Chapter 334: Rushing to the Front
Xiao Che and they took 100,000 soldiers and horses to the front line.
Hua Yu'er with an army of 800,000 also followed behind Xiao Che and them.
This was agreed upon by the two armies.
The speed of their march is not fast, in the final analysis, they only play an auxiliary role, and the final decision of the war is still the main force of the Qingxuan Empire.
But even if it is an assistant, Xiao Che has to fight this battle beautifully.
Xiao Che's army has been walking for three days, and they have not yet gone thousands of miles away, which shows how slow their marching speed is.
Along the way, they saw too many displaced people, many of whom had fled to the center of the empire for refuge. On this day, they saw an old man and a little girl.
"Daddy, look, it's the army of my Qingxuan Empire. Are they going to drive the robbers out? The little girl saw Xiao Che and their army passing by, and said with big innocent eyes.
On the whole, the Qingxuan Empire is relatively strict in governing the army, and Xiao Che is even stricter in governing the army.
Along the way, the people's food will never be trampled on, and the army will not be disturbed by the people.
No one is allowed to accept gifts from the people without permission.
This includes all supplies such as alcohol, food, and spiritual artifacts.
This made Xuanjun's reputation better and better. In fact, they had all heard of Xuanjun before, after all, the former Xuanfu was called this name.
But the current Xuanjun is completely different from the previous meaning.
But the Xuanfu is still the same Xuanfu.
Many people learned through channels that the leader of this Xuan army is called Xiao Che, who is the newly crowned King of Xuan. It is also the only king with a different surname in recent years.
Moreover, this Xuan King is also the youngest alchemy master of the legendary human race.
"Little sister, you are right, those robbers will definitely be driven out by us. Their conversation happened to be heard by Xiao Che, who was passing by.
"Lord Xuanwang, the old granddaughter is young and ignorant, don't blame it. Seeing that the little girl was talking freely, the old man hurriedly stopped her, and he also accompanied Xiao Che.
"Old man, do you know me?" Xiao Che smiled when he heard him call himself.
"Now King Xuan is known to the whole world, the old man was also born in the army in his early years, and so was my son, but their fate was not good, and they stayed on the battlefield forever at a young age, and the baby died of illness not long after. Only the two old and the youngest, were left. The hometown where the old decay is located has been captured. If it weren't for the baby, I would have fought with them. Fortunately, with the help of our old comrades-in-arms, we were able to go to Qingxuan City. The old man explained.
"It turned out to be the home of heroes. Little girl, your grandfather and father are heroes, and you will be heroes when you grow up!" Xiao Che encouraged.
"I don't want it, what's so good about being a hero, just leave me alone as a hero? And after my parents left, many people bullied me and my grandfather. My mom is a physician, and I'm going to be a physician when I grow up. No, it's an alchemist. "The little girl doesn't look big, but she has experienced a lot.
After her words were finished, Xiao Che also fell silent for a while.
He didn't know how to comfort the little girl.
"Girl, don't talk nonsense, King Xuan, she is not sensible. Don't be surprised. Hearing the little girl say this, the old man was also a little sad.
"Little girl, remember, your parents are heroes, they made what they think is the right choice. Their sacrifices protect more people, and more importantly, they want to protect you. Those who have bullied you, you don't need to care, because they don't deserve it. In the future, you will be a physician who stands up to the heavens and the earth, or even an alchemist, and when you look back again, you will find that you will smile and pass by. Xiao Che touched the little girl's head.
This was not just to comfort him, but at this time, he had already run the "God Devouring Decision" to probe whether there were wood attribute and fire attribute talents in the little girl's spiritual sea.
If there is, then she has the possibility of becoming an alchemist.
If not, then you can only choose the path of a doctor.
Xiao Che didn't want her to take too many detours. So he helped her.
The old man is a Venerable Realm cultivator, so he naturally can't see through Xiao Che's strength. Of course, I didn't know that Xiao Che had already probed the little girl's spiritual sea before.
What surprised Xiao Che was that this little girl really had wood attribute and fire attribute talents. But it's very weak.
