In a vast grassland, a group of black and white cows are eating with their heads down, and the fresh green grass on the ground.

Moo~

Around the herd, a dozen able-bodied men sat on horses, holding a noose in their hands and carrying bows and arrows on their backs.

They look like hunters, but they're just a group of farmers who keep cows in captivity and produce dairy products. In order to prevent the grass roots from the pasture from being eaten by the cows, they need to take the herd to eat the grass elsewhere every other month.

At the same time, the reason why they dress up like this is mainly because the world is too chaotic. If you don't arm yourself. On the second day, there is a high chance that the cows that you depend on for your livelihood will be snatched by others.

The sun hung high in the sky, obscured by a thin leaf-like cloud. The breeze gently blew through the grass, making countless grasses bow their heads.

Moo~

The cows cried happily, and the sky was filled with the melodious chirping of birds. Looking at this beautiful grassland and listening to the cries of the animals around it, this scene is so peaceful.

But the men on the horses did not feel auspicious at all, and everyone's hearts were very depressed now. This increasingly dark society weighs them down until they can't breathe.

"It's just too much! Those ugly businessmen are driving down the price of our dairy products. Now we can't even guarantee two meals a day for the money we get from selling milk and cheese! One farmer complained angrily.

A few years ago, the production of various dairy products could easily solve the food and clothing of his family, even to the point of three meals a day. And now, because the so-called joint chamber of commerce in the city began to deliberately lower the purchase price of dairy products, until now, the money obtained from the sale of dairy products cannot even solve the problem of food and clothing.

It's not that they didn't want to sell to someone else, but the United Chamber of Commerce has co-opted all the merchants so that they can't find anyone to sell to. Even the restaurants that usually buy cheese from them did not buy dairy products from them under pressure from the United Chamber of Commerce.

"Yes, those fat-headed, big-eared and fat businessmen like pigs are too greedy. I think they want us to give them dairy for free! One of his closest companions said.

"Alas, how should we live in this world?"

At this time, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a vicissitudes of life came over on horseback and said, "Okay, don't complain, at least we still have food to eat, and we won't starve to death." ”

"Now there is a famine in the city, and people are even starting to starve to death."

Hearing this, the others fell silent.

Their Grand Canal Plain is the food producing place of the entire empire, and now there are no so-called natural and man-made disasters here, and even this year can be said to be smooth weather. There has not been a single drought or flood, not even a more serious insect plague in the past.

It's been a good year, but ridiculously people are starving to death. In this Grand Canal plain, known as the granary of the empire, in this most favorable year in 10 years, some people starved to death.

"I've heard that the village of Tel in the forest on the edge of the plains has been reversed." A blond-haired man said.

"The most important thing is that it is said that the city guards who went to crusade a few days ago fled back in embarrassment."

"What's all the fuss, that village also makes a living by hunting dangerous species." A man smiled disdainfully, "Just those soldiers who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, how can they be beaten by dangerous hunters?" If they take off that tortoise shell, they won't even be able to beat me. ”

"That's it! Don't talk about it anymore, it's not what we should be talking about, it's not something we can discuss. The middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes scolded.

"I know what you're thinking, but the real power of the Empire is the Frontier Army, the army of General Estes. This is my advice to you, don't think about rebelling against the Empire, which is more powerful than it seems. ”

Swish!

At this time, an incomparably huge black crack suddenly appeared on the grassland. The moment this black crack appeared, it was as if the whole world had gone dark.

"Hey! That...... What is that?! A man pointed at the spatial portal in horror.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at a huge black crack dozens of times higher than the city wall!

"What the hell is this!?"

"Could this be the legendary super dangerous species!"

The sudden appearance of the black crack exuded an all-engulfing aura, the light around it dimmed a little, and the breeze that had been blowing through the grassland disappeared without a trace. A great will that ordinary people can't feel comes out of it, looking at this new world.

In the sky above the spatial rift, dark clouds suddenly thickened, and waves of violent energy began to converge, and black lightning shuttled between the dark clouds. Then the dark clouds began to slowly turn into a huge whirlpool, and in the center of the whirlpool exuded an aura of destruction.

Faced with this situation, the great will that poked out of the spatial rift began to retract into the spatial rift, and no longer continued to examine this new world.

The huge whirlpool in the sky, although it did not dissipate, but the terrifying energy gradually disappeared.

All the creatures around the spatial rift, their hearts beating wildly, and an inexplicable sense of panic welled up in their hearts.

More than a dozen peasants on horseback opened their mouths wide at this time, looking at this black crack that was dozens or hundreds of times higher than the city wall. From the shock just now, it gradually changed to fear, the fear of the unknown, the fear of huge objects.

At the same time, the huge whirlpool in the sky added an inexplicable sense of oppression to this spatial crack.

