The Fourth Legion had been stationed at Maple Forest Ferry for close to half a month without any battle. Even though the camp of the fiend race could be faintly seen on the other side, those fiends kept lying in wait, making people very anxious.
In the early morning, mist shrouded the entire city. This new city was already beginning to take shape. In order to build this new city, a mountain at the back was practically leveled. Close to a hundred thousand commoners toiled day and night to build this city. It was truly not easy.
Fengxi held his saber as he paced back and forth on the city walls, saying somewhat impatiently: "What the hell are these fiends doing? Are they still not attacking? Daren … In my opinion, we have warships and heavy cavalry. Why don't we directly charge over and kill to our heart's content with the fiends. "
"No."
Lin Muyu waved her hand and said with a smile: "Fengxi, don't look down on the fiends. Their combat strength is far more terrifying than you imagine. If we underestimate the enemy, we will definitely suffer a crushing defeat. Do you know why Her Highness ordered the construction of this new city in a short time? It's because she also knows the power of the fiends, so she has already made plans to rely on the city to defend. The fiends are not good at fighting on the water and are not good at attacking cities. Always remember this. "
"Yes, this subordinate understands!"
At the side, Wei Chou narrowed his eyes and said: "We can receive feather letters from the other six great legions every day. It's quiet along the Rice River. The fiends have been lying in ambush for so long, just what are they doing? Furthermore, the most hateful thing is that the scouts we sent out were practically all killed. We can be said to be completely ignorant of the situation on the other side! "
Lin Muyu furrowed her brows and said: "How about this, I'll go to the eastern shore to investigate the situation tonight. You guys guard the city well."
"No way!"
Qin Yan hurriedly said: "The eastern shore is too dangerous. Big Brother, you absolutely can't go alone."
"Don't worry." Lin Muyu raised her brows and said: "I'll sneak over and sneak back. I won't alarm the main force of the fiends. You guys be careful too, just in case the fiends attack at night."
"Yes!"
…
That night, Lin Muyu changed into a set of black night clothes, carried the Dragon Spirit Sword on his back, and then walked out of the city. Qin Yan, Wei Chou, and the others sent him to the riverside, and watched him swim away.
On a summer night, the river water was extremely cool. Lin Muyu swam slowly while releasing her Spiritual Pulse Technique to observe her surroundings. There were only fish in the river water. There were no terrifying creatures like the Frost Armored Horned Dragon. It must be because the river water here was not deep or wide enough to satisfy the Frost Armored Horned Dragon's needs.
When he swam to the east bank, a strong and violent breath had appeared in the Spiritual Pulse Technique. Yes, it was the breath of the Armor Demons. The Armor Demons were the main fighting force of the Demon Clan and could be seen everywhere! Additionally, she could sense the qi of an armor demon every 50 m in front of her. However, Lin Muyu couldn't find any armor demon even though she squinted her eyes. Therefore, there was only one possibility — these armor demons had disguised themselves.
"Splat, splat, splat …"
The river water slowly dripped from her clothes onto the ground. Lin Muyu quietly entered the reeds by the riverside, and then stepped into the jungle. Not far ahead was the breath of an armor demon!
Lin Muyu hid in the grass and observed for a long time. Finally, he found that the grass on the opposite side suddenly shook. It was an armor demon scratching itself. Lin Muyu immediately smiled. It turned out that the Armor Demons were really lying in ambush here, waiting for the scouts of the human army. No wonder none of the scouts sent by the empire survived.
Lin Muyu slowly drew out her sword. When the Dragon Spirit Sword left the sheath, it made a slight sound of friction. Lin Muyu dashed over in a big stride. Before the Armor Demon hiding in the grass could react, she swung her sword down. The cold sword light flashed in the jungle and the Armor Demon was split into two halves from head to shoulder. A stream of turbid red blood splashed out.
Holding the bloody long sword, Lin Muyu walked in the jungle like a phantom under the cover of the jungle. As the sword light flashed by, another Armor Demon was killed.
Relying on the detection of the Spiritual Pulse Method, the Armor Demons here had nowhere to hide, which made it more convenient for Lin Muyu to move under the cover of the night.
After touching the three consecutive defense lines of the demons, Zhang Tie saw the demons' camp just hundreds of meters away. Inside the camp, there were piles of bonfires. Their way of living was very simple. They didn't even need barracks. Armor demons were very strong. They probably wouldn't get sick even if they slept in the open air.
Moving forward, Zhang Tie could see the flickering bonfires. She could hear the sounds of axes cutting down trees and saws rubbing wood. Hiding in the bushes, Lin Muyu saw a group of humans working under the bonfires. As they cut down trees, trees fell down rapidly one after another. On one side, pieces of sawn wood were being nailed together with horizontal boards. It looked like a huge wooden board.
In the farther place, the same huge wooden boards had been piled up into a high pile. There were at least 100 of them. After being nailed together, each wooden board could carry about 10 Armor Demons, which meant that over 1,000 Armor Demons could be transported across the river.
At the sight of this, Lin Muyu couldn't help but draw in a cold breath. Demons' way of attack was so simple. They didn't need to build a battlefield at all. They just used such primitive wooden boards to cross the river. How terrifying!
