Chapter 423 The mystery of population disappearance
Three days later, war broke out.
Beizezhou's army marched into Dayu's territory and launched an attack on Nanlai City, the border city of Dayu.
The army pushed forward all the way, with overwhelming force.
The villages and towns of Dayu along the way also suffered because they had no city walls to protect them.
In order to supplement logistics and weaken Dayu, Shangyun's army burned, killed and looted these villages and towns.
Countless people were displaced.
War has always been so cruel.
The same thing happened in three places in Dayu at the same time. Shang Yun, Da Chu, and Xuan Qin all launched attacks.
The Dayu Dynasty was already in a mess by Yuchi Songxu. Now that Yuchi Songxu is dead, no one can stand up and fight off the enemy.
When the war breaks out, the people suffer the most.
But there is something strange about this war.
It stands to reason that when war breaks out and military disasters are raging, people cannot farm their land properly and will wander around.
Often villagers from several counties would stick together. When they heard that there was food to eat and the government would take care of them, they would head there in a mighty manner.
Hope to survive.
But this time, although the war affected a wide range of people, many people were affected, and countless villages, towns and counties were destroyed, there were no large-scale refugees.
It was clear that the front leg of the army had just swept through this village and had a lot of damage inside, destroying the fields and grabbing food, and the people had no choice but to wander. However, after a few days, the people in this village were nowhere to be found.
I don’t know where I wandered to, not even a trace.
Every general who leads troops to fight is confused, but they only think that these refugees are running too fast.
He hid directly in a place where they couldn't find him, so he might become a bandit.
No one paid much attention.
Unconsciously, there is a figure that follows the army from a distance every day, going to the destroyed county towns and villages, disappearing the people who have been affected by the disaster.
In half a month, Ning Wuxie has gathered tens of thousands of people into the small world of Tianyuan Continent!
The number of refugees was so huge that it was hard for Ning Wuxie not to see them as they trudged on the ground in darkness.
He tried his best to send these people to a place a little further away from Tianming City to ensure their living space and to avoid friction.
For Dongli Town and Chilong Town, which were relatively weak without city walls, Ning Wuxie asked people from the Tianming Sect to protect them, and sent people to follow the refugees.
It is both protection and guarding.
These people are refugees with nothing, and due to the large number of people, Tianming City cannot provide much assistance and can only rely on themselves.
These people had been deprived of their relatives and homes by wars and disasters, so their hearts were full of anger, and there was a seed of violence in them.
Relying on the strength of the crowd, it is really possible to commit evil deeds of robbery.
There was no way, as the emperor of Tianyuan Continent, Ning Wuxie could only appear a few more times.
On the first day, Ning Wuxie took them to the plain washed out by the river at the foot of the mountain, and used the Xuanhu Sword to cut down a thousand acres of forest. The Dayu refugees didn't even have to cut down trees.
The next day, he punched a boulder several feet high on another plain, breaking it into pieces to make room for the people there to build.
On the third day, because a group of people did not want to live too far away from other villages, but there was no suitable location, Ning Wuxie flew in the air, drew a sword from the mountain, and a river surged out.
He kept busy like this, and all the refugees in Dayu saw his power.
Now there was no need for Chongjue to work hard to preach. The new people all worshiped him and regarded him as a god.
The people in Chilong Town and Dongli Town couldn’t believe it either.
For these ordinary people, cultivators in the realm of immortals are existences that are difficult to see in their lifetime.
One day I looked up and saw a figure flying over the village. They were all going to talk happily with the villagers about the news for most of the day.
Ning Wuxie's display of strength shocked all of them. While strengthening their faith in the emperor, it also helped them settle down and survive here.
The longer the war goes on, the more people there will be in Tianyuan Continent.
It took a lot of Ning Wuxie's time to lurk in the wilderness every day, follow the army, and then gather the refugees.
There is almost no way to practice any more, except for the double practice with Xuan'er every night.
However, judging from the speed of the advance of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, this war would not have lasted long.
The Dayu Dynasty was retreating steadily, and the armies of the Three Kingdoms were overwhelming. They penetrated into the hinterland of Dayu and would soon invade the imperial city.
The fighting reached its most intense stage. The Yu Dynasty knew that even if they surrendered, there would be no good end. They resisted desperately at the last defensive line, captured strong men, and used the common people as cannon fodder. They did everything they could!
The most prosperous state of Dayu was reduced to a hell within a few months, with ruins and battlefields strewn with corpses.
Almost no people can live a stable life.
Ning Wuxie's shadow still sneaks around the battlefield, following the people and deserters who are avoiding the flames of war...
With Ning Wuxie's cultivation in the Celestial Realm, even if there were cultivators on the battlefield and in the army, his presence would not be noticed.
Another three months passed.
Yong'an City, the imperial city of Dayu, was completely breached. Sun Changyuan, the 13-year-old Emperor of Dayu, was killed. The Sun family, a royal family that had been inherited for tens of thousands of years, was destroyed.
The Dayu Dynasty completely turned into dust and disappeared into history.
The armies of the three countries were stationed in Yong'an City to negotiate, and in response to rumors, the Mojiao clan also appeared on the negotiating table.
After some negotiations, the four countries jointly divided Dayu's territory.
From then on, there was no trace of Dayu even on the map.
If Dayu's geographical location was not so unlucky, being located right in the middle of the five dynasties and bordering every country, then it would definitely not be able to conquer the country.
The dynasty that cannot get its land will not allow other dynasties to destroy it and then annex its land.
But unfortunately, Dayu was so unlucky.
That's why the Sun family was destroyed so shamelessly.
This war lasted for more than half a year, with almost no suspense. From beginning to end, Confucianism played no role.
It was like watching a potted plant that I had cared for for many years being picked up and smashed to pieces.
It was not only Dayu that was smashed, but also Confucian creeds and ideals.
And when the war ended and each country took over its assigned territory and prepared to start governance, they all discovered a problem.
Where are people? !
What about the people in these territories? !
Why haven't these refugees shown up yet after the war is over?
They sent cultivators to search in the mountains, but found nothing.
On the vast land, there seemed to be only soil soaked with blood.
Where are people? ! Everyone who governs a country knows that the most precious thing in a territory is its population, and population is the source of wealth. Food, tax revenue, and various products all rely on the people to produce them!
Why is it that now we only get the land and most of the population has not disappeared? !
The kings of the Four Kingdoms even suspected that there were generals in the army who were secretly massacring the city!
But a final investigation revealed that nothing of the sort had happened.
Everyone is confused, Confucianism is also confused, and the whole world is confused.
After a great war, 60% of the population of Dayu Kingdom was wiped out. This is not a matter of inhumanity, it is simply impossible!
Even if you kill hundreds of thousands of pigs, you will be exhausted to death!
However, this was the fact, and everyone was shocked. For several years afterwards, people in Lingwu Continent were talking about this strange thing.