The anti-tapir coalition forces in the northwest were defeated, and a charmed tapir army invaded the Western Regions. Most of the Jin clan fell, and the military clans of the Western Regions were frightened by the news.
At this critical moment, the Zhou army and the Shenzhou camp were beyond reach, but no one expected that Ming Wang Jiang Yao actually stood up and led an army of 500,000 in the northern expedition!
This time, it was King Ming Jiang Yao who protected the Western Regions from wind and rain.
The scattered cultivators from poor families all over the world were excited, happy and proud when they heard about it. Many of the scattered cultivators even wanted to follow the Ming army in the Northern Expedition to build up their momentum.
Even the nobles of the Wu family who had been cursing Jiang Yao temporarily lost their voices and felt complicated.
As the Charming Tapir entered the Western Regions and news of the Jin Clan's defeat came, a spectacle occurred in the Western Regions.
I don’t know how many lax cultivators from poor families rushed to the Ming Dynasty in the southeast to escape!
In the seven states of the Western Regions outside the Ming Dynasty, countless people fled to the Ming Dynasty.
"Go to Ming Dynasty!"
"Looking for Mr. Jiang!"
Under Jiang Yao's order, the border gates of various places in the Ming Dynasty simply opened up the water and land passes to allow the fleeing cultivators to enter the Ming Dynasty.
Not only casual cultivators, but even some martial nobles also fled into the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
Not to mention why the anti-tapir coalition in the Western Regions was defeated, but why did Jiang Yao lead his army to the Northern Expedition so quickly and decisively?
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When he received the report of the defeat of the Northwest Allied Forces, Jiang Yao was celebrating the birthday of the Queen Mother Mu Cangyue in the palace, and was given the title "Queen Mingrui" by the Queen Mother.
However, the sad news of the defeat of the coalition forces interrupted Empress Dowager Mu's birthday.
The Ming court, which originally thought the wedding banquet was peaceful, immediately became nervous. Jiang Yao immediately ended the banquet and convened a court meeting to discuss countermeasures.
The northwest anti-tapir coalition is composed of both demons and humans. The Tongshan Tribe, the Biluo Tribe, the Liang Kingdom, and the Shenzhou Camp all sent troops to participate. The main line of defense is the Chishan Mountains within the Tongshan Tribe.
Chishan Mountain runs through the Gushan Mountains and divides the northern and southern parts of the Gushan Mountains. It is also a branch of Taiyin Mountain. It is the second anti-tapir battlefield after the Taiyin Mountain defense line.
But this second battlefield did not take long to open.
A few years ago, the Mei Tapir West Route Army defeated the Jiushan tribe, broke through the Konghou Pass in the west of Taiyin Mountain, and invaded the Gongshan tribe in one fell swoop. Although the demon army of the Gongshan tribe was strong against the human race, they were constantly retreating in the face of the Mei Tapirs.
In less than half a year, the Qishan tribe was defeated several times and lost the territory of the four states north of Chishan, leaving only six states in the south of Shan.
It is said that in the past few years, the four prefectures in the northern part of the mountain where the Kongshan tribe fell have become Shura hell. The charm tapir soldiers are eating people every day. The more they eat, the stronger they become and their military power becomes more terrifying.
It is rumored that over the past few years, many demons in the four states of Shanbei have been eaten, but there are also many demons who have received "exemption cards" and become slaves or rapists, working for the Charming Tapir.
Charming tapirs are not fools. They eat people while they decompose and disintegrate. Those that are obedient and cooperative will not eat those that are useful, and will stay as slaves and dogs.
These demon monks will be given "eating-free cards". With the free-eating cards in hand, the charm tapir soldiers cannot eat them at will.
There are no free food cards, sorry, they are all blood food.
The Mei Tapir West Route Army that occupied the four prefectures in the northern part of Jiushan Mountain not only ate them themselves, but also sent the demons from these four prefectures to the defense line of Taiyin Mountain in the north, so that more Mei Tapir could be eaten and the strength of the Mei Tapir soldiers would be improved.
