This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 578 Self-reflection
In the secret room, Zuo Jun's voice was like ice, hitting the ground harshly.

The White Flame Army has made its position clear by not going into battle within three months.

If Cuiqing City was really a trap set by Qilian Guanshi for Li Fei, and the Baiyan Army did not take action, Li Fei's trip would be very dangerous!
Ye Jingfu heard this but did not comment.

After the 10,000-level army formation is activated, as long as the number of casualties does not exceed 5,000, the top-level strength can be maintained.

But the prerequisite is that the military formation must be activated first.

If the number of people is less than 10,000, the White Flame Army will not be able to activate a 10,000-level military formation.

This is also the reason why the four 10,000-level imperial camp troops each have 12,000 men. The extra 2,000 men are to avoid this situation from happening.

Accommodating an additional two thousand men was already the limit for an army of ten thousand men.

Once the number of White Flame Army drops below 10,000, they can only activate a 5,000-man army formation. Although they can still exert their peak combat power, their 'health bar' will be greatly reduced.

A military formation of 5,000 people can only accommodate 6,000 imperial camp soldiers at most. Once the number of casualties exceeds 2,000, the military formation will disintegrate and its strength will immediately drop from its peak!
Zuo Jun could not allow the Baiyan Army to fall into such a dangerous situation.

In today's Eastern Territory, without the White Flame Army, the situation would completely collapse!

The White Flame Army suffered nearly two thousand casualties and needed to be replenished with new Imperial Camp Army so that these people could become familiar with the military formation and be able to fully integrate into it.

In addition, damaged brake devices need to be repaired and replaced.

When these two things are added together, three months is already a very short time.

Ye Jingfu finally looked at Li Fei: "What does Marquis Jing'an want to say?"

Li Fei had a blank expression on his face: "If we don't rescue Cuiqing City, what should we do if the enemy really massacres the city?"

"Kill to stop killing."

Zuo Jun looked at Li Fei and said word by word, "The Prairie King's Court also has big cities. If they massacre one city, we will massacre ten cities."

The commander of the White Flame Army spoke of the massacre as if it were as simple as eating and drinking.

Although he had never massacred a city, he had led his troops deep into the grassland many times in the past few years. He was known for his bloody and cruel methods and was regarded as a "white devil" by the grassland people.

Its bad reputation is enough to stop even the weeping children on the grassland!

Li Fei frowned and looked at Ye Jingfu: "Admiral Ye also means this?"

Ye Jingfu looked at him with a serious expression:

"Have you ever thought about why the grassland chose to massacre the city at this time?"

Li Fei remained silent.

Ye Jingfu continued, "Because you came to the East Territory!"

"Once the White Flame Army recovers, with you here, the Prairie King Court will not be able to stop our offensive and will have no choice but to surrender. So they want to deliberately provoke us and force us to start a decisive battle before the White Flame Army recovers!"

Li Fei certainly understood this truth.

Now the White Flame Army is divided into two parts, stationed in two large cities. With the city defense formation, as long as they stay in the city, even if all the top warriors gather in the grassland, they will not be able to threaten the White Flame Army.

Therefore, the best option for the situation in the East Territory now is for the White Flame Army to stay in the city and recuperate slowly.

Li Fei could attack everywhere, weaken the power of the grassland as much as possible, snipe the strong men of the grassland, and maintain the deterrence on the grassland. While easing the pressure on the East Territory, he waited for the White Flame Army to finish its repairs.

By then, he will join forces with the White Flame Army and the grassland will be defeated!

But, among the hundreds of thousands of people in Cuiqing City, should those chivalrous men who spontaneously came to support them sacrifice their lives in vain?
"I also don't want to see the people of Dalan being slaughtered."

Ye Jingfu said in a heavy tone, "But if the East Territory cannot be defended, more than just the people of this city will be massacred."

Li Fei was silent for a moment and made a suggestion:

"You can try to fight. I will go into the city alone, and you will support me from the outside. If the situation gets bad, they won't be able to stop me if I want to leave alone."

Ye Jingfu hesitated and did not express his opinion immediately.

By now, Li Fei’s importance to the Great Blue Dynasty is second only to Wen Renzheng.

If we look to the future, he is even more important than Wenren Zheng!
So Ye Jingfu didn't dare let Li Fei take the risk.

