The attention of all the countries in the world was immediately attracted by the Sui Kingdom, which had kept a low profile for many years.
The disputes among the princes over the years are hard to describe in a single word.
The first was the clear struggle in the Witch Domain. The Qing State once had the upper hand, but was pulled back by the Chu State.
As a result, although the civil war broke out in the Witch Territory for the first time, it is still in the stage of strategic confrontation and is considered evenly matched.
Next is the Demon Realm.
In the Demon Realm, Qi State does have an advantage, and the Buddha Mother Country can only be on the strategic defensive. However, the gap in strength between the two countries is not too big. I don’t know how long it will take for Qi State to unify the Demon Realm.
What about the Demon Realm? Although the Liang Kingdom is very strong, it has never been able to destroy the Sui Kingdom. In addition, the Biluo Tribe and the Gongshan Tribe are neutral, and the pace of unification has not progressed.
On the contrary, the general trend of Shenzhou has become ups and downs.
Yu Kuan's Zhou Kingdom came from behind, and in just over ten years, it took over thirty states in the Central and Eastern Regions, occupied most of the Divine Continent, and became the largest country in the world.
It seems that the Zhou Kingdom can be unified as soon as possible.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the Sui Kingdom suddenly rose to power.
The rise was rapid and the momentum was fierce, surpassing that of Zhou Dynasty.
Soon, more military information spread from the Demon Realm.
Less than ten days after the Liang army was defeated at Qiaolong Gorge and the Sui army invaded the territory of the Liang army, the Liang army was defeated again at Qingsongling, losing hundreds of thousands of troops.
The Liang army was defeated, their morale was low, and their fighting spirit was low, which made matters worse. The Sui army won many battles and surrendered a large number of prisoners, and its momentum was like a rainbow.
Wherever the Sui army went, there were waves of surrender, and the lords and city lords, big and small, announced that they would change their banners and return to the Sui Dynasty.
The eight southwest states of the Liang Kingdom became the territory of the Sui Kingdom one after another.
Sui Emperor Yang Jian and his queen Luo Wuxie fought all the way to Qishui.
The Liangting was shocked!
Yeyi Xingkong personally led an army of more than three million people and marched in person.
At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Emperor Liang's army of three million finally faced off against Emperor Sui's army of more than two million across the Qishui River.
For a time, more than six million demon elites gathered on both sides of the Qishui River, with fighting intentions as high as the sky.
Qishui suddenly became the focus of the entire world!
Everyone knows that the Battle of Qishui will be the decisive battle to determine the ownership of the Demon Realm.
If Sui lost, not only would they have to spit out the results of their previous battles, but they might also be destroyed.
If the Liang Kingdom loses, the best outcome is to retreat to the east of Mount Lu and survive.
No one expected that the decisive battle in the Demon Realm would come so quickly and suddenly.
I don’t know what kind of help the Sui Kingdom got to suddenly become so powerful.
It was not until the middle of the twelfth lunar month that the decisive battle between the two armies finally broke out.
Spies or envoys from various countries who were watching the war sent real-time images and battlefield reports back to their countries.
The two countries, Qing and Liang, have always been allies, so the Qing was very concerned about the success or failure of the Liang. The report of the Qing envoy read as follows:
"My slave worships gold, and hereby declares to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty: I am aware that on the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Sui lord crossed the river at Lan. The Sui army totaled more than 2.6 million men, and there were hundreds of saint-level warriors."
"Jian made a desperate move and gambled on the fate of the country, hoping to get lucky again. His arrogance cannot be passed, how can he not be defeated?"
"Emperor Liang is solemn, his army is as motionless as a mountain, and the battlefield is overwhelmingly majestic. The 3.8 million army is the best of Liang, and the majesty of the Demon Clan..."
"The Great Liang Iron Cavalry is not as powerful as our Eight Banners of the Great Qing Dynasty, but it can still be seen... Emperor Kuang Liang went on a personal expedition, and the soldiers died in his service... He was defeated by Jian... He would surely be defeated..."
"...From what I see, after this battle, the Sui Dynasty will survive or not survive, and the Qian Dynasty will die or not. It will be between two choices..."
Baijin'a's literary talent was pretty good. He was watching the battle from a distance while polishing and writing a battlefield report.
But reading between the lines, it seems that the Sui army has lost the decisive battle.
