Dragon Fighting Hoshino

Chapter 39
After using all kinds of bright or less visible means to stabilize the interior of the Celestial Dynasty, the expeditionary army made all preparations for departure.Immediately, the Celestial Dynasty started a large-scale nationwide propaganda campaign, crazily advocating how much disaster the 'evil' Heiyun people have brought to the Celestial Dynasty. In order to liberate the people in dire straits under the rule of the Black Cloud Empire, the Celestial Army had no choice but to fight again.At the same time, for the sake of the glory of the Celestial Dynasty, the sons of the Celestial Dynasty will set off to expedition to overseas continents. This is their personal pride, but also the pride of their family, and even more the pride of the Celestial Dynasty. become stronger.

This kind of eloquent and golden lotus propaganda campaign lasted for half a year, and the heaven and earth have unified into one voice: fight across the sea, kill the Heiyun Empire, and save all the suffering people under their evil and bloody rule.And the people of the Celestial Dynasty also began to look forward to the prospect that the minerals of the three continents under the jurisdiction of the Black Cloud Empire would bring them with the use of the technological means of the Celestial Dynasty.

Naturally, there is no need to be careful with this kind of propaganda. Even if there are spies in the Heiyun Empire in the interior of the Celestial Dynasty, they have no way to pass the news back.

A total of 200 warships of various types densely filled the outer waters of Jiangcheng.The most exaggerated one is the giant dragon boat with a length of more than two hundred feet. Although it is made of wood, it has an amazing carrying capacity.The first batch of 37 million soldiers, [-] horses, and the food and grass needed to support the expeditionary force for three months have all been loaded.Traveling from the mainland of China to the territory of the Black Cloud Empire required more than two months of wandering at sea, so in fact, after all the troops landed on the shore, they had to collect food and grass on the spot.To put it bluntly, it is to snatch food and grass from the hands of the natives. According to the famous and violent generals of the Celestial Dynasty: "Damn it, I robbed their food and grass to save face. They should give it to us on their own initiative." It makes sense to come up."

Along with the army all the way, there were [-] new artillery pieces and a large number of ordnance.

Emperor Tianyou didn't talk nonsense at the swearing-in meeting, but just said: "I hope that your names can be enshrined in the Hall of Valor in Shengjing in the future." In Yang Tian's surprised eyes, this short sentence made 200 Wan Tianchao's soldiers howled crazily, and even the sea water trembled slightly due to the huge sound waves.

At the moment, 670 warships are slowly sailing away, among which [-] specialized fast warships left the team first. They are going to the Strait to replace the previous batch of garrison fleets, and the replaced navy will change in Jiangcheng. After boarding the new-style warships, they followed the second batch of troops to meet them.According to the plan of the Celestial Dynasty, within half a year, all [-] million expeditionary troops will reach the mainland of the Black Cloud Empire.The task of the first batch of troops was to open up a base area, occupy about ten of their cities, and stockpile food, horses, minerals, labor and so on.

Very fortunately, the Sacred Dragon Guards were arranged into the army along the way.Originally, a group of bigwigs such as Master Zeng were unwilling to let their precious hearts follow the army, but their precious hearts were bewitched by Yang Tian and Longfeng, and they seemed to be in a trance as long as they entered the territory of the Black Cloud Empire. , you can have a lot of gold and silver, and a lot of beautiful women with big tickets. They fought hard and finally won this chance to start.It has expanded into a 5-man guard regiment, and it is currently loaded on the thirteen dragon boats at the front. Soldiers from the "Tiger Wolf Army" are carrying out daily physical exercises on the deck with solemn expressions, while those young masters On outings, they usually sit on the railing, on the mast, and on the horn, laughing and laughing.

On the bow of the fleet flagship 'Sacred Dragon' outside Li Xu, Qiong Daotian had a bit of a headache watching the weird performances of the young guards, and began to regret whether he had found a big trouble in his hands.

Just to the left of the flagship, on a ridiculously luxurious huge dragon boat, more than a dozen young dancers are singing and dancing, waving big red feather fans in their hands, a skinny old guy with black wrinkles on his face and shiny hair Sitting on the big armchair at the bow, he slapped his hands and laughed, and a few bald heads served tea and wine beside him, very respectful.This special-made dragon boat carried the Heitian old ghost and nine thousand disciples under the Dahei Tianshen Sect. . .The old ghost Heitian fulfilled his promise and carefully selected [-] monks and mages to accompany him. Basically, all the essence of his own sect was on this ship.

