After the collapse of the Tashan defense line, the powerful families in Anxi retreated for 60,000 miles without a fight. They were blocked by the Yue Dynasty in the Hengduan Mountains and could not continue to escape westward. They had to fight with the reinforcements led by Liu Fen, King Zheng of the Yue Dynasty, at Qihuang Ridge and Tian. Establish a defense line in the Wushan area.
"King Chen has unparalleled fighting skills. He repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the demonic soldiers and protected hundreds of millions of people in Beiling from being slaughtered. His great fortune is so impressive..." As Zhao Xiaozhi is the second most powerful person in Anxi, Chen Haite set up his case seat there. Opposite him, Zhao Xiaozhi was welcomed into the hall by everyone as a sign of importance. He also tried his best to put a high hat on Chen Hai's head, but never mentioned the matter of borrowing help or joining forces to ward off the demon.
At present, the Beiling Army is divided into three major systems: the Longxiang Army, the original Beiling Army, and the original Seven Sects Allied Army. The original Seven Sects Allied Army is divided into the Northwest Territory and Beiting.
"The Beiling army has a hard time resisting the demons. This time, my king is also deeply touched. Without a defensive formation, it is indeed not easy to resist the demons. As long as King Chen agrees to use the territory of Yue Ting to advance eastward, Anxi will present a Ten Thousand Immortals Demon-Slaying Formation to the Beiling Army." Mausoleum." Zhao Xiaozhi said.
When Lu Shang organized a battle on the east bank of the Yin River, in addition to the soldiers and horses commanded by Liu Fen, King of Yue Zheng, Nanzhao County also sent the so-called 200,000 most elite Nanzhao Tianxiong Forbidden Army, riding on spirit cavalry and war birds for reinforcements. .
Even so, the Beiling Army still exposed a lot of problems in response to the demons' winter offensive last year.
"After our Anxi Army entered the summer, we fought successive battles with the demons on the east bank of the Yin River. It was quite unsatisfactory. The soldiers and horses suffered a lot of damage. I felt that before winter came, I didn't want to retreat to Qihuang Ridge, so I had to go to the west bank of the Yin River. Continue to replenish troops," Zhao Xiaozhi said, "Both the Emperor and I have sent envoys to Yue Ting to ask for reinforcements. Yue Ting has also decided to reinforce three million elite troops and horses in Qihuang Ridge. I only wait for your consent, Prince Beiling. Imperial warships can immediately depart from Beihai City and sail continuously through the Wantao River into the Yin River... "
"Prince Lu is so polite," Chen Hai sighed softly, and then said, "The Yue Ting warships used the road to move eastward to fight against the demons. How could I disagree? It is still as discussed before, everything For materials to cross the border, you only need to pay 20% of the protection fee - Xuanbing armor and spiritual sword magic weapons are easy to talk about, but I can't detain 20% of Yueting's soldiers and generals and enslave them. That's it, an ordinary general will be paid Five thousand kilograms of Xuanyang fine iron is worth ten thousand kilograms of Xuanyang fine iron to military officers and generals. When did Yue Ting or Anxi send six billion kilograms of Xuanyang fine iron or other rare gold and iron of equal value to Beiling? Let the warships pass through the border again when the time comes. My Blue Whale-class ship will definitely not stop it when the time comes!"
Seventeen years since the outbreak of the Demonic Tribulation, the tribes in Anxi have suffered almost no major losses, except for the more than one million generals who were deployed to reinforce the defenses of Tashan, Dayanshan and Yongjing.
Chen Hai was not surprised that the battle on the east bank of the Yin River would have such a result. This was because the demons were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.
Not to mention compared with the Beiling Army at this time, the combat effectiveness of the Anxi Army was far inferior to that of the three sect coalition forces before the outbreak of the Demonic Tribulation.
No matter how you look at it, the Anxi Army cannot be much weaker than the Beiling Army, not to mention that the Anxi Army has stronger support from Vietnam and North Korea.
After the Beiling Army has completely eliminated the demon soldiers on the West Road, Chen Hai can gather up to more than eight million terrifying troops on the north bank of the Wantao River. Once the Beiling Army crosses the river in advance, they will attack the demon soldiers occupying the Maozhen Mountains and defeat the demon soldiers. The soldiers drove them out, and Chen Hai himself felt that it would be impossible to return the Maozhen Mountains to the Lu family afterwards.
Chen Hai was also in the newly built Jingdong City, which was also where he commanded the war in Jingzhou. He invited Fu Siyuan and Xi Tongguang over and held a banquet in honor of Zhao Xiaozhi.
