"Although the disaster caused by weapons is not my wish, what does the killing caused by the Red Eyebrow Sect have to do with me? Is it possible that every weapon made by Tianji Academy and the people killed must be counted as Tianji Academy's sins? So before the advent of the Tianji Chariot and the Tianji Crossbow, there were no wars in Yanzhou where millions of corpses were buried; before the Tianji Chariot and the Tianji Crossbow, there were no heads rolling to the ground in front of the Black Yan army? Is it possible that Gong Liang and Le Yi If you don't enter Jiyang, will you be captured at Qintong Mountain? Or won't you kill people in Jingxiang, Nanxiang and other places?"
The remaining young and strong laborers were either kidnapped by the Black Yan Army or recruited by the Xiyuan Army to serve as civilian husbands. Whenever Chen Hai and Ning Chaner passed by the village, they might still see dozens of women, children, old and weak, lingering and dying. But from their numb eyes, you can't see the fire of hope struggling to survive, and they are all skinny.
Farming was completely destroyed, and the few iron tools were taken away to make armor. These extremely weak villagers could only pick vegetables from the wild to satisfy their hunger. I wonder how many of them could survive the spring famine next year.
Leaving Jiyang is Heyang. The entire Heyang County, which spans nearly two thousand miles, is a large battlefield that attracts the attention of all the forces in Yanzhou and even outside Yanzhou.
The terrain of Heyang is flat, and Ganquan Ridge, which stretches for five to six hundred miles, is considered a majestic mountain. Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er sneaked from Guozi Ridge to Ganquan Ridge. From a distance, they could see countless camps in the dangerous ravines of the mountains, and the sky was stationed there. Division Gong Liang personally led the millions of troops of the Black Yan Army on the west route.
"You have compassion for the people's livelihood. How do you feel when you see this scene?" I saw Chen Hai standing on the edge of the cliff looking at a village where all households were completely dead and no footprints could be seen after it was covered by heavy snow. Ning Chan'er couldn't help but laugh out loud.
In addition to some elite troops in Yanmen County, the main force of the Black Yan Army was almost surrounded in Heyang County.
At this time, the Black Yan Army formed a defense line in Ganquan Mountain in the northwest of Heyang and Songpan Ridge in the middle. They wanted to withstand the two groups of troops, mainly Xiyuan Army and Huben Army, and ensure the security of northern Heyang County and Yanmen County. turf.
Even though they had not experienced repeated ravages of war like Jiyang, Chen Hai and Ning Chaner borrowed the road from Yongjing to see the countryside and hills. They saw that the villages were damaged and the smoke was sparse. Years of famine caused the population of Yong County to drop by nearly half.
After the great victory in Huangmiyuan, the Black Yan Army's military strength reached its peak. After gathering the remnant soldiers and the discarded armors and weapons of hundreds of thousands of Tiger and Ben troops, they now had an elite combat strength of two to three hundred thousand. Then they swept all the way eastward, devouring the heaven and earth. In Jiyang, Heyang, northern Lichuan, and Yanmen, large and small clans fled or surrendered. In Yandu City, the Huben Army and the Yanmen area had hundreds of thousands of elite combat troops who surrendered. At one time, it was said that there were millions of tigers and wolves. The soldiers, whether they were the Xiyuan Army, the Huben Army, or the Miao Clan's Beiliang Cavalry, could only hold on to the danger and did not dare to rashly test the Black Yan Army's attack.
Yongjun is located in the north of Qintong Mountain and the northwest of Jiyang County. In the early years, refugees swept through Jiyang, and Yongjun was also severely affected. However, after the Battle of Huangmiyuan, the Miao family decisively sent troops from Beiliang County into Yongjun, and sealed the By blocking the northward passage of the Black Yan Army, Yong County was spared from the second wave of war.
