The blood-colored half-month embroidered on the man in black was related to the mysterious forces that caused the continent thousands of years ago, which made Xiao Fan feel a little worried.
Although the people sent by the mysterious force are not strong now, it will be terrifying once the mysterious divine power completely surfaces and shows all its strength in the future. Thousands of years ago, it would be necessary to unite the large and small sects to defeat it. It can be imagined that
If any of the five major sects face it alone, they will definitely not be their opponent.
"Xiaofan, my sister sneaked into the Chifeng Empire to check those people and see what kind of force they are!"
"No!"
Xiao Fan didn't even think about it and directly denied Lu Qingya's idea.
"Think about it carefully, whether it is the Great Yan Empire or the Chifeng Empire, if the mysterious forces behind it appeared thousands of years ago that caused the continent to turmoil, we can find out that no one in the five major sects knew about it?"
"Junior brother, do you mean that a strong man has known about this long ago?"
"It should be. Take our Tianxuan Sect's Supreme Elders' Court for example. Although they have always been on the Supreme Elders' Peak, what can the sect hide from them? From this we can imagine that the two envoys on the left and right are their eyes.
The wars between the great empires have lasted for more than ten years. For luck, the top leaders of every major sect will have some ideas. Didn’t anyone notice what shadows are behind the empire?”
"Xiaofan is right." Lin Caixuan pointed and said with a serious look: "Master once said that the five major sects have always been alert to the mysterious force that has appeared for thousands of years. They will rekindle and have never relaxed, so I think the sect
The two envoys at the door already knew about this, so we don’t need to check it out. Besides, if it is really that mysterious force, they will only control it in secret, and will never show it to others in their true face unless it is absolutely necessary.”
"Forget it, no matter how many things we think about the mysterious forces, it is useless. The most important thing now is to defeat the Great Yan and then defeat the Chifeng Empire to gain luck for the sect."
Xiao Fan shook his head and said.
"Xiaofan, do you know about Emperor Zhao Songhui?" Shangguan Lanruo looked at Xiaofan and asked softly.
"Yeah, I understand."
Shangguan Lanruo's eyes trembled slightly and he said, "Have you ever thought about what situation will you 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 master is extremely capable, and with the instigation of treacherous ministers, the emperor will never tolerate me."
"Junior brother, no. If you really defeat Dayan and Chifeng, how much credit will you have. Will the emperor dare to take the blame for the world and deal with you?"
"What's he afraid of for the sake of the throne?"
Xiao Fan still smiled faintly, and he had thought of all this long ago.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I know what you are worried about. Are you afraid that Ziyang Zhenren will discuss secretly with Zhao Songhui and kill me in the imperial capital? "
"This is what we are worried about. Zhao Songhui has several powerful men at the level of a master. If you get Zi Yang's tacit approval, you will be in real danger."
Lin Caixuan glanced at Shangguan Lanruo and Lu Qingya and said this.
"You're thinking too much. By then, people at the level of ordinary masters are no longer in my eyes. Furthermore, what the emperor will do to me after the two empires are defeated, and what will happen to Ziyang Zhenren, I have long thought about these things.
It's just right to get the trick."
"Get a plan?"
Everyone looked at Xiao Fan, but Xiao Fan smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's not the time to say it out, you will understand in the future."
Xiao Fan stayed in the General's Mansion of the Imperial Capital for several 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 elixirs, totaling millions of them.
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During this period, a large number of new recruits joined, nearly 60,000. With the previous tens of thousands of General Liu's troops, Xiao Fan's army had 150,000. However, the only one with strong combat power was the original one.
50,000 new recruits need training, and those who followed General Liu in the past also needed training. After all, Xiao Fan's army's combat methods are very different from other armies.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion were spying on military information outside, but there was still no movement in the Dayan Empire. Marshal Mengwu retreated to Chongzhou City after his last defeat, without any movement.
Chongzhou City was originally the capital of the Longteng Empire, but it was transferred to the Dayan Empire when the compensation was ceased last time, and now it has become Mengwu's base camp.
Xiao Fan instructed the captains to improve the combat effectiveness of the new recruits as soon as possible, and the veterans should practice more battle formations. He spent a lot of time carving the formation patterns on the newly created equipment, and practiced the Holy Land of Time and Space at night.
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In this way, a month passed. During this period, Xue Yue ran out of Wuwei Peak and found Xiao Fan.
"Report!"
In the general's mansion, a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion came to report.
"explain!"
"Report to the general, Jin Bu, the second prince of the Great Yan Empire, led 600,000 Iron Leopard Cavalry to Yongzhou City, and is now stationed there."
"I understand, I'll report it again!"
"yes!"
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion retreated, Xiao Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, and what was coming was finally here.
