Now, Li Ming and Jiang Wei are free, and with Pang Long by their side, the burden of finding the Peerless City has been handed over to them. The main strongholds of the Crusaders were in the North Underworld, and they were generally hidden at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. According to the clues provided by Xia Long, coupled with Pang Long's divination, Li Ming found a more likely location.

That is the Shade Mountain Grand Canyon in Sanyoshi City.

Speaking of the shade of the mountain, there was a famous battle that took place here, and this battle was the battle of the fall of the Oni Howling Heaven. At present, the castle is still under the control of the forces of the river, but there are only a few hundred defenders in the city, and there are about 10,000 gray prisoners.

In the final analysis, Yanhuang is now in a shortage of population, and even Jiang Zhi's forces can't digest so many cities. And the Northern Underworld has always been a war-torn place, so Jiang Feng will not give priority to the development of the city here, let alone send civilians here. Like most of the cities in the Northern Underworld, there are basically only a small number of defenders and some gray captives who have not had time to transfer.

For the Grand Canyon in the shade of the mountain, Li Ming and others are not familiar with it, and it is easy to get lost. Pang Long suggested a trip to the Shade of the Mountain City first, the people here have been here for a long time and should know something about the Grand Canyon.

Li Ming felt that there was some truth, so he followed Pang Long's advice.

When the thousand-strong troops arrived at the gate of Sanyin Castle, it was strange to find that there were no guards on duty on the city walls.

Although I have known for a long time that there are not many defenders in the city of Mountain Shade, it is not that there is no one on the city wall, right?

Li Ming slapped the war horse, and the war horse immediately let out a long neighing sound.

A few seconds later, a guard appeared at the head of the city, with a weak face and gray temples, and it appeared to be an older veteran.

When the veteran saw the banner of Jiang Zhi's forces, he shouted excitedly: "Was it sent by the central government?" ”

"I'm the young lord of Jiangzhi's forces, hurry up and open the door!" Jiang Wei shouted.

"Okay, okay, open it right away."

A few minutes later, the middle gate of the city gate slowly opened, and a team of thousands of people slowly entered the city.

On either side of the city, there were some guards, but they all looked like old and weak soldiers, and there were only a few of them.

Li Ming and the lieutenant generals immediately had a general understanding of the situation in the city, and everyone was really shocked by this chat.

A few months ago, Jiang Feng tightened his net, transferred the main forces of the cities of the Northern Underworld, and launched a decisive battle with the Gray Clan in the imperial capital.

The Shade of the Mountain was also one of them, but after the main personnel were transferred, only about 500 guards were left here. Of these, only 100 were formally trained soldiers, while the remaining 400 were militiamen.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of gray captives in the city, who are mainly engaged in animal breeding, vegetable planting, and labor in the city.

When the main force of Mountain Shade City left, they left behind some supplies, as long as the people in the city develop the resources here, they should be able to have enough food and clothing.

Moreover, the central government's requirements for the cities in the North Underworld are not high, as long as the left-behind personnel can defend the city with peace of mind, go out every day to search for ore veins, and do a good job of reconnaissance and recording the surrounding terrain and resources.

In other words, as long as these people are not lazy, they should have a good life.

Theoretically, this is true, but not long after the main force left, it stopped raining.

Sanyin City has a multi-plateau terrain with numerous canyons, which results in a low rainfall in the city. But even if there is not much rainfall, it will not be a big problem. Because the location of the city is very good, it is already the greenest area in the whole city, and there are several small lakes in the city.

But a few months ago, it stopped raining all over the castle. Over time, the city became increasingly short of clean water, and plants and vegetables began to wither, resulting in fewer and fewer animals. The lake is not fed by rainwater, the water quality is getting worse and worse, and people's lives are getting worse and worse.

The clean water was finally filtered out and was given priority to the guards and militia. The more than 10,000 grey civilians had to drink unclean water, and soon more and more civilians fell ill, and over time, the civilians complained.

The captain of the guard sent signal corps several times to report to the central government on the situation of the castle in the shade of the mountain, and asked the central government to come and help.

An officer who received the signal corps at the time said: "The front line is very busy, people are dying every day, and if you can't even solve the problem of water sources, then you can decide on your own." ”

That's right, as a new human being, with such a strong ability to survive, how can you not even solve a water source problem?

In the eyes of the majority, there is no sympathy for the situation in the city of the Shade of the Mountain. In addition, the front line is facing a decisive battle of life and death, who cares about the other cities in the North Underworld.

The captain of the guard was angry, but he couldn't help it. Not to mention that the central government doesn't have the energy to take care of this matter, and even if it does, it is impossible to travel thousands of miles to deliver water. The problem of water sources must be solved by ourselves.

If it really doesn't work, it is to put down your face and go to the city of the neighboring city for help.

The captain of the guard asked for help from the surrounding cities, but the same situation occurred in the surrounding cities, that is, there was no rain and there was a shortage of water.

Everyone had no choice but to unite and ask for help from the plain cities in the east.

