Following.

Wen Zhong summoned the big and small officials, Li Zheng, clan elders, township chiefs, etc. in Linzhuo Pass early in the morning, and said openly and honestly about the imminent arrival of the Dashang army in the city.

When everyone heard this, they were all furious.

A deep fear and fear ensued.

The total population of their Linzhuo Pass was only five or six hundred thousand, and they barely had any strength except for the security squad used to prevent bandits and wild beasts.

In the face of the menacing army of 300,000, what did they resist?

But if they don't resist, they will be taken back as slaves, toiling so hard that they won't even have enough to eat, no warm clothes, no sleep, and fear that they will be used as sacrifices to their ancestral gods.

"City Lord, what should we do?"

Everyone looked at Wen Zhong with blank eyes, expecting him to have a way to save everyone, just like before.

But this time, Wen Zhong shook his head, looked at them and said solemnly: "The answer is very simple, it is to use our own hands to take up arms to defend our homeland!" ”

Hearing this, everyone present became nervous.

"But we don't have an army, so what are we going to guard? Do you have to rely on the security forces? ”

"That's an army of 300,000, and our security team can't even stuff their teeth into it!"

"City Lord, do you have any other ideas?"

“……”

Wen Zhong took in everyone's reactions and said in a deep voice, "Before you give up, think about what kind of life you want to live?" Think about what kind of life your children will live?

Is it to live and work in peace, or is it precarious?

Is it free, or is it a cow and a horse?

It's up to you to decide!

You can choose to surrender and obediently return to the rule of the Great Shang to continue to be a slave, or you can choose to take up arms and fight hard for yourself and your children and grandchildren to continue to live a happy life of food, clothing, and peace and contentment!! ”

Hearing Wen Zhong's loud words, everyone in the council hall fell silent.

Yu Yuan, who was silently following this scene from a distance, nodded secretly, and said in his heart that the three-eyed boy with a full sense of justice in the past has finally grown into a real leader.

"I don't want to be a slave anymore!"

I don't know who it was, but there was a slightly suppressed but excited cry from the crowd.

Immediately afterward, more and more voices resounded through the hall.

"That's right! It wasn't until I came to Linzhuanguan that I knew that this was the life of a person! How far did that slave live before, how far away! ”

"They want to take us back as slaves, so we'll take up arms and fight them!"

"But no, I have six dolls, here they don't have to work to eat, drink, and learn knowledge, if they are captured as slaves, my six dolls are afraid that they will all die in the mine!"

"I just married my mother-in-law, and I will give birth to a litter of big fat boys in the future, I don't want future children to be sacrificed to those gods when they are born!"

"Let's take up arms and fight them!"

"Isn't it just 300,000 troops, but there are 600,000 people in Linlianguan!"

"There's nothing to be afraid of, instead of dying in the mine, it's better to fight them now!"

“……”

With an impassioned shout, the hearts of all the people in the entire conference hall seemed to be condensed into one, and they were living to die with the same hatred!

If they haven't been to Linzhuanguan, it's fine, but they have lived in Linlianguan!

Through their own efforts, they successfully lived a happy life with abundant food and clothing.

But it didn't take long for the big merchants to want to capture them back as slaves, which was naturally something they couldn't accept.

After Wen Zhong pointed out this, most of the people present put their worries behind them and expressed their willingness to fight to protect Linlian Pass!

There were even many people who swore on the spot that they were willing to fight to the last moment in order to defend Linli Pass.

Wen Zhong was very satisfied with the enthusiastic response at the scene.

However, he was not carried away by this blind atmosphere, nor did he get carried away enough to ignore the gap in hard power between the enemy and us.

He didn't think that this morale alone could defeat an army of 300,000.

After setting that grand goal, he became more calm and cautious.

Next, Wen Zhong listened to Yu Yuan's suggestion, took the original security team as the core, selected elite laborers to form an army of 50,000 people, and divided it into four armies for strict training.

The people of Linzhuanguan are mainly composed of slaves who have cleared the wasteland, and most of them are young and strong, and they are the most able to bear hardships and stand hard work.

Moreover, Yu Yuan had considered this situation a long time ago, and let Wen Zhong build a blast furnace for steelmaking early.

Previously used to craft farm tools such as scythes, ploughs, axes, saws, and shovels, these furnaces can now be converted to weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds.

What we need to do now is to organize the army as soon as possible, give them weapons, and train them so that they can form a certain combat strength in the shortest possible time.

At the very least, you have to be able to rely on the city to defend it.

Just when Wen Zhong was in full swing to carry out militarized training, Bai Ling passed a message through the bronze treasure mirror.

The commander of the 300,000-strong army of Dashang was the invincible Wucheng King Huang Feihu.

Yu Yuan had heard of this name, but he didn't take it to heart, what really made him pay attention to the four deputy generals under Huang Feihu - the four brothers of the Demon Family, such as Mo Liqing and Mo Lihai!

