Just as Zhenjun Mingxin had guessed, the war potential displayed by the Suzaku Kingdom was deeply feared by other forces.
The ninth day of the eighth month of the 339th year of the lunar calendar.
By the Weishui River in the Northland.
midnight.
Lieutenant Ding Shao, who was on duty on the city wall of "Weushui City", was wearing heavy armor and led two followers around the city wall to check the defense.
When we reached the city wall facing Ruoshui River, we could faintly hear the sound of armor clashing outside.
Ding Shao's heart moved and he listened carefully for a moment, but there was no sound again.
He squinted his eyes and looked towards the Weushui River. Since it was the first quarter moon tonight, the moonlight was weak, and the "Weushui City" was a full 600 feet away from the Weushui River, so he couldn't see the scene outside at all.
After pondering for a moment, Ding Shao suddenly said:
"Rocket!"
A guard beside him immediately took out a unique red arrow from the quiver on his back and handed it to Ding Shao.
Ding Shao lit the white phosphorus at the tip of the arrow on the torch held by another guard.
Then the bowstring was fully drawn and an arrow was shot in the direction of Ruoshui River.
Ding Shao is a lieutenant. According to the rules of the army, only sergeants who have practiced the 'Strengthening Method' and reached the level of 'Moving Mountains' can serve as lieutenants and above.
With the power of nine oxen, he can shoot arrows six hundred feet away, and this is the main reason why the "Weushui City" was built six hundred feet away from the Weushui River.
Why the Suzaku Kingdom can be invincible in foreign conquests? One of the magic weapons for victory is this ultra-long-distance bow and arrow shooting.
‘Whoosh—!’
A white light quickly streaked through the air, and suddenly exploded when it flew over the Weowui River.
'Snapped-!'
The sound was not loud, but a hundred-foot-long white light exploded in mid-air.
And this white light also illuminates part of the weak water river surface to every detail.
I saw countless strange grass rafts floating on the weak weak river.
Countless tall humans wearing armor stood quietly on the grass raft, which slowly floated towards the direction of the 'Weak Water City'.
The white light bursting in the sky lasted for a long time. Under the white light, the usually empty Weishui River was now completely covered with grass rafts.
And in the places where the white light cannot shine, there are shadows on the river, and there seem to be countless figures swaying.
The moment Ding Shao saw the scene on the river, his heart suddenly tightened.
The next second, he let out the loudest and last cry in his life.
"Enemy attack!"
After a few breaths, beacon smoke shining with red light rose from 'Weishui City'.
‘Red Alert’ is the highest alert.
When the red beacon smoke was quickly discovered by other cities, the same beacon smoke pillars generally rose up in various places in the north.
After receiving the warning, the soldiers of the various battalions of the Suzaku Kingdom's northern defense front quickly assembled northward.
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In the middle of the summer of the 339th year of the lunar calendar, the Lihun Mountain tribe in the North sent six million troops to ride on floating grass rafts woven with "Kongweicao" and spent seven days forcibly crossing the dangerous and weak river in the North.
Launch an attack from north to south towards the cities set up along the route of the Suzaku Kingdom.
‘Kongweedao’ is a special plant that is only found in the Northern Territory. It exists in the air one foot above the ground, and its rhizomes can absorb the free energy between heaven and earth to grow.
A straw raft woven from this special plant can stand up to one foot in the air.
Generally speaking, hanging one foot off the ground is of no use and has no practical value.
But when it was used on weak water rivers, unexpected results were achieved.
Relying on this 'empty reed grass' raft, the Lihun Mountain tribe managed to cross six million soldiers and horses across the dangerous and weak river.
In the darkness of the night, Ding Shao only thought that the countless people were sailing on weak water, but he did not know that the raft was still one foot away from the water.
It was only because of the distance and the angle of observation that we mistakenly thought that the enemy's straw raft was floating on the weak river surface.
At the same time, a few days later, thousands of huge sea ships with a size of hundreds of feet appeared in the natural barrier "Zengkuhai" on the west side of the Suzaku Kingdom.
