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Chapter 182 Tracing the bloodline, a big defeat
What did Zhou Bai see?
Seeing the slender Qi Luck Yellow Snake that has not yet turned into a python, it is strong on the outside but dry on the inside.

Although facing the dragon carp several times its size, it still maintains a fierce and vigilant external posture, but internally it is timid and does not want to fight bloody.

Not for anything else, just because the dragon snake's core dragon energy is quietly passing away.

If Zhou Bai wasn't Qianlong, who was sensitive to dragon aura, and didn't have the perfect Qi Wang technique, he could detect many clues from the subtleties of his aura.

That may not be noticed, the traces of purple qi drawn from the dragon snake escape into the void.

Just where it will go is still unknown.

In a head-on battle, naturally one should not be as reckless as the vanguard. The Demon Volunteer Army did not launch an attack all afternoon, but set up camp first and set up a solid camp.

It was night, in the camp of the Chinese army, Zhou Bai sat cross-legged in the tent, his mind was full of mixed thoughts.

Sometimes I think about military mobilization, storming, and luring the enemy to fight in the field, how to break the city.

Sometimes he thought about breaking the city and capturing and killing Sun Yucheng, but because Qianlong's fate had been partially transferred, so what if he didn't complete all his achievements.

Not to mention that Qianlong's destiny is hidden, which will cause hidden dangers in the future, but his gentle carp dragon elephant, if he wants to change to the way of flood dragon, he must not miss the dragon spirit of the Sun family.

Carp swallowing dragon, the first one must not be too strong, otherwise it will not be easy to digest.

If Sun Yucheng knew Zhou Bai's thoughts, he would desperately fight him. Bei'an has been in the county for a hundred years, and he was born as a potential dragon.

Even if you are born weak, how can you become the food for evolution in your mouth, what a shame!
And perhaps sensing the evil intentions of the dragon carp, the earthy yellow dragon snake neighed proudly, and Sun Yucheng was upset by the influence of luck.

It just so happened that someone proposed a night attack at the military meeting, so he agreed decisively and ordered a brave and loyal general under his command to lead five hundred elite soldiers to sneak out of the night attack.

"Our army is waiting for work at leisure, so we should attack the enemy camp at night while their foothold is not stable, or it may stir up the roar of the camp, weaken their vigor, and burn food and grass..."

Futong Town was defeated and lost confidence in the field battle. Many strange eyes and voices made Sun Yucheng, who was low in luck, dizzy and only saw the benefits of night attack.

The advice to more generals not to act rashly, the enemy's camp is solid, the army is elite, and the security must be strict, etc., it was a sentence that was not listened to.

Soon, there was a sound of shouting and killing in a corner of the camp, and there were even sporadic lights.

"Each battalion sleeps peacefully, each performs its duties..."

Facing the night attack, Zhou Bai still sat comfortably in the tent, let alone panic, not even a trace of negative emotion.

At this time, there was no one else beside him, only the monk Li Yuan who was called over for consultation.

"Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, but his face remains unchanged. The general has a good attitude. Even if his subordinates don't understand the game between the two armies, they will be more confident because of your performance." Li Yuan's ears moved slightly, listening to the sound of fighting in the distance, Then he complimented Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai shook his head slightly, and said indifferently: "This trivial matter can be described as the collapse of Mount Tai. At most, it is just a night attack by hundreds of people. It does not affect the overall situation. Our army drills, and night attack is a compulsory subject."

"What I want to ask is, does Daoist Li know about the transfer of Qianlong's destiny in history?"

In this expedition, in order to deal with various situations, except for the necessary Taoist officers guarded by Yu Yueyun, most of the Taoist regiment of the General's Mansion accompanied the army.

But Zhou Bai likes to call Li Yuan to discuss matters the most, not only because he is in the second realm, and he is the strongest in Leifa.

What's more, because he was an official in the Daxu Daolu Department, he was close to Jiazi, and he had experience in the Taoist yamen at all levels of the capital, prefectures, counties and counties.

He is familiar with many secrets that casual cultivators and even sects do not know. He has browsed and studied Taoist records such as luck and potential dragons.

"The transfer of destiny does not happen very often. There are many known cases, such as Qianlong's lack of morality and morality, perverse actions, causing anger and resentment. Or in the process of fighting for the dragon, he was defeated and lost, and his destiny was taken away by other Qianlong... ..." Faced with Zhou Bai's inquiries, Li Yuan dared not neglect, and told what he knew.

Now he is more and more admiring of this general who subdues demons. Not only is he strong, but he is also good at governing the region and leading troops to fight.

As long as you make enough meritorious service, the three realms can be expected.

Zhou Bai frowned slightly, and asked more clearly: "I didn't lose to the extent of being robbed of my destiny, but my destiny was transferred. Is there a traceable direction for the dragon energy?"

"You mean the dragon veins of the Sun family, there is a phenomenon of dragon energy transfer?" Li Yuan was startled, subconsciously asked.

