"Yes, there would be nothing without [Jie Xie Wan]. We, the sons of the Xingtian clan, are not afraid of the sky or the earth. We are strong-willed and would rather die than surrender. It is simply wishful thinking for Xihou to convince us with this little trick!"
"We Xingtian clan warriors can only die lying down, not kneeling to live!"
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Since our ancestors, our Xingtian clan has been fighting against heaven and earth. We have never been afraid of anyone. They are just monsters. If they dare to come to our Xingtian clan's territory, we will kill them out of fear!"
After Xing Tianman held a powerful mobilization meeting, in the tent, the elders of the Xingtian clan and the military generals were all in high spirits. Not only were they not worried about the total blockade of the Xi Kingdom, but they were full of fighting spirit, and an indomitable spirit erupted from the tent.
It spread among the people and infected all the Xingtian soldiers in the Xingtian clan’s pioneer army.
In particular, the soldiers of the Xingtian clan's fifth-grade elite army of the country [Wu Qi Zhi Zhi] have gone through hundreds of battles, been through life and death countless times, and have a will as strong as stone.
During this period, although there were soldiers who went out and were plotted by the monsters, there were not many of them. There were only a few dozen people in total. This was nothing in the vanguard army with more than 10,000 troops, so there was no panic in the army.
Many soldiers did not worry too much about the future. At most, they just did not adapt very well after leaving the comfortable Middle-earth and coming to the barren wilderness with harsh environment.
The people of the Xingtian clan can still overcome this difficulty!
As a result, the Xingtian clan's land reclamation army started their land reclamation business as if nothing had happened after the Xi Kingdom blocked the country and imposed sanctions.
Only by establishing a firm foothold in the Southern Wilderness and possessing a certain degree of self-sufficiency can we take the lead in fully developing the Southern Barbarian land in the future.
The next few years were a critical moment for the major imperial clans in Middle-earth to take root in the Southern Wilderness. The major imperial clans began to engage in a silent competition to open up wasteland and build cities.
In the beginning, Xing Tianli and his son were not under much pressure. After all, they had plenty of food, grass, cloth, weapons, medicines and other supplies, and the blockade and sanctions imposed by Xi State on them were useless.
But as time went by, the supplies in their hands began to become scarce.
The Xi Kingdom blocked it, and it was difficult for them to buy supplies from the Southern Wilderness countries.
Even if you buy it, you will get a lot of money from the Southern Wilderness countries, and it is common to pay a premium of two or three times.
There was no other way. Xing Tianman, Xing Tianli and his son could only buy it from the Central Plains, Western Wilderness and Eastern Wilderness countries. Not only was it expensive, but it was also eaten by people along the way, causing huge losses.
In addition, even if you have supplies, transporting them to the Xi Kingdom via the Southern Wilderness Kingdoms is still a big problem. The Xi Kingdom is the southernmost vassal state of the Southern Wilderness Kingdoms, and you can basically not escape the Xi Kingdom's blockade by taking the land route;
If you take the water route, Xi Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom are located south of the Mengze Lake. Grain and grass supplies coming from China, Chu, Yue, and Wu across the Mengze Lake can easily be detained by Xi Kingdom ships for interrogation;
The supplies coming from the Western Wilderness need to pass through the Ghost Realm of the Southern Wilderness. Not to mention the convoys transporting supplies, even the elite divisions will have a narrow escape.
The only thing that the Xi Kingdom cannot completely block is the supplies from the Eastern Barren countries. However, the border between the Southern Barren and the Eastern Barren is full of swamps, barren mountains and rivers, and the environment is harsh. The road conditions are extremely bad, and the goods are severely damaged. Not even one of the twenty goods can be saved.
After three months, the situation of Xingtian's pioneer army was getting worse and worse. Originally, the elite soldiers had enough food for three meals a day, but it soon became two meals a day, and the food for each meal became less.
This made the elite soldiers complain endlessly.
Soldiers fight with ferocious beasts in the wilderness every day, drive off ferocious beasts, cut trees, cut rocks and build cities. They do all heavy physical work. Although the consumption is not as high as using formations, eating a lot of food every day is indispensable, otherwise they will
causing physical damage.
