Another month later, Zhang Changkong once again returned to the area where the Dongtang Oasis was located.
When he came back this time, he brought four thousand middle-grade vitality stones and two thousand low-grade vitality stones. In addition, there were two smallest centipede insects, only five or six meters long, which were just enough for the Golden Needle Wasp to carry. In addition, Besides, I didn’t bring anything else.
After Zhang Changkong hid the centipede bugs and vitality stones in the sand dunes thousands of meters away from Dongtang Oasis, he let the golden needle wasps fly to Dongtang Oasis.
"It's been two months. I don't know if something happened in Dongtang Oasis, and I don't know if the Xiangshan Sect has noticed my whereabouts." Zhang Changkong slowly approached the city.
Seeing that the people patrolling the city wall were humans, Zhang Changkong knew that the Sand Scorpions were not coming back to take back the oasis.
In a large courtyard next to the abandoned city lord's mansion.
"Has anyone been here during this time? I mean people from the Xiangshan Sect." Zhang Changkong asked a somewhat old-fashioned middle-aged man. This man was originally a foreign affairs manager of the city lord's palace. After the general manager and other high-level officials died at the hands of the Sand Scorpion Clan, he was the highest-ranking surviving administrator in the city, so he was appointed as the acting city lord by Wu Yu and Xu Ying.
Zhang Changkong basically didn't care about everything in the city. He just occupied a courtyard as his residence.
"Back to Master Zhang, Master Wu and Master Xu came here a month ago, and then they told me that Master, you are in retreat and asked us not to disturb you." After that, the middle-aged man explained some basic conditions in the city. Zhang Changkong noticed that there were more than 3,000 people in the city in the past two months. These people were basically people who fled to the oasis to hide and were not discovered by the Sand Scorpion Clan.
"Okay, you can handle the situation in the city. As long as it's not a critical matter like the Sand Scorpion attack, don't disturb me." Zhang Changkong waved his hand and told the middle-aged man to step back.
"I didn't expect that inconvenience in communication can also be beneficial." Zhang Changkong thought of this and was somewhat satisfied with Wu Yu's wit.
Not many days after Zhang Changkong came back, Wu Yu came again.
"Senior brother, the Xiangshan Sect's liaison envoy arrived a month ago. The last time we came was for this matter. Because they couldn't find you in the Dongtang Oasis, they told us some things that we need to pay attention to in the future." , Xu Ying never mentioned Zhang Changkong's absence last time. As he said that, Xu Ying had a box brought in. After opening it, there were a thousand low-grade vitality stones in the box.
"This is your share for the year, senior brother. As long as the population in the oasis is maintained, there will be this amount of vitality stones every year. The envoy said that it doesn't matter if the city is lost. The most important thing is to ensure the population," Wu Yu said.
"Has there been any change in the Dusk Desert?" Zhang Changkong was a little surprised. In the past, the Xiangshan Sect would not care about mortals.
"I heard from the envoy that after the Sand Scorpion tribe captured the oasis in the past, some people would be left behind as laborers, so when we return to attack, the people in the oasis will be able to retain their vitality," Xu Ying said in a deep voice, "Now, the Sand Scorpion tribe has The Scorpions no longer need our human labor, many people in the oasis have been killed by them, and the number of mortals in the Dusk Desert is rapidly decreasing, so we need to protect the mortals as much as possible."
Zhang Changkong narrowed his eyes. There was too little information. He did not know the specific changes that had occurred in the war between the Xiangshan Sect and the Sand Scorpion Clan. However, judging from the current signs, the cruelty of the war had risen to a new level. Even if he stayed in the East in the future, Tang Oasis may not be too safe.
"Okay, I understand, you should go back to Shuikou Oasis first." Zhang Changkong nodded.
After sending Wu Yu and the two away, Zhang Changkong looked at the people in the city who had just recovered with a serious expression. If he was given time and he brought tens of thousands of blade centipedes, he was confident that holding the city for three to five years would not be a problem. Now In this situation, the relatively powerful mortals in the city have been killed by the Sand Scorpions. Zhang Changkong also knows that many of the current city guards are the young and strong men of the past. Three or five of them may not be as good as one Sand Scorpion. The fighting power of the Scorpion Clan, the city is so big, as long as there are 5,000 more Sand Scorpion Clan, and the enemy has one or two Sand Scorpion Commanders to hold him back, the nearly 15,000 mortals in the city will probably be killed.
In just half a month, the Sand Scorpions appeared around the Dongtang Oasis. However, they may have known that Zhang Changkong killed a Sand Scorpion leader here, so they did not invade the city on a large scale. Instead, they sent some Sand Scorpions from time to time. Attack the city wall and constantly fight with the city guards.
Zhang Changkong stood on the city wall, watching a group of Sand Scorpions launch a surprise attack at night, and were quickly killed by the city guards, leaving corpses on the ground. However, many of the city guards were also killed by the Sand Scorpions. Clan squads were killed or seriously injured with spear projectiles.
"Master Immortal, there are only less than 2,000 city guards now. In the past five days, there have been hundreds of casualties. If this continues, even if there are hundreds of new soldiers in the city to replenish, they will not be able to last for a year." , a big man with a beard said to Zhang Changkong, this man is Yan Li, the former deputy general of the city guard and now the chief general.
"Have you sent out spies in the past few days to find out where most of the Sand Scorpions are? If you know, I can directly destroy them." Zhang Changkong asked. He himself had tried to track them, but he had not found them. Where are the Sand Scorpions hiding?
"No, we have lived with the Sand Scorpion Tribe for a while. Some people understand some of the Sand Scorpion Tribe's language, so I also captured prisoners. After torture and forced confessions, I got the news that there are more than 6,000 of them in total, and they are a big leader. There are three more leaders led by Sand Scorpion, but their camps will change places every once in a while, as if to avoid being known to us," Yan Li said.
Zhang Changkong heard this and had no choice. The sand scorpion tribe had a much better adaptability to the desert environment than the human race. It was basically impossible to find them outside the vast desert.
"You don't have to worry too much. Even if the Sand Scorpions are hiding in the desert, they won't have too many supplies. Maybe they will retreat before long." Zhang Changkong could only say this. The Sand Scorpions didn't want to fight with him. In a decisive battle, what can he do?
Just like some people in the human race are brave and some are cowardly, the leader of the Sand Scorpion Clan this time is a person who is afraid of death. Zhang Changkong is in the same realm as him, and he does not dare to fight.
When Yan Li was about to say something else, Zhang Changkong interrupted him, "Okay, the Sand Scorpions don't dare to attack, which means they don't have the confidence to fight me, so as long as I'm still in the city, they will most likely not attack. A large-scale attack, we have the advantage now, so there is no need to worry, or if you find their base camp, victory will also belong to us."
When Yan Li heard this, he was stunned. After thinking about it, it seemed to make sense. He couldn't help but feel less worried. He knew that Zhang Xianshi had taken back the city single-handedly and killed a leader of the Sand Scorpion Clan. Immortal Master You My lord, here, even if the strength of the city guards is not one-tenth of the top, the Sand Scorpion Clan will not be able to defeat it.
Zhang Changkong left the city wall with a heavy expression.