The herd, which had been grazing happily just a moment ago, began to stir and let out a frightened cow cry. And the birds that were still playing in the sky just now have disappeared without a trace.

Moo~

All creatures are inherently more or less gigantic phobia, so weird, so large that the black crack is extremely oppressive.

Boom Boom!

At this time, a strange roar sounded, and Snapdragon main battle tanks slowly emerged from the portal. A heavily armed soldier in camouflage uniform, a tactical helmet, stands in a machine-gun position.

At this time, the eyes of all the soldiers were full of coldness, iron blood, and they were ready to become an executioner.

The tank roared, and its massive body weighing dozens of tons crushed over the verdant lawn, leaving a deep mark.

Seeing this group of steel monsters coming out of the portal, the peasants were even more stunned, and at this time they didn't know what language to use and what reaction to respond to all this.

Whether it's the huge whirlpool in the sky, or this mysterious crack dozens of times higher than the city wall, and finally these people who sit on the steel monster. All of this broke through their common sense, and everyone felt that their worldview was completely shattered in just a few seconds.

Everyone stared blankly at the steel monsters that kept pouring out of the portal in the distance, even if a few of them had come to their senses, they didn't dare to make any action. Because they were afraid that their movements would attract the attention of these steel monsters.

When the cattle saw this group of steel monsters, they were completely panicked, and began to flee backwards with a frightened cry from their mouths.

And this move of the cattle made all the farmers come back to their senses in an instant. The peasants looked at each other, and then everyone turned their eyes to the man in the lead, who was full of vicissitudes.

The man looked at the steel monsters that kept pouring out in the distance, and these steel monsters still hadn't turned their heads, and they were looking at them once. At the same time, he also noticed the Dongxia soldiers standing in the tank machine gun position.

Three years ago, when he was an Imperial soldier, he had seen this kind of steel weapon in the western frontier of the empire, when he was fighting the eastward expeditionary force of the western countries, which claimed to be a million-strong army. The expeditionary forces of the Western countries had steel weapons of roughly the same shape, and I heard that the Western countries called this weapon a bucket.

It's just that the steel weapons of the Western countries are only half the size of the steel monsters in front of him, and at the same time, they look like broken copper and iron that have been forcibly pieced together. And these steel monsters in front of him give him a sense of oppression, full of violent beauty.

At this time, the tank unit, which was the leading force, also noticed the group of peasants on horseback in the distance, and some soldiers turned their heads to look at them.

Boom!

Met the eyes of these soldiers, and everyone's inner mood subconsciously looked away. Even the vicissitudes of life who have been on the battlefield and killed many people have looked away.

Hell, what the hell is going on?! First this mysterious rift, and then this crack you have drilled out a group of soldiers piloting steel monsters!

The middle-aged man's hands began to tremble unconsciously, and the momentum on these soldiers reminded him of the First Army under General Estes.

Powerful, cold, iron-willed.

Although these armies do not have the madness of the First Army, for some reason, this army gives him a stronger sense of oppression than the First Army.

At the same time, after everyone saw the Dongxia soldiers, they were shocked by the iron-blooded momentum exuded by these soldiers.

The man with a vicissitudes of life gritted his teeth and said, "Chase!" ”

Then, with great difficulty, he took control of the horse, which was already somewhat frightened, and turned to the herd that was galloping behind. Other farmers, led by him, also mustered up the courage to chase the herd with their horses.

They didn't know exactly what these steel monsters were, but at least they didn't attack them. Farmers care more about their cows than they do about figuring out what the hell is going on. They didn't know how the steel monsters would change the world, but they at least knew that if they lost their herd, they and their families would starve to death.

The Third Army paid no attention to the actions of this group of peasants, and did not worry at all about the peasants returning to the city to inform the troops in the city. Even if this group of peasants informed all the countries of the world about the Third Legion on this day, they would not care in the slightest.

Whether these countries knew about the arrival of their Third Army Corps or not, the result was the same. All nations will be trampled to pieces under the steel torrent of their Third Legion.

What has it to do with you to destroy you?

Tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, mechanized infantry, military trucks, one unit after another began to pass through portals into the world.

Ten minutes later, the Third Army completely entered the world of Slashing Crimson Pupils.

Then the huge torrent of steel began to disperse into 5 troops moving quickly in different directions.

Their mission was to occupy the entire Grand Canal Plain within three hours, and the first step of the occupation plan was to take control of the five major cities in the Grand Canal Plain.

Then, with these five cities as the center, a small force was sent to occupy all the nearby towns and cities, so as to control the entire Grand Canal Plain.

At the same time, within two days, the engineering corps erected a large signal tower in these five cities and initially established a communications system.

