On the day of April 15th, it was already spring in the broken Ding realm, the jungle was full of flowers, and the mountains and forests were also covered with a layer of lush greenery. The sound of horses' hooves trampling the mud, looking at it from a distance, the dense Blackstone Imperial army has filled the entire jungle, the front line is full of iron cavalry, their war horses have trophies hanging under their necks, those are the heads of the people of the empire, unarmed civilians were slaughtered, with their hair tied under the horse's neck as a count of battle exploits, shaking like a string of cruel bells.

"Whew......"

In the air, a figure fell rapidly, it was Fu Yun, the leader of the Dragoon Regiment, and one of the core figures of the remnants of the Blackstone Empire, known as the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"How is it, Lord Fu Yun?" Lu Yan asked, holding his war horse.

Fu Yun said respectfully: "It has been cleaned up, it seems that the people on the border of Great Qin have smelled our scent, so they have sent a lot of troops to spy on us, but unfortunately he also underestimates our Blackstone Empire, in front of him is a team of 100 scouts, which has been solved by his subordinates, and the commander has ordered the army to march straight away." ”

"Good. ”

Fu Yun smiled slightly and raised his arm: "Continue to march north!"

After the iron cavalry, there is a group of soldiers with heavy shields, most of them are recruits who have just been trained by the Nanban tribe, and their combat power needs to be verified, but whether they can participate in the war or not, the anxious Lu Yan can't wait, and they must be allowed to quickly enter the state of war, because their group has been hungry for many days, and the Nanban tribe is poor, Lu Yan's 150,000 army plus the 100,000 army of the Boxer State almost ate all the food that the Nanban tribe has stored for many years in one winter。

When the soldiers walked by, they saw a faint smell of blood between the fields, and looked at it from a distance, a corpse was lying there in the depths of the dense forest, these corpses were all soldiers before they died, and the emblem of copper and silver purple flowers on their arms was faintly visible, which was the scout team of the imperial army, and it was a garrison army belonging to Mingshan Province!

Lu Yan took a deep breath, the master of the Divine Realm is indeed ruthless, one person can kill a hundred people quietly, and even let none of these hundred people escape and report back!

Bai Liyan frowned, he was worried, but he couldn't say why.

While grabbing the reins and riding forward, Lu Yan turned sideways and glanced at Bai Liyan, and said, "Strategist, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing......" Bailiyan smiled slightly.

"The military advisor seems to be sullen, is he worried about Qin Yi's army?"

"That's not ......"

Bai Liyan frowned, and said: "Now we are on the road of the Northern Expedition, but there are some things that our subordinates don't know when to say or not, and if they say it, it may shake the morale of the army, so if you don't say it, ......."

Lu Yan laughed: "Why is the military advisor so troublesome today? Let's say it, you are the descendant of Marshal Baili Qin, you can say anything directly, and only I, Lu Yan, hear it alone, and no one will shake the army's heart." ”

"Hmm. ”

Baili Yan bowed his head, looked at the newborn blades of grass on the ground and the horseshoe prints in the mud, and said: "We now have 150,000 people, nearly half of them are new soldiers, and the combat strength is unknown, and there are also 100,000 Qin Yi's army, Qin Yi, the old fox who has been sick for a long time and does not die, must be a delaying measure, and we ...... Does the commander think that our 150,000 people, who are evenly matched, can really capture the four major provinces of Lingnan?"

"What does the military advisor think?" Lu Yan looked stunned.

"I don't think so. Bai Liyan's eyes were full of prudence, and he said: "The strength of the Great Qin Empire is obvious to all, Lin Muyu, Qin Yin and others are even more terrifying, especially Lin Muyu and Feng Jixing, these two people can be described as all-rounders, both masters of the divine realm, and handsome generals with a strategy, we are afraid that the strength and strategy are much inferior, once the Great Qin Empire is crushed with the strength of the country, I am afraid that we will end in a fiasco." ”

"Hehe......" Lu Yan smiled slightly: "The most important point that the military advisor didn't say, that is, although the Great Qin Empire is strong, but the heart is not compatible, not to mention that now the Congress has made a mess of the entire Lanyan City, Qin Yin, Lin Muyu, Tang Xiaoxi and others are also said to have retreated, but there is also a rumor, saying that they have soared, so who the lord of the world is is another matter, if we don't take this opportunity to retake Lingnan, I'm afraid there will be no such God-given opportunity in the future." ”

"So...... The Commander has already decided to deal with the Great Qin Empire in Lingnan?" asked Bai Liyan.

"Yes. ”

Lu Yan took a deep breath: "Half a month ago, we received the domestic Yushu, such as today's Absolute Empire was defeated, killing nearly a million troops, and the vitality was greatly damaged, but there are still hundreds of thousands of their strong troops on the border, and there is such a variable as Bai Ze mercenaries in the north, so Sikong Yao's appetite is not small, and sooner or later he will go south to attack the Blackstone Empire, so ...... His Majesty has also made a decision that instead of fighting hungry wolves, it is better to fight with injured tigers. ”

Bai Liyan was stunned: "Your Majesty means...... The Heavenly Absolute Empire and the Bai Ze mercenaries are hungry wolves, while the Great Qin Empire is a wounded tiger?"

