Silence Valkyrie

Chapter 480 Lonely City
"The publicity of this list has made it impossible for the big families to hide their clumsiness. In order to keep their current position, I am afraid that they will have to use all their cards in the end. In short, it is a prestige battle between the weak and the strong, with far-reaching consequences."

Zhang Shan pondered, thinking about the changes after the rankings were made public.

Below this news is the monthly ranking list, which lists families within the top [-]. This issue is also the first issue officially released to the public.

Among the list, the King Clan is at the top of the list, No.2 is the Sun Clan, the difference between the two is not far, maybe a battle will change the ranking.

In the top ten rankings, the four big clans and the emperor's family are all in it, but the rankings of the Deng clan and the Zhang clan are a bit low, ranking seventh and tenth respectively.

As one of the four big players, Zhang Valve is only ranked tenth, and the points difference from No.11 is incomparable. It is very likely that he will fall out of the top ten in the next issue.

I'm afraid this has nothing to do with hiding our strengths and biding our time. I'm afraid something has really happened to the Zhang clan recently.

As for the other second-class families, the Zhao family has suddenly risen to the third place, which is surprising.

And the Li family is also brave and diligent, ranking No.4. This situation is puzzling, even a rookie like Zhang Shan who is not familiar with the government of the sanctuary feels that something is wrong.

There may be some mystery behind this list.

However, these things have nothing to do with Zhang Shan for the time being. After learning about it, he continued to pay attention to other news.

But the following information shocked him.

That was news from a border town called Jiuyuan City.

Jiuyuan City was established half a year ago, in an area where humans and demons fought extremely fiercely. It used to belong to the Dawn War Zone, but now it belongs to the newly divided New Field War Zone.

The reason why Zhang Shan lost his composure was because Nan Ruoli's name appeared in the news about Jiuyuan City.

Three months ago, most of the battles between the two sides in the bloody battle were small-scale, and the largest two sides combined did not exceed a thousand people.

However, the recent battle of Jiuyuan City was the first large-scale offensive and defensive battle between humans and devils. Both sides assembled more than [-] soldiers. It can be said that blood flowed like a river at that time.

And in this battle, many figures with outstanding military exploits emerged among the human beings, and Nan Ruoli's name was among them.

And she didn't know when she became the guard of Jiuyuan City.

Then, in this battle, Nan Ruoli's record can be described as shining, beating many blood viscounts in several battles.

However, Zhang Shan was deeply puzzled by the occurrence of such a large-scale battle in Jiuyuan City. Honestly, Jiuyuan City is not a strategically important place. If it needs resources but no resources, it needs no favorable location. How could it become the place where a large-scale battle took place?

Judging from the battle process mentioned above, the tactical intention of the Mozu's side seems to be to capture the generals who defended the city alive. As for why they did this, people can't guess.

In a large-scale battle, there is no absolute advantage in strength, and it is much more difficult to capture a general who is guarded by a large army than to kill him.

Moreover, Nan Ruoli is not an important person. She was born in the Sky Continent, and she is not a member of a noble family in the Sanctuary. It is puzzling why the demons look at her.

Zhang Shan frowned, thinking quickly, and then continued to read.

It was mentioned in the news that in the latest battle, Nan Ruoli's personal guards were talked about with great interest.

The guards were all made up of women, and their combat power was not inferior to some general guards of the Sanctuary Expeditionary Army.

Zhang Shan was not only curious about Master's formation of such a fragrant guard, but also worried.

According to intelligence reports, Nan Ruoli did not take strict precautions, but led his guards to attack everywhere. This approach was extremely dangerous.

In such a large-scale battle, sometimes personal strength cannot guarantee one's own safety, and Nan Ruoli's strength should not be so high.

Moreover, what worries Zhang Shan deeply is that the demons continue to be supplemented with reinforcements. After a series of battles, the strength of the army has not decreased but increased.

And although Nan Ruoli killed several strong demons, he did not receive reinforcements from the expeditionary army of the Xinye War Zone. Therefore, although Jiuyuan City did not show any signs of failure, it would be a matter of time before this continued.

Seeing this, Zhang Shan was very angry. As the front line of the new field battle zone, Jiuyuan City couldn't get follow-up reinforcements when it was struggling against the demon army?
Zhang Shan did some research and found out that Xinye City, the main city of the Xinye War Zone, still has 3 troops of the Sanctuary Expeditionary Army. Under such a critical situation, Xinye City did not send reinforcements. This is absolutely strange.

Could it be that the Xinye Military Region just sat and watched the fall of Jiuyuan City, and they were not afraid of military punishment?
Moreover, if Jiuyuan City falls, it will do a lot of harm to Xinye City, and it will have no benefit. They have no reason not to send troops to reinforce them.

However, something impossible happened, and Zhang Shan felt unbelievable about it, and couldn't figure it out at all.

Zhang Shan's face sank like water, and the anger in his eyes was burning.

He took a deep breath, and said to the middle-aged man: "I need more detailed information about why Jiuyuan City can't get reinforcements. I hope to know the reason."

The face of the middle-aged man changed slightly. He stared at Zhang Shan, obviously guessing his identity.

"Based on these news alone, it is far from worth the value of the magic crystal I gave you. Are you going to make up for it?" Zhang Shan smiled lightly.

The middle-aged eyes flickered for a moment, and he nodded: "Yes, there is no obvious reason why Jiuyuan City has no reinforcements, but secretly we got a more reliable statement."

Zhang Shan cheered up: "What kind of statement?"

"It should be related to the Xishan Wang family in the sanctuary..."

The middle-aged man lowered his voice and told Zhang Shan what he knew, and then he said some of his own personal analysis.

It turned out that a private army of Xishanbo Wang's family had marched near Jiuyuan City, and all passages between Jiuyuan City and Xinye City were blocked, and any team that wanted to go to Jiuyuan City for reinforcements was blocked.

They even blatantly released the rumor that anyone who wanted to support Jiuyuan City would be an enemy of their royal family.

Under the interception of the troops of the Wang family, the expeditionary force of Xinye City temporarily stood still.

Although the Xishan Wang family is only a second-rate family, it is a branch of the royal family and is inextricably linked. The Xinye Expeditionary Army can't do anything against the Wang family because of this matter.

Moreover, since the Wang family took actions to block the rescue of the expeditionary army, they just had a reason not to send troops. If the high command wanted to punish them, they would not be able to find Xinye City.

More importantly, the overall strength of the Wang family's private army is actually stronger than that of Xinye's defenders. In particular, there are several extremely powerful men in the Wang family's army, and one of them is Guiyuanjing.

Therefore, Jiuyuan City became an isolated city.

(End of this chapter)