RPAGF Chapter 7250 Arrival in Jingxiang
Chapter 7250 Arrival in Jingxiang
Chapter 7250 Arrival in Jingxiang
Chen Xi actually sensed that Zhou Yu didn't want to go to Yunmeng. Although she didn't know why, it didn't matter. Sometimes, for things that weren't important, Chen Xi would give Zhou Yu face.
To Chen Xi, Zhou Yu was like his own Ragdoll cat—beautiful and capable, and Chen Xi was willing to lend a hand even if Zhou Yu did some fancy tricks.
However, this does not mean that Zhou Yu can ignore Chen Xi's orders.
Giving you face means discussing things with you, but you have to understand that this is giving you face.
“Alright, I’ll take you to Jiangling now.” Zhou Yu thought for a moment and gave the most correct answer. Then the two of them lifted the airspace control and flew towards Jiangling. In terms of efficiency, if they flew directly, Chen Xi should arrive before Guan Yu and his army arrived.
However, this operation is very dangerous, especially now that war is very likely to have broken out in the Jiangling area. If Zhou Yu and Chen Xi fly straight like this and encounter the enemy army, even if they exhaust all their divine power, they will still be surrounded and killed by the army.
"Is the matter in Yunmeng very serious?" Zhou Yu led Chen Xi out of Chang'an and headed south.
"We've been tricked. There's been some scheming by the Kushans, and some coincidences created by the world's consciousness. In short, some of the demon gods now possess armor," Chen Xi said with a hint of grimness. "Several main forces have already been mobilized, but it will take some time for them to arrive."
"But how long is this period of time?" Zhou Yu estimated in his mind and felt that Chen Xi's statement did not seem very reliable.
"General Guan's Chang'an Imperial Guards should have arrived in Jiangling this afternoon," Chen Xi said in a deep voice. "But officers and soldiers in other places will need different amounts of time, depending on the distance."
"Which officers and generals were mobilized?" Zhou Yu asked tentatively.
"The results of using naval cannons have already been seen, and the effect is not very good. It is estimated that we need the kind of super-powerful cannons that can directly vaporize the demon god. The problem is that such things are basically contraband." Chen Xi was also somewhat helpless. Lian Yue's death has proven that ordinary crossbows can destroy the demon god, but the demon god can recover quickly thanks to its super-fast regeneration.
"Contraband?" Zhou Yu looked at Chen Xi with a strange expression. What do you mean by contraband? Damn it, we've come all this way together. Are there even contraband items in this world? It's all about whether you want to use them or not. What's so contraband about them? Rules are for other people, not for us.
“Okay, to put it simply, the ship cannons that can evaporate demons are simply not equipped on warships used in the river.” Chen Xi said helplessly, “So we can only fight on land. But setting up the battlefield on land is one thing, and on the other hand, you need to rely on warships to build Xiaozhi’s military formation, mark each demon, and then let General Guan eliminate them one by one.”
“If we use the army, the losses will be huge. According to your earlier prediction, the weakest of the demon gods left by Sun Tzu are at the seventh level. Now that they have armor and weapons, their strength has basically reached its peak. The only drawback is that they don’t have very good organizational ability. The problem is that with their strength at this level, even if their organizational ability is weak, it is still not something that a normal elite force can withstand.” Zhou Yu was somewhat surprised when he heard Chen Xi choose to use the army to solve the problem.
This is a large-scale seven-fold forging process. No matter how elite the Han Dynasty's core troops are, if they were to clash head-on on land, even if the Han Dynasty won, the losses would be enormous.
"That's why I need to go there in person," Chen Xi said, sounding a bit tired. "Actually, before I set off, I had already asked Doctor Hua and the others to develop a drug to inhibit regeneration, and it would be better to produce some weapons and equipment in Jiangling, which is closer to home."
Zhou Yu was confused by what he heard. He could understand the first part, which was that Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing should prepare some poison to disable the Demon God's super-speed regeneration. Without the margin for error brought by super-speed regeneration, it would only be a matter of time before the Shield Guards overwhelmed the Demon God.
The problem lies in the second sentence: what does it mean that some weapons and equipment need to be produced near Gangneung?
