Battle Through the Heavens: I Am Nalan Ye
Chapter 176

No retreat

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"What is that?"

I swallowed, and I was shocked beyond words. Although I had already seen what the "white line" was, I still couldn't help but ask.

Little Fairy Doctor fell from the sky, his face was extremely solemn, and he said in a deep voice:

"The wave is a huge wave."

My mouth suddenly became dry, I stuck out my tongue and licked my lips, and I struggled to walk towards the river bank. When I got to the bank, I looked down and saw that the water level had dropped a few inches!

Qianqi Ferry is more than ten miles wide, causing the water surface of Qianqi Ferry to drop several inches - how much river water have they accumulated upstream?

A chill came from deep in my heart, and I looked at Qianqi Ferry River Surface tremblingly.

The slender Pontoon Bridge has been built, and a large number of Snake-People are lining up in a long and narrow queue, coming from North Bank to South Bank, stretching for more than ten miles. There are at least seven thousand Snake-People on Pontoon Bridge...

"Enemy! Attack!!"

My eyes were wide open, and I started to drink Dou Qi hysterically. After I finished drinking, I looked back at Little Fairy Doctor. I no longer had the cordiality just now, and said anxiously:

"Little Fairy Doctor, take me to Qi Lin quickly!"

Although I have Purple Cloud Wings, I can fly by myself, but the speed is far not as fast as Little Fairy Doctor. Now is the time to race against time.

She also knew how important the matter was, and without any pretense, she stepped forward and hugged me, flapped her wings, and soared into the sky.

She was extremely fast, and the next moment, I was already in front of Qi Lin.

Wearing Scarlet Dragon Scale Light Armor, she was directing the war on a slope north of Qi City, unaware of the huge crisis coming from the upper reaches of the Qi River.

She looked at me, raised her eyebrows, and was about to ask.

But the situation was critical at this time, and I was too slow to even open my mouth to explain, so I directly condensed Purple Cloud Wings, stepped forward to hug her, flew up, and then whispered in her ear:

"Qi Lin leader, did you see it? We fell into a trap!"

"We were able to cross Qi River smoothly because of Chu Yun Rebels's plan to lure the enemy deeper - they were just waiting for us to build Pontoon Bridge and then launch a half-crossing attack!"

Fooled!

Fell into a trap!

Unfortunately, I thought Qi City's defenders were nothing more than that. Qi City has been captured, and he still has the heart to fall in love with Little Fairy Doctor?!

As everyone knows, all this is just a game of Chu Yun Rebels!

First, use Qi River as a natural barrier to hold back Snake-People's army for several days, so that they can accumulate enough river water upstream of Qianqi Ferry.

Then use Qi City as bait to lure the enemy deep and attack them halfway!

Looking at the current situation, about 7,000 Snake-People are distributed on the Pontoon Bridge that is more than ten miles long. At this time, huge waves are coming from the upstream. Except for the 4,000 Snake-People near both sides of the bank who can escape ashore before the huge waves come, how can the three thousand Snake-People in the middle have time to get ashore?

When the huge waves come, they will definitely be buried in the belly of the fish. And this is not the most terrifying thing. Once Pontoon Bridge is destroyed, Snake-People's army will be divided into two by the Qi River!

By then, the remaining defenders in Qi City have not yet been cleared out, and the more than 20,000 Snake-People who have crossed the river cannot defend the city. How can they withstand Chu Yun Rebels's reinforcements?

In order to see it more clearly, I held Qi Lin, whose body was stiff at first and then started to tremble, and flew to a higher place.

Then we saw from a distance that behind the surging "white line" was a giant black dragon flowing down the river!

That's Chu Yun Rebels's fleet.

Compared with a few days ago, when the Qi City defenders first threatened Snake-People, they dispatched more than 300 ships. This Chu Yun Rebels fleet may have nearly a thousand ships!

Among them, there are the tall and majestic Tower Ship, as well as Large Wing Ship, Medium Wing Ship, Small Wing Ship, Mengchong, all kinds of warships of all kinds, everything!

Connected end to end, they can stretch for thousands of miles, and the combined flags can cover the entire sky. Isn't this an invincible army?

