Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 110: Blockade of the Territory
"Your Highness, you just said that three million people were trapped. The country of the Valley has a total population of more than four million. Where are the remaining one million people?" A soldier from the former Pei family army asked after Luo Yuanying finished speaking.

"Either they are dead," Gu Jinheng made a gesture, and someone threw up the corpses of the monsters and poisonous people on the battlefield, "or they become like this, losing their humanity and feeding on the flesh and blood of their compatriots."

Countless people were horrified, their eyes trembling with fear.

That's a million lives!

What's more, this kind of man-eating monster, which looks like a human but has no humanity, can still use its hands to support its body and crawl forward even if its legs are broken, unless it is suppressed by Gu Jinheng's Dandao Shenqi Yin Gong like last time, and will not stop fighting until it dies.

If used by others, it would be more terrifying than an army of more than one million people.

Only then did everyone realize how many lives Gu Jinheng had saved during yesterday's battle.

If Gu Jinheng had not used his Yin Gong to suppress the poison and snatched the antidote from Lei Laiong, those poisoned soldiers would have also turned into poisoned people like those lying on the ground, with their bodies blue and black and their limbs and facial features strangely deformed.

If Gu Jinheng had not appeared in time to stop him, Lei Laiong's poison would have spread throughout the entire Huayun Village.

There is no underground city like the Valley Kingdom to hide in, and no one will be spared.

Ju Yan stepped forward again to explain the characteristics of the monster obtained through intelligence transmission and coroner's inspection, and reminded all armies and regions to communicate with each other.

Someone asked anxiously: "After being bitten by a poisonous person, will I be infected and mutated?"

"Not at this time. Gu poison can only be transmitted directly to the human body through water or air."

Everyone took note and listened to Ju Yan continue: "People who have just been infected with the poison will be afraid of sunlight and will only move at night or in the dark. But the monster next to Lei Lai Weng at the time did not have this characteristic, so we still have to pay attention and not let down our guard even during the day!"

"This poison turns black when it comes into contact with silver. Every morning and evening, someone must be assigned to check the water and food situation. If anyone shows symptoms such as pain, chills, shivering, vomiting, etc., they must be isolated and treated immediately!"

Everyone listened to these words intently.

"Yes!"

“Yes.”

No one dared to be distracted at this moment.

Gu Jinheng spoke in a deep voice, his divine energy making every word he spoke like a heavy hammer, striking everyone's heart.

Everyone looked at him intently and listened to his orders.

"From today on, blockade the entire territory of Tianyao, close all the gates of the border cities, suspend all foreign trade, and impose martial law in all cities. No one is allowed to pass without a pass from the government. Violators will be executed without mercy!"

"The three-state garrison troops return to camp and wait for military orders. The southwest border troops will leave 5,000 people behind. The main camp will be moved to 300 miles northeast of Huayun Village within seven days. No delay is allowed! The six western states garrison troops of Tianyao, the three major border armies of the northwest, western Sichuan, and southwest, and the eight cities garrisons on the northwest border, all must prepare for war!"

Countless people saluted and obeyed the order, "Yes, sir!"

"The imperial edict has been sent down to Chaoyang City, all states, and all military regions at the same time. They must be dealt with strictly and obeyed without violation!" Ju Yan added.

There was no room for discussion at all. Everyone was just told to follow orders. At the same time, no one knew about the transfer orders of other troops, but no one dared to question it.

First, his decisions were thorough and without any mistakes or omissions. Second, the edicts issued by Duke Duan Ding did not even need to wait for the imperial edict from the capital. Officials from various departments were in charge at all levels, and more than half of the military power was in his hands. His power and deterrent power were enough to ensure the smooth execution of these orders.

"Does anyone have any questions?" Gu Jinheng glanced at the crowd.

The general in charge of the Yuezhou garrison asked, "Your Highness, when will we return to the camp?"

Because Ju Yan just said to execute immediately, but they have given all the soldiers a day off today, if they urgently recall them, it may cause the celebration banquet to be interrupted, so they need to confirm the time. Everyone in the hall is waiting for Gu Jinheng's order, but he glanced at Pei Nai at this moment.

Pei Nai was also very confused and glared back.

Then Gu Jinheng looked away and said, "Tomorrow." This meant that he supported the celebration banquet to be held as usual.

"Yes, sir!" the man said.

Gu Jinheng's style of doing things is to gather and recall everyone immediately. Is he doing this because he is afraid of interrupting the celebration party and making her unhappy?
Just this one look from him clearly gave everyone the impression that he was henpecked.

Han Ruize sneered at the pretentiousness, and Da Xian rolled his eyes.

Gu Jinheng added: "Except for the people Luo Yuanying mentioned, everyone else will leave first."

Luo Yuanying opened the scroll and read out the names one by one.

Pei Nai also heard her name and Han Ruize's name, as well as General Zhou Weiguo, Shao Liran, and even all the former members of the Pei family army present.

At the same time, many important members of Tianyao were also left behind as witnesses.

Is it about to begin? Clean up the mess for Pei's army.

After reading out the names of about one-fifth of the people present, the rest left.

Daxian looked back at Pei Nai, said nothing more, and left with the Qilu soldiers.

Then the door of the parliament hall was shut heavily. The sound of orderly military footsteps echoed on the ground, and through the window paper, dark shadows of armor could be seen.

The guards quickly ran into position from both sides and cordoned off the parliament hall from the inside.

Everyone looked at each other, and some people asked in confusion: "What is this for?"

As soon as the words fell, there was only deathly silence all around.

Gu Jinheng's pressure suddenly increased, and his voice shook with transparent ripples, "General Zhou, Tuoba Huo's Mingyuan Xuanyue Blade was temporarily kept by you and Lin Hua, the former deputy general of the Pei family army, ten years ago. In this battle, the Mingyuan Xuanyue Blade returned to the hands of the enemy and was held by Tuoba Yan, the new commander of the Wu clan."

"Losing the Xihan Blade is a heavy responsibility. How do you explain it?"

Zhou Weiguo was watched by everyone. He took a step forward calmly and said, "I have been tried for this matter no less than five times. But today, General Pei, General Han and the brothers of the former Pei Army are gathered here. I am willing to tell the whole story again."

He continued, "Ten years ago, after the Battle of Yagu, General Lin Hua was unwilling to return to the court because of the betrayal of the reinforcements. He had an argument with us, took the Mingyuan Xuanyue Sword beside him, and then rode away. We rode after him but failed to stop him. Since then, Lin Hua's whereabouts have been unknown."

The non-commissioned officer who followed Han Ruize to retreat to Huayun Village retorted: "If General Lin Hua had second thoughts, he could have broken the agreement and delayed the battle of Yagu if he had followed General Pei's orders and led us to encircle the Wu tribe around the high ground. But he didn't!"

Subsequently, more than a dozen former generals of the Pei family army who had been assigned to various armies stood up one after another.

Someone saluted and said, "This general and ten other lieutenants and captains were present at the time and can testify for General Zhou!"

"If he didn't want to return to the court, why didn't he go with Han Ruize and others at that time?" Pei Nai frowned.

Zhou Weiguo shook his head. When he thought of Lin Hua, he became angry and said, "If I could understand him, I wouldn't have been at odds with him for so many years. He just walked away and left me to bear the stigma of throwing a knife!"

"Ten years ago, the criminal king Xiao Bin collaborated with the enemy. King Xiangluo was actually an accomplice who had been hiding for many years. He was arrested and imprisoned a month ago. And you have daily contacts with King Xiangluo. How do you explain that?" Gu Jinheng continued to interrogate Zhou Weiguo.

(End of this chapter)