Chapter 919: What’s Behind the News

The Black Flag Army's expedition date was a few days ahead of the war in the East Xinjiang. After the army gathered, it set off immediately. This battle was different from the past. This was the first battle of protecting the family after the Black Flag Army gained its foothold in the southwest. Fang Jie was unwilling to put the war in the southwest, so he sent troops to North Sudao. After Yang Jian defeated the Victory Massacre, there seemed to be no reason between the Black Flag Army and the Sui Army to avoid this battle.

Since Yang Jian went south, he can be said to be unstoppable.

In Jiangbei, Luo Yao's rebels were cleared, then attacked Jiangnan, defeated Tonggu Academy, and then defeated Jin Shixiong and Jin Shiduo's brothers, and finally defeated Liuzhou, destroying the Great Victory Kingdom that Shengtu had not long been founded.

It can be said that without that Iron Armored Army, Yang Jian would not have been invincible. Shengtu spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to defeat this Iron Armored Army. The firearm battalion built by Shengtu did cause a heavy blow to the Iron Armored Army. However, because of his lack of understanding of firearms, the soldiers of Shengmun Armored Army would control the firearms but did not understand the performance of the firearms.

That defeat seemed like a coincidence, but it was inevitable.

The artillery casting technology of this era was destined to be limited in power, and the casting technology of the Principality of Ross could not be compared with the Oplu Empire.

The best news for the Black Flag Army is that the iron armored army under Yang Jian has lost more than half of its strength, and some of the remaining people are injured, which will more or less affect the combat power. The firearm battalion that Fang solved is not comparable to the firearm battalion that was victorious, and the combat power of the Black Flag Army is not comparable to the victory army.

The army left the Zhuque Mountain camp and was in a mighty way.

It was just after the summer grain was put into storage, autumn grain had been planted in the fields. After a late summer rainwater was irrigated, a layer of seedlings had emerged in the fields. Fang Jie ordered soldiers not to trample on crops, and those who violated the orders were killed. Hundreds of thousands of troops set out, only walking on the official road, and even if they were divided into several routes, they could be pulled out for a long time.

For example, the team that sets off faster is Fangjie's messenger.

With the letters written by Fang Jie, several letters rushed to the destination as quickly as possible. The army had just set off, and the messenger had already passed An County. By the time the army arrived in An County, the messenger was almost at the edge of Luoshui. By the time the army passed Luoshui, the messenger was almost at Liuzhou.

The light cavalry is moving in a simple manner, which is much faster than the army's marching.

When Yang Jian received Fang Jie's handwritten letter, he was patrolling the Iron Armored Barracks. This team was the foundation for his re-establishment of the country. He did not expect that the loss in the battle with Shengtu was so huge. It was precisely because of this that he valued the firearms in Shengtu. Who would have thought that... Da Zizai destroyed Shengtu and Shengtu's firearms without delay at all.

After unfolding Fang Jie's handwritten letter, Yang Jian stood up suddenly after reading it for only a moment.

The expression on his face immediately became solemn, and the anger in his eyes gradually spread.

"Dongjiang!"

He slapped the letter on the table with a snap: "A group of overseas barbarians dare to touch my majesty of the Celestial Empire!"

"What's wrong?"

Dazizai, who stood on one side, seemed to know how to demonstrate Yang Jian's status. He never walked in front of Yang Jian, nor would he ever let others pay attention to him and pay extra attention to Yang Jian. He was like a qualified entourage, honestly doing what he should do.

"Foreigners dare to attack our Eastern Frontier!"

Yang Jian's face turned ashen, and he handed Fang Jie's letter to Da Zizai. Da Zizai looked at it roughly, and then suddenly smiled: "This trick is not a clever one, but it hits your Majesty's most concerned thing. Fang Jie is so cunning, so you should pay more attention to it in the future."

"What do you mean?"

Yang Jian asked.

"I think."

