The news of Zechao's imminent outbreak spread far and wide, causing many residents in Zuoqiu City to panic. Long Xiaoyan and the others planned to flee to Baishui City for refuge immediately, but they were stopped by the city guards in front of the slave gate. When he was in turmoil, the city lord of Zuoqiu, who lived in seclusion, appeared again to speak, stabilizing the people's hearts in time.

"According to the report of the spies ahead, a large number of monsters in the dead Ze have come out of the hole, and the tide is inevitable! Moreover, the scale of this tide is huge, which is rare in a century. If Zuoqiu City wants to continue to exist here, the entire city must work together to resist it! ”

The city lord of Zuoqiu spoke calmly, and even when the soldiers were approaching the city, he maintained a very calm image. Fearless in the face of danger and ready to be a good leader, this is the responsibility that an excellent leader should have!

But then, the words of the Zuoqiu City Lord began to turn stern, and even a little calm. He said: "Therefore, I declare that Zuoqiu City is fully prepared for battle!" All divisions are instructed to organize strictly, reorganize their forces as soon as possible, and arrange the defense line, and they must repel the tide of Zechao! If anyone violates my orders and disobeys, no matter people, ghosts, or positions, they will be decided! ”

After saying these words, the city lord of Zuoqiu turned around and left. But the extremely intimidating combat readiness order he left behind in the end made the listeners shudder and everyone shuddered. As soon as this remark came out, it was really not a joke!

The captain of the city guard squad in front of the Nu Gate had the city lord to show up to support him, and his courage suddenly strengthened a little, and he climbed high again and shouted: "Everyone has heard the words of the city lord of Zuoqiu!" Don't go any closer to the slave gate, give me all the way back! How to arrange you next, all wait for the company's notice! ”

The people besieging Numen had lost the will to resist at this time, and no one dared to rush through the pass lightly, regardless of whether they were convinced or not, so they had to disperse in a huff. Long Xiaoyan and I didn't dare to make a mistake, so we had to accept the fate of staying in Zuoqiu City.

The city lords have all come forward to mobilize, and the officials below naturally have to hurry up. The City Guards, the Yin Affairs Division, the Ghost Affairs Division, and even the people from the major families came out and began to carry out targeted preparations for war. First and foremost among them must be the reorganization of the troops and the strengthening of the defensive force.

At this time, the city guards had all been dispatched to maintain order, and ordered the ghosts in the city to return to their shelters to listen to orders, and were not allowed to stay on the streets. The people were concentrated in the upper city for distribution. Because we belonged to the Teng family, we were summoned to the Teng family trading house to stay temporarily, and the other expeditions, caravans, shop members, dart masters, and ordinary employees were also called back one by one.

Then it's time to count the number of people. Teng Boli, the head of the Teng family, took the roster in his hand and named them one by one, and began to distribute the manpower, which was divided into three groups according to the level of cultivation and martial arts of each person. The expedition members, the dart masters, and the wardens were all in one group, and it was clear that we were going to be added directly to the combat unit as militia.

The rest of the young adults who are not high in cultivation are grouped in the second group and belong to the reserve force. They will be sent to carry defensive materials, build temporary fortifications, and may also be sent into battle if necessary. The rest of the elderly, the sick and the disabled are divided into the third group, which is responsible for miscellaneous tasks such as logistics and supplies, and ambulance.

It is said that the other families have arranged the same, and this is an emergency plan that Zuoqiu City has long set in order to defend against foreign enemies. It's just that in recent years, there have been fewer troubles, and newcomers don't know much about it.

The ghost gangs in the lower city are also in the reorganization, and their gangs and ghost slaves are all organized, and they need to bear the same responsibilities and division of labor. At the moment of great disaster, no one can run away!

After the initial chaos and panic, the soldiers and civilians of Zuoqiu City showed a very high sense of discipline and wartime literacy, and all preparations were carried out in an orderly manner. After holding an emergency combat meeting to discuss, the high-level personnel quickly arranged the tactics of defending the city, and the specific orders were passed to the ears of everyone and every ghost, and then the troops were immediately distributed and each was in place.

The overall line of defense will be divided into three lines, layer by layer, layer by layer. This is because there are too many ghosts in Zuoqiu City, and there are a total of 100,000 people in the city. Even if only the troops that can participate in the war are at least about half, that is, 50,000. It is impossible for all of these troops to be crowded behind Zemen, so the defense line must be premised.

The first line of defense is located in the caves outside the outpost outside Zemen, and will directly engage in a field battle with the first wave of monsters in Zechao. The purpose of this line of defense was to repel Zechao's vanguard and to buy time for the formation and reinforcement of the rear line.

The second line of defense was between Zemen and the outpost. The construction of temporary fences and turrets as fortifications is being intensified there. And the main army and elite troops of Zuoqiu City are also waiting here, and high hopes are pinned on them.