There is no shortage of water in the plain cities, but there is simply no manpower to transport it, and the terrain is not conducive to transportation. The only way is to abandon the few cities that don't rain and move to the cities of the eastern plains en masse.

But the cities of the Eastern Plains did not dare to accept it, because they could not accept so many people, and if they did, it would inevitably lead to chaos in the city and a shortage of food. In addition, there is still harassment from the Gray Clan zombies in the wilderness of the plains. Once there is a migration, it will inevitably be ambushed, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Moreover, there was no order from above, and they would never dare to make decisions on their own.

You can't go, you can't stay, and the central government can't help, and those cities are like trapped beasts, suffering every day.

About a month ago, two scouts accidentally discovered that it was raining in the Grand Canyon of Yinshan, and there was a lot of greenery there.

The scout was excited, weaving from canyon to canyon and drinking in the lake. What they thought to themselves was, this is a paradise.

It's finally time for the bitterness to come.

They wanted to see what the depths of this paradise had, so they went deeper and deeper into the canyon.

Gradually, they found a large road, surrounded by bushes, but there was a clear road here, and it seemed that people were often coming and going here. Moreover, there should be quite a few people who come and go.

Sure enough, they soon heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Just a few seconds later, the black-pressed cavalry suddenly galloped in and surrounded the two scouts.

The clothing of these cavalrymen has a cross mark.

Could it be the Crusaders?

For the Crusaders, the Scouts didn't know much about it, only that they were the army of the Crusader Chamber of Commerce. The reputation of the Crusader Chamber of Commerce is so good, so this crusader is not a bad person, if not a good person, right?

Sure enough, one of the commanders of the crusaders, knowing the situation, sent them an invitation.

"Since the central government doesn't want you anymore, we want you. We're going to develop a large base here, and it's just short of people. As long as you come, you will have no worries about food and clothing. If you join our crusaders, make meritorious achievements, and become knights, it is not a problem. ”

Soon, the scouts told the lord of the castle, the captain of the various guards, about such an enticing invitation.

The captains informed each other about the Grand Canyon and held a meeting. Almost every captain wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, but no one dared to do it.

Leaving the city and going elsewhere is an act of naked treason.

But there are also captains who believe that they did not join the crusaders, but went there to work in exchange for good food and housing.

Theoretically, yes, but so many gray civilians, aren't they excited? Won't it be assimilated? Once you live there, will you leave later?

In the end, no one took the lead to be a practitioner, and everyone still struggled.

About half a month ago, the gray civilians of Mountain Shade City, because they couldn't stand the living conditions, finally started a long-planned rebellion. But the weapons in their hands are nothing more than sickles, hoes, and at most hammers and other tools.

And the five hundred guards, although small in number, have armor and advanced weapons in their hands. So in order to suppress the rebellion, they did not show mercy.

In the end, tragedy struck, with more than 1,000 civilians killed and countless injured. And the five hundred guards, at most, were only slightly wounded, and none of them died. Because the civilians have not been able to take the weapons from the guards even after paying a heavy price, the situation cannot be changed without weapons.

The gray civilians wept and cried out, crying about the injustice of heaven and cursing the cruel rule of the Jiang forces. This was contrary to the admonition Jiang Feng had left before leaving.

Jiang Feng once said to the captain of the guards that he must ensure the safety of civilians and ensure their lives, because Jiang Zhi's forces promised that they would never discriminate against the Gray Men and would not treat the Gray Men badly.

The captain of the guard was ashamed, he was ashamed of his lord's entrustment. Looking at the gray people holding the corpses of their loved ones, the captain of the guard knelt down to make amends to them and promised to give them clean water in the future.

However, in fact, the contradictions in the city have expanded indefinitely, the wounded are not well treated, and clean water is so scarce that it is not enough for everyone.

The guards had already betrayed in their hearts, and many scouts went out and never returned.

The captain finally couldn't bear it anymore, and for the sake of more than 10,000 lives, he chose to be this sinner. He contacted the Crusaders of the Grand Canyon, who sent troops to escort them personally.

Before the captain left the mountain shade, he left behind dozens of soldiers, who could not leave because their families were in Wangcheng, and they could not bear the charge of defection.

Since the city of the shade of the mountain had taken the lead, the captains of the guards in the surrounding cities followed suit, and almost all of them accepted the invitation of the crusaders to go to the Grand Canyon of the shade of the mountain.

Today, there are very few guards in the surrounding dozen or so large and small cities, and they are struggling to survive, waiting for orders from the central government. Fortunately, the number of people is already very small, and the water shortage problem has been alleviated, and even if you live for a few more months, there will be no major problems.

They firmly believed that as long as the fighting on the front line was over, the central government would definitely send people.

But what they didn't know was that there were tens of millions of civilians on the front line on the move, and there was still a huge dark crisis to deal with, so the matter of the remote cities in the North Underworld could not reach Jiang Feng's ears at all.

If Liming hadn't come here to look for the Peerless City, they wouldn't have known that something like this was happening in this area.

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