Chapter 227: Invasion of the Northern Regions

"Speaking of which, what happened to the previous group of Yan country masters?" After the war, Jiang Yan thought of something.

"Evacuated. 』

"There is no convoy chasing us, is it not about the prisoners?"

"A group of flying planes were dispatched to track and reconnoitre, and according to the last tracked course of action, it seems that the other side has given up on retaking the prisoners. 』

"Oh......" Considering the difference in combat power between each other, it is not surprising. Originally, the Yan Kingdom was at war with the alliance of all countries, and the front line had just been defeated, and it was the moment when combat power was urgently needed, and it was already the limit to be able to draw out hundreds of innate masters to intercept the convoy of the Red Jade Tower, and it was not surprising to give up after finding that the Red Jade Building side could not move at all.

Just now, Jiang Yan also thought about whether to let Li Kun, who was escorting the convoy, and the black-clothed guards annihilate each other in turn, but since the other party did not choose to pursue after getting out of the magma confinement circle of Hei Xuan, then forget it.

At the moment, it is still mainly based on transporting back the 8,000 soldiers who have entered the Martial Arts Houtian Realm.

After Jiang Yan subdued this group of captives, as long as he was given a little time, he could use his abilities to strengthen these people to at least the realm of the seventh level of the day after tomorrow, and the cost was at most a little cultivation resources, plus the captives would reduce their average lifespan by two or three years.

"Alas, the branches of the Red Jade Mansion that have been scattered all over the country recently are a little overstretched, not only have the Yan Kingdom always sent masters to attack, but there are also many bastards who want to take advantage of the fire to rob, don't think that you can hide your identity after disguising!"

Now Jiang Yan's Hongyulou has more than 600 branches, scattered in every village or town with a population of more than 1,000 people in many countries except Yan Kingdom, and in order to ensure the safety of the branch, a large number of personnel are required to be stationed.

Although the alien beasts are also good combat power, due to the residential environment of the town and the jealousy and restriction of the local official forces, the Red Jade Mansion cannot send too many alien beasts into the city.

Although Jiang Yan knew very well that the alien beasts under his command were all very obedient under the management of Zhi Brain, and it was impossible for them to go wild and commit murderous and hurtful acts in the city casually, but outsiders would not have this kind of trust!

Although the Red Jade Building has always been recruiting human guardians, because Jiang Yan requires applicants to sign an online agreement and voluntarily accept the constraints of the soul contract to ensure the loyalty of the guards, this will make the other party lose a certain amount of freedom and sovereignty. The more powerful people are, the more generally they resist this.

There are not many people who have a certain level of strength and can voluntarily accept the constraints of the network protocol, and must have no background (for example, they cannot be a sinner who is being wanted in the local area}.

Therefore, this batch of Yan soldiers captured can be said to have just alleviated Jiang Yan's urgent need.

According to past experience, Jiang Yan had already made a plan, after transporting these captives back to the Great Capital Division, each of them would be strengthened twice, and they would be given a half-month buffer period to recuperate.

These 8,000 captive soldiers, the lowest level of cultivation is more than one weight the day after tomorrow, after being strengthened twice with the ability, it is expected that the average can reach more than seven levels of the day after tomorrow; and then basically ten people have a captain, even the chief, all of them have more than four levels of cultivation, and after strengthening, they can become at least the elite masters of the ten levels of the day after tomorrow, and there are nearly 1,000 people in this batch of captives at this level.

After that, the level of centurion and above, the cultivation is at least the acquired sevenfold, and after being strengthened by Jiang Yan, he can basically be promoted to the innate realm, and there are more than a hundred of these captives.

Although when strengthening them, in order to not reduce the loss, a large number of blood crystals, pills and other materials were needed, but Jiang Yan, who now almost sat on more than sixty percent of the territory of the Barbarian Bone Mountain Range and had a large number of producers such as alchemists under his command, was the most lacking.

Using abilities to install software for others in batches to improve the strength of the other party, Jiang Yan has become more and more proficient in this kind of thing, and the cost performance of the loss and improved cultivation that the strengthened person needs to pay is also becoming more and more cost-effective.

"In addition to these captives, the biggest gain of this trip is to design and kill Bi Qing, a heaven-level master. After getting rid of him, there was only one Heavenly Rank left on the face of the Yan Country's natives. According to the information I obtained from the captives of the Star Gates, it is difficult for the Star Gates, except for Lu Ming, to send additional third-level cadres into this world again, which is really good news for me. ”

Jiang Yan called up the information collected by his subordinates and sorted out the situation: "Because of the defeat of the vanguard army of the Yan Kingdom, in a short period of time, does the alliance of all countries have a slight advantage? ”

During this period of time, Jiang Yan's Red Jade Tower's external power has been too eye-catching, and because of the rumors spread secretly by the Star Sect, the fear of the Red Jade Tower has increased a lot in the countries, and the most significant change is that the development of those Red Jade Mansion branches has been invisibly hindered more.

