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Lanyun Pass was broken, the prairie people advanced into the territory of Chengtianguo, the first to suffer the threat was not those cities in Chengtianguo, but those small villages and towns, there is no defensive force, it is quite easy to capture, all cities, there must be sufficient defensive force, thick city walls, if you want to capture, its difficulty is not small. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An empire, in addition to the city, there are many small villages and towns, located in the middle of the major cities, large and small, but without exception are generally controlled by some families, with more than 100,000 inhabitants, as few as a few thousand or even hundreds.

The defensive strength of these small towns and villages is completely incomparable to that of the city, and without the city walls, it is impossible to stop the well-trained war horses of the prairie people, in the eyes of the prairie people, this is almost completely undefended, and those stumbling ropes and traps are too childish.

How can you stop the army of prairie people!

A single powerful all-army onslaught can crush all these defenses.

And the Chengtian Kingdom, in the face of the pressure of the whole clan of the prairie people, has completely given up the defense of these villages and towns, the villagers can run, how much wealth can be carried, and all the excess food that cannot be taken away will be burned, and it will definitely not be left to the prairie people.

Solid wall clear!

However, after all, the villagers are also human beings, old, crippled, nostalgic for their hometown, and there are not a few who retain a trace of luck, and these villagers have become the slaughter objects of the prairie people.

Kill!

Wherever the prairie people go, it must be bloody and a mess. They don't have any mercy or compassion at all, all they can do is kill and rob, and there is only one thing they bring, and that is killing!

Endless killing!

None of the villagers who could escape were left with a breath, all their belongings and food were looted by the crazy prairie people, and the originally self-sufficient villages and towns were burned to the ground after being slaughtered by the prairie people.

The prairie people kill wherever they go, as if they were born to kill.

It is not uncommon for the fleeing villagers to be chased by the prairie people, after all, the news of the villages and towns is not as well-informed as the city, and it is often only discovered when the troops of the prairie people are very close to the villages and towns.

However, at that time, it was too late to escape, how could the legs of the villagers be comparable to the war horses of the prairie people?

How can that flesh-and-blood body compare to the war knife of the prairie people!

On the way to the city, there were corpses one after another, blood covered the whole land, under the hands of the steppe people, the dead and wounded souls of the Chengtian Kingdom were also countless, and the enmity between the two countries, with the increase of corpses, one was better than the other.

The eyes of the corpses of the common people were wide open, as if they were extremely unwilling, and as if they were deeply afraid.

Where are the cultivators who protect them?

No one knows, everyone is wise enough to protect themselves, including those large and medium-sized families who used to be majestic in the Chengtian Kingdom, including those Yuan Emperor Yuan ancestor level cultivators, in front of the powerful army, in front of the invincible prairie people, the personal strength is too small.

In the face of the killing of the steppe people, the Chengtian Kingdom remained silent and continued to forbear.

The strength is not as good as others, only endure and endure, endure until you can't bear it, for the sake of the overall situation, but you still have to endure!

Under Lanyun Pass, there are three cities connected together, forming a second line of defense like a net, protecting the gateway of the entire Chengtian Kingdom, these three cities are Huaxiang City, Tianqing City and Fulan City from left to right.

Tianqing City, located in the northernmost part of the Chengtian Kingdom, is the largest of the three cities near Lanyun Pass, and it is also the most important city.

It is located in the middle of Huaxiang City and Fulan City, the geographical location is excellent, this second line of defense, is to Tianqing City as the center, left and right connected to the other two cities. Once the other two cities were attacked by the steppe people, Tianqing City would be able to increase troops on both sides at any time, and take the enemy by surprise.

The army in the rear is constantly being sent to the front, and the Chengtian Kingdom can't manage so much now, Lanyun Pass was defeated, and the empire completely lagged behind the prairie people in terms of troops.

