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Chapter 47 First Battle 1
The city wall, which is only three feet high, is surrounded by stones on the outside, but the inside is made of rammed earth. There is not even an urn. Such a dilapidated city wall is one mile long and more than a hundred feet wide. Let alone 2000 people, even if there are Even 1 people can't keep up.

Xie Xiaoyu led a group of people strolling around the top of the city, and there was an officer in armor among the crowd.

"This is not the Acropolis, it's the Tuncheng." The uncle said with an ugly face. He was at the bottom of this group of monks in terms of Taoism and cultivation, but when it came to marching and fighting, he was considered a half-expert.

"Of course ordinary people can't defend it, but you are monks with great powers, so this is not a problem for you." The officer beside him said sarcastic remarks.

"This used to be a place to hoard food and grass?" Xie Xiaoyu changed the subject.

"There will be no food, and all important things will be placed in the main city, such as iron nails, tiles, wooden boards, and moso bamboo." The uncle pointed to the surrounding wall in the center of the city.

The surrounding wall was higher than the city wall, but the wood piled inside was actually higher than the wall, and the wood was all dried out.

In normal times, dry wood would be a good thing, but it is a pity that there is going to be a war soon, and dry wood is the best fire starter, not only useless, but also a source of danger.

"How do you guard such a ghostly place?" Zhao Bo shouted angrily.

Xie Xiaoyu was also angry, but he couldn't complain, he had to pretend to be disapproving.Because it was his suggestion to come to Beiwang City, and he was the one who offended the guard, and the behind-the-scenes instigator of all this came to him, and the others were implicated by him.

Since there is no way to change it, we can only find a way to defend the city.

Wucheng is a hoarding city. When it was first built, it was considered to be easy to get in and out. The location chosen was a flat land, there was no terrain to rely on, and the city wall was too long, which was not suitable for defense at all.

But this is also good, because the location is not important, and it is not in the way of the Tuman, and the Tuman will not die here.

Suddenly he saw a hill next to him, and there were many holes sealed with wooden strips on the hill.These holes made him feel very familiar, similar to abandoned mines.

"Beiwang City used to be a mine?" Xie Xiaoyu turned around and asked.

"That happened 200 years ago. Except for Linhai City, which is the earliest foothold of the big cities in Tianbao Prefecture, all other cities were developed in mining areas. This is one of the largest mines, and it has been in operation for 120 years. "Wu Ronghua knows this land well, he has been traveling around for many years, and he has heard a lot.

There are mines, and generally there are spiritual veins. Xie Xiaoyu used the "Dafa of Observing the Sky and Penetrating the Caves" to look over there.

Sure enough, there are many colorful light clusters dotted on the top of the mountain, but these light clusters are weak and sparse, and have no value for mining.Several aura belts twist and turn, coiling back and forth, the aura is not abundant, but it is enough.

"There is a source of spiritual energy on the mountain, we are stationed there."

"Are you planning to abandon the city? This is a serious crime." The officer said in a tone.

Xie Xiaoyu has studied military law a long time ago, and of course knows that the defenders of the soil should not leave lightly, but there are loopholes to exploit.The defender can choose a favorable terrain and build a Wubao to defend it. Once the main city cannot be defended, he will retreat to the Wubao.

"I didn't mean to abandon this city. I want to renovate it to make it easier to defend. Before the remodeling is completed, we always have to find a place to stay." Hold on to the handle.

"This is impossible. You have changed the layout of the city. After the barbarians have retreated, we have to rebuild." The officer was in a hurry. Withstood the barbarian's attack, the higher-ups would definitely blame him for his ineffectiveness.

"It's none of my business. As a general, I just need to defend the city. It is clearly stated in the military law that the general can change the structure of the city's defense. We only have 2000 people, and there is no way to defend such a large city. We must shrink Defense, wherever this lawsuit goes, I will win." Xie Xiaoyu has a plan in mind.

Regardless of what the officer said, he turned to the uncle and said, "You are responsible for this matter. All the city walls will be demolished, and these clods will be discarded. The stones will be left behind, and all the houses in the city will be demolished. The bricks and stones were piled inside that wall, and on the basis of that wall, the city wall was rebuilt and turned into a fortress."

