Chapter 770: The Storm of War
The years have passed, and in the blink of an eye, five years have passed!
Time is really like a flying knife, so fast that people are scared!
However, there are times when the speed of time does not make people feel scared, but makes people feel happy, because during this time, they are very happy and miserable...... During this time, there were many people in the Holy Land Continent who were very painful, and they all hoped that this time would pass quickly, because during this time, they were suffering from war.
Since Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou suddenly disappeared, the situation of the entire continent began to change, becoming more and more intense, and later, there began to be wars, all-out wars at the imperial level, and the flames of war spread to the entire continent.
Regarding the outbreak of this war, some people believe that it was the reason for the disappearance of Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou, the two of them were the center of the continental storm and the fuse of the war.
In fact, the cause of this war is also because of the disappearance of Ye Lang and the others!
Zhao Yarou's disappearance did not leave the Xiangkong Empire leaderless, did not cause a panicked situation, and in Zhao Yarou's deployment, it will not change because of who is gone, including herself.
And her disappearance gave the Xiangkong Empire a good reason, that is, the reason for war, the disappearance of the Empress of the Xiangkong Empire, this reason can allow the Xiangkong Empire to launch any war, even if it is the power of the whole country.
At that time, the reason for Xiangkong was that someone had kidnapped Zhao Yarou, and they wanted to find Zhao Yarou, one country to another, of course, they were going to send troops.
It is not easy to send an army to find people, and it is not easy to encroach on someone else's territory, and no country will agree to it, unless they are not capable of resisting.
Those who have no ability to resist will naturally only have the fate of being invaded in the end, becoming a slave of the country, and of course, it can also be said to be a new member of the Xiangkong Empire.
If this war is over, it will be easy for the dead slaves and new members to pass, as long as they get used to it, then they can continue to live a similar life as before, and maybe they can get better, of course, it may be a little worse.
It's just that this war has not ended, it is still ongoing, which makes the situation very complicated, and those slaves who have died in the country naturally do not want to become new members, and they will do something rebellious if they have hope in their psychology.
And this kind of behavior naturally made the relationship between them and the Xiangkong Empire very poor, and the contradictions between the two sides have been continuing, and it has also affected the pond fish, making those who originally wanted to live their own stable lives unable to settle down.
All in all, if the war does not end, then these people's contradictions will not end either, and will continue forever and become more and more intense.
This is what the ancients said, the truth of a quick battle and a quick solution, the longer the war drags on, the trouble will increase exponentially.
It's just that the changeability of the war makes it impossible for anyone to predict, even if it is the Xiangkong Empire, I believe that it will continue like this, and it will make this war, which I thought would not last too long, for so long, and become one of the most recorded wars on the mainland.
And here, because of Ye Lang, many people have also participated in this war, so Ye Lang can also be regarded as one of the reasons for this war, and one of the reasons why this war will last so much.
This is also the delicate part of the situation, because of Ye Lang, it actually made things that shouldn't have happened like this.
In any case, many people feel that the reason for this war is not really important, because even if there is no such reason, there will be other reasons for this and that.
Many people know that Zhao Yarou has already arranged everything and is ready to dominate the world!!
The Xiangkong Empire is going to sweep the entire continent, this is something that is bound to happen, and this is also something that Zhao Yarou is prepared for!!
This is why everyone thinks that the reason is not important, and at the same time, they also feel that this did not happen because of Zhao Yarou's disappearance, it is obvious that this is something that will happen, the difference is who will carry out this thing.
Of course, the so-called many people here are actually only a small number of people compared to the entire continent, and these people are all in power, and some people are in the know.
For the civilians on the mainland, this war came a little inexplicably, and the thing that made the civilians feel even more inexplicable was how the Xiangkong Empire suddenly appeared such a powerful alchemy device.
Among these alchemy devices, there are some small weapons for individual combat, some large weapons for conquering cities, and some weapons that make people feel a little magical, which makes people feel very surprising and unimaginable.
And it is for this reason that the attack of the Xiangkong Empire becomes irresistible, and under normal circumstances, it is beaten and has been taken down before it even has time to react.
Alchemy, it turns out that it can be so magical!!
At this time, everyone on the continent has a new understanding of alchemy, and the profession of alchemist has begun to take off in an all-round way at this time.
