Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16366 Withdrawal
In less than an hour, all 120 large magical artifacts that had accompanied the expedition were filled with ordinary people. At this point, General Li did not seek personal glory and immediately ordered a retreat.

Following his command, the army began to retreat, and at a considerable speed. At this moment, the Blood Slaughter Sect seemed to have only just reacted, and some of their troops had already begun to attack the army. However, the army's objective this time was not to annihilate them, so they fought as they retreated. There were simply too many of them this time, and the Blood Slaughter Sect members seemed to have no time to react. The troops they sent to attack the army were all disorganized and small-scale, so the two sides fought and retreated continuously.

However, the closer they got to Thousand Lotus Mountain, the more enemies attacked them. Eventually, they even developed a shape-shifting shield. But they were already very close to Thousand Lotus Mountain. After paying some price, the army crossed Thousand Lotus Mountain. The Blood Slaughter Sect members, perhaps fearing an ambush, did not pursue them but instead all retreated.

In fact, General Li knew that this was all an act by the Blood Slaughter Sect. All the ordinary people in Sanhe Plain were already disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect. If they really wanted to fight, those rogue cultivators would be no match for them. However, they were willingly captured. Of course, they had to act as if they had resisted. The people of the Blood Slaughter Sect knew very well that these ordinary people would not be killed. Even if they were captured, they would be placed in a place in the Divine Kingdom and would not be killed.

As for the lack of a large-scale attack, that was intentional. For the Blood Slaughter Sect, attacking those people would be far too easy. But if they didn't let them go this time, how could they send more people next time? So the Blood Slaughter Sect deliberately let them go this time.

Once General Li and his men returned to the defensive line, he immediately ordered the large magical artifacts to transport all the people on board to the rear. This time, they had captured more than ten million ordinary people, which was a considerable number. The Divine Kingdom had also made some arrangements to disperse these ordinary people and integrate them into the villages and towns under its control.

Their purpose in doing this was to ensure that the kidnapped people, no matter where they went, would be unable to form a group, allowing the locals to make up the majority. In this way, even if the kidnapped people wanted to cause trouble, they would not dare to do so.

However, what they didn't expect was that this was actually Gongliang Juewen's deliberate arrangement. The reason for doing so was to allow as many of the abducted ordinary people as possible to enter various villages and towns. The reason for this was that those people were essentially seeds of revolution. No matter which village they were assigned to, the people in that village would soon become members of the Blood Slaughter Sect. When the Blood Slaughter Sect launched a full-scale attack on the Divine Kingdom, those people could cooperate from within and without, making it much easier to deal with the people of the Divine Kingdom at that time.

After General Li and his men finished dealing with the matters at the front and those large magical artifacts, they directly reported the news to Gongliang Juewen. At the same time, he also expressed his concerns, believing that the Blood Slaughter Sect would definitely retaliate and that they should prepare for defense. He wrote all of this into a letter and handed it directly to Gongliang Juewen.

Gongliang Juewen summoned Qingxuan and Wanhai to the main hall and convened a grand court assembly. Once everyone had arrived, Gongliang Juewen took out General Li's jade slip and addressed the crowd: "I'm sure you've all received the news, right? General Li and his men did a great job this time. The army directly entered the rebel-occupied area and captured everyone in Sanhe Plain. They also destroyed the grain there. This is great news for us. Sanhe Plain is arguably the largest grain-producing area in the rebel-occupied region. Once all the grain there is destroyed, it will be a problem for the enemy to make Bigu Pills. This operation can be considered a great success. However, General Li also mentioned a problem: the enemy's movements."

He paused here, glanced at the crowd below, and then continued, "General Li said that the enemy will definitely retaliate, so we must be prepared to meet them and also prevent them from retaliating in the same way. Everyone, please tell me what we should do?"

