Standing on the city wall, looking at the corpse soldiers pouring in from all directions, Zhao Tuo felt calm in his heart.
Zhao Tuo's confidence in calm lies in the news he knew in advance and the mountains of supplies in the city.
Because he knew the news in advance, Zhao Tuo had already blocked Moko City.
There are no ordinary people left in Moko City. This is a complete military city.
There are only 100,000 tiger troops and about 500,000 civilians in the city.
So there is no need to consider the feelings of ordinary people at all, just block them all.
As for the supplies, they were sufficient beyond Zhao Tuo's imagination.
A year-long supply reserve.
Zhao Tuo originally only asked Ning Chen for supplies for half a year.
But later, based on various comprehensive considerations, Ning Chen finally shipped Zhao Tuo's material reserves for up to a year.
A whole year of material reserves made Zhao Tuo feel particularly confident.
Under the current situation, Zhao Tuo just needs to stick to it.
For Zhao Tuo, the only shortcoming is that the powerful army in the city has not really fought against the barbarians.
I have never seen any corpse soldiers.
This makes them psychologically and instinctively fearful of these corpse soldiers.
However, because it is a stronghold, this shortcoming can be made up for by the towering city walls.
And these corpse soldiers were not transformed by the Corpse King.
If it was transformed by the legendary Corpse King himself, then apart from the fact that he is a corpse, he would not be any different from a normal living being.
These are all conjured up by the high priests. In addition to not being afraid of life and death, they are not afraid of pain, they have a trace of instinctive consciousness, and they can continue to infect.
In other aspects, they are still very different from normal creatures.
The first is that it is impossible for them to have the same cultivation and strength as they did during their lifetime. Each person's cultivation and strength will drop by one or two realms.
Secondly, their actions will be much stiffer than before they were alive.
Finally, there is the gap in consciousness, which makes them look like mindless machines.
These three weaknesses and the tall walls of Moko City are enough to offset most of their attack power.
At the same time, there were hundreds of them in the city. Because they wanted to follow the past method of bringing the enemy closer before attacking, the Huwei Army who was infected by the corpse soldiers and transformed into corpses was locked in a cage by Zhao Tuo and displayed to everyone else.
Although this method is cruel, it is effective.
Only in this most direct way can the remaining people in the city understand what kind of enemy they are facing now.
Even if Zhao Tuo is so cruel, dozens of people will still be turned into corpses every day.
The situation over there in Qingyuan is even more conceivable.
Qingyuan and Liao Jingyuan, although they were reminded, sealed the city in advance.
But just as Zhao Tuo worried, the so-called compassion of the Western Regions harmed them.
In their opinion, these corpse-turned-people were just injured.
They should be better cared for and protected.
As a result, under such guiding ideology, one can imagine what the city where Liao Jingyuan and Qingyuan are located is like.
If Qingyuan hadn't anticipated the seriousness of the matter in the end and directly used his second-grade status to create a quarantine zone in the city, the entire city would be a dead city now.
On this issue, Liao Jingyuan had a disagreement with Qingyuan for the first time.
"Saving one person and harming a hundred people, is this what you call compassion?" Liao Jingyuan said in a bad tone.
Although things were so bad, Qingyuan still insisted on the persistence in his heart: "Killing one person to save a hundred people is still an evil act."
Liao Jingyuan sneered and said, "Yes, it's a pity that you can't even save that person."
Qingyuan:……
Qingyuan couldn't deny this, he really couldn't save that person.
Qingyuan carefully studied those people who turned into corpses.
As a result, Qingyuan discovered these people who had turned into corpses, and he really had no choice.
For practitioners with cultivation levels above the eighth level, they can resist this kind of corpse transformation through their own cultivation, as long as it is not delayed for too long.
Practitioners below the eighth level cannot resist.
Qingyuan has tried to use his current Buddhist practice to purify this corpse transformation.
As a result, Qingyuan discovered that he could resolve the power of corpse transformation.
But when this power is resolved, the people turned into corpses will quickly lose their vitality, and their bodies will quickly die of illness.
Qingyuan has no understanding of this pathogenic mechanism, let alone how to deal with it.
However, Qingyuan is certain that this disease is contagious, spreads very quickly, and is more lethal to ordinary people.
Compared to spreading the disease directly through bites and other methods after turning into a corpse, the spread of the disease is more terrifying for ordinary people.
