Zheng Lei sighed and said: "In this case, on the occasion of the big war, please join me to guard the Chinese army, I believe that with your joining, our chances of winning this time will increase a lot." ”

Ma Yuan suddenly showed a grateful smile and said, "Thank you for your support, I will definitely do my best to help the City Lord." ”

Zheng Lei nodded, secretly handed Bu Sen a color, and then said: "Lord Bu Sen, in this case, please go and help Captain Luo Rong, if the other party does not appear as a fifth-step cultivator, then you don't want to make a move, just stay in the front army town, and it can be regarded as a workout for Captain Luo Rong." ”

Busen nodded, and was about to speak, when the shadow of the sky fell in front of Zheng Lei, and he wanted to speak, but he saw Ma Yuan on the side, so he said: "Lord of the city, my subordinates have something to report." ”

Zheng Lei understood, and said to Busen and Ma Yuan: "Lord Busen, you and Mr. Ma Yuan should go and prepare." Busen understood and left with Ma Yuan.

Celestial Shadow waited until both of them had left before saying, "Lord of the City, Houtu City has already sent troops, and I haven't arrived at Houtu City before I meet Bai Yu, and he is also in a hurry to inform you. ”

Zheng Lei was slightly surprised, and said: "We are closer to Tianshui City, and we have just received the news, and it is only two quarters of an hour for you to report the news, so in such a short time, have they already reacted?"

Celestial Shadow said: "According to what Bai Yu said, I'm afraid that they and Tianshui City sent troops at almost the same time, almost at the same time. ”

"Send troops at the same time!" Zheng Lei whispered, this news is not good news for Zheng Lei, according to normal logic, it should be after he sends out a call for help, Houtu City will send troops, and Tianshui City is much closer to Jiuquan City than the distance between it and Houtu City, in this way, Shi Yong has already been prepared, maybe Shi Yong has also planted a lot of eyeliner in Tianshui City, and when he learned that Tianshui City began to move, he began to prepare more quickly.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Lei asked, "Did Bai Yu say how many troops they sent?"

Tianying said: "One hundred and fifty thousand." ”

When Zheng Lei heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly, his heart trembled suddenly, and his face turned slightly cold. Sending troops to help is naturally a good thing, but if the number of troops exceeds the required number, it is not necessarily help, although Zheng Lei is not a military strategist, nor is he a person who has much experience in leading troops to fight, but he has read thirty-six strategies when he was in school, and he remembers these things clearly, plus the cultivation of the fifth step now, his brain is running even faster, so when he heard this number, he immediately thought of the false path of war.

Shi Yong is not really helping me! Zheng Lei thought so in his heart, his brows became tighter and tighter, if Shi Yong turned against him and attacked him together with Tianshui City, then Jiuquan City would definitely be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Zheng Lei said to Tianying: "You go, let the scout troops do a good job of exploring, and if you have any questions, come and tell me." ”

Tianying nodded, flapped his wings and flew away, Zheng Lei returned to the city lord's mansion with a sad face, the two armies were marching towards Jiuquan City, this was almost a threat to him to destroy the city, looking at the city he had worked so hard to develop, facing the danger of being destroyed, his heart was very uncomfortable.

Hu Xiaowan came back from the brewery, just before Zheng Lei entered the door with his heels and back, seeing his sad face, the little girl asked, "Brother, what's wrong with you? Is there something big going to happen?"

Zheng Lei nodded and said, "Tianshui City sent 100,000 troops to attack us, and with their speed, they will reach our city in three days at the latest." ”

When Hu Xiaowan heard this, she gasped in surprise and said, "So much! Did that brother tell Brother Shi Yong of Houtu City, didn't he promise to help us?"

"Before I could tell him, he had already sent troops. Zheng Lei said.

"Great! Don't worry about it now. Hu Xiaowan breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"But that's what I'm worried about. Zheng Lei said.

"They have already sent troops to help us, why do you have to worry?" Hu Xiaowan was puzzled.

"Houtu City sent 150,000 troops this time, so I'm worried. Zheng Lei said with a frown.

Suddenly, Zheng Lei's Yuan Zhi found that two people were hurrying over, it was Xiao Wu and Xiao Shui. He picked up Hu Xiaowan and came to the outer hall, and at this time Xiao Wu and Xiao Shui had already arrived in the outer hall. The two of them are qualified to enter Zheng Lei's mansion without notification, because their identity is relatively special, and in the entire Ten Thousand Demon Pot Realm, there are only three people left who know Zheng Lei's true identity. The radish demon and the stone demon who saved Zheng Lei at the beginning had all disappeared in those two invasions of Tianshui City.

