Chapter 122: Retreat on all fronts
With the issuance of Chutian's order, all the officials in Lechuan County were sent out, and their target was to count the population of each village, and those who disappeared needed to be recorded.
It involved a wide range, and it took two weeks to investigate things clearly, Chu Tian looked at the book in his hand, frowned slightly, and said lightly:
"At least one-third of the book is caused by demons, and it seems that there are a lot of things going on in the war in the south. ”
"Then it's going to be a big problem. ”
Nine times out of ten, Chu Tian guessed, after all, judging from the current matter, it can be described as terrible for them.
Demons infiltrated from the front line in large numbers to hunt humans, if you want to prevent the invasion of those demon clans, it is completely not enough to rely on the strength of a county town, and in the end you can only rely on the Suzaku Legion.
Chu Tian's body had just recovered, and it was really unwise to go to the battlefield again, and after a month's rest, he didn't know what the situation was with the Vermilion Bird Legion.
The county commander listened to what Chu Tian said on the side, and his face couldn't help but show a touch of embarrassment, so many demon clan invasions, and their own dereliction of duty, thinking of the situation reported by a few people, he reminded and said:
"General Chu also has a good thing, there are a lot of loose cultivators in Lichuan County, and they are also cleaning up the demon clan, at least the stability of the entire county has been guaranteed. ”
The words of the county order are not fake, he also got some news, these days received some admiring guests, all of them are from scattered cultivation, it seems that in troubled times, some immortal cultivators began to go down the mountain to subdue demons and eliminate demons, shaking out the prestige of their own sect.
"Things haven't been hopelessly bad, the south of Lechuan County is the rear of the front line, organize a group of people to go with me, there should be a gap there, and it must be blocked. ”
Things have to be prioritized, the demon clan in Lechuan County is just a disease of ringworm and not fatal.
The real root cause is the southern battlefield, I don't know what happened to the Suzaku Legion, there was such a big loophole.
I am afraid that in addition to Lechuan County, several other counties have also been damaged to varying degrees.
"Please also issue a notice to let Sanxiu temporarily stabilize the safety of the entire county, and I will personally go to the south tomorrow. ”
Let those scattered cultivators go to the battlefield, this matter is absolutely impossible, after all, everyone is an immortal cultivator, and fighting with the demon clan is desperate, and they are not from the Qin State, so naturally they have no such obligation.
It can only be for them to stabilize the people on this side, and there is Chutian on the battlefield to see what is happening.
What Chu Tian didn't know was that the demon disaster that happened in Lechuan County today was the result of an agreement between the two parties.
For the sake of the overall stability of the south, the Qin state made a concession, and at the cost of several nearby counties.
If Chu Tian knew, he would only be even more disappointed in the Qin State.
This kind of humiliating treaty, the reparation for the cession of land, will only break the spine of the Qin people, so that they can no longer raise their heads.
The journey to the south was not peaceful, Hu Wan'er accompanied Chu Tian, riding a red-maned horse, and the two met many demon clans along the way, and even two demons in the realm of Yudan.
I thought that the front line was collapsed as a whole, and the invasion of the demon clan was gradually intensifying, and a small group of demon beasts had been formed, but it had not yet invaded the county, and on the whole, it left enough time for the civilians of Lechuan County.
In order not to let these demon clans find out, Chu Tian could only abandon the fierce horse in the end and go by water instead, when he crossed a lake, he saw a group of demon clans gathered there, and his face couldn't help but change slightly:
"That's the problem. ”
Once so many demon clans rushed in, the consequences were unimaginable.
Chu Tian saw that there were two immortal cultivators in front of him, and like Chu Tian, this group of demon soldiers who were observing in the dark had ugly faces, there were too many demon soldiers, and they would definitely die if their identities were exposed.
Holding a piece of paper in their hands, because the distance was too far, Chu Tian couldn't see the contents inside, but looking at the way they were pointing, it should be a record of the trajectory of these demon clans.
It seems that some immortal cultivators have noticed the changes in the battlefield, once it comes to the demon clan, it is the time when the entire human race is united, and the Qin State has experienced this change, it is not difficult to think that it is probably with the help of these immortal cultivators to stabilize the demon clan in front of them.
It's nothing more than a plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger, but by doing so, there will be more people offended, Chu Tian can't imagine how King Qin could make such a big mistake this time.
If you want to find out what happened in Lechuan County, you must go to the battlefield in the south, and now that this group of demon soldiers is blocking here, Chu Tian thought about it a little and came up with an idea, so he instructed Hu Wan'er:
"Wan'er, you can release the demonic qi when you dock later, and I will disguise myself as your captive. ”
"Hmm. ”
Chu Tian sealed his aura, disguised himself as an ordinary person, leaned forward and half-squatted, and Hu Wan'er pressed himself.
