Chapter 340

Several thousand light cavalry in bright armor stepped with light, small steps and arrived at the edge of the domain, where they were stopped by a patrol team of twenty.

The patrol captain met this cavalry army and shouted: "Stop! Ahead is the territory of the Dingxi Military Governor; who are you, and why have you come?"

The cavalry leader said lightly: "Are you blind, not even recognizing our Xu family's flag? People who dare to stop the Xu family's troops in this Western Region territory haven't been born yet! Since your eyes are useless, get rid of them for me!"

Two sharp arrows suddenly shot out, sinking into the patrol captain's eyes and piercing directly into his brain!

The captain fell backward toward the sky, and the patrol members behind were shocked and angry, immediately splitting into several people to escape and report, while the rest stood ready and retreated slowly.

The knight leader's mouth crooked, and he sneered: "The bones are quite hard, then kill them all."

A moment later, this cavalry continued forward, leaving twenty upright spears by the roadside, each spear piercing a corpse.

After penetrating more than ten li into the domain, they were finally stopped by a troop.

Although this troop in front of them only had two thousand people, they were neatly armored, wearing quite expensive breastplates, and the weapons in their hands had strange shapes, perhaps the legendary fire guns.

The Xu family cavalry leader frowned slightly, did not rush to attack, but leaped off his horse and walked toward the opposing army formation alone. A person also walked out of the domain defense troop and met him.

The Xu family cavalry leader looked at his opponent, who was only at the early stage of Dao Foundation, reached out and pointed at the other's chest, and said: "Go back and tell your bullshit Military Governor that our Xu family army will be here soon! If you don't want to die, open the domain and let us inspect it. These are the specific requirements!"

He slapped a piece of jade paper directly into the other's arms and then led his team away.

A moment later, this piece of jade paper was placed in front of Little Wei Yuan and the cultivators of the Grand Void Palace.

The jade paper listed dozens of requirements, including:

One, open the entire domain and accept inspection;

Two, all cultivators must open their sea of consciousness and accept inspection;

Three, all cultivators must have restrictions planted and sign blood contracts, guaranteeing not to do anything unfavorable to the Xu family.

Four, all Grand Void Palace cultivators need to go to the Xu family's main branch for cultivation.

Five,...

After reading the terms listed on the jade paper, Little Wei Yuan said slowly: "This is forcing me to go to war! Have the scouts returned?"

Cui Yu said: "A batch has already returned. Currently, we know that the Xu family has mobilized a total of three hundred thousand troops, including the Western Jin government army and their own private army, and another five hundred thousand laborers to transport supplies, claiming to be one million. The specific composition of the arms needs further reconnaissance."

Little Wei Yuan said: "The Xu family mobilized a full three hundred thousand troops, but without the Prince of Jin's decree. It seems the Prince of Jin's days are not easy either!"

Cui Yu said: "This is very normal. Just like our Ji-Zhao Cui clan, we can also mobilize one million troops at the limit, but because the Zhao King is surnamed Li, we need to greet him, but in fact, we don't need his decree."

Only then did Little Wei Yuan understand the greatness of the gatekeeper forces. Being able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops on their own was more than enough to refuse to pay grain. The sphere of influence of a great family was simply a country within a country.

At this moment, a servant suddenly came to report, saying that Li Zhi, the Military Governor of Zhenshan in Zhao Guo, requested an audience.

Little Wei Yuan was overjoyed and went to greet him. A moment later, the two returned to the council hall. The cultivators of the Grand Void Palace were also familiar with Li Zhi.

After greeting, Li Zhi got straight to the point and said: "I heard that the Xu family is invading on a large scale, so I came to help."

Little Wei Yuan handed the jade paper over and said: "These are the Xu family's requirements; take a look."

Li Zhi took it, read it carefully, pondered for a moment, and said: "This is intended to completely subdue you in one battle with the momentum of thunder. It seems my prediction was not wrong; the Xu family's main goal is not here, so they want to fight a quick battle and then mobilize troops to go north."

"The Xu family has other directions?"

