After listening to the conversation between the two, Tang Yuansi couldn't help but sigh:

"The demon clan helps them, the army of beasts also supports them, and there is even a big general who is still a dragon clan, how do you feel that they are more in line with the legendary demon world?"

Yuwen Toshio also echoed and said:

"That's true, in the legend, the demon beasts in the demon world are rampant, and humans don't dare to step into it easily, but I didn't expect to see a few demon beasts in the demon lord's army, but there are so many in the fairy army."

Qu Yunyang couldn't help but feel a little lost and said:

"We have coexisted peacefully with the demon world for tens of thousands of years, and we have agreed not to invade each other, not to interfere with each other, and when we attacked the fairy world, we never thought of contacting them, first, their number is not much, and their combat effectiveness is limited; The second is that they do not want to share the fruits of victory with them. ”

"However, the war has developed to the present, and one more army will have more combat power, and the demon beast army has played a great role."

Speaking of this, after a short pause, Qu Yunyang decided:

"Since our two armies no longer have an advantage over there, it is better to let them retreat and return to defense, and by the way, bring back the armies scattered in Longxiao Country, Tianlei Country and Nanxing Country together."

"Let's take Yong'an City as the base camp, protect the surrounding cities, concentrate our forces, and protect half of the Xiyu Country."

"Now those armies that are scattered are no longer meaningful, those cities are almost impossible to hold, Xiyu Country just has no hands to attack and recover for the time being, once the armies of the Night Generalissimo and General Tang Luo are recalled, Xiyu Country will have the conditions to attack the cities one by one."

Fan Moyou immediately replied respectfully:

"In accordance with Your Majesty's will, your subordinates will pass on Your Majesty's orders immediately."

Three days later, Liu Tingfeng's 25 million troops arrived at Songning City outside Yong'an City as scheduled, and began to attack the city at noon that day.

Yuwen Junxiong, Tang Yuansi and Fan Moyou personally sat in the town and jointly defended the city.

There were walls as barriers, military advisors to give advice, and two great generals to command the battle at the same time.

Of course, there are also the Praetorian Guards of the Demon Realm Army, and there are many masters among them.

For ten consecutive days, it failed to attack Songning City, and the West Rain Kingdom suffered 1.1 million casualties, and the Demon Realm casualties were also about 1.2 million.

It is said that the casualties of the defending army should be less than that of the besieging army, but the overall combat effectiveness of Liu Tingfeng's siege army is much stronger than that of the demon army, so the number of casualties is still more severe than that of the demon army.

However, for the army of the Demon Realm, with the city wall as the line of defense, it is already good that the number of casualties can be basically equal!

If there is a big battle in an open place outside, the demon army may not be able to support it for even five days.

On the twelfth day, seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Wu Changkong found Liu Tingfeng and suggested:

"Generalissimo Liu, the last general requests to lead the army to take a detour and attack Yong'an City!"

Liu Tingfeng looked at the map and asked suspiciously:

"Take a detour and attack Yong'an City?"

Wu Changkong walked to the map, pointed to the map and said:

"From the map, it seems that this is the only way to Yong'an City, but in fact, there is a canyon that can be reached from here, although it is more difficult, but it will take about seven days to reach Yong'an City."

Liu Tingfeng didn't agree immediately, he still looked at the map, fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said slowly:

"On the surface, Yong'an City is empty, and their army is pressed on Songning City, but after all, it is their current imperial city, and there must be a strong force in it

The big army of monks is in a hurry, they will inevitably ignore the rules and attack strongly, and when the time comes, we will lose more than we lose! ”

Attacking an ordinary army with an army of monks is equivalent to an ordinary person destroying an ant-like existence, and the number of people is not enough for them to exterminate.

In fact, this is also the reason why Liu Tingfeng did not really launch a general attack, if they can be forced back by conventional war, then they will echo everyone's interests, and if they are in a hurry, they will come to a massacre desperately, the big deal is that both sides will lose, even if they lose, they will also let the winning side suffer heavy casualties.

Wu Changkong thought for a while, and said after consideration:

"Or, after bypassing, I will not attack Yong'an City, but will attack from the rear of Songning City, form a flank attack with you, and break through Songning City as soon as possible."

Liu Tingfeng pondered for a moment before replying:

"We'll get together tonight to discuss this matter, and if it's all right, you'll lead your army out of the canyon tomorrow."

That night, Liu Tingfeng convened the five generals to discuss together, and finally decided, they all thought that this plan was feasible, after all, now only attacking from one side, their advantage of having more soldiers and more generals was not brought into play, and the siege only needed two or three million, and the rest were just on standby, and then took turns to attack.

The next day, Wu Changkong led an army of 4.5 million and prepared to set off.

Before leaving, Liu Tingfeng repeatedly advised:

"When you get there, you don't have to rush to attack, you can hide first, find out the situation over there, and then decide whether to take action."

"If nothing else, the army of Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo will return recently, and when they return, our advantage will not be obvious."

