King Xi's army encountered strong obstacles in the second month of their massive offensive. The originally smooth attack was effectively stopped because King Lie's reinforcements arrived.
In the past, when King Xi and the Elders fought against each other, King Lie sent no soldiers except for the upper-level forces to support him. But this time, King Xi came with great force and showed that he would not withdraw his troops until the middle territory was broken. Seeing that the Elders continued like this.
Maybe they couldn't resist, so King Lie sent strong support.
King Lie also knew very well that if King Xi was allowed to gain control of the Central Territory and consume the population, factories and superior creation techniques of the Central Territory, then it would be absolutely impossible for his family to fight against him.
In fact, this time he was not the only one, but the six factions outside the territory were also extremely nervous. How could they have imagined that King Xi suffered several setbacks when he attacked Mianlu from the rear, and even experienced a total annihilation of the entire army. His power should have been damaged, and his prestige was greatly reduced.
, but the current performance is actually better than before.
Therefore, they were also urging King Lie from behind to stop King Xi's army no matter what. Therefore, it can be said that King Xi's performance this time scared the other forces, and it was also an attempt by the forces to join forces for a confrontation.
The forward offensive of King Xi's army was blocked, and the military momentum also came to a halt. The two sides built fortifications across the battle line. It seemed that this battle had once again returned to the previous confrontation.
This is the part of the war that the Elders, Lie Wang and other forces are familiar with. And then there is the consumption of competition. In any case, this is acceptable to everyone, which makes all the forces breathe a sigh of relief.
However, because they are on the front line facing King Xi's army, the Elder Group is still extremely nervous. Without the natural chasm of Mianlu City, the resistance is relatively weak. For this reason, they can only send more upper-level forces to the front.
This serves as a deterrent and also expresses their determination to do whatever it takes if they have to.
In addition to military support, the upper-level forces on King Lie's side also increased a lot. Although the two upper-level forces were only intimidation and did not actually participate in the war, this also put a very strong pressure on King Xi's army on the front line, and the morale was also improved by
This has weakened quite a bit.
Among the newly built king boats at the rear, King Xi stood in the main hall and looked at the sky in the distance. He clapped his hands with his staff and whip, "There are quite a lot of people coming. It would be better to have more." He turned around and said: "
Master, how long will it take for the grand formation?"
Shi Yanxin said: "About a hundred days."
King Xi thought for a while and said: "Not long." He pointed forward and said: "Master, the number of people coming back this time seems to be more than expected. Can you eat it?"
Naturally, he can still afford to wait for a hundred days. He is still thinking that he may be able to take advantage of these days to push the military forward a little further, forcing the opponent to use more upper-level forces for defense. This may give Lie
The king and the group of elders dealt more casualties.
Shi Yanxin glanced in front and said, "Okay."
Now the formation is arranged in an orderly manner. This formation was not entirely built by himself, but was left behind by some upper-level cultivators who were good at formations in the Xuntian Daozhang. He actually just used it for reference. And here
In addition, with the guidance board given by Zhang Yu as a sustenance, there is no need to sort out the earth veins, and it can be launched more covertly.
King Xi said: "Okay, then Gu will wait."
At the same time, in addition to stacking their forces on the front and trying to resist King Xi's army, the elders also did not give up their efforts in the rear. The envoys sent to Mianlu had already met Zhu Zonghu and put forward their demands.
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Zhu Zonghu was surprised and said: "You want me to send troops to contain King Xi?"
The envoy in front of him said solemnly: "The elders hope that Zhu Zongzi will remember the support he received from the Central Region in the past and put pressure on King Xi from the rear."
Zhu Zonghu's voice was heavy as he said: "I need to remind you that it is okay for us to close the city and defend ourselves, but even if we win, we have paid a lot of price and huge sacrifices..."
When he heard this, the Taoist king on the side didn't look away, with a serious look on his face.
Zhu Zonghu continued: "We can resist King Xi's army mainly because of our formation. If we want to fight out, neither flying boats nor armored soldiers are enough. Even a clan member under King Xi can assemble them."
The defeat of our army is said to have made King Xi look back."
Wang Daoren said solemnly: "You are making things difficult for us!"
The envoy looked at him and said solemnly: "We have given you no less than fifty sets of high-quality armor, and we hope that you can give a certain amount of reward."
Zhu Zonghu nodded and said: "I thank you for your support, but no matter how many armors you have, we still need suitable people to put them on. Mianlu is so sparsely populated, so where can we have so much power? The envoy thinks too highly of us."
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The messenger said: "That's not what Zhu Zongzi said when he took the outer armor. We did not pay for it in vain. I hope Zongzi can consider it carefully.
Moreover, Zongzi must know that if the Central Territory is breached, King Xi will not let him go. We are natural strategic allies. If you help us today, are you helping yourself tomorrow? Zongzi could see through that day.
