In the land of Cangbei, the wind and sand are raging, and the road is poor at dusk.

The desert stretches out in all directions, and the land here has been tortured by the scorching sun and drought to the point of outcropping.

The cracks are vertical and horizontal, and the delicate yellow sand has been ravaged by the wind and tribulation, and each grain has countless times of torture and helplessness, and the barrenness and desolation are vividly displayed.

Here, life is hard to find, like a forbidden place of life, only the occasional wandering ghost is the companion.

If it weren't for the remnants of the ruined city and the three big characters of Cangbei County on the boundary monument, I'm afraid no one would want to believe that this was once a county-level administrative district.

The barren world has stripped away the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the old days without a trace.

It has been two years since Yin and Yang were reversed and the Hundred Ghosts traveled at night, and Cangbei County did not seem to have recovered from that catastrophe, but this was just the appearance seen by ordinary people.

50,000 Xia soldiers rode on foot, moving forward on the Cangbei Straight Road that is still being repaired and maintained, many of them are no strangers to this place, and they are also accustomed to being barren and desolate.

Just because in the days when Zhou Bai did not go south to expand his territory, the north of Cangshan was the training ground.

Escorting caravans again and again, fighting with grassland bandits and Jin State cavalry, he has long been extremely familiar with this "ghost".

If you ask some of these experienced veterans whether Cangbei County can be reclaimed by people, the answer must be yes.

The combat target Zhou Bai has been announced, and everyone knows who the enemy is, the 100,000 Jin Army Iron Cavalry is very powerful, but there is not much fear and nervousness on the faces of the Xia soldiers.

Even in order to ease the relaxation, the military judge allowed to chat in a low voice at this time, which is the experience of the Great War, and there is a degree of relaxation.

A Longfeng nationality, the new recruit who joined the forbidden army saw that everyone was talking and laughing freely, so he asked the question he was most concerned about: "Head, the prince said that if this battle is won, he will give us more fields, is it true?" ”

"Don't ask questions, when the propaganda envoy preaches the policy and military order, you didn't listen carefully when I saw it, the sealed field is at our feet, and the entire Cangbei County will be awarded to the sergeant." Another veteran immediately slapped the recruit on the head and said fiercely.

"Here? It's like a desert, desolate and dilapidated, can you farm? The recruit's face was full of incredulity, and he shook his head repeatedly.

"What do you kid know, two years ago naturally couldn't work, but now the world has changed greatly, and the underground has regained vitality, and now you see that there is no vitality just the surface."

"The Canglan River will soon be connected to Cangbei, wait, if I can make great contributions and die in battle, or I can ask the prince to seal me as the land and protect here." As he spoke, a veteran from Cangbei took out a piece of moist soil from his pocket, which contained a piece of plant rhizome.

Without waiting for the recruits' eyes to shine and scan the dead land, there was a sound of horses' hooves ahead, which was the return of the sentinel who had gone out to investigate the military situation.

The commander hurriedly straightened out the military discipline and ended the pre-war relaxation time with a short sentence: "Okay, if you can't be an officer, let's think about how to kill the enemy and get promoted to the rank." The sergeant is just the most basic, and if he wants to make a few hundred acres of land, at least he is sharp......"

At this time, in the middle of the marching procession, Zhou Bai and his subordinates were also discussing Cangbei County.

"After two years of spiritual energy recovery and residual yin qi hedging, and then through the intervention of the Taoist group and many land gods, Cangbei County has now recovered eighty percent of its vitality before the ghost disaster...... It is believed that as long as there is enough water, the imperial court can already start the relocation plan. ”

"If the monks cultivated by various sects, especially Lingzhifu, are mobilized to concentrate on intervening in the restoration of the land of Cangbei, it is expected that within three years, Cangbei will be as good as Cangnan.