It was conceivable that there were many such wood construction sites here. More than half of the forest on the east bank of Daojiang River had been cut down. By then, tens of thousands of wooden boards would be thrown into the tributaries of Daojiang River. Who could stop 100,000 Armor Demons crossing the river?
With her heart beating rapidly, Lin Muyu narrowed her eyes. Behind each group of human craftsmen were some Armor Demons. These Armor Demons were supervising the work. In order to survive, these humans had to continue working. No wonder that senior demon said that as long as Yangwei Corps was willing to be his slave, he would spare its life. Now that she thought about it, if Min Yulin surrendered at the same time, she might also become one of these craftsmen.
Demons were enslaving humans and using human intelligence to deal with humans.
...
After leaving quietly, Lin Muyu didn't do anything anymore. It was useless to kill more Armor Demons. Additionally, he would be discovered easily. Additionally, for the sake of safety, he threw all the corpses of those Armor Demons into Daojiang River. After that, he crossed the river. The torches on the other bank were flickering. After 4 hours, Qin Yan and Wei Chou were still guarding the bank.
"Elder brother is over there."
Qin Yan hurriedly urged his horse to rush over.
Lin Muyu slowly climbed onto the bank and suddenly exerted his strength. Dou Qi whizzed past, shaking off most of the water on his clothes. He wiped the river water on his face and said, "They are building a boat!"
"Building a boat? Impossible … "Wei Chou was stunned." We didn't see any demon boat. Don't tell me they don't need to go into the water? "
"Yes, their boats don't need to be tested. They are all nailed together with huge wooden planks. Moreover, there are a lot of them. The demons have enslaved the humans on the east bank of Daojiang River to cut down trees for them to make these planks. It won't be long before they launch a fierce attack."
Lin Muyu took a deep breath and said, "Immediately send a letter to the other 6 armies to explain the situation."
"Yes!"
Wei Chou's expression was cold as he said, "Daren, how should we prepare?"
Lin Muyu said, "The demons are afraid of water. I don't know if they are afraid of fire. I think they should be afraid of it as well. The Armor Demons have transparent wings on their backs. Using fire to burn them should be effective."
"Daren wants to …"
"What is the easiest thing to ignite?"
"Black Beech Oil. This is the easiest thing to use to attack with fire."
"Then prepare more. That's right, can the Black Beech Oil float on the water and burn?"
"Yes!"
"That's good."
Lin Muyu narrowed his eyes and said, "Prepare more Black Beech Oil and move it all to our 20 boats. Also, cover the sides of our boats with metal sheets."
Wei Chou smiled, "Daren's brilliant plan!"
… …
That night, Lin Muyu did not sleep at all. He was worried, worried that the implementation of this plan would not go as smoothly as he imagined. He was even more worried that the demons would have other thoughts.
Just at this time, Wei Chou's voice suddenly came from outside, "Commander, they came before dawn."
"Who came?"
"The Winged Ones."
Wei Chou said indifferently, "As you expected, the demons used the same trick again. They wanted to use the Winged Ones' flying advantage to burn down our rations. Fortunately, our rations were all stored in the cellar and did not suffer any damage. However, several dozen soldiers were shot to death by the Winged Ones. These Winged Ones' archery is really not simple."
Lin Muyu opened the curtain and walked out, asking, "Wei Chou, your archery is the best in the entire army. Can you kill these Winged Ones?"
"I can't."
Wei Qiu shook his head and replied awkwardly, "With this subordinate's arm strength, I won't be able to shoot past 150 meters, and most of the Winged Ones can fly above 200 meters, so this subordinate can't do anything about it."
"That's right, although I can't, there's someone who can."
"Who?"
"Qin Ziling!"
"Oh, Ziling?"
"This subordinate will take Daren to have a look."
"Mn."
… …
In the camp, Qin Ziling was fiddling with a bronze colored machine. It was obvious at a glance that it was a crossbow, but it was the type that could shoot ten bursts in a row.
"Ziling!" Lin Muyu greeted with a smile.
Qin Ziling hurriedly turned around and smiled respectfully. His face was a bit awkward as he said, "I used to fiddle with some machines, but father always said I was useless. Now … I've modified a hunting carriage used by hunters to hunt giant eagles into a crossbow carriage. It's powerful, and if it's calibrated a bit better, it might be able to kill those Winged Ones."
Lin Muyu nodded, "Then do your research well. If you need anything, tell Wei Chou directly. He will do his best to satisfy you."
"Yes!"
Qin Ziling said happily, "Commander, when I fiddled with these things before, everyone looked down on me and thought I was not doing proper work. Only you encouraged me."
Lin Muyu couldn't help but laugh, "If the crossbow you invented could kill more demons, you would be the Empire's hero. Heroes don't necessarily have to charge into battle."
"Mn!"
Lin Muyu felt very ashamed. Although she came from another world and understood many methods of making weapons, she really didn't have much research on cold weapons. Otherwise, she would have been able to make some divine weapons like the Zhuge Crossbow. If the demons really dared to come, she would kill them all! Thinking about it, she began to laugh.
"Commander, what are you laughing at?" Wei Chou asked.
"No, nothing." Lin Muyu wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, "What are we eating for lunch today? Is there meat?"
"There is …"
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