Shape of the Wind – Volume Meteorite Chapter 5: The determination to fight

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El Tienno Calendar, January 569, El Tienno, Central Capital

When Lancelot sneaked into the Demon Realm to perform special tasks, the Demon Race in the Human Realm did not wait for him to return. Although Yinzhen's injuries have not been fully healed, the Mozu's offensive action has already begun.

It was more than 20 days after the demons appeared in Zhongducheng and ordered their troops to attack. In these 20 days, the demons have not dispatched poisonous dragons to attack Jixia and Kunlun Mountains. Any military action, this really makes the world feel suspicious, and can't guess what medicine is sold in the gourd of the demon clan.

However, the demons in Zhongdu City are not idle, although there are also leisurely generations like Xu Liewu, but the officials including Shi Chong are all working hard to replenish the soldiers. This kind of effort, while arranging masters from the combat power of guarding the Pantheon, also tried to draw tens of millions of demonized humans into their own camp.

According to official statistics, among the tens of millions of demonized human beings in Central Capital, less than a million still have the ability to think. The rest are some monsters that rely on wild instincts to act. Although they are powerful, they can appear on the battlefield. It works, but it can’t do anything other than destruction. Not to mention helping the construction, just raising these monsters is a very headache.

The monster group can be driven, but it is impossible to bring it into his own side, so what Shi Chong has to do is to pull the nearly one million newly born demon who still retain their sanity into his own camp. Intimidating Gali lure is useful for more than 90% of creatures, it is true for humans, and it is also true for these new-born demons, especially when they look at their ugly appearance in the mirror and know that they will never be able to return to their old appearance. Many people have developed a self-defeating psychology, joined the completely unfamiliar Demon Clan, and loyal to the Great Demon King.

So, within twenty days, Shi Chong rebuilt a new demon army. At the same time, Hulagu also used his personal charm to combine the old Medici family forces, part of the Bailudong soldiers, part of the Eltinus army, and part of the demon into a group of demon loyal to him. The mixed army is arguing with his father Yinzhen. Although it is not stable enough, the Mozu's military force in the human world has been completed.

When Xu Liewu and Shi Chong each possessed their own power, Yinzhen, their leader, issued an order to summon them.

"At the time of application on January 25th, we will narrate together at Meixi in the back garden and have fun fishing."

In order to announce the entire attack on the human world, Yinzhen issued a decree to summon Xu Liewu, Shi Chong and others into the palace to listen to his rulings, but the form of the call was a bit weird, not a matter of Shangzhengdian. , But recruit people to the artificial creek beside the imperial garden to go fishing together.

"What kind of fish to catch at a critical juncture? Is there a mistake?"

Among Yinzhen’s officials, there are no idiots who would directly ask this question, because compared to the mediocre disguise of Cao Shou in the past, the current style of work is the traditional style of the Great Demon King.

A person who can sit firmly on the throne of the Temple of All Devils needs not only martial arts and wisdom, but also the so-called power skills. When the great demon kings of the previous dynasties were under control, they always assumed an unpredictable posture, making it difficult for their subordinates to guess their minds. In addition, because of the "unpredictable nature", the great demon king would sometimes be afraid and wholehearted. Deliberately issued some weird orders and performed some inexplicable behaviors, making the subordinates want to break their minds but can't guess the meaning, and finally understand the king's foresight.

Therefore, no courtier thought the "fishing" command was weird. On the contrary, they all thought that His Majesty the Demon King must announce something important, so he deliberately made this mystery.

Xu Liewu and Shi Chong’s disharmony, of course, there is no need to hide it at this time. The two entered the palace from different palace gates tacitly, avoiding the unpleasantness of meeting when they met at the palace, but , The time to see it shouldn’t be too late, otherwise this kind of trick is out of control and incurs the king’s reproach, it would be self-defeating. Xu Liewu, who chose a person to enter the palace without entourage, met an unexpected person before the palace gate.

"His Royal Highness came to visit the palace?"

Returning to the original face of the snow-skinned red pupil, Hao Kelian, who appeared in the form of a demon, happened to be standing at the gate of the palace, watching Xu Liewu coming; it was still the usual **** dress, but the corners of the eyebrows were even more increased. A glamorous, sultry charm is better than before.

