Chapter Ninety-One: The Wind and the Grass
In the chaotic military formation, the soldiers were working together to promote the deployment of huge weapons of war, but suddenly, a terrifying explosion instantly resounded through the position, and many cavalry were instantly shaken off their horses by the frightened war horses, and the imperial military and government were in chaos in an instant.
Clusters of violent explosion sparks completely submerged the position, and several major catapults were instantly blown to pieces by Arcane ** before they could be deployed, and they fell on top of the position. A large number of sappers died tragically in the smoke of arrogance, the general was in command of the Chinese army, and was stunned by everything that suddenly happened in front of them, they never thought that the arcane ** could be used like this, but now it was too late to know, and many of his baggage and formations were disrupted.
Seeing that the blow worked, they were chosen to evacuate quickly, and one side was caught in the local military formation.
After a long time, the smoke of gunfire cleared, and the Imperial soldiers on the battlefield finally regrouped into formation, but the corpses all over the ground made them discouraged, and they suffered heavy losses just after leaving the division.
The general looked at the army with huge losses, and still had no intention of retreating, even if they lost many siege equipment, but they still had a lot of numerical advantages, they launched a charge under the command of the general, the heavy troops launched a charge, and some ladders began to rush towards the fortress under the cover of the soldiers.
In the distance, the Imperial archers shot out pieces of arrow feathers one after another to cover the siege troops, and the warriors of the tribe immediately attacked, many stubborn stones and hot water were tilted down by them, and heavy ballistas were fired out one after another, and a large number of Imperial soldiers died tragically on the battlefield. Countless arrows flew towards the walls of the fortress, and the warriors took up their shields to cover them, but after a few moments, the ladders of the enemy army leaned against the walls, and countless Imperial soldiers began to climb.
A huge siege battle began, fierce battles were fought between the two sides, and the Northern Cang Allies repelled wave after wave of imperial charges, and the corpses were piled up under the city walls, but even then they had no intention of retreating.
"If we continue like this, we will not be able to stop it, the strength of the archers of the empire cannot be underestimated, and their firepower suppression will be difficult for our warriors to resist," the shaman said to Lin Zixu.
"Senior brother, let our war eagles dispatch, without heavy ballistas, our war eagles can reach their skies, as long as we suppress their archers, they won't be able to rush up at all", Shi Xuan said after observing for a long time.
"That's the only way, we will bring all the remaining arcane **, we must repel this attack", Lin Zixu took the spirit master and shaman down the city wall Ali to the city, riding many war eagles soaring in the sky again, they carried the only remaining arcane ** towards the imperial army to fly over.
"You see, there are so many war eagles in the sky, no, no one is up there, shoot quickly", the imperial army was dumbfounded, many archers shot into the sky, but ordinary bows and arrows are difficult to hurt the war eagles in the sky, and their ballistae do not exist much.
Shi Xiu'an and the others hovered over the position, and one by one the arcane ** threw at the archers' positions, and many fires flashed instantly, and their archers suffered heavy casualties.
After the Imperial archers were raided, the pressure on the fortress instantly decreased, and they immediately entered the battle, quickly repelling the enemy troops on the ladders, and many ladders were also pushed by them, successfully defusing the attack.
Thousands of soldiers died tragically under the various rolling stones and trees, and the other follow-up troops retreated.
The general looked at the war eagle in the sky and instantly understood why the barbarians could capture the fortress overnight.
"I didn't expect them to launch an air attack, it seems that only the Spirit Master of the Moon Worship Sect can deal with them", the general said helplessly.
"I'll write at once to ask the General to send a spirit master to assist us," his subordinate said.
"Retreat for the time being, don't let the soldiers of the empire die in vain", General Ming Jin withdrew.
Shi Xuan and the others finally held the fortress with difficulty, the timing of the empire's surprise attack was very clever, fortunately they made arrangements in advance, otherwise the fortress that they had just won would have to be handed over.
Looking at the retreating Imperial troops, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they held on to this place, as soon as the army arrived, they would be able to launch a full-scale attack on the Empire.
Everything on the battlefield this time was told by the general to General Li Junxian, which also completely solved the mystery of the instant loss of the Celestial Star Falling Fortress.
"General, it seems that it is time for those disciples of the Moon Worship Sect to come out and do their work, only they can stop their War Eagle raid troops, otherwise every major battle in the future will be threatened from the sky, and our heavy troops will always face their surprise attacks," said the military advisor Xiao Han.
"These bastards of the Moon Worship Sect are nowhere to be seen at every critical moment, they can't do their work, and now they are busy preaching everywhere, where do they have the heart to help us", Li Junxian said angrily.
"We have a pact with them, and if they don't agree, I'll go see their elders," said the advisor.
