RPAGF Chapter 7240 Deploying Troops in Response
Chapter 7240 Deploying Troops in Response
Chapter 7240 Deploying Troops in Response
When Chen Xi arrived at the government office, Huangfu Song and Zhou Yu were already there. As for Guan Yu, it was agreed that after Chen Xi went to Ye City in Ji Province for verification, Guan Yu would be in charge of the military affairs in Chang'an. Therefore, Guan Yu also needed to be stationed here recently.
"You didn't make it, did you?" Fa Zheng said to Chen Xi with a hint of teasing. "I thought you could at least get out of Chang'an, but you were caught and brought back before you even left the city."
"There's nothing I can do. I just got to the Vermilion Bird Gate and ran into Huang Tao. He brought back some outrageous news. I think we can postpone the verification process." Chen Xi said with a hint of helplessness. "My ancestor, I don't know whether to call him reliable or unreliable."
"What's the exact situation in Yunmeng right now?" Huangfu Song went straight to the point. He was most wary of the sacrificial ceremony involving corpses, so he was the most proactive in this matter.
As for Zhou Yu, he was preoccupied with all sorts of trivial matters every day and had little time to study the Spring and Autumn Annals. Although he realized some problems while flipping through the book, his mind wasn't on it. He would rather have thought about how to breathe on Chen Xi. Therefore, Zhou Yu was completely unaware of the existence of the sacrificial ceremony for the deceased, which is why he was a little surprised when he arrived today.
"It's out of the cage." Chen Xi said helplessly, "The outer nodes are broken. My ancestor is quite reliable. At least the inner circle hasn't exploded. Huang Tao has the original structure, so he speculated that a certain node exploded. This was within my previous estimate. After all, General Huangfu should know our current situation best."
The fact that Huangfu Song led the team to violently kick the brain of the world consciousness was something he knew best.
Naturally, Huangfu Song remained calm in the face of Chen Xi's words. To be honest, things had come to that point. Since Odin had tricked him and he had destroyed the world consciousness, he had no choice but to go all out and destroy the world consciousness completely.
To be honest, Huangfu Song only regretted that he didn't have enough power at the time, that the human will he could mobilize and the power of the Taiping Qingling Dao passed down by Zhang Jiao were not great enough. If he had been powerful enough to directly refine the world consciousness, there wouldn't have been so many troubles later.
The problem was that the output at the time was insufficient; if the output were sufficient, all the problems would be solved.
Therefore, Huangfu Song had no regrets about attacking the world consciousness; all he felt was regret for not killing the opponent on the spot.
"So, more than 10,000 people came out?" Huangfu Song was also next to Sun Wu during the grand martial arts competition, so he knew the general situation.
"Wait, you're not talking about the kind of thing I saw during the Grand Martial Arts Competition in Yunmeng Marsh, are you?" Zhou Yu barely realized what was going on at this moment. After all, he was also there when Sun Wu was there, but his mind wasn't on the sacrificial ceremony.
"Yes, Yunmeng suppressed about 30,000 of these things." Guan Yu's originally red cheeks were now turning black. He couldn't help it; just thinking about how the weakest of the 30,000 were at the seventh level of fusion and each of them had medium-speed regeneration, Guan Yu's head was really throbbing.
"Where is the nearest armory to Yunmeng? The first thing we should do now is relocate the armory as soon as possible." Huangfu Song completely ignored Zhou Yu. It wasn't that he looked down on Zhou Yu, but he also felt that Zhou Yu didn't do anything productive all day.
“It’s in Jiangling. It’s not actually that far away, but there’s a regular army there, so there won’t be any problems in the short term.” Chen Xi thought for a moment before replying. Every prefecture and county has an armory, but if we’re talking about the largest armory around Yunmengze that can arm tens of thousands of people, then it’s only Jiangling. The others are simply not enough. If the Demon God can take this place, then Chen Xi felt that his own destruction was only natural.
"Order Jiangling to move the armory there first," Guan Yu said in a deep voice. In such matters, it's better to be safe than sorry. Without armor and weapons, a Seventh-Level Demon God is only at the level of a Fifth-Level Forging on the battlefield. But with armor and weapons, they would truly be the strongest fighting force in a country.
