Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6544 Three consecutive defeats

After several rounds of national closures, the second round of locust plagues in East Africa finally dropped to just under 10 billion by the time they reached South Asia. However, this level was an unbearable pain for the Cao family.

Cao Cao, who had been ready to mobilize all his manpower and prepare to deal a heavy blow to Ardashir in Kabul, was forcibly summoned back just as he was about to go out. There was no way out, as the rear base was about to explode.

Because of the poor terrain in northern Guizhou, locusts basically will not rush to the Kabul area, but they kill in Kandahar like it's play, easily destroying the farmland and saffron plantations in the Herat area, and then rushing straight to Kandahar.

"I say, brothers, why don't we withdraw now?" Kuang Ding fell silent as he looked at the overwhelming locusts. He and his brothers were the sons-in-law of the Cao and Xiahou families. They came here to learn how to build a country, but a bunch of things happened before they could learn anything.

"I heard that the sixth elder brother took the people in his fiefdom and fled to Turan. I think they can't stand the locust plague anymore." Song Ming was speechless as he looked at the vast and overwhelming locusts.

The middle-level commanders present here all came from ordinary people and had basically experienced locust plagues. However, the locust plagues they had seen were completely different from this one, especially when they heard that this locust plague was only the second round and had not yet reached the level of the ultimate outbreak. Central Asia was doomed.

"We can't learn here with Lao Cao. Why don't we leave? This place is too advanced and I can't learn it." Kuang Ding suggested again. It's not that he can't learn it, but the atmosphere here is somewhat depressing, especially after Lao Cao came back alive, many things became even more difficult, and Kuang Ding felt very uncomfortable staying here.

"Don't retreat yet. Let's see how much impact the locust plague can cause. We brothers will also establish a country in southern Guizhou by then. We should first determine the extent of the impact of this locust plague. After all, this thing can really reach Kushan." Zheng Ke said that he would stay for a while, if for no other reason, just to understand the intensity of the locust plague in East Africa.

The others also felt sad when they heard this. How could they not feel sad when the fields they had worked so hard to grow were eaten by locusts? So when Zheng Ke said this, the others nodded.

Zheng Ke has followed Zhang Fei for many years, so when he was enfeoffed, he was most likely near Ujjain. So we should take this opportunity to go and see what the situation is over there and whether the locust plague is serious. We should also understand how much actual impact the locust plague in East Africa will have on the Indus-Ganges core area. These are all issues that we will face later.

The middle-level officials are basically aware of the enfeoffment system that has been passed down on the other side of the Ganges River. Zhang Fei's enfeoffment of Wu Jiyan is not 100% guaranteed, but at least 90% guaranteed.

As for Cao's defense, it was basically equivalent to lying down and letting the hammer hit him. There was no other way, so Cao led the main force up the Helmand River. However, before they arrived, they received news that a locust plague was passing through. So they hurriedly led their troops back. Due to the time wasted going back and forth, not long after Cao returned, the East African locust plague had already arrived in Kandahar, and there was not much time to prepare for defense.

For people like Song Ming and Kuang Ding, without the protection of the army, they are actually not much stronger than ordinary soldiers. It is really difficult for them to go to the Ganges at this point in time.

In the following days, this group of people saw how the locust plague in East Africa was raging. The Helmand River irrigation area built in the entire Kandahar region was easily eaten up. No matter whether it was rice that had not been harvested in time or sugarcane, they were all eaten up. Such an exaggerated scene made Kuang Ding and his group of officers who came to study gasp. This was too cruel. The East African locusts were too fierce.

If Cao Cao had not come out in full force with Xun Yu in charge, it would not have been possible to cause such a mess. But the previous plan was to "sit on the ground", so of course he had to bring all his elites with him. As a result, all the main forces and backbones were taken away, and the locusts attacked his old nest. Cao Cao felt devastated.

Fortunately, Lao Cao's side had just experienced a large-scale bank run and social and economic turmoil, and everyone had specially stockpiled supplies, just like people who were under lockdown would definitely stockpile some dry food for themselves. Although the new grain was lost, relatively speaking, the overall degree of disaster under Lao Cao's rule was much lighter than that of the Central Asian family. After all, Lao Cao had harvested a lot of grain last year.

