Chapter 471: Eight Demons
The mountains stretch and the walled city rises.
Zheng Da, the general of the Liang army, stood on the northernmost military wall of Youzhou, staring at the dusky and quiet sky in the distance, feeling a heavy pressure.
Before Huan Wu died, he transferred Zheng Da to Youzhou. The entire Youzhou was divided into two, with the rich lands in the west going to the Liang state, while the eastern part belonged to the territory of the Yan state. And Luoyan was in the hands of the Liang army, which meant that the Liang army could occupy the most favorable position.
In the past, the main combat power of the Liang army was used to deal with the Yan army, but now, after the Liang army's visit to the school obtained the information that the demon clan was moving south on a large scale, most of the Liang army's combat power in the north has been mobilized to the north of Youzhou one after another to prevent a war that may occur at any time.
Before Huan Wu died, he deployed an army of 200,000 in the north. These sergeants were distributed in the two states of Globs and Gloom to defend against threats from the north.
At the beginning, Liang Ting had great objections to such a financially expensive arrangement. But now, with Huan Wu's prior arrangement, the Huan clan can find a trace of comfort in the pain of losing Yongzhou just now, so as to stabilize the situation in the six states of the Central Plains, so as not to be at a loss when the foothold is not stable after the capital has just been moved.
The area in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty has a natural mountain barrier, and the two hundred miles of mountains in the north of Youzhou have long been covered with the camps of the Liang army and the Liang army.
This military fortress is located at the outermost part of the Youzhou defense system and is mainly used for reconnaissance. Because of this, there are not many soldiers here.
In the first battle of Yongliang, the Shenjiwei and Neiwei were all wiped out, but this did not mean that the intelligence system of the Liang army lost its effectiveness. Xie Niuwei was in charge of external affairs, so he did not participate in the Battle of Yongliang. Xie Niuwei's intelligence system, which was independent of the other two guards, also brought first-hand information to Liang Jun.
The reason why Zheng Da felt pressure was not because Liang Jun didn't have much information about the demon clan, and he didn't have a clear grasp of it. On the contrary, the intelligence of the Liang army about the demon clan is very detailed. Because of this, Zheng Da knew exactly what kind of enemy they were going to face.
In just two years, the Demon Emperor Wu Hao has grown from the original 100,000 demon army to 300,000 demon barbarian coalition army. When the army of the demon clan went south, there were already 25,000 wolf riders, 10,000 holy armor troops and fifteen dragon hunters under the command of the demon emperor.
There is even intelligence that Wu Hao of the demon clan has obtained the allegiance of a divine beast dragon hunting king. At the same time, more than 1,000 hunting dragons surrendered to the demon clan.
Moreover, as the Demon Emperor moves south, many tribes on the grassland follow suit, and the Demon Emperor's strength will only get stronger and stronger.
What's more, the Demon Emperor is not simply the leader of a tribal alliance, he has reorganized the forces loyal to him, and it has been very effective.
The army of the demon clan has roughly exceeded 400,000.
The Demon Emperor divided the 100,000 elite demon army with first-class combat power into five armies, and handed over his command to five great demons loyal to Wu Hao.
Bai Ao, the leader of the Han Clan, Shi Qing, the leader of the Chaos Clan, Shi Wuzhong, the patriarch of the Lion Clan, Huang Xiong, the patriarch of the Tiger Clan, and Xian Hai, the leader of the eight-armed Rakshasa who is one of the thirteen fierce people.
Parallel with these 100,000 elite demon armies is the barbarian army mastered by the three barbarian kings.
Hao Hu, Hao Jing, Hao Wei, the elite barbarians in the hands of these three barbarian kings add up to 120,000, although their respective military strength is different, but they have all served under Wu Hao's command.
Since the death of Hao Lian, the co-leader of the last barbarians, these three barbarian kings with the blood of the barbarian royal family have been fighting each other. Their rift gave Wu Hao a chance, he married Hao Hu's sister, made her the queen of the demon clan, obtained Hao Hu's allegiance, and then defeated the weakest Hao Jing, and strengthened his relationship with Hao Jing by marriage.
