Chapter 168: Heading North
Tao Yu was very surprised to learn that Xiao Che had arrived, Xiao Che did not change his appearance but went straight to the City Lord's Mansion.
The guards saw that several people had extraordinary temperaments, so they naturally did not dare to slack off.
Soon, the four of them were invited into the mansion by Tao Yu.
At the first glance of Xiao Che's four people, Tao Yu was surprised by their cultivation.
Zhou Xiaodie's cultivation amazed him enough, but Xiao Che had now become a martial artist in the late stage of the Venerable Master Realm, and Zi Wuji, who stood side by side with Xiao Che, was obviously also a young man with excellent talent.
Although Wen Renjing's cultivation is a little worse, Tao Yu can also see at a glance that she is not a vase, but has experienced a lot of actual combat experience.
"Brother Xiao, why do you have time to come over. Tao Yu greeted Xiao Che and them with a smile at the door.
"Brother Yu, my hands have been itchy lately, so I came out to find a few demons to practice my hands. Xiao Che was also very happy to see Tao Yu.
"I really didn't expect that in such a short period of time, Brother Xiao's cultivation has improved a lot. Tao Yu congratulated Xiao Che on his cultivation and led the four of them to the inner hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
It is said to be the inner hall, but it is not where Tao Yu's family is, Tao Yu's family does not live here but is arranged by him in a secret place.
After all, as the city lord of Yanshan City, and in the current environment, for the safety of his family, he still let them remain incognito.
In this way, no one can threaten him by blackmailing his family.
Although this does not mean that his family's cultivation is very weak, it can also be seen that his family's cultivation is not too high.
If his wife, parents, and children were also Supreme Realm martial artists, I believe he would not be so cautious.
To be honest, there aren't many people who act like Tao Yu.
Most of the castle lords brought their families with them.
Many Supreme Realm city lords thought that this would not only protect their families, but also allow them to enjoy the benefits of being a city lord's family.
Actually, it's not very clever.
Like Tao Yu, no one knows the whereabouts of his family, and he doesn't have to put too much effort into protecting his family. And in addition to not enjoying vanity, his family members have no less practical benefits, and may even be more.
And it won't make people blush, provoke right and wrong.
How many city lords have been ruined by their families.
Like the Black Rock City Shi family that Xiao Che met at the beginning.
If it weren't for the son and nephew of the city lord Shi Tongtian to use his banner to be powerful and powerful in Black Rock City, bullying the weak, he would not have provoked Xiao Che, and in the end, the entire Shi family would have fallen into the hands of Xiao Che.
Although there are many family members of city lords who know etiquette, the family members of city lords with bad conduct like Shi Tongtian are the majority.
This is also the reason why so many city lords are unpopular.
The people do not suffer from many but from inequality.
In many cases, people do not appeal for a balance of interests, but for equality of dignity.
No force has done this better than Xuanfu.
"What is the so-called matter of Brother Xiao's trip?" After sitting down, someone soon made good tea for Xiao Che and them. Tao Yu asked.
"Is Brother Yu willing to go north with my Xuanfu to kill the enemy?" Xiao Che directly explained his intention.
Now no one knows what the demons and demons are up to, but Xiao Che vaguely feels that this is an opportunity.
But he was also afraid of any traps, but he could test it.
Of course, this kind of thing must not let Xuanfu come forward, and after thinking about it, Xiao Che thought of Yanshan City. If Yanshan City intervenes in this matter, it will not arouse suspicion, and it will not let Xuanfu be targeted by Arora I.
So the four of them turned around.
After listening to Xiao Che's words, Tao Yu did not immediately express his position, but said to think about it first.
After all, the stakes are high, and he also needs to weigh the pros and cons. Once he sends troops to Yanshan City, will he suffer a key blow from the demon clan because of this?
He knew very well that he was not capable of withstanding the attacks of the demons.
And it doesn't matter if he sends troops like this, whether it will affect His Majesty's strategic layout, these are all things he has to consider.
Tao Yu was not one to hesitate, and he soon told Arora I about it secretly.
In fact, many people don't know that Tao Yu's identity is not so simple.
Even Xiao Che didn't know anything about it.
You must know that in an empire, there are not many city lords who can directly contact the emperor.
