Now that Li Ming and Jiang Wei are free, and accompanied by Pang Long, the burden of finding Jue City has been handed over to them. The main strongholds of the Crusaders are in Beiming, usually hidden at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. According to Xia Long

With the clues provided and Pang Long's divination, Li Ming discovered a more likely location.

That is the Grand Canyon in Sanyin City.

Speaking of Shanyin, a famous battle once took place here. This battle was the battle where Guixiong Xiaotian fell. Currently, Shanyin City is still under the control of Jiang Zhi's forces, but there are only a few hundred defenders in the city.

, and there are about 10,000 Gray prisoners.

After all, Yanhuang is currently short of population, and even Jiang Zhi's forces cannot digest so many cities. Beiming has always been a war-torn place, so Jiang Feng will not prioritize the development of cities here, let alone transport civilians there

Here, like most cities in Beiming, there are basically only a small number of defenders and some Gray prisoners who were too late to move.

Liming and others were not familiar with the Shanyin Grand Canyon and could easily get lost. Pang Long suggested going to Shanyin City first. The people here have been here for a long time and should have some knowledge of the Grand Canyon.

Li Ming thought it made sense, so he followed Pang Long's suggestion.

When a thousand troops arrived at the gate of Shanyin City, everyone found that there were no guards on duty on the city wall, which was really strange.

Although we have known for a long time that there are not many defenders in Shanyin City, there is not a single person on the wall, right?

Li Ming patted the war horse, which immediately let out a long neighing sound.

A few seconds later, a guard appeared on the top of the city. His face was weak and his temples were white. He seemed to be an older veteran.

When the veteran saw the flag of Jiang Zhi's forces, he shouted excitedly: "Is it sent by the central government?"

"I am the young lord of Jiang Zhi's forces, open the door quickly!" Jiang Wei shouted.

"Okay, okay, let's go now."

A few minutes later, the middle gate of the city gate slowly opened, and a team of thousands of people slowly entered the city.

There were some guards standing on both sides of the city, but they all looked like old and weak soldiers, and there were only a few of them.

Li Ming and the lieutenants immediately had a general understanding of the situation in the city. Everyone was really shocked by this conversation.

A few months ago, Jiang Feng tightened the net, transferred the main forces from various cities in Beiming, and launched a decisive battle with the Gray Tribe in the Imperial Capital.

Shanyin City is also one of the cities, but after the main personnel were transferred, there were only about 500 guards left here. Among these people, only 100 were formally trained soldiers, and the remaining 400 were militiamen.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of Gray captives in the city, who are mainly responsible for raising animals, growing vegetables, and working in the city.

When the main force of Shanyin City left, they left some supplies behind. As long as the people in the city develop the resources here, they should be able to have enough food and clothing.

Moreover, the central government does not have high requirements for the cities in Beiming. As long as the left-behind personnel can safely guard the city, go out to search for mineral veins every day, and conduct reconnaissance and records of the surrounding terrain and resources.

In other words, as long as these people are not lazy, their lives should be good.

This is indeed the case in theory, but not long after the main force left, it stopped raining here.

Shanyin City has a plateau terrain with many canyons, which results in less rainfall in the city. But even if there is not much rainfall, there will not be a big problem. Because the location of Shanyin City is very good, it is already the entire city.

Shanyin City is the most green resource area, and there are several small lakes in the city.

But a few months ago, Shan Yin

It stopped raining completely over the city. Over time, the city became increasingly short of clean water, and the plants and vegetables began to wither, resulting in fewer and fewer animals. The lakes were not irrigated by rain, and the water quality became worse and worse. People

Life is getting worse and worse.

Clean water was finally filtered out and distributed to the guards and militia first. The more than 10,000 Gray civilians could only drink unclean water. Soon more and more civilians became sick. Over time, the civilians complained.

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The captain of the guard sent out signal troops several times to report the situation in Shanyin City to the central government and asked the central government for help.

An officer who received the signal corps at that time said: "The front line is very busy, and people die every day. If you can't even solve the water source problem, then you will have to resign yourself."

That's right, as a new human being, with such a strong ability to survive, how could it not even be able to solve the water source problem?

In most eyes, the situation of Shanyin City is not sympathetic at all. In addition, the front line is facing a life and death battle, who cares about the other cities in Beiming.

Although the captain of the guard was angry, he had nothing to do. Not to mention that the central government did not have the energy to take care of this matter, and even if it had the energy, it would not be possible to deliver water all the way. The water source problem must be solved by oneself.

If it really doesn't work, then just put down your dignity and go to a neighboring city for help.

The guard captain asked for help from the surrounding cities, but the same situation occurred in the surrounding cities, that is, there was no rain and there was a lack of water.

Everyone had no choice but to unite and ask for help from the plain cities to the east.