Li Zhi said: "How could they not? Your Azure Void has only been established for a few months, not even a year. Before this, the Xu family had been fighting with the Prince of Jin and the Li family of Zhao Guo for the three counties of Ganzhou, fighting openly and secretly for a hundred years. Originally, the Xu family had already succeeded, but then the Shaman tribe suddenly invaded, knocking out the four counties of Ningxi, causing the Xu family to suffer heavy losses. As a result, the Ganzhou they had in hand was lost again."

"Ganzhou? Is that where the world-famous silver mine is?"

Li Zhi nodded: "That's it, and the two counties on the left and right are also rich in minerals. Just these three counties alone, the annual revenue of immortal silver is fifteen million taels. By comparison, your Azure Void is poor and nothing."

Li Zhi was a core disciple carefully cultivated by the Four Sages Academy and followed the path of the Human King, so he was clearer and more familiar with the general trend of the world than the cultivators of the Grand Void Palace.

"Brother Li, if you fight the Xu family directly, I fear it would be inappropriate, right?" Little Wei Yuan asked.

Li Zhi nodded, and then said: "So I only brought five thousand elite light cavalry this time, preparing to use a flexible method, disguised as horse bandits, to harass the Xu family's rear grain routes when the opportunity arises. As long as you, brother, can hold on at the front and the rear grain routes are unstable, the Xu family will retreat soon."

"This matter is no small matter; does Brother Li have certainty? If you fall into the hands of the Xu family, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Zhi laughed: "The troops I brought this time are all elites of Southern Qi; how can those miscellaneous soldiers of the Xu family be my opponents? As for high-level cultivation, I have the protection of the elders of the academy, and also people sent by my father to protect me. Unless the Xu family's Fenhai Zhenjun takes action, they shouldn't be able to do anything to me."

Little Wei Yuan said sternly: "This time, the Xu family should have a Fenhai Zhenjun taking action in secret."

Li Zhi chuckled and said: "I'm not afraid of this! It's you who are more hateful; even if the Fenhai Zhenjun takes action in secret, he will only greet you."

After the two sides agreed on the method of intelligence exchange, Li Zhi led his army away, and they had already changed their attire, circling far to the rear of the Xu family army. In Thousand Autumn City, Ningzhou.

In the Privy Council, dozens of powerful figures sat in a hall, all staring at the huge sand table in front of them. On the sand table was the terrain of northern Jin, and the northernmost part was already the Liao territory.

A person at the head said slowly: "The Lu family seems to have determined that the Immortal Ancestor is seriously injured and refuses to return the three counties of Ganzhou, instead increasing troops frequently. If we cannot fight a quick battle, I fear there will be changes."

"The Lu family has already suffered heavy losses in the Northern Border, yet they are still so bold?"

"The Lu family's old ghost is far from the Immortal Ancestor's opponent, yet they were not satisfied after occupying the three counties for several years! They truly have a way to seek death!"

The person at the head pressed his hands down, and after it became quiet, said: "The Immortal Ancestor's layout is far-reaching; these were all within his expectations. Now order Xu Zhongnian to attack with all his strength, no need to worry, no need to hold back. If that Little Wei Yuan is sensible, keep the Azure Void domain. If he is ungrateful, then break the domain stone and bring it back. Fenhai Zhenjun Qiuniu will go to the Western Region to sit in town, and this seat will go north to supervise the battle. Heh, it has been a long time since I have exchanged pointers with those old opponents of the Lu family."

Someone said: "If there is no concern at all, I fear the Grand Void Palace will take action."

The person at the head said: "Don't worry. The Northern Shanmen of the Grand Void Palace is in jeopardy, and all True Lords must do their best to ensure the Northern Shanmen is not lost. At this time, coming to compete with us, do they not want the Northern Shanmen anymore?"

Everyone agreed deeply, and someone laughed: "The Grand Void Palace is used to being arrogant and will always suffer a heavy blow! When they established the Northern Shanmen back then, they went deep for ten thousand li, thinking only of blocking our way out; did they ever think there would be today?"

"Without that ability, yet wanting to eat alone, they deserve it! Now that they are blocking the front, they are a thorn in the side of the Northern Liao, and we can act at will; no matter what we do, they have to take it!"

