Chapter IX: Invasion
At dawn the next day, in the demon camp.
The scene here is almost completely different from yesterday. Tens of thousands of demon warriors gathered here, lined up in different squares, and surrounded the circle in the plain. Everyone is fully prepared, and this is time ready to go.
Not far from the circle, Mo Yuan was giving orders to everyone. This time, the first batch of soldiers entered the spirit, led by Mo Yuan himself, and the number of demon generals who accompanied the army was not much, and they were selected by Mo Yuan one by one yesterday. And after the Demon Yuan entered the soul, the affairs of his clan were handed over to the Demon Clan's ruling elder and the military marshal to jointly manage. After arranging these, he handed over the maintenance of the magic circle to Shao Xuanxuan, and Kang Qi helped from the side.
After entering the spirit alone, the secondary teleportation circle is the only support channel and the only way to retreat, and its importance is naturally self-evident. In addition, Moyuan deliberately sent heavy troops to garrison the magic circles in the two places in case of accidents.
When everything was arranged, Mo Yuan walked up to a high ground and shouted to the people around him: "All the soldiers, our clan has been established for about two thousand years, and it has gone through several changes of dynasty. But although our people are prospering day by day, they do not occupy the advantages of profit. The planet we live on is not rich in resources and the environment is not ideal, so we have to use war to obtain more living conditions. But it is precisely this that gives us a strong military strength. Now our opportunity has come, and we have the conditions for this surprise attack. The comfortable days of the Spirit Clan have been too long, they are not the opponents of our elite division, it is time for them to taste our strength. ”
When the Demon Yuan spoke, it was infused with magical power, so that the voice was long and loud, and could spread far away. After everyone listened, their blood boiled one by one, and they seemed to have seen victory beckoning to them.
Mo Yuan continued: "Okay. The time has come, let's take up the weapons in our hands and create our own future.
What followed was the shouting of the surrounding soldiers in unison, and the sound penetrated the heavens and the earth, breaking through the clouds, and even the sky was moved.
On top of the magic circle, Shao Xuanxuan grabbed the "time and space" staff in the center of the magic circle with one hand, and pulled it up from the ground with force. At this moment, the glow of the green light was so bright that it seemed to engulf it all. And Shao Xuanxuan, the magic staff in his hand, and the huge magic circle on the ground, seemed to have been connected, and the mana flowed between the three and slowly spread outward......
Time moved forward a little, on the construction site in the western district of Xilu City, He Xing had been here for a night. After sending Yu Yang out yesterday, he stayed here until late at night, when he found a place near the construction site to rest, and before dawn, he got up and continued to help.
Under the personal leadership of He Xing, the place has begun to be rebuilt, and it is not as chaotic as before. It's just that in He Xing's heart, the matter here is nothing, and the culprit who has been hiding in Xilu City and secretly stirring up trouble is a big stone in his heart at the moment. If you can't find this person who is secretly causing trouble, I am afraid that there will be no day of peace, and I may have some bad news when and where.
As soon as he thought of this, He Xing felt a headache, and he always felt that something unexpected was about to happen again. As he expected, after a while, he saw the waiter with a person, rushing here from the direction of the official office area.
He Xing glanced at the person behind him, he was no stranger, he first heard the news of the formation in Keyin Village a few days ago, it was this person who came. When I see this person again today, I'm afraid it's not a good thing.
