On the vast gra*sland, the two armies face each other, the cold wind blowing against us, the aura of killing chilling people.
The Northern Zhou and the gra*sland, two countries that have been at war for hundreds of years, have now finally come to a showdown.
For the Northern Zhou, although the 100,000-strong elite army is less than 30% of the total number of soldiers, its strength can account for nearly half of the total military strength.
Now that we have entered the gra*slands, the terrain is flat and the gra*sland army is mostly cavalry, so if we lose the battle, there is basically no chance of survival for these 100,000 elite troops.
If the 100,000 troops were lost, the Northern Zhou would suffer an unprecedented defeat.
For the gra*slands, this is a battle of life and death. If the battle is lost, the Golden Wolf Khanate will not fall apart immediately, but will stand on the edge of a precipice, just a hair’s breadth away from total defeat.
Therefore, the Golden Wolf Khan was ready to fight in this battle.
Although he had previously called for the building of a capital view as if the Northern Zhou army was unbeatable, in reality, this khan king could be said to have an unprecedented level of importance for this battle.
“Old Upper Badu, Harira of the Wuwei, and Hultai of the Yifa Yugu Di meet the Zuo Xian Wang.”
In the tent of the prairie army, the leaders of the three great tribes greeted Zuo Xian Wang Zhan Shi Lu.
Although King Zuo Xian was not a strong man of the Tong Shen realm, his wisdom was respected by all the gra*slanders, and even the heads of the three great tribes, who were just below the Golden Wolf Khan King, had great respect for him.
“Three heads of tribes, this battle is a matter of safety and security for the Khanate, and I hope you will give your full support.” The Left Sage King returned the salute.
“Please don’t worry, King Zuo Xian, all of our sons and daughters are warriors who can tear down tigers and leopards, those soft-legged shrimps in the Middle Kingdom are just two-legged sheep in front of us.” Badu, the head of the Old Upper Division, was the first to beat his chest and shouted.
The Old Upper Division had always been a great warrior, almost as good as the Khan’s men, so it was only natural that Badu should be so confident.
However, after hearing Badu’s words, King Zuo Xian Wang had to give a warning, “Chief Badu, Northern Zhou is not the same as it was in the past, when it was all defence and no attack. Since Feng Jiuyu ascended to the throne, the two major battles between Northern Zhou and the Khanate have ended in defeat for the Khanate, with countless deaths and injuries to our gra*sland boys.
“Yes,” said Harira of Wuwei, “especially the demon dao of the Northern Zhou, who has been responsible for our defeat in both battles. The demon dao’s subordinates in the Northern Zhou are skilled in magic and can call the wind and rain, and they were responsible for the last drought.”
At the beginning, in order to drive the Subterranean Dragon, Qing Yu sent people to divert all the dark rivers under the north, causing a great drought in the gra*slands, which caused widespread damage, and the Wu Wei tribe, as the most damaged tribe, had Qing Yu in mind.
“This, please rest a*sured, the entire Shaman Cult is mobilised this time, and the Grand Shaman will also personally move to come, the Northern Zhou Demon Dao cannot be a demon this time.” The Left Sage King said.
“The Grand Shaman has recovered from his injuries?”
When they asked the Grand Shaman to come, all three heads of the ministry were surprised.
The Great Shaman of the gra*sland was the spiritual belief of the gra*sland people, and his status was only below that of the Golden Wolf Khan King. But the main reason for the surprise and respect of the three chiefs was the great shaman’s great strength, a man who could fight with the strongest.
However, in the last battle in the West, in order to give the Golden Wolf Khan a chance to escape, the Great Shaman used a forbidden move and was greatly wounded, and it is still unknown whether he has recovered.
“Not really,” the Zuo Xian Wang’s face took on a deep gloom, “the Great Shaman is about to return to the embrace of the Everlasting Heaven, and he will be doomed to sacrifice in this battle.”
