Chapter 482 Strategy in progress

"The entire army is resting on the spot, checking their injuries, and feeding the horses." Lu Yuan ordered to the army in front of him.

"Yes! General!" Gao Kai and others immediately said respectfully.

However, this time the task of cutting off the Star Luo Empire's food and grass was faced with ordinary soldiers of the Star Luo Empire. There was no way these ordinary soldiers could be the opponents of the Royal Knights of the Tian Dou Empire.

Therefore, the battle just now was a one-sided massacre. Even Commander Cui, who was a Soul Sect cultivator, died in the face of Cheng Qixiao's Poxi Spear.

After all, Cheng Qixiao was a level higher than him, and Commander Cui was not the protagonist, so he could not have the ability to fight beyond the previous level. It was not surprising that he was killed instantly on the spot.

This time, 80% of the food and grass in the Star Luo Empire were burned. Because there was too much food and grass to take away, they only took away the remaining 20%.

This can be regarded as fighting to support war.

No one from the Royal Knights died in battle this time, only some unlucky ones who rushed too hard, tripped over the corpses and fell to the ground.

However, because his comrades returned to rescue in time and the enemy's low fighting spirit, he was not besieged and died.

Moreover, with Lu Yuan as a big killer, he single-handedly killed thousands of Star Luo Empire soldiers and civilians with the help of Ning Rongrong.

At this time, he no longer felt any discomfort for his own killing, or in other words, he had no discomfort with killing in the first place.

Then Lu Yuan directly controlled the source number, opened the space channel, and everyone moved back to the deep mountains.

That's right, the place where the Royal Knights are temporarily hiding at this time is the dangerous mountain range near Zhennanguan. The place where they are located has simply opened up a secret place to accommodate five thousand cavalry.

Lu Yuan did not look very happy about the success of this mission. Instead, he looked towards the end of the distant mountains, where the Principality of Hel was located.

Ning Rongrong asked curiously, "Xiao Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm just a little worried about Lu Po and the others." Lu Yuan said with a smile, "I hope they are all safe."

"It should be fine, don't worry too much." Ning Rongrong said, "I have prepared a lot of good things for them, but you, you have just finished a battle, you have to eat well and take a rest. "

"That's right." Lu Yuan sighed, then nodded.

Soon, they hid in the mountain forest, resting in place, feeding their horses, and eating dinner. The Royal Knights, who were just ordinary people, fell asleep holding their weapons in their arms, while the Royal Knights who were qualified to cultivate soul power all stayed in place. Cultivate your soul power.

The same was true for Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong did not dare to relax for a moment in cultivating his soul power.

She wanted to become strong enough to help Lu Yuan!

…

And in the towns of the Principality of Hull.

After occupying Zhennang Pass, the Star Luo Empire quickly sent troops to attack the Principality of Hel behind Zhennang Pass. However, it was obvious that the millions of people of the Principality of Hel had already evacuated, even the grain fields that were about to be harvested in the autumn. All were harvested and burned.

Except for the town buildings of the Principality of Hel, the Tiandou Empire did not leave a single hair for them.

This was completely unexpected by the Star Luo Empire and others.

"It seems that they planned to evacuate here from the beginning." Dai Qingxiao, who was temporarily staying in the Duke of Hel's Mansion, said coldly.

"It's just... if they want to evacuate the people and domestic property of the Principality of Hel on such a large scale, how can they do it in a short period of time." Wang Qianren was also very puzzled and said.

"But it is expected that even if they evacuate earlier than we expected, they will never be able to retreat that far." He said immediately, "The only thing we can do is..."

"It is possible that there is only the Balak Kingdom." Dai Qingxiao said lightly.

Among the four major kingdoms under the rule of the Tiandou Empire, the Balak Kingdom relies on the Lima Plain and the Balak Canal and is the transportation center of the non-directly controlled areas of the Tiandou Empire.

If Dai Qingxiao really had to guess why the Principality of Hull could move away millions of people from the Principality of Hull so quickly, it would have to be through the Barak Canal.

There is a tributary in the Principality of Hull that communicates with the Barak Canal, so this method is feasible.

But... this is only theoretically feasible. After all, millions of people have to be moved through the canal, and the ships cannot be too small.

Even if the millions of people from the Principality of Hel were not carried directly on one ship, tens of thousands of people would have to migrate one by one.

The only ships that can accommodate tens of thousands of people are so-called large ships like Noah's Ark.

And on Douluo Continent... let alone ships that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, there are even very few ships that can travel on the sea.

