In the 223rd year of the abandonment of the boat, on the eighteenth day of the lunar month, the battle of Qinguan Town came to an end.

When Qin Zhen's troops led by Frank himself arrived at the ruins of Qinguan, it was already midnight.

He sat in the middle tent, his face sinking like water, listening to the report of his subordinates.

"The death toll of the official sergeants in this battle exceeded 6,000, the death toll of the townspeople exceeded 40,000, Qin Shoucheng and Guan Linhai, the current heads of the clan and the Guan family in Qinguan Town, died in battle, and the death toll of those with secretary-level abilities reached nine. ”

Frank lowered his eyelids: "Where's the meat circle?"

"All the low-level people died, and the specific number was not included in the death report, but it should have exceeded 40,000. ”

Frank's huge fist clenched tightly, and asked again, "Did you find the body of the Guan family master?"

"This ......" Feeling Frank's sudden sharp gaze, his subordinates immediately said: "According to the soldiers and civilians in the town, Qin Shou, the head of the Qin family, became the same as the brute beast and chose to blow himself up, and the body of the head of the Guan family was also nearby at the time, so ......"

The subordinate looked at Frank's face and did not choose to continue.

There was silence in the tent.

This subordinate is Frank's cronies, so he naturally knows that he has a close relationship with Guan Linhai, and when he saw that Frank was silent, he tried to comfort him: "Zhonghou also ask for condolences, the head of the Guan family is a hero." ”

"Heroes? Frank laughed expressionlessly: "The last thing he wants to be is probably a sacrificial hero!"

"Zhonghou ......"

"Alright!" Frank waved his hand to interrupt his subordinates: "No need to say any more, if a person dies, he is dead, I am now the town lord of Qin Town, and the only thing I can do is to keep his remaining family, and at the same time, ...... Avenge him!"

Speaking of this, he remembered something: "By the way, did you find Guan Xin Sige?"

Hearing this, the faces of his subordinates became strange: "Back to Zhonghou, Guan Xin Sige survived, but ......"

Frank furrowed his eyebrows: "But what?"

"He was taken away by the Fire General!"

A female voice came from the mouth of the tent, and Frank saw it, but it was an acquaintance, Qin Wuyang, the marquis of the Qin family who fought with him in the challenge.

"It's you......" Frank was a little embarrassed.

In the final analysis, the Qin family is facing today's situation, all because of the original challenge, the Qin family was demoted to a second-level town and city management clan, if it weren't for this, now lying in this ruin, I am afraid that it is only the people of the Qin and Du families, not the Qin and Guan families.

But Qin Wuyang didn't show too much resentment, but walked up to Frank and looked at him calmly.

"Ahem, when you say Huolang, you mean ......"

"The first general of Xuanwu City, the fire girl Efarne!"

Hearing this name, Frank was shocked, and suddenly got rid of the embarrassment of being a suitable talent.

"Farne...... Why did Ichiro take her away from my men?"

Qin Wuyang shook his head: "I don't know the specific reason, but maybe, it's because I fancy his potential, right?"

Guan Xin's potential?

Frank frowned, but he knew in his heart that no matter what the reason was, since he was taken away by the first general of Xuanwu City, it was not something he could meddle in.

However, listening to Qin Wuyang's statement, this does not seem to be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, Frank looked at Qin Wuyang and asked, "Qin Zhonghou is here, is there anything you want to help with?"

"Yes!"

Qin Wuyang's straightforwardness made Frank stunned.

"The previous head of the family has died, and my Qin family has also suffered heavy losses in this war, and now I am no longer sure enough to continue to manage a second-level town, as the current acting head of the Qin family, I would like to make a request to Lord Frank. ”

Frank blinked, "What request?"

"I hope that the Qin family can return to Qin Town as a subsidiary member of the Kozmo family!"

With a heartbeat, Frank was a little incredulous.

According to Qin Wuyang's proposal, the Qin family will become the Kozmo family from now on, that is, Frank's vassal family, the top family of the original first-level town and city, and they will obey his command!

"Are you sure?"

Qin Wuyang nodded: "The Qin family is no longer the Qin family of the past, now that the brute beasts are raging, we don't have enough strength to protect ourselves, and we also know the regulations on the first-level defense line of the empire, so we hope to take refuge in the town lord and change our lives!"

After a moment's silence, Frank understood.

Qin Wuyang was right, the Qin family was no longer the huge family that managed Qin Town, and the attack of the barbarian beast tide had reduced them to ordinary clans, so it was reasonable to have this approach.

However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and if he takes over the Qin family, Frank will get far more benefits than the superficial family expansion.

"In that case, then I agreed!"

Qin Wuyang glanced at him and nodded: "Xie family master!"

......

The battle of Qinguan Town was a very important turning point between the barbarians for more than a hundred years.

A hundred years ago, the Emperor of the Abandoned Boat signed the Man-Barbarian Pact, which eliminated the threat of brutes from the first-level defense line, thus completing a new round of territorial expansion, establishing sixty-four second-level towns and cities and hundreds of third-level towns and cities.

However, the core army of the Empire - refers to the troops above the first level of the town - they never step out of the first line of defense, even if the low-level towns and cities under their jurisdiction are attacked, they will choose to let them solve the problem themselves.

However, the battle of Qinguanzhen changed this policy of the empire.

On the seventeenth day of the twelfth month of the 223rd year of the Abandonment of the Boat Calendar, the first-level defense line of the Xuanwu Domain was impacted, and under the threat, Xuanwu City was ordered by the emperor to organize an army to begin to expel the barbarian beasts into the south, and at the same time ordered the first-level towns and cities under its jurisdiction to send troops together.

On the same day, the Imperial Core Army crossed the first-level defense line for the first time and forced back the invading beast tide in Qinguan Town.