Originally, the imperial army after the fiasco of the Battle of Lanyun Pass is now all scattered in these three cities, the three army commanders, one of the cities, stick to it, three million remnants, plus the defensive strength of the city itself, the temporarily transferred cultivators, and the reinforcements from the rear, at this time, the strength of Huaxiang City, Tianqing City and Fulan City were 1.8 million, 2.7 million and 1.8 million respectively.

A total of 6.3 million troops, although there is still a slight gap compared to the more than 8 million troops of the steppe people, this is already the largest military force that the Chengtian Kingdom can draw at present.

However, although the steppe people have eight million troops, they do not dare to attack easily, although they also know that the Chengtian Kingdom at this time is weak, the original army is full of wounded soldiers, and the new army is not good in combat, it is indeed a good opportunity, but the siege is not as difficult as defending the city, and the difficulty of attacking the city is quite great, there has always been a saying, that if the siege of the city does not have more than three times the strength of the defender, it will be defeated!

Although the prairie people are good at attacking, the army on the mainland is also extremely good at defending!

Lanyun Pass is a checkpoint, several miles away, the prairie people are haunted, so it is very difficult to hold on.

However, the city is different, the city can concentrate the strength of the guard in one point, and the place where the enemy must attack is compared to patience and consumption.

The prairie people have also captured Lanyun Pass before, but the steppe people of the past generations have always been discouraged in front of the city, even if they capture one or two cities, they will not be able to hold it in the end.

They are good at attacking but not good at defending, which is well known to all people on the mainland.

Therefore, every time the prairie people no matter how advantageous the situation was, they were still driven out of the mainland by the mainland's cultivators.

Anticlimactic, every time, the prairie people repeat the footsteps of history in this way.

At present, although the empire has experienced the defeat of Lanyun Pass, it still does not have much fear for the prairie people, otherwise, the army drawn up will be far more than now.

For the Chengtian Kingdom, the most dangerous enemy is not the steppe people.

It's the country of the hot sun that has been on the border!

If the border of the Chengtian Kingdom is broken by the Yanyang Kingdom, I am afraid that the result at that time will be ...... is the real irreparable.

Therefore, at this time, guarding the place where the two countries of Chengtian and Yanyang are close to each other is Yu Wensheng, who is the best at guarding among the four army commanders, and his grasp of defending the city is by no means worse than the Jiufang Tu, known as the god of war, and even higher than Xuanyuan Qinglong!

With him at the border, he was so relieved that he sent all his troops to deal with the prairie people.

"Wow!"

With a flash of white light, Lin Nantian's figure instantly appeared in the post station of Tianqing City.

"Huh, I didn't expect that the identity of the post station was so closely checked now, and the guards of Qingcheng were so strict this day, and the teleportation array needed to turn around several cities before it could finally reach here. Lin Nantian couldn't help but think of the journey of the teleportation array just now, and he really couldn't cry or laugh.

He felt as if he had returned to the time when he was in the Burning Sun Country, and the degree of rigor of the teleportation array's inspection of the identity of the cultivator could be completely compared to that time.

It seems that Chengtian Kingdom does feel a crisis!

It is indeed the case that the enemy does not emerge from within the empire.

Lin Nantian's guess is not bad at all, not only Tianqing City, but also the post stations of Huaxiang City and Fulan City, the three cities are in a state of complete alert, and they are not allowed to enter, for the cultivators who came to the city at this time, the identity check is very strict, for fear that the person who comes is the other party's annihilation, then it will be very bad.

If it weren't for the fact that Lin Nantian had the gold medal given by His Majesty to be able to enter the palace freely, even if Lin Nantian was so famous, a member of the Lin family, and the champion of the Alchemist Conference, the army would definitely not allow him to enter the current military powerhouse of Tianqing City.

"Anyway, let's go meet the master first, and then make plans!"

Lin Nantian walked on the streets of Tianqing City, looking around, slightly curious. The architectural style of Tianqing City is very militarized, and there are strict guards everywhere, and teams of cultivators wearing uniform uniforms are constantly patrolling the streets, and all kinds of weapons to defend the city show their hideous faces in the walls of Tianqing City.