Now, if Jiang Yan cooperates with the alliance of all countries and exerts his full strength, it should not be much of a problem to counterattack or even annihilate the Yan State, but at that time, I am afraid that he himself will be regarded as the next target of the alliance of all countries to jointly attack.

Not to mention those members of the alliance other than the Yuan Kingdom, I am afraid that they don't want to completely wipe out the Yan Kingdom, otherwise the Eastern Continent will become a situation where the Yuan Kingdom is dominant, which is definitely something that those small countries that survive in the gap between the two great powers do not want to see.

Based on these considerations, Jiang Yan decided not to interfere in the war between the alliance and the Yan State for the time being, except for some basic assistance in materials.

"For the time being, let's concentrate on farming for a while. In the core area of the Barbarian Bone Mountain Range, according to Hei Xuan, there should be at least ten or more Heavenly Rank Beast Kings inhabiting their respective territories, as long as they are all subdued, then it doesn't matter if you are the Yan Kingdom or the Alliance Alliance, all of them can be pushed sideways. ”

Jiang Yan planned so, and the situation developed as he thought.

In the following days, the respective follow-up armies of the Alliance and the Yan State officially arrived at the front line, and the huge army with a total of more than 600,000 troops was divided into several routes, divided into two sides, and used several large cities away from the country as strongholds for attack and defense, colliding like a chessboard, and temporarily fell into a stalemate.

Every day, the soldiers on both sides will have casualties ranging from 1,000 to tens of thousands, and even the martial arts masters of the Innate Realm have fallen from time to time, and they mainly die in assassination battles outside the battlefield of the frontal army.

If the innate masters are bent on carrying out surprise attacks or individual assassinations by small forces, it is really difficult for ordinary soldiers to intercept them. I don't know which side started first, the cultivators and masters on both sides gradually began to target the enemy's high-level generals for assassination activities, and the assassination of generals would occur every night, resulting in frequent changes in the command system.

Assassination, counter-assassination, trap ambush, etc., the cultivators and masters on both sides are almost trying to knock out the dog's brain.

It seems that a few days ago, the information that hundreds of Praetorian Guard masters with innate strength dispatched by Hongyulou to escort the convoy of prisoners was spread to repel the martial arts masters sent by Yan Guo to hijack the car.

Ji Xinyao and other high-ranking officials of the Yuan State who served as representatives of the Alliance of All Nations, on the third day after Jiang Yan escorted back the 8,000 Yan captives, asked if they could send some Praetorian Guards to the front line to support.

In this regard, Jiang Yan directly refused.

"Your Royal Highness, please understand, our Red Jade Tower's previous performance on the battlefield seems to have stimulated the Star Sect on the opposite side, and now the branches in various places are being attacked by the other party every day, and there is really no extra manpower to support the front line. ”

This is not a pure excuse, Star Romans really sent second-level reincarnated people to constantly attack the branch of the Red Jade Building, and because there were too many branches, and there was not enough manpower in the early stage, Jiang Yan also lost a lot.

It wasn't until the eight thousand captives received the first round of enhancement of Jiang Yan's ability that a small group of high-ranking generals who were originally at the top level of cultivation broke through to the innate realm, that the pressure on some of the branches of the Red Jade Mansion was slightly relieved.

Whether you believe it or not, the Red Jade Building will not send a large number of Praetorian Guards to participate in the front-line battles at present, and after understanding this, the Alliance of Nations did not force it, but only asked the Red Jade Building to provide more sales of military equipment and props.

In particular, rune bombs, which are easy to use and powerful consumable weapons, are expected to be purchased in large quantities by the high-level leaders of the alliance.

In this regard, Jiang Yan casually perfunctory on the grounds that 'the quantity of goods is limited and is being produced in a hurry'.

He also secretly sent countless reconnaissance-type sub-machines, with some shadows who were quietly forcibly subdued with their abilities, and set their own sales quota based on the needs of the alliances on the front line.

Especially for dangerous goods such as 'rune bombs', which are not easy to control, Jiang Yan set that they could only be purchased again after the allied forces of the countries consumed the purchased rune bombs below a certain limit

- Resolutely do not give the other side the opportunity to hoard a large number of arms at the internal preferential prices of their allies in wartime!

These arms and materials, Jiang Yan sold them to the alliance out of the goal of supporting the alliance to fight against Yan Guo and Xingluomen, if they were bought too much by these allies, and at some point in the future, they would be turned against Hongyulou himself, it would be funny.

The war lasted for five or six days, and on the whole maintained the tendency of the alliance of all nations to prevail. Originally, Jiang Yan thought that there would be at least half a month or so before there would be major changes, but at this time, the northern part of the Eastern Continent suddenly came with news asking for help, which cast a shadow on the hearts of the high-level leaders of the alliance.