Listening to the reports of the Taoist officials, Zhou Bai bowed slightly: "After the Canglan River connects to the Ningjiang River, it will definitely flow into Cangbei through Cangshan Mountain, and the mountain god and the water god will cooperate." But the premise is that we have fought this battle so that the Jin people will no longer dare to look south! ”

Soon after the tone was set, an urgent report of the military situation came.

"Report, fifty miles ahead, there are large-scale sentry cavalry of the Jin people, among which there are condor archers blocking the outpost detection of our army."

"Let Chu Kai teach these golden people a lesson, remember not to go deeper."

"Report, within a radius of a hundred miles, there are many golden shamans, who are summoning wolves and beasts to try to attack our military formation."

"Li Yuan, take the Taoist group to clear the obstacles, and send a message to Shaoyuan Zhenjun, asking him to go to Yinshan."

One report and one answer, Zhou Bai was extremely efficient, and he countered the means used by the Jin State side one by one.

In particular, the shaman of the Jin Kingdom actually tried to interfere with the war with extraordinary means, which made him a little puzzled.

Could it be that the support given by the Black Emperor is so great that these shamans don't know the height of the sky?

From ancient times to the present, the prosperity of the cultivation world is directly proportional to the prosperity of civilization, and the cultivation level of the Central Plains will always be one level higher than that outside the territory.

Even if the revival of aura is global now, for a while, the high-end combat power of the grassland monks will definitely not be comparable to that of the Xia Kingdom.

At most, they could only rely on the size of the kingdom and rely on the number of shamans to fight a war of attrition, so Zhou Bai directly asked Shao Yuan to go to Yinshan.

There is no need for Shao Yuan Zhenjun to carry the suppression of the Jin Guoyun and break into Yinshan to destroy the ancestral temple, just use him to show his face, most of the shamans in the three realms will not dare to leave Yinshan half a step.

Yin Mountain is not only where the dragon veins of the Jin Kingdom are located, but also the aura convergence node on the grassland, once something happens, the entire Jin Kingdom cultivation world will suffer.

……

With 80,000 cavalry, plus the tribal cavalry recruited on the road all the way back, the number of the Jin army had exceeded 100,000 at this time.

One person exceeds 10,000, and there is no boundary, let alone 100,000 iron riders.

Thousands of rolling military flags proclaimed the splendor and breadth of its territory and the majesty of its army.

These strong soldiers, who had just experienced the great victory of the Southern Expedition and established a strong self-confidence in the Liang army, were all fierce and murderous.

Such a large army is a force to destroy the country at any time, but Hu Yanhe is always faintly uneasy.

At first, he thought that it was the northern capital that was broken, and the luck caused by the turbulence of the dragon vein was involved, but with the investigation of the situation reported by the sentry rider and the shaman, he somewhat understood that it was still the pressure brought by the opponent.

Why only 50,000 people? Could it be that Xia Guo thought that the battle of the grassland was the same as that of the mainland?

can be reminiscent of Zhou Bai's record, this "old friend" has been thriving in Dingzhou, and has not tasted defeat since the incident.

At the moment, with 50,000 paces, if you want to defeat his 100,000 army, I am afraid that you really think that you have this strength.

Therefore, no matter how loud and confident those tribal leaders were, Hu Yanhe maintained a steady attitude and repeatedly ordered all the tribes to be cautious.

40,000 forbidden troops, 5,000 cavalry, 5,000 demons, and 50,000 foot cavalry are all elites, and everyone is a soldier.

After checking the relevant information about the defeat of the Dingxi army at Menju Pass, Hu Yanhe's expression became more and more solemn, and it was obvious that the main factor in Dingxi's inability to occupy the border city and county was the failure of the military soldiers.

Because of the internal fighting in Jin, he did lag behind the martial arts reform in the Central Plains, but he did not lose confidence, as a country on horseback, the power of the cavalry corps was only known to the grassland people.