And he knew that the emperor would definitely not allow him to let Li Fei take risks!
Confucianism pursues the idea that "the people are more important than the king", and that one should establish one's mind for heaven and earth, and one's destiny for the people.

But although Ye Jingfu was full of knowledge, he had to admit that some people's lives were more important.

Nowadays, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Cuiqing City combined are not as important as Li Fei's life!

Ye Jingfu was not only a great scholar, but also a military commander.

If it's a fight to the death with no way out, just fight.

But there are obviously better options, so we naturally cannot fall into the enemy's rhythm.

Some decisions are painful but must be made:

"Let's discuss this later!"

This impromptu meeting ended here.

That afternoon, more detailed intelligence arrived:

The grassland people have gathered nearly 100,000 people from Cuiqing City and publicly announced that they will start a large-scale killing after the sun sets today.

Within three days, all the people in Cuiqing City will be killed and a huge Jingguan will be built!

"After the Sun Sets"

Li Fei looked out the window.

The afternoon sun was blazing, shining through the windows.

There are only a few hours left before the sun sets today.

That is to say, even if the East Territory is willing to cooperate with him fully and attack Cuiqing City together.

There was simply no time to mobilize all the fighting forces.

In the room, Li Fei sat quietly in the chair. It was a rare occasion that he did not practice, nor did he chat with Ning Qingman.

"Jing'anhou!"

Fu Ziwu's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

The vice admiral pushed open the door and walked into the room, holding a telegram in his hand:
"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Li Fei looked up at him, stood up, and took the telegram from him.

This urgent telegram came directly from the Imperial Study:
"I already know the situation of the war in the East Territory and the danger in Cuiqing City. I am deeply saddened!
The White Flame Army is now seriously wounded and in urgent need of repair. The safety of the Eastern Territory depends on you.

Which is more serious, the crisis of a city or the crisis of a country?

Which is more important, tens of thousands of common people or hundreds of millions of people?

You bear the heavy responsibility of protecting the country and its people. You must not act on impulse.

When Bai Yan comes out again, you can ride on the sword. I am in Kyoto, and I hope you will hear good news! "

The content of this imperial edict was not long, and Li Fei finished reading it quickly.

Despite his status as an emperor, his tone and attitude in the imperial edict were extremely humble. He did not issue forceful orders, but instead used earnest persuasion.

It can be said that Li Fei was given enough face.

It was just a piece of thin paper, but it seemed very heavy in Li Fei's hand.

The weight of the country and the responsibility of the country all depend on his thoughts!
"Marquis Jing'an, please put the overall situation first."

Fu Ziwu bowed to Li Fei.

Li Fei clenched the imperial edict in his hand:
"You all think that if I go to Cuiqing City, something bad will happen?"

Fu Ziwu shook his head: "Marquis Jing'an is a powerful person in the world. No one dares to claim victory below him. Even if the most powerful person took action, he would not be able to kill you.

But, since the people from the grassland dared to set up this game, they must be sure of it. Why would Jing'an Hou take this risk? "

Seeing that Li Fei was still silent, he gritted his teeth and said:

"If Marquis Jing'an is still unwilling to give in, why not let me lead a group of imperial troops to attack Cuiqing City, so that the world will know that my Great Blue Dynasty has not given up on the people of that city!"

Li Fei was helpless: "If Cuiqing City has already set a trap for me, and you lead your army to kill them, wouldn't that be sending you to die in vain?"

He knew that Fu Ziwu made this statement because he wanted to let him know that the other party was not afraid of death and that the Eastern Border Army was not afraid to fight.

What the other side fears is that they will not be able to defend the Eastern Territory in the end.

"I need to practice now. Admiral Fu, please go back."

Li Fei said.

Fu Ziwu took a deep look and turned away.

In the room, Li Fei stood there quietly holding the imperial edict, looking a little lonely.

The setting sun is as red as blood, illuminating the earth in red.

The sun in the distance was like a huge fireball, slowly sinking.

Li Fei sat quietly in the room for more than two hours, thinking of many past events -

In his previous life, he knew that writing that letter of complaint might be risky, but he still wrote it in the end.

When he was in Xingcheng, he knew it would be safer to continue to pretend to be friendly with the Tiger Blade Gang, but he still drew his sword directly against the master.

Later, the chief created a fake green-faced ghost. Although he could have asked someone else to take the blame for him, Li Fei still stood up.

