On April 15th, the Broken Ding Realm was already spring. The jungle was full of flowers and the mountains and forests were covered with a layer of lush green. In the early morning, it had just drizzled, and it fell on people's bodies and was covered with a coolness. The jungle was filled with weapons rubbing armor and horse hooves. From a distance, the dense Blackstone Empire army had filled the entire jungle. The iron cavalry in front of them were all stolen. The necks of their war horses were hung with spoils. Those were the heads of the people of the empire. Unarmed civilians were slaughtered and tied their hair to the horse's neck as counting military achievements, shaking like a string of cruel bells.

"call out……"

In the air, a figure fell rapidly. He was Fu Yun, the leader of the Dragon Cavalry Group, and one of the core figures of the Blackstone Empire remnants, known as the Northern Expedition Army.

"How is it, Lord Fu Yun?" Lu Yanle asked by stopping the horse.

Fu Yun said respectfully: "It has been cleaned up. It seems that the people guarding the border of the Qin Dynasty have already smelled our smell, so they sent a lot of troops to spy on us. Unfortunately, he underestimated our Black Stone Empire too much. The front line was a team of 100-man scouts, which had been solved by his subordinates. The commander ordered the army to march straight away."

"good."

Fu Yun smiled slightly and raised his arms: "Continue to march north!"

Behind the Iron Cavalry, there were a group of soldiers holding heavy shields. Most of them were recruits just trained by the Southern Barbarian tribe. The combat power needs to be verified. However, no matter whether they can participate in the war or not, the anxious Lu Yan could no longer wait and could quickly enter the state of war. Because his group had been hungry for many days, the Southern Barbarian tribe was poor. Lu Yan's 150,000 army plus the 100,000 army of Yihe Kingdom almost ate all the food that the Southern Barbarian tribe had saved for many years in one winter. At this time, it was time for spring to bloom, and the northern expedition was necessary to find more food to serve as military rations, otherwise everyone would starve to death in the deserted forest with scarce resources.

When the soldiers walked past, they saw a faint smell of blood scent between the fields. From a distance, there were corpses lying there in the depths of the dense forest. These corpses were soldiers during their lifetime. The emblem of copper and silver purple flowers on their arms was the scouts of the Imperial Army, and the garrison army belonging to the Mingshan Province!

Lu Yan took a deep breath. The master of the Divine Realm is indeed cruel. One person can kill hundreds of people quietly, and even one of them escaped and reported the news!

Baili Yanze frowned. He was worried, but he couldn't say anything.

While riding the horse on the reins, Lu Yan turned to look at Baili Yan and said, "Military Advisor, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing..." Baili Yan smiled slightly.

"The military advisor seems to be depressed. Are he worried about Qin Yi's army?"

"That's not..."

Baili Yan frowned and said, "Now we are on the road to the Northern Expedition, but some of the things under our subordinates don't know if they are said or not. If they say it, it may shake the morale of the army. If they don't say it..."

Lu Yan laughed: "Why is the military advisor so troublesome today? Tell me, you are a descendant of Marshal Baili Qin. You can say anything directly. And only I, Lu Yan, will not shake the morale of the army."

"Um."

Baili Yan nodded, looked at the newly grown grass leaves on the ground and horseshoe marks in the mud, and said, "We now have 150,000 people, nearly half of them are recruits, with unknown combat power. There are also 100,000 Qin Yi's army. Qin Yi, an old fox, has been ill for a long time, which must be a delay. And we... the commander thinks that our 150,000 people, who are of varying quality, can really capture the four major provinces in Lingnan?"

"What do military advisors think?" Lu Yan was stunned.

"I don't think so." Baili Yan's eyes were full of caution and said, "We can see the strength of the Great Qin Empire. Lin Muyu, Qin Yin and others are even more terrifyingly strong. Especially Lin Muyu and Feng Jixing are both civil and military talents. They are both masters of the divine realm and are also talented generals with strategies. We are probably not as good as those of the Great Qin Empire. Once the Great Qin Empire crushes the country with its power, we may end up with a crushing defeat within a month."

"Hehe..." Lu Yan smiled and said, "The most important point of the military advisor did not say, that is, although the Qin Empire is strong, it is not in harmony. Moreover, the current Congress has made the whole Lanyan City messy. Qin Yin, Lin Muyu, Tang Xiaoxi and others are said to have also been in seclusion, but there is another rumor that they have ascended, so who the Lord of the World is is a different matter. If we don't take this opportunity to retake Lingnan, we may never have such a god-given opportunity in the future."

"So... the commander has decided to deal with the Qin Empire in Lingnan?" Baili Yan asked.

"Yes."