He looked at the battlefield and continued to write:
"...At three o'clock in the morning, the two armies engaged in battle. Since the rise of various countries, no one has used such a large scale of troops as today's battle..."
"...the Sui army's morale and fighting spirit were even greater than those of the Liang army..."
"... After fighting for half a day, the Great Liang was unable to completely suppress the Sui army with its superior strength..."
"...at less than three quarters in the afternoon, the Crown Prince of Liang arrived with 300,000 demon sect soldiers. The Liang army's strength exceeded four million. Okay..."
"... Emperor Liang has such a clever plan. Just as the reinforcements from the Crown Prince of Liang arrived, suddenly several more Liang troops arrived from the west of Qishui River, totaling no less than 400,000 troops!"
"It turned out that these were noble soldiers who had pretended to surrender to the Sui State. At the critical moment, they finally changed their minds and abandoned the Sui Dynasty and returned to Liang, cutting off the Sui army's retreat..."
"...I am telling my master that the Sui army has been surrounded from all sides. It turns out that Emperor Liang had already set a trap and made careful arrangements..."
"...The Liang army has nearly five million people, and the Sui army is in dire straits..."
"At three o'clock in the morning, the Liang army's general attack begins..."
"Your Majesty, the Sui army is about to fall into disaster..."
I am writing this, so I will stop temporarily and watch the battle in my spare time.
At this moment, the entire world is filled with majestic killing intent.
The shouts of soldiers from both armies were earth-shattering.
This is a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the Demonic Realm. Both sides use the most powerful troops, with a combined strength of more than 7 million!
This is the first time in the real world that such a large-scale event has occurred. Even if both sides were clear about it, so many troops had not been used in a single battle.
It was a completely epic battle.
"Great Sui Dynasty wins!"
"Unify the Demon Realm!"
"Da Liang will win!"
"Destroy Sui!"
The battle fields of both sides crushed each other, and the entire world seemed to be enveloped by the battle field.
"Although the Sui army is strong, it cannot hold out for long. The Sui Kingdom lost this battle." Many foreign spies and envoys who watched the battle thought so.
The Liang army was well prepared and learned its lessons. This time, they almost used all their troops.
Even if the Sui army uses those powerful demons again, it will not change the general situation.
Unless the Sui army has a more powerful foundation than the Demonic General's Seal.
But now it seems that there should be no more.
Also, it would be scary to have such a terrifying background. How could the Sui army have such a powerful background?
The possibility is too small.
The gold worshiper smiled happily and prepared to continue writing the report.
He was sure that this report would reassure his master.
The Liang Kingdom is an ally of the Qing Dynasty, and it cannot be defeated now. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty will be passive.
"Your Majesty, the Liang army is fully prepared and has a sound strategy. And the Sui army has no more powerful methods. The victory of the Liang army has been determined. The Sui army has no chance of coming back..."
However, as soon as the gold worshiper wrote this, his eyes widened in shock.
His consciousness sensed a burst of white light, and then he saw chaos.
A force of formation, like a divine punishment, burst out from the Sui army's formation.
"This, what kind of formation is this..."
As an envoy of the Qing Dynasty, Jin-worshiping A-Neng certainly had a lot of knowledge and knowledge, but he couldn't figure out what the power of the formation was.
He could only sense that the power of this formation was beyond his imagination.
Not only the Jin Worshipers and others, but also the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom were stunned by the sudden power of the formation.
"What kind of magical power is this?"
A heart-stopping thought flashed through the minds of the kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom.
"It's the Immortal Formation! The Ancient Immortal Formation! Withdraw! Withdraw!"
After all, Yeyi Xingkong was the well-informed Emperor of Great Liang, and he was a famous and powerful old sage in the real world.
And with the help of Jiang Zhengyi, he has become a half-step Mahayana strongman.
This is why he chose to cooperate with Jiang Zhengyi and was willing to serve as a die-hard ally of the Qing Dynasty.
His vision is the best in Liang Kingdom.
However, it is simply impossible for the Liang army to withdraw now.
"boom--"
Under the attack of the world-destroying immortal formation, the extremely powerful battle field of Liang Army was suddenly shattered like a paper tiger.
The desperate power instantly turned into a hurricane.
The entire battlefield space was now in chaos, as if the end of the world was coming.
Under the chaos, where the power of the formation rose, a huge figure transformed.
This figure is wearing red armor and is the phantom of an ancient female general.
The phantom of this female general stood high in the sky, looking down at the countless Liang troops, as if she were looking down at the ants on the earth.
