Chapter 13: The Crisis in the North
The hoof beast is a low-level demon beast that runs in the Great Forest Desert, one of the main beast species in the gray-yellow wasteland in the north of Great Xia.
It has a gentle character, looks like a cow and a sheep, has the agility of an antelope between the cliffs, and has the brute strength of a cow, for tens of millions of years, they have been galloping in the forest and even more northern land, endlessly, listening to it from afar, the vibration, like the heartbeat of the earth.
However, hoof beasts, like most low-level demon beasts, are limited in their bloodlines due to their excessive popularity, and it is difficult for them to appear spiritual, and their level is basically fixed at the first order, which is equivalent to the human race under the dual domains.
Compared with the countless treacherous demon beasts in the mountains of Liluo, this species that only knows the impact is somewhat unfamiliar to the cognition of Xifu, that is to say, even the armor of the Xifu legion profession lacks a minimum understanding of this creature in the face of this creature, I don't know where its weakness is, and it seems a little stupid to use brute force to deal with its brute force, but in fact, this is also something that cannot be changed, maybe over time, the north must have a way to control these beasts, but the hoof beast herd has only been in the north for two days, so that many remote places in the north don't even understand what happened, everything happened, it was really too fast:
After more than a dozen hoof beasts bypassed Yuluo Road, they were all hidden, and yesterday one came to Beiyun City, after the pursuit of Beiyun City failed, although it was a little unwilling, but fortunately, there was no loss in its own forest farm, as if these beasts deliberately avoided it, which also seemed to release a signal... The hoof beast group is harmless to humans and animals, and even some lords speculate with a fluke mentality, maybe the hoof beast group will be the same for Black Snake City, running through those fire-robed trees without squinting, and just disappearing into the territory of the north.
They prayed that the dozen or so hoofed beasts that poured into the north would leave harmlessly, but unfortunately, the next reality was a fork -
Out of nowhere, a small group of hoof beasts appeared in the rear, that is, near the Black Snake City, these hoof beasts pouted their hooves and violently impacted those fire-robed trees, the fire-robed trees were already fragile, there was no suspense, those trees fell in pieces under the horns, and the black snake clan was frightened, fortunately, the fortifications were extremely tight, and those hoofed beasts did not go deep for long, they fell into the deep pit, their hooves swiped in the soil, and they exuded violent power, and finally died by a spear through the heart.
Obviously, the Black Snake City quickly eliminated this raid, but the city lord's mansion and the big clans standing on the fortifications still smacked their tongues, because the loss of the fire robe tree caused was forty-three, this is not an ordinary middle-grade medicinal material, it is the only raw material for the elixir-level alchemy of the Xifu clan, under the extremely strict control of the clan, planting them privately is equivalent to breaking the law, sin and destroying the door, so it is extremely expensive in the market, and the price is not much better than some high-grade medicinal materials! And these fire-robed trees happen to be in the growth period, once they lack arms and legs, the medicinal power that they have finally cultivated will gradually be lost, and these trees are taken care of as a general ban on weekdays, how dare the main city of the black snake give a tree a bump, the sect has a poor prosecutor, and every three or five times they do log checks, and now this contrast, in the prosecutor's fast green face, is a little bigger.
What's even more awe-inspiring is that this group of hoof beasts is only a very small part, not even more than thirty, you must know that even the one encountered in Sorrowful Cloud City has about four hundred, and these thirty were obviously released by people with intentions to detect the reality of Black Snake City.
Now, the slackness of the city along the road is an unforgivable sin in the eyes of the Xifu clan, but fortunately, the Xifu clan has no choice but to increase the pressure and force those who lead the masters to put themselves in danger, and the pressure is passed down layer by layer, now even if there are a few sparrows on the road, it will also be recorded in the log of the road official.
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The main city of Black Snake, a suburb.
This is the main city in the north, this place is governed by the city lord's mansion established by the clan, and has jurisdiction over more than a dozen lords around, although the city of Black Snake City is not much more spacious than the wood spirit city, but the city wall is thick and towering, quite a majestic city, plus the fire robe woods dotted on the outskirts of the city, so that this main city has a unique scenery charm.
It is connected to the seventeen surrounding northern cities, and as a hub city, its location is a little unsatisfactory: it is too far back, too close to the Xuemian Mountains, and on weekdays, this innocuous shortcoming will become the Achilles heel of this main city at this moment, all because of the thousand acres of fire-robed trees outside the city.
Next to the forest farm, there is a heavily guarded military camp, where the northern line of the Xifu Army is stationed, with a number of about 600, which is the local garrison of the northern border.
In the central camp, soldiers with spears and armor are patrolling left and right, and the lights are bright all night.
