Just when Zhang Fan was intimidating everyone thousands of miles away, Dongyuan Kyushu, which Zhang Fan had been away for several years, gradually began to become turbulent.

In fact, at the beginning, especially when Zhang Fan had just left for the first three or four years, everything was fine. Not many of the local vassals felt that it was unlikely that Zhang Fan would not be able to come back this time. It is not that no one has gone to the Lost Soul Continent in history, and although the sea to the south is dangerous, as long as the time is properly mastered, it will not encounter too much danger. If it weren't for the fact that the people of the female country on the land were too powerful to guard against all kinds of means, any second- or third-rate master would have the possibility of crossing the sea and going back and forth with certain preparations. Zhang Fan is different from ordinary martial artists, he has a unique ability to perceive danger and means like an immortal, and it is normal to be worry-free there. What's more, Zhang Fan once had a back and forth, which proves that he has this unique ability.

But in the fifth year, many people began to get agitated. With the skills of a second-rate master, he can travel more than three or four hundred thousand miles in a year when he is not too rushed. Even if you delay a lot of time to do other things in each place, you should come back in four years. At this time, many forces began to plan to go to the Boundless Continent to find out the news.

Some very shocking news came back at this time: legend has it that Zhang Fan at this time had already fallen into the Tao for some unique reason after ostensibly defeating those women in the country, and was firmly controlled and placed under house arrest. That Zhang Fan can only have the ability to perceive people or things that are going to be unfavorable to him. If the other party's purpose is not to be unfavorable to Zhang Fan, but only to contain and control him through some other means, that kind of warning will gradually disappear.

At first, such a thing was dismissed as a rumor, but when more than one side of the forces received similar news in the following two years, many people from Binh Duong New Town and other places began to feel uneasy.

The people who feel the biggest crisis are undoubtedly the people in Binh Duong New Town. At the time of Zhang Fan's departure, at the beginning, the entire social system was still operating normally under the condition of self-governance, but after three years of accumulation, a lot of family funds were slackened to a large extent from training to combat readiness. But when they got the news that the Venerable Lord at this time was likely to be difficult to return at least during the ten-year exam, they began to feel a huge crisis.

Of course, there are many people who are not very high in terms of organizational status and do not understand the methods of some masters in the Jianghu world, but because they have seen some of the fortifications and combat readiness equipment in Pingyang New Town, they are full of confidence. However, those veterans who participated in the confrontation with the Xishan faction back then, and many people who knew the situation did not think like that at all.

"Although the morale in Binh Duong New Town seems to be working now, many people are eager to try it. But you and I are both people who know and even understand the actual situation. If there is no lord in charge, just with the preparation of Pingyang New City now, I am afraid that it will be unpredictable to face even the strength of the rivers and lakes that have weakened the rivers and lakes of the various feudal countries. If we take into account that people will not only send a few masters to attack the city, but will also mobilize a large army to come, we are afraid that we will lose more and win less... According to the rules left by Zhang Fan, a chairman of the military craftsman who was selected on rotation said.

The person in charge of the Joint Defense Bureau, who is in charge of intelligence and rumors, knows about the situation in many surrounding warrior fiefdoms, and is even more nervous: "It's not that most of them fail, if we don't have the lord in charge, we will definitely fail." Not to mention those martial arts masters who will bring us great pressure, just judging from the degree of mobilization and even the degree of training in some nearby fiefdoms, don't look at the fact that we have as many as one million Ding Zhuang on the register, and more than 300,000 people who can barely fight, but this time our army may encounter the enemy's millions of people attacking in turn. If there were only those cannon fodder, maybe we would have a good chance of winning in defense because we had better equipment, but if we consider the role that those masters might play, it would be completely different... My opinion: Resistance will instead result in more unnecessary casualties and losses. Let's retreat from the prepared tunnels first... ”

"But what if the Lord returns, what if he secretly looks at us after he returns? ？”

"I understand the nature of the Lord, and there are also individual craftsmen who have come into contact with the Lord. Do you think that as a human being, we will pay with our lives because we have not mobilized the people for a senseless resistance... ”

"No... Most... At most, we will be under house arrest for a long time. And the place of house arrest must not be too bad, just look at the fact that the lord did not sweep away the losers and even some of the attitudes here... ”

At a time when many people did not have basic confidence in the battle situation and were discussing how to retreat from the secret passage to ensure their safety, a woman who did not have too high a status in this kind of high-level secret meeting, and could even be said to be barely qualified to sit in on it, finally mustered up the courage to speak out her views and opinions at such a time.

Of course, the reason is not otherwise, this young woman who looks no more than twenty years old has had a rough experience before, and has suffered a lot of hardships in a martial arts family. As a woman, even a woman with a bad experience, she is never willing to return to the order of Xishan Jianghu Dao to unify Dongyuan, which is unacceptable to her current self.

"I think ... I don't think we're going to lose, but we're going to have a fight. Some of you should know that the woman that Zhang Fan brought from the Ecstasy Continent many years ago still has a lot of things at the bottom of the box, right? ”

Such an offer gives hope to some, especially those who have lived a completely different and earth-shaking life for several years. It's just that there are still many people who are worried about this.