In the battle in Zhongdu City, Hao Kelian and Hua Tianxie both fell into the white trap and were drawn into the power of the main reactor when they exploded. At that time, Hao Kelian was already seriously injured. If it weren't for the fact that Hua Tianxie was in front of her as a buffer, she would have died in that shocking explosion a long time ago.

Afterwards, she and Hua Tianxie were dying to be rescued by the Mozu. Because Hua Tianxie tried to save one more person in that harsh environment, the injuries suffered more than Hao Kelian. Both of them were rescued by Yinzhen himself, and with the invincible power of the Supreme Heaven, they quickly recovered in a short period of time and returned to the demon's existing combat power.

The Great Demon King personally helped his subordinates to heal the injuries. It would make people surprised if it was another object, but when the object was Hao Kelian, the demons took it for granted.

As early as the time of Cao Shou, Yinzhen and Hao Kelian had contacts. They are not communicating with men and women, but maintaining the physical relationship required for mutual gain. Xu Liewu, who sees all of this in his eyes, often sighs. At the beginning, Senior Brother Gongjin also knew about it. If Gongjin could pay special attention to this aspect, he might be able to see through some clues and guess the true face of Cao Shou, but Gong Jin After being widowed, she was almost obsessed with cleanliness in matters of men and women, and deliberately avoided psychologically, so that Gong Jin could not see some obvious problems.

"Why enter the palace alone? I am afraid it is not safe."

In the demons camp, Hao Kelian is not Shi Chong’s faction. Although both sides are obedient to Yinzhen, Hao Kelian and Shi Chong are not in harmony. Therefore, the enemy’s enemy is a friend. Xu Liewu and Hao Kelian maintain The relationship is neither good nor bad.

"I have worked too hard. But I believe in my own proportions. Hey, with so much control, don't you want to be my stepmother?"

The joke is enough here. Both sides know that this kind of thing is impossible. In fact, during Yinzhen’s reign, he never stood up, before becoming the Great Demon King, although there was a woman who gave birth to him, But Hao Kelian, who has a pillow relationship with Yinzhen, has never given a formal name, and never thinks that she can rely on this to get any privileges. Instead, she deeply feels the cautious fear of companionship like a companion tiger, because , She knew very well how the concubines originally in the harem of the Wan Devil Palace ended.

The two entered the imperial garden together. Shi Chong and others also came in from the other side. Not long after they met Yinzhen by the stream, they received an edict from Yinzhen’s mouth and ordered Shi Chong and Xu Liewu to separately command the troops. Begin to attack the human world.

"The attack on the human world has officially begun!"

For some of the lowest class demon soldiers, they came to the world to rebuild the past glory of the demon clan. They thought that the first battle with great will, and they ended up with a heavy defeat. This undoubtedly hurt their morale. , But as long as His Majesty the Great Demon King and the leadership that constitute the main combat force are still there, their advantages will still be there. Therefore, when the order to send troops to attack is passed, everyone is gearing up, and they can't wait to conquer and establish their own martial arts.

Low-level magic soldiers can think this way, but as leaders of the magic people, there is no way to look at things in such a simple and optimistic way. They were able to meet Yinzhen directly, and they were deeply puzzled by the current developments.

Led by Shi Chong, the military commanders commanding the actual combat troops of the Demon Race, the earliest tactical idea was to invite Yinzhen out to suppress the formation, and use his invincible martial arts to directly attack Reings and wipe out the enemy's base area. This is The most direct and effective method is that even though Yinzhen's injuries have not been completely healed and affected his personal strength to some extent, no one can contend with the contemporary era. Even if he is injured, Yinzhen is still an invincible existence in the world.

However, the development of the situation is not as good as they imagined. The tasks and missions assigned by Yinzhen to the people and all the actual combat work to his subordinates show that the Great Demon King does not intend to stand on the front line himself and participate in the battle. This kind of practice, if it is changed to any other organization, will not escape the infamy of cowardice, but no demon will believe that the current generation of the great demon king Yinzhen is a coward who is afraid of death.

Yinzhen refused to fight on the front line. Afterwards, it caused a lot of speculation and rumors. Some people believe that it was because he was injured too badly by Li Yu, just like he was badly injured by Temujin that year, at least it needs a thousand years of recuperation. , So he could not stand on the front line, but Shi Chong and other officials who had followed Yinzhen for many years easily denied this rumor.

