In the evening, the Jing'an Army abandoned the squad hunting mode and regrouped.
Of course, the focus of the assembly is on the elite warriors from the counties and the Divine Armor Black Armor. The soldiers from other camps are just incidental and will not be of much use in a real fight.
The reason why Captain Jing'an re-activated the city guards to rotate guards was to prevent the painted-skin ghost from retaliating against his soldiers.
As for whether the city guards who were changing shifts again would be attacked by ghosts, he couldn't care less.
After all, the Jing'an Army and the City Guards are two different systems. As a superior, he will only try his best to protect his own soldiers, and the City Guards where ghosts are hiding will not receive his attention.
Qu Du of the city guard was no fool. He had watched elite soldiers kill ghosts for an entire afternoon, so how could he not understand the dangers of the night?
"The damned Jing'an Army simply doesn't treat us city guards as human beings. They angered the ghosts in the city and asked us to keep watch.
Tell the brothers below that they can just pretend to patrol tonight, and the soldiers on duty at the four gates should not leave the gatehouse at night."
"Commander Qu, this isn't a good idea. Captain Jing'an is not someone you can easily mess with. If we try to sneak around and try to be cunning, he'll probably hold us accountable.
If at daybreak he hands over a document to the county office, how will we explain it?"
"An explanation? We've already explained everything to him, so who can give us an explanation?
If anyone is brave enough to live long enough, I will never stop him. If you want peace, just be honest and be lazy for once.
He can't punish all of us, but as long as I can save my brothers' lives, I'll quit being the city's guard commander."
If Zhou Yuan were here, he would definitely find that there is not only a health bar on the head of the city guard Qu Du, but also his identity information 【Level 12 Painted Skin Warrior】.
However, even if he is a painted skin, everything he does is under the banner of protecting his subordinates, and no one can find any fault with him.
After pacifying the city guards, he quickly returned to Chunrongfang in the east of the city and the residence of the county prime minister's assistant Luo.
"Lord Luo, as you said, Captain Jing'an is a selfish man.
Now the four gates of the city are back in our hands, and we have no worries about the route out of the city."
"Okay, tonight we will fight and retreat at the same time, leading the Jing'an Army out of the city, making them think that the secret realm we came from is hidden outside the city, not inside.
As long as we leave this city, they will find us in the vast wilderness, and only then will we be truly safe."
When the county magistrate's assistant Luo Ying was communicating with the city guard Qu Du, a warrior with painted skin hurried over.
"Lord Luo, the regrouped Jing'an Army is heading straight for Chunrongfang. The surrounding civilians have been led by their soldiers to Minfang in the west of the city."
"Don't panic. I knew they wouldn't just wipe out some gangs and brothels when they entered the city. The county officials are their real target.
Let all the tribesmen wear armor. Although the city guards' iron armor is crude, it is much stronger than linen skin.
Also, bring more large shield bows and spears. Their demon-killing arrows are powerful, but if they can't hit us, they won't be very effective."
"Yes, sir."
With the presence of the Painted Skin Qu Du of the City Guard, the City Guard Arsenal has long been controlled by the Painted Skins.
Although they cannot use the city guards to attack the Jing'an Army, they still have the ability to activate their weapons.
“Manning, you are our leader in combat, so tonight you will play the role of mother.
Once my mother changes her fate and gives birth to flesh and blood, all our efforts will be rewarded."
"Why bother saying more, Mr. Luo? Manning can't fool the blood test. Since there's no way out, why not fight them to the death?"
"Alright, let's let them lose some of their lives today, so that they can win meritorious service and protect our safety and well-being."
Luo Ying, the assistant to the county magistrate, glanced at the secluded courtyard from afar, hoping that his mother would succeed, otherwise their fight would be meaningless.
As the Painted Skins put on their armor and prepared for battle, the Jing'an Army also surrounded Chunrongfang, and a war between humans and ghosts was about to break out.
"Order the soldiers of the three battalions to wield spears with blood-curdling arrows, to form a battle array and await orders. Order the military officers to use the psychic fluid to act as the soldiers' eyes and ears, directing their attacks.