This thing sounds like a really good product, and Zhou Yu is thinking of getting one for his own family too. After all, Chen Xi only produces it for temporary use, so it must be high-end!
"Are you thinking of making a set for Jiangdong as well?" Chen Xi noticed Zhou Yu's expression out of the corner of his eye. He knew what Zhou Yu was thinking without even having to think about it. But that was normal. It was normal for an abstract guy like Zhou Yu to have such thoughts.
"The weapons and equipment that even you specifically mentioned must be good stuff. If there's a chance to move them to Jiangdong, I'll definitely give it a try." Zhou Yu still cared about saving face in front of others, but in front of Chen Xi, or to put it bluntly, between the two of them, he didn't care about saving face at all.
"To be honest, it's not that I can't arrange it for you, but even if I gave it to you, with Jiangdong's current technological reserves, we probably wouldn't be able to make it." Chen Xi glanced at Zhou Yu and thought that if Zhou Yu could talk like this at other times, he would be much more normal. Unfortunately, it was only at times like this that Zhou Yu would behave like a human being.
"What kind of weapon requires technological reserves?" Zhou Yu asked with some curiosity, then looked at the dark clouds in the distance, his expression becoming somewhat grave.
"I'll tell you later. Let's use our spiritual power together to disperse the snowfall in the Jingxiang Yunmeng region. We can't let it snow there now." Chen Xi also saw the dark clouds and, after a moment's thought, knew that it was highly likely to snow there, so he turned to Zhou Yu and gave the order.
"Fine, following you means I'm destined to be a laborer." Zhou Yu stood in the sky and then naturally began to release his spirit. His vast spiritual energy then probed the heavens and used a special technique to manipulate the celestial phenomena. He quickly dispersed the snow clouds covering most of the county, and then Zhou Yu visibly began to weaken.
"No, Gongjin, are you even capable?" Chen Xi said with a hint of mockery, seeing this scene. "It's just dispersing the snowfall in the Yunmeng area, and you're already pale after just a couple of moments. Is that all the energy you have?"
Zhou Yu glanced at Chen Xi, said nothing, and then unleashed a fierce attack. Before he collapsed, he successfully dispersed all the snow clouds in the Yunmeng region to the surrounding counties.
"Hmph, I can handle this little thing," Zhou Yu said with a sneer.
Actually, Zhou Yu was practically about to crash to the ground after finishing his mission, but now that he'd done everything, how could he possibly crash? Of course, he had to stand firm. How could Zhou Yu crash in front of Chen Xi?
"Let's go, hurry to Jiangling." Chen Xi chuckled to himself. If he hadn't kept the order earlier, Zhou Yu would have been exhausted today. Even if it was just to disperse the snowfall, regardless of the snow disasters it might cause elsewhere, it was unrealistic for Zhou Yu to completely clear a snow cloud the size of a prefecture with his current energy level.
Moreover, the size of Yunmeng Marsh is far greater than that of a single prefecture.
However, Zhou Yu's performance still surprised Chen Xi somewhat. To be honest, among these top civil officials, Zhou Yu's pure stats might be among the best. This guy is indeed quite talented!
"Tsk!" Zhou Yu clicked his tongue twice, realizing that he seemed to have been tricked by Chen Xi. He knew better than anyone how much mental energy Chen Xi had.
"Is it really okay to just disperse them like this? This approach seems a bit selfish and self-destructive," Zhou Yu said, continuing to fly towards Jiangling with Chen Xi, but still couldn't help asking.
“It’s alright. People in other places don’t need to be relocated right now. And in Jingxiang, it’s snowed every year for the past two years, so the locals have stockpiled cotton clothes. In fact, as long as they don’t have to be relocated, there shouldn’t be any major problems. But the biggest problem in Yunmeng, Jingxiang right now is that it’s been impacted by the Demon God and needs to be relocated. And the relocation has to happen when it’s snowing…” Chen Xi sighed and said, “Not to mention the young people, the older generation definitely can’t withstand it.”
"I see." Zhou Yu was silent for a while. To be honest, Zhou Yu wouldn't think about such trivial matters. His level of understanding was like Bing Ji asking about oxen; he wouldn't pay attention to such small things. Chen Xi, on the other hand, seemed to handle these small matters as they came along when he could.