Two hours later, a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion rushed in: "Report! General, Jin Bu, the second prince of Dayan, led 100,000 Iron Leopard Cavalry from Yongzhou to Chongzhou."
"Take it again!"
"yes!"
Xiao Fan's face was a little solemn, and he looked at the deputy generals next to him and said, "How are the recruits training? Can they fight?"
"This... if it is better than ordinary soldiers, it should be considered a leader, but it may not work to deal with the Iron Leopard Cavalry of Dayan."
Qin Han lowered his head and answered Xiao Fan.
"Where is the veteran? I mean the soldiers under General Liu's troops."
"After this period of training, their strength is not as good as that of the soldiers in our Huaian Territory, but they are not much different. They should be able to face the Iron Leopard Cavalry."
"Yes." Xiao Fan nodded and said: "Feat the horses and prepare for the battle tomorrow. In addition, let each cavalry officer prepare some small groups."
"General, what are you going to do in Xiao Mian Group?" Qin Han, Wang Chao and others were puzzled and looked surprised.
Xiao Fan glanced at them, smiled faintly, and said, "Of course it is used to block the horse's ears, otherwise I am worried that our cavalry will collapse on the battlefield tomorrow!"
"General, how much do you think we have the chance of winning in this battle with Jinbu's Iron Leopard Cavalry?"
"No way." Xiao Fan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Their cavalry are leopards covered with iron armor, and our cavalry are horses. Even if our soldiers are much stronger than them, it is difficult to occupy it.
There is no cheapness. As long as those iron leopards roar, our war horses will be afraid and even turn around and run wildly."
"General, haven't you thought of a solution? Just use cotton balls to block the ears of the war horse."
"This is not enough. Blocking your ears is just to minimize the degree of frightening of the war horses. If the Iron Leopard Cavalry goes to fight tomorrow, let a team of cavalry go up and try it, but don't really fight. Once you find that the war horses are afraid, you should immediately
Retreat and do not cause unnecessary casualties.”
Qin Han, Wang Chao and others looked at each other and said, "If the war horses have always been afraid of the iron leopard, then wouldn't we dare not fight head-on with it?"
"Don't worry, Qin Han, go and do what I said first. You will call on the several lieutenants who used to guard here." Xiao Fan said.
"yes."
Qin Han left, and the other deputy generals also retreated and soon found several former lieutenants.
Xiao Fan took out a map, spread it out in the center of the hall, then looked at several lieutenants who had followed General Liu before, and said, "Who among you is the most familiar with the terrain of hundreds of miles?"
"General, the Mo General Mengchang is very familiar with the terrain distribution of this area!"
A captain said with a fist.
"Very good, you see if this is a big canyon, but because the cliffs on both sides are deeply recessed, this canyon was abandoned by military strategists because the cliffs lying ambushed on both sides of the canyon could not be attacked at all.
Is it the one among them?"
"Yes, the general said."
Several lieutenants and deputy generals nodded one after another.
"Here, according to the proportion of the map, this blue dot and that blue dot are about 500 meters away from the canyon. Master Meng, are the two blue dots marked on this map lake?"
"Return to the general, it's the lake."
Mengchang replied.
"Very good. Those who have been to the canyon can recall the lower terrain. Is the terrain of the canyon relatively high in the entrance and exit position and low in the middle?"
“That’s right.”
“So is the lake located higher than the tops of the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon?”
"Well... it should be higher." Mengchang said, and astonished appeared in his eyes as he finished speaking, he said, "General, do you want to lead the Iron Leopard Cavalry into the canyon and then flood them?"
"Yes, water attack!" Xiao Fan nodded, and then said, "All preparations must be made for this matter. You first send someone to secretly reach both ends of the canyon entrance and carry the big stones on the high cliffs on both sides of the entrance and exit of the canyon.
They were used to seal the way out. In addition, a few more teams were sent to two lakes to level the high ground from the levee to the center of the canyon."
Early the next morning, Xiao Fan arrived at the city gate and looked in the direction of the northeast. A rumbling sound came from the end of the earth, causing the ground to tremble slightly.
Teams of soldiers wearing black iron clothes appeared in Xiao Fan's sight. The Iron Leopard Cavalry team, which had been horizontal and vertical for several miles, was like a torrent of steel.
There were five people walking in front of the Iron Leopard Cavalry. Xiao Fan's eyes fell on the man in the middle. This man had a national face, square ears and wide mouth, narrow eyes, wearing black iron armor, strong and tall, with a gaze
It is sharp and cold, giving people a sense of coldness. The person riding a leopard under his crotch, but the leopard is twice as big as an ordinary leopard.
"The second prince of Dayan is golden cloth?"
Xiao Fan's pupils shrank slightly, staring at Jinbu. This person is not weak, with a strong aura and innate realm cultivation, which is definitely stronger than the cultivation level of ordinary innate realm cultivators.