Da Zizai was used to calling himself a minister: "Fang Jie wrote such a letter at this time, and the purpose of it is naturally self-evident. Your Majesty did not see through it because Your Majesty is Your Majesty. You think... Your Majesty had just broken the Victory Massacre and almost quelled the rebellion in Jiangnan. At this time, half of the southwest Jiangnan country poses the greatest threat to the court? Isn't it the other Fang Jie?"

"I think Fang Jie's move is nothing more than to disrupt His Majesty's morale. Fang Jie must have known that he had defeated the massacre and was worried that Your Majesty, you will be deployed in the southwest, so he compiled such a thing to try to distract His Majesty. Once Your Majesty leads his troops eastward, he can take advantage of the weakness of Jiangnan and take it down in one fell swoop. When Your Majesty arrives in the east and sees peace before returning, I am afraid it will be too late... Besides..."

Da Zizai talked freely: "As far as my subordinates know, there is Zhao Tianzheng in Muguangling, and there are closer to Jiangdu City. Although these two people did not raise the anti-flag, they thought that their intentions were different and they dared not rebel. Most of them were just waiting and watching. Once Your Majesty advances eastward, these two people must think that Your Majesty is going to destroy them. How could they not rebel? Take a step back and say... Even if it is really a foreigner attack, can't they resist with the strength of Mu Guangling and Zhao Tianzheng? The team of both of them was not affected by the war, and they were the most powerful in combat..."

He glanced at Yang Jian: "I just solved this plan and killed two birds with one stone."

Yang Jian's face changed, and he was not sure whether he had lie.

Da Zizai knew that he had already touched him when he looked at Yang Jian's face, so he continued, "Your Majesty, you think that Fang Jie has been in the southwest, not less than thousands of miles away from the Eastern Frontier. How could he know what happened in the Eastern Frontier before His Majesty? If there is really a barbarian attack, the Eastern Frontier will inevitably warn him, and the speed of the message must be extremely fast... Is it still the other Fang Jie's turn to explain it?"

"My subordinates think..."

Da Zizai said solemnly: "Even if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, it is better to cure internal strife first. If there is an injustice in the internal strife, how can we cure external strife?"

Yang Jian was silent for a while and shook his head: "I would rather believe that he has... I will send someone to Dongjiang to inquire about the news immediately. In addition... I will ask Zheng Duofu to lead his troops to set up defenses on the east side of North Sudao to see what Fang Jie is thinking!"

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North Sudao

Fang Jie's men, with the assistance of Zheng Qiushui, crossed the river in a large number. Now, under the strong attack of Nalan Dingdong and Du Dingbei, North Sudao has basically been Suping. The army has not encountered any resistance when it advances, and the heavens are also beautiful. There has been no rain in the more than a month of marching.

This time, Fang Jie brought almost all the elites of the Black Flag Army. In addition to Chen Dingnan's troops on Yunnan Road, all the cavalry armies who were formed when the Black Flag Army were formed. The Black Flag Army is now truly powerful, both infantry and cavalry are extremely powerful.

In addition to the initial cavalry of the Five Armies, Fang Jie has not stopped to develop the cavalry in recent years. Because he has a good relationship with the barbarians on the grassland, especially after Jin Shixiong, the transaction with the barbarians was smoother and more convenient, Fang Jie can continuously obtain war horses from the grassland.

For the barbarians and Fang Jie, they seized the opportunity that could make them profit the most in the war. When Fang Jie took the southwest, Luo Yao led his troops northward, Huangyang Road was empty, and a great country was taken into his pocket by Fang Jie. The Northern Barbarians went westward to the grassland, which was exactly the civil strife between the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The war between the Kuoketai-Meng Golden Family and the Buddhist Sect affected the entire grassland, so that the barbarians easily gained a foothold in the grassland without any resistance.

Now, the Mongols wanted to deal with the Northern Barbarians, but their troops were really limited.

With the strong financial support from the world, coupled with the continuous supply of war horses sent from the grassland, the Black Flag Army's development was stable and rapid. If Yang Jian did not have that iron armored army, he was afraid that his troops would not be able to compete with the Black Flag Army.

