A month later, the Bright Moon Continent suddenly changed.

First of all, the war in the northwest finally broke out in full force, and the two major armies of the Blue Wolf and Grizzly Bear under the banner of the Tongtian Sect waved all the way north, and engaged in a large-scale head-to-head confrontation with Xiahou's flying Yanyun Legion on the vast northwest plain.

After three days of hard fighting, the iron cavalry of the Yanyun Legion was finally defeated by the two major legions of the Tongtian Sect, and more than half of the 30,000 elite iron cavalry were lost.

And Li Yuan's two major armies also had a lot of casualties under the strong impact of Yanyun's iron cavalry, but they did not hurt their vitality. Because these two legions are not known for cavalry, although they have lost a lot of soldiers and horses, they have little impact on the overall combat capability of the legions.

On the contrary, the main combat strength of the Yanyun Legion was all concentrated on the 30,000 iron cavalry, and the Yanyun Iron Cavalry, which was often invincible in the frontal charge in the past, suffered heavy losses this time due to being troubled by the special hook formation of the Tongtian Sect, resulting in a great decline in the combat effectiveness of the entire Yanyun Legion.

The Tongtian Sect was extremely well prepared this time, and immediately after defeating the iron cavalry of the Yanyun Legion, they reorganized their horses and launched a full-scale attack.

Because the Yanyun Legion was at a disadvantage in terms of the total number of troops, once it turned to the defensive, the power of the iron cavalry charging into battle could not be fully utilized, and they had to retreat in defeat after defeat.

The two major armies of the Tongtian Sect took advantage of the momentum to attack and pursue, although Xiahou Feiyang gathered all the military horses from all walks of life in the north to regroup and fight again, how could he have been defeated, and the strongest Yanyun Iron Cavalry could not recover all their combat effectiveness for a while, resulting in the fact that they were unable to stop the offensive of the two major armies of the Tongtian Sect, and the Duodo cities under the jurisdiction of the defeat and retreat were captured by the other party one after another.

And the people of the Tongtian Sect were unforgiving, and they waved their troops all the way to the north, which had the meaning of directly taking the Black Dragon City, the old nest of the Xiahou family.

Xiahou Feiyang led the army to fight and retreat, until Xiahou De, the second brother of the head of the family, Xiahou Yuan, led the Black Dragon Legion to the rescue, and barely managed to ensure that the remnants of the army were defeated and retreated into Yanzhao Pass.

The men and horses of the Tongtian Sect had no intention of giving up, and besieged Yan Zhaoguan on three sides, and Li Zhun, the commander of the Blue Wolf Legion, personally went out to call Xiahou Feiyang, hoping to fight him again.

Xiahou Feiyang responded to the battle with great anger, who knew that this duel was very different from the last time the two met, Li Zhun had already exhausted his skills, and vowed to save face from the last defeat. After 500 rounds of hard fighting, Li Zhun relied on his deeper True Yuan cultivation to beat Xiahou Feiyang to vomit blood and fled.

The Xiahou family immediately closed the city gate and resolutely took advantage of the natural danger of Yanzhao Pass to hold on. Fortunately, the terrain of Yanzhao Pass is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Xiahou family has hoarded enough grain, grass and ordnance here, and they are not worried about being attacked by the Tongtian Sect in a short time.

Although there was no worry about breaking the city for the time being, after discussing with his second uncle Xiahou De, Xiahou Feiyang still decided to send someone to return to the Black Dragon City from the back gate that was unbesieged, and asked the head of the family, Xiahou Yuan, to reassemble the men and horses and fight with the two major legions of the Tongtian Sect.

Xiahou Yuan was shocked after receiving the report, he didn't expect that Li Yuan's men and horses were so well prepared this time, not only defeated the world-famous Yanyun Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop, but also drove all the way in, with the intention of annexing the northern territory in one fell swoop. In desperation, he sent additional military horses to support Yanzhao Pass, where Xiahou Feiyang was located, and at the same time personally went to Shura Mansion to ask Bai Wuya for help.

The Xiahou family and the Shura Mansion have always been the two largest forces in the north, and Xiahou Feiyang once had a relationship with Bai Wuya's daughter Bai Qingshuang. Although the two families later turned their faces, they are the two most important families in the north after all, and they have a common attachment to the foundation of the north.

Bai Wuya had no intention of interfering in Li Yuan's struggle for hegemony with Xiahou Yuan, but seeing that the Tongtian Sect was menacing this time, it had the intention of annexing the north in one fell swoop, because it was related to the safety of the entire north, and the century-old foundation of Shura Mansion had always been in the north, so he had to carefully consider Xiahou Yuan's request.

However, Bai Wuya didn't want to get involved in the war, but only promised Xiahou Yuan that once the situation in Black Dragon City was critical, he was willing to fight Li Yuan side by side with Xiahou Yuan.

For Xiahou Yuan, Bai Wuya has entered the top seven of today's list in one fell swoop since the Xuanbing True Qi attainment, and I heard that after receiving Shi Ziling's guidance, he is no longer limited to cultivating Xuanyin True Yuan, but has begun to cultivate at a higher level, and his strength is obviously continuing to rise.

In addition, after Bai Qingshuang married Shi Ziling, the Bai family has the backing of today's hottest young masters, so even Tongtian Sect Master Li Yuan should not dare to underestimate Bai Wuya. Since Bai Wuya agreed to be willing to join forces with him to fight the enemy at the critical moment, Xiahou Yuan was of course greatly relieved.

Soon after the outbreak of the war in the northwest, the imperial court finally began a formal crusade against the Tang family in central China.

This time, the imperial court sent the emperor's royal brother Luo Linhai to personally take command, commanding the Yellow Dragon Legion and the newly formed White Lion Legion, with a total strength of 200,000 troops, plus various crusade armies requisitioned from all over the Mingyue Continent, known as 300,000 male soldiers, and went to the Zhongzhou territory to crusade against Tang Jingtian, who established himself as the king.

