In the following three days, Xiao Bailong selected 600,000 people from the army, divided them into ten detachments, and gathered in Magnolia City.

On the night of the fourth day, Bian secretly set off in batches.

In this war-torn period, the movement of troops was normal, and no one doubted it.

Xiao Bailong, Liu Tingfeng, and the Tiger King acted separately, with Bai Xiaolong following in the first army, Liu Tingfeng following in the middle army, and the Tiger King pressing in the rear.

These 600,000 people set out at different times and took different routes, almost all of them chose to march in remote and uninhabited places.

In order to attract the attention of the demon army, Nan Buyi, Wei Wuji, Wu Changkong and Shangguan Qingsleeve all led their respective armies and stationed them not far from the Xiaoshui River, where they set up camp, and seemed to be ready to launch a general attack at any time.

The army of Xiyu Kingdom made such a gesture, and Qu Yunyang naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately let Yuwen Junxiong and Tang Yuansi also lead the army to approach the Xiaoshui River, ready to fight at any time.

Mu Qianmei thought that acting would have to play a full set, so she asked the four generals to take turns approaching the Xiaoshui River, and even made it look like they were going to cross the river again and again, on the bank of the river near the Xiyu Country, there were rows of boats, occasionally pretending to cross the river at night, and only when they saw that the other party's defense was too tight, they were forced to retreat.

Sometimes, the two sides would shoot arrows at each other on the Xiaoshui River, as if a major battle would break out at any moment.

However, every time, when the army of the Xiyu Kingdom saw that the situation was evolving towards a big war, they immediately chose to retreat.

In this way, the army of the Demon Realm was forced to keep an eye on the army of the Xiyu Kingdom on the edge of the Xiaoshui River, and did not dare to relax in the slightest, as if they were not careful, they would forcibly cross the river and then land.

The army of the Demon Realm, which had suffered a big loss on the Xiaoshui River, did not dare to make any more mistakes.

Moreover, because they had been defeated by the Xiyu Kingdom with fire attacks on the Xiaoshui River, they did not dare to connect the ships again, nor did they dare to escape the army close to the Xiyu Kingdom.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years, he was afraid of the well rope, and now the army of the demon world on the Xiaoshui River always looks cautious.

In Hongchang City, Qu Yunyang temporarily lived in the City Lord's Mansion, which became a temporary palace in the Demon Realm, and many civil and military ministers gathered here.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and it is now the second day of February.

In Hongchang City, many ordinary people have held sacrificial activities in accordance with local customs.

According to the habits of previous years, they should go to the river temple on the bank of the Xiaoshui River to worship the river god, but now in the Xiaoshui River, the two armies are facing each other, and the small battles are continuous, and the people naturally can't get close easily.

As a result, the people had no choice but to choose to carry out the sacrificial ceremony on the bank of the moat of Hongchang City.

The moat of Hongchang City is only two or three zhang wide, which is far worse than the Xiaoshui River with a width of two or three hundred zhang.

The water of the Xiaoshui River is very magnificent and the waves are rolling, while the water of the moat is almost impossible to see any signs of flow due to the gentle terrain.

On one of the banks of the Xiaoshui River, there is a very large river temple, where there are many buildings and a huge square, where hundreds of thousands or even millions of people gather on the second day of February every year to worship the river god and then hold many activities, just like the temple fairs in the New Year in other places.

It's a pity that this year is a special period, and their temple fair has been canceled, and the people are deeply sorry for this, and at the same time, they are deeply helpless.

It's just that for the people living in Hongchang City, the temple fair can be canceled, but the activity of worshiping the river god cannot be canceled, in order to pray for a year of good weather and abundant grains, even in times of war, they must insist on holding this event.

In the moat of Hongchang City, there are also four small river temples, although the temple is not big, but the incense of the four seasons is very vigorous, many old people will go to the temple to burn incense and worship the river god all year round, in the past, every time they go out to fish or return from fishing, they have to worship every month on the fifteenth day of the first month, they have to worship each festival every year, and they also have to worship red and white ceremonies, so that the river temple will burn incense almost every day.

Today is the day when the second dragon raises its head in February, so it is even more necessary to worship.

Can't go to the river temple by the Xiaoshui River, the people of Hongchang City choose to hold worship activities in the four river temples of the moat, these four river temples are just in the southeast and northwest of Hongchang City, which is not far from the exit of the city gate, therefore, those people just choose to go to the nearest river temple from themselves, the east of the city to the east gate, the west of the city to the west gate, the south of the city to the south gate, the north gate of the north of the city.

In addition to the people in the city, the people outside the city also spontaneously chose to participate in the worship ceremony at the nearest river temple.

Therefore, the four river temples on this day began to be lively from early in the morning, and people gathered together one after another.

Perhaps because of the war, there are more people worshipping the river god this year than in previous years, and probably everyone hopes that the war will end as soon as possible and return to a peaceful and peaceful life, so they have pinned their hopes on the river god.