When the demon clans on the shore found out, there was a rhinoceros spirit among them, who came over with his stomach up, and said in a slurred voice:
"Why is there a fox here, but this man has fine skin and tender flesh, you fox give me this man, I can let you join the team." ”
The strong in the demon clan is respected, the rhinoceros is born with rough skin and thick meat, acting as a pioneer on the battlefield, and the huge size stands in front of Hu Wan'er, covering a shadow, looking at her condescendingly.
Hu Wan'er looked at the huge rhinoceros essence, and was not timid in her heart, and directly refused:
"He can't give it to you. ”
"Do you know what you're talking about? little fox!"
Challenging the dignity of the rhinoceros essence, the terrifying murderous aura locked Hu Wan'er, as long as she dared to say another word, the rhinoceros essence dared to trample her to death directly.
At this moment, a red light appeared, this was the sword qi that Chu Tian had sealed inside, they were all some little demons in the Qi Refining Realm, and they couldn't see these clever methods at all, and the originally rampant rhinoceros essence was instantly split into two.
Such a change frightened the demon clan on the side, and when they looked at Hu Wan'er, their eyes were full of fear, and some demon clans flashed their bodies and made way for Hu Wan'er.
It can be regarded as a lesson for them, passing from here does not arouse suspicion, that demonic aura is extremely obvious, and it is said that the demon clan naturally believes it.
They passed through here unharmed, but to their surprise, the demon clan did not notice, but the two people who drew the picture immediately sent people to follow them.
For them, a demon clan of unknown origin is even more important, and when they walked out of the five-mile road, one of them took a picture from the treetops, holding a long sword and looking at Hu Wan'er in front of him, without saying a word, he rushed forward with a sword.
"Wait!"
Chu Tian opened the rope, and the aura was released, blocking in front of the person, it seemed that this person had misunderstood something, Chu Tian quickly explained:
"It's not what you think, we're just reversing identities, passing through here, please put down your swords. ”
The aura of the Enlightenment Realm crushed the two people present, and those two were not ignorant, knowing that the person in front of them could directly kill the two of them, and with a little brain, he could think of how the fox spirit could restrict a monk in the Enlightenment Realm.
"It looks like you're supposed to have come back from the southern battlefield, but I don't know what happened somewhere. ”
The two looked at each other the same, expressing helplessness about these words, the two of them came here to follow the demon clan according to the orders of the sect, and they had a little understanding of the battlefield situation, so they said:
"It's not good, I don't know what the reason is, the Vermilion Bird Legion began to retreat, and there were loopholes in the defense line, which is why so many demon clans invaded the hinterland of the human race, otherwise we and other immortal cultivators would not come out to save the world. ”
The way of kingship, this group of immortal cultivators is not good at it, so they didn't discover the conspiracy.
The Qin State wanted to use the hands of immortal cultivators to stabilize the overall situation, of course, this also had shortcomings, and the evil demons took advantage of this opportunity to bring disaster to the world, and the rest of the sects also began to expand their power.
The world presents a scene of chaos.
After listening to what they said, Chu Tian had mixed feelings in his heart, the retreat of the Vermilion Bird Legion was an inevitable result, the two fronts in the north and south were too much to lead, and the strength of the Qin State also needed to take into account the overall situation.
It is extremely difficult to achieve a balance between the three.
He's not a saint, he's not a mighty man, he can't do that much.
"Where is the Suzaku Legion now?"
"Before we left, the Suzaku Legion had already begun to retreat, and I heard that they were stationed there on the shores of Dragon Lake. ”
The tone of the man's reply was a little uncertain, the demon clan they followed during this time did not observe the situation on the front line, and could only estimate an approximate time and place.
Chu Tian heard the words Longhu Bank, his heart was quite irritable, Longhu City was already far away from the battlefield, if according to what this person said, I am afraid that Marshal Qin planned to abandon that battlefield and move to the rear to defend against the enemy.
And the consequence is the chaos in the surrounding counties, I am afraid that a lot of people will move next, and no one wants to live with a group of demon clans.
I was going to delay time here and say goodbye to the two.
Leading Hu Wan'er, the two hurried to the shore of Longhu, and after two days of trekking, they found that there were already some Vermilion Bird Legions stationed here on the shore of Longhu, and it seemed that this place was regarded as a temporary station.
Seeing where a general was, Chu Tian had a few encounters with him, so he continued:
"It should be the vanguard army, stationed here. ”
Then the army must have withdrawn from the rear, and it has not yet rushed back, what the immortal cultivator said is the truth, the situation on the front line has all collapsed, and it has been reduced to demon land.
The general was the first to see Chu Tian, and when he saw the two of them coming on foot, he hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"General Chu's injuries have improved, congratulations. ”
However, it was Chu Tian's anger that greeted him with a smile, and there was more reproach in his tone:
"Everyone enjoys here, what to do on the front-line battlefield!"
The man's face froze, this sentence hit him in the heart, but he couldn't ask back, this matter made everyone unhappy, and many people even left the army.