Lord of the Misty World

Chapter 416 Occupying the Territory
"Kill it."

"Soldiers, follow me to kill."

"Strength strengthening, defense strengthening."

On the prairie in the northern part of the Northern Mountains, there is an undulating valley grassland. Because of the low-lying terrain, a river flows here, forming a lake of more than ten square kilometers.

With the water source, the pasture grows luxuriantly, and this area has become a region with rich water and grass, where various water birds gather, and a nomadic tribe takes root here.

But now, this pasture with rich water and grass has become a battlefield. A tribe of 5 people living here was discovered by the reconnaissance plane of Qinghe Kingdom.

Afterwards, Ji Ling's heavy armored army arrived first and launched an attack on the tribe.Because it was a sudden attack, and Ji Ling's troops had strong armor, the horses also had armor.

A single charge destroyed most of the tribe, but soon, the remaining warriors of the tribe gathered together to form a team of ten thousand people.

When this team gathered together, under the leadership of the tribe's chief, it also gathered a cloud of legion. Under the new year of guarding their homeland, this tribe's cavalry displayed extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Even though they were no match for Ji Ling's heavy armored army, they persisted for a long time. It was during this period that a cavalry unit belonging to the Golden Tent Royal Court that happened to pass by this tribe appeared.

This 3-strong cavalry unit is also dual-talented, and a unit blessed with bloodthirsty and strength can also fight against Ji Ling's unit.

It's just that the heavy armored army has a strong defense and sharp force, which is considered a tie. At this time, the enemy's remaining [-] cavalry troops and Ji Ling's [-] cavalry troops are fighting fiercely.

Every moment, some cavalry fell down, but generally speaking, because the horses assigned by Qing He to the cavalry were dragon blood horses, and the horses also had rune vests.

A single cavalry is also forged with rune full body armor, and holds a sharp rune weapon, which is naturally stronger than the opponent's weapon polished with pig iron or even a powerful animal bone.

Not to mention that there are basically not many cavalry on the opposite side wearing armor.With the advantage of weapons, for every cavalry of the heavy armored legion, five or six tribal cavalry will die.

And Ji Ling was not polite, and led the troops to charge back and forth with his army's strength and strong defense.

The sudden appearance of the enemy is a new object of care for this nomadic force.When the cavalry unit directly under the Golden Tent Royal Court discovered Ji Ling's army, a flying eagle flew into the sky immediately.

This cavalry was going to fight the barbarians and orcs at the border of the forces, but they did not expect to encounter cavalry from the Qinghe Kingdom's surprise attack on the way, so the battle began like this.

When the enemy was discovered, the general who led the team sent a message to the rear Wang Ting immediately. With the speed of this handsome flying eagle, the news was soon passed to the hands of Wang Zhang Da Khan.

Seeing the emergence of a new force, the Great Khan led the [-] cavalry in the royal court to the battle site immediately.

But for everyone, the Qinghe leader is not a vegetarian. The speed of the infantry division is indeed not as good as these cavalry.

But this does not mean that Qinghe's infantry division is not strong in combat. When Ji Ling found out that the enemy appeared unexpectedly, he immediately asked the communication soldiers around him to pass the news to the rear.

The commander-in-chief where Di Feng worked received the news from Ji Ling, and immediately came to the headquarters, asking about the troops near Ji Ling.

"Your Majesty, near General Ji Ling's troops, the Knight Legion has just settled a tribe. It is only [-] kilometers away from the battlefield. If we speed up, we can reach the battlefield in half an hour.

In addition, the wind elemental army stationed in the camp to receive the prisoners of war after the armored army is only [-] kilometers away from the battlefield and can arrive at any time.

In addition, the distance of the Winter Legion on the other side is only [-] kilometers. "

Seeing the units marked on the map, Di Feng quickly made a decision.

"Immediately let the Knight Legion and the Wind Elemental Legion go to support. In addition, the first mechanized division of the Guardian Legion also passed.

At the speed of mechanized troops, marching on this flat ground, it would take at most an hour to reach the destination. "

"Yes."

As the battle progressed, Di Feng learned about the situation on the grassland through the interrogation of the captives.

