Chapter 1192: Betrayal
In addition to the aforementioned families, there are many other forces, whether they are large sects, secluded cultivators, or ancient demons, who have also sent their favorite disciples.
These disciples are at least Taichu Immortals, and are basically at the level of Taichu Golden Immortals.
Their destination is the Western Land of the Upper Realm, where the Humane Dynasty is located. Because Wu Yi disrupted the order here, the catastrophe began here first. Only by making a move here can the future of the Upper Realm be truly affected behind the scenes.
If Wu Yi knew that his actions would have such a big impact, I don’t know what he would think. I think he would not be happy about it.
Just like the scene shown in the Tianjian Mirror, the powerful coalition of small countries was gradually defeated under the command of the human body and has been completely defeated.
In just a few months, the changes were so great that no matter who it was, they would not dare to think so at the beginning, but now, it has become a reality.
At this moment, unless King Yong led the troops of the Daji Dynasty to help the coalition of small countries, otherwise, the overall situation was already decided. Some royal families of small countries abandoned their countries and left before Wu Yi's troops reached them.
As these coalition forces were defeated, the royal families fled one after another, and ordinary people no longer worried about being retaliated after the land was divided. In some places, even without Wu Yi's troops going there in person, the landlords had been driven away and the land and grain were divided privately.
However, as mentioned above, Wu Yi's troops were a tree without roots and water without a source, and they had no power to establish a new order.
When the original landlords and bullies were defeated, the land was not reasonably distributed to every household. On the contrary, because the two armies fought, the war lasted and involved a wide range of people. Bandits were rampant everywhere, and bad money drove out good money. Due to limited military strength, Wu Yi was unable to suppress such a large-scale banditry.
The root of the bandit problem is the food problem. Wu Yi's own army did not have enough food, let alone the people. He originally thought that the land would be distributed to the people, so that the people would have hope and be able to survive these difficult years, but the result was the formation of bandits.
Without solving the food problem, all the suppression is just paper work and it is impossible to really solve the problem.
Bandits in various places destroyed production, food was burned, and more people became bandits. Then production was further destroyed. In order to suppress the bandits, the people needed to provide food and money. Where did the people get these money and food? They also joined the bandits.
The more they suppressed the bandits, the more bandits did not decrease, but increased, almost becoming a vicious cycle.
Being in this land, Wu Yi could deeply sense the crisis in it, which was a volcanic crater that could erupt at any time and swallow him up.
He was unable to deal with this huge humanitarian crisis. If he was ordered by King Yong to go to war and King Yong supported him behind the scenes, he could transfer food from the Daji Dynasty to temporarily suppress the crisis.
Bandits are getting worse and worse. There is no food left. Even the food left for planting next year is gone. Cannibalism has occurred everywhere. Exchanging children for food is still considered good, and some people even kill each other for cannibalism.
After arriving, Wu Yi did not even dare to leave the city and had to block the city gates. Outside the city were dense refugees and hungry people. Once he left the city, he might not even be able to return with a skeleton.
Bones were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. The absolute vacuum of order was not much different from the prehistoric land.
Originally, under the rule of humanity, demons retreated and dared not show up in the world openly. Now, not to mention the inner demon body, even the human body can see it. When people have no food, tigers are the same. They come in groups, often hundreds of them. Wherever they pass, a village is often destroyed, and the tiger king is born.
In addition, the wronged souls were immortal, absorbing the Yin Qi and becoming evil spirits, and there were quite a few of them. They even traveled in broad daylight and openly ate people. When Wu Yi first saw this scene, he thought he had returned to the Cangmang Realm, but in fact it was not the case.
Because of the spread of famine, many people had to flee to the direction of the Daji Dynasty, but only one in ten could escape successfully, and most of them died on the way.
Moreover, something worse happened, that is, the showdown between King Yong and Wu Yi. Before, King Yong tolerated Wu Yi because Wu Yi could help King Yong unify the eastern countries as soon as possible. Now that the situation of the countries is over, there is no need to continue to maintain harmony with Wu Yi on the surface.
Some people in the middle level speculated about the feud between King Yong and Wu Yi, but the lower level basically didn't know. Now that the news broke out, it can be imagined that the morale of the army was shaken. Many people came to the tent and asked Wu Yi about the truth.
King Yong had already sent out his troops, and it was impossible to hide it. Wu Yi told the truth. In comparison, the soldiers from the Daji Dynasty were shocked. They thought they represented the Daji Dynasty, but now they became rebels.
Those soldiers who joined the team later because of the benefits of land distribution were much more indifferent. Anyway, they identified Wu Yi because only Wu Yi could protect their interests.
In addition, Wu Yi's continuous victories also made them superstitious about Wu Yi. No matter who they were enemies with, they could win. This was Wu Yi's diehard loyalty.
At this moment, because of their different backgrounds, the army split again. Before midnight, many people fled, and some even left in an organized manner to join King Yong. After all, some people's families were there, and it was impossible for them to follow Wu Yi to fight against King Yong.
Wu Yi did not take the initiative to stop them. He stayed in the city and quietly waited for the arrival of King Yong. He was extremely restrained, which was completely different from his previous proactive attitude.
Liu Quande and others put forward many suggestions, such as defending the fortresses in various places, not letting King Yong drive straight in, gradually consuming the morale of King Yong's troops, and then taking the opportunity to attack, otherwise there would be only one way to defeat.
But Wu Yi refused to accept any of them. Even when King Yong's vanguard attacked, Wu Yi retreated and kept shrinking his front line, giving up many territories in vain. Finally, he retreated to a city called Pegasus City and stopped, because if he retreated further, it would be the sea.
This place was not seriously affected by the war before, and the food was relatively abundant. It was a good place to hold on. As for other places, because of the war, if they did not clear the fields, they would have become useless. If King Yong wanted to come, the food would have to be transported thousands of miles away. It was not that simple.
Although the people under his command understood Wu Yi's strategy, they still complained about Wu Yi's abandonment of strategic locations and retreating to a corner, because if they gave up these lands, even their hometowns would be abandoned, so what was the point of following Wu Yi? It was only because of Wu Yi's own prestige that they did not collapse.