Chapter 257: The Crisis of Jiannan Road (4000 words two in one chapter)
The distant Jiannan Road.
Deep in the vast mountains, countless southern barbarians headed towards Jinguan City under the leadership of witchcraft masters.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them, and they must seize it.
The Central Plains was in chaos, and the Southern Barbarians finally had an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Most of the officers and soldiers from Jiannan Road would go to Chang'an via Shu Road to rescue King Qin.
In this way, Jiannan Road will be empty of troops.
If they can capture Jinguan City in one go, the entire Jiannan Road will fall into their hands.
Of course, the ambitions of the southern barbarians do not stop there.
Their real target is in the Central Plains.
A long, long time ago, the southern barbarians had a chance to conquer the Central Plains, but were ultimately defeated by Meng Sheng.
This is not humiliating. You must know that Meng Sheng can be regarded as the most powerful being among the Confucian saints in the past.
In terms of realm and cultivation, Meng Sheng is the best among all the others.
Even the current academy chief may not have the combat power of Meng Sheng at his peak.
Since then, the southern barbarians have been unable to recover and have to retreat deep into the vast mountains.
Lingering on the last breath, surviving the day.
Although I know that the purpose of doing this is for the continuation of the ethnic group, I feel more or less unhappy in my heart.
But I had to endure the discomfort.
As long as you give yourself enough time, there will eventually be a moment of turnaround.
Now let them wait.
"There should be 20,000 troops stationed in Jinguan City. Should we use dead bodies to attack the city?"
Manipulating dead bodies is the magic weapon master's trump card, but it is generally not used lightly unless absolutely necessary.
Because using the technique of manipulating the dead once consumes a lot of energy for the witch and Gu master, and it takes a long time to recover.
And if there are only 20,000 defenders in Jinguan City, it seems possible to capture it even without manipulating dead bodies.
"It's better to use dead bodies."
The leader of the witch and Gu master thought and evaluated carefully and sighed.
There are not many men left in the Southern Barbarians, and even fewer warriors.
So they must cherish every surviving warrior.
These warriors are the kind of fire that can give birth to more warriors.
This cycle repeats itself.
"There just don't seem to be enough bodies."
Although they fought their way out of the vast mountains, the southern barbarians did not encounter many officers and soldiers. Counting dozens of them, the number of officers and soldiers they had killed recently was only over a thousand.
"If there are not enough corpses, go ahead and create as many corpses as possible. Do you want me to teach you even this?"
The leader of the witch and Gu master said coldly.
"Everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty should die."
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Jinguan City is now surrounded.
The defenders in the city looked at the numerous walking corpses with confusion in their eyes.
Where should they go?
The arrows can penetrate the corpse, but the corpse cannot feel pain, so it will still rush towards the city.
This is much more difficult to deal with than a living person.
After all, living people are afraid, and fear is contagious.
If the death rate of an army exceeds one-tenth, its morale will be weakened or even collapsed.
The army of the dead will not be affected at all.
"General He, what should we do now?"
"These guys can't be killed or driven away. Can we really just sit here and wait to die?"
"How about we set a fire? I heard that the dead are afraid of fire."
"Yes, let's set fire to them and burn them all to ashes."
Since swords, guns and arrows cannot harm the dead army, fire attack is their last hope.
Although this method has not been proven to be really effective, since the legend is so, it certainly makes sense.
"Okay then let's try the fire attack!"
Nowadays, these trapped beast-like soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty can only be used as doctors.
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Facts have proved that fire attacks are very effective. Dead bodies are afraid of fire, very afraid of it.
Although they have long lost their self-awareness, their body instinct still allows them to deliberately dodge.
The fire attack drove away the tide-like offensive of the zombie army, and the witch and Gu masters seemed to be helpless.
Although they can manipulate dead bodies, they cannot force them to behave contrary to their biological instincts.
For a time, there was a commotion within the group of witch and Gu masters.
"What should we do now? Should we continue to attack the city?"
"It seems that the summoned corpse has no way to deal with the fire attack."
"Is it possible that we have to end it ourselves?"
"Although we are not very afraid of fire attacks, we are afraid of swords and arrows. We are all made of flesh and blood. How can we withstand these swords and bloody holes?"
"Shh, don't make any noise, listen to what the leader has to say."
The leader of the southern barbarian witch and Gu master is the person under the greatest pressure at the moment. All eyes are focused on him. Everyone is waiting for him to make a decision.
