The name of the great elder is Huang Tiandang. He is a centenarian who is in the late stage of Qi Condensation. He is also the father of Huang Mingshan. Tang Yuanpeng has been running around all year round. In fact, he is in charge of the Five Poison Sect.
Although Huang Tiandang was old, he acted decisively and made arrangements as soon as he had a brief understanding of the situation.
The threat of flying insects is not great. If it is not night, Wu Yuan and the others can return to Nandu while fighting and retreating. Therefore, the rescue does not require too many people. The main problem is to solve the lighting problem.
Huang Tiandang arranged a team of 500 people to go to the rescue. They were all blood wolf knights. They brought enough flares and equipped with source crystal guns, so rescuing people was a piece of cake.
Ye Feng didn't go any further. The city gate was open and the county prince's palace would know about it and would definitely send someone to investigate. He didn't want to implicate the Five Poison Sect, so he had to deal with the county prince's palace personally.
Although the great elder is already a hundred years old, compared to the 150 years of life of the great monks in the late stage of Qi Condensation, he is still in his prime. Perhaps he knows that his talent is limited and it is impossible to make breakthroughs. He is no longer enthusiastic about cultivation and takes Ye Feng to visit
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No wonder it is said that this huge city was built by ancient powers. Its scale is so majestic that it is completely different from the city walls on earth.
The 100-meter-high wall is 100 meters thick. After 100 meters, it descends in steps. Every 20 meters is a layer. Each layer spans 100 meters. The 100-meter platform is full of various giant crossbows, trebuchets and other different equipment.
and combat supplies.
This kind of armament is simply astonishing. Once the firepower is fully activated, there will be no grass growing outside the city. However, it has a history of being breached. This shows how terrifying the insect wilderness is.
The most peculiar thing is the way the city is built. The city wall is not round or square, but in the shape of a huge plum blossom.
The entire southern capital city formed a total of nine huge petals, and each petal became an independent city, called the outer city. Obviously the outer city was built for fighting, because there were only combat supplies and combatants inside.
The area of more than 300 miles surrounded by nine petals is called the inner city, where residents live, with farmland, houses, and towns dotted around it.
The most central area with a radius of twenty miles is the capital city, which is the administrative and commercial center of Nandu. The city walls are relatively similar to those on Earth, but it is said that they are protected by powerful formations and are extremely difficult to break through.
Each outer city has one gate, and the nine gates are all located in the depression between the two petals. Once you want to attack through the gate, you will inevitably encounter siege from three sides, which can greatly relieve the pressure on the gate guards.
This time the Five Poison Sect is responsible for guarding the south gate. The city gate has always been the focus of Zerg attacks, so it is under great pressure.
It has only been thirty years since the Five Poison Sect moved to the southern capital. It has experienced two insect famines, with half of the people killed and injured each time. The first two leaders also died on the front line.
The great elder was very talkative, and he gave Ye Feng a tour while explaining things in an easy-to-understand manner, and he soon had a general understanding.
Of course, it is impossible to know in detail. The area guarded by the South Gate alone is extremely wide, and the main city wall spans ten miles. The Five Poison Sect's five halls with more than 40,000 people are far from enough.
They are mainly responsible for the battle at the top of the city. As for the long-range equipment, they are controlled by nearly 50,000 temporarily recruited personnel. Together with professional commanders and logistics support personnel, the number of manpower invested in just one south gate can reach 200,000.
The defense scope of the outer city is wider, and the manpower invested is even more astonishing. Each outer city has as many as one million main combatants, plus more than two million auxiliary logistics personnel, so the manpower invested in each insect famine is more than 20 million.
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It can be said that in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, even young and middle-aged women have to participate. The number of casualties each time is as high as tens of millions. The insect famine is definitely a disaster for the human race.
The ten-year respite period cannot allow the human race to fully recover, so over the millennium, the human race has become weaker and weaker. This time is another large-scale insect famine that occurs only once in fifty years, and the entire preparation for the war is extremely tense.
After spending more than an hour visiting, the Great Elder took Ye Feng down to the city. A huge tent under the city was the headquarters of the South Gate Guards.
"Since Fellow Taoist Ye holds the Five Poison Order, seeing the order is like meeting the leader. Huang Tiandang is willing to listen to Fellow Taoist's orders. Please follow me into the tent to talk about it."
Arriving in front of the big tent door, the great elder made a polite gesture of invitation.
Obviously, the reason why he took Ye Feng to visit and explained the defense layout in detail was because he was preparing to hand over the command to Ye Feng.
"The Great Elder has misunderstood. I am just a good friend of Leader Tang. Leader Tang has some urgent matters that need to be dealt with temporarily, so let me inform the Great Elder. Naturally, the Five Poison Sect will be dispatched by you."
Ye Feng knew that the Great Elder had misunderstood, but Tang Yuanpeng's matter must not be spread to outsiders, so he simply made an excuse and handed the Five Poison Order to the Great Elder.
The Great Elder was a little confused. This Five Poison Order cannot be given casually. In fact, there is only one. Since Ye Feng holds it, he must have a close relationship with the leader.
Furthermore, Ye Feng's cultivation level cannot be seen through in the later stage of Qi Condensation. He must be at the peak of Qi Condensation. Such a person is far behind even the leader of the Qi Condensation. It would be better if he were to command the Five Poison Sect.
It's just that they don't have the intention at all, and they want to hand over the Five Poison Orders. How dare the Great Elder accept it.
Just when I didn't know what to do, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance, and through the moonlight I saw dozens of horses galloping towards me.
"Who is here! I wonder if galloping is prohibited in the military camp unless it is urgent business?"
The great elder was startled and drank loudly.
The speed of the group of knights did not slow down at all, but the leader raised an apricot-yellow chess piece in his hand and rushed over.
The guard sergeant obviously knew what the flag represented and did not stop him. In the blink of an eye, dozens of horsemen arrived dozens of meters away from the tent, and then they stopped with a rein.
The person holding the apricot-yellow flag was a middle-aged man who had reached the late stage of Qi Condensation. He did not dismount, but just cupped his hands and said loudly:
"I am Wang Zhan, and I am here on the orders of the county king."
"Oh! I wonder why General Wang is here?"
The Great Elder is an old man, and he knows why the other party is here, but he still asks questions knowingly.
"The prince ordered me to come and investigate why the south gate was opened."
"Hey! Isn't it the order from the county prince's palace that asked my commander to send people to rescue the caravan that was besieged by flying insects?"
"That's nonsense. When did the Prince's Office give the order? Otherwise, why would we send my general to investigate?"
"This is strange! It is true that my subordinates did not personally receive the order from the county prince's palace. In fact, it was conveyed by the deputy commander Qiu Jianjun, and he also used the commander's tiger talisman to open the city gate."
"Where is Vice Commander Qiu!"
"He received the order from the county prince's palace and personally led people to rescue the caravan. Naturally, he is not here. But don't be anxious, General Wang. Judging from the time, Deputy Commander Qiu will return in about an hour."
"That's nonsense! When did the county prince's palace give an order? Besides, Qiu Jianjun's soul card is broken, and I'm afraid he's been murdered by you. How can he come out of the city to rescue him? You must give me an explanation today, otherwise you will definitely be punished for treason."