Chapter 552: The Great Retreat (Part II)
Hurrying there, Zhan Chen found that not only all the elders had arrived, but even all the disciples of the Spirit Crane Sect and Huaying Sect had gathered there. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeใ info
Liu Jian quickly explained to them the purpose of summoning them here for a meeting: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are two important things that have been called here today. First, according to the observation of our front-line investigators, it is very likely that the Corpse Soul Sect will carry out a second invasion of our sect in the near future. โ
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar below, and everyone was shocked by his news, and there were many discussions, and the resumption of war meant that many people would die again.
"Okay, everyone be quiet!" Liu Jian had to interrupt everyone's discussion loudly before he could continue: "If they are going to launch a large-scale invasion, then our Fan Chuncheng will be used as the forward position. The last war was a lesson, because we were not prepared in advance and suffered huge losses, not only the disciples of our sect defending the city, but also the ordinary people suffered heavy casualties. โ
"Learn from the pain, this time we have to prepare in advance, I decided to make everyone two batches, one for the escort team, the main task is to gather a group of people in the city with weak combat effectiveness, and escort them to the heavy rock cave area three hundred miles away from here, that area is complex, there are many barriers, and there are many caves, I have sent people to build it before, and it can hide tens of thousands of people, and the Corpse Soul Sect will definitely not think that we will hide ordinary citizens there, even after occupying this area, it will not be easy to go to that kind of remote place. โ
"The second group is the city defense team, and the main task is to be responsible for defending the city, maintaining law and order in the city, and recruiting powerful people to join in a decisive battle with the Demon Sect!" Speaking of this, Liu Jian's voice became sonorous and powerful. Many people present, especially many disciples of Huayingzong, showed a righteous and awe-inspiring look.
"Okay, now I announce the assignment for you, first of all, the elders and disciples who will join the city guard......" Liu Jian took out a list that had been prepared in advance and began to read it out.
A hint of strangeness flashed in Zhan Chen's eyes, and he thought, "What's the matter? Are the members of the city guard team and the escort team decided in advance, not voluntarily?"
As a result, he found that most of the elders and disciples of the Spirit Crane Sect were arranged in the escort team, including Xu Chang, Mei Qing and other elders, of course, he, Zhuang Xiaodie, and Li Qiong were no exception. At this point, Zhan Chen suddenly realized that Liu Jian was someone who wanted to take care of their Spirit Crane Sect.
This is no wonder, because the Spirit Crane Sect is a guest after all, and it has lost a lot of powerful disciples in the last Demon Extermination Operation, and although the escort team has a heavy task, it can be evacuated from the frontal battlefield.
After the list was read out, Zhuang Xiaodie stood up and said to Liu Jian: "Elder Liu, let me also participate in the city protection team-"
"Nonsense!" Liu Jian glared at her and said, "Do you question my arrangement?"
"Iโdon't dare. Zhuang Xiaodie's eyes flickered a few times, and she had to retreat depressedly.
Zhan Chen's eyes moved, and he thought, "Senior Sister Zhuang is still so hot-blooded, but after going through so many things, she has finally matured a lot. Suddenly, I was thinking, "Does Senior Sister Zhuang also take care of my feelings?"
Because after a few times, the most worried about this senior sister is Zhan Chen, and after the two confirmed their relationship, the bond between each other has become stronger, Zhuang Xiaodie may be suppressing his righteous impulse for him, so he didn't insist too much on participating in the city protection team.
"Okay, let's start acting immediately, time waits for no one!" Liu Jian finally said.
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, all the people began to get busy, and on the one hand, recruitment points were set up all over the city to recruit people who were willing to stay and defend the city.
On the other hand, the members of the escort team also began to publicize and visit every household, gathering together some old, weak, sick, disabled and young people, as well as people with low cultivation level. This work lasted for three days, and after three days, a large army of 80,000 people began to assemble on the outskirts of the city, and these people were all people who were going to Chongyan Cave to avoid the war.
Zhan Chen followed the team, these people's cultivation was low, and there were the old, young, sick and disabled who were unable to move, which slowed down the speed of the entire team, causing the distance of three hundred miles to travel for a full seven days. After arriving at the heavy rock cave, due to the complex terrain there, there were many people who needed to be lined up, and everyone had to be anxious again, so it took another half a month to settle these people.
After that, Xu Chang led a group of disciples to rush back, but when they returned to Fan Chun City, they found that it had turned into a sea of fire, and the city was surrounded by countless demon cultivators and corpse demons.
Seeing this scene, everyone was silent, and everyone knew that Fan Chuncheng could not be saved. Many people began to get anxious and asked Xu Chang, "Elder Xu, what should we do?"
Xu Chang pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision: "We withdraw Hua Yingzong!"
So Zhan Chen had to follow the large army to retreat towards the location of the Huaying Sect, and it took about a week, and everyone finally arrived at the Huaying Sect, and after arriving at the Huaying Sect, they found that the people who had withdrawn here were not only them, but also other teams of the Righteous Path Alliance, and naturally there were also disciples of the Huaying Sect.
