Chapter 461: Riots Caused by Spitting
Although Illidan had infiltrated the demon army, he had no intersection with other demons. Of course, it was not just him. Most of the demons in the demon army were divided into different forces, and few of them were in a whole army.
Except for the army led by the four demon kings, the armies of the other demon nobles were completely a ragtag army. There was no way. The demon nobles who responded to the call to help seldom knew each other, and they were unwilling to obey the orders of others, so they could only line up independently in the form of small teams.
This is also a typical problem in the demon world or the Abyss Land. The number of demon cities in the Abyss Land has never been less than one hundred. In the long years, except for the time when the Flame Demon Emperor wanted to conquer the Abyss Land, most of the demon cities united, and there were few more demon cities that united.
It's not that there are no demons who know the benefits of unity, but these "smart" demons often become a thing of the past in the end because their allies stab them in the back.
Under the influence of the upper class, it is natural that there are few demon nobles who unite together. What's more, the demon nobles only refer to this title, which may be taken away by other powerful demons at any time. In this way, the hopeless alliance is even more impossible.
The lack of intersection in the army that was forcibly mixed together due to the conscription order was magnified, and not only did they not join forces, but they gradually generated some friction. These minor frictions almost caused a mutiny in the end.
In fact, the source of the matter was not a big deal. After all, the territories of the demon nobles belonged to different places, and the owners of the noble status were constantly changing. The demon nobles gathered together rarely had any old hatreds.
However, the absence of old hatreds does not mean that new conflicts will not arise. Illidan, who has always been a bystander, observed the whole process of this incident that almost caused a mutiny in the demon army from beginning to end.
Because there were hundreds of demon nobles with different titles who responded to the call, but these demon nobles did not have clear superiors, so the four demon kings discussed and placed the demon nobles' army at the front of the march.
In addition to using these miscellaneous troops as cannon fodder, the four demon kings also wanted to prevent these miscellaneous troops from sneaking away. If the demon nobles' army was placed behind the four demon kings' army, half of them would probably run away when they arrived at the Blood Mountain.
It is true that these demon nobles responded to the call, but this is because they had to respond, otherwise it would violate the rules of the social structure of the demon world. However, now they have led their troops and registered with the demon king who originally granted them their current titles. To put it more clearly, they can actually withdraw.
Anyway, they have already responded to the call and their names have been registered. Even if they run away, it can only be regarded as cowardice or a strike, and it does not violate the rules. In this way, there will be many demon nobles who choose to avoid the war and not work for the four demon kings.
The demon nobles also knew that in this war under the call, even if they gained any benefits, they would definitely be divided up by the four demon kings, and they, the nobles, might not even get a share of the soup.
However, in contrast, the demon nobles summoned in this war were often used as pioneers by the demon kings - in other words, cannon fodder.
The losses were the biggest, but there was no benefit at all, and no demon with a little brain would be willing to do so. Therefore, it was common for demons or even demon nobles to lead the army to escape during the march.
In order to prevent this from happening, the four demon kings put the scattered troops led by the demon nobles at the front of the march. In this way, with the surveillance of the demon kings' army behind, not too many demons would be able to escape successfully.
However, this caused a disaster. Although the military appearance of the four demon kings' armies was not very neat, it was much better than the troops of the demon nobles who acted independently, so the speed of advancement was also faster.
The troops in the rear advanced faster, which naturally caused a situation where one person chased others. At the rear of the demon noble army, the troops close to the demon king's army had to increase their speed to avoid being hit by the troops behind them as the demon king's army accelerated. There was no other way. After all, the demon nobles did not dare to compete with the demon king, so they could only follow his speed.
And the demon noble troops in front of them also had to increase their speed as the troops behind them accelerated. In this way, the situation of increasing the marching speed was like a wave of surges, quickly passing forward.
However, the back waves always hit the front waves. There are always some demons who will not pay attention or even if they notice it, they don't care about the increase in the overall marching speed, and they still go their own way and chat slowly.
Such demons are especially numerous at the front and center of the army. Behind them is not the demon king's army, but the troops of the same demon nobles. There is even a demon duke's army, followed by just an earl.
In this case, without the demon king's deterrent power, some demons naturally did not want to speed up just because the demons behind them increased their marching speed. Some demons accelerated, while others did not want to run faster, so collisions were inevitable.
At first, it was just a demon under the demon earl who bumped into a demon under the demon duke - this is what will definitely happen when the relative speed is negative.
Demons rarely have good tempers, and the demon that was bumped into is certainly not one of the few. After being bumped into, he angrily scolded the demon that bumped into him, which translated into Chinese is similar to "Why are you in such a hurry to reincarnate?"
The demon under the earl was also aggrieved. He didn't mean to bump into people. Who asked the people behind to increase the marching speed and you didn't hurry up? In addition, the demon's scolding was more unpleasant, so he whispered a retort.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. The demon that was knocked down saw that the other party dared to talk back, and he was so angry that he stepped forward and slapped him in the face. Then he started to scold, saying that a small earl's subordinates dared to be so arrogant, bumping into people and being scolded and refutating.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the demon earl came forward. This demon earl was also a hot-tempered man. Seeing that his subordinates and even himself were scolded, he also took action with hatred to beat up the demon who was hit. Although the demon who was hit was a subordinate of a duke, his strength was not as strong as the earl, so he was slapped more in the face.
The demon earl felt relieved physically and mentally, but he caused a bigger disaster. The duke would naturally not turn a blind eye to the beating of his subordinates. A small demon earl actually dared to beat up his subordinates? Did he not want to live?
The demon duke did not take action himself because of his status, but ordered his subordinates to beat up the demon earl and his troops. In the process of this repair, the demon duke's men caused some accidental injuries.
These accidental injuries, coupled with the collision of troops in more places due to the riot, soon the entire demon noble army gradually became chaotic.
Either a demon earl and another demon earl were fighting because of a collision between their subordinates, or a demon marquis there started a fight with a demon duke because of an accidental injury.
Because the fight was caused by a slap in the face, the subordinates of the demon duke who had a conflict with others at the beginning often chose to slap people in the face, which is an extremely insulting way, when "taking revenge".
After a while, the demons who were accidentally injured and slapped in the face naturally wanted to find someone to retaliate, so they caught a demon who was not on their side and slapped him.
In the end, the riot caused by a few slaps in the face became more and more intense, and even many demons stopped moving forward and started fighting. Some demons who would be eager to fight or even become crazy when they saw blood were even more reckless and began to kill their friendly forces.
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