Chapter 471 Empty City Strategy

In the vast darkness of the distant skyline, in this endless dark night, something strange suddenly appeared.

Lu Yuan felt as if light hit his eyes, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

Only then did I realize that at the junction of the distant horizon and the skyline, the skyline over there was gradually turning white.

After a while, the stars and the moon disappeared one after another in the sky that gradually turned into aqua blue. The color of the sky became very light, and the light blue was like a peaceful sea.

In the blink of an eye, a red cloud appeared on the horizon. It was intensifying its brightness, slowly like the beginning and arrival of everything.

Ning Rongrong also opened her eyes at this time, and she and Lu Yuan looked at the sunrise in the distance.

The next moment, the sky where the horizon meets the horizon was as faintly orange as a girl's eye shadow.

Immediately afterwards, there was a small sun with a light red glow, emitting red light at the end of the land, and in an instant, all kinds of purple and red appeared at this moment.

Everything in the world is gifted by it, and beauty is born because of it. In this extremely real world, it brings nihilistic beauty and hope to people.

It is precisely because of this that everything in this world has meaning.

"It's so beautiful." Ning Rongrong said with emotion.

"Yes, it's beautiful." Lu Yuan stared at the sun and said, "It has given us everything. It stands in the stars above the sky, giving birth to endless light and hope."

"Birth, hope, cycle, truth, goodness, beauty, and life are all in its blooming light." He said softly, "Unfortunately, we are here to take away life and eliminate it."

…

The sunrise had passed, and the newly rising sun slowly rose over time. When it was almost thirty degrees above the horizon, the Star Luo Empire once again assembled its army, preparing to march again to attack Zhennang Pass.

only……

"Are you going to die again?" an ordinary soldier in the Death Blade Army said with a bitter smile.

"Shh! Don't be so loud!" His colleague immediately silenced him, rolled his eyes, and said anxiously, "If the commander hears your words, he will definitely punish you for disturbing the morale of the army. !”

"Disturbing the morale of the army is nothing more than being punished with ten sticks and sticks." He said angrily, "It's better than dying in the hands of that murderous god!"

"We saw with our own eyes yesterday that tens of thousands of our colleagues died in the hands of that murderous god!" He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't understand why that kind of murderous god wants us to surround and kill him, and even capture and kill him alive with rewards. , how can we ordinary people do anything against that kind of murderous god?!"

"Is he a Contra? Shouldn't the two generals of the empire and the powerful Contra be left to deal with it, while ordinary people like us should be left to die?!"

After experiencing Lu Yuan's crazy killing performance while defending the city for a month, the Star Luo Empire's army had a private consensus that Lu Yuan was the reincarnation of the God of Death in the sky, so the name of the God of Death was Lu Yuan.

The colleague was silent, but he felt that what his colleague said was very reasonable.

They also didn't understand why the empire didn't let the strong men deal with the murderous god Tianyinghou, but let ordinary people like them die.

Although they are ace troops and elites who have experienced hundreds of battles, most of them are just ordinary people and are no match for such top-notch soul masters.

"Then you don't know anything." At this moment, a soldier next to them rolled his eyes. After hearing their words, he took over and said, "It's not that the strong men of our empire have no relationship with that person. We have fought against the God of Death, not to mention those strong men, even our Emperor and Queen have fought against the God of Death."

"But guess what?" he asked.

"What's going on?" the former two soldiers asked curiously.

"The chiefs of the Yu clan and the Po clan fell into the hands of the killing god, and even their two majesties were almost seriously injured!" He said with a smile, "So do they dare to continue? They don't dare to go. All we can do is let us die."

Although he was joking, there was still some indignation in his playful tone.

After all, he is also among "them", who is willing to let himself die!

"It's a pity. Military law has decreed that we will continue to die today." He seemed to be joking, but in fact he continued angrily.

In fact, such a scene not only happened among the three soldiers of the Death Blade Army, many soldiers in the Death Blade Army were also talking about it. In addition, the Raven Army, Crazy Lion Cavalry, Blood Wolf Cavalry, and Tiger Roar Army Wait, this kind of dissatisfaction was born among the ordinary soldiers of the elite army of the Star Luo Empire.

