The smell of blood permeating the battlefield is still difficult to dispel.
The corpses of many Cao Jun soldiers were placed together.
Cao Su found some animals as sacrifices. Wu Ming, with dark circles under his eyes, handed Cao Su the memorial text he had written overnight.
Cao Su looked solemn and wore armor as he walked in front of the soldiers.
Start chanting the sacrificial inscriptions and praying to heaven.
The soldiers stood in silence to pay homage to their fallen comrades.
The burning incense blew up the mist of green smoke.
Along with Anxiang's soul, he drifted into the reincarnation of heaven.
Cao Su prayed in person.
Since he led Cao's army, although many people have come and gone from the army under his command, those who have remained are his die-hard team and follow his lead.
I have never suffered such a big loss.
Even though it was a tough battle at Lushan, not so many people died in a unit of time.
But now, it was just a head-on confrontation. In less than half an hour, the winner was decided.
The demon army was nearly wiped out, and hundreds of Cao's soldiers died.
The threat of monster soldiers and monster generals is far greater than the threat of thousands of peaceful and rebellious armies.
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Half a day later, Cao Jun finished cleaning up the battlefield.
From the corpses of demon soldiers and demon generals, some demon clan weapons were obtained.
Most of them are heavy weapons, too large in shape, not suitable for use by Cao Jun's warriors, but occasionally there are two daggers hanging on the body of the demon clan, which are just right as swords for Cao Jun's soldiers.
Not long after the death of demon soldiers and demon generals, they will all turn into their original forms.
The original demon soldiers and generals are bigger. Some tigers and leopard demons are over three or four meters in size.
The corpse contained a strong demonic aura.
Cao Jun cut up many monster corpses, marinated the edible meat and took them away.
Monsters eat people, and people eat monsters.
But when people eat monsters, the prerequisites are more troublesome.
First of all, just removing the demonic energy from the demonic body will cost a lot of money.
If you indiscriminately eat demon meat with demonic aura, you are likely to lose your mind and turn into a demon, and your body will undergo demonic transformation. At that time, it will be difficult to distinguish between humans and demons.
Humans are not human, monsters are not monsters, qi and blood are cholera, leading to destruction.
Therefore, Cao Jun also took away the essence of the demon flesh, and the corpses of other demon clans were also cremated for them.
After being cremated, the bones and flesh of some monsters that had not yet turned into ashes were picked up again by the soldiers.
These are all 'treasures' within the demon's body, and they can withstand burning fire, proving their nobility.
In the future, when you stay in the city, you can ask a specialized "weapon refining and treasure refining" master to work on it, and maybe you can make superior weapons.
These are the wealth of Cao Jun.
Therefore, Cao Su sharpened his sword and chopping firewood, and carefully carried out the work of cleaning the battlefield.
Then he led his army to leave and continued to patrol Liangzhou to arrest the demon clan that caused trouble in Liangzhou.
Ever since Cao Su fought with the vanguard demon army under the command of the Black Eagle Demon, he had never encountered a decent demon army again.
Cao Su arrived at Xijun, and after a short rest, he found traces of demon clan in the south of Xijun.
Then he hurriedly led his army to fight out. As a result, he walked around the south several times and didn't see any monsters.
The rest of the month flew by.
Time has entered the ninth year of Zhengguang.
At the beginning of this year, the emperor summoned all civil and military officials in the capital of the gods.
The emperor believed that after the sixth year of Zhengguang, the world was in turmoil and the national power was damaged.
The Qianyuan period is destiny and should last for all generations. The current turbulence is just a small challenge.
For better development in the future, I pray for good luck.
The emperor decided to change the new year's name to "Yongning".
It is known as "the first year of Yongning" in history.
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The emperor changed his reign name.
And at the beginning of the new year, some new policies were specially promulgated.
Involving all aspects such as land, economy, politics, and military.
It looks like it's going to give Qianyuan a new look.
However, the emperor, who was in a high position, had no idea of the formulation and promulgation of new policies, their implementation at the local level, or their final effects.
Many policies may have good ideas, but their implementation varies greatly.
The empire was rotten from the "roots", and was forced to implement the "New Deal", which could only quench thirst with poison, but it did not have much effect.
As land annexation becomes increasingly serious, only by completely breaking the monopoly of aristocratic families can the national treasury be filled again.
It is a pity that although the emperor has ideas, he cannot set an example.
The construction of Xiyuan, a huge project, has not stopped to this day.
Even the soldiers fighting on the front line in Xizhou have been in arrears for a quarter and have not been paid their wages.
So this person today.
Those who are ambitious but have no sense of safety, are obsessed with cultivating Taoism but do not care about people's livelihood. Although they have opinions on family and national affairs, they are all obtained on paper after all.
In a peaceful world, he might be able to become a stable emperor.
In troubled times, it would simply hasten the demise of the empire.
However, he didn't know it himself, and he felt that the new policies he had racked his brains to promulgate, coupled with the changed year name of "Yongning First Year", would definitely allow the empire to rise again.
Then he stopped paying attention to the war in Xizhou.
Refining Taoism in the palace again, leaving all the Qiang monsters behind.
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The emperor changed his reign name.
The news spread all over the world.
The first year of Yongning!
Even the people of Anzhou knew that the reign name of the world had been changed.
People just heard it once in their ears.
The threat of the Qiang people is imminent. Even if the reign name is changed, what's the use?
They will have to farm tomorrow and find ways to survive in this chaotic and dangerous world.
