The Hu family's accident caused some twists and turns in Zhang Dongyun's original plan.
He originally calculated that when the Hu family and Dahe Longmen arrived, the number of practitioners in the city should be almost there.
There are at least three digits of Hu family practitioners.
Now that there is a gap, what can we do to fill it?
The city has been cultivating first-level practitioners who are newly embarking on the path of spiritual practice, and the results have been good. There are already many of them. However, if we want to increase the training speed in a short period of time, good seedlings are not enough.
Try to relocate people who forget their true views?
It’s not easy either…
Zhang Dongyun has received news that Taoist Zhichen was warned by the King of Tang to attack Dahe Longmen together, and is now together with the masters of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
In the absence of Taoist Zhichen, even if Chang'an releases Elder Yunchen, Tang Chi and others, there will be no masters of the eighth realm to take charge. If Wangzhen Guan relocates and is noticed by Dong Tang, he will be blocked and surrounded.
It is better to bury this chess piece deeper.
As for the gap in practitioners for construction tasks...
Zhang Dongyun projected Mr. Wu Yun and summoned Guo Zi, the leader of Hanshan Sect.
"How are the people in the city feeling homesick?" Mr. Wu Yun asked.
Guo Zi hurriedly replied: "Most people express their willingness to stay in Chang'an and call this place their home from now on."
After a pause, he continued: "However, there are also a small number of people who feel homesick and long to return to their homeland after hearing that the Tang Army in Longbei County has withdrawn and has gradually been included in His Majesty's rule."
If it were someone else, Guo Zi might consider saying that everyone loves Chang'an and doesn't want to leave.
But in front of Mr. Wu Yun, he explained everything honestly.
"Longbei County is basically a peripheral part of Chang'an right now."
Mr. Wu Yun said calmly: "I can understand that people have a feeling of being unable to leave their homeland. As long as they remain loyal to Chang'an and your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with them."
"Your Majesty is magnanimous, sir is magnanimous." Guo Zi asked tentatively: "What does sir mean..."
"For those who are willing to return to their hometowns, arrangements can be made for them to return home." Mr. Wu Yun said: "After returning to the local area, they must be properly resettled to avoid trouble."
Guo Zigong said: "I understand, I will definitely make arrangements."
He took this job very happily.
It's not because those people can return to their hometown, but because the Hanshan Sect can take this opportunity to take their steps out of Qinzhou Prefecture and establish themselves in other prefectures in Longbei County.
During the days when Longbei County was gradually under the control of Chang'an, the Chen family, Hanshan Sect, Pili Sect and Tingshan Academy were all exerting their influence on various places in Longbei.
Now, Hanshan Sect can gain a leading position through this errand.
Guo Zi was naturally happy.
However, he also knew that all of this had a prerequisite, which was to properly handle the errands assigned by Mr. Wu Yun.
Watching Guo Zi leave, Zhang Dongyun sighed.
Since the number of practitioners cannot increase faster in a short period of time, he should reduce the total population of Chang'an.
Anyway, the construction task requires not the specific number of practitioners, but a ratio of one percent.
This leaves room for maneuver.
Although it is not a last resort, Zhang Dongyun does not want to reduce the total population.
Because future construction tasks will definitely require a population higher than 300,000.
However, if the population is temporarily reduced for now, he will have a way to increase the population in the future.
This time, it is time to adjust the population structure of Chang'an.
Anyway, several expansions have resulted in some minor flaws in the land allocation within the city, which we need to deal with now.
Zhang Dongyun came out of Daming Palace and outside the city, stood in mid-air and looked into the distance.
An accident happened to the Hu family, now I hope everything goes well for Dahe Longmen...
As if feeling the earnest expectations of their city lord, Chen Jiezhi, Xu Xingzhi and others traveled day and night and finally found the people of Dahe Longmen.
At this time, they were being closely pursued by the Eastern Tang army.
The top masters of Longmen suffered heavy casualties.
When he and the sect leader Li Jie broke out of the encirclement, an elder from the seventh realm died.
