Another year the north wind blows, and carried by the cold wind, the white snow outside and inside the pass turns white, and the day for the carnival of ferocious beasts comes.
To the north where the main troops of Xiliang are gathered, the transport team transports a large amount of ferocious beast meat back to the rear base every day.
Li Xiang waved his hand, and anyone in the family who worked in the Xiliang government could get a pound of ferocious beast meat. Every household in Tupo City, Longling City, and Langya City also got a pound of ferocious beast meat.
Meat, this is Li Xiang's reward for taking refuge with those who came over first.
If there is a military dependent in the family who joins the army, the Mei family can get one hundred catties of grain and fifty catties of ferocious animal meat. This is the preferential treatment given by Li relative to the soldiers.
In the north, the Xiliang army suppressed the ferocious beasts. The two sides went back and forth. Zhang Qingyun from the rear captured a large number of officials during his performance appraisal, and the Xiliang troops killed a group of powerful landlords.
The cheap food shipped from outside the customs has allowed the people of Jiuyuan County to regain some vitality. As long as people are still alive, there is still hope!
People from the grasslands gathered in large numbers around the Qingxi Fortress. It was much warmer here than on the Qingxi Grassland, and they lived in houses instead of grassland bags, which could effectively resist the cold.
Everything in Xiliang seems to be developing in a good direction. With Prime Minister Li leading by example and giving preferential treatment to his military relatives, Prime Minister Li can be sure that if he recruits troops in the coming year, he will definitely be able to recruit a large number of new soldiers.
Of course, as the territory becomes larger, there are still some troublesome aspects, and that is the problem of sect disciples. Some sect disciples have a strong sense of justice and often kill people in anger, and you can't catch them even if you want to.
The Xiliang army is unmatched in the northwest, but the Eighth Army garrison does not have such strong force and cannot catch up with the disciples of the sect who are coming and going.
Li was also very helpless about this. Xiliang had no way to deal with these sect masters. Only recently did second-rate masters appear in the army, namely Li Yi and his six men.
There was no other way. Li Xiang could only endure it and wait for more masters to appear in the Xiliang army. Then he would mobilize a group to organize an organization specifically to deal with such sect disciples.
Now we can only let these people be arrogant!
Everything here in Xiliang is developing smoothly. Li Jin, who led the army to the west, followed Charlie's caravan to a prairie. They experienced many space tunnels along the way. It took three months, but they could still pass it.
It took them about six months to travel through a tunnel, and then they arrived at the prairie of the Western world.
This area of the world was also in the midst of a heavy snowstorm, and a large team of fifteen thousand people arrived in a chaotic area close to the Human Empire, the Orc Empire, and the Elf Kingdom.
Charlie can only bring the Eastern army to this place. It is impossible for such an army to enter other places. Moreover, in this place, Eastern goods are easiest to sell, and the price is not low.
He no longer wanted the vampires in his family to suck blood from his Expeditionary Chamber of Commerce. Since they could have their backs to Xiliang, why should they bargain with those in the family again?
Xiliang's army is dressed in iron armor. The outside of the armor is extremely cold, but inside it is extremely warm. The people of the Charlie Chamber of Commerce are all wearing clothes made by Xiliang. The clothes made of top-notch Warcraft materials are their defense against the ice and snow.
Two thousand Xiliang heavy cavalry, for which Prime Minister Li paid full attention to this Western Expedition army, two thousand Templar Knights!
The highest level cavalry that can be upgraded to, except for the exchange of military merit, is the Templar!
Two thousand Templars, two thousand crossbowmen, two thousand archers, two thousand sword and shield soldiers, two thousand pikemen, two thousand logistics transport teams, five hundred carriages, and twelve thousand people, led by Li Jin
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Hoo ho ho!
The north wind was blowing, and the biting wind was blowing across the face like a knife. A group of orcs were hiding in the lee. Everyone was crowded together, wearing clothes that had not been washed for who knows how many days, exuding a disgusting smell.
odor.
They don't care, as long as they can keep warm!
"Someone is coming!" An orc who was in charge of looking out saw a horse riding over in the heavy snow in the distance: "It's a cavalry, ready...
Do not move!"
The orcs, who were very excited at first, took a chance to see clearly who was coming. They were heavily armored cavalry whose entire bodies were hidden in iron armor, even their horses. Both man and horse only had one pair of eyes left outside!
