Chapter 111 The One Who Broke the Situation!

Nanming Mansion:

Unlike Liuzhou, which has a sparse population but gradually stabilized people's hearts, today's capital of Jiangnan, with a population of about one million, is shrouded in dark clouds. In just five or six days, people's hearts have become distracted, and various panics have spread in the city. If not The admiral suppressed them with iron and blood methods, and I am afraid that chaos has already broken out.

At this time, in the government office hall, several generals under the admiral were studying the strategy of defending the city. Also nearby were academic administrator Mu Hongqing and his apprentices. Of course, there was also the governor of Jiangnan, the soy sauce envoy.

In just five days of defensive battle, more than half of the most elite navy in the south of the Yangtze River was lost in the battle to defend the city of Nanming Mansion, which was a heavy loss.

At this time, everyone in the meeting looked gloomy, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

This is not to blame for everyone’s low morale, the situation is really too bleak!

A few days ago, because those living zombies were too contagious, in order to preserve their strength, they once reduced their defense line and retreated to the city. They did not dare to go out to fight in the city. However, they unexpectedly discovered that as their efficiency in killing living zombies slowed down, However, the number of new living corpses coming up from the river decreased. On the fourth day, according to Mu Hongqing's observations from high altitude, there were no new living corpses coming ashore!

This made them think that the living corpses in the river had bottomed out, and things had turned around!

So the night before yesterday, after many discussions with everyone, Zhou Hanyang decided to take the initiative and attack at the cost. He arranged many strategies and even directly cleared hundreds of thousands of living corpses outside the city under the strategy of losing one-third of his soldiers. .

But just when they excitedly thought they had reached a turning point, that night, they encountered another wave of despair!

That night, the waves of living corpses continued to flow, numbering at least more than half a million, which caught the tired soldiers off guard. If a few people hadn't reacted quickly and gritted their teeth to hold on, Nanming might have fallen by now!

Although Nanming is now defending, there are less than 10,000 soldiers under his command!

"How is the situation outside?" Zhou Hanyang asked Mu Hongqing, who had just returned, with a hoarse voice.

"It's very strange. Although we repelled the group of living corpses this time, the number left is unprecedented. However, for some unknown reason, no new living corpses appear in the river." Mu Hongqing frowned and said: "I have been observing all night, and I am very sure that there is no new one!"

"Do you think there will be any human control over those things?" Zhou Hanyang asked with red eyes.

Mu Hongqing sighed: "It's possible, but if that's the case, it would probably be even worse."

Zhou Hanyang took a deep breath and looked at another general: "How about the locked up soldiers?"

"Same." The deputy general shook his head: "As long as you are injured, even if the skin is scratched a little, it will be infected. The soldiers who are locked up are already hopeless!"

boom! !

The angry Tie Qing smashed the conference table to pieces, and the chief minister was frightened and fell to the ground.

Mu Hongqing frowned: "General, now the safety of millions of people in Nanming Mansion depends on you alone, you must not lose your composure!"

"What can we do to calm down?" Zhou Hanyang gasped: "Now that Nanming Mansion is in chaos, I have to divide my troops to suppress those ignorant people. The number of garrison available at the city gate is no more than 6,000. If the scale of yesterday happens again, What to guard with?"

Mu Hongqing sighed. He actually wanted to refute that it was natural for the people to be in chaos now. In order to quickly prevent the spread of infection in the city, the admiral's method was too simple and crude. Anyone who was injured, regardless of age or sex, was hacked to death. How could those people endure the burning?

If the methods could be gentler and more rational, the city would not be in such chaos now.

But now is not the time to discuss gains and losses. If the morale of this situation is no longer there, it will be really hopeless!

"I think an attack on the city on the scale of yesterday will never happen again."

"Oh?" Zhou Hanyang and others raised their heads when they heard this: "Why?"

"From the pattern of the past few days, we can find that the faster we clear out the collection, the more new zombies will appear in the river. Once we slow down, the number of zombies will decrease, and the zombies that have attacked the city once will Basically, they won’t attack for a second time and will choose to scatter in the countryside.”

Mu Hongqing took a breath: "In fact, according to the general's initial strategy, by strengthening the wall and clearing the field, we can hold on longer."

Zhou Hanyang frowned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, it seemed that this was indeed the case, but then he said: "Even so, we can't stay frozen like this. Who can tell clearly what else is hidden in the mist of the river? Now? The right way is to contact the imperial court and ask for reinforcements. Master Mu, you have been observing for several days, but can you find a way to get out of the fog? "

Mu Hongqing shook his head when he heard the words; "The fog is extremely weird, and the illusion in the fog is extremely lifelike. If this is a magic formation, it is truly amazing."

"Okay, okay, I won't listen to this!" Zhou Hanyang waved his hand: "Just tell me, is there any way?"

"have!"

"Oh?" Zhou Hanyang's expression suddenly changed and he grinned: "I'm telling you, Mr. Mu is a great talent, so he must have a way!"