Her eyes were full of indifference, and then disappeared into chaos.
"Who is she..." Yeyi Xingkong looked at the phantom of the ancient female general who was spinning around, and couldn't help but feel lost.
At this moment, countless soldiers of the Liang Army were wiped out in ashes under the Dao Bead of the Heavenly Man Formation transformed by Mou Xia.
Countless Liang troops died instantly under the immortal formation.
The Sui army's battlefield dominated this space.
"Withdraw—" Yeyi Xingkong had no time to issue the last military order before his body disappeared under the banner.
A group of important ministers who followed him on the expedition also disappeared at this time.
Looking at this scene, the gold worshiper was petrified.
Everyone thought that the Sui army could not have any more powerful background, and the Liang army also learned its lesson.
But who would have known that this would actually be the result.
Baijin looked at the battlefield report that had already written hundreds of words, with an extremely bitter look in his eyes.
He typed out a gesture, erased the previous text, and wrote again:
"This slave would like to report to His Majesty the Qing Emperor:...Master, the Liang army has been defeated again...The situation in the Demon Realm is beyond control...I ask my master to make plans in advance..."
The money worshipper hurriedly wrote the battlefield report and sent it out.
Then, he took one last look at the one-sided battlefield, shook his head, and directly launched the spaceship.
He will never return to Starry Sky City, the capital of Liang Kingdom.
That no longer makes sense.
All he can do now is return directly to his country.
At this time, spies or envoys from other countries also sent their final battlefield reports with complicated emotions.
The report of the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty was: "...please inform your Majesty that the Sui army has extremely powerful foundations, and it is a kind of formation power..."
"The Liang Kingdom was defeated in Qishui, all its elites were lost, and the country's destruction was just around the corner..."
"The power of the Sui Kingdom to unify the Demon Realm is unmatched. Please make plans early..."
………
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month of the fourth year of Hongwu, the decisive battle between the Sui and Liang Dynasties for the control of the Demon Realm ended with the Sui army winning another victory and the Liang army once again being annihilated.
The number of Liang troops who fell, surrendered, and were captured exceeded four million.
Liang Lord Yeyi Xingkong, with only his ministers and one hundred thousand demonic soldiers, fled back to the east of Mount Lu in a hurry.
Over the years, the strategic military group that Liang relied on to become the overlord of the Demon Realm has been almost completely lost.
In fact, Liang's military foundation no longer exists.
When the results of the Battle of Qishui came out, the entire Zhenjie fell into a brief collective silence.
Except for people like Jiang Yao, no one expected that Liang's army would not only be defeated again, but also be defeated so completely and so simply.
It was simply a heartbreaking defeat and a heartbreaking victory.
Even Jiang Zhengyi, Pan Kang, Hai Huanhuan, and fake Yu Yan were all shocked.
Jiang Zhengyi sighed after hearing the news: "This man (Yang Jian) has been dormant for many years, and when he suddenly rises up, his power is like a dragon flying into the sky, setting fire to the prairie. I really underestimated him..."
"The Sui Kingdom's unification of the Demon Realm is difficult to stop. It seems that the secret agreement with the Charming Tapir Khanate must be reached as soon as possible..."
"Since things have changed, the conquest of the Southern Territory will have to be brought forward..."
When Pankang of Chu State received the news, he felt complicated and couldn't help but laughed and said: "I have nothing to worry about in the Demon Realm."
"Prepare to send envoys to congratulate Yang Jian on his unification of the Demon Realm!"
Hai Guoru sighed: "Unexpectedly, the first person to unify a region is Yang Jian?"
The fake Yu Kuan of Zhou State got the news and said to the minister who reported to the court:
"Did you see it? Yang Jian will soon unify the Demon Realm and become the most powerful country in the world."
"If the Ming Dynasty is destroyed now, then the Great Zhou Dynasty will be bordering the powerful Sui Dynasty, and a war will be inevitable. In this way, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, will have powerful enemies on both sides."
"It's better to wait for the Sui Dynasty to invade the Ming Dynasty and kill people with borrowed knives."
When the ministers heard this, they felt it was reasonable. Rather than bordering the powerful Sui State, it would be better to temporarily keep the Ming State and let the Sui State take care of it.
Once the Sui Kingdom unified the Demon Realm, it would definitely choose to expand eastward. Yang Jian's victory in the Ming Dynasty was almost certain.