After the news came out, the whole world was shocked, and the forces of various places could not have imagined that the imperial court would make such a big determination this time, obviously to take advantage of the war in the northwest to exterminate the Tang camp in one fell swoop, so that the people of the world would no longer dare to have a heart of change and resubmit to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The Nangong family in the south and Su Bairen in the east also had to send additional men and horses to join the imperial court's crusade team under the orders of the imperial court, but these two families had an agreement with the Tang camp first, although they still sent troops, but they did not send elite generals, and after going to Zhongzhou, they only followed Luo Linhai's large army to fill the scene, and they were unwilling to come forward to charge.

Luo Linhai was also helpless about this, he also understood that under the current situation, it was not realistic to let Nangong Xia and Su Bairen work hard for the imperial court, and it was already good that they could send troops to support. Before the Tang Army was exterminated, Luo Linhai didn't want to turn his face with the two major forces in the southeast.

However, Luo Linhai is still full of confidence in relying on his own strength to conquer the Tang camp.

This time, he not only gathered nearly 300,000 troops, occupying a clear advantage in terms of military strength, but also brought the three major monks in the Huguo Temple in the capital, among them, in addition to the elder who is not familiar with martial arts, the other two major monks Although they are unknown on the list, they all have the strength of the top ten in the United States. It was expected that with the help of these two divine monks, even if Fang Wuming met the Ruyi Sect, it would be enough to deal with it.

Although Elder Duan does not know martial arts, he knows astronomy and geography, and he also has unique insights into the arrangement of troops, and he is a first-class military advisor. With the help of these three great monks and the absolute superiority in troops, Luo Linhai expected that it was only a matter of time before he wanted to exterminate the Tang camp.

Who knew that after the crusade army came to the central part of the country, the Tang camp did not show weakness, and Tang Xiaokun, the commander of the Zhongzhou Legion, led an army of 100,000 to fight head-on, and Tang Jingtian also came to supervise the battle in person.

Tang Xiaokun is proficient in the way of leading troops, and is a first-class commander of the army, although his Zhongzhou army only has 150,000 military horses, its combat effectiveness is quite strong. In addition, he was extremely familiar with the local terrain, and although Luo Linhai's imperial army was superior in numbers, it might not be able to exert itself in the complex Zhongzhou territory, so he was full of confidence and hoped to give Luo Linhai's two major armies a head-on blow.

The two sides set up a formation outside Zhongzhou City to confront each other, Luo Linhai took the lead with the newly formed White Lion Legion, his own Yellow Dragon Legion in the center, and supplemented by various crusade armies as a response, hoping to overwhelm the Tang Army with the advantage of troops.

However, Tang Xiaokun's Zhongzhou Legion was well-trained and did not show weakness, making full use of his familiarity with the terrain to control the battle line within a certain range, and flexibly mobilizing troops to block the attack of the imperial court layer by layer.

After several major battles, the imperial court's crusade army was limited to the narrow and narrow situation outside Zhongzhou City, and could not give full play to the advantage in troops, and the newly established White Lion Legion was also obviously at a disadvantage in the head-to-head confrontation with the Zhongzhou Legion, and was quickly repelled by the Tang Army.

Tang Xiaokun immediately led the army to cover up and kill after gaining the upper hand, although the number of troops in the imperial court was large, but there was some confusion in terms of scheduling, and after being given the upper hand by the Zhongzhou army, the formation was immediately chaotic, and soon fell into a rout.

Fortunately, Luo Linhai's Yellow Dragon Legion was extraordinary, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately personally commanded the people to immediately come forward to respond, which stopped the defeat of his side. But just when Luo Linhai wanted to regroup and attack again, Tang Xiaokun's Zhongzhou Army had already quickly withdrawn, and once again set up a position with its back to Zhongzhou City.

In order not to let his descendants of the Yellow Dragon Legion suffer too much loss, Luo Linhai let the newly established White Lion Legion rush to the front every time, but the White Lion Legion was extremely poor, and it would not take long before it would be defeated by the Tang family, and by the way, it would also trigger the pursuit of the Tang Army, so that Luo Linhai's Yellow Dragon Legion had to step forward to help.

In this way, the numerical advantage of the imperial army has never been fully exerted, and the newly established White Lion Legion has already suffered more than half of the casualties. On the other hand, on the Tang battalion's side, due to Tang Xiaokun's proper command, the Zhongzhou Army advanced and retreated freely, and after several major battles, the losses suffered were not large, only less than 10,000 people were lost.

However, Tang Xiaokun also saw that Luo Linhai's Yellow Dragon Legion was extraordinary, and he was unwilling to fight to the death with the Yellow Dragon Legion, and always avoided the Yellow Dragon Legion to attack the White Lion Legion and other miscellaneous armies, making it difficult for the combined army of the imperial court to give full play to its superiority.

Although the imperial army suffered defeat as soon as it came up, fortunately, after all, the number of people occupied an absolute advantage, and after regrouping, the strategy was adjusted, and the White Lion Legion and the various miscellaneous armies were separated on both sides, and the Yellow Dragon Legion was the main attack in the middle, which gradually regained the disadvantage. It's just that the Tang Army did not fall behind by relying on the advantages of geography and people, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while.

Just when the great war broke out in the northwest and the central part of the country one after another, Caiyun Xuan, a kendo sect that had been famous in the United States for many years, officially announced a shocking news to the outside world, and the sword saint Gongsun Auntie, who had been hidden for many years, announced her comeback and sent a challenge to Shi Ziling, the number one master in the east. The two agreed to face off on October 28, but the location of the final battle was not announced.