What's worse is that the margin for error represented by moderate super-fast regeneration is just too high.
It should even be said that the reason why the Demon God can be rated as having medium-speed regeneration is only because Sun Liang's speed regeneration is too exaggerated, not because the Demon God's speed regeneration is bad.
"Are there really that many demon gods in the Grand Martial Arts Tournament in reality?" Zhou Yu was still immersed in the new knowledge he had just acquired, and he felt that this thing was really powerful.
"More than that, at its peak, there were probably over a hundred thousand of them on the land. This thing was almost rampant in Chu, forcing other countries to follow suit." Huangfu Song said irritably, "Then, through the efforts of generations, they managed to suppress it as much as possible."
"Ban?" Zhou Yu asked, puzzled. What's wrong with this extremely powerful weapon?
Huangfu Song glanced at Zhou Yu, then looked at Chen Xi. To be honest, of the three generals present, Huangfu Song was most worried not about himself and Guan Yu, but about Zhou Yu. This guy, who was completely fearless and dared to do anything, if he knew about the sacrificial ceremony, would he go and test the waters? The problem is that many people have already drowned in this thing, and two of the Four Sages are floating corpses on the surface.
“Tell him, let him understand what’s going on. If we don’t tell him, and let him try it himself, something bad is bound to happen.” Chen Xi thought for a moment and felt that it had come to this point where there was no way to cover it up anymore. It was better to confront Zhou Yu directly. If Zhou Yu really brought this upon himself, then the problem would be much bigger.
Huangfu Song nodded upon hearing this, agreeing that with Zhou Yu's personality, if things weren't explained clearly now, and he was left to figure things out on his own later, they would be the ones cleaning up the mess. It was better to explain things to Zhou Yu now to avoid such a situation from arising.
Then Huangfu Song and Guan Yu began to explain the ritual of offering food to the deceased to Zhou Yu according to their own understanding. They talked back and forth, and since neither of them had tried it themselves, their understanding of the ritual of offering food to the deceased was somewhat different.
But since the "Corpse Offering Ritual" talent has an extremely high margin for error, even if there is a huge deviation, as long as you get on the road, you can continue driving. So the two compared their results and felt that there was no major problem. They figured that if they followed the route the two of them had mentioned, they would definitely be able to drive out such a strange thing, so they didn't dwell on the details.
After all, for these two people, this is something to be kept at a distance; it's not good to know too much about it.
"Ah, were there such things before?" Zhou Yu was taken aback. Although he had noticed some problems while reading the Spring and Autumn Annals, his mind was not on this, so he had never considered the ghostly things hidden under the historical records.
“If that’s the case, I also sensed something strange when I was reading the Shangshu. Could there be some hidden traps here?” Huangfu Song wanted to explain what was going on, but before he could speak, he heard Zhou Yu’s words and his heart sank.
"To be honest, I had the same feeling when I read the Book of Documents, and I also had it when I read certain passages in the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi." Guan Yu was silent for a while before speaking up. Since Zhou Yu had already spoken, he couldn't ignore it. After all, this strange feeling really existed. However, ever since Guan Yu discovered the ghostly practice of the sacrificial ceremony for the dead in the Spring and Autumn Annals, he had no desire to delve any deeper into anything more distant or bizarre.
After all, Guan Yu had found this kind of thing while reading the Spring and Autumn Annals, so when he encountered the same thing in the Book of Documents, he couldn't help but wonder if it was something similar.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xi couldn't help but want to roll her eyes, but in the end, she didn't say anything.
"Hmm." Huangfu Song didn't know if he was answering or just responding casually, but in any case, this answer wasn't good. At the very least, Chen Xi knew that Zhou Yu and Guan Yu had gained a deeper understanding of some hidden things from the past.
“However, it’s better not to investigate some things if you can avoid it. Some things recorded in the Book of Documents should have been extinct by time, so there’s no need to dwell on them. On the contrary, some things left over from the Spring and Autumn Period still exist in the world at this stage.” Huangfu Song said with a bit of weariness, “We only need to consider the things from the Spring and Autumn Period.”