However, he quickly realized that Zhou Bai was not aimless, and continued: "The most likely thing is to transfer in the blood. For example, after the death of the first emperor, the destiny will naturally be transferred to the prince, so that his luck is enough to become the new emperor. .”

"There is a record in the dossier of the Department of Daolu. During the troubled times, a small country was destroyed by a neighboring big country. As a result, the orphans of the small king's family were not exterminated, and the transfer of destiny left hidden dangers."

"In the end, the orphans of the small country seized the opportunity to rise up, destroy the big country in one fell swoop, and complete their revenge."

Zhou Bai nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Transfer according to Qianlong's bloodline?"

"It should be so. Only in this way can the destiny be preserved to the greatest extent and transferred to the branch. Although it is hidden, the loss of dragon energy is too much." Li Yuan cupped his hands and said yes, and at the same time secretly pondered in his heart, he really didn't find anything wrong.

While speaking, the sound of killing and commotion outside had completely disappeared.

Qu Zhi, the commander of the soldiers who had been silently guarding outside, came in at the right time to report: "My lord, 500 enemy troops attacked the rear camp at night and tried to burn food and grass, but they were all wiped out by the guarding troops."

"Well, it's impolite to come and not to go. Tell Zhou Yuan that each city gate sends 500 people to pretend to attack the city, and there must be a lot of noise." Zhou Bai had expected this result, and said with a smile.

He brought 5000 people, [-] garrison troops, and [-] demon subduing troops, all of whom were the best of the best.

In the case of deliberately increasing meat and supplementing vitamins with corn, not to mention eliminating all night blindness, at least 80.00% of the soldiers can see at night.

"Also, call Zhou Qi."

"Here." Qu Zhi didn't have any extra words, but with a serious face, he accepted the order to leave.

It didn't take long for Zhou Qi to come to report in a hurry. It could be seen that he was sleeping with his clothes on, waiting to be called at any time.

"Xuanyi's deputy commander of the inner guard, Zhou Qi, has met the lord."

Li Yuan was very sensible, and pretended not to hear Zhou Qi's identity, and immediately bowed to leave.

Zhou Qi was born in a branch of the Zhou family. He was a child of the same class as Zhou Bai.

Later, with the promotion of Zhou Bai's status and the need for a lot of manpower, Zhou Qi officially gave up the imperial examination due to various considerations and turned to Zhou Bai.

At the beginning, it was digging red mud mines, and selling red mud made a lot of achievements, showing its ability.

Later, he cooperated with Zhou Rui to manage the family business in an orderly manner. During this process, Zhou Bai discovered that Zhou Qi was very good at collecting information, and he was bold and careful.

Therefore, after consulting his opinion, he moved behind the scenes and became a low-key Xuan Yiwei, step by step becoming a qualified spy chief.

Until now, when Yao An sneaked into Bei'an County City to preside over the overall situation, Zhou Qi also became Zhou Bai's side to preside over the overall situation of Xuanyiwei.

"You did a good job. The Battle of Futong, and the information on Tingshan and Sifang's strategic locations are very timely." Looking at this young man who is not a few years older than himself, growing so fast, Zhou Bai is not stingy with himself praise.

Zhou Qi's branch of the township started off worse than his direct descendant of the seven families.

I still remember that in the memory of the previous life, Zhou Qi changed his most ordinary life just before his family was wiped out.

Of course, in this life, with Zhou Bai's help, a famous position to nourish his spirit, and more opportunities to sharpen and exercise, he is already a red natal.

"This is the duty of a subordinate." Zhou Qi was delighted in his heart, but still remained humble.

From the direction of the city, he could hear that his side's night attack on the city had already started, so Zhou Bai didn't delay, and asked directly: "Can you contact Anzi in the city now? There is a very important matter. It is best that Yao An personally do it."

Zhou Qi had already had a plan for various situations, and immediately replied: "Nowadays, the city is under martial law, and the four gates are closed, so it is too difficult to sneak into the city. However, there are people from us at the water gate, and the night raids are busy now, so we can just pass the news.

Throughout Bei'an County, there are few formed water veins and lack of water sources.

There used to be the Canglan River, but now the Canglan River has dried up, leaving only a tributary of the Liang River, which flows through the county.

Therefore, in one county and seven counties, only the moat of the county city will ensure that there is water in it and play a certain defensive role.

Knowing the concealment of the water gate, Zhou Bai wrote a letter in secret language immediately, and handed it to Zhou Qi to deliver it himself.

……

For several days in a row, Zhou Jun did not do much except building siege equipment and provoking wars.

This made many people in Jiedu Mansion relax a lot. In siege warfare, besieging the city is of course a routine method, but you only have 5000 people, how can you completely surround it.

"I thought that Zhou Bozhen got some kind of fairy method from the heaven, which could destroy the city overnight, and now it seems that's the case."

"If it weren't for the thousands of riders covering the battlefield, why would they be surrounded by so few people?"

