Chapter 775: Prologue, Xuanwu Who Can’t Be Lazy

When Qingqi headed north, he entered the Modong Grassland Corridor within a few days.

Only at this time can we see that the Han Dynasty has been intensively preparing for various wars these days, and Timur has not done nothing. After all, it was a decisive battle intended by both sides, not a surprise attack by one side.

Compared to the big man who was strengthening his body, Timur was using the Seven Injury Fist.

According to the experience of the Batu herdsmen who led the way, all possible tribal settlements along the way were trampled, and all the people were left with empty tents, and even the water sources were polluted.

This also requires a long time to operate, and the Han army will not be given the opportunity to "eat the enemy".

Xue Canghai was very disappointed.

Zhao Changhe and others looked at each other. It was difficult for them to figure out how to supply such a large tribal population and how to carry out nomadic herding if such a large tribal population was concentrated in one place. If this took a little longer, would the entire grassland itself collapse? Already...

So if everyone finds a place to stay now, can they just wait and see their own collapse?

The theory is fine, but one's side has a storage box that is cheating, and the other party may also have some strange tricks. Today's war logic cannot be completely based on experience. If you fall into the old thinking, you will lose.

As the distance between the two sides gets closer, the first round of "divine battle" has begun to be triggered when ordinary soldiers are unaware.

Zhao Changhe worked hard to hone his ability to observe the world in the underground sky. After breaking away from the assistance of the underground sky, the range of his overlooking eye also increased, far exceeding what he had just broken through. To say that it covers thousands of miles is a bit exaggerated, but it is only a "short", it's really not much different.

Suzaku has also been practicing these days to sense the surroundings through the ubiquitous fire element, but at the moment, her strength in the late stage of the first level of imperial realm, the range of what she can perceive is not as good as that of Zhao Changhe, who is only in the early to mid-stage. Moreover, she is perceiving, while Zhao Changhe is "seeing", which is a qualitative difference.

This plug-in from looking behind the back to overlooking the eye has become more important at this level than just looking behind the back in the early years. It is almost like feeling some of the effects of the second or even third level of imperial realm in advance. Not to mention anything else, it has great advantages for subsequent breakthroughs. After all, it has been previewed so much in advance.

The specific value for this war is that the range he can see is almost the same as the range of Temur, who is the peak of the first level of imperial realm. If Temur can see them, then he can also see Temur, in " There won't be any disadvantages in the "fog of war".

And... a direct collision.

late at night. Zhao Changhe sat cross-legged in the military tent, his spiritual thoughts spreading unscrupulously, extending all the way to the northwest, trying to see what was happening in the distance.

Slowly, there was pressure on the edge of the expansion of spiritual consciousness, and a tingling feeling was faintly felt.

Zhao Changhe's heart moved slightly.

It was Timur or Bo'er who was also observing. The edges of the two sides' spiritual thoughts met in the middle, and the edges of the two open circles touched.

Bo'er had been in a fight before, so he could feel the difference, but this time the other party felt a little strange... This was Timur.

This is the first confrontation between Zhao Changhe and Timur.

"Ka~" It was as if some water wave cracked at the edge of the spiritual thought, and both sides bounced back a little, each feeling a little tingling.

What you see is where you are.

The next moment, two phantoms appeared in the central night sky at the same time, looking at each other from a distance of only one foot.

Timur looked at the phantom of Zhao Changhe in front of him, and he had to say that he was still a little impressed: "Your Excellency Blood Shura is really able to surprise people everywhere... Not long after he broke through the imperial realm, this powerful soul has actually matched the strength of this Khan. The similarities are surprising and admirable. No wonder all the challenges along the way come from this.”

Zhao Changhe smiled and responded like an old friend: "If you can't even do this, there is no need to fight this war. Speaking of which, I have always been unable to understand some things in the previous wars, and it is only now that I finally You know, when the Great Khan came to Yanmen Pass, why didn't he go to the city to break through the pass... It turns out that Lao Xia's spiritual thoughts have been staring at you, and you didn't dare."

"That's right." Timur didn't mince words: "Xia Longyuan is keeping me in check, and our god is also waiting for Xia Longyuan to appear, so he doesn't dare to act too rashly. This is the restraint on the imperial realm, and it cannot be easily He will end up. There is a tacit understanding in the divine war. As long as you don't end up, the outcome of the ordinary war will still be within your control. But once you end up, if something goes wrong, the consequences will not be death, but the death of the clan. "Destroy."