King Xi’s hypocrisy, decisive break with King Xi, I believe he will not be such a short-sighted person.”
Zhu Zonghu understood that now the elders may really be aware of the life-and-death crisis, so they no longer care about anything and speak in return. I am afraid that as long as they can share the pressure, anyone who can use it will take advantage of it.
He pretended to think about it for a moment, and finally raised his head and said: "If you want me to help, the help right now is not enough. The group of elders probably don't understand either. If it can't put enough pressure on King Xi, it won't be of much use. Suppose you can do it with just one person."
Even local forces can fight against us, so why should we attract King Xi’s attention?”
The messenger said directly: "So what do you need? Please tell me."
Zhu Zonghu said: "I need some creation skills, as well as a creation master, more flying boats and outer armor. These are what we urgently need.
The messenger frowned and said, "With all due respect, Feizhou and Waijia are fine, but the other things seem to be of no use at the moment."
Zhu Zonghu said: "Although it won't have any effect at the moment, it will help improve our war potential. The envoy doesn't want us to invade the inland of King Xi and then be done with it, right? Didn't the envoy also say that?
, I am not a short-sighted person."
The messenger stared at him for a moment, considered it, and said: "I will report this matter to the elders. I just hope that you can dispatch it as soon as possible."
Zhu Zonghu shook his head and said: "When will you deliver the things, I will send troops."
The messenger felt slightly displeased, but still nodded, turned and left.
Zhu Zonghu didn't care about his emotions.
This time, the elders want to cooperate with him, and the contact person is just a tool and does not matter at all. As long as there is a basis for cooperation, no matter how bad his attitude is now, the elders will not care. Of course, they may treat him later.
His attitude was "rewarded", but the first step was for the elders to pass this test.
Wang Daoren said at this time: "Zong Hu, do you really agree to them?"
Zhu Zonghu said: "Of course."
Taoist Wang said cryptically: "But King Xi is not..."
Zhu Zonghu smiled, turned around, pointed to the map on the wall, and said: "Wang Zhidao, look here." He clicked somewhere.
Taoist Wang looked at it and said, "Feihou?"
Zhu Zonghu said: "This man has never had a bad mind. He only knows how to enjoy himself. His internal governance is chaotic, and few people below him are willing to listen to him. He only stepped forward to deal with it when he faced King Xi. This time he sent troops
He is also the least, and he was specially left by King Xi for us to practice, so we will fight them this time! I believe that one candidate is enough to explain to the elders."
Wang Daoren thought for a moment and said, "Zong Hu, could they be the same..."
Zhu Zonghu asked back: "What are they? The elders didn't tell us, and the elders didn't specify where we were going to fight, so why shouldn't we fight them?"
Wang Daoren nodded.
Zhu Zonghu said: "If you please, Wang Zhidao, go and prepare first. Although we can't go out until the things arrive, there are some things that can be done first."
The royal Taoist obeyed the order solemnly.
Suddenly, another hundred days passed.
At the front line, both opposing sides were desperately building fortifications. Under this cover, King Xi's side also set up a large formation.
In fact, the elders are also arranging formations, but the formations are not the main defensive force, but just for coordination. Because the operation of the formations must be left to the monks in the end, the elders may compare some monks
Trust, but in matters involving life and death, monks will not be used.
Shi Yanxin stood on the battlefield, picked up the Gui board in his hand, looked at it, and said: "The arrangement has been successful." He took out a jade talisman and handed it to King Xi, "King Xi can ask someone to put this talisman in place."
On the body."
King Xi took it over and said, "Just such a piece of stuff, everyone?"
Shi Yanxin nodded and said: "Yes."
King Xi didn't ask any further questions, and then handed the jade talisman to the creation alchemist beside him and said, "Just do it."
After a while, all the monks and creationists who came with the army this time had received general transmissions. They were confused when they suddenly seemed to notice something. When they raised their hands, they found that there was an extra jade talisman in their hands. They
I don't know where this thing came from, but after hearing the report, I had an idea about it, and this thing appeared naturally.
Those with deeper cultivation understand that this is actively accepted by their own consciousness, then this thing will naturally emerge, and at the same time, a confirmation of each other is completed.
Through the jade talisman, they also knew that a killing move was unknowingly arranged below, and after the formation was pushed forward, their consciousness and energy should move to a certain position in conjunction with the formation to coordinate the operation of the formation.
After everyone confirmed that they had obtained this object, they used spiritual communication to inform King Xi.
King Xi wanted something in return, so he said: "Master, now everyone has obtained the jade talisman, can they activate the array?"
Shi Yanxin said: "Wait a little longer until Taoist Taoist friend and others arrive here. To ensure the success this time, a few of them are indispensable."
