Chapter 117: A setback
"Cut the nonsense."
A figure spoke expressionlessly, and then it was discovered that these dozen figures all had terrible scars.
They were weak and severely injured at this time, but the blood that was occasionally spilled actually corroded the eternal black ice into a bottomless pit.
"It is truly a clean and pure world."
"Well, it's most suitable for our lair."
"You adults have devoured the original power of this world, and we should also be able to get a share of it, right?"
"Don't think too much." A tall evil demon said: "We were seriously injured in order to enter this world. We must first find a place to hunt blood food and recover from our injuries."
"It makes sense. We have been ordered to hunt down the young supreme and young gods in this world. We must complete the task as soon as possible, otherwise the ancestor will be angry."
"..."
On the other side, after Chen Muzhi finished the meeting, he quickly led his troops to the front line.
Qingzhou City is one of the three major cities in Cangbei County. It has a population of several million and is an extremely prosperous city.
This large city is close to Cangbei County and has become the main garrison of Chen Muzhi's army.
Qingzhou City was originally the territory of the Zhang family, the commander-in-chief of the county, but the prominent families in Cangzhou have suffered heavy losses one after another in recent years.
The Zhang family was the first to bear the brunt. During the battle that destroyed the Zhenbei Palace three years ago, the Zhang family's innate ancestor who suppressed the fate of the clan died.
More than half a year ago, he was killed by Chen Muzhi in a trap by the Qingshan Lake, and more than half of the strong men in the clan were wiped out.
Then came the Beiyan Rebellion, when Ying Hui swept across Cangbei County with a million-strong army. Of course, the Zhang family, whose strength was extremely weakened, was unable to resist.
As a result, this family that had been inherited for hundreds of years was destroyed in the war, and the wealth accumulated for hundreds of years was finally obtained by Ying Hui, and finally fell into the hands of Chen Muzhi.
Now Chen Muzhi is sitting in the palace of the city lord of Qingzhou City.
"The Zhang family's city lord's mansion is really magnificent."
"Compared to my Zhenyuan Mountain, which is in ruins and waiting to be renovated, there is a huge difference."
Chen Muzhi sat in the main hall, looked at the splendid hall, and praised it a few times.
Chen Yu underneath was dressed in military uniform. He looked at Chen Muzhi with a smile on his face: "Although this Qingzhou City is glorious, it looks a bit tacky after all."
"My lord, your Zhenyuan Mountain has the extraordinary spiritual veins of the Immortal Family. How can it be compared to this vulgar place?"
"Okay, stop flattering me."
Chen Muzhi scolded with a smile, then picked up a cup of tea and took a sip: "Tell me about the military situation."
When Chen Yu heard this, he showed a serious expression: "Beiyan Commandery Wang personally led an army of two million people to march over. It is estimated that they will arrive at Ansai City soon."
"Now that our army is stationed in Qingzhou City, I'm afraid Ansai City cannot be defended."
Ansai City is a city bordering Beiyan County and will bear the brunt of the attack.
"Now that the weather is getting warmer and the opponent's army is vast, Ansai City is no more than a small city and cannot be defended at all."
"Only in a big city like Qingzhou can we hold back the opponent's millions of troops."
Chen Muzhi said, thinking of this, he secretly felt a pity. Some time ago, the Beiyan County Prince rushed in and entered Cangzhong County. Not only was there insufficient food and grass, but also the men and horses were exhausted in the cold winter.
It's a pity that Jiang Xudao was too busy reviving Jiang Yuanqian to take care of them, otherwise it would have been a good opportunity.
If used properly, it might even be possible to defeat the Beiyan Army in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, a great opportunity was missed.
Not thinking too much about this topic, Chen Muzhi stood up and said, "Take me out to see the terrain."
"As commanded."
"..."
The two of them walked all the way out of Qingzhou City and then inspected the surrounding terrain.
After traveling for hundreds of miles, the two people arrived at a place with dangerous terrain.
"Lord, look."
"This area is Qingzhou Mountain. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack."
Chen Yu obviously did a lot of work. He pointed to the mountains and explained to Chen Muzhi.
"Look there, it's the road leading directly to Qingzhou City."
"If they want to attack Qingzhou, they must pass through here."
Chen Muzhi stood on the cliff and watched for a long time, observing the surrounding terrain.
Not long after, a Shura guard came over and reported a piece of information.
"My Lord, the Shadow Guards have sent word that Ansay City has fallen into the hands of the enemy."
"And there is a vanguard leading the army to kill them. It is expected that they will be able to reach Qingzhou City early tomorrow morning."
After he finished speaking, Chen Muzhi thought about it for a moment, and then he turned around and said Chen Yudao.
"I guess Prince Beiyan is also very anxious. He wants to defeat our army and capture Qingzhou City in one go."
"Only in this way can he quickly take charge of the two counties and use his main force to resist Jiang Xudao's army."
"Let's do this." He looked at Chen Yu: "Move your fifty thousand troops over and weaken his spirit first."
It was not his style to passively take beatings. Even if he was determined to defend the city with Qingzhou's twenty-foot-high city wall, it did not prevent Chen Muzhi from filing the edge of his sword first.
If the opponent's army loses its spirit and attacks the strong city of Qingzhou, the outcome can often be foreseen.
Chen Yu mobilized his troops and finally led his troops to Qingzhou Mountain in the afternoon. They set up camp on the spot that night, and in the blink of an eye it was the next day.
The next day, Chen Muzhi originally wanted to lay an ambush to see if he could be wiped out like Gordan.
However, the vanguard commander of the Beiyan Army was Ying Wu, the nephew of the Prince of Beiyan County. This man believed in caution. As soon as he saw the dangerous terrain of Qingzhou Mountain, he immediately stopped moving forward and only sent a team of scouts to investigate.
Seeing that there was no chance of an ambush, Chen Muzhi simply led his army to charge towards him, intending to give him a severe blow.
Chen Muzhi's 50,000-strong army launched an attack against the 200,000-strong army of Beiyan County.
I thought I could inflict heavy damage on the vanguard of the Beiyan Army, but the result turned out to be somewhat beyond Chen Muzhi's expectations.
The average combat effectiveness of the opposing army is beyond imagination. Among the 200,000 troops, there are at least 30,000 to 40,000 first-level troops, and the rest are at least elites in the middle stage of physical training and above.
"Damn it, I was fooled!"
The stalemate of the battle was beyond Chen Muzhi's expectation. He did not expect that the opponent would transfer the most elite troops to the vanguard army.
This was because Chen Muzhi had long expected that he was going to frustrate the other party, so he deliberately dug a hole to wait for her.
"Haha, you can't think of it, right?"
A burst of laughter came from the opponent's vanguard army, and only a middle-aged man was seen looking at him with a ferocious expression.
"Chen Muzhi, if you kill my son, I will kill you today!"
"Win luxury."
Chen Mu's eyes turned slightly cold, the person in front of him was the Prince of Beiyan County.
Legend has it that Yingshe is a warrior who is half-step into the realm of magical powers, and has forged a sixth-grade Taoist foundation, which is only one step away from breaking through to the realm of magical powers.
Unexpectedly, when I saw him today, he had already broken into the realm of a supernatural being.
"Want to kill me?" Chen Muzhi sneered: "Are you not worthy?"
"Let Emperor Da Ying come and maybe have a fight with me."
"Hahaha."
"Are today's young people so confident?"
Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter came from the void.
Chen Muzhi looked up and saw a demon-like figure descending from the sky.
The figure looked at him with a very calm gaze, as if he was explaining something to his junior.
"You are so confident, you remind me of a person."
"A man who wants to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!"
Chapter completed!