Following the arrival of the old man, the entire Xianghe City was like a clockwork machine that quickly revolved around the battle of recovering Xinchuan.
The returning soldiers of the 87th Legion that were previously scattered began to reorganize into a new division of the 87th Legion. The new division's numbers quickly exceeded ten thousand.
The Yizhou Demon Suppression Guards were also formed once again.
The newly formed division and the Demon Suppression Guards began to be mixed.
The so-called mixed division was the most effective way to eliminate Daemons that Xia Pingan and the others had concluded from their previous experience.
Generally speaking, a combat squad of about a hundred people was formed by two to three Summoners and a company. It was the most effective way to deal with Daemons in the city's alleyways and the wilderness.
In such a combat squad of a hundred people, one platoon of soldiers was equipped with rocket launchers, another platoon of soldiers was equipped with grenade launchers and machine guns, and another platoon of soldiers was responsible for battlefield support. At the same time, the sniper squad was equipped with runic bullets. With the abilities of the Summoners and the soldiers complementing each other, they could basically completely suppress the Daemons entrenched in the city.
Such a combat squad of a hundred people was flexible in advancing and retreating. If they encountered a small group of Daemons, they could single-handedly eliminate them. If they encountered a large group of Daemons, they could also work together. It was the most efficient and convenient.
Three days after the old man arrived at Xianghe City, a total of 118 combat squads of a hundred people were formed. Then, the old man led the squads directly out of Xianghe City and drove to Ma Tie Town to officially begin the battle of recovering Xinchuan.
Xianghe City and Yunwan Mountain Base were already connected. The roads in these two places had been restored and became the rear of Ma Tie Town.
The people who had been hiding in various places previously started to gather towards Xianghe City and Yunwan Mountain base in an endless stream.
The old man was the overall commander of the battle. Xia Pingan was kept by the old man's side.
Xia Pingan's identity beside the old man was still the 87th Legion's High Priest. To a certain extent, Xia Pingan had become the old man's assistant. Because Xia Pingan had the ability to see from afar and the old man liked to be close to the battlefield to command the battle, Xia Pingan became the old man's clairvoyant on the battlefield. He could provide the old man with relevant battlefield information and developments at any time.
Other than being a clairvoyant by the old man's side, Xia Pingan's other responsibility was to be responsible for the production of pills and runic bullets.
The fresh corpses of Daemons obtained from the battlefield were basically sent to Xia Pingan in exchange for Nascent Spirit Pills, Shenli Dan and runic bullets...
............... Xia Pingan...
The battlefront outside Ma Tie Town continued to advance towards Xinchuan City. They advanced a few miles a day.
As there was an endless stream of summoners and warriors from the 87th Legion surging in from all directions, and there were also people constantly requesting to join the army, the number of hundred-man combat squads that the old man could command did not decrease as the days went by. Instead, it gradually increased. Every day, there would be new combat squads joining the battlefield.
It didn't take long for the initial 118 100-man combat squads to become 131 squads.
Xia Pingan personally witnessed the situation of the entire Xinchuan battlefield turning around bit by bit.
The situation was completely different now. The number of demons on the battlefield decreased with each kill, while the number of Demon Suppression Guards and 87th Legion warriors increased with each battle.
A week after the old man arrived at Ma Tie Town, a total of 137 100-man combat squads, more than 2,000 vehicles of various types, more than 3,000 returning Warriors and more than 20000 militia had pushed the battlefront to the outskirts of Xinchuan City and completed the encirclement of Xinchuan City.
The battle that followed was a repeat of the battle in Xianghe City. Those Daemons with low intelligence didn't create any miracles.
More than 140 100-man combat squads attacked Xinchuan from seven directions. They advanced slowly, step by step. Town by town, street by street, building by building, they wiped out the Daemons, constantly pushing the line of defense forward. The Daemons that were entrenched in the city were completely turned into caged beasts under the siege of such an iron bucket formation.