He said to Su Mingcheng again: "There is still a spiritual vein over there. You dig a pond and let the little things settle down. They have worked hard along the way."

The monks around were all shuddering. They had long been guessing what was in the three big pockets. They only knew that one of the pockets was filled with high-quality chicken, and they ate chicken all the way here.

Now the answer finally came, at least one of the pockets contained Gu worms.

"Mazi, you are in charge of building the camp where we are stationed. The mines on the mountain can be used, but we must pay attention to reinforcement. The fighting power of the monks is amazing. Don't shake it down in two or three times." Xie Xiaoyu didn't have anyone to use. I can only bring Mazi in. This guy is proficient in earth magic and has a little research on civil engineering.

"There are some local barbarians who are good at digging into the ground." The uncle reminded them that during the battle in Qiuluochuan, those local barbarians who could move freely in the soil caused them a lot of headaches, and the main camp was almost knocked out several times.

"Don't worry, I will set up a restraint to make the soil as hard as iron, and watch them sneak in." Mazi is very confident, and he is good at performing earth magic, which is absolutely unmatched.

"If that's the case, your Earth Dungeon probably won't work either?" Xie Xiaoyu asked.

"Of course, there is nothing perfect in the world?" Mazi said disdainfully.

"You, you..." The officer next to him was trembling all over, he was so angry that he couldn't find a reason.

"The soldiers defending the city are here, damn it, they are all old and weak soldiers." Wu Ronghua cried out loudly, his words were full of anger.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and there was indeed a group of soldiers and horses coming towards this side, but they couldn't see clearly who was coming.

When the team of people approached, the anger of the crowd also rose.

Wu Ronghua saw it right. The soldiers who came here were all old and weak. They only had livery on their bodies, no armor at all, not even a helmet, and only a spear in their hands. These old soldiers simply used the spear as a crutch, even This is still moving step by step, trembling.

"It seems that the guard is unwilling to bear these burdens, so he brought them here to die." Xie Xiaoyu said sarcastically.

"This, this." The officer next to him hesitated for a long time, and he couldn't explain it at all.

"This is too much, let's go to the garrison mansion to make another scene." Zhao Bo jumped and shouted.

"Yes, this is too bullying." The uncle also scolded.

The other monks cursed loudly.

"Hahaha--"

Amidst all the angry voices, Xie Xiaoyu's voice of laughing wildly was particularly abrupt.

"Isn't that great? The lord guard did me a great favor. I was worried about a group of thorns that would be difficult to subdue. If I were that guy, I would send a group of **** and thorns. Anyway, the guards It is also a thorn head, if the thorn head surrenders, Beiwang City will have an extra barrier, if the two sides bite, then there will be no loss." Xie Xiaoyu laughed at herself.

"You mean he's not bad enough?" Zhao Bo didn't understand.

"You have to be qualified to be bad." Xie Xiaoyu smiled contemptuously. Even if he was brought to Tianbao Prefecture, even if he was a city guard, he was just a bereaved dog, an abandoned character.

That garrison is handsome, but he doesn't even look like a bad guy, so it's not without reason that he came here.

Xie Xiaoyu jumped off the city wall and walked towards the team.

Those old, weak and remnant soldiers obviously knew that they were sent here to die, and they all looked ashen and in a trance.

"Everyone stop." Xie Xiaoyu shouted loudly.

Those veterans stopped in a daze.

"You must have understood that you have been abandoned by the chief. You have no strength to restrain the chickens, and you may not even be able to wear heavy armor. It is a waste of food to raise you, so your chief sent you to die." Xie Xiaoyu Using his poisonous tongue skills, every sentence punishes his heart.

A veteran was so sad that he burst into tears. Others were infected, and they either cried aloud or shed tears secretly.

Xie Xiaoyu sat down on a rock and watched the group of old men cry.

Not to mention, the old man's crying is really interesting, and it is not easy to see it usually.

