A few days later, all the disciples sent by the Tianxiahui cities arrived in Songyao.
After a day of rest, they set out for the Southern Region under the leadership of Yan Xiong.
This time, there are as many as 5,000 disciples from Tianxiahui going to the Southern Region to eliminate the Japanese.
In addition to the five thousand ordinary disciples, there are thirty-five people of the ninth grade, seventeen people of the eighth grade, six people of the seventh grade, three people of the sixth grade, and one person of the fifth grade.
If it were the fifth rank, there would only be a few of the 108 Tianchi Evils in the world, but because of the need to leave someone to guard the old nest, Yan Xiong only brought one of the two ghosts from Qishan on this trip.
The Twin Ghosts of Qishan were pseudo fifth-rank people recommended by Weng Sha and others to join the Tianxia Association.
The two are a pair of brothers, and they are good at a spiritual martial art called Soul Devouring Technique.
In addition to the 5,000 people from the Tianxia Society, there were also more than 3,000 independent martial artists who gathered in Songyao and prepared to join the Tianxia Society and go to the Southern Region together.
The team, totaling more than 8,000 people and approaching 10,000 people, can be said to be extremely large.
Looking from the sky above the wilderness, a long team was moving slowly forward, which was quite shocking.
Because the team was so large, the progress was not very fast.
It would have taken four days to reach Beihan Pass, but it took five days.
At noon that day, the spring sun was shining brightly.
At Beihan Pass, Qin Shuang stood at the gate and looked across.
Although Beihan Pass is just a pass, it is built more majestically than an ordinary city.
The city wall of the pass is more than seventy feet high and is made entirely of the hardest black stone.
On the city wall, seven divine crossbows that were said to be able to kill masters were pointing their huge arrows outside.
"Master Qin, the gang leader and his men are only three miles away from the pass!"
A spy climbed up the city wall and reported to Qin Shuang.
Qin Shuang nodded, said nothing, and stared outside the pass.
Ever since several halls of the Demonic Cult retreated to the direction of Beihan Pass some time ago, there have been people from the Demonic Cult wandering around the pass almost every day.
The reputation of the Demonic Cult was so bad that Qin Shuang had to be extremely vigilant and had someone load the closed Shenwu crossbow with arrows.
Although the Shenwu Crossbow may not be able to kill a master as claimed, it is indeed a threat to high-level warriors.
If you are not careful, it is possible that you will be shot dead.
After watching for a while and seeing the spy from the Demonic Cult who was spying outside the pass retreat, Qin Shuang withdrew his gaze and turned to leave the pass.
"Let people be alert and don't let the people from the Demon Sect enter the city.
If there are any experts coming through, don't hesitate, just use the Divine Crossbow!"
He gave instructions as he went down.
After returning to the City Lord's Mansion in Guanli, he immediately brought his men to the outside of the Guanli Pass in the direction of Mobei, and stood outside the Guanli Pass ready to welcome Yan Xiong.
"Have you found Wu Changsheng's disciple?"
He asked his disciples about the waiting time.
This time, everything went smoothly when he took over Beihan Pass, and nothing unexpected happened.
On the night that Wu Changsheng was assassinated by the Qisha Tower, he took his men to control the pass.
The only small trouble was that Wu Changsheng's only disciple, Xie Lianfeng, escaped.
Although he heard that this guy was only a ninth-rank, in order to prevent any accidents, he still sent people to hunt him down.
"Please forgive me, my lord. That guy sneaked into the Kuilang Hall of the Heavenly Demon Cult. The brothers who were chasing him didn't dare to get close, so..."
Behind Qin Shuang stood a man with a somewhat gloomy face.
The man was not very old, probably only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
This man's name is Xu Ying, and he is from a branch of a small local family in Beihan Pass.
His martial arts skills were weak, he was only a ninth-rank martial artist, but because he had studied at the Zhongyuan Academy, he had a very useful brain.
As soon as Tianxiahui occupied this place, he defected to Tianxiahui and is now assisting Qin Shuang in managing Beihan Pass.
"Then don't worry about him for now. He can't cause any trouble. Even Qi Liancheng has tacitly agreed that we will take this place. Even if he wants to take revenge, it will be useless.
However, you should be careful when you go out. Although several local people in the pass have surrendered, it is only on the surface.
In their eyes, our Tianxiahui will always be inferior to the Eighteen Cities of Qilian, and they will definitely make some small moves.
And you, the one who betrayed them, will probably become a thorn in their eyes."
Although Beihan Pass is small, there are still several forces.
Moreover, these forces are both xenophobic and united.
Xu Ying openly joined the Tianxiahui, and because of his familiarity with Beihanguan, he helped the Tianxiahui do several things that undermined the interests of the local people.
Therefore, there is no guarantee that they will assassinate Xu Ying.
"Sir, you can actually consider my previous suggestion."
Xu Ying did not answer Qin Shuang's question, but said this.
"Let's wait for the gang leader to make the decision on this matter! After all, there are several families with a total number of thousands of people. If we kill them, problems are bound to arise."
Qin Shuang shook his head.
Xu Ying is very cruel; this is Qin Shuang's impression of him.
This guy actually suggested that Qin Shuang kill all the families except their Xu family.
Although doing so would be of great benefit to the Tianxiahui's control over this place, Qin Shuang still didn't want to do it.
First, if we continue to massacre and plunder these families after they have already surrendered, it will damage the reputation of the Tianxiahui.
The second reason is that Xu Ying is a bit selfish.
If all other families were wiped out, the Xu family would be the only force in Beihan Pass besides the Tianxiahui.
It is easy to imagine what the Xu family will get by then.
Boom…
“Here it comes!”
First there was a slight vibration, followed by the deafening sound of horse hooves.
Hearing the voice, Qin Shuang was shocked and looked hurriedly into the distance.
In the distance, a huge crowd of people was seen rolling in, raising a cloud of smoke.
The expeditionary force led by Yan Xiong has arrived.
The scene of tens of thousands of people gathering together is really spectacular, and it makes people feel terrified.
When the locals around, except for the Tianxiahui disciples, saw this scene, they couldn't help but break out in cold sweats and clench their weapons with pale faces.
"What are you afraid of, you useless bastard? That's our leader, what do you have to be afraid of? You're really bringing shame to us Beihan people!"
Upon seeing this, Xu Ying became furious and scolded him angrily.
Qin Shuang glanced at him, then turned back and continued to look at the huge team.
Although Xu Ying was a thorn in the eyes of those local forces, he had a high prestige in the eyes of the locals who joined the Tianxiahui.
"Welcome, Master!"
"Welcome to the Gang Master! Welcome to the Gang Master!"
…
Yan Xiong came closer, looked around, and then looked at Qin Shuang.
"Everyone, get up!"
"Thank you, Master, Gang Leader!"
Everyone stood up.
Some people looked at Yan Xiong cautiously, while others lowered their heads and dared not look at Yan Xiong.
These are the disciples Qin Shuang recruited here.
"Master, I have prepared a banquet to welcome you, please come in!"
Qin Shuang said respectfully.
Yan Xiong nodded, and took Bu Jingyun, Nie Feng and others to follow him into the city.
As for the more than 8,000 people behind, there will naturally be someone to entertain them.