Lu Yan took a deep breath: "We received the domestic feather book half a month ago. Today, the Jue Empire was defeated, and nearly one million troops were killed in battle, and their vitality was severely damaged. However, there were still hundreds of thousands of strong troops on the border, and there was a variable like Bai Ze mercenaries in the north. Sikong Yao's appetite was quite good. Sooner or later, he would go south to attack the Blackstone Empire. So... His Majesty has also made a decision. Instead of fighting with the hungry wolf, it is better to fight with the injured tiger."

Baili Yan was stunned: "Your Majesty means... the Tianjue Empire and the Baize mercenaries are hungry wolves, while the Qin Empire is a painful tiger?"

"That's right. After so many years of war, the Qin Empire has long been exhausted. They can no longer withstand a war. As long as we attack, we can capture this mountain and river. And His Majesty promised that as long as we conquer Lingnan, the second fleet of the Blackstone Empire would arrive soon and move to the Broken Ding Realm with the power of the country."

“Moving…”

Baili Yan's eyes were full of surprise. This idea was too crazy. Could it be that the Black Stone Empire really wanted to regard the Broken Cauldron Realm as a colonial territory?

"Where is Your Majesty's faith?" Baili Yan asked after pondering for a long time.

Lu Yan smiled faintly and said, "The leader of the Lei Yan Sect, Long Xi, and the leader of the Wolf Valley, He Song, have made a secret agreement with His Majesty. As long as we seize the two provinces in Lingnan, they will work hard to compete with the Qin family for the fertile land of the Broken Ding Realm."

"What? Both Lei Yan Sect and Lang You Gu decided to participate in the war?"

"Yes."

Baili Yan's face was full of shock and said, "No... I didn't expect that even the wolf valley, which had been dormant for many years, would have taken him into the war. I really didn't expect..."

Lu Yan patted Baili Yan on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Brother, there are still many things you didn't expect... The situation is changing, and Lei Yan Sect and Lang Yougu must also think about the future for themselves, right?"

Baili Yan remained silent and said, "Then commander, where is your first step in attack?"

Lu Yan's eyes were filled with a fierce light and said in a deep voice: "First capture Niujiao City, the southernmost part of Mingshan Province, then attack Yucheng on both sides, Leh, forming a horn-like force to attack Shangyang City, and take Shangyang City in one fell swoop within ten days! Occupy the entire Mingshan Province within half a month!"

"Okay, it turns out that the commander has planned it."

Bailiyan nodded: "I hope everything goes well."

...

One day later.

The heavy rain has stopped. After a spring rain, everything is blooming even more. Niujiao City is a county town with flowers blooming. The pear blossoms and peach blossoms are pleasing to the eye for dozens of miles outside the city. The south of Niujiao City is a jungle. There are many hunters living on the edge of this jungle, but there are no hunters deeper. Because the spirit beasts in the forest are rampant, it is too dangerous, so for ordinary civilians, the depths of the jungle are unpredictable forbidden areas, and no one has been there unless they are seeking death.

But on this day, a group of death came from this forbidden area.

When the giant dragon hovered in the air and the iron cavalry crisscrossed the earth, and the black black stone imperial army swept across the south of Niujiao City like dark clouds, the city defenders were defeated before they could resist.

Fu Yun led a team of dragon cavalry to open the city gate, Lu Yan led his troops to march straight into, and the cavalry army surrounded the entire Niujiao City. All the defenders in Niujiao City were killed, and even the letter birds they put into the air were hunted by the dragon knights and wolf falcons one by one. People from afar could not receive any information at all.

Five hundred men were left to defend the city, and after opening the granary of the treasury to replenish military rations, Lu Yan and Fu Yun divided their troops into two groups. Fu Yun led tens of thousands of people to attack Leh, while Lu Yan led a large army to attack the legendary Yucheng along the official road.

...

Three days later, the army arrived in Yucheng, with very few resistance along the way. The strongest resistance army had only three thousand troops, and was killed to pieces and had no power to resist at all.

Yucheng is a city standing among the mountains. The surrounding terrain is very steep and the mountains are continuous. However, the area of ​​Yucheng is flat and suitable for farming. Therefore, after thousands of years of reproduction, a city has formed here, named Yucheng by the ancestors of the Qin family. In countless years, Yucheng has nurtured countless talented people. Among them, Lin Muyu, who offered the "green raincoat crossing the ridge", and the late marshal of Yihe Kingdom, Long Qianlin, are all from Yucheng.

However, on this day, Yucheng is about to usher in a page of disaster in his life.

Before Lu Yan's army arrived, the four gates of Yucheng had already been closed tightly, and the soldiers on the city were on guard one by one. The dragon hunting crossbow and magic crystal cannon had also been pushed onto the city wall. Compared to Niujiao City's surprise, Yucheng was at least foresighted. Although it was only foresighted for a long time, it seemed that it was enough.
Chapter completed!