None of these high-ranking generals in the border army would like the Demon Sect, and even those conservatives who were usually the most conservative in the use of troops were opposed to the return of the Demon Sect to the Southern Dynasty.

Among generals, there will naturally be different opinions and preferences in terms of marching and fighting, but the high-level generals who can become border troops have all licked blood on their heads for a long time, and they have seen the death of countless siblings.

The Demon Sect of the Northern Wei Dynasty was once their biggest enemy, a shadow that had shrouded their hearts for many years, if the Demon Sect was defeated and surrendered, they might still be able to accept it, but they would definitely not be able to tolerate the other party riding on their heads in turn.

If the Northern Wei Dynasty occupied the initiative in the war at this time, and the border army of the Southern Dynasty was already in danger, then the Demon Sect would have rebelled and been reused, and they would be able to reluctantly accept it.

However, after Zhongli's first battle, it was the Southern Dynasties, not the Northern Wei, who won one after another.

The Demon Sect came over at such a time, and in their opinion, it was just the icing on the cake, not a send-off.

None of these high-level generals are stupid, and others can't see through them, but those of them who usually strategize all day are naturally very clear that the Empress Dowager of the Southern Dynasty personally led the Demon Sect to be subsumed into the Southern Dynasty at this time, and what she values is only the ability of the Demon Sect as a cultivator, not as a defector general of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

However, what the Demon Sect has done now is much more than what she needs.

This made these border army generals feel even more scruples and chills.

The sudden defection of these Northern Wei armies made these border army generals Huo Ran wake up that the return of the Demon Sect was not a mountain rain, but a direct storm.

The moment he returned, the storm had already hit.

Everything was too fast.

It was so fast that these border generals felt that they had no time to react, as if they had been completely led by the nose.

However, it turned out to be faster than they thought.

In Jiankang, a stormy purge has begun.

A large number of officials were dismissed or even sent to prison.

The whole Jiankang is comparable to the battlefield of the border army, the sound of horses' hooves is endless, with Jiankang as the center, the Zhongzhou army continues to attack, exterminating the Northern Wei Dynasty as a stronghold, at this time these news are still tightly blocked, the border army these generals simply do not know the exact news, but after all, it is not in the phase

In the sparsely populated border warfare, many powerful men and lords have secretly learned that some of the encirclement and suppression of the Zhongzhou Army are even extremely cruel, and they have completely wiped out some villages and towns, and they have not even let go of a single living mouth.

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In the same early morning, when the generals of the border army felt inexplicably cold because of the abnormal movements of those troops on the border of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a cavalry army of about 1,000 people of the Zhongzhou Army appeared outside a village on the shore of the lake.

Juhu Lake is between Huzhou and Changzhou, and it is no longer close to Jiankang, and the Zhongzhou army will not stay away from Jiankang at all in peacetime.

All the sergeants of this Zhongzhou Army cavalry are already a little old, and they are obviously the elite of the Yongzhou Army at that time, not a new army recruited in Jiankang.

This elite cavalry army has obviously gone through a long-distance attack, even if the aura of slaughter on its body has not diminished, but in the morning light, even the generals who led it still have a tired look on their faces that cannot be concealed.

At this time, it was still early for most people in Jiankang City, but everyone in this village got up early, and from a distance, there was already cooking smoke everywhere, and people were already walking on the ridges.

The cavalry general led by him was about forty years old, he looked at this quiet village, there was some indescribable look on his face, he stopped his horse and was silent for dozens of breaths, but finally made up his mind, and his right hand, which was hanging down at his side, slowly raised it.

As his right hand was raised, the silent cavalry behind him suddenly rippled like a calm lake, but at this moment, on a dirt road between the villages facing them, a woman in black walked out.

The cavalry general's body stiffened slightly, his right hand paused in the air, and his pupils contracted slightly.

Of course, this woman should not be from this village.

She was a cultivator, and she was wearing a black robe that belonged to the Southern Heavenly Academy.

There are hundreds of teachers in the Southern Heavenly Academy, but most of them do not meet with students, they are good at some aspects, for the army, these teachings are not terrible, but some of them not only teach students, but also go out to walk, participate in battles, among these teachings, some of them are the best practitioners of killing in the Southern Dynasty, and this woman in black is one of them.

The cavalry general was in the center

He also had a high status in the state army, otherwise he would not have been allowed to march so far away to carry out military affairs, and because of this, the cavalry general had seen this woman several times in Nantian Courtyard before, and he even knew the real name of this female teacher.

He was silent at this time, but the female teacher of the Southern Heavenly Courtyard slowly walked towards him, until she was less than a hundred steps away from him, and then stopped, but she just looked at him silently and did not speak.

The cavalry general's breathing was inexplicably a little uncomfortable, his brows frowned deeply unconsciously, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, and said sharply: "Wu Guzhi, what do you want to do?"

The black-clothed female teacher looked at him quietly, did not answer his question, just stretched out her hand and pointed to the muddy ground in front of her.

There was a soft sound of "snort", and there was no bright light on her fingertips, but on the ground in front of her, there was a mud flow tumbling, and a trace of several feet long appeared.

"Whoever crosses this line dies. She said very simply.

The cavalry general and the cavalry behind him were inexplicably stunned, and the cavalry general was cold, and then he was furious, and shouted: "Wu Guzhi, are you crazy?"

He was really angry, but the black-clothed female teacher didn't change her face, but said calmly: "It's not that I'm crazy, it's you who are crazy." ”

The cavalry general's breath was another pause, and he was silent for a few breaths, the anger on his face disappeared, but his eyes became more and more cold and determined.

"This is the Emperor's mandate. ”

He looked at the female teacher, said this sentence first, and then said in a cold voice: "The more thunderous means, the more you can make a final decision, and the sooner the war with the Northern Wei Dynasty ends, the fewer people will die." ”

"I don't want to reason with you, and you are only acting on orders, and you are not worthy to reason with me. ”

The black-clothed female teacher looked at him quietly and said, "I'm here, I only have my rules, and those who want to cross this line and enter the village will die." ”

A look of hesitation and horror flashed in the eyes of the cavalry general, but it only disappeared for a moment.

"It seems that you are really the opposite?" he said, looking at Wu Guzhi.

"To be born as a human being is to be a human being, not to be an animal. ”

Wu Guzhi said calmly: "If it is the opposite, then it is the opposite." ”