At the front, on a flagship that was three hundred feet long, a large purple flag was fluttering in the wind.
On the flag, a strange three-faced image of greed, anger, and ignorance appears.
Countless people and monsters with strange faces were shouting nervously on each ship, making bursts of ghostly cries and howling sounds.
In the Western Region, the Wanling Tribe gathered 18 million soldiers and horses and came across the sea.
The four most powerful forces in the 'Shanhai Realm' today, including the Lihun Mountain and the Wanling Tribe, launched an attack on the Suzaku Kingdom from the west and north at the same time in 339.
At the beginning, the strategic deployment of the Suzaku Kingdom was mainly in the east and north directions.
The reason for this is that the Suzaku Kingdom is adjacent to the vast and endless desert six thousand miles to the south, forming a natural barrier.
No creature can cross this unfathomable desert on a large scale.
Eight thousand miles away to the west of the kingdom is the endless "Sinking Sky Sea", which is also a natural danger.
Therefore, the Suzaku Kingdom initially stationed only two battalions of sailors, "Shuiwan" and "Fujiao", and hundreds of warships here.
Later, with the expansion of armaments, three battalions of soldiers and horses of "Danghai", "Fubo" and "Dinghai" were added here, as well as a thousand large and small warships.
When the Wanling tribe came across the sea, they met the thirty-six warships of Lieutenant General Huang Zi of the "Dinghai Camp" patrolling the sea.
In just half an hour, thirty-four of the Suzaku Kingdom's thirty-six 'Lake' class warships were sunk.
Only two warships managed to escape from the encirclement of the sea battle, and at the same time, they passed on the information about the Wanling Tribe's cross-sea attack.
When the news of enemy incursions in the west and north reached the Suzaku Kingdom at the same time, the whole country was in an uproar.
The Chinese people who are accustomed to the invincibility of their own soldiers outside can hardly believe that one day they will be attacked by the enemy.
We have always taken the initiative to beat people, but we have never been in a situation where someone knocked on our door.
It's amazing that the citizens of the Suzaku Kingdom, who have extreme self-confidence, pride and sense of honor, immediately petitioned and asked the country to resolutely attack the invading enemies.
At this time, Wanxiang had just arrived at the front of the eastern front with the "Suzaku Battalion".
Hearing about the invasion by the Lihun Mountain tribe in the North, I was going to lead my headquarters to fight in the north.
Unexpectedly, an imperial decree suddenly came from the capital, ordering him to guard the eastern front and guard against the invasion of the Luo Kingdom in the Eastern Region.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This imperial edict is a suggestion from the 'Prime Minister's Palace' and 'Taiwei Palace' to the monarch at the same time.
In the 'Prime Minister's Mansion', a group of civil servants headed by Yuan Jiang did not want Wanxiang, the 'Princess Suzaku', to make any more military exploits, which led to an increase in her prestige.
The same reason applies to the 'Taiwei's Mansion'. Wanxiang once commanded the tenth battalion of Peking University Camp, and his prestige in the army was too high.
And because Wanxiang is a descendant of the royal family, not from the general system.
The military commanders headed by the 'Taiwei Fu' did not want a commander with strong influence in the military to appear in the royal family.
The two governments reported at the same time, and even the monarch had to weigh the consequences, so he could only issue an imperial edict ordering Vientiane to garrison the eastern front.
In order to enhance the influence of the two major systems of the civil servant group and the military general group among the people.
The 'Prime Minister's Mansion' and the 'Taiwei Mansion' took this attack by the two major forces from the west and the north as a good opportunity to build their reputation.
After some competition, the 'Prime Minister's Mansion' promoted Zhao He, the most outstanding talent of the younger generation within its own system, as the commander-in-chief of the Tenth Northern Battalion.
Lead three hundred vassal states to the front line of the North to fight against the Lihun Mountain tribe that invaded the north.
The 'Taiwei Mansion' sent Huo Wugou, the most powerful of the younger generation of generals, as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front.
Select soldiers and horses from each city to form twelve battalions of soldiers, and lead eight hundred vassal states to the "Xingkonghai" to stop the Wanling tribe.
