Episode 10 Chapter 424

Chapter 424: Not good! Could it be that something happened to the secret warehouse in the dungeon? ! Xu Lengzhi suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Without saying a word, he stood up abruptly and strode into the cave.

He just opened the first stone door and felt a wave of heat rushing towards him. Although there was no smoke in the corridor, the temperature was frighteningly high. Oops! Xu Lengzhi screamed secretly and trotted along the steps of the corridor until he reached the inner end of the corridor.

The further inside he went, the higher the temperature became. After walking up this flight of steps, his single clothes were soaked with sweat.

He wanted to open the second stone door, but as soon as his palm touched the wall, he screamed as if he had been electrocuted, and he hurriedly pulled it back. Looking at his palm again, there was a big red and swollen area, which was caused by the wall. High temperature.

Xu Lengzhi didn't have time to check the burns on his palms. He released his spiritual energy, covered his spiritual armor, and then touched the mechanism again, opening the second stone door.

As soon as the stone door was opened, it was like opening a gate. Thick smoke surged out and flooded the corridor in an instant. Xu Lengzhi was ill-prepared and choked on the sudden smoke. The old man took two steps back, bent over in pain, and coughed repeatedly. The guards at the back covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves as they rushed to Xu Lengzhi and shouted: "General, the situation is in danger. Get out quickly!"

He also wanted to push everyone around him away, but the violent coughing made him unable to exert any strength. He allowed the guards to help him out of the corridor, and at the same time said intermittently: "Put out the fire... call someone to put out the fire quickly..."

The guards grinned secretly, how to save the fire?

If the secret warehouse was in an open place, that would be okay, but the secret warehouse goes deep underground and has to pass through this long corridor. At this time, the inside is full of thick smoke, and people can't even breathe. How can we talk about putting out the fire?

Regardless of whether the fire in the dark warehouse can be put out, people still have to do what they have to do. The guards organized their manpower, wearing sweat towels on their faces, carrying buckets, and charged into the corridor like a death squad.

However, it was impossible to see in the corridor and couldn't open their eyes. People could only pour the water out of the bucket based on their feelings. It was unknown whether it was poured into the dungeon.

It can be said that rescuing a fire in a dark warehouse is several times more difficult than rescuing a fire in an open warehouse. Even if there are more people fighting the fire, they can only file in one after another when entering the corridor, and the water brought in may not be able to pour it. In this case, how could the fire in the dark warehouse be extinguished?

One night, the two granaries carefully arranged by Xu Lengzhi in Bufeng City both caught fire. What was terrible was that the fires in both the light and dark granaries could not be controlled. Looking at the out-of-control fire and smelling the smell of burnt grain, People are all anxious, but there is nothing they can do.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the fires in the two granaries gradually weakened, but similarly, most of the grain stored in the two granaries was burned. Even if there was some left, it was burned black and charred. It is no longer suitable for human consumption.

In just one day, Xu Lengzhi, who was anxious and angry, seemed to have aged more than ten years. The old man's face lost its original rosiness, his eyes also lost their sparkle, a layer of blisters appeared on his lips, and even his hair looked... It's all a lot grayer.

What do you rely on to defend the city? The first is combat power, and the second is food. Without food, no matter how strong the combat power is, it is just a castle in the air and cannot last. Xu Lengzhi knew the stakes involved. Two granaries were destroyed at the same time. How could he not get angry?

Regarding Chen Zhong who had neglected his duties, Xu Lengzhi did not even hesitate and immediately ordered his execution. As for Jiang Song and Ding Youchun who were also suspected of dereliction of duty, Xu Lengzhi was generous and gave them a prison sentence. Level three, and deposed the two men from their titles to see the consequences.

Although the delinquent generals were severely punished, it did not help the overall situation. The situation in Bufeng City took a turn for the worse in an instant, from an easy defense to a precarious one. Panic began to spread rapidly throughout the army.

Losing the stored food and grass meant that the soldiers lost their backbone. People in the Mo army were in panic, as if a disaster was imminent.

This sudden change completely disrupted Xu Lengzhi's plan. He originally wanted to stick to Bufeng and drag down the Fengyu coalition, but now that there is no food reserve, sticking to Bufeng has become a dead end, and Xu Lengzhi can only be forced to change The tactics changed from 'active defense' to 'passive breakout'.

However, it is not easy for Mo Jun to break out now.

The fire in Bufeng City gave a clear signal to the wind army outside the city. The king lurking in the city has succeeded in a sneak attack. Now Bufeng City has become a desperate situation. The hundreds of thousands of Mo soldiers inside will never sit still and wait for death. The only way out is to break out. .

The Fengyu coalition no longer attacked Bufeng, but held the camp and deployed camp defenses to prepare for the Mo army's breakout.

as expected. Two days after the Bufeng granary was burned down, late at night, Xu Leng's troops divided into two groups, one heading south and one heading north, attacking from both sides and breaking through separately.

Xu Lengzhi's arrangement was also very clever. The force that broke out to the south was small, only about 100,000, while the force that broke out to the north was the main force and was led by him personally.