Therefore, in the past few years, the magic tapir soldiers have had a lot of blood food, and their average cultivation level has become more and more powerful. The human army often needs a greater military advantage to block the charm tapir attack.
The demons themselves actually still retain the custom of cannibalism. Not only can they eat humans, but lower-level demons who also belong to the demon clan may also be eaten by upper-class nobles.
According to the unequal "Three Tribes Peace Agreement" signed by the three demon tribes, the human race must pay tribute to the two tribes every year and sacrifice thousands of human women to feed the demon nobles.
In the eyes of the human race and the shaman race, the two races of monsters and demons are also barbarians.
However, the cannibalism of demons and demons and the cannibalism of charmed tapirs are very different and cannot be compared at all.
The demons and monsters rarely eat people. Cannibalism is mainly a ritual, and it is also to maintain a deterrent to the human race. The most common scenes of cannibalism are actually sacrifices.
Although the "Three Clans Peace Treaty" was humiliating to the human race, it could be regarded as maintaining peace. The humans that the demons eat every year are the "tributes" given to them by the martial clan of Shenzhou.
There are actually very few demons who have the opportunity to eat human beings. Moreover, the top demon nobles do not eat humans.
Therefore, demons are not considered a cannibal race, and they do not really like to eat humans. Over the years, only a small number of human women who have been donated to demons in the name of food have been eaten and sacrificed, and most of them have become slaves.
But the charm tapir is different. The charm tapir not only likes to eat other races, but can also use it to improve its strength. It is just like the human race eating spiritual food.
They are really good this bite.
Such a terrifying race forced the Shenzhou Battalion to send troops and horses to the Qishan tribe to assist the Qishan tribe, which had suffered heavy losses, to establish the Chishan defense line.
The Biluo Tribe and the Liang Kingdom also knew the importance of the Jiushan defense line, and both sent troops north to defend Chishan together with the Jiushan Tribe, with the intention of taking back the four states in the north of the mountain and driving the Charming Tapir soldiers out of Konghou Pass.
The Liang Kingdom also wanted to take this opportunity to integrate the Gongshan and Biluo tribes.
At one time, more than two million troops were stationed on the front line of Chishan, blocking the attack of hundreds of thousands of charming tapir troops.
Only Yang Sui was too far away, with the huge Liang Kingdom in the middle, so he was unable to send troops to join the war.
Originally, the more than two million elite troops of the Human-Demon Alliance were definitely enough to hold the Chishan defense line. After all, they were the defensive side and had several times the strength advantage. Chishan was also a natural hazard.
But for some reason, it was lost!
In the Battle of Chishan, hundreds of thousands of people and demons were killed, and they were defeated for tens of thousands of miles, causing the Chishan defense line to break.
An army of hundreds of thousands of charmed tapirs marched into Shannan.
The various demon tribes urgently increased their troops and blocked the broken defense line. With several times the strength advantage, they finally stopped the charmed tapir army from moving south.
A large number of demon people moved south to prevent the charming tapir soldiers from catching and eating them.
While the cunning Charming Tapir West Route Army was fighting the demon army, it also sent a partial army to abandon the demon army and the demon territory, march to the southeast, cross the Tianhuang River, and enter the human domain of Shenzhou.
The intention of the Charming Tapir Division is very simple: after eating people in the Western Region, its strength will skyrocket, and then use the Western Region as a base to attack the Demonic Region or the Northern Region.
This is a strategy of internal and external cooperation and Black Tiger's strategy.
However, Jiang Yao had long regarded the Western Region as his forbidden territory. Half of the Western Region was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. As the overlord of the Western Region, how could he tolerate the Charming Tapir occupying the Western Region and poisoning the people of the Western Region?
He can't do it even if he doesn't send troops.
