Fang Ze just stood at the gate of Tangzhou's imperial city, thinking about the meaning of this tip for half an hour.
When he came to his senses, the gloomy-looking Eunuch Gao had disappeared. It seemed that he had gone back to serve Emperor Li.
Gradually, officials in court uniforms began to come and go at the entrance to the imperial city. When they saw Fang Ze, a man in strange clothes standing at the entrance to the imperial city, they all looked at him curiously before continuing to walk towards the imperial city. .
But at this time, Fang Ze, who had come back to his senses, ignored their gazes, his face full of determination: He had already guessed the instructions given to him by Emperor Li! And I went through the plan in my mind and confirmed that it is feasible!
If Emperor Li and Mr. Bai really follow their plan, Fang Ze may really have hope of saving Congyun City!
The only problem is...it seems like there's not enough time.
Thinking like this, Fang Ze couldn't help but raise his hand and look at his watch: It's already 7 o'clock in the morning. There are still 3 hours left before Tuoye Prefecture launches a large-scale invasion.
If he wants to complete this plan, he must reach Congyun City within three hours! And the legal way is required!
And now that the entire space in Xida State has been blocked, if he wants to get to Congyun City, he can only take the land route!
It is almost impossible to travel across three states in three hours. Therefore, he must use Tangzhou's space transfer room!
Thinking of this, Fang Ze stopped delaying and turned towards the interior of the imperial city, preparing to ask for help from Emperor Li.
However, Emperor Li seemed to have guessed his plan, so he had just walked halfway when the chief minister who had received him before came over with a smile, "Speaker Fang wants to use the teleportation room, right? This way please."
While leading Fang Ze toward the space teleportation room, the Chief Minister also reminded Fang Ze, "President Fang, now the space in Xida State has been completely blocked and cannot be entered or exited. And Tuoye State has fallen, so if you want to return to Xida State, There is only one way to Dazhou via Yunlanzhou."
"And after arriving in Yunlan Prefecture, you must pay attention."
"Yunlan Prefecture is currently in a state of war. The Zeng family mobilized half of the prefecture to rebel. Although they eventually defeated Tuoye Prefecture, the Federation still had not had time to recover all the lost territory."
"And there is another noble family in Yunlan Prefecture, whose surname is Sima. It seems that they had some conflicts with you not long ago."
"Although the other party may not necessarily reject your teleportation application, it is very likely that it will cause stumbling blocks for you after you arrive in Yunlan Prefecture."
Fang Ze was speechless: .....
Damn it, why do you feel that you are not a good person and have enemies everywhere?
However, we have reached such a critical juncture, and Fang Ze has no other choice, so he can only smile and say, "Don't worry. It's okay. I believe that the Sima family will not abandon the public for personal reasons."
With that said, Fang Ze quietly sent a message to Zhixi using [Devil's Exchange], briefly explaining the situation and asking her to be prepared to respond to him.
After doing all this, Fang Ze also followed the chief minister to the space teleportation room, preparing to start his return journey...
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And at the same time.
Yunlan Prefecture, the prefecture capital, is located in a small manor.
Suddenly receiving a message from Fang Ze, Zhixi, who was dealing with academic affairs, couldn't help but look stunned, followed by a surprise!
During this period, Zhixi fled to Yunlan Prefecture under Fang Ze's arrangement and lived a pretty good life.
With the support of important figures in the Sima family like Sima Liu, her missionary operations in various high-end cities in Yunlan Prefecture are progressing very smoothly.
Especially the recent rebellion of the Zeng family and the melee in half the state have caused the number of followers of the Devil's Cult to increase exponentially.
After all, times of war are the times when religion develops the fastest.
But there is good news, and of course there is bad news.
The bad news is that although the Devil's Cult has gradually established a foundation in Yunlan Prefecture, most of its believers are similar to the Flower God Cult in Emerald City: they are not very religious, they just join in the fun and need further transformation.
Besides that,... Zhixi and the upper echelons of the Devil's Cult are out of touch.
She was ambitious and always wanted to report on her missionary progress and get some encouragement and support, but she could not contact the apostles above her at all.
This has made her very distressed recently.
As a result, at this moment, she suddenly received messages and instructions from her online: Fang Ze.
