From eunuch to emperor

After reading Long Chen's letter, the empress was mixed with joy and sorrow. The joy was that Long Chen had found the holy beast and could completely control the Storm Sword; the worry was that Li Chengdao actually got the Xuanwu Sword. According to the letter, the Xuanwu Sword was very strange and difficult to deal with.

However, generally speaking, the Empress is still happy, Long Chen has the Holy Sword, the Empress has the Phoenix Wings, and the Ghost Clan only has the Black Tortoise Sword, the advantage is here.

Get up and walk to the window, looking at the dark clouds outside, winter is coming.

"almost."

Winter is coming, and the attack of the ghost clan is imminent. The Empress is not worried this time, but looks forward to it.

The first two times were forced to defend, this time it was an active defense.

After this battle, it should be possible to switch from defense to offense.

The offensive and defensive momentum has completely changed.

"I want to see the defense of Yanmen Pass."

The maid immediately brought the clothes, the empress changed her clothes, and took the shadow guards to the pass to inspect the defense.

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Cloud City.

The whistling north wind blew by, and the dark snow clouds in the sky pressed down on the top of the head. The world was dark, and the rolled up sand and stones were blown away by the wind.

The fort outside the city has been rebuilt, and the training of soldiers has been transferred to the city.

Forts were set up on the city wall, firearms were placed on the city, and black curtains were covered on the firearms. The patrolling soldiers looked to the north.

In a room in the city.

Long Chen hugged Dugu Jiali and fell asleep, while Bai Tingting sat in front of the dressing table combing her hair.

Through the glass window, a snowflake drifted across the window, Bai Tingting put down the comb, got up and walked to the window.

The cold wind was raging outside, and the sky was snowing heavily, and the winter snow finally came.

"Husband."

Bai Tingting turned her head to look at the bed, Dugu Jiali was huddled in Long Chen's arms, and Long Chen was embracing Dugu Jiali.

"Ok?"

Hearing the sound, Long Chen slowly opened his eyes.

"Snowing."

Bai Tingting looked out the window and said.

Dugu Jiali woke up faintly. Hearing that it was snowing, she got up from the bed, straightened her hair, and said, "It's finally snowing?"

Long Chen got out of bed in cloak, walked to the window, hugged Bai Tingting, looked at the snowflakes falling outside, and said: "It's finally snowing, the ghost clan should take action."

On the day of heavy snowfall, when the ghost clan invaded.

"When you look at the snow, you look at the snow. What are you touching?"

Bai Tingting took away Long Chen's salty pig's hand.

"Oh, I'm used to it. I meant to watch the snow."

Long Chen smiled, and continued to look at the snow, but Bai Tingting covered it to prevent her from touching it.

Dugu Jiali came over and said, "The ghost clan is about to attack, get ready to fight."

Speaking of the ghost invasion, everyone seemed not nervous, but rather relieved.

Everyone was preparing and waiting for the ghost clan to invade, and this day finally came.

"Husband, are we here? Don't you care about Yanmen Pass?"

Bai Tingting looked up at Long Chen, Long Chen said: "Let's discuss it together."

Long Chen changed his clothes, and Bai Tingting and Dugu Jiali also changed into armor.

After leaving the room, Long Chen sent someone to summon Tang Na, Gan Xin and Mo Lin to discuss matters.

Bai Tingting and Dugu Jiali went to the conference hall first, and Long Chen went to invite Yu Wenkai in person.

Snowflakes fell all over the sky, and the soldiers who were training in the city stopped when they saw the snowflakes.

Everyone knows what the heavy snowfall means, the ghost clan is about to invade, and the battle is about to begin.

Walking through the street and entering the yard, Yu Wenkai was standing in the yard looking at the snow.

"Old General."

Yu Wenkai turned his head and said, "It's snowing, it's finally coming."

Long Chen stood beside Yu Wenkai, looked up at countless snowflakes shaking off from the black clouds, and said, "Is the old general looking forward to it?"

Yu Wenkai laughed and said: "I'm really looking forward to it. We can win this time. After the spring, it's time for us to attack."

Long Chen said with a smile: "If it goes well, maybe we don't have to wait until the beginning of spring."

Yu Wenkai smiled and said: "Don't be crazy, Wu Sheng and ghost girl are not easy to deal with, and another Li Chengdao appears, they are not good troubles."

Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm not a good person either."

Yu Wenkai laughed and said, "That's right, your kid is full of bad water."

Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue came out to salute, Long Chen returned the salute and said: "Old General, we want to discuss actions, please go to the conference hall."