So what Qingyuan can do now is to draw a completely isolated area.
The person who turned into a corpse is temporarily locked inside.
However, this isolation area is only a temporary solution after all, and the isolation area is limited after all.
"Next, do you plan to continue to isolate people, or directly kill them?" Liao Jingyuan asked Qingyuan.
"Continue to be isolated until we find a way to save people." Qingyuan replied firmly.
Liao Jingyuan looked at Qingyuan, and finally said in frustration: "That's okay, if you start killing people now, then all our previous efforts will be in vain.
You probably don't know yet, but word has spread from Leiyin Temple that they can protect the safety of the Buddhist country that is devoted to Hinayana Buddhism.
If we start killing people now, those people will only turn more towards Leiyin Temple."
Qingyuan has been isolating and studying corpse transformation these days, so Qingyuan did not pay attention to the news from Leiyin Temple.
However, after listening to Liao Jingyuan's words, Qingyuan still didn't make any waves.
"This only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."
After listening to Qingyuan's words, Liao Jingyuan sneered and said: "So what if we treat the root cause but not the root cause? Anyway, now Leiyin Temple is what people want."
"In the end, if people are imprisoned in one place, what's the difference between them and pigs and dogs?" Qingyuan asked rhetorically.
Liao Jingyuan looked at the isolation area drawn by Qingyuan: "What's the difference between doing this and treating people like pigs and dogs?
Do you still think that Leiyin Temple will be willing to compete fairly with you?
They don't care about the life or death of these people in the Western Regions now, as long as the Hinayana Buddhism they insist on defeats the Mahayana Buddhism in the end."
After listening to Liao Jingyuan's words, Qingyuan thought seriously for a while and asked: "Then what do you think?"
Liao Jingyuan seemed to have the answer already. When Qingyuan asked, Liao Jingyuan said directly: "Since they don't care, we don't need to care anymore. We can just break it and start over.
This opportunity is the best opportunity.
They brought in barbarians, so just let them reap the consequences."
Qingyuan knew what Liao Jingyuan meant, but Qingyuan couldn't just watch such a thing happen.
Leiyin Temple can ignore the life and death of all living beings in the Western Region, but Qingyuan cannot watch such a tragedy happen.
Liao Jingyuan further said: "We don't need to do anything about this matter.
We don’t even need to add fuel to the fire, we just need to let it develop and watch.”
Qingyuan shook his head directly: "A poor monk cannot watch something like this happen."
Qingyuan's reaction was completely within Liao Jingyuan's expectation, so Qingyuan refused, and Liao Jingyuan was not disappointed.
After all, Qingyuan's feelings for the Western Regions are definitely not comparable to Liao Jingyuan's.
Liao Jingyuan was more concerned about whether he could fulfill the instructions given by Ning Chen.
What Qingyuan cares more about is the Mahayana Buddhism that can save all sentient beings in the Western Region.
Although the ultimate goal is the same, it is normal for the means to be inconsistent.
Qingyuan disagreed, and Liao Jingyuan did not continue to persuade.
The spread of Mahayana Buddhism mainly depends on Qingyuan, and Liao Jingyuan can only learn and assist.
"I'm going to consult the head of the hospital to see if he has any good ideas for corpse transformation?" Liao Jingyuan stood up and said.
"Okay." Qingyuan nodded in agreement.
In the past, although Qingyuan did not stop Liao Jingyuan from contacting Ning Chen, he did not express his approval either.
This time he took the initiative to express his agreement, which shows that the issue of corpse transformation is really giving Qingyuan a headache.
Qingyuan really wants to solve the current problem quickly.
Liao Jingyuan said "ha" and went to contact Ning Chen.
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At the same time, half of the reward team returning to Fengjing was already gone.
King Yu was preparing to rest in a post station when he suddenly heard inquiries from his subordinates outside asking for an audience.
It must be an emergency to bother me by coming so late.
King Yu sat up and a maid came over to help arrange his clothes.
After finishing the arrangement, King Yu waved his hand, and someone went to the door to let in the people waiting outside.
The visitor quickly walked up to Prince Yu and whispered: "Your Majesty, there are changes in the Western Region."
When King Yu heard this, he immediately waved his hand and dismissed everyone in the room.
After everyone left, his subordinates said to King Yu: "Your Majesty, news came back from the Western Regions that the great priests under the Corpse Tuman Emperor entered the Western Regions and created thousands of corpse soldiers.
