A caravan was driving on the official road leading to Shengshan County, with endless refugee camps on both sides.
In the middle of the caravan, a middle-aged man carrying a halberd and riding a horse looked at the refugee camps on both sides with worry, his lips and teeth moved slightly:
"Too much"
A young man riding a horse on the side came over and asked in a low voice:
"Xue Tou, what's too much?"
The horses they rode were both of demonic beast blood, tall and handsome, with extremely clear muscle lines.
The middle-aged man glanced sideways at the young man:
"There are too many refugees."
The young man then looked back at the refugees, remained silent for a while, and whispered:
"So, the refugee camp here is indeed much larger than the ones we have seen before, but so what?"
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with deep worry:
"If you're not careful, riots can break out in these refugee camps."
The young man was a little disapproving and pointed to the military camp stationed in the distance:
"There are border troops stationed over there. Looking at the size of the military camp, there are at least a thousand troops. There is no need to worry about a riot."
The middle-aged man sighed and whispered:
"I'm not worried about Shengshan County, but about us caravans."
The young man was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned strange. He looked at the numb refugees and whispered:
"That shouldn't be the case. It's a serious crime to disturb officialdom."
The middle-aged man shook his head:
"If you can't survive, who cares about this? I hope the inspection by the Imperial Supervisor can quickly evacuate these refugees. If they continue to gather like this, these refugees will not be able to survive, and they may really be robbed."
The young man's eyes flashed, and he slightly tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand:
"Well, the scale of the monster tide near the Wanxing Mountains this time is similar."
And before he finished speaking,
A flock of birds suddenly flew out from the rolling forest on one side of the official road.
A huge flock of birds,
It’s so big that it can almost cover the sky!
The flock of birds came and left just as quickly. In a few breaths, they had already passed over the official road and fled towards the territory of Dayan.
Everyone on the official road saw this sudden change, and everything on the official road seemed to have pressed the pause button.
Everyone knows what these birds represent, but no one dares to act rashly when they are stuck in this position.
And in the midst of all this stillness,
The middle-aged man's hand holding the halberd began to tremble slightly, but he did not look in the direction of the mountains and forests, but looked at the refugee camp:
"The monster is here, ready to fight"
The young man came back to his senses:
"What?"
The middle-aged man waved his halberd and let out a loud bang:
"The caravan gathers its formation and prepares for battle!!"
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After all, the monster still breaks through the forest.
As the first monster entered the refugee camp, and as a refugee was buried in the monster's mouth, panic spread uncontrollably!
Horrified screams, piercing whines, and angry yells almost immediately broke out, like a domino being toppled, and chaos quickly spread in the slums on both sides of the official road.
"The monster. The monster is coming!!! Run!"
"Ah!! Help."
"My dear, the village is gone. Even Erxipo won't let anyone stay. The court is here."
"Child, where is my child?! The second baby!!"
"No, don't steal my food. This is to save my mother's life. Don't kill me!! Please!!"
"Run, Fan'er, don't run to the official road. The gentlemen there will not show mercy. Run to Shengshan County!!!"
As panic spread, the refugee camp exploded like boiling water.
In the refugee camp on the side of the Wanxing Mountains, countless people in ragged clothes poured towards the official road like an avalanche.
Some people want to escape to the other side of the official road, but some people want to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune.
Wave after wave of people who were kidnapped and had ulterior motives rushed towards the various caravan groups above the official road.
The caravan groups traveling on the official road reacted equally quickly when they saw such a scene.
“These refugees are crazy!!”
"The escort team is ready! Anyone who collides with the caravan will be killed without mercy!!"
"Dare the Sihai caravan robbed?! Kill!!"
"These are ordinary people, do you really want to take action?!"
"You bastards! Ordinary people will come to snatch the goods?! These people have gone crazy!"
"If you don't strike, these refugees won't show mercy to you. Are you going to pay the money for the goods to the merchant house?! Kill!!!"
The escorts and knights protecting the caravan drew out their swords one after another, but these shining sharp blades still failed to stop the flow of refugees who were swallowed up by panic and madness.
Like a sea wave, the refugee wave swept away the caravan on the official road, and then swept towards Shengshan County not far away!
The moment the monster appeared, the psychedelic formation engraved around Shengshan County was immediately activated. In an instant, Shengshan County and the one kilometer radius outside Shengshan County were shrouded in a thick layer of white mist. .
Looking down from the sky, the entire Shengshan County seems to have disappeared.
