The fall of Annan State threatened the entire first line of defense in Nanzhou. A large number of fortifications and men and horses in the Nanzhou defense line were facing south. The defense on both sides was extremely weak and there were very few preparations.
Once the Annan Kingdom fell, the demon clan had more choices. They could go all the way north and fight into the hinterland of Nanzhou, or they could attack the Wusun Kingdom to the west, or they could attack the Wei Kingdom to the east. The two countries were unprepared and had to be flanked by two sides. A siege must be extremely dangerous.
In fact, the demon clan's strength is very sufficient. They chose to carry out three actions together, continuing to penetrate all the way to the north, hoping to annihilate the people of Annan Kingdom, one party went west to attack Wusun Kingdom, and all the way east attacked Wei Kingdom.
The demonic beast armies attacking Wusun and Weiguo each numbered in the tens of millions. Soon, Weiguo was cut off in the middle. The front line and rear lost contact. There was even a possibility that the frontline troops would be surrounded and eaten by demonic beasts.
Lin Xiao urgently ordered the front-line troops of the Wei Kingdom and the front-line troops of the Xiluo Kingdom to be merged into the Qianluo Kingdom. The monks in the rear of the Wei Kingdom abandoned the entire territory of the Wei Kingdom and withdrew into the Xiluo Kingdom. The Xiluo Kingdom mobilized all Strength, help Weiguo evacuate, especially mortals should be taken away as much as possible.
Outside the Changliu City of the Wei Kingdom, Zhang Qingxuan was leading the monks in a desperate battle. The fall of Annan State affected the Wei Kingdom. Zhang Qingxuan was caught off guard. The central part of the Wei Kingdom was occupied by demons. The entire Wei Kingdom was broken in half. The frontline army was extremely frightened. , fortunately, Lin Xiao quickly ordered the general evacuation to the east.
Zhang Qingxuan led a group of elites to fight back to Changliu City in a flying boat and took command. Without him, a monk in the Divine Void Stage, to take charge, the situation in Weiguo would have completely deteriorated.
Changliu City is the core and essence of the Wei Kingdom. There are tens of millions of mortals. A lot of efforts have been made to strengthen the walls and clear the country before, but not all of them have been evacuated into the city. Changliu City cannot accommodate so many people.
In order to allow the monks and mortals to evacuate, Zhang Qingxuan led his troops to attack the monster army outside Changliu City. The fight was extremely difficult. There were less than 100,000 people and tens of millions of monsters had to be sniped at, resulting in extremely huge losses.
"Old Ancestor Zhang, retreat, we can't stop it anymore. Three thousand people were killed today, and more than a thousand people were rewarded. We have less than 50,000 men and horses, we can't stop it anymore."
At night, the senior leaders of the Wei Kingdom cried and begged to Zhang Qingxuan's senior management. The battle was too cruel. The monks of the Wei Kingdom suffered almost 5,000 casualties every day. The monks of the Southern Continent Alliance refused to fight to the death and were already responsible for arranging the evacuation of the mortal monks.
"How is the evacuation of Changliu City going?"
"All the monks have fled. About three to four million mortals have evacuated. Many of them fled spontaneously. Patriarch Zhang, we can't protect everyone. Let's retreat."
"Okay, let's start fighting and retreat from tomorrow."
Zhang Qingxuan had no expression on his face and agreed. He knew that these people were lying to him. The monks had indeed run away, and the mortals had also evacuated millions. However, the speed of the mortals was too slow. They were just evacuating Changliu City. If they had not withdrawn into the Xila Kingdom, it would be hard to say how many of these people would be alive if they withdrew here.
But Zhang Qingxuan couldn't refuse. The Wei Kingdom was different from the Wu Kingdom. The Tiansheng Sect's troops were just one of them, and they were jointly managed by each sect. The casualties of each sect were too great. If he insisted on fighting to the death, the people under his command might mutiny. .
On the second day, Zhang Qingxuan led his people into Changliu City, and made an agreement with everyone to stay there for only three days. After three days, he would withdraw from the Wei Kingdom and hide in the Qianxi Luo Kingdom.
On the other side, the West Luo Kingdom also mobilized its full strength. In addition to the barbaric front line, the West Luo Kingdom set up a defense line in the southern direction of the Qianluo Kingdom. In this way, the West Luo Kingdom and the Qianluo Kingdom had to fortify on several sides, and the front line was stretched to 10,000. In Yuli, their number of men and horses was simply not enough. Lin Xiao had no choice but to send the Nanzhou army south, and asked Tan Minghua who stayed behind to strengthen military discipline. No one was allowed to avoid the battle, and those who avoided the battle would be killed without mercy.
The situation of the Wei Kingdom is worrying, and the Annan Kingdom is even worse. The Annan Kingdom has been messed up by the demon cultivators. It has changed from a strong country in the southwest corner of Nanzhou to the weakest one. It has not recovered half of its previous level. It has attacked the Wei Kingdom and the Wusun Kingdom. They were all partial troops, led by the sixth-level demon king, but those who attacked the Annan Kingdom were the main force of the demon clan. There were a lot of seventh- and eighth-level demon kings. The overlord sect of the Annan Kingdom was defeated in less than three days. The Annan Kingdom was once again destroyed. There were hundreds of thousands of monks across the country, but less than 50,000 escaped.
The news that An Nan Kingdom was destroyed shocked the entire South Continent. Many people had not paid attention to the invasion of monsters before. However, no matter how much Lin Xiao publicized it, he felt that it was far away from them, so he rarely fought hard. But An Nan After the Southern Kingdom was destroyed, they began to panic.
