Chapter 288: Lost in the North and Supplement in the South
Li Shizhen's mature "recognition" with Fairy Luo made Jiang Yao feel relieved and secretly proud.
With this big backer, he has more room to operate.
Li Shizhen is not only the Taoist master of the Medicine Palace, but also a great sage of medicine, medicine and martial arts. He is also a member of Li Xixia's clan.
From now on, it will be easier to become a demon by yourself.
But what makes Jiang Yao even more secretly happy is the sudden invasion of the charming tapir army from the south!
That's right, this little man was secretly happy because of the barbarian invasion from the south!
This is of course not that he carelessly cares about the Charming Tapir, nor is it that he hopes that the Charming Tapir will really occupy the Divine Continent.
After coming to the Central Territory and witnessing the power of the Shenzhou Camp with his own eyes, his confidence in the reform was shaken.
The reactionary forces are too powerful, and their rule over Shenzhou is still very strong. It is really as Yu Kuan said that his own reforms will be difficult to succeed.
Even if he can become big in Shenzhou, the nobles of the Wu family can unite with the three major clans of demons, demons and witches to borrow troops to help suppress them, just like they did with the Tianping Divine Sect in the past, and jointly suppress any force that changes the status quo of the world.
The martial nobles of the four major clans are absolutely consistent in their attitude towards revolutionaries, and they can definitely temporarily unite to jointly suppress the revolution.
The vested interests of the four major clans dare to deal with ancient people, ancient demons, ancient demons and ancient witches, let alone revolutionaries.
Unless he can be strong enough to compete with the reactionary forces of the four races.
Originally, his plan was to take his time with the Qing clan and wait until the situation in the world changed, even if it took hundreds of years.
But now, Charming Tapir's southern invasion has brought great variables to the world, and external conditions are objectively conducive to his reform and expansion.
The Charming Tapir tribe maintained military pressure on Shenzhou, attracting the main force of the Shenzhou camp and containing the anti-demon camp stationed in the Western Region.
The premise is that the Charming Tapir cannot really cross Taiyin Mountain and really occupy Shenzhou. This sword cannot fall, but must always hang over the head of the Shenzhou camp.
It would be best if Yaomo and Shenzhou deploy heavy troops on the Taiyin Mountain defense line, move all the military center of gravity northward, and transfer all main forces to the north.
This is what is best for him.
"May I ask Yu Gu, how wide is Taiyin Mountain and how many mountain passes are there in our Divine Continent? What is the terrain like?" Fairy Luo asked Yu Yu first.
Yu Kuan heard her call him Kuang Gu, and replied happily: "Taiyin Mountain is more than 100,000 miles wide, and there are nine mountain passes in Shenzhou. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, steep in the north and gentle in the south..."
Yu Kuan had already studied Taiyin Mountain carefully and patiently explained it to "Nephew Luo".
Luo Xianzi said: "My lords, according to what Yu Daozi said, it is very difficult to guard the south of the mountain. If we guard the south exit of the mountain, then the entire Taiyin Mountain will actually fall into the hands of Charming Tapir, and our Shenzhou will have no defense depth."
"Therefore, we cannot defend across the mountains, but we must cross the mountains, defend the nine mountain passes in the north, and guard the entrance to the south with our backs to the mountains. In this way, the entire Taiyin Mountain is in the hands of our army. Our army can rely on the mountains at its back and guard the entrance to the south.
There are garrison and military formations set up layer by layer in the mountains, and the entire mountain road is a supply route and a passage for reinforcements."
"Taiyin Mountain is high into the void, more than 100,000 miles wide, and winding for thousands of miles. The Charming Tapir and Wolf Cavalry cannot climb over it at all, and can only go south through the mountain pass. Guard the north of the mountain so that they cannot enter the mountain at all, so that they can hold on for a long time."
This view of ginger medicine is actually the evolution of "To defend the river, you must defend the Huaihe River".
Simply blocking the exit in the south of the mountain did save a lot of trouble, but the mountain, which was more than 100,000 miles wide, fell into the hands of the enemy. Charming tapirs could even garrison troops in the mountain.
This principle is very simple and has been thought of by great people.
However, they did not want to take the risk of going to the north of the mountain to defend. Because the fighting power of the Charming Tapir Army made them very fearful, and they lacked confidence before they could fight.
If we set up defenses in the north of the mountain, it will be more reliable, but the troops and resources that need to be invested will also increase a lot. The human and financial resources that each family will have to pay will be even greater.