At this moment, the number of corpse soldiers may have exceeded hundreds of thousands, and Moko City has been completely surrounded.
News in the city has been completely interrupted.
In addition, Qingyuan of Mahayana Buddhism assisted by Ning Chen also encountered huge troubles.
Things may change in the Western Region."
After his subordinates finished speaking, King Yu's eyes also shone with light.
If the weather changes in the Western Region, it means that Hezhou will also change.
At that time, hundreds of thousands of corpse soldiers came to the city, Moko City was lost, and hundreds of thousands of tiger troops were killed or injured.
Then this is the biggest defeat since the war began.
In this case, it would be very easy for the clan and the court to join forces to impeach Ning Chen.
When the time comes to weaken Ning Chen's voice, it will be equivalent to weakening Wu Zhao's voice.
In this way, the clan's voice in the court can be much louder.
This is the common thinking among the clan.
The clan doesn't care at all about strategic failure.
Even if hundreds of thousands of people die, they don't care.
All they care about is their own interests.
If hundreds of thousands of people die, it will bring them the greatest benefit.
They won't care at all.
King Yu thought for a long time and asked his servants: "Is the source of the information accurate?"
The subordinates nodded: "This is the information that the spies we brought and placed in the Western Region personally passed back in secret languages."
King Yu went to Hezhou this time, in addition to presiding over the kingship ceremony for Ning Chen.
Placing spies in the clan was also a part of his plan.
It has become an established fact that Ning Chen can be crowned king, so the monitoring of Ning Chen's surroundings is naturally indispensable.
Not to mention keeping track of Ning Chen's movements at all times, at least knowing one or two days in advance before Ning Chen makes any big move.
So that they have enough time to make arrangements that suit their interests.
The clan also had spies in Hezhou before, but they mostly worked independently, and the level of the spies was very low.
The spy brought by King Yu this time was regarded as a spy jointly dispatched by the clan.
The spies stationed in Hezhou who are responsible for unifying all parties in the clan are not low in strength and level.
Since the source of the information is accurate, there is nothing to question King Yu.
After pondering for a long time, King Yu asked again: "Has the news been transmitted to Fengjing simultaneously?"
The subordinate replied: "It is already on its way to Fengjing. Fengjing will get the news tomorrow morning at the latest."
King Yu pondered again for a while and then ordered his subordinates: "Tell Feng Jing that the team for the King Ceremony has been bribed by Ning Chen.
I will slow down the return journey of the King Ceremony team, and they will handle the rest at their own discretion."
The subordinates were stunned for a moment after hearing King Yu's words, but they did not ask anything, they just nodded and accepted King Yu's order.
Although King Yu is notoriously laid-back, it doesn't mean that King Yu is really good-tempered.
When it's time to kill decisively, King Yu will not be soft at all.
King Yu arranged it this way, and naturally it was for the same reason. King Yu didn't want to bring too much karma to his body.
Delaying the procession of the King Ceremony is just an excuse.
Although there were many officials in the procession of the King's Hall.
Most of them were officials from the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites took a neutral attitude when discussing military affairs in the court.
Even if they were all bribed by Ning Chen, they would not make a clear statement of support for Ning Chen in the court.
King Yu was not worried at all about what the royal family would think about King Yu's decision.
The persona he left for everyone was the image of a good prince.
He doesn't care too much about anything, and at the same time he doesn't have much real power. The symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.
At most, some people within the clan would curse the old fox a few times, and nothing more would happen.
The clan will never give up on impeaching Ning Chen just because King Yu is missing.
Early the next morning, King Yu stopped the progress of the team directly citing physical illness.
King Yu suddenly fell ill, and Zhao Lin was really confused.
However, Zhao Lin was unable to investigate this matter because he was not qualified enough.
At the same time, Zhao Lin himself was exhausted physically and mentally from traveling day and night. Now he could take two days off, which Zhao Lin also wished for.
Prince Yu is resting here, while in Fengjing, an impeachment against Ning Chen, the newly promoted prince, is brewing.
The clan took the initiative to sell this information to the civil service group.
Let the civil service group unite first, and then cooperate with them when the time comes.
Wu Zhao is also busy. She has ordered Sun Banban to secretly send copies of all medical classics to Ning Chen and send them to Baijia City in Hezhou.
This matter is of great importance, it is related to a holy path, and it is also related to the means to deal with the barbarians.