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"Haha, the precious soil transformed from the Ancestor's body, if it is lost, wouldn't that be unfilial?"

"When their Northern Shanmen falls, I will also go and take a piss to moisten the precious soil transformed from the Grand Void Palace's ancestors' bodies!"

The Azure Void domain had already begun full preparation for war, only the Weapon Forging Workshop was in full operation, all other work had stopped, and all manpower had turned to the war.

On the route of the Xu family army, there was a guard city called Xuanwei Three, where Little Wei Yuan deployed ten thousand warriors, hiding them all underground just like dealing with the Shaman tribe.

But now the domain army's equipment was completely different, each warrior was equipped with a new type of replaceable-bullet fire gun, and had five bullets in reserve. In addition, over twenty thousand old-style eliminated fire guns were also placed here. Even if the Xu family's invading army was at the level of the Northern Border army, they wouldn't be able to take Xuanwei Three without dying sixty or seventy thousand people.

Watching the troops enter Xuanwei Three, Little Wei Yuan suddenly thought, if he could have had today's firepower configuration back then, Yun Feifei would not have fallen.

Twenty li behind Xuanwei Three was Little Wei Yuan's preset decisive battle position. The terrain here was flat, and although it was a bit close to Xuanwei Three, the temptation of being convenient for cavalry action, Little Wei Yuan believed, was something the opponent could not refuse.

At this time, over one hundred thousand people were working day and night on the position, and in one day and night, they dug over a dozen trenches here, connected to each other, dense like a spider web.

The Xu family army did not move fast, and arrived at the domain three days later, where they set up camp.

Early the next morning, ten thousand heavy cavalry of the forward army, together with fifty thousand light cavalry, took the lead and killed their way into the domain, officially opening the curtain of the great battle.

In the center of the cavalry, Xu Zhonghang, who guarded Hanyang Pass, looked at the army around him and said: "It's been several years since I personally led an army to fight."

A fierce general beside him also sighed: "Back then, my eldest brother and I fought the Shaman tribe to death. I was hit by a blood curse that time and almost died. If it hadn't been for my eldest brother carrying me back, I, Old Fan, wouldn't have lived until today."

Xu Zhonghang sighed faintly and said: "Returning to the old place, but the one fighting is not the Shaman tribe."

Fan Donghe said: "Eldest brother, be careful with your words; the few elders following the central army seem to have always wanted to find your mistakes."

Xu Zhonghang snorted and said: "It's nothing more than seeing the one hundred thousand elite troops I trained and wanting to command them!"

Fan Donghe spat and said: "The elite troops we trained, do they think they can command them?! When we were fighting the Shaman tribe to the death, why didn't we see them come to help? Seeing that they are soft persimmons, they all jumped out one by one! Especially that old immortal Xu Qirui, his magic power is so dirty, I don't know when the heavenly tribulation will be on his head, and he wants thirty pairs of boys and girls as soon as he comes up! If such a person doesn't die, heaven truly has no eyes!"

Xu Zhonghang sighed: "You should say less."

Fan Donghe stopped angrily and then said: "To be honest, I still admire Little Wei Yuan; I hope he doesn't act foolishly this time and can keep the Azure Void intact. If the Azure Void is broken, it would truly be a pity."

"Is he someone who is willing to compromise?"

"Why did we have to fight here first? Can't we go directly to Ganzhou?"

Xu Zhonghang sighed: "This is the Immortal Ancestor's obsession, there is no way."

Speaking of this, both were silent. At this time, the forward army suddenly had a commotion, and the two rode forward, arriving at the front of the team, and saw an ancient tree by the roadside, with over a dozen people hanging on the tree, all of whom were envoys sent by Xu Zhonghang to persuade them to surrender.

Looking at the corpses floating in the wind, Xu Zhonghang said calmly: "It seems this battle is inevitable; let's go, let's go try the Grand Void Palace's methods, I hope the disciples of Master Fenhai will not disappoint me."

ps: There are many big chapters this month, so there are fewer extra updates.

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