Yu Kuan said: "I agree with setting up defenses in the north of the mountain. Most of the defenses in the south of the mountain cannot be defended. If the army of charming tapirs occupy Taiyin Mountain, our Shenzhou will be completely passive."
Li Shizhen also said: "I believe that defenses must be deployed in the north of the mountain. If I guess correctly, the army of the two demon clans will definitely be in the north of the mountain."
Yu Canglang and Yu Cangming also believed that defenses could only be defended in the north of the mountain.
In the end, there is an almost 50-50 split between those who agree with the deployment of defenses in the north of the mountain and those who only want the deployment of defenses in the south of the mountain.
While the two parties were at a stalemate, suddenly several flying messages came, and everyone's attitude suddenly became consistent because of these new messages.
It turns out that the commander of the Demon Realm Camp, Nightwing Demon Lord, made a decision:
The three major tribes, 5 million demon warriors from the eighteen small and medium tribes, 500,000 demon sect warriors, 30,000 demon masters, 5,000 spiritual energy heavy cannons, 3,000 battleships and spaceships, 10,000 demon eagles, and magic armor
Ten thousand war insects form the Shanbei camp!
The Shanbei camp of the demon army is extremely powerful. The lowest level soldiers are all level 2 demon masters, up to five million. There are no magicians at all.
There are half a million demon sect warriors with third-level cultivation! There are tens of thousands of demon masters!
Jiang Yao sounded horrified.
There are piles of heavy artillery, battleships, "fighters" and "tanks".
This camp in the north of the mountain fully demonstrates the power of the demon army.
At the same time, the same was true for the news from the Monster Clan. The Supreme Command of the Monster Clan’s base camp also made the same order to form the Shanbei Camp of the Monster Army.
At this time, millions of monster armies continuously boarded ocean-going ships, landed in the Eastern Region, and headed for Taiyin Mountain.
The strength is equally tyrannical and terrifying.
However, the demons have no plans to form an alliance with humans at this time.
Regardless of whether they are monsters or demons, they are still planning to use their most elite soldiers and horses to continue the decisive battle with the army of charmed tapirs and regain the vast lost land in the northern part of the mountain.
Otherwise, where is the face?
The two clans of demons and monsters are in the same spirit, and have been accustomed to being strong for thousands of years. Although they have suffered repeated defeats, they are far from broken, and their confidence is still there. At this time, they just want to regain their place and avenge their previous shame.
Yu Canglang said: "Fellow Taoists, there is no need to argue. Both the demon and demon tribes have chosen to defend in the north of the mountain. How can our Divine Continent defend the south of the mountain? The south of the mountain cannot be defended!"
The reaction of the two demon clans made the top leaders of Shenzhou completely make up their minds.
Set up defenses in Shanbei!
Finally, the Supreme Command of Shenzhou Camp finally issued the first order:
"Deploy six million Wuzun soldiers and five hundred thousand Wuzong troops...forty martial saints, nine great saints...nine medicine saints...nine holy formation masters...form the Shenzhou Mountain North Camp to defend the nine passes!"
"Appoint Yu Canglang as the commander of Gusuo Pass in Shanbei Daying, Zong Ji as commander of Lingwu Pass in Shanbei Daying, Pei Zhong as commander of Chilong Pass, Xuanzhou as commander of Sikou Pass, Yan Zheng as commander of Songyang Pass, and Zhen Xuexian
He is the commander of Luoxia Pass, Qi Ji is the commander of Dongwei Pass, Mu Wuji is the commander of Qingshun Pass, and Ou Tianxing is the commander of Yeyue Pass..."
"Deploy 8,000 spiritual heavy cannons, 5,000 battleships and spaceships, 10,000 war eagles, 10,000 divine crossbow chariots, 3,000 fourth-level puppets... 10 million horses with 10,000 li... 10 million stones of spiritual rice..."
When Jiang Yao heard these words, she felt cold all over her body.
So powerful.
He secretly trained 30,000 Wu Zun soldiers in Qing clan, preparing to use them as his trump card. However, the number of Wu Zun soldiers in the temporary Shanbei camp reached a terrifying six million!
Wu Zong's army has half a million!
There are also a terrifying number of long-range heavy weapons!
Not to mention, this is only part of the force. The most powerful Ten Thousand Immortal Army did not move, nor did the Hundred Thousand Martial God Army!
