Huangcheng.

The vast desert grassland is full of spring.

The Huangshui flows eastward, and between the vast areas, it can be seen that the men and horses of the Zhou army galloped back and forth on the grassland, transporting materials for building camps around Huangcheng.

Huangcheng was the front line of defense of the northern barbarians in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the special terrain around Huangcheng was used to defend the barbarians from moving south.

In the beginning, the existence of this line of defense was not of much significance, and there was also the Xiongguan Pass in the south, which was enough to block the barbarian army.

However, with the change of state situation between the Great Zhou and the Steppe Empire, the Zhou army transformed from the initial strategic defense to a strategic offensive, and even a final all-out offensive.

The significance of this line of defense where Huangcheng is located is highlighted, and it is the first fortress for the Zhou army to advance north. All the grain and grass of the army will be transferred from Yongliang and Sanzhou, and they will eventually gather here.

At the same time, the land of Hehuang was rich in water and grass, and it was very close to Yongzhou, so there were enough resources for the Zhou army to domesticate enough cavalry. The Huangcheng defense line is in front, which means that it is impossible for the alien army that wants to go south to spare this place and directly attack Chongguan.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, the alien army will face the danger of being attacked from both sides, or even surrounded on all sides.

More than 30 years ago, the world was in turmoil, and the last Zhou army stationed in Huangcheng was wiped out by the Great Demon Wingtail, and since then, the land of Hehuang has fallen, and the Great Zhou's sphere of influence has plummeted, and the front end of the defense has become a more dangerous rush.

However, as the internal strife within the Great Zhou reached a point, the Liang army finally freed up their hands and recaptured the land of Hehuang again.

First Zhu Jian, then Zhang Rui, the two generals of the Liang army swept this river land alive, swept away all the alien races that dared to resist, and used the most severe means to destroy dozens of big and small demons.

Today, when the Zhou army settled in Yongzhou and entered the land of Hehuang in the north, there was actually not much resistance here.

However, instead of it, for the Zhou army, it was the threat of another powerful force.

Demon Emperor Wu Hao gathered 300,000 soldiers and displayed them outside. It's like a snowball, sooner or later, it will absorb all the alien forces around the Demon Domain and even the entire Saibei.

In less than two years, Wu Hao has developed from the dilemma of only 100,000 demon troops to the point where he is now. Among them, Wu Hao won the support of the big and small demon parties near the demon domain, and after the death of the last co-master of the barbarians, he absorbed the power of the three barbarian kings of the barbarians through marriage and other means, and obtained the support of more than 100,000 barbarian troops.

Of course, this is not intimidating. Because the Zhou army has faced foreign forces in the past, the number of them is more than today's demon army.

These alien armies are usually low-combat, tribe-based, and war-based on raiding, each with its own agenda.

However, Wu Hao is different, he is innovating the previous systems of the demon and barbarian clans in the demon domain, and even refers to the military system within the Zhou army to build an army with strong combat power.

What Wu Hao wants to do is to resurrect the huge steppe empire in Saibei six hundred years ago. And when he completely deals with the internal affairs of the Demon Domain, he will inevitably go south, and then Zhou Jun will face more than just a rabble.

And behind all this, you can see the shadow of Su Ying, the nine-tailed demon fox. As the courtier of the Demon Emperor, Su Ying plays an important role in it.

"Rongcan!"

"The last general!"

"You're good at training heavy armor."

Standing on the high platform of the Huangcheng Palace, it can be seen that above the grass in the distance, there are two pale cyan turtles slowly taking shape.

Turtle Protector Array!

A heavy armor of 2,500 people, and four heavy armor become an army, and you can use the signature formation of the Xuan Turtle Protective Array. Although the shape of the two turtles in front of Yang Xian was unstable, the newly established 20,000 heavy armor could do this, and Rong Can was indeed well-trained.

The Zhou army and Liang Dingyong accepted hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops.

Among them, there are brave soldiers like the Liangzhou Army, and there is also a new army trained by the Liang State of Yongzhou. The Zhou army overflowed, and all the armies were expanding.

And the heavy armor led by Rong Can has also expanded from the original 5,000 to 20,000.

Heavy armor means the ceiling of the top combat power of the infantry army. As for the army that can exceed this ceiling, it is not nothing, but it is often impossible to build and form on such a large scale as heavy armor.

With the strength and wealth of the Liang army, Huan Wu has only built 50,000 heavy armor for more than 20 years.

After Yuan Cheng destroyed the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army, it basically meant that the heavy armor army was cut off. Because the imperial court strictly forbade the local private accumulation of heavy armor, most of the generals who were familiar with the tactics and formations of the heavy armor army were defeated in the battle with Chengtian Dao.

The Liang army relied on reverse exploration to rebuild the heavy armored army, with about 50,000 personnel. According to Yang Chun's evaluation, Huan Wu's 50,000 heavy armored troops have exceeded the combat power of the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army in the last years of Emperor Qi.

Of course, compared with the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army that the Great Zhou Empire went north to destroy the Grassland Empire at its peak, it was still much worse. But even so, these 50,000 heavy armor can still crisscross the Central Plains.

In the end, 20,000 of them, a total of eight heavy armors, were folded in the battle of southern Zhou, and after the war, Rong Can led two heavy armors to surrender to the Zhou army. The remaining 30,000 followed the Huan clan to move north to Shenwu.

The heavy armor of the 20,000 Zhou troops in Huangcheng had just become an army, and even the most basic Xuangui Protective Array could not be used, let alone compared with the heavy armor of the 30,000 Liang army.

However, the Zhou army still has time, the Huan clan wants to move the capital to Shenwu, and Wu Hao wants to reform the system of the demon and barbarian armies.

However, Yang Xian was not worried that this Liang army would raid the land of Hehuang.

Among the Liang army in Bingzhou, 20,000 Zhujian's righteous soldiers are still in Hedong County, and the Shangxi cavalry led by Yang Jian is also like heavy armor, stepping up training to form an army. The rest of the army is not enough to qualify.

The situation in the world has not yet been completely stabilized, and the relationship between Zhou and Liang and even the demon clan is still in a strategic window period. The Zhou army had a period of peace and could straighten out the military horses.

In the land of Hehuang, there are 10,000 Qin Feng's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, 10,000 Yang Fuxin's trained cavalry, and Rong Can's 20,000 heavy armor, and the rest are the Demon Clan's army commanded by Luo Wuyi.

"My lord, this is a message from Ho Kyo."

Qin Feng took the bamboo tube that he had untied from Xunying's legs, came to Yang Xian's face, and arched his hand.

Yang Xian took it and opened it, but smiled.

"The territory of Wu and Chu has become a pot of porridge, Cai Tong and Hou Tao are finally willing to be ministers?"

"Lord, the attitude of these two guys has finally softened!"

Qin Feng had a smile on his face, but Yang Xian was not satisfied.

"It's not enough! issued another edict and ordered Cai Tong and Hou Tao to enter Beijing immediately to see His Majesty the Son of Heaven. ”

"What if they won't?"

"The army is cutting it down!"

These four words are very light, but there is no hesitation.