At about the same time as the empress made her move, another massacre was going on at the Wall of the Two Worlds.
The giant garden flower crushed the skull of the Earth Spirit in front of her, licked her finger, and looked around with a bloodthirsty gaze.
Dongguo Xun suddenly appeared from the shadow of a tiger-shaped beast as if he had emerged from the water. He cut open the beast's abdomen with his dagger.
Behind a few Earth Spirits who were resisting stubbornly, a mirror silently appeared in the air. A whip lashed out from the mirror and grabbed the neck of an Earth Spirit, dragging it back.
After the upper body of the Earth Spirit was dragged into the mirror, the mirror suddenly shattered.
Only the lower body was left.
More than ten meters away, the upper body of the Earth Spirit struggled for a while before dying.
This battle didn't last long. After all, there were only a few Earth Spirits left here, and they were wiped out without much resistance in the face of the elite human forces.
In the distance, Ma Hongyu held a green balloon between her fingers and gazed into the distance. Inside the balloon was a ferocious bird with sharp beak that was darting left and right.
This was a messenger bird sent by the Earth Spirit.
"Pack up." Li Fu looked into the distance. "According to the previous arrangement, some of you will follow me back to fight the Earth Spirit. The others will return to where they were before and focus on training without caring about anything else. Next time, it's up to you. "
Ma Hongyu bowed to Li Fu. "Be careful."
"It doesn't matter if my old bones are buried in front of the army." Li Fu smiled. "However, it should be fine this time. After all, the rear has made a lot of preparations, and these Earth Spirits aren't very strong."
"Even so, swords are blind," Ma Hongyu said in a deep voice.
"It's not up to us!" Li Fu shook his head. So what if they knew that swords were blind?
Some things had to be done by someone.
It had nothing to do with whether they wanted to do it or not.
It had to be done.
…
At this time, Ren Baqian had arrived at the only city in the Sixty Thousand Mountains, An Chuan City.
Even though it was still very far from Qinggu, An Chuan City was already filled with killing intent. The entire army of the Protectorate of the South had withdrawn to train every day, and the battle cries were deafening.
In the Protectorate of An Chuan City, Ren Baqian sat in the seat of honor and looked down at the people below in silence.
After a while, a tall man stood up and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to go."
"Forget it, your unit can't take a beating. I'm afraid you'll be beaten up in two or three times. It's better for my unit to go." Another big man sneered.
"How about we have a match now?"
"Let's compete then. Who's afraid of who?"
"Alright, stop arguing." Xi Wanya's face darkened as he suppressed the two of them.
Ren Baqian looked at the people below and sighed in his heart without saying a word.
But the merciful did not command an army. If no one took the initiative to charge to their deaths, the entire Protectorate of the South would be buried.
Those who didn't know better would think that they were fighting for something good, but who would think that they were fighting for their lives?
That's right, this was a suicide mission. To be more accurate, it was a suicide mission.
There was no doubt that he would die. There was no chance of survival.
"What does Your Highness have to say?" Xi Wanya turned to look at Ren Baqian.
"Generals." Lord Lu rose and cupped his fists in greeting. "Some things need to be done."
"Your Highness, we naturally understand this. We were born and raised here. If those foreign races want to contaminate this place, we have to be the first to step forward and risk our lives.
It's not a pity if we die. If we die in this mountain, we will definitely enter the ancestral hall in the future and protect the tribe, "the big man who requested from the start said.
"You're right." The others laughed along, but it wasn't an impassioned and stirring one. Instead, it was an indifferent look at life and death.
However, the more it was like this, the more Ren Baqian felt that it was a pity.
Suppressing the unbearable feeling in his heart, Ren Baqian calmed his emotions, raised his head, and smiled. "You sound like you're educated."
"When I was guarding Longshou City, I often listened to them talking about books. Furthermore, I was thinking that this story of mine might be passed down in the village. Hundreds or thousands of years later, I'll also be a hero in the village.
When the time comes, the future generations will say, sigh, that Ancestor Wu Dian, when faced with the foreign races, only left behind a sentence like, 'Oh my gosh, there are so many of them.'
Isn't this embarrassing? Can't I think of something nice to say? "
Everyone burst into laughter.
As Ren Baqian laughed, he felt a little sour in his heart.
These aboriginals usually stirred up trouble and were barbaric and rude. However, when it came to critical moments, they were straightforward and adorable. They laughed at life and death without any hesitation.
If possible, he really wanted to send the Great Xia people to the front line.
Unfortunately, this was impossible.
"It can be passed down. Not only in the village, but it will also be passed down in books. In the future, your descendants will have books to read, meat to eat, and literacy. "
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Ren Baqian shook his head. "This is what Dayao should give you."
Returning to his seat, Ren Baqian said in a deep voice, "Captain Wu Dian, Captain He Ling, immediately lead the troops to Jiatou Stream to prepare for the foreign races' attack."
"Yes, sir!"
"Sheng Qian, lead the troops to transport the explosives to Jiatou Stream. After planting the explosives, meet up with the engineering team that retreated from the front line and retreat to Mount Zhuping.
"Yes, sir!"
After Ren Baqian made the arrangements, everyone obeyed and left.
"How many villages are there under our control? How many people? "Ren Baqian asked after everyone left.
"There are still tens of thousands of villages with eight million people." Xi Wanya spread out the map and drew a circle with his finger. Most of the villages were within this range. Do you want them to evacuate? "
Ren Baqian shook his head. With so many people, it would be difficult to settle them down in a short period of time.
Furthermore, if all the aboriginals in this large area were evacuated, it would soon be occupied by wild beasts, destroying the mountain roads and some facilities that had been painstakingly opened up.
"Evacuate one-third of the villages and merge some of the smaller villages together. There can't be more than 1,000 villages."
"Such a village is too big. If we want to hunt enough to feed the people in the village, we need to double the area of activity."
Doubling the area of activity would consume more time and food, reduce the amount of food brought back at one time, increase the number of hunts, and face more dangers.
In addition, the most troublesome thing was that the distance of the journey was too far. By the time the prey was transported back, it would already be rotten and smelly.
"Ten thousand villages are too many. Even if we reduce the number by one-third, there will still be too many left. After this victory, the Sixty Thousand Mountains will become a battlefield, and too many villages won't be conducive to mobilization.
Furthermore, there are too few people in each village, which isn't conducive to the development of local industries.
You can make the arrangements for merging the villages first. After this battle, you can transfer a batch of spider beasts to them.
At the same time, you will transfer agricultural talents to teach them how to cultivate terraced fields and grow food. This will reduce their food pressure.
In addition, open up the sea route from Wangjing to the Sixty Thousand Mountains, and then transport salt by air. This will reduce the price of salt to a certain level, and they can marinate and roast their prey into jerky.
Finally, the Sixty Thousand Mountains are rich in resources, but they aren't being used at all. I plan to develop some industries nearby and build several large cities. This will reduce the transportation of supplies from the rear to the front, and the empty transportation route can also transport some food. "
Ren Baqian briefly explained the matter to Xi Wanya, even though he knew that Xi Wanya wouldn't understand.
However, he wanted to tell him that he already had a complete set of arrangements.
Xi Wanya was relieved after hearing this and immediately accepted the order.
That evening, An Chuan City began to move. Early the next morning, groups of soldiers filed out of An Chuan City and headed south.
Soon after, groups of spider beasts and fork-horned cows carried goods and headed south under the escort of the army.
Even some of the aboriginals in the city felt that a storm was brewing.
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