In his previous life, he personally conquered the Magic Tapir more than once and won great victories many times. Psychologically, he only had strategic contempt for the Magic Tapir and had no fear at all.
It just so happens that we can take advantage of this opportunity to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the charming tapir is driven out of the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty will be able to unstoppably unify the entire Western Regions in an upright and logical manner.
At that time, the power of will alone will make a lot of money. Moreover, using the charm tapir to invade and unify the Western Region will not irritate the Biluo tribe.
Therefore, not only Jiang Yao but also the officials of the Ming Dynasty at the court meeting unanimously agreed with the Northern Expedition to conquer the Charm Tapir.
This will also allow the collected surrendered troops to be tempered and integrate into the Ming army faster.
Jiang Yao then asked Queen Mother Mu Cangyue to supervise the country and personally lead an army of 500,000, accompanied by Qin Yu and other important ministers and generals to march north!
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The Ming army marched all the way to the northwest, and wherever they went, it was like entering uninhabited territory.
The originally powerful three martial clans of Zhao, Wei and Yuan have been crippled by the Ming army, and all three clan leaders have fallen. The remaining troops of the three clans can only hold on to a few large cities at this time.
The Ming army was equipped with high-quality thousand-mile horses, which could travel fifty thousand miles a day and marched very quickly.
More than a month later, on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Hongwu, the Ming army arrived at Jie Valley.
Jiegu is the most important south pass of the Jin clan. Entering Jiegu, you will reach the southern part of the Jin clan.
At this time, Jiegu Pass had long been deserted, and there was not a single soldier defending it.
All the Jin troops stationed at Jiegu Pass moved north to resist the Mei Tapir division that was attacking the Jin clan.
"My Lord, according to the latest military information, the last elite of the Jin clan will fight the Charming Tapir in Black Rock Gorge. The decisive battle will be decided in three to five days at most."
Qin Yu said with a solemn expression.
"How many troops are there in the Jin army in Heishi Gorge?" Jiang Yao asked, looking at the vast west.
Qin Yu replied: "It's almost three hundred thousand, and it still occupies an absolute advantage. But it is difficult for the Jin army to win this battle. But they can't win without fighting. They only have one state left."
"The Charming Tapir division has a maximum of 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry, but the average combat strength is very strong. They are all level three or above, and there are quite a few of level four. The Jin army lost all its elite soldiers and could not win."
Level three or above!
This means that each Charm Tapir Soldier is equivalent to the cultivation level of Wuzong (Golden Pill). It seems that there are only 70,000 to 80,000 people, but it is actually worth the 7 to 800,000 Wuzong army!
Jiang Yao frowned, "Have you found the reason for the defeat of the anti-tapir coalition in Zhishan? How could the charming tapir soldiers capture Konghou Pass?"
It was difficult for him to understand how the Charming Tapir West Route Army, which only had 300,000 to 400,000 troops, could break through Chishan, which was heavily defended by more than 2 million elite coalition troops, and also capture the Konghou Pass, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Qin Yu smiled bitterly and said: "We haven't found it yet. The general of the Chishan Alliance Army is still talking about the same old saying, why the magic tapir is too powerful, and why the magic tapir's battle area has skyrocketed. As for the reason, we don't know."
"It has been more than a month. The coalition forces have suffered repeated losses, but they still can't find the specific reason for the defeat of Chishan. It seems that there is no other explanation except that the charming tapir is too strong."
Jiang Yaonai had memories of his past life. He had actually guessed the reason why the charmed tapir suddenly became more powerful, but he was not sure and unwilling to guess correctly.
Historically, the combat effectiveness of the Charming Tapir Barbarians was related to the awakening of their gods.
The god of the Charming Tapir Tribe was transformed from the totems and wishes of the Charming Tapir Tribe for countless years in the ancient times. It is not a person, nor does it have a specific entity, but is ever-changing.
It can be mountains, rivers, vegetation, monsters... It can be in Beiming, it can be in the void, it can be on the earth...