The main force of the demon clan, led by Demon Lord Gui Xi, moved westward to the Maozhen Mountains. In addition to intending to meet the demon soldiers trapped on the west route in Jingshan Mountain, it was also impossible to do nothing against Anxi on the west side.
In the early spring of the third year of Emperor Lie's reign, the Anxi Defense Army had 10 million generals, which was about the same size as the Beiling Army. However, the Anxi Army had not yet popularized the Tianji War Machinery, and the generals were equipped with Xuanbing Armor and Spirit Swords. The number and grade of magic weapons, defensive arrays, and even spiritual beasts, flying boats, and traditional chariots were much higher than those of the Beiling Army.
Obviously, it is beyond the imagination of many people that the Beiling Army can withstand the winter offensive and even severely damage an army of demon soldiers, nor is it what many people hope for.
The rise of the Lu family is due to the fact that the Lu family has produced four true kings in the past ten thousand years. In addition, among the disciples of the four ancestors of the Lu family, there have also been three true kings. This laid the foundation for the Lu family and the Lu Shang's status in Taiyan Sect and Anxi.
The generals within the Beiling Army who had received the news in advance were also very excited about Zhao Xiaozhi's mission. They believed that after the Anxi Lu family understood the cruel truth, they knew who was the real mainstay in the fight against the devil and had to turn to Beiling for help. .
Fu Siyuan and Xi Tongguang were both well-educated. In the end, they insisted on attending the banquet to save face. They couldn't hold it in anymore. They stopped Zhao Xiaozhi and asked: "I also drank the fairy liquid and spirit wine. Marrow-cleansing Zhuguo and Sea Monster Pearl." Meat, you also eat a lot of it. Apart from eating and drinking, you must have some other intentions when you come here, right?"
At this time, there are still 800,000 demon soldiers and generals on the West Road surrounded by Yuzhu Peak. To capture the last 800,000 demon soldiers, Chen Hai doesn't know how many more people will be sacrificed, but even this Beiling The army will eventually reduce its strength by one million or even two million, leaving only three million soldiers and horses, and its combat effectiveness will be far superior to the strong.
The Lu family is strong enough and has enough control over Anxi. Before the outbreak of the demonic tribulation, the internal cohesion was no weaker than that of the Northwest Territory. However, Anxi, Nanzhao, and Nanli have not experienced the demonic tribulation in tens of thousands of years of peace. Even if there are occasional monsters or bandits escaping within the territory, it cannot disturb the large and powerful clans that are commanded by the most powerful men in the third realm of heaven. Therefore, the Lu family, the Taiyan sect, and the nearly forty true kings Anxi County only appears to be powerful.
First of all, there are the sects in the Northwest Territory and Beiting. The northern border has been directly threatened by the demon clan for many years, so outstanding generals such as Xi Tongguang and Jiang Yin have emerged. It is also easier for the children of poor families to stand out, such as Yu Cang, Wu The rise of true kings such as Zhidong, Lu Shaoshang, and Yuan Yanxue.
Chen Hai has always dismissed these rumors.
And even the children of the clan, not to mention Jiang He, Huan Wen, Ji Chengyun and others, even people with more selfish desires like Wu Ping, Jiang Pei, Jiang Han, Lei Zhen, etc., gained from the demon defense lines such as Mo Zhangling and Dajin Mountain in their early years. The opportunities for training and the ability to lead troops are generally better than those of the wealthy people in Anxi, and they also know how to take care of the emotions of Han generals and low-level military attachés.
"Nonsense, don't be rude to Zhao Zhenjun." Chen Hai scolded, even if he wanted to keep his mouth shut, but his eyes were still fixed on Zhao Xiaozhi, waiting for him to say what he wanted to say next while stroking the white beard on his chin.
At that time, the eastern border of Lu's Anxi County will always be suppressed to the west of the Maozhen Mountains, and the final border area will be two-thirds less than what Emperor Lie conferred on the Lu family.
At this time, Lu discovered that the army was different from the army.
At this time, in the territory of Chongguo, in addition to the Beiling Army, the Southern Route Army led by Lie Emperor Qin Ran was quite powerful in combat. After all, they were elites drawn from the General's Mansion of Zhuguo in the Northeast Region, and they were entangled with the demons from beginning to end. After more than ten years of fighting, the will to fight became stronger and stronger. Throughout the winter, the eight million southern demon soldiers led by the Black Flame Demon Lord were blocked in the north of Anze City, unable to move further south.