The only Royal Knights of the Star Luo Empire are left. After all, they are the elite aces loyal to the Star Luo Royal Family. Their loyalty to the Star Luo Royal Family is definitely not low.

In addition, when it comes to dying, it is impossible for them to die in their turn.

They had almost no casualties this month, so they didn't have so many complaints.

However, the other elite armies are not doing so well. Most of them have suffered losses, and naturally they are very resentful.

After all, the Star Luo Empire's casualties reached 60%, and they still had to fight on the front line.

In Lu Yuan's previous life, he would have definitely been defeated, and the soldiers below would have even launched a mutiny.

But it is a pity that the Douluo world is different from the demon-free world of Lu Yuan's previous life. Although this world's power level is still relatively low, there are still people with power far beyond ordinary people.

Even if a soul master can be restrained by an army, the army's role is still limited in the face of the power of soul masters controlled by high-level officials.

Therefore, it is difficult to achieve bottom-up rebellion and revolution in this world. It is even easier for countries like the Peerless Tang Sect period and the Legend of the Dragon King period, where already powerful families replaced the original rulers.

For example, during the peerless Tang Sect period, the Xingluo royal family changed from the White Tiger Dai family to the Xingguan Xu family. The Xu family itself was a hidden sect of the Xingluo Empire - the Xingguan Sect.

This shows that one cannot rebel without strength in Douluo Continent.

The same is true for the Star Luo Empire army now. Ordinary army soldiers have no ability to disobey the orders of the emperor and generals. They can only continue to carry out orders no matter how high the casualty rate is.

Soon, the Star Luo Empire army gathered again and headed to the battlefield in front of Zhennang Pass.

Wang Qianren looked at the dangerous fortress in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

After being repelled time and time again by Lu Yuan, he completely lost confidence.

In addition, a month has passed, and even if the reinforcements from the areas directly under the Tiandou Empire have not yet arrived, some of the reinforcements from the four kingdoms under the rule of the Tiandou Empire should have arrived.

In fact, even the reinforcements from the four kingdoms were originally nothing in Wang Qianren's eyes. After all, the gap between the kingdom's army and the elite of the empire was too big.

The reinforcements from the four kingdoms, even the reinforcements from the millions of kingdom troops, were nothing more than a motley army worth mentioning and easy to defeat in front of Wang Qianren, a famous Star Luo general known as the Death Blade General.

As long as he is given 200,000 elites, he can easily defeat the so-called million-strong kingdom's army.

But the key is...

The coach of this town's Nanguan is Lu Yuan.

It is said that an incompetent general will tire out thousands of troops; an incompetent commander will defeat thousands of troops.

The converse is also the same. If the coach is a peerless general, even an army of 200,000 can be three or four times the strength of the enemy.

Lu Yuan led an army of more than 30 people to withstand the siege of millions of elites from the Star Luo Empire for a month. This is not a peerless general.

At least after this battle, Lu Yuan will become a world-famous general on the same level as Wang Qianyan, Ren En, Ge Long and other first-class generals in the mainland.

Lu Yuan used an army of more than 300,000, among which, except for the Senluo Army, were border guards or even temporary troops, such an army could hold off the Star Luo Empire's millions of elite troops for a month.

Then when the reinforcements from the four kingdoms gather at Zhennanguan, there will be no need to think about the Star Luo Empire.

but……

No matter how much you think about it, this is the last attempt for the Star Luo Empire.

Wang Qianren sighed, and then after gathering the army, he directly used his soul power to send a voice, and the order spread throughout the battlefield, "All troops! Attack the city!"

However, at this moment, a spy from the front line suddenly came to him and said, "Report——! General! There seems to be something changed at the location of the enemy's Zhennan Pass. No one was seen on the pass!"

Wang Qianren was stunned for a moment. In the past, when the Xingluo Empire's army appeared in front of the battlefield, there would be a dense mass of defenders on Zhennang Pass. Now, he was very puzzled by the sudden information from the spies.