......

In the north of the Eastern Continent, there is a small third-rate country called 'Yu', and if the border goes thirty miles to the north, it will enter the range of the Northern Grassland, because it is close to the grassland, this country is rich in excellent military war horses bred after the introduction of the grassland, and the level of the cavalry army is among the best among many third-rate small countries.

And relying on the breeding and foreign sale of war horses as a feature, the economic and national strength of the country is also good, far away from the disputes in the center of the Eastern Regions on the plane, most of the time it is relatively stable.

Unfortunately, this stability is limited to 'most of the time', and today, an uninvited guest visited the country and destroyed the peace.

The northern border of the country is plugged into the city, and the city of blue birds.

The lookout hand standing guard at the head of the city glanced at the outside of the plug as usual, and he thought that this time it would be the same as usual, but he was still distracted thinking that he should go to the flower building in the city for recreation after the change of guard.

"Huh?" But he caught a touch of strangeness through the telescope, but it suddenly broke his leisurely mentality.

"That's ...... "Lowering the eyepiece, the looker rubbed his eyes as if he wasn't quite sure, then lifted the eyepiece again and looked at it again.

"That's like ...... Cavalry?"

The next moment, the lookout shouted loudly: "Not good, there is an enemy attack——!!

Soon after, a shrill horn sounded, and a piercing alarm instantly spread throughout the entire Blue Bird City.

In the vast verdant grassland, an army of more than 10,000 horsemen on sturdy horses was galloping, each wearing a simple armor, a striking red turban with a flaming pattern tied around his head, a bow and arrows on his back, and a scimitar and javelin at his waist.

Tens of thousands of cavalry combined together to pull off the huge charge of the wild goose formation, and quickly attacked towards the Blue Bird City like a wave.

"Discovered?" In the cavalry army, a red-haired young man wearing red armor that was obviously more gorgeous than the other soldiers raised his eyebrows when he saw the commotion on the walls of Blue Bird City.

"Forget it. The young man took a deep breath, and then suddenly roared, and the voice spread far away under the transmission of true qi, clearly echoing in the ears of every cavalryman.

"Sons, the people of the Central Plains in the city in front of us have discovered our march, and they seem to have been alerted, but it doesn't matter, under the protection of the sky, we and the people of the grassland will win! Everyone, charge with me!"

As he spoke, the young man slammed his horse's belly, and the strange steed, which was obviously stronger than the other horses and had a white horn on the top of his head, neighed violently, and took the lead in speeding up the charge.

"Victory! Victory—Ooohoo

The power brought by the acceleration of the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry caused the ground to rumble with the sound of horses' hooves, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rolled up on the huge plain under the city.

On the wall of Blue Bird City, the soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands when they saw this battle, and their faces couldn't help but be frightened.

"Stop!" a commander climbed up, gathered his internal strength, and asked the cavalry outside the city in a loud roar: "This is the border fortress of the Yu Kingdom, who is coming, don't stop quickly!"

With the blessing of internal force, the voice soon reached the ears of the cavalry army forward, who was less than two thousand meters away from Blue Bird City.

Then, in the next second, the red-haired young man who led the cavalry army locked his eyes on the general at the head of the city, and with a lift of his hand, he held a short javelin more than three feet long hanging on the back of the war horse in his hand, and wrapped it around like a flame, and then swung his arm like a bow, and threw the javelin out at once.

Poof——!

The general who shouted at the head of the city only felt a red phantom flash in his field of vision, and then he had a sharp pain in his chest, and the javelin thrown by the red-haired young man from a distance of thousands of meters pierced his chest.

Taking this as a signal, dozens of masters in the cavalry army who were also suitable for Chiyan True Qi grabbed their javelins one after another, and after charging for a distance, they threw their amazing arm strength at the head of the city.

After throwing the javelin, these masters took off the longbow behind their backs, injected their true qi into the arrows, and continued to shoot at the city walls. It was obviously a projectile from the bottom up, but because the big bow was full of power and the arrow was blessed with true qi, the projectile distance of thousands of meters could not hinder them at all.

Caught off guard, the screams and the explosion of true qi after the javelins and arrows hit the ground spread all over the entire top of the city wall of Blue Bird City. The soldiers on guard suffered heavy casualties and were unable to organize an effective resistance in time.

In the end, the cavalry pioneers rushed to the city gate, and the ** master raised a bayonet spear more than three meters long, and the red true qi on his body was connected to each other, turning into a huge sharp cone virtual image, and the momentum of the mount bombarded the city gate fiercely.

"Boom-"

The guards near the city gate only felt the city wall shake slightly, and then, under the huge city gate in front of them, which was more than ten meters high, a large hole full of cracks and traces suddenly burst open.

A large number of steppe cavalry rushed in from the breach under the desperate gaze of the soldiers of the Al States.