Yu Wenkai nodded, and brought Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue to the conference hall. Tang Na, Yan Gang, Gan Xin, and Mo Lin had already arrived.

The meeting room was not big, and several pots of charcoal fire were burned in the middle. When Long Chen entered, everyone got up to meet Yu Wenkai first, and then Long Chen.

Long Chen sat at the head, Yu Wenkai next to him, Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue next, and the others took their seats. The door of the meeting hall was closed.

There are eight people in the chamber, and the only generals on Yuncheng's side are Tang Na and Yan Gang.

The generals in Yuncheng are not well-cultivated, and the others are not eligible to participate in the meeting.

Of course, confidentiality is also taken into account. For confidential matters, the more people there are, the greater the risk of leakage.

"The purpose of convening everyone to discuss is very simple. Everyone has seen that the first snow has begun, which means that the ghost clan is about to invade. Let's discuss how to deal with it."

Long Chen looked at Tang Na and Yan Gang. Bai Tingting, Dugu Jiali, Gan Xin, and Mo Lin were confidantes. They could guess what Long Chen was thinking. Tang Na and Yan Gang were not very familiar.

Tang Na straightened her body, put her hands on her lap, and listened quietly to Long Chen's orders, Yan Gang was also a little nervous.

"What do you think? Should we stay in Yuncheng, or go back to Yanmen Pass?"

Yu Wenkai directly asked Long Chen's plan, Tang Na and Yan Gang looked at Yu Wenkai, and then turned to look at Long Chen.

"Three masters of the ghost clan, Wu Sheng, Gui Nu and Li Chengdao, Wu Sheng was seriously injured by me, Black Moon lost half of them, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. The one with the highest cultivation should be Gui Nu."

"Li Chengdao's cultivation base has been improved, and with the blessing of the Xuanwu sword, his combat power is not weak, and he can compare with martial saints and ghost girls."

"However, Li Chengdao is an outsider after all. Martial Saints and Ghost Girls will not let him lead the army alone. He will definitely act with the large army and be the vanguard."

"For the sake of safety, Wu Sheng and Gui Nu, I guess they dare not divide their troops."

"So, the question now is to determine where the target of the ghost clan's invasion is, Yuncheng or Yanmen Pass?"

Long Chen looked at everyone, waiting for others to express their opinions.

Tang Na and Yan Gang slightly leaned back, they didn't want to talk first.

"Yuncheng is on the west side, closer to the Hela Pass. If Wusheng leads troops to attack Yanmen Pass, we can outflank it from behind, or we can take the opportunity to attack the ice field. If I were Wusheng, I would choose Yuncheng as the first choice for attack."

Gan Xin spoke first. He analyzed tactically that Wu Sheng should attack Yuncheng for stability.

Long Chen nodded slightly, and said: "What you said makes sense. In the past, Yuncheng's troops were not strong, and Martial Saints could pass through Yuncheng and directly attack Yanmen Pass."

"Now that Yuncheng's defensive force has increased, if he ignores Yuncheng again, he will be attacked by the enemy."

Gan Xin's analysis is not unreasonable. It is not wise to attack across the military town.

Donna cleared her throat and said, "The general wants to say a few words."

Everyone looked at Donna, who said, "The soldiers and horses in Yuncheng have not been training. We'd better hold on to the city and use firearms to defend. If we take the initiative to leave the city and give up our defensive advantages, I'm afraid we won't be the opponents of the ghost clan."

Bai Tingting said: "I also don't think we can leave the city. In the several battles at Yanmenguan, we relied on our defensive advantages, especially firearms for long-range damage. If we take the initiative to attack, our advantage will be lost."

Long Chen said: "What you said is also reasonable. If we go out of the city to outflank the rear, it is tantamount to giving up the advantage of the city and start a frontal war with the ghost clan. Our combat effectiveness will not be superior, and the casualties will be heavy."

Mo Lin said, "What would the Martial Saint think? Would he think we dare not leave the city?"

Yang Hu immediately said: "Yes, the Martial Sage has a deep understanding of the art of war, he must know that we dare not leave the city."

Yan Gang said: "Wu Sheng thought that we dare not go out of the city, if we go out to fight, we can kill him by surprise."

"Wu Wang's military law says: I think it is appropriate to attack those who are not prepared by surprise."

Long Chen glanced at Yan Gang, but didn't say anything.

Yan Gang's idea is too naive. When he doesn't have the strength, a sneak attack is tantamount to death.

Although the soldiers in Yuncheng had been trained, they were definitely no match for the ghost soldiers. Such a surprise attack was meaningless.

"Old General, what do you think?"

Yu Wenkai kept silent, Long Chen asked Yu Wenkai what he thought?