The blood-colored half-moon embroidered on the black-clothed man was related to the mysterious force that had destabilized the mainland thousands of years ago, which made Xiao Fan's heart rise with a trace of worry.

Although the people sent by the mysterious power are not strong now, once the mysterious power completely surfaces in the future, it will be terrifying to show all the strength. Thousands of years ago, it took a combination of large and small sects to defeat, and it is conceivable that if any of the five major sects faced it alone, it would definitely not be its opponent.

"Xiao Fan, my sister infiltrated the Red Wind Empire to check on those people and see what kind of force they were!"

"No!"

Xiao Fan didn't think about it, and directly denied Lu Qingya's idea.

"Think about it carefully, whether it is the Great Yan Empire or the Red Wind Empire, if there is a mysterious force behind it that caused turmoil in the continent thousands of years ago, we can find that no one in the five major sects will know?"

"Senior brother, do you mean that there have been strong people who have known about this matter for a long time?"

"Probably so. Take our Tianxuan Sect's Supreme Elders' House as an example, although they have always been at the Taishang Elder Peak, what can the sect hide from them? From this, it can be imagined that the left and right envoys are their eyes. The war between several major empires has lasted for more than ten years, and for the sake of luck, the top leaders of each major sect will have some ideas, has no one noticed what shadows are behind the empire?"

Xiao Fan is right. Lin Caixuan nodded, and said with a serious face: "Master once said that the five major sects have always been vigilant against the resurgence of the mysterious power that has appeared for thousands of years, and they have never slackened, so I think the left and right envoys of the sect already know about this matter, and we don't need to investigate." Besides, if it is really that mysterious force, they will only manipulate it in secret, and they will definitely not show their true colors unless they have to. ”

"Forget it, it's useless to think about the mysterious power now. The most important thing now is to defeat Dayan, and then defeat the Red Wind Empire, so as to win luck for the sect. ”

Xiao Fan shook his head and said.

"Xiao Fan, do you know anything about Emperor Zhao Songhui?" Shangguan Lanruo looked at Xiao Fan and asked softly.

"Well, I guess I understand. ”

Shangguan Lanruo's eyes trembled slightly, and said, "Then have you thought about what situation you will face after you defeat Dayan and Chifeng?"

"What's the situation?"

Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng were surprised.

Xiao Fan smiled faintly and said: "The merit is high, and there are traitors instigated, the emperor will never tolerate me." ”

"Senior brother, no. If you really defeat Dayan and Chifeng, how great is your credit, and will the emperor dare to risk the world's condemnation to deal with you?"

"For the sake of the throne, what would he not dare?"

Xiao Fan still smiled faintly, all this had been thought of a long time ago.

"Don't worry, little sister, I know what you're worried about. Are you afraid that when the time comes, Ziyang Zhenren will secretly negotiate with Zhao Songhui and kill me in the imperial capital?"

"That's what we're worried about. Zhao Songhui has several powerhouses in the Grandmaster realm under him, if you get Ziyang's tacit approval, you will be really in danger. ”

Lin Caixuan glanced at Shangguan Lanruo and Lu Qingya, and said.

"You're thinking too much. At that time, the characters of the ordinary grandmaster realm were no longer in my eyes. Moreover, what will the emperor do to me after the defeat of the two empires, and what will happen to Ziyang Zhenren, I have long thought about this, and I can just calculate it. ”

"Will it be calculated?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Fan, but Xiao Fan shook his head with a smile and said, "Now is not the time to say it, you will understand in the future." ”

Xiao Fan stayed in the General's Mansion in the Imperial Capital City for a few days, and then rushed back to Jingzhou City. When he came back, he brought back the herbs collected by Lu Qingya and refined them into several furnaces of pills, totaling millions.

During this time, a large number of new recruits joined, nearly 60,000. With the addition of General Liu's tens of thousands of people, Xiao Fan's army has 150,000 people. It's just that there are only 50,000 of them with strong combat power. Recruits need to be trained, and those who followed General Liu in the past also need to be trained, after all, Xiao Fan's army combat style is very different from other armies.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion were spying on the military outside, but there was still no movement on the side of the Dayan Empire. Since the last defeat, Marshal Mengwu has retreated to the city of Chongzhou without any movement.

Chongzhou City was originally the capital of the Longteng Empire, but it was assigned to the Dayan Empire when the land was ceded for the last time the indemnity was paid, and now it has become the base camp of the Mengwu.

Xiao Fan told all lieutenants to improve the combat effectiveness of the recruits as soon as possible, and the battle formations of the veterans should also be practiced more. He spent a lot of time carving formation patterns on the newly created equipment, and cultivated them in the Space-Time Sanctuary at night.

And just like that, a month passed. During this period, Xueyue ran out of Wuwei Peak and found Xiao Fan.

"Report!"

In the general's mansion, a soldier from a reconnaissance battalion hurriedly came to report.

"Say!"

"Report to the general, Jin Bu, the second prince of the Great Yan Empire, led 600,000 iron leopard cavalry to Yanzhou City, and is now stationed there. ”

"I know the way, and I will report again!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion retreated, Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, and the time to come was finally here.

