Chapter 450: Killing into the wilderness, placing the general

July 5th.

The third day after the Shaman-Killing Army was officially established.

The Northern Border had a major move!

Troops were dispatched simultaneously from five large cities and twenty-one military towns, with a total of fifty thousand Border Army troops gathering on a large scale at the border line.

This move naturally attracted the attention of the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes, and the scouts of both sides had already begun to clash frequently.

However, in the past, the Northern Border Border Army had also had such large-scale military exercises, so the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes were not too nervous for the time being.

Until over twelve thousand Green Frost Army troops poured out of their nests and all rushed to the border!

Now the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes had to attach importance to it.

Just over fifty thousand Border Army troops, even if they all killed into the wilderness jungle, could not stir up too much of a splash.

The seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes even had the opportunity to annihilate them all!

But the Green Frost Army was different.

A thousand-man-level army corresponded to Grandmaster combat power, and a five-thousand-man-level military formation could already contend head-on with Martial Saints and True Persons.

A ten-thousand-man-level military formation was a force sufficient to surround and kill top-level powerhouses!

However, since the founding of the Great Blue Dynasty, except for the Taizu Emperor, no Son of Heaven had ever sent the Green Frost Army deep into the wilderness to fight.

The Green Frost Army was indeed astonishing in combat power; if it were only one or two major battles, it could completely settle the matter with one hammer and sweep across the army!

But if the battle line were stretched long and the timeline of a campaign were also stretched long, once the Green Frost Army fell into the situation of long-term combat, the situation would not be good.

Whether it was the soldiers or the evil weapons on their bodies, there was wear and tear; once the number of people fell below a certain limit, or the evil weapons on their bodies were worn out too much, the combat power of the Green Frost Army would be greatly reduced!

The seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes would not be stupid enough to concentrate everyone together to fight hard with the Green Frost Army; they would definitely use the terrain to continuously pull and fight the guerrilla warfare they were best at.

So even if the Green Frost Army were sent to kill into the wilderness, it would be difficult to completely eradicate the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes; instead, the Green Frost Army had the possibility of being trapped in the wilderness jungle.

Once the Green Frost Army was annihilated, or suffered heavy losses and had its establishment beaten away, this was absolutely no less than the loss brought by Qingxu's rebellion to the Great Blue Dynasty!

The Great Blue Dynasty had been founded for over five hundred years, and it was only with the strength of the whole country that it could barely maintain four ten-thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies.

There were over a dozen top-level powerhouses in the world, and the Imperial Court only occupied three of them. Under such circumstances, the entire martial arts world still had to honestly abide by the rules set by the Imperial Court.

Why?

These four ten-thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies were the most important reason!

Once, a Chief Grand Secretary even publicly expressed a viewpoint:

As long as these four ten-thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies were firmly grasped in the hands of the Imperial Court, the Great Blue Dynasty could have eternal stability!

From this, one could see the importance of these four ten-thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies.

Since the Taizu Emperor, no monarch had dared to easily send these four Imperial Camp Armies out to fight.

These four Imperial Camp Armies, even if they did nothing, just by existing there, were enough to deter all directions!

So when the Green Frost Army moved out collectively and rushed to the border to converge with those fifty thousand Border Army elites, the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes still did not quite believe that the Great Blue Dynasty would have major actions.

On the border line, the army gathered on a plain.

Ahead were large areas of primitive jungle and continuous mountain ranges.

Fifty thousand Border Army elites were arranged in five huge square formations, having finished lining up on the plain.

These fifty thousand people, the vast majority wore light leather armor.

Everyone, besides cold weapons, also carried firearms on their backs.

On the plain, there were also over a hundred large trucks, loaded with various supplies.

Hundreds of heavy machine guns!

Hundreds of portable mortars!

In this era, there were actually artillery pieces with longer range and greater power, but the terrain of the wilderness determined that this type of weapon could not be brought in, so portable mortars were the most suitable weapons.

The earth suddenly shook, and dust flew in the distance.

A cyan torrent rushed from the distance toward this side.

This torrent carried sky-high evil aura and might, as if everything between heaven and earth would be pushed flat before this torrent!

The fifty thousand Border Army elites present all looked grave.

They knew that the Green Frost Army had come!

Soon, the cyan torrent rushed onto this plain, lined up in front of the five square formations, and arranged in a long snake formation.

Unlike the Border Army elites behind them, they did not carry any thermal weapons, because they did not need them!

After the Green Frost Army arrived, Prince Cheng, wearing golden five-clawed dragon-scale armor, led a group of high-ranking Northern Border generals and boarded a temporarily built high platform.