On the dragon boat on the right side of the flagship, there are the Danshi of Ouchi's "Wangtian Pavilion" and the little mages of their schools.Under the attack and crowding out of the Heitian Sect, their power has become weaker and weaker. Now there are no more than a thousand mages with certain strength gathered, so they are arranged on this dragon boat, together with the selected masters of the worship hall and Martial arts masters from all over the world huddled together.The masters of many sects are all five generations on the same boat, and the officials who are responsible for recruiting them say it very well: "If you make meritorious service, you can be appointed as an official; if you resist the order, all the families will be executed!" Gangs have been wiped out everywhere. Under such circumstances, these aristocratic families and sects wisely chose the path of expedition with the army.They also have self-confidence: at least, relying on their own martial arts, it is very easy to survive on the battlefield.

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Along the way, the wind was calm.

The soldiers trained in shifts on the deck every day, and the desolate singing shook the seas near and far.Longfeng frowned and listened to their songs, and vaguely recognized the pirated version of "Manjianghong-Change" and an unknown song full of murderous intent.In the singing, the huge fleet passed by the previous batch of garrison fleets that had changed defenses; the fleet passed through the calm 'Yinfeng' Strait; The seas of the empire's territory.

After continuing to move forward for seven days, a line of land appeared in the eyes, and dots of triangular white sails also appeared on the horizontal line.The sound of sharp horns and the sound of majestic horns sounded crazily, and small speedboats ten feet long were lowered from the large dragon boats one after another, and the sailors boarded these small ships suitable for close combat and beach scrambling.The oily barrels of the small artillery protruded from the hidden square holes around the dragon boat.

The sound of footsteps resounded through all the dragon boats and warships. The infantry soldiers moved their itchy muscles and bones in a murderous manner, raised their knives and guns, and set up a huge siege crossbow amidst the "crackling" sound of joints. Densely covered with dragon boats.

The members of the guards cheered, put on their refined armors, and posed proudly on the deck, waving the swords in their hands, shouting: "Kill, kill, kill, kill!" Grab, grab, grab..."

The military judges on the flagship asked Qiong Daotian with gloomy faces: "Master Hou, what if they violated the military law?"

Qiong Daotian grinned and dismissed his responsibility: "I don't care about this issue, I'm just in charge of the first army... All the general military power is still in the hands of Marshal Wen, this issue, you guys I need to ask his old man for instructions... Although the Guards are directly under me, but their composition, well, you know this well, if you offend anyone, you will have no fruit to eat... That is, if children don't Sensible, the first time you fight a war, you should grab some things, how much can you take away when you are a group of young masters? It won't affect much, don't be nervous..."

After finishing this batch of nonsense, Qiong Daotian's expression changed, and he roared murderously: "However, if any officer and soldier who is not a guard regiment violates the military law, he will be killed severely." The military judges suddenly agreed, In my heart, I naturally attribute the Guards to the Hedgehog Legion.

Three hours later, the smooth sailing fleet approached the mainland of the 'Black Cloud Empire', and the naked eyes could already see the small red houses with pointed roofs covered by green trees on the mainland.The fishermen on hundreds of small fishing boats exclaimed, turned their bows and fled towards the land one after another. They had never seen such a weird fleet, especially the flying boats on every fleet. The flag made them feel even more chilly and fearful: it was a black dragon with red eyes, holding a sharp blood-colored sword fiercely in its right paw, and below him was a monstrous wave pattern.

The Celestial Dynasty fleet approached slowly, and their small fishing boats fled frantically and panickedly. Just as they were about to flee into the port, a monstrous wave mixed with traces of black flames rolled up in the flat ground, and hit them heavily. on the fishing boat.The old ghost of Heitian laughed strangely, a small minaret in his hand was emitting black brilliance, traces of howling dead souls were drawn out from the sea water and sucked in.

On the dragon boat where the Danshis of 'Wangtian Pavilion' were, a handsome young sorcerer raised his eyebrows and was about to make a move. The old man beside him pinched him fiercely behind his back and said in a low voice: "Gold Yang, stop, you can't beat him now...it's just a few people from a foreign country, don't act rashly." Jin Yang snorted coldly, and stared fiercely at the elated Heitian with murderous eyes. The old ghost loosened his fingers one by one from his dharma sword.

