The arrival of the imperial envoy blew the silent horn, and the bloody battle officially kicked off. Groups of young heroes swarmed from all over the empire and rushed into the Iron Curtain without hesitation.
The dark world also regarded this bloody battle as a grand event. The Eternal Night Council formally made a resolution and also issued a shockingly rich reward, including not only various armament resources, but also titles, territories, and high-ranking bloodlines. Under the huge reward, adult warriors from many tribes came out in full force, and even older children were brought out.
At this moment, if one had a pair of lofty eyes, one could see that on the Eternal Night Continent, the fighters of the Eternal Night and Dawn camps were approaching like two tide lines.
On the edge of the Iron Curtain, in a small city that was originally inconspicuous, many imperial troops gathered at this moment, and the number of soldiers suddenly outnumbered the original residents of the city. Most of the buildings in the center of the city were requisitioned, and the entire City Lord's Mansion was turned into a headquarters. This small town is the place Zhang Boqian and Lin Xitang chose to sit in.
On the sand table that occupies one-third of the room, rolling hills, meandering rivers, and scattered settlements are well arranged and detailed, just like the real thing. If you look carefully, you can see that the surface of important land models such as passes, cities, and bases is also engraved with arrays of force, emitting various colors of light, representing different combat power and combat readiness.
A deep black arc passed through the human-controlled area, and most of the heavy land models on the side of the dark territory were lit up, which was a sign of the completion of mobilization for combat readiness.
As the last special envoy of the Imperial Army finished reading his report, the towns in the western region of Three Rivers County also lit up on the sand table.
The special envoy closed the folder in his hand, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and his back was as straight as a fully stretched bowstring. This was not because there was anything wrong with his report. In fact, in this war room full of heads and stars on epaulets, most people were always in a state of tension like him.
The source of the tension came from the man in black and gold royal attire in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Zhang Boqian didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and even kept his gaze out of the window, but the invisible pressure always enveloped the audience.
Lin Xitang, who was sitting at the head of the long sand table table, raised his head from his deep thoughts and said, "In that case, all generals, please pay attention to the movements of the Dark Territory at all times. The meeting is adjourned."
The pace of the participants leaving the war room seemed quite eager. None of the generals from the major legions of the empire and the headquarters of the expeditionary force had been killed from the sea of corpses and blood. But when Zhang Boqian and Lin Xitang were present at the same time, their performance It's like a rookie facing the instructor on the training ground.
Many people dared to let out a sigh of relief when they walked out of the gate. They murmured in their hearts that they didn't know what the Imperial Army was thinking. This time, they even assigned these two marshals who had been clearly opposed to each other to a battlefield this time.
The room was quickly emptied, Lin Xitang stood up, walked to the other end of the sand table, reached out and picked up a model of a mountain peak to play with, looking at the large mountainous area in front of him, as if thinking about something.
Zhang Boqian by the window turned around, glanced at the only major general still in the war room, and said calmly, "Go out."
The major general's imperial uniform is a little different from others, the golden piping is not a simple line but a cloud pattern, which is the emblem of the Imperial Guard. Under Zhang Boqian's extremely intimidating gaze, he didn't shrink back, and still stood upright.
In Zhang Boqian's eyes, if a storm is about to rise.
Lin Xitang's gentle voice broke the tense atmosphere, "Wei Sang, I have nothing else to do here, you go to rest first."
The major general gave a military salute and left without saying a word.
There was no emotion in Zhang Boqian's voice, "Your Majesty gave you Lei Qiwei as your guard, is he worried that I will harm you? Or... to monitor you?"
When Lin Xitang came to the Eternal Night Continent, he only brought a battalion of Beifu Legion's personal guards with him. General Lei Qiwei of the Guards appeared here, obviously he just arrived in the past few days.
Lin Xitang frowned and said, "Brother Boqian, please be careful about this matter."
Zhang Boqian walked up to Lin Xitang, stood shoulder to shoulder with him by the sand table, leaned slightly, glanced at the terrain in front of him, and said, "Although Yongye's side is mobilized at the first level, the team entering the Iron Curtain has no special combat power." And powerful people, is the Eternal Night Council not interested in the things of the ghosts? Or, do they already know what's inside the Iron Curtain?"
According to the current intelligence obtained by the empire, the dark camp responded positively to the bloody battle. It can be seen that the level of combat power deployed and the number of giants known to come to the Eternal Night Council so far are not even as good as the last Eternal Night War that was fought inexplicably. This is not in line with the dark race's consistent style. However, no matter how many spies the empire uses, they will not be able to get more information.
Lin Xitang said: "The original intention of the empire is to fight a bloody battle. The Eternal Night Council does not dispatch many, so we can relax."
Zhang Boqian pointed to the area in front of him, "Red Scorpion seems to have been on a mission in the Eternal Night Continent some time ago." He drew a circle with his finger, including the western part of Sanhe County and the dark territory opposite, "It seems to be this location, At that time, the White Clan also had a team over there. What's there?"
Lin Xitang was silent for a while, "That's in charge of the Seventh Department of the Military Department, I don't know."
Zhang Boqian didn't ask any further questions, but just raised his hand to flick it, and the array of original forces on the sand table fluctuated for a while.