This piece of grassland is vast, with a length of 400 kilometers and a width of [-] kilometers. The entire area is about [-] million square kilometers. It can be said that it can already support an empire.

But in this vast area, in the south is a huge mountain range that stretches for more than 500 kilometers and has a width of [-] kilometers.

To the north of the mountain range is a large grassland. The western grassland on the grassland is barbarian, that is, the invading barbarian that Qinghe collar encountered before.

According to the barbarian tribal prisoners captured this time, the Qinghe Kingdom roughly estimated the general situation of the entire barbarian tribe.

The entire barbarian tribe, the central barbarian king city headed by the barbarian king, has a population of one million.There are four big tribes under it, namely rock, soil, sand and stone, with a population of about 20.

After that, there are tribes scattered on the barbarian grassland, large and small, with populations ranging from tens of thousands to thousands, but there are hundreds of these tribes.

Therefore, the entire barbarian tribe has a population of about 400 million and lives on herding.But every member of the barbarian tribe is a strong fighter. It can be said that there are 400 million people, and they can pull out 200 million fighters.

If the limit is a little bit, women are also counted, and it is no problem to pull out 300 million.Because of this, the barbarians became one of the three major powers on the grassland.

The opposite of the barbarians is the eastern grassland, where there is a force called the Chiwu Khanate, which is a nomadic human force that uses martial arts battle formations as its training system.

The power and structure of this Chiwu Khanate is similar to that of the barbarians. The head of the Chiwu Khanate calls himself the Chiwu Khan, and the tribe has a population of one million.

There are 30 major tribes under it, each tribe has [-] to [-] people, and there are many small tribes after that. Based on the available information, the total population is estimated to be around [-] million people.

The barbarians and the Chiwu Khanate divided the large grassland to the north of the mountains into two parts, and the landform there was no longer a vast grassland until it was [-] kilometers away to the north.

There, it became a mixed landform of forests, lakes, grasslands, hills, and snow-capped mountains.The orc family lives there, occupying the northern part of the entire land.

The entire orc clan, according to the existing information obtained through torture, roughly knows that there are many races, headed by the lion clan, and subordinate to major powerful races.

The three major forces carve up the vast area north of the entire mountain range, fighting and hostile to each other all year round.

It was precisely after seeing this information that Di Feng found that the situation here was similar to that of the savage tribe in the southern forest.Therefore, the Qinghe Kingdom can attack, as long as the troops of the barbarians and the Chiwu Khanate are repelled in the early stage.

If the enemy is hurt, then the next two forces will not start a war without absolute certainty, then the Qinghe leader can take this opportunity to swallow the land they have occupied these days.

Then it develops steadily, and when it accumulates enough strength, it will deal with all opponents at once, just like it did with the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Mage Council.

Regarding the current development speed of the Qinghe Kingdom, Di Feng believes that other forces are absolutely inferior. With the current situation of 500 million people, Di Feng estimates that the total population will exceed 5000 million in ten years. By then, Qinghe The kingdom's troops can continue to expand.

"Now give me a copy of the position where each unit has advanced, and let me see." After handling the transfer of each unit, Di Feng said to a staff officer beside him.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Not long after Di Feng made the request, a map was sent to Di Feng according to Di Feng's request.

At this time, two weeks have passed since the expansion operation. During such a long time, Di Feng was a little surprised to see the latest summary.

Moreover, on the map this time, the topography of the prairie was also marked, and the hills, rivers, lakes, and some barren small gravel Gobi deserts were all displayed on the map.

"This is really a huge piece of land. It seems that the legions can rest."

At this time, according to the latest information, the westernmost mountain corps has advanced two hundred kilometers to the north and one hundred kilometers to the east.

In this area, every time a tribe is wiped out, the mountain army will leave some soldiers to repair and station in the tribe's original camp.

On this prairie, the places where these tribes can settle must be areas with abundant water and grass, or areas with special functions.

Therefore, the camps are connected to each other, allowing Qinghe Kingdom's dominance to extend to the grassland.The consistent tradition of the Qinghe Kingdom is to fight steadily, and the land I occupy is mine.