Whether it is Xiangkong or other countries, a large number of alchemists are now recruited, and those alchemists with advanced alchemy are the objects of competition among various countries.
I believe that many people know the reason for the recruitment of alchemists in Xiangkong, and this many people refer to all the people on the continent, because this is an obvious thing, and everyone can see it.
Xiangkong recruits alchemists because Xiangkong also needs a large number of alchemists to help them make alchemy devices!!
Although Xiangkong has mastered a large number of technologies of the Tiangong Yue clan, these technologies require productivity to achieve manufacturing, and a large number of talents who know alchemy, and these talents may not necessarily have a high level of alchemy, as long as they have a certain alchemy foundation.
Because of this, those alchemists, who were not very clever and were not favored by others, now came in handy and began to raise their eyebrows.
And because of this phenomenon, many people have begun to enter the alchemist industry, because no matter whether they can achieve profound achievements or not, as long as they know a certain amount of knowledge, they can get a good career and good treatment.
This is a very good way out for some ordinary people!!
In fact, it was proved that for a period of time, alchemists were indeed the most sought-after profession, and those ordinary people also got the opportunity to get ahead.
At the same time, it is because so many people have entered this profession that alchemy has prospered, and it has begun to be slowly refined, and in alchemy, there is a phenomenon of a hundred schools of thought blooming.
After all, before alchemy, it was too general, encompassing all the fields of science and technology, and it was normal and inevitable that there would be refinement.
And Xiangkong is recruiting alchemists, and other countries will naturally not relax, firstly, they can snatch Xiangkong's talent resources and slow down the development of Xiangkong, and secondly, they can also improve their own alchemy level, crack Xiangkong's alchemy technology, and create some alchemy devices that can resist Xiangkong.
No one doubts that these countries are cooking correctly, because the facts are in front of us, and after a few years, the phenomenon of flying in the sky has been slowly stopped, although most of the territory of the mainland has fallen into the sky.
This is actually one of the reasons why this war has become anxious!!
And in this war, the person who makes people remember most clearly is not Zhao Yarou, nor is he the person who is now in charge of Xiangkong, but Ye Lang!!
Because whether it is the reason for the war, the reason why the war has become anxious, and the reason why this war can end quickly, it has something to do with Ye Lang.
became anxious, this is mainly because of Ye Lang, although Ye Lang is not present now and has disappeared on the mainland, he can still affect the situation.
First of all, because of Ye Lang, the forces that would not have cooperated at the beginning, which frustrated the Xiangkong plan that originally wanted to be broken one by one, which is one of the reasons why it couldn't be resolved quickly.
At the beginning, Xiangkong was annexing Suzaku, and the two countries were originally mortal enemies, which everyone guessed.
At that time, Xiangkong would not have thought that Ella would make a move, because Xiangkong at that time did not show the idea of dominating the world, even if someone said it, it seemed to be incredible, and it was unbelievable.
After all, being able to swallow another empire is already an extreme thing for the three empires on the continent, and it can even be said to be an impossible task.
So, at that time, no one would have thought that Ella would help.
The result was actually a big surprise, when Xiangkong annexed most of Suzaku's territory, Ella made a move, giving Suzaku a chance to breathe, pulling the battle line, and resisting Xiangkong's invasion on the last territory, so that Suzaku was not completely fallen.
Of course, Suzaku's losses were also very heavy, losing nearly three-quarters of his territory!
It's not that Ella is late, it's that Xiangkong's progress is too fast, and those troop transport spaceships have made Xiangkong's maneuvering reach an incredible speed, and at the same time, Suzaku was caught off guard.
At that time, there were still people who doubted, since such a magical spaceship could be used, why not attack directly in the air, why just transport troops?
In fact, the answer is very simple, because at that time, Xiangkong only mastered the technology of this flight, and it had not yet been perfected, and the war had already begun at that time, so it could only transport soldiers.
Who designed this troop carrier? This is not Ye Lang!
For this matter, Princess Longji really wanted to beat Ye Lang, but she was not in the mood at that time, and it was impossible for Ye Lang to appear in front of her.
In any case, Princess Longji could only give up most of the territory at that time to contain the army in the sky, and at the same time, lead the army to hold the remaining territory.
At that time, although Suzaku lost its territory, it also solved some problems, such as the succession to the throne, and no one thought about this problem at that time.
After some things, it has basically been determined that Princess Longji is the next empress, but the value of this empress can only depend on the development of things.
