Fox Demon: The villain at the beginning

Chapter 342: Chasing and Guarding

Chapter 342: Chasing and Guarding

Seeing that the army's morale was high, Elder Li immediately ordered the camp to be moved out and the troops to march out.

Afterwards, the monks from each camp flew into the air in an orderly manner under the guidance of messengers and flags.

Jin Renfeng's two camps are located in the front of the army. If a major battle occurs, they will definitely have to face the demon army head-on.

This also made him a little nervous.

The army of tens of thousands of people headed south, crossing mountains and rivers, and in just half an hour they covered a distance of nearly a hundred miles.

"How far is this place from the nearest city?"

During his free time while flying with the sword, Jin Renfeng asked.

"Looking at this direction, it should be heading towards Qingfeng City."

Lu Tietou recalled the map and spoke.

"It's only about a hundred miles away from Jingyun City. I think we'll get there in a while."

Jin Renfeng nodded, and then asked the monks from the two camps to prepare for battle.

As the road winds across the land, a city appears in sight.

Compared to Jingyun City, this city is smaller, only about 600 feet long and wide.

The surrounding area was covered with jagged rocks and the city walls were in ruins. There were huge pits of two or three feet in size everywhere around the city. It looked as if a meteorite had hit the area for several miles.

"The human monks are coming! Everyone, hurry up!"

Seeing the human army approaching, there was a loud noise in the city.

A smoke signal rose into the sky, and then more than a hundred demons took off and headed south.

"Are they abandoning the city and running away?"

Jin Renfeng showed a look of surprise.

"How straightforward!"

With more than 10,000 monks coming out together, the hundreds of demons are naturally no match for them. Abandoning the city and fleeing is also a normal choice.

It's just that the speed of escape is a little faster. It feels like running away at the sight of the wind.

"I really don't know what this Southern Barbarian King was thinking. He actually left only a hundred or so demons at the front line near the human army."

Looking at the demon cultivators running around like wolves, Jin Renfeng murmured.

“It wasn’t like this before.”

Li Hu smiled.

"Previously, the Nanman tribe deployed 4,000 troops in Qingfeng City and blocked us for a whole month."

"The areas surrounding this city are all left over from the previous war."

"So, Qingfeng City was once a strategic defensive position?"

The Golden Phoenix Road.

"That's right. The demon tribe refused to give up an inch of land here before."

Li Hu said.

Jin Renfeng seemed to be thinking about something.

"The demon tribe, which had previously refused to give up an inch of land, gave up this city so easily. It seems that their military strength is also stretched to the limit."

"Of course, after all, the Nanman tribe suffered 3,000 casualties among the demon tribe."

Li Hu replied.

As the two were whispering, they heard Elder Li in front of them giving orders.

"Golden Phoenix, listen to my orders!"

"I order you to lead your soldiers to hunt down the roaming demon tribe and kill them all!"

"The last general takes command!"

Jin Renfeng opened his mouth in response, and then swooped down with a group of monks.

There were more than a thousand soldiers in his two battalions, so killing the hundreds of monsters was almost an easy task for him without any pressure at all.

Rather than saying that this mission was troublesome, it would be more accurate to say that it was a training opportunity given to him by Elder Li.

With a flash of his body, the golden phoenix turned into a long rainbow and flew in front of the hundreds of monsters.

He raised the Xunli sword in his hand high and swung it down.

boom--

The mighty sword energy turned into a long river of golden light, intercepting the hundreds of monsters.

"Everyone, run away!"

Blocked by the sword energy, more than a hundred demons immediately scattered and headed in all directions.

Jin Renfeng did not continue to attack. The goal of this battle with the demon tribe was to train troops, so he had to give his two battalions of soldiers a chance.

Under the command of Zhao Yun and other military officers, more than a thousand monks had already formed an encirclement and trapped these monsters in the center.

"Human monks! We have already abandoned the city and left? Are you really going to force us to death?"

Seeing that the way was blocked, the leading demon shouted unwillingly.

"Kneel down and surrender. I will block your magic power and I will spare your life!"

Jin Renfeng said calmly, holding a long sword on his back.

"Don't even think about it! You humans are treacherous. If we block your magic power, you will immediately become lambs to be slaughtered."

"I'm afraid you will kill us immediately."

A bull demon shouted loudly.

"Since you don't want to, then just accept your death!"

Jin Renfeng said coldly, then waved his hand and ordered all the monks to take action!
In an instant, the magic light kept changing, and thousands of spells were brewing and attacking the demon tribe in the center.