"But it doesn't matter. As long as we master Zhennanguan, the four kingdoms after Zhennanguan will be just lambs to be slaughtered in our eyes!" Dai Qingxiao said with a sneer on his face.

In fact, this is exactly the case. After taking Zhennanguan, from the Principality of Hel to the Balak Kingdom, which borders the direct area of ​​​​the Tiandou Empire, there is no natural danger to defend the plains.

The Lima Plain and Barak Canal, which once made the Barak Kingdom prosper, will become the battlefield for the Star Luo Empire to gallop unbridled!

Although the Tiandou Empire still has the last natural barrier - Jialing Pass, the Xingluo Empire, which has annexed the four kingdoms and many principalities under the Tiandou Empire, will become a super power spanning three-quarters of the entire Douluo Continent. empire!

By then, as long as the Star Luo Empire continues to develop, the Tiandou Empire huddled in Jialing Pass will one day be broken by the Star Luo Empire!

"When food and grass are sufficient, we will immediately replenish the army. I will directly incorporate the four kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire into the rule of our Star Luo Empire within three months!" Dai Qingxiao immediately ordered.

"I will obey His Majesty's will!"

At this time, Wang Qianren did not doubt that he was there. Although the Star Luo Empire had made too many sacrifices to capture Zhennang Pass, the most important thing was that even though they captured Zhennang Pass, Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong , Sen Luohou was not caught or killed.

This was indeed a bit of a loss. I originally thought that as long as we could capture Zhennanguan and capture one of Lu Yuan, Ning Rongrong or Sen Luohou, the loss of nearly a million troops would be acceptable.

But I really didn’t catch any of them, and it really makes me feel bad to think about it.

However, now that Zhennanguan has been captured, the four kingdoms after Zhennanguan become particularly attractive.

It's like you have worked so hard to kill all the opponents, and you can win by removing only a bare crystal. Although your opponent's AD will be resurrected in ten seconds with remaining health, normal people will choose to try it at this time. For a moment?

This is the situation that the Star Luo Empire is facing now, and the royal armies of the four kingdoms have said before that in terms of strength, they are definitely not as good as the elite central armies of the two empires.

The royal troops of the four kingdoms were almost no different from children in front of the wolf-like army of the Star Luo Empire.

Even Dai Qingxiao thinks he can wipe out the four major kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire in three months?

However, just when Dai Qingxiao and Wang Qianren began to make ambitious plans for the Four Kingdoms...

"Report——!!" A leader of the Xingluo Royal Guards outside the house shouted hurriedly and ran in.

The leader of the imperial guard was Dai Qingxiao's confidant, so when Dai Qingxiao saw him coming in rashly, he did not blame him, but asked, "What on earth is going on that makes you so flustered?!"

"Report to Your Majesty." The leader of the guards immediately knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and said loudly, "All our patrol armies have been attacked by suspected troops from the Tiandou Empire!"

"The army of the Tiandou Empire?!" Dai Qingxiao said in surprise, "Are you sure that this is a human being and not a beast or a soul beast?!"

He thought he was actually attacked by wild beasts and soul beasts near the Principality of Hel, and the Star Luo Empire army mistook them for the Tiandou Empire army.

After all, they had already occupied Zhennan Pass and the Principality of Hel at this time. How could there still be Tiandou Empire's army here?

At this time, sweat dripped from the forehead of the leader of the guards, "Subordinates... I'm not sure. It's just that the generals below reported it, and the patrols were all attacked near dusk, and they were still approaching. In a wild and wild place, His Majesty said so, it seems that it is most likely the work of wild beasts or spirit beasts."

"Your Majesty, although this is unlikely, it's better to be careful." Wang Qianren frowned at this time, and then said, "Let them be careful, and then confirm whether it is man-made and not a misunderstanding."

Dai Qingxiao nodded, and then said, "Then let all the troops below be careful and confirm the identity of the attacker!"

But he still didn't take it seriously, thinking that this was the wild beasts and soul beasts being disturbed and then they attacked the patrolling army below.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" The leader of the imperial guards quickly went down to issue Dai Qingxiao's decree.

At this moment, a tall armored figure walked in from outside the door.

"See your majesty!" Renn bowed to Dai Qingxiao and said.

"No gift." Dai Qingxiao waved his hand and said, "The food and grass have also been delivered. Thank you for your hard work, Ren. I know you are very dissatisfied with not participating in the war before, but I believe you will be able to do it soon." Let’s show off our skills.”

