Chapter 502: Leaving the City and Sudden Change, Bloodless Victory

Mo'ao Calendar Year 136, December 28th, midnight

Longgu Town, above the north city gate

Long Mingyuan, Li Yangtian, and Long Wenhai stood in the air. Below, 15,000 troops were walking out of the small gate in the north of the city in an orderly manner.

The main city gate of Longgu Town is on the east side, and the other three directions are small gates. Since Long Mingyuan decided to dispatch troops north to reinforce, the army naturally had to go out from the north gate.

"Yangtian, this time you will be the main force for the northern reinforcement, and Wenhai will be the assistant. I will personally lead the Iron Caltrop Army to sit in the main city. If there is any war situation, report it in time."

Li Yangtian frowned slightly upon hearing this. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed: "Lord, for the northern reinforcement, this subordinate alone is enough. The town city is so important, it's better to keep Wenhai in the city as a helper?"

His proposal was not without reason.

Although looking back now, the Great Xia's formation of the alliance two years ago was all to bury pits for the five northern towns, it must be said that in the two years since the alliance was established, with the integration and exchange of the nine town boundaries, not only has the Great Xia developed rapidly, but the strength of the five northern towns has also made great progress.

For example, the number of Yuhan-level experts in the five towns, compared to two years ago, is at least three or four times more. Even Beishuo Town has 70,000 Yuhan-level experts.

Yuhan-level is secondary. The key is that even those who broke through to the Xianyang level are not few.

Taking Yang Qu as an example, Yang Qu Town originally only had Lord Cao Qianyang and Military Chief Yan Chenzhou as two Xianyang-level experts. In September last year, Yan Chenzhou's eldest disciple Wu Tianfa broke through, and in May this year, Cao Qianyang's son, Town Chief Cao Yuankang, also broke through. Yang Qu suddenly had four Xianyang-level experts.

Longgu is naturally not to be outdone. Last year, Long Mingyuan's son, Town Chief Long Wenhai, also broke through. Longgu also restored the situation four years ago, simultaneously possessing three Xianyang-level experts.

Three Xianyang-level experts, theoretically, the strength is not bad, but that depends on who you compare with.

With the start of the war, the matter of Beishuo colluding with the two major vassal states and attempting to abduct Xia Hong's son had long since spread in the southern foothills area.

Of course, there is no need for others to spread it. Long Mingyuan knew about this matter long ago.

But the problem is, he didn't know that the Great Xia had so many Xianyang-level experts.

A full 28!

The details of the abduction in Xia City had long since spread. Yang Jian and the group of 23 Xianyang-level experts from the vassal states went there and killed 17 on the spot, while the Great Xia side dispatched a total of 28 Xianyang-level experts, plus those 12 beast king puppets.

What is the concept of 28 Xianyang-level experts?

It's not enough to block thousands of troops, but if the Great Xia really concentrated these people and sent them to the town city to cause some trouble, it would be very easy.

Xianyang-level experts can fly. Just this point alone is enough to do too many things.

Among the five northern towns, the only ones who dare to place large armies outside the town city to defend against the enemy are the three northern towns. Why is this?

The abundant Yuhan-level troop strength of the three towns is certainly a reason, but more importantly, these three towns have a large number of Xianyang-level experts, plus the support of two major vassal states, so they are not afraid of the Great Xia coming to the town city to make trouble.

But the two towns of Longgu and Yang Qu are completely different.

They only have three or four Xianyang-level experts, and the Yuhan-level army is their only reliance. If the Great Xia really sent top experts to the town city to make trouble, it would be fine if the garrison in the city reacted in time, but if the reaction was slow, it is very likely that something big would happen.

Longgu Town is currently dispatching troops north to reinforce Wu Chuan, leaving 15,000 people, and only 4,000 Yuhan-level experts remain in the town city. Although it includes 1,000 Iron Caltrop troops, the number is too small after all. If only Long Mingyuan, a Xianyang-level expert, is left, it is somewhat...

"Don't worry!"

Long Mingyuan suddenly interrupted Li Yangtian's train of thought with a smile, then paused for three or four breaths, looked at Li Yangtian, and a look of pride appeared on his face: "Our Longgu now has more than three Xianyang-level experts..."

Li Yangtian's expression was stunned upon hearing this, and then he immediately reacted to something, looking up at Long Mingyuan with joy, and asked with a tentative tone: "Lord, could it be that the rumors in the city recently are true?"

Since August, a rumor had been quietly spreading in Longgu Town city, saying that the Lord's youngest son Long Wenhong, eldest nephew Long Wenqing, and second nephew Long Wenying had all broken through to the Xianyang level.

It just so happened that these three people had not been active in the town city since the beginning of the year, so it was inevitable that people would speculate.

As for saying it was a rumor, it was because it had not been confirmed by anyone. Even Lord Long Mingyuan personally denied it a month ago. In recent years, personnel flow in the nine towns has been frequent, and major town cities have mixed in many people from other towns, so some groundless news has been circulating, so no one took it seriously.

However, the sentence Long Mingyuan said at this moment clearly indicated that the rumor was probably not fake, which is why Li Yangtian asked this.

At this moment, all three were in the sky, and people below could neither see nor hear, so Long Mingyuan did not hide it from him and nodded: "Not bad, I don't know who spread the rumor, but Wenhong, Wenqing, and Wenying have indeed broken through to the Xianyang level one after another in the first half of the year."