"Has the situation changed?" Wang Qianren frowned and said to himself.

"Raven Army Scouts! Exploring the enemy's situation!" He ordered again.

Soon, the flying soul masters of the Raven Army flew into the air, surveying the situation at Zhennan Pass from the air.

But when they looked at Zhennan Gate, they only saw...

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong smiled slightly as they looked at the dozens of Star Luo Empire scouts flying in the air.

Then Lu Yuan took a step forward, his surging momentum approaching the Star Luo Empire scouts who were hundreds of meters away from him in the sky. At such a long distance, Lu Yuan's momentum and murderous aura could make these scouts frightened.

He directly faced these scouts and said with a smile, "Go! Send a message! Let your coach come to see me!"

Soon, the scouts of the Raven Army flew back to the Star Luo Empire and conveyed to Wang Qianren the current situation at Zhennang Pass and Lu Yuan's words.

Wang Qianren pondered for a long time, "There is no one at Zhennan Pass, only Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong?"

"You still want me to see him?"

At this time, a direct general next to Wang Qianren stood up, raised his hands and said, "General, beware of fraud!"

"Of course I know, but if I avoid the other party's provocation, wouldn't it demoralize my army?!" Wang Qianren said lightly, "Although this general may not be his opponent, I can't protect my own life. There is still no problem in Wuyu.”

Then he rode his horse directly to the front of Zhennan Pass. Under the gaze of the Star Luo Empire's 500,000 troops behind him, he shouted, "I am the general of the Star Luo Empire - Lord Deathblade Wang Qianren, Your Excellency." Since you summoned me to see me, I have already appeared here, so it’s time for you to show up as well.”

"Not bad! You still have courage!" As soon as he finished speaking, two figures on Zhennan Pass stood on the gate.

"At least he is more courageous than your emperor!" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Wang Qianren's face immediately turned cold under his helmet, and he immediately shouted, "Your Majesty has a body of thousands of gold, which maintains everything in the empire. Naturally, we cannot take risks just because of your courageous words. Your words are inappropriate. It’s still disrespectful!”

Lu Yuan's face was indifferent, he smiled slightly and said, "There is no need to be disrespectful. After all, he is not my emperor. No matter how much he criticizes, it cannot be blamed on me, a member of the Tiandou Empire."

"Besides, there's nothing you can do to me."

Wang Qianren's chest heaved a few times, but he really couldn't say anything harsh.

At least those harsh words that are so false and impossible to come true are of no use.

Lies won't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife.

Words based on lies are useless.

He could only say in a cold voice, "Your Excellency, what are you talking about? I think if that's all, then we don't need to continue the conversation. Let's just go to war and see the truth on the battlefield!"

"Don't worry, the two empires will not fight again today." Lu Yuan suddenly said with a smile.

Wang Qianren was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Don't think too much, it's just for today." Lu Yuan said calmly, "Zhennanguan Pass is given to you. Today you can take this pass without any blood. How about it? As long as you come in, this Zhennanguan Pass belongs to you. That’s it.”

Suddenly, Wang Qianren narrowed his eyes. He looked at the indifferent Lu Yuan and the empty Zhennang Pass behind him except for Ning Rongrong, and couldn't help but think.

At this time, it seemed that what Lu Yuan said was true.

but……

Both empires spent a month and suffered at least hundreds of thousands of military casualties for the Zhennanguan Pass, but now the Heavenly Dou Empire says they don't want it anymore?

Moreover, this is the first barrier of the Tiandou Empire. After breaking through Zhennan Pass, they can march straight in to attack the Principality of Hel and the four kingdoms.

From then on, the Four Kingdoms and the Principality of Hel only had their own small cities as defense support, and there were no other dangerous passes to defend.

So how could the Tiandou Empire give up Zhennanguan so easily.

The most important thing is...why are Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong still here after the Tiandou Empire gave up Zhennang Pass?

Why didn't Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong retreat instead of staying here?