When Yinzhen was injured in the past, his expression and eyes were different from the present. Following years of in-depth understanding, Shi Chong knew exactly what Yinzhen looked like when he was seriously injured. In the last few visits, Yinzhen's appearance did not seem to be injured, but instead seemed to be thinking about something. So, what is the reason why Yinzhen is unwilling to take the initiative to wipe out the enemy himself, but adopts this kind of tactics, which is more costly and more casualties for the demons?

Shi Chong believes that with Yinzhen's shrewdness, there must be a very profound reason behind this, to take the real interests of the demons into consideration. Although Yinzhen never explained this question, Shi Chong secretly speculated and got an answer.

"Your Majesty’s vision is far beyond ours. His eyes have crossed the battlefield in front of him, and he is thinking about the future of conquering the human world."

Before invading the human world, Yinzhen’s only scruples were the unpredictable strengths of Li Yu and Bai Qi. Now that these two superstars have been lost, Yu Zi is not to be afraid, although the demons have also paid a lot of money. But looking at the human world, there is no resistance, and occupying the entire Wind Continent is just a matter of course.

The question is, what happens after the occupation?

Yinzhen is not young anymore. Although he can still sit on the position of supremacy for hundreds of years, he has to consider the issue of successors. In addition, the rule of the demons themselves is also a big problem. After occupying the human world, how to establish a system to maintain the balance of power between the demons and factions must be started early.

"Your Majesty hopes that his ministers will compete with each other and build their own merits in the human world, so he retreats behind the scenes. On the other hand, he also maintains checks and balances on both sides."

When Shi Chong explained this to his subordinates, Xu Liewu also gave an additional explanation to his subordinates.

"To put it simply, it means we need to pull each other's hind legs. He is right to sit insidiously on the side to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Xu Liewu shrugs his shoulders as if nothing has happened to the rebellious and unruly words, which invisibly points out a certain kind of truthfulness.

In the imperial dominance, the courtiers are too compatible, and one or two highly respected No. 2 figures appear, which may threaten the supreme status of the emperor; similar to this situation In comparison, dividing the officials in the DPRK into two or three small groups, and fighting each other within the scope of the emperor's control because of their interests and concepts, not only makes the king's position more stable, but also facilitates the control and control of the officials.

Of course, Xu Liegu knows these power skills. Although he admits that this method has its effect, when he was in charge of the Medici family, he never and did not want to use this dark atmosphere of governance. No matter how much benefit this approach can bring, Xu Liegu is tired of being involved in this never-ending little struggle.

It's not a real struggle between birth and death, but just being kept in a small fish tank with an invisible frame and being manipulated by an invisible hand. When he wins, the Ping Shou will prevent him from making the final blow; when he retreats, he will be protected by the final limit. Such a struggle is just a funny performance of the clown. Xu Liewu deeply hates this approach.

Although he feels unhappy, Xu Liewu does not have many choices on this. The road before him is not only clear, but also very narrow, so he can only frown and look at the two current options: Jixia And Kunlun Mountain.

"Why is there no such choice as neither? It often appears in exam papers, and I am not such a hardworking person. Even if I was sent to the expedition, it is not a guarantee of victory."

Nevertheless, Xu Liewu is currently the No. 2 combat power of the current demons. No one can ignore his existence. No matter how tactical considerations are made, he will be the first to bear the brunt. From the perspective of Xu Liewu’s situation, if He has been out of the picture, and Shi Chong’s voice and status will gradually increase, and eventually threaten him. Therefore, Xu Liewu needs proper meritorious service and diligence to prevent his situation from getting worse.

"I really don't know who I have worked so hard for?"

Joining the demon camp is a matter of irrelevant right or wrong for Xu Liewu. Regardless of whether he is engaged in the evolution or the strength of the two sides, this is a correct judgment, but why is he more annoying than before More than doubled?

Despite helplessness, Hulagu took over the job of attacking Reins. Going to Kunlun Mountain to capture the undead tree seems to be blocked by the enemy masters, so the poisonous dragon group was wiped out last time, and none of them could come back. Afterwards, according to Shi Chongyan's judgment, the person who got in the way was probably Haijia. Xuan and Mei Lin; Xu Liewu refused to deal with Kunlun Mountains, not because he was afraid to conflict with them, but because he was disgusted with the undead tree, which made him repel everything related to contact.

