Judging from the long history of this continent, since the rise of the human race, all other monsters and monsters have been swept to every corner, lingering in what the human race calls a barren land.
But since ancient times, there has been a saying that prosperity and decline, destiny cannot last forever.
After thousands of years of glory, the human race has now slowly become lonely.
In the mainland, excluding the land occupied by the demon clan, the remaining human territory is divided into ten parts and is led by more than ten powerful countries.
They have conquered each other and fought continuously for thousands of years.
Although the long-term war forged batches of strong men, the foundations of countless human races were also consumed during the war.
A large amount of essence was meaninglessly lost and wasted in the civil war.
In general, there has been progress in this thousand years of war, but it is so insignificant compared to the losses caused by regression.
Now, on the continent, all dynasties are experiencing natural and man-made disasters, and everything is full of turmoil.
Within the dynasty, the monarch was fatuous, the officials were greedy, and the people at the bottom were plundering and it was difficult to survive.
A large number of demons have also appeared in the basic living place of the human race, and countless ghosts and legends have continued, witnessing the chaos of this world.
It can be said that the human race has brought itself down.
Otherwise, if it were placed thousands of years ago, when the human race was at its peak, not to mention the Yellow Mountain Demon King was causing trouble, even the demons in the territory of the human race would not be seen in a hundred miles.
Often when demons have just emerged, the humane masters who monitor them from all over the world dare not subjugate the demons, and there is no chance of success at all.
The cathode must be reversed, and the yang must decline when it is strong.
After thousands of years of turmoil, the power of the human race has weakened, and the demon race has also begun to rise.
Just like the current Huangshan Demon King.
"So, it is only right to eliminate these monsters first and unify the four prefectures of Dongjiang Province."
Rubbing his brows, Zhong Yu swept away the information that kept flashing through his mind just now and determined what he should do now.
Although the entire four prefectures in the eastern part of Dongjiang Province fell and lost most of their territory, the people in the occupied areas were also ravaged by those demons, making it difficult to survive.
But these things have only happened for half a year, and they don't last long.
And in the past six months, these areas were not snatched away all at once, there was a process.
This can also be certain of one thing, that is, the population of counties and counties within the four prefectures will not be completely lost, and a considerable number of people will survive.
After all, there are only so many demons, and even at their peak, there were no more than 100,000.
With such a small number of people scattered around, spread over such a vast area, and a considerable number of troops still needed to be assembled to deal with the Ming court's counterattack, how could it really kill too many people.
These demons only captured some major cities and did not harm many villages and towns scattered in the countryside.
Therefore, among the vast countryside around the city, there are still relatively intact villages, retaining a large part of the population.
Besides, there is no need for those demons to go to the countryside to find those smelly, hard, rough-skinned and thick-flesh farmers to eat.
In major cities, the pampered residents with fine skin and tender meat can feed them for quite some time.
Even in many cities captured by demons, the residents were not killed, but were kept in captivity.
Every once in a while, the demon will pick out some of the more tender and delicious ones to eat. The demons who are used to living a hard life are quite fond of cherishing and preserving food.
It would be bad to kill so many people at once. They will rot in a few days. It is better to raise them and choose a delicious one whenever you want to eat. It is more cost-effective.
So up to now, there are 26 county capitals in the four prefectures in the eastern part of Dongjiang Province, with more than one million people in the cities. In the past six months, only more than 500,000 people have been eaten by demons, which is not much.
The number of demons is also constantly decreasing, especially during wars. After being beaten unconscious on the battlefield and red-eyed, there is no mood to go to the rear to eat people for entertainment.
The humans in those counties were quite lucky to be able to preserve such a large population.
But now that the war is over, those monsters who fought bloody battles at the front and shed their blood have also returned to the rear, living in the city and becoming monster masters, pampering themselves.
With enough free time, these demons are like nouveau riche, consuming the precious food in their eyes, that is, humans.
And as the taste became more and more accustomed to it, it gradually became delicious.
One wants to eat the breasts of human women, the other likes to eat the eyes of children, and the other wants to eat the chewy flesh of human buttocks.
Being so picky, it is inevitable to waste food. Although there are only a mere 30,000 demons left, the remaining hundreds of thousands of people in the city still cannot bear the consumption, and their numbers are decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Under such a situation, Zhong Yu must speed up and recapture the entire four eastern counties before these people are eaten by those monsters and save the people from the fire.
After all, Zhong Yu wants to rule this world, incorporate it into the many worlds he controls, and become one of them.
The first step to this great goal is to have a solid rear as the foundation for progress in the world.
Nowadays, the eastern part is ravaged by demons. All the gentry and bureaucrats have been killed, and the rest have fled to other safe places. The four dilapidated state capitals are very suitable.
There is no longer the gentry class that is deeply rooted in the local area and has profound influence, like a cancer.
The entire four prefectures in the eastern part of Dongjiang Province can be described as a pure land, just waiting for Zhong Yu to come and take it over, and then beat it into pieces.
In the mountains and forests behind Dongjiang Province, the power of the demons has been exhausted. There is no possibility of success within a hundred years, and there is no need to worry about the future.
The only thing I am worried about is the population problem within the four state capitals.
After half a year of war, especially now that the residents of the four counties are controlled by a group of demons that feed on humans, the depletion of the population is simply unimaginable.
Zhong Yu didn't want to wait for the four counties to be conquered, and then get a desolate land with no roosters for thousands of miles and no human habitation for hundreds of miles. That would be meaningless.
Therefore, it is urgent to expel the demons as soon as possible and restore humane orthodoxy.
Now for every extra day of delay, thousands of human race people will die, and that will be the population under Zhong Yu's rule in the future.
Even if these are ignored, the luck gathered by so many people's bodies is still a considerable amount. It is wasted in the world like this, which makes Zhong Yu feel distressed.
(End of chapter)