Luoxia Manor in the Yun Nation was located at the foot of Luoxia Mountain and next to Luoxia Lake. It covered an area of 100 acres.
The manor master, Liu Rufeng, was generous and generous. He helped the needy and made friends all over the country. He was also an Earth Wheel expert and was quite famous in the Yun Nation.
At night, a storm struck and enveloped the entire manor. It was dark inside the manor while the wind howled outside. From time to time, trees were uprooted and crashed into the manor.
A few rays of sword light flashed through the night and crashed into the trees in the manor. They flew in the air and hit the manor.
A few disciples sheathed their swords and retreated behind the wall against the fierce wind.
Here, the wind was slightly weaker.
If there was no shelter, the wind could blow people away.
"There hasn't been such a strong wind in several years," one of the disciples muttered.
Another disciple was full of resentment. "Those barbarians have angered the gods! They won't have a good ending! "
The disciple who spoke earlier was silent. It was hard to say how the wind would affect the barbarians, but the crops would probably be destroyed. It was unknown how many people would become homeless this year.
In a room in the manor, three men sat around a table. The wind was howling outside, and the candlelight in the room was flickering, just like the current situation in the Yun Nation.
One of the men was in his 40s. He had smooth skin and a wisp of beard on his chin. He looked worried. This man was Liu Rufeng.
Of the other two, one was in his 40s. He was tall and was called Xu Ping.
The other was in his 60s. He had a sage-like appearance and was called Gao Yishan.
Xu Ping slammed the table and said, "That bunch of cowards, Xu Hu. Their words sounded better than anyone else's, but they were scared out of their wits by the barbarians and ran away."
Liu Rufeng sighed and shook his head. "Those barbarians are too strong. Even the weakest among them is at the Man Wheel level, and they are considered the backbone of an ordinary sect. Only one in a hundred ordinary people can reach this level. However, in the barbarian army, they are only the most ordinary soldiers. The heavens are unfair. Why do they love them so much? Shanyin, Zebei, Songyang, and Xuguan only have 500 barbarian soldiers in each city. However, as soon as they found traces of the volunteer army, they were immediately wiped out. Tens of thousands of people died in their hands, and countless civilians were implicated.
"Now that the Yun Nation is in a precarious situation, I don't know if we can clear the dark clouds!"
Xu Ping's face was full of sorrow. "Where's the Yun Nation? Hundreds of cities had either surrendered or perished. Jin Shang had been captured, Zheng Xingmian had self-immolated, and many of the sects that had tried to assassinate the surrendered city lords had been annihilated! Those aristocratic families, wealthy merchants, and those with integrity who are unwilling to submit to the barbarians have all fled to Great Xia. Only we, the rats in the sewers, are left to drag out an ignoble existence. "
Liu Rufeng remained silent. How could they not know that the Yun Nation had fallen?
He just didn't dare to think about it. He didn't want to think about it.
"It's impossible to fight those barbarians head-on. The difference in strength is too great," Gao Yishan said.
"Are we going to be like those city lords who surrendered? Xu Ping glared at Gao Yishan. "Are you going to let the barbarians do whatever they want?"
"Don't be impatient, let me finish." Gao Yishan didn't care about his attitude at all. As he pondered, he said, "Now, there are 100,000 barbarian soldiers in the Yun Nation. Zi Donglai divided the Yun Nation into five districts. Each district has 15,000 soldiers, and each city has 500 soldiers. The remaining 10,000 soldiers are divided into four armies to destroy the revolutionary armies and sects that have the intention of resisting.
This means that there are a total of 20 armies with 2,500 barbarian soldiers active in the Yun Nation.
In each barbarian army, there are about 100 Earth Wheel experts, and the rest are at the Man Wheel level. They are even stronger than ordinary Man Wheel experts.
Previously, when the Yun Nation fought with the barbarian soldiers, we needed at least 10 times the number of soldiers to contend with them. Now, the revolutionary armies are made up of ordinary people who haven't undergone much training, and there are only a few experts among them. Under such circumstances, we have no chance of defeating any of the barbarian armies. No matter where the uprising is, it will be extinguished by them in an instant.
Not to mention, the barbarian army still has the soldiers of the warlords who surrendered, and we have spies among them. "
"There are indeed spies!" Speaking of spies, Xu Ping's face was full of anger. "It was the spies sent by the warlords who caused the barbarians to find out about the troops of Shanyin City. If it weren't for them, how could the Yun Nation have fallen? "
Gao Yishan shook his head slightly. In fact, he had noticed something. It wasn't just the spies of the warlords who were active. There seemed to be another group of people in the Yun Nation who had leaked information to the barbarians.
However, there were many experts among them, and he had lost track of them several times and was almost surrounded and killed.
"Therefore, it's impossible to fight them head-on. When General Zhu Wuchang was still around, he was defeated by the barbarian army, let alone us."
"It's all because of that traitor, Zheng Chengmian, who is always holding us back! He got off lightly by self-immolating. He should have been dismembered! "Xu Ping cursed again.
Liu Rufeng looked at Xu Ping helplessly. This guy was good at everything, but he was too irritable and impulsive. "Let's hear Brother Gao out first."
Then, he looked at Gao Yishan and asked, "Brother Gao, what do you think?"
Gao Yishan stroked his beard and replied, "If the hard way doesn't work, then we will use other means."
"Please enlighten me, Brother Gao!" Liu Rufeng said.
"My sect has an antique that was left behind by the Great Chen, the previous dynasty of Great Xia. Back then, a Daoist priest presented this to the emperor of Great Chen, claiming that it could stabilize the fate of the country for 10,000 years. However, the Great Chen Dynasty suffered from natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and overturning of the earth. For three years in a row, the people had no way to live.
"Then, there were uprisings everywhere, and the Great Chen Dynasty fell two years later. When Great Xia was established, the original palace was razed to the ground and a new capital was chosen. "Liu Rufeng's eyes lit up. "Although this is a legend and there are many untruths, since Brother Gao mentioned it, there must be something that we don't know about."
If someone else had said this, he would have treated it as a joke. However, Gao Yishan, who was in front of him, had many strange techniques that he had seen many times. If he said that there was such a thing, then there was probably a story behind it.
"That Daoist priest was the founder of my sect!" Gao Yishan said with a smile.
Liu Rufeng and Xu Ping were shocked as they didn't expect that to be the case.
"At the end of the Great Chen Dynasty, the officials were corrupt, and the people had no food and clothing. My sect founder's family was ruined because of those corrupt officials. Later, he obtained this antique by chance and had an idea to present it to the emperor of the Great Chen Dynasty. Originally, the Great Chen Dynasty still had decades of luck, but after obtaining this antique, it fell in just a few years. "
"That antique is that powerful?" Xu Ping asked in disbelief.
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