"Logically speaking, the period from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Spring and Autumn period was only a few hundred years," Zhou Yu said, somewhat puzzled.
"Because some things will be resolved in a special way after a thousand years, right?" Chen Xi suddenly remembered something and turned to Huangfu Song to ask.
"I don't know, but that's what the person who taught me said. I'm not sure if something else took it away a thousand years ago, but we definitely don't need to consider things from a thousand years ago." Huangfu Song shook his head and said, then raised his hands to indicate that there was no need to get entangled in things that were even more ancient. At this stage, it was more realistic to deal with the demon god who was performing the sacrificial ceremony for the deceased.
"Alright, so in other words, we now need to annihilate the 30,000 demon gods on Yunmeng's side?" Zhou Yu asked, pointing to Yunmeng Marsh.
"Actually, it's not 30,000, just the 10,000 that have come out. The rest haven't come out yet, so we can put them aside for now. The framework left by the grandson is still stable. It's just that we're in a bit of bad luck at the moment." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "These 10,000 demon gods are also relatively weak. Apart from the original nodes, which may contain dozens or hundreds of eight-fold fusions, the rest are just ordinary seven-fold demon gods."
"Just hearing about these terrifying levels of forging makes me feel immense pressure," Zhou Yu said with a sigh. The deeper the forging process, the more terrifying it becomes. Eightfold forging—to be honest, apart from Wang Mao, who temporarily regained his youth through an oath, Zhou Yu has never seen another eightfold forging.
As a result, as soon as Chen Xi spoke, over a hundred relatively weak eighth-level demon gods emerged from Yunmeng's outer perimeter, which Zhou Yu found utterly absurd.
"Considering that I specifically asked that person back then, there are no commanders from Chu noble families on the outskirts, so there's no need to worry about those demon gods acting in unison." Chen Xi recalled what his grandson had said back then and told the three people in front of him this news that could barely be considered good news.
"Actually, this isn't exactly good news. If the demon gods don't have a leader, they'll be independent and run around everywhere, making them harder to capture. Yunmeng is just too big," Guan Yu said calmly.
“But even with a commander, I’m afraid we won’t be able to win. Jiangling is a fortified city, but if there’s a commander from a noble family in Chu with over ten thousand seven-fold forged soldiers, frankly, Jiangling will definitely not last until we arrive.” Chen Xi spread his hands. Guan Yu’s idea was good, but if a commander really appeared, the loss to the Han Dynasty would be too great.
Even if some escaped, the losses to the Han Dynasty would be within a manageable range.
After all, a legion is only a collective when it has generals and commanders; without them, it's just a bunch of scattered soldiers, and the former is truly difficult to deal with.
“That’s true. So how do we plan to fight now?” Guan Yu asked Chen Xi.
"Shouldn't I be asking you this kind of question?" Chen Xi looked at Guan Yu speechlessly. How could he know how to fight? "Over the years, you should have seen that I am not completely ignorant of military affairs, but I am not very good at dealing with sudden wars. I always prepare in advance and fight the enemy with conventional forces. But in this situation, we can only rely on you."
"How about I do it?" Zhou Yu said. "We can requisition warships from Jiangnan, sail upstream into Jingxiang, and then start a naval battle in Yunmeng. I don't think it's realistic to fight this on land. Even if we win, the losses will probably be huge. But Yunmeng is a wetland, and large ships can get in. Even if it's not a seventh-generation warship, a near-seventh-generation warship should be no problem. We can sail in and bomb it with warships!"
Zhou Yu's strategy was very simple: overwhelming the enemy with superior equipment, and it was a naval attack on land. The Sevenfold Forging was indeed powerful, but even if the naval cannons missed, the aftershocks would be enough to deal with the Sevenfold Forging. If one warship wasn't enough, then ten would do. What was there to fear in fighting on land from the sea?