Within 10 days, a runway will be built that will at least be able to accommodate bombers taking off and landing.

With the help of earth-based magic, the already terrifying infrastructure capabilities of the Eastern Xia Empire have become even more frenzied.

Now it is simply easy for them to build a large aircraft such as an artificial bomber in 10 days, with a flight track for take-off and landing. As long as they are equipped with two earth-based archmages, the engineering troops are sure to build a standard air base within 10 days.

Of course, this terrifying speed also comes at a price, and this price is very cruel, and that is hair.

………………

At the confluence of a branch river of the Grand Canal, which runs through the entire Canal Plain, there is a majestic and huge city, and countless merchant ships dock at the port of this giant city.

Like ants, dock porters carry heavy loads of goods off merchant ships or onto merchant ships.

River Transport City, located in the center of the Grand Canal, is the transportation hub of the entire Grand Canal. As a result, commerce flourished, with countless merchant ships coming and going every day, transporting all sorts of goods throughout the empire.

It is also the most fertile place in the entire canal plain, and accounts for 30% of the total annual production of the "granary of the empire".

On the other side of Canal City is a golden wheat field, which is so vast that you can't see the edge.

Every wheat field is guarded by a dark-skinned, emaciated peasant dressed in coarse linen. This is mainly due to the fact that there is a species of bird near Canal City called the Wheat Eater, which is smaller than the others, usually only two fingers wide. But the quantity is extremely large, and it feeds exclusively on wheat.

When the wheat is about to ripen, they will appear in droves and loot the wheat fields like locusts, and if no one guards them, they will peck at the whole wheat field in less than two days.

Looking at the golden wheat fields, looking at these fruitful wheat, every farmer sighs that this year is a bumper harvest year. If it was before, looking at the small fruit, every farmer would have a bright and simple smile on his face. But now not a single peasant smiled, and all of them had only numbness in their expressions, and their eyes were full of despair.

In recent years, taxes have become more and more severe, making it more and more difficult for people at the bottom. To this day, paying taxes has become 90% of the total amount of food they produce. After paying taxes at this level, the food left over is not enough for their family to eat, and even food and clothing have become a problem.

Boom Boom Boom!

At this moment, there was a roar in the distance, and everyone turned their heads in the direction of the sound, and saw rows of steel monsters, appearing on the horizon.

A torrent of steel composed of Snapdragon main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and military trucks ran over this golden wheat field.

Dada......

In the sky, the Falcon gunship began to pick up speed, leapfrogging the torrent of steel below, and flying towards the giant city ahead.

[The mission begins, clearing all the armed forces on the walls of Canal City.] 】

The peasants guarding the wheat fields looked at the torrent of steel that was approaching them at an unhurried pace in the distance, and everyone was so frightened that they lost their minds.

"What the hell is this?!" Some of the peasants were so frightened that their legs went limp and they collapsed on the ground.

"Dangerous Waves!"

"Run, everybody! Now it's safe to go back to Canal City! A peasant came to his senses, then turned and ran towards Canal City.

As the first man fled, the others also came to their senses, turned and crawled towards Canal City behind.

On the walls of Canal City, the city defense army also noticed the torrent of steel in the distance. All the soldiers in armor were frightened by this posture, their legs weakened, and the weapons in their hands were a little unstable.

"Monster! There are monsters! ”

"Dangerous species, what to do? This number of dangerous species is simply not something we can resist! ”

"That's too much, isn't it!? Could it be that this is the legendary dangerous seed tide, and all the dangerous seed nests in the empire have been swept away by the empire hundreds of years ago!? ”

"Just kidding, this is a canal, a plain, an imperial granary! Why are there such a number of dangerous species? Could it be that the frontier has been breached! ”

All the soldiers were a little overwhelmed by the overwhelming torrent of steel, and even now a minute had passed, and the soldiers in charge of ringing the bell were not ringing their guards.

If they behave like this now, the frontier army can be directly dealt with by military law, and they will be beheaded immediately. However, strictly speaking, they are not an army, but just a group of officials and nobles' security guards. It's okay to let them bully and bully civilians, but if they are allowed to go to war, they may not even be able to defeat bandits.

"Hurry up and ring the alarm!" A veteran who had come down from the battlefield roared.

This group of Wang Ba calves, when they usually bully the poor, they are so arrogant, they look big, Lao Tzu's biggest posture, and now they become soft-footed shrimp when they encounter danger.

was yelled at by this veteran, and the soldier in charge of ringing the bell immediately came back to his senses and hurriedly rang the huge alarm bell next to him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The low sound of the bell quickly spread throughout Canal City, and everyone in Canal City subconsciously looked up in the direction where the bell came from.