Now it is certain that if this continues, the power and territory of this empress will be much worse than that of the previous Suzaku, and perhaps this is the reason why Princess Longji is so easy to get.
Some of those princes have even taken refuge in Xiangkong, managing the new territory of Xiangkong that should have belonged to Suzaku.
In some ways, the rights of these princes seem to be much greater than the rights of the future empress of Princess Ryugi, because the current Suzaku is only a quarter of its original power.
At the same time, Xiangkong seems to let the original personnel manage the new territory, which also gives them great rights, of course, Xiangkong will give a general direction and cannot deviate.
And although it is said that the direction of Xiangkong makes these new territories a little strange, it is not that Xiangkong is too strict, but that it is too loose, and those policies have greatly benefited the civilians, and they are very free.
This is actually an arrangement by Zhao Yarou, she doesn't want a territory that may betray her, she will make the members of these new territories feel that the policy is better.
Use this to buy people's hearts, even if some people suspect that this is only temporary, but at least there will be no resentment, because after all, Xiangkong has given real benefits, and after a long time, they will feel that it is better to be ruled by Xiangkong than the original.
As a result, after some time in the past, some members of the new territory have come to terms with the fact that they are the Soaring Empire, and have already considered themselves to be the Soaring Empire.
This also means that the Sky Empire has completely occupied this place!!
It is undeniable that Zhao Yarou is a very terrible opponent who can defeat people completely!!
When the Suzaku Empire was invaded, when the Ella Empire helped the Suzaku Empire, the Xiangkong Empire made another amazing move, that is, they divided their troops into two ways at the same time, from the other direction, and advanced towards the Ella Empire, clearing the obstacles between the Ella Empire and Xiangkong, and attacking Ella head-on.
This is very surprising, the unexpected Xiangkong still has the ability to attack again, and what is even more surprising is that they found that Xiangkong is not only capable of attacking, but also has the advantage, and has always pressed all forces to fight.
At this time, it is also the time when everyone discovers the important surname of alchemy, and most of the advantages of Xiangkong are because of the alchemy in their hands.
Although everyone paid attention to this issue later, during this period, Xiangkong had already laid down most of the country, and half of the territory of the entire continent except for the orcs was put under the name of the Xiangkong Empire.
After all these years, although the momentum has slowed down, Xiangkong has expanded little by little, and has controlled three-quarters of its territory.
And the remaining quarter is now the union of the Ella Empire and the Suzaku Empire, and at this extraordinary moment, they also have to form a deep alliance and jointly resist the Xiangkong Empire.
At this time, except for the two empires, the other countries either chose to be in the union of the two empires, or they had already surrendered to Xiangkong, basically, the territory of the human race, only Xiangkong and Suzaku Ella Alliance two forces.
Due to the buffer of a few years, the Vermilion Bird Ella Alliance has obtained the corresponding ability to resist alchemy, and at the same time, the shrinking of their territory also means that their power is more concentrated, so it is even more difficult for Xiangkong to swallow them.
This would not have been a situation that would have happened, if Zhao Yarou was there, she would definitely not allow such a situation to happen, and at the same time, if she was there, she would not continue in such a situation.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Zhao Yarou would not let the next thing happen, so what she would do in such a situation is unknown.
And when Xiangkong is dealing with Suzaku and Ella, he also has to deal with the pressure from the orcs, the pressure from the Tiger tribe.
Although the news of the Tiger tribe is not very well-informed, but after many years, how could they still receive the news that Ye Lang has been destroyed by the Xiangkong Empire, if it weren't for Zhao Yarou also disappeared together, the Tiger tribe would have already attacked Xiangkong.
Ye Lang is a very important person for the Tiger Clan, and he can do some things that everyone thinks are impossible for Ye Lang, such as starting a war with Xiangkong.
Although the Tiger tribe did not go to war at first, but later things developed, and there was more friction between the two sides, and war began to break out!!
Originally, in the plan of Xiangkong, the unification of the north of the orcs was also in the plan, and this is also what would happen, Xiangkong, which was supported by alchemy weapons, fought against the orcs who had no alchemy at all, and only relied on the orcs by force, and the result was also conceivable.
The orcs were also forced into a corner, if it weren't for the fact that the battle line in the sky was too big, it was believed that the orcs had already been taken.