"Human race! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"

The leading pig demon had bloodshot eyes and went straight towards the surrounded monks, as if he was determined to fight to the death.

However, before he could fly a few steps, he was hit directly by a spell and turned into pieces of flesh and blood.

boom--

Thousands of spells intertwined together, making a huge roar.

More than a hundred demons were blown to pieces in an instant.

"I didn't send you here."

Jin Renfeng said coldly.

"If you want to blame someone, you should blame the person who sent you to die. Why blame me?"

. . . . . .

After killing more than a hundred demons, the human race took over Qingfeng City without bloodshed.

More than 10,000 troops entered the city, but found the streets and alleys empty, without a single person in sight.

Only a few servants survived.

"Where are the people of Qingfeng City? Could it be that they were all killed by the demons?"

Looking at the empty city in front of him, Jin Renfeng was shocked.

"it's not true."

Lu Tietou shook his head.

"This is the front line where the two armies are fighting. Up to now, the war has been going on for several months."

"The battles on the front lines are fierce and dangerous, with spells flying everywhere at any time. In addition, the threat of the demon tribe has increased. The people in the city know how serious it is and have already fled from here."

“Only a few who were unable to escape stayed in this city.”

"I see!"

Jin Renfeng's expression eased slightly.

Previously, he thought that the Southern Barbarians had carried out a massacre in Qingfeng City, which was why there were so few humans in the city. However, he did not expect that the human race was the first to evacuate.

Seeing that no one lived here, Elder Li left more than a thousand garrisons here and then headed non-stop towards the next city.

"We took down Qingfeng City so smoothly. It seems that the demon tribe is afraid of us!"

Setting off again, Li Hu flew beside Jin Renfeng on his sword, smiling.

"It won't be difficult to attack the next Raging Wave City."

"Don't be careless! The Southern Barbarian King is a great demon clan leader after all, he won't give up so easily."

Jin Renfeng reminded.

"Although the Nanman tribe has a small number of troops, they did not retreat directly. Instead, they left some troops to defend the city. This shows that they have no intention of abandoning the occupied city directly."

"If it turns out to be true, the Southern Barbarian King must be planning something, and is just secretly withdrawing his strength at the moment."

"Is the General a little too worried?"

Li Hu hesitated.

"The Southern Barbarians only have 6,000 combat-capable soldiers at most."

"Now that we have tens of thousands of soldiers, no matter how powerful the southern barbarians are, can they still turn the tables?"

"You never go too far wrong."

Jin Renfeng said in a deep voice, "In terms of military strength alone, our human race does have the advantage."

"But the demon tribe is not easy to deal with. There are also cases in history where the few defeated the many."

"We have to be prepared to avoid being caught off guard."

Hearing this, Li Hu thought for a while and responded.

"General, what you said is reasonable. It was I who underestimated the enemy."

Seeing that Li Hu and the soldiers were on guard, Jin Renfeng felt relieved as his arrogance subsided a little.

. . . . . .

An hour later, the army arrived at Nutao City.

Compared with Qingfeng City, Nutao City is more majestic, with a city wall that is fifty feet high and six or seven miles long and wide.

Because this place is located in the rear of the battle, the city walls and houses are more intact and there are not many signs of damage.

Looking around, a huge column of black smoke rose into the air from the center of the city, reaching a height of a hundred feet.

It was quiet everywhere. There was no one on the city wall, not even a single guard.

"How come there isn't even a single monster in such a big city?"

Jin Renfeng glanced at the city walls on all sides and didn't see any defenders, which made him puzzled.

At least there were still some defenders in the previous Qingfeng City.

This Nutao City is so bad that there is not even a shadow of a monster to be seen.

In front of the army, looking at the empty Nutao City with no demons in sight, Elder Li frowned, not understanding for a moment what the southern barbarians were trying to do.

"Elder, it looks like this demon from the Southern Barbarians has escaped. We should take over the city immediately!"

General Zhang An spoke.

"Don't move rashly! Maybe this is a trap left by the demons, waiting for us to fall into it!"

Elder Li shook his head and said slowly.

"trap?"

General Zhang's expression changed, and he obviously thought of a possibility.

"First, deploy the army and surround this Raging Waves City. Then dispatch two battalions of troops to investigate."

Elder Li gave the order.

"Elder, are there too many troops in two battalions?"

General Li said worriedly.

"We don't need so many troops just to investigate the situation!"

"This Nutao City is so large, how can a few people investigate it all?"