Later, even though he knew there would be risks in killing those officials, Li Fei still killed them.
Some things that are deeply buried in our bones have never changed.

The emperor, Ye Jingfu, Fu Ziwu and others were all talking to him about the overall situation.

But his overall situation has always been different from what others think.

At a certain moment, Li Fei stood up and walked out of the house.

"Jing'anhou!"

Fu Ziwu, the deputy admiral, had actually been guarding outside the door:
"Admiral Ye just sent a message to discuss something important with you."

Li Fei nodded expressionlessly, then followed the other party to the secret room with the long-distance communication formation.

The interweaving of light and shadow revealed Ye Jingfu's figure in front of Li Fei.

"Marquis Jing'an, I have just drawn up a battle plan and need to discuss it with you."

Ye Jingfu gets straight to the point.

"Admiral Ye."

Li Fei interrupted the other party directly.

"Ok?"

Ye Jingfu looked at him seriously.

"During the years when the East Territory was fighting against the grassland, there have always been righteous people from the Jianghu who came to help spontaneously. Do you know about this?" Ye Jingfu nodded: "I know that before the establishment of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, the East Territory was the place that received the most help from the Jianghu."

Li Fei: "The mountain master of Tiansha Mountain, Ying Jie, failed to break through and died. The sect is now surrounded by wolves and is in a very difficult situation. Even in this situation, they still sent people to the East Territory to participate in the war."

"Marquis of Jing'an"

"A few days ago, Cuiqing City was in danger. Two people from the martial arts world, both of whom were martial arts masters, risked their lives to return to the city to help stop the enemy. Now they are trapped in the city and their lives are unknown."

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"I think there should be many chivalrous men like these two martial arts masters in Cuiqing City."

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that these chivalrous men in the martial arts world are willing to risk their lives to save the people of our Great Blue Dynasty from being slaughtered. How can we, the important officials of the court, who are known as the pillars of the country, just sit back and do nothing?"

Ye Jingfu sighed: "They have their chivalry, and we have our overall situation. These are two different things."

Li Fei shook his head: "I'm definitely not as educated as Admiral Ye, but I heard a saying that made a lot of sense - those who carry firewood for the public should not be allowed to freeze to death in the snow!"

"The disciples of Tiansha Mountain, the two martial arts masters, and many other righteous men, have risked their lives to throw themselves into the battlefield. Now they are trapped in a dead end, someone should save them!"

"What's more, there are nearly 100,000 civilians in Cuiqing City."

Ye Jingfu sighed again and murmured: "Those who carry firewood for the people should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow. That's a good point."

"Has Marquis Jing'an ever read 'A Gentleman Should Not Be Saved'?"

“Even if a benevolent person tells him that there is benevolence in the well, will he follow it?”

"The Master said: Why is it so? A gentleman can be deceived but not trapped; he can be cheated but not deceived."

Li Fei knew this passage from Confucian classics.

The general idea is that if someone falls into a well, a benevolent gentleman can go to rescue him, but he must not fall into the well himself.

It was indeed appropriate for Ye Jingfu to use this passage from Confucian classics to persuade Li Fei.

Li Fei smiled and said, "I am definitely no match for Admiral Ye in terms of classics and literature, but there is a saying in Confucianism that I deeply agree with. I wonder if Admiral Ye can help me solve this puzzle?"

Ye Jingfu heard this and said seriously: "Which sentence?"

Li Fei looked into his eyes and said word by word:

"If I shrink from my own actions, I will still go forward even if there are tens of thousands of people against me!"

"Admiral Ye, what does this mean?"

In the secret room, Yu Qilin's eyes were shining.

Light and shadow intertwined, Ye Jingfu's figure stood there quietly, looking a little dim.

Fu Ziwu on the side clenched his fists tightly.

He also liked this Confucian saying, but at this moment, he couldn't say it.

The sky gradually darkened.

Cuiqing City.

Tens of thousands of people were driven and gathered in a square.

These people have not had a drop of water since last night, and they feel weak and uneasy.

Tian Shuang stood in the crowd with a nervous look on her face.

She was not actually that worried about her own fate. She was more worried about her son Wang Ping'an.

"I wonder if those two heroes managed to escape the city safely?"

"It would be great if Ping An could learn martial arts from the two heroes in the future."