"Snatching plants, kidnapping handicapped ladies, this kind of work is too gloomy, it is more suitable for me to step on the flat grass directly down the city."

Xu Liewu is not simply speaking rhetoric. He originally had the talents of generals. Since the Mai Shi war, he has not had much opportunity to play. Now once he made his determination, the actions he took were very strong and belonged to The Mozu troops under his command drove to the Longteng Mountain Range within a few days. On the day of arrival, they attacked the Beimen Tianguan like a broken bamboo, and broke it.

"It's not surprising at all. I actually used such a natural tactic. Should the Reins people be smart? Or should they be disappointed?"

Easily broke through the natural dangers that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xu Liewu was not surprised at all, because the enemy had no intention of defending. The Mozu troops that attacked Tianguan North Gate encountered a counterattack from the Taigu Modao automatic weapons, but did not encounter half of the enemy. Only a hundred robots and automatic guns counterattacked them.

The demons do not come to the battlefield with their bare hands. In addition to the weapons in their hands, they also have siege equipment and chariots. Although these weapons are rough, they are easier to use the brute force of the demons, especially when they are riding. The heavy chariot pulled by the unicorn lion rushed into the enemy's formation like mountains and seas, and the metal robots obstructing the front could not even resist, they were squashed under the wheels.

After a short round of battle, the magic soldiers destroyed all the automatic weapons of the Primordial Magic Way and occupied the Beimen Tianguan.

"Although it is the most correct strategy, the enemy's decisiveness, um...interesting."

If he and Reince’s decision-maker change places, he will definitely make such a decision, because after Reince welcomes Queen Mother West, he should have learned the secret of the undead tree, except for Ji There is also Kunlun Mountain. Reins' combat power may not be sufficient. The soldiers are already stretched to guard in two ways. If you still try to fight at the North Gate Tianguan to stop the invasion of the demons, it will undoubtedly be a boil. Folly.

However, the Beimen Tianguan has a convenient location. If a powerful enchantment is established, it will not be easy for the demon army to break through. For any defender, guarding according to the Beimen Tianguan is a very Big temptation, it is not easy to give up this temptation. Therefore, Xu Liewu would give such a high evaluation to his opponent when he saw the empty Beimen Tianguan.

"How long has the person been withdrawn? Ah, forget one more important thing..."

Seeing that the Demon Clan troops destroyed the Primordial Demon Dao weapons and was about to move into the Beimen Tianguan in a big way, Xu Liewu was suddenly shocked and immediately ordered all the teams to retreat and leave the Beimen Tianguan at full speed. As soon as this command was issued, the sound of the earth-shaking explosion spread across the sky. The big explosion from the Tianguan gate of the north gate enveloped the entire mountain in flames and storms.

Riding the lion chariot, the demons will frantically spur the unihorn lion pulling the cart, trying to escape from the explosion range, but the wave of flames is coming one step faster, starting from the back of the team, Quickly swallowed the demons who could not evade.

Strong shock waves and high-temperature flames screamed and swept in all directions. The solid special building materials were instantly swallowed by the red flames. Together with the demon troops exploring nearby, they all became the victims of the explosion. As a tossing mushroom-shaped fire cloud, jetted out into the sky.

"Oh, two thousand years have passed, and humanity has made a lot of progress. During the Great War of Kyushu, there was no such thorny enemy as the white family."

Xu Liewu will not sit and watch the damage expand. When the explosion occurred, he had already shot out from the footing hill, and shot at full speed toward the rolling fire storm, using his own power to prevent the line of fire from extending; This force that blew up the entire Beimen Tianguan was too strong. Xu Liewu retreated several tens of feet in the air. Finally, relying on the super power of Zhaitian position, this suppressed the spread of the line of fire.

