Cultivation System: Stronger with Age Chapter 1450 - 635: The Army Presses the City (2)

Lin Xuankong shook his head slightly, "I’m fine, but why has Qingyuan City suddenly gathered so many people? I estimate there are tens of thousands!"

Miao Youren sighed, "Not just tens of thousands! The West City gate alone has seen tens of thousands arrive, while there are even more at the East and South gates. I estimate that in total, there are about a hundred thousand people!

These people are all refugees from Chaokou County in the south, fleeing for safety! Even though our Qingyuan City may not be the best-equipped district in the entire Jee Province when it comes to military strength, within several hundred miles and dozens of counties around here, we’ve got the most Defense Battalions and soldiers. We have three full Defense Battalions with over fifteen thousand fully armed soldiers, plus Grand Commander Ding Ye, renowned throughout Jee Province, with his Qingyuan First Defense Battalion stationed here! Of course, the ordinary folk looking for refuge would choose Qingyuan City!

What’s more, some days ago, the Black-robed Ghost-faced Immortal Master instructed Ninth Young Master Huang to take care of all the impoverished folk in Qingyuan City, and this has spread across several surrounding counties! Upon hearing that there’s food, drink, clothing, and housing available in Qingyuan City, these impoverished people certainly want to seek refuge here!

With this sudden influx, Ninth Young Master Huang from the Capital City must be quite distressed, as the number of impoverished folks in Qingyuan City itself is limited, there were only one or two thousand hungry people at most, but now suddenly there are tens of thousands more... This means that Ninth Young Master Huang must be spending a considerable amount of silver taels daily! And since it’s the order of the Black-robed Ghost-faced Immortal Master, no matter how distressed and pained Ninth Young Master Huang is, he must continue spending the silver!

Furthermore, our lord’s Inspection Bureau is also getting busy. The lord returned home for lunch and hurriedly went to the Inspection Bureau after visiting the side yard afterward! Having over a hundred thousand people entering the city, if not well accommodated, it could lead to a major incident!"

Having heard all this, Lin Xuankong said, "Refuge, so many people are rushing over to seek refuge? Has something happened in the southern Chaokou County?"

Miao Youren nodded, "Indeed! An Ai Clan’s military corps, numbering more than six thousand, has already reached over twenty miles outside of Chaokou County, prepared to attack! It’s said that their military corps calls themselves the Invincible Corps, which is some kind of Heavy Armor Team, equipped with a Tank Battalion, Armored Vehicle Battalion, Artillery Battalion, with extremely strong firepower, while the Defense Battalion in Chaokou County only numbers over four thousand, with poor equipment, likely able to hold for just a few days... Without backup from other Defense Battalions, it will quickly fall!

Upon hearing the news, these people could not dare to wait for the Ai Clan’s corps to start attacking and rushed over here early to seek refuge!"

Looking at the surrounding people, Lin Xuankong saw that most of them were covered in gray dirt, looking weathered and weary, with many eyes void of vitality! In this chaotic world, these people were forced away from their homes by the Ai Clan’s military, leaving behind lands and houses they’ve lived with for half their lives, uncertain of the future. How can there still be hope in their eyes, let alone much life!

Frowning for a while, Lin Xuankong and Miao Youren headed towards the city gate.

Upon reaching the gate, over twenty soldiers around the gate were busy checking the documents of those people, letting them in one by one.

Just as Miao Youren was about to greet one of the soldiers, a tall and well-dressed officer saw Lin Xuankong and quickly approached, offering a salute, "Young Master Lin! Director Liang, when visiting Grand Commander Ding’s household these days, frequently mentioned you!"

Lin Xuankong looked up and smiled. This officer was someone Lin had met before at Wei Hong’s birthday banquet, seemingly one of Ding Ye’s officers.

Lately, Lin Xuankong had been busy improving his cultivation, leaving aside the matter of that exceptionally talented Ding Ye, whom Lin planned to take as a disciple! Through Lin Xuankong’s investigation, that Ding Ye’s talent was countless times superior to the talent of Miao Wan’er, who was praised and favored by Li Changming!

Thinking of Ding Ye, Lin Xuankong smiled and asked, "What’s keeping your Director Ding busy these days?"

The deputy’s face turned a bit solemn and frowned, "Director Ding has been actively preparing these past couple of days, as Chaokou County is about to face an invasion from the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps. Most of the surrounding counties each have only one Defense Battalion and dare not easily mobilize, for fear of giving Ai Clan an opportunity to invade! Qingyuan City, as the largest city among these surrounding counties with three full Defense Battalions, has now become responsible for aiding Chaokou County! The officials in Jee Province specifically appointed Director Ding and his First Defense Battalion for the reinforcement!"

Lin Xuankong, seeing the deputy officer’s troubled expression, asked with a hint of curiosity, "I’ve often heard that the First Defense Battalion is the most elite and best-equipped among the Defense Battalions in the surrounding counties, and Director Ding is famous as a fierce general! Given this, dealing with the so-called Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps would be a prime opportunity for Director Ding to make his mark, so why do you seem burdened with worries?"

Hearing Lin Xuankong say this, the deputy hesitated for a moment but managed a reluctant smile, "Exactly! When our Director Ding leads the First Defense Battalion brothers in battle, we’ll surely repel the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps. I have no worries at all! Young Master Lin, are you returning to the city? Please proceed!"

Saying this, the deputy slightly waved to the soldiers behind him, who immediately made way for Lin Xuankong and others.

Seeing this, Lin Xuankong said nothing more and led Miao Youren and others into the city. After walking some distance, Miao Youren sighed and said, "Ah, the officer we just encountered will also likely go with Director Ding to battle against the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps! Director Ding’s First Defense Battalion truly is elite and well-equipped, but lacks tanks or armored vehicles, with only some artillery!

Given this difference in strength, even if Director Ding’s soldiers are elite, trying to use flesh and blood to resist the tanks and armored vehicles of the Ai Clan’s Invincible Corps will surely result in significant casualties! I’ve heard that those tanks of the Ai Clan are quite formidable, they are war machines made entirely of steel, impervious to firearms, powerful for charging into battle and laying siege!

Ah, let’s hope Director Ding from the First Defense Battalion, bringing along five thousand elite, manages to return with more officers alive!"

Hearing this, Lin Xuankong’s brows furrowed involuntarily,

In his previous life, during the Nanjing Government Period on Blue Star, those warriors who defended the nation repeatedly used their flesh and blood against the war machines of steel, even successfully repelling the aggressors armed with planes and artillery time and again! But in the decades-long war to defend Huaxia, countless patriotic hot-blooded individuals sacrificed themselves on that land, becoming nameless heroes of that soil!

At present, in this Absolute Spirit Mini World’s Great Yan Kingdom, they are enduring a war and disaster so similar to that era in another world!

The only difference is that in Lin Xuankong’s past life, he couldn’t return to that era nor change the hardship brought to that land by countless invaders. But now, in this Absolute Spirit Mini World’s Great Yan Kingdom, Lin Xuankong finds himself right in the midst!

As he walked, the Demonic Technique True Qi within Lin Xuankong quietly circulated, his gaze carrying a burning intensity.