Either way, it's good to have. Even if she had, she would be able to become an ordinary alchemist.
You must know that alchemist is a very noble profession, even the most ordinary alchemist, the spirit coins earned will be much stronger than ordinary martial artists.
"Little girl, you will be an excellent alchemist. This "Commentary on the Elixir" is a gift for you, and it is very suitable for your current beginner period. Saying that, Xiao Che handed a notebook to the girl.
This is a small book written by Xiao Che when he has nothing to do.
He didn't release it, though. The main thing is that I didn't have time.
There were no conditions to release it when he was overseas before, but now that he is back on land, who would have thought that such a big war would happen. Therefore, the plan to publish the book had to be put on hold indefinitely.
Now I happened to meet this little girl who fell in love, so I gave her this unreleased book as a gift.
"Oh, King Xuan, how can this be done!" Seeing Xiao Che take out this book, although he didn't know the knowledge of alchemy, but thinking about it, this would not be an ordinary book.
"Old man, take it with peace of mind, the little girl has the talent to become an alchemist, don't waste it. Xiao Che had already handed the book into the hands of the little girl.
The little girl was still in a state of confusion at this time. She subconsciously took the book and hurriedly thanked Xiao Che.
"Thank you, big brother. She didn't call Xiao Che King Xuan.
"You're welcome, you guys hurry up, this is a token of mine, take it, you can go to Qingxuan City, Qinghua Pavilion to find Jiang Ying." If you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, she will help you solve it. Xiao Che handed a token to the old man.
The old man thanked him for his kindness, and then they set off separately.
When parting, the little girl looked at Xiao Che carefully, as if she wanted to imprint Xiao Che in her mind.
She carefully preserved the "Commentary on the Elixir" that Xiao Che gave her.
Xiao Che and the others still maintained the same marching speed as before, he actually walked so slowly on purpose, in order to wait for the information detection of the Zi Wuji Heavenly Eye.
If you want to conduct a war, you can't do it without knowing the enemy, and the more detailed this information is, the better. Xiao Che was not in a hurry. At this time, the Qingxuan Empire had lost almost half of its land.
Although many civilians in the enemy-occupied areas did not have time to evacuate, the northern countries would not kill them at will.
After all, they want to occupy this place. There will be no senseless killings either. But what made them very annoyed and troubled was that there were many warriors who spontaneously dealt with them, so that they were harassed by all walks of life along the way, and these people and horses had everything, including local armies and Jianghu sects. There are even bandits. In short, there is a wide variety of everything.
The coalition forces of the northern states even had to form new units to deal with these people.
This greatly slowed down the speed of their attack.
In fact, the loss of nearly half of the Qingxuan Empire's territory and the sudden attack of the northern countries were on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also the result of the Qingxuan Empire's deliberate retreat.
The purpose of the Qingxuan Empire is very simple, firstly, to lengthen the battle lines of the northern countries, and secondly, to accumulate strength, and then launch a counterattack.
From the perspective of the entire Qingxuan Empire, this is strategically correct, but from the perspective of the family and country, the harm to the people is very great.
After all, so many people in the enemy-occupied area were left behind.
It's not that many of them don't want to leave, but they don't have time or don't have spirit coins.
In the Qingxuan Empire, it is not easy to travel long distances, not to mention anything else, the consumption of spirit coins alone is huge.
And generally speaking, only if you have a way in the center of the empire or have relatives and friends, you can leave your hometown and go to the place, most people don't have this resource, don't look at the way, Xiao Che They met a lot of people, in fact, more people have been left in the enemy-occupied area.
Now, Xiao Qian has assembled a large army in the center of the empire.
The two sides are at a stalemate at the junction of the north and south of the Qingxuan Empire. At this point, the northern countries no longer have the ability to occupy an inch of the Qingxuan Empire.
Xiao Qian was really ruthless enough, and he directly gathered 80 million troops on the front line. And this is not all the combat power of the Qingxuan Empire, and there will be at least 40 million troops gathering towards the border in the future.
The Qingxuan Empire had the largest number of troops among the empires in the Qingyuan Continent.