The last line of defense was the walls of Zemen. There is also a hurry to repair the walls and cave walls, and install all kinds of defensive weapons and blessing formations. If the first two lines of defense could not be defended, they could only retreat and defend the wall. If even this line of defense is breached, then the lower city will fall completely!

Once the situation collapsed to that extent, the guards guarding the gate could only open the lower gate and the slave gate, and let all the people of the city scatter and flee. But then the gates of the upper city will definitely be closed, and then the yin cultivators who remain in the upper city can escape through the yang passage.

After the defense tactics were reported, the next step was to divide the defending forces of each line of defense. Unfortunately, a few of us were assigned directly to the first line of defense!

In fact, all the expedition members, caravan dart masters, and shop guards were sent to the front line, and the deputy city lord Yin Fa personally led the team to direct the first wave of blocking battles.

Because Long Xiaoyan's cultivation was high enough, he was temporarily appointed as the captain of the militia of the small group we were in, and he was under the control of twenty Yin cultivators. The Teng family, on the other hand, sent a total of 120 sturdy combat soldiers, which was the largest contribution among the major families. Together with the personnel of other families, Yin Fa took away a total of nearly six hundred Yin cultivators.

After the whole team was completed, we lined up in a long line and immediately set off to set up a defense outside Zemen. Between Zemen and the outpost there is a large area of Sawada, and the city is sending more people to harvest crops that have ripened or are about to ripen. If it has not reached the harvesting standard, it will be burned or destroyed, and the strong wall will be cleared, leaving no food for the attacking Zechao monsters.

Outside the outpost, it was a medium-sized cavern, with nothing but a few boulders and stalactites. About 10,000 ghost slaves and ghost gangs have already lined up ahead of us. But almost all of them are ordinary ghost slaves and gangs of imp gangs, and most of them are gray ghosts in the rank, and the number of and ink ghosts is only a minority.

Other than that, only the city's third-largest Gang Honeycomb can provide some decent combat power, and I've seen their group combat capabilities firsthand. And luckily, our line of defense is right next to the line of the ground honeycomb.

However, Liu Yuxin was quite depressed and lamented: "It seems that those of us who have arranged the first line of defense are proper cannon fodder!" There are no fortifications, no natural hazards to defend, and these guys alone can't hold it at all! ”

"Why don't we wait for the fight to start and run away?" Bird meat secretly proposed.

"Run? You don't look behind, where are you going? Long Xiaoyan immediately scolded.

Bird Meat and I looked back, and sure enough, there were two rows of city guards neatly arranged at the back of the battle array, both holding strong crossbows in their hands, eyeing them fiercely.

"They are overseers, and if they don't participate in the battle, they just stare at us! Anyone who dares to retreat and flee without permission will be killed on the spot! ”

Everyone gasped. There are enemy troops in front and prison troops behind, and this is clearly a situation where you can only advance but not retreat!

"Alas, I can't even run now, I guess we'll all have to die here!" The bird meat also lamented.

However, Yin Fa, the deputy city lord who personally led the team, stood at the front of the team, which made everyone's courage a little more sufficient. He has been directing the formation and asking us to tighten as much as possible, shoulder to shoulder, emphasizing the need to fight in groups rather than alone.

If it is a human walk, it usually takes five days to complete the journey from Dead Ze to Zuoqiu City. But the monsters have been alarmed by the inexplicable huge threat, and it is estimated that it will only take two days to reach it with all their might. And the fastest vanguard only takes a day!

After we reached the defensive position, we only rested for a few hours before we began to hear various monster cries from a distance in the distance. So Yin Fa urged us all to get up and stand up and get ready for battle.

Dozens of torches were temporarily planted on both sides of the cave wall, and the entrance to the cave in the direction of Death Ze was also splashed with stone grease. Yin Fa sent several archers to stand by the torches on the high places, and the arrows were wrapped in oilcloth.

The monster's cries grew louder and louder, and they sounded numerous and of more than one kind. All kinds of ugly sounds of "quack", "quack" and "cooing" are endless, which makes people upset and irritable.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's still so ugly!" Liu Yuxin complained.

"Don't worry, if you shoot a few more in a while, you will be relieved!" Lu Dian comforted her.

"It's okay, the first wave of people who rushed to the front must be little monsters." Long Xiaoyan also said calmly, "We are cannon fodder just like us!" ”

"Hehe, cannon fodder against cannon fodder, no one should be disgusted with anyone!" Bird Meat's mood was a little better, and he actually said witty things.

I also laughed and said, "After killing this wave, if you have time, do you want me to roast a few on the spot for you to taste?" ”

"Good! All right! I eat everything, aren't monsters also made of meat? Bird Meat was immediately excited.

"Don't forget me!" Lu Dian, the big stupid cow, also joined in to tease together, "I guess I have to eat a whole one!" ”

"Hahaha!"