Zhou Cang left before dawn. Before leaving, he went to Zhang Yan's mansion as promised and personally received a box from Zhang Yan. It was said that it contained a set of sleeveless inner armor. In Zhang Yan's words, this inner armor is the same weapon as the "Feng Zhan" hanging on Zhou Cang's waist.
Zhou Cang understood. Zhanfeng is a "magic weapon", so this inner armor must be a magic weapon too!
What is the confidence to save one's life? This is the inner armor. Zhou Cang could only say "Thank you for the kindness" for the time being, hugged Zhang Yan's shoulders hard, and then started on the journey. Zhang Yan could only say goodbye.
There are thousands of mountains and rivers to go here, and I don’t know if I will see you again. After all, the inner armor of a low-grade magic weapon that Zhang Yan made overnight was just a dead object. It could have a good protective effect, but it could not necessarily protect Zhou Cang's life. In the end, it still depends on Zhou Cang's luck.
It was also from this day that not only Zhang Yan, but the entire Langyuan City could feel the cloud of war coming from the southwest, and more and more people began to be affected.
The first is rising prices. Even with the pressure from the local government, the price of rations still rose by a full 20% in just half a month! And you have to remember that this is just the beginning of spring, and during the lean period, the increase in ration prices is a big deal. If it continues to rise and cannot contain the increase, it will cause big trouble.
Secondly, the soldiers from the garrison began to knock on the door together with the yamen servants according to the household registration list. The first ones to be taken away were families with many children, and at least one male from each family must come out to enlist in the army. Even if you are willing to pay for military service. This is true even for small households and wealthy businessmen in the city.
Military service outside Shan Yunye was normal, and every household had to recruit someone. But there are very few cases where people are knocked on the door and taken away. What's more, the situation in the southwest is so difficult, how can even ordinary people know about it? So even the quickest people can think of the place they were going to before the conscription, which must be Xiyuan County or Chonglan County in the southwest.
Four deaths and one life!
The sound of crying almost accompanied the small streets and alleys of Langyuan City for half a month. Although each family is willing to give up their own children, when the military order comes to their doorstep, who dares to go?
Besides, this is a fight against monsters, and Xiaoyi is here, who can argue?
Not to mention the common people and small wealthy businessmen outside Langyuan City. The situation of Xiangguo is also worse or less. Zhou Cang even saw eight spontaneous enlistment rallies by students outside Jiangwu Academy during that time. Compared with these people who have never held a spear, and have never even killed pigs, the martial arts students outside the martial arts academy are naturally more incapable of dealing with battle formations. We also have a less defensive sense of homeland.
In fact, that is one of the reasons why the Military Academy enjoys an extremely low status in various countries. It is indeed the palace with the fewest training of warriors in any country. In times of trouble, the students of the Martial Arts Academy can indeed be called the backbone of the country.
In addition to the news in Langyuan City, Zhou Cang also learned about Shen Wujiu's latest military deployment from Xiao Shu's chat. I was surprised to hear that Shan Yunye actually transferred the Eastern Army Commander Shi Xuan's troops from Tonghu Pass to the west of Changhu County.
In Xiao Shu's words: "Now there are only two or eight thousand people at Tonghu Pass guarding the pass. At least some more soldiers with baggage will be added, and the number will exceed 10,000."
Although Zhou Cang knew military matters, he could still understand a map. Changhu County is southwest of Beijiang County, next to Zhongding County, and going southwest from Zhongding County is Xiyuan County. The original position of the Eastern Army was to guard the Beiwu Kingdom north of Tonghu Pass. At the same time, it could use the official road from Beijiang County to the south to penetrate directly to see and hold the line across the water.
But now that the Eastern Army has reached the west of Changhu County, it should weaken the defensive force of Zhongding County and take into account the defense along the crossing river. But it directly left the Bronze Tiger Pass vacant.
Are Shan Yunye's troops already stretched to that point?
Although the things around him no longer attract Zhou Cang's attention. But after all, I don’t care too much about Shen Wujiu’s war. I am unable to protect outsiders in my own family, but Shen Wujiu will be able to bear it when the time comes. I can take outsiders with me when facing the demon country. I am not confident that I will remain firm in the face of other countries.
It was only when Nanyuan Kingdom appeared in front of me that Zhou Cang realized that things didn't seem to be as I thought, and it still bothered me for the time being.
"Sir, something happened!"
Nanyuan Kingdom looked far more frightened than any time he saw Zhou Cang in the future. There was even obvious fear and confusion on his face.
Outside the main hall of the Zhang family, Nanyuan Kingdom indeed brought Zhou Cang some very satisfying news.
"Eight days later, Beijiang County ended the cases of Zhang Yan's rampage. But it was no different from the previous ones. Even the livestock were not spared that time. Once something happened, he was like a Zhuangzi. The chickens and dogs at the bottom are left. That will never happen in the future..."
"Is it over again?" Zhou Cang frowned. It stands to reason that I will almost save Xu Fengbai next time in Langyuan City. As the number one ghost king of the human spirit clan, Xu Fengbai should at most choose to avoid the edge temporarily, right? After knowing how powerful Zhou Cang was, did he still let the ghosts under his command come to die?
That's reasonable. It's also logical.
Naturally, what frightened Nanyuan Kingdom was the discovery that Zhang Yan had come and wreaked havoc again. But there's nothing scary about it.
Just listen to Nan Yuanguo continue to say: "You have contacted the demon species and asked our people to come and take a look. The result of the demon species' statement is that these recent cases of Zhang Yan's rampage are from the human Zhang Yan. , but the demon Zhang Yan!"
"Demon Zhang Yan?!"
Zhou Cang is also forbidden to sit up straight. I understand why the Nanyuan Congress suddenly visited and looked so panicked. Because it is the same as the comparison between the demon clan and the human clan, the demon Zhang Yan is generally much more powerful than the human Zhang Yan. What's more, the demon Zhang Yan is as sneaky and harmful as the human Zhang Yan. But he hates siege of cities and special raids. There were chickens and dogs wherever he passed.
"Yes, what the demons say is that demon Zhang Yan came to Shen Wujiu!"
Nanyuan Kingdom was in panic. The Special Cases Division can deal with the demon Zhang Yan. As weak as the demon country, it was just a fight with the demon Shanyun. He could only do it by taking advantage of the demon clan's untargeted Zhang Yan and his multiple talents. If it were a human race... Nanyuan Kingdom would already be in chaos.
"How can the human race's territory be wreaked havoc by the demonless Shanyun?"
"I know it, too. Did I come to see you that time to ask if you could find the Dead Silence Road? Because that time was not as traceable as the ones that followed. It was also the first of these that you have blocked since then. A position." Shan Yunye was too abrupt. If the demon Zhang Yan's coming and wreaking havoc on Shen Wu's Vulture could be contained, this would definitely be a trivial matter that Shen Wu's Vulture could not bear even more than the military disaster in the southwest.
(End of chapter)