The enemy's cunning offensive methods caught him off guard, and the general's multiple military defeats gave him a splitting headache, and he longed for a big victory to wash away his shame.
The Celestial Star Falling Fortress finally waited for the follow-up main combat force of the tribe, Hulan Ruoyu and Kunhe came to the forward position one after another, and the tribe's counterattack on the empire finally kicked off.
A single fortress was not enough for them to gain a foothold, and soon Hulan Ruo defeated several defensive outposts of the empire in many ways, and finally gained a foothold here.
The tribal army is like a swift wind blowing across the grassland, the empire finally ushered in a strong opponent, their powerful weapons are no longer omnipotent under the air superiority of the tribe, once there is a lack of strong spirit division to protect the position, the spirit division army led by Lin Zixu poses a huge threat to their heavy equipment, the allies successfully occupy many strategic points of the empire, and the army is directly approaching Li Junxian's garrison.
Looking at the defeated imperial army, Li Junxian finally got the support of the Moon Worship Sect's spirit master troops, and the task given to them by Li Junxian was to cover the important materials of the empire and the heavy war machinery on the battlefield to resist the surprise attack of the heavenly soldiers.
Lin Zixu and they conquered many imperial army divisions, in a regular attack, they still launched a midnight raid as before, the cavalry descended from the sky, just when Shi Xuan and they launched a killing spree, to their surprise, the imaginary rout did not appear, and a large number of spirit division troops also appeared in the enemy army to fight against them.
"Senior brother, you are a disciple of the Moon Worship Sect," Zhao Tianhu shouted.
"Yes, I feel the special aura of astrology, it seems that the empire has invited the Moon Worship Sect to deal with us, the brothers will fight quickly, otherwise they won't be able to leave", Lin Zixu started a big battle towards a few temporary, the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect practiced peculiar astrology, their unique exercises can gain strength from the vast starry sky, and the stars were shining on the battlefield for a while, and countless spiritual qi practiced fighting each other.
Shi Xuan and a disciple of the Moon Worship Sect started a battle, the astrology performed by the other party played out a piece of spiritual light, like a meteor falling, Shi Xuan propped up the fire shield and launched a thunderous attack, his flame sword qi directly killed the opponent alive, Shi Xuan felt the light of the star spirit that fell on his body, this spiritual light can easily dissolve his fire shield and cause damage to him, fortunately, the other party's spiritual power is not strong, otherwise his fire shield is even difficult to resist.
"What a weird spiritual technique, everyone be careful, their spiritual skills will be strengthened by the star spirit at night, and their strength should not be underestimated", Shi Xuan's powerful soul sensed that the enemy mobilized the power of the star spirit to fight.
The spirit masters of both sides intertwined and started a fight, and the bright spiritual light shone on the battlefield, and Shi Xuan and they finally met a difficult opponent.
"Senior Brother Lin, we have to find a way to break through, otherwise the army will surround us, and we will not be able to escape", Yin Qianxi killed the spirit master who was fighting with him and ran in front of Lin Zixu.
"It seems that the Moon Worship Sect can no longer tolerate our actions in Beicang, our disciples have suffered a lot of casualties, let Shi Xuan use his special spirit core** to cover our retreat", Lin Zixu said.
Lin Zixu sent out a spirit arrow for urgent retreat, and he sent Zhao Tianhu to find Shi Xuan, "Senior Brother Shi Xuan Lin wants you to cast a spirit core ** to cover the retreat of the brothers", Zhao Tianhu shouted.
The Allied Spirits began to cover each other, gathering in preparation for retreat.
"Stop them, don't let them escape", the general commanded the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect to leave Lin Zixu and them here completely, but in an instant, a terrifying huge explosion was remembered on the battlefield, and the terrifying power made everyone dumbfounded, this is Shi Xuan's special fourth-order spirit core**, which is specially used in this kind of emergency moment.
The terrifying explosion instantly enveloped many disciples of the Moon Worship Sect, even though they were powerful spirit masters, they had no resistance in front of this special spirit core.
The huge explosion caused many of them to fly in their flesh and blood at once, taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Zixu and them quickly broke through into the distance, and the tribal army outside killed them, and a desperate fight was launched above.
In this battle, Lin Zixu and they left the battlefield without danger, and the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect began to hunt them, if they didn't have a secret weapon, they might have fallen into a heavy encirclement this time.
"Shi Xuan's fourth-order spirit core** has finally come in handy, at this moment, at least dozens of spirit masters of the Moon Worship Sect died tragically on the spot, this is the end of going against us", Lin Zixu looked at the battlefield filled with gunsmoke.
"The next action must be prepared for a bloody battle to the end every time, and the Moon Worship Sect is really here," Shi Xuan said.