"The main legion is coming from Kuimen Pass, thousands of kilometers away from Black Snake City. β
"Calculating the time, even if it is a cavalry, it will take five days to reach the northern border, and in these five days, our duty is to protect the Black Snake side. β
"We are all in the dual domain, and it's okay to fight with three or four hoofed beasts, but it's more than a dozen shares, and one share has about four hundred, how can we stop it?"
The hundred generals sighed and slapped the table, obviously very helpless, on such a special day, the hundred generals felt that they were really unlucky, why did the exotic beast tide appear on the land of Great Xia? Why bear the brunt of it, it has to be their own team, which is not in the same order of magnitude? But there is no way, they are the original garrison of the north, this is their duty.
They are not those northern lords who report to the regiment for warmth, they are directly subordinate to the Xifu Legion, they belong to the clan, and under the order of the county king Ji Tao, they may really be pressed to the execution ground "all executed." β
Another hundred generals said the truth with gloomy eyes: "And the hoof beasts are so violent for some reason, if it is not for the coincidence of relying on fortifications today, I am afraid that these thirty or forty hoof beasts will also be difficult to deal with, so in my opinion, it is really a stupid way to defend one side, if I want to make it clear, the king of Xijun might as well send the strong men of the three regions to destroy those hoof beasts." β
And at the very end, there was a relatively young hundred generals, who immediately explained loudly. "The Three Domains, at most, can stop dozens of hoof beasts in the tide of hoof beasts, and they are not as powerful as the sergeants throwing spears, how can they be of great use?" He was newly transferred today, and his background was a little special, so he spoke, even because he was young, and the hundreds of generals were speechless and did not refute.
"Besides, how many Three Domains do you think there are in the entire Xifu?"
He threw out another epic question, yes, if the three regions of Xifu were all over the place, then Xifu would have already dominated Daxia and annexed Dalin and the surrounding countries, what do you want the army to do?
The young general also looked up curiously and looked at the top, it was the stationmaster of the northern line, Nie Yin.
Nie Yin tapped his fingers on the table and said slowly: "Today's work is over, and the rest will be handed over to the Black Snake City Lord." β
When the hundred generals heard this, their eyes were very puzzled, and they hurriedly said: "I'll wait to leave, in case the Black Snake City is attacked by the beast tide again, there is really no way to enter the ground." There are also hundreds of generals who are more astute, and say to the colleagues around them: "No, no, no, the current situation is already bad, think about it, if this rear is attacked inexplicably, it will touch the bottom line of the clan... Blocking those necessary paths and expanding the depth, since it was so difficult to deal with even thirty or forty hoofed beasts, they simply turned defense into offense, expanding the safe zone step by step. β
The surrounding hundred generals nodded secretly, in fact, even today's overseers, it was extremely unsmooth, they did a good job, but they were attracted by a terrible scream, and recently it was a group of hoofed beasts attacking the fire-robed tree.
The young general looked at the figure with interest, not knowing what he would do next, he asked with interest: "Stationmaster, since we have decided to go out of the city to suppress the beasts, which lord's territory should I go to?"
Stationmaster Nie Yin was slightly silent, he stood up and drove away, his age was about middle-aged, his eyes were similar to most generals, it was a kind of cunning thing that was as sharp as an eagle when he was thinking, and there was a fox hidden, he spread out the map, and it marked the terrain of the north in great detail, there were cities, beast circles, roads and mountains, and some newly marked circles of unknown things, and those circles in Black Snake City were extremely huge, about this circle, it was the forest farm and the medicine field.
He pointed to the map, his sharp gaze like a knife, "More than a dozen beast tides are definitely not within the jurisdiction of the lords of the northern realm, but are hovering outside the sight of the lords of the northern realm. β
Nie Yin said, everyone nodded slightly, the northern border is such a big land, after the dozen or so hoof beasts ran out of the Yuluo Road, they were soon hidden, obviously waiting for the opportunity to move, it is unrealistic to be in the head, even if the number of hoof beasts is thousands, the threat will be diluted, and it will be broken one by one in the lord's territory, if the more than a dozen beast tides appear in the lord's territory, then unless the road official is blind, otherwise the rampaging beast tide will definitely not be as headache as now, but in the vast northern territory is scattered and diluted several times, and is extremely simple to gather and annihilateγ
The young hundred generals were a little puzzled, and then said: "What if you encounter a group of beasts that are difficult to match in number?"
The stationmaster put his hands behind his back, shook his head silently, and said to the young general: "Although I don't know how many hoof beasts are still lurking in the north now, I can only break them one by one, this is the best choice, so the first target of my wait is the beast tide that fell from the Sorrowful Cloud City, let's move, don't wait until tomorrow, send troops in the starry night." The stationmaster swept the map with a careful gaze, pointed to one place, and said:
"Go to Wood Spirit City. β