Elder Li said leisurely.

"If there really is a trap in this city, even if hundreds of people go there, they will never come back."

“It would be better to send more people. Even if they fall into a trap, they can hold out longer, making it easier for us to rescue them.”

Hearing this, several generals nodded and had no objections.

Orders were issued layer by layer, and an army of tens of thousands of people slowly deployed around the city, encircling the Nutao City like a dragnet.

After the encirclement was formed, more than a thousand monks were sent to search the Nutao City.

Two quarters of an hour later——

"Reporting to the elder, the main buildings in the city have been searched, and no signs of the demon race have been found."

"The remaining human servants have also been killed by the demons, so we are unable to obtain relevant information."

"But based on the time of death, we can infer that the demon race left Nutao City an hour or two ago."

A colonel general reported.

Elder Li nodded.

It seems that the monsters knew the situation in Qingfeng City, so they simply abandoned the city and fled.

Then he turned around and said to the five generals.

"Now that the demons have gone far away, let the army enter the city!"

Several generals took the order and left.

. . . . . .

The army set out, and Jin Renfeng also led the second battalion of the Vanguard and Demon-Slaying Battalion towards the city.

"We're entering the city already? It was too easy to recapture Raging Waves City."

"We took down two cities in one day. This is a great achievement. We are also a part of it. We will have something to brag about in the future!"

"If the demons abandon the city and flee every time, then this battle will be easier to fight."

"It's not impossible. We won a great victory earlier! The demon tribe must have been frightened out of their wits."

The soldiers couldn't help but start whispering.

Jin Renfeng shook his head.

The demon tribe occupied seven cities in total. Now that Qingfeng and Nutao cities have been recovered, no signs of the demon tribe’s army have been found.

I think their military forces must be concentrated in the remaining cities.

In his opinion, the next battle will be a tough nut to crack.

However, Jin Renfeng did not say much in front of the soldiers.

The easy recovery of two cities in succession made his speculation seem unfounded.

At present, these soldiers have already underestimated the enemy, so it is useless to say more.

"What were you guys whispering about during the march?"

Seeing Jin Renfeng's unwavering expression, Zhao Yun below shouted an order.

Seeing the captain speak, all the soldiers immediately shut up.

After flying for hundreds of miles, the army was quite tired, so Jin Renfeng found an open space in the northeast corner of the city for the soldiers to rest.

More than a thousand people sat cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate to restore their magic power.

The same is true for Li Hu and Lu Tietou. Although both of them have the fighting power of a demon king, their own strength is only at the level of a great demon.

The amount of mana consumed by flying is also quite huge for them.

Jin Renfeng's mana was not consumed much. As his strength increased, the speed at which he devoured the spiritual power of heaven and earth became faster and faster.

Nowadays, the energy consumption of flying is enough to be replenished by the operation of the skills alone.

Just as Jin Renfeng was standing aside and waiting quietly, he saw a messenger coming hurriedly and speaking.

"General Jin, Elder Li wants to invite you to the central army."

"I'll be there right away."

Jin Renfeng responded, instructed Li Hu and Lu Tietou to look after his soldiers, and then followed the messenger to the central army's flag.

"Meet the elder!"

After entering the central army hall, Jin Renfeng stepped forward and bowed.

"It's still wartime, there's no need for too many formalities."

Elder Li waved his hand and smiled.

"I wonder why the elder called me?"

Jin Renfeng asked.

"There is an important task for you."

Elder Li said with his hands behind his back.

"This mission must be done by you!"

Hearing this, Jin Renfeng became curious about what kind of mission was so important that only he could complete it.

"Later, I will lead the army to continue advancing, and try to take down another city before the demon tribe reacts."

Elder Li continued.

"But after the army left, there was no one guarding the Nutao City. I plan to let you lead your soldiers to guard this place. Are you willing?"

"The elder has given an order, and I will naturally obey it."

Jin Renfeng said calmly,

"But this guarding mission is quite simple, I think anyone can do it."

"Why did the elder say that it had to be me?"

Elder Li shook his head.
"If it was a normal garrison mission, it would naturally be very simple, but this time it is different."

"The Southern Barbarians have abandoned two cities in a row. I think they are planning something."

"I suspect they may use the same old trick again and send troops to attack the rear of our army."

Jin Renfeng realized that Elder Li wanted him to stay here to guard against a surprise attack by the Southern Barbarians.

"That's right. Elder Li has suffered a loss before, so he will definitely not be unprepared this time."

(End of this chapter)

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