In a situation where the Daemons and Daemons were killed by rune bullets and Summoners as soon as they appeared, the Daemonic Fire Spiders, Daemonic Liquid Spiders, and Daemonic Rats tried to break out of the encirclement several times, but they all ended in failure under the attack of Daemonic Bombs, Daemonic Rockets, and various modern weapons.
This time, the streets, underground shelters, and garages of Xinchuan City were filled with the corpses of those Daemons.
On the 26th of February 2020, 19 days after the old man returned to Yizhou, Xinchuan City, as the capital of Yizhou, was restored.
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Xinchuan City was in an uproar. The entire city was filled with the sound of gunshots fired into the sky.
When the restoration of Xinchuan was announced, the excited soldiers and militiamen inside and outside Xinchuan City took out their guns and fired into the sky.
At this time, it was evening. Xia Pingan accompanied the old man back to the Yizhou Committee of Order's base in Xinchuan.
After an entire winter, the Yizhou Committee of Order's base had changed. The collapsed buildings were still collapsed, and the craters left by the meteors were still intact.
However, in the ruins of the building, among the broken bricks and collapsed steel structures, weeds with vigorous vitality were stubbornly and vigorously drilled out from the cracks between the stones and steel.
The old man held the dragon-headed cane with both hands, like an old man returning to his hometown. Looking at the ruins, he said with some emotion, "I didn't realize before that the weeds here could grow so vigorously …"
"Old man, did you realize that these weeds are just like people? The vitality of people is actually not worse than these weeds!" Xia Pingan stood behind the old man and said softly.
"Yes, the land covered by the blood of monsters and snow will definitely grow stronger grass in spring …" The old man turned his head and said to Xia Pingan with a very serious expression, "You've worked hard these days!"
"I just did what I should do!"
"Among all the summoners, you have the greatest contribution in recovering Xianghe and Xinchuan. It can be said that you have made the greatest contribution. Do you know why I haven't promoted you?" The old man suddenly asked.
Xia Pingan smiled bitterly, "Because you wanted to arrange a more important task for me. Now that Xinchuan has been recovered, the monsters in other parts of Yizhou won't be able to hold on for too long. Old man, you can tell me now, I won't be able to stay in Yizhou for more than a few days!"
The old man took a deep look at Xia Pingan, "You've already guessed it?"
"I've guessed a bit, but I still don't know what task it is!"
The old man let out a long sigh, "Walk with me …" After saying that, the old man turned around and walked towards the road outside step by step. Xia Pingan also followed the old man.
"Do you know how many people have died in the Great Fire Country from October 28 last year to today?" The old man suddenly asked Xia Pingan in a low voice while walking on the road.
Xia Pingan shook his head.
"The initial estimate of the number of victims in the Country of Great Yan is more than 110 million …" The old master uttered an extremely heavy number. His voice was slightly hoarse and trembling. "The total number of victims from all over the world is more than 900 million. Our planet, the humans in this world, are like chickens and ducks locked in cages. They can be slaughtered at will. If we add up the number of people who have died since the dimensional invasion, the number is more than 33 billion. As long as the dimensional invasion is not stopped, our children and grandchildren will never be able to escape this tragic fate …"
These two figures made Xia Pingan's heart heavy.
In the past few months of disasters, these two figures were too depressing.
"How do we end the space invasion?" Xia Pingan asked.
As the old man walked, he asked Xia Pingan a question, "Do you believe that there are gods and demons in this world? Do you believe that there's a power and a will that transcends the limits of human imagination?"
"I do!" Xia Pingan replied straightforwardly. Seeing the old man's eyes on him, Xia Pingan added, "Actually, I've always been a theist. In front of the creation of the universe, we're too small. Additionally, we're not alone!"
The old man continued to ask, "Have you ever thought that the so-called space invasion is not caused by nature but by a power that's beyond our knowledge?"
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