Although Tao Yu is a Supreme Realm martial artist, it is not because of him that he can directly contact Alora I. It's something else.
The means of communication between them can be said to be the most advanced and secure.
Soon Tao Yu got a reply from Arora I, asking him to help Xiao Che and see what kind of calculations this Xiao Mansion Lord had.
Xiao Che didn't know these things at all, and in front of these scheming people, Xiao Che still lacked something.
However, he was not in any danger of sleeping now, and Alora I did not want to disadvantage him.
Besides, there are so many mansion masters in the Xuanfu, and the composition is quite complicated.
It's not that you can easily deal with it.
Many people think that in the Xuanfu, it is Xiao Che who is really in charge, but the lovely Laura I knows very well that every leader of the Xuanfu is a masterpiece and has the ability to control the Xuanfu alone.
It's just that everyone's division of labor is different, so it gives people this illusion.
The next day, when Xiao Che and the others saw Tao Yu again, Tao Yu happily agreed to Xiao Che's plan to send troops north.
This made Xiao Che a little surprised.
Originally, Xiao Che thought that it would take three days at the earliest for Tao Yu to give him an answer. I didn't expect him to promise himself so quickly.
This made Xiao Che puzzled. He didn't show it, though.
This is not such a simple matter, although Xiao Che has already formulated a battle plan, but he did not hand it over to Tao Yu immediately, but told Tao Yu that they need to discuss the specific details, and then make it into writing and hand it to him. Tao Yu naturally agreed.
Back at his residence, Xiao Che asks Zhou Xiaodie to set up a spatial barrier.
"I really didn't expect Tao Yu to agree so quickly, this thing is really strange. "Not to mention Xiao Che, Zi Wuji also saw that something was wrong.
"I think there are two reasons for this, either he has been instructed, or this Tao City Lord has already had his own plans. Neither the former nor the latter is a good thing for us. Zhou Xiaodie analyzed.
Even Fluttershy can see that something is wrong, and it seems that there really is a ghost in it. But no matter what, I'm going to give it a try, this time don't let the people from my Xuan Mansion come forward, but find a few gangs from the Qingxuan Empire to fill the people of the Xuan Mansion. In this way, even if there is a problem, it will not fall on the heads of my Xuanfu brothers. Xiao Che quickly made a decision.
After listening to Xiao Che's words, the three of them all agreed. Although this trick is a bit ruthless, there is no right or wrong for people to protect themselves in the rivers and lakes.
You know, once this is a trap, then those who replace Xuanfu are afraid that they will be pitted and there will be no scum left.
Although it was not Xiao Che's intention to trap them, his trick could not be described as ruthless.
Soon Xiao Che sent an order to ask the Xuanfu to find a few forces in the Qingxuan Empire, put together a team, and follow the large army of Yanshan City to attack north.
In just ten days, the Xuanfu Mansion had assembled a team of more than 10,000 people from the Qingxuan Empire's Jianghu forces.
The Xuanfu was very clever enough to issue the mission at the beginning, and informed them of all the possible dangers involved, and under Xiao Che's instructions, they had to sign a full notification agreement.
That is, life and death.
The reason why so many people still volunteer to join is precisely because the conditions for Xuanfu are too high.
So that they have no way to refuse.
Now Xiao Che is not lacking in spirit coins, and spirit stones in Oss City are almost the most worthless things.
With huge wealth, Xiao Che has the confidence to offer a high bounty.
In this way, under the planning of Xiao Che and Tao Yu, an attack from south to north began.
No one would have thought that this move would completely break the plan of the demon race. made a series of changes in the follow-up, and finally rewrote the original ending.
Yanshan City did not fool Xiao Che, but gave Xiao Che an army of a full one million people and handed it over to Xiao Che to command.
Tao Yu was very aware of Xiao Che's command ability, besides, these people were the army of the Emon Empire, and Xiao Che couldn't take them away no matter what.
This time, Tao Yu was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, and Xiao Che was the deputy commander-in-chief.
And Xiao Che handed over the 10,000 Xuanfu high bounty of the Qingxuan Empire's Jianghu warriors to Zi Wuji to command.
