When I become a demon king, I want to change my department to the Taoist sect.

Chapter 782 Siege
In this encirclement and suppression battle of Zhideshi, the Zhao family of Suzhou, which ruled 17 states and was the king for generations, joined forces with nine major forces including the Grassland Big Tent, the Liu family of Shuzhou, the Li family of Jizhou, and the Prince of Dasheng.

From the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, a siege was launched on the 31 states controlled by Zhideshi.

There are two types of wars between monks. One is the single-point breakthrough carried out by great monks above the Jindan stage.

One is like Chen Zhiyi, who leads a large army of monks to fight. Wherever the army goes, even the Venerable Yinshen will find it difficult to stop it.

The so-called military momentum is actually derived from the formation and can be regarded as a type of formation.

The strong act alone, while the weak gather together; this has always been an eternal truth.

After being deprived of their innate glory by Taiyi in the past, the weak human race relied on the art of formation and the power of the crowd to kill those extremely powerful prehistoric beasts and protect their gathering place.

One of the most important reasons why Huangdi was able to lead the human race to rise is that Fenghou's Eight Diagrams helped the human race to narrow the gap in individual strength with other races.

Although the immortal cultivation civilization is defined as an individual powerful civilization most of the time, the real strong ones are like the world in one body and civilization in one person.

But before reaching that level, it is very important to gather the strength of the people.

However, although the military formation is powerful, its flexibility is naturally far less than that of a high-level monk acting alone.

Therefore, it is indeed difficult for Chen Zhiyi to deal with the Yin Shen of the Zhao family hiding in Youzhou City and not coming out. If the army ignores it, they will directly flatten Youzhou City.

There is a high probability that the Yin Spirit could not withstand a charge by Chen Zhi and his troops, but it is estimated that not many people in the entire city would survive.

The reason why Chen Zhiyi was so eager to take over Youzhou was because it was an extremely important part of the anti-encirclement and suppression strategy.

The Zhao family, together with the nine forces, set up an encirclement for Zhideshi. Once the encirclement was formed, except for the high-level cultivators, low-level cultivators, mortals, and the production base of Zhideshi, no one could escape.

Therefore, Zhou Ju and others formulated a plan to counter the encirclement. Before the enemy surrounded them, they took the initiative to attack and first eliminate the Zhao family, which was closest to Zhideshi.

In this way, a gap will appear in the enemy's entire defense line, and it can be used to directly connect to the Ten Thousand Races Alliance in the south.

In the current situation, the Taoist sect has united with the demon clan and the dragon clan to fight against the aristocratic families supported by the Demon and Buddha sects.

And Youzhou is the only state among the 17 states of Zhao Family. If this place is cut off, the entire Zhao Family will be like a turtle in a jar, and will be eaten by Zhideshi.

But such a strategy is naturally a race against time. The Zhao family must be eliminated first before other forces encircle them.

All the Yin God-level cultivators in the Zhide world first formed assault teams and carried out single-point raids on every state capital within the seventeen circles of the Zhao family.

All of the Zhao family’s Yin Shen skills were brought out.

Afterwards, Chen Zhiyi and Li Erzhu would lead the military monks to raid Youzhou. With this two-pronged approach, they would make sure to eliminate the Zhao family's great monks and territory before other forces could react.

Originally, Chen Zhiyi had already issued a military order to take over the entire Youzhou within three months.

But he didn't expect this bone to be so hard to chew.

Not only are there many aristocratic families throughout Youzhou, but many small aristocratic families also have one or two Jindan Zhenren in charge.

Chen Zhiyi had to disperse his troops and clean up the area one by one, but even so it still took a long time.

Then, there was an unexpected appearance of a Yinshen Venerable in the provincial capital, who hid himself in the city.

He even took all the people in the city as hostages and declared that as long as Deshi attacked, all the mortals in Youzhou city would become dead souls and be buried with him.