Prince Cheng stood at the very front, his gaze sweeping over the soldiers below.

He did not speak, just stood in place and looked at everyone for a full minute.

Then he suddenly drew the sword at his waist:

"Kill!"

The aura of a peak Grandmaster was fully opened, rushing straight to the clouds!

On the plain, wind and snow suddenly appeared, and ice and frost filled the sky.

The next second, the twelve thousand Green Frost Army troops drew their blades almost simultaneously.

Cyan light slashed white snow!

Immediately following, the fifty thousand Border Army elites also drew their blades one after another.

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison:

"Kill—"

The sound of killing shook the clouds!

On the plain, ice and snow dissipated.

Prince Cheng Qin Shixian sheathed his sword and finally left one sentence:

"Set out!"

Thus, this oath-taking meeting ended here.

Next, this large army did not immediately kill into the wilderness, but began to receive supplies on the spot.

At the same time, behind them, another team of over sixty thousand people was rushing toward this plain in a mighty manner.

These over sixty thousand people were civilian laborers conscripted from the Northern Border, each carrying a large bag of things, containing food, water, and various medicines.

These civilian laborers would follow the large army into the wilderness.

Because the soldiers had to wear armor, carry weapons and ammunition, and maintain timely combat power, they could not carry too much food.

Each soldier carried at most about five days of rations, while the civilian laborers behind could carry about thirty days of rations.

So the sixty thousand-strong army plus sixty thousand civilian laborers carried enough food for everyone to eat for about eighteen days.

If counting the return trip, the army had at most nine days to go deep into the wilderness.

Even if they lived off the land, hunting wild beasts and exotic beasts in the wilderness jungle, and gathering wild vegetables and wild fruits, it could at most let the large army persist for a few more days.

With the complex terrain and dangerous environment of the wilderness, one could march at most over ten li a day.

In over ten days, they could only march no more than two hundred li in the wilderness.

This distance could not reach many places.

This was an important reason why the Great Blue Dynasty had never sent a large army deep into the wilderness for so many years.

The logistics problem was difficult to solve, and no matter how strong the army's combat power was, it was useless.

After all, if people didn't eat, they would die...

But this time, the Great Blue Dynasty was determined to take the initiative to attack!

The oath-taking meeting was held at 8:00 AM, and it continued until after 1:00 PM, when the large army on the plain finally received all the supplies and equipment.

Over sixty thousand civilian laborers also all arrived at the plain and were organized into various teams.

At this time, this large army, which could claim to be one hundred and twenty thousand on the outside, finally set out.

One hundred and twenty thousand people marched in a mighty manner toward the front, successively entering the primitive jungle that could not be seen to the end.

The quiet jungle suddenly became lively.

The direction the large army chose to enter was the joint defense zone of the three major Northern Barbarian tribes; these three major tribes had now all sworn allegiance to the Northern Barbarian King, and they had jointly set up a defense line in this jungle.

The dark sentries hiding in the dark, various deadly traps, poisonous insects, wild beasts, and even exotic beasts being raised, all together formed a defense line with Northern Barbarian characteristics.

This was the first defense line set up by the three major tribes.

If the large army marched normally, the casualties on the first day would likely be an astonishing number!

However, all the dark sentries, traps, poisonous insects, and fierce beasts were like bubbles before a cyan torrent.

Prince Cheng chose to use the strongest Green Frost Army on the first day of the march!

Six thousand Green Frost Army troops jointly stimulated the military formation, turning into a cyan torrent with sky-high momentum and rushing toward the front.

Wherever it passed, let alone any traps and living things, towering trees, dense weeds, everything was crushed!

Wherever the Green Frost Army passed, dangerous places became smooth roads!

If viewed from the air, one could see a cyan torrent a thousand meters long rushing into the green jungle.

Wherever it passed, the green was gone, leaving only a piece of gray-yellow land.

The uncanny workmanship of nature created this wilderness jungle, but at this moment, the Green Frost Army was changing the world with great power!

After six thousand Green Frost Army troops rushed a distance forward, the remaining six thousand Green Frost Army troops rushed to the very front.

The Green Frost Army was divided into two, and just like this, it rolled forward in a relay manner.

An hour later, the Green Frost Army forcibly rushed out a rugged "highway" a thousand meters wide and one hundred li long in the wilderness jungle!

Even if a Martial Saint or True Person came, it would be difficult to do such a thing!

Twelve thousand Green Frost Army troops joined together and returned along the original path.

Behind, the eleven thousand-strong large army was still moving forward slowly.

Under normal circumstances, one could march at most eleven or twelve li with difficulty in the wilderness in a day.

