Chapter 1058: The Late City Guardian

It seemed Commander He was again not leading troops properly, but had sneaked into the city, taking the individual combat route.

Ordinary people didn't know the inside story, but Wen Daolun knew very clearly that Yuheng City once had two secret passages leading outside the city; one was dug by the original government itself for troop transport and escape; the other was secretly dug by wealthy households near the North City, and no one knew how long they had used it.

Anyway, when the Great Wind Army took this place, the owners of the mansions escaped through the tunnel.

Yuheng City publicly blocked the official passage but left the more secretive private tunnel to deal with emergencies.

He He Lingchuan had returned to the city secretly through that secret passage, saving Wen Daolun at a critical moment.

He had planned a two-front war from the beginning; the Yuheng army brought to Longchuan had gathered many times along the way and was far from as numerous as it appeared on the surface. Although Longchuan was full of people coming and going, looking lively, half of them were former bandit gangs and indigenous people.

He also left behind a thousand elite soldiers, ambushed in the north of the city.

The order Cai Qiyong received was to seize the opportunity to reinforce Yuheng City.

Fu Fu Shanlie dared to attack Yuheng City, mostly because he was confident in attacking from both inside and outside. So He He Lingchuan left eight hundred men for Cai Qiyong, while he himself took two hundred elite soldiers into the city through the tunnel to solve the internal problems.

Sure enough, the fighting inside the city was also a mess.

During their conversation, Meng Shan brandished his wolf-tooth club to deal with the other giant mantis.

But this thing instantly regained its agility, lunging straight at Meng Shan's head and face.

Meng Shan swung his wolf-tooth club, wanting to smash its brains out, but who knew this thing would suddenly scatter when it lunged to his face, turning into thousands of small bugs to gnaw on his head and face.

These weren't beetles, but mantises shrunk dozens of times, each only the length of a little finger, but having everything they should have, with no shortage of lethal weapons.

Meng Shan let out a roar toward the front, his Qi energy blasting away a large swarm of strange insects, but dozens more circled around to sting the back of his neck.

A few more rushed toward Wen Daolun.

Wen Daolun hurriedly pinched a spell to burn these few bugs.

He He Lingchuan stepped forward, slashing several blade auras, cutting the bugs surrounding Meng Shan to death.

He didn't need to kill them one by one; as long as the blade Qi reached, the strange bugs would fall off in patches.

Meng Shan only felt dazzled, cold light flashing all around, and then—there was no then.

Uh, he didn't see clearly.

Had the Commander's cultivation progressed so fast? Two years ago, he could still pin the Commander to the ground and beat him up.

He He Lingchuan tilted his head: "Old Wen, follow me, don't stay too far."

The Jin Tao army outside the city was attacked from both front and back, and added to the interference of the Emperor's Flowing Plasma, it was like the filling of a biscuit. Once they couldn't withstand the pressure, soldiers began to flee.

When the Emperor's Flowing Plasma descended, most people were irrational, and added to the stimulation of the battlefield environment and the pressure of the predicament, their psychological defenses easily collapsed.

The Yuheng army seized the opportunity to expand their advantage, and after a few more rounds of charging and cutting, they soon completed the meeting of the two armies from inside and outside!

This also meant they had cut the Jin Tao army in half longitudinally.

East of Yuheng City, the battle situation was decided!

He He Lingchuan confirmed that the surroundings were safe before waving over a team of guards, stuffing Wen Daolun into the center of the team: "Alright, you're safe! I'll take a step first."

This guard team had over a hundred people, and Wen Daolun was safe under the protection of abundant Yuan power.

Seeing that the Jin Tao army's defeat was evident, He He Lingchuan split off three hundred men to rush to the South Gate to support Liutiao.

He wanted to meet Fu Fu Shanlie.

That was the main battlefield of this campaign.

After he left, Wen Daolun continued to command the Dongmen battle.

Up to now, Yuheng City had acted according to the established tactics, first repelling Jin Tao's attack.

Pick the soft persimmons first; the army Fu Fu Shanlie borrowed from Jin Tao could add flowers to the brocade, could disrupt Yuheng, could coordinate from inside and outside, but couldn't fight a hard battle alone.

The Jin Tao army's elites couldn't hold on anymore, and the whole army fled westward.

The so-called defeat like a mountain collapsing; this flight was uncontrollable, and no commander or general could stop it.

Wen Daolun was about to follow the army and chase out of the Dongmen when someone suddenly called his name from behind.

He turned his head and actually saw Zhao Linyang running out of an alley, covered in blood.

"City Guardian Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhao Linyang ran close and pointed into the alley: "I just heard cries for help from inside, and when I went in to look, there were giant bugs eating people. My guards actually couldn't defeat them."

Giant bugs? Wen Daolun immediately sent over ten people to rush into the dark small alley.

"How is the battle situation?" Zhao Linyang naturally walked side by side with him, surrounded by dozens of guards.

"The overall situation at the Dongmen is decided; Cai Qiyong has gone to pursue the Jin Tao army. Before they escape back to their country's border, we must kill a few more."

Jin Tao hadn't caused less trouble for Yuheng City over the past year, so the Yuheng army would definitely beat the dog in the water and vent their anger properly.

At this moment, a loud noise came from the dark alley in the west, and I don't know what explosion it was.

Wen Daolun subconsciously turned his head to look.

This turn exposed his own neck to Zhao Linyang.

Zhao Linyang leaned over, opened his mouth as if to speak, when suddenly someone squeezed over from the side and patted his shoulder:

"Old Zhao!"

He turned his head to look, and it was actually He He Lingchuan who had returned.

"I encountered something. Old Wen will temporarily act as the Dongmen commander; you come with me." Saying this, He He Lingchuan sniffed a few times and frowned, "What's that smell?"

Wen Daolun wondered: "What's wrong, Commander He?"

"There's something in the middle. You go do your work."

Zhao Linyang had no objection and followed He He Lingchuan out of the ranks.

The two walked past the corner, and the two hundred elite soldiers left here immediately followed.

Wen Daolun watched their backs leave, always feeling something was strange, but couldn't say what.

Forget it, the war was urgent.

Here, He He Lingchuan and Zhao Linyang rushed toward the South City Gate.

Because of the Emperor's Flowing Plasma, horses were uncontrollable, and everyone could only run on foot.

He He Lingchuan asked Zhao Linyang: "Old Zhao, what did the giant bugs you saw in the dark alley look like?"

It turned out he hadn't left at all and had listened to their conversation carefully.

Zhao Linyang seemed to think for a moment: "About the size of a person; looking from behind, it seemed like a person wearing a cloak."

"Then how did you discover it?"

"It was lunging on the ground, gnawing on a commoner."

"You have studied monsters; can you tell what kind of monster that is?"

Zhao Linyang shook his head: "No, I don't understand monsters."

He He Lingchuan wondered: "Eh, did I remember wrong?"

"You remembered wrong."

He He Lingchuan gave a long "Oh" and didn't dwell on this topic anymore.

Passing through the commoner area on the way, commoners often caused trouble because of the Emperor's Flowing Plasma, and He He Lingchuan would point to one or two soldiers to mediate the dispute.

Running another hundred steps, Zhao Linyang gradually fell behind.

Every time he slowed down, He He Lingchuan would definitely stop and wait for him: "Old Zhao, your physical fitness is not good. How about training with my army later?"

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