For the upper continent of the empire at this moment, the reaction of the dark world is secondary, and the big shots are all focused on the country. The current situation is delicate, the existing clan pattern has been maintained for too long, and everyone wants to make a move. But when to move and how to move is the key. Aristocratic families are the foundation of a country. Which restructuring in history did not involve bloodshed
However, the political situation is something that big shots consider. For Qianye at this moment, it is more realistic to earn his military achievements with a single blow. After sending Zhao Yuying to the Zhao Clan's airship, Qianye briefly arranged the dark fire's military affairs, then packed up, left Heiliu City, and entered the wilderness.
The bloody battle has already begun. Generally speaking, at the beginning of the war, a city with complete defense facilities such as Heiliu City will not become the target of a large-scale attack, so Qianye intends to take this opportunity to hunt around first, so as to master the battlefield First-hand information on the Internet.
His first choice of target was naturally the territory of his old friend, the Nerubian Earl. The Earl of Stuka was seriously injured by Qianye and Zhao Yuying last time, and he should not have fully recovered yet, and one-third of his eastern territory was snatched by Qianye again, and a lot of resources were lost. When seriously injured.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the Nerubian County is the best target. Such fat, of course, cannot fall into the mouths of others.
Qianye headed west all the way, and soon reached the Silver Stream Fjord. The construction of the fortifications is still in full swing, and several light artillery pieces have been set up on the commanding heights, barely controlling the canyon channel. He didn't stay here any longer, crossed the canyon, and entered the Nerubian Earl's territory again.
Qianye bypassed the werewolf colony, aiming at the Viscount Territory named Black Nest in the deep northeast direction. There is another nerubian entrenched there, the strength is already a first-class viscount, and it is said that it is Stuka's brother.
There is still Stuka's count ability between Black Nest and Silver Stream Fjord, which was originally not included in Qianye's recent westward expedition plan. Due to geographical relations, unless the entire counties are swallowed up, they can only plunder resources and cannot occupy land. But it was different in the state of bloody battle. The double rewards from the empire and the Zhao Clan made it very profitable to simply kill the Viscount.
Qianye restrained his breath, walked through the mountains and forests in a leisurely manner, and maintained his best condition at all times to meet the enemy. Not long after walking, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the forest, and a huge beast rushed out of the forest and charged at Qianye viciously.
Of course, this kind of attack can't threaten him, Qianye's side of the body gave way to a frontal pounce, and then the crimson fangs inserted into the side of the giant leopard's body, and the blade directly sank into the heart.
A blood-colored light flashed across Qianye's hand, and the rich blood essence rolled into the body along the blade. In the blink of an eye, the giant leopard fell to the ground, and its dark and black fur also lost its luster.
After easily killing the giant leopard, Qianye frowned. With his current ability to restrain his breath and hide his whereabouts, in most cases, it is difficult for even the Earl to detect Qianye's whereabouts. However, this giant leopard, whose strength was no more than level five after the berserk, actually found him from a long distance away and charged straight at him, which made Qianye's heart shudder.
Under the influence of the Iron Curtain, in less than half a month, the giant leopard not only became larger in size, but also darkened in fur color, and its essence and blood were several times higher than before. This is absolutely abnormal. Qianye inspected the giant leopard's corpse, and found that all the organs in its body showed signs of overgrowth, so he had a vague guess that this giant leopard might have overdrawn its vitality, which led to its sudden increase in strength in a short period of time.
The next part of the road was not easy to walk. After only turning over a mountain ridge, Qianye encountered seven or eight attacks, all of which were ferocious beasts of level five to seven after berserk. When they saw Qianye, they attacked crazily, endlessly.
Of course, the ferocious beast did not pose a threat to Qianye, but instead contributed a lot of blood, the total amount almost catching up with a knight. However, such an attack seriously hindered his progress. Qianye found that no matter how he concealed himself, it seemed to be useless in the eyes of these ferocious beasts. No matter whether it was a liger or a mountain crocodile, they could almost spot him from a thousand meters away, and then they would attack wildly.
There is no military merit in beheading ferocious beasts, Qianye really didn't want to waste time on them, but these ferocious beasts somehow easily saw through Qianye's disguise. In the end, he really had no choice but to adopt the most clumsy but also the most direct way, that is to walk in a straight line and kill a way out.
The path Qianye chose was the mountainous area on the edge of the Stuka Earl's territory. This area is very barren, and there is not even a settlement of the dark race. The journey that was supposed to go smoothly in the plan ended up stumbling. It took Qianye two full days to get out of the mountainous area. During this time, he killed nearly a hundred beasts, large and small.
However, although he has no military achievements, it is not considered nothing. Qianye has harvested a lot of precious materials from ferocious beasts, and the blood essence he has absorbed has also surpassed that of a third-class viscount.
The moment he walked out of the mountainous area, Qianye suddenly felt that the sea and the sky were vast, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Even the iron curtain above his head didn't feel so oppressive anymore.
At this moment, a sigh full of joy came from not far away, which made Qianye startled. He turned his head and saw a young man of the blood clan just walked out of the forest. His tattered clothes could still vaguely reveal the original expensive and gorgeous texture, and his skin was covered with scars, either claw marks or tooth marks.
It seemed that this young man, like Qianye, had been tortured by ferocious beasts in the forest. Originally, the blood race could keep all kinds of beasts and poisonous insects away by releasing blood energy, but now it seems that it has lost its effect.