dawn of dynasty

Chapter 397 Deserted Sand Plateau, Reclaiming Wasteland and Increasing Territory

The desert is lonely, the wind is blowing, and the sand is everywhere.

This is a place called the "Desolate Sand Plateau" outside the Tianxia Kingdom.

To the west of Tianxia, ​​the terrain is not only quite high, but also desolate and lacks water. It has not been a livable place since ancient times. This is why Tianxia has not expanded further to the west.

Because it's not worth it.

To the west is a large area of ​​uninhabited land. There is no way to use it for farming, and transportation is inconvenient. It is really useless.

Of course, the Western Regions are not without countries, but the main settlements of these countries are all in relatively livable places, like large oases in the desert. The land seems to be large, but in fact the real settlements are not. Not many, and the population is not very large.

Unlike Tianxia, ​​any province can easily have a population of tens or hundreds of millions.

These countries are also far away from Tianxia, ​​and are now being invaded by foreign powers.

However, because there was not much oil and water, the great powers did not treat this matter as a major military matter.

Shen Guanye looked at the vast wasteland in front of him and waved his hand to summon the heroic spirits accumulated during this period. Dozens of mountain gods appeared from the sky, like mountain-blue meteors, drawing a series of mountain-blue arcs in the sky. Falling into the mountains.

Soon, the mountain gods each selected dozens of peaks, and their bodies gradually sank into the mountains, and began to expand their divine domain.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Guanye added a group of gods of the four seasons and a group of gods of solar terms.

This is the latest set of Four Seasons Gods and Solar Terms Gods that he has accumulated. The people below are fighting for this set of Four Seasons Gods and Solar Terms Gods to be released to them. After all, this involves not only tangible benefits, but also It is also a political achievement.

The people in Xia'nan Province are okay, because they are the ones who have the largest number of Four Seasons Gods and Solar Terms Gods now, but the newly added provinces are different. They are too greedy for the Four Seasons Gods, Solar Terms Gods, Mountain Gods, and Water Gods. The effect is gone.

Although the living conditions in these provinces are much better than those in the original Xianan Province, even if there are no gods of the four seasons, solar terms, mountains, and water, they are still places with good weather and good weather.

But who would think that they have received too many benefits? People just stare at others to see if they have been unfairly treated and whether they have suffered a loss.

If other provinces have it, we must have it too!

Faced with the overwhelming requests from the people below and all kinds of twists and turns (someone with extraordinary powers even approached Shen Zhimei and Shen Zhizhu), Shen Guanye's attitude was very firm, that is: none of them were allowed. ,talk about it later.

Because he retains the God of Four Seasons and the God of Solar Terms, he is of great use.

The original choice to open up the Nanyang Continent was to demarcate as much land as possible during the time window when the old order had been broken and the new order was about to be established, so that the original no-man's land could be transformed into Tianxia's. territory, making it an immutable established fact.

And this uninhabited land includes not only the Nanyang Continent, but also the deserted sand plateau.

To achieve this goal, the most important link is the mountain gods and water gods. After all, there are mountain gods and water gods living in this place. There are so many Tianxia people living here, how can it not be the territory of Tianxia since ancient times?

At that time, the God of Four Orders and the God of Solar Terms had not yet been born, so they were not included in the calculation. Later, with the birth of the God of Four Orders and the God of Solar Terms, they naturally became the most important part of the plan, just like the gods of mountains and water. ring.

Therefore, the mountain gods and water gods can also be allocated to Tianxia's inherent territory to improve the harsh natural conditions in some areas. After all, there are enough mountain gods and water gods.

But the God of Four Seasons and the God of Solar Terms?

In the short term, Shen Guanye will never be released into Tianxia. Want to enjoy the benefits of the Four Seasons God and the Solar Terms God? Okay, just move to a new territory!

This is also the reason why Shen Guanye has not put the Four Sequence God and the Solar Terms God there after attacking the lower half of Chongling Province for so long.

Because from the beginning, he had no intention of placing the Four Seasons God and the Solar Terms God in the newly conquered territory.

In this case, a bowl of water should naturally be held flat.

With the appearance of the gods of the four seasons and the gods of solar terms, faint colors suddenly appear in the sky. The scenery of the four seasons is distributed in the sky, with clear distinctions. If you look carefully, you can find that there are also subdivisions in the scenery of the four seasons. Twenty-four scenes.

Viewed from below, the sky seems to be divided into four huge screens. The scenes of the four seasons are depicted on the screens, and the screen is subdivided into twenty-four banners, each of which corresponds to The scenery corresponding to the solar terms.