In the end, Wu Hao led a large army to surround Hao Wei's department, the strongest of the three barbarian kings, and fought alone for three days and three nights, and finally subdued this barbarian king with his strength.
The nine-tailed fox Su Ying's plan allowed Wu Hao to gain the allegiance of the three barbarian kings of the barbarian clan in a short period of time, and also obtained a strong army.
These 220,000 troops are the foundation of Wu Hao's foothold. Wu Hao organized the 10,000 Holy Armor Army into his Praetorian Guard, and set up eight tribes.
The so-called Eight Divisions are the elite troops composed of demons among the thirteen fierce demons of the demon clan. The number of demons in the thirteen fierce monsters of the demon clan is scarce, but their combat power is overwhelming.
Thunder Beast, Stygian Snake, Green Ghost, Djinn, Bird, Copperhead, White Hoof, Split Eagle.
These eight elite troops, all composed of the thirteen fierce demons, can be said to be the most single race in the demon army, but they are also the most powerful troops.
The number of the eight tribes is scarce, and they only obey Wu Hao's dispatch, and he directly sends the task.
In addition, there are also the most elite eight thousand wolf riders who directly obey the demon emperor, as well as an unknown number of dragon hunting riders.
The Holy Armor Army, the Eight Tribes, the Wolf Rider, and the Dragoon Hunter.
These four armies were the most powerful troops under Wu Hao, numbering more than 20,000, and they were also the biggest threat in Zheng Da's heart.
The reason why Zheng Da came to this most cutting-edge military village was to adjust the layout of the army.
At this moment, there are many hesitants in the Liang court, and there are many Huan clan relatives among these people. The reason why they hesitated was because they hoped to use diplomacy to change the way the demon clan was external.
With the Zhou army going north, the Liang army is no longer the only enemy in front of the demon clan. The land of the river in Yang Xian's hands is even more tempting for the demon clan. These people hope to lead the disaster to Yang Xian, so that the demon clan and the Zhou army will lose both.
However, Zheng Da did not think that this was a result worth looking forward to, and the situation that Liang Jun would face was afraid that it would be very bad.
"General, all supplies are ready!"
"Escort to the rear immediately!"
The location of this military fortress is too conspicuous to be used for reconnaissance. In the past, when the Liang army was dominant, it didn't matter if it did so, and the alien races in the north did not dare to attack the Liang army's military village.
But now it is different, Zheng Da must modify all the unreasonable parts of the Liang army system to avoid unnecessary consumption.
"The last general obeys!"
When the general behind him answered the order, Zheng Da's brows furrowed. In the distant sky, three black dots suddenly appeared.
The three black dots grew larger and larger, approaching the camp at a rapid speed.
"It's ......."
When Zheng Da saw clearly what these three black spots were, he roared, "It's the dragon hunter of the demon clan, hide quickly!" ”
At this moment, the military village was full of loaded supplies, and the soldiers of the Liang army were about to set off to escort them, but they were not ready to meet the enemy at all.
The three dragoons roared through the sky as if they had discovered their prey.
The frost was like a pillar, spitting out of the mouth of the dragon hunter, freezing all the cars and people in the realm it passed into ice slag, and the soldiers of the Liang army had no power to resist at all.
Zheng Da frowned, the long knife in his hand was unsheathed, looking at the oncoming dragon hunter, and waved his hand to make a knife.
The sword flashed, and the dragon hunter who was flying in the sky missed Zheng Da's side, and instead of flying off the ground again, it hit the ground and dragged out a trace.
This hunting dragon, including the demons on the hunting dragon's body, split into two in an instant, exploded, and blood sprayed.
These three dragon hunters originally came to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and when they saw a small village of the Liang army, they wanted to destroy it with their powerful dragon hunting skills, but they didn't expect that a general of the Liang army was here.
But by the time they came to their senses, it was too late.