Is this the force and resources of Shenzhou Camp? It is too powerful.
Yu Canglang said: "The Shanbei camp cannot go out to fight, and must focus on defense. The Charming Tapir Kingdom has a Disha force of 10,000 people, which is the strongest combat force, but it has not been used. If the Disha force of 10,000 people goes south, we will
The Ten Thousand Immortal Army must be used."
Everyone looked solemn. If one day it comes to the point of using the Ten Thousand Immortal Army, then the survival of Shenzhou will be at stake.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Army was originally established to deal with the three ancients and it cost countless resources.
Today, the three ancients have not returned, but the Charming Tapir Barbarians have arrived.
The Shenzhou camp moved very quickly. With the order, the nobles of the Wu family started to move.
Immediately afterwards, the Shenzhou Camp issued two more military orders.
In view of the fact that the elite army of demons originally used to deal with the human race moved north, the anti-demon camp and the anti-demon camp also moved north accordingly.
Order the anti-demon camp originally stationed in the Western Region to cross the natural dangers of the Yellow River and enter the Northern Region.
Order the anti-demon camp stationed in the Eastern Territory to cross the Yellow River and enter the Northern Territory to assist in defense.
With a few orders, all the elite soldiers of the three tribes were immediately transferred to Hebei.
Both the Western and Eastern Regions have become empty of military strength.
Ginger medicine was immediately overjoyed!
The anti-demon camp has been transferred out of the Western Region! The pressure on the Qing clan will be greatly reduced in the future.
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After the conference, Fairy Luo bravely came to see Li Shizhen.
"Follow me." Li Shizhen held out a medicinal leaf, picked up Fairy Luo, and disappeared immediately.
Soon, the two "grandfather and grandson" appeared on the top of a mountain, with no one around.
"Junior Li Luo, I'd like to pay my respects to the Taoist Master. I really have no choice but to pretend to be the Taoist Master's grandson." Fairy Luo solemnly saluted anxiously, feeling like she was getting acquainted with him again.
In fact, I am betting on Li Shizhen's generosity and character.
She is not worried that Li Shizhen will see her flaws. Even the powerful Mahayana master like Xisheng Jintianjie can't see it, and Li Shizhen, who has successfully transcended tribulations, certainly can't see it either.
Presumably only beings like Li Xixia and Jin Hui can tell.
Li Shizhen's white hair was fluttering in the mountain breeze, and his clothes were flying, like a god. He put his hands behind his hands and looked at the green mountains under the sunset, and said calmly: "What's your problem?"
Fairy Luo said in a clear voice: "The junior wanted to participate in the Danzi selection. If you are not born, you are not qualified. Therefore, you can only pretend to be the granddaughter of the senior. Because the senior is the person whom the junior admires."
Li Shizhen chuckled, "So, you know me? I have lived in seclusion for thousands of years, rarely showing up, and my whereabouts are unknown to the world. How did you learn about it?"
Fairy Luo said: "This junior didn't know. It was senior's disciple Mr. Zhongda who told this junior that he gave me an idea to pretend to be senior's granddaughter. He said that he was a closed disciple of senior, and he promised that senior would not blame me."
Fairy Luo put all the responsibility on Jiang Yao.
Well, it was your close disciple Jiang Yao who asked me to do this. If you want to blame, just blame Jiang Yao.
Li Shizhen didn't show any signs of strangeness, and nodded: "It turned out to be Zhongda's idea. Although Zhongda is my close disciple, he and I have been away from each other for a long time. I don't even know what he has done in these years. Since you are his friend, but
Do you know?"
Fairy Luo thought to herself: This Mr. Li is really cunning and cunning, and he is so calm, as if Jiang Yao is really his disciple. If I didn't know what he was doing, how could I have any suspicion?
"Senior, this junior has only known Mr. Zhongda for a few years. Senior also knows his character. Although he is an honest and good man, he always behaves in a low-key manner. This junior does not know what he has done."
Li Shizhen didn't say anything, and she didn't ask any more questions. She changed the subject without leaving any trace: "You become a medicine palace Danzi to study medicine. This is a good thing. That's all. Since you listened to Zhongda's words, you think I am
Zu, then I recognize you as my granddaughter."
Immediately Fairy Luo was overjoyed and bowed down with her brows full of joy: "My grandson pays homage to my grandfather."
After saying that, he looked at Li Shizhen eagerly.
Li Shizhen's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly realized that although the granddaughter who came to his door was extremely talented in martial arts and medicine, she was also a bit thick-skinned.