The alliance of the northern countries is not monolithic, and if Xiao Qian wants to deal with them, there are currently two voices, one is to fight the strongest country first, and the other is to start with the weakest country.
Both sides have their own reasons.
The reason for the former is that if the strongest country is completely defeated, then it will make other countries even more fearful. In this way, their morale can fall to the bottom. The Qingxuan Empire can achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost.
The reason for the latter is that gradual encroachment, starting with the weakest country, as long as the army of the Qingxuan Empire avoids the strongest country of the Northern Alliance, and crushes the weakest country, and isolates it, then it can make the weak country even more worried. They will fear that they will not be protected by the Alliance. It is therefore capable of exacerbating divisions within them.
What both sides said made sense, and for a while, Xiao Qian didn't know how to decide.
When Xiao Che and the others arrived at the border between the two sides, it was already half a month later, and after walking for so many days in such a short distance, fortunately, there was a gain.
The Eye of the Sky without a Trace of Snow has already detected the distribution of the enemy's military forces.
"Xiao Che, Wuji, Brother Ye, come here. This is the latest information received by Tianyan. "On this day, Xiao Che and the others had just set up camp here, and the snow without a trace of the heavenly eye brought news.
"Traceless, is this anything good?" Xiao Che asked with a smile.
He was so happy to see Xue Wuxian so happy, there must be good news.
"Sister Murong Qing and Tang Tang have already gained a foothold in the Northern Yan Empire, and they are planning to remove Emperor Yu from power. Regardless of whether this matter can be successful or not, the blow to the Northern Yan Empire is also very big. At that time, I am afraid that the army of the Northern Yan Empire will be the first to be unable to hold on. Emperor Yu is still the leader of this Northern Alliance!" Xue Wuxian said in detail.
"I see, without a trace, you will send them a message back immediately, let them be careful, Emperor Yu is not so easy to deal with. Xiao Che said.
"By the way, I have one more thing to tell you. Xue Wuxian said to Xiao Che with a little mystery.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Che wondered.
"It's about the news of the Wenren family. I'm thinking about whether to tell Uncle Wenren Zhantian to talk to Wenrenjing. Xue Wuji's tone was a little serious.
"Traceless, is something wrong?" Xiao Che continued to ask.
"The team of the old man Wenren was hit hard, and the old man Wenren faced the battle alone in order to cover the smooth retreat of the clansmen, and then his whereabouts are unknown. Xue Wuxian said in a heavy tone.
"What! how could this be!" Xiao Che was also a little flustered.
Thinking of the old man Wenren, Xiao Che's heart warmed. The first contact with the Wenren family was precisely because of the old man Wenren.
What popped up in Xiao Che's mind now was the figure of the stubborn old man with a hot temper.
"Look, this news?" Snow Traceless didn't know what to say.
"You said the old man's whereabouts are unknown?"
"Wuji, you go and invite your father-in-law, Uncle Wenren. Remember not to tell your wife just yet. Xiao Che called Zi Wuji over.
"Xiao Che, Traceless, what are you two talking about mysteriously?"
"Wuji, old man Wenren, something may have happened. Xiao Che said cautiously.
"What! I'm going to get Daddy here. Zi Wuji was also stunned, and then his face changed drastically.
Soon, Wenren Zhantian was invited here.
Hearing the news of the old man's accident, his heart was also tight. Snow Without a Trace tells everything he knows.
Wen Ren Zhantian didn't say anything after hearing this.
"So, give me a thousand, and I'll go and find out. Zi Wuji volunteered.
"Wuji, this is not appropriate. Wen Ren Zhantian said.
"No, I think it's good, but Wuji, I'll give you the strongest 10,000 people, you can take them and get ready to go. Xiao Che said decisively.
"I'll go with you. Wen Ren Zhantian said.
"Dad, you can stay with Xiaojing. "Zi Wuji persuaded the people to stay in Zhantian.
Xiao Jing also went along. Wen Ren Zhantian said.
"Well, it's not good!" Zi Wou-Ki disagreed. He didn't want Wen Renjing to be sad.
