The walls were brightly lit, and in addition to the sentries standing guard, there were patrols every two hours, and they looked impregnable.

The last attack on the construction site made the Council of Elders deeply appreciate the power of barbarians, and they covered up the facts while strengthening the defense of the city to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

"Who?" said one of the sentries, suddenly raising his spear and pointing it at a few dozen meters below the city walls.

"What's the situation?" The surrounding sentinels became nervous, and the patrol also rushed to hear the noise, and everyone looked like they were facing a great enemy.

It was a ruin of the inhabitants, and because it was outside the inner city, it had not been completely cleaned up, and it remained in a state of ruins.

Fluttering!

A bird rises from the ruins and spreads its wings towards the north.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the captain of the patrol patted the sentry on the shoulder and said, "Are you too nervous, just a bird, and let everyone worry in vain." ”

The sentry was a little embarrassed and said, "Everyone, please forgive me, I'm really too nervous, I promise to send a police call after I see it clearly next time, I'm sorry for everyone." ”

The crowd dispersed, and calm returned to the walls, except for the sound of torches burning.

After a few minutes, several dark shadows flashed through the ruins, and quickly burrowed into the sewer next to the east wall, and the last person to enter restored the hole as if nothing had happened.

This is an abandoned sewer that should have been blocked at the beginning of the construction of the wall, but due to the speed of construction, many details have been overlooked, and no one has noticed that there is a sewer that leads directly into the city.

"It's too dangerous, but fortunately we are prepared, otherwise we will definitely be discovered by the other party. The man who was the guide whispered, still feeling a haunt when he thought back to what had just happened.

The person standing in the middle took off his hat and said with a smile: "This is nothing, the Protoss has suffered a big loss, and it is inevitable to step up precautions, we have deceived them with just a bird, and we are already very lucky." ”

This person is Mi Yun, who came with the heavy task of spying on intelligence, and came here with the help of the lurkers.

The companions anticipated that an accident would happen in the process, and made full preparations, and after being discovered by the defenders just now, they released the bird they were carrying in time to deceive the other party.

The guide took a deep breath and pleaded, "At the end of this sewer is also a ruin, we only need to walk all the way down to enter the city, and in view of what has just happened, I advise everyone to be careful so as not to have any more accidents." ”

"Agreed!" Mi Yun nodded and said, "Everyone slow down, be sure to be light when you go out, don't think that crossing the city wall is absolutely safe, you must know that the Protoss has a security patrol in the city." ”

"Understood. ”

Ten minutes later, they came to the exit, and only after making sure that there was no danger did they come out one after another, quickly disappearing at the end of the street.

......

A round of red sun hung in the sky, and the weather was good.

Ye Yunyang came to Lei Shaoyuan's office, because he was a frequent visitor here, he didn't be polite to the host, and asked directly: "What did you call me over?"

Lei Shaoyuan put down the work in his hand, raised his head and said, "I have something to ask you." ”

Ye Yunyang sat down with his own care, Lei Shaoyuan was not polite to him, and said straight to the point: "How many barbarians are there?"

He frowned slightly, not understanding why Lei Shaoyuan asked that.

Seeing that he didn't answer directly, Lei Shaoyuan said again: "Let me tell you straight, a while ago, the four elders secretly sent a conquest team, composed of three thousand capable gods, I thought it would be easy to deal with the barbarians, but the result was not so ideal. ”

Ye Yunyang's eyes lit up: "Yes, how many people came back alive, one-third or one-fifth?"

Lei Shaoyuan looked at him with a very meaningful gaze and said, "You directly believe that the expedition team has been defeated, and it seems that you have a lot of confidence in the barbarians." ”

He shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly: "There are only 3,000 people, and they are on the territory of the barbarians, and the time, place, and people are all on the other side, so it is strange that they can win." ”

"yes, they lost badly. Lei Shaoyuan did not hide it from him, and said: "Of the three thousand people, less than five hundred have returned, which is less than one-fifth of what you guess! According to their description, as soon as the team entered the wilderness, they encountered small-scale harassment by the barbarians, and everyone did not take it seriously, thinking that this was a trick by the enemy to lure the enemy into the depths, and decided to ignore it and find the main force of the barbarians to make plans. ”

Such a strategy was correct, but they ignored the fact that the barbarians were all masters of survival in the wild, and at the same time overestimated their own abilities, and after suffering a few small losses, many people became impetuous, and their morale was seriously affected.

Coincidentally, at this time, the scout stumbled upon a village of two or three thousand people, and the commander was excited, which was definitely a good opportunity to boost morale and avenge the death of the previous construction site incident.

After some detailed reconnaissance, they determined that the barbarian village was unprepared, so they chose to start during the day, the three thousand men were divided into five squads, each team of six hundred people, four squads attacked from different directions, the fifth squad remained in place as a reserve, ready to reinforce the direction of the greater pressure, and the other task was to pursue the barbarians who broke through, and be sure to wipe out the enemy.

After the attack began, they managed to storm the village, and the barbarians, helpless, ran towards the center of the village.

The morale of the Protoss was greatly boosted, and they quickly narrowed the encirclement, wanting to fight quickly.