The place where the Chinese fleet was going to land was a small port city. At this moment, the city defense team of about 2000 people gathered on the pier amidst the sound of alarm bells, but their commanders basically covered the port when they saw the Chinese fleet. The huge fleet on the outer sea wisely ordered: "Everyone, abandon the city and flee, hurry up, the people from the northern continent are coming for revenge, run away." As soon as the words fell, several huge fireballs landed beside him , More than 200 people were instantly reduced to ashes. At the same time, the artillery carried by the Chinese fleet also roared. The whole city was slowly burning and collapsing amidst the explosion of fireballs, the shaking of the ground, and the panicked running of people. For nothing.

Qiong Daotian had already put on his full body armor at this moment, and his mount - a blood-colored steed also neighed lowly, pawing its hooves impatiently beside him.Qiong Daotian's voice seemed to come from hell, and said coldly: "Brigade, land and control all nearby villages and towns. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy. Collect all their food, grass and supplies and leave them to Their most basic necessities are fine."

The flagship took the lead and leaned against the pier of the port. The huge hull immediately occupied all the positions in this small port where ships could be loaded and unloaded. Other ships could only land on the beach.

Heitian old ghost didn't care about these trifles at all, he had already flew into the sky laughing wildly, letting the newly cast 'Shadow Tower' in his hand absorb the undead crazily.Seeing the tower body in his hand slowly glowing, the old ghost Heitian burst into complacency, laughed wildly, and almost fell from the sky.

The soldiers silently boarded the small boats from the large ships of the fleet, rushed to the beach, and then, under the leadership of their respective leaders, the whole team quickly advanced in all directions. The task of the 150 million soldiers is to wipe out all the resistance forces of the Black Cloud Empire within a radius of a hundred miles within two days.Because it is not known whether this is the original territory of the Heiyun Empire or another continent that was later invaded, the local army must be prepared to resist desperately.The rest of the soldiers used this port to transport the remaining food, grass, materials, etc. ashore to prepare a forward base.

The Navy's explorers disembarked quickly, and under the protection of a large group of soldiers, began to survey and record the nearby terrain and landforms, etc., looking for natural harbors that might accommodate more fleets landing.

In a hurry, three days passed.The soldiers in front had stopped moving. According to the information they sent, twelve villages and towns and two small castles had been occupied, but they hadn't encountered much resistance yet.According to the news from the corresponding soldiers, within a hundred miles, it seems that many strong and strong men have been transferred away, and the few city defense teams can't pose any threat to the army at all.

The army along the way did not stay too much. After sorting out all the supplies, they swept away more than 170% of the stored food and other supplies in the warehouse of the port, and did not bother to leave too many people to take care of those unlucky port residents who might survive. The army slowly gathered together and began to move towards a big city ninety miles away that the scouts had discovered.According to Qiong Daotian's idea, it would take at most five days to capture this city, and then use it as a base. It would be good to capture about five cities within two months, and then he could wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops with peace of mind.As for the navy fleet, after the last shipment of food was brought down, it retreated at full speed, preparing to meet the next batch of troops.This time, it was a large-scale army mixed with [-] million elite cavalry, bows, spears, and swordsmen from the Western Continent.

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The dense army like an ant colony covered several nearby hills, pressing towards the unknown city like a tide.Qiong Daotian led a group of senior generals to take the lead, and under the protection of a large number of armored soldiers, they approached the city wall first.

Longfeng could clearly hear the terrified shouts from above the city wall, and the clang of weapons falling from his hands and falling to the ground from time to time.The side of this city is no more than five miles long, and above it is a unique tower-shaped tower, on which the sparse soldiers of the city defense team are trembling.

There was a roar, and the only cavalry regiment in the army along the way began to circle around the city wall crazily, and the crash of armor and weapons resounded through the sky and the earth. There was a sound of 'squeak', without any resistance, several pale-faced soldiers opened the city gate, and the Celestial Army rushed in, completely controlling the city in an instant.But the city can only accommodate less than [-] soldiers, and the remaining soldiers can only be stationed on the plains outside the city.

Fortunately, the brothers and sisters of the Guards Regiment got the right to live freely in the houses in the city. After all, they all have titles. From the perspective of the official position system of the Celestial Dynasty, they are much stronger than ordinary high-ranking generals.Qiong Daotian immediately arrested the mayor and a bunch of little nobles here, and began to question him.

After all, they have fought against the Black Cloud Empire in the Western Continent for more than ten years, and now some soldiers have learned the official language of the Black Cloud Empire, so it is a good time to interrogate these captive nobles.

Yang Tian, ​​Zeng Guoxuan and the others stared covetously at the side, staring at the luxurious decorations on their bodies wholeheartedly, thinking about how much gold and silver they might be able to exchange for from the jeweler of the Celestial Dynasty.

