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Not good! Could it be that something happened to the dark storage room in the dungeon?! Xu Leng Qi was instantly drenched in cold sweat. Without saying a word, he stood up and walked into the cave with large strides.

Just as he opened the first stone door, he felt a wave of heat rush into his face. Although there was no smoke in the corridor, the temperature was terrifyingly high. This is bad! Xu Leng Qi shouted and followed the steps of the path, running down all the way to the end of the path.

The further in he went, the hotter the temperature became. After walking up this flight of steps, his simple clothes were drenched in sweat.

He wanted to open the second stone door, but the moment his palm touched the wall, he screamed out as if he had been electrocuted. He hurriedly pulled his hand back and looked at his palm.

Xu Leng Qi didn't have time to check the burn wounds on his palm. Instead, he released spirit energy to cover his spirit armor, and after touching the mechanism, he opened the second stone door.

The moment the stone door was opened, it was as if a gate had been opened. Dense smoke gushed out and instantly enveloped the passageway. Xu Leng Qi was not prepared enough, he was suddenly hit by the thick smoke and retreated two steps. He bent down in pain and coughed continuously. The guards behind covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves as they charged towards Xu Leng Qi and shouted loudly, "General is in danger, quickly retreat!"

He tried to push the crowd to the left and right, but the violent coughing made him unable to muster any strength. He allowed the guards to help him out of the passage, and at the same time said intermittently, "Fighting the fire ?" "Hurry up and call for help ?"

The guards secretly grinned. How was he going to save the fire?

If the dark room was in an open area, then it would be alright. But since the dark room was deep underground, and they still had to pass through this long passage, it was filled with smoke, and people even had trouble breathing. How could they fight against the fire?

Whether or not they could put out the fire in the dark barn, they still had to do what they had to do. The guards organized their men to charge into the passage like death squadrons, covering their faces with sweat scarves and carrying buckets of water.

However, the people in the corridor could no longer see anything, nor could they open their eyes. They could only pour the water out of the buckets based on their senses. It was unknown whether or not the water was poured into the dungeons.

Even if there were more people trying to save the fire, they would only be able to enter the tunnel one by one. Moreover, the water they brought in might not even be able to pour into the right place, so how could the fire be extinguished?

In one night, two granary s that Xu Leng Qi had meticulously set up within the Pufeng City caught fire at the same time, and what was frightening was that even the bright and dim sides of the fire could not control themselves.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that the fire in the two granaries began to die down. At the same time, most of the food stored in the granaries had been burned down.

In merely a day's time, Xu Leng Qi, who was in a hurry, seemed to have aged more than ten years. The old man's face had lost its original rosiness, his eyes had also lost their luster, and a layer of blisters appeared on his lips.

What did they rely on to defend the city? Without food, no matter how strong one was, they would only be able to stay in the air and not live long. Xu Leng Qi knew the benefits well. With two granaries destroyed at the same time, how could he not be anxious to catch fire?

With regards to Chen Zhong, who neglected his duty, Xu Leng Qi did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered his men to be beheaded. As for Jiang Song and Ding Chun, who also had the suspicion of dereliction of duty, Xu Leng Qi even made way for them, lowering their ranks by three levels and removing them from their position to observe the future.

Although they had severely punished the generals who had failed in their duty, it was useless in the overall situation. The situation within the Pufeng City instantly changed from a relaxed defense to a precarious situation.

To the officers and soldiers, losing the stored up rations was tantamount to losing their backbone. Everyone in Mo Army felt anxious, as if a great catastrophe was about to befall them.

This sudden turn of events completely disrupted Xu Leng Qi's plans. He originally wanted to hold on to his Pufeng and drag it down, but now that he did not have any food reserves, holding on to his Pufeng became a dead end, Xu Leng Qi could only be forced to change his strategy and change from 'active defense' to 'passive defense'.

However, breaking out of this encirclement with Mo Army was easier said than done.

The fire in Pufeng City gave a clear signal to the people outside of the city that the King hiding in the city had succeeded in her sneak attack. Now that Pufeng City had become a danger zone, the hundreds of thousands of people inside would definitely not just sit still and wait for death.

The Allied Army of Feng Country And Yu Country no longer forcefully attacked the Pufeng, but instead, stayed in the camp, set up camp and made preparations to deal with the Mo Army breaking out of the encirclement.

Sure enough. Two days after the Pufeng granary was burnt down, in the dead of the night, Xu Leng Qi's troops split into two, one going towards the south, the other going towards the north.

Xu Leng Qi had also made clever arrangements, the wave that broke out of the encirclement towards the south was relatively small, only about a hundred thousand soldiers, and the wave that broke out towards the north was the main force that he had personally led.