Rather than saying it is a life, it is better to say that it is a "god" born from the thoughts of the Mei Tapir tribe, symbolizing the fate, rise and fall of the Mei Tapir tribe.
It is not even a god, but a kind of vaguely spiritual "qi number".
What makes Jiang Yao even more uneasy is that the "totem aura" of the Charming Tapir clan often goes hand in hand with the dynastic luck of the Immortal Dynasty.
When the fortune of the dynasty declines to the extreme, the "gods" of the Charming Tapir tribe will awaken.
Historically, the Charming Tapir Tribe, like the Sea Tapir Tribe, was difficult to eradicate because of the protection of this "god".
This "god" is called "Zhipo" by the Charming Tapir tribe, and a two-headed conjoined woman with chaotic facial features is used as a statue to worship.
As for those who offer sacrifices to gods, only the Zhipo religion is qualified. The Charming Tapir people all believe in the Zhipo religion. In the Jipo Mountain of Beiming in the far north, there is the oldest Zhipo temple.
But in fact, "Zhipo" is indescribable and only exists in the mind world of the Charming Tapir clan. It is impossible for her to be a two-headed conjoined woman with chaotic facial features.
The Charming Tapir tribe is like the Yi Di Tartars in ancient China. No matter how powerful the Central Plains dynasty is, it cannot completely destroy the Yi Di Tartars. They are like weeds, which will always grow again when the spring breeze blows.
As early as in ancient times, the Charming Tapir tribe had a prophecy-like saying:
"In a world that is beyond the reach of dreams, when Zhipo wakes up, Beiming will completely turn into an ice field. She (Zhipo) will come to everyone, she is everywhere, and her will allows warriors to be reborn."
Every time "Zhi Po wakes up", the martial arts of the Charming Tapir Clan suddenly rises and becomes stronger again, every time very suddenly.
If Zhipo really wakes up, then Beiming in the far north must have completely turned into an ice sheet.
But if Jiang Yao wants to know whether Beiming is completely frozen, it is actually not easy.
Because Beiming is extremely far away, the geographical rules along the way are not conducive to other races. The Mei Tapir tribe is at ease there, but other races are extremely difficult. Without the help of the Mei Tapir tribe, it is difficult for other races to survive.
Jiang Yao suddenly understood why in the original history of later generations, it was Jiang Zhengyi who won in the end.
One of the very important reasons is that the Charming Tapir is getting stronger and stronger, delaying the unification of the demons and the Divine Continent.
Not only did Jiang Zhengyi not have the threat of Charming Tapir, he could also rely on the power of Nanming Haiyu and the Blood Clan to deal with Chu State wholeheartedly.
So, if you want to change history, you must contain or delay the continued strength of the charmed tapir.
Before there was no dynasty luck, only strong willpower could better fight against the army of charming tapirs after Zhipo awakened.
It seems that the collection of the wish power of the Pisces Jade Pendant and the demon wish power of the demon seal will be accelerated.
During this period, as reforms were implemented in several newly occupied states, the number of Pisces jade pendants increased rapidly. There were already more than five million square inches, and they were still growing.
The demon wish power of the demon seal is only a few hundred thousand square inches.
Jiang Yao couldn't help but reveal a wry smile. If Zhi Po really wakes up, the Ming army will have to expend a lot of will power if they want to gain an advantage over the charming tapir.
Fortunately, as long as he keeps defeating the Charming Tapir Army, he can harvest the wish power of other places outside the Ming Kingdom. Not only can he harvest the wish power of other regions of the Divine Continent, but he can even harvest the wish power of demons and monsters.
As long as you win the battle, your income and expenditure may be even, or even profitable.
Jiang Yao was thinking about the income and expenditure of his wish power, when suddenly a flying message came.