Therefore, if they wanted to follow the East African locust plague into the Ganges to investigate at this time, it would be too difficult for Kuang Ding and his group. Even if the Indus-Ganges core area hit by the East African locust plague was in chaos at this time, even if there was chaos, the veterans who had only two or three layers of smelting would be discovered and would definitely be killed easily.

"Brothers, do you have time to go to the Ganges with me?" After watching the entire Kandahar irrigation area being devoured by locusts, Zheng Ke sat on the stone steps and thought for a long time. He then confronted several of his fellow brethren and told them that he wanted to go to the Ganges to see how serious the disaster was there.

Some things are much more effective when seen with your own eyes than when speculated.

Song Ming, Kuang Ding and others were all somewhat embarrassed after hearing this. There was no way, among their group, only Zheng Ke was a truly immortal veteran, and the others were less than three levels of smelting on average. Although they had the strength, they were more of a mid-level commander.

"Okay, then who among you can make a magic mirror? Give me a fool-proof magic mirror that can record real-time light and shadow. I'll go over there and take pictures of the situation so that we can be mentally prepared." Zheng Ke looked at the people present and asked. It didn't matter if others couldn't go, but he would definitely go anyway, as he was working under Zhang Fei for a living.

"That's not a problem. I just happen to know how to do this." Kuang Ding could also understand Zheng Ke's idea. They all wanted to go and see for themselves how much impact the locust plague had on the Indus-Ganges core area. It was a pity that they were not strong enough. If they were discovered, they would definitely be killed. Zheng Ke was different. As long as this guy was careful, even if his internal energy was blocked, he could at least run away. Divine speed and fleeting time were no joke.

Soon Zheng Ke received the secret mirror made by Kuang Ding, explained the situation to his wife, asked her to help write the research report, and then he took some dry food and walked through the mountains to the Kushan side.

Again, the peaks of six or seven thousand meters can stop the army and locusts, but they can't stop the immortal veterans. Even if the Kushans have made some arrangements on the border, facing Zheng Ke's way of moving, there is really no point in stopping them. It didn't take too long for Zheng Ke to successfully reach the Indus-Ganges core area, and when he arrived, the locusts that passed through Central Asia finally arrived. Flying along the coastline, the locusts that ate everything they could arrive at the lower reaches of the Indus River hungry, and then they started to show off.

Ahmadda was one of the first Kushan officers to receive the news. His execution ability was greatly influenced by his brother Gujarat, so after flying back to his homeland, he organized personnel to prepare for defense in the coastal areas of Gujarat.

Various secret techniques and methods passed down from ancestors to prevent locust plagues were used, and they even used the navy that was resting in the Gulf of Kutch to set up a blocking line as much as possible.

There was no way. This was the time when grain in the Indus River region was about to mature. Every day of delay meant a sharp reduction in subsequent pressure.

Under the rule of Brahmanism, the middle and lower castes can eat less, but they cannot go without food. When they are really about to starve to death, the animal nature of human beings will naturally be aroused. Even if they still have some awe for the Brahmans and Kshatriyas, driven by hunger, unrest is almost inevitable.

Therefore, if we do not want unrest to break out in the future, we must stop the migrating locusts now and delay the time as much as possible to buy time for the harvest in the grain-producing areas behind us. Otherwise, if tens of billions of locusts really rush into the Indus-Ganges grain-producing areas, then everything will be over.

After a huge cloud appeared on the horizon, the naval officers who were resting in the Gulf of Kutch had no time to argue with Ahmadada anymore. They decided to wait until the locust plague was resolved before talking about anything else.

Nikaya tried his best to call upon the power stored in the group's defense. The clouds stored in the ships were transformed into hot rays. When the locusts flew over, streams of hot high-energy light passed through the locust army, evaporating countless locusts.

But it was useless. Even if the blazing high-energy light was pouring down like rain, it was meaningless. The locust army didn't care about the losses at all. It even seemed as if it didn't sense the danger and rushed directly towards the direction of the fleet.