This can be considered a minor weakness of the Zhide world. When civilization and barbarism are at war, the Zhide world often falls into disadvantage because of its own civilization and morality.

But Chen Zhitian was born with a stubborn temper, and he didn't care about sacrifices in order to achieve his goals. He was ready to wipe the entire Youzhou City off the map.

It was for this reason that Li Erzhu reported the situation and asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to send another Yinshen Venerable.

After Guo Yang understood all the circumstances, he said, "Because I happened to be on a mission in Daizhou, which is closest to Youzhou, the Military Affairs Department sent me here."

He patted Chen Zhiyi on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm taking this little time out, it won't affect the overall situation."

After hearing what Guo Yang said, Chen Zhiyi felt relieved, because every Yinshen Venerable was an important strategic point and could not be moved easily. If the overall situation changed because of his department, he would feel that he could not escape the blame even if he died.

Guo Yang pointed at the map in front of him and deployed: "Your troops should quickly gather and prepare for a general attack. I judge that the enemy will not be willing to live and die with Youzhou City, and will definitely try every means to escape."

"When the time comes, leave him an imperceptible gap in the encirclement and let him go. Leave the rest to me."

Chen Zhiyi was a little worried and asked, "What if he doesn't take the bait?"

Guo Yang smiled and said, "That depends on your acting skills. As long as you can make him believe that you are determined to destroy Youzhou Prefecture, he will definitely try his best to break out instead of dying with the people in the city."

"In their eyes, the lives of many mortals are not as valuable as one of their own fingers. How could they defend the city and wait for destruction?"

Chen Zhiyi nodded thoughtfully, and then said firmly: "I understand, Master Guo!"

The next day, the sky was about to brighten.

Chen Zhi's troops immediately launched a general attack on Youzhou City. This was different from the battles between individual cultivators, where each cultivator attacked the other in a magnificent and romantic way.

The method of military formation is simple and crude. It consists of three to five teams. The magic power is gathered together through the formation and then transported out through the formation hub.

Just like the Feng Division at this moment, there are only three thousand Qi-refining cultivators and thirty Yanfa cultivators. Under the guidance of the great formation, they have successively blasted out magical powers of the Jindan level.

If it weren't for the solid defense formation of Youzhou City, just one round of joint attack would be enough to break through the city defense.

Of course, this is only the most basic military formation. Recalling the Xian Qin army in the past, each unit drove a large bronze warship, which was both a spiritual treasure and a large formation.

Under the control of the immortal, it is enough to defeat the Taoist master!

This is also the reason why the Immortal Qin was invincible in its conquest of all realms in the past. You must know that among dozens of celestial immortals, there may not be one who can break through to the realm of Dao Lord, and as for the cultivators below them, they are just extras.

This shipload of "junk" is enough to delay the birth of a Dao Lord, which takes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation in a large world!

No matter how you calculate it, it is a sure win.

The evil spirit trapped in the city was not actually a member of the Zhao family, but a relative from another family. He had been in seclusion to overcome the disaster, so he had not been transferred away.

When he woke up and came out of seclusion, he found himself trapped in Youzhou City.

Not to mention the Zhao family, even if it was his own family, he would not defend this city to the death regardless of his own safety.

He wanted to open the city and surrender, but he knew Zhideshi's attitude towards the aristocratic families, and he was afraid that he would also be sent to that damn trial platform.

He had no choice but to threaten that if Zhideshi attacked again, he would drag everyone in the city to be buried with him.

Unexpectedly, Zhideshi launched a general attack early this morning. Looking at the situation, it seems that they are determined to destroy themselves and the enemy together.

Although his words sounded harsh, when it really came to such a critical moment, he would not be willing to die even if the people of a city died with him.

Therefore, he improved his spiritual perception and finally found a glimmer of hope amidst the intensive attacks!
The southern team was a little sluggish and unfamiliar compared to other siege teams, especially when changing formations, which would leave a gap of the blink of an eye!
(End of this chapter)