Autumn turns to spring again, and most people in the Nanyuan Kingdom know that food at home has become much more expensive in the past year than in previous years, at least 15% more expensive. In the villages around major cities, many people
Farmers who grow fruits and vegetables are also required to start growing some staple crops.
Ordinary people don't understand why this is the case. Isn't it because we haven't heard of wars in the past few years? Why does the staple food seem to be a little tight?
People who are a little more well-informed will know that the increase in staple grains by 1.5% is the result of the government opening positions to level prices. If the officials did not care, it would not be a problem for the price of food on the market to rise by another 20%. This would lead to the increase in staple grains.
The reason is naturally "lack of food".
But how could there be a shortage of food if there was no war?
We have to look to the southwest. Xiyuan County, the largest staple food producing area in Nanyuan Kingdom, has seen a decrease in production every year in recent years, and it is strange that the price of food in Nanyuan Kingdom has not increased.
But why does Taiyuan County’s production decrease year by year? Very few people know the reason.
Since a year ago, strange changes have appeared more and more frequently in various places in Xiyuan County. Deep pits in the ground, or protruding hills, or a strange forest that appears inexplicably, etc.
Different from the nervousness of the demon clan, the Western Route Army stationed in Xiyuan County has always behaved very calmly, in an orderly manner with almost no rush. They are waiting for the demon clan in Xiyuan County to make the first move, following their movements, and
Always keep a safe distance of one or two miles from the demon clan.
At the same time, the movements of the demon clan, as well as every new change, as well as the losses incurred by the previous demon clan will be recorded and reported.
Although compared to the Monster Clan, the West Route Army lost very few men this year. But it was not easy. Even the entire West Route Army was involved in dozens of groups due to more and more strange changes.
As a result, not only is the strength of the Chinese army stationed in Baishi City less than half of what it was when it was abundant, but the military camps in various places are also stretched in terms of manpower.
In order to ensure that every change location is not missed, and that the tracking manpower is not too small to be meaningless, what the Western Route Army can do is to share the strength as much as possible, leaving only the main force of the White Rock City front-line Chinese Army to provide support in the center
That's it. And there are more than 5,000 forbidden troops temporarily stationed on the border from Xiyuan County to Zhongding County, ready for reinforcements at any time.
As a result, even most of the main forces that had previously been stationed on the border with the Haoyue Demon Kingdom had followed the trend of the situation and withdrew most of their forces from the border to deal with emergencies in Xiyuan County.
Zhou Cang received the military order a month ago, asking him to suit up and be ready to listen at any time. At the same time, he only needed to leave basic sentries on the Baimashi front line.
Although this decision was somewhat unexpected by Zhou Cang, he could only implement it immediately. He quickly assembled the troops of the third battalion in his hands.
Three days ago, new orders arrived, ordering him to break camp immediately and head to a specific place one hundred and ten miles northeast. There was no name there. It used to be just a plain terrain and farmland. What happened more than a year ago
After several subsidences, the farmland has stopped being cultivated, and now the people there are all the monsters and the tracking teams of the Western Army.
Zhou Cang didn't know what he was going there for the time being. He didn't receive further orders until he was halfway there. He was asked to find a location that could be used as an offensive and defensive terrain to build a military stronghold, and at the same time keep an eye on all the local conditions.
Any changes needed to be reported immediately, and he also received a warning to "do not act rashly."
But he still didn't tell Zhou Cang what happened at the destination he was going to.
With the curiosity in his heart, Zhou Cang used fast speed to have the third battalion arrive at the destination half a day earlier than scheduled. The expedition team also got a rough idea of the situation at the destination and brought back a man.
The West Route Army was watching the school commander over there, and only then did Zhou Cang understand the reason why he came here.
It was another mutation, but this time the mutation was a bit too scary, so Baishi City had to mobilize the main forces like him on the border to deal with it specifically. And the intention of Jianjunzhai seemed to be that there would be more troops coming in the future.
They were just the first ones. It was probably because they were the closest.
In fact, Zhou Cang had already seen the changes there when he was still more than half a day away from the destination, because the changes were really scary.
It is a plain terrain that has always been flat. It is no problem to say that it is flat. Most places in Xiyuan County have this kind of terrain.
But they were still more than half a day away, what did Zhou Cang see? He actually saw a mountain peak standing very far away. Although the distance was too far, it was only a small protrusion at the end of the field of vision, but as the distance got closer, he
You have to slowly tilt your head upward to keep up with the height of the mountain.
After finally arriving nearby, Zhou Cang estimated that the mountain peak that suddenly appeared was at least nearly three hundred feet high and covered an area as large as a large city.
Didn't we always say that the ground was sinking badly? Why did such a huge mountain suddenly come out?
"Where are those demon clans?" After resisting the destination, Zhou Cang quickly discovered that the scattered surroundings were all followed by brothers from the Western Army, and he did not see the demon clan that should have been more numerous than the tracking team.
"Back to my lord, the camps of the demon tribes are all at the core, closest to the previous depressions. And this time the mountain peaks rose from the ground based on those depressions as the center, so... those demon tribes have disappeared.
." When he said this, the commander of the surveillance team also felt a chill running down his back. He was extremely grateful to the military order for always asking them, the surveillance team, to keep a certain distance from the demon clan. If not, they would have followed suit this time.
Just like those demon clans that disappeared, they don’t know whether to live or die.
Zhou Cang chuckled. His view on monsters is that all monsters should die immediately. The more people die, the happier he will be. This view is shared by the vast majority of people in the entire Western Army.
"Well, have you sent someone to take a closer look?"
"No. Because after the mountain appeared, all the grass and trees nearby quickly withered. Look over there, there was still a small field over there this morning, with a lot of weeds growing in it. Now it is all bare and withered.
It's on the ground.
Later, we found some local wild animals and let them go, but they fell to the ground and died after running a few steps. So we didn't dare to let the brothers explore further.
This mountain is very strange."
Zhou Cang raised his head and thought to himself that this mountain is indeed very strange. In addition to what the school commander just said, the most intuitive strange thing about this mountain is its color. The bare parts are all black, as black as ink. It will still appear in the sun.
There is some metallic luster shining.
"The mountains on this mountain don't look like rocks?" Zhou Cang thought subconsciously in his mind.