Moreover, there is more than one war horse!
The orcs had all gotten up and looked ahead with their eyes wide open. They saw a cavalry slowly running over in the snowstorm on the road ahead. Their orcs were about 1.81 meters tall and had the fusion of orcs and humans.
Together, they are physically stronger than Western humans, but weaker than orcs. They have inherited some wisdom from humans, making them smarter than most orcs.
This kind of half-orcs are not popular in the Orc Empire, because their physique is not as good as that of most orcs, and their IQs are still somewhat high. When they go to the battlefield, they are not as brave as ordinary orcs. They are too small-minded, and the Orc Empire does not like them.
These half-orcs drove most of them out of the orc empire.
The Human Empire looks down on these half-orcs. They are physically good, but compared to ordinary humans, this is a race with low IQ, easy trouble, and extremely poor cultivation talent. The Human Empire does not accept it.
In this garbage place, keep the beautiful half-orc women among the half-orcs, and drive the rest out of the human empire.
This race that is despised by the two races can only go to a place where the Human Empire, the Elf Empire, and the Orc Empire do not care. This land is very large, and it is completely possible to establish a kingdom. But because of the three empires, no one dares to establish it.
kingdom.
This is the buffer zone of the three empires.
When the Xiliang war flag appeared in the heavy snow, the orcs could see what kind of army it was. The heavy cavalry was in front. It was more beautiful than any cavalry unit they had seen in the chaotic area.
The exquisite black armor is probably something that only the Human Empire can create.
Behind them are carriages loaded with goods, archers, crossbowmen, swordsmen with large shields on their backs and swords at their waists, and spearmen with spears.
Each of them is armed to the teeth, with thick gloves on their hands, and a mask on their face that only exposes a pair of eyes!
Behind the army was the Expeditionary Chamber of Commerce who was driving yaks. Charlie felt that it was so cool to follow the Xiliang army. Any dangers along the way were eliminated by the Xiliang army. The powerful group of monsters caused all kinds of inexplicable disasters.
They were all suppressed one by one. They did not lose a single yak and returned to the Western world intact.
The same goes for the Xiliang army, which arrived in the Western world intact without any losses.
Is this an army sent by that empire?
The orcs only dared to watch from a distance and did not dare to get close. At the same time, they felt that a major earthquake was likely to occur in the chaotic land. This army of unknown forces was a bit scary.
In the land of chaos, the city closest to this grassland is a city built by half-elves called Banmu City. This city usually has 50,000 to 60,000 permanent residents.
Half of them are mixed-race people, half-orcs, half-elves, half-dwarves, etc., and the remaining half are fugitives from various major races who can't survive in their own country and come to this place to avoid being hunted down by the empire.
A half-elf quickly came to the city lord's mansion and saw the city lord who was receiving guests, the lord of Banmu City, and an extremely beautiful female half-elf, Dora.
The person who was negotiating with Dora was an elf. There were more than a dozen elf swordsmen wearing golden armor standing in the hall.
Dora glanced at the stunned soldier who came in, and said in a gentle voice: "What happened?"
All the surrounding elves looked at the soldiers. The soldiers were under great pressure and tried to calm down and said: "City Lord, a human army has appeared in the east. They are huge in number. They have heavy cavalry, archers, and swordsmen. They are a complete army. Specifically,
The boss is still investigating the quantity at this time!"
Dora frowned, and there was doubt in her dark blue eyes: "Heavy cavalry? Heavy cavalry from the east. The Orc Empire does not have heavy cavalry. How could the heavy cavalry of the Human Empire come from the east? To the north is the territory of the Orc Empire. They
It is impossible to let the heavy armored cavalry of the Human Empire pass through their territory and reach behind the half-timbered city!"
"Report!" At this moment, another half-elf scout strode in, with a bit of horror on his face: "City Lord, that team numbered more than ten thousand people, and I saw the flag of the Expeditioners Chamber of Commerce in the rear!
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"Expeditioner Chamber of Commerce?" The silent female elf said: "Does the heavy armored cavalry team have a flag?"
The half-elf scout said: "Yes, that is a battle flag with a bloody wolf head printed on it. They are extremely tall. Their war horses are two meters high. The weapons in their hands are very long, almost four or five meters!"
The scout described some of the characteristics he saw: "Those people were fully armed, with only a pair of eyes exposed!"