These 1,100 vassal states are the relatively large tribes and countries that the Suzaku Kingdom has conquered since its foreign conquests.
Because its strength is much stronger than that of ordinary tribes, the Suzaku Kingdom has given these tribes strong autonomy and allowed them to establish vassal states respectively.
So far, the kingdom has accommodated more than 1,600 vassal states, large and small.
Except for the majority of them being forces supported by people from outside the world, the rest are tribes native to the ‘Shanhai Realm’.
Commander Shi Gandang, the president of the 28th Battalion, is in charge of the capital and oversees the overall situation.
This time, the Suzaku Kingdom suddenly dispatched 22 large camps and 1,100 vassal states to fight against the powerful enemies coming from the west and north. This cannot be considered as insufficient attention.
But the Suzaku Kingdom, which had never fought against Lihun Mountain and the Wanling Tribe, had repeatedly raised the strength of the two major forces in its mind.
But in the final analysis, due to countless victories in the past, they finally underestimated their opponents.
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On the seventh day of April in the year 340 of the lunar calendar, the newly appointed commander of the North Tenth Battalion, Zhao He, rushed to the windless plains of the northern front line.
The windless plain has flat terrain and fertile land, which is very suitable for grain farming. Therefore, no city has been built on the nearly 800-mile plain, which is full of grain crops.
Because the terrain here is flat, the view is broad, and it has enough depth.
After conquering more than 30 cities in the North with great difficulty, the tribe of "Lihun Mountain" decided to make short-term repairs here.
After eradicating the planted crops, the 'Lihun Mountain' tribe built a forward camp here, preparing to use this place as an important transfer point for their troops.
At this moment, the large army of the Lihun Mountain tribe is still engaged in a tug-of-war with the Suzaku Kingdom’s fortress and city in other areas of the North.
Because the Suzaku Kingdom has built fortresses and cities everywhere, and the nodes are connected to each other like ground piles, it is impossible for the large group of people in the "Lihun Mountain" to attack in full.
There is a saying about the art of war in the dream: surround it ten times!
In other words, if you want to capture a heavily guarded city fortress, you will need at least ten times more troops.
Although the individual combat capabilities of the "Lihun Mountain" are extremely strong, this is not the world in dreams.
But the fortresses separated by hundreds of miles are like nails stuck in this vast land.
When a small-organized team attacks a certain fortress, it always feels like it will be surrounded by reinforcements from all sides at any time.
Therefore, even though the Lihun Mountain tribe dispatched six million people this time, due to the terrain and various reasons, they have been here for several months, but they have only been able to capture less than a hundred cities and fortresses.
Under such circumstances, it is actually extremely disadvantageous for the ‘Lihun Mountain’ tribe.
Not to mention other things, the logistical supplies alone cannot be supplied.
Six million soldiers, plus more than two million tamed animals, the daily consumption is an astronomical figure.
At the same time, this kind of fighting situation also greatly surprised the senior leaders of the tribe of "Lihun Mountain".
In their imagination, they should sweep forward quickly like flames sweeping through dry grass, until they reach the capital of the Suzaku Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, in reality, my own advancement is like climbing a staircase. I can only advance step by step, and every time I take a step forward, I will feel tremendous pressure.
The Suzaku Kingdom has as many cities and fortresses as stars. Naturally, it is impossible to remove them all from the 'Lihun Mountain', so we can only choose one direction to advance.
But in this way, the further south you go, the more you feel that people from other fortresses may appear in all directions at any time to surround you.
This is no illusion. As the tribe of "Lihun Mountain" continues to move south, more and more scouts and exploring horses appear on the periphery of the army.
Although it does not dare to attack itself, it is like a wolf wandering outside the flock, making people uneasy.
In view of this, some senior leaders of the 'Lihun Mountain' tribe began to question whether this attack was a bit hasty, and some even suggested retreating to the Weoshui River.
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Zhao He is only thirty-one years old this year. He comes from the southern city of Silk City, one of the five major cities in the Suzaku Kingdom.