If Gong Liang had not been guided to lead his troops to Jiyang County, they would have fought to the death with the refugee army in Leiyang Valley. Even if they could barely win, it would be a miserable victory. Later, the battle between Emperor Yitian, the Xiyuan Army, Prince Yingdan and the Huben Army Conflicts will intensify in advance, the tragedy of the war will be completely staged in Yanjing, and there will never be the temporary peace we have today; and by then, the entire Yanzhou clan forces will most likely be involved, and it will become a fundamental war. It would be uncontrollable, and it would most likely sweep the entire Yanzhou, and even lead to war and chaos involving forces outside Yanzhou.
Chen Hai had a bronze face on his face, and no change in his expression could be seen, but his lightning-like eyes stared at Ning Chan'er's now plain face and said:
Everywhere you can see rusty broken spears and broken halberds, fallen human heads, rotting corpses buried under the ice and snow, and large groups of vultures, crows and other scavenging birds that cover the sky. You might think you are entering purgatory on earth.
In order to avoid exposing any clues, Yao Nu was first sent to Ganquan Mountain. Chen Hai and Ning Chaner delayed their departure from Liquan for two days, crossed the cliff at the northern foot of Qintong Mountain, and headed north into Yongjun.
There are also sharp-sighted spiritual birds in the sky that monitor the earth. Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er can only use the cover of the valley or the shade of the big trees to reach Ganquan Mountain step by step.
However, even though the Red Eyebrow Sect has been working silently for seventy or eighty years on the basis of the remnants of Dao Chan Academy, its strength may not be lower than top sects such as Xuyang Sect and Taiwei Sect, but in terms of foundation, it cannot be compared with the entire The clan forces in Yanzhou confront each other.
The closer they were to Ganquan Mountain, the denser the Xiyuan Army and the Lu Qinwang Army's sentries became, and the scouts and sentry riders became more and more sophisticated. Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er spent three days exploring the outside of Ganquan Mountain. Seeing the west, south, southeast, northwest and other directions of Ganquan Mountain, all the dangerous mountains and ravines that can be called strategic locations are firmly occupied by the army of the 11th Route Qin King, and King Yingshu personally led the Xiyuan Army for thirty Thousands of elite soldiers set up camp at Guoziling, about one hundred thirty to forty miles southwest of Ganquan Mountain.
Of course, Chen Hai would not think that the large-scale war had been restricted to Heyang, and the situation in Yanzhou might become further chaotic.
As one of the nine great clans in Yanzhou, the Miao family was the first-class clan in Beiliang County before Miao Fengshan took charge of Xuyang Sect; Miao Fengshan was listed on the Heavenly Ranking, and all the sects in Yanzhou respected it as the Northern Territory Tianzun, it has been more than 180 years now, and the Miao family's power in the counties in the northern region has also reached its peak.
The Ganquan Mountain that Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er are going to now is the core defense line of the Black Yan Army in the northwest of Heyang County. However, when Chen Hai and the others enter Heyang County, they are still nearly a thousand miles away from Ganquan Mountain. You can see a patrol patrol of the West Garden Army operating outside.
The clans in Yong County had been severely devastated by the war before. After the defeat in Huangmiyuan, the eight clans in Jing County concentrated their resources on building the Xiyuan Army, mainly to guard against the threat of the Black Yan Army to Yanjing, and had no time to visit the north. Everyone could only watch as they rested and recuperated in Yong County for just three or four years. The disciples of the Miao family and the Xuyang Sect had already occupied nearly half of the official positions in Yong County's yamen and local military equipment.
Chen Hai knew in his heart that without his hint to Le Yi, Gong Liang, Le Yi and others might not have thought of crossing the cliff at the northeastern foot of Qintong Mountain and entering Huangmi Plain to defeat the Tiger Army led by Ning Zhize. The wars in Yang, Lichuan and other counties will not be so tragic, but he will not feel that he needs to bear any responsibility just because of this.
