Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 550 - 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (Seeking Monthly Pass)_2

Chapter 550: Chapter 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (Seeking Monthly Pass)_2

Although Shaobao Yu had worked assiduously over the years, he had only managed to restore ninety thousand cavalry troops.

These ninety thousand cavalry were scattered in the big nine frontier towns. Less than fifty thousand could be mobilized to stations in Xuanfu and Datong.

Before the major defeat in Tumu Fort, the Jin dynasty had a sheer fifty thousand heavy cavalry, and the rest were light cavalry amounting to a total of one hundred and ninety thousand men. This shows the horrendous loss of strength incurred by the Jing Dynasty during that battle.

Li Xuan frowned and said, "If we can delay this way, surely the Jin Dynasty has the advantage. But Ye Xian, he’s a master strategist of our time, won’t he recognize this?

If Meng Wu fails this time, I wonder how many of the eight million people will be hit by famine next year. I bet he has some plan to break the stalemate."

The problem was, Li Xuan, while conscious of this, couldn’t think of Ye Xian’s countermove at the moment.

A thought vaguely began to form in his mind at this point.

Could it be Zhang Guanlan and his five ’Yunzhong warships’? With the power of their colossal cannons, a vast majority of the Jin Dynasty’s fortresses on the border couldn’t withstand a single one of their attacks. Only strongholds like Dushi Castle and Xuanfu could hold up for a while.

As the former Heavenly Master Qianyuan, Zhang Guanlan was a pawn of the Mongols. Those five ’Yunzhong warships’ were likely built with the financial assistance of the Mongols.

But the Jin Dynasty had already learned of the existence of these ’Yunzhong warships’. Given Shaobao Yu Jie’s prudence, they would have prepared defenses.

But so far, the ’Yunzhong warships’ hadn’t shown any signs—

Li Xuan thought for a bit and still decided to write a talisman paper letter, sending it to Shaobao Yu Jie, stationed far away in Xuanfu.

He believed that Shaobao Yu was already prepared, but just in case, he decided to give a small reminder.

For the following several days, Li Xuan kept an eye on the war in the north while continuing to train his troops.

Li Xuan had thought his Shenyi Department could rest a bit here and relax for a few days.

But once they arrived at Juyong Pass, Li Xuan couldn’t suppress his sense of crisis. He started to sharpen his men, ordering them to practice military formations daily.

His warrior monks also needed to adapt to the weapons and armor distributed by Li Xuan.

So every morning, the deafening clash of arms filled the area of the Demon Fenshu Institute at Juyong Pass, leaving all the soldiers inside the pass city astonished.

On the twenty-seventh day of the first month, Li Xuan received an urgent message from the Weisuo Institute in Chang’an. Zongbing Zhu Guoneng and Datan General Bater had fought south of Chang’an Office.

The Jin Dynasty had sustained more than twenty thousand casualties, while the Mongols had lost tens of thousands.

Just by considering the number of casualties, the Jin Dynasty was undoubtedly the losing side. But the Mongols had been stronger than the Jin soldiers since the reign of Emperor Taizong.

In this battle, Zhu Guoneng inflicted heavy casualties on his troops, forcing Bater’s Iron Cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield. Strategically, the situation for the Jin Dynasty significantly improved.

After this battle, Bater no longer had the ability to bypass the Chang’an Office and flank Xuanfu.

Because of the situation where more than twenty-three thousand soldiers were killed and seven strong spellcasters from the Fourth Gate died, the local forces of Liudao Fumo Division were not enough to suppress them. Therefore, they asked for help from Li Xuan and asked him to hurry to the battlefield to suppress the grudge ghosts here.

Li Xuan didn’t dare to delay. Less than half a moment after receiving the call for help, he began to assemble his men.

But at this time, he had a pleasant surprise. Leng Yurou brought her newly reformed "Fumo Vajra". Accompanying her was Xue Yunrou’s senior brother, "Xuanchenzi".

The refurbished ’Fumo Vajra’ looked cool, with silver-white battle armor and a large pair of silver-white wings behind, surrounded by electric light. It looked like an ’Angel’ from Western mythology.

Xuanchenzi was also eye-catching. He had completely changed into women’s clothing, with a beautiful face and seductive posture, full of charm—He was a beautiful man who could compare with Xue Yunrou in terms of elegance and beauty. Li Xuan almost didn’t recognize him.

Li Xuan had been looking forward to this new ’Fumo Vajra’. Unfortunately, he was pressed for time and didn’t have the chance to test its capabilities.

However, when she heard that Li Xuan was preparing to go north to Chang’an Weisuo, Leng Yurou’s eyes flashed: "I’ll go with you, sir."

Xuanchenzi also smiled charmingly: "Add me too."

Li Xuan didn’t mind having two more skilled people under his command.

He was aware of the Organ Puppet ’Kong Que Qianji’ that Leng Yurou had made herself. Its strength was almost at the False Heavenly Position. The reform of ’Fumo Vajra’ was based on the ’Kong Que Qianji’.

As for Xuanchenzi, it was clear that he had broken through the tenth house level and entered the fourth realm of "The Sutra of Innocence". His divine skills were worth looking forward to.

However, Li Xuan still had some concerns. He hesitated and said, "You can come with me if you want, but what about the Shenqi Union and Kong Que Manor?"

He knew that ’Xuanchenzi’ had already accepted Leng Yurou’s heavy job offer and became the resident spellcaster of Kong Que Manor.

When Leng Yurou went southward before ’Xuanchenzi’ had been sitting in Kong Que Manor.

Although he was a member of Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master’s Mansion, as a foreign legitimate disciple, he would eventually have to find a job outside. The later stages of "The Sutra of Innocence" also require consuming a lot of medicine.

"It’s not a problem with Lady Shaofu (a term referring to the wife of a young master) being there," said Leng Yurou casually, shaking her head, her expression indifferent. "The lady said she was worried about you and asked me to stay by your side as much as possible."