The two of them walked to the front of He Xing, and the waiter hurriedly said, "City Lord, something is wrong. As he spoke, he pointed to the person beside him, "The villagers of Keyin Village just came to report, saying that the corpses of more than ten people were found not far from the village, and they seemed to be soldiers in the army, and this villager found that one of them seemed to be General Yu Yangyu. ”
As soon as these words came out, He Xing almost couldn't believe it. He opened his eyes wide, turned his head to look at the Keyin villager next to him, and said angrily, "You, tell me quickly, what is going on. ”
Hearing that He Xing was extremely angry now, this person subconsciously took two steps back, involuntarily knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Last night, some villagers noticed that there was a ghostly light flickering not far from the village, and notified everyone. We didn't dare to go out late at night to check, and it wasn't until dawn that we went out of the village to check together. However, not far from the village, a total of 11 sergeants were found dead on the ground, all with several wounds on their bodies, which seemed to be caused by the fight. And one of them should be General Yu. The villain came to Xilu a few days ago to deliver a letter, and met with General Yu at the city lord's place, so he recognized it. ”
He Xing's mind was blank after hearing this, he did ask Yu Yang to go to Keyin yesterday, so it seems that this news is true. He Xing thought for a while, and then asked, "General Tao Xianxian, General Tao, was in the village a few days ago, where are the people now?"
The villagers still didn't dare to raise their heads, and replied in a low voice: "General Tao has been here, but he only stayed in the village for one night, and he had already left the day before yesterday, saying that he was going back to Xilu to report to the city lord." ”
At this time, He Xing completely understood that the root of this problem was in Keyin Village. This Tao Charter left Keyin but did not return to Xilu, presumably he was ambushed halfway, and there was more than one luck. The young man who delivered the letter that day must have been one of the murderers. And its range of activity should be on the road from Kein to Siru. Then I thought about it, this villager can safely send a letter to Xilu today, which shows that the other party does not have too many people, at least it cannot completely block the road. There was also a time when the messenger was also theirs, but this was immediately ruled out by He Xing, if it wasn't for the first time this person sent a letter to himself, he wouldn't have known that there was such a big thing in Keyin Village.
He Xing immediately ordered his attendants to summon all the guards in the city, arranged the affairs of the construction site, and left in a hurry. In the Chengbei Affairs Hall, everyone has arrived.
He Xing divided the crowd into three teams, and one group issued an assembly order to the search force outside the city. He ordered all the horses to assemble at the west gate of the city, led by himself, and went to the village of Keyin to encircle and suppress the enemy and find out the truth. The second team strengthens the defense of the city. The third group was stationed in the camp north of the city, and if there was a need for support, reinforcements were sent from outside.
After the crowd dispersed, He Xing made some preparations and headed for the west gate of the city. After the troops outside the city arrived at the west gate to gather, He Xing explained the purpose of the trip to everyone. Ordered everyone to pay more attention along the way to avoid a sneak attack by the opponent, and then the group set off towards Keyin.
At this time, it was almost noon, and at the same time, the demon army was passing through the teleportation circle.
In addition to about 1,000 people guarding various key points in the city, Xilu's combat strength has more than 40,000 troops in the barracks, and there are no troops stationed in the subordinate towns and villages in the region.
The day before yesterday, He Xing ordered people to search and transfer 10,000 troops from the barracks, 4,000 inside the city and 6,000 outside the city, and now he himself is bringing to Keyin Village with these 6,000 troops outside the city. He was going to search all the vicinity of Kyin if he didn't find anything on this trip.
Along the way, He Xing paid attention everywhere, but found nothing. Not far from the outside of Keyin Village, everyone found Yu Yang and others who were buried here yesterday.
Seeing this, a trace of sadness rose in He Xing's heart, and he stepped forward to check Yu Yang's body and found that Yu Yang only had two wounds on his body, one fatally wounded. In addition, the spiritual power in Yu Yang's body has been basically exhausted, and it is obvious that he has experienced a battle and finally died in the end.
Although Yu Yang's strength is not too high, he is also one of the best in Xilu. After He Xing understood the general situation at this moment, he had some understanding of the opponent's strength in his heart. Subsequently, he ordered the bodies of more than 10 people to be sent back to Xilu and temporarily placed in the barracks. Then he led the people and marched again in the direction of Keyin Village.
