After using all kinds of bright or inconspicuous means to stabilize the interior of the Celestial Empire, the expeditionary force was ready to set off. Immediately, the Celestial Empire began a nationwide large-scale propaganda campaign, and the Black Cloud People who frantically advocated 'evil' brought great disasters to the Celestial Empire, it was simply bitter and bitter, and the Black Cloud Empire was simply the enemy of the entire human race, in order to liberate the people who were in dire straits under the rule of the Black Cloud Empire, the Celestial Empire army had to raise swords again. At the same time, for the sake of the glory of the Celestial Empire, the sons of the Celestial Empire are going to set off on an expedition to the overseas continent, which is their personal pride, but also the pride of their family, and even more so the pride of the Celestial Empire.

This kind of propaganda campaign lasted for half a year, and the whole Celestial Empire had already unified into one voice: fight across the sea, kill the Black Cloud Empire, and save all the suffering masses under their evil and bloody rule. And the people of the Celestial Empire also began to look forward to how good the prospects of the minerals of the three continents under the jurisdiction of the Black Cloud Empire would be with the use of the Celestial Empire's scientific and technological means.

Naturally, there is no need to be careful with this kind of propaganda campaign, even if there are spies in the Celestial Empire in the interior of the Black Cloud Empire, they will not be able to transmit these news back.

A full 10,000 warships of all kinds are densely packed around the outer waters of Jiangcheng. One of the most exaggerated is the giant dragon boat that is more than 200 zhang long, although it is made of wood, but it has an amazing carrying capacity. The first batch of 2,000,000 soldiers, 370,000 horses, and the grain and grass needed to support three months had all been loaded. Traveling from the Celestial Empire to the territory of the Black Cloud Empire required more than two months of wandering at sea, so in fact, after the army came ashore, they had to collect grain and grass on the spot. To put it bluntly, it is to snatch grain and grass from the hands of the natives, according to the words of several notoriously hot-tempered generals of the Celestial Empire: "Fuck, Lao Tzu robbed them of grain and grass to give them face." It makes sense that they should send it to us. ”

Along with the army, there were 1,800 new artillery pieces and a large number of ordnance.

Emperor Tianyou didn't say much nonsense at the oath-taking meeting, but just said: "I hope that your names can be enshrined in the Valhalla of Shengjing in the future." In Yang Tian's surprised eyes, this short sentence made the two million Heavenly Dynasty soldiers howl wildly, and even the sea water was trembling slightly by the huge sound wave.

At that moment, 10,000 warships slowly left, and 1,000 of them specialized fast warships broke away from the team first, and they were going to the other side of the strait to replace the last batch of garrison fleets, and the replacement of the sailors would be replaced with new warships in Jiangcheng, and then follow the second batch of troops to set off to respond. According to the plan of the Celestial Empire, within half a year, all 6.7 million expeditionary troops will reach the Black Cloud Empire itself. The task of the first army was to open up a base area, occupy about ten of their cities, and accumulate grain, horses, minerals, husbandry, and so on.

Extremely lucky, the Holy Dragon Guards Regiment was arranged into the army. Originally, a group of bigwigs such as Zeng Dashi were reluctant to let their precious hearts and livers set off with the army, but their precious hearts and livers were bewitched by Yang Tian and Long Feng in a trance, as if as long as they were on the territory of the Black Cloud Empire, they could have a lot of gold and silver, and the beautiful women with big votes were in their hands. The Guards Regiment expanded to 50,000 men, and at the moment it was loaded into the thirteen dragon boats at the front, and the soldiers from the 'Tiger and Wolf Army' were solemnly carrying out their usual physical exercise activities on the deck, while the boys and buddies were sitting on the railings, masts, and horns and laughing in the outing.

On the bow of the fleet's flagship 'Holy Dragon' outside the Lixu, Qiong Daotian looked at the strange performance of the sons and buddies of the Guards Regiment with a little headache, and began to regret a little that he had found a big trouble at hand.

Just to the left of the flagship, on a ridiculously luxurious huge dragon boat, more than a dozen young dancers are singing and dancing, waving the big red feather fan in their hands, a thin and shriveled, black wrinkled face, and an old guy with a shiny head sitting on the big chair at the bow of the boat slapping and laughing, and a few little bald heads are serving tea and wine next to them, very respectful. This special dragon boat carried the Black Celestial Old Ghost and the 9,000 disciples of the Great Black Celestial God Sect...... The old ghost of the Black Sky fulfilled his promise and carefully selected nine thousand monks and mages to accompany him, and basically all the essence of his own sect was on this ship.

