After the Battle of the Black Forest, the three parties remained silent for half a year, but they tossed and turned within themselves.

Whether it is a large sect or a small family, they are all deploying troops. Everywhere in the world, patches of smoke and dust are everywhere.

At this moment when the whole people are preparing for war, are there any idlers?

Except, of course, for a few people.

In the spring of March, the flowers are in full bloom and the green willows are like trees.

When the camellia flowers were all over the mountain, the vanguard of the Demon Cult army drove past the boundary monuments of the two sides, and the battle began.

Black Wind garrisoned southeast. Dream Chaser is in the southwest, close to the main attack direction of the Demon Cult. Historically, Black Wind has mainly been to prevent the demon clan, and the dream chasing has been mainly based on the Demon Sect.

The blood soul is in the north, and Lingyun is the horn of each other, preventing the barbarians from the extreme north from going south. The battle saint is in the center, and the four sides respond.

In fact, it can be seen from the name that among the four major legions, the War Saint has the highest hopes.

It's a pity that after many years of peace and a relatively comfortable environment, the War Saint has become the weakest army in battle.

Because the barbarians have rarely gone south for thousands of years, the blood soul only has some bandit suppression matters, so its combat power is also limited.

Only Dream Chaser and Black Wind have the most combat experience, especially because Black Wind's opponents are harassed from time to time, so they have become the most frequent troops.

The southwest is the primary direction of the Demon Cult's advance, so all the major factions have sent personnel to assist in the battle, and it is very unrealistic to expect the Dream Chaser Legion to block the mixed army composed of masters and Demon Cult soldiers.

Xu Zhennan went thirty miles out of the city to meet them.

Once, Dream Chaser had as many as 40,000 light cavalry, 10,000 armored heavy cavalry, and 5,000 war beast dragoons. But today, there are only 2,000 dragoons, 5,000 heavy cavalry, and 25,000 light cavalry. It's basically the equivalent of a half-fold discount.

In the past, the money and food could not keep up, but later the Gaomen family and the established United Kingdom continued to sponsor, although the materials were sufficient, but the soldiers were not trained so quickly. Although Dream Chasing and the United Kingdom are close to separation, no one dares to hold back in the face of the Demon Cult army.

In fact, the number of people is enough now, but there are too many recruits, and they do not have full combat strength at all. Letting the soldiers who did not leave the new barracks go to fight is tantamount to collective murder.

Leaving the mountainous area leading to the gateway to the interior in the southwest, stepping on the vast plain to the south of Zhennanguan, surrounded by cymbals, the Xijiang section of the Nanjiang River flows obliquely from north to south fifty miles away in the west.

From Zhennan Pass to the border, it is a distance of 200 miles.

Originally, this place was occupied by the Demon Sect, but in the Thirty Years War, the Righteous Path Army pursued here, and the Demon Sect fought and retreated. And it's too wide to defend. The Demon Cult simply abandoned this place and built a walled city in a mountain pass in the south.

Lu Yunyi and Xu Zhennan rode side by side, and the army drove towards Tiannan City. There are not only disciples of various sects behind him, but also many tribal armies to supplement him.

The former saw that the fortifications along the way had done enough work, and that there were forts made of earth and stone at the commanding heights, and said with satisfaction: "Zhennan really has the ability, just looking at the formation shown here, it is enough for me to rest assured." “

Xu Zhennan was appreciated by him, and said with a smile: "Elder Lu is crisscrossing all directions, slaying demons and destroying demons all year round, how can I hide here and enjoy Qingfu, now the soldiers who have been replenished before Tiannan City joins and now have a total strength of 80,000 people, and everyone is recuperating, and they are all dragons and tigers." In addition, there are masters who block the demon sect demons, and there are strong backups that continue to come. Therefore, now everyone is gearing up to serve the righteous path of the world. “

Yan Yuntian in the back has always had a friendship with Xu Zhennan, and scolded with a smile: "Zhennan, when will you only do superficial articles, only pick up good words, and hide the difficulties yourself, do you want to break them all by yourself?"

Everyone laughed, and Xu Zhennan said hello to the promotion real person on Lu Yun's side, ignoring Yan Yuntian, after all, they were already too familiar.

followed by Zhu Shuqing and Mo Feihua of Lanling, both of whom often appear in external situations. Fa Ming's representatives are Wuxin and Wuchen, and the two are also high monks who often go out.

While talking and laughing, the group crossed the moat and entered the city through the lowered suspension bridge.

That scene immediately shocked the masters. The soldiers and civilians in the city all flocked to the side of the main street, cheering and cheering in the middle of the road. It's as if they've come back victorious, when in fact the real war hasn't started yet.

Two days later, the vanguard of the Demon Cult army reached the area south of the Tiannan City Plain. This is the ideal battlefield, if it is at the boundary monument, the Demon Cult is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and under the impact of their elephant army, it may cut through the camp.

Tiannan City is in the middle of the alluvial fan of the entire Xijiang Plain, which is also the narrowest place, although it is also dozens of miles wide, but compared to other areas of hundreds of miles, it is already the most suitable place to guard, and there is a river flowing on both sides, and it is only more than ten miles that is really suitable for spreading out the army, which is the most suitable place for the decisive battle.

Xu Zhennan took advantage of the weakness of their fatigue and lack of familiarity with the improved terrain, and attacked day and night in turns, and set fire to the camp to burn food, and the demon sect army was forced to withdraw from the ten-mile camp before it gained a firm foothold, but it had lost nearly 10,000 people, and the blow to morale was particularly serious.

Although Dream Chaser also lost thousands of teams, it was much smaller than the opponent's loss. Although the other party occupies a geographical advantage, the walled city built on the upper side is not large, and there are not many soldiers and equipment hoarded, so it still needs to be transferred from hundreds of miles away, and the terrain is rugged, which is much more difficult than the supply line for chasing dreams.

Everyone took this opportunity to gain time to familiarize themselves with the terrain and the situation, and except for a very few people who swept the front line, the rest of the people were familiar with various combat formations.

Lu Yunyi and the others, in addition to being masters of cultivation, are also first-class in the battle array. After all, Lingyun still has the Foreign Affairs Office for some soldiers to study, so many of the elders also have the art of war and combat skills.

From the art of war, several people chose the "shrimp claw formation" that was most conducive to playing in this environment, that is, the surprise troops that did not concentrate their forces on the front according to the convention, but concentrated their forces on the two flanks to launch an attack.

Since they were fighting behind the city, the front could be increased by the trebuchets on the high walls and the condescending eight-ox crossbows, and then other arrangements could be made to delay the impact of the elephant army in stages. Therefore, he is not afraid of the enemy as the main frontal force.

On the two wings, the two most elite dragoons and heavy cavalry were the main force, and their heavy spears and thick knives were most suitable for this kind of charge and slashing task.

The Demon Cult came from the south, and the path was full of lofty mountains, and the siege vehicles and trebuchets were certainly not carried, and at most they were made locally, so as to reduce the threat of containment of dreams.

At present, the only favorable conditions for the Demon Sect are their strong army.

After all, there is only chasing dreams in the southwest, and the others are supplemented from afar, unlike the Demon Sect, which is the core area of many tribes for a hundred miles after the battle line.