This made her suddenly full of motivation!
She felt that her management during her time in Yunlan Province could finally be put to use!
Although she didn't have many confidants at her disposal, it wasn't a big problem to help Fang Ze move quickly!
And as long as she can handle this mission well and successfully help Fang Ze quickly move to Cedar State, I believe she can return to Fang Ze's sight and get support from the Devil's Cult!
With this in mind, Zhixi put down everything he was doing and began to supervise the matter of helping Fang Ze transfer!
Therefore, before Fang Ze arrived, the Devil's Cult's huge educational machine in Yunlan Prefecture began to slowly start up...
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At the same time, on the contrary, Fang Ze was trying to return to Cedar State.
Cedar State, state capital, speaker's estate.
He Weidao, Black Shark, Ji Qi, Tiger King, and several senior officers of the federal garrison were in a conference room, having a heated discussion while looking at the phantom sand table in front of them.
The Tiger King stood there with a golden sword, pointing at Congyun City on the phantom sand table, and then said in his domineering voice, "Congyun City cannot be released. This is the first defensive barrier of West Dazhou. Once released, Well, we have to retreat at least a hundred miles to rebuild our defenses."
"And other high-end cities don't have the tall city defenses from Cloud City. It's very laborious for us to build defenses from scratch."
"So, my suggestion is that we should defend Congyun City. Mobilize various martial arts sects from Congyun City to support us, and mobilize troops from other high-level cities to build a defense line."
"The Destruction-level demigod is strong, but he himself cannot manage tens of millions of people. If he wants to take Congyun City, he must launch a battle. As long as we can cripple the one hundred thousand army in Tuoye Province , there is hope to defend the enemy from outside the state."
As soon as he finished speaking, another officer immediately retorted, "What the deputy envoy said is inappropriate."
The officer said, "There has just been a demigod battle in Cloud City. Although the city's defense facilities seem to be still usable, no one knows the real situation. Maybe just one wave of attacks will completely destroy them."
"Therefore, it is too dangerous to defend Congyun City. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. It is too risky."
"Also, I don't think urban defense facilities will be of any use in a war of this level."
"Including the traitorous demigod from the Zeng family, there are at least three demigods who have come to the body in Tuoye Province."
"Even if they can't manage tens of millions of people, they can still do it by blasting open the city defenses and clearing out middle- and high-level officers at targeted locations on the battlefield."
"So, we can't look at this war with the spirit world mountain war mentality, but we have to change our thinking."
Having said this, the officer looked around at the people present and said decisively, "My suggestion is to abandon the fortifications and defend the city!"
Hearing what the officer said, King Tiger's eyes widened and he said, "Abandon the fortifications and the city?! Are you crazy? Do you plan to rush forward and fight them?"
The young officer shook his head, "No. Deputy Ambassador, we have a military base."
"This is the most powerful technological and legal creation in the Federation in the past fifty years. It has abilities comparable to those of a demigod."
"I think that at this time, we must give up our illusions and change our thinking."
"Although we are fighting locally, we actually have neither the right time nor the right location, nor the harmony, so we are at an absolute disadvantage. So we must not have too much baggage."
Having said this, he stood up, pointed at several points on the phantom sand table, and said, "We must trade space for time and lengthen the front!"
"Since the fortifications are ineffective, then we don't need the fortifications. Since they want to invade our West Coast state, then we will give them the city and act as guests."
"Divide their troops and let their strength continue to weaken in order to control the city. Then rely on the mobility of the military base to continue to invade and encroach on their military lines and engage in guerrilla warfare!"
The idea mentioned by this young officer was something that several senior officers present had never thought of. But now after listening to the young officer's words, when they thought about it carefully, they felt that this idea was indeed feasible. The only problem was... it was too disrespectful to the world.
Before the enemy attacks, just give up half of the territory. Letting the people face Tuoye Prefecture's military front alone will not only easily lose public support, but will also likely lead to federal accountability.
At this time, the three leaders of the civilian faction looked at each other.
These officers at the bottom don't know the cruelty of this war yet, but they do. After completely sealing off the borders of Cedar State, they had no intention of leaving any living beings in Cedar State.
Strengthening the walls and clearing the country, slaughtering the city in advance at critical moments, and avoiding being used by foreign demigods to descend were all the worst plans they had ever made.