Fang Jie You Jingbu Camp. Those tourists from the Jianghu invited by Xiang Qingniu in the name of Dao Zun, those under the sixth grade and below were all incorporated into the Jingbu Camp. Those above the sixth grade and above were personally brought by Dao Zun Xiang Qingniu. Fang Jie You You Firearm Camp. After several years of careful construction, the combat power of this firearm camp is absolutely shocking.

Fang Xie had well-trained light cavalry and infantry who could not defeat him in a hundred battles.

It seems that there are only a few heavy armored cavalry missing.

Fang Jie once thought about building a heavy cavalry. War horses are not a problem, and the candidates are not a problem. However, even if you are rich in goods, it is too difficult to build a heavy cavalry while supporting the development of the entire Black Flag Army. A heavy cavalry of 10,000 people is not considered a war consumption, and the money and food consumed for daily maintenance is a huge amount. Moreover, even if all the armour workshops of the Black Flag Army are working hard to make it, there will be no 10,000 heavy armors in three years.

As wars pay more and more attention to speed, the combat power of heavy armor at sacrificing speed is even more difficult to decide. The speed of heavy armored cavalry on the battlefield is far worse than that of light cavalry. Therefore, after several struggles, Fang Jie finally gave up the idea of ​​building heavy cavalry.

Nalan Dingdong and others then Fang Jie was at the former site of Tonggu Academy. It happened to be the way, Fang Jie had to come to this place to take a look no matter what.

There have been many shocking battles here, such as Wan Xingchen's sword breaking tower, and Yang Jian's spear flat tower.

It was also here that Liao Sheng and Chen Zhenyu, who had returned from Liuzhou, met Fang Jie.

Just under the wreckage of the tower, Fang Jie began to truly understand Yang Jian.

Liao Sheng and Chen Zhenyu told Fang Jie truthfully and in detail about the scene he saw, and Fang Jie listened very carefully. These news would be so precious to the future.

Especially after Liao Sheng left, Chen Zhenyu monitored the scenes he saw during the war alone. Although Chen Zhenyu didn't understand many things, it was enough that he just needed to tell Fang Jie what he saw. Chen Zhenyu had many things that he couldn't understand in terms of cultivation, but he was definitely an excellent narrator.

Victory created the world!

In Chen Zhenyu's narration, Fang Jie thought of this possibility almost immediately. However, Shengtu's cultivation increased rapidly, and his understanding of cultivation and the realm of cultivation were not on the same level. However, Fang Jie suddenly thought of a question... Yang Jian seemed to have no understanding of the world.

So...how did he defeat Luo Yao in the first place?

Even now, Fang Jie still feels a little palpitations when he recalls Luo Yao's Vajra Realm.

But in a flash, Fang Jie suddenly thought of another possibility.

He frowned and a thought flashed through his mind.

Yang Jian was able to suppress Luo Yao at the beginning and even seriously injured Luo Yao... When Luo Yao fought with Yang Jian, it was impossible not to use his Vajra Realm. Even so, Luo Yao still lost, which means that Yang Jian's cultivation is definitely above Luo Yao. But when he was dealing with Shengmao, Yang Jian could not handle the prototype of Shengmao...

Why?

Actually, the answer is very simple.

Fang Jie quickly guessed that there were only two possibilities for Yang Jian to have such a performance.

First...he is pretending!

Da Zizai is now by Yang Jian's side, and Yang Jian cannot be unpredictable about Da Zizai. And there is no better way to reduce a person's defense than to show weakness. Yang Jian deliberately did this to make Da Zizai relax his guard. Yang Jian was unwilling and dared not expose his full strength in front of Da Zizai, because there was no reason between the two of them that would not rebel.

Second... Yang Jian's cultivation is declining!

If it is the second reason... Yang Jian must have had some problems with his health, so his cultivation level is slowly declining! He could crush Luo Yao when he first left Chang'an, but now it has become more difficult to defeat the victory.

Thinking of this, Fang Jie took a long breath.
Chapter completed!