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"Everyone is up." In the hall, the old emperor was silent for a long time, and then he spoke, his voice has returned to calm.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone said.

"Li Deming's battle was not good, his rank was demoted by one level, and his salary was fined for one year, and Zhou Yanfeng's food and grass were fined for half a year." The old emperor said.

Although he was angry, the old emperor could only raise the board high and drop it gently, otherwise it would cause a violent backlash from the two groups. In such a situation of internal and external troubles, the old emperor did not want his court to be unstable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Li Deming and Zhou Yanfeng both knelt down to thank him, and they were relieved.

Li Deming knew that he was guilty of a great crime this time. Although there were other reasons for the battle in the wilderness plain, it was a fact that the troops suffered heavy losses, and it also allowed the people of the demon world to gain a foothold there, which had a great impact on the human world in the future. Therefore, when he returned to the imperial capital this time, he thought he would be directly deprived of his military power, but now he was only demoted by one level. For him, this punishment was already very light.

Zhou Yanfeng was also not glad that he was not severely punished. The grain and grass were not delivered on time. There were indeed some tricks on his part. Those tricks could be hidden from others, but not necessarily from the old emperor. Fortunately, the old emperor did not seem to have any intention of pursuing the matter, which made him feel relieved.

"You all got up." The old emperor said: "Now, let's talk about how to solve the current situation. Li Aiqing, you have been in the wilderness plains for many days and have fought many times with the people of the demon world. You are most familiar with them. You can first talk about the situation of the demon world army."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Deming stood up and looked at the old emperor and said: "Your Majesty and the ministers should have heard about the cruelty and tyranny of the demon world army. The fact is that they are more cruel and tyrannical than the rumors. They are like demons on the battlefield and will not retreat until they die. This may be related to their living environment in the demon world. The harsh environment there led to their brutal character. They never surrendered on the battlefield, and even if they were injured, they would continue to fight. The only way to make a demon warrior lose his combat effectiveness is to kill them! "

The people present were slightly surprised. Such combat effectiveness and fearless courage are what the human army lacks. Often in the human army, only the elite troops of various countries can face desperate situations without retreating. The army of the demon world can actually do this, which is too terrifying.

"If the army of the demon world is just brave, it is not terrible. At most, it is just a stronger monster. What is terrible is that in the upper echelons of the demon army, there are people who understand strategy and can think. This time, using the other three countries and then counterattacking the armies of the other three countries proves that there are smart people in the upper echelons of the demon army, not a group of reckless people who can only rush forward without thinking. "Li Deming continued.

"Don't they have any shortcomings?" The old emperor frowned.

With strong combat power, bravery in combat, and people who can command, is the army of the demon world invincible?

That is definitely not a good thing for the human world.

"I am stupid and have not yet found that the army of the demon world has too obvious shortcomings." Li Deming said: "However, there are not many people who know strategy in the army of the demon world, perhaps only those in the upper echelons. After I evacuated from the wilderness plains, I reorganized the army on the road and encountered small groups of demons many times. Although the combat power of those teams is still strong, they do not know how to adapt, just like monsters. We may be able to take advantage of this."

This is also the reason why Li Deming returned to the imperial capital today. After he evacuated from the wilderness plains, many people in the team lost contact in the previous battle, so he could not rush to travel, and could only constantly reorganize the army on the road and look for the lost soldiers, which took him a long time to return to the imperial capital.

Although he knew a weakness of the demon army, the old emperor was not in a good mood, because the upper echelons of the demon army would know this, so they might not give them many opportunities to exploit it.

Moreover, even if it was a small group of demon army, although they did not know how to adapt, their combat effectiveness was still there, and ordinary armies would only be defeated when they met them.

"After the battle of the wilderness plain, the demon army gained a firm foothold in the human world. While they were vigorously strengthening the city, they sent small troops to ravage the surrounding towns. Moreover, the scope of the ravage was constantly expanding. Some cities around the wilderness plain are now very unsafe." Li Deming said.

The old emperor nodded solemnly, looked at the man at the front of the military team, and asked: "Lord Li, what is the situation of the rebel forces in various places now?"

This man was Li Yang, the Minister of War. When he saw the old emperor asking questions, he quickly stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the rebel forces in various places are becoming more and more rampant. They took advantage of the confrontation between us and the demon army to develop rapidly. Although I have dispatched troops to encircle and suppress them, it is difficult to completely wipe them out due to the situation."

The old emperor's face became even uglier. Now their Yanfeng country is really facing internal and external troubles.

"I have issued an order to form militias in various towns. I don't expect them to defeat the demon army. I only hope that they can cooperate with the local army to curb the momentum of the demon army and trap them in the wilderness plains. Lord Li, you must quickly reorganize the army and prepare to go out again to repel the demon army! As long as the demon army is repelled, those rebel forces are not to be feared!" said the old emperor.

In the heart of the old emperor, he never took the rebels too seriously. Although their number was increasing, it could not affect his foundation. As long as he sent a large army, he could easily suppress them.

The demon army that the old emperor was worried about was strong and violent. Once they were allowed to survive in the territory of Yanfeng Country, it would bring them great trouble.

However, the old emperor also knew that it was not easy to get the other party to go out again. First, they needed to guard against other countries and take advantage of this time to launch a sneak attack. Second, food, weapons and equipment and other things also needed to be raised, which took time.

So, the old emperor could only hope that the militias in those cities could hold on longer and buy him time. As for expecting the militias to defeat the demon army, it was impossible. His regular army could not beat the demon army, not to mention the militias that were not even a miscellaneous army.

The old emperor was now using the sacrifice of the militia to buy time and consume the demon army.