My assistant soldiers escorted the nearby civilians into Yaowufang in the west of the city and stationed there to maintain law and order."
"promise."
As military orders were issued one after another, the auxiliary troops withdrew in an orderly manner, leaving behind 1,200 regular soldiers from the third battalion.
"Order all those under the Xuanjia to use the Spirit Revealing Liquid, attach evil-suppressing arrows to their spears, and patrol Chunrongfang.
He ordered Dubo Zhou Yuan to temporarily command the Divine Arm, climb the wall and cling to the top, waiting for an opportunity to kill the evil spirits and ghosts."
"promise."
As soon as Zhou Yuan climbed up the three-story wooden building in the market town, he saw an official wearing the standard black robe of the Wei Dynasty, shouting outside.
If the soldiers of Wuwei Camp had not forcibly stopped him, he would have even rushed into the army formation.
"Captain Jiang, I am the prefecture governor, Wang Hun, and my son is still in Chunrongfang.
My son is a human being, not a ghost. I personally pricked his blood for a medical examination this afternoon. You must not kill him."
At this moment, the county prime minister Wang Hun was extremely devastated.
When the family was evacuating Chunrongfang as usual, their son Wang Li suddenly shouted that he wanted to protect Zhang Manning and found an opportunity to run away secretly.
He knew that asking the Jing'an Army to distinguish between painted skins and ordinary people would make things difficult for these soldiers.
If his son dared to appear on the streets of the market at night, he would most likely be shot and killed as a painted-skin ghost.
Therefore, he wanted to see Captain Jing'an very much and ask him to send warriors from the subordinate counties to save his son's life.
But at this time of war, his request could not be met, and the Jing'an Captain, as the commander of the central army, could not see him.
In the end, the heartbroken county governor was carried away by his soldiers, and he didn't even get to see any military officers.
Fortunately, the soldiers of Wuwei Camp passed his request to Captain Jing'an, but they did not receive any response from the cold-faced captain.
"Beat the Flame Drum and release the kerosene arrows towards Luofu three minutes southeast."
After the military order was issued, the soldiers of the Shesheng Camp lit the arrows covered with oilcloth and fired a rain of arrows towards the Luo Mansion.
The soldiers of the Wuwei Camp also held a variety of incendiaries and continuously threw them into the Luo Mansion in a small group charge mode.
Captain Jing'an's move was not only to force the Painted Skin Ghost out of Luo's mansion, but also to create a stable light source.
Under the influence of the dull drum sounds, the ability of the flame to spread was partially weakened, and the ability to burn rapidly was partially amplified.
After only a quarter of an hour, the wooden buildings in Luo Mansion became a stable light source, and the full combustion state greatly reduced the smoke and dust they produced.
"Kill! Break through the government troops' formations and avenge our kinsmen who died in vain in broad daylight."
"Teams one, two, and three shed their skins and emerged as ghosts, snatching and killing the soldiers."
"Let Wang Li take over. As long as the Jing'an Army shoots him, the county office and the military fort will become disunited, and it will be difficult for them to enter the city again."
Five teams of painted skins in iron armor rushed out from various mansions, each team had about a dozen or twenty people, and the total number was less than a hundred.
But their strength should not be underestimated. Multiple teams attacked different targets separately, and three teams of ghosts cooperated in the operation. They caused some damage to the Wuwei Camp as soon as they came into contact.
Captain Jing'an quickly deployed eight warriors from the subordinate counties into the battle formation to stabilize the army formation that was under attack.
But the leader of the group, Wang Li, who was at the front, died. He was a level 2 monster and was so weak that he was pierced through the chest by a soldier from the Wuwei Camp.
At this moment of military confrontation, let alone him, even if a captain and confidant like Cai Cheng stood opposite him, the soldiers of the Wuwei Camp would stab him to death.
Therefore, the love leader Wang Li is destined not to be protected and can only become a disposable tool to intensify the conflict.
Zhou Yuan didn't even notice his death, as he was concentrating on watching the Yin Gui team shoot arrows.
"God Arm Team, quickly fire at the Yin spirits and eliminate the intangible targets."