Flying over the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, the locusts in front had already eaten all they could. The locusts at the end of the second wave were already hungry just from flying over. At this time, let alone high-energy streamers, even if there was a sea of ​​fire or a nuclear explosion ahead, the locusts would fight their way out and rush into the Indus River core area to have a big meal. Without this bite, these locusts would not survive for more than ten days. With this bite, they could at least hold out for sixty days.

The golden-red light, the blazing flames, the light blue electric light under the secret technique of the Neng Tian Emperor, Ahmada almost took out all the secret techniques he could organize. At this time, he didn't even care about some of the newly developed strategic secret techniques that were required not to be used in other aspects before being used against the Han army.

For Ahmad at this point in time, damn, what can't be used! If I can't pass this level, my Gujarat will riot.

"No!" Nikaya screamed as he watched a gap in his ship, which had been etched with the great secret technique by the locusts. Then the energy was blocked, and then due to the accumulation of high-energy energy flow, it exploded directly. A gap appeared in the defense line that was originally almost a wall of fire. Then, under the leadership of dozens of locusts at the level of leaving the body, they broke through the front line despite the secret technique attack and rushed to the fleet on a large scale.

The hungry super demon crystal locusts showed no courtesy to the Kushan wooden warship and started to gnaw on it. The crunching sound did not stop after tens of millions of locusts broke through the blockade and landed on the flagship. Soon the silk flag was gnawed off by the locusts, and the cork boards disappeared at an almost visible speed. Then even the specially warmed ship boards entered the locusts' mouths.

What is a Demon Crystal Locust? This is a Demon Crystal Locust. Almost most of the locusts have acquired some internal energy through swallowing, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of Qi-cultivating locusts can be crushed to death by ordinary people with just a pinch of their hands. However, these locusts rely on this little internal energy to possess an astonishing appetite, as well as terrifying teeth that can chew through hard wood.

"Die!" Ahmada no longer cared about the punishment afterwards. He took out and used the strategic armaments stored by the Kushans in the rear base of Gujarat, which were the flamethrowers, the super weapons to be used to deal with the Han shield guards in the next stage.

Ahmadda used etching pressurization, etching explosion, special secret atomization and other terrible combat weapons that could spray out high-temperature flames over 50 meters long to deal with the locusts. Unfortunately, it was of no use as there were too many of them. After eliminating the East African locusts that had lost their way to Central Asia and were rushing towards the Turan grassland, the main force of the second wave of East African locust plagues were basically here.

Even though the second wave of locust plague in East Africa was not very powerful, with average individual strength and scale, and could not be compared with the third wave, the scale of 20 billion was enough to make Ahmadda collapse. For seven days and seven nights, Ahmadda and Nikaya tried their best to block the locust army near the Gulf of Kutch, blocking the main force of about 10 billion locusts.

But it was meaningless. Even if the locust army, which was hundreds of miles long and dozens of miles wide, was blocked for a while, there were still tens of billions of locusts that had no idea what was happening. They passed through the Gulf of Kutch from the north, south, and above, and then rushed into the Kushan core area.

They were completely defeated and almost had to kneel down and call the Locust Lord. The result was almost no different from that of the Han family in neighboring Central Asia, except that the Ganges side was a little worse off. Looking at the locust plague that had killed their own family and yet had not been resolved, Ahmadada completely collapsed.

As for Nikaya, all the easy things to chew on the ship had been chewed up. Even the deck of the flagship that was in the front had several holes gnawed by the World-Breaking Locusts and their minions - if the Locust Lord doesn't show his power, you think we're joking, right? Let's chew him!
To be honest, when he saw that only a layer of dust was left in the navy's war reserve grain depot, Ahmadda really felt that he might as well have robbed the war reserve grain depot directly. At least he could have exchanged something with the three countries in the Persian Gulf. Now he has not exchanged anything, and the war reserve grain depot is gone too. Damn locusts!
"I will fight you!" Some families in Gujarat could no longer bear the humiliation of the locusts. After even their clothes were eaten up, they chose to self-destruct, killing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of locusts.

　Woke up late, sigh
　　(End of this chapter)