The sky was bright and clear, a rare fine weather before winter, Li Ye, standing on the Chang'an ship, looked down on the plateau land with his hands behind his back. The mountains, rivers, and cities of the destination are very clear, and the busy teams of soldiers and soldiers, like the ant colony, don't know how to stop.
Young Master Si Ming floated behind him, silently like a person in a painting. The difference is that Da Si Ming held his waist with one hand and really had nothing to do, but Shao Si Ming had green fireflies beating on his fingertips, and his brows and eyes were also focused, obviously polishing his spells.
King Qi stood beside Li Ye, with a wine glass in one hand and a jug in the other, pouring himself a drink in a contented manner, giving advice to Li Ye from time to time, laughing heartily from time to time, appearing to be in high spirits.
Everyone was in a good mood, and there was a reason for it. The news of Zhang Changan's successful operation reached Li Ye immediately.
Mohad's 200,000-strong recruiting team lost more than half of its personnel and supplies. Although there was still some strength left, after the catastrophe, they could only rest in place, collect the fleeing personnel, and treat the injured. It was no longer possible to continue eastward. Enter.
In this campaign, the Western Regions Trading Company gathered all the main elites that could be mobilized. A total of nearly 2,000 monks participated in the operation. Most of the 500 monks who sneaked into Dashi before were also on the list. There are many people from the outside forces who cooperate with them. In addition to the careful planning and preparation, and the help of Sai Dianchi when they act, they will naturally succeed in one fell swoop.
Now, Mullen's intention to build a strategic depth of eight hundred miles in the eastern border of the Great Food has failed.
Mulu City was breached in advance, and the defense line of Farman City fell too quickly, failing to achieve the purpose of delaying the Tang army. Now the only remaining third line of defense is not complete at all because the preparation time is greatly shortened, let alone, The conscripted monks and supplies were not in place as scheduled.
The third line of defense in the East of the Great Food that exists in front of the Tang army right now is nothing more than a show.
"As long as we can break through this so-called third line of defense, the entire plateau will be at our disposal. Mullen will no longer have the time, personnel, and materials to gather quickly and create substantial obstacles for us."
King Qi dropped the empty jug casually, his eyes were bright, and he said with relief: "I have been chased and beaten by Ma Lun for so long, and I can't kill them if I want to fight them, but I can't win if I want to fight them. His country, let me see how long he can still be majestic!"
Li Ye took out a wine jug and handed it to King Qi. The other party is very talkative now and drank a lot of wine. He has been chattering all morning without a moment's rest. Li Ye decided to let the other party drink more. I can calm down when I'm drunk.
Looking at the mountain fortress on the ground again, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Ye's mouth.
Up to this point in the war, the corpses of soldiers left by Dashi in the east are already too numerous to count. The standing army has suffered heavy casualties, and there are only a few guards left. In addition, the millions of monks who can be recruited quickly—the reserve force, also lost countless , the entire Dashi, it can be said that there is not much combat power.
As long as Ma Lun is not given 30 to 50 years, Dashi will not be able to recover his strength, and the current situation is doomed. The Tang army will advance bravely and will not give the opponent any extra time.
Today, Li Ye has a deeper understanding of how different monk wars are from ordinary wars.
In ordinary wars, spy agents can go deep into the enemy. Although they can play a big role, their own combat power is actually very limited.
But in the war of comprehension and civilization, individual monks
The power is so powerful that it surpasses ordinary armaments and weapons, and when it reaches the level of a real person, it is even more able to cross mountains and rivers, ignoring the ordinary defenses of local cities.
Therefore, an elite monk force can play a great role, and if it is used more properly and can get the cooperation of spies, it will be even more powerful and enough to influence the war situation.
This is the difference brought about by personal strength rather than external weapons.
To get to the bottom of it, in the civilization of comprehension, the key to determining the outcome of a war is which of the two sides has the stronger cultivation base, or has the stronger power to deal with the strong.
Obviously, the Western Regions Trading Company has brought this point to the fullest, but Mullen has not yet fully understood it.
Li Ye took out the newsletter of the Western Regions Commercial Firm, and read it carefully again, unconsciously, there was a trace of complexity on his brows. In this report, the Western Regions Commercial Bank reported the losses of several operations.
In Li Ye's view, that was a heart-wrenching number.
The staff of the Western Regions Commercial Bank are all monks, and most of them are Qi training monks. The strength of monks in the entire Western Regions Commercial Bank is almost equivalent to a tiger guard army.
And they have infiltrated Dashi for many years. During this period, they spent countless wealth and experienced countless battles. Only then did they befriend or control many Dashi dignitaries and officials.
The 500 great monks who entered Dashi secretly before the war and cooperated with them were a huge force.
Under such circumstances, they have accumulated a lot of strength this time, gathered all the available forces accumulated over the years, and launched an operation against the call-up order. With the echo of the frontal army, countless casualties were caused, and the result was half success and half failure.
