremely tired at this time. If his soul had not reached the sixth level, he would not have been able to hold on for so long.

But he still did not sleep, but quickly sent messages to Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Xia Jing, advising them not to pursue too deep.

After repeated admonitions and receiving replies from several people, he lay down on the bed.

"A gentleman will stop when the situation permits, and then he will be very lucky."

"I hope Lao Chen and the others will listen to my advice."

Zhao Xing rubbed his temples and began to fall into a deep sleep.

"Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing, wake up."

I don't know how long he slept, Zhao Xing suddenly felt someone calling him.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and saw Chen Shijie's face.

"Lao Chen, are you back to Tonghuo City?"

"Hmm." Chen Shijie nodded.

"How long have I slept?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Five days." Chen Shijie said. "Han Bing said you slept for almost five days."

"So long? How is the situation at the Soul Sacrifice Pass?" Zhao Xing asked.

Chen Shijie poured Zhao Xing a glass of water: "There are good news and bad news."

"Listen to the bad news first." Zhao Xing said.

Chen Shijie said: "The cooperation between our army and the Huanyou Army, Zhaoyuan Army, and Yuanhua Army has ended, and there was some unpleasantness."

"Oh? Why is that?" Zhao Xing asked.

"After entering the pass, the Six Army Alliance frantically hunted down the sixteen alien armies including the Nether Soul and Morik."

"It was very smooth at the beginning. Nangong Ye's Huanyou Army was mostly composed of priests. He himself was also a sixth-rank priest, but his official position was the seventh rank."

"We followed the Huanyou Army and chased for more than 800 miles."

"Qi Yuan Army, Nangong Ye, and Yi Yue still want to continue the pursuit and plan to take advantage of the situation to attack the eastern line of the Qinggang Mining Area."

"Huh?" Zhao Xing was shocked, "Where do they get their confidence? We combined Only 120,000 or 30,000 people."

"The Xixianguan defense line of the Fire Demon Clan was broken by the main forces of the Black Dragon Army, Zhaoyuan Army, Danxia Army, Huanyou Army, and Yuanhua Army. They received orders from the main forces on the northern line."

"Break through Linggui City and join the main forces on the northern line in Huogui Territory."

"Want to attract the attention of the Golden Feather King Court from the eastern line."

"After all, we broke through Huolongguan and Jihunguan, which is enough to attract the attention of the Golden Feather King Court."

"Feint attack?" Zhao Xing understood as soon as he heard it. They were planning to raise a big banner.

120,000 or 30,000 people, claiming to be a million troops, if the Six Army Alliance hit Linggui Territory and joined the main forces on the northern line, it would be very convincing.

"Did the talks break down?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes." Chen Shijie said, "Our army disagrees to continue the pursuit. Without our logistics, they can't chase so fast, so Yi Yue had a big quarrel with Liao Rulong, angrily accusing us of delaying the war."

"Now, their three armies have separated from our team and moved closer to the northeast line, waiting for their own logistics troops."

"What about the Xuanjia Army?" Zhao Xing asked. He cares most about Xia Jing. As for the three armies, he doesn't care, but the Xuanjia Army is also in the northern war zone.

"Xia Jing also received the order. Although he didn't say it now, I guess he thinks so too." Chen Shijie said.

After all, Xia Jing's relationship with the Shenwei Army is closer.

"I'll come to persuade him later. What's the good news?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The good news is that I, Long Xiao, and Xia Jing have all broken the million military merits." Chen Shijie smiled.

"Oh? The military merit mission has been settled?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes, you should also be able to see the news from the ground mirror."

Zhao Xing immediately turned out the ground mirror to check.

Then he smiled.

[Zhao Xing of the Divine Power Army, you have completed the military merit mission of the military world, 'Maintaining the stability of the Jihun Pass supply']

[In view of your comprehensive performance and the results achieved in this Eastern Front War Zone, you have obtained a total of 525,400 military merits! ]

"How much do you have?" Chen Shijie asked.

"Not much, only 520,000." Zhao Xing said lightly.

Chen Shijie waved his hand: "Come on, take this guy away and torture him severely!"

Long Xiao walked in and said in surprise: "What crime did he commit?"

Chen Shijie snorted: "Boasting in front of his superiors!"