"The Jin army is incompetent." Jiang Yao's spiritual sense read the news, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. "The Jin army has been defeated. Jin Li was lucky enough to lead the remaining troops to break through. The Charming Tapir Army has occupied the Black Rock Gorge and is going south to pursue Jin Li."
"What?" Qin Yu's expression changed. He originally thought that the Jin army could hold out for three to five days, but who knew they would be defeated so quickly.
That's nearly 300,000 elite soldiers. They are still guarding the fortified city, and there are city defense formations available.
The magic tapir army only has 70,000 to 80,000 people.
Even if the average cultivation level of the charm tapir soldiers was high, they would not be defeated so quickly.
The Jin army was defeated so quickly and completely, so wouldn't it mean that the Ming army had to fight the magic tapir alone?
"Send the order! Don't hesitate to double the consumption of alfalfa and go north as soon as possible!" Jiang Yao ordered, "Wherever the charmed tapir soldiers go, life will be devastated. Our army must stop them as soon as possible!"
With an order, the Ming army moved faster.
The half-million-strong army broke away from the ground and galloped through the air, consuming alfalfa that made every soldier feel distressed. Almost every thousand miles, the war horses had to swallow a pound of alfalfa.
Just as the Ming army was marching north with all its strength, countless refugees were also flocking south.
They are all monks. Those with horses ride horses, those without horses are not slow, and those with more resources can fly with the wind.
Anyway, they can still escape.
The worst offenders are mortals.
They couldn't escape at all. What was waiting for them was to be eaten by the magic tapir soldiers and the magic tapir mounts.
That’s right, the Charming Tapir mount is a bloodthirsty beast that also likes to eat people!
At this moment, even Jin Li and the important officials of the Jin clan, who were once high in the Jin clan, were also running away.
The Jin clan, which owns the land of three states, has no resistance at all.
In fact, the Jin clan is dead!
The bad news of the defeat of the last elite of the Jin army spread throughout the entire Shenzhou immediately.
Whether it was the Wu family or the poor family, there was a big uproar!
The magic tapir soldiers used to be outside the customs and rarely had the opportunity to eat people, so it was difficult to quickly increase their strength through cannibalism.
But now that we have entered the densely populated Western Region, as long as we let go of our belly and devour the monks, the individual soldiers' cultivation will skyrocket and their combat power will become stronger.
It will become more and more difficult to fight, requiring a greater military advantage to deal with it.
Even the Biluo tribe and the Gongshan tribe, when they heard that the Jin army was defeated, they all scolded the Jin army for being incompetent.
When Mei Tapir's partial division enters the Western Region, it can attack the Biluo tribe and the Gongshan tribe from the side. Then, the coalition forces that are fighting fiercely between the Gongshan tribe and the main force of Mei Tapir's West Route Army will be even more passive!
The demon clan who got the news also felt uneasy.
At this moment, both Shenzhou and the demons put their hope on the Ming army, hoping that the Ming army could defeat the Charming Tapir.
The Wu family hopes that the Ming army and the Mei Tapir division will perish together.
The poor family hopes that the Ming army will win.
In the midst of the world's attention, the Ming army met the Jin clan monarchs who had fled south.
"His Royal Highness Prince Ming!" Jin Li shouted loudly when he saw Jiang Yao's banner.
He was the first nobleman of the Wu family to address Jiang Yao as His Royal Highness Prince Ming.
Jin Li only led 40,000 to 50,000 remnant troops, as well as a group of ministers and family members, and galloped as hard as he could.
He still cared about the last troops, otherwise he would have abandoned his troops and escaped in the spaceship.
But behind the tens of thousands of Jin troops who fled, there was an army of charming tapirs sweeping in like a black cloud!
Even though they were thousands of miles away, the vicious aura like a sea of blood came overwhelmingly.
The soldiers of the Ming army suddenly felt awe-inspiring.
What a terrifying murderous aura!
PS: My head hurts so much today, I feel so uncomfortable, and my whole body feels bad. Good night, Crab.