"It's better to come, there will be a battle between the two of us sooner or later, it's better to fight late than early, let's see how much strength they have?" Yin Qianxi stuck his big sword on the ground and said angrily.
"Let's wait for them to come and guard us, we might as well take the initiative to find their location and launch a clean-up operation against them," Shi Xuan said.
"Yes, it is extremely disadvantageous for us to fight them in the middle of the military formation, it is easy to fall into the encirclement of the army, and we are not afraid of them one-on-one outside," Zhao Zhuo said.
"I immediately sent a letter to Uncle Li Dufeng and asked him to send his disciples to explore the garrison positions of the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect on the grassland, and we will also launch a war of extermination against them, so that they will be nosy," Lin Zixu said.
Li Dufeng received a letter from Lin Zixu, learned about the current situation on the grassland, the Moon Worship Sect finally leaked its fangs and appeared in Beicang, he immediately sent many disciples to investigate the activities of the Moon Worship Sect in the vast grassland, and at the same time, he also sent the situation here back to the sect to inform the head of the sect.
In a camp, Shi Xuan and the others repaired here, and everyone was discussing the next battle, "It is not easy to find their people in the vast grassland, the land here is vast, and it is difficult for our spirit master to separate", Lin Zixu has not received any news in the past few days.
"Maybe we can ask the shamans of the Yak tribe to help investigate, they have been here for many years, and the civilians at the bottom must be willing to help them," Han Yunxi said.
"It's good that there are more people to help investigate, and I believe that those people from the Moon Worship Sect can't hide there," Lin Zixu said.
The shaman of the Yak tribe was entrusted by Lin Zixu, and he took a group of people from the Yak tribe to many civilian gathering places in the territory to ask their people to help investigate, hoping to gain something.
This war has almost drawn many forces on the mainland into the quagmire of war, and once the situation is misjudged in the face of the treacherous situation, it may be impossible to recover.
Dai Tiande in the Tianhua Sect received a letter from Li Dufeng, he understood the battle situation in Beicang at this moment, and finally the thing he didn't want to see finally happened.
Seeing that Dai Tiande's face was not good, Xie Tianxing and the other elders asked, "Why is Senior Brother worried?"
Dai Tiande handed the letter to Xie Tianxing: "Over the years, I have tried my best to restrain my disciples to avoid any conflict with the Moon Worship Sect, but I didn't expect them to show their minions, and now the Moon Worship Sect has openly attacked us."
"They are so confident, with their own strength, they also want to deal with our three major forces?" Xie Tianxing asked.
"Over the years, they have been spreading their teachings and recruiting disciples in various countries, and they should have the strength to do so, and after so many years they have finally stopped hiding and tucking away, this collision is just a small temptation, and there will definitely be big moves in the future," Dai Tiande said.
"We also have to prepare in advance, otherwise we will be caught off guard by them in the future," Xie Tianxing said.
"After passing the order, the major peak lords will start secretly purchasing a lot of materials from the entire continent from today, and we must prepare for the future big war," Dai Tiande said.
On the vast grassland in the north, Lin Zixu and they have been secretly looking for the residence of the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect, once the disciples of more than 100 sects appear in the imperial army, it will undoubtedly cause a huge obstacle to their actions, and if they want to reduce their losses, they can only find a way to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
With the timely help of the Yak Tribe, they mobilized the masses of the Yak Tribe to help search, and finally sent some clues off work, some disciples of the Moon Worship Sect have been preaching in some densely populated areas, they broadcast teachings, and many civilians have been in contact with them.
Shi Xuan and the others learned the general scope of the activities of the Moon Worship Sect's disciples from the mouth of the shaman of the Yak Niu, so Shi Xuan, Han Yunyi and the others decided to go and investigate in person.
It is a hundred miles away from their station, here is a land of abundant water and grass, the original yak tribe herdsmen like to gather here for nomadism, there are more people here, the disciples of the Moon Worship Sect have taken root here, and they have been active here these days.
The core disciples of the Moon Worship Sect, Zhou Yang and Tian Yun, are all active in this area, for them, it is better to help the Danyang Empire than to carry out their secret mission, they don't care about the life and death of the empire.
At this moment, they secretly captured a group of young people of the tribe, these people were chosen by their gods, and they were ready to send them back to the Moon Worship Sect as sacrifices.
"Senior brother, these barbarians are really difficult, they believe in their own ancient gods, it is really difficult to change their beliefs", Tian Yun said to Zhou Yang.
"Their ancient gods are just a group of spirit beasts, not worth mentioning in front of our true gods, what heavenly wolves, wild lions, flying leopards, and yak are just some races that have perished in ancient times, and they have been used by them as gods now, is it really ridiculous?" Zhou Yang sneered.
