Chapter 851 Recruiting Experts

Once the four free cities around Qinghu are lost, Qinghu Fortress will lose most of its military expenditures. This is undoubtedly a huge loss, and from now on, you will not be able to set foot west of Qinghu Fortress, which is equivalent to a complete loss of Qinghu. Take control.

You must know that although the four free cities were not under the jurisdiction of Qinghu Fortress in name, they were actually still controlled by Qinghu Fortress. Every year, Qinghu Fortress could receive a large amount of military expenditures from the four free cities, and even the mountain city also benefited from them. Got a lot of benefits.

This has also reduced the heavy burden on the mountain city. Qinghu Fortress can basically be self-sufficient in military expenditures to a large extent. Once all this military expenditure falls on the mountain city, the mountain city will need to continuously provide blood transfusions to Qinghu Fortress. Gradually becoming weaker.

This is based on economic considerations, as well as military considerations. In the past, various spies in the Qinghu Fortress in the four free cities could collect a large amount of intelligence. A lot of the information was accidentally leaked by the water monsters who came ashore in Qinghu. , once the four free cities are lost and unable to enter the west of Qinghu Fortress for reconnaissance, a huge black hole will appear in terms of intelligence.

Therefore, the four free cities are very important. Qinghu Fortress or even the mountain city will not want to lose those four free cities.

On the contrary, once the water monsters completely control the four free cities, they will be able to control all trade with the mountain city, and can also control the flow of intelligence. There is no such thing as satellite reconnaissance now. Once the four free cities are lost, the Qinghu Fortress will Intelligence gathering will become more difficult.

"What do you mean by the mountain city?"

Mo Rulong thought for a moment and asked.

"Shancheng has agreed in principle to Qinghu's proposal. We will make two-pronged preparations. On the one hand, we will prepare to end the war with them through ten battles. On the other hand, we will judge whether to cease the war or continue the war based on the situation. One battle will completely resolve Qinghu’s problem!”

The messenger sent from the mountain city said.

"Okay, if Shancheng agrees and Qinghu Fortress has no objection, we also agree to this plan, but how to select personnel?"

Mo Rulong lowered his head and thought for a while, then said directly.

Mo Rulong did not object, and even the main war faction could not continue to object. After all, Mo Rulong was a senior commander. He had already lost an arm for this war, so what else could others say.

What's more, after more than three months of war, both the mountain city and the Qinghu Fortress, as well as all personnel, are very exhausted. The war has become somewhat unsustainable. If it continues, the price paid may not be the mountain city. Tolerable.

This is also a solution among no solutions.

"Issuing an announcement and holding a competition, Shancheng means that all major colleges will take over this battle!"

The messenger sent by the mountain city said.

Everyone else looked at each other and nodded silently. Now the military is unable to recruit top experts to participate in this competition and can only rely on major colleges and universities in the mountain city.

One day later, the Qinghu Fortress also agreed to the competition. In order to show its sincerity, the Qinghu Water Demon directly withdrew its troops twenty miles away and provided space in the Qinghu Fortress. Then orders began to be issued among the students of the academy.

"The water demon is seeking peace and requires ten battles to determine the outcome of this war. The alliance's top management has agreed. A competition will be held in two days to select contestants to represent the alliance military and fight against the strong water demons!"

The order was issued directly, and all the students in the temporary headquarters quickly received the order. Even those who were not in the temporary headquarters had communication symbols sent out quickly.

Li Mu also received the news immediately, because if the ten strongest students were to be selected, he would definitely be one of the seeded contestants.

"The Qinghu Water Demon actually wants to use a competition to decide the outcome. There may be some conspiracy in this!"

Li Mu received the communication flying talisman, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and felt that there might be a big problem in this matter.

"What happened?"

On the contrary, because Xiao Rongyu was a mentor, he did not receive the communication talisman and got the news immediately.

"look!"

Li Mu directly handed over the communication flying talisman and said.

"Maybe the water demon really has a conspiracy!" Xiao Rongyu looked at the communication flying talisman and said thoughtfully, "The war has been going on for more than three months now, and many of the top experts on our side have fallen. If you really want to use fighting to decide the outcome of the war, three battles are enough!"

In ancient China, generals challenged each other to determine victory or defeat. In front of two armies, generals challenged each other. Once someone lost, the winner would pursue the victory and defeat him in one blow in most cases. That situation was similar to today's situation. .