But now, because of the powerful opening of the Green Frost Army, by 8:00 PM, in just half a day, the vanguard of the large army had already marched over twenty li!

And the whole process was very smooth, without any reduction in personnel!

The three Northern Barbarian tribes responsible for this defense zone were also stunned; they did not expect Prince Cheng to choose such an overbearing way to open the road.

This also completely disrupted their plans.

The place where the Green Frost Army finally stopped was less than twenty li away from the headquarters of the Dream Lion Tribe, one of the three major tribes!

According to the current marching situation of the Northern Border large army, it would take at most three days to kill their way there.

In three days, the people at the Dream Lion Tribe headquarters would not have time to withdraw at all.

And just relying on the military strength of the three major tribes, it was impossible to block this Northern Border large army.

Dream Lion Rock.

A large area of wooden houses was built against the mountain, and there were also many tree houses and mountain caves.

This was the headquarters of the Dream Lion Tribe.

Among the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes, the Dream Lion Tribe belonged to the downstream in terms of population and strength, with a total population of less than two hundred thousand, and over one hundred and thirty thousand people gathered at the headquarters.

Because of the special nature of the Northern Barbarians, the men of the tribe could be counted as qualified warriors after reaching adulthood.

So setting aside the old, weak, women, and children, the Dream Lion Tribe headquarters had over forty thousand of the most elite warriors!

It was just that these elite warriors all used cold weapons, and the proportion of martial artists was not high.

If it were a different terrain, these forty thousand Dream Lion Tribe warriors would only be slaughtered if they faced forty thousand fully armed Northern Border Border Army troops!

And even in the wilderness jungle, fighting on the home field of Northern Barbarian warriors, after knowing the terrifying power of the Green Frost Army that changed the world, the high-level officials of the Dream Lion Tribe did not think their own warriors could block the enemy.

It just so happened that the Northern Border large army came too fast!

The Dream Lion Tribe did not even have time to withdraw.

Fight, they couldn't fight.

The option of retreat was wiped out by the Green Frost Army with their own hands from the beginning.

This was the situation of the Dream Lion Tribe at this time.

A man over two meters three tall, with mysterious tattoos all over his body, long hair, handsome muscle lines, wearing a lion-head golden crown, and with a majestic aura, walked toward the highest point of Dream Lion Rock with a grave expression.

Here, there was an ancient tree over thirty meters high, and a wooden house was built on top of the ancient tree.

This wooden house was where the Great Elder of the Dream Lion Tribe lived.

The seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes each had their own customs; in some tribes, the highest leader was the chieftain.

In some tribes, the highest leader was the Great Elder.

Still others were led by a council of elders for the entire tribe.

The Dream Lion Tribe usually decided all matters by the chieftain, but the person who truly suppressed the tribe's luck and shouldered the most important mission of the tribe was the Great Elder in the tribe.

Narisuqi walked up to the wooden house easily, saluted respectfully outside the door, and said in the language of the Dream Lion Tribe:

"Great Elder, I need your guidance."

Narisuqi was the chieftain of the Dream Lion Tribe; he had already learned about the Green Frost Army forcibly opening the road and immediately ordered to block the news, not allowing it to spread within the tribe.

"Come in."

A gentle female voice came from inside the wooden house.

Narisuqi walked into the wooden house, inside sat a young woman wearing animal skin clothes, revealing most of her skin, with a well-proportioned figure.

She was the Great Elder of the Dream Lion Tribe, looking much younger than Narisuqi.

In fact, her age was indeed nearly fifty years younger than the chieftain Narisuqi!

"Great Elder."

Narisuqi saluted the woman very respectfully.

The Great Elder signaled Narisuqi to sit down.

"You should already know about the Green Frost Army opening the road, right?"

Narisuqi went straight to the point.

The Great Elder nodded calmly.

Narisuqi: "What do you think we should do next?"

The Great Elder did not hesitate: "Ask the Northern Barbarian King for help."

"But the enemy can kill their way here in at most three days; even if we ask the Northern Barbarian King for help, it will be too late for the other party to mobilize too many warriors!"

Narisuqi's tone was anxious.

"Before the reinforcements arrive, we only need to fight hard to block them."

The Great Elder said calmly.

Narisuqi was startled and hurriedly asked: "Did you foresee something?"

The seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes also had inheritances of martial arts and arts; the power system was the same as the Central Plains, but they had their own characteristics in martial arts and arts.

In fact, there were not only seventeen tribes in the Northern Barbarians, but also many very small tribes.

It was just that these tribes either lived in seclusion in the deep mountains and had little contact with the outside world, or chose to attach themselves to the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes and become their vassal tribes.

