Legend of Saint Demon

The next morning, the open Canyon turned into a military field. The three marshals and Mo Zhentian personally attended the military parade. The 300000 troops who went out with the army lined up in a square array and stood in the canyon waiting for the review of Mo Zhentian and others.

Mo Zhentian first delivered a speech of awe inspiring righteousness, and then Ge Ye issued a mobilization order on behalf of the three marshals. This scene is actually a formality. The process is extremely boring. Long Tianci slept late last night, so he was angry.

It was not easy until the end of the parade. With the sound of three gongs, hundreds of bugles were sounded at the same time, and a hundred guns were fired. Then the army left the canyon and marched towards the imperial capital of the Xuanwu empire!

Let's not talk about how the army marched. Let's just talk about the defeated prince. This guy retreated all the way with about 200000 disabled soldiers. However, because the army had no food supply, the morale of the army was very lax. In order to enable the army to safely withdraw to the imperial capital, the prince ordered to directly collect food in villages and towns along the way. As soon as this order came, all the hungry soldiers were crazy, Officials and bandits said that it was more terrible than real bandits. These guys looted almost all towns and villages along the way. If they met resistance, they even slaughtered villages and towns. Therefore, nearly 100 small villages and more than 30 small and medium-sized towns along the way were looted by this army.

The imperial capital also knew the news of the defeat of the army led by the crown prince. Although the emperor was furious, there was no place to mobilize enough soldiers. Therefore, the remaining 200000 people were almost the last strength of the Xuanwu empire. The emperor urgently allocated a large amount of supplementary food to the crown prince, And ordered the prince to lead the army back to the imperial capital as soon as possible and garrison outside the imperial capital!

In the emperor's mind, although the frontal conflict was defeated, he was not at the end of the mountain. First of all, dijiamen and Changsheng faction still supported him. Zhuque Empire and Xuanwu Empire also promised to send 200000 more support troops. As long as they can hold the imperial capital before the reinforcements of Zhuque and Xuanwu Empire arrive, there is still room for turning around!

It's a pity that the emperor thought so much about this. Just before the prince's army returned to the imperial capital, dijiamen and Changsheng sect even issued a door master order to recall all the disciples who participated in the war, and even issued a statement that the two sects would no longer participate in the struggle for Imperial power!

Although there are not many people in the two sects, they are also the core strength of the imperial army. After all, there are great differences between Zhan Xing Shi and ordinary people. Now all these Zhan Xing Shi have left, and the strength of the imperial army has decreased by at least 40%.

In fact, people with a clear eye can see the situation in the Xuanwu mainland at a glance. The current emperor's father and son have betrayed their relatives, and the people all over the country hate the father and son's behavior. In contrast, Mo shakes the sky has been loved by most people, and many people think that Mo shakes the genius will be a good emperor!

With each passing day, the emperor's father and son became worse and worse. Although there were four counties and sixteen cities between Xiangcheng and the imperial capital, almost all the villages and towns in the four counties were looted when the prince led the defeated army to retreat. The people were miserable. Therefore, after the arrival of Mo Zhentian's army, the people came together to welcome, which was like welcoming their relatives, Under the orders of Cao Youyi and others, the army will distribute food to the people who have been robbed of food everywhere. Such acts are very different from the evil deeds of the crown prince and his party. The people's support for Mo shaking the sky is more deep-rooted. Even some young middle-aged and young people consciously join the army and join the torrent of overthrowing the tyrant's rule!

All the way down, the first nine of the sixteen cities didn't fight at all. After the army arrived, the city Lord took the initiative to open the door and surrender to the city. If they can become the city Lord, these guys are not stupid. They don't have to think about how to choose the current situation. Instead of working for the unpopular emperor, it's better to help protect the popular ink shaking sky, which also leaves them a retreat!

However, the collapse of the first nine cities without resistance also made the emperor aware of one thing, that is, these city masters are no longer reliable. In order to avoid similar problems, the emperor sent seven generals he trusted most to help the city masters of the remaining seven cities defend the city. Naturally, the name of cooperation sounds good, but in fact, it overhead the rights of the city masters, These emperor's confidants even coerced the city Lord to defend the city to the death with his family as hostages!

Because of this, when they arrived at the tenth City, the dungeon army officially fought with the city guard for the first time. Unfortunately, the city was not large, and the walls were neither high nor thick. Under the command of Ge ye, the army attacked the city in less than half a day. However, when the army entered the city, the city owner and his family had been brutally slaughtered, The general sent by the Emperor himself has disappeared!

Next, four cities in a row fought against each other, but in front of the powerful underground city army, these cities were not much worse than paper paste. No city could last more than three days, and the end was broken into the city. However, it is puzzling that as long as the city is broken, the city owner's family will be brutally slaughtered, and the generals sent by the emperor will disappear strangely!

Two more cities will arrive at the imperial capital, but Cao Youyi asked the army to stop when it was 15 kilometers away from the 15th city. Long Tianci and Ge Ye didn't quite understand why Cao Youyi stopped.

Cao Youyi didn't sell off either. He directly explained the reason to the two people. It turned out that along the way, five of the seven cities behind were attacked. However, although the cities were attacked, all the City owners died miserably. Obviously, the supervisor sent by the emperor slaughtered the City owners at the same time, On the surface, although this has no practical effect, it is not completely ineffective. Although they are as powerful as bamboo along the way, they all feel that the resistance of the four cities behind them is becoming more and more intense and crazy?

In fact, if we analyze it from the perspective of psychology, we can imagine that those city leaders should have intended to surrender, but the emperor sent supervising generals who could take charge of life and death. Naturally, these city leaders dare not surrender, but it is estimated that most city leaders have the idea that although they have to fight this war, But you can pretend to lose deliberately. When the dungeon army enters the city, the supervisor sent by the emperor will either die or escape. At that time, his family will survive. Unfortunately, what these city masters didn't expect is that the supervisor generals slaughtered all the city masters, including their families, while leaving.

What will the leaders of the following cities think after hearing the news? Surrender is death, and deliberately releasing water is also death. The only chance to live is to defend the city. This is what the emperor wants these city masters to realize. For the lives of themselves and their families, the city masters will do everything they can to defend.