It's a pity that people are old and their strength is short. After only half an hour, these old soldiers can't cry anymore.

Suddenly an old man understood, fell to his knees, kowtowed to Xie Xiaoyu, and kept muttering: "Master monk, help me, you are a man of great ability."

The other veterans also suddenly realized one by one, and they all knelt down.

"There is indeed a glimmer of life, it depends on whether you can grasp it?" Xie Xiaoyu smiled sinisterly. He knew that it was useless to pretend to be a good person at the moment. The older a person is, the more suspicious he is. Therefore, the best way to deal with the old man is to intimidate them, first to scare them to death.

"Some of you must have heard that I'm not a good person, and what I practice is magic." Xie Xiaoyu paused, waiting for the people below to digest the words.

As he expected, all the veterans were terrified. Just now they were afraid because they were dying, but now they are because of the terrible reputation of the Demon Sect.

"There is a secret method in the Demon Sect. The poisonous insects are bred with blood essence. The breeder can manipulate the poisonous insects to defend against the enemy. This secret method is not limited to monks. Almost everyone can use it. The poisonous insects are much more powerful than humans. Blood is precious, young people are better off, old people like you will definitely hurt their vitality." Xie Xiaoyu's words were half scaring and half comforting.

"Master monk, if we are willing, how do you plan to arrange it? If we don't, how will you arrange it?" The old pawn who was the first to kneel asked hastily.

"Good question, your brain is very clear." Xie Xiaoyu praised, and he immediately explained: "Anyone who wants can hide in a safe place and command the poisonous insects to fight. Although the control is in your hands, those poisonous insects are Advancing or retreating? But it is under my control. Those poisonous insects will become stronger as they fight, and will feed back to you to a certain extent, so that you can prolong your life. If the poisonous insects die, you will have to donate blood to feed new poisonous insects. So Those who are treacherous and tricky will only be unlucky for themselves. As for those who are unwilling, I will prepare heavy armor and spears for them, and they will stand on the top of the city and defend the city like normal soldiers."

These words couldn't be more clear. If you don't want to, you will die.

The group of old soldiers whispered to each other.

Xie Xiaoyu was very patient. He waited for the veterans to make a decision. At this moment, he found that other people had come over at some point.

"You said that I have an extreme temperament, and I have been too deeply imaged by the demonic way. I think you are more like a person in the demonic way." Mazi stabbed Xie Xiaoyu.

What he said was inexplicable, and others didn't quite understand it.

Xie Xiaoyu knew the meaning, so he asked, "Have you already guessed it?"

"I know you are good at using Gu. If no one controls Gu, it will kill the enemy by instinct, which is not efficient, so you let these old and weak soldiers sacrifice blood, so that you can replace the brains of insects with human brains. And you said , these poisonous insects will become more and more fierce as they fight, I am afraid they want to train the seven emotions and demons into them too?" Mazi broke Xie Xiaoyu's plan in one go.

"At least they can save one life." Xie Xiaoyu didn't think there was anything wrong with her: "These people are all in their seventies and eighties, and they didn't have a good life for a few years. Even if some karma is involved, there won’t be too much karma.”

After pondering for a while, Mazi immediately understood Xie Xiaoyu's intentions.I finally knew why Xie Xiaoyu laughed so hard just now.

The progress of the Demon Sect is rapid, but the karma is also accumulated quickly, and the karma will be spread and passed on. If the disciple commits crimes, the master will also be implicated. , will also have a lot of karma, and in the end it will lead to many calamities.

If the garrison sent a group of young men with fresh blood, they would inevitably cause trouble after learning these methods. If it was replaced by such a group of old men who were dying After death, all karma disappears.

As for those Gu worms, it is also easy to deal with, exorcising Gu and swallowing Gu, using magic to devour demons, using this method can easily refine those sword Gu to strong, and it will not be affected by cause and effect, and will not be contaminated by karma.

This calculation is absolutely impossible for him.

Xie Xiaoyu doesn't care what Mazi thinks, he still has a lot to do.

