Chapter 82: The Rise of the Horde
Shi Xuan and the others returned this time, under the arrangement of the sect, Shi Xuan led many disciples to urgently refine the many spirit cores obtained this time, and these materials will be crucial to changing the situation of the Beicang battle.
Shi Xuan's whimsical ideas have indeed won the affirmation of many elders, and his ** power even some elders feel afraid, and he will definitely be able to play a major role on the battlefield.
Beicang originally belonged to the wilderness, the territory of the grassland tribes, which had been forgotten by the Central Plains Empire for decades, but because of the appearance of the spirit saltpeter mine, it suddenly became the target of public criticism, and now the war drums in the sky are still beating, and all forces have come to Beicang, even the usually neutral Wind Thunder Pavilion and Tianyin Pavilion have been attracted, and the Danyang Empire has sent the central garrison army of the empire to Beicang to crusade to ensure the smooth transportation road.
Tianhua Sect, Divine Sword Valley, and Continental Ranger even secretly formed an alliance with the ambition of Beicang, and almost the eyes of the entire Southwest Continent were attracted to the desolate land of Beicang.
Even some of the civilian mercenary teams wanted to come here to get a piece of the pie, and the Jingyue Sect, the Blood Ring Sect, and the Sea Shark Palace, which were far away near the sea, had all heard about the matter of the spirit saltpeter, and countless forces had stepped into this troubled water.
Only the Moon Worship Sect has not moved at all, they are not interested in these spirit saltpeter, at this time they are in full swing to spread the doctrine, secretly trapping the sacrifices chosen by the gods, their leader Yi Zhouyang has long been calculating the future.
The allies of the Tianhua Sect and the Divine Sword Valley and the Ranger have already arrived in the vast mountains of the Northern Cang, and they have a lot of information, and they are very familiar with the terrain and mines, and they have the right time and place.
At this moment, Li Junxian, the general of the central garrison army of the Danyang Empire, had led hundreds of thousands of troops to the Northern Expedition, and the army of the shadow tiger Yao Jingcheng once again blew up the passage to the mine, and many large armies entered the Beicang mine again.
The Danyang Empire can be said to be at the end of its elite this time, and it is bound to win.
The Yakniu tribe belongs to one of the six existing royal families in Beicang, and their territory is closest to the Beicang mine, and the war has been ignited out of control since then.
The army of the Yakniu tribe has attacked the transportation and supply of the Danyang Empire many times, and has long been hated by Jiang Bingkun, and at this moment Li Junxian's army is the first to take him to sacrifice the flag.
For many years, it has always been the Beicang tribe that attacked the Southern Empire in groups, and the Southern Empire rarely took the initiative to go deep into the Northern Cang to crusade, because the gains outweighed the losses, the Northern Expedition cost a lot, but the harvest was very small.
This time the army is not an ordinary army, this is the most elite central garrison army of the Danyang Empire, they have the most sophisticated weapons and training on the continent, and they are powerful.
With the start of the army, the collision between the two sides began in full swing, and the Yakniu tribe was very angry, and was chased and killed by the imperial army all the way, with heavy losses. Their tribal warriors fought bravely, but they ran into walls at every turn against well-trained and well-equipped imperial armies, and were one-sided in many raids.
Li Junxian marched all the way north with the momentum of victory, and the yak tribe was suddenly in chaos.
In the core area of the Aquila royal family, inside a military tent, a mysterious guest was welcomed.
"The apostles of the King Kunda of the Lower Wild Lion Clan greet the King of the Aquila Clan, Ulu", a strong warrior saluted.
"You Lion Royals and our well water do not interfere with the river water, so why are you here today," said one of the high priests beside Uru.
"I have come to negotiate peace on behalf of the Lion King, and I have no other intention to discuss important matters," the man said.
"Why did Kunda ask you to come here?" Uru observed the strong man.
"Now that the Southern Barbarians have invaded the land of the Northern Cang, the Yak Bull Royal Clan has suffered heavy losses for a while, and has sent a plea for help to our Wild Lion Royal Clan, how can we, as the descendants of Mengtian Khan, sit back and wait to die?" he tried to say.