Everything went smoothly until thousands of barbarians were rushed out of their otherwise empty thatched huts, and in a very short time the counter-encirclement was completed, and the people of the heart were joined inside and out.

The Protoss who encountered the front and back attacks were immediately stunned, and many people died on the spot without understanding what was going on.

The reserve team immediately rushed to the rescue, but was stopped by the barbarians who were ambushed on both sides, the ratio of forces between the two sides was three to one, the barbarians had an absolute advantage, and they had already prepared, and the Protoss was defeated.

In the end, except for a small number of people who managed to break through, the expedition team left behind more than 2,400 corpses, and the barbarians suffered less than 1,000 casualties, which can be described as a great victory.

According to the recollections of those who ran back, the number of enemies was more than 10,000, more than three or four times that of their own side, and even if they did not fall into the trap, it would be difficult to win.

The last time the barbarians attacked the construction site, some people suspected that their total population was more than 10,000 people, because unless it was someone whose brain had been kicked by a donkey, how could it be possible to mobilize the clan, and if there was some accident in the process, it was possible that the entire clan would be wiped out.

In the same way, they will not concentrate the whole clan to lay a trap, because they also run the risk of being wiped out, what if they are defeated?

The situation now shows that the data given by the Presbyterians is very problematic.

So Lei Shaoyuan would ask Ye Yunyang, because he had lived in Teng Village for so long and had a deeper understanding of the barbarians.

Ye Yunyang knew his purpose, and he didn't want to say anything more about this matter, so he changed the topic: "After this defeat, what will the elders do?"

"What can be the reaction, the same as last time, is nothing more than hiding the truth while spreading the so-called good news. Lei Shaoyuan said: "The proclamation will be posted soon, saying how great the results of the expedition team have become, killing nearly 10,000 barbarians, avenging the previous dead clansmen, etc., and then the whole city will rejoice and celebrate the victory together." ”

Ye Yunyang frowned, is it interesting to do this, paper can't hold the fire, those old men should understand this truth, and when all these truths are revealed to the world one day, how can they continue to manage the God Realm with a shy face.

Lei Shaoyuan said to himself: "The four elders estimate that the number of barbarians may be more than 30,000, or not more than 30,000, and the next step will be to make a new strategic deployment based on this data. ”

Ye Yunyang still didn't speak, firmly believing in his heart that it wouldn't be long before the news of the defeat would come out again.

......

On his day off, Mei Yu went home to help, and stood at the counter in the pill store for a day, selling countless pills, and his shoulders were so tired that he was tired.

After the beast tide, all the businesses in the city were sluggish, with the exception of two exceptions, medicinal herbs and pills, although the population was reduced by four-fifths, but less than one-tenth of the pill shops were able to maintain their operations, and most of them were destroyed in the war, either the shops were destroyed or the operators died.

Mei Jia Dan Pharmacy is a time-honored brand, Mei Ruogu was lucky to survive the brutal war, and at this time he was already the pillar of the Mei family, and his cousin, who had high hopes for the family, died on the city wall at the beginning of the war.

The head of the family, Mei Kai, was also lucky to survive, but he became half-crippled - missing a leg, plus most of the palm of his left hand, his cultivation fell from the Mythical Realm Nine Heavens to the Two Heavens, and he never wanted to recover in this life.

The Mei family originally had more than 1,000 people, but now there are less than 200 left, and like other families, the composition of the clan is mainly old, weak, sick and minors, and Mei Ruogu is very precious.

Now in addition to the two shops of pills and medicinal materials, there are also six or seven kinds of business that he takes care of, and the divine realm is in ruins, he is busy all day long, and Mei Yu often comes back to help by taking advantage of his relationship with Dean Lei Shaoyuan.

But even this could not fundamentally change the busyness of my father.

Although she was very tired, she still meticulously prepared today's accounts, carefully wiped the counters and lockers with a burlap, then closed the window, and finally closed the door.

When the door was closed with only a crack left, a hand suddenly reached in and grabbed the door frame so hard that it could no longer be moved.

Mei Yu frowned, and the other party spoke first, in a deep voice: "Buy something." ”

If it was placed in normal times, Mei Yu would definitely refuse the other party on the grounds of closing, but she didn't do it, after the war, there were countless wounded, many people have not been able to recover until now, many people rely on pills and medicinal materials to hang their lives, only barely survive until now, once the body is in condition, you must take medicine immediately, if there is no room at home, even in the middle of the night, you have to knock on the door to buy medicine.

She opened the door, took two steps back, and said, "Please come in, why is it so late?"

The person who came pressed the brim of the hat very low, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, and said in a low voice: "For life-saving, please forgive the store." ”

Mei Yu walked to the counter and asked, "Do you want that kind of pill?"

The person who came closed the door with his backhand, and his action aroused Mei Yu's vigilance, and he reached out to hold a long sword under the counter, and pressed the tension spring with his thumb, which could be pulled out at any time.

The man took off his hat and slowly raised his head.

Mei Yu's eyes suddenly widened, and she said in surprise: "Why are you, aren't you dead?"