In comparison, this tactic of abandoning the city and concentrating on constant intrusion was too benevolent. And this tactic, as long as the logistics can be done well, has a better chance of winning than other plans. Even if it still fails in the end, this plan can test to the greatest extent the reality of Tuoyezhou's military strength and those foreign demigods.
Thinking like this, the three giants wanted to discuss this plan.
And just when the three giants were interested but had not yet spoken, suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside.
After a moment, a man in black from the Secret Service broke in.
Seeing the man in black, the officers present immediately fell silent. The man in black didn't care. After bowing to the officers present, he quickly came to the side of the black shark and whispered a few words.
Hearing this, Black Shark looked at him in surprise and confirmed, "Are you serious?"
The man in black nodded.
Seeing his subordinates confirming, Hei Shark waved his hand hesitantly, gesturing for him to go down, and then whispered to He Weidao and Ji Qi beside him, "The people below just came to report that someone was using weapons outside Congyun City. The large space Noble Phantasm stole the demigod battlefield of Mr. Bai and Jialan Houde."
What is the Tao and the evil and strange:? ? ?
The two looked at each other in surprise, and then asked involuntarily, "Stealing the battlefield? Can the battle traces of demigods be stolen?"
Black Shark also had a weird look on his face, he said, "I don't believe it either. But this is indeed how my subordinates retaliate."
What is Tao and evil: ....
This weird thing directly disrupted the three people's thinking. In the end, He Weidao took the lead in covering up this topic. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it. It doesn't matter. Just steal."
"Anyway, if those people don't steal, they will be crushed by the Tuoye Prefecture army when they arrive."
"Where millions of soldiers are heading, even traces of demigods will be destroyed."
Black Shark nodded, and then said, "In addition... not only did someone steal the battlefield, but the Si family's group of people also heard the news that Tuoye Province was about to attack. Yuncheng is actively preparing for war."
"They moved all the residents of several low-level cities around Congyun City to Congyun City, and then persuaded the Taiyi Sect and other martial arts sects to build fortifications in Congyun City in a decent manner."
"Pfft." Hearing Hei Shark's words, He Weidao and Ji Qi didn't laugh yet, but the senior officers of the federal garrison who were discussing the war started laughing first.
The Tiger King smiled and said, "They want soldiers but no soldiers, and they want precious phantoms but no precious phantoms. How can they build defenses?"
An officer agreed, "Yes. If it's just an ordinary fortification, it can't even prevent a wave of attacks from Tuoye Prefecture. They are doing a completely useless effort."
But at this time, He Weidao did not smile. He asked a question with a serious face, "Who organized it?"
Black Shark thought for a moment and said, "It is said to be a black cow."
He Weidao hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Fang Ze isn't here, is he?"
Black Shark looked at him strangely and asked, "Didn't you send Fang Ze to Tangzhou?"
He Weidao's eyes were deep and his thoughts were racing, as if he was counting the time. After a moment, he nodded and said, "Yes. He should still be in Tangzhou."
"No matter how fast he goes, he probably won't be able to come back to Cedar State now."
Having said this, he smiled as if he was relieved and said nonchalantly, "In this case, let Congyun City do it on its own. It would be good if they could delay it for a little longer. Let's continue to discuss the next step. Strategy."
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At the same time, when He Weidao and others were discussing Xidazhou's challenge.
From Cloud City, above the city wall.
Hei Niu was standing with Fang Ze, whose figure was covered by black clothes. His pair of big bull's eyes looked at the large piece of ground that disappeared in the distance, and then he slowly said, "Young Master, your trip is extremely dangerous."
Fang Ze looked back at the people running around under the city wall, working hard to build fortifications, and then said, "There are things a man should do and things he should not do."
"Since it's possible for me to save them, of course I have to give it a try."
"This way, even if I still fail in the end, I will not regret it and my conscience will not be condemned."
"But the only thing I'm worried about is you: I am fully confident in protecting my own safety, but you may be in danger."
"So, once the momentum goes wrong, remember to withdraw immediately, hide, and then wait for me to come back to take over."
"I obey, young master." After listening to Fang Ze's words, Hei Niu bowed and accepted the order.