The originally desolate plateau suddenly gained a touch of color.

On the earth, the divine realms of the mountain gods gradually merged, and in the sky, the divine realms of the Four Seasons God and the Solar Terms God also continued to expand.

Finally, the divine realms of the mountain gods were connected together, and the divine realms of the Four Seasons God and the Solar Terms God also expanded to the extreme. The colors between heaven and earth gradually faded, and the plateau regained its desolate nature.

It seemed like something happened, and it seemed like nothing happened.

I don’t know how much time has passed, but a wind suddenly blew from the direction of the Nanyang Continent. Different from the ancient and desolate wind on the deserted sand plateau, this wind from the Nanyang Continent brought the scarce and moist water on the plateau, and even... …There’s even a hint of spring.

Soon, thin rain clouds gathered in the sky.

Sparse light rain began to fall. Although it was a drizzle, it was extremely precious and rare for the barren mountains here where few drops of rain were not seen all year round.

The gods of the four seasons and the gods of solar terms continued to exert their strength, and with the faint assistance of the mountain gods, after a light rain for a while, the rain clouds in the sky not only did not dissipate, but became thicker and heavier, and the rain also became heavier. Come bigger.

Eventually it turned into a downpour of lightning and thunder.

It was such a hearty rain. The barren mountains here may not have seen such a heavy rain in the past hundred years.

The earth was full of rainwater, but there were still trickles between the mountains. Seeing this, Shen Guanye summoned dozens of water gods in the country who were ready to go.

The water god enters the newly formed trickle and begins to assist the rainfall.

Shen Guanye looked at the pouring rain and thought silently.

If the Kingdom of God wants to advance from level 12 to level 13, it must acquire enough territory. He already owns nine provinces, but it seems that the territory is not enough at present.

But in a short period of time, he could not conquer more territory.

To the north, that is the sphere of influence of the Tianlong Clan. He has accepted such a huge favor from Zeng Mingwu, and now he is turning around to attack and annex his power?

A man who repays kindness with hatred cannot escape.

For the same reason, it is not possible to go east. To the east are the allies who originally worked with him to deal with the broken warlord.

Now that the broken warlord is gone, he has turned around and started attacking his allies. How can this be done?

Even a traitorous hat cannot be escaped. The key is, if he is this kind of person and has such a style, then it would be better.

But he is not!

On the contrary, his reputation is extremely good, because this good reputation also brings many benefits.

If we really do this, the character will collapse greatly, and in any era and time and space, the collapse of the character is an extremely terrible thing.

Whether expanding to the north or east, the gains outweigh the losses.

In this case, only the west and south sides are left.

Therefore, for Shen Guanye, he still had to maintain his original strategy and delve into uninhabited land.

After all, the territory that is created through expansion is also territory, isn't it?

It can also meet the requirements of the Kingdom of God.

That's why today's scene happened.

Seeing that the divine realms of several heroic spirits were expanding smoothly, Shen Guanye left, leaving only some of them to observe the changes in the environment so that they could move here and settle at the right time.

When I returned to Xia Nancheng, I got news from the front line.

The Xia Nan Clan was so dominant in the southwestern region that the Fuso people had to cease their activities and shrink their front lines. However, wars were still raging on the Guimen Clan battlefield and the Bilong Clan battlefield.

Compared with the battlefields of Nanyang Continent, which are thousands of miles away, the Guimen clan battlefield is much closer to the Fuso mainland. Earlier, the Fuso people had cut off half of the province. Using this as a springboard, it would be much easier to project power.

Therefore, the war on the Gui Clan battlefield was still fierce. Even because the Fuso people gave up the siege of the Nanyang Continent and were able to concentrate their efforts on the Gui Clan battlefield, the coalition forces on the Gui Clan battlefield became even more miserable. They retreated steadily and lost a large area. 's land.

Even though the Xia Nan Clan owns nine provinces, the land occupied by the Fuso people is actually not much different now - there are not as many provinces as the Xia Nan Clan, but the area is not much less, because the average area of ​​the northeastern provinces is It is much larger than the southwestern provinces.

What's more, one of the nine provinces owned by the Xia Nan Clan was created by Shen Guanye, and the area of ​​Xia Nan Province is still very large. If Xia Nan Province is excluded, Tianxia's lost territory will be even larger than that of the Xia Nan Clan. The territory Shen Guanye has established is even larger, and the situation is really not good.

If the ghost clan hadn't taken over Beichen City and become the nominal central government in Tianxia, ​​Marshal Helian would probably have become a lost dog now, and almost all of his original territory would have been lost.

