On the way from the eighth city to the seventh city, a ruined army camped in a state of exhaustion and decadence. There were about 2,000 people, as if there was an army called Hanako, and the camp was full of disheveled and wounded soldiers.

What's more, these sergeants have lost a bit of fighting spirit. Their empty eyes reveal only the fear of death or the despair of the road ahead.

They came from the Western Battalion of the regular army.

Before them, the Western Battalion had already sent a town of soldiers to assist the local garrison, and as a result, more than 4,000 of the 6,000 people died. And the commander of the West Battalion also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, so he simply brought soldiers from another town to support him, but even he was lost.

This time the casualties were even worse, with more than 5,000 dead out of 6,000 people. The remaining eight or nine hundred men gathered the remaining more than 1,000 people of the previous army and merged them into a force of 2,000 men.

Of the 13,000 demon soldiers in the Western Battalion, there is only such a small seed left, less than a fraction of the original.

Now these two thousand soldiers are hiding in the mountains and forests dozens of miles outside the Eighth City, without any will to fight, nor any intention to act, like flies without their heads.

There was not even a leader, and the highest surviving position was a battalion-level military commander, Huo Tong. Under normal circumstances, he only led a team of four or five hundred people, and his command ability was limited. What's more, at the time of the fiasco, it is even more difficult for the wandering defeated army to manage and restrain it.

Further down, the living officers are of lower rank. They are all low-level small leaders, and they have never seen such a battle.

It's very difficult.

Of course, this also reflects the temperament of the regular army of the demon clan in the western camp, which was originally very good. At least in the battle, the generals are the ones who take the lead and rush to the front, so they also die the most.

"Huo Tongzhi, what should we do next?" a small officer with broken armor and ragged clothes looked depressed. "Look at the brothers, they're all stupid. Even if you barely hold on, can you still fight? ”

Although the rank is not high, at least he is a veteran. It can be seen from everyone's eyes that these warriors are just walking corpses, and they have lost the will to fight. The next time you fight, as long as you encounter a slightly more serious threat from the other party, it is estimated that you will collapse without a fight.

So, what's the point of everyone staying?

However, the military discipline of the Demon Dynasty is strict, and soldiers on active duty are not allowed to escape without authorization, otherwise they will be punished as deserters. Deserters in non-war times will be stripped of their citizenship and their families will be seriously implicated, while deserters in wartime will be cut in one word, not to mention what threats the family is under.

But the problem is, it's a death to stay.

Now that everyone has elected this Huo Tong as the military governor, then everyone hopes that he can say something - let's disband our team, or transfer to the inland capital of Jin (in fact, it is to escape). In this way, it is an order issued by the military commander, even if it will be punished after arriving in the Jin capital, at least it will not be executed by military law.

Of course, at that time, the responsibility of the Huo system itself will be even greater.

Do you want to escape? Huo Tongzhi looked at these soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and then thought about the army of ancient beasts that were terrifying to the depths of his soul, and his mood was entangled.

If you stay to fight, you will die, if you are a deserter, you will die, and if you flee to Jindu with everyone, you will only be punished, you will be scolded and insulted with a rod, and only one person surnamed Huo will be executed.

it, it seems that Lao Tzu is dead horizontally and vertically.

But Huo Tongzhi is actually not afraid, anyway, someone has to bear this responsibility. Fortunately, he has no home and no mouth, he is an idle demon, and he dies. When everyone elected him as this temporary commander, he had already thought about it.

However, there are also some bloody ones in this team. One of the low-ranking officers stood up, brandished the sledgehammer in his hand and said angrily: "More than 10,000 old brothers are dead, should we just run away? Even if you survive, you have a fart meaning!"

"Yes, the monster is slaughtering the city right now, and it's a shame that we, as soldiers, are here to discuss how to escape. Another low-ranking officer, who still had the will to fight, but was more active, shouted, "Even if we are guerrilla attacks on the periphery, we can't run while fighting, and it won't be considered a rout." When the time comes, we will be able to earn some military merit, right?"

"Military merit, you have to have a life to take it. ”

"Fight that kind of monster to make military achievements, you can think of it, send it to death!"

"If you can't win, you can't win, those monsters are too terrifying......"

Huo Tongzhi and several low-level officers are also in a rut, they know that this team is basically impossible to bring now, and they don't have any fighting spirit at all.

Just as everyone was arguing, suddenly the sound of disturbed trees and trees sounded in the distance.

"Rustling ......"

Some alert soldiers looked out, suddenly woke up and shouted: "Don't make any noise, the monsters are catching up! Bastard, how can there still be chasing us, aren't they slaughtering the city!"

Before he could finish speaking, a terrifying ape-like monster emerged from its hiding place.

At first glance, it looks like a giant ape, walking upright. The largest two ends are two houses high, while the smaller four ends are also one foot and two. Covered in strong muscles, it looks like a single paw can kill a horse.