"Let Yang Xingmi personally lead the fleet into the Arabian Gulf to meet the monks from the Western Regions merchants who have withdrawn from the hinterland of Dashi." Li Ye turned around, summoned military envoys, and issued a strict order.
Every time an action is taken, the power of the Western Region Commercial Firm will be exposed, because the mission is very dynamic and involves a lot of things. Afterwards, the Overwatch Council can always track down a lot of things according to the plan.
But now, all the missions of the Western Region Trading Company during the war have been completed, and all the personnel who should participate in the operation must be dormant if they can, and they must withdraw if they cannot dormant.
In the next few months, the Tang army is bound to be invincible in the front, but in the hinterland of Dashi, the power of the Overwatch Council still exists, and they will inevitably bear the anger of Mu Lun and try their best to track down the Western Regions trading firm.
It is easy to withdraw from the western regions trading firm in the east of Dashi. After all, it is very close to the Tang army, and as the Tang army advances, they can also be quickly supported. But in the Western Regions Commercial Firm in the hinterland of Dashi, it is not so easy to leave.
At this time, it is necessary for the Lingnan Fleet to directly enter the Arabian Gulf and go to the vicinity of Susa City to meet the opponent.
Fortunately, the navy of Dashi has basically been wiped out by the Lingnan Fleet, and there is not much combat power left. Although one or two hundred magical warships are enough to crush the pirates, there is no need to worry about how much trouble they can cause for the Lingnan Fleet. .
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Fairyland.
In the tens of days of battle in the mortal world, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes, but for the immortal army fighting in the fairyland, it is only two days to charge the battle.
The True God was fighting fiercely with Li Ye. Originally, the two were evenly matched, but even if each of them used their strongest means, they couldn't help each other, so they could only keep wasting.
Unexpectedly, suddenly, Li Ye
The unremarkable sword-style thrust out, the speed was a little faster than before, the real god was surprised, and quickly formed an air shield with both hands to block in front of him.
When the two sides were fighting against each other, they had a good understanding of each other's strength. The Qi shield formed by the true god should have successfully blocked Li Ye's sword, but when the sword Qi touched the Qi shield, it was even stronger than before. , piercing the air shield between the electric light and the flint, straight to the chest of the true god.
The unexpected change shocked the heart of the true god, and he could only dodge sideways in a crisis situation.
However, although the sword was avoided, the movements of the True God were messed up. Although it was only for a short moment, it was enough for Li Ye to seize the opportunity.
This sword seemed ordinary, but with cultivation bases at the level of True God and Li Ye, any blow carried the power of thunder, enough to cut mountains and rivers, so it was not easy to bear.
The True God gritted his teeth to take the blow, and took advantage of the situation to punch Li Ye, but was hit by the aura from the Son of Heaven Sword on his shoulder. He was shaken so unstable that he had no choice but to retreat.
It was not possible to exchange injury for injury, but it was still easy to take the opportunity to open the distance. The true god retreated again and again until he pulled out a safe distance, and then stared at Li Ye in surprise, "Why did your cultivation suddenly increase so much? !"
As soon as this question was uttered, the true god's face darkened, because the answer was not difficult to obtain. When the two are evenly matched and neither has room to break through, the only thing that can increase the strength of one side is the mortal aura.
Immortals and mortals are one body, and their qi and energy are in harmony with each other. Li Ye and Zhenshen are the masters of the fairyland, and any changes in the mortal world will directly affect them. In such a short period of time, the people under Li Ye's rule will not suddenly contribute a lot of luck to him. Even if he conquers more countries, it will take time for the common people to return to their hearts.
That is to say, it's not that Li Ye has become stronger, but that the True God has become weaker.
Dashi lost a large area of territory in the mortal world, and the local people also fell under the control of the Tang army. The true god, the master of the Dashi fairyland, declined in strength.
After the True God's question was uttered, he realized the fact that he had become weaker after feeling it for a while. He turned his mind to glance at the mortal world, and immediately discovered a fact that made him heartbroken.
The eastern part of Dashi has fallen into the hands of the Tang army. Before the battle of Mulu City, the three lines of defense laid down by Ma Lun were all broken by the Tang army. The strategic depth of 800 miles has completely disappeared!
"How could Mu Lun lose so quickly?" True God was horrified, but he didn't dare to look and think too much to find out the reason. He immediately concentrated his energy and faced Li Ye who was close at hand. At this moment, the way the true god looked at Li Ye changed fundamentally.
This transformation has occurred once before.
Before the war broke out, the True God always thought that Dashi could easily defeat Datang, and He could quickly defeat Li Ye; He is equal in strength.
But now, because of the changes in the mortal battle situation, Li Ye's strength is actually stronger than him, and he can no longer compete with Li Ye head-on.
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If the situation in the mortal world cannot be stabilized and Dashi is continuously captured by the Tang army, then the strength of the true god will continue to decline. In such a situation, if the real god looked at Li Ye's eyes, he couldn't help being extremely jealous.
But Li Ye's reaction was straightforward. After realizing that the true god's strength had declined, he launched a new round of fierce attack without reservation.