"That's right. The Great Qin Empire has experienced so many years of war, and its national strength has long been exhausted, and they can no longer withstand a war, as long as we attack, we will be able to capture this piece of mountains and rivers, and His Majesty promised that as long as we take Lingnan, the second fleet of the Blackstone Empire will arrive soon, and move to the Shattered Ding Realm with all the strength of the country. ”

"Moving to ......"

Bai Liyan's eyes were full of amazement, this idea was too crazy, could it be that the Blackstone Empire really wanted to treat the Shattered Ding Realm as a colonial territory?

"Where does Your Majesty's confidence come from?" After pondering for a long time, Bai Liyan asked.

Lu Yan smiled faintly and said, "Lei Yan Sect Master Long Xi and Wolf Valley Valley Master He Song have already made a secret agreement with Your Majesty, as long as we take the two provinces in Lingnan, they will go all out to fight with the Qin family for the fertile land of the Shattered Ding Realm." ”

"What? Lei Yanzong and Wolf Valley have both decided to participate in the war?"

"Yes. ”

Bai Liyan's face was full of surprise, and he said, "No...... I didn't expect that even the wolf valley that had been dormant for many years would involve itself in the war, I really didn't expect ......"

Lu Yan patted Bai Liyan's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, there are many things you haven't thought of...... The situation is changing, Lei Yanzong and Wolf Valley also have to think about the future for themselves, right?"

Bai Liyan was silent and said, "Then Commander, where is the first step of your attack?"

Lu Yan's eyes were full of blazing light, and he said in a deep voice: "First take the southernmost Niujiao City of Mingshan Province, and then attack Yucheng and Leh on the left and right sides, form a horn momentum to attack Shangyang City, and take Shangyang City in one fell swoop within ten days! Occupy the entire Mingshan Province within half a month!"

"Okay, so the Commander has already planned it. ”

Bai Liyan nodded: "I hope everything goes well." ”

......

A day later.

The heavy rain has stopped, after a spring rain, everything is more in full bloom, Niujiao City is a county town, full of flowers, pear blossoms and peach blossoms are pleasing to the eye for dozens of miles outside the city, the south of Niujiao City is a jungle, there are many hunters living on the edge of this jungle, but there are no hunters in the depths, because the spirit beasts in the forest are rampant, too dangerous, so for ordinary civilians, the depths of the jungle are unpredictable forbidden places, no one has ever been there, unless they are looking for death.

But on this day, a group of Grim Reapers, came to this forbidden land.

When the dragon circled in the air, the iron cavalry crisscrossed the land, and the black-pressed Blackstone Empire army swept through the entire southern part of Oxhorn City like a dark cloud, the defenders of the city were routed before they even had time to resist.

Fu Yun led a dragon cavalry team to blast open the city gate, Lu Yan led the crowd to drive straight in, the cavalry army surrounded the entire Niujiao City, all the defenders in the Niujiao City were killed, and even the letter birds they released into the air were hunted by the dragon knights and wolf falcons one by one, and the people in the distance could not receive a little information at all.

Leaving 500 men and horses to defend the city, after opening the granary of the treasury to replenish the military rations, Lu Yan and Fu Yun divided their troops into two routes, Fu Yun led tens of thousands of people to attack Leh, while Lu Yan led the army to run along the official road for a long distance and attack the legendary Yucheng.

......

Three days later, the army arrived in the territory of Yucheng, there was little resistance along the way, and the strongest resistance army was only 3,000 men and horses, and it was killed to pieces, and there was no resistance at all.

Yucheng, a city standing between the mountains, the surrounding terrain is very steep, the mountains and forests are continuous, and the terrain of Yucheng is flat, suitable for farming, so after thousands of years of reproduction, a city has been formed here, named Yucheng by the ancestors of the Qin family, countless years, Yucheng has bred how many capable people with lofty ideals, countless, and among them, Lin Muyu, who offered the plan of "green and green mountains", and the late Marshal Long Qianlin of the Boxer Kingdom are all Yucheng people.

However, on this day, Yucheng is about to usher in a disaster page in his life.

Before the arrival of Lu Yan's army, the four gates of Yucheng had already been tightly closed, and the soldiers on the city were ready one by one, and the dragon hunting crossbow and magic crystal cannon had also been pushed onto the city wall.

On the city, the general of the garrison is an old general of the Boxer country, named Man Sturgeon, it is said that he is the distant nephew of Hou Manning of the setting sun, but it cannot be verified, the man sturgeon has a good way of leading the army, and is known as the "sturgeon general" in the Boxer country, and it is precisely because of this that Xiang Yu is relieved to hand over such an important city as Yucheng to him to guard.