Xiao Che knew very well that if he wanted to command this team composed of heroes from the rivers and lakes, only Zi Wuji could lead it, and no one could command them if he changed it.
Zi Wuji has the best way to deal with these heroes.
What's more, Zi Wouji's fame is very great in the Qingxuan Empire.
The name of the Infinite Swordsman is very convincing in the rivers and lakes of the Qingxuan Empire.
The army of Yanshan City was basically directly commanded by Xiao Che, and Tao Yu was in the rear.
The matter of gathering troops in Yanshan City, the demons knew about it for the first time, but they didn't care, according to conventional judgment, even if they wanted to echo the army of Arora I in the north from south to north, it would be to adopt the slow and steady way of fighting with strong walls and clear fields.
They weren't worried at all.
However, this time they miscalculated, they didn't know that the commander of the army in Yanshan City was called Xiao Che.
If they had made the intelligence more detailed, they would have paid more attention, but it was too late by now.
Xiao Che's tactics are very simple, just one word "fast".
If I had to say what kind of tactic it was, it would be called a "thunder" tactic.
On the night of the assembly of the army, Xiao Che gave the order to attack, and there were a total of twenty large cities between Yanshan City and Shigu City.
Xiao Che's goal was clear, that is, to attack the city along the closest route from Yanshan City to Shigu City. Then, every time he conquered a large city, he swept all the cities in the east, west, and south directions of the city.
The night passed, and the 100,000 forwards sent by Xiao Che had reached the gate of the first set target city.
When they woke up, the soldiers defending the city saw that there was a black army outside the city, and they thought they were dreaming. But before he could wake up, the attack had already begun.
100,000 strikers, marching all night, did not stop to trim, and attacked directly.
This is something that no one can imagine.
The demons defending the city didn't have time to react at all, the city gate was captured, and in an instant, an army of 100,000 had already entered the city.
Although compared to the demons in the city, the individual combat power of the 100,000 army is very different from them. But war is not the same as fighting alone, with the help of military equipment and battle formations, the strength of the 100,000-strong army is still very strong.
Besides, there is no organized resistance at all.
In fact, the 10,000 Qingxuan Empire Jianghu warriors led by Zi Wuji followed closely behind the 100,000 army into the city, their individual combat power was no worse than that of the demons, and it was much more useful to conduct street battles in the city than the 100,000 army.
It was also because of the action of these 10,000 warriors from the rivers and lakes that the warriors from all over the surrounding area rushed towards this city. Although there are demons in this city, they still die in the chaos in the end.
The Supreme Realm demons in the city withdrew directly without even showing their faces.
With their withdrawal, the city was soon taken completely.
The demons in the city are dead, and they are fleeing.
After this battle, Zi Wuji understood why Xiao Che would form a team from among the Jianghu martial artists.
It is precisely because of their existence that many Jianghu warriors are involved. Form a more powerful combat force.
Although these Jianghu warriors are scattered, they are not inferior to demons in heads-up, not to mention that they can be regarded as a large number of people. At present, according to the official statistics of the Emmonian Empire, there are nearly 10 million warriors from various countries. You can imagine how strong their strength must be.
Xiao Che won as soon as he made a move, and the happiest person was Tao Yu.
His Majesty the Emperor, Arora I, who heard the news, was equally pleased.
Xiao Che's move not only restored the city, but also caused the demons to lose a lot of people, and even some of the heroes of the rivers and lakes from all over the world.
If Xiao Che continues to occupy it, it will undoubtedly solve the great trouble in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor Arola I.
The master belt of the warriors sent by various countries is a bald man, and there are lice on his head, which is a clear thing. It's just that he wants to take advantage of the misfortune of the Aemon Empire.
Now Xiao Che's hand is the best way for His Majesty the Emperor Erola I.
He hadn't thought about it for a long time before and didn't come up with a reason, and he couldn't imagine that Xiao Che would inadvertently solve it for him.
Arora I now wants to meet Xiao Che.
After the matter of the Emmon Empire is settled, he must find a chance to have a good talk with Xiao Che.
He knew that Xiao Che wanted the Xuanfu to enter the Aemon Empire. Although according to the purpose of the Xuanfu, it will never do anything against the will of the Emperor of the Emmonian Empire, Erola I.
Lovely Laura I, as emperor, had to have such worries.