"Don't you think this behavior somewhat hinders the performance of local governments?" Zhou Yu thought for a moment, and after realizing his own level of thinking, asked with a hint of oddness. What he had learned was that one should do one's job properly in one's position. At his level, he shouldn't be handling those trivial matters; those matters would be handled by others.
"It's just something we can do on the side. We'll save whoever we can. If we let the snow fall, people will definitely die," Chen Xi sighed. "So we should clear the snow. As for the snow falling causing the demons in Jingxiang and Yunmeng, whose animalistic instincts have outweighed their human instincts, to enter a short period of hibernation, that's not really that important. We don't need that little bit of time."
Zhou Yu glanced at Chen Xi but said nothing. This wasn't really a matter of right or wrong. According to what he had learned and the historical experience of bureaucratic management, each level should just do what it should do. Doing more doesn't mean it's right and may even cause hidden dangers. But since Chen Xi was the strongest at the moment, he really had nothing to refute.
"Alright, this isn't important. I already said it was just something I did on the spur of the moment." Chen Xi saw Zhou Yu's expression and knew what he was thinking. He chuckled twice, said nothing, and simply directed Zhou Yu to fly towards Jiangling.
Meanwhile, Sun Qian had already arrived in Jiangling with his most elite workers. Tao Tong, who had returned to Jiangling, realized the chaos in Yunmeng and had organized the core members of Jingxiang to be transferred to Yunmeng. As for Li He and others, they did their best to block the demon god on the outskirts of Yunmeng.
"Are there any observation points? Are there any small groups of demons rushing out?" Zhao Ying and Jiang Guang, who had just completed their mission, returned to their tent to report when they heard Wei Dan's voice.
"Some of the demons didn't follow the previous path, but headed north. We suspect that some of the demons possess self-awareness," the scout replied loudly. To be honest, anyone still acting as a scout at this time is a tough one; any weakling would be killed by the demons.
"Ignore the ones heading south for now. Yunmeng Marsh is so vast, and without a map and with directions unclear, the south poses no immediate threat. Focus on all the demons heading north, west, and east that might break through the outer defenses," Wei Dan said gravely. Then, seeing Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying enter carrying half-body armor, he pressed, "Have you dealt with the two demons heading northwest?"
"Brother Wei, make sure the intelligence is accurate next time. It's not two, it's three. If it weren't for our decent strength, I would have been dead long ago with this intelligence." Jiang Guang said with a dark face. There was still a terrifying half-inch deep scratch on his fortress. This was a fortress, and it had been cut with such a big scratch. If it were ordinary armor, the people inside would have been split in two long ago.
"There's nothing we can do. The intelligence we have at this stage can't be too accurate, so we need tough guys like you to deal with the few demons who have broken away from the group." Wei Dan couldn't do anything about the intelligence error Jiang Guang mentioned. It was intelligence gathered by manpower, and there was a time lag, so no one could say for sure what would happen.
As Jiang Guang had mentioned before, when they went to exterminate the demons, the intelligence they received said there were two, but when they arrived there were three, which was considered good. Previously, Li He received intelligence that a single demon god was trying to escape from the north towards Yunmeng Village, so Li He rushed over there, only to find that there were four demon gods in Yunmeng Village.
If Li He hadn't been wearing full armor, the kind with etching, frankly, he wouldn't have lasted until Wei Jun arrived; he would have been killed.
Even now, Li He still feels lingering fear when he talks about it, but what can he do?
Are you really going to let those scattered demons who break away from the main force and inexplicably run off in other directions go? Are you kidding me? Each of these things is capable of wiping out a village, and every time you kill one, it weakens the overall demon army. So if you find one, you have to send someone to deal with it.
"That's the situation now. To the west, towards Jiangling, the scouts say that another demon god has broken away from the main force. Go and take that thing out too." Wei Dan flipped through the intelligence in his hand and gave Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying a new mission. There was no other way; demon gods weren't so easy to kill. There were very few tough guys like Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying who could forcibly wipe out a demon god.
