Whale Falls and Becomes a God

Chapter 149 Retreating to Advance
When the Sui army retreated a hundred meters, the Shangliang army followed closely and pursued them, their force like a tide sweeping over the Sui army's hastily built and already dilapidated defense line.

When the Sui army retreated one mile... that is, five hundred meters, the Shangliang army was still chasing them fiercely, and began to spread to the left and right from the vast main road.

After two miles, the Shangliang army was like a tide overflowing into the entire southern city area. Among the dense and continuous buildings, the spider-web-like streets and alleys were densely packed with the Shangliang army.

Three miles, four miles...

Hailing City is about 24 miles wide from east to west and about 28 miles long from north to south (the area is like a heron island, with a larger area for cultivation). The South City District is smaller due to its poverty, but has the largest population and the most densely populated buildings. It is about 12 miles long from north to south, less than half of the total length from north to south.

The Shangliang army penetrated four miles into the southern city wall, approaching half the depth of the southern city area.

If the Shangliang army penetrates five or six miles deep, it will enter the attack range of the war equipment on the south city wall and will naturally be more cautious.

Of course, higher quality equipment can also attack up to six or seven miles away, but the power and accuracy will be greatly reduced, like a spent force and not worth it. This is the difference between the so-called effective range and the maximum range!

"Your Highness! Our offensive is going well, while the Sui army is losing ground. Is this a trick?"

During this massive counterattack, the top brass, including the King of Shangliang, still did not appear to command the troops, but instead hid within the army. Jiang Yuanchao frowned doubtfully and then analyzed:

"The Sui army shouldn't be this weak... especially with Prince Jingwu personally in charge!"

Yin Qian shook her head in dissatisfaction and retorted, "What a joke! Our army deployed nearly 300,000 troops and 200,000 auxiliary troops in this battle. It's like the entire city is risking everything... and the Sui army in the southern part of the city only has about 200,000 troops, not even half of ours. Our elite main force is not even here, so isn't it normal for us to retreat?"

"This... shouldn't be a simple comparison of quantities!" Jiang Yuanchao insisted, somewhat at a loss for words.

Shen Faxing frowned in deep thought and did not participate in the discussion. However, he was no novice in military affairs. While he was delighted and excited about the smooth progress of the battle, he also felt a little uneasy, confused, and nervous.

"Report..."

At this moment, a scout quickly reported, "According to our spies, after repeated verification, the enemy has deployed two large armies outside the north gate, each with 50,000 soldiers!"

"Um?!"

Shen Faxing, Jiang Yuanchao, Yin Qian and many others were surprised and full of questions.

"Could it be that the Sui army from the south has arrived?" Shen Lun, the young master who joined the battle, asked first with doubt and worry, his eyelids twitching.

"no!"

Yin Qian retorted without hesitation, adding, "The Southern Sui army is very powerful. If they arrive, they will not be able to hide from our army. Unless only the elites go ahead and sneak in secretly!"

"That……"

Shen Lun hesitated, puzzled. "The Sui army is already small in number, so why would they dare to split up? And they even sent a hundred thousand troops to the north gate? Now there are only a little over a hundred thousand left at the south wall? What are they planning to do? Continue to steal the city?"

"Send an order, strengthen the security of the North Gate!"

Without waiting for the generals and the crowd to say anything, Shen Faxing waved his hand and gave the order directly, then continued with some excitement and anger:
"You're simply underestimating our army! Beat the drums, charge! With all your might and speed, capture the southern part of the city and drive the Sui army out completely!"

"Here!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Thousands of drums sounded at the same time, with the rhythm and force obviously faster and heavier. This was an order to speed up the advance, or even to charge the entire army!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The Shangliang Army, which had slowed down its pace due to its deep penetration into the southern city area, now let out deafening shouts of killing and charged towards the retreating Sui Army even faster and more fiercely!
……

In the central part of Nancheng District, five or six miles behind the front line.

"Blood Demon Diagram:
Main deities: 6 (secondary: Wang Tong, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Gong, Yang Guang, Chen Shushen) Secondary deities: 1091

Little God: 18,283 people

Mao Shen: 43,372 people

Blood Star: 460,000! "

Xiao Ying calmly observed the battlefield ahead, not forgetting to pay attention to his greatest reliance... "Blood Demon Map"!
"Host: Xiao Ying.

