Autumn is turning 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 villages around major cities, many fruit and vegetable farmers have also been asked to start growing some staple crops.
Ordinary people don't understand why this is the case. Because in the past few years, haven’t we heard of any war? Why does the staple food seem to be a bit tight?
People who are a little more well-informed will know that the increase in staple food by 1.5% is due to the government's opening of positions to equalize prices. If the government does not care, it will not be a problem if the price of food on the market rises by another 20%. The reason for the increase in staple food is naturally "food shortage".
But how could there be a shortage of food if there was no war?
You have to look to the southwest. Xiyuan County, the largest staple food producing area in Nanyuan Kingdom, has seen a decrease in production year by 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 for this.
Since a year ago, strange changes have occurred more and more frequently in various places in Xiyuan County. A deep pit in the ground, a protruding hill, or a strange forest that appeared out of nowhere, 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 move first, 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's 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 even 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. On the border from Xiyuan County to Zhongding County, more than 5,000 forbidden troops were temporarily stationed to prepare for reinforcements at any time.
As a result, even most of the main forces that had 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. Hurry and assemble the troops of the third battalion in hand.
Three days ago, new orders arrived, ordering him to break camp immediately and head to a specific location one hundred and ten miles northeast. There is no name there. It used to be just a plain terrain and farmland. There had been several subsidences more than a year ago, and the farmland had ceased to be cultivated. Now the people there are all the tracking teams of the demon clan and the Western Army.
Zhou Cang didn't know what he was going to do there for the time being. No further orders were received until halfway through. When he got there, he was asked to find a location that could be used for offensive and defensive terrain to build a military stronghold. At the same time, he was required to keep an eye on all the local conditions. If there were any changes, he needed to report them immediately. At the same time, he was also given 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 curiosity in his heart, Zhou Cang used fast speed to get the three battalions to their destination more than half a day earlier than scheduled. The expedition team also got a rough idea of the situation at the destination and brought back a school commander from the West Route Army who was watching over there. Only then did Zhou Cang understand the reason why he came here.
It's another change, but this time the change is a bit too scary, so Baishi City has mobilized his main force on the border to deal with it specifically. And it seems that there will be people coming to build the army village in the future. They are just the first ones. Probably because of the proximity.
In fact, Zhou Cang had already seen the changes there when he was still 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 half a day away, what did Zhou Cang see? He actually saw a mountain peak standing in the distance. Although the distance was too far, at first he could only see a small protrusion at the end of his field of vision, but as the distance got closer, he had to slowly tilt his head upward to keep up with the height of the peak.
After finally arriving nearby, Zhou Cang estimated that the mountain peak that suddenly appeared was at least nearly three hundred feet high. It covers an area like a big city.
Isn’t it said here that the ground is sinking badly? Why did he suddenly come out of such a huge mountain?
"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 for the military orders that had always required those who were following them to keep a certain distance from the demon clan. If not, this time they would be like those demon clans who disappeared, not knowing whether to live or die.
Zhou Cang chuckled. His view on the demon clan was that all demon clan should die immediately. The more he died, the happier he would be. And his 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. 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 I didn’t dare to let the brothers explore further.
This mountain is very strange. "
Zhou Cang raised his head and secretly thought that this mountain was 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 skin was actually all black, as black as ink. There will also be some metallic-like luster shining in the sunlight.
"The mountains on this mountain don't look like rocks?" Zhou Cang thought subconsciously.
(End of chapter)