After doing all this, Fang Ze took another deep look at Congyuncheng, then he handed the folding fan in his hand to Heiniu, jumped off the tower, took the Flower God with him, and walked toward Tuoye Prefecture. ....
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at the same time. Babu City on the border of Tuoye Prefecture.
The Tuoye Prefecture army, which had been ready to go out a few days ago, but was forced back by Mr. Bai, was undergoing routine repairs outside the city.
There are a hundred thousand people in this Tuoye army, all of whom are talented, brainwashed and loyal awakened people selected by Jialan Houde and Dahei Jialuo from various cities in Tuoye Prefecture over the years.
Don't look at the fact that the strength of these people is only at the fusion level at most, and there are very few even at the fusion level. But the power of law that can be mobilized when assembled is also very impressive, and has the ability to influence a war.
In addition to frontal battles, this group of soldiers is also the city manager appointed by the extraterritorial demigods: after the extraterritorial demigods capture other states, they will transform into the garrison and management of various high-level cities.
It can be said that these 100,000 troops are very important for the early stability of the situation among the demigods outside the territory.
But at this time, in this important military camp, there was an undercurrent surging among this group of soldiers.
"Have you heard? Jialan Mian is dead."
"I heard that, and I also heard that your entire family was slaughtered by those foreign demigods."
"Who are we fighting for?"
"I don't know. We are all soldiers. It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders. We can only do what we say above."
"Why...."
Such rumors and discussions have been circulating in the military camp since early this morning, and spread at lightning speed.
No one knows when this rumor started, and no one knows why this discussion arose: after all, they really had never thought about this issue before. But it has to be said that this rumor does have a great impact on these 100,000 troops.
Of course, during the time this rumor spread, not everyone doubted whether it was true or not. But after an officer secretly verified it and found that it seemed to be somewhat credible, the rumor became more real...
Of course, such rumors can only be circulated at the bottom, and they dare not spread to the top...
Therefore, several outsider demigods in Babu City did not know that the morale of their military camp was being quietly disturbed.
At this time, they were conducting their final pre-war discussions.
The destructive-level demigod Origin Bone Master was sitting on the main seat, with no expression on the skull's face. "There's no news from Garro yet?"
The ancestor of the Zeng family said, "Not yet. Ever since he and the master who just broke through to the mortal level appeared yesterday, there has been no trace again."
"We also sent people to sneak into the border of Cedar State, trying to trace his aura and clues. But nothing was found."
After saying that, the ancestor of the Zeng family couldn't help but look at the Peacock God King. The Peacock God King looked at him clearly and said, "Yes. Your Majesty."
"I used secret techniques to trace it, but Garo's aura seemed to appear and disappear out of thin air. It couldn't be traced at all."
"So, we still suspect that Jialuo may have been trapped by the God Imprisonment Technique. And his aura appeared in Tuoye Prefecture that day. It is also possible that the person who imprisoned him wanted to kidnap him and break through in Tuoye Prefecture. As a result, I was distracted during the breakthrough and accidentally relaxed my supervision on him, which caused him to leak a trace of his breath."
After listening to the words of the Peacock God King, Yuan Gu did not easily say whether he believed it or not. He asked instead, "According to what you said, who is the person who used the God Imprisoning Method? Is it Fang Ze, the current head of the Si family? Then he broke through Have you reached the stage of becoming mortal?"
After hearing his words, the Peacock God King said with an embarrassed look, "That's not true. According to the latest news, Fang Ze has been in the capital of Xida Prefecture during this period, going deep and simple, and his strength has not changed."
Although the mistake was pointed out by Yuan Gu, the Peacock God King still said, "But even if it is not Fang Ze, it may be Fang Ze's subordinate."
"Anyway, the God Imprisonment Technique is the secret technique of the Si family, and Jia Luo disappeared while assassinating Fang Ze, so he is always the most suspect."
Hearing the words of the Peacock God King, Yuan Gu did not respond. The will-o'-the-wisp in his eyes flickered, as if he was deep in thought.
After a moment, he said, "I still feel that the imprisoning method is a bit far-fetched. No one is sure whether this method really exists."
"If Garro has disappeared since then, then I believe there is a high probability that there is such a method. But he leaked his breath yesterday, so I am more inclined to think that he may be doing something we don't know."