However, Reings’s vicious trap is not just a single one. After the big blast, there were some small gifts that followed, and they were also offered. During the Battle of Kyushu, the demon army did not encounter the Primordial Demon Dao weapons. In the next two thousand years, there was no opportunity to see related machinery. In fact, let alone the demon, even the people on the continent of the wind did not. How many people know the basics of the Primordial Demon Path. Therefore, when the mushroom-shaped erupting fire cloud gradually disappeared and the sky began to float little by little white silk, no one of the demon soldiers present knew what it was. Instinctively reached out and grabbed it.

The little white flakes are like snowflakes, falling slowly. They look so beautiful, but only Xu Liewu knows the truth. He knows that the atomic dust that pollutes the sky after a nuclear explosion is more toxic than anything else. It was terrible. At the moment, the only way to roll up the gusty wind was to blow these first-snow-like atomic dust into the sky again, spreading to the surrounding mountains.

This is a correct judgment, but the time is still a bit slower. This delay caused a lot of money afterwards. All the magic soldiers who touched the atom dust were infected by radiation within three months. A large number of deaths, and in the following two years, all survivors were wiped out one by one.

The first battle of Xu Liewu's attack on Reince ended in such an infamous form. Following his attack on the vanguard troops at Tianguan North Gate, it can be said that the entire army was annihilated, and none of them remained, but compared to this frustration, What made Xu Liewu feel that he should pay attention to it was the determination of the enemy to fight.

"Injury yourself first, then the enemy. Although this victory is beautiful, the price paid in advance is not small. Can future battles be handled by comparison?"

Xu Liewu's faint words hit the core of the problem. Reins’ first victory did not cause much damage to the demon army. At best, it was only a frustration. However, this victory sacrificed the Beimen Tianguan and turned the entire operation of the Beimen Tianguan into nothing in exchange. The patriarch drove straight into the land of Reins. Will those under the grass repeat this tactic?

Using the tactics of solid walls and clear fields to the limit, making every inch of Reince's land become scorched earth, holding the consciousness of ruining together, fought fiercely with the demons in the poor mountains and waters to the last moment. This is the tactics used by Reins Thielen at the end of the Kyushu War. It was originally a strategy that was never lightly used until the end, but this time it was used brazenly during the first confrontation between humans and demons, making Xu Liegu notice the enemy. Determination.

"There is no more clear war book than this. I have understood your enlightenment. But don't think I am the kind of good person who can't fight back."

Xu Liewu made such a declaration. In fact, although no one would think of him as such a kind person, very few people expected that his counterattack would come so quickly.

On the evening of the day when Xu Liewu attacked Tianguan North Gate and was frustrated, abnormal changes occurred in the sky above Jixia City. First, the flow of clouds became rapid, followed by electric discharges in the sky, and after a short while, flames blazed from the sky. It ignited, and the entire sky was stained red in an instant, followed by a series of whistling sounds, the bright meteor shower fell from the sky and madly hit the ground.

On average, each meteor is only the size of a desktop, and its size is not huge, but when these meteors drag their flame tails, carry strong impact, and fall from the sky, the destructive effect is not small, enough Caused heavy casualties in Jixia City.

Fortunately, Jixia City has the strongest defensive force of Reins Thielen. A crimson figure flew up into the sky, and the snow-white needles and swords pierced densely, destroying all the meteor showers that entered within a hundred feet of radius, without a half. It caused damage to the buildings in the city, and the people on the ground witnessed Sijing. They were fortunate and relieved, but they also shouted and applauded.

"Ms. Feng'er's sword skills have improved again, which is gratifying."

It was Gengoro who looked up at this scene from below. Lancelow was not there. As Reins' chief combat force, he didn't use any task to rush to take action. The division of responsibilities, the task of guarding and guarding the grass, was temporarily handed over to Feng'er.

Feng'er’s sword attack only destroyed more than a dozen meteors, and the gap in the sky suddenly disappeared. Together with the hundreds of meteorites that were supposed to pass through the gap, they were all sealed off somewhere in a different space. Compared with Feng'er's majestic power, although not many people noticed this incident, anyone with a discerning eye knew who did it.

One of Xiaocao’s abilities can invalidate all magic. For those meteor entities that have appeared, she can’t make them disappear, but she can counterattack the magic power that maintains the gap in space, as long as that magic power is used. Neatization, the gap in the space disappears automatically, and the attack is completely wiped out.

"Xu Liewu's counterattack came so fast and so vicious."