Do you remember how Wei Jun killed the Demon God? He tormented the Demon God for three days and three nights, exhausting its stored life force before it finally died.
In other words, without special means, one can only wear down a demon god and exhaust its life force. To use special means, one must first break through the limits of willpower. There are only about a hundred people in the entire world who have broken through the limits of willpower, and many of them are not suitable to face demon gods. A duo like Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying, who can kill demon gods, is even rarer.
"Alright, leave it to the two of us." Jiang Guang sighed and said helplessly. Although he didn't have many merits, he still believed that since they were eating the rice of the Han Dynasty, they should fight the enemies of the Han Dynasty.
"Speaking of which, where is your Jiang Guang beast?" Wei Dan asked Zhao Ying with a hint of curiosity as Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying left.
"Look, those are two suits of armor, of course they were blown to pieces." Zhao Ying said with a hint of speechlessness. He and Jiang Guang were able to survive the attack of three armed demon gods unscathed, of course someone had sacrificed themselves. And what was sacrificed? It goes without saying, it was the great Jiang Guang beast.
"From what I can see right now, it will be extremely dangerous for demons to have weapons. Whether it's a knife or a gun, once a demon has one, its lethality will increase dramatically. With armor, its margin for error will be frighteningly high. With super-fast regeneration and armor, it's too difficult to fight." Zhao Ying thought for a moment and felt it necessary to add, "Alright, Jiang Guang and I are going to Jiangling. As for a single demon, I'll capture it. As for Jiang Guang's third-generation beast, without this thing, it's really impossible to survive in this place."
The Demon God Jiang Guang Beast can be used as a meat shield. It has everything the opponent has, and it also has things the opponent doesn't have. In terms of combat power, that is, in terms of hard confrontation, it is definitely a core member of the seventh level. Combined with its fearlessness, fearlessness of injury, and willingness to self-destruct when necessary, it is definitely a top-tier seventh level configuration. In the previous three-on-three battle, it was all thanks to the sacrifice of the Demon God Jiang Guang Beast.
Otherwise, if Jiang Guang were to activate the second stage of the Heavenly Demon, he might not be able to kill the three demon gods and his condition might decline. Moreover, in a place like this, if he uses up all his strength, he might be doomed if he encounters enemies later. After all, not everyone is like Zhang Yong, whose stamina bar is as long as infinite.
Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying received their tokens expressionlessly and then charged westward. Wei Dan quickly recorded Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying's merits on the list. Contrary to Jiang Guang's expectations, killing demons in Yunmeng earned merits, and the merits were quite substantial.
There wasn't such a thing before. After all, the danger of the demon god was obvious, and Chen Xi didn't want to cause trouble. He just stayed put and followed the principle of "I won't offend others unless they offend me." But now that the demon god has begun to encroach on the territory of the Han Dynasty and has become aggressive towards the Han people, it would naturally be a merit to eliminate the demon god.
When Sun Qian arrived, he had Wei Dan make a record of it. Putting everything else aside, if Sun Qian wanted to claim credit for it, he would hand it over to Chen Xi, and Chen Xi would accept it.
In any case, the trouble that Sun Qian brought was not as bad as the trouble that Li You caused. If Li You could do it, why couldn't Sun Qian?
"We need to land. Although the demon god's cloud aura is loose, it covers a considerable area, and I'm already feeling some suppression." As Zhou Yu and Chen Xi were about to fly to Jiangling, they sensed the suppression of the cloud aura emanating from Yunmeng, and their expressions became much more serious.
"It's still nearly a hundred miles away, isn't it?" Chen Xi looked at Jiangling City lying on the ground in the distance and roughly estimated the distance in his mind. According to this calculation, the Yunmeng demon gods, numbering around ten thousand, have the cloud energy suppression ability of an army of two hundred thousand.
Considering that the Demon God is undisciplined and lacks organizational ability, it should normally have the suppressive power of an army of 500,000 or even more.
"Pretty much, but continuing to fly will take too much to handle. It's better to take precautions upon landing," Zhou Yu said cautiously. Ever since his assassination attempt by the Kushans, Zhou Yu had become quite careful in this regard!
Running away, running away, the author is truly beyond saving. *sigh*