Chapter 50: Challenges
Three days later, the entire territory of the Mangan tribe was completely controlled by the Longken army.
The Kandi tribe received the news and sent troops to attack the Longken army from the west, but encountered a sandstone tornado created by Li Fan on the way.
Most of the soldiers were superstitious that the Longken tribe was protected by the gods, so they did not dare to attack, and they all retreated.
After taking control of the Mangan tribe, Li Fan asked the army to help the people rebuild their houses, and recruited a large number of unemployed Manggans to work in the Longken area.
In order to avoid persecution, the relatives and apprentices of the cultivators of the Manggan tribe took the initiative to offer Li Fan the only cultivation technique of the Manggan tribe, "Manggan Long Fist".
According to their confessions, this kind of boxing method was created by the ancestors of the Mangan tribe to summarize the fighting skills.
Li Fan took the boxing method and studied it carefully for three days, and found that this boxing method was very simple, not even as good as the simplified version of the Vajra boxing method, and the cultivation was very slow, most of the content was not very useful, only a few hand-to-hand grappling skills were of some value, so Wang Wu also copied a copy and used it in the coal mountain martial arts training system.
The plight of the Mangan tribe caused a great repercussion among the Kandi tribe, and the patriarchal forces began to implement the high-pressure control of the White Terror-style style, and the slightest disobedience immediately disappeared from the world, and those who reported the opposition to the patriarch forces were rewarded heavily.
People don't dare to talk to each other for fear of being reported, and they are worried every day.
This purge was soon carried out within the army, and a large number of officers were relieved of their duties.
Li Fan was quite happy after learning about the situation through the undercover agent, because in this case, he would not have to pay for the gun to sit on the territory of the Kandi tribe.
As expected, this White Terror-style control of the Kandi patriarch soon provoked an army coup, and the two armies began to fight against each other.
Within a month, the coup army of the Kandi clan was crushed.
Just as the Kandi patriarch called a meeting of his men to study how to defend themselves against the Dragonken tribe, several precision-guided bombs fell on the conference room, killing all the leaders of Kandi's old forces.
Li Fan's undercover agent released Li Fan's announcement through the media, saying that the civil rights situation of the Kandi tribe is very bad, and he is willing to send human rights defenders to help the Kandi people protect their human rights.
The Candi people had long been fed up with the oppressive control of the White Terror and raised their hands to welcome the arrival of Longken's rights defense forces, while most of the Kandi troops without the command of the general gave up resistance and chose to surrender directly, and the few recalcitrant ones were wiped out one by one.
The Longken tribe sent 10,000 troops to take over the devastated Kandi tribe and take similar measures to reassure the people as the Mangan tribe.
The common people have long longed for the kind of affluent life propagated by the Longken tribe, and the remnants of the minority patriarchal forces have been spontaneously captured by the people and handed over to the Longken army.
Seeing what the people wanted, almost all of the people went to the road to welcome the army of the Longken tribe, and there was no need for them to come out to obstruct them, so they simply surrendered to the Longken tribe and handed over their own clan's cultivation exercises, "lightning legs", in exchange for them and their families to continue to stay in the tribe to cultivate and enjoy the qualifications to make offerings.
After Li Fan got the "Lightning Leg" exercise, he carefully studied it for a few days, and felt that this exercise that greatly improved the light skill and leg method was very good, and sent a copy to Wang Wu, Nie Qingqing, Danya and Chen Meili, and a simplified version of this leg method was also added to the Coal Mountain Martial Arts textbook.
In this way, a year passed, Li Fan successfully controlled the territory of the two tribes in the northwest, and then set his sights on the Yingkun tribe in the north.
The people of the Yingkun tribe are not only brave and good at fighting, but also very united internally, the patriarch Kunde and his two sons Kunxiong and Kunmeng are very loved by the people, and their daughter Kunxi is not only beautiful, but also very strong in martial arts.
After Li Fan understood the situation, he felt that the method used on the two tribes in the northwest was not suitable for the Yingkun tribe, even if the power of the patriarch was destroyed, the people would not only not submit to him, but would try their best to avenge the patriarch they loved.
In view of the fact that the Yingkun tribe was subject to the deterrence of the Tianzhu Kingdom in the north and did not dare to attack the Longken tribe for the time being, Li Fan sent Wu Wei to negotiate with them, and he and Wang Wu immediately rushed to the southern battlefield.
The Qiguang tribe changed their tactics when the Mangan tribe was attacked and began to attack the Longken tribe in an all-out way.
The Longken tribe is 100,000 troops, and the Qiguang tribe is also 100,000 troops, but thanks to Dantuo's proper command and the help of more than a dozen combat robots and coal mountain cultivators, the Longken tribe has been victorious one after another.