As they were talking, Zhou Yu was already drawing lines on the map, deploying troops from Jiangnan upstream, from Bashu downstream, and from Jingxiang itself. The three naval forces joined together to surround the demon god in Yunmengze, then unleashed a fierce attack, destroying the demon god. After that, the land forces entered to suppress it.
"It might not be very effective." Huangfusong shook his head. "The idea is correct, but the effect won't be very good. The demon god's super-fast regeneration ability can ensure that even if it is blown up, it can still be pieced together as a complete entity. However, when the fleet fights this kind of thing, the demon god will scatter later on, and the effect will not be very good. Moreover, the fleet has no way to capture this kind of thing."
"We can give it a try. The diamond net used for fishing can even catch a giant Kun. As for the demon god, once caught, it won't be able to escape," Guan Yu said in a deep voice. He also felt that Zhou Yu's idea had flaws, but it was something that could be learned from.
“That’s true, and mobilizing the southern navy is actually more efficient.” Huangfu Song pondered for a moment, then nodded and said that Zhou Yu’s plan had a loophole. The fleet’s defensive range was limited, and after the Demon God was fully unleashed, its mobility was incredibly powerful. It was very likely that it would escape the fleet’s attack range, so coordination was necessary.
Of course, there's one more thing Huangfu Song didn't mention: he was genuinely worried that Zhou Yu would tear up the Yunmengze area, and then the remaining 20,000 even more troublesome things would come out.
Although Huangfu Song hoped to resolve the issue in one go if possible, he was also worried about the possibility of 20,000 demon gods with eightfold fusion as their main body suddenly appearing. To be honest, Huangfu Song was also overwhelmed by the thought. This was much more exciting than what Odin had done back then. He couldn't very well go to the Ninth Heaven Palace or something like the Blazing Heaven Ring.
When Huangfu Song did this a couple of years ago, he didn't think much of it. But after realizing the abnormal climate in the past two years, Huangfu Song also felt that it was better not to use those super weapons if possible. If they were used, they would be deadly.
"Then let's mobilize the navy from Bachu, Jingxiang, and Wu to enter Yunmeng and hunt them down. The initial task is mainly to surround and identify each demon god, and try not to miss any of them," Chen Xi said to Zhou Yu very seriously.
"That's hard to say. If the demons really want to escape, there's really no good way to deal with them. Besides, with over ten thousand of them, it's inevitable that some will slip through." Zhou Yu fell silent after hearing Chen Xi's words. To be honest, Zhou Yu didn't dare to accept this military order. He was arrogant, not brainless. How could he accept something like this? This was a land battle, and each of the demons was at least at the seventh level of refining. They couldn't defeat them, and if they wanted to escape, it would be really difficult to stop them.
Some of the demons even became more aware of themselves and slipped away somewhere. To be honest, Zhou Yu had no way to deal with them. It was too difficult to annihilate the enemy on land and leave no one alive.
To put it bluntly, during the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao, Zhao Kuo's army collapsed, and at least tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers were able to return home. It was only because Bai Qi played a trick on Zhao Kuo that he thought he was invincible and could keep hundreds of thousands of soldiers from fleeing. Then Bai Qi killed them all.
To put it bluntly, without Zhao Kuo, without high-ranking officers, and not even centurions, all of them were just able-bodied young men running around like a swarm of bees, and Bai Qi still couldn't have wiped out those 400,000 men in one fell swoop.
Without the cooperation of the enemy's supposedly clever commander, it would be impossible to capture all of the hundreds of thousands of people who wanted to escape. Similarly, the same applies to the demons in Yunmeng. Even if Zhou Yu made the most thorough preparations, those demons could easily escape by finding some strange terrain. No one could possibly think that complex terrain could withstand the Sevenfold Forging, right? What a joke!
"My Eight Desolate Pillars Three Rings Reconstruction can completely mark them. You just need to intercept their cloud energy. As for the problem of the range being only a few dozen miles, we can solve that with resources." Fa Zheng, who was listening nearby, leaned back and said with a hint of smugness, "In fact, if we are willing to cooperate with other things, we can mark them one by one. In that case, we should be able to kill them all!"
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