When the sun is shining brightly in Houting County, Beifeng City is still shrouded in falling snow.

The howling of the wind and snow made the general's tent seem particularly quiet.

The tent of the general who had been temporarily set up was not very big. A dozen generals wearing the armor of the commander of the border army were sitting on both sides of the tent, and an old man with white hair and beard was sitting on the main seat.

None of them has a cultivation level lower than the third level, and they hold heavy troops. Each one of them is a big shot who can make the Northern Territory tremble with just a stamp of their feet.

But at this moment, a death-like silence spread among this group of powerful figures in the sect.

A quarter of an hour ago,

They have learned through various channels that a Yunqi bomb was detonated in Houting County.

A few days ago, when the imperial court took out two Yunqi bombs and asked them to immediately go south to reinforce Beifeng City, there were still people who had evil thoughts about Yunqi bombs.

There is no way, Yunqitan is a good thing.

After seeing the effectiveness of Yunqi bombs, this new type of weapon that can change the celestial phenomena immediately aroused their greed.

As long as they get a sample, their own formation master can try to reverse the research.

Lou Ji didn’t abandon them at all.

If they leave a word of love or not, the worst they can do is die together, which directly shatters their greed.

Beifeng City was lost, and the imperial court's 300,000 troops were trapped and died in the snowfield. For the imperial court, it was a great loss of vitality at best, but for these northern sects, it was a catastrophe.

Once their 300,000 elite men are lost, all kinds of large pharmaceutical fields, workshops, equipment factories, banks and other industries will directly face the barbarian army.

Apart from some core disciples of the inner sect, they only have second-tier recruits of the eighth and ninth grades left behind in their hometown.

The core disciples have high cultivation levels, but they do not cultivate military formations. The new recruits have never seen blood and will easily collapse on the battlefield.

I was forced to go south here, but I didn't want to risk my life, so I made a deal with the Barbarian King.

From their perspective, it was impossible for the barbarian kings to disagree with their charity.

The barbarians dared to take a detour southward entirely because of the blizzard, which brought them an almost crushing advantage.

But when the Beifeng Army and the Black Scale Army went south to join forces with them, a cloud bomb dispersed the clouds, and 700,000 troops formed a military formation. Without the protection of the city defense formation, the wall would have collapsed.

And now,

The third Yunqi bomb was indeed detonated.

But there was a slight deviation from the position they expected.

Not in Beifeng, but in Houting.

Having fought in the north for decades, they certainly understand what this means.

In deathly silence,

The old man on the main seat,

The Supreme Elder of Lingshui Palace, Qian Shuisheng, finally spoke up:

"Everyone, please tell me what you think now."

But after he finished speaking, the silence remained.

A long while,

A female general on the left suddenly stood up and cupped her hands towards the old man on the main seat.

The woman is slender and relatively short, but her appearance is not ordinary, with snowy skin, eyebrows like green feathers, and a voice as sweet as a silver bell:

"General Qian, I thought this was a delaying strategy by Marquis Wu Cheng or that woman Lou Ji. Our Xuepo Valley contact point outside Houting County did not receive any news of Houting's fall."

Hearing the woman's voice, a man with a scar on his cheek raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Qingfeng is right. The time doesn't match up at all. The Black Scale Army and the Beifeng Army are far away in Dali Mountain. Even if they use cavalry, it will take at least two to three days for them to reach the Houting area."

Qian Shuisheng, who had white hair and beard, smiled kindly when he heard this, stroked his white beard, and nodded slightly:

"It is indeed possible."

After a moment's pause, Qian Shuisheng's eyes, which were slightly cloudy due to old age, instantly became sharp:

"But even if it is true as you two said, who will contact the Barbarian King? Who can make the Barbarian King believe in us?"

Said,

His eyes scanned the generals in the tent:

"Haha. If you were in the position of the Barbarian King, would you rashly send troops north? I think not, right? At the very least, a strong follower will be sent to confirm, but this may not be enough time."

The words fell silently.

Time difference.

The condition they offered to the barbarians was to give up the Houting County area and let them take over all the equipment and city defense formations there, thereby blocking the returning Black Scale Army and the Beifeng Army.

The key to this is the time difference.

Now that a Yunqi bomb has been exploded over there, even if they don't arrive, they can still gain time to arrive.

It is also obvious that he is telling the barbarians:

Those who beat you, don’t get involved with me.

Think deeper,

If you barbarians don't take action as soon as possible, the Beifeng Army and the Black Scale Army can come down with Yunqi Bomb at any time to find you.

Just asking are you afraid?

"Bastard thing!"

A burly man cursed in a low voice: "Wu Chenghou and Zong Qingsheng have such a good plan. They want us frontier troops to face these hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops alone!"

"Okay." Another middle-aged man with cheeks sighed: "It's useless to talk more. The top priority now is to think about how to break the situation."

The burly man's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to curse, but he held it back and snorted and shut up.

And at this time,

The beautiful female general spoke again: "Today I was in charge of guarding the camp. The scouts detected many barbarian wolf cavalry roaming around our camp. It is impossible to determine the location of their main force. The army may be attacked by the barbarians at any time if it acts rashly."
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Beifeng City is only about forty miles away from their camp. It can be reached in two quarters of an hour by normal march. However, if they are attacked by barbarians through the wind and snow during the march, everyone will be finished together.

Forty miles away, we are close before our eyes, yet far away in the horizon.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and whispered:

"Nowadays, our camp's protective capabilities are almost non-existent. Anyone who has any inventory will take it out. We need to strengthen the camp. The pattern masters accompanying the army will seize the time to carve some simple defensive patterns to prevent those barbarians from attacking the camp."<

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At this moment, the scarred man suddenly sneered and said:

"Reinforce the camp?"

The middle-aged man with cheekbones frowned when he heard this and stared at the scar-faced man:

"Why, General Hou doesn't think we should reinforce the camp?"

The scarred man shook his head leisurely and smiled:

"Of course Hou Mou has no objection. Our Huangyue Palace still has some stock of materials for strengthening the camp. The ones left over from the previous repairs in Hou Ting County. If you and other sects provide some materials, they should be able to improve the camp's protective capabilities by an order of magnitude."<

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Said,

The scarred man stared at the bearded middle-aged man: "But the question is, how much food do we have?"

After hearing this, everyone in the main camp unanimously looked at the first Qian Shui Sheng.

Facing the gazes of the generals, Qian Shuisheng pondered for a moment and whispered:

"In order to allow the barbarians to go north, we provided one-third of the supplies to them. The current food and grass supplies are probably enough to supply our army for twenty years. Reducing the rations can last about a month. If you are willing to slaughter the cavalry and beasts, you should be able to

Last longer.”

January

These words made some of the generals present start to have their own thoughts.

Compared with the vertically centralized command system of the Black Scale Guards or the Northern Feng Army, their side is more like a coalition force that was forced to unite due to external pressure.

It’s been quiet for a long time,

A gentle voice suddenly asked:

"What about the barbarians and the imperial court?"

Qian Shuisheng glanced at the person who made the noise. He was the only person present who was not from the Northern Sect.

A handsome young man with thin lips, peach blossom eyes, and a plump and handsome face.

Wanyaomen.
To be continued...