And the reason why the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes were famous, besides the strong comprehensive strength of the tribes themselves, was also because these seventeen tribes all had complete inheritances of Grandmasters or top-level True Persons!

Not only that, every tribe had its own secrets; they could ensure that the tribe's highest combat power would not be cut off.

Either there were always people becoming Grandmasters or top-level True Persons, or they could reach combat power at this level in other ways.

This was the secret of inheritance that the seventeen tribes had guarded for thousands of years.

The Dream Lion Tribe mainly inherited not martial arts, but arts.

The Great Elder was the only top-level True Person in the tribe and had mastered a secret art that could predict the future!

Because of this secret art, whenever there was a major event involving the life and death of the tribe, Narisuqi would come to ask the Great Elder.

The Great Elder shook her head with a smile:

"The Great Blue Dynasty has that True Person Yunshu protecting it; the other party must have performed arts to cover up the heavenly secrets before the large army set out. If I dared to use secret arts to predict information related to this large army, wouldn't that be seeking death?"

Narisuqi subconsciously lowered his voice, as if he was wary of that True Person Yunshu:

"However, isn't it said that the National Master suffered heavy injuries and is currently in seclusion to heal?"

The Great Elder: "This battle concerns the national destiny; even if the National Master has heavier injuries, it is impossible for him to stand by and watch."

Narisuqi's expression was puzzled: "Then Great Elder, you..."

The Great Elder blinked at him:

"Some things do not necessarily have to rely on secret arts to be predicted."

Narisuqi immediately stood up and saluted: "Please give me guidance, Great Elder."

The Great Elder no longer sold the pass:

"Why do you think the Great Blue Dynasty suddenly launched this war?"

Narisuqi could be the chieftain, so naturally he was not stupid, and immediately said:

"Because of the Northern Barbarian King!"

"Not bad, the Northern Barbarian King has already unified eleven tribes; the Great Blue Dynasty will not sit idly by and watch him completely unify the Northern Barbarians."

"Then why does the Northern Border large army come directly for us?"

"Because we are the weakest."

"..."

"The combat power of the Green Frost Army is indeed astonishing, but to open the road forcibly like today, the consumption must also be astonishing. The war has just begun, and they chose to hand out the sharpest knife in their hands. Why do you say the other party wants to do this?"

"... To catch us off guard and eliminate us at the fastest speed?"

"Who is their true target this time?"

"It is the Northern Barbarian King."

"If we are eliminated, will the Northern Barbarian King die?"

"No... I understand!"

Narisuqi revealed a look of sudden realization:

"This Northern Border large army's true target is to lure the Northern Barbarian King!"

The Great Elder nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, so the enemy will definitely not eliminate us so quickly; they need to use us to lure the reinforcements. Whether the Northern Barbarian King sends people to rescue, or he leads the troops to rescue in person, it will leave an opportunity for the other party."

Narisuqi was suddenly a little anxious; he was someone who truly admired the Northern Barbarian King, and also truly believed that the other party could bring a different future to the Northern Barbarians:

"Can the Northern Barbarian King think of this point? Will he know that this is a trap?"

The Great Elder: "The Northern Barbarian King is a person with true wisdom; he will definitely be able to see this point clearly."

Narisuqi said anxiously: "Then will he still rescue us?"

The Great Elder looked at him: "Do you hope he rescues us?"

Narisuqi was suddenly silent.

As the chieftain, he naturally hoped that the Northern Barbarian King could rescue them.

But he was also worried about the other party's safety.

"He will definitely choose to rescue."

The Great Elder said firmly.

Narisuqi was surprised: "Why?"

Knowing clearly that it was the enemy's trap, why still step into it so firmly?

"Because he wants to become the true Northern Barbarian King!"

The Great Elder said so.

Narisuqi: "..."

He understood.

The Dream Lion Tribe only chose to swear allegiance to the other party not long ago; now that their own subordinates were in trouble, if the Northern Barbarian King did not choose to rescue, how could he convince the masses in the future?

How could the remaining six tribes that had not yet returned to him swear allegiance to him?

So even if he knew clearly that it was a trap, the Northern Barbarian King had to break in!

"Central Plains people call this kind of strategy a strategy in the sunlight."

The Great Elder said, "It is to lay out the strategy uprightly; even if the other party knows, the other party has to fall into the trap."

"Strategy in the sunlight..."

Narisuqi felt a chill in his heart.

On the first day of the Great War, the Great Blue Dynasty had completed the placement of the general against the Northern Barbarian King.

Luring the enemy into the trap!

On the border line of the Northern Border, an army of only over seven thousand people had also completed the gathering.

They were waiting for the moment they would draw their swords.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 451 =====