"This time, Xiao Jing came back from going to sea with you, and I found that she has become much more mature. Sooner or later, she would have to face something like this, and even more sad things would happen in the future, and she couldn't stay out of it every time. Wen Ren Zhantian said.
"Okay, I'll go and call Xiao Jing. With that, Zi Wouji left the place.
"Brother Ye, let's pick someone for Wuji. With that, Xiao Che pulled Dongfang Ye and left.
"All assemble!" When he arrived at the barracks, Dongfang Ye ordered.
Soon, an army of 100,000 men was assembled.
Along the way, Xiao Che trained them strictly. Most of these people are retired veterans who have joined the army, so Xiao Che is also very handy in training.
These people are originally elites, and their cultivation is good. You must know that the weakest ones are all in the three-day realm. This is still very strong for the army.
"Now there's a mission for you to do, a rescue operation. This task is very important. It's also very dangerous, but there are big rewards. As long as you join the quest, you can now give out half of the Spirit Coins. The rest will be paid in full after the mission is over, and if you unfortunately die in battle, then the families of the war dead can be compensated three times. The Purple Warrior will take you through it. Is there any initiative now!" Dongfang Ye said.
As soon as Dongfang Ye's voice fell, most of them took the initiative to stand up, which made Xiao Che and them nod their heads.
This makes it much easier to pick people.
Soon they elected 10,000 people. In these 10,000 people, there are warriors in the realm of honoring teachers, venerable realms, and three-day realms.
Such a combination has exceeded Zi Wuji's expectations.
After these people were reorganized, Zi Wuji, Wen Ren Zhan Tian, Wen Ren Jing set off.
When he left, Xiao Che could see Wen Renjing's eyes red.
It seems that she learned about her grandfather.
Now Xiao Che only has 90,000 people in their hands. But the war is not fought by the number of people.
Hua Yu'er's army of 800,000 was not far from Xiao Che.
In this way, Xiao Che is equivalent to the vanguard of Hua Yuer's army.
Xue Wuxian immediately sent Tianyan to contact Hua Yu'er. They decided to launch the first operation.
Their chosen opponent was the Grand Treaty.
Speaking of which, the Grand Compact is the weakest among the many northern countries.
I really don't know how they can be fooled by the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance.
Now Xiao Che is making a battle plan, and the Great Treaty Country has a lot of people this time, as many as 500,000, I am afraid that this is all their national strength.
They were stationed not far from Xiao Che and them.
But it's not directly opposite.
Directly opposite Xiao Che and them was the army of the Northern Qi Empire.
However, based on Xue Wuji's intelligence, Xiao Che decided to besiege the army of the Great Treaty Kingdom with Hua Yu'er.
Xiao Che made a detour on the side, and Hua Yu'er blitzed head-on.
It's easy to say, but it's not so easy to do.
The most difficult part of this matter is how to withdraw it safely. You must know that the Grand Treaty country is surrounded by the armies of other countries, and if one is not careful, it will be surrounded by all.
Xiao Che had a huge and detailed map in his hand.
It indicates the forces of each side and the deployment of troops.
This is all the credit of Tianyan.
Suddenly, Xiao Che saw a place on the map, where there was a blank gap, but if they broke through from there, they could only go to the enemy's rear to fight guerrillas.
Xiao Che still has to think carefully, otherwise once they are not well prepared, they will be passive when they fall into the encirclement of the enemy army.
Xiao Che was calculating the distance.
Between the army of the Great Treaty and the army of the Northern Qi Empire, there was a mountain forest, and there was a place called Snake Ridge.
As the name suggests, there are many snakes living here.
They are all beasts, and there are no demon beasts of the snake clan.
Even so, it is a great hidden danger for humans, after all, there are many poisonous snakes.
If you get bitten, it's troublesome enough.
Because of this, the armies of the Northern Qi and the Great Qi only deployed very few troops here.
Xiao Che intends to use this as a breakthrough.
When retreating, retreat towards the rear of the enemy army, so that there is a good chance of a safe withdrawal. And it can also pose a certain threat to the enemy army.
Hua Yu'er naturally agreed with Xiao Che's strategy. She said that she would actively cooperate.