There is no shortage of water in the plain cities, but there is no manpower to transport water, and the terrain is not conducive to transportation. The only way is to abandon those cities where it does not rain and move collectively to the eastern plain cities.

However, the cities in the eastern plains dare not accept it because they cannot accept so many people. Once they accept it, it will inevitably lead to chaos and food shortages in the city. In addition, there are still harassments by gray zombies in the wilds of the plains. Once there is migration, it will definitely

You will be ambushed and the consequences will be disastrous.

Moreover, there was no order from above to accept them, so they would never dare to make the decision without permission.

You can't leave, you can't stay, and the central government can't help. Those cities are like trapped animals, suffering every day.

About a month ago, two scouts accidentally discovered that it was raining in the Yinshan Grand Canyon, and there were many green plants there.

The scouts were so excited that they shuttled between the canyons and drank freely in the lake. What they were thinking was that this was a paradise.

The pain is finally coming to an end.

They wanted to see what went deeper into this paradise, so they went deeper and deeper into the canyon.

Gradually, they discovered a main road surrounded by bushes, but there was an obvious main road here. It seemed that people often came and went here. Moreover, there should be a lot of people coming and going.

Sure enough, they soon heard the sound of horse hooves.

Just a few seconds later, the black cavalry suddenly galloped over and surrounded the two scouts.

These cavalrymen all have a cross mark on their uniforms.

Could it be the Crusaders?

The scouts didn't know much about the Crusaders. They only knew that they were the army of the Cross Chamber of Commerce. The Cross Chamber of Commerce had such a good reputation, so even if the Crusaders were not good people, they were not bad people, right?

As expected, a leader of the Crusaders learned about the situation and extended an invitation to them.

"Since the central government no longer wants you, we want you

. We want to develop a large stronghold here, and we are short of people. As long as you come, you will have food and clothing. If you join our Crusade, make achievements, and be promoted to a noble position, it will not be a problem."

Soon, the scouts told the city lord, the captain of each guard army, about such an attractive invitation.

The captains informed each other about the Shanyin Grand Canyon and held a meeting. Almost every captain wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, but no one dared to do it.

Leaving the city and going elsewhere is an act of naked treason.

However, some captains believed that they did not join the Crusaders, but worked there in exchange for good food and living environment.

In theory, this is true, but are there so many Gray civilians that they are not moved? Will they not be assimilated? Once they live there, will they leave in the future?

In the end, no one takes the lead as a practitioner, and everyone is still suffering.

About half a month ago, the Gray civilians in Shanyin City finally started a long-planned rebellion because they couldn't stand the living conditions. But the weapons in their hands were nothing more than sickles, hoes, and at most hammers and other tools.

Although the number of the five hundred guards was small, they had armor and advanced weapons. Therefore, they showed no mercy in order to suppress the rebellion.

In the end, the tragedy happened. More than a thousand civilians died and countless were injured. However, the five hundred guards were only slightly injured at most and none of them died. Because the civilians still failed to take the weapons from the guards after paying a heavy price.

Weapons, the situation cannot be changed.

The Gray civilians cried to heaven and earth, complaining about the injustice of heaven and cursing the cruel rule of Jiang Zhi's forces. This was contrary to the admonition Jiang Feng left before leaving.

Jiang Feng once told the captain of the guard that he must ensure the safety of civilians and protect their lives, because Jiang Zhizhi's forces had promised that they would never discriminate against the Grays or treat them badly.

The captain of the guard felt extremely ashamed. He had not fulfilled the lord's entrustment. Looking at the gray men holding the corpses of their relatives, the captain of the guard knelt down to apologize to them and promised to give them clean water in the future.

However, in fact, the conflicts in the city have expanded infinitely, the wounded cannot receive good treatment, and clean water is very scarce, not enough for everyone.

The guards had long since thought of defecting, and many scouts did not come back after going out.

The captain finally couldn't bear it anymore. For the sake of more than 10,000 lives, he chose to be a sinner. He contacted the Crusaders in the Grand Canyon, and they sent troops to escort him personally.

Before the captain left Shanyin, he left behind dozens of soldiers. Because these soldiers had family members in Wangcheng, they could not leave, nor could they bear the charge of defecting.

Since Shanyin City set an example, the guard captains in neighboring cities have followed suit, and almost all of them accepted the invitation of the Crusaders to go to the Shanyin Grand Canyon.

Today, there are only a dozen or so large and small cities around, and there are very few guards still holding on. They are struggling to survive, waiting for instructions from the central government. But fortunately, the number of people is already very small, and the water shortage problem has been alleviated. Even if it continues

It won't be a big problem if you live for a few months.

They firmly believed that as long as the fighting on the front line was over, the central government would definitely send people.

But what they don't know is that there are tens of millions of civilians migrating on the front line, and there is a huge dark crisis to deal with, so what happened in the remote city of Beiming has never reached Jiang Feng's ears.
Chapter completed!