These camps are now stationed by infantry regiments such as the Mountain Army, so around the camps, some sentry towers and fortresses were immediately built, as well as a small number of artillery positions and large warehouses for emergency supplies.

And because there are flocks of cattle and sheep on the grassland, after being captured by the various legions, a large livestock shed area was also built in the camp. In an emergency, all the cattle and sheep can be locked in the camp to prevent them from being looted by the enemy.

On this grassland, the initial plan was for all legions to advance hand in hand, but as the battle continued, on this plain, especially when the opponents were mainly nomadic tribes, the role of cavalry and mechanized troops was much faster than that of infantry. too much.

Therefore, as the battle continued, the main force for advancing outward became the three cavalry legions, as well as the cavalry and mechanized troops of other legions.

The rest of the infantry was devoted to the tasks of taking prisoners, taking supplies, camping, building fortifications, and building roads.

Except for the Mountain Army, the Yellow Turban Army, most of the Winter Army, the Death Incarnate Army, and the Wind Elemental Army.

The Mountain Legion moved to the east and the north, and the Yellow Turban Legion was responsible for heading north, and it also advanced [-] to [-] kilometers. The same was true for the Avatar of Death. , stationed troops around the city, turned each camp into a fortress, and used it as a barrier for the headquarters.

In this way, Di Feng looked at the entire map. On the northern grassland, during this period of expansion, the legions of the Qinghe Kingdom occupied a large number of areas on the grassland.

The territories occupied by the various legions are connected together, forming a large piece of land with a width of more than 230 kilometers and a length of [-] kilometers.

Because the barbarians and the Chiwu Khanate were unprepared at the beginning, they were contacted by various legions to fight and took down such a large territory, but now, the two big forces have reacted.

Then the next step is a position defense battle, not an external attack, but occupying such a piece of land of about 16 square kilometers, and the various legions of the Qinghe collar have also been greatly dispersed, and now it is not suitable for external expansion.

At this point in the calculation, Di Feng said.

"In my name, order the legions to stop expanding outwards, surround the edge of the nearest camp, repair the camp on the spot, build a large number of forts and strongholds in the edge area, and ensure the security of the occupied area."

"In addition, let the General Administration Department select and form two county-level government affairs departments, and ten county-level government affairs department officials will be transferred to the northern edge immediately."

"Yes."

In this land with a total area of ​​at least 400 million square kilometers, the Qinghe Territory now only occupies 40 square kilometers including the northern mountain range. It can be said that there are enemies everywhere on the wider land. It is not that the Qinghe Kingdom can take down.

After a few years of development, the Qinghe Kingdom has developed, and then it will be easier to annex more territories by continuing to expand outward.

Following Di Feng's order, Chen Dao's Baimu army stopped advancing, and the engineering and supply troops under the legion began to build fortifications around a tribal camp.

Due to the particularity of the extraordinary cavalry, Chen Dao's Bailu Legion was not equipped with artillery, firearms and weapons. The purpose of building fortifications at this time was to allow the rear mountain army to take over the camp.

The high-intensity mobility of the regiment-level cavalry led by Qinghe is not used for defense, but for offense, so the infantry regiment is the main force of defense.

Moreover, the Mountain Legion is only temporarily taking over the garrison. When the Qinghe leader mobilizes enough garrison troops, the Mountain Legion will still have to return to the mountains suitable for them.

In addition to the Mountain Army, the Yellow Turban Army, and the Death Incarnate Army, the three army groups all started camping on the spot and took over the task of border defense.

In addition to repairing the small fortifications of the camps on the border, the legions also followed Di Feng's combat strategy and chose suitable locations to build small forts between the camps and fortresses on the border.

A battalion of troops stationed here, coupled with sufficient weapons and ammunition, is enough to withstand the siege of more than ten times the enemy.

Of course, this border fortification will be a huge project, and at this time the engineering teams from the Qinghe Kingdom are busy in the mountains, and only the engineering units of each legion are responsible for the construction of the fortifications in a short time.

After Di Feng gave the order, Di Feng once again set his sights on the battlefield in the northeast of the occupied area.

There, the battle has become increasingly fierce.

(End of this chapter)