"Lord, the situation in the direction of Dongcheng is critical, General Tai Shici requests support!"

"Let the evil come to lead 10,000 black armor Xuan cavalry to support, go and return quickly!"

"My lord, the second district of the southern city has been completely occupied by the enemy army, and it has lost the feasibility of continuing mobile operations, General Su Huan requests to withdraw to the inner city!"

"Allow Su Huan to retreat to the inner city, summon Su Huan, and don't take a step back without my order!"

"Lord, there is a battle report from Zhao Yun's department, General Zhao Yun has beheaded the first warrior of the Xianbei Wind and Thunder Department, and the morale of the Wind and Thunder Department has plummeted, and the attack has been temporarily stopped."

"Zilong did a good job, spread the news to the whole army, and issued a commendation order for Zilong. In addition, he ordered Zilong to be cautious and beware of the counterattack of the Xianbei people. In a critical situation, you can retreat to the inner city. ”

"Lord, night is falling, General Liu asks for another night attack!"

"Allow, tell my brother to do what you can, don't force it. Conducting meticulous reconnaissance before the attack, and attacking at night for three consecutive nights, it is impossible for the Xianbei people not to prepare, and once they find any clues, they will immediately stop the operation! ”

It was already the night of the twelfth day, and they had turned on the madness mode since Xianbei had occupied the outer city wall three days earlier. The armies of all divisions attacked at all costs and casualties.

The Pingzhou Army can be said to be defeated and retreated, and almost all the outer cities fell in three days, relying on Liu Yi to fight night attacks at most every day to recover a little disadvantage.

However, Xianbei people are not stupid, they were successfully attacked by night for three consecutive days, even Liu Yi can no longer continue to stage miracles. The night attack on the fourth day was forced to give up halfway, and the Xianbei people were very well guarded, and they did not give the night attack a chance at all.

In addition, after three days of fierce fighting, the Pingzhou army suffered heavy losses.

More than 18,000 people were killed in the battle of the Black Armor Xuan Cavalry, 9,000 were killed in the battle of the Silver Dragon Iron Cavalry, 10,000 were killed in the battle of the Sun Cavalry, and the greedy wolf rider was treated by the Xianbei people because of its special identity, and the casualties were the highest, and the 50,000 greedy wolf riders were currently less than 30,000.

And the ghost ghost cavalry led by Liu Yi also launched a continuous night attack, suffering more than 6,000 casualties.

As for the Xianbei servant army, the total strength dropped directly from 100,000 to 40,000, if it weren't for Shang Ji's continuous large-scale money, the loyalty and morale of the servant army would have been lost long ago.

Originally, the cooldown of the Golden Condor had expired, and it was possible to recruit prisoners of war again, but this time it only added less than 20,000 troops to the merchants.

It was not that the quality of the captives was too high that the number of prisoners decreased, but that the number of captives of the merchant army was insufficient.

The fighting has been particularly fierce in recent days, and the number of Xianbei troops killed and defeated by the Pingzhou army cannot be counted at all. However, although the number of enemy kills far exceeded its own casualties, from the overall situation, almost every major battle ended with the Pingzhou army taking the initiative to retreat.

To put it more bluntly, the Pingzhou Army was forced to retreat. Since it was forced to retreat, it was natural that there was no chance to capture the prisoners.

Among the various departments, only Payne's undead army has remained roughly unchanged, and it is still about 50,000 people.

Except for dispatching the Death Knight to cooperate with Liu Yi to carry out a night attack, Shang Ji almost never dispatched the undead army. He planned to let the undead army stay behind the palace when he broke out.

In this case, the army of the queen of the palace is almost certain to die, and any living army is reluctant to give up, and this task of sending the dead can only be handed over to the hard-working undead army.

It's a pity that Payne's magic is seriously overdrawn, and it has only just improved a little until today, otherwise the scale of the undead army would definitely be larger.

"Lord, at present, the outer city area has all fallen, and what to do next is still for the lord to announce!"

In the hall, everyone was tired, even if they were top generals, they would run for 20,000 miles for a long time, and then fight non-stop for more than ten days of ultra-high-intensity battles, and their state would drop sharply.

In fact, not only the state of the generals has declined, but even the ordinary soldiers are not much better.

Because all the buildings in the Dragon City are unavailable, although the Pingzhou Army is defending the city, the soldiers cannot use the military camps in the city to quickly recover the state, although the morale is still high after continuous battles, but the state is inevitably greatly reduced.

"The ministries held the city according to the original plan and repaired it in batches. At the very least, we had to rely on the walls until the morning of the fourteenth day, otherwise the plan would not have gone smoothly. ”

"By the way, our army has sufficient material reserves, and all kinds of pills and powders can be used as soon as they should be used, and you must not be stingy. Let the soldiers recover as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it." Xi Zhicai also nodded tiredly, although they don't have to fight on the front line in person, but the logistics support is all under the control of the three of them, and they have to assist Shang Ji to distract the dispatch of troops, and the consumption is not small.

