Yaoguo's reaction was a little slow, and he only started to take action when he saw that the Bixia people were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
It also sent food, grass and weapons to Bixia, hoping that the latter could regain its strength. At the same time, it met with several forces that were preparing to join the war and gave them a little sweetness in the hope that they would give up the attack.
With one less family attacking, the Vishal people would have less pressure.
Under its sugar-coated offensive, one force finally gave up joining and retracted its territory.
On the other side, Situ He actively ran around lobbying for an alliance, and Xiao Yi benefited from it. Under his strong persuasion, a group of forces joined the alliance and formally declared war on Vixia.
There are two other companies that are undecided.
Situ Yu also showed great strength and captured another pass fortress at a critical moment.
At this point, half of the old land of Gaopu Kingdom has been recovered.
It seemed that even without help from others, the Allies would soon be able to regain the remaining lost ground.
As a result, the last two forces quickly announced their participation in the battlefield.
This war, full of chaos, games and hatred, finally developed in the direction He Lingchuan expected.
At this time, the force behind the Situ family, the Yangshan Islands, also began to enter the field of vision.
Situ Yu was originally beaten by the Bixia people and cowered into the territory. Even his son was captured and almost beheaded. However, in just one month, he made a comeback and made great progress to regain the mountains and rivers of his old country.
There must be a reason for this, right?
The spies from the Yao Kingdom and all the forces were not vegetarians, and the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce did not hide themselves and entered the situation in such a big way.
But as He Lingchuan said, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce only does business with the Situ family. They pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. On the surface, there is no other involvement. Therefore, all parties have initially learned that a new island power has risen in the sea, which is far away from the Golden Flash Plains.
They were very wealthy. I don’t know how the Situ family got in touch with others and got a large sum of money as a grain loan, so they started the war with great vigor and vigor.
Of course, this is the news released by the Yangshan Islands and the Situ family themselves.
There are also several unreliable rumors circulating. For example, the Yangshan Islands seem to have taken away the famous Fierce Armor on the plains. The Pixia and Xuanlu Ghost King tried to snatch it away, but were defeated by it.
But the authenticity of this matter cannot be verified, it can only be "rumored".
Not only Situ Yu, Yangshan Islands also did business with Peng Guo, Xiaoyao Sect and the local government, and all they bought were the most valuable mountain and sea rights.
Such a foreign force has entered the situation. Although it has not shown any aggressive behavior other than business for the time being - defeating the Vishayans in Rolling Stone Valley can only be regarded as self-defense - all parties will definitely list it as a key focus.
Some people are wary of it, while others want to get in touch with it.
In the eyes of the locals, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce accidentally made a name for itself through a war and proved its strength. But don’t forget that it has no foundation in the Golden Flash Plains and is unlikely to cause damage to the ecology and pattern here.
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Where is the Golden Plains? Not even the powerful Mou Kingdom can get involved, but how can an unknown merchant guild from the distant sea shake things up?
Therefore, various forces are wary of it but do not reject it. Instead, they send envoys to prepare for contact.
After all, it looks really rich.
Who would say no to a rich man?
Yangshan Islands was in Peng State, and the business in the Situ family's territory soon became prosperous.
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There are disturbances from the outside world and beacon smoke is everywhere. He Lingchuan, Dong Rui and Fu Liushan have just arrived at the Howling Forest.
After Situ Yu captured Jucheng, he specially interrogated the county magistrate and learned that the dead soldiers sent by Xuanlu Ghost King in the city had also lost control. The time was basically the same as He Lingchuan killed the Ghost King in Mian Village.
In addition, when the Situ family's army fought against Bixia later, they did not encounter the leading troops composed of the dead soldiers of Xuanlu Ghost King.
The function of this kind of troops is to penetrate the enemy's formation like a blade, tear apart the opponent's defense and cause maximum damage, and then the ordinary soldiers of one's own side will swarm forward.
Without this kind of opponent, the difficulty of the battle will plummet.
The success of the Situ family in regaining the lost land in Gaopu had a lot to do with the retreat of the Xuanlu Ghost King.
It would be fine if it was really killed, but He Lingchuan and others already knew that it was just pretending to die and deceiving people.
"Xuanlu abandoned his allies once again." He Lingchuan gave his verdict, "The kind of person you were when you were alive will be the same kind of ghost after you die. It hasn't changed at all."
Xuanlu Ghost King faked his death and let the Pixia people go to withstand the swords and guns of Situ's army alone. Isn't this betraying his teammates?
Not to mention that there is an agreement between Xuanlu and the Bixia people. The Bixia people offer souls to it, and it provides combat power to the Bixia people.
It doesn't even abide by the agreement. This kind of character, no, it's really not worth mentioning.
No wonder the Situ family refused to join forces with it.
"Isn't this good?" Dong Rui laughed, "It abandoned its allies, and now no allies will come to save it. We can use it calmly."
Although they are both hundreds of thousands of mountains, the famous Howling Forest ahead is obviously different from the mountains and fields they passed by.
The mountains here are like screens, unlike other mountains that are broad and solid. Instead, they are long and narrow. When viewed from a high place, they look like the back of a crucian carp, or like pieces of sail anchored in a port.
These ridges unceremoniously block the sun, and the valleys under the ridges are deep, and dense vegetation blocks the sun.
Even at noon, few rays of sunlight can penetrate the branches and leaves and shine into the ground.
But even if there is insufficient sunlight, the plants here are unusually tall.
The wind blew through the woods, rustling like a thousand words.
He Lingchuan was always listening attentively: "There is only the sound of the forest, not the chirping of insects or birds."
Now is not the cold winter when the heaven and earth are chilling. The chirping of insects and birds is the standard feature of every forest. Occasionally, there are also roars of beasts to join in the chorus.
But in the howling forest ahead, the sound was horribly monotonous, with only the wind blowing the leaves!
He Lingchuan has seen this situation before, and is even familiar with it——
Before he arrived, wasn't the Yangshan Islands also like this?
There are several types of evil places, either barren or extremely lush, manifested as a miasma forest. The Howling Forest is the latter type.
"It's almost noon, it's just the right time." Fu Liushan looked up at the sky, "The evil spirit is at its weakest at this time, so let's go under the tree with the most sunlight."
It is worth mentioning that all living people know that the Ghost King lives in the Howling Forest, but do not know the specific location——
Those who unfortunately know about it are probably dead.
There are evil spirits, corpses, and evil spirits in this forest, and even practitioners are unwilling to get close to it.
Even the human allies of Xuanlu Ghost King will only send prisoners and sacrifices to the edge of the forest and will not take a step further inside.
Keep away from living people, this is the rule of the Howling Forest.
"How far is it from the place where you were chased by the corpse puppet last time?" The Howling Forest is so big, and the corpse puppet will not chase people around for no reason. Therefore, the last time Fu Liushan entered this forest, he was probably far away from the ghost king.
Only when their shelter is not far away will they be driven away.