From May to September, Lu Shang and Liu Fen commanded troops and horses to fight sixteen battles against the demons on both sides of the Yin River. They were defeated in every battle and lost more than three million troops. More than 20,000 light and heavy Tianji chariots and baggage vehicles were abandoned on the battlefield, but less than 500,000 demon soldiers were annihilated. In the end, they had to retreat to the east bank of the Yin River. With the help of the dangers of the river and the protective formations of heaven and earth, the main force of the demon soldiers was defeated. It is blocked on the south bank of Yinjiang River.
Chen Hai could have used more decisive and efficient methods to deal with the West Road Demon Soldiers, and he didn't need to gather so many troops to besiege the West Road Demon Soldiers. After all, the farming south of the Nuchuan River was almost completely destroyed. , gathering such a large number of soldiers and horses in such a narrow area, the food and grass are completely dependent on the supply of the city in the north of the Nuchuan River. At this time, the north is facing a serious spring famine, and the logistical pressure is so heavy that it is breathless, but even if only these five hundred Thousands of troops have a chance to fight in a round, and Chen Hai has to grit his teeth to support all the pressure on logistics.
The Beiling Army has trained and promoted a large number of children from poor families over the years, but cultivation requires time and accumulation, and it only has elite military officers in the Spiritual Realm and Mingqiao Realm, whose number is higher than that of the Anxi Army.
At this time, the soldiers and horses directly stationed in Taihua Mountain, Lingzhou, Tianshui, and Hailing, except for some soldiers and horses who were originally from the Beiling Army, the other soldiers and horses were mainly from Qinhu Mountain and Wuzhidong from Shiwei. The backbone of the army was composed of more than 30,000 elite military attachés and generals brought back from the mountains. This part of the army can be said to have the strongest combat effectiveness among the Beiling Army, except for the Longxiang Army. Therefore, Chen Hai was directly used to defend the north bank of the Wantao River. An important city on the front line.
In fact, after May, after the West Road Demon Soldiers were completely driven into the Jingshan Mountains, and the Demon Clan's intention to respond to the West Road Demon Soldiers went bankrupt, in order to make up for the losses of the West Road Demon Soldiers, the Demon Clan increased their attacks on habitats. The intensity of the invasion in the Huangling and Tianwu Mountain areas.
In addition to the fact that the number of Heavenly Real Lords is slightly lower than that of the Beiling Army, the number of Dao Ti and Dao Dan realm elite generals in the Anxi Army is also much higher than that of the Beiling Army.
The Lu family took action before the Beiling Army could completely eliminate the West Route Demon Soldiers, and Chen Hai could understand his intention.
After more than ten years of cruel and bloody trials and eliminations during the Demonic Tribulation, a large number of unqualified sect disciples either died in battle or were kicked out. The poor disciples, with the former generals of the Beiling Army and the Longxiang Army as the core, could not The rise of Containment built the foundation of the Beiling Army.
"That's all?" Chen Hai asked.
In May, seeing that the Beiling Army had completely trapped the West Route Demon Soldiers in Jingshan Mountain, the Lu family could not wait to send troops from Tianwu Mountain and Qihuang Ridge, intending to fight against the westward advancing troops on both sides of the Yinjiang River. The magic soldiers engage in battle.
Why should the Anxi Army compare its combat effectiveness with the Beiling Army at this time
Zhao Xiaozhi is the most powerful cultivator in Anxi. He can be said to be the second person in Anxi under Lu Shang, the former general of Zhuguo and the title of Prince of Anxi. It is said that he has an elegant and Confucian temperament and is dedicated to Taoism. He is the former general of Zhuguo and the Taiyan Sect. He humbly gave up the positions of head teacher and others to Lu Shang.
Perhaps it was the Beiling Army's consecutive great victories that gave the tribes in Anxi great confidence.
In addition, except for the 800,000 soldiers and horses stationed on the front line of Demon Zhangling at this time, which mainly belong to the original Beiling Army system and have extremely strong combat effectiveness, other soldiers who were transferred to Jingshan by Chen Haizheng to besiege the West Road Demon Soldiers at this time The five million soldiers and horses come from complex sources and have very little connection with Chen Hai. They were only incorporated into the Beiling Army when Chen Hai was granted the title of Prince of Beiling County, and their combat effectiveness is also the weakest.
In addition to the heavy troops deployed on the Tianqi defense line, Anxi has also strengthened dozens of large cities at the eastern foot of Hengshan Mountain. As the foundation of the country, the total number of soldiers and horses is also tens of millions. In terms of numbers alone, it is more than the Beiling County before the demons launched their winter offensive. The country is not weak at all.