With the continuous increase of troops in the imperial court, the pressure on the side of the White Lotus Sect is increasing, after all, the Ming Dynasty is an incomparably vast country, even if it falls into recession, the war potential is huge. In the past, Warat and Tatar were able to attack the Ming Dynasty, but they could only make a fortune and leave, never daring to go deeper, for fear of being pulled into the quagmire.

There are one million soldiers in the entire Ming Dynasty, nearly 100,000 border troops, and there are only 60,000 elites in Tongtian City, even if ordinary sect members are incorporated, it can only reach 200,000.

The problem of numbers is secondary, the most important thing is that the armament can't keep up, Babel City has been desperately mining the iron ore near Altay for many years, but it is still not enough to equip all the soldiers with weapons.

As a result, the White Lotus Sect had no choice but to carry out a defensive strategy to consolidate the territory it occupied, and engaged in a long tug-of-war with the Ming army.

And this battle, as soon as it was fought, it lasted for more than 20 years, which no one could have imagined.

In the past 20 years, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian and Guangdong have been infiltrated by the White Lotus Sect for most of their territory, while the core Shuntianfu, Yingtianfu, Shandong, Jianghuai, Henan, Jiangxi and other places are still firmly controlled by the imperial court.

In the past two decades, the soldiers on both sides have changed several times, and the population under their control has been drastically reduced. Even if they are encouraging childbirth, because of the reduction of strong labor, the soldiers still can't keep up.

In addition to the rebel army of the White Lotus Sect, there are more than a dozen armies of different sizes that are also active in various places, and these forces survive in the gap between the Ming Dynasty and the White Lotus, because both sides are unable to spare their hands to deal with these people, making these forces live quite well.

"The last moment...... It's coming. "Fang Hong stands on the head of the city of Xiangyang, in the north of Xiangyang is Henan, where is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he was close to seventy years old, Fang Hong still looked like a young man, the time in his body derived the energy realm, and he was able to control the ability in his body with incomparable precision, coupled with the strength of his physical body, he could seal his qi and blood, and time could not leave any traces on his body.

His eyes opened at this moment, and he could clearly see that Da Ming's luck was about to be sucked out, thirty percent of his luck fell on the body of the White Lotus Sect, fifty percent was on the side of the remnants of the Divine Dao, and two percent were scattered in all directions and were not absorbed.

"Father, are you launching a general attack?" Behind Fang Hong, a middle-aged man walked over with a graceful woman in his arms, this woman was extremely well maintained, her skin was still smooth, but some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and gray hair betrayed her age.

The woman is naturally Xie Chaoyu, Xie Chaoyu is a little older than Fang Hong, and he is already seventy this year. If it weren't for Fang Hong to convey divine power for her and keep her body active, I am afraid that she would have become old a long time ago.

And this middle-aged man is Fang Xu, Fang Xu is almost fifty years old, just because of his profound martial arts cultivation, he looks less than forty.

Over the years, he has led the army of the White Lotus Sect to fight against the imperial court, and he has gradually grown up, no longer the simple and ignorant appearance of the past.

"Send troops, I've been waiting for this battle for more than forty years. Fang Hong's eyes closed slightly, communicating with the inner world, more than two hundred gods were shining in the body, and the most central one was the lifeless old mother with a grand and majestic aura.

"Let's go!" Fang Xu sorted out his armor, walked down directly from the city, and then shouted, under the support of his huge qi and blood, the three armies all heard his voice, and then the army marched out, and one by one the teams walked out of the city and marched to the north.

In the army, you can also see many traces of artillery fire. Twenty years ago, the First World War made the White Lotus Sect thoroughly understand the importance of firearms. When Fang Hong plundered the capital, he took away 5,000 craftsmen, and some of these craftsmen were good at making firearms. Because of the full support of the White Lotus Sect, firearms were quickly created and updated in battles again and again.

There were nearly 100,000 troops hoarded in Xiangyang City, all of which were the main forces of the White Lotus Sect. And Da Ming also discovered the traces of the White Lotus Sect's troop transfer a few months ago, and also began to send troops to Nanning Mansion in Henan.

Therefore, in this battle, both sides are the main forces to the fullest, and this battle is used to determine the luck of both sides, no matter which side wins, they can get a complete victory.

"Boom. "At the beginning of the war, firearms were quickly used on both sides, a total of hundreds of cannons roared on the battlefield, and the projectiles seemed to be poured out as if they were not going to die, and human life became cheaper than mustard at this moment, rows of soldiers fell, and the whole battlefield was shrouded in gunsmoke and the smell of blood.

Above the sky, there was an incomparably terrifying killing aura, and no god could use his magical powers here. The Mandate of Heaven roared at a very high place, it had already sensed that something was wrong, operating according to the rules, the Ming Dynasty still had nearly a hundred years of national fortune, how could it give birth to such a change so quickly?

But it could not find evidence that there was a transcendent being interfering with the fortunes of the country, because everything was hidden in the shadows, and although the mandate of heaven was strong, it was also very restrictive, and it could not think like a human being.

"Throw fire grenades!" On the battlefield, Fang Xu led a team of 100 people, quickly shuttling through the crowd. These people are the most elite soldiers in the army, and each of them is a martial arts master.

There were more than a dozen copper bottles hanging on their bodies, specially drilling into the more dense places of the Ming army, and with Fang Xu's order, everyone threw out hundreds of bottles in an instant.

As soon as the bottles hit the ground, they exploded quickly, and countless fragments turned into terrifying impacts, killing hundreds of people in an instant. In recent years, the commercial trade of Babel City has been very prosperous, and even the Ottoman Empire in the extreme west has exchanges, and many Ottoman firearms technology has also fallen into the hands of Babel City under the sale of some merchants.

Because of this hundred-person squad, the Ming army was defeated and retreated, and this fire grenade was too lethal for the dense crowd, and when more than a thousand bottles were thrown, the casualties here in the Ming Dynasty were close to 5,000.

"Retreat, give me the order, please send out the Shenwei cannon!" After harassing with fire grenades, Fang Xu quickly led everyone to retreat, and at the same time gave an order to the soldiers in this team.

The soldiers quickly left, and in the distance a dozen chests several feet high were opened, each with a huge cannon in it.

The whole body of this cannon is made of copper, the caliber is eight feet long, more than one zhang five, two zhang high, and the huge muzzle is no problem for several people to be stuffed in.

This means that Tongtian City used most of its power to create the Shenwei Cannon, and the technology also came from the Ottoman Empire, which was originally to be kept secret, but it was stolen by Fang Hong using his divine power, and through a series of improvements, so many cannons were created.

Update early today