The heavy levies and miscellaneous taxes on my body are still as heavy as a thousand stones, and I can hardly breathe under the pressure.
The aspects that are most closely related to the vital interests of the people have not changed at all. These policies sound unreliable and unpopular with the people.
A few days later, the Qiang army from Anzhou gathered in the east of Anzhou.
Anzhou has been raging for three months. The general who put down the rebellion, Feng Yuchan, and the Jincheng guard Jia Tao are both useless, and they are holding on to Jincheng and will not come out.
The Qiang people feel that this planned plan has been successfully completed.
Now the entire Anzhou is trembling under the iron cavalry of the Qiang people.
King Qiang gave an order and one hundred thousand cavalry gathered in Anton.
When the movement of the Qiang people came out, Feng Yuchan immediately became energetic.
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Before the Qiang people got close, a solemn feeling of approaching storm condensed in the sky above Jincheng.
The soldiers on both sides had a premonition that the war of the century would be staged here.
At the beginning of the New Year in the first year of Yongning!
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However, just when everyone thought a war was about to happen.
The weather suddenly changed in Xizhou, the wind blew all over Xizhou, and heavy snow fell in Xizhou overnight.
Snow falls on the mountains and rivers, covering the entire Xizhou.
When it snows, Xizhou becomes Baizhou.
Heavy snow closed the roads and the temperature dropped again.
Cao Su led his army to hide in Xijun and would not come out easily.
There are also much less reports of demon soldiers coming from various places in Liangzhou.
Those demon soldiers who made trouble in the beginning have gone to no one knows where now.
Yongzhou is fine, and Anzhou is dominated by the Qiang people. Is it possible that the demon soldiers have returned to the demon territory?
Cao Su didn't understand either, so he hid in Xijun and practiced martial arts all day long.
At the same time, he dispatched his elite soldiers to search for traces of the demon soldiers.
Since the battle with the demon soldiers more than a month ago, many of Cao Su's sergeants have made breakthroughs one after another. Many of the sergeants who were originally just ordinary warriors have experienced life and death battles, transcended the transformation of life, and entered the Qi and Blood class.
In the three realms of qi and blood, there are also many people who have entered the realm of strength.
The strength of Cao Su's three thousand elites has been increasing steadily.
Cao Su himself also created a good atmosphere in the entire army to "value warriors, respect warriors, and love warriors." As a top general, he often went deep into the front line and personally gave rewards to every warrior who broke through to the realm of strength.
This glorious tradition has never been abandoned.
The warriors who broke through to the realm of strength also deeply felt the importance of Cao Su, and felt warm in their hearts, especially when Cao Su also sent exercises, weapons, and elixirs, and they were even more devoted to Cao Su...
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In Xijun, Cao Su added hundreds of people and continued to gather 3,000 people.
The new recruits were led by veterans and were first familiar with the cavalry and shooting methods.
In mid-January, news suddenly came from Jincheng.
Feng Yuchan, the general who put down the rebellion, personally led his troops out of Jincheng Pass and attacked the 100,000 Qiang iron troops outside the pass.
"Aren't you just waiting for work? Are you relying on the city to be strong and the walls to be thick? Why did it suddenly happen again?"
When the news was received, Cao Jun had already rested in Xijun for less than half a month.
The guard general of West County is named Liu Zheng, and he is a veteran general who is over fifty years old.
The veteran himself is from Xizhou and has been guarding the main roads of Xijun. He has strong blood and superb martial arts.
The most important thing is that he is a nice person. Cao Su has met him several times and feels that he is an experienced general he can make friends with.
The veteran general was very puzzled and didn't understand why Feng Yuchan wanted to break his long-standing policy.
In Liu Zheng's view, as long as they adhere to the Jincheng Road, it is inevitable that the Qiang people will retreat in the coming spring. If they advance by then, Anzhou can be easily pacified.
It would be best to wait until the city wall is repaired in the coming year and then plan it slowly to prevent the Qiang from coming again.
If you rush now, life or death will be uncertain.
After Cao Su heard the news, he also questioned its accuracy.
He stared at the sergeant who was delivering the order and shouted: "We will investigate again immediately and verify the information with Jincheng."
"The prince will not leave himself in danger. If he operates like this, he must have a back-up plan."
As soon as Cao Su finished speaking, he saw Wu Ming hurriedly coming outside the house.
He held a secret letter in his hand and handed it to Cao Su.
"General, secret message from the prince."
Liu Zheng saw this and quickly got up to avoid it.
Cao Su didn't stop him. According to the rules, he opened the secret message alone and read it.
After a while, Cao Su put down the secret letter and frowned.
And Liu Zheng walked back into the hall.
"General Cao, how are you?"
Seeing Cao Su's expression of embarrassment, Liu Zheng asked tactfully.
Cao Su sighed and said, "Old General Liu, I can no longer stay in the West County. Your Majesty has ordered our troops to immediately go north to quell the demons. The Black Crow Demon King's tens of thousands of troops have rushed out of the demon territory and are about to sweep across Liangzhou."
Liu Zheng was shocked.
He said in shock: "So instead of leading the army to quell the Qiang, the Lord went north to intercept the demon tribe?"
"Yes, the demon clan is a big deal and affects thousands of living beings in Liangzhou."
"The Lord mobilized all the combat power he could muster and headed north to intercept the demon clan."
"In addition, many local sects in Liangzhou have also been invited to participate in the war. Time is tight, and no one knows what will happen in a few days."
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, the Black Crow Demon King was sealed in the Demon Realm by the powerful, and has not yet left the Demon Realm."