A mile due north there is a mountain.
It was not high, more than two hundred metres, not a big mountain, but not small either.
Now, however, this mountain has disappeared without a trace. A large hole has been broken in the ground, and countless debris has been scattered in all directions, or has fallen into the abyss that has suddenly appeared.
The earth cracked, and countless vegetation around it lost its roots, or became shattered, or washed away by the impact.
“It was as if a natural disaster had ravaged it.”
Xu Tie Cheng muttered after reading the atlas in his hand.
Compared to him, Chen Fei’s shock was followed by a burst of ecstasy, for he was responsible for this powerful weapon coming into existence. This heavenly calamity-like sight had his part to play.
“With the Subterranean Dragon, the wolf barbarians are no more than mere clay dogs.” Chen Fei said in surprise.
Xu Tie Cheng was also brought back to his senses by his surprise cry, and even said, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, the 150,000-strong army of Gaju can hardly resist such a powerful force. As long as the Tong Shen realm does not come out, these 150,000 troops will all be folded at the border.”
“But ——”
Xu Tiecheng suddenly frowned, his face showing a difficult look, “Gaju’s army chose to attack the Bracket Cang Pa*s, wanting them to switch to attack the Feiyun Pa*s, which is a heavenly danger, is a big problem.”
Although Bracang Pa*s is a bigger barrier than Feiyun Pa*s, it is not as dangerous as Feiyun Pa*s, and behind it is a flat river, so as long as Gaju’s army breaks Bracang Pa*s, they can drive straight in and attack the capital of Northern Zhou, the divine capital.
The Gra*slanders may be uncultured, but that does not mean they are stupid.
On the contrary, the gra*slanders, who have the golden wolf as their totem, have full cunning thinking. Those who treated them as fools were the real fools.
“There is no need to worry about this, General Xu.”
Along with the words appeared the white-haired Daoist with a Daoist aura and immortal style, and the ancient dust who had been the leader of the Daoists at Flying Cloud Pa*s.
“Greetings, Daoist Master Qing Yu.” Xu Tie Cheng saluted.
“Please do not salute.” Qing Yu waved his hand and said.
Xu Tie Cheng straightened up and asked curiously, “I wonder if you have a brilliant plan to make the Gaju army abandon Bracket Cang Pa*s and come to Feiyun Pa*s?”
“It’s not a good plan,” Qing Yu said with a soft smile, “they just had to come.”
Gu Dan continued, “Isn’t it strange, General, that in recent months the already humid air at Feiyun Pa*s has become like the air of the seaside region?”
“What does Daoist Master Gu Dan mean is ——” Xu Tiecheng was still a little confused.
Feiyun Pa*s had long ago become so gloomy that it felt like a ghost in broad daylight. This little change in the humid air, Xu Tie Cheng, who had long been used to the atmosphere of this place, did not care at all and naturally did not bother to think deeply about the meaning behind this change.
Anyway, with the presence of these divine Daoist priests, the changes in the Flying Cloud Pa*s had always been there.
Gu Chen smiled, “In the past few months, the Poor Dao led fellow Daoists from the Water Ministry and the Earth Ministry to open up waterways deep underground and channel the water of all the underground dark rivers they found.
At the same time, we have been collecting moisture from the air. By now, it must have been nearly two months since it rained on the gra*sland. And, some of the shallower streams have dried up completely.”
“Does Daoist Master mean ——” Xu Tiecheng’s eyes lit up, “that the gra*sland is in a great drought now and they are short of water?”
“In less than a month, quite a few people should have died of thirst.” Gu Chen smiled and said.
“So that’s how it is, as long as we leak out the news that there is water here, Gaju’s army will have to turn to attack this place, it’s a complete yang plot.”
Xu Tie Cheng was also a famous general in the army, so he naturally knew what to do next. Even Qing Yu was not half as good as Xu Tie Cheng in terms of marching and warfare.
As for the strategy of concealing the news, causing the gra*sland to suffer a severe drought and practising species extermination, no one here mentioned it.
To really push the other side to such an extent was to make them jump to the wall and trigger a complete war.
Even if the opponent’s Tong Shen realm powerhouses were stupid enough not to notice what Gu Chen and the others were doing, they would still attack Northern Zhou with all their might. This was because only by taking down Northern Zhou could they break away from the drought-stricken gra*slands.
“There’s no need to bother about leaking information,” Qing Yu said, “Using the Subterranean Dragon to blast the mountains before has caused the water Qi content there to rise greatly, and there should be capable people in the Gaju army who can sense the anomaly here.”
The reason for deliberately choosing the north was not just to test the power of the submerged dragon, but also to make the anomalies at the Flying Cloud Pa*s known to the Gaju army.
As long as they knew that there was a large amount of water hidden here, they would be forced to attack here. With an army of 150,000, the amount of water consumed daily would be considerable. Now that the gra*slands are showing signs of drought, the soldiers should not have enough water with them.
“At this point, Gaju’s 150,000-strong army should be preparing to march to this place.”
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Outside the Bracketed Pa*s, thirty miles away.
Numerous tents formed a neat square formation and lined up here.
This is where Jaji’s army is. Of course, Gaju, the leader of the tribal alliance and said to be the illegitimate son of the Golden Wolf Khan King, is also here.
He is the son of the previous Khan of the Golden Wolf, Ghazi.
He and the current Golden Wolf Khan King were blood brothers who took an oath in the presence of the Everlasting Sky. However, more than thirty years ago, he died for no apparent reason, leaving behind a large number of wives and children.
The Gra*slanders believe that the strong are the strongest and the weak are not worthy of being kings. The son of a khan is not necessarily a future khan.
Obviously, the sons of the Ghazi did not have the strength to make themselves king, so they watched as the khan was taken away by the Ghazi brothers.
After the current khan came to power, one by one, the sons died and their wives married other men.
Only his wife, the Xiongnu, as she was known in the gra*slands, remained with a few women to guard his women.
Then, just a year and a half after his death, Ghazi was born.
A year and a half after he was conceived, he was said to have been gifted, a once-in-a-millennium talent, a king by God ——
Well, these are all rumours, and the people of the Golden Wolf Khanate believe that Gaju was sown by some kind person.
And the Golden Wolf Khan King’s regard for Gaju caused everyone to smile slightly in their hearts, feeling that they had discovered who the good man was.
The fact that Gaju was now in command of 150,000 troops made everyone even more sure of the identity of the good man.
At this moment, the son of the former Khan was in the largest tent in the middle of the army, and in front of him were the shamans sent to him by the Khanate before the expedition.
Shamanism, once the largest sect of faith in the gra*slands, was no less important within the Khanate, even today when the Great Snowy Mountain Tantras are prevalent.
And now the old shaman, hunched over and covered in countless oddly shaped bones, unknown teeth and bizarre stone ornaments, was informing Gaju of an important matter.