"That being said, these sacrifices born here are really good, their soul power far exceeds the sacrifices in other places, and if they bring it back, the master will definitely be very happy," Tian Yun said.
"Don't say it, I'm angry when I think of this, it's been more than ten years since you and I came to worship the Moon Sect. The current status is not as good as a yellow-haired girl who has just started, haunting these desolate places all day long to find sacrifices for her, and we are the first disciples of the sect", Zhou Yang said angrily.
"Who said that people were born with a golden key? As soon as they were born, they were blessed by the gods and chosen by the sect master, where will you and I still have the status in the sect in the future?" Tian Yun said.
"How many cultivation resources has Yan Qinghan occupied so far, how can she enjoy these things that should belong to our brothers?" Zhou Yang said.
"Senior brother, don't be angry, we don't have a chance, although the old master is eccentric, but we have been outside, there is a chance, how many sacrifices to send back is not up to you and my brother", Tian Yun looked at the sacrifices next to him who were imprisoned by them.
"Yes, with its cheap yellow-haired girl, it is better for you and my brother to keep them for their own use, and when the time comes, just send them some defective products, just say that this is a wild place, it is difficult to find excellent sacrifices, what can she do, and when you and I surpass her in strength in the future, it is just a very simple matter to let her die", Zhou Yang has been resentful of Yan Qinghan for a long time.
"Senior brother, did Zeng Tong say that there are yak gods here?" Tian Yun suddenly asked.
"Naturally?"
"I've heard that the yak was also an extremely powerful race here in ancient times, and the inhabitants here all submitted to the yak tribe, and their group once gave birth to the famous yak god, leaving many relics here, and I heard the herders here say that their tribe's sleeping place seems to be nearby," Tian Yun said.
"You want to explore the relics he left behind?" Zhou Yang asked.
"The race that can give birth to such a strong person must have a heritage, so many years, the yak race has long disappeared into history, but the human race here has not received their inheritance, I think their inheritance is likely to be buried in this vast grassland," Tian Yun said.
"If you want to find their relics on the vast grassland, you will be looking for a needle in a haystack?"
"Actually, no, the place where the yak herd fell is nearby, and I have found a lot of useful information from these herdsmen, as long as we are willing to spend some time exploring, I believe that we will definitely gain something," Tian Yun said with confidence.
"Really?"
"You and my senior brother have been so many years, can I still trust others?"
"Okay, let's take a good look here, if we can get the inheritance of the yak group, it's not impossible for you and me to turn over?" Zhou Yang and Tian Yun secretly used up all the sacrifices they captured, and they had their own ambitions.
In this abundant wilderness, there is an ancient legend that the herdsmen of the yak tribe here all believe in the ancient god of the wilderness, the yak, whose people were extremely powerful in ancient times, once had few rivals across the continent, but finally ended in prosperity, and the inhabitants of the wine area have submitted to their ethnic rule and enshrined their common gods.
With the changes of heaven and earth, the yak tribe went from prosperity to decline, and finally after a great war, it was completely buried in history, and even though they have long since disappeared, the inhabitants of this place still believe in their gods.
As for the yak god after his death in battle, there are many legends, some people say that he was buried in the mountains of Beicang, some people say that he was buried on the grassland where he was born, and some people say that he was wiped out on the spot, leaving no traces.
Over the years, there have been many people looking for his relics, and even the Terrans of the Yak tribe have explored his relics many times but found nothing, which further confirms his claim that he has no relics.
But there are still many herders among the people who believe that their gods are buried in this grassland with abundant water and grass, which is also the gathering place of the yak race, where he was born, and after he died in battle, his tribe let his soul return to his hometown to protect the inhabitants of the grassland forever.
Some people believe that the Yak Bull has been wary of the Terrans, and they refuse to hand over the inheritance to the Terrans until they die, and in their hearts the Terrans are just their subordinate races, and they are not worthy of their inheritance.
In order to find the relics left by the yak race, Zhou Yang and Tian Yun searched for herdsmen everywhere to inquire about the legends of the gods of the wilderness, hoping to find the true ruins of their race.
"Senior brother, this is too nonsense, the places described by each herdsman are different, we have found so many places, there are no clues at all", Zhou Yang was about to give up.
"Senior brother, our thinking doesn't seem to be quite right, the yak tribe was strong back then, I guess they had an independent space, that's why these herdsmen have so many hallucinations, of course they won't let the human race easily discover their station," Tian Yun said.
"So, what these herders see is their trick to confuse them?"
"It should be so, we should use our astrology to perceive the spatial fluctuations of the yak tribe to find their secret realm, otherwise we will never find it even if we turn the earth upside down," Tian Yun said.
"Yes, even our Moon Worship Sect has several independent spaces, and the Yak Clan will definitely have them, and our astrology comes in handy," Zhou Yang said.