Judging from the current battle situation, the north is the place captured by the Feng Army. Judging from the psychology of the Feng Army, it is impossible for the Mo Army to break out to the north. The most likely direction to break out is to the east or south.

Xu Lengzhizheng took advantage of the Feng army's psychology and detached one hundred thousand soldiers to make a false appearance of breaking out to the south, attracting the attention of the Fengyu coalition to the south. Then he led the main force to break out from the north.

Such an arrangement may lead to the annihilation of the 100,000-strong Mo army, but at least it can ensure the survival of the main force, which is worth it.

However, Xu Lengzhi is good at calculating and thinking in reverse, but the generals of the Feng army are not given for nothing, especially Xiao Muqing, the commander of the Pingyuan army, who is experienced, cunning, and smarter than a monkey on the battlefield. When his side takes the initiative, how can he leave loopholes for the enemy?

When the main force of the Mo army broke out to the north, it happened to run into the Ninth Army arranged by Xiao Muqing in the North Camp.

The Ninth Army had suffered a great loss at the hands of Xu Lengzhi, with countless casualties, and the deputy commander Shi Lexuan also died tragically in front of the two armies. Qi Heng hated Xu Lengzhi for a long time. Now he finally got the opportunity to take revenge, how could he let it go?

When the main force of the Mo army began to attack the Feng army's North Camp, Qi Heng directly ordered to open the camp gate and the entire Ninth Army went to battle.

The soldiers of the Mo army were trying their best to force the gate of the Feng camp open, but the Feng army took the initiative to open the gate, and then the heavily armed cavalry rushed out.

There was no formal fighting between the two sides. The moment the heavily armed cavalry rushed out, the soldiers of the Mo army outside the camp were trampled to death.

Qi Heng, who was the first to take the lead, holding the Nine Turns Broken Hun Knife, rushed into the Mo army camp first. He was really like a red-eyed killing god. As he walked and passed, he opened a three-meter-wide bloody road.

Qi Heng was brave and unstoppable. The soldiers of the Ninth Army behind him also took the lead and rushed into the Mo army camp, killing the soldiers in front of the Mo army and making them cry for their parents and flee in all directions.

Soon, Qi Heng, who was in a killing mood, ran into Xiang Wen, a fierce general in the Mo army.

In the chaotic battlefield where shouting and killing were endless and life and death were a life-and-death struggle, there was no extra nonsense between the two of them, and they immediately fought to the same place. This was a head-to-head contest, and also a duel between top-level spiritual practitioners of the Light Department.

As soon as the two started fighting, they both showed off their unique spiritual martial arts. For a while, the place where they were was filled with flying sand and rocks, the sky was dark, and ghosts cried and gods howled, which was really terrifying.

With their spiritual martial arts, it is estimated that it would be difficult to tell who was better even if they fought for a whole day, but the confrontation between the soldiers below had already distinguished the pros and cons.

Although the Mo army had a large number of troops, they were like grass in front of the heavy cavalry. Groups of Mo army soldiers were knocked to the ground by the heavy cavalry, and then they could never get up again, and were trampled into meat paste by groups of cavalry.

The Ninth Army was outnumbered, but it had an overall advantage on the scene, which greatly boosted the morale of the Feng Army. Following the Ninth Army, the Feng National Infantry Corps headed by Shangguan Yuanrang also fought back and rushed out of the camp, cooperating with the heavy cavalry to launch a counterattack against the Mo Army.

The 500,000-strong Mo army, under the counterattack of the 200,000-strong Feng army, not only had no advantage, but also fell into a completely passive situation. In the end, Xu Lengzhi judged that it would be difficult to gain anything from this battle, so he had to order the rear team to become the front team, and all the soldiers to withdraw to the city.

After a fierce fight, the Mo army failed to break through the Feng army's camp, but was killed and driven back to Pufeng City by the Feng army.

On the other hand, the Mo army, which broke out to the south to attract the attention of the Fengyu coalition, was even worse. Out of the 100,000 soldiers, only less than 50,000 escaped. The rest were either killed outside the Feng camp or captured alive by the Fengyu coalition.

After this battle, Xu Lengzhi basically gave up the plan to break out. Without the Broken Army Crossbow, his side could not restrain the heavy cavalry of Feng State at all. In front of the heavy cavalry, the infantry of Mo State was as fragile as straw and could only be slaughtered without any ability to fight back.

Even Xiang Wen, who was so powerful in Lingwu, had no confidence at this time and felt that his side was really in danger in this battle.

When the Mo army broke through, Tang Yin, Cheng Jin, Le Tian and others who were hiding in the Mo army had the opportunity to escape back to their camp, but their identities were not discovered, so Tang Yin did not choose to escape back, but continued to hide, looking for an opportunity to help his soldiers.

This time the Mo army failed to break through, and the atmosphere in Pufeng City became more depressing. The Mo army soldiers were lifeless and had no fighting spirit. People even gradually had the idea of ​​surrendering.

Xu Lengzhi, who was good at strategy, was at a loss at this time. Now he was in a dilemma. If he insisted on defending, hundreds of thousands of soldiers might die in Pufeng. If he wanted to save the lives of the soldiers, it seemed that only surrender was feasible. .