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Chapter 466 Grassland Empire
Huangcheng.

The vast grassland is full of spring opportunities.

The Huangshui River flows eastward, and across the vast area, the Zhou army's troops can be seen galloping back and forth on the grasslands, transporting materials for building camps around Huangcheng.

Huangcheng was the first line of defense against the barbarians in the north during the Great Zhou Dynasty. It used the special terrain around Huangcheng to prevent the barbarians from going south.

At the very beginning, the existence of this line of defense was of little significance. In the south of it, there was Chongguan Pass, which was enough to stop the barbarian troops.

However, with the changes in the national situation between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Steppe Empire, the Zhou army transformed from the initial strategic defense to a strategic offensive, and even to a final all-out attack.

The significance of this line of defense where Huangcheng is located is highlighted. It is the first fortress for the Zhou army's northward advance.All the army's food and fodder transferred from Yongliang and Sanzhou will eventually be gathered here.

At the same time, the land of Hehuang is rich in water and grass and is very close to Yongzhou. There are enough resources for the Zhou army to tame enough cavalry.The Huangcheng defense line is in front, which means that the foreign army that wants to go south cannot spare this place and directly attack Chongguan.

Otherwise, if one is not careful, the alien army will face the danger of being attacked from two sides, or even be surrounded on all sides.

More than 30 years ago, the world was in chaos. The last Zhou army stationed in Huangcheng was destroyed by the great demon Yiwei. A more dangerous breakthrough.

However, as the internal disputes in the Zhou Dynasty reached a point, Liang Jun finally freed up his hands and regained the land of Hehuang again.

First Zhu Jian, then Zhang Rui, the two generals of the Liang Army swept through the Hehuang land, wiping out all the aliens who dared to resist, and using the most severe methods, the big and small monsters were wiped out. Dozens.

Today, when the Zhou army settled in Yongzhou and entered the land of Hehuang in the north, there were actually not many resisting forces here.

However, instead, what faced Zhou Jun was the threat of another powerful force.

Demon Emperor Wu Hao gathered 30 soldiers and displayed them outside the Great Wall.Just like a snowball, sooner or later all the foreign forces around the Demon Realm and even the entire northern Saibei will be absorbed into it.

In less than two years, Wu Hao has developed from the initial dilemma of only having a hundred thousand demon troops to the current situation.Among them, Wu Hao gained the support of large and small demon parties near the demon domain. After the death of the last co-leader of the barbarian tribe, Wu Hao absorbed the power of the three barbarian kings of the barbarian tribe through marriage and other means, and obtained more than [-] barbarian troops. support.

Of course, just like this, it doesn't make people feel scared.Because the foreign forces that Zhou Jun had faced in the past were much more numerous than the demon army today.

The armies of these alien races usually have low combat effectiveness. They are organized into tribes, and their wars are mainly based on looting. Each has its own agenda.

However, Wu Hao is different. He is innovating the previous systems of the monster and barbarian races in the monster realm, and even building a powerful army with reference to the military system within the Zhou army.

What Wu Hao wants to do is to resurrect the huge grassland empire in northern Saibei 600 years ago.And after he has completely dealt with the internal affairs of the demon domain, he will inevitably go south. At that time, what Zhou Jun will face is not just a mob.

And behind all of this, one can see the shadow of Su Ying, the nine-tailed demon fox.As the Demon Emperor's minister, Su Ying plays an important role.

"Rongcan!"

"The end is here!"

"You trained well in heavy armor."

Standing on the high platform of the Huangcheng palace, one can see two light blue black turtles slowly taking shape on the grass in the distance.

Black Turtle Protective Formation!
A heavy armored force has 500 men, and four heavy armored forces form an army. They can use the signature formation of the Black Turtle Protective Formation.Although the two black turtles in front of Yang Xian were in unstable shape, the newly established [-] heavy armor could achieve this level. Rong Can was indeed well trained.

The Zhou army merged with Liang Dingyong and accepted hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops.Among them, there are brave soldiers like the Liangzhou Army, and there are also new troops trained by the Liang Kingdom of Yongzhou.The soldiers of the Zhou army were overflowing, and all armies were expanding.

The heavy armor led by Rong Can also expanded from the original five thousand to twenty thousand.

Heavy armor means the ceiling of the infantry's top combat power.As for the army that can exceed this ceiling, it is not impossible, but they often cannot be built on a large scale like heavy armor.

With Liang Jun's power and wealth, Huan Wu only built 20 heavy armors in more than [-] years.

After Yuan Cheng destroyed [-] Yulin troops, it basically meant that the heavy armor army was over.Because the imperial court strictly prohibited the local private accumulation of heavy armor, most of the generals who were familiar with the tactics and formations of the heavy armor army were killed in the battle with Chengtian Dao.

Liang Jun relied on reverse exploration to rebuild the heavy armor army, with about [-] personnel.According to Yang Chun's evaluation, Huan Wu's [-] heavy armored troops had exceeded the [-] imperial forest troops in the last years of Emperor Qi.

Of course, compared with the [-] Imperial Guardsmen who went north to destroy the Prairie Empire when the Great Zhou Empire was in its heyday, it was still far behind.But even so, these [-] heavy armors can still traverse the Central Plains.

In the end, a total of eight of the [-] pieces of heavy armor were lost in the Battle of Zhou Nan. After the war, Rong Can led two groups of heavy armor to surrender to the Zhou army.The remaining [-] people followed the Huan family and moved north to Shenwu.

The [-] heavy armored troops of the Zhou Army in Huangcheng had just formed an army. They could not even use the most basic Black Turtle Protective Formation, let alone the [-] heavy armored troops of the Liang Army.

However, the Zhou army still had time. The Huan clan wanted to move the capital to Shenwu, and Wu Hao wanted to reform the system of the demon and barbarian armies. Now in this land of Hehuang, the only threat was the Liang army in Bingzhou.

However, Yang Xian was not worried that this Liang army would raid the Hehuang land.

Among the Liang army in Bingzhou, [-] Zhujian's Juyi soldiers are still in Hedong County, and the Shangxiqi led by Yangjian are also intensifying their training into an army like heavy armor.The remaining troops are not qualified enough.

The situation in the world has not yet been completely stabilized, and there is still a strategic window between Zhou, Liang and even the Yao clan.Zhou Jun had a period of peace and could reorganize his army and horses.

In the land of Hehuang, there were stationed [-] Qin Feng's Xiliang cavalry, [-] Yang Fuxin's trained cavalry, and Rong Can's [-] heavy armor. The rest were the surrendered demon army commanded by Luo Wujiu.

"Lord, this is a message from Hao Jing."

Qin Feng came to Yang Xian with the bamboo tube he had taken off Xun Ying's leg, and held it in his hand.

Yang Xian took it and opened it, only to smile.

"The territories of Wu and Chu are in chaos. Are Cai Tong and Hou Tao finally willing to surrender?"

"Lord, the attitudes of these two guys have finally softened!"

Qin Feng had a smile on his face, but Yang Xian was not satisfied.

"This is not enough! Issue another edict, ordering Cai Tong and Hou Tao to go to the capital immediately to meet the emperor."

"What if they refuse?"

"The army will attack it!"

These four words were very light, but there was no hesitation at all.

(End of this chapter)