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen's words, everyone frowned. They weren't afraid of the Blood Slaughter Sect's retaliation; their concern was that they had no way to deal with the Blood Slaughter Sect's Five Elements Dividing Light Realm. At this moment, Qingxuan spoke up: "It's almost impossible for the enemy to retaliate against us in the same way, because they don't possess large magical artifacts. Their shape-shifting shields, while capable of attacking our large magical artifacts and breaking through our mountain-protecting formation, cannot hold people. They can't hold too many people inside at once, so even if they wanted to take those ordinary people back, they couldn't do it."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback, but then they all nodded. Qingxuan continued, "If they can't retaliate against us in the same way, then there's nothing to worry about. All our bases have underground bases. When the enemy attacks, we just need to wait for them in the underground bases. If they dare to enter the underground bases, then we'll make sure they don't leave alive. If they don't enter the underground bases, then there's nothing to worry about. They can't possibly attack ordinary people. If they do attack ordinary people, then it's actually a good thing for us. At that time, all the ordinary people will support us in fighting them. Then we can spread this news to the rebel territories, and they'll probably never get the support of those ordinary people again."

Everyone nodded, and Gongliang Juewen also nodded. He then said, "That's true, but to be honest, I still don't really like it this way. Everyone, think about it, is there any way to break through their shape-shifting shields?"

At this point, Gongliang Juewen turned to Wenjing and said, "Wenjing, why don't you tell us? After all, you're an expert in magic arrays."

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen's words, Wen Jing frowned and then said, "Your Majesty, I don't know whether the enemy is using a magic array or not, because I've never heard of such a magic array before. Generally, large magic arrays are divided into defensive arrays and illusion arrays. Everyone knows about defensive arrays; many cities and sects have them. Illusion arrays are not used very often because it is extremely difficult to set up a large illusion array. As for large offensive magic arrays, they are even rarer, almost non-existent, because they are even more difficult to set up. Generally, defensive arrays are divided into defensive arrays and barrier arrays. Defensive arrays are mainly for defense, while barrier arrays are generally used for sealing. They can also defend, but relatively speaking, the sealing effect is better."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "The array the enemy is using now appears to be a defensive array, but I've never heard of a defensive array whose shield can deform. Although I haven't heard of a defensive array's shield being deformable, the basic principle of the enemy's array is the same as a defensive array. It looks strong because they're using the defensive shield to attack, and the attack method is actually impact. We all know that defensive array shields are very strong; if you use a defensive shield to impact an enemy, the enemy's defensive array can indeed be broken; if you impact a large magical artifact, the large magical artifact can indeed be destroyed. So the enemy is actually using a deformable defensive array, but how they deform it, we don't know yet."

"Besides that, there's another point: the energy source of their magic array. Because their array is suspended in mid-air, it's impossible for them to use the power of earth veins or water veins as their energy source. Therefore, their energy source can only be the people inside their protective shield. This is why there are so many people inside their shield. But the problem remains: we still don't know how they set up this array, let alone what kind of array they used. Under these circumstances, it will be extremely difficult for us to deal with them. In fact, there are two major difficulties. First, their shield is movable. We can't attack them continuously like we would a fixed defensive array. They move and run, so we can't attack a single point. It will be extremely difficult to break through their shield by force. Second, we don't know what kind of array they used, so we have no way to break through that shield using technical means. It will be extremely difficult to break through that shield unless we have a magical artifact with extremely powerful attack power that can break through their shield in one strike. Otherwise, it will indeed be very difficult to deal with their shield."

Everyone listened to him, and after he finished speaking, Gongliang Juewen looked at Wenjing and said, "So, we have no way to break through that shield right now, right?"

Wen Jing thought for a moment, then said, "There is one method we can try: use the sect's most treasured magical artifact, held by the strongest member of the sect, to attack their protective shields and see if we can break through them. This method may not be successful, and the enemy may even steal the artifact."

Gongliang Juewen frowned upon hearing his words, and then said in a deep voice, "No, this is too risky. The treasures that each family cherishes cannot be used lightly. If they are really taken away by the enemy, the losses for each family will be too great. Most importantly, if they really take away the treasures that they cherish, won't that make them even stronger? So this method won't work."