I hugged Qi Lin from behind and took her to high altitude, but she didn't react at all, because she was completely frightened by the sudden appearance of Cloudrise Empire Fleet, and her teeth were chattering.

After all, she is just a Little Girl who used to focus on training and is now leading the army for the first time, or even leaving Mei Snake Tribe and stepping out of Tagor Desert for the first time. Apart from her cultivation and background, she is probably not much better than Xiao Meier.

This reaction is normal, but I can't let her do this because she is the commander-in-chief of an army, and these Snake-People armies only obey her orders, not mine.

I took her down from a high altitude, ran Dou Qi, and shouted in her ear:

"Qi Lin!!"

She was suddenly startled and looked at me blankly, her eyes finally regaining some sparkle. I took a deep breath, tried to calm my uneasy heart, and said in a deep voice:

"Quickly order, let the Snake-People on the Pontoon Bridge evacuate to both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and do not board the Pontoon Bridge again."

She hurriedly asked someone to pass on the order, and I turned my head to look at Qi City, who was still in the flames of war.

If we can capture this city before Cloudrise Empire Fleet arrives - it won't be Chu Yun Rebels attacking halfway across the river, but Snake-People occupying both sides of Qianqi Ferry and attacking Cloudrise Empire Fleet!

However, there are still thousands of Chu Yun Rebels guarding the city, and Cloudrise Empire Fleet also came here on the spot, not giving Snake-People's army time at all...

"Little Fairy Doctor, when Snake-People withdraws, can you poison all the Chu Yun Rebels in the city?"

I couldn't help but look at Little Fairy Doctor and put my hope in her. But she shook her head gently and said:

"Qi City is not small, and the dose of poison required is very large--I used up all the poison in Tiantu City, and I haven't been able to replenish it."

My heart sank, but I also understand that this is a war period, business is blocked, and material circulation is difficult. It is difficult for Little Fairy Doctor to buy large quantities of poisons or raw materials.

Secondly, Little Fairy Doctor is now Dou Emperor. What she wants is less but more refined high-grade poisons. I am afraid she will not have the consciousness to replenish those crude and inferior poisons.

I gritted my teeth, turned my head and looked at Ling Ying, and asked hesitantly, "Elder Ling, you..."

Ling Ying shook his head the same way. The energy of each Dou Zhe is limited!

Dou Emperor in a small place is fine, but in a big force like Ancient Clan, every Dou Emperor can only specialize in one thing.

There are those who specialize in Alchemy, those who specialize in Artifact Refining, those who specialize in offense, and those who specialize in defense...

And Ling Ying is undoubtedly a Shadow Guard - so he has learned the stealth and defense type Dou Technique, but has never learned the large-scale attack type Dou Technique.

How could a Shadow Guard learn that kind of Dou Technique?

Ling Ying, he is just an insignificant screw in the huge war machine of the Ancient Clan. Once he exceeds the goal set for him by the Ancient Clan, he will stop.

Just like now, he simply cannot kill all the defenders in Qi City in a short period of time...

This made me grin for a moment. I looked at Qi City and then at the white line upstream that was getting closer and closer. I could already hear the sound of rolling water. I couldn't decide.

Qi City has not been captured and cannot be defended. If we stay by the Qi River river any longer, we will definitely be attacked by the remaining defenders of Qi City and Cloudrise Empire Fleet by land and water.

So should we retreat into the mainland and stay away from the Qi River? If so, where should we retreat?

In the Qi River South Bank, Snake-People has no city or garrison at all, and is extremely unfamiliar with this area. Moreover, once it retreats, it will not be able to obtain supplies and baggage from the Qi River North Bank.

Such a huge army cannot be fed without supplies and can only rely on fishing, hunting and looting. If it is pursued by Chu Yun Rebels again, it may be defeated even faster!

"I can't retreat, I can't retreat..."

I stared at the huge waves rushing over Qi River, murmured something, and became firm in my heart: retreating is just a slow death, it is better to decide the outcome here!

This fleet looks mighty and mighty, but with Snake-People guarding the river bank, and the Qi City defenders unable to carve out a River Beach position for the fleet, they can't get ashore at all!

"Elder Ling, go pour the kerosene and light Pontoon Bridge--!"

Sogou

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