Two hours later, a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion rushed in: "General, Jin Bu, the second prince of Dayan, led 100,000 Iron Leopard cavalry from Yanzhou to Chongzhou. ”

"Probe!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Fan's face was a little solemn, he looked at the several lieutenants on the side, and said, "How are the recruits trained?"

"This ...... If they were compared to ordinary soldiers, they should be considered the best, but they might not be able to deal with Dayan's Iron Leopard Cavalry. ”

Qin Han lowered his head and replied to Xiao Fan.

"What about the veterans? I mean the soldiers under General Liu. ”

"After this period of training, although their strength is not as good as our soldiers in the Huai'an Domain, it is not much worse, and they should be able to face the Iron Leopard Cavalry. ”

"Hmm. Xiao Fan nodded, and then said: "Feed the war horses, and prepare to face tomorrow." In addition, have each cavalry officer prepare some small regiments. ”

"General, what are you going to do with Xiaomian?" Qin Han, Wang Chao and the others were puzzled and looked surprised.

Xiao Fan glanced at them, smiled faintly, and said, "Of course, it is used to plug the ears of the horses, otherwise I am worried that our cavalry will be defeated on the battlefield tomorrow without a fight!"

"General, what do you think our chances of winning this battle with the Iron Leopard Cavalry of Jinbu are?"

"I can't say exactly. Xiao Fan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Their cavalry rides leopards covered in iron armor, and our cavalry rides horses, even if our soldiers are much stronger than them, it is difficult to take advantage of them in the slightest." As long as those iron leopards let out a long howl, our war horses will be afraid, and even turn around and run wildly. ”

"General, haven't you thought of a solution? Just plug the ears of the war horses with cotton balls. ”

"It's not enough, plugging the ears is just trying to minimize the degree of frightening of the warhorse. If the Iron Leopard cavalry fights tomorrow, let's let a team of cavalry go up first, but don't really fight, once we find that the war horse is showing fear, we will immediately withdraw it, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties. ”

Qin Han, Wang Chao and the others looked at each other and said, "If the war horse has always been afraid of the iron leopard, then haven't we always dared to fight it head-on?"

"Don't worry, Qin Han, you go and do what I say first. A few of you have summoned a few of the lieutenants who were guarding the town before. Xiao Fan said.

"Yes. ”

Qin Han left, and the rest of the lieutenants also retreated, and soon found a few former lieutenants.

Xiao Fan took out a map, spread it out in the center of the hall, and then looked at a few captains who had followed General Liu before, and said, "Among the several of you, who is most familiar with the terrain within a radius of hundreds of miles?"

"General, the last general Meng Wei is very familiar with the terrain distribution of this area!"

One of the lieutenants said with his fists clenched.

"Very good, you look at whether this is a big canyon, but because the cliffs on both sides are deeply recessed, this canyon is abandoned by the soldiers, because the cliff tops on both sides of the canyon can't attack the people in the canyon at all, right?"

"Yes, that's what the general said. ”

Several lieutenants and lieutenants nodded their heads.

"Here, according to the scale of the map, this blue dot and that blue dot are about five hundred meters away from the canyon. Captain Meng, the two blue dots marked on this map are lakes?"

"Back to the general, it's the lake. ”

Meng Wei replied.

"It's good that people who have been to the canyon can recall the terrain. Is the topography of the canyon such that the entrance and exit positions are relatively high, and the middle section is relatively low?"

"Exactly. ”

"So is the lake located higher than the top of the mountain walls on either side of the canyon?"

"Hmm...... It should be higher. Meng Wei said, a surprise appeared in his eyes, and said, "Do you want to lead the Iron Leopard cavalry into the canyon and then flood them?"

"That's right, water attack!" Xiao Fan nodded, and then said: "This matter must be prepared for everything, you first send people to secretly reach both ends of the canyon entrance, carry the boulders on the high cliffs on both sides of the canyon entrance, and use them to seal the way out when the time comes." A few more teams were sent to the two lakes and bulldozed the high ground from the embankment to the middle of the canyon. ”

Early the next morning, Xiao Fan came to the city gate and looked in the northeast direction. There was a rumbling sound at the end of the earth, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

A group of soldiers in black iron clothes appeared in Xiao Fan's sight, and the iron leopard cavalry team that stretched for miles was like a torrent of steel.

There were five people walking at the forefront of the Iron Leopard Cavalry, and Xiao Fan's gaze fell on the person in the middle. This person has a Chinese face, square ears and a wide mouth, narrow eyes, wearing black iron armor, strong and tall, sharp and cold eyes, the whole person gives people a sense of coldness, and the crotch is also riding a leopard, but the leopard is twice as big as the average leopard.

"The second prince of Dayan, Jin Bu?"

Xiao Fan's pupils shrank, staring at Jin Bu. This person is not weak, he has a strong aura and the cultivation of the innate realm, which is definitely stronger than the cultivation of ordinary innate realm cultivators.