However, this incident is only the beginning of a series of major events.

On the nineteenth day of the lunar month, the tide of barbarian beasts in the Xuanwu Domain reappeared, and it was named Yuyuan Chao, and the Xuanwu army immediately dispatched a pursuit force to have the first confrontation with it, killing more than 10,000 brute beasts, and finally the tide of barbarian beasts retreated and wandered around in the Xuanwu Domain.

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, the White Tiger Domain Barbarian Beast Tide broke into the domain again, and was named the Amber Demon Tide, and on the day it appeared, it destroyed a second-level town and city again, so Eva, the city lord of White Tiger City, personally led the army to the east, wanting to repel the Barbarian Beast Tide outside the territory.

On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, the White Tiger Army clashed with the Amber Demon Tide, and after Eva killed a sixth-level beast general who looked like a silver bird, she fought with the leader of the Amber Demon Tide, a seventh-level beast general of the Demon Clan, and finally forced him back.

From then on, Amber Demon Tide and Yuyuan Tide began to roam around the two domains, occasionally engaging in skirmishes with the core armies of the two domains, and then retreating before the scale expanded, shifting the battlefield and harassing the two domains into a mournful and complaining situation.

Fortunately, most of these two brute beast tides are demon and spirit brute beasts, so it does not mean an all-out war between humans and barbarians.

But this statement soon ushered in an impact.

......

Abandoning the boat calendar in 224 years, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

This was supposed to be a festive day, although there was some injustice to the Xuanwu and White Tiger domains, but the towns of the Qinglong and Vermilion Bird domains were still preparing for celebrations, ready to celebrate this traditional festival.

The rest of the year has passed, the towns and cities are full of laughter, the red color can be seen everywhere, overflowing with a warm atmosphere, until the evening, the golden red of the sunset is still with the joy of the people of the two regions of Qinglong and Vermilion Bird, but when the sunset falls, all this has changed dramatically.

There are a total of eight second-level towns and cities in the two domains, and thirty-three second-level towns and cities, and at the moment of nightfall, seventeen third-level towns and cities and two second-level towns and cities were all invaded by a thick yin qi, and then countless yin ghosts and dead corpses came out of the land and yin qi, and in a very fast time, these towns and cities were transformed into ghost towns.

Qinglong City and Vermilion Bird City were shocked, and after confirming it again and again, they affirmed a terrible message.

——After the Demon Clan and the Spirit Clan, the Dead Clan and the Ghost Clan no longer pressed each other, and launched an attack on the Qinglong Domain and the Vermilion Bird Domain from the west and north directions at the same time!

In this way, demons, spirits, death, and ghosts, the four recognized barbarian beasts in the empire, all began the invasion war against the empire!

......

In the western part of the Vermilion Bird Domain, a ghost army swept through a third-level town that had been reduced to a ghost town, and its leader was no one else, it was the princess of the ghost clan, Ghost Shura.

The humanoid beast general Oni Aoyama was also there, loyally guarding the side of the Chaotic Rhino Dead Beast, while Oni Shura sat on top of the Chaotic Rhino Dead Beast's head, happily clutching the two ghost fires.

The two ghost fires, one black and one red, were naturally the Ugush and Lanhuang souls that were thrown into the Northern Desert by Viren.

"The human world is really interesting!" Ghost Shura's voice sounded like a crisp bell, but with a little coolness: "You say, how about I turn them all into ghosts?"

As soon as Ghost Shura pointed at it, countless pitch-black shadows floated out from the corpses in the ruins, floating in mid-air, swaying sluggishly.

"Mm-hmm, no, not at all...... Forget it, little Ugush, let's eat them all for you!"

As he spoke, he threw his right hand, and the black fire immediately turned into a human face and flew into the air, it was the resentful spirit Ugush.

Ugush hesitantly looked back at the Onishura.

"Eat them, what are you waiting for? Eat them, you will be able to grow up quickly and be a useful little baby!"

Ugush looked at the floating ghosts, his eyes struggled for a moment, and finally turned into a hideous face, opened his mouth and sucked it in, swallowing all the ghosts into his stomach.

It's just that in an instant, its ghost body has condensed for a few points, obviously the effect of devouring the ghost.

The ghost Shura smiled happily, and as soon as he beckoned, the Ugush turned into black fire and returned to its hands.

"Yes, I will find you more food in the future, so that you can grow up quickly!" As he spoke, it turned its head to look at Ghost Qingshan: "Qingshan, have you cleaned up here?"

Ghost Qingshan bowed his head and replied, "Lord Shura, the battlefield has been cleaned up, and the human slaves have been sent to their destination as instructed. ”

"Very well, then let's move on to the next ...... Huh?"

Oni Shura suddenly stopped talking and looked down to the southeast.

Ghost Qingshan also glanced at it, frowned, and said, "My lord, Vermilion Bird City should have received the news of our invasion, and the aura in that direction should be the army they sent!"

Ghost Shura blinked, and suddenly giggled: "It turns out that the news from the demon clan is true, and the human race has really left the first-level defense line...... Hehe, since the demon clan and the spirit clan are fighting guerrilla warfare with them, then we should do the same!

"The subordinates are here!"

"Order the ghost army and start the harassment battle!"

......

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Qinglong City and Vermilion Bird City sent combat troops at the same time, and the prelude to the war between the barbarians began.

However, all of this has nothing to do with the 280,800 people in the Four Holy Pagodas, these trialists of the Wenwu Pagoda are just repeating the process of challenging and cultivating in the illusion realm, and their cultivation is rapidly growing in the tower.

They are waiting for the second part of the trial, the opening of the sixty-seventh floor of the Wenwu Tower!