Dantuo has been trained in the tribal wars of the Greenstone Country for many years, and his ability to command the army in battle is so strong that the soldiers even gave him the nickname "God of War".
The Qiguang clan couldn't withstand the pressure, not only did they bring in an additional 100,000 troops, but also invited two powerful cultivators to come and help in the battle.
There are very few powerful cultivators in the Greenstone Country, generally only the big tribes have them, and most of them are self-proclaimed, few participate in tribal wars, and most cultivators will only take action when the tribal territory is violated.
In the past, the Longken tribe only had Danya barely half a martial cultivator, the Hpakant tribe did not have one, and the Mangan tribe had three very weak martial cultivators, all of whom were killed.
There were four of them in the Kandi tribe, but their martial arts were mediocre, and they peacefully surrendered to the Longken tribe along with the people.
The relatives of these two powerful cultivators of the Qiguang tribe were killed on the battlefield by Li Fan's battle robots, and in a fit of rage, they personally came out to seek revenge, and by the way, they helped the Qiguang tribe subdue the Longken tribe.
The relatives of the cultivators are extra protective even in the army, and they usually stay in the rear when attacking and defending.
Unexpectedly, the battle robot brought by Li Fan broke through several lines of defense of the Qiguang clan in the blink of an eye, and rushed straight to the command post, causing a large number of generals of the Qiguang clan to be directly killed, including the relatives of these two cultivators.
The reason why Li Fan was in such a hurry to take Wang Wu to the southern battlefield was mainly because most of the combat robots he brought were destroyed by these two cultivators, and three of the martial cultivators in Coal Mountain also died.
Li Fan took more than 5,000 people and more than a dozen cultivators to the defense line of the Odang Mountain Range, which Dantuo was defending, and as soon as he entered the barracks, he saw all kinds of wounded people lying in the medical tents.
Some were injured by heavy artillery, some were gunshot wounds, and some were injured by Qiguang Wuxiu, but most of them were burned in the eyes by the strange rays emitted by Qiguang Faxiu.
Soldiers with eye injuries said they immediately closed their eyes at the sight of the dazzling light, and some even closed their eyes in advance, but the eyelids were low enough to stop the ray, and the injuries could only be slightly mitigated, wearing special protective glasses, turning their heads, or covering them with other thick objects.
Regarding the cultivation techniques of the Qiguang tribe, Li Fan also collected some information.
The reason why the Qiguang tribe is called the Qiguang tribe is because their ancestors obtained a magical light system cultivation technique "Qiguang Divine Skill".
The known effect of this exercise is through the eyes emitting strong light or several wavelengths of rays, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet in visible light, and ultraviolet and infrared rays in some wavelengths.
Qiguang Cultivation is to use various rays to attack the eyes of Longken soldiers in a large area, and also concentrate on the detection system of Longken combat robots, causing them to lose their vision, and then they are destroyed by Qiguang Martial Cultivation.
The Qiguang tribe later obtained two martial arts exercises, namely the "Broken Heart Palm" and the "Double Twisted Axe", and later purchased the "Lightning Leg" exercise from the Kandi tribe.
Broken Heart Palm is a relatively comprehensive martial arts method, with a heart method to enhance internal strength, as well as hand and foot defense techniques.
The double-twisted axe is an instrument usage, and there are also internal strength and moving body methods, but it is mainly the use of double axes.
The reason why the Qiguang tribe had to spend a lot of money to buy the lightning leg technique was mainly to strengthen the speed and change of the lower plate, so that the power of both the Broken Heart Palm and the Double Twisted Axe could be greatly improved.
Of course, the Fa cultivator who cultivates the Enlightenment Divine Skill can't cultivate the Lightning Leg, which is a true qi-driven exercise.
On the battlefield, this Enlightenment Martial Cultivator uses two axes similar to Indian battle axes.
The axe blade is sharp, the back is a puncture cone, there is an arc hook blade between the axe blade and the axe handle, the front end of the axe handle is a sharp cone, and the back end of the axe handle is the hammer surface.
Dan Tuo found someone to record the video of Qiguang Wu Xiu and Fa Xiu on the battlefield, and Li Fan and Wang Wu were silent for a while after watching it, understanding why Dan Tuo was defeated and retreated.
Because cultivators of this level are by no means something that ordinary soldiers and combat robots can deal with, especially which Qiguang Martial Cultivator has a strength of at least three thousand catties, and Coal Mountain Martial Cultivator can only retreat.
The opponent was stronger than expected, but the Odang Mountains were the most important barrier to Phra Chong, and if they were lost, the army of the Kaiguang tribe would drive through the plains behind the mountain.
Dan Tuo put forward the idea of making peace with the Qiguang tribe, after all, their plan to win over the northern tribe to encircle the Longken tribe had gone bankrupt, and the other party would lose a lot if they continued to fight.