"They have always done their own thing, and they have never taken my Aquila royal clan to heart, so did they remember that they were bullied to the head at this time?" said Uru, the king of Aquila, casually.
"If it was in the past, my Mad Lion Royal Clan would definitely not take care of them, but now that the times have changed, and you know the news of the Southern Empire, the Danyang Empire now has the determination to dominate the world, and we will never let them succeed when they get into the Northern Cang Holy Land", the envoy said.
"The Danyang Empire has not invaded my territory, and I can't afford to lose troops with them," Uru said.
"Our six major royal clans are dependent on each other, the yak has fallen, and we are next, do you think that the army of the Danyang Empire will only deal with one tribe of them?" the envoy asked rhetorically.
"Bold, how dare you speak to the Great King in such a tone?" said the High Priest.
"Stand down," Uru looked at the High Priest.
"I, the King of the Wild Lion Royal Clan, intend to unite the Heavenly Eagle Royal Clan and many other tribes to rebuild the Beicang Tribe, defeat the scum from the south in one fell swoop, and defend the Beicang Holy Land," the envoy said.
"Then your Kunda King wants to be the Khan of Monten?" Uru asked.
"Don't dare, Mengtian Khan is respected by all the clans, and the king of my family has no such intention, but this king of Beicang can be elected by the six royal families," the envoy said.
"Great King, the Wild Lion Tribe is despicable and treacherous, we don't need to deal with them", the high priest stepped forward to dissuade him.
"So, this Northern Cangwang is a fair game?" Uru asked.
"The king of my family Kunda told me that this time the king of Beicang is capable of dwelling there, as long as the king of Ulu is skilled, the king of my family will also accept the call of the king of Ulu and have no two hearts against the enemy," the envoy said.
"Okay, go back and tell Kunda that I accepted the covenant," Uru said.
"I'll go back and tell King Kunda," the messenger withdrew.
"The Great King must not, Kunda is treacherous, this war with the South, it is obvious that he wants to use us to drive him, and in the future, when our strength is exhausted, he will definitely attack us", said the High Priest.
"He wants to be the king of the North Cang, and he has to ask me if he agrees," Uru said.
"Since the Great King Tiexin has agreed to form an alliance, it is necessary to prepare in advance," said the High Priest.
"This time the Danyang Empire is fierce and it is not simple, none of our six major royal clans can fight alone, the alliance is a matter of time, if you wait until the Yak tribe completely disappears, then there is no point in forming an alliance", Ulu Zhengse said.
"However, the other clans will obviously support the Lion Clan more, and that won't work for us?" said the High Priest.
"Isn't he quite a king, and I'm afraid he won't be able to sit still, and I'll have to come when the time comes," Uru said.
"It seems that the king is confident?"
"This may be a great opportunity for us to dominate the northern cang, and we should also reorganize our army, and we will get nothing if we go too late, so you can go and prepare," Uru said.
"Understood".
The Mad Lion Royal Clan also sent envoys to several royal clans such as Sky Wolf, Sky Bear, and Flying Leopard to unite them against the army of the Danyang Empire.
In the face of the fierce imperial army, none of the six major royal families can stay out of the matter, and everyone understands the truth of interdependence.
The six royal families successively agreed to Kunda's alliance intentions, and began to reorganize their armies and prepare for the attack.
The Wild Lion Tribe is now in the limelight, in Beicang is in the area of several families, the water and grass are fertile, and the strength has surpassed the Eagle Royal Clan over the years, and it has vaguely become the strongest tribe in Beicang.
Both Kunda and Ulu had ambitions to dominate the grasslands, and the Northern Expedition of the Danyang Empire coincided with this alliance, and although each had its own evil intentions, the covenant began to be fulfilled.
The alliance of the Beicang royal clan naturally couldn't hide from Li Junxian's ears, he had long expected this matter, "These rabble, I will let you understand that the strength of the Danyang Empire for more than a hundred years has come just in time", Li Junxian said after hearing the spies' return.