Identity: Prince Jingwu of the Sui Dynasty, first-rank general of the Yijun Army (sixth rank if there is no "大" character).

Qualification, third grade; talent, second grade (super-grade innate supernatural power, third-grade extraordinary soul, fourth-grade powerful purple palace); destiny, third grade.

Realm: Intermediate third level (cultivating all three systems);
Strength, 3183 (1.100 kg, ten times that of an average person); Spirit, 1532 (Telekinesis, 1.10 kg and 10 meters, five times that of an average person); Mana, 958 (1.50 kg, three times that of an average person);

Gongfa: Mainly cultivate "Nine Cauldrons Human Emperor Code", supplemented by "Zhou Tian Lian Bao Dian", "Da Yan Xing Dian", "Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens", "Vajra Code", "Three Pure Ones Visualization Diagram", "Huan Tian Bao Jian"... (omitted)"

……

This is a spiritual treasure. It is digitized based on Xiao Ying's memory and cognition. It is not a so-called system, but it allows Xiao Ying to clearly understand himself at any time.

After the raid on South City and the battle at Eagle's Beak Gorge, the power of the intermediate and advanced star souls of the Vice God, Minor God, and Mao God within the Blood Demon Map had been depleted by more than half. If they were to possess and fight fiercely again, they would be completely exhausted, and it would take months to fully recover!

The lowest level Blood Star Soul, although previously used by the Sui army on the southern route, had recovered its strength after a few days, but it was still not as powerful as an ordinary person, and could not provide much benefit to the elite soldiers!
At this moment, with powerful enemies surrounding him from all directions, the power of the middle and high-level star souls in the "Blood Demon Map" has been exhausted. This is obviously not good. King Jingwu no longer has any powerful surprise troops to use!
However, now that the Shangliang army is launching a frenzied counterattack, and the Sui army in Nancheng District has just over 100,000 troops, there seems to be no better way!
Behind Xiao Ying stood a dense crowd of Sui soldiers, ready to attack. There were about 50,000 of them, who were basically the 50,000 "elite soldiers" selected for the previous attack on the south city wall.

Because although there are 620,000 or 630,000 third-level star souls, many of them have exhausted their power, and there are only a little over 50,000 that can be used. In addition, there are more than 4,000 star souls obtained from the Nanyang Iron Cavalry and various battles in the South City District, mainly from the Nanyang Iron Cavalry!

As for the 4,000 remnants who withdrew from Yingzui Gorge and the Sui army in the south, they have not arrived yet and it will take at least one or two hours.

"If we hold on for an hour or two, we shouldn't exhaust the Star Soul's power. Probably only consume two or one-third of it?"

After a quick assessment, Xiao Ying resolutely issued an order: "All troops, prepare... prepare for an all-out counterattack!"

Watching the battle ahead with cold eyes, Xiao Ying raised his hand and gave the order.

The most important and widest main road in the middle was still under the main attack of Xiao Ying, Dugu Feng, Xie Yingdeng and others.

Generals such as Wu Changqing, Shen Buhui, Xiao Wen, and Chen Feng will each lead an army and disperse to the left and right urban areas to launch the most violent and comprehensive attack on the Shangliang army, striving to inflict the greatest damage!
Four miles, five miles...

The battle is like fire, and time is like water.

In just the time it takes to stick up an incense stick, the Shangliang army, which was charging the fastest, most fiercely and deepest, had already penetrated five miles and was nearly a hundred meters in front of Xiao Ying.

"Star Soul Possession!"

Looking at the huge enemy army so close at hand, Xiao Ying held the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, his body glowing with blood, as powerful as a demon god. The invisible and formless star souls radiated densely around him and possessed the soldiers!

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The dense and majestic aura burst out like wind and waves, with astonishing power.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The Sui army, which seemed to have laid down its arms, suddenly started beating war drums, with a rhythm and force comparable to the Shangliang army charging in full force!

At this moment, the 50,000 "elite soldiers" behind Xiao Ying have all been promoted, and most of them are at the eighth level of Ming Jin and above. Their strength and power have skyrocketed!
(End of this chapter)