“May the Great Shaman’s soul return to Everlasting Heaven.”
“May the Great Shaman’s soul return to Everlasting Heaven.” The three heads of the ministry also spoke in unison.
It was only at this moment that the three heads of the ministry truly realised the importance of this battle. Even the Great Shaman was going to burn out the rest of his life on the battlefield, and the people of the gra*sland could be said to be at an extremely critical moment.
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“Boom…”
From the moment the Red Dragon Cannon developed by the Fire Ministry fired its first salvo, the war kicked off completely.
On the side of the Northern Zhou army, there were nearly a hundred Red Dragon Cannons firing at all times, and the fierce cannon fire gave the gra*slanders their first glimpse of what the art of bombardment meant.
With just a few rounds of cannon fire, eight out of ten of the gra*sland soldiers who charged forward were lost. The resistance of martial artists who had not reached the Divine Origin realm to firearms was too weak, and when bombarded head-on, even a body-refining Xiantian realm martial artist could not withstand the power of the explosion.
The scales of victory tipped in favour of the Northern Zhou at the outset. There was no ploy, nor was it about any art of war, it was just a dignified frontal bombardment that chilled the guts of those gra*sland soldiers who were called warriors.
“Attack.” Xu Tie Cheng ordered coldly.
After the artillery fire, the gra*sland soldiers’ morale dropped greatly as the Northern Zhou soldiers formed a military formation and steadily pressed forward, their soldier brakes condensing into the shape of black phoenixes, emitting an ear-piercing sound of death.
“The Northern Zhou’s Hades Phoenix Destruction Formation, indeed, this time the Northern Zhou is really serious.” King Zuo Xian, who was in the middle of the army, looked at the shape of the soldier’s fury from afar and read in a soft voice.
As the strongest military formation handed down from the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Hades Phoenix Absolute Life Formation could only be afforded by soldiers with sufficient blood and vitality for a hundred battles. If there is not enough qi and blood, the first person to be destroyed by the Hades Phoenix Jie Sheng Formation is the one who sets it up.
The fact that Northern Zhou had deployed such a large number of elite soldiers was a testament to their determination.
“Change the formation, the Cang Wolves are howling in the sky.” King Zuo Xian immediately commanded.
At the same time, he spoke respectfully to an old man beside him, “Great Shaman, please also ask the Shaman Sect to help my army’s might.”
“Ahem ——”
The pale old Grand Shaman was hunched over, his face a deadly grey, as if he were a dead man. He coughed lightly and said, “There is no need for the Zuo Xian Wang to be polite, as the matter concerns the safety of the Khan’s court, the Shamanism is obliged to do so. Alibuda.”
“Teacher.” Behind the great shaman, a middle-aged shaman dressed in animal skins stepped forward.
“This is your battle to establish your prestige, go.”
“Yes, teacher.”
The shaman named Alibuda would be the new Grand Shaman. After this battle, win or lose, the Grand Shaman would return his soul to the Everlasting Sky; the Grand Shaman was paving the way for his disciple.
Soon, as the army changed formation, the gra*sland army reorganised itself and a ferocious wolf appeared in the sky above the army, roaring wildly at the opposing army.
At the same time, the shamans in the strolling army gathered cold energy with their own luck, creating a cold wind in the early autumn, with fine particles of ice mixed in with the wind, scraping towards the Northern Zhou army.
“Shamanic sorcery, quick, the Zhouliu Eight Extremes Formation.”
Seeing this, the leader of the eight divisions under Qing Yu, Gu Chen, immediately asked the Daoist priests who had already taken up their positions to draw their true qi and activate the Zhouliu Eight Extreme Formation, which was a combination of the Zhouliu Eight Energies, to fight against the other side.
In a moment, the two armies of soldiers below fought fiercely, while the Daoist priests of the Eight Sects of Zhouliu and the shamanists above pressed each other, bringing the battle to a (anti-harmony) climax.