On the way to escape after joining the disciples, another master from the seventh realm was killed.
The remaining two elders, "Zhuolangjiao" Zhang Chong and "Dahe Taisui" Han Zhe, were also seriously injured.
Among those who pursued them were Li Yi, the king of Muping County in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and other masters of the Eighth Realm.
By persisting to this point, everyone in Dahe Longmen has narrowly escaped death.
Just relying on themselves, they are destined to be unable to reach Chang'an City alive.
Yan Xishi, the owner of Jingyue Tower, had already taken the lead and led his people to rush to the front of the Longmen crowd to intercept them.
Just as they were waiting for Dahe Longmen to surrender, they were suddenly attacked from behind.
The high-ranking people in Chang'an City were like thunder. Although there were sentries in the Eastern Tang Dynasty to investigate, the people in Chang'an had already rushed to the Tang military camp as soon as the alarm was issued.
They broke into the opponent's formation and killed the Tang army here.
The Tang army was well-trained and quickly launched a counterattack under the leadership of its general.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty was also wary of Chang'an's possible aid to Dahe Longmen.
This force of thousands of troops crossed the river and rushed to the front. On the one hand, they blocked the opponent's way, and on the other hand, they also wanted to prevent and block Chang'an reinforcements.
Therefore, despite the surprise attack, the Tang army quickly gathered and even launched a counterattack against everyone in Chang'an.
Because they have a martial arts master in the eighth level here, and Yan Xi, the master of Jingyue Tower, was in charge.
Yan Xishi's crescent scimitar flew out, the blade was dozens of meters wide, and it was like a grass-cutting sickle, slashing towards Chang'an's troops.
The edge among them is so sharp that even Wanli, the president of Tingshan Academy, who is at the seventh level of Confucian cultivation, is wary of attacking him directly.
But Chen Jiezhi, who was also in the seventh realm, faced Yan Xi's sword light head on.
His Dragon-Slaying Fist was extremely powerful and domineering. He slashed with one punch, and his energy was like a sharp blade cutting mountains and seas, criss-crossing with the moonlight.
The two sides collided, and Chen Jiezhi grunted, but still suffered a small loss.
The strength of his Dragon-Slaying Fist was cut by the opponent's sword light.
But with one punch, "Moonlight" also shattered, leaving only a whirling crescent scimitar, still flying forward.
Next to Chen Jiezhi, Xu Xingzhi stepped forward.
He just happened to write a poem on the border with a splash of ink, and the poem turned into a beacon fire in the border city to prevent the enemy from invading.
The crescent scimitar struck the city wall and the city wall was shattered.
But the momentum of the scimitar also ran out, and it got stuck on the city wall and stopped.
Wan Li glanced at Xu Xingzhi.
He remembered that the other party was in the sixth level of cultivation.
But now, he is already in the seventh realm, a great Confucian who reaches the realm of knowledge.
Moreover, his strength is extraordinary, far beyond that of his peers.
Wan Li looked carefully and saw the words written in black and white on the other side. He seemed to be different, but for a while he couldn't figure out the reason.
But there is no doubt about the mystery.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Xu Xingzhi to join forces with Chen Jiezhi to block Yan Xishi in the eighth realm.
Yan Xishi and everyone in the Tang army were also surprised.
Chen Jiezhi's cultivation strength has greatly improved, and the Eastern Tang Dynasty has information.
But Xu Xingzhi's cultivation ability was so advanced, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
Is Chang'an City really so magical?
Many people can't help but have this idea in their minds.
Yan Xi's face was expressionless, and he made a move with his hand, using remote sensing of Qi, intending to take back his crescent scimitar.
However, Xu Xingzhi's pen gave birth to flowers, which immediately manifested into an endless desert.
Thousands of miles of quicksand in the desert buried Yan Xi's weapon and prevented him from taking it back.
Chen Jiezhi regained his breath and pounced again, slashing Yan Xishi with his dragon-slaying fist.