In fact, this is the main reason why the Fuso Congress chose to shrink in the Nanyang battlefield, because it has laid down a large amount of territory in the ghost gate battlefield, and these territories need to invest a lot of troops to defend and consolidate. For this reason, the Fuso people have invested a large number of 13 Level, 14th level heroic spirits.

If the Fusang people had sent some 13th-level and 14th-level heroic spirits to the Nanyang battlefield, the Xianan Clan would not have been able to repel the Fusang people's attack so smoothly.

It is even possible that the Fusang troops came to the south of Xia City.

Not only is the situation on the Gui Clan battlefield critical, but the situation on the Bilong Clan battlefield is also beginning to develop in an unfavorable direction.

After a long civil war, the war in the Star Kingdom has calmed down a lot. One faction has completely suppressed the other faction. Therefore, it can also use its hands to dispatch more troops to the battlefield of the Bilong clan.

Although the Star Kingdom is thousands of miles away from Tianxia, ​​it has managed Donghua Island early, and with the help of the traitor Hong Canghai, it is still much easier than the Fusang people to directly send troops to the Nanyang battlefield. .

The strength of the world's most powerful country is not something to brag about. The Star Kingdom only increased a part of its troops, which put great pressure on the coalition forces on the battlefield of the Bilong Clan.

The Xia Nan Clan is the largest warlord today, and Shen Guanye is highly respected by the public. Naturally, it is impossible for the Xia Nan Clan to just sit idly by - even if the Xia Nan Clan has just ended the war.

But the problems faced by the Fusang people at the beginning have now come to Shen Guanye's head.

That is, he cannot send a large number of troops to the Guimen Clan battlefield and Bilong Clan battlefield because the distance is too far, so he can only continue the previous method, which is to send elite troops there.

But now it seems that these elite soldiers are far from enough.

The major warlords who were fighting on the front line sent telegrams one after another, hoping that Shen Guanye would continue to dispatch troops.

"Commander, we have just ended the war with the Fuso people. We have suffered a lot of casualties. We really can't send so many troops when we should be recuperating."

The people below did not agree to deploy more troops.

"It is true. We have been fighting for these years, and the pressure is already very great, especially for the soldiers at the front. Their heart strings have been completely stretched for several years. Now we finally have a chance to breathe, and we have to go to war again. On the battlefield, no one can stand up to the iron."

Seeing that Shen Guanye was silent and seemed unable to make up his mind, someone else said: "Commander, it is extremely benevolent for us to send such an elite force. How many warlords are trying to clear their own doors and even deliberately preserve their strength? A good fisherman must It’s profitable.”

"Look at the Dragon Clan that day, the civil war was fierce, but they deployed troops to support the two battlefields, but they didn't even have a soldier or a heroic spirit. If it weren't for Zen Master Dahui and Qinglong Sword Immortal who got angry, the commander-in-chief You also said that if those people from the Tianlong Clan don’t drop a single soldier, then you will take back all the green dragons left in the Tianlong Clan, and I’m afraid they won’t even be willing to pretend!”

"At this time, what's the use of just pointing fingers at us? Many times, once a person becomes easy to talk to, others will keep looking for that person to ask for help. We can't let it go like this."

Seeing that everyone below agreed to continue to send elite troops for reinforcements, Shen Guanye finally said: "Okay, let's all refuse, and use more tactful words."

As a result, requests for help from all parties were declined.

……

Late at night, the moon and stars are sparse.

A figure moved quickly in the sea water, it was Shen Guanye.

Although most of the people below disapprove of continuing to deploy troops to the Gui Clan Battlefield and Bilong Clan Battlefield, many people even feel that they should take the opportunity to recharge their batteries so that they can better conquer the world in the future.

The reason is easy to find. In the previous battles, the family suffered heavy casualties. Even if they did not send troops, others would not be able to say anything, and it would not have any negative impact on the good reputations of Shen Guanye and the Xia Nan Clan.

However, Shen Guanye still felt that he could not sit back and watch the frontline soldiers sacrifice when he still had enough support. Therefore, after discussing with core senior officials such as Zhu Rusong, Cen Lingxiao, Lu Boxiang, and Bai Huaian, he decided to do so.

Shen Guanye decided not to tire his soldiers and went to the front line personally. This proposal was finally reluctantly approved by everyone.

That's why the current scene happened.

As for why he agreed to everyone's suggestions at the big meeting and rejected the requests for help from the big and small warlords, it was naturally to deceive others. If he had directly told the other party that he would go there in person, this information would have been flying all over the sky!

　Brother cute! Happy New Year! I wish you all that "the family sits leisurely and the lights are friendly"~~~~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)