The Zhao family has existed since the establishment of Silk City. After more than three hundred years of development, the Zhao family has now become one of the twelve major families in Silk City.
Zhao He is extremely talented. Although he is young, he has already cultivated the 'Contemplation of Three Meridians and Seven Wheels' to the seventh level. This level is equivalent to the 'Three Flowers Realm' of the Yuan Shen, and he has awakened seven kinds of innate supernatural powers.
In addition, he also practiced the 'Hercules Cultivation Method' to the level of 'Reaching for the Stars', possessing the power of a dragon.
Zhang Ke had countless opportunities in his life, but he was already over two hundred years old when he reached the realm of Yuanshen.
Among them, in addition to Zhao He's indeed outstanding qualifications, the 'Three Veins and Seven Wheels Concept' is also particularly suitable for the human race in this world, giving Zhao He an opportunity.
The more important reason is that this world is undergoing a great change that has never happened in a lifetime. Naturally, some beloved children who uphold the will of heaven and earth will be born into the world, which are often called children of the plane.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From childhood to adulthood, Zhao He grew up in the praise of countless people, and naturally developed a self-admiring and arrogant character.
However, Zhao He hid this very well, always showing the image of an open-minded, humble and courteous gentleman to the outside world.
Zhao He is an extremely ambitious person.
Since Shan Qiao was able to seize the throne from Yanhong Silkworm back then, there was nothing wrong with taking his place instead.
His original plan was to use the 'Taiwei Mansion' to be promoted all the way to Taiwei, and finally seize the royal power.
After all, the country has been in war since the day he was born. The military commander lineage can not only cultivate wings but also gain military power, which is a good way out.
However, the Zhao family and the current Shi family, who are in charge of foreign wars, had a lot of rifts in the early years, so they were unable to develop from the 'Taiwei Mansion'.
In desperation, Zhao He had no choice but to switch to the 'Prime Minister's Mansion'. He became a disciple of Prime Minister Zuo Yuan Jiang and married his daughter Yuan Furong.
With his own strength and the recommendation of Yuan Jiang and other people in his circle, he gradually became the new generation leader of the 'Prime Minister's Mansion'.
Zhao He is not in a hurry. He is only thirty years old, and he is already in the realm of the soul. Although this realm does not cultivate the soul in the "Contemplation of Three Meridians and Seven Wheels", he still has a lifespan of six hundred years in this realm.
Compared with Zhang Ke and others who can live up to 3,000 years as soon as they enter the Yuanshen realm, the "Three Meridians and Seven Wheels Concept" still has many disadvantages.
But this is normal. It only took Zhang Ke more than thirty years to derive this technique.
Moreover, at the last moment of the derivation of the technique, he encountered the 'walking dragon' and fought against the [Qi Banner], resulting in the failure of the technique to be perfected.
Perhaps in the future, through continuous modification of this technique by practitioners in this world, it may be possible to eventually reach a lifespan as long as the Yuanshen realm.
This time, Zhao He was able to lead three million soldiers and three hundred vassal states into the battle as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Tenth Battalion. It was with the help of Zuo Prime Minister Yuan Jiang.
As long as he can defeat the tribe of "Lihun Mountain" in one fell swoop.
When Yuan Jiang becomes official in the future, the position of Prime Minister Zuo will definitely not escape his grasp.
This step is extremely important for Zhao He's future plans, and it is also a test for the North Korean and Chinese civilian officials to intervene in the military general system.
Therefore, before Zhao He went on the expedition, Yuan Jiang gave him detailed instructions.
When there is a war, you must not rush into the war. You must follow the strategy formulated by the kingdom and fight steadily, relying on your own strong national power to consume the tribe of "Lihun Mountain" to death.
But Zhao He sneered at Yuan Jiang's tactics. If he just fought defensively like a tortoise or a hedgehog, how could he show his ability?
Moreover, in Zhao He's heart, he also wanted to prove one thing.
In the capital, when people talk about the most outstanding people of the younger generation, they always mention two people.