"Well, you did not expect him to attack Jixia directly before, but only to this degree, it seems that it is not vicious."

"If there is only this degree, then Hulagu is not Hulagu."

"Oh, do you mean he has a second wave of attacks?"

"No, no more, all attacks should be over at this time."

While speaking, Xiaocao always looked up at the sky. The translucent figure was almost invisible in the sunset, and Gengoro suddenly realized that Xu Liewu's attack on Jixia was just one of many attacks. , Although it could not hurt Jixia, it effectively blocked Jixia’s combat power and could not take into account the theater outside Jixia. On the other hand, Xu Liegu also clearly grasped the mentality of Kokusa and Gengoro unwilling to disperse their combat power. Taking advantage of their inability to step out of the grassland, conduct a reverse blockade, and place the target of the attack outside the grassland.

In the past two thousand years of the Kyushu War, both humans and demons have made progress. The Primordial Demon Dao technology developed by the Bai family suffered a lot from the start of the war. However, in terms of magic technology, the Demon Clan was originally better than human beings. The research over the past two thousand years has made it even more extraordinary. The actual application of the results on the battlefield surprised Xiaocao, because Reins still couldn't grasp the teleportation technology of such a long-range jump.

If there is only such a technology, the lethality is still limited, but Xu Liewu has a mind that can double the lethality. The poisonous dragons failed to attack Jixia. In addition to seeing the information on Jixia’s defense system, Xu Liewu also saw the facts exposed by his own transmission technology. When attacking Jixia again, the enemy must be prepared, so he calculated the enemy well. At the same time when he launched the meteor attack on Jixia, a large number of meteor shower attacks also fell on other cities in Reins.

"Our vanguard is still at the North Gate Tianguan, but the attack is not limited to this. The attack tactics of time and space transmission have its inherent limitations. They should be used to attack cities of medium size and above. It does not take a long time. It is that the magicians have to rest for a long time afterwards, which is very impractical, so we have to use our brains to maximize its effect."

Xu Liewu explained his tactics, saying: "There is no need for an attack with too strong lethality. Everything is based on the principle that the magician retains the magic power. The focus of our tactics lies in the strangeness, the chaos, and the process of The time should be short and fast. After smashing this city, immediately smash the next city."

"His Royal Highness, it takes only ten seconds for each city to emit a meteor shower, and it will not cause too much casualties. It will take at least three minutes."

"Who said I would cause heavy casualties? Can't you use your own mind?"

Xu Liewu didn't just drop this sentence. He led his subordinates to think and educate them to understand what he meant.

At present, Jixia has undoubtedly made up his mind to follow the practice of the Kyushu War, concentrate all resources and combat power in the capital, and abandon other places, so as to absolutely prevent the demons from having a chance to defeat them individually. This tactic Hulagu highly praised, so he launched an attack on the important city of Reins Thielen, causing fear and commotion among the people, and messing up the situation.

The human heart is a very fragile thing. As long as chaos can blind the mind, it will cause damage. People who refuse to be abandoned will inevitably flock to Jixia, so how will Jixia deal with it? Crashed by a large number of refugees, exhausting their supplies prematurely? Or should they be shut out sensibly? But in this way, the mobs will definitely resist. At that time, the demon army has not arrived, and there will be fierce battles outside Jixia city.

"It's good to make human beings fight themselves, and then we can easily harvest the results. Isn't this great? From ancient times to the present, human beings are best at beating themselves."

Xu Liewu’s explanation made all his subordinates applaud and admire, and competed to praise him for his resourcefulness and good planning. For this compliment, Xu Liewu made a very exaggerated hat and accepted it generously.

"Of course, I am a demon! It is my job to make human suffering."

This sentence was later spread all over the world, and it became a rhetoric that all the demons embraced and the humans swear, but in fact, Xu Liewu still has a word in his heart.

"Good people don't live long. If you don't show off some powerful tricks occasionally, the enemy and us will step on me more and more."

The first battle between the demons and humans was the scorched earth battle at Beimen Tianguan; the second battle that followed was the invincible sky, fire and rain, and the psychological battle that followed.

The two sides have not yet formally contacted, but the flames of war have already ignited. Whether it is Xu Liewu or Xiaocao, it is currently impossible to guess at which point the opponent's third move will be played.