"Could it be the Eastern Army?" the female elf guessed.
Dora looked at her sister in confusion: "Sister, what is the Eastern Army?"
The female elf said: "The Expeditioner Chamber of Commerce controls a trade route to the Eastern World. They go to the Eastern World twice a year and bring back a large amount of things from the Eastern World.
According to legend, the Eastern world is more powerful than our world. There are strong men there who can fight against gods, and there are terrifying empires that control countless billions of creatures. There are no gods there. They don’t worship gods, they only worship.
Ancestors!”
"We in the Western World once fought against one of their troops. It was an army of about 50,000 people. They were ordered by the empire to go to our Western World and expand their territory. This caused dissatisfaction among the major empires on the mainland at that time, and a war broke out between the two sides.
, in the record, which battle lasted for two years, we in the Western world experienced the fall of a god, and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties of elite troops before annihilating the opponent.
And they were able to annihilate them because a war broke out in their empire at that time and they could not send reinforcements to support them. They only had 50,000 people!"
"So strong!" Dora couldn't believe it.
The female elf chuckled lightly: "That is not an ordinary army. According to the military level of their Eastern world, they call themselves the King of Martial Army. The leading general is a strong man with a golden body. He fights against the five gods of our world with one person. In the end,
He killed a god and died in battle due to lack of fighting spirit. Now his body still remains in the City of Light.
The City of Light has tried to decipher his cultivation method, but has been unable to do so for countless years. Although he is dead, the remaining body is still absorbing elements. Perhaps, there is still a chance for him to be resurrected!"
The elf then stood up and said, "Let's go and meet together. This team may come from the Eastern World!"
The female elf is not afraid of anything. Troops like King Wu's Army are not ordinary troops, and there are not many in the Eastern world!
She actually wants to see what the Eastern World troops look like!
The alarm bell of Banmu City rang, and five thousand half-elf troops gathered. In front of them were three thousand infantrymen composed of various hybrid creatures. Half-elves basically had bows and swords!
A city of 50,000 to 60,000 people can support 8,000 people, which is enough to see how high the income in this chaotic place is.
Charlie came to Li Jin: "General Jin, ahead is the half-timber city. The half-timber city was built by the female half-elf Dora and is famous for its forging. The rods are designed by half-elves and the weapons are made by half-dwarves.
And because half-elf Dora is backed by the Elf Empire, no one will provoke her, so this half-wooden city can be considered prosperous!"
Charlie has done a lot of work on the chaotic land, isn't it just for today?
He led Xiliang's army to the land of chaos. What was important was that for transactions in this place, you only need to pay the city's commercial tax, and you don't need to pay anything else. You can get gold coins and deposit them in the bank. With a magic crystal card, there is no need to worry.
exposed.
The difficulty is how to transport the goods in. This is a degenerate place, and most of them are people who can't make it in the empire.
Although the Expeditionary Chamber of Commerce is good, in this place you have to rely on force, and family background is basically useless.
Now that Xiliang's army is coming, Charlie doesn't have anything to worry about. Moreover, Xiliang has given him full power over the merchandise management of the human empire. In other words, Xiliang will not send caravans to the major human empires, and they still belong to Charlie.
territory.
Xiliang is engaged in the business of the Orc Empire and the Elf Empire. After Xiliang builds a city in this area, maybe in the future he will not need to travel all the way to the Eastern World to transport goods. He will only need to go to Xiliang to get them.
That's fine, all he needs to pay is the shipping fee, and what kind of goods he needs, he makes a list and brings it to Xiliang.
While the two were talking, they arrived more than 200 meters in front of the half-timbered city. The city wall was a bit short, about a foot high. It looked like it was made of earth, with a large number of people standing on the top half.
The Templar Knights ran up from behind, forming a long black line in front of the half-timbered city. The crossbowmen from behind quickly ran up, and the archers interspersed. The swordsmen took off their shields and hurried forward to the front of the army. If necessary,
They can quickly form a shield formation.
Li Jin had already thought before he came that it would be much more convenient to build a city by himself than to build a city on the basis of the original city!
Seeing the rapid formation of the troops below, the half-elves on the city wall felt a lot of pressure. The longbows and crossbows gave them the feeling that they would die if they were shot.
"Miss, it's very dangerous!"
The golden-armored swordsman stood next to the female elf. He could feel the terror of the soldiers below!
