Chapter 197 Siege
Chapter 197 Siege
In the raid on the "breeding farm", the Rabbit Suppression Alliance dispatched 300 members, all of whom were at the Nascent Soul stage or above.
The team members lurked near the target at midnight without alerting the patrolling guards of the Dingguang Immortal Sect.
Generally speaking, immortal cultivation sects will radiate to the surrounding areas. For example, the radiation range of the Lishan Immortal Sect is the Lishan Mountains and the area within a hundred miles around the mountains.
For example.
The Lishan Mountain Range is the core area of the Lishan Immortal Sect. Any uninformed intrusion will be regarded as an invasion and will result in inspection by patrolling disciples.
The hundred-mile radius outside the mountain range is the radiation zone of the Lishan Immortal Sect. There will be no patrols in this area, but other sects will also tacitly not easily enter and cause trouble.
The difference between the Dingguang Immortal Sect and the Lishan Immortal Sect is that they have many disciples. In order to allow the disciples to practice without distraction, they have included a considerable number of mortals who provide offerings to the master into their sphere of influence.
Tens of thousands of disciples would require millions of mortals to support them.
This also means that the Dingguang Immortal Sect has a very large sphere of influence in Xiniu Hezhou, covering an area of nearly 100,000 square kilometers, like a country.
With such a large sphere of influence, even with many disciples, it is impossible to take care of it all. Therefore, the outer areas are mostly managed by nobles and leaders among mortals.
Dingguang disciples only collect taxes from nobles and chiefs on a regular basis.
The core area within a thousand miles of the sect will be managed personally by Dingguang disciples.
Wen Rui and a group of Jinling Sect disciples were also mixed in with the Rabbit Extermination Alliance members. Together with Gu Changfeng, he observed the "human race field" in the distance.
"The Race Field" was just the name given to the target by the Rabbit Suppression Alliance. It was a city with high walls. There was a plaque hanging on the city gate with "Iron Wheel City" written in Sanskrit.
On the city wall, there was a Dingguang disciple standing guard at intervals.
There were three hundred-man teams flying back and forth on patrol above the city.
"This is a prison." Gu Changfeng told Wen Rui, "According to the intelligence provided by the local natives, only the 'excellent' offspring are sent here, and every once in a while a convoy of infants will go to the 'brooding ground' to deliver the goods."
"From this, we infer that this place should be an important place for Dingguang Xianzong to breed humans, which is the so-called 'breeding field', and it is a relatively advanced one."
"Hmm?" Wen Rui frowned and asked, "Are there any low-level breeding grounds?"
"Yes, in the periphery near the core area, the Dingguang Rabbit Bandits also built similar cities, but the babies bred were mostly mortals, and they were not sent to the brooding grounds. Most of them were sent back to the tribe and fostered in mortal families."
Speaking of this, Gu Changfeng's face was not very good. "We have broken through several low-level breeding grounds, and the people imprisoned there are no different from animals. The Dingguang Rabbit Bandits will select strong but dull men as breeding people, and find some strong, tough and strong women as breeding females. They believe that the descendants of such mortals can work, be obedient and have pious beliefs."
"There's nothing new under the sun." Wen Rui curled his lips. "The West, slavery, it's all the same. The most unreasonable thing is that the Dingguang Rabbit Bandits actually gained merits by increasing the population and productivity and increasing the number of devout believers in the Western religion."
"Then what is the difference between this so-called high-level breeding ground and a low-level breeding ground?" Wen Rui asked curiously.
"Our indigenous informants couldn't sneak in, so they could only spy from afar."
Gu Changfeng said: "I don't know what it's like inside, but the female humans sent here are usually quite pretty. The men who can enter and leave this city are all disciples of the Dingguang Immortal Sect. No male has ever been sent in." Wen Rui nodded in understanding and had a rough guess in his mind.
"When will the action begin?"
Wen Rui asked in a low voice. Although he was the mastermind behind the scenes and Gu Changfeng's master, he would never do stupid things like airdropping to the front line to interfere in the command, nor would he open up the territory on the map and make random micro-management.
Gu Changfeng and Li Yu have grown into very qualified battlefield commanders by combining theory with practice during the five years of guerrilla warfare. Professional matters should be left to professionals.
"Wait a little longer. The mortal volunteers have petitioned to join the battle. It will take some time for them to come through the tunnel."
"Mortal Volunteer Army?" Wen Rui had been in seclusion for five years before coming out. He was really ignorant.
"The world has suffered from rabbit bandits for a long time."
Gu Changfeng said: "Which family in the mortal world under the rule of the Rabbit Bandits has not had their wives and daughters abducted? If it were like the Western Zhou feudal state in the Southern Continent, where taxes were only collected on grain or minerals, the people could tolerate a harder life. But blood relatives are levied as taxes, and after being abducted, they are sent to breeding farms to be bred livestock, and the offspring born are slaves forever. Even the most cowardly man cannot tolerate this."
"The Fire Sword Tubes provided by the master are of good quality and low price. After the Anti-Bandit Alliance received funds from the sect, it purchased a large number of them. They are enough to be distributed to the mortals who volunteer to resist the Rabbit Bandits to assist us in the battle."
"In the past few years, more and more mortals have joined the resistance, but occasionally they would secretly use the fire sword tube to blow up nobles and chieftains."
"It's a deep hatred." Wen Rui sighed, thought for a moment and said, "By the way, you have to control the flow of the Fire Sword Cannon, don't let it flow back to the Southern Continent, and don't let me be bombed by a rocket launcher in my own territory."
This is a world of worse than worse. As a feudal lord, Wen Rui is actually not a good guy either. He did not indulge his subjects at all when he exploited them.
After waiting for a while until the moon set in the west, it was estimated to be early morning. Gu Changfeng received a report from a team member and immediately issued orders to all members using the walkie-talkie.
Taking advantage of the night, under the leadership of Gu Changfeng and Li Yu, a group of members of the Rabbit-Slaying Alliance jumped out from their hiding places and rushed towards the distant city in silence.
In order to avoid being exposed, they didn't even fly into the air, but instead bent down and walked quickly.
In five years, the once mob has become somewhat like a regular army.
The team members lurked until they were a hundred steps away from the city wall. Several sword cultivators stood out from the crowd and, under the leadership of Gu Changfeng and Li Yu, they all drew their swords and aimed at the guards on duty on the city wall.
Sword lights shot out at the same time, beheading several Dingguang disciples who were guarding key points of the city wall.
Wen Rui had held important positions in the Shang army for many years, so he knew very well why such an attack was launched.
Cities guarded by immortal cultivators often have formations set up on the city walls. Once an enemy attack is discovered in advance, the city defense formation will be activated to generate a spherical shield to cover the entire city.
At that time, if you want to break the shield of the city defense formation, you will have to consume a lot of spiritual power, and it will also be delayed for a long time. Before you can attack the city, you will be surrounded by the enemy's reinforcements.
Gu Changfeng and Li Yu had obviously suffered similar losses before, so the first thing they did in the battle to attack the city was to destroy the observation post on the city wall to avoid sounding an alarm.
(End of this chapter)