Looking at the current situation of the battle, the north was a place that the Feng Army had taken over. Judging by the psychology of the Feng Army, it was impossible for the Mo Army to break through from the north, and the most likely direction to break through was the east or south.

Xu Leng Qi was currently using the psychology of Feng Army to divide a hundred thousand soldiers to make a false charge towards the south, attracting all of his Allied Army of Feng Country And Yu Country's attention to the south. Then, he would lead his main forces to break out from the north.

This kind of arrangement might cause a hundred thousand Mo Army troops to be completely wiped out, but it would at least be enough to ensure the survival of the main force.

However, Xu Leng Qi was meticulous on his calculations and knew how to think in reverse, but he did not give the generals of the Feng Army away for nothing, especially the General Xiao Muqing. With his experience and cunning, even more than a monkey on the battlefield, how could he leave any loopholes for the enemies when his side was in control?

When the main Mo Army forces were rushing towards the north, they coincidentally bumped into the Ninth Army which was arranged by Xiao Muqing in the northern camp.

Qi Heng had long hated Xu Leng Qi to the bone. Now that he finally had the chance to take revenge, how could he possibly let it go?1

When the main force of the Mo Army began their assault on the Feng Army northern camp, Qi Heng immediately gave the order to activate the Camp Gate, and all members of the Ninth Army will go to battle.

The Generals And Soldiers of Mo Army used all their might in order to forcefully break open the wind camp's Barracks Gate, but in the end, the Feng Army had automatically opened up, and immediately after, the Heavy Cavalry ran out from inside the camp.

Both sides did not formally fight, and in merely an instant after the Heavy Cavalry s rushed out, a large portion of the Mo Army s outside the Camp Gate s were stomped to death.

The leader of the group, Qi Heng, held his Nine Revolving Soul Saber and was the first to rush into the Mo Army Camp. He looked like a red eye of a god of death, and as he walked past, he forcefully opened up a three-meter wide road of blood.

Qi Heng was brave and unstoppable. The Ninth Army soldiers behind him also refused to let him go, they rampaged through the Mo Army Camp, killing all the soldiers in front of them until they cried for their mothers, then scattered and fled.

Very quickly, Qi Heng and the other people with Mo Army clashed head on with Xiang Wen.

In the chaotic battlefield where people fought each other to the death, there were no superfluous words between the two of them. They immediately started fighting. This was a showdown between the top Spirit Cultivator of Light s, a showdown between the best.

As soon as the two started fighting, both of them showed their martial arts. For a moment, the place where they were was like sand flying and rocks flying, the sky was dark and the ground was dark. They were wailing like ghosts and howling like gods.

With their spiritual skills, they would be at a disadvantage even if they fought for an entire day. However, the soldiers had already decided which ones were better and which ones were worse.

Although there were many people in the Mo Army, in front of the Heavy Cavalry, they were like a bunch of grass. Large groups of Mo Army soldiers were pushed down to the ground by the Heavy Cavalry and were unable to get up again.

This caused the morale of the Feng Army to rise greatly, and right after the Ninth Army, the above officials allowed the Feng Country infantry legion to counterattack and rush out of the main camp, cooperating with the Heavy Cavalry and launched a countercharge against the Mo Army.

Under the counterattack of more than two hundred thousand Feng Army, not only was there no advantage to speak of, they were all in a passive state. In the end, Xu Leng Qi judged that it would be difficult to reap any more rewards from this battle, so he could only order the last group to change to the previous group and all the soldiers to return back to the city.

Even after an intense battle, the Mo Army did not break into the camp of the Feng Army, and was instead pushed back into the Pufeng City.

On the other side, breaking out of the encirclement towards the south, the Mo Army that was attracting the attention of the Allied Army of Feng Country And Yu Country was in an even more miserable state. Out of the one hundred thousand soldiers that left, less than fifty thousand returned.

Without the Army-broking Crossbow, they had no way of suppressing the Heavy Cavalry. In front of the Heavy Cavalry, the Mo Country's infantry were as weak as straw, they could only allow themselves to be slaughtered, and had no way of fighting back.

Even Xiang Wen who had such a powerful Soul Force, had lost all confidence. He felt that this battle was truly dangerous for him.

When the Mo Army broke out of the encirclement, Tang Yin, Cheng Jin, Le Tian and the rest who were lurking within it originally had the chance to escape back to their own camp, but because their identities were not found out, Tang Yin did not choose to escape back. Instead, he continued to lurk back, to find an opportunity to lend the Generals And Soldiers of Self Army a helping hand.

This time, the breakthrough of the Mo Army failed, and the atmosphere inside the Pufeng City became even more oppressive.

Xu Leng Qi, who was an expert in strategy, was at a loss of what to do at this point of time. If he were to persevere on, even hundreds of thousands of soldiers would have to die from Pufeng. If he wanted to protect his soldiers, it seemed that surrendering was the only option.

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