Zhao He, Huo Wugu!
But when someone mentions Wanxiang, people will forget about the other two.
In the hearts of the people of the Suzaku Kingdom, everything has transcended the level of comparison with others.
Zhao He, who was proud and arrogant, seemed to agree with the praise, but in his heart he was extremely unconvinced.
He believed that if he were in Wanxiang's position, he would definitely be able to do better than her.
The only thing Wan Xiang is better than himself is that he comes from a royal family.
The reason why I am not as good as Wan Xiang in the eyes of others is because I have no achievements?
Therefore, this time, he will take advantage of this opportunity to crush the invading enemy with the power of thunder. He wants everyone to understand one thing.
There is not only one ‘Valkyrie’ in the Suzaku Kingdom!
Therefore, on the surface, Zhao He obeyed Yuan Jiang's orders, but in fact, he was ready to crush the enemy with an upright attack.
However, he did not dare to underestimate his opponent. After arriving at Windless Plains, he immediately sent people to investigate the enemy's situation.
After some investigation, Zhao He learned that there were only 600,000 people in the forward camp stationed in the Windless Plains at the moment.
Zhao He keenly realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
After some deliberation, Zhao He decided to take the initiative and use the advantage of his own strength at this moment to start a decisive battle with the "Lihun Mountain" tribe.
When he made his opinions public, the generals of each battalion were immediately in an uproar.
Qiu Zexian, the commander of the ‘Panshan Camp’, directly rejected Zhao He’s strategy.
He believed that his country now occupies a geographical advantage, and with its numerous fortresses and cities, it can gradually wear out the tribe of "Lihun Mountain".
Even if they want to attack, they must at least wait until winter comes and the tribe of "Lihun Mountain" is short of supplies before launching a counterattack.
Now he has defeated hundreds of cities in a row in half a year. It is a time when the soldiers are sharp and their morale is high, so it is not easy to fight head-on.
Zhao He refuted this view.
The tribe of "Lihun Mountain" established a forward camp in this 800-mile windless plain, clearly intending to establish a transit base here.
Once it takes root here, its subsequent army can use this place to repair and launch continuous attacks southward.
At this time, there are only one and a half battalions of soldiers and horses in the camp. Not only can they take the opportunity to eliminate these enemy troops, but they can also destroy their forward camp.
More importantly, the kingdom has lost hundreds of cities and fortresses in the past six months. The morale of the sergeants is low and a victory is needed to boost morale.
And if we wait for the army of the Lihun Mountain tribe to settle in, it will be difficult to encounter such a God-given opportunity again.
I have to say that Zhao He's words also make sense.
Some younger generals felt that the strategy of commander Zhao He was very suitable for them and expressed their support for it.
The two concepts of proactive attack and defensive combat collided at this moment.
When neither side could convince the other, Zhao He, as the commander of the North Tenth Battalion, decided on tactics.
Head-to-head confrontation!
Seeing that he issued the order in the name of the commander-in-chief of the tenth northern battalion, the commanders of each battalion had no choice but to obey the order.
But at this moment, Zhao He made another decision that surprised everyone.
He wanted to send an envoy to issue a formal announcement to the front camp of Lihun Mountain opposite.
The Suzaku Kingdom will send two battalions of soldiers and horses, "Panshan" and "Fushan", to launch an attack on the forward camp of "Lihun Mountain" on the tenth day of April.
This decision not only shocked the commanders of the battalions, but also the sergeants of the army.
Soldiers who, deception also!
The military books handed down by Zhang Ke all state that war is about weakening the opponent at all costs, and then encircling and suppressing it with superior force.
In addition, all strategies are only used as a last resort.
The war is fierce and dangerous!
In such a serious and cruel war involving everyone's life and death, Zhao He actually proposed to use only two battalions of troops to fight the enemy, and also agreed on a time to give the opponent a chance to adjust his strategy.
When Zhao He made this suggestion, he encountered strong opposition on the spot.
But Zhao He had made up his mind and forcefully issued the order in the name of the commander-in-chief of the 10th North Battalion.