He was worried that once the Xuanfu was an external force, it would not be of much benefit to the Emon Empire.
However, he still admired the leaders of the Xuanfu very much.
Xiao Che naturally didn't know what Alora I was thinking now, what he cared about was that no matter what the war was going on this time, he would have to let the power of the Xuanfu spread to every corner of the Emon Empire.
The news of Yanshan City's dispatch of troops to the Northern Expedition soon spread all over the world.
The people of the Emmonn Empire all have admiration for Tao Yu.
You must know that Xiao Che mobilized the army of Yanshan City in the name of Tao Yu.
And Xiao Che is not from the Aemon Empire, so he is naturally more low-key.
In any case, this battle not only played the fame of Yanshan City and Tao Yu, but also the reputation of Xuanfu.
After the battle, the Xuanfu truthfully paid the other half of the previously agreed salary to the recruited Qingxuan Empire warriors.
In this way, the reputation of Xuanfu is getting better and better among the warriors of the rivers and lakes.
Although a considerable amount of spirit coins were consumed, Xiao Che knew that these spirit coins were nothing compared to the future of Xuanfu.
After laying down this city, Xiao Che did not leave anyone to garrison, and Tao Yu would complete the aftermath and other work very well.
After three days of carnival, Xiao Che continued to wave north.
This time he changed his attack.
Because of the secret arrival of a person, Xiao Che was surprised and delighted.
He never imagined that this person would be able to come here.
Wuyun City is the manufacturing base of the Aemon Empire and the fourth largest city in the Aemon Empire.
It has an illustrious history, having saved the Aemon Empire many times with its well-established military manufacturing.
However, it has now been completely occupied by the demons.
Naturally, the demons and demons don't know what manufacturing is, so the humans in the most occupied areas gathered here are enslaved by them to make the necessary equipment.
This time, Xiao Che's goal is here.
With the help of that mysterious comer, Xiao Che will let the demons and demons of Wuyun City drink a good pot.
Since Wuyun City was occupied by the demons, this has become a real hell on earth, this is the area occupied by the demons, and the place with the largest number of demons except for Stone Drum City.
It's also the place where the most humans died.
As the manufacturing powerhouse of the Aemon Empire, the demons have sent a steady stream of humans from the occupied areas to engage in high-intensity manufacturing work.
Many people die of exhaustion as a result. The treatment of these humans is also very simple, they dig a large pit outside the city, throw people into it and burn them down to a certain extent.
People here are thankful for an extra day every day.
It is not that there is no resistance, and the end of rebellion is more miserable than obedience.
In the face of absolute strength, there is no point in resisting.
When Xiao Che learned about the situation here, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. That's why he chose this place as his target.
If you only rely on the army in your hands, you can't take this place at all. Even if you add the warriors of various countries, you can't do it.
Xiao Che could only go sideways.
Originally, he did this alone, and the chance of success was only 30%. But now that this person is here, according to Xiao Che's estimate, the probability of the two joining forces to succeed can reach seventy percent, and the remaining three achievements depend on the will of God.
Although the goal was determined, half a month had passed, but Xiao Che had not made a move.
In the past half a month, Tao Yu has managed the land recovered by Xiao Che and them in an orderly manner.
It can be seen that Tao Yu's government affairs ability is very strong.
He saw that Xiao Che hadn't made a move for so long, although he was puzzled, he didn't urge, he still believed in Xiao Che's ability.
However, he was also a little curious about what Xiao Che had prepared for his next goal.
On this day, the demons of Wuyun City transported the corpses in the city to the pit outside the city as usual.
No one knew that at this moment, two pairs of eyes were staring at each other not far from it. They suppress their inner restlessness and force themselves to calm down.
Sure enough, the demons didn't burn the corpses.
In order to save trouble, they all accumulate corpses to a certain extent before they are burned in a centralized manner, which has long been known by the Tianyan spies.
After the two pairs of eyes waited for the demon to leave, they crept to the side of the pit. Looking down, the corpses inside were full of anger, they gritted their teeth and each opened a gourd, one of the gourds was red liquid and the other was green liquid.
They poured the two substances on the head and heart of a whole fresh corpse, after which the two destroyed the gourd and quickly left.