"General Yao Jingcheng has opened the passage into the mine, and it will not be long before a steady stream of spiritual saltpeter will be shipped out, what will we do when the time comes?" said the adjutant general.
"Now that the situation here has already spread all over the world, it will not be long before many forces will come, we must clear the enemy in the eyeline to ensure the safety of the transportation route, you lead many guards to reconnoiter along the way, and all suspicious groups are eliminated, and we must ensure that the road is smooth," Li Junxian said.
"Yes, the last general commands".
In the territory of the Wild Lion Royal Clan, the six major royal families led their subordinates to the Alliance.
In the ancient ceremony, the totems of the six royal families were raised one after another, and the Mad Lion King held an extremely grand alliance ceremony, announcing that the Beicang tribe was united again, and the flags were waving on the grassland, and the people were boiling, as if the spring that belonged to them had arrived.
Under the ancient covenant, Kunda would unite the six royal families and hold the crown ceremony of the Northern Cang King, and the Aquila King Ulu took the initiative to withdraw from the competition for the Northern Cang King, and finally the crown remained in the Wild Lion Tribe without accident.
On this day, Kunda officially announced the entry into force of the Northern Cang's Covenant, and he would lead many tribes against the Northern Expedition of the Danyang Empire.
After years of recuperation, the six major tribes have long since recovered from the great war of a hundred years ago, and this time they have once again angered the totems of the unified Mengtian Khan period on the grassland, and Kunda called on all the steppe tribes to send troops on an expedition.
The horn of war sounded throughout the grassland, and countless barbarian wolf cavalry, eagle divisions, leopard divisions, and yak warriors fought across the grassland with great vigour.
In a secret camp in Beicang, the Tianhua Sect, the Divine Sword Valley and the Ranger Alliance have been lurking for a long time, and the current Danyang Empire is strong and morale is greatly boosted, and they can't find any opportunity to attack for the time being.
The news of the alliance of the six royal clans quickly reached them, "I heard that the Kunda King of the Mad Lion Royal Clan has successfully met the six royal clans, and their army is about to arrive in the territory of the Yakniu Tribe, and then a big war will inevitably break out, maybe our time will come", Lin Zixu said to Li Dufeng.
"The Danyang Empire thinks very highly of itself and does not take other forces in the slightest, and we will wait and see, looking for opportunities This may be the precursor to the collapse of the Danyang Empire, once the Northern Expeditionary Army falls into the quagmire of the Northern Cang, our counterattack will come, and their end is not far off," Li Dufeng said.
"Yao Jingcheng has reopened the road, and the mine is running again at this moment, or it won't be long before a large number of spiritual mines will be delivered, should we deploy in advance?"
"Now that the Danyang Empire is in full swing, we don't have to take risks, and when they are inseparable from each other, our chance will come, just wait", Li Dufeng planned.
"Our spies have also secretly detected the teams sent by Tianyin Pavilion and Wind Thunder Pavilion, presumably they don't want to continue to be neutral, and the spirit ore here also makes them unable to sit still," Lin Zixu said.
"The Southwest Continent is completely chaotic, I'm just curious, why is the Moon Worship Sect so calm, are they so closed to news?"
"It's impossible for the Danyang Empire, which has always been a supporter of the Moon Worship Sect, to be without news, maybe they want to be the yellow finch behind it," Han Yunyi said.
"The Moon Worship Sect really has to guard against it, but fortunately, the sect will send a team to support us in the near future, and our actions will be more guaranteed," Li Dufeng said.
With the rapid assembly of the grassland army, the decline of the yak tribe was finally alleviated, and the vast number of grassland soldiers arrived, Li Junxian finally ushered in a bitter battle, and the grassland soldiers moved quickly and advanced and retreated freely.
The army of the Danyang Empire is well-armed and well-trained, and many soldiers are proficient in the formation, but the slow movement of the army is their Achilles' heel.
Li Junxian can only rely on powerful positional warfare to deal with the harassment of cavalry every time, but it is difficult to form an absolute crush, once the battle is lost, the cavalry relies on flexible tactics to quickly leave the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Danyang Empire is difficult to catch up with the swift steppe cavalry.