Li Fan denied his idea.
The reason is very simple, in history, the negotiation of peace in the weak situation of any party has always been short-lived and ineffective, and it is basically a period of time to make a living in exchange for resources.
The stronger side will strengthen its military power when it receives the resources paid by the weaker side, and invade the weaker side again with a greater advantage until it is completely annexed.
The so-called peace negotiation means that the strength of the two sides is about the same, and it is not beneficial to fight, so it is impossible to sit down and sign an armistice agreement.
The current situation is very favorable to the Qiguang tribe, and the army, under the leadership of two powerful cultivators, is marching all the way, and if it breaks through the defense line of the Odang Mountains, it can take the central city of the Longken tribe, Pachong City.
In this case, the Qiguang tribe will not make peace, and if you want to make a truce with them, you must first beat them, fight them back, and severely damage their military strength.
Dan Tuo listened carefully to Li Fan's words, and was very impressed by his profound historical knowledge and strong analytical ability, and gave up the idea of negotiating peace and devoted himself to the study of tactics.
Li Fan and Dan Tuo knew very well in their hearts that whether they could win this battle or not was related to the fate of the Longken tribe, and how to deal with those two cultivators was the key to whether they could win, and after studying for a long time, they came to three conclusions:
First, we should try our best to lure the cultivator away from the army, especially that martial cultivator, and find a way to drag him down and take the opportunity to attack the army of the Qiguang tribe.
The second is that we must find a way to separate these two people, their exercises are very well coordinated, cover each other, can attack from a distance or close combat, and if they are dealt with separately, they can use their respective weaknesses to find opportunities.
The third is to try as soon as possible, after waiting for a long time, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qiguang tribe will complete the encirclement and deployment of the Odang Mountains, and it will be difficult to have the opportunity to lure out those two cultivators after the start of the war.
After watching the battle video repeatedly, Li Fan, Dan Tuo, and Wang Wu had some confidence in killing that Fa Xiu, because his weakness was more obvious, he would stop in place for about five seconds before sending out a ray with his eyes, and there would be at least fifteen minutes between the two launches.
But this Fa Xiu himself should also know these very well, always wandering beside that Wu Xiu, no more than fifty meters away, wearing protective clothing, not to mention bullets, and the explosion of heavy artillery next to him will push him away a few meters at most, and it can't hurt him.
Not only that, Fa Xiu was covered in weapons, a bunch of rifle and pistol grenades, and a special forces of more than a dozen people followed to protect him.
The most troublesome thing is the martial artist who makes the double axe, a protective suit is not afraid of guns, has practiced the lightning leg exercise, and the body is extremely fast, not only the use of the double axe is very proficient, but also carries an automatic rifle and grenade.
Li Fan originally wanted to use his newly refined Yuan Weapon Needle to sneak attack him, but first, he needed to be within a hundred meters, and second, martial arts cultivators usually practiced hidden weapons, and they were discerning and responsive, so it shouldn't be so easy to succeed.
Wu Xiu is very powerful, but he also has weaknesses, that is, he is too arrogant, he does not have any exclusive guards around him, he often likes to be in the limelight, he is too fast when he rushes, and he rarely cares about the follow-up of the backup.
Fa Xiu's weakness is obvious, and he relies on Wu Xiu to protect him, but Wu Xiu's strength is superior and difficult to deal with.
Dan Tuo still wanted to deal with the easy Fa Xiu first, and organized a death squad to attack him at night.
After thinking about it carefully, Li Fan felt that it was inappropriate, Fa Xiu would definitely be attacked and Wu Xiu would come to the rescue, and he planned to deal with one, but the actual one might be dealt with by the two of them.
Wang Wu was very interested in this martial cultivator, and felt that although he couldn't beat him, he wanted to compete with him, which would definitely be very helpful to his own improvement.
Li Fan heard the inspiration, and felt that he could take advantage of that martial cultivator's arrogance, send him a war letter, and duel with him in private, with his current empty thoughts, most of them would take the bait, and then secretly ambush the organ to kill him.
Unexpectedly, Wang Wu disagreed with Li Fan's plan, saying that the eldest husband acted above board, and although the soldiers on the battlefield were not tired of deceit, this kind of duel in his personal name was not among the tactics of war, and he could not plot against the other party.
Dan Tuo and Li Fan persuaded for a while, saying that the matter was very important, but Wang Wu just didn't agree, and he must challenge the other party's martial arts cultivation openly.
Seeing that Wang Wu was so stubborn, Dan Tuo originally wanted to give up the method of luring the snake out of the hole with a duel, but he didn't expect Li Fan to ponder for a while and come up with a new strategy.
According to Li Fan, a fair duel is also possible, but it is not a one, but three battles, and the method and content must be agreed, and life and death will not be decided.