On the dragon boat on the right side of the flagship, there are the Danshi of Ouchi's 'Wangtian Pavilion' and the small mages of the school to which they belong. Under the blows and exclusion of the Black Heavenly God Sect, their power is getting weaker and weaker, and now there are only a thousand mages with a certain strength gathered, so they are arranged on this dragon boat, and the selected masters of the worship hall and the martial arts masters from all over the Celestial Empire are crowded together. The official in charge of recruiting them said very well: "If you make meritorious service, you can be crowned official, and if you resist the decree, you will be beheaded all over the house!" In the case that gangs were exterminated in various places, these family sects wisely chose the path of expedition with the army. They also have self-confidence: at the very least, it is easy to survive on the battlefield by relying on their own martial arts.

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Along the way, the wind and waves were calm.

The soldiers trained in shifts on the deck, and the desolate singing shook the sea near and far. Long Feng frowned and listened to their songs, and vaguely heard that it was a pirated version of "Man Jianghong-Change" and a murderous unknown song. In the midst of the song, the huge fleet of ships and the previous garrison fleet that had changed guards passed by, the fleet passed through the calm 'Yin Feng' Strait, and the fleet entered the sea area close to the territory of the Black Cloud Empire, where the sea was pale grass green and blue-yellow.

After continuing to move forward for seven days, a line of land has appeared in my eyes, and the white sails of dots and triangles have also appeared on the horizon. The shrill sound of the horn and the majestic horn sounded wildly, and the small speedboats with a length of ten zhang were lowered from the large dragon boats, and the sailors and soldiers boarded these small ships suitable for close combat and beaching. The shiny barrels of the small guns poked out of the hidden square openings around the dragon boat.

The sound of footsteps resounded through all the dragon boats and warships, and the infantry soldiers moved their itchy muscles and bones with murderous energy, picked up their swords and guns in the sound of 'crackling' bone joints, and set up huge siege crossbows, densely covered with dragon boats.

The group of boys and brothers of the Guards Regiment cheered, put on their own refined armor, and set up a posture on the deck with great vigour, waving the swords in their hands, and shouting one after another: "Kill, kill, kill, rob, rob, rob, rob ......"

The military judges above the flagship asked Qiong Daotian with gloomy faces: "Master Hou, what if they violate the military law?"

Qiong Daotian smiled and cleared his responsibility: "I don't care about this problem, I'm just in charge of the first army...... All the general military power is still in the hands of Generalissimo Wen, do you want to ask him for advice on this issue...... Although the Guards Regiment is my direct subordinate, but their membership is also clear, you also know this, who you offend, you don't have good fruit to eat...... That is, children are not sensible, the first time they fight, it is also appropriate to grab a little something, you are a group of sons and brothers, how many things can you take away? It doesn't have a big impact, don't be nervous......"

After saying this batch of nonsense, Qiong Daotian's face changed, and he roared murderously: "However, if any officers and soldiers who are not part of the Guards Regiment violate the military law, they will kill me fiercely." The military judges agreed with a bang, and in their hearts it was natural to attribute the Guards Regiment to the type of Hedgehog Legion.

Three hours later, the fleet approached the mainland of the 'Black Cloud Empire', and the naked eye could already see the small red houses with spires under the cover of the green trees on the continent. The fishermen on the hundreds of small fishing boats exclaimed, and turned their bows to flee to the land, they had never seen such a strange fleet, especially the flags fluttering on each fleet made them feel a trace of chill and fear: it was a black dragon with blood-red eyes, a sharp blood-colored sword on his right claw, and below him, there were monstrous wave patterns.

The fleet of the Celestial Empire slowly approached, and their small fishing boats fled in a frenzied panic, and just as they were about to flee into the harbor, a monstrous wave mixed with a trace of black flames rolled up in the flat ground and slapped heavily on their fishing boats. The old ghost of the black sky quacked and laughed, a small spire in his hand was shining with black brilliance, and a trace of howling dead soul was extracted from the sea water and sucked in.

On the dragon boat where the Danshi of the 'Wangtian Pavilion' were, a handsome young mage raised his eyebrows and was about to make a move, but the old man beside him pinched him behind his back fiercely, and whispered: "Golden sheep, stop, you can't beat him now...... It's just a few people in a foreign country, don't act rashly. Jin Yang snorted coldly, his murderous eyes glared at the elated Black Sky Old Ghost, and his fingers loosened from his magic sword one by one.