"Do you really want to let that woman from the Lost Continent come out and assist us through unique means?But what if she stands on the opposite side of us? Except for the Lord, who can really subdue or even deter the people who came from that strange land? Not to mention... Besides, isn't what is happening to the Lord right now by these people... ”

Of course, the woman also knew that many people had a lot of concerns about this matter, but in the end, after weighing and even thinking about it for a long time, she still found a reason to convince herself: "From the perspective of those people in the Lost Soul Continent, would you like to see an Eastern Plains Continent where martial artists divide and gradually integrate, or would you be happy to see a group of mortals dominate the Eastern Plains Continent?" At least from the prejudices unique to those people, it should be believed that people in the martial arts are more likely to find a way to restrain the poisonous Gu or the Qimen evil arts." And if it is the army of ordinary people's power, even if it can cross the treacherous ocean in millions, how can it pose a threat to the strange land where the masters are helpless? ”

Of course, the consensus was not so easy to reach at a meeting, and the final result was roughly similar to what many people expected and even expected, and the upper echelons of Binh Duong New Town felt that at this time there was no future in Binh Duong New Town, gradually leaving through some unique secret passages, and blocking the news from the outside world as much as possible. Those who still intend to stay have finally formed a more unified action. An unprecedented and widespread mobilization began, and was carried out to a critical stage of combat readiness.

In order to let the people in the city have the confidence of victory, and not be too arrogant and bring slackness and even panic when the battle. The leaders of the alliance who were responsible for temporarily organizing the defense of the whole city made up such a story: the lord has returned, but when he was in the land of Wanli Taixi, he encountered danger when he climbed over the snow-capped mountains, so his skills were greatly damaged, and now he has entered retreat, even the lord himself is not sure that he will come out to help when the ten-year covenant is about to fight. If you slack off, don't say it's yourself, even the Lord will be in danger to some extent...

Unlike many people in the upper echelons who know some of the real situation, most of the ordinary craftsmen and even the merchants and even the new people who have migrated to Binh Duong New Town do not understand what it means to lead the army led by real masters. Especially at this time, Binh Duong New Town, with a population of several million, was easily able to gather hundreds of thousands of troops for effective defense, and these people were not very diligent every day, but they could be considered to have experienced years of seemingly scientific training.

Some people who have participated in large-scale drills and even training even think that at the current level of the air crossbow array, but when it is completely effectively deployed, not to mention what kind of masters of the rivers and lakes, even the birds in the sky, as long as they do not fly to the height above the clouds, do not want to cross over the head of the city where the crossbow array is responsible for defense...

In this way, after partially eliminating the slackness and even the excessive dependence of some people on Zhang Fan, the defense preparations of the entire Pingyang City finally entered the right track. In addition to the more than 300,000 people who can organize and train at least a few days a week, there are also millions of people who have signed up to participate in this defensive battle, which may not be too risky but seems to be able to reap a lot of benefits.

Of course, these so-called "popular support" do not add much peace of mind to some people who really know the truth. The only thing that can reassure some people is the drill and even test conducted by the released bewildered mainland woman in a relatively dense place at night.

The hundreds of prisoners who had been imprisoned for serious crimes, as well as the scouts, were specially arranged in some deep secret passages in all directions and angles, and many exits near the ground were tightly sealed. It's just that in order for these people to survive, there are always some very secret places with vents that are not much larger than ant holes.

These prisoners, who were scattered within a radius of three or four miles and a depth of several zhang to ten zhang underground, suddenly became restless in less than two hours, and did not hesitate to smash some doors that were not very tight with their hands and feet. The prisoners then split into two teams in a hand-to-hand fight to the last man.

Not only these prisoners, but also many birds in the sky, about a hundred feet high, also fell from the sky, forming some kind of strange formation and flying, and it seemed that they could be arranged in a formation like words. This kind of weird poisonous Gu methods made the upper echelons of Pingyang New Town really feel at ease to a certain extent.

"Well, now you should believe me, right? If I were going to do something to you, everyone in you would be a slave ... ”

"My sister said this. After our Pingyang New Town, only the Lost Soul Continent is looking forward, even if it is not controlled, we will never dare to have two hearts... ”

This is what many people have said in the context of a long time ago, and it is not very contrary to their intentions. Many of those who have chosen to stay have reached some consensus on many fronts. For example, if you don't rely on the Lost Soul Continent, or surrender to the Lost Soul Continent, you won't be able to make Dongyuan Kyushu really get rid of the order of the past. In order to achieve this, it does not matter even if it is nominally surrendered.

Although the woman who had followed Zhang Fan to Dongyuan Kyushu for the first time had heard a lot of things, she was still not absolutely sure that things must be as rumored at this moment. Judging from some of his dealings with Zhang Fan at the beginning, some of this person's methods and abilities are very strange, and any choices and actions that are not conducive to this person in a real sense can be investigated. How can those people in his hometown really control Zhang Fan himself?

At this time, many of the envoys gathered in the feudal country also began to hold the last joint meeting in a secret palace before the full mobilization of the battle. In fact, some of the combat readiness and preparations in Binh Duong New City did not completely hide the eyes and ears of some people. Especially when Zhang Fan brought the woman from the Ecstasy Continent over, he didn't do it completely secretively.

But even so, the vast majority of people still have full confidence: "We actually have some leftover from the Near Barbarian Department when we encircled and suppressed Zhang Fan. What is there to worry about, how much impact can be brought by one person, or even one or two people, to the collapse or revolt of hundreds of thousands of people? This is the case with the sky. This time, even taking into account the logistical supply and preparation of the surrounding areas, we have millions of trained reserves available for a long siege. We don't need to go out all at once, take turns to fight to avoid accidents... ”

In this way, the only person who had some concerns was completely relieved, and the preparations for the attack and even some details of the mobilization process were quickly determined.