Long Xiao said with a smile: "What did he say?"

"I asked him how many military merits he had, and he actually said not much, only 520,000. Do you think this is human language? Should he be beaten?"

"Hahaha, he really should be beaten."

"I know my mistake, Lord Chen, calm down." Zhao Xing also smiled and played a wave with Lao Chen.

Jokes aside, Zhao Xing's acquisition of so many military merits was not unexpected to Chen Shijie.

The 100,000 logistics troops of Tonghuo City were all managed in an orderly manner by Zhao Xing, without any problems.

Zhao Xing played an indispensable role in solving the Soul-confusing Array and breaking the Sacrifice Soul Pass barrier. Chen Shijie would definitely not be able to do it if he were to do it himself.

First of all, he could not pass the Soul-confusing Array. This array had been deployed after the Fire Dragon Pass was broken, but it had been waiting to be deployed.

At the critical moment, the front-line troops and the logistics troops were separated, which was a disaster. Giving 400,000 military merits to Zhao Xing alone was definitely not much.

After that, breaking the Sacrifice Soul Pass barrier was completely a contest between logistics. As for the military supplies needed by the six armies, if someone else was in charge, I am afraid that they might not be able to meet them in such a short time.

Zhao Xing knew the high-level volcano method and the instant primordial spell, which were the key spells for cultivating fifth-level plants, which could greatly shorten the time. With him as a breakthrough point, the rest of the low-grade Si Nong could be utilized, which ordinary military Si Nong could not do at all.

Breaking through the pass, replenishing supplies, and sharing the overall merits, he was given 520,000 military merits.

"What do you think about the next step?" Chen Shijie asked, "You advised us not to advance rashly, is there any basis?"

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Xia Jing said not to advance rashly, and the two of them advised Liao Rulong, Liao Rulong listened to the advice, and Xia Jing also listened to the advice, because the next plan of Qi Yuanjun did not conform to their original plan.

Now I just want to ask what Zhao Xing thinks about the next step.

"Rest and observe the situation." Zhao Xing said, "Let's see what happens."

This answer is very vague, which is a bit disappointing.

But Zhao Xing couldn't tell Chen Shijie and others that Emperor Jing was about to stop the war.

How could he, a seventh-rank official, guess so accurately about this matter? Is it because he can tell fortunes with his own hands?

So we can only use some commonplace reasons first: "The Golden Feather King Court is very determined to defend the Fire Demon Clan's territory, but now it has retreated on three sides."

"Can you imagine how embarrassing this is? They will definitely find a side to win some victories, otherwise the people will be scattered and their prestige will be greatly reduced."

This is not a blind guess. The Golden Feather King Court did this in the previous life, but they chose to attack the Thunder God Army.

As a result, the little prince Yanda met Lv Yuanwei, the son of destiny. Not only was he defeated, but he almost followed in the footsteps of his cousin.

After this time, the Golden Feather King Court gave up the Fire Demon Clan's territory, which completely laid the foundation for Lv Yuanwei's rise.

"You said the Golden Feather King Court would attack the east side?"

"Well, I think it's possible." Zhao Xing nodded. In fact, he wanted to wait until February of the 18th year of the Jingxin calendar.

In early February, Emperor Jing would stop the war and reward in March.

This is the first time that Emperor Jing planned to start a medium-high-level war.

After that, he will be shaken by the fortune plate and some other reasons, and continue to train soldiers, but it is also from this time that military merits are not so easy to get.

The deeper the battle, the worse the environment, and the longer the battle line. The military minister is not omnipotent, and some things cannot be supplied. For example, some ore materials still have to be transported from the Great Zhouyun.

During the truce in February, a small number of high-quality people will enter the field. If you rush too fast at this time, you may be killed by the high-quality strongmen without martial ethics.

Even if you don’t encounter high-quality strongmen, Emperor Jing will order the troops to retreat a distance and leave a buffer zone. It’s useless to rush now.

"Anyway, I suggest you take a rest now. Don’t you and Long Xiao both have a million military merits? Find Lu Tingzhi from the Transportation Department and ask him to come. You should exchange the quota of Yin God first." Zhao Xing said.

There is no second chapter. The war part is finished. Prepare for the subsequent plot and go to bed early.