In history, the Jin State broke through the northern border pass many times, and the reason why they couldn't occupy too much land was not that their cavalry couldn't do it, but that the further south they fought, the more various terrains were mixed.

Fighting on the territory of the endless plains, if 100,000 cavalry is afraid of 50,000 foot cavalry, then he, the king of gold, will not have to be the king.

Come on, let's see if you are a strong infantry soldier, or if this king's iron cavalry is powerful.

Just when Hu Yanhe was constantly reorganizing the army and preparing to face the battle, the Xia army, which had already stepped into Cangbei County, slowed down suddenly.

After in-depth investigation by the sentinels, it was found that these Xia people were actually repairing roads, cities, and canals all the way.

They were not in a hurry at all, and seemed to have no idea that there were 100,000 gold troops waiting for them on the grassland.

After ten days like this, when the Xia army finally walked through half of Cangbei and arrived at Cangbei County, the 50,000 troops did not leave.

In the past, Cangbei County was a parallel farming and grazing, the county town was mainly cultivated in the south, and grazing was mainly in the north, which was determined by the geographical environment.

On the boundless grassland of Cangbei, Hu Yanhe galloped with his own horse, they were dozens of miles away from the main camp, and there were hundreds of yellow sheep in front of them, running for their lives.

"Side, rush this way!"

"Head Shooter."

"Don't shoot the lamb to death, the adult sheep will stay if you shoot it."

When the rain of arrows roared, a yellow sheep died on the spot, and the whole army was wiped out in a short time.

Under the sharp arrows of Huyanhe's relatives, none of the yellow sheep, known for their speed, could run away.

But this is normal, just because they are the princes of King Jin, and the personal guards Hu Yanhe can bend bows and shoot eagles, which is a rare elite.

But before the success of the hunt could be celebrated, the messenger hurried in.

"King, the news came back from the front line that Xiahou ordered the whole army to stop in Cangbei City, but he didn't say when he would leave."

Hu Yanhe frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found Huo Feiguang's Xia Qi?" ”

"No trace has been found yet, and the ministries are already trying their best to find it."

"Don't worry, the king doesn't have to worry, the heavy snow is coming, and these Xia people can't survive on the grassland with the white-haired wind!"

The general's kind comfort gave Hu Yanhe inspiration, and he understood why Xia Jun was procrastinating.

Heavy snow and white-haired wind can destroy the lone Xia cavalry, and it can also destroy his 100,000 iron cavalry!

Also, the food ......

Why did he want to go out hunting, in fact, he also wanted to share some logistical pressure, 100,000 iron horsemen ate horses and chewed, and the consumption of cattle and sheep was too terrifying.

This is not Liangzhou, you can eat the enemy, and all the way back to the north, you have left a lot of baggage.

"Ordered to support 5,000 cavalry to Zahe, and ordered him not to make a small fuss anymore, and be sure to cut off the logistics supply line of the Xia army."

"In addition, the tribes of 1,500 miles nearby are suspected of collaborating with the enemy, do you know what to do?" Hu Yanhe looked coldly at the general.

"The last general understands that the cattle and sheep of these tribes shall be replenished into the army, so as not to enrich the enemy."

By 7 November, the Jin army had more than 10,000 cavalry deep into Cangbei County to cover the entire territory militarily.

In order to protect the grain road, Chu Kai led the newly expanded 5,000 cavalry to attack many times, but the time was short, and there was a gap in the strength of the cavalry, so he could only retreat back to the vicinity of Cangbei City after losing thousands of cavalry.

Fortunately, the Taoist regiment was not suppressed by the shaman regiment, and the key military movements could be transmitted back in time, so as not to make the Xia army in the city blind.

At this time, the military rations of Cangbei City were only enough for 50,000 foot cavalry for a month, but the logistics pressure of the Jin army was even greater, and it could not last for a long time.

The monks of both countries predicted heavy snow within half a month, and a great battle was imminent.