Yan Xi used the mirror shield in his hand to block the opponent's attack.
Then he put his five fingers together and raised his palm like a knife. He struck back at Chen Jiezhi with the Lengyue Knife. His sharpness was no less than that of countless masters who had knives in their hands.
However, Yan was entangled by Chen Jiezhi and Xu Xingzhi, and Wanli in the seventh realm on the other side had room to play, leading Shang Jie and others to defeat the Tang army.
The leading general was killed by Wan Li Pomo. The Tang army was finally in disarray and began to break up and flee.
Yan Xi had no choice but to retreat.
The people from Chang'an opened the road, and soon they saw the people from Dahe Longmen arriving.
After meeting Shang Jie, Wen Hu, Chang'an reinforcements, Zhang Chong, Han Zhe and other Longmen warriors, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, the pursuers of Li Yi and others were already approaching.
Xu Xingzhi, Chen Jiezhi, Wan Li and others joined forces with Dahe Longmen warriors, fought and retreated together, and rushed to Chang'an.
And the army of the Eastern Tang Dynasty pursued them closely.
Yan Xi met Li Yi and others and explained the situation.
Li Yi looked Yan Xishi up and down: "Li Jie has broken through to the ninth level. If you can't defeat him, there is nothing we can do.
But the enemy is only at the seventh level, and Lord Yan is at the eighth level, so why should you be merciful and let them run away?"
"Yan is not very talented and has little knowledge. He is indeed ashamed to be inferior to his opponents, but this is definitely not what His Highness said. He is merciless."
Yan Xishi's gaze searched the crowd: "The root cause of this is to ask Gao Pavilion Master of Mingguang Pavilion. In Chang'an City, in addition to Chen Jiezhi of the Chen family who has greatly improved his cultivation strength, Xu Xingzhi of Baima is not weaker than him."
"There is no need to look for Master Yan, Pavilion Master Gao is not here."
Li Yi said calmly: "During the pursuit of the rebels at Longmen in Dahe, Pavilion Master Gao was unfortunately knocked down by the rebels in Dahe. We can't find him, and we all feel deeply regretful."
When Yan Xi heard this, he was slightly surprised.
"It's important to chase down the rebels right now. After the fighting stops, we will add more manpower to find Master Gao."
Li Yiyan said: "He is no longer here. There are some mistakes in the information. Please don't blame him, Lord Yan."
After Yan Xi glanced at Li Yi and Situ Jinsheng, the head of the Situ family, he nodded thoughtfully and said nothing.
"We step up our pursuit of the rebels and must annihilate them!"
Li Yi raised his arms and shouted, and the surrounding Tang troops responded in unison, and thousands of troops and horses chased forward.
While walking on the road, Situ Jinsheng quietly came to Li Yi and said, "Don't be careless even if you haven't seen Gao Yu's body."
Li Yi nodded: "Uncle, don't worry, I understand."
He then smiled at Taoist Master Zhichen, the master of Wangzhen Temple, and said, "Just now, thank you Taoist Master for taking action together."
Taoist Zhichen said calmly: "Your Highness, there is no need to thank Pindao. Pindao has long been disgusted with this person who likes to stir up trouble."
Li Yi smiled.
He doesn't care what the other party's purpose is.
As long as you work with him to kill Gao Yu, you will naturally be in the same boat.
"Murong, the whereabouts of Pavilion Master Gao are unknown. We need to search harder." He looked at Murong Ting next to him.
Murong Ting nodded: "I will personally take someone to find him."
Li Yi nodded, and the other party quietly left the group.
He then commanded the Tang army and continued to pursue Dahe Longmen and others.
Wan Li, Chen Jiezhi and others were also injured by the Tang army.
However, they successfully helped everyone from Dahe Longmen to break through and enter Longbei County.
Then pass through Tongzhou all the way to Qinzhou.
The Tang army followed closely behind and slowed down after entering Qinzhou Mansion.
Everyone in the Eastern Tang Dynasty began to hesitate.