But even if you panic, it's useless. Once Annan Kingdom fell, a huge hole appeared in the entire Nanzhou defense line. The monster army attacked from all sides. Monster tribes invaded more than ten countries behind the defense line. The entire plan of Lin Xiao's plan The rhythm was disrupted, and many forces entered a situation where they were fighting on their own.
Five days later, the Wusun Kingdom fell. The Wu family and the Sun family of the Wusun Kingdom lost their mountain gates that had been in operation for thousands of years, and with them hundreds of thousands of monks were evacuated. The gap in the defensive front became wider, and more monsters poured in. After reaching the hinterland of Nanzhou, the Song Dynasty began to send a large number of troops to consolidate the defense line, and the second line of defense began to play a role.
Countries in the southwestern tip of Nanzhou began to fall one after another. Lin Xiao handed over domestic power to Bai Ziyu and Nan Xuan, and transferred Bai Zichen, Xie Yunfei, Jia Mengran and others to leave Wu State and go to Song State to establish the command center of the Nanzhou Alliance.
Lin Xiao has discovered that without his presence, the other Shenxu Stage monks or Tan Minghua from the Qin State cannot suppress the other countries and cannot fully play the role of the alliance's central command. There is no difference between the Southern Continent countries fighting each other and the mob.
Lin Xiao's appearance gave all the countries in Southern Continent a reassurance, but then came a flurry of letters asking for help. All countries were asking for help. Lin Xiao sent out his troops one after another to plug the loopholes in the defense line. .
"Leader Lin, this is the sandbox of the current situation. Starting from Annan Kingdom, two countries have completely fallen. Twelve countries have been invaded by monsters. The defense line has been extended by nearly 30,000 miles, forming a huge loophole. We have fallen into We are now in a desperate situation with the demon clan, which is extremely disadvantageous for us."
Tan Minglun pointed to a huge sand table and said that the winding front line of defense had basically collapsed, leaving only Wu Kingdom and Qianluo Kingdom still holding on. In the north, all were occupied by the demon clan, and more than a dozen countries were not prepared. A large number of spiritual mountains in the country fell, leaving only the mountain gates and cities of the overlord sect still holding on. It was extremely difficult to defend, and the battle lines were too long. Some countries He was attacked from both sides and could not hold on.
"What do you mean?"
"Leader Lin, with all due respect, according to the current situation, we should shrink our strength, lengthen the front line, abandon all the territory on the wild front line, retreat to the second line of defense in an orderly manner, and then invest the power of the third line of defense, so
We can gather more than 15 million troops and consume the monsters on the second line of defense. As long as the resources in Lingshan on the first line of defense are completely consumed, the monsters will naturally retreat."
Tan Minglun replied. As soon as these words came out, many senior officials in the room changed their colors. Bai Zichen and others suddenly looked at Tan Minglun coldly, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird.
According to Tan Minglun's strategy, more than a dozen countries in the southwestern tip of Nanzhou have all given up, including the Wu Kingdom. The Wu Kingdom is the core and basic base of the Tiansheng Sect. The hundreds of years of Tiansheng Sect's heritage are all in the Wu Kingdom, including Shanmen.
, Baiwu Mountain and Tianyang Mountain are extremely important territories. It can be said that if Tan Minglun does what he does, the Tiansheng Sect will be greatly weakened even if it does not perish. This is why Bai Zichen and others treat it with cold eyes.
"I don't agree"
Lin Xiao glanced over, and Bai Zichen immediately shouted angrily, attracting everyone's attention.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, what do you object to? Isn't this the best strategy?"
"Of course it's not the best strategy. What's your situation? The situation between the enemy and us is shown on this sand table. The current situation of the human race is like an upside-down Z shape. The middle is weak, but the two sides are strong. You only want to stabilize the situation, but have you ever thought about it?
How to annihilate the demon clan? If we can strengthen the strength of both sides, it will be a perfect pocket formation. When the demon clan's power is almost exhausted, both sides can rush in and surround the demon clan. How much benefit can we swallow by then?
, have you ever thought about it?”
Bai Zichen angrily said that the situation at this time was somewhat similar to when Lin Xiao set up pocket formations in Wu Kingdom, so Bai Zichen directly told the strategy of that year.
"Fellow Daoist Bai has said it well. We have been fighting against the demon clan for millions of years. It doesn't matter if we just block the demon clan's attack. The only way is to eat the demon clan's power. To completely defeat the demon clan in one battle.
To create peace for thousands of years, this is what monks like us should do."
"I also support Fellow Daoist Bai's strategy. We can't just plan for the present, we have to plan for thousands of years. If we don't take this opportunity to hurt the monster clan, who can bear the beast tide every few hundred years in the future?"
Not only Bai Zichen objected, but representatives from various countries in the southwestern tip of Nanzhou also objected. They would not agree to give up their territory easily. Without the territory, the monks would have no roots.
What's the difference?
"Fellow Daoist Tan, since a large number of people in the Southern Continent Alliance do not object, then let this opportunity go."
Lin Xiao looked around for a week and replied. In fact, there were not many people who agreed or disagreed. Most of them remained silent. However, it was impossible for Lin Xiao to agree. The Wu Kingdom was Lin Xiao's foundation. If it was lost, let alone
If you become emperor, you can't even save your life.
"Since everyone disagrees, we have no choice but to think of another way. I also hope that Leader Lin can come up with a better way."
"Of course. In fact, what Zichen said just now is exactly what I am thinking. Although we are in a weak position now, we must also prepare for the future. Since the demon clan wants to invade our human race, we must be prepared to be beaten by us.
"Bad preparation"
Lin Xiao nodded. Bai Zichen's strategy was the best choice. Although there were loopholes, Lin Xiao could only agree to it.