Although Zhang Yan always learns about the situation in Xiyuan County with a delay, it is always faster than the general news channels from outside.
On the one hand, the Special Cases Division would tell him some stories from time to time, and on the other hand, the scholars whose lineage of miscellaneous knowledge was rooted in the army of Xiyuan County would also send back some news.
Generally speaking, the current situation in Nanyuan Kingdom has been gradually improving for more than a month. Now Xiyuan County has discovered signs that the demon clan is retreating. It boldly followed the demon clan's retreat and quickly regained the lost land.
Rebuilding the military camp, using the posture of the Bagua formation, forcing the demon clan to speed up and rear as if chasing.
This attitude of "running away from the monsters" has swept away the previous difficult situation of the Western Army, and it is even said that it has been written about in military newspapers several times.
However, Zhang Yan knew very well that even if the demon clan retreated, Xiyuan County would never return to its previous appearance.
Because of the addition of the demon spirits, an unstable factor that is almost impossible to eradicate and will run rampant once we let go.
In fact, if we really want to talk about it, not only Xiyuan County has become different from before, but also the entire Nanyuan Kingdom.
The appearance of the demon spirit clan will naturally not be as sneaky as the human spirit clan did in the past. Instead, they will seize every opportunity to kill all living creatures they see, even mice. In addition, the demon clan's death path cannot be blocked.
If it is completely blocked, the threat from the demon spirits will become a long-term disease that cannot be eradicated and can only be resisted on a regular basis.
And Zhang Yan has now undoubtedly become the most important key to the Nanyuan Kingdom in dealing with the demon spirit clan. Whether it is the ghost-catching bell he provided, or he regularly uses soul-stealing methods to help Nanyuan Kingdom draw the movable directions of the Dead Silence.
, only he can do these.
And the ghost-catching bell that came out of Zhang Yan's hands has been modified and enhanced several times by him. It has many differences from the first-generation ghost-catching bell. The biggest difference lies in the warning distance and the ability to detect ghosts.
The ability to trap has been enhanced. Today's ghost-catching bells can guarantee the trapping of most ghosts below the level of ghost generals. The same applies to the demon spirits.
The new ghost-catching bell has allowed the Special Case Division to improve its capabilities almost linearly, making it easier to deal with those movable passages. So much so that it is now very difficult for demon spirits to escape from those movable entrances and exits of the Silent Passage.
. In other words, there may be ghosts running out in the early stage of changing positions, but there will be almost no ghosts after being followed by the Special Case Division.
Even the intensity of the Demon Spirit Tribe's attack on those entrances and exits of the Deadly Silence Road has become smaller and smaller.
In contrast, the number of demon spirits in Chonglan County and Xiyuan County has increased sharply. The only remaining fixed location of the Dead Silence Road is the movable Death Silence. In these two counties, there is no special case department.
Human sniping was also one of the reasons why the number of demon spirits in these two places increased exponentially.
Just like draining water from a water pipe and blocking some outlets, the water in the pipe can only go out toward the unblocked outlets, and naturally more water will come out. The principle is the same.
But what is very interesting is that even though the demon spirits are still coming out, there are almost no ghosts at the level of ghost generals. It seems that they are deliberately avoiding them.
In addition, Chonglan County and Xiyuan County, which are the "water outlets", did not have large-scale murders due to the large number of demon spirits. Instead, they consciously borrowed roads from these two counties, and the final destination was Haoyue.
Within the territory of the demon kingdom.
As I said before, ordinary ghosts will not come in places like military camps and military camps. Even if powerful ghosts come in, they will easily be made uncomfortable by the evil spirit and yang energy in the army. Unless it is really unavoidable, the ghosts will be very harmful to the military camp.
I would choose to take a detour to a place like this.
Therefore, apart from the situation where they were left alone, there were not many cases where the soldiers of the Western Army died at the hands of the demon spirits. They preferred to pounce on the corpses to pick up the newly dead souls between battles.
But the demon clan has more methods to deal with ghosts, and there are also military camps that condense evil and yang energy, so the demon spirit clan can hardly take advantage of it. Then why do the demon clan choose to retreat even though they have experience and means to deal with ghosts?
This is similar to the dilemma Nanyuan Kingdom faced back then.
If the rear is unstable, the front will naturally be unsustainable.
With Xiyuan County adhering to the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country, the demon army could not plunder much food on the spot. Even if they captured a military camp, they would only be able to obtain two or three days' rations for more than a thousand people. This would not quench the thirst of the demon army at all.
.This is also the reason why there is no large baggage in the military camp.
As for most of the food and grass, the demon clan needs to be transported from their own territory.
In the past, the demon clan would not invade the front lines of Baishi City. After all, plundering food does not consume food, but just sweep away the food within a hundred miles, and Nanyuan Kingdom would not say anything. As a result, the demon clan unexpectedly attacked Baishi.
They attacked the front line of the city for more than half a year, with the intention of taking over Xiyuan County, and then dragged the Nanyuan Kingdom to the point where even the imperial army was sent to fill the gap.
Now the demon clan's army is desperately blocked by the Nanyuan Army soldiers on the front line of Baishi City. Although it is in danger, it will not take a day or two to break open the defense line. Most of the food and grass consumed must be supplied from the rear. But now the demon clan is in danger.
The clan's supply line was severely threatened and was even cut off for a time.
Nanyuan Kingdom has long been exhausted and naturally has no ability to short-circuit the Haoyue Demon Kingdom's long supply line here. But the Demon Spirit Clan has this ability.
The rear supply line was greatly threatened, and it was naturally difficult for the demon tribe to form an effective attack on the front line of Baishi City, and the longer it delayed, the more dangerous it became. So retreat became the only option. Naturally, the flesh and blood mill in Xiyuan County was slowed down.
It slowly stopped.
But is it over? Of course not.
In Shen Wujiu's words: Now Chonglan County and Xiyuan County have become a "passage". Those demon spirit tribes have a silent understanding with us and will not cause trouble with each other. They will use the passage to enter the Haoyue Demon Kingdom.
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This seems to have solved Nanyuan Kingdom's dilemma. But Zhang Yan seems to be only temporary. New problems will also arise.
For example, although the Demon Spirit Clan was diverted to the Demon Clan's territory and was considered a "return", the Demon Clan's use of the Nanyuan Kingdom meant that the Demon Clan had no sure way to block these Demon Spirit Clan, because the Demon Clan's path was
Since the Deathly Silence Road is no longer within the territory of the Demon Kingdom, we can only resist guerrillas everywhere. The "passage" of the Nanyuan Kingdom has naturally become a thorn in the side of the Haoyue Demon Kingdom.
Is this a perfect explanation of what it means to have a wave of uncertainty come back again?
Zhang Yan, on the other hand, has been sending out more and more ghost-catching bells with a series of disturbances. Because of his familiarity, Zhang Yan can now make three of them in an hour. It is no longer difficult to deal with the Special Case Division, and the special
The demand for ghost-catching bells in the case department has also dropped sharply. Nowadays, the real demand for ghost-catching bells is the demon species. They are all over the human race, and the ghost-catching bells have not only brought them great benefits, but also
Zhang Yan brought a stepped increase in ghosts for salvation, as well as various precious medicinal materials.