The large army of barbarians from outside the territory quickly retreated to the rear according to the order of the barbarian king Thule Bear.
Meng Zhang and True Lord Shushan stared closely at Barbarian King Tulexiong and True Lord Cangshan, while the army of monks from Taiyi Sect were chasing after them.
The two sides just chased and escaped, one behind the other, slowly heading out of the endless sand sea.
The army of extraterrestrial barbarians did not retreat according to the route it came from, but made a circle, preparing to leave the endless sand sea in another direction.
Along the way, the barbarian army did not have time to harm the strongholds and oases they encountered on the way, and just kept busy on their way.
As the army of barbarians from outside the territory was about to leave the endless sand sea, some people in the Taiyi Sect army began to become unable to sit still.
This person is the leader of Huoyun Sect, Huoyun Zhenren.
Ever since Master Huoyun pledged his allegiance to Meng Zhang, he has regarded himself as a vassal of the Taiyi Sect.
This time, the Fire Cloud Sect accompanied the Taiyi Sect to return to the Endless Sand Sea. Master Huo Yun honestly led the main monks of the Fire Cloud Sect to accompany him.
Before this war, even though he was not a member of the Hanhai Dao Alliance, Huoyun Zhenren took the initiative to integrate all the monks of the Huoyun Sect into the army of monks of the Hanhai Dao Alliance.
The Fire Cloud Sect voluntarily gave up its semi-independent status and was willing to place itself in the Hanhai Dao Alliance. This was obviously a good thing, and the top leaders of the Taiyi Sect had no objection.
In the subsequent battle, the Huoyun Sect monks also obeyed the orders and performed very well.
Master Huoyun now asks to see Meng Zhang. Meng Zhang also gave him a favor and met with him specially.
After seeing Meng Zhang, Master Huoyun immediately fell to the ground and asked Meng Zhang for help.
It turned out that judging from the retreat route of the barbarian army outside the territory, the direction they were going to go after leaving the endless sand sea happened to be the territory of the Fire Cloud Sect.
Although the barbarian army outside the territory was temporarily forced back by the Taiyimen army, the main force was not lost and the combat effectiveness was still there.
If they entered the territory of the Fire Cloud Sect, it would undoubtedly be a huge disaster.
Even when the Fire Cloud Sect was in its heyday, it was far from being able to defeat this barbarian army, let alone now.
Master Huo Yun asked to see Meng Zhang and begged Meng Zhang to save the Huo Yun Sect for the sake of the Huo Yun Sect's always being submissive.
Originally, according to Meng Zhang's original intention, driving this army of extraterrestrial barbarians away from the endless sand sea would be considered as achieving the goal.
There is no need for Taiyi Sect to continue to struggle with the barbarian army, nor does it have the strength to fight to the death with the barbarian army.
Meng Zhang led the Taiyi Sect to return to the Endless Sand Sea, repel the barbarian army, and expel them. He was able to give an explanation to the Jade Sword Sect.
The most important thing is that Meng Zhang relied on the empty city strategy to scare away the barbarian army from outside the territory.
If Barbarian King Shaliying regains his strength, Taiyi Sect will once again be at a disadvantage in terms of top combat power.
Now, Master Huoyun was kneeling in front of Meng Zhang, begging Meng Zhang to rescue the Huoyun Sect, which made Meng Zhang feel a little embarrassed.
Meng Zhang is not soft-hearted. As the loyal target of the Huoyun Sect, the Taiyi Sect controls a large number of vassal forces.
In terms of responsibility, Taiyi Sect must protect the vassals under its command.
If you can't protect others, why should others be willing to be vassals and loyal to you?
The Taiyi Sect now dominates the vast territory of the Endless Sand Sea and the Yaofeng Gobi, and through the organization of the Hanhai Dao Alliance, it has gathered many cultivation forces.
As the overlord of one party and the leader of many cultivation forces, Taiyi Sect also has many obligations that it must bear.
Master Huoyun has already come to beg for help, Meng Zhang cannot ignore it.
Otherwise, how will he convince the public after the news spreads?
No matter what the situation is inside, at least on the surface, Taiyi Sect, as a righteous sect, still has to strictly abide by its obligations and protect its subordinates.
This is not just acting for others to see, but the Taiyi Sect's behavior style that Meng Zhang has deliberately cultivated.
Meng Zhang thought in his mind that it was absolutely impossible for the Taiyi Sect monk army to catch up and fight with the barbarian army from outside the territory.
Protecting the Huoyun Sect is a matter of face, and it is not worth consuming Taiyi Sect's lives.
Of course, we cannot just let the armies of barbarians from outside the territory rush into the Huoyun Sect's territory, wreak havoc and plunder at will.
This is really a dilemma.
Meng Zhang first sent Master Huo Yun away and comforted him with a few words, saying that the Taiyi Sect would never sit idly by and told him not to be too anxious.
Then, Meng Zhang called several senior members of the sect who were always witty and flexible to tell the whole story and solicit everyone's opinions.
Basically, most of the higher-ups felt that they should help the Fire Cloud Sect and not let the Fire Cloud Sect's territory be completely destroyed in the hands of the barbarians from outside the territory.
As for how to act specifically, no one has a good idea.
After all, the strength of the Taiyi Sect was no stronger than the barbarian army outside the territory. It was only thanks to Meng Zhang's empty city strategy that they were able to frighten the other side.
If they really take action, Taiyi Sect has no chance of winning.
In the end, after everyone discussed it, they still felt that Taiyi Sect could not really fight against the barbarian army from outside the territory again.
The Taiyi Sect side should still focus on exerting pressure on the opponent and slowly force the opponent to retreat.
In this way, the main force of Taiyi Sect will always be restrained by this barbarian army, and a war may break out at any time.
Meng Zhang was not very satisfied with this situation.
He originally thought that by driving the army of barbarians from outside the territory away from the endless sand sea, he and the Taiyi Sect could be freed.
The Supreme Sword God General seemed to have read through Meng Zhang's thoughts, and softly uttered four words: "Nurture the bandits with self-respect."
These four words awakened Meng Zhang and made him understand suddenly.
If Taiyi Sect could expel the barbarian army from outside the territory early, keep them away from the endless sea of sand. Then the Taiyi Sect would be free.
Although Meng Zhang's main focus during this period was on the army of barbarians from outside the territory. However, some channels from Taiyi Sect still conveyed news to him from time to time.
Especially after the formal alliance with the Dark Alliance branch, various news from the Dark Alliance branch greatly enhanced Meng Zhang's eyes and ears.
Since the Dali Dynasty's northern sweeping army was rectified by Generalissimo Zhang Weineng, a new round of offensive began again.
It's not yet time for the decisive battle between the main forces of the two sides. It's just some outpost battles on the front lines of both sides.
Even so, it was already extremely tragic, with countless casualties.
The Jade Sword Sect is facing huge pressure and is desperately squeezing out its potential and gathering as many cultivators as possible.
If the Taiyi Sect is free at this time, it will definitely be forcibly recruited by the Jade Sword Sect and rush to the front line to fight against the Dali Dynasty army again.
The last bloody battle with the army of the Dali Dynasty had just passed not long ago, and everyone in the Taiyi Sect, including Meng Zhang, was still frightened.
I'm afraid no one is willing to step into that meat grinder-like battlefield again.
Continuing to tangle with the barbarian armies outside the territory and support the bandits is a reasonable way to avoid being recruited by the Jade Sword Sect.