Qiong Daotian's first question was: "Where are you here? Who does it belong to? Why is the military force near you so weak?"

The mayor of this city is an old man with a goatee beard, flashing triangular eyes, black and yellow skin, and a treacherous and flamboyant face. The territory of the Grand Duke. It used to be the land of the great Saint Rosens Kingdom, but now it is under the control of those Black Cloud Empires... Soldiers? Our soldiers have all been drawn away, saying that there is another rebellion in the south, yes The army led by a previous Marquis wants to restore the Kingdom of St. Rosens."

Qiong Daotian was very interested: "Really? All your soldiers have been transferred away? In other words, there are no troops around here?"

The mayor said honestly: "Yes, great marshal, our neighborhood is only two hundred miles away now, and the city directly under Lord Kester still has a standing army of about 5 people. The former Duke Your Excellency has more than 50 troops, but now they are all used to conquer the rebels and cooperate with the imperial army to resist those monsters. There is no one, and there is no decent army nearby."

Qiong Daotian and all the generals were very happy.Except for Longfeng, no one cared what their so-called monsters were.

Qiong Daotian immediately ordered: "Let's go overnight, since the Grand Duke Kester only has [-] regular troops at hand, then let's take all his territory... well, don't hurt the common people, but those You don’t need to care about the nobles. Common sense doesn’t favor the nobles, right? General Dragon?”

General Long, the commander of the 'Tiger Wolf Army', nodded: "Yes, it seems that the people here are similar to those in the Western Continent, and the biggest conflict in the Western Continent is the conflict between the common people and the nobles. They probably won't have a good relationship. Yes, we have dealt with the nobles, and the people will only support us. Of course, we can distribute some of our surplus food, grass, money and goods to them..."

Yang Tian begged desperately: "Marshal Qiong, give me a chance to take the guards to the city directly under Master Kester, and I promise that there will be no trouble... But it's just [-] local militiamen. We have enough to deal with them."

Qiong Daotian naturally knew what Yang Tian and the others were up to, so he agreed with a sinister smile, and at the same time added [-] cavalry to Yang Tian's guard regiment.Yang Tian was about to run away, Qiong Daotian quickly stopped them, pondered for a while, and ordered: "How about this, you bring a few interpreters, you can spread the word that we are dedicated to overthrowing the brutal rule of the Black Cloud Empire and liberating They come from ordinary people, they can kill a few more nobles, and distribute their property to the people, so that it will be convenient for our next march..."

After thinking about it for a while, Qiong Daotian finally instructed: "Since that city may be the largest in the vicinity, we are also planning to use it as a stronghold, and it is enough to control the range of 200 miles nearby. This place, the past few days It seems to be very rich, enough for our [-] million army to spend two months, and to prepare sufficient food for the army behind."

Yang Tian nodded and led the people out directly.

Lin Yiyun had already started to bluff: "Boss, now we are rich... No wonder they all said: Heroes come out of troubled times... I don't want to be a bullshit hero, it would be nice to be a rich man." Extreme laughter came into the hall, and reached the ears of Qiong Daotian and others.Qiong Daotian pouted and smiled, and the other generals shrugged their shoulders as if they didn't hear.

The sound of iron hooves sounded again crazily, the young masters must have their own horses, and the 8 soldiers also had [-] cavalry, plus the [-] cavalry newly assigned by Qiong Daotian to Yang Tian, ​​[-] of Yang Tianxia's subordinates There are already [-] cavalry in the hands of [-] people.Therefore, Yang Tian directly ordered the non-cavalry troops to stroll over slowly, and he led a large group of cavalry troops to rush out. . .Vaguely, one could see the yellowish color in the eyes of those young masters.

After learning that Yang Tian led people to set off, the old ghost Heitian yelled a few times in a hurry, and didn't bother to inform Qiong Daotian, so he quickly brought a dozen or so disciples who were protecting the Dharma, and rode fast horses to chase after him.According to what Yang Tian had discussed with him, countless beauties and jewels were waiting in front of him, how could this winey old monk not be anxious?

The army of the Celestial Dynasty suddenly chose the right landing position. There are thousands of miles of great plains nearby, which are especially suitable for cavalry charges. Therefore, [-] cavalry with the tails of a dozen people behind rushed towards that place without any hindrance. The vassal city of the unlucky Grand Duke Kester is a wonderful city called 'Paradise City' in the local language. . .

(End of this chapter)