But the problem is that after more than three months of fighting, the top experts in the mountain city have suffered great losses. If there are another ten battles, it will be okay to win. But if they all lose, the top experts in the mountain city will fall again. Ten people, unless the mountain city directly mobilizes strong men from the military, they will no longer be able to maintain an even match with the water demon.

If the mountain city sends strong men over, it will affect the safety of the mountain city itself. The mountain city fortress also has to defend against the demon city, and the core strong men of the military cannot move lightly.

Once the mountain city loses in the ten games, or even loses miserably, and the losses are too great, the water demon army may come out in full force, attack Qinghu Fortress directly, and decide the outcome in one battle.

Even if a competition is held, the initiative is probably still mostly in the hands of the water demon.

In this case, in the end, it all depends on whether the water demon army is trustworthy and whether they really want to ask for peace.

At the temporary headquarters, not only Li Mu and Xiao Rongyu are analyzing, but other academic students are also talking about it. Everyone thinks that the water demon army may not have much sincerity.

But the problem now is that if you don't agree to the competition, the war will continue. Massive resources and personnel will continue to be consumed, and the Qinghu Fortress may be breached at any time. Even if you doubt the water demon's intentions, you can only agree to the competition.

After all, even if it is delayed for a little longer, it can gain some breathing space for Qinghu Fortress and allow the mountain city to mobilize more resources.

In the current situation, overall it is better to agree than to disagree.

"Now the water monsters have also suffered a loss in Xiaoqing Lake and failed to achieve their strategic goals. We shouldn't be the ones who are anxious now, right? Why should we compete with them?"

Some students said in confusion.

"Since the superiors have agreed to the water demon competition, it means that the current situation is not that good. Maybe the Qinghu Fortress is very tight. Otherwise, if the war goes well, the superiors will not agree!"

"That makes sense. Nowadays, a huge amount of resources are being brought in every day. The last time the Ten Directions Extermination Array was deployed, it directly caused the price of spiritual stones in the mountain city to skyrocket. I heard that the price of spiritual stones has tripled and there is still no market for them. Stone is just one thing, there are also food, weapons and ammunition, elixirs, etc., the consumption is unknown, not to mention the exchange for meritorious service after the war is over, it will be even more expensive, and now it is estimated that the mountain city can no longer fight!"

"Yes, after all, instead of guarding the mountain city itself, we have to continuously transfuse blood to Qinghu Fortress. The situation is definitely not good!"

Others nodded, and then someone asked, "Who are you talking about in this competition?"

"In my opinion, there is no doubt that the Dao Shenjun must be one. He is the first core true successor of Shanwu. No one can be missing him!"

"Yes, Tao Shenjun is definitely one of the representatives. In addition, there are the number one true legend of the First Monastic Academy in Shancheng and the number one true legend of Longhu Academy. After all, only these three are the most confident!"

Needless to say, the First Monastic Academy in Shancheng is the holy land of monasticism in West China, Central China and South China among Taoist monks. In terms of strength, the First Monastic Academy in Shancheng is not much weaker than Shanwu.

On the contrary, Longhu Academy is weaker than Shanwu and Shancheng First Monastic Academy. This school specializes in both Taoism and Wushu, and specializes in accepting students who have dual cultivation of Taoism and Wushu. Although its overall strength is not as good as that of Shanwu and Yamashiro First Monastic Academy, its own strength is also comparable. Strong and tyrannical, at least the number one in the academy's true tradition is not much weaker than the top experts in Shanwu and Shancheng's number one monastic academy.

"The problem is, there are only three people, and the competition requires ten people. We may not be able to get ten people from the top academic schools!"

"In addition to these three people, don't forget that the academy also has a mountain martial artist named Li Mu. Li Mu beat Xiang Zu into a panic and escaped with his life a few days ago. His strength is definitely the best. Even if his strength is Not as good as Dao Shenjun, I guess it’s not too far behind!”

The students in the temporary headquarters were talking a lot, but most of them were just talking, because sending the strongest people basically had nothing to do with them. What really mattered in life and death was the top students.

In a highly guarded secret place at the temporary headquarters, Lord Dao Shen read the information on the communication talisman and then directly exploded the communication talisman.

The sword light flashed in Tao Shenjun's eyes, and he said to himself, "It seems that both the water demon side and the mountain city side are deliberately delaying for some time, because there is a strong third party, so it is better for both sides to avoid using rat weapons." Calculating?"