"Retreat your troops first, and wait until I figure out a way to counter the fire attack."
After thinking about it, he still didn't want to risk the lives of his own people.
As for the dead bodies, they can be recreated at any time, and they can come back once the problem is solved.
"That's all it has been until now."
Seeing that the leader of the witch and Gu masters said this, all the witch and Gu masters and the Southern Barbarian nobles had no choice but to obey the orders.
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"The troops are retreating, the barbarians are retreating!"
The tide of corpses dissipated as quickly as it came.
As soon as the wizard's spell stopped, the body collapsed to the ground like soft mud.
"It's not easy. It's really not easy. Our efforts have finally paid off."
A group of soldiers hugged each other excitedly.
"They have just retreated temporarily and may come back at any time. We cannot take it lightly. But the soldiers can also take a break and breathe a sigh of relief."
"In addition, send someone to Chang'an to report the news. We must let the court let your majesty know the situation here as soon as possible."
At present, the military strength of the entire Jiannan Road is very empty. Not only is Jinguan City facing a crisis, the situation in the entire Jiannan Road is very dangerous.
Although Chang'an is also very difficult at the moment, the court has the right to know about the situation in Jiannan Road.
As for what the court will do next, it is not something that the officials and generals of Jiannan Road can influence.
Hope there is good news.
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The road to Shu is difficult, and it is harder to reach the blue sky.
Every Shu person knows this very well.
However, Lu Lin, the messenger in charge of reporting the news, did not dare to delay at all.
Because he knew that if he arrived in Guanzhong and entered Chang'an one day earlier, the soldiers of Jiannan Road would have greater hope of survival.
With the current garrison in Jiannan Road alone and the tens of thousands of people in Jinguan City, it is only a matter of time before the city is lost.
Even if they can persist, what will happen to the food problem?
The food stored in the city is always limited, and there will always be a day when it is finished.
What if reinforcements don’t come, the barbarians can’t be driven away, and they run out of food?
Chen Lin simply couldn't imagine it.
Your Majesty will definitely send reinforcements, right?
By the time he arrives in Chang'an, maybe the crisis in Chang'an will have been resolved, right?
That must be it!
After all, all the armies in the world are working for the king, and it is only a matter of time before the crisis in Chang'an is resolved.
"Hold on, brothers, you must hold on!"
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As the search for bad guys deepens, the living space of Jie Ligu and Nora is further compressed.
Their strongholds in Dongshi were eliminated one by one, and the number of meetings was also reduced.
Since the last time the high priest appeared possessed, he has not appeared again.
Jieli Gu and Nala, who had not received the latest instructions, could only hide themselves as much as possible to ensure that the northern barbarians and the Demon Sect would not expose their whereabouts before they attacked Chang'an City with all their strength.
They hid in Dongshi and stayed at each location for no more than two hours.
In this way, even if the bad guys are investigated one by one, they will eventually be one step slower.
"Idiots like these bad guys only know how to find things according to the map, but they don't know that I keep changing my hiding place."
Nora hid in a wine shop owned by a foreigner. She climbed over the high wall like a civet, and then landed lightly in the courtyard.
The northern barbarians have a unique smell, and in order to cover up this smell, Nora likes to hide in places with strong smells.
Such as spice shops, such as wine shops...
As a practitioner, Nora can go without food for long periods of time.
Because it is very dangerous when it is convenient, and excrement may attract stalkers if it is not handled properly.
As a craftsman, she must ensure that her whereabouts are elusive.
Sneaking into the cellar of the wine shop, Nora could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
This is a place where wine is stored, and is rarely visited on weekdays.
Although Nora likes drinking, she doesn't have any interest in it at the moment.
Firstly, she was very hungry, and secondly, drinking caused trouble.
At this moment, she must ensure that she is in a highly alert state.
Nora suppressed her instinct and sat cross-legged on the floor.
She closed her eyes and entered a meditative state to reduce energy consumption.
After about an hour of burning incense, Nora, who was in a meditative state, suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
She opened her eyes suddenly, raised her ears and listened carefully.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Nora's body tensed up, like a big cat preparing to hunt and deliver a fatal blow.
He's not a bad person, is he?
These guys are really haunting!
Nora thought secretly in her heart.
It has to be said that although the bad guys are a step slower every time, they can always catch up later.
