Chapter 56: Destroying the White Lotus

Although the appearance of the zombie underworld army did not cause much disaster, but the terrifying scene greatly shocked the countries of Dongshengzhou, through the mouth of the warrior, these terrifying scenes quickly spread among the ordinary people, the more and more terrifying, the Dongshengzhou human race for the first time had a sense of crisis of collective annihilation,

The necromancers of the Nine Netherworld Clan and the creatures of Dongshengzhou are completely opposed, not only the human race, all the living beings will be the objects to be eliminated by the Nine Netherworlds, and the two sides cannot coexist at all, so this fateful battle cannot be avoided and is about to begin.

Guisui City relied on the cold winter and the underworld army, and actually withstood the joint offensive of the fifth winter of the Heavenly Sage and the sixth spring of the sixth year of the Heavenly Sage, at the cost of halving the population of Guisui City.

Whenever the underworld army suffered a large number of losses, the royal army would drive the people of Guisui to the front line to meet the enemy, which was called the reincarnation ceremony.

Regardless of whether the citizens have combat effectiveness or not, as long as their bodies are not shattered when they die in battle, most of them can be transformed into the Hades Army, and their combat effectiveness will be increased several times, so they can serve the Holy Kingdom regardless of life or death.

The personal finances and food stocks of the people in the city have long been confiscated by the government, the food ration system is implemented, the household registration is subject to the joint protection and joint A system, and the whole family and neighbors who flee must be beheaded, and the soul is not allowed to die.

Through the high-pressure system, Guisui City was successfully saved, but the people who were kept in captivity were in panic, not knowing if the next batch of people to be sent to the battlefield would be themselves.

The officials of the government and the mages of the White Lotus Sect come to preach every day that if you become a warrior of the underworld, you can obtain an immortal and immortal body, and your soul can stay in the vacuum hometown.

With the exception of some fanatical believers, most people do not believe these claims, because the people who have become Hades have never been in contact with their families again, or even recognize them at all.

The official explanation is that this is because after the death, everyone has become a disciple of the childless mother, everyone is equal, regardless of dignity and inferiority, regardless of generation or age, they are all brothers and sisters.

They can't even convince themselves, and the people can't believe it.

Without the sowing discord and stirring up trouble from the Four Holy Powers, the foreign countries and the three Chinese countries reached a comprehensive truce agreement in the spring, and for the first time in history, the three Chinese countries assisted the spring production of the foreign countries and helped the foreign countries to recover quickly.

Half of the aid was borne by the Song state, and the remaining half was shared by the Tang and Ming states, and the Song emperor showed his gratitude to the Tang and Ming countries for resisting the northern states for many years, and the relationship between the three kingdoms became closer.

Each of the three Chinese countries reduced the garrisons in the border areas, opened important port cities, and encouraged the flow of people and goods, which immediately activated the economic vitality of the Chinese ethnic areas.

A similar pattern was adopted among the extraterritorial nations, and under the heavy pressure of the Nine Netherworlds, the extraterritorial nations had to put aside their enmity with each other and with the Three Kingdoms of China and quickly accumulate strength.

According to the plan of Yun Ding, the president of the Taiyi Academy, the final establishment of equal and mutually beneficial state relations between the foreign countries and the three countries of China has aroused the interest of the high-level of various countries, and the details are still to be further negotiated by all parties.

At the end of the spring of the sixth year of Tiansheng, the chill in the Hetao area was finally dispelled by the sun, the earth warmed up, the ice and snow melted, the river continued to flow, the tender grass on the grassland began to grow wildly, and the frozen soil in the field became soft.

But there was a dead silence in Guisui City, like a frozen city, and no people went out of the city to farm and graze.

In fact, the coalition forces had already withdrawn from the 100-mile range of Guisui City at this time, and most of the soldiers of various countries had already disarmed and returned to China, and participated in the tuntian or grazing in order to seize the season, and labor was always more important than fighting at this time.

The countries only left some scouts and cavalry, and established an intelligence network with a range of 100 miles, only for defensive vigilance, and had no intention of attacking Guisui City.

The people in Guisui City have repeatedly asked to go out of the city to graze and cultivate, but the lord Qi Cong did not agree, and refused to allow the people to leave the city on the grounds that the money and grain accumulated in the country were enough for ten years.

Similarly, Qi Cong was more cautious in the movement of the army, and when the scouts went out to investigate, the number of people was controlled to be less than 100, and he would never send a large number of soldiers out of the city, for fear of mutiny and escape; at night, some zombies were released to roam outside the city, and the original Wangcheng army has now been reduced to an errand to maintain law and order in Guisui City.

Even so, it still can't stop the desire of the soldiers and civilians of Guisui City to flee, and every day people try to escape from this demon cave by various methods, some succeed and some fail, and all those who fail are pulled to "reincarnate".

However, a small number of successful cases still gave infinite encouragement to the successors, and there was still a chance to survive if they were left behind, so the exodus became more and more enthusiastic.

At first, the Wangcheng army was still trying to maintain order in the city, and as their relatives and friends became more and more part of the fugitives, many of the Wangcheng soldiers changed from enforcers to sympathizers, and from sympathizers to helpers, and even many soldiers participated in the escape.

Now the military in Guisui City is headed by Tian Hai, and the 200,000 people he brought back still have nearly 100,000 survivors at this time, and he does not order the fugitive civilians and soldiers to be strictly arrested, and many soldiers are just perfunctory, which makes many Wenchen dissatisfied with this.

Qi Cong was very angry about this, but considering Tian Hai's prestige in the army, he could only endure it for the time being, no one knew what the lord of the country was thinking, and he always felt that he had a bigger conspiracy waiting for him.