"No, no, no, it's better not to practice martial arts. I hope he can live a peaceful life."

Many thoughts flashed through Tian Shuang's mind.

Ever since her husband died in battle at the border, her son has become her only hope.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the crowd.

The grassland soldiers guarding the square suddenly drew their scimitars!

In a tall building, Hua Donghan, Yang Lingyue and Wang Pingan hid here, looking at the square in the distance.

They also already knew that the grassland people were going to massacre the city.

A layer of green light shield covered the Cuiqing City, and on the shield there was a green tornado connecting to the sky clouds.

This is the defensive formation of Cuiqing City. After being repaired by the grassland sorcerers, it has now fallen into the hands of the enemy.

The city defense formation has been activated since last night.

Hua Donghan did not think that this formation was intended to prevent people in the city from escaping.

After discussing with Yang Lingyue, she and Yang Lingyue agreed that the massacre was intended to lure the court to send strong men.

This city defense formation is also designed to prevent people from outside.

"It looks like the grassland people are about to take action!"

Yang Lingyue gritted his teeth.

Hua Donghan looked towards the distant sky, the last bit of sunset light was about to disappear into the horizon.

As the sun sets, many people in the city may not be able to see it rise again.

"No one from the imperial court has come yet?!"

Yang Lingyue was very indignant, "Are we going to wait for the entire city to be massacred?"

Hua Donghan withdrew his gaze and looked at the grassland soldiers who had drawn their scimitars, a look of determination flashing in his eyes.

She held her sword tightly and turned to look at Yang Lingyue:

"Brother Yang, please find a chance to take Ping An out of the city."

Yang Lingyue was startled and quickly stopped Hua Donghan: "What are you going to do?!"

Hua Donghan clenched the sword in his hand: "I told you before that I was inspired by that sword fairy to come to the East Territory to practice sword. She has always been my goal.

I think if she were here, she would never sit idly by and watch this massacre."

Yang Lingyue was very anxious and wanted to persuade him again, but Hua Donghan raised his hand to stop him:

"Brother Yang, I know this is stupid, but this is my way of swordsmanship!"

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Yang Lingyue was silent, and the spear in his hand made a soft hum.

He smiled proudly: "In that case, I will go with you, so that you can have a companion on the road to the underworld."

Hua Donghan frowned and glanced at Wang Pingan who was sleeping soundly: "But Pingan."

"He has his own destiny."

Yang Lingyue said resolutely.

So Hua Donghan stopped persuading her.

At this moment, there are many chivalrous men like her in the city, who are also ready to fight to the death!

A figure suddenly rose into the air.

It was the 'Condor King'.

He held a huge bow in his hand, his eyes as sharp as lightning, looking down at the city below.

He doesn't need to worry about what's happening outside the city.

As for the city, no one dared to resist anywhere.

He killed it with one arrow!
"Prepare--"

As the last ray of light in the sky dimmed, someone shouted in the city.

Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang——

The whole city was filled with the sound of swords being drawn.

The grassland people raised their butcher knives.

No posturing, no playing hard to get.

They said they would start killing people from the moment the sun sets and they would not show mercy!
In squares across the city, many people began to cry.

The surging murderous intent is about to turn into a huge wave and engulf them!

In the crowd, Tian Shuang closed her eyes and kept repeating her son's name:
"Safety."

In the attic, Hua Donghan drew out his sword.

"This court is really annoying"

Yang Lingyue stroked his spear and expressed his final thoughts.

boom! ! !
Thunder roared from heaven and earth.

Everyone looked up subconsciously.

I saw that the huge tornado outside the green light shield that reached the sky clouds was cut in half!
A golden figure appeared out of nowhere above Cuiqing City.

"Qilian Guanshi!"

The visitor directly called out the name of the number one man on the grassland.

"You wanted to lure me here, and now I'm here!"

Li Fei stood on the light shield and stomped his feet heavily.

The blue light shield shattered like glass!

"Whatever means you have, feel free to use them—"

The sound was like thunder, shocking!
There was no telling how many powerful men were lying in ambush in the city, and how many means they had prepared.

But Li Fei still came.

Everyone told him to put the overall situation first.

If I shrink back on my own initiative, I will still go forward even if there are tens of thousands of people against me!
This is Li Fei’s overall situation!

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(End of this chapter)