Dao Shenjun thought about it carefully, but there was too little information now, and he could not analyze the specific things. However, he knew very well that these ten games would not be able to end the war at all.

"But no matter what, since there is such an arrangement from above, winning the game is the first step. I, the Taoist Lord, cannot lose to some water monster!"

Dao Shenjun is the number one true successor of Shanwu. Once he graduates in the future, he will definitely become a king and a general and become a super powerful figure in the entire West China region. Encountering such a war is the time to establish his reputation. Li Mu was too famous before, and it was faintly taken away He is in the limelight, and this competition is a good opportunity to re-establish his prestige.

On the other side, hearing the discussion of the students around him, a big man with a plain face lit up his eyes and said to himself, "This competition may be a good opportunity. Maybe we can capture Li Mu and give it to Taoist Black Dragon. When the time comes, I can also benefit from this and leave here quickly!"

This ordinary-looking strong man is Xiangzu. Xiangzu originally wanted to return to the mountain city, but then he thought that he fled back to the mountain city without military orders. That is a deserter. Once discovered by Shanwu or the Mountain City Alliance military, he will be directly will be wanted.

After Xiangzu hid in the mountain city for two days, he thought about the mission of Taoist Black Dragon. He was afraid that doing nothing would anger Taoist Black Dragon, so he disguised himself, suppressed his evil spirit, and ran back to the temporary command after disguising himself. department.

Xiangzu knows the temporary headquarters very well and has some subordinates who can command it. In addition, there are now 700,000 or 800,000 people gathered in the temporary headquarters. There are too many people. It will be easy for him to sneak in. After Xiangzu sneaks in, he will listen When I heard the news, I immediately felt like I had an opportunity.

In the temporary headquarters, Dao Shenjun got the news, Li Mu got the news, and the first person to get the news was the number one true disciple of Longhu Academy, Huangfu Wushuang.

Just hearing Huangfu Wushuang's name, combined with the title of the No. 1 True Legend of Longhu Academy, it is easy to think that Huangfu Wushuang is a man, but in fact Huangfu Wushuang is a woman.

Huangfu Wushuang has a beautiful face and graceful temperament, just like a famous lady among the nobles in ancient times. Huangfu Wushuang has a domineering reputation, but in fact she is not a person who likes to cause trouble and show off her reputation. On the contrary, Huangfu Wushuang likes to be quiet and does not like to move. She In normal practice, she would often stay in seclusion for a year or two. If the mountain city had not issued an emergency summons this time, she would not have left seclusion at all.

"Senior, I didn't expect the water demon to stop attacking the city and still want to compete. It's really strange!"

In the Qinghu Fortress, Huangfu Wushuang brought his four school girls. She was surrounded by school girls, because Huangfu Wushuang was not only the number one true disciple of Longhu Academy, but also served as the president of an all-female organization in Longhu Academy. long.

"I think it's good to have a competition. It seems that this competition will send out the most powerful students from the academy. So Tao Shenjun and Li Xiaoyao should all go, especially Tao Shenjun and Li Xiaoyao, aren't they called Are you the twin dragons of Shancheng? They are dragons and phoenixes among people. My senior hasn’t found a boyfriend for so long. Maybe this time I can go and see if these dragons and phoenixes are worthy of their reputation!"

Another girl said with a smile.

The first batch of students from Longhu Academy entered the battlefield relatively early. Huangfu Wushuang entered the Qinghu Fortress directly as soon as he arrived on the battlefield, so he is still inside the Qinghu Fortress.

"I think Senior Dao Shenjun is quite good. I met him once from a distance back then. Senior Dao Shenjun is suave, tall and handsome, and has unparalleled talent. He will definitely be able to enter the Martial Saint Realm within two or three years, and maybe even It can also be faster, if I choose Senior Dao Shenjun as my Taoist companion, it should be a good fit!"

Another girl said.

"Yes, yes, I also heard that Senior Dao Shenjun is very handsome. If you want to find a Taoist companion, you should choose someone who is handsome and eye-catching. Otherwise, find someone who is rich, powerful and powerful. Of course, someone who is handsome and powerful most!"

"If you don't look in the mirror, how can someone who is handsome and capable fall in love with you?"

Several girls suddenly got into a fuss.

"Are you bored right now? Have you done your homework today? If not, do it three times!"

Huangfu Wushuang frowned slightly and said calmly.