Although Li Junxian's army initially won the frontal battlefield with excellent weapons and well-trained troops, it also tasted bitter fruits in the following wars.
Kunda's allies finally saw the ferocity of the Imperial army's frontal battlefield, and after several rounds of fighting, they found that a large number of steppe warriors had died in vain, which made them very annoyed, but gradually they also discovered that the supply lines of the Imperial army were very long, and it took a lot of time to reorganize the army, which gave them the opportunity to raid.
There are many animal trainers in the Beicang tribe, they can rely on well-trained war eagles to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance, and can always be the first to grasp the movement of the enemy.
The Steppe Warriors always harass the Imperial Army when it is scattered, and the Imperial Army will suffer heavy losses if it is not careful.
The supply line of the imperial army worries Li Junxian the most, the long route is on the territory of the tribe, even if there are many soldiers escorting, it is not necessarily safe, the unguardable grassland soldiers can always detect the taste of food, the supply of grain and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops is by no means a small amount, and the huge transportation is difficult to avoid the detection of many forces.
In the tent of the imperial army, Li Junxian was giving battle orders to many generals, and the herald came to say, "Our transport is about to arrive, and we have been attacked by at least ten surprise attacks from all sides on the halfway road.
"It seems that there is something wrong with the quick battle strategy we have set before, we have underestimated the strength of the Beicang tribe, their primitive reconnaissance ingenuity is far more effective than our scouts, and each time they launch a surprise attack, they can always attack in batches when the imperial army is the most sleepy, and run away after the battle, causing us huge losses", Li Junxian analyzed the recent battle situation.
"Not only that, as their troops are gradually assembled, they have the strength to fight with us even on the frontal battlefield, and the rumors that the Beicang tribe is slumping are simply a lie, their strength has long since awakened from the great war a hundred years ago, and we are facing the brave and well-commanded grassland soldiers, not the rabble in their mouths," said the military advisor.
"No matter in terms of their numbers, equipment, command, morale and many other aspects, this is by no means an idle generation, and we will fight a tough battle next," Li Junxian said.
"Maybe it's time for us to let them see our real killer weapon, we can deliberately show the enemy weakness, lure the enemy deeper, and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation," said the military advisor Xiao Han.
"I didn't want to expose our secret weapon too soon, but for the sake of victory, maybe I should let these barbarians see our ultimate power," Li Junxian said.
Finally, in the course of an attack by the Empire, the Imperial army deliberately routed, creating a false impression of vulnerability to the Allies in the steppes, and the Imperial army quickly routed towards the south, and many tribes saw the hope of victory, and they pursued fiercely with countless armies.
In the Valley of the Sorrowful Winds, the Imperial army has been in ambush for a long time, and they have prepared the most powerful secret weapons of the Empire, many arcane ** will be used for the first time on the battlefield, and Li Junxian will also open the era of hot weapons, and this war will also be recorded in history.
In the North Wind Canyon, tens of thousands of Beicang warriors rode iron wolves, calling for huge beasts, holding high tribal totems and chasing the remnants of the empire with cheers, and the rare victory made them dizzy.
"General, these barbarians are about to enter our ambush circle, and they can close the net", someone reported.
"Let them taste the gifts we have prepared for them," Lee Jun Hyun ordered.
The vast warriors of the Valley of the Sorrowful Winds were now immersed in the joy of victory, and many of them were holding captured weapons and cheering happily, but a nightmare followed.
From the surrounding areas of the valley, there are countless spirit cores** that were thrown by catapults and heavy crossbow arrows, and the entire valley of the sorrowful wind instantly thundered, and the terrifying explosion resounded through the high hills, turning into blood mist in the explosion for countless tribal warriors in an instant, and countless warriors instantly came to the gate of hell, terrified.
The valley of the north wind turned into a sea of fire, corpses and severed limbs everywhere, human corpses, the corpses of wild beasts, the arcane ** finally showed its might in the secular war, this battle was like a one-sided slaughter, these people didn't even have time to see the face of the enemy, they died in the sea of fire.