It doesn't matter if they just don't have enough to eat. The most important thing is that they go out to open up wasteland and work, and from time to time they will encounter assassinations from dragon monsters.
Often when everyone is working in full swing, some soldiers will suddenly fall down and then develop symptoms of fever and fainting.
Then he was paralyzed in bed, wasting away day by day, and finally buried in the mountains.
In the first month, there were not many monsters, and only a few people were attacked every day. However, somehow, there were more and more monsters in the Xingtian clan's territory, and they became more and more powerful.
From the beginning, a few, ten or twenty people were attacked every day, and it soon evolved into dozens or even hundreds of people being attacked a day;
In the beginning, it was just ordinary elite soldiers encountering the "innuendo" of the monsters, but gradually, first-, second-, third-, and even fourth-level Qi Refiner generals were attacked, and their lives were in danger.
Of course, compared to ordinary soldiers, the survival rate of Qi Refiners is much higher due to the superior treatment at all costs, but the survival rate of ordinary soldiers is not high.
As long as they are attacked by monsters, ordinary elite soldiers cannot survive on their own.
In just less than three months, more than 4,000 Xingtian clan's vanguard troops were attacked by monsters. Among them, nearly 2,000 Xingtian clan warriors fell and their bones were buried in the green mountains.
Among them, there are more than a thousand soldiers who are elite soldiers of the fifth-level national elite division [Wu Qi Zhi]. They were all attacked by monsters when they went out to open up wasteland.
There is no war, and a large army loses only half of its soldiers for no reason. This is a huge blow to any large army.
Even the people of the Xingtian clan, who always boasted of having a will as strong as gold and stone, were a little unable to bear it.
They are not afraid of death. Instead, they long for the day when they will be returned wrapped in horse leather and take death in battle as an honor.
But now that the brothers don't understand, the people of the Xingtian clan can't sit still. Every time they go out to open up wasteland and build a city, thoughts of resistance, disgust, and even fear will arise in their hearts.
This sentiment spread to the entire Xingtian clan's pioneer army, but the Xingtian clan's people were determined and no one exposed them, they just kept their dissatisfaction silently in their hearts.
Until one day, when the Xingtian clan was clearing up wasteland, they encountered the armies of other Central-Tu Imperial clans. There was a friction and conflict, and the belligerent Xingtian clan beat each other up.
The Zhongtu Imperial Clan did not dare to take action after being defeated, but they did not fall behind in the verbal exchanges. Xing Tianman, who mocked the Xing Tian clan, and Xing Tianli offended Xihou and could not buy [Jie Xie Pill], causing the Xing Tian clan to have people every day.
After he died, he dug his grave every day to bury his brother.
"Hahahaha, you Xingtian clan are not pioneers in opening up wasteland, you are clearly pioneers in digging graves. You dig graves to bury your brothers every day. I am afraid that your grave digging skills have reached the level of proficiency!"
After laughing wantonly, another Central-Turk Imperial Clan army left in a hurry, and a small friction came to an end.
However, after the angry Xingtian clan members returned to the camp, a friction broke out between the Xingtian clan's pioneer army of land reclamation.
The long-suppressed Xingtian clan broke out!
The so-called will like stone collapsed at this moment!
The whole military camp was in an uproar.
"Every family in our country has a medicine called [Jie Wei Wan], which can cure poisonous poison. It can save your life even if you are plotted by the monster, but we, the Xingtian clan, don't have it!"
"I asked why there are more and more monsters during this period. It turns out that monsters are picking on the weak, just because we don't have [Jieyu Pills]!"
"I heard that this [Jie Xie Pill] is unique to the Xi Kingdom. In order to avenge his brother, Mr. Li made a sneak attack and ambushed the Marquis of Xi. The Xi Kingdom was furious. Not only did they block our supplies, they also promised to sell us the [Jie Xie Pill].
] I won’t sell it either!”
"What! There is such a thing! Why did Young Master Li ignore the overall situation and sneak attack on one of the princes? Oh my brother died in vain. He didn't have to be confused to die!"
"Let's find Young Master Li and ask him to give us an explanation..."