Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 450: 220, so fast? _2

"Such words, if spoken by anyone else, might not be taken seriously by anyone present here today, but coming from Zou Ziqu, the esteemed Great Confucian, Gu Tianyun immediately nodded solemnly and bowed respectfully to him."

"Mr. Zou speaks the utmost truth, Mr. Gu is enlightened!"

"Great Jin may be strong, but it engages in unforgivable acts such as attacking Zhongzhou, which are against the will of heaven. It won't take long before the entire world, outraged, will rise up against it. No matter how powerful, can it really withstand the criticism of the entire world? All we need to do is to defeat the momentum of the Demon Path in Hedong, and once the people see that Great Jin is only a shell of its power, the fall of these traitorous officials will merely be a matter of time..."

Hearing this, everyone's face revealed a slight discomfort. After all, Zou Ziqu was the Mountain Chief of Yangzhou Academy and recognized the nominal supremacy of the Great Yu over the World. There was nothing wrong with his statement.

But the problem was that Great Yu only had that nominal authority left. Not to mention restoring the former glory of the Divine Dynasty, even among the top ten holy lands of the world, Great Yu's strength ranked towards the end. Aside from some loyalists holding on to the old dynasty and some people who were unaware of the true situation, the vast majority had lost their sentimental attachment to Great Yu.

Although the crowd internally disagreed, no one wanted to shame such a respected Great Confucian by voicing their dissent, and instead, they nodded in fake agreement.

Seeing the expressions of the many people below, Zou Ziqu was well aware of their true feelings, but he said nothing. Instead, there was a glimpse of a dark gleam in his eyes as he slightly shook his head, inwardly sighing at their foolishness.

"Mr. Zou's words are profound and righteous. We shall certainly adhere to them. The tyranny of Jin will not last, and though it now shows its ferocity, it is only a temporary state. Today, we have gathered here to ensure that we utterly defeat the momentum of the Demon Path in the Battle of Hedong!"

Gu Tianyun spoke out loud, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

Everyone knew he was about to discuss serious matters.

"In anticipation of the Battle of Hedong, I have mobilized 300,000 soldiers of the Silver Armored Army from Guangling Prefecture, and additionally, I have summoned 100,000 more troops from both Junkang and Lingyuan prefectures. Right now, a total of 500,000 troops are all stationed in Lingdong Prefecture, on guard against the Demon Path's army in Longguan Prefecture.

Apart from that, the Holy Sect from Xu Du has also dispatched 200,000 soldiers of the Jinjia Army to reinforce us. Judging by the time, they should have already entered the vicinity of the Prefectural City by now. I have sent people to order the 200,000 Jinjia Army to directly station themselves in Jinxing County, with 500,000 troops from the Silver Armored Army positioned both to the south and north of Guangling Prefecture, on high alert to prevent the Demon Sect's army from attacking through these two counties!"

As Gu Tianyun spoke, his fingers drew glowing lines in the air, sketching out a map of the six counties of Guangling Prefecture. Everyone immediately grasped his deployment strategy upon seeing the map.

Now, Guangling Prefecture only had the Hedong Six Prefectures remaining, with Jiuchi and Zhaokang to the east of the Prefectural City, and the other four counties to the west. Longguan County had already fallen, leaving only Lingdong, Jinxing, and Yuyang counties. Two official roads extended from Longguan County to the west, leading to both Lingdong and Jinxing counties.

The entire million-strong Demon Sect army was camped in Longguan, so naturally, their directions of attack were limited to Lingdong and Jinxing counties. Gu Tianyun's arrangement was therefore without fault. The 200,000-strong Jinjia Army was essentially a reserve force; since the two counties were not far apart, if the Demon Sect army attacked Lingdong County in full force, the Jinjia Army stationed in Jinxing could immediately come to their aid.

As for the possibility of the Demon Sect army bypassing the official roads to attack Yuyang County from the rear, that was improbable...

The wilderness beyond the official roads is not the domain of humans, a consensus known to all in the World.

Abundant life energy can only suppress life, and while demons, strictly speaking, are also a form of life, they are born from the condensed evil thoughts, malevolence, and resentments of myriad beings. The life energy of ordinary human martial artists has no effect on them whatsoever.

Only Gangsha truly suppresses demons effectively.

Indeed, a martial artist at the Gang Qi Realm might traverse a wilderness without encountering significant trouble, assuming it is not one of the more dangerous and uncharted ones. But that is when traveling alone. In truth, if a demon targets you while you're solo, it's likely one of the weaker ones.

The truly powerful demons simply disregard martial artists if they are too few in number. But an army is different. Whether it numbers in the thousands or millions, when troops move through the wilderness, their overwhelming life energy does not suppress demons but acts like walking meat, irresistibly tempting for demons.

An army capable of traversing the wilderness first appeared during the era of the Great Yu Dynasty!

The Divine Imperial Heavenly Army, under the command of the Yu Martial Sect, was such a formidable force, fearless of any demon attack while traversing the wilderness. It was rumored to be only a hundred thousand strong but represented the most elite troops of the Great Yu Dynasty during its heyday.

The requirements for the selection of soldiers for such an army were unbelievably high:

First, in terms of cultivation, it would be hard for you to qualify. The most ordinary soldiers of the Divine Imperial Heavenly Army had to be at the Gang Qi Realm; Second, each soldier was equipped with a top-quality War Horse; Finally, they had to practice a unique, supremely secretive technique from the Divine Dynasty, rumored to be a sacred-level method, which had been lost since the fall of the Great Yu Dynasty.

During its zenith, the Great Yu Dynasty ruled over thirteen provinces, from one end of the world to the other; all the wealth and resources were unmatched by any before or since. It was not surprising that it could maintain such an army.

But in this era, that is a much more difficult proposition...