Long Mingyuan has three sons: Wenhai, Wenyue, and Wenhong; he also has a younger brother, Long Mingfeng, who died in the Dajue Temple chaos five years ago. Long Mingfeng has five sons. Among the five sons, the ones with the best qualifications are the eldest, Long Wenqing, and the second, Long Wenying.

Hearing that the three had broken through, Li Yangtian was full of excitement at this moment and couldn't help but look up and ask: "Lord, since Wenhong and the three have broken through, why don't you see them come out? Could it be that the three are not in the city?"

Long Mingyuan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The Great Xia's fierce power is flourishing. Now that the two major vassal states are involved, the three northern towns each have nearly ten Xianyang-level experts, but they can't make any waves, let alone our Longgu's mere six Xianyang-level experts. Thinking of this, I let the three of them hide in the back house of the clan land and not appear in public. If something really goes wrong in the town city, there will be a trump card."

"So that's it, Lord is wise!"

Li Yangtian immediately flattered him, a cold light quickly flashed in his lowered eyes, then he looked up and disappeared, continuing: "Since the Lord has made arrangements, this subordinate is relieved..."

After speaking, he looked at the army below that had already walked out of the north city gate by half, and continued: "Luo Yuan's central route army doesn't know when it will attack the East Valley camp. Soldiers value speed. This subordinate will arrange for the army to accelerate out of the city and leave first."

"Go! Wenhai, follow him too. If there is any situation, report it in time."

"This subordinate obeys!"

His eldest son, Long Wenhai, who was standing behind him, bowed and followed Li Yangtian, flying toward the bottom.

"It's been almost an hour, and they haven't all left the city. What are they dragging their feet for? Speed up and leave the city, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Things like urging the army naturally wouldn't fall to Li Yangtian, the commander, to do in person. He just gave an order, and the school lieutenants of each army immediately wandered on both sides of the army, starting to urge the soldiers to speed up.

15,000 people, under normal circumstances, should have left the city an hour ago. It was just that Long Mingyuan had only made the decision to reinforce Wu Chuan, and a lot of time was wasted on roll calls and military supply preparations, so it was so slow.

"Reporting to the Military Chief, the change of guard at the four gates of the town city has ended. 1,000 Iron Caltrop troops guard the main city gate on the east side, and the remaining 3,000 town defense troops are led by Ziqing, Zichu, and me, 1,000 each, guarding the south, west, and north gates."

Above the north city gate wall, Li Yangtian was watching the army walk out of the city slowly with the fifteen army commanders. His eldest son, Li Zihe, walked behind him and bowed to report.

Only 4,000 people were left to guard the town city, so they naturally had to guard the four gates separately. If there was any special situation, they could make adjustments immediately.

Hearing his eldest son's words, the cold color in Li Yangtian's eyes became heavier. He turned his head and scanned the direction of the Long clan land behind the Lord's Hall in the center of the city inadvertently, and then turned his head to look at him and smiled: "The safety of the town city is left to you. Once the army leaves the city, you must immediately close the city gate to prevent any trouble."

"This subordinate obeys!"

As soon as Li Zihe's response ended, coincidentally, the last battalion of soldiers below the city wall also walked out of the north city gate. His eyes flashed, and he immediately shouted toward the city: "Close the city gate!"

When changing guards just now, he had already arranged 1,000 town defense troops below the city gate. The leader below heard his order and immediately directed the soldiers to close the north city gate.

The town city is the core of Longgu after all. Even the small north city gate is seven or eight meters high and three or four meters wide. And because it is cast from pure thousand-forged iron mixed with silver, it weighs hundreds of millions of jin.

Such a door, let alone a few ordinary soldiers, even if hundreds of soldiers worked together, it would be difficult to shake it by half. Therefore, like the rest of the town cities, the opening and closing method of the north city gate must rely on labor-saving devices such as iron chains and pulleys.

At Li Zihe's order, the thousands of Yuhan-level soldiers inside the city gate immediately stood on both sides, almost equally divided into 500 on each side, simultaneously carrying the thick iron chains on their shoulders, pulling them inward together, and then they saw the two city gates closing slowly from the outside to the inside.

Boom………… Sizzle…………

The huge city gate moved, and a sharp and harsh sound of gold and stone clashing came from the friction with the ground. Those who heard it felt uncomfortable for no reason, so it was clear that they were closing the city gate, and they didn't dare to say anything.

As for the soldiers who had already walked out of the city, needless to say, they turned their heads and took a final look at the town city, their eyes slightly reluctant, but under the urging of the school lieutenants of each battalion, they continued to accelerate and move north.

"Father, Li Yangtian has rebelled, it's a trap, quickly let the army return..."

However, just as the 15,000 troops had walked more than a hundred meters out of the city, a voice of extreme fear and panic came from the city.

"Ah…………"

It's a pity that before the person finished speaking, he was interrupted by something, and then after only three breaths of stagnation, a very miserable scream sounded.

"What is this movement?"

"The Military Chief has rebelled, who is talking nonsense..."

"What happened in the city?"

"Isn't the Military Chief watching us move forward on the side?"

"He's gone, look at the flank, the Military Chief is gone!" ===== CHAPTER 503 =====