He glanced around and saw that the officer hadn't followed, so he immediately called Wang Chen to him and said softly, "Wang Chen, you go to the Garrison Mansion and ask him what he plans to do? Why did you pick all the old and weak soldiers over?"

"The guard won't see me." Wang Chen shook his head.

"You don't need to see him, just let everyone know that we have been wronged." Xie Xiaoyu knows that crying children have milk. When the old mine boss made a fuss in the mining club, he brought back a set." Reversing the universe and void shifting array."

"What do you want?" Wang Chen blushed, and he understood that Xie Xiaoyu was asking him to play tricks.

Thinking about him, an old man over eight feet tall and full of beards, would actually do this kind of thing with women and children, Wang Chen was really embarrassed.

"Food, but don't use fine grains. Let them convert them into black beans for horses. The reason is simple. Those old, weak and remnant soldiers don't need to eat too well, as long as they have black beans." Xie Xiaoyu said.

"It's not necessary, is it?" Wang Chen is a real person.

"Do you think I treat those people as wrong people?" Xie Xiaoyu knew what Wang Chen was thinking: "I'm afraid this battle will not be easy, the pig-headed officer dared to trouble us, and the guard didn't show any signs of panic. They are confident, where do they have the confidence?"

Hearing what he said, Wang Chen felt suddenly enlightened, and everyone else was also awakened one by one.

Mazi interjected from the side, "Yes, it's really not normal, the government still has a backup."

"It's only three, three years, and three big cities have been breached in a row. I believe that the whole court and the various sects don't look very good. This time, it is very likely that the local barbarians will be cruel. The question is how to fight ?" Xie Xiaoyu looked around, and finally stared at Mazi.

"I admit that I am not as smart as you." Mazi was depressed again, and he admitted defeat.

Xie Xiaoyu was quite satisfied, so he said: "If I were the commander in chief, I would use Beiwang City as a bait, and let the siege battle drag on as long as possible. Attack, leave all these barbarians here, and then dispatch the army, taking advantage of the loss of the main force of the barbarians, wipe out all the big tribes that were afraid to touch before, so that the barbarians will not be able to recover for at least 20 years. If it is a little bit, a reward will be issued, and the price will be clearly marked. I believe that many people will form hunting teams on their own and go to the depths of Tianbao Prefecture to find trouble for the local barbarians."

"Hiss, what a poisonous strategy." Mazi suddenly changed color.

Others are no better.

This is just speculation, but everyone is sure of it.

Mazi added casually, "No wonder you were kicked to this hellish place."

Zhao Bo just woke up at this moment, and asked casually, "What do you mean by that?"

In normal times, Mazi would never talk to him. In his eyes, only Xie Xiaoyu was qualified to talk to him, and no one else could. But at this moment, there was a sense of depression in his heart, and he wanted to talk to someone. So I couldn't help but said: "I don't need to talk about this guy's talent, and he doesn't need to talk about his knowledge. He still has so many eyes, and his ability to plot and calculate makes people shudder. It is definitely not a pleasant thing to be in the same school as him." , especially those head disciples, there must be a lot of pressure. If I was in that position, I couldn't help but think of a way to get rid of him."

"He should have a master, right? His master will allow this kind of thing to happen? And what about those elders?" Zhao Bo has some understanding of the sect's affairs.

"A sect needs someone with profound intelligence, but everything has its limits, and it is not good to go too far. A person with high intellect and talent is definitely not a blessing for the sect. If such a person is not allowed to be the head, whoever sits The head of the sect will feel hot under the buttocks, let him be the head, it will be more troublesome, it is easy to get the sect into one mind, and then expand the ambition..."

"Is this not good?" Zhao Bo interrupted Mazi.

"The big sects have different ideas. Their positions are very stable, so all the major sects are content with the status quo. Anyone who wants to break the status quo will become the target of public criticism." Mazi said the secret of the big sect, but did not notice Xie Xiaoyu had a strange expression on his face.

Xie Xiaoyu just thought it was funny.

If he is really that kind of genius, Mazi's words are right, but it's a pity that before he came to Tianbaozhou, he was only a middle-level person.

(End of this chapter)