The Ming Dynasty is like a rabbit's tail and cannot grow.
"Your Majesty is wise!" the officials all complimented him.
They felt that His Majesty was not of the same mind as them before. But since His Majesty returned to the DPRK a few months ago, he has become of the same mind as them.
In the past, I was a bit mean, unkind and unreasonable.
Your Majesty has grown up.
This is like His Majesty the Zhou Dynasty.
………
Jiang Yao got the news of Yang Jianshui's victory, so he locked himself in a quiet room and laughed heartily.
OK.
Yang Jian will soon unify the Demonic Territory, but Charming Tapir still wants to invade the Western Territory?
The powerful Sui State would not only stand up to the Charming Tapir Army, but would also be a knife hanging over the Qing State.
The pressure from the Biluo Tribe and the Tongshan Tribe is gone.
As a result, Ming's strategic space has improved a lot.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Yang Jian unifies the Demon Realm, the strategic position of the Ming Kingdom will be the best among all the countries in the world.
What's ridiculous is that people who don't know his relationship with Yang Jian will definitely think that the strategic position of the Ming Dynasty is the worst.
It is estimated that many people are waiting for the Sui Dynasty to march eastward to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
Hahaha.
While enjoying the ginger medicine, I couldn't help but think of Yu Kuan.
Why hasn’t Yu Kuang come back yet?
Did something happen?
Although it was difficult for anything to happen to Yu Kuang, Jiang Yao was still worried when he thought of Luo Hong, Li Shizhen and others.
The problem is that he can no longer contact Yu Yan.
The fake Yu Kuan is really awesome. He actually has a way to copy Yu Kuan's communication channel pattern. He only needs to send Fetion to Yu Kuan, and the fake Yu Kuan can receive it.
On the other hand, it is possible that Yu Kuan will break through in any secret realm, and he may not be able to receive it.
Jiang Yao was happy first and worried later. He left the quiet room and convened a court meeting immediately.
There is only one thing discussed: "Prepare for the southern expedition!"
He has received a secret report from the Jin Yiwei that the Qing Dynasty was stimulated by the Sui Dynasty's victory and was going to annex the southern region in advance.
Due to the increasing number of reinforcements, the Qing State began to gain an advantage over the Chu State.
As long as Jiang Zhengyi maintains a comprehensive defense against Chu, he can remove a strategically-heavy army group and go north to attack the southern region.
The Southern Region will definitely be difficult to resist.
Even if the Ming army is not strong enough, the Ming army must go south. Otherwise, when the Qing army takes over the southern region, the Ming Dynasty will be passive.
In order to secretly prepare for the southern expedition, Jiang Yao immediately summoned Qin Yu back to Beijing.
However, before Qin Yu returned to Beijing, news about Li Luoer arrived first.
Li Luoer's news said that the Qing army suddenly launched a large-scale northern expedition with great momentum. The Qiguan Pass guarded by her and Li Xi was relatively weak and would definitely not be able to hold it.
She and Li Xi could only abandon Qiguan and lead the female army of Chu to evacuate.
When Jiang Yao heard the news, she couldn't help but become a little anxious.
The preparations for the southern expedition had just begun, and the Qing army had already launched a large-scale northern expedition.
The Western Region and the Southern Region are separated by the natural barrier of Mount Fan, which increases the preparation time for the Southern Expedition.
Fortunately, Zhou Guo also needed a lot of time to prepare.
The entire Ming Court immediately secretly prepared for the Southern Expedition.
…
Today is the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon.
It was already snowing heavily in the Ming Dynasty.
Jiang Yao met the Queen Mother from Cining Palace, returned to Daming Palace, looked at the flying snow outside, and couldn't help but frown.
Yu Kuan had been pretending to be Emperor Zhou for several months.
In a few days, it will be the fifth year of Hongwu.
Yu Kuan has disappeared for several years, why hasn’t he come back yet?
Jiang Yao sat alone in the main hall, drinking for himself, with a heavy heart.
He doesn't care about Zhou, he only cares about Yu Kuan.
While Jiang Yao was worrying, suddenly a guard came into the palace and said: "Your Majesty, a man in black has come outside the palace and wants to see Your Majesty."
After the guard finished speaking, he presented something.
"The man said that if the king sees this thing, he will definitely summon him."
Jiang Yao was stunned when he saw it.
This thing turned out to be a fiery red maple leaf...