Their identity is not simple at all. If they were caught and killed if they stayed in this city, it would be a big deal on the mainland.

Moreover, yesterday the two empires' offensive and defensive sides were still fighting on the battlefield. How could Zhennanguan be completely empty overnight, with not a single soldier left?

If they abandoned the dangerous fortress of Zhennanguan in one night, where could they go?

After the Star Luo Empire occupied Zhennang Pass, it immediately sent a light cavalry to pursue them, and they absolutely couldn't go anywhere.

Wang Qianren and other Star Luo Empire generals did not know that Lu Yuan could conduct large-scale long-distance space travel, so they were naturally suspicious of Lu Yuan's words.

"Come on, Zhennanguan has been completely abandoned. There are only two of us left. You can just come in and occupy this place." Lu Yuan continued to say with a smile.

It seemed that it was really so, and he didn't seem to have any worries about his and Ning Rongrong's life safety after the Star Luo Empire occupied Zhennang Pass.

The immediate general next to Wang Qianren suddenly whispered in his ear, "General, be careful of fraud!"

Yes, maybe this is Lu Yuan's plan?

Could it be that the reinforcements from the Tiandou Empire have arrived, and the reinforcements from the soul masters from the Qibao Glazed Sect may be ambushing in the Zhennan Pass at this moment, waiting for them to enter and then directly surround and kill them!

And Marquis Senluo is not here either, which is very strange.

Maybe... Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong were letting down their vigilance in the front, and Marquis Senluo led his troops to ambush in Zhennan Pass, waiting for them to come in and catch them off guard!

Wang Qianren took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Since Tianyinghou is so determined, why not you and Miss Ning Rongrong also surrender to our Star Luo Empire?"

"Your Majesty's previous promise to Tianyinghou, I can guarantee that it is still valid!" He said with a smile, "As long as Tianyinghou and Miss Ning Rongrong get off the city wall and go with me to meet Your Majesty, that will still be true. Isn’t it beautiful to have the position of king?”

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled. Sure enough, the Star Luo Empire had really fallen into his trap.

This empty city strategy is quite effective.

He continued to pretend to be profound, but pretended to continue acting and said, "If General Deathblade can lead his troops into the city and capture us and my wife, then we will be fish on the general's chopping block, and we will naturally be at the disposal of the general and your majesty."

Wang Qianren sneered when he heard this. Is that really the case?

The purpose is to set up an ambush so that he can easily lead his troops into the city, and then surround and kill them.

But... with no one to defend the front, could he capture the city wall in one go and then send people to carefully explore Zhennan Pass?

If you are prepared, the other party may not be able to succeed.

"In this case, please wait until the general asks His Majesty for instructions before making a decision!" Wang Qianren cupped his hands and walked back directly on his horse.

On top of the city wall, Ning Rongrong's pretty face looked strange, "The other side really fell into the trap."

"Naturally, the other party is a smart person. Only smart people will fall into this empty city tactic." Lu Yuan said with a smile, "But the other party will never give up easily. Although the empty city tactic is very subtle, even if the other party falls into the trap, it will not happen because of this." If you hesitate to move forward, you will definitely think of a perfect strategy to occupy Zhennanguan."

"But even if that's the case, it doesn't matter, right? We originally wanted to give Zhennang Pass to them." Ning Rongrong smiled slightly and said.

"Yes." Lu Yuan nodded, still looking at the Star Luo Empire army under Zhennang Pass with a smile on his face, "And they probably didn't expect that the gift I gave them was not an ambush, but... "

This was indeed the case with the Star Luo Empire army. Wang Qianren went back and told Dai Qingxiao about the matter and his own considerations. Dai Qingxiao was also very suspicious.

After about half a day, they tried to send troops to attack the Zhennanguan city wall.

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong did not stop them, but seeing that the time had come, Lu Yuan directly took Ning Rongrong through space to King Balak's city.

Soon, the Star Luo Empire army occupied the city wall of Zhennanguan. However, they were still wary in the face of Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong who suddenly disappeared, and Zhennanguan, which was really easily occupied.