A smile appeared on Dai Qingxiao's majestic face.

Renn is not suitable to be the commander of the siege battle, so Wang Qianren was always in charge of the previous attack on Zhennanguan, and he was just a senior thug who followed Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi to rush to Zhennanguan and fight against the enemy. Lu Yuan fights.

But in the subsequent battle to attack the four kingdoms, the four kingdoms did not have a natural fortress like Zhennanguan, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers. In addition, it was mostly plain landforms, which was a perfect terrain for cavalry attacks.

And this is the battle that Ren is good at. On this kind of terrain, he can lead his 100,000 mad lions to gallop at will and easily destroy the enemy army.

No matter how many of the four kingdoms' armies there are, Ren can easily defeat them.

After all, he was a ruthless man who led an elite cavalry force of 800 people, traveled 300 miles deep into the Tiandou Empire, and defeated the 100,000-strong Tiandou Empire army at that time.

However, Dai Qingxiao did not see Ren's happy smile, but instead...

A solemn look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I am here to report something." Ren said with a serious face.

"Say it quickly." Dai Qingxiao also frowned and said.

"Thirty miles away from Zhennanguan, our troops escorting grain and baggage were attacked by the enemy. The enemy was very ruthless. Not only did they burn all the grain and grass, but they also burned all 15,000 civilians and soldiers escorting the grain and grass. Silence you." Ren said with an extremely ugly face.

"What?!" Dai Qingxiao's eyes widened, "That batch of food and grass that can support an army of 100,000 people for a month is all gone?"

"That's right, there are only some carts for baggage and transportation left at the scene." Ren said, "They probably didn't have time to destroy them, but they didn't leave us a grain of food!"

"Wait a minute... the thirty miles outside Zhennang Pass... if it was the Tiandou Empire, how did they bypass Zhennang Pass?" Dai Qingxiao said coldly.

"This is indeed unlikely..." Wang Qianren frowned and said.

"But besides the Tiandou Empire, who would do this?" Ren asked.

Dai Qingxiao's eyes widened, and he said in a deep voice, "On this continent, the Tiandou Empire may not be the only one who will oppose us..."

"Your Majesty, you mean..." Both Ren and Wang Qianren reacted, then looked incredulous.

"Martial Soul Hall..." Dai Qingxiao's words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Indeed, there is actually another force in the center of the junction of the two empires, a powerful force that does not belong to the two empires - Wuhun Palace.

Wuhun City is located in the middle of this junction. Of course, troops can be sent outside Zhennanguan without passing through Zhennanguan.

Moreover, it doesn't matter that Dai Qingxiao misunderstood that this was done by Wuhun Palace.

After all, in the past ten years, it was Wuhun Palace that prevented the Star Luo Empire from invading the Tiandou Empire with large-scale troops. Otherwise, with the military power of the Star Luo Empire, not to mention destroying the Tiandou Empire, at least it would be able to annex a large amount of the Tiandou Empire. .

Dai Qingxiao also knew that Wuhun Palace's intentions were not trivial, and they were not really trying to prevent the two empires from going to war for the sake of love and peace.

However, he still thought wrong. Wuhun Palace had always wanted to unify the continent for the sake of love and peace, but they wanted to unify the Douluo Continent themselves, not the Star Luo Empire or the Tiandou Empire.

"But why did Wuhun Palace do this?" Renn was still puzzled.

"He wants us to stop here and not let us continue to attack the Tiandou Empire." Dai Qingxiao said with a sneer.

"But I see that the battlefield is mostly caused by cavalry. Doesn't the Wuhun Hall only have soul masters?" Ren frowned and said.

"This is indeed doubtful..." Dai Qingxiao was not a particularly arbitrary king. He could still listen to some opinions. He frowned and said.

"But the food and grass were destroyed... Qianren." He looked at Wang Qianren and asked, "How long can the food and grass in the city last?"

Although the food and grass were robbed, the Xingluo Empire army in Zhennan Pass did not simply run out of food and grass.

"I calculated before that I can probably hold on for eight days, but now two days have passed..." Wang Qianren said, "That means I can still hold on for six days."

"Then order the country to transport the grain and grass within six days." Dai Qingxiao said, "This time, three thousand Royal Knights and ten thousand Tiger Roaring Army were dispatched out of the south gate of the town to escort the grain, grass and baggage. It is still up to you, Ren, to be responsible. You must not mistaken!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Ren responded immediately with his hands raised.