Speaking of which, this matter is still because of Ye Lang!!
And Xiangkong is not only threatened in these two aspects, but there are also two points that are restraining Xiangkong, and the two points are also because of Ye Lang, and in the end, they are still related to Ye Lang.
These two points, one is the Holy City, although it is not very positive, but the Holy City has made it clear that it will not support Xiangkong, which also makes many members of the Holy Sect support people outside Xiangkong, this kind of power is very terrifying.
And the other point, which is also the most magical point, is Ye Cheng!
The current Yecheng is under the control of the Xiangkong Empire, and it has been completely surrounded by the forces of Xiangkong, but in such an environment, Yecheng still remains free and neutral and is not occupied by Xiangkong.
For this matter, everyone who got the news felt very amazing, and they didn't understand why Yecheng didn't fall, it was like a lonely boat in the sea, although it looked like it was invaded by wind and rain, as if it was drowned by the sea at any time, but it was still on the sea.
It's not that Xiangkong doesn't want to overturn this lonely boat, but Xiangkong has no way to take this place!!
Ye Cheng's defensive ability, even if they concentrated a large number of alchemy devices, could not break through, which made the chief alchemist of Xiangkong very helpless, and he could only give up in the face of Ye Cheng.
She finally said: "I still can't win him, it's just a small Ye City, but it makes me feel like a big mountain, an insurmountable mountain!"
Because she couldn't crack Ye Lang's defenses, she decided to go into Ye City to study it, and, for a study, she studied it for several years!!
Although Ye Cheng said that he was fighting against Xiangkong, it was just a defense, if Xiangkong didn't do anything hostile to Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng wouldn't care about Xiangkong's people coming in and out.
This is also a very strange place, and it is also the reason why Ye Cheng has been very good at reading since then, because Ye Cheng has always maintained neutrality!!
After this incident, the people in Ye Cheng seemed to understand Ye Lang's words more and remained neutral!
Of course, this neutrality is backed by strength, and at the same time, in the case of life and death, we must know how to be flexible...... At this time, let everyone understand one thing better, alchemy is very important, and the reason why Ye Cheng can remain uninvaded is because of Ye Lang's alchemy.
At the same time, the third brother now understands what Ye Lang said that when the defensive formation is launched, there will be changes in the terrain, what the hell is going on.
It turned out that when the formation was launched, the entire Yecheng began to be divided into countless sections, and the sections were combined with each other in different forms to form various different formations.
Ye Lang's design is not only to allow Ye Cheng to be separated and reorganized, but also to make it possible for the residents of Ye Cheng to have no problems traveling, but the place where they are located will change, and the environment around them will change.
This formation shocked everyone in the world, if it weren't for the fact in front of them, they would never believe that there would be such a magical thing.
And this formation makes Yecheng an impregnable fortress, even if it soars into the sky, it can't break through!
At the same time, it was impossible for Xiangkong to put all his strength on Ye Cheng, because they still needed to continue to fight in other places, since they knew that Ye Cheng could not break through, and Ye Cheng had always been neutral, they did not continue to manage Ye Cheng.
As a result, Yecheng has become the most magical place in the mainland!!
The main reason why Ye Cheng has become a point to contain Xiangkong is because Ye Cheng remains neutral, yes, it is because of neutrality, so Ye Cheng will also let Xiangkong's hostile forces enter.
Yecheng has become a safe haven!
And the haven will not give Xiangkong a headache, at most ignore these people, what makes Xiangkong feel a headache is that the Ye Family Academy in Ye City is open to alchemy.
The Alchemy Academy of the Ye Family Academy is to recruit anyone who agrees with the enrollment conditions of the Ye Family Academy, and this is only the enrollment conditions of the Ye Family Academy, regardless of whether the other party is in the sky or the hostile forces in the sky.
And Ye Cheng's performance in the war also makes people understand that Ye Cheng's alchemy is top-notch, if you learn Ye Cheng's alchemy, then if you want to resist Xiangkong, it will be a breeze.
As a result, a large number of talents began to pour into the Ye Family Academy, and the Ye Family Academy replaced the position of the first academy that had been destroyed before and became the new first academy in the mainland.
And the alchemy students of the Ye Family Academy began to play an effect in the next few years, making the battle situation very complicated, and making Xiangkong understand that Ye Cheng was a scourge, but there was no way.
(To be continued)