She actually wants a meeting gift!
But then, Fairy Luo took the initiative to sacrifice a Shaoyan Green Fruit and said: "Grandfather, I keep this fruit specially to honor my grandfather."
Li Shizhen was a little speechless.
Shaoyan Qingguo is indeed a good thing for the elderly, and it is also a spiritual fruit up to the sixth level. For ordinary people, it is definitely a precious thing.
But what does it mean to myself?
It's no different than a carrot.
I am a great sage of medicine and martial arts. I have so many good things. Why would I care about a mere Shaoyan Qingguo?
But seeing the look in this girl's eyes, Li Shizhen also understood that this thing must be precious to her.
It was definitely her intention.
So she is a filial and sensible girl?
Li Shizhen laughed and took the Shaoyan Qingguo, "That's fine, I will accept your filial piety."
After saying that, the old man thought for a while and then took out a jade slip. On the front of the scroll were four ancient seal characters: "Yaowu Zhenjing".
"Little girl, you are young now, and you are already a medicine fairy. Your talent in medicine is incredible. However, the world is dangerous, and if the medicine master does not have enough force, he will not be able to protect himself."
"For a true medicine master, it is not enough to rely on the poison method to protect oneself. Instead, he should be able to use medicine as a weapon, medicine and martial arts are intertwined, and he can turn medicine methods into martial arts methods. Only then can he be a true medicine master."
"This "Medicine and Martial Arts Sutra" is a method of transforming the way of medicine into the way of martial arts. It is by practicing this sutra that I can use the way of medicine to enter martial arts and promote the great success of martial arts."
"All Taoist paths lead to the same goal, and when they are cultivated to great success, they are connected and integrated with each other. Therefore, Emperor Shen Nong used medicine to enter the Tao, but he was able to pacify the world and punish evil and evil."
After Li Shizhen finished speaking, he handed the "Medicine and Martial Arts Sutra" to Fairy Luo, "I give it to you, practice this sutra well."
Fairy Luo took the "Medicine and Martial Arts Sutra" excitedly and couldn't believe it.
She originally just wanted Li Shizhen to give her a good gift, but she didn't know that the other party gave her the "Yaowu Zhenjing".
This is a technique that can transform medicine into martial arts attack!
After learning this, you can become a strong martial artist even if you don't specialize in martial arts. This sutra is definitely a technique that all medicine masters dream of.
"Thank you, Grandpa!" Fairy Luo said "Grandpa" this time with true feelings.
Li Shizhen gave this sutra away mainly because she was a genius with both martial arts and medicine, and it was very suitable for her to practice this sutra. What was the point of keeping this sutra when he was old? Since this woman was destined to him, it was better to give her a chance.
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Due to the invasion of the Charming Tapir from the south, the opening of the Feitian Fairy Tower has been postponed to the end of the year, and the Junior Master Competition has also been postponed to October.
In September, news came from Shanbei one after another.
The demon army really proved their terrifying background with their strength.
Over the past month, the heavily armed groups from the Shanbei camp of the two demon clans have fought several battles with the charmed tapir army.
Although the magic tapir army has amazing combat power, it can no longer defeat the demon army as easily as before.
However, the Charming Tapir Wolf Cavalry was too powerful and moved too fast. The demon army was outnumbered and was still very passive. They blocked the Charming Tapir Army's southward offensive, but the casualties were also extremely heavy.
The demon army can only rely on Guanshan and defend the mountain city, and dare not go out to fight easily, let alone regain the territory.
The demon army is becoming less and less confident in front of the Charming Tapir Wolf Rider.
Although the army of charming tapirs has the upper hand, they can only watch and sigh, and there is nothing they can do for the time being.
Therefore, Charming Tapir Khan sent general Duo Ga and led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the middle section of Taiyin Mountain, intending to break through from the middle.
However, at this time, the human army had arrived in the north of the mountain, and all nine mountain passes were blocked.
The human army rushes to repair the ancient city and arrange formations for defense. When the magic tapir army comes to attack, it will be ready.
The resistance of the demon and demon armies at the east and west ends bought precious time for the human army in the middle.
At each of the nine mountain passes, there is a great sage sitting in command of the troops. They stay in seclusion and refuse to go out to fight, but only reinforce the formation.
Every Guancheng is densely packed with top-level city defense formations, which are impregnable.
