Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1395 - 24: Absolute Heaven and Earth · Battle of Cultivators (Part 2)

During the three-day continuous assaults on Min City, Heshui City, and Yu You City, Zhao Xing was not idle during the retreat.

He ordered the Divine Might Army, Xuanjia Army, Zhenhai Army, Tiger Flood Dragon Army, and Fierce Sun Army to each leave six groups of cultivators behind during the retreat, casting two types of spells outside the three cities each day alternately.

First, Flying Sand and Rolling Stones; second, Cloud Technique or Fog Technique, deliberately creating a disturbance, as if poised to attack the city at any moment.

Due to the three days of fierce assault before, Zhao Xing and others had also employed a strategy to lure the enemy out of the city, causing the guardian generals of Min City, Heshui City, and Yu You City to focus solely on defending the city, with no intention of venturing out to investigate.

As long as they didn't make mistakes, nothing would go wrong. If they just held the city and prevented Great Zhou's enemy army from getting supplies, that would be a significant achievement!

Therefore, when the Youyun Great Commander arrived with reinforcements outside Min City, Heshui City, and Yu You City, all he found were Echo Shells stretching for miles.

"Hui~ Hui~"

Inside were the sounds of warhorses neighing and iron forging.

The Echo Array was making continuous noise, but looking at the surrounding cooking sites, it was unclear how long they had been cold.

The Youyun Great Commander crushed the Echo Shell with an expressionless face, looking at the guardian generals of Min City, Heshui City, and Yu You City.

"You said the enemy was fiercely attacking the city, seeming relentless until it falls. I ask you three, where is the enemy army?"

The main generals of Min City, Heshui City, and Yu You City looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The Youyun Great Commander's face began to turn blue: "Are you all so timid that you don't even have the courage to send someone out of the city to investigate?!"

"What use are you useless lot to the Royal Court?!"

The three main generals dared not even breathe heavily.

Although they were regular troops too, their rankings were far behind, nowhere near the elite like the Nine Nether Army.

Go out of the city? To lose lives? We strictly followed the order to guard the city. They left, so how can you blame us? Why don't you blame yourself for being late with reinforcements!

However, such words could not be said out loud; they kept insisting that the enemy was too crafty, apologizing to the commander and the like.

The Youyun Commander took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to chop down these three bastards.

They didn't know when the enemy left, so naturally, they couldn't tell where they went from these three useless mouths.

Hence, the Youyun Commander could only inquire through the surrounding garrisoned city fortresses and sent scouts out to investigate.

Yet, strangely, after searching for three days, he still couldn't figure out where Zhao Xing's team had gone.

Not until the seventh day did he receive some clues.

"Great Commander, the Ten Suns Army appeared at the northern junction of Lanhe Prefecture and Cangzhou Prefecture, located in the area between Tage City and Xueying City."

The Youyun Commander frowned: "What are they doing there? Neither Tage City nor Xueying City is a Witch City, and the other is just a small Ninth Grade town. What are they scheming for there?"

"Moving further northwest, there are two Seventh-grade Cities, which they can't possibly get through, how will they join Dong Ze? This is completely looking for... Wait, bring the map."

Suddenly realizing something, the Youyun Commander hurriedly grabbed the map from the adjutant's hands.

Soon after, he saw the two crossings at the eastern section of the Tianshui River: Songshan Crossing and Yangshan Crossing.

The Youyun Commander felt a sudden jolt in his heart: "Could they have returned to the southern part of Pin Prefecture?"

Pin Prefecture is practically a large county, an important city in Lanhe Prefecture. Wind Witch City, Tianshui City, and West Field City all belong to the southern part of Pin Prefecture.

"What are they planning? They just broke out of our encirclement, and now they're going back, not good... Wind Witch City is only guarded by Zang He's fifteen hundred men now, something big is about to happen!"

"Songshan Crossing and Yangshan Crossing are southeast, while Wind Witch City, Tianshui City, and West Field City lean southwest. But there's no strong garrison in this encirclement, if I didn't anticipate they'd go back, then others probably didn't think it either. I've been stagnant here for so long, Zang He is in trouble!"

The Youyun Commander, upon realizing Zhao Xing's intentions, felt a shiver down his spine.

He didn't expect Zhao Xing to dare go back and attack Wind Witch City again.

He wanted to send a message to Zang He stationed in Wind Witch City, but the other side didn't reply within a few hours.

"Quick, return to Wind Witch City!"

The Youyun Commander roared in fury.

...

Wind Witch City, City Lord Mansion.

"Woo woo——"

The battle horn blew, startling Zang He awake from his dreams.

He shoved away the two Fox Clan beauties beside him, not even bothering to wear clothes, and opened the door.

"Someone is there!"

"C-Commander." A trusted aide stumbled in, thoroughly shaken.

"Who's blowing the horn? Where did the enemy come from?!" Zang He questioned.

"It's the Ten Suns Army, they've already breached the city!"

"What? Impossible, absolutely impossible! They were over at Min City, how could they have returned?!" Zang He was in disbelief, given that the Ten Suns Army had barely escaped the first encirclement.

Just a little more, and they would have been trapped before Tianshui City, fighting with their backs against the water. How could they have returned?

Just yesterday, he had been chatting with Hou Ying, complaining about not being included in the siege operations.

He had heard that he and the Great Commander were besieging Zhao Xing near Min City. They had just talked last night, and before dawn today, they had already arrived at Wind Witch City?

"Three thousand troops, at this distance, even a seventh-rank warship couldn't have arrived, let alone there's no warship in the restricted area!"

Zang He couldn't fathom it, but the shouting and fighting from outside were real and closing in, leaving him trembling.

"Follow me and fight our way out!"

"I'm afraid you can't get out."