Each of them has the Tao of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and they also have spiritual treasures such as the Qingfeng Sword and the Jasper Pipa given by the Master of Tongtian Sect, which are extraordinary, and they are ordinary Daluo Golden Immortals, and one accidentally wants to catch their Dao.

Thinking of this, Yu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Because the four brothers of the Demon Family are also sectarian disciples like him, and they are also the elite of the sectarian disciples, if this fights, won't it become an internal struggle in the sect?

What should it be to be ridiculed by the people who teach and teach in the West?

Thinking of this, Yu Yuan hurriedly contacted Zhao Gongming through the Transmission Orb, and then asked him to contact the four generals of the Demon Family, wanting to discuss with them.

It's just that I didn't expect that when the four generals of the demon family heard that it was him Yu Yuan, they directly scolded him, saying that he, an extraterritorial demon, was confusing the public, and the purpose of preparing for the establishment of Linzhuo Pass was to split and intercept the sect.

After that, they even released their words, this time they wanted to eradicate Linzhuan Pass, so that Yu Yuan and Wen Zhong, the two brothers who knew each other, would obediently return to Penglai, if they were to bump into each other, they would not blame them for not thinking about the same door.

It seems that this infighting is inevitable.

Yu Yuan sighed.

However, he also knew that the plate was too big to intercept the Ten Thousand Immortals to come to the court.

It's impossible to unify all the voices underneath.

Now that the Tongtian Sect Master is gone, he has the notoriety of "Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon" again, and it is when those different voices are most active.

Faced with this situation, there is only one way that Yu Yuan can think of.

That's hit!

Whoever is not convinced, will beat them until they are convinced!

……

Dashang's army came much faster than Wen Zhong expected, and it was also beyond Yu Yuan's expectations!

The soldiers of these great merchants were not ordinary mortals.

Under training, they can use some superficial Dao techniques, and they can also put out some exquisite formations, and they can travel thousands of miles every day.

In the evening of this day, Long Ji, who had volunteered to go to investigate the enemy's situation, hurried back on Qingluan.

Yu Yuan learned from her mouth that a vanguard force of more than 100,000 people had arrived at Zhenhuaiguan, thousands of miles away, and was camping on the bank of Huaishui.

The vanguard officer who led the army was surnamed Win, and his name was called evil.

Yu Yuan was a little familiar with this name, and suddenly remembered that this person was the legendary "ancient evil", according to legend, he was brave and brave, and he was able to fight with the rhinoceros when he was young, so he won the favor of the Shang Emperor Xin.

I didn't expect that he was actually sent to be a pioneer officer this time.

By the next day, the remaining army of the Great Shang had also arrived at Zhenhuai Pass.

Yu Yuan, Wen Zhong and Long Ji respectively took their respective mounts into the air to inspect, and sure enough, they saw thousands of miles away with flags waving, and camp tents blooming by the Huaishui like white clouds falling to the ground.

Those big merchant soldiers were all proud and refreshed, without the slightest sense of fatigue from a long journey.

Seeing their strong appearance, Wen Zhong's heart suddenly sank.

Compared with the army of the Shang Dynasty, which was forbidden by order, the army they hastily assembled at Linzhuanguan was like a family, chaotic, weak, and without any energy.

As they watched, a golden light rose from the camp and was in front of the three of them in the blink of an eye.

The golden light dissipated, and more than a dozen figures appeared from it.

The leader is a middle-aged man riding a five-colored sacred cow, wearing golden armor, holding a reed gun in his hand, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking majestic.

"I am Huang Feihu, the king of Wucheng, who is Wen Zhong?"

Wen Zhong took a deep breath, rode the Rui Beast Dangkang two steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "I am Wen Zhong, I don't know what advice King Wucheng has?" ”

Huang Feihu frowned slightly, his eyes flickered to the side, "Read!" ”

A partial general on the side immediately took out a roll of silk silk from his arms, opened it and recited: "The general soldier of Linzhuanguan has made meritorious contributions to opening up wasteland, and from now on, he will be named Wu Weibo, and there will be 2,000 households in the city!" In addition, he was transferred to the deputy general of the Chaoge Yulin Army, and he took office immediately, and there must be no mistakes! ”

Hearing this will, Wen Zhong was stunned for a moment.

He is not a fool, he can naturally hear that this will of the Ming Sheng and the Secret Descent is actually a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, which is to let him return to Chaoge as a powerless deputy general, and under his nose, he will hand over this great Linzhuan Pass to others.

If he disobeys the order, the 300,000 army just has an excuse to directly set foot on the Linli Pass and arrest him back to Chaoge for interrogation!

"General Wen."

Huang Feihu looked at Wen Zhong with a meaningful smile on his face, "This is the king's will, why don't you quickly receive the decree and thank you?" ”

Wen Zhong glanced at Yu Yuan, who smiled at him, which immediately made him feel more courageous, and looked directly at Huang Feihu and said, "What about playing these tricks to fool children?"

Don't you just see that I am prosperous and want to take it for yourself?

If you want to fight, just let the horses come! ”

(End of chapter)