After a while, everyone entered the village of Keyin without any problems. As soon as he entered the village, He Xing stopped everyone from advancing. Although the village has a small population, it is noon, and it is normal for children to fight, elderly people to take a walk to enjoy the shade, and women to do laundry and cooking. But now, the village is extremely quiet, the doors of every house are closed, and only the sound of cattle chirping in the peasants' homes can be heard, which is particularly harsh in this quiet village. This kind of scene only happens at night, how can there be no one in the village in this blue sky and daylight.
He Xing thought about it for a while, and the secret way was not good, and immediately ordered all the personnel to withdraw from the village, I am afraid that there was an ambush here.
When the crowd heard He Xing's order, they began to retreat outside the village. At this moment, only a shout was heard, and from the woods outside the village, behind the houses in the village, countless black-armored soldiers rushed out. Before the people led by He Xing could react, they were intercepted on the way out of the village and surrounded by the black-armored soldiers. At this time, above the houses in the village, crossbow troops also appeared, ready for battle.
On the house closest to He Xing's people, at this time, a person jumped up, stood on the roof, and looked at He Xing's people. This person was Mo Yuan, and after he led his troops into the spirit, the people sent to investigate around reported that He Xing was approaching. So set up an encirclement in advance, wait for the other party to drill into it by themselves, and then wipe it out.
He Xing could see at a glance that this person was the leader of the other party, and while he was preparing for battle, he asked the man on the roof: "May I ask who your Excellency is and what is the meaning of leading the sergeant here." Could it be that I, Siru, provoked Your Excellency. He Xing didn't know how many opponents there were, but he was able to surround his six thousand soldiers at once, presumably in the tens of thousands.
The Demon Teleportation Array is still in operation, and the vanguard led by Demon Yuan also has nearly 30,000 people, at this time, he is overwhelming the other party in numbers, and Demon Yuan doesn't talk much nonsense, he has one more person to destroy now, and he will have a better chance of winning if he attacks Xilu later. So he said directly to He Xing: "Lord He doesn't need to ask more, if you are lucky enough to escape this catastrophe today, you will know in the future." Then he raised his right hand and landed with his command, "Release the arrow." ”
At the sound of an order, all the crossbowmen attacked at the same time, and suddenly arrows rained down, heading straight for He Xing's people.
He Xing secretly said in his heart that something was not good, he was still confused, and he didn't even know who the opponent was, the enemy began to attack, and seemed to know himself very well, and he suddenly lost half of his morale. With almost no time to think, He Xing shouted to everyone: "Break through to the entrance of the village." Then he used the spiritual power in his body, opened his arms and summoned a shield to block the rain of arrows falling from the sky. Even so, some distant warriors were shot and fell to the ground.
The people behind him were besieged at this time, and they were already in disarray. He Xing gave an order, and everyone seemed to have found the target, and rushed towards the entrance of the village with all their strength. Seeing this, Mo Yuan waved his hand slightly, the crossbowmen stopped, and the surrounding demon warriors rushed towards He Xing and the others and began to shrink the encirclement.
At this time, a person from the crowd was singled out, holding a sledgehammer, infused magic into it, and smashed it towards He Xing, shouting: "Don't say that I bully more and less, brothers dodge, I will meet He Xingxiaoer." ”
This person smashed down from the sky with a sledgehammer, with great force, He Xing didn't dare to fight with him at a glance, jumped up and dodged, and then fought with this person in one place. The soldiers who surrounded and suppressed the Spirit Clan army rushed past the two who were fighting together and rushed towards the crowd behind.
Seeing this, the demon abyss on the roof didn't pay any attention to it, and turned around and walked towards the circle. At this time, on the magic circle, a steady stream of demon warriors were teleported. Mo Yuan walked to the edge of the circle and said to a tall man: "Marshal Qing, there are almost 40,000 people here, and when the battlefield in front of me is cleaned up, I will take these people to Xilu first." Wait here for a while, wait for the horses to arrive, leave 10,000 horses to garrison the circle, and then lead the rest of the horses to march to the south as quickly as possible, and if everything goes well on my side by then, I will send someone to support you. ”
The tall man nodded, but did not speak.