That's why Zheng Lei allowed them to enter their mansion without notification, and they didn't dare to make any mistakes, because they knew that if they were counted, the world they were in belonged to Zheng Lei.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Lei saw that Xiao Wu and Xiao Shui were both anxious, so he asked directly.

The two glanced at each other, and Xiao Wu said, "Master, none of them want to enter the secret realm. ”

"They?

"Ninety percent of the city's residents are reluctant to enter the secret realm, they all say that they want to live and die with Jiuquan City, and they are not willing to let others invade our homeland. Xiao Wu said.

Zheng Lei was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that these city citizens would be like this, and he began to contradict himself for a while.

The refusal of the people of the city to enter the secret realm is a good thing and a bad thing, because of the special regulations of Jiuquan City, they feel that once there is no Jiuquan City, then they will have no place to go, if Jiuquan City disappears, they can only become the food at the hands of the big demons again, when the big demons are in a bad mood, they will be devoured, if they are all dead, it is better to work hard to protect Jiuquan City and protect their homeland.

However, this time is different from the past, the soldiers from Tianshui City and Houtu City add up to 250,000, although these 250,000 are 50,000 less than the total population of Jiuquan City, but these 250,000 troops are stronger than the combined combat effectiveness of the two Jiuquan Cities.

If Tianshui City and Houtu City joined forces, I am afraid that even if Jiuquan City doubled its population and army overnight, it would not be their opponent at all. You must know that these city-dwellers are the foundation of Jiuquan City, and they are the hope that he can continue to develop in the future, it doesn't matter if the city buildings are destroyed, and the city troops can hold on to it, but if there are no more city residents, then there is really no hope in Zheng Lei's hands.

For a while, Zheng Lei didn't know how to decide, and when he was hesitating, Busen came to ask for a meeting, it turned out that he had sent Ma Yuan home, so he rushed over in a hurry, he knew that Zheng Lei must be anxious at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as he came, he saw Zheng Lei sitting there thinking with a sad face. Seeing Busen coming, Zheng Lei nodded and said, "Lord Busen, please take a seat." ”

Busen sat down and asked, "Lord City, what are you worried about?"

"The problem at the moment is our citizens. Zheng Lei said.

"What's wrong with the townspeople?" asked Buson.

Zheng Lei looked at Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu hurriedly told Busen about the situation, but after Busen heard it, he suddenly showed a happy look, and said to Zheng Lei: "Lord of the city, it is rare that the people of the city are willing to unite to protect the city, you should be happy, why are you so worried?"

"It is precisely because of this that I am worried, the war cannot avoid casualties, and it is necessary for them all to retreat into the secret realm, but also to be able to save a certain amount of strength to make a comeback in case of defeat.

Buson said: "You are right, but this is a very moment, and the citizens of the city are willing to stand up to protect the city, and we should use this opportunity to let them do something useful for the city, and they don't necessarily have to go to war." ”

"Even if it's for logistics supplies, 200,000 people for 100,000 people to do logistics, this is too outrageous, right?" Zheng Lei said.

Busen smiled slightly, and said: "If you don't go to war, you don't necessarily have to do logistics, what I mean by not going to war means not letting them directly participate in the battle, but they still belong to this war, because our army is not much, once the war starts, it is very likely that all of them will be invested, in that case, our defense will be weak, if we use them to defend, then our army will have no worries, and the combat effectiveness will not be greatly strengthened?" Moreover, we are protecting our homeland, and all the soldiers will definitely do their best to meet the enemy. ”

Zheng Lei nodded and said, "This is also feasible, but the city's citizens who have not been incorporated into the army are not very high in cultivation, is it a little inappropriate to ask them to defend?"

Busen said: "How about the city lord listen to my thoughts first?" Zheng Lei nodded, and he continued: "When I was in Tianshui City, I often led troops to battle, and I experienced more battles, and I saw and learned more, and one of them, I met a very stubborn small cottage, they only had 10,000 soldiers, plus their villagers, there were only 30,000, but in the end, I used 60,000 troops to take 20 days to exterminate them, and after the extermination, none of them surrendered, and all of them died. ”

"You used 60,000 troops to fight their 10,000 soldiers, and it took you twenty days?" Zheng Lei asked.

Because the owner of this small cottage knows a special method, he can make all his villagers unite and add a layer of protection to their entire cottage, and it is precisely because of this layer of protection that I have been attacking for 20 days, and I have been attacking for 20 days to slowly wear off this protective shield. Buson said.