As the weather gets hotter and hotter, the combat effectiveness of the zombie army begins to decrease greatly, and even when cruising at night, those zombies often fall to the ground and decay.

Qi Cong had to hide them in the underground palace and restart the Wangcheng army, led by Tian Hai to protect Guisui City day and night.

Qi Cong's image is getting more and more weird, and many people can see the breath of death from him, and every time he is excited, a small amount of black smoke will come out of him, which is extremely weird.

There are fewer and fewer ministers above the court, and all the courtiers who have opinions or hesitate a little about Qi Cong's orders have been dragged to death by the samurai, so no one dares to oppose Qi Cong in person several times, but Qi Cong will also send samurai to the courtiers' homes to arrest people, and convict them of disloyalty and rebellion.

Except for Tian Hai, no one dared to speak for these criminal ministers, but Tian Hai tried his best to save a few people, and returned to the barracks to live in a fit of anger, and never went to court again, even if the lord of the country sent someone to summon Tian Hai, Tian Hai did not enter the palace to face the king.

Everyone thought that Qi Cong would soon make a move against Tian Hai to maintain the face of his lord, but it was strange that Qi Cong actually endured Tian Hai's rudeness.

This disappointed the courtiers, who seemed to them to have a fight between the lord and the general, and they would gain from winning or losing.

If the lord of the kingdom wins, there will inevitably be a rift with the army, and it is even more necessary to rely on the support of the ministers, so that everyone can live a safe and comfortable life for a few days.

If Tian Hai wins, most of them will surrender to the coalition army and jointly exterminate the underworld army, so that everyone can escape with them, even if they are imprisoned in various countries for a few years, at least their lives will be saved, and there will be a chance to make a comeback, it is better than waiting for death here.

It is a pity that they have exhausted their calculations, but both parties have exercised restraint, and the DPRK situation continues to operate in this embarrassing and delicate environment.

Qi Cong didn't seem to have much interest in breaking the current trapped situation, except for killing the courtiers who he thought was disloyal to him, and several times the prime minister handed over the note, saying that it was a strategy for the courtiers to discuss the situation, but Qi Cong stayed in the middle and did not discuss the matter.

The civil official system even suspects that the lord of the country is controlled by the underworld, or he has lost his mind and gone crazy, otherwise it is impossible to be trapped in Guisui City and wait for death, which is too different from his style of acting in the first half of his life, he used to be a super opportunist, but whenever there is a glimmer of hope, he has to toss, so there is the White Lotus Holy Kingdom.

Someone else offered advice and asked the prime minister to consult with General Tian Hai, and the civil and military ministers made suggestions at the same time, and the lord of the country might agree with their strategy.

In the end, the prime minister put down his body and went to visit General Tian Hai in the army, Tian Hai did not agree to Wenchen's request to enter the court to comfort the lord, but he wrote a note by hand for the prime minister to take away, and the content was also to persuade the lord to inform his subordinates as soon as possible whether it was war or peace, so as to avoid the suspicion of the courtiers.

When the prime minister submitted the new strategy and Tian Hai's recital again, Qi Cong read it carefully and said:

"Don't worry, I know that you are thinking about the court and society, but what you think is also what I think day and night, the White Lotus Holy Kingdom was created by me personally, how can I bear to see it destroyed?

As long as we can survive this summer, in the winter, the lifeless mother will send a soul master to help me restore the country, and then everyone here will be a hero of the restoration of the country, and the reward will be extremely rich. ”

The courtiers looked at each other, they didn't know whether to believe the words of the lord of the country, if he said that he was crazy and talked nonsense, but the zombie army was indeed secretly prepared by the lord of the country, and they only listened to his orders.

But if there is really a childless mother in this world, most of you don't believe it, not to mention that these zombies are still disciples of the lifeless mother.

The ministers' words this time were once again in vain, and they could only pray that the foreign countries and the Three Kingdoms of China would not launch an attack this summer, so that the White Lotus Holy Kingdom could survive the most difficult time.

However, most of the things in this world do not depend on the will of a certain person or group of people, and the time has finally come.

In the summer of the sixth year of Tiansheng, just after entering the ambush, the Dongsheng Kingdom and the Three Kingdoms of China gathered a total of 2.8 million troops and surrounded Guisui City within a radius of 30 kilometers.

After the coalition forces formed an encirclement situation, they did not rush to attack, but cut off all the water sources near Guisui City, and bulldozed all the trees, hills, and buildings, so that the field of vision became endless before slowly advancing.

There are only 110,000 Terran warriors left in Guisui City, more than 400,000 civilians, and the number of zombie underworld troops is unknown, it should not exceed 200,000, and it is impossible for these people to resist the coalition army.

Tian Hai climbed the city wall and sighed after watching the morale of the coalition army.

The prime minister who accompanied Tian Hai asked anxiously: "General Tian Hai, can Guisui City still be defended?"

Tian Hai smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister, now it is not a question of whether to hold it or not, but how long it can be held." ”

The prime minister's face turned pale and said, "Could it be that the fall of the White Lotus Kingdom is imminent?"

Tian Hai shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be so fast, it is extremely unreasonable for the coalition to send so many troops this time, even if only half of it comes, it can easily take Guisui City."

I guess they sent so many people, mainly to refine soldiers and train courage, and they will not be in a hurry to attack the city, and it is estimated that the entire siege battle will last until the ambush, because the zombie underworld army will recover some combat power after the ambush.

If you have any regrets in your life, please do it in these thirty days, otherwise there will be no chance. ”