Once the war breaks out, these weapons to defend the city will play their due role, and their attack power is definitely no worse than that of a legion.

Tianqing City, as an important military base, is second only to Tongtian City in terms of its defensive strength in Chengtian!

The empire spent an unknown number of magic gold coins in Tianqing City to have the current scale, and it can be said that the three cities of this second line of defense, Tianqing City, are the most difficult to breach.

There is not a single idler or trader on the side of the road, all non-military personnel have been sent to other cities, ordinary residents are the foundation of an empire, even if most of the empire is captured, but ordinary residents do not have much loss, then once the lost territory is recovered, the vitality of the empire will be restored very quickly.

This point is very clear to fate.

"But...... Where to find the master?" Lin Nantian was a little worried, he only knew that the master was here, but he didn't know where the master was.

I don't know how to ask, but fortunately, Pei Yueqing's reputation is also well-known, even if he is a low-level junior officer in the army, he has heard of Pei Yueqing's name.

After asking about the master's news, Lin Nantian immediately rushed over.

Two million and seven hundred thousand troops!

At this time, the supreme commander in Tianqing City is Xuanyuan Qinglong, but because he was seriously injured, he generally does not show up, although he controls the safety of this city, and controls the real power of the commander of the 2.7 million army, however, it is the deputy head of the Qinglong Legion who specifically orders and commands the army, and is also Xuanyuan Qinglong's own sister - Xuanyuan Tianji.

Xuanyuan Tianji's strength is far inferior to Xuanyuan Qinglong's, and his own strength has not even reached the Yuanshen level, but only a purple-level ancestor.

However, her greatest strength is not her fighting power, but her head.

Her calculations, her intelligence, Xuanyuan Qinglong is completely ashamed of herself, the Xuanyuan family, the Qinglong Legion, with the scale of today, it can be said that Xuanyuan Tianji's contribution is definitely not small.

She is Xuanyuan Qinglong's Zhiduoxing, and she is the most trusted person of Xuanyuan Qinglong.

Xuanyuan Tianji is three years younger than Xuanyuan Qinglong, it is a true brother and sister of the same father and mother, the relationship between the two has been very good since childhood, Xuanyuan Qinglong's talent is excellent, Xuanyuan Tianji's talent is not far behind, but for fighting, Xuanyuan Qinglong likes it a little more, for cultivation, Xuanyuan Qinglong is more hardworking, plus there is the guidance of the Master, so Xuanyuan Qinglong's current strength is a whole level higher than Xuanyuan Tianji.

Among the 2.7 million troops, nearly 700,000 troops are subordinate to the Blue Dragon Legion, and nearly half of them survived the Battle of Lanyun Pass. The original 1 million Blue Dragon Legion, after the war, there were less than 300,000 left, and now there are nearly 700,000, which is the reason why the reserve legion of the Blue Dragon Legion was transferred.

In addition, there are 600,000 troops, which are the city guards of Tianqing City, and the original city guards of Tianqing City are only 300,000, but the soldiers of the prairie are close to the city, so many cultivators who belong to Tianqing City are forced to join the army, so it has reached the number of 600,000.

There are also 500,000, which is the Xinding Legion led by Pei Yueqing, which includes the teachers and students of the Qingtian Demon Martial Arts Academy, because this legion is a Xinding regardless of the generals or soldiers, so in the Battle of Lanyun Pass, it is the best system maintained.

The original 600,000 soldiers only lost 100,000, which was the smallest loss among the various legions participating in the battle in Lanyun Pass.

After all, the students in the Sunny Sky Demon Martial Arts Academy are the future pillars of the Chengtian Kingdom, and this time they participated in the war, firstly, in order to enhance the troops, after all, the number of recruits has increased too much, and the senior generals are lacking, secondly, in order to cultivate their patriotic consciousness, so that they can consciously become a part of the Chengtian Kingdom, and thirdly, let them feel the breath and atmosphere of the war, and increase their actual combat experience.

