After a few days of settling down, the army of Huangtian Palace indeed appeared near ** City. Although it was only the vanguard and even fought a few minor contact battles with the defenders of ** City, the tense atmosphere was already complete.
It covers the city of **.
After Huang Shengnu came back, she felt unwell and stayed at home, leaving all matters to Fan Ting.
Fan Ting is really a person who is not afraid of trouble. When she goes to discuss matters, she will never let the saints do such extremely risky things again. This makes Wang Zeying feel very troubled.
However, due to continuous defeats in the front line, more than half a month after Lin Haoming and others arrived here, a man named Du Lanze arrived in ** City.
This Du Lanze has a very special status. He is a descendant of the great elder Du Tiande and a disciple of the leader Yan Lei. He can be said to be the most popular young man in the entire Moon Worship Sect. Compared with Duanmu Liang, his status is also much inferior.
This Dulanze came directly with the order jointly issued by the leader and the great elder. When he arrived in ** City, he took out the order and announced that from the moment he arrived, he would be the commander-in-chief of the front line.
All passers-by must obey his orders, even the saints in the Holy Maiden Palace.
With his special status, the orders from the Grand Elder and the Leader, and the fact that he came after a great defeat, even Wang Zeying did not dare to neglect at all and obediently handed over his power. In addition to issuing orders, he became the de facto commander-in-chief.
, the first thing was to hold a public funeral for the Holy Maiden of Song Dynasty who died in the battle.
On the day of the funeral, because the body of Saint Song was not there, we could only put a few of her belongings in the coffin and set up a tomb.
The funeral was very solemn. Not only was it hosted by him personally, but Elder Shi, who was unable to participate in the exhibition and could only serve as a supervisor, also came forward at the invitation of Du Lanze.
All the saints attended the funeral. Lin Haoming did not attend. After all, he had a special status. But just looking at it from a distance, he felt that this Du Lanze was really not a simple person. At least when facing these saints, he was better than others.
People respect a lot, at least on the surface.
After the funeral, several Full Moon Saints and Yellow Saints attended the ceremony he convened. Lin Haoming had a vague feeling that the arrival of this person might change the situation of the war.
Lin Haoming returned to the Holy Lady's Pavilion after the funeral. Half a day later, Li Wanyu came to Lin Haoming to attend the meeting. Several saints came back and wanted to see him.
Lin Haoming immediately went to the room where they were gathered together and found that the faces of the saints were not pretty.
"Mr. Lin is here, sit down quickly!" Lin Haoming is now more than just an alchemist, he is an extremely important adviser to them.
"How many of you went to discuss the matter, and it seems that the result is not good?" Lin Haoming asked directly.
"Du Lanze has a special status. He represents both the great elder and the leader. He is also one of the few people who can stabilize the forces of all parties. We have to obey his orders. As for the result, it is not bad. He wants all our injured sisters to go back.
, and then the Holy Lady's Palace will send another group of people over." Fan Ting said noncommittally.
"This...if this continues, wouldn't it be a huge drain on the saints of the Holy Lady's Palace?" Lin Haoming found the conspiracy after thinking about it for a while.
"Yes, Du Lanze seems to have our interests in mind, but if he opens this hole, he can continue to find us candidate saints in the future. The most important thing is that he hopes that the Holy Lady Palace can send another Golden Moon Saint.
, then I have no reason to take command." Fan Ting was very unconvinced.
"In the face of a powerful enemy, his request seems reasonable and reasonable, and to a certain extent, it is impossible to refuse!" Lin Haoming said.
"Yes, I can only agree. After all, I am powerless now, and Sister Song has died in the battle, and there are many seriously injured sisters. It is not a good thing to waste time here!" Huang Shengnu said helplessly.
"If you go back, who will come?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Sister Song came here on her own initiative, and I took turns. If we follow the order of rotation, it should be Saint Lady Lou, but she..." Saint Lady Huang said this, unable to continue.
"What's wrong with her?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Saint Lou's sister is the wife of the leader!" Fan Ting said.
"Madam of the leader?" Lin Haoming was a little surprised.
"One of the Twelve Golden Moon Saints was assigned by the leader and the great elder. Saint Lou was sent by the leader."
"Where is the Great Elder?" Lin Haoming asked.
"This is Saint Zhu. She is the daughter of Zhu Hao, the great elder's disciple." Fan Ting said.
"So, the Holy Maiden's Palace actually..."
Before Lin Haoming finished speaking, Saint Peng followed: "Mr. Lin, you are right. The Holy Lady's Palace is not completely monolithic. However, because of the saint's presence, whether it is Saint Lady Lou or Saint Zhu, their influence is limited, but
If Saint Lou really comes, the rest of the people will nominally obey her command."
"Actually, when Du Lanze brought it up today, I knew that he had plans in this regard, and asking Saint Lady Lou to come over seemed more appropriate on the surface. After all, they can all be controlled by him alone, so there will be no problem.
The most important thing is that now everyone has agreed, and Wang Zeying has changed his face, as if he is a flatterer." Fan Ting said very unhappy.
"So, if we really want to leave, and all of us are leaving, let Saint Lady Lou bring her people over, and Mr. Lin will go back with us!" Saint Lady Qiu, who had been silent, also opened her mouth to signal.
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"It's not that easy. The Saint promised to send half of the strength of the two Golden Moon Saints. At most, half of the people here can go back. We four Full Moon Saints, just you and me, can only stay.
Get off!" Fan Shengnu gritted her teeth.
"Don't feel uncomfortable, everyone. In fact, the current situation may not worsen the war!" Lin Haoming could see that the death of Saint Song was a big shock to them, especially after being betrayed.
"What does Mr. Lin mean?" Huang Shengnu asked.
"I know it's just a guess. If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid that the next war will come to an end. Huangtian Palace may not attack the city in a large scale. Instead, it is very likely to station on the spot and build Nanshan City as its own front line to digest the occupied territory.
** Divide half of the territory of the altar." Lin Haoming said.
"If this is really the case, then it is the worst thing for us!" After listening to Lin Haoming's words and thinking about it for a moment, Saint Huang sighed helplessly.
Others also believe in Lin Haoming's judgment and understand Huang Shengnu's lament that if the occupied areas are really managed carefully, it will really become their territory in a hundred years, and to change this
The situation necessitated turning from defense to offense.