Everyone looked disgraced, obviously this time the demon disaster was big and ferocious, and all kinds of signs already indicated that the second battle between the Righteous Path Alliance and the Corpse Soul Sect was inevitable. Soon, even Liu Jian retreated, and when he came back, he was only followed by a dozen people who were extremely embarrassed, and it was obvious that Fan Chuncheng had also been lost.
Hua Xiang, the sect leader of Huaying Sect, personally organized, integrated the forces of all parties, and finally gathered 25,000 masters above the Yuan Realm of the Righteous Path Alliance Army to jointly guard the mountain gate. And only ten days or so later, about 20,000 demon cultivators in the vanguard of the Corpse Soul Sect had already rushed to the opposite side of the Snake Peak to confront the righteous path coalition forces, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
In front of the Corpse Soul Sect, Xiao Xie personally came to inspect a group of demon cultivators, which made Helian Chunqiu feel flattered, and he stepped forward with a smile on his face and greeted: "The sect master personally came to the front line, which really encouraged the soldiers of the whole year, we will definitely win this battle!"
Xiao Xie nodded and said, "Very good, as long as I have the result, no matter how much it costs, I must take Hua Yingzong!"
"Yes!" Helian Chunqiu replied loudly, but he hesitated again and asked a question that had been bothering them: "Sect Master, is there something that has been unknown below?"
"Oh, what's the matter?"
"Actually, you don't need to make such a big move to win Hua Yingzong as soon as possible, as long as you make a move, won't everything be solved?"
Xiao Xie smiled slightly, and said: "This question is really stupid, can I make a move easily? There is no Yuan Shen Realm powerhouse on the other side of the Yuxiao Palace? If we really want to fight, it will only be us who will suffer, so if I don't make a move, their Yuan Shen Realm powerhouse will not be dispatched, this can be regarded as a tacit understanding." Otherwise, it really reached the level of the battle between the powerhouses of the Yuan God Realm, and I think the casualties would not be the tens of thousands of people killed and injured before!"
Helian Chunqiu suddenly realized and said: "Sect Master, I understand, please rest assured, I will definitely win this battle beautifully and win glory for the Sect Master!"
"Well, the children can be taught. Okay, I'm going to sit down and see how you managed to take down this Hua Yingzong. โ
"Okay, I'll arrange a good tent for you!" Helian Chunqiu hurriedly went down to set it up, in fact, he was also very puzzled, why this Yuan Shen Realm powerhouse was so obsessed with quick battles, was it purely for boredom and fun, or for some other purpose.
As time passed, the atmosphere of the war became more and more intense, and the reinforcements from the Corpse Soul Sect were arriving in a steady stream, while the reinforcements of the Righteous Path Alliance were transferred from various sects, so the progress was slow.
A week later, the army stationed by the Corpse Soul Sect had reached 50,000 people, and various formations had been deployed one by one, and a general attack could occur at any time. On the other hand, the Righteous Path Coalition Army firmly held on the Snake Peak was less than 30,000, and the balance of power had changed fundamentally.
Early this morning, Hua Xiang stood alone on the snake cliff on the snake peak and looked down, seeing that half of the sky in front of him had been dyed black, he felt worried, and suddenly turned his head to a female elder behind him and asked, "Xing Yan, are all the things I want you to prepare?"
Xing Yan's eyes showed a hint of struggle, and she asked rhetorically: "Sect Master, do you have to be like this? You must know that Huayingzong is the foundation that the ancestor has been operating for a long time. โ
"Say no more, just do it!"
Xing Yan was stunned for a moment, and had to answer unwillingly: "Obey!" After saying that, she was about to turn around and leave, but Hua Xiang stopped her again: "Wait!" and asked, "Sect Master, do you have any other orders?"
"Tell everyone to take away everything that can be taken away, and don't be reluctant to take away what can't be taken away, after all, as long as there are people, everything has the possibility of coming again!"
"Yes!" Xing Yan replied respectfully, then turned around and went to carry out the sect master's order.
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In the past two days, Zhan Chen has always felt that there is an unusual tense atmosphere permeating Hua Ying Sect, many disciples are packing their bags and making it look like they are going to travel far away, and combined with the reality of the current Corpse Soul Sect army pressing the realm, he has come to a conclusion, that is, Hua Xiang is likely to abandon the sect and retreat strategically. This made him nervous, and he had no intention of cultivating, so he did all the things he could do first.
The first was to exchange all the useless things he had obtained from killing the Demon Cultivator in Fan Chuncheng into battle merits, which made him add about 10 million Alliance Merit Points to his new identity card, bringing it to 35 million. Then, he exchanged five million of them for some medium-grade spirit runes in case he needed them.
The rest of the time, Zhan Chen didn't use it to continue cultivating, but instead rested in the dormitory, he was seizing all the time to recuperate and prepare for the approaching storm.