As for the real fighting, unless it is absolutely necessary, this new Ding army will never be allowed to participate in the war.

The combat effectiveness they can exert is far inferior to that of the three major legions and the Praetorian Guard.

The remaining 900,000 troops, which were transferred from other cities in the Chengtian Kingdom, came from various cities, and their combat effectiveness varied.

The army of 2.7 million was strictly slashed four times, divided into the east, south, west, and north directions of Tianqing City, guarding the city gate, and Pei Yueqing, as the highest decision-maker of the 600,000 Xinding Legion, is naturally guarding the west gate of Tianqing City at the moment together with the Xinding Legion.

All the way to the west, there are patrolling soldiers everywhere, for the safety of Tianqing City, Xuanyuan Tianji is obviously very concerned, for fear that the enemy will infiltrate from the inside, and when the prairie people attack the city, it will be an irresistible natural disaster.

Lin Nantian did not stop, the speed reached eighty percent of his heyday, firstly, in order to see the master and his old man as soon as possible, and secondly, if the speed slowed down, he was seen by these patrolling soldiers, and he had to check his identity, which would be troublesome.

Yulan Garden.

This was originally the mansion of a large family in Tianqing City, but at this time, it became the temporary residence of the general of the Xinding Army commanded by Pei Yueqing.

On the side of the West City Gate, Yu Lanyuan is undoubtedly a behemoth, covering a fairly large area, quite luxurious, almost no need to deliberately look for it, when approaching the West City Gate, Lin Nantian has already touched this side.

"I thought it would be difficult to find here, but I didn't expect it to come with no effort!" Lin Nantian's eyes flashed and he sighed lightly.

"Let's go straight to the gate! it's much easier and quicker to have someone tell you to lead the way than to look for it yourself. Lin Nantian made a decision in an instant.

Yulan Garden is quite large, and at the speed of Lin Nantian, it still took a pillar of incense to find the gate, the gate made of pure gold, lifelike carving, with a kind of aristocratic temperament, as if telling that the owner of the house is so rich and powerful.

"What's the use of having more wealth? Without strength, wealth is just a passing cloud to make wedding clothes for others. Lin Nantian chuckled, as if thinking of the mournful face of the owner of this Yulan Yuan when he was under the order of the empire and could not withdraw from such a rich residence.

"Who is coming?" At the door, five strict cultivators covered by demon weapons blocked the gate of Nuoda, blocking Lin Nantian's way, and asked in a deep voice.

"I'm Principal Pei's apprentice, please let me know. Lin Nantian took out the gold medal given to him by Destiny from his arms, and lit up.

Lin Nantian knows the power of this gold medal, it represents supreme power, and it also represents Lin Nantian's status.

The cultivator who was guarding the Yuan took the gold medal suspiciously, and when he saw that the lower right foot represented the mark of His Majesty today, he almost didn't scare his legs weak, and his hand shook, and he almost didn't fly the gold medal out.

"Please, please come with the little ones, adults. "Although these newcomers have not been in the army for a long time, they still understand the rules that they should understand, in the army, the subordinates must strictly obey the superiors, this gold medal and Pei Yueqing's status can be similar, how dare these newcomers be disrespectful to Lin Nantian.

Walking into the house, a piece of birds and flowers, intoxicating atmosphere, although the war is boiling outside, people are panicking, but in this Yulan Garden, it is a peaceful, flowers are in full bloom, maintaining the original posture of Yulan Garden.

Dare to ask, the owner of this Yulan Garden is also quite a Yaxing person.

Lin Nantian followed this cultivator who led the way, turned left and right, spared a few large circles, passed through several garden courtyards, and finally stopped in front of a small building about three stories high.

"My lord, you can see Master Pei when you go up this way. The cultivator bowed respectfully.

"Okay, thank you very much. ”

Lin Nantian nodded and walked forward.

Thinking that he was about to meet his master, Lin Nantian's heart couldn't help but feel excited and uneasy.

I don't know master, how are you doing?

(To be continued)