The army of the Dongwang Mansion that went to the enclave this time consisted of three parts. The first batch of 6,000 soldiers who entered the enclave were the Tiger Army of the Dongwang Mansion, mainly responsible for the defense of the Dongwang Mansion and the defense of the Black Stone Bridge. The total number was 40,000, most of them were taken to the front line by the Dongwang Mansion, leaving only a small number of left behind to the Dongwang Mansion. This time, except for the 6,000 Tiger Mansions sent before, the Tiger Mansion soldiers who returned later protected each other near the Dongwang Mansion and did not go out.

The second batch of supporters were the former retired veterans recruited by Xiao Yibo, who had a new number, Canglang Army, and all the soldiers were composed of retired veterans. The general was Sha Shaoyuan, who was stationed on the Black Stone Bridge at the moment. Most of them followed Huang Yongning and entered the enclave. Ye Guan’s men did not have Canglang Army soldiers.

The third batch of troops led by Huang Yongning was composed of the guards and the Chilang Army of the East Prince's Mansion, with a total of 50,000, and the two armies stood half of each. The guards and the Chilang Army were divided into two different legions of the Dongwang Mansion. The guards were previously commanded by Huang Yuanwu, and the Chilang Army was commanded by Huang Yongning, but the troops were divided into two groups this time, and Huang Yuanwu handed over the military power of the Guards to Huang Yongning. These two troops were the absolute main force of the Dongwang Mansion.

This time, the 20,000 soldiers led by Ye Guan were the elite soldiers in the Guards and Chilang Army. They were all powerful soldiers in a hundred battles, and any soldier was experienced and could be called a tiger and wolf army.

Such an army naturally has the best generals. The four generals assigned by Emperor Yongning to Ye Guan this time are also the mainstay of the Eastern Prince's Mansion. The fourth-rank generals enthroned by the Qitian Empire are placed anywhere, and they are all figures that call the wind and rain.

Needless to say, Ye Guan is one of the four lords of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, and has a unique status. Before, Emperor Qi Tian wanted to enthrone the title of Ye Guan's second-rank general and enter the imperial capital to live, but Ye Guan politely refused and chose to stay in the Eastern Prince's Mansion. He did not accept the title of second-rank general. For this reason, the former Emperor Qi Tian also annoyed the Eastern Prince for a while, but in the end, Ye Guan still let it go.

Huang Yongning's arrangement shows the importance of the battle of Qiu Changcheng to the Eastern Palace.

Ye Guan always looks kind and amiable, but anyone knows that he must not regard Ye Guan as an uncle next door. The shadow of a famous tree. When these four generals entered the Eastern Palace, Ye Guan had retired and became the lord of Wuxing City. Their path to the battlefield was heard by listening to the legend of the four lords of the Eastern Palace, so he was naturally respectful to Ye Guan.

However, facing the first tough battle after entering the enclave, and this time, it is likely that the candidate would decide the vanguard. Both the commanders of the two armies wanted to be the vanguard, so they whispered a few words to each other in front of Ye Guan.

At this moment, the four generals saw Ye Guan's eyes closed slightly, their faces were expressionless, and they looked like they were old gods, and they all dared not breathe for a moment.

After a while, no one in the tent spoke, and the four generals looked at Ye Guan intently, waiting for Ye Guan to speak.

"Why? I won't be arguing?" Ye Guan opened his eyes and glanced at the four generals present. His voice was very soft and his tone was soft, but when he said that, the four generals bowed their heads one after another.

"We are so vulgar, so General Ye must not blame him." Ding Jiang spoke first, and he got up, hurriedly stood up, clasped his fists, and saluted Ye Guan.

"We are reckless, please help General Ye calm down." Kou Long and Ren Zijin also stood up one after another and bowed to Ye Guan with fists.

Ye looked at the three people who stood up, smiled and asked, "When did I say I want to blame you? I'm not angry. Please wait for the generals."

"Thank you, General Ye." Hearing Ye Guan said this, the three generals vented their anger and sat down one after another.

Before, Ye Guan did not directly command them, nor did they know Ye Guan's temper. They just heard that Ye Guan was kind and gentle, but the few people did not feel disrespectful at all. The quarrel just now was just afraid of stolen the vanguard's position.

"This time I came to you, not to choose the vanguard to fight, but to discuss some things with you." Ye Guan said softly with a smile.

Several generals were stunned when they heard this, looked at each other, and Ding Jiang clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "What's the important thing? Please ask General Ye to come."

Ye Guan nodded gently and said, "Last night, I sent three teams of scouts to investigate from the ridges on both sides of Zongqiu Mountain and the official road in the middle. I had to be extra careful before, so I asked him to remove his army armor and leave his horses to fight lightly, but I didn't expect that the three teams of scouts did not return all night. There was no news now. What do the four generals think about this matter?"

As soon as Ye Guan finished speaking, the four generals immediately frowned slightly.

As active officers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, they certainly knew what level of army the Eastern Prince's Mansion Scout Camp was. The three teams of scouts had no news at the same time, and had never happened before. Even before the imperial capital, the Scout Camp could bring back the movements in the other Three Prince's Mansions, let alone a mere enclave.

"This matter is a bit strange." Before the other three said, Tu Xingping spoke first and said softly: "In the past battle, no matter what the situation was, even if the scouts were ambushed, there had never been a situation where all the scouts had not returned. However, General Ye said just now that the three scouts had not returned, there might be a large number of ambushes or traps in Zongqiu Mountain in front."

"Ambushe Trap?" Kou Long shook his head on the side and said, "I don't think so, you said just now. Even if you encountered an ambush before, the brothers in the scout camp had a way to escape and bring the news back, but this time they did not return. I think, I'm afraid that it's not just the enemy ambush in front, but it may be that something we don't understand has happened."