The place where the fleet of the Celestial Empire was preparing to land was a very small port city, and at this moment, the city defense team of about 2,000 people gathered on the dock in the sound of the alarm bell, but as soon as their commander saw the huge fleet of ships of the Celestial Empire that basically covered the sea outside the port, he wisely ordered: "Everyone, abandon the city and flee, quickly, the people from the northern continent are coming to retaliate, run." As soon as the words fell, several huge fireballs fell on his side, and more than two hundred people were instantly turned into ashes, and at the same time, the artillery carried by the Celestial Empire fleet also roared, and the entire city slowly burned and collapsed in the explosion of fireballs, the shaking of the ground, and the panic of people.

Qiong Daotian had now put on his full-body armor, and his mount, a blood-colored steed, also let out a low neigh, and scraped its hooves impatiently beside him. Qiong Daotian's voice, as if coming from hell, said in a gloomy voice: "Brigade, land, control all the nearby villages and towns, and those who resist will be killed." Collect all their food, grass and supplies, and leave them for the most basic necessities of life. ”

The flagship took the lead and leaned against the port dock, and the huge hull suddenly occupied all the positions in this small port where the ships could be disembarked and unloaded, and the other ships could only land on the beach.

The old ghost of the Black Sky didn't pay attention to these trivial matters at all, he had already laughed wildly and flew into the sky, letting the newly cast 'Yin Soul Tower' in his hand frantically absorb the undead below. Seeing that the tower in his hand slowly emitted a bright light, the old ghost of the black sky was proud for a while, laughed wildly, and almost fell from the sky.

The soldiers silently boarded the small boats from the flotilla, rushed to the beach, and then under the leadership of their own leaders, the whole team rushed in all directions. The task of the 1.5 million soldiers was to wipe out all the resistance forces of the Black Cloud Empire within a radius of 100 miles in the vicinity within two days. Because it is not known whether this is the original territory of the Black Cloud Empire or other continents that were invaded later, it is necessary to be prepared for the local army to resist to the death. The rest of the remaining soldiers used this port to bring the surplus food and grass supplies ashore to prepare a base for advancement.

The sailor's explorers quickly disembarked from the ship, and under the protection of the soldiers, began to survey and record the nearby topography and landforms, looking for a natural harbor that might accommodate more fleet landings.

In the midst of the chaos, three days passed. The soldiers in front had ceased their movements, and according to the information they had received, they had captured twelve towns and two small castles, but had not yet encountered much resistance. According to the news from the correspondents, it seems that many of the able-bodied men within a radius of 100 miles have been withdrawn, and the few city defense teams have no threat to the army at all.

The army did not stay too long, and after sorting out all the supplies, more than eighty percent of the stored grain and other materials were swept away in the warehouse of the port, and they did not bother to leave too many people to take care of the unlucky and potentially surviving port residents, and the army slowly gathered together and began to drive towards a large city ninety miles away that the scouts had discovered. According to Qiong Daotian's idea, it would take five days at most to capture this city, and then use it as a base, and it would be good to conquer about five cities in two months, and then he could wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops with peace of mind. As for the fleet of sailors, after the last boatload of grain was brought down, they retreated at full speed, ready to meet the next batch of troops. This time, it was a large-scale force mixed with 1.7 million elite cavalry, bows, guns, swordsmen and other arms of the Western Continent.

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Dense as if the army of ants had spread over several nearby hills, and the tide was as black as the tide pressed against the unknown city. Qiong Daotian led a group of high-ranking generals to take the lead, and under the escort of a large number of ironclad sergeants, they approached the city wall first.

Long Feng clearly heard the terrified shouts coming from the city wall, and from time to time there was the sound of weapons falling off his hands and falling to the ground. The edge of this city was no more than five miles long, and above it was a tower-shaped tower with a unique style, and the soldiers of the city defense team trembled all over it.

There was a roar, and the only cavalry corps of the army began to circle the city wall frantically, and the sound of armor and weapons crashing resounded through the heavens and the earth. With a 'squeak' sound, without any resistance, several soldiers with pale faces opened the city gate, and the Celestial Empire army suddenly rushed in, completely controlling the city in an instant. However, the city could only accommodate less than 50,000 soldiers, and the remaining soldiers could only be stationed in the plains outside the city.

Fortunately, the sons and daughters of the Guards Regiment got the right to live freely in the city's private residences, after all, they all have titles on their bodies, and from the official system of the Celestial Empire, they are much stronger than the status of ordinary high-ranking generals. Qiong Daotian immediately arrested the mayor here and a bunch of other small nobles, and began to interrogate.

After all, they have been fighting with the Black Cloud Empire in the Western Continent for more than ten years, and now there are some soldiers who have learned the official language of the Black Cloud Empire, and at this moment it is just right to interrogate these captured nobles.