On November 9, Huo Feiguang led his troops to appear 500 miles behind the main flank of the Jin army, but the Jin army could not contain it and was escaped.

In the days that followed, Huo Feiguang appeared out of nowhere, killed and injured thousands of Jin troops, and escaped from the encirclement.

Hu Yanhe didn't expect that the combat power of this lone horse was so strong, especially the five hundred Jiao horses, which was simply unstoppable.

However, whenever the Jin army wanted to send more main forces to encircle and suppress, the Xia army in Cangbei City would move back to the wind and attack the city in a big way.

After a few pulls, Xia Jun actually received a grain convoy.

The Jin army was shaken, and the nobles in the rear of the Jin country also talked about it when they heard the news, could it be that the king of Jin had no way to take a small force of 3,000 cavalry with the main force?

broke the northern capital, and now he is chasing and suppressing and losing his soldiers, which is really a shame.

Things have developed to the point, and it is no longer just to save Wanyan Zonggu that can be solved, Huyanhe must re-establish his prestige with a big victory.

Jin Ren Mu Qiang, he can't be weak.

On November 11, Huyanhe gathered the main force and advanced to the city of Cangbei, and the Xia army responded to the battle.

Earlier, for the sake of safety and fairness, when Cangbei City was used as a trading ground between the two countries, it deliberately made many gaps in the city wall, and the yin qi eroded the city bricks, so Cangbei City could not be defended.

Of course, forcing the Jin army to come to the vicinity of Cangbei City has achieved Zhou Bai's goal.

Although the battlefield on both sides is open, it is not an endless grassland, and the 100,000 cavalry will be greatly limited.

The sky was dark and depressed, the military qi was boiling and colliding, and the pigs and black wolves were fighting in close proximity in the roar.

The temptation that should have been there for more than half a month has long been over, and the two armies will come up to a decisive battle.

100,000 golden cavalry could not be spread, and Qianhu Zahe could only be ordered to lead 30,000 cavalry to attack, but its majestic power had already shaken the Xia army.

The sergeants in the front row turned pale, and held the big shield in their hands tightly, in the battle in Cangnan, they had indeed never seen such a huge cavalry corps impact.

"Block! Obstruct! After death, you can protect your family without worry, and you can live forever in a blessed land! ”

Knock knock, the golden cavalry swept like a storm, the majestic battle flag fluttered in the wind, and the 30,000 cavalry were like a moat breaking open, unstoppable.

The rolling torrent rushed straight to the front of the Xia army, and the deafening hiss and the sound of hooves in iron armor plucked the transition between heaven and earth.

God Arm Bow, put!

The overwhelming heavy arrows caused countless golden horsemen to fall, and there was chaos, but the cavalry corps that had already rushed up only stopped for a moment, and could not stop it after all.

Bang bang bang~

Soon, the sound of wailing, screaming, and fighting was endless.

Under the tragic impact, even though the Xia Jun in front of him was holding a big shield and wearing thick armor, he still couldn't completely block it.

However, it is meaningful that thousands of elites of the Xia army died on the spot, and their special iron shields alleviated the impact of the Jin army to the greatest extent.

"Demon Army!"

Zhou Bai's expression was serious, and he seized the opportunity to slow down the impact, and ordered in a deep voice.

The 40,000 forbidden troops in front of them all got out of the way, and 5,000 demon soldiers wearing thickened armor lined up behind them, and their long-handled broadswords, which were one foot long and weighed dozens of catties, jumped out impressively.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Mo Dao Array, Tu!" Five thousand demons, the horizontal knife forward, the murderous aura swept through.

Jin Cai, who was caught in the military formation, was in front of Modao, had no power to resist, and was bloodily slaughtered.

The blade kept cutting off the horse's legs, killing the golden soldiers, and the sound of snorting into flesh came and went.

"No, what kind of weapons are these!"

"Help me, they are the demons of hell!"

It's late, I'm stupid

(End of chapter)