None of the high-ranking generals in the border army like the Demon Sect. Even those conservatives who usually use the most conservative troops also hold objections to the return of the Demon Sect to the Southern Dynasty.
Generals will naturally have different opinions and preferences when it comes to marching and fighting, but those who can become high-ranking generals in the frontier army have been able to lick blood from their swords long enough and have seen the death of countless brothers and feet.
The Demon Sect of the Northern Wei Dynasty was once their biggest enemy, a shadow that had shrouded their hearts for many years. If the Demon Sect was defeated and surrendered, they might be able to accept it, but they would never tolerate the other party sitting on their heads.
If the Northern Wei Dynasty took the initiative in the war at this time and the Southern Dynasty's border troops were in danger, they would be able to reluctantly accept the Demon Sect's rebellion and be put in a more important position.
However, after the Zhongli War, it was the Southern Dynasties that won successive victories, not the Northern Wei Dynasty.
From their point of view, the Demon Sect coming here at this time is just the icing on the cake, rather than providing help in times of need.
None of these high-ranking generals are idiots, and others can't see through it, but they, who usually spend all day strategizing, naturally know very well that the Empress Dowager of the Southern Dynasty personally led the Demon Sect to be included in the Southern Dynasty at this time, and all she valued was the Demon Sect.
His ability as a practitioner, not as a general who defected from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
However, what the Demon Sect is doing now is far more than what she needs.
This made these frontier generals even more scrupulous and chilling.
The sudden defection of these Northern Wei armies made these frontier generals suddenly realize that the return of the Demon Sect was not due to an imminent storm, but a direct violent storm.
The moment he returned, a violent storm had already hit.
Everything goes too fast.
It was so fast that these frontier generals felt that they had no time to react, as if they had been completely led by the nose.
However, it turned out to be faster than they imagined.
In Jiankang, a violent purge has begun.
A large number of officials were dismissed or even imprisoned directly.
The entire Jiankang was comparable to the battlefield of the frontier army. The sound of horse hooves continued day and night. With Jiankang as the center, the Zhongzhou Army continued to attack and annihilate the stronghold of the Northern Wei Dynasty. At this time, this information was still tightly blocked. It was impossible for the generals of the frontier army to know.
The exact news, however, is that they are not fighting on a relatively sparsely populated border. Many powerful people have secretly learned that some of the Zhongzhou Army's encirclement and suppression campaigns were even extremely cruel, and actually completely wiped out some villages and towns, not even sparing a single person alive.
…
On the same morning, when the generals in the border army felt inexplicably chilled by the unusual movements of the troops on the Northern Wei border, a cavalry force of about a thousand people from the Zhongzhou Army appeared outside a village across the lake.
Gehu Lake is located between Huzhou and Changzhou. It is no longer close to Jiankang. In normal times, the Zhongzhou Army would not come here far away from Jiankang.
The cavalry of the Zhongzhou Army wore the same color mail and light armor, and all the sergeants were quite old. They were obviously the elite of the Yongzhou Army at that time, not a new army recruited in Jiankang.
This elite cavalry had obviously gone through a long-distance attack. Even though the aura of chilling on their bodies had not diminished, in the morning light, even the faces of the leading generals still had a look of exhaustion that could not be concealed.
It was still early for most people in Jiankang City, but everyone in the village had gotten up early. Looking from a distance, there was already smoke everywhere, and people were already walking on the field ridges.
The leading cavalry general was about forty years old. He looked at this quiet village with an indescribable look on his face. He stopped his horse and was silent for dozens of breaths, but finally made up his mind.
, the right hand hanging by his side was slowly raised.
As he raised his right hand, the silent cavalry behind him suddenly rippled like a calm lake. However, at this moment, facing them on a dirt road in the village, a woman in black was walking
came out.
The cavalry general's body froze slightly, his right hand paused in the air, and his pupils shrank slightly.
Of course this woman should not be from this village.
She is a practitioner, and she is wearing the black teaching robe belonging to Nantianyuan.
There are hundreds of instructors in Nantianyuan, but most of them do not meet students and are good at some aspects. For the army, these instructors are not terrible, but some of them not only teach students, but also teach students.
They would go out for walks and participate in battles. Among these practitioners, some of them were the most adept at killing in the Southern Dynasties, and this woman in black was one of them.
This cavalry general also has a high status in the Zhongzhou Army, otherwise he would not be allowed to march so far away to perform military duties. Because of this, this cavalry general has seen this woman several times in Nantianyuan before.
This time, he even knew the real name of this female instructor.
He was silent at this time, but the female instructor from Nantianyuan slowly walked towards him. She didn't stop until she was less than a hundred steps away from him, but she just looked at him silently, not saying anything.
say.
The cavalry general's breathing became inexplicably sluggish, and his brows furrowed deeply unconsciously. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and said sharply: "Wu Guzhi, what do you want to do?"
The female instructor in black looked at him quietly and did not answer his question. She just stretched out her hand and pointed towards the muddy ground in front of her.
There was a soft sound of "chi", but there was no light emerging from her fingertips, but on the ground in front of her, mud flowed, leaving a trace several feet long.
"Anyone who crosses this line will die." She said extremely simply.
The cavalry general and the cavalry behind him were inexplicably stagnant. The cavalry general felt a chill all over his body, and then he became furious and shouted: "Wu Guzhi, are you crazy?"
He was really angry, but the face of the female instructor in black did not change. She just said calmly: "It's not that I'm crazy, it's that you are crazy."
The cavalry general took another breath. He was silent for several breaths. All the anger on his face disappeared, but his eyes became colder and firmer.
"This is the emperor's order."
He looked at the female instructor and said this first, and then said in a cold voice: "The more thunderous the method, the more decisive the decision will be. The sooner the war with the Northern Wei Dynasty ends, the fewer people will die."
"I don't want to reason with you. You are just following orders and you don't deserve to reason with me."
The female teacher in black looked at him quietly and said: "I only have my rules here. Anyone who wants to cross this line and enter the village will die."
A look of hesitation and fear flashed across the eyes of the cavalry general, but it only disappeared in an instant.
"It seems that you are really rebelling?" He looked at Wu Guzhi and said.
"When you are born as a human being, you must be a human being, not an animal."
Wu Guzhi said calmly: "If you say you are against it, then go against it."