Everyone present was considered to be the demigod of Yuan Gu's lineage. They knew the strange but close relationship between Yuan Gu and Da Hei Garo, and also knew Yuan Gu's trust in Da Hei Garo. So when I saw him say this, I immediately stopped talking...
The scene became quiet again for a while.
For a moment, Yuan Gu looked at everyone and said again, "Of course, although I trust Garo, we can't take it lightly."
"Even if there is no imprisoning method, we still need to verify Garro's identity after he has been missing for such a long time. Especially if he immediately persuades us to retreat or delay the attack after he appears, we must pay more attention."
"This most likely means that he was instigated or controlled by the enemy."
After hearing the words of Master Yuan Gu, several demigods present quickly said "yes" and praised them as mature words.
After setting the tone regarding the return of Dai Heigaluo, Master Yuan Gu stopped talking about it. He looked around at the demigods present, and then said,
"Okay, that's settled the matter. Next, let's get down to business: pushing Western Conference to a draw."
"Today is the day for us to send troops. We must work harder and strive to celebrate our victory in the state capital of West Texas in a week's time!"
Upon hearing his words, all the demigods present responded in unison, "Yes!"
As the origin bone that has destroyed countless worlds, such an oath obviously cannot make him excited anymore, so he just raised his skeleton hand and said, "Then let's do it now...!"
And just at the moment when Yuan Gu was about to say the last two "go" words, suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
After a moment, a believer ran in from outside, then knelt down on one knee and reported to Duiyuan Guhui, "Your Majesty! His Majesty Jia Luo is back!"
After hearing what the believer said, and then thinking of what Yuan Gu said just now, all the demigods present couldn't help but look at each other, their expressions a bit strange. The Origin Bone Skeleton was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Let him come in."
"Yes!" The believer received the order and quickly went down to lead.
In a moment, Dahei Jialuo, wearing a black robe and covered in dust, came into the hall.
After arriving in the temple, Daiheigaluo first saluted to Yuan Gu as usual, then nodded slightly to the other demigods, and then said to Yuan Gu, "Venerable, I'm back ”
Seeing the big black Garo, a smile appeared on the Origin Bone Skull's face, and he asked, "Garo, where have you been during this time?"
When the other demigods heard Yuan Gu's question, they couldn't help but look at Dahei Garo curiously, wanting to hear his answer.
At this time, facing the gazes of the demigods, Daheijialuo did not show any stage fright. The single eye on his forehead looked at the Venerable Origin Bone seriously, and then said, "Return to the Venerable Lord. I am going to investigate something during this period." Something big has happened!"
"What's the big deal?" Lord Yuan Gu waved his bone-like fingers gently, and then asked, "What's the big deal?"
Daheijialuo said, "This matter is related to our next plan, and also related to your safety!"
He said, "Bai Qingcang is not dead! After he killed Jialan Houde, he waited for an opportunity to lurk, and then prepared to sneak attack you when you sent troops from Yuncheng!"
Hearing Dahei Jialuo's words, the scene fell silent for a moment. The will-o'-the-wisps in Yuan Gu's eye sockets became extremely playful.
After a moment, he asked, "So what's your opinion? Should we give up or delay the attack on Cedar State?"
Dahei Jialuo obviously didn't know what Yuan Gu and several other demigods had discussed before, so he nodded and said decisively, "Yes! I suggest that we stay calm for the time being and don't fall into Bai Qingcang's trap." trap!"
After hearing his words, several other extraterrestrial demigods also looked at each other, and then saw the strange look on each other's faces: Isn't this a coincidence?
Lord Yuan Gu just said that he should be wary of Da Hei Jia Luo avoiding the battle as soon as he comes back. This may indicate that there is something wrong with him. As a result, when Dahei Jialuo came back, he really proposed to avoid the war? Does he really have a problem?
With this in mind, before Yuan Gu could speak this time, the Peacock God King took the lead.
He waved his hand, and a colorful light suddenly enveloped the entire inner hall, forming a barrier to isolate the inside and outside.
After doing all this, the Peacock God King looked at the big black Jialuo, and then slowly asked, "Jialuo, do you still remember what I told you when I told you before you went to assassinate Fang Ze?"
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