Although Kou Long and Ding Jiang are not very good at dealing with each other, they can still cooperate sincerely in their business and will not be able to slander each other.

Ding Jiang frowned, looked at Ye Guan, and whispered: "General Ye, based on my understanding of the scout camp, let alone the three teams of scouts disappeared at the same time, even if a team of seven people entered someone else's ambush, there would be time to inspire the sky and send out a warning message. You just said that they had no news, which is really strange."

Ye Guan held his cheek with one hand, his eyes slightly deeper. The analysis of several generals was not much different from his mind. He looked up at several generals, nodded slightly, and said, "What Ye said is that Ye knew that the scout team naturally could not disappear out of thin air. Ye guessed that there might be a large number of killing formations forty miles ahead."

Ye Guan emphasized the word "kill formation", one by one. When the four generals heard Ye Guan's words, they all showed surprise. Of course, they knew the killing formation, but this thing rarely appeared and even fewer people could arrange it. They had never seen the killing formation on the battlefield before, and they heard it, but they didn't know what strange the killing formation was. Before, they only heard that the killing formation could kill people invisibly, which was very strange.

"General Ye, what is strange about this killing formation...?" Kou Long took back his surprise and looked at Ye Guan. Of course, he could not believe Ye Guan's words. It was just that a few people only heard about the killing formation, but they did not know the specific purpose of the killing formation. If they fight against it, knowing themselves and their enemies is the fundamental basis for leading troops.

"Killing Formation..." Ye Guan sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "There are two types of killing formations. This time I suspect is the assassination formation. This formation kills people invisibly and hides deeply. It is specifically used to deal with those with cultivation. If a person with cultivation touches the formation mechanism, the formation will explode in an instant, locking the target with fighting energy in the surrounding meridians, killing with one blow, and it will be silent, so it is hard to defend."

"My scout camp has the lowest level of cultivation of cultivators. If you really encounter a killing formation, you will die without life."

After Ye Guan said this, his face was solemn. All the four generals frowned.

"General General Ye." Ding Jiang, who was standing beside him, said: "I heard that the arrangement of the killing formation was very difficult before, and it was more than ten times more difficult than ordinary formations. How can there be such a master when you go to Zongqiu Mountain and Qiuchang City?"

"Putting aside all the impossible, the rest is the truth, even if it is incredible." Ye Guan looked at Ding Jiang and whispered: "This time, my Eastern Prince's Mansion gathered elite combat power to deal with Qiu Chang City. I guess that there may be hidden masters in this Qiu Chang City."

When Ding Jiang heard this, he stopped talking, but his heart was a little confused. What Ye Guan said was beyond his imagination and it was impossible for ordinary soldiers to deal with.

Ye Guan looked around the four generals, and the few of them frowned slightly at this moment. Of course, they believed that as the absolute commander of this battle, Ye Guan had no reason to deceive his generals with words, which was meaningless.

"I'm looking for you to come here for this possible killing formation. How many people have a way to crack it?" Ye Guan looked at the people and asked softly.

The four generals were filled with their moods and thought about solutions.

Ding Jiang first looked up, looked at Ye Guan, and said, "General Ye, you just said that this killing formation is targeting the practitioners?"

"That's right." Ye Guan replied: "I have discussed such a formation with Ning Yi before, and I will definitely not be wrong."

"If we only target cultivators, we can send non-cultivists troops to destroy all formations. Wouldn't that be solved?" Ren Zijin followed Ding Jiang's words and put forward his own suggestions.

"No." Before Ye Guan replied, Tu Xingping rejected Ren Zijin's proposal and said, "If the enemy is really capable of setting up such a formation, it is impossible to only leave the formation in it. There must be other backup moves. If there is no elite troops to follow, it is no different from dying. Besides," said Tu Xingping, looking at Ren Zijin and said, "The elite troops dispatched by my Eastern Prince's Mansion this time have no cultivation at all. There are very few soldiers of war, at least they have a basic level of using Dou Qi. Just now, General Ye said that as long as there is Dou Qi in the meridians, it will trigger a killing formation to attack."

After Tu Xingping said that, Ren Zijin frowned and said nothing.

"General Tu is right." Ye Guan whispered: "It is impossible for the enemy to only place a killing array in it to block the way. There may be other backup moves behind it. Things are a bit tricky. Please speak freely."

"If the soldiers are ordered to prevent fire from burning the mountain, they can destroy the formation and talismans. Even if they cannot be destroyed, they can disrupt the deployment behind them. If other backhands are removed and then deal with the killing formation, it will be much easier." Kou Long thought for a moment and expressed his suggestion.

As soon as Kou Long finished speaking, the other three generals suddenly had their eyes lit up, thinking that Kou Long's idea was feasible. If he ignited Zongqiu Mountain directly, even if there was any backhand in the enemy, he would not be able to use it. After eliminating the enemy's backhand, he would use the soldiers with no cultivation to find the destructive killing formation to break the situation.

Ye Guan heard this and thought for a moment, but said, "The plan is feasible, but it takes too long and is easily cracked by the enemy. At this moment, I don't know where the local killing formation is arranged. If the fire is directly prevented from burning the mountain, the fire is too small and it will not have any effect. If the fire is too large, it may ignite the entire Zongqiu Mountain. At that time, it will inevitably threaten all the people in Qiuchang's five cities. Even if my Dongwang Mansion occupied Qiuchang City afterwards, it will have no meaning."

What Ye Guan didn't say is that there is a powerful person who practices death energy behind this. If Zongqiu Mountain is really ignited, it is likely to cause great casualties, which is exactly what the enemy is thinking.

After hearing what Ye Guan said, the four generals fell into deep thought again.

"So, I plan to go and investigate in person." Ye Guan suddenly said while the four of them were thinking deeply.
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