But this is for the outside world, and the internal chaos within the phantom array still continues.
Even though most of the monsters have been isolated, the dark wave of refugees is still rushing towards the clearly defined city wall like ants!
The panic has swallowed up the reason of these poor people, and they desperately want to run to a place they think is safe, even if the monster behind them is blocked.
Unfortunately, the border troops in Shengshan County would not allow them to enter the city.
The generals in charge of Shengshan County knew very well that allowing this group of crazy refugees to enter the city would cause an even greater disaster.
The border troops stationed near the refugee camp formed a military formation and were waiting.
General Qu's persuasion at the border was fruitless. Under the constant impact of the surging refugee flow,
The killing begins.
kill!
Anyone who dares to attack the city gate will be killed until this group of crazy refugees calm down.
finally,
After all, the chaos was restricted outside Shengshan County.
In just half an hour, tens of thousands of people died quietly due to the turmoil caused by the monster. However, the number of people who actually died from the monster's mouth was no more than a hundred people.
Shengshan County has three city gates in the east, north and south. Because the west side faces the Wanxing Mountains, there is no gate.
After the trade routes passed smoothly, Shengshan County set up three markets in the east, north and south of the city along these three city gates.
Every market is lively and the management methods are simple and rough.
Garrisoned troops.
Nowadays, the top administrator of Shengshan County is a school captain general. It is really difficult to expect a big boss to be able to manage these things.
An army of five hundred people was stationed next to each market. Anyone who dared to attack in the market would be dragged out and chopped down.
There are disadvantages and advantages to being in charge of generals. At least in emergencies, the response speed of the entire Shengshan County is much faster than that of bureaucrats.
For example, right now,
Within half an hour after the wave of monsters arrived, the bustling market was forcibly cleared.
Groups of frontier soldiers armed with sharp swords were patrolling back and forth in the city in full formation.
Standing by the window of the inn, Xu Yuan looked at the thick fog in the sky that seemed to have been there forever.
In fact, the moment he saw the psychedelic formation activated, Xu Yuan knew that if nothing unexpected happened, there would be another accident.
And this is indeed the case,
In addition to the sergeants patrolling the streets, people on horseback would shout along the streets every once in a while to appease the people.
However, the person who heard the call described that this wave of monsters was not large in scale, and General Li Pian had already led his troops out of the city to kill the monsters under the order of Captain Wang.
The psychedelic formation set up by Xu Xinyao can completely trap the incoming monsters in the mist illusory formation, and lead them out in batches, allowing the frontier troops of the formed military formation to surround and kill them in batches.
Efficient and safe.
According to the description of the person who called out, this formation will probably be removed tomorrow.
Taking one last look at the streets that were already under martial law, Xu Yuan shook his head gently, turned around and sat back on the bed.
Ran Qingmo is next door, and the two of them don't share a room.
After a short moment of silence, Xu Yuan whispered:
"Old man Luo?"
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Be quiet for a moment,
The voice of the saint's remnant soul came over, and his voice was relaxed and smiling:
"how?"
"Tell me, with the intelligence of these monsters, how could they know how to attack the city?"
"Um?"
The remnant soul of the saint let out a light sigh, and then said with a low smile:
"There are more than a dozen of these monster beasts in one nest. Gu Yuan cannot support such a large population, so they can only use these monster beasts as consumables to expand outward."
Xu Yuan shook his head:
"I know this,
"I mean, why do these monsters like to chew on hard bones like the city fortress?
"Isn't it good to rush through some corners? They are all consumables anyway. You don't have to think about how to get back. As long as you break into the hinterland, the trouble you will cause to the Great Yan Dynasty will naturally be much greater."
The remnant soul of the saint said in a leisurely tone:
"Monster beasts have no intelligence, but demon clans do."
Xu Yuan was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and suddenly realized the meaning of the saint's remnant soul's words. After a while, he only uttered five words:
"Another infighting.6."
If they "fight" on the border, the Great Yande sect and the imperial court will hold each other back, but if they really break into the hinterland, it will be against the common interests of the imperial court and the sect. If they do it a few times, they will annoy the people on the border. Sect, let them unite with the imperial court to expedition to the Ancient Abyss. It would really outweigh the losses for the demon clan in the Ancient Abyss.
"Slip? It's really slippery."
The remnant soul of the saint grinned:
"The tide of monsters in the Wanxing Mountains only attacks towns every spring, which can be regarded as a routine test by Gu Yuan.