"If you attack rashly, you may fall under siege from them, and at that time, our side will not be able to fight, and your side will be in danger."

"Prepare enough food and grass, if the situation is not suitable for attacking, you will hide in the valley and wait for orders, after we break through Songning City, you can cooperate with the attack as a surprise army to destroy their new force to the greatest extent."

Wu Changkong replied respectfully:

"The last general obeys!"

Then he led his army and set off in a mighty way.

When everyone dispersed, and only Liu Tingfeng and Xiao Bailong were left on the scene, Xiao Bailong looked at the army in the distance and said with a little worry:

"Will there be any surprise that this army will be out of our control for the time being?"

Liu Tingfeng understood what Xiao Bailong meant, after all, Wu Changkong was the former prince of Xiyu Kingdom, and he was once controlled by the army of the Demon Realm, so he should be Mu Qianmei's opponent, if he rebelled, it would be equivalent to losing an army of four and a half million.

If he betrays to the Demon Realm, it will be even more difficult to win than he loses, and it will be even more difficult to win the Demon Realm.

Liu Tingfeng looked at the army in the distance and said softly:

"This is a test, and it is also a chance to give him a choice, in the army, there is my hidden secret guard, many of the little generals in it are people from our Xuelou, and they have participated in the training of Xiyu Military Academy, and their loyalty is very high, it is not so easy for him to rebel."

"Of course, with his means, there are many loyal subordinates in this army, if he rebels, the first thing that will happen is bound to be an internal strife, no matter how you look at it, it will be our loss, how to choose, just between his thoughts, it depends on what he thinks."

The little white dragon nodded and said:

"Since the generalissimo has taken precautions, then I am relieved!"

"In everything, there is both opportunity and risk, for us and for him."

In the following three days, the attack was still tepid, and the siege was loved every day, but it was not intense, and the casualties caused were about 100,000 each day, and the war of attrition was fought.

On the fourth day, the army of the night without moon rushed back to Songning City, and on the fifth day, Tang Luo's army also rushed back.

With the remnants of the army, plus the defenders of the various cities that had been recovered along the way, he returned with an army of thirteen million, while Tang Luo brought back an army of 12 million.

At this time, the situation took a subtle turn, and the total army of the Demon Realm was 33 million.

After subtracting the nearly two million casualties and the four and a half million taken away by Wu Changkong, there was only about 19 million troops left.

With nineteen million against three thousand three hundred and five, Liu Tingfeng's army no longer has an advantage.

However, Mu Qianmei sent a message and told Liu Tingfeng that she had asked Baili Hefeng and Han Qi to lead 10 million troops each on the way here.

It will be there in about two or three days.

But will they be able to survive these two or three days?

That night, Liu Tingfeng summoned the remaining four generals to discuss the matter, and he first predicted:

"With the style of night and moonless, after they rest tonight, they will definitely have a fierce counterattack tomorrow, and now that he has the advantage of his forces, he will not continue to defend passively."

The Tiger King said excitedly:

"If you go to war, you will go to war, who is afraid of whom? Recently, the fight has been tepid, not at all happy, they always can't keep it, and we can't get in, this kind of play is that both sides are consuming, if they dare to go out of the city to fight, they will kill him. ”

The little white dragon shook his head and said:

"The army brought back by Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo is different from the previous ones, these are all good soldiers, fighting head-on, our troops are insufficient, we should avoid the edge for the time being."

Wei Wuji also nodded in agreement:

"War is like playing chess, we must advance and retreat in a certain way, in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, continuous attack, long-term attack, our morale is not high, we should temporarily avoid the edge, and when the army arrives, we can revive morale, then we will have a few more chances of winning again!"

Mei Zizhen then chimed in:

"The last general also agrees with the opinion of avoiding the edge for the time being!"

Of the four people, three agreed to avoid the edge for the time being, and only the Tiger King wanted to face it head-on.

After Liu Tingfeng pondered for a moment, he said:

"According to the time, now that Wu Changkong's army has arrived at the rear of Songning City, if we want to temporarily avoid the edge, then we must notify him in advance and hold his troops in the canyon first."

After a short pause, Liu Tingfeng decided:

"Then we will retreat in the direction of Hongchang City, and we will be able to return to Hongchang City in about two days."

"As soon as our army arrives, there will be a real Armageddon at that time, and the battle will be decided!"

Early the next morning, Liu Tingfeng took the initiative to lead the army to retreat.

As expected, Ye Wuyue really led Tang Luo and Tang Yuansi to lead an army of 30 million out of the city to chase Liu Tingfeng's army.

In one day, Liu Tingfeng's army retreated thirty miles, and the night and moon failed to catch up!

The next day, Liu Tingfeng retreated another thirty miles and entered Hongchang City, and that night, the army without a moon came to the outside of Hongchang City.

On the other side, Baili Hefeng and Han Qi also came to Hongchang City from the other side at the same time.

At this time, the situation on both sides reversed again, with Liu Tingfeng having 39 million troops and 30 million troops at night.

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