"Tomorrow defend the city, let the servant army play a more role, if it doesn't work, we can also forcibly recruit strong men. It doesn't take too much quality to defend the city, and the volunteers can make do with it. It's just that all ministries need to pay attention to it, and they must control it well, so as not to be directly rebelled by others from the inside when the time comes. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a thousand illusory Sima hurriedly running in, and said with a happy face: "Lord, urgent military situation!" ”

Chen Guan immediately got up, took a military report from his hand, glanced at it hurriedly, and was immediately overjoyed. Three steps and two steps came to Shang Ji's side, and the general handed it to Shang Ji: "Lord, great joy! ”

Shang Ji took it and glanced at it, but saw that it was written: "Today, the plague broke out at the same time in several tribes of the Xianbei Alliance, and the epidemic is rapid, which has caused thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of diseases. The Xianbei army is in turmoil, please make preparations for epidemic prevention as soon as possible! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news for you, because of the continuous fierce fighting, the corpses in and around the city are piling up. At present, there is an outbreak of plague among the Xianbei coalition army, and it is expected that the Xianbei army will likely suspend the offensive tomorrow! Shang Ji waved the note in his hand and said with a little excitement.

"The plague?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, some people were elated, and some people were also worried. Only Liu Yi glanced at Shang Ji, and the eyes of the two met slightly.

Only the two of them knew very well that the so-called plague was not caused by the accumulation of corpses in continuous fierce battles as Shang Ji said, or that the accumulation of corpses was only an external cause of the outbreak of the plague, and the plague pill thrown by Liu Yi was the real cause.

However, this situation cannot be explained to everyone, and among the senior generals, only Shang Ji and Liu Yi know what happened, and the others don't even know that there is such a thing as a plague pill.

"General, the epidemic does not distinguish between the enemy and us, and our army must also prepare early, once it is contaminated by the epidemic, I am afraid that the whole army will be destroyed!" Xi Zhicai got up and said with a solemn face.

Because the more you know, the more you fear this thing of the plague!

Don't look at the more than 1,000 Xianbei people who have died of illness at present, compared to the daily casualties of the Xianbei coalition army, it is only a drop in the bucket, but the blow to the morale of their army is unimaginable for the 1,000 Xianbei people who died of the plague.

Compared with the Han region, which had a more developed level of medical care, the Xianbei people were more afraid of the plague. If the epidemic is not effectively controlled, the collapse of the whole army is not uncommon!

Of course, this is not to say that the Xianbei people are too scum, but that the plague is too powerful. If a plague breaks out in the Pingzhou army and cannot be effectively controlled, the end will not be much stronger than that of the Xianbei army.

The plague was a demonic existence in the history of ancient warfare, and the power of the plague in the beacon fire was greatly strengthened. Outbreaks are more rapid, spread more rapidly, and take more time from onset to death.

It was precisely because he knew the horror of the plague that Xi Zhi had to warn Shang Ji to do a good job in the epidemic prevention work of the whole army.

"Well, what the gentleman said has a point. The epidemic must not be ignored, and the order will continue, and from today onwards, no one in the whole army will take a dose of dispel the plague every day, and drinking water and food must be clean. Once the epidemic is discovered, it will be isolated and treated immediately, and no one shall shirk or obstruct it, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

After speaking, Shang Ji turned to look at Xi Zhicai again, and said softly: "Sir, Ji wants to appoint you as the ambassador of the whole army's epidemic prevention, what do you think?" ”

Although the plague was single-handedly provoked by Shang Ji, this does not mean that he will ignore the horror of the plague. Although the Pingzhou Army has perfect epidemic prevention methods, the plague thing often doesn't reason with you at all, and Shang Ji is afraid that he will end up with a stone and hit himself in the foot, so he attaches great importance to Xi Zhicai's proposal.

"The general's order, subordinates dare not disobey!" Xi Zhicai's face was solemn, and he said in a condensed voice.

"Well, the whole army listens to the order, from now on, in terms of epidemic prevention, including this general, everyone needs to accept the supervision and orders of Mr. Xi Zhicai. But if you don't follow, Mr. can cut it first and then play. Evil, you are responsible for the safety of Mr. in the past few days, and you will deal with any problems on your behalf, and report to me if you can't deal with it! ”

"Yes, the last general will obey!" Dian Wei came out of the queue and said in a loud voice.

"Payne, how are you recovering these days?"

"Lord Qiqi, after a few days of conditioning, the magic power of his subordinates has recovered about sixty percent, and he can continue to transform the undead." Payne, who was sitting at the bottom, immediately got up when he heard the words and said respectfully.

"No, suspend the transformation of the army of the undead. I remember you had a similar plague skill? ”

Payne looked embarrassed when he heard this, and explained: "My lord, although my subordinates can also create a plague of the undead, this plague and the plague as you understand it are two different things. Although the two are somewhat similar in terms of effect, the plague under him belongs to dark magic, and the plague faced by the lord is a disease, so I'm afraid his subordinates can't help much. ”

"How can you restrain the plague of the undead you created?"

"Holy Light Technique, Blessing Technique, Divine Blessing, Life Blessing and other Holy Light or Life Blessing spells can effectively expel the undead plague, and even some powerful fire and water mages can forcibly expel them. As for whether the plague repellent pill and plague dispersal distributed in the main public army can be effective, the subordinates are not sure. ”

"It's okay, Payne, you have been following Mr. Xi Zhicai for the past few days and obeying Mr. Xi's dispatch. Even if it can't effectively stop the plague, the undead army shouldn't be afraid of the plague, right? It's always okay to help my husband deal with the epidemic, right? ”

"Yes, obey the orders of the lord!"