At this time, the Black Yan Army claimed to have millions of elite troops in Ganquan Mountain and Songpan Ridge. However, whether in Ganquan Mountain or Songpan Ridge, the peripheral strategic locations almost fell into the hands of the Xiyuan Army or the Huben Army.
Huben's army and the other 16th Route Qinwang's army mainly entered Heyang County from Lichuan County and Ganning further east, from east to west, from south to north, and from the southeast to oppress the Heiyan Army.
Since Yanzhou is destined to fall into disorder and chaos, ending the disorder and chaos in Yanzhou before the Rakshasa demons invade in large numbers is what Chen Hai has wanted to do in these years.
The Miao family has extended its tentacles to every corner of Yong County.
It can even be said that he has made arrangements in recent years to jointly manage Liquan with the Nine Clans, promote the rapid popularization of Tianji chariots, Tianji crossbows and other war weapons within the Nine Clans, promote the large-scale inflow of quenched iron materials into the Nine Clans, and promote the combat power of the Nine Great Lords in the original New improvements based on certain foundations may seem to stimulate the ambitions of the nine clans, but on the other hand, the ability of the nine world clans to become the overlords of one party in their respective regions as soon as possible will actually greatly weaken them. The duration of the war.
The reason why the British King Yingshu did not directly attack Ganquan Mountain was that, in addition to the troops and horses on the west route of the Black Yan Army, which was the elite militia that defeated Ning Zhize in Huangmiyuan, the troops and horses were extremely powerful, and the surprise attack The Tiangang Thunder Prison Formation, which was taken away by Qin Tongguan and severely damaged Wei Yuqi's troops in Leiyang Valley, was deployed deep in Ganquan Mountain...
There are tens of thousands of descendants of the Miao family and the Xuyang Sect, all over the counties in the northern region. The Miao family's dispatch of troops to Yong County this time is a piece of fat meat from Yong County that has been eaten into the stomach, and there is no reason to spit it out again.
As far as Hexi and Hechuan are concerned, which one is more beneficial to the people's livelihood, is it to continue fighting for hundreds of years without interruption, or to simply add fuel to the flames and help Hexi annex Hechuan as soon as possible? Chen Hai naturally chose the latter.
The British King Yingshu was the supreme commander of this army. There were more than 600,000 elite soldiers, and as many as 2 to 3 million auxiliary troops and brave civilians were recruited from Beijing, Jiyang and other places.
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The power of Tianji Academy is still too insignificant, and it is far from enough to interfere with the overall trend of Dayan. I don’t know that tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, or billions of ordinary people will die by then, but Chen Hai still doesn’t feel that What responsibility does he bear for this
Chen Hai couldn't bear the horrors he saw in Jiyang, but he would not change his mind.
After the Miao family took control of Yong County, due to the changes in the demonic barbarian tribes in the north, they were unable to continue to send troops from Yong County to the south and east against the Black Yan Army. Instead, they had to mobilize supplies, troops and horses from Yong County to Wuyin in the north. Gather in the ridge to defend against the incursion of countless monsters and barbarians from the south.
This group of troops was headed by Prince Yingdan, and there were nearly 700,000 elite soldiers, and the scale of auxiliary troops and civilian warriors was even larger.
Ning Chan'er was a murderer, and she couldn't bear the tragedy in front of her. Seeing that she couldn't shake Chen Hai's resolve, she was taught a lesson by him, and she just curled her lips and stopped saying anything.
The Xiyuan Army and the Eleventh Route Qin Wang Army generally advanced from west to east from the direction of Wuchuan Pass and Qinglong Valley, and attacked the Heiyang Army from the west in Heyang.
Some ferocious vultures and crows were hovering over the village, swooping down from time to time to peck at the villagers who had not yet breathed their last. Chen Hai saw many bloody corpses along the way, which were innocent deaths.
Although people's livelihood in Yong County is in decline, entering the northeastern part of Jiyang County from Yong County is really a tragic situation with bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.