Chapter 348 Xuan Qin withdraws troops
Just after the New Year, the situation inside and outside Wuyi City suddenly went wrong.
More troops were added to Wuyi City. Because Dayan and Yanhan had withdrawn their troops, Northern Chu finally had the troops to support Wuyi City.
But troops were withdrawing outside Wuyi City. It is very strange that Xuan Qin's army was stationed here in the cold winter months, wasting resources, just to find opportunities to attack the city; now that the weather is about to get warmer, Xuan Qin's side is showing signs of evacuating.
In Wuyi City, in the city lord's palace, Li Zhan was analyzing the current situation in Wuyi City with a group of generals and counselors from Northern Chu.
"Based on the intelligence we have received, Xuan Qin is indeed withdrawing its troops..." A strategist said, "Our scouts saw that the smoke in Xuan Qin's camp was obviously smaller, and some tents were indeed empty, and they were also evacuating. Ruts were found in the direction. It doesn’t look like Xuan Qin was actually withdrawing his troops.”
Someone analyzed: "There is news from Danyang that Dayan is putting pressure on Xuan Qin, which may make Xuan Qin unable to withstand it; or maybe Xuan Qin cannot bear the consumption of materials this winter, and they must evacuate and go back to spring plowing" "
"I think they saw us increasing our troops, and those cowards from Xuan Qin got scared," a general said.
Li Zhan didn't speak, he was frowning in thought. Standing high and seeing far, he had known that the key point between Bei Chu and Xuan Qin was not the number of troops, but the strength of the monks.
Xuan Qin had the support of Yuntianmen and had countless monks, but in Northern Chu, after all the original monks died, they only had Li Shiyin and Qin Ran.
And Li Shiyin and Qin Ran...
He thought of Qin Ran, and suddenly felt that the withdrawal of troops should have a lot to do with his unpredictable "quasi-son-in-law".
The snow has stopped, the clouds have dispersed in the past two days, and a few stars are twinkling in the dark sky.
Qin Ran stood at the top of Wuyi City, looking at the Xuanqin military camp, thinking about the message from the clone:
"Xuan Qin is about to retreat."
And as this information emerged in his mind, the connection between the clone and him disappeared.
So, who did the clone meet in that inn? What happened inside?
He had some guesses in his mind, but he still couldn't analyze the specific situation.
"Does Xuan Qin's retreat have anything to do with you?" Li Shiwen's voice came from beside him.
Qin Ran nodded and admitted calmly: "It should be related."
"What do you mean it should matter?" Li Shiwen frowned, "What on earth did you do?!"
"The clone I sent to Xuan Qin to assassinate Emperor Xuan Qin died... or disappeared..." Qin Ran was not very sure, "But, I guess, he must have met Emperor Xuan Qin... My The clone and Emperor Xuan Qin, what kind of deal have they reached?"
"Clone? This magical spell of yours...is there no connection between you and your clone?" Li Shiwen asked.
"There is a connection, but the senses were suddenly cut off a few days ago..." Qin Ran said, "Earlier, I discovered that there was a god-forming monk in the Xuan Qin Palace. He should be proficient in formations. He is very powerful. He should be He did it.”
"Shen Transformation Monk?" Li Shiwen is not a monk, but the image of the Golden elixir monk in his mind is almost that of an immortal god, so the Soul Transformation monk is just a realm in his mind and has lost its specific touch.
"So, what deal did you...your clone make with Emperor Xuan Qin?" This was what he was concerned about.
"The clone was the one who assassinated Emperor Xuan Qin in the past... I knew in advance that there were experts in the Xuan Qin Palace, so I prepared multiple backup plans. One of them was..." Qin Ran took out a porcelain bottle from the Qiankun bag and signaled to Li Shiwen, "If the assassination If it doesn't work, he will die, or if he encounters some uncontrollable situation, he will die."
Li Shiwen reached for the porcelain bottle and asked, "What is this?"
Qin Ran withdrew his hand and came back, not letting him touch it, and replied: "This is called Death Pill. It is a pill that announces death."
"Death?" Li Shiwen instinctively didn't believe in the huge power of a small pill.
"There is a death pill in it, but..." Qin Ran said, "It is enough to poison all the creatures in Wuyi City. It symbolizes death, so all living creatures will be conquered by it."
Li Shiwen was startled, retracting his hand as if struck by lightning, and exclaimed: "So scary?!"
Qin Ran put the elixir back into the Qiankun bag and sighed: "I originally wanted to study the elixir that makes people immortal, but I didn't expect that by some strange combination of circumstances, I came up with such a death elixir. Alas, in fact, I arrived I haven’t yet figured out how this elixir causes death. However, when I figure out how it works, that’s when I will refine the immortality elixir.”
Hearing this, Li Shiwen silently moved away from Qin Ran: "So, you refined this death pill?"
Qin Ran saw Li Shiwen's scared look, smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid. In fact, many great inventions in this world were discovered by accident. For example, dynamite was made by alchemists when they were making elixirs, and penicillin It was people who discovered that moldy things have a killing effect on bacteria..."
Li Shiwen didn't understand anything, but felt that Qin Ran was even more terrifying. He left silently. He still wanted to work and continue patrolling.
Seeing Li Shiwen walking away, Qin Ran thought of something and asked casually: "Have you seen any strange patterns recently?"
Li Shiwen shook his head: "No."
The next morning, Li Shiwen suddenly sent someone to find Qin Ran and said, "Someone in the Xuan Qin Army is looking for you."
"Xuan Qin is looking for me?" Qin Ran was stunned. He realized that this might be the deal reached between his clone and Emperor Xuan Qin. He hurried out of the city.
Outside Wuyi City, Li Shiwen was leading 500 elite cavalrymen to confront the soldiers of Xuan Qin. The 500 elite cavalrymen on this side were wearing black and red armor, while the 500 elite cavalrymen on the opposite side were wearing black armor. One black and one red, there was indeed a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
Qin Ran flew down from the city wall, to the middle of the two armies, facing Xuan Qin.
He looked up and saw that the leader of Xuan Qin was Zhao Yaqing.
"What do you want to see me for?" he asked Zhao Yaqing.
Zhao Yaqing glanced at him indifferently, raised her hand and threw a letter over, but did not speak.
Qin Ran frowned, and a transparent water clone emerged from his body. The water clone caught the letter. He looked from a distance and saw that the envelope was written with "Dear Brother Qin" and the sender was Zhao Zheng.
"A letter from Emperor Xuan Qin? The person I saw in the inn was indeed Zhao Zheng." He thought to himself.
"You are lucky..."
Zhao Yaqing came to deliver the letter. Seeing Qin Ran accept the letter, she snorted coldly, spurred her horse back, and prepared to go to the Xuan Qin military camp.
The elite cavalry of Northern Chu had no intention of taking action. They all turned their horses' heads and headed towards the Xuan Qin military camp.
But at this moment...
"Boom boom boom!!!"
The sky suddenly changed suddenly, and large patches of clouds gathered here from an unknown place. In the blink of an eye, the sky was dim, and the sun and moon were dim.
"It's a trick!"
"Be careful!"
Such exclamations rang out at the same time in the two armies...