Look at the gunship unit that flew towards them first, and look at the torrent of steel in the sky. All the soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but take a step back, and some of them were a little more timid, and they couldn't even hold their weapons steadily.

"Archers! Shoot arrows, you can't get them close to the walls! The veteran commanded.

An archer, who had also come down from the battlefield, yelled at his fellow archers around him, "Hurry up and draw your bow and aim!" What are you doing stupidly? Waiting to die?! Take out the momentum that you usually bully civilians, and don't be like a with me here! ”

The veterans, who were usually silent, quickly commanded their companions, and the originally panicked city defense army quickly restored order under their command, and everyone began to prepare various city defense equipment.

At the gate of the city, the fat city gate chief waved his greasy hands, jumped up and down and commanded the soldiers: "Hurry up and close the city gate for Lao Tzu!" ”

"But no one has come in." One soldier hesitated.

Fat Chen Weichang glared at the soldier, and said with a hideous face: "I told you to close it, those are just a group of untouchables who died and died, now hurry up and close the door for me!" Close the door! ”

In the face of the thunderous top, the soldiers gritted their teeth and pushed the heavy city gate to slowly close. When the peasants who were running towards this side in the distance saw this scene, their eyes were suddenly full of despair.

Although the hearts of all the peasants were filled with despair, they still ran towards the gates of the city, because they hoped that the conscience of the city guards would let them in.

And the peasants outside came to the city wall and kept beating it, and they were already full of despair.

Bang Bang Bang!

The peasants banged at the huge gates and cried out in despair: "Please, let us in!" ”

By this time, the Falcon gunship had arrived 200 meters away from Canal City.

The Falcon gunship pilot adjusts the muzzle of his gun and aims it at the armoured soldiers on the city wall, and the Gatling gun on the Falcon gunship raises its muzzle.

【Fire!】 】

As the order came down, all gunship pilots pressed the fire button.

Dada!

The Gatling guns spun wildly, and the Falcon gunship opened fire at the same time, and countless bullets poured out, forming a network of fire and flying towards the soldiers on the city walls.

Woooo

The soldiers on the city wall were instantly torn apart by countless bullets, and suddenly the wails of the soldiers resounded on the city wall. Blood splattered, stumps, and scraps of flesh covered the entire city wall, and the city wall was instantly dyed red.

"Help!"

"Ahhhh A soldier lay on the ground wailing in pain, tears streaming from his terrified eyes. At this time, his hands and feet were shattered by bullets, and a large amount of blood continued to flow from the wound.

Woohoo!

The next moment a string of bullets rained down from the sky, shattering his skull, splashing red and white all around, and his wailing came to an abrupt end.

"You monsters!" An archer pulled his hard bow and said, "Die!" ”

Shout!

A bow and arrow flew and slammed into the helicopter gunship's special glass.

While!

The bow and arrow were bounced away in an instant, leaving not even a trace, and the archer watched this scene with a blank expression.

"Liar!"

His attack succeeded in attracting the pilot's attention, and the gunship turned its head, and the massive Gatling gun began to turn.

Woohoo!

Dozens of bullets tore the archer's body into countless pieces in an instant, and another life died.

Helicopter gunships began firing around the four walls, killing every soldier standing on top of the walls.

"Run!"

"This becomes a monster!"

Some of the soldiers fought back desperately, some fled with their heads in their hands, and some knelt on the ground looking at the torrent of steel in the sky with a desperate expression.

But everything they did was in vain, no matter how much they roared and how they fled. The final result was only one, the body was torn apart by bullets. This is not a battle, this is a one-sided massacre.

The wails of the city defenders reached the Canal City, and all the inhabitants looked in horror at the steel monsters flying in the sky and at the blood splattering on the city walls.

"There are dangerous species! Run! ”

"The dangerous species are attacking the city!"

"This is Canal City, the interior of the Empire! Why are there so many dangerous species of flight! ”

There was also chaos in the canal city, and some of the timid people let out frightened cries and fled in all directions. And their behavior also detonated the fear of the people around them.

Everyone began to flee, they didn't know where they were fleeing, but the people around them were fleeing, and they themselves were running in all directions unconsciously.

At this moment, the entire Canal City was completely in chaos, and there were cries of terror everywhere. Before the Eastern Xia Imperial army launched any attack on any of the cities, nearly 100 people had died in the city due to a stampede, most of them were weak children.

The Dongxia soldiers, who were driving the Falcon gunships in the air, finally stopped shooting. At this time, the four walls of Canal City were already covered with bullet holes, and the corpses covered the entire city wall, and the bright red blood stained the walls red.

In just three minutes, thousands of city guards were slaughtered by the Falcon Helicopter Gunship, and the soldiers of the Falcon Helicopter Gunship were also covered with blood on their hands at this moment.

It was a one-sided massacre.