This change of expression was so fast that the surrounding lieutenants couldn't help but cover their faces, but they were obviously used to their boss's face and didn't say anything.

Mu Hongqing was too lazy to think about it, so he directly took out a wooden bird with a mechanism and said, "I found that this fog restricts living animals from leaving the country, but not dead animals. I used this wooden bird to try to contact Qizhou, which is nearest to us. No. Within half a day, the officials there actually gave a reply!”

"Oh? Why didn't you tell me about this earlier!" Zhou Hanyang suddenly became excited: "How is the situation over there?"

"It was relatively good. There were living corpses flowing over, which also caused a lot of chaos, but the scale was far less than what we had here. In addition, the prefect of Qizhou was an experienced and practical official. He quickly reacted and joined forces with the local president. Soldiers, strong walls and clearing the country, can temporarily stabilize the situation. "

"Okay, okay!" Zhou Hanyang rubbed his hands: "That's good, that's good!"

He is most afraid of the situation in the whole of Jiangnan being Nanming Mansion. After all, other state capitals do not have such tall cities and elite defenders as Nanming. If he really thinks that way, I am afraid that hundreds of millions of people in Jiangnan will be turned into living corpses by then. He No matter how forced it is, I’m afraid it’s hard to escape the blame!

"Then since the wooden bird can be released, sir, please quickly ask the court for help!"

Hearing this, other people also spoke to urge him.

Mu Hongqing sighed and said: "First of all, I am not from the Ministry of Industry. To be honest, I am not good at the art of mechanism. The distance that the wooden bird I made can fly is limited. I can only see if I can send messages to the outside from the nearest distance. , and then there is another question.”

"What's the problem?" Zhou Hanyang frowned: "The current situation is of course a living horse being treated as a dead horse. How can you care so much? With such a big thing as Jiangnan being blocked, the imperial court will definitely take action, as long as your wooden bird can fly Once it is out of the fog, I believe the court will definitely respond."

"What I'm worried about is that it won't necessarily be the imperial court that responds to our letter."

"Ah?" Zhou Hanyang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"It's okay if this fog is just a formation, but if there is something else..." Mu Hongqing said quietly: "The Admiral may be able to tell whether the person who replied to us is the imperial court or something else?"

Everyone: "."

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"Report!!"

Outside the fog, the imperial army that has blocked Jiangnan for six days has been in a stalemate. Several great warlocks have been calculating day and night, but they still cannot analyze the rules in the fog. Qin Guogong and others are still stable, but many of his generals are impatient. Incomparably, they all requested to go to Jiangnan for support.

The Duke of Qin would not allow any requests from his subordinates, but keeping in a stalemate was not an option. Just when he was thinking of some radical means, good news suddenly came.

A wooden bird appeared in the blockade area along the Huai River in the south of the Yangtze River. After reading the contents of the letter, the general in charge immediately sent soldiers to rush it over.

"It's a letter from Mu Hongqing!"

The person who received the letter was Shen Yinian, the Minister of the Ministry of War who was temporarily supporting him. Looking at the familiar handwriting and the unique magic lock of Yin Yang College, Shen Yinian suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty has a sharp vision. Mu Hongqing is indeed worthy of such a big responsibility. It is so confusing. We and I were very anxious, but he discovered the suspicion that this magic formation can't contain living things first, it's really amazing!"

As soon as these words came out, the great warlocks nodded one after another, but the generals on Duke Qin's side had strange expressions. After all, everyone knew that Mu Hongqing was the bastard whom Duke Qin had expelled from his family!

"That kid has been smart since he was a child." Qin Guogong didn't care, and nodded with a smile: "Your Majesty does have good taste."

"Ask for help from the Ministry of Industry immediately and build a batch of temporary messenger wooden birds to obtain information!" Shen Yinian quickly ordered.

"yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, Qin Guogong suddenly spoke to stop him.

"Does the Duke have an explanation?" Shen Yinian asked curiously.

After finally having a communication channel, he was very anxious to know what was going on with the Shen family.

"Are you sure that this letter came from Mu Hongqing?"

"Uh?" The others were stunned, but Shen Yinian was the first to react: "Your Majesty, do you think it's fake?"

"Not sure." Qin Guogong shook his head: "But it is possible. The handwriting and spells can be imitated. There must be other things in the fog. No one can say for sure whether he will intercept our letters. If the information is wrong , then this is not a request for help, but a trap!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful!" Shen Yinian nodded, this is indeed a possibility.

"But... you can't just stop taking action just because of this, right?" The other generals were also anxious. They finally found some way so that they didn't have to work so hard, but now they can't?

"That's not true. There is a person who can help now." Qin Guogong said with a smile: "If this mist is only aimed at living creatures, that person is the most suitable for the situation at hand. Of course, the premise is that Your Majesty is willing to let him out of the capital!"

"Oh?" Everyone was stunned, but Shen Yinian was the first to react: "Master Guogong refers to Mr. Wang Ye, Shaoqing of Dali Temple?"