"As long as your Dayan Dynasty can defend it every year, then everyone will be in peace. But if one year your Dayan Dynasty is unable to maintain the 100,000-mile border defense line in the Wanxing Mountains, Gu Yuan will probably have to consider whether to Get serious.
"The fertile soil of the Central Plains is much better than that place in Guyuan where birds don't poop."
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Xu Yuan was slightly stunned when he heard these words.
He thought of the world line where "Gu Yuan" was the final BOSS in Cangyuan. It was estimated that those world lines were due to the inability of the Great Yan Dynasty to maintain this long border defense line, which led Gu Yuan to judge that Dayan was weak and take the opportunity to launch a large-scale invasion.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan looked at the fog layer outside and suddenly asked:
"Old man Luo, can you forcefully break through this illusion formation?"
"What?" The remnant soul of the saint looked slightly surprised.
Xu Yuan repeated in a low voice:
"Let me ask, can you and Ran Qingmo lead me to highlight this psychedelic formation?"
"If I were in peak condition."
"Okay, stop talking." Xu Yuan sighed.
"Tsk, kid."
The remnant soul of the saint smacked his lips, but then asked aloud: "What are you worried about?"
"This afternoon, before Zhou Xiaohe left, he said he would come back to the inn to find us this evening, but they haven't come yet." Xu Yuan spoke solemnly.
The remnant soul of the saint reacted quickly:
"Do you suspect that this monster attack on the city has something to do with the Wanxiang Sect?"
Xu Yuan nodded:
"I didn't think so much about it at the time. Just half an hour after the two of them left, the wave of monsters came, and their status in the Wanxiang Sect should be high. It's such a coincidence."
The remnant soul of the saint hesitated slightly:
"But there is no reason for the Wanxiang Sect to arrange a drama of monsters attacking the city. What good does a dead person do to them?"
Xu Yuan slowly stood up and walked towards Ran Qingmo's room next door, whispering in his heart:
"This is also something I can't understand. First, I spent so much money to cooperate with my fourth sister to build this psychedelic array, and then arranged this drama of monsters attacking the city. Except for the dead, this Wanxiang Sect"
Speaking of which,
The corners of Xu Yuan's eyes suddenly twitched, and his feet trembled:
"This Wanxiang Sect shouldn't be like that, right?"
The thoughts that flashed through his mind made Xu Yuan feel a little unbelievable.
"What's wrong?" Saint Remnant Soul asked.
Xu Yuan hesitated slightly, then glanced at the soul ring and uttered one word:
"Ghost fog."
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Hearing this, the saint's remnant soul was obviously stunned for a moment.
Xu Yuan did not rush out anymore, but just put his hand on the wooden door and fell into deep thought.
"You mean the Wanxiang Sect wants to create ghost mist?" The voice of the saint's remnant soul became very interested.
Xu Yuan ignored the old man, frowned and said:
"These are hundreds of thousands of people. Wanxiang Sect shouldn't have the guts to blatantly create ghost fog, right?"
The remnant soul of the saint did not have Xu Yuan's hesitation and said in a relaxed voice:
"Boy Xu, this is not blatant."
"Um?"
"The formation set up by your sister has isolated everything inside. Even if everyone inside dies, people outside will only think it was done by a monster."
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Xu Yuan was slightly silent, his eyes hesitant:
"The number of hundreds of thousands of people who can be sacrificed is enough to defeat the Wanxiang Sect."
"But no one will know."
The remnant soul of the saint shook his head and interrupted.
"."Xu Yuan.
The remnant soul of the saint smiled softly and whispered:
"Actually, if you want to verify your idea, it's very simple. Go to the Yamen and ask the generals of the border army to see if the magic array can be closed, and see how many monsters are attacking this time. If you can deal with it, If it goes up, then it’s almost the same.”
Xu Yuan pondered slightly, his eyes extremely solemn:
"That's it. Let's ask Ran Qingmo to go to the county government office and have a look. If the Wanxiang Sect really wants to create ghost mist here, they should also secretly set up other formations."
After hearing this, the remnant soul of the saint silently reminded:
"Constrain it. Even if the power of the formation in this city is damaged, Ran Yatou and I will not feel better even if it is running at full strength, let alone the frontier troops in this city can still form a military formation."
Xu Yuan pushed the door open and walked out:
"Don't worry, I know what's appropriate."
(End of chapter)