Yang Tian, Zeng Guoxuan and a few others were staring at the luxurious decorations on their bodies wholeheartedly, calculating how much gold and silver they could exchange for from the jewelers of the Celestial Empire.

Qiong Daotian's first question was: "Where are you here, who do you belong to, and why is the military in your vicinity so weak?"

The mayor of the city, an old man with a goatee, triangular eyes, black and yellow skin, and a deceitful silver face, said hesitantly: "We are here in Kostraborg, the domain of the Grand Duke of Koster. The lands that used to be the great Kingdom of St. Rosens are now under the control of the Black Cloud Empire...... Our soldiers were all taken away, saying that there was another rebellion in the south, and that it was an army led by a former marquis to restore the kingdom of St. Rosens. ”

Qiong Daotian was very interested: "Really? All your soldiers have been withdrawn? In other words, there are no more troops in this vicinity?"

The mayor said honestly: "Yes, great marshal, our neighborhood is only two hundred miles away now, and there are about 50,000 standing troops in the city directly under Lord Koster. In the past, the Duke had more than half a million troops under his command, but now they are all used to conquer the rebels and cooperate with the emperor [***] to resist those monsters. There is no one left, there are no decent troops nearby. ”

Qiong Daotian and a group of generals were happy. Except for the dragon wind, no one cared what their so-called monster was.

Qiong Daotian immediately ordered: "Set off overnight, since this Grand Duke of Koster only has 50,000 regular troops at hand, then, let's take down all his territory...... Well, don't hurt the common people, but those nobles don't care. From common sense, the common people don't have a good impression of the nobles, right?

General Long, the commander of the 'Tiger Wolf Army', nodded: "Yes, it seems that the people here are similar to those in the Western Continent, and the biggest contradiction in the Western Continent is the contradiction between the common people and the nobles." They shouldn't have a good relationship, we dealt with the nobility, and the people will only support us. Of course, we can distribute a little bit of our surplus food and money to them......"

Yang Tian desperately asked for his life: "Marshal Qiong, give me a chance, let me take the Guards Regiment to the city directly under Lord Kester, and promise not to get out of the basket...... It's just 50,000 local militias, and we've got enough to take them in. ”

Qiong Daotian naturally knew what Yang Tian's ideas were, so he agreed with a sneer, and at the same time added 30,000 cavalry to Yang Tian's guard regiment. Yang Tian was about to run away, but Qiong Daotian hurriedly stopped them, pondered for a while, and ordered: "In this way, you bring a few interpreters, you can spread the word that we are here specifically to defeat the tyrannical rule of the Black Cloud Empire and liberate their ordinary people, you can kill a few more nobles and distribute their property to the people, so as to facilitate our next march......"

After thinking about it for a while, Qiong Daotian finally instructed: "Since that city may be the largest in this vicinity, we are also prepared to use it as a stronghold, and it is enough to control the range of three hundred li in the vicinity at the same time, this place still seems to be very rich these days, enough for our two million army to spend two months, and to prepare enough food and grass for the army behind." ”

Yang Tian nodded and walked out directly.

Lin Yiyun has already begun to bluff: "Boss, we have made a fortune now...... No wonder they all say: Heroes are born in troubled times...... I'm not a bullshit hero, and it's nice to be a rich man. A burst of extremely obscene laughter came into the hall and into the ears of Qiong Daotian and the others. Qiong Daotian pursed his lips and smiled, and the other generals shrugged their shoulders as if they hadn't heard.

The sound of iron hooves sounded wildly again, Gongzi buddies must have their own war horses, the 40,000 soldiers also have 10,000 cavalry, plus the 30,000 iron cavalry that Qiong Daotian is now newly allocated to Yang Tian, there are already 50,000 cavalry in the 80,000 hands of Yang Tian's subordinates. So, Yang Tian directly ordered the non-cavalry troops to walk slowly in the back, and he led a large group of cavalry to rush out hotly...... Vaguely, you can see the yellow and clear color in the eyes of those boys.

After learning that Yang Tian had led people to set off, the old ghost of Heitian roared a few times in a hurry, and he didn't bother to inform Qiong Daotian, so he quickly took more than a dozen big disciples who protected the Dharma and rode a fast horse to chase after him. According to what Yang Tian discussed with him, countless beauties and jewels were waiting in front, how could he not let this wine-colored old monk be anxious?

The army of the Celestial Empire chose the right direction for the landing, and the vicinity of this place was thousands of miles of great plains, which was especially suitable for the charge of cavalry, so the 50,000 iron horsemen with the small tails of a dozen people behind them rushed to the unfortunate Grand Duke of Koster's subordinate city, a wonderful city called 'Heavenly City' in the local language......;