If the Charming Tapir army attacks the city, the human army will launch spiritual heavy artillery and divine crossbows, with no intention of going out to fight in the field.
Although the Charming Tapir and Wolf Cavalry are powerful, their ability to attack cities is average. Their terrifying arrow fields are incapable of defeating mountain passes with dense formations.
But the human army's spiritual energy heavy artillery can effectively kill the Charming Tapir Wolf Rider.
As a result, the Charming Tapir Wolf Rider suffered a loss for the first time when faced with a completely defensive human race.
They divided their forces and attacked nine mountain passes in succession, but failed to capture any of them. However, thousands of wolf riders were killed and wounded by the heavy spiritual energy bombardment.
The terrifying individual combat power and arrow range of the Charming Tapir Wolf Rider also surprised the human warriors.
Charming Tapir General Duo Ga reported to Charming Tapir Khan and ordered continuous exploration and research. At the same time, he set up camp in the south of the abandoned grassland and entertained the idea of a long-term confrontation.
As a result, the Taiyin Mountains' natural chasm, which stretches for more than thousands of miles, finally blocked the arrogant army of charming tapirs with the efforts of the three tribes.
Everyone knows that the war situation will enter a long-term confrontation stage.
It is difficult for the Charm Tapir to break through Guanshan and move south. It is equally difficult for the armies of the three tribes to defeat the Charm Tapir Wolf Cavalry through field battles.
The army of charming tapirs will never withdraw and return to the north, and will even continue to increase its troops. The armies of the three tribes will not abandon Guanshan and return to the south, and will continue to increase their defensive strength.
Taiyin Mountain is bound to become the noose for the military confrontation between the North and the South.
When Shenzhou received the news that the Shanbei defense line had stabilized, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
The big shots also began to feel relieved.
Although huge military resources were mobilized, Taiyin Mountain and the Northern Territory were finally saved.
As long as Guanshan is not lost, Shenzhou will still be Shenzhou, and the Wu family will still be the Wu family.
The sky cannot fall.
Both the demon and demon clans, including the Tianping Divine Cult who were hibernating and sharpening their swords in secret, also breathed a sigh of relief.
The situation finally did not get out of control. Apart from the huge adjustments in troop deployment, everything was still under control.
However, although the two demon clans stabilized their position, they lost the land and resources north of Taiyin Mountain.
This is the only loss of territory that the two tribes have suffered in tens of thousands of years.
And if you lose it, it will cost you a million miles!
What should I do if such a huge loss cannot be recovered from the Charming Tapir Clan?
Therefore, not long after the Taiyin Mountain defense line was stabilized, the two demon clans secretly discussed and reached a strategy of "losing the north and making up for the south".
Anyway, the human race is also under pressure from the Charming Tapir Army, and they are not taking it easy. Wouldn't it be a good time to use troops against the human race?
On September 18th, the two tribes of demons and demons had reached an agreement and simultaneously sent an ultimatum to the humans.
They used the excuse that they helped the human race resist the Charming Tapir but lost the Shanbei territory, and asked the human race to cede half of the northern territory, namely the west and the east of the northern territory.
It is equivalent to saying that the huge Northern Territory should be divided into three parts, the east and west parts, and ceded to the demon and demon tribes, leaving only the middle part for the humans.
They also have an excuse: in this way, the three tribes can divide the Northern Territory equally, so that they can use the Northern Territory as a base to jointly fight against the Charming Tapir.
Speaking of which, the demon and demon tribes proposed to cede the eastern and western parts of the Northern Territory for military reasons.
Because of the southern invasion of enchanted tapirs, the Northern Territory has become very important. With Taiyin Mountain to the north and Huangtian River to the south, the northern region has become a strategic area for resisting enchanted tapirs.
The entry of the two demon clans into the Northern Territory will not only make up for the loss of territory, but also increase strategic advantages and stabilize their rear areas, killing two birds with one stone.
If the human race doesn't agree to the cession, then I'm sorry.
The old method, hit from both sides!
Therefore, while the demon and demon clans issued an ultimatum, demanding that humans cede most of the northern territory, they also mobilized their troops and generals to prepare for an east-west attack on the northern territory of Shenzhou.
If you don’t give it, you’ll take it!
Why did we lose troops and territory and suffer heavy losses, while the human race was unscathed?
That won't work!
When the headquarters of Shenzhou Camp received the news, there was an uproar.
The North loses and the South makes up for it!
What a great way to make up for the loss in the north!