Li Junxian watched the ambush from the height of the North Wind Valley, and he was very satisfied with this surprise attack, which was the first time that the power of the Empire's secret weapon was tested in actual combat.
"General, it's too spectacular, after this round of blows, these barbarians are instantly gone, such a weapon will definitely make the empire go to glory", the military advisor could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
"Before, I was worried about His Majesty's decision-making, but now it seems that His Majesty does have an extraordinary vision, and if we can completely master this weapon, it will not be difficult to unify the continent," Li Junxian said.
"It seems that the trip to Beicang, the general's future land and marquis are just around the corner", the military advisor complimented.
"It's still too early to say this, many tribes in Beicang are still active, and Your Majesty's task is far from complete," Li Junxian said.
"I believe that this battle will definitely make the tribe fearful."
"I hope so, I also want to fight quickly, who rarely stays in such a bitter cold place", Li Junxian looked at the desolate place where the north wind and geese fell, and the environment here was far worse than the Central Plains.
In the heart of the Yak Tribe, the temporary headquarters of the Northern Cang Alliance, there is their high priest Kunhe, who is Kunda's younger brother, and he is in charge of the expedition against the Imperial Army.
"You tell me, what's going on with these pursuers, tens of thousands of troops are gone in an instant, how can our steppe warriors be killed by the Nanban in an instant", Kunhe roared angrily.
"The High Priest was furious, our warhawks detected their use of catapults and heavy crossbow arrows, and the Valley of the Sorrowful Wind was instantly turned into a sea of fire, and when they withdrew, we found the corpses all over the ground," someone said.
"How is this possible? We haven't been dealing with them for a day or two, and we haven't found such a strange thing in thousands of years?" Kunhe said angrily.
The others trembled and didn't dare to answer, when a figure walked in, "High priest is angry, I know what's going on."
Everyone else looked at him and said, "Speak quickly."
"Look at this", the man handed an arcane ** to Kunhe's hand.
"Isn't this something that Nanban uses for festivals?" Kun He was puzzled.
"I invite everyone to come outside and try the power of this thing," the man said.
Although Kun He was angry, he still took everyone outside to watch, the man threw out this not big arcane **, and detonated it in a distant place, the terrifying explosion instantly stunned everyone, the woods at the place of the explosion instantly turned into powder, the huge fire rushed to the sky, and the terrifying shock wave rolled up a strong wind.
Kun He was instantly dumbfounded, "Is this gadget killing tens of thousands of our warriors?"
"That's right, the Nanban calls them arcane**, and these ** most important spiritual materials are produced in our Northern Cang, which is also the most important goal of the Northern Expedition of the Danyang Empire", the man said.
"It's hateful, we have to get these things, these things belong to us, we have to take them back," Kunhe said.
"I brought back the recipe and refining method of the arcane ** from the Danyang Empire this time, the purpose is to help our Beicang tribe rise again," the man said.
"Okay, I'll tell King Kunda about this, it's time to make these Nanban pay," Kunhe said angrily.
In the camp of the Tianhua Sect's allies, the spies they sent were fortunate enough to witness this shocking hot weapon battle.
The scout told the allied forces led by Li Junxian about Li Junxian's ambush, and everyone was frightened.
"What we feared has finally happened, the Danyang Empire has finally used these secret weapons on the frontal battlefield, and is no longer hiding," Lin Zixu said.
"This war is tantamount to a one-sided massacre, not to mention that these secular soldiers are difficult to resist, even the spirit master is very jealous, and the next war will be extremely cruel," Han Yunyi said.
"It seems that seizing control of the mine will become even more important, and if you have the spirit saltpeter, you will have the initiative in the future," Yin said.
"Yao Jingcheng's 300,000 troops are in charge, and there are countless imperial armies escorting us along the way, our actions are really difficult," Lin Zixu shook his head and said.
"Don't be discouraged, there will always be opportunities, on the vast grassland, even hundreds of thousands of troops may not be leaky, tigers always have a nap, as long as we always pay attention to the collection of intelligence, sooner or later there will be a chance", Li Dufeng looked at the gloomy crowd.