"If General Lou pulls his [-] soldiers over, we will have three times as many troops as the opponent, and we won't be able to defeat them?"

After the tension of the previous two days, the officials of the Jiedu Mansion saw that Zhou Bai did not dare to attack the city at all, and all kinds of remarks came out.

Only Sun Yucheng, who even suffered two losses from Futong and Night Attack, is now more stable than everyone else, and always feels that things are not that simple.

However, the uneasy atmosphere in the city has eased a lot, and Sun Yucheng, as a Jiedu envoy, can't do much to suppress it, allowing his subordinates to brag to boost morale.

The big households who couldn't figure out the situation for a while donated money and food to support them, and many people also murmured in their hearts that if General Fu Mo couldn't get in, then they should be more peaceful.

However, soon one after another battles spread into the city, and the situation reversed instantly.

On April 21, several important market towns under the control of the Jiedu Mansion lost contact with each other. After the sacrifice of a large number of sentries, it was confirmed that they were captured by the Zhou army.

It turned out that Zhou Bai didn't only bring 5000 people, but also [-] partial divisions, led by the head of the barracks, Xu Yun, and the commander of the horse army, Gao Hu, to detour to perform other tasks.

The first is to pull out all the strongholds of the Jiedu Mansion, and there must be no existence like Futong Town.

On April 23, Junzhen, which was last located on the southern main road, surrendered without waiting for Lou Jinpeng's support from Tingshan.

The huge Bei'an City suddenly became an isolated city, and the only thing that could be counted on was the [-] soldiers from Tingshan.

In this process, without Sun Yucheng's urging, Lou Jinpeng had already sent several support troops on his own initiative.

It's not to find Zhou Bai's main force for a decisive battle, but just want to preserve a few more military strongholds, so that they don't have to be too afraid of the cavalry and have a certain amount of strategic maneuvering space.

It's a pity that even if they didn't meet the so-called main force, the combat power of the partial division alone was already beyond imagination.

More than 5000 people were annihilated midway, and the loss was heavy. The name of Silver Spear Gaohu has been circulating in the army stronghold in Tingshan.

One man with a hundred horses can attack thousands of troops and take the head of the enemy general. His power is unstoppable.

It is rumored that Gao Hu can also shoot out the gun light, and not a blade of grass will grow within three feet.

Only Zhou Bai didn't care about this, because he, the number one fighter under his command, was able to break through to the No. 1 Xiantian by virtue of his Xiantian skills, and Yao Ping was a little slower to take Xiantian pills.

After Lou Jinpeng really realized the strength of the Zhou army, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. If he had [-] Yamen troops in the county, he might still have a chance to win back.

It's a pity that the [-] soldiers in his hands, not to mention the mob, are only at the level of ordinary county soldiers.

Before going down to two counties, it was purely crushed by military force, plus proper command.

This is also the reason why Lou Jinpeng must search and bring all the soldiers and horses of the two counties with him. If he really encounters a strong army, he will have to spend it.

On April 24, under the cover of 22 trebuchets, the moat of Bei'an City was successfully filled.

The main force has been outside the city for so many days, but it's not that they have nothing to do. The preparations for stone bombs and sandbags have long been completed.

Since then, day and night artillery stone attacks have continued day and night.

This trebuchet is because the level of industrialization is too low to make cannons. The Tiangong Institute built a counterweight trebuchet based on Zhou Bai's counterweight theory.

It can fly three hundred catties of stones one mile away.

Various buildings such as towers and arrow towers on the city were destroyed on a fixed-point basis.

The people in the city were terrified, thinking that it was a punishment from the gods. It was unheard of for such a trebuchet to be so powerful.

And many wealthy gentry put pressure on Sun Yucheng from time to time, making indirect remarks about whether the city could be defended.

Forced to do nothing, Sun Yucheng could only stimulate with money, and then sent out the government army to try to destroy the counterweight trebuchet.

But how could Zhou Bai be unprepared? With the infantry and gun coordination, it must be the priority to protect the counterweight trebuchet.

Ten thousand yamen troops left the city, and [-] yamen troops followed behind to meet them, and the battle lasted for several hours.

As a result, they didn't even touch the trebuchet position, until night fell and Mingjin retreated, leaving more than 2000 corpses, and [-] government soldiers were injured in varying degrees.

This time, the ones fighting the Yamen soldiers out of the city were all the subduing demon army who had practiced the basics of innate skills and had an average physical fitness level per capita.

For a while, every family in the city wore mourning, was it sad and indignant?Of course, it's more fear.

Big defeat and loss, the situation seems to have become clear.

At this time, the opportunity that Yao An in the city had been waiting for finally appeared. He transformed himself into the special envoy of Governor Lei Haomiao, and successfully gained Sun Geng's "trust".

In other words, under desperate circumstances, he could only trust the so-called special envoy.

After blood tracing and careful elimination, the Sun family has the greatest opportunity to gather resources and luck, and only Sun Geng can make a fortune again.

(End of this chapter)