In fact, the soldiers didn't know what kind of ape this was, but the ancient monster Zhu Yan. With a white head and red claws, it is said that as long as Zhu Yan appears, it will inevitably be a great chaos in the world, and swords and soldiers will rise everywhere.

A ferocious monster, and even more terrifying is that they can walk upright and have human-like claws. So, they can even hold weapons in their hands!

This is the weapon obtained from the hands of the dead generals who died before, the huge spear of Zhanger is like a small iron rod spike in their hands, and the eight-foot-long mountain axe is in their hands, more like a small axe held by street thugs.

But there is no doubt that these guys, once they free their hands to fight, will be even more terrifying than ordinary monsters.

As for the actual cultivation, the two leading Zhu Yan had already reached the level of the Blood Sect level, and the remaining four smaller ones were all of the strength of the superior true descendants. Once the fight starts, it will be a one-sided slaughter.

And this monster is still very smart, after all, it is an ancient beast of the ape-like kind. They followed the aura and discarded artifacts left behind by the remnants of the army, and quietly followed, until they made a final ambush gesture in this area suitable for encirclement.

They were already ready for a surprise attack, but now that they have been discovered, they are no longer hiding, and they have lurked close enough anyway that these soldiers can't escape.

As for why this army is chased, nonsense, in the eyes of monsters, the critical rank of the army is always higher than that of civilians, even if it is a remnant.

Besides, how many demons or remnants can there be in the eighth city? And this army of 2,000 people is a demon army. Eat them, and this Zhu disgust group will increase at the same time. Even, the four smaller Zhu Yan may be promoted to the Blood Sect level at the same time.

One end, two ends...... When these monsters with weapons appeared, the frightened soldiers were dizzy. And now everyone found out that they were surrounded by these ape-like monsters in a depression area.

This is caused by the lack of experience in leading troops, everyone just came to this slightly flat area to rest, and replenish some stream, but unexpectedly, the surrounding high ground was occupied by this group of terrible monsters.

Two thousand, a lot less, not too much. When faced with danger, everyone automatically gathered, and finally shrank into a small area with a diameter of less than 20 zhang. Can't go back anymore, it's already back-to-back.

But what's going on, I still don't have the courage to raise my sword...... Many of the warriors were already frightened and had no will to fight at all, only the fear of death ruled them.

Huo Tong's group of low-level officers were also a little confused, because they had no experience in leading so many soldiers independently, and they couldn't organize a decent offensive at the moment of life and death. Even if his head was hot and he shouted for everyone to take up arms and start resisting, it was to no avail.

"Yes, half of it is organizing defense, half of it is preparing to attack!" Huo Tongzhi shouted again.

However, how exactly do you divide the half, and what part does each person belong to? It's just too messy.

And if this state of fighting separately continues, everyone will not even be able to cast a decent joint spell, and they can only be slaughtered one by one.

Everyone knew to be afraid, and many people knew that it was time to organize the formation immediately, but no one could organize it.

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly sounded on the hillside in the distance, shouting in a tone of command that could not be violated—

"All the warriors in armor stand on the periphery and form a defensive circle! The rest of the people gather in the defensive circle and immediately prepare to cast an attack formation!"

Wearing armor on the upper body? Really, this classification method is good. Due to the defeat of the army, the clothing was in tatters, and the armor was badly damaged. The number of warriors with armor on their upper bodies is less than seven hundred.

But it was in this way that everyone immediately became clear which category they belonged to, and they really acted according to the orders automatically!

In a matter of seconds, nearly seven hundred warriors in armor formed a circle and cast spells together, forming a formation like a pale yellow protective shield in front of everyone.

The formation composed of more than seven hundred demon clans, even the blood sect-level Zhu Yan didn't want to break it easily.

And the more than 1,000 soldiers who gathered in the circle certainly knew what to do, and Huo Tongzhi immediately organized an offensive formation to counterattack as the commander of the formation.

At this time, everyone finally stabilized their positions, and they also had the opportunity to look in the direction of the simple but effective command that they had just shouted.

In the distance, a huge black unicorn beast sat a handsome woman in purple clothes and purple armor, and she was very beautiful. This woman has a delicate short sword at her waist, and she is carrying a steel spear one foot long in her hand, and the mountain wind blows her hair, which is incomparably handsome and amazing.

Someone has already recognized her.

Because everyone is a sergeant of the West Battalion, and this woman has also been stationed in the West Camp for a period of time with her Black Lin Iron Guard. For such a stunning female general in the military camp, no one can forget it.

"General Song!"

"Ha, our broken team of 2,000 people actually sent a general to lead us? ”

Somehow, in such an instant, this group of remnants of the defeated army seemed to have found the backbone.

Once an army has "courage", its temperament and appearance change abruptly.