Nora didn't dare to be careless at all, otherwise she might be stuck with a bad person and would be difficult to get rid of.
Quiet, too quiet.
It was so quiet that Nora could hear her own heartbeat clearly.
Squeak!
As the old wooden door was pushed open, Nora noticed a figure jumping in.
The opponent's speed was so fast that Nora couldn't see him clearly!
The other party is also a practitioner!
Nora judged this in her heart.
This made her more vigilant and put her whole person in a fighting state.
She is a fourth-level practitioner and has learned the Demonic Sect's techniques. She will not be at a disadvantage when facing practitioners of the same level. She will have an absolute advantage from the beginning when facing those whose level is lower than hers.
Whoosh!
Nora felt a gust of cold wind blow by, and then a figure flashed in front of her eyes.
Then he struck her with a knife.
This sword technique is very domineering and unreasonable.
There aren't that many tricks, it's just simple and crude.
"Cleaving the road between life and death with one sword is the Canglang sword technique! You are from the academy!"
Nora recognized the opponent's approach immediately, and then transformed her fist into a sword to take the blow forcefully.
In terms of ruthlessness, the Demon Sect is not inferior to others at all.
Nora's punch was full of confidence.
It's just that she obviously underestimated the dominance of Canglang's sword skills, and she only felt pain from the tiger's mouth after taking the knife forcefully.
If you look closely, you will see that it is cracked and oozing out bright red blood!
hiss!
I didn't expect that the opponent's strength was so strong.
Little did she know that Zhao Xun's Canglang Sword technique was realized in this first move.
Zhao Xun poured almost all his insights into this formula.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
After three moves, Zhao Xun's sword intent will weaken rapidly.
"how did you find me?"
Nora subconsciously took a few steps back and said with a half-smile.
"It's not easy to find you, your scent is so obvious."
"But I have tried my best to conceal my breath."
Nora frowned and said, "And I change my hiding place every two hours. How did you find me?"
"Humans have a very poor sense of smell, but spiritual beasts are different."
Zhao Xun smiled lightly and said: "What's more, I use the best among spiritual beasts, the white dragon that everyone has said is good."
Zhao Xun thought to himself that Pipi Xia was indeed reliable, and it only took him a few days to track the demon sect's enchantress out.
It is said that the white dragon's sense of smell is several times that of a spirit dog. It is indeed impressive to see with my own eyes today.
"So who do you represent? The Imperial Court of Zhou or the Academy?"
From the beginning, Nora noticed the strong aura of awe that Zhao Xun exuded, but she was not sure that Zhao Xun was from the academy.
Because Zhao Xun was wearing the clothes of a bad person.
"Is this question critical?"
Zhao Xun frowned and said: "I said I am destroying you on behalf of the moon, what can you do?"
"Destroying you on behalf of the moon? What does this mean?"
Nora was stunned and completely at a loss.
Seeing that the other party couldn't take the joke, Zhao Xunwu laughed at himself: Travelers are indeed the loneliest. No one can understand your thoughts, no one can enter your world, and no one can understand your soul.
"In short, you fell into my hands and can't escape."
Zhao Xun made a very cool summary.
"Only you?"
Nora raised the corners of her mouth and asked disdainfully.
Although the other party is a bad person and a member of the academy, his cultivation and combat ability are very average.
Nora judged that the other party's cultivation level should be between the fifth and sixth grades, and she was truly a fourth grade.
The fourth grade and the fifth grade are a clear dividing line between high-level practitioners and ordinary practitioners. Even though the difference is only one grade, it is like a cloud and mud.
Not to mention that the other party may not even be at level five.
Although this person has an academy background, Nora will not show mercy at all when her life is at stake.
"You talk too much. Have you ever heard the saying that villains die from talking too much?"
Zhao Xun smiled slightly and gave Nora a wise saying.
The reason why he is so confident is because he is in Chang'an City.
In Chang'an City, the strength of the people of the Demon Sect will be naturally reduced.
The strength of the academy disciples will receive a partial bonus.
Between this addition and one subtraction, the impact is not insignificant.
At least Zhao Xun himself felt that the gap between them was very weak.
And there is also the influence of the talisman array.
No one knows how much power this demon sect witch can exert.
Maybe you won't know until you play it.
"You have no chance of winning in my territory. I advise you to surrender as soon as possible to avoid being humiliated."