The entrance of each mountain temple is filled with rows of rich offerings, including slaughtered pigs and sheep, fresh chickens and ducks, and various paper-tied dragon boats and treasure boats, which are colorful and dazzling.

On this day, the incense of each river temple became more vigorous, on the candlestick, rows of candles were constantly lit all day long, and the incense in the incense burner emitted a thick smoke, so that the smell of incense and candles could be smelled within ten miles around.

At noon, five or six hundred thousand people gathered in each river temple, and the scene was incomparably spectacular.

If you look down from the sky, you can see that the entire Hongchang City is surrounded by people, and there are people everywhere.

There is a very high mountain peak in Hongchang City, called Shennong Mountain, there is a Yaowang Temple on the top of the mountain, and the Yaowang Temple on the first floor is dedicated to Shennong.

Usually, there are many people who come to Yaowang Temple to burn incense, but at this moment, Shennong Mountain is deserted, almost no human figure can be seen, and incense candles are also lit on the candlestick and in the incense burner, but there are only a few branches, which looks very quiet.

However, today's Medicine God Temple has welcomed an extremely distinguished guest, that is, Qu Yunyang, the Emperor of the Demon Realm.

Accompanying him was Fan Moyou, the military master of the Demon Realm.

Qu Yunyang stood at the door of the Sanqing Hall on the third floor of the Yaowang Temple, which is the real highest place in Hongchang City, and if you walk around the corridor on this floor, you can see all the places in Hongchang City.

As soon as noon arrived, the four river temples were filled with the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and the priests presiding over the worship.

Of course, there are also the voices of the common people praying sincerely.

All kinds of sounds are mixed together, it sounds noisy, but fortunately it is far away here, and only people with high cultivation can hear all kinds of sounds, and if they are low cultivation, they can probably hear the crackling sound of firecrackers.

Qu Yunyang was silent for a long time before he said leisurely:

"Can the river gods really bless them?"

Fan Moyou replied softly:

"It is said that sincerity is spirituality, but in fact, the people are just asking for peace of mind!"

Qu Yunyang said in a flat tone:

"The real god is probably busy fighting for power and profit every day, how can he have time to care about the life and death of the people, it is said that the battle in the god world is no less than that in the fairy world!"

Fan Moyou replied thoughtfully:

"Whether it is a god or an immortal, after all, it is all cultivated by people, and people's hearts are insufficient, the higher the cultivation, the more things you want, and the divine realm will naturally not be truly peaceful."

Qu Yunyang pondered for a moment, then continued:

"The people are usually frugal, and they are reluctant to eat a good bite, but they are very generous to the river god, and every household takes out the best things to carry out this sacrifice activity, and I don't know if the river god will remember that someone is worshipping him on this day."

Fan Mo pondered for a long time before he replied in a low voice:

"Of course he knows that gods also need to cultivate, and the more prosperous the people's incense, the better the improvement of his cultivation, but I don't know if he has the spare time to keep the party safe!"

At this point, both of them suddenly did not want to continue the topic, so they fell silent again.

After a long time, Qu Yunyang changed the topic and said:

"With so many people coming out to participate in this sacrifice today, are the city guards manpower enough?"

Fan Moyou immediately replied respectfully:

"The emperor doesn't have to worry, although our manpower is not large, but the cultivation is good, it is enough to maintain the order of the people's sacrificial activities, and on such days, the people also participate in the sacrificial activities in peace, for fear of offending the gods, and there will be no contradictions and conflicts."

"So, although there are a lot of people going out today, it's actually a little calmer than usual."

Qu Yunyang looked at the crowds of people in the distance, and said casually:

"I don't know how many of these people are spies of Xiyu Country, this Mu Qianmei, who attaches great importance to intelligence, even opened two intelligence agencies, Suzaku Hall and Qingping Division, and they are everywhere and pervasive, and even our every move is under her control, turning our surprise attack into a siege war."

When Fan Moyou heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, thought about it, and replied worriedly:

"This ubiquitous spy really makes us passive everywhere, if we can dig it out one by one."

Speaking of this, Fan Moyou suddenly remembered the last time he was attacked by Liu Tingfeng from behind, so he said with a solemn expression:

"Actually, what's even more worrying is that if someone comes to attack them, and there are so many people covering for them, it will be even harder for us to find out."

When Qu Yunyang heard this, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, yes, there are two or three million people as cover, if Xiyu Country has an army in the rear, wouldn't this sneak attack be even more unguardable!

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a dragon chant from the north, and I saw that behind the river temple over there, there was a white long dragon rising up in the air and appearing in front of the people.

The dragon appeared, and the worship of the river god really appeared?

Qu Yunyang immediately exclaimed:

"Not good, there are enemy troops!"

As he spoke, he immediately got up and jumped and flew in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion, followed by Fan Moyou.