Zhao Changhe nodded: "Be taught."

"Then today, Your Excellency Blood Shura, as the new Night Emperor and the patron saint of your great men, why did you personally lead the crowd here?"

"Because I'm not as awesome as Lao Xia. If I don't come here in person, I won't be able to defeat... I won't have any deterrent effect." Zhao Changhe smiled: "What's more, you know very well that now the gods and demons are awakening everywhere, and the rules of the past are It’s getting more broken and we need new rules.”

Timur said calmly: "What are your new rules?"

"How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed?" Zhao Changhe said lightly: "I don't want to contain any gods, I just want them not to exist."

Timur was startled and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay. Xia Longyuan doesn't even dare to attack the temple directly, but you are more arrogant than him."

"Because Lao Xia only has himself." Zhao Changhe said calmly: "Although Zhao is not talented, he has endless mountains and rivers behind him."

Following Timur's laughter and Zhao Changhe's response, ripples seemed to appear in the air, colliding with each other, each shaking slightly.

Zhao Changhe suffered a slight loss, and his spiritual thoughts shrank back a little, but only a little, not much difference.

Both phantoms frowned and reacted painfully at the same time. This direct collision of souls was very uncomfortable and extremely fragile.

Both sides were cautious and did not continue to test. They quickly recovered their consciousness and returned to their own.

Zhao Changhe opened his eyes.

Yue Hongling sat cross-legged opposite him and asked, "Did you make contact?"

Zhao Changhe nodded: "This simple contact test is probably a reminder to both sides... No one dares to play this kind of expansion of consciousness often... Wait until it gets closer and reaches the range that your consciousness can touch. If he comes over, he will be beaten by our family. Similarly, if I probe over, I don’t know if Bo’e is also in the army, and I will be beaten. It’s best to play less."

Yue Hongling said: "So either it’s what we thought before, no one dares to probe the consciousness randomly, and everything returns to the conventional war logic of the eagle and the scout; or directly launch the battle of the realm, separate from the battle of mortals?"

"Almost..."

As a knight who usually walks alone, Yue Hongling didn’t understand the logic of the war here, so he asked : "But the victory or defeat of the actual battle of the realm can determine everything, so what is the point of such a costly mortal war?"

"If the battle of the realm can be decided immediately, it is easy to say, but from previous experience, it is extremely difficult to kill a realm, and the greater probability is to pull a stalemate, or be trapped in the secret realm. During that time, hundreds of thousands of Hu cavalry went south, and China was devastated. What is the point of us winning? Our war is first to protect China. We deal with the enemy's realm, and the majority of soldiers need to deal with the Hu people's iron cavalry. It's just a different division of labor."

Yue Hongling nodded slightly: "Yes."

Zhao Changhe said again: "In fact, if the mountains and rivers are broken, we will also lose the battle of the realm. My strength and that of Qing'er Sanniang and others now lies in the power of mountains and rivers and faith. 's support and blessing, once the mountains and rivers are in disorder and the faith collapses, although it will not regress as much as Lao Xia, its strength will definitely not be as good as it is now. Lao Xia is nothing more than an extreme example, but many things can be used as a reference. Only you are different from us in this respect. "

"Actually, I am a little bit, if that situation really happens, I am afraid that my sword heart will also be in trouble... My sword intention is greatly affected by you."

"Uh..."

Yue Hongling asked again: "Is it the same for Hu Shen?"

"I don't know if he will be implicated by the failure of the mortal war, but I can be sure that if he wants to go further, he must win the war. "Zhao Changhe said: "As far as we know, except for the Jiuyou system who only want to make trouble, most of them, such as Haihuang Daozun, Buddha, Changsheng Tianshen, need people Qi and faith. This situation is more like a religious war, a struggle for human destiny. This is also the reason why the Northern Hu often went south when Lao Xia was still alive. The secular forces would lead to the rise and fall of the cultivation of both sides. "

Yue Hongling stopped asking these questions and asked: "How strong is Timur?"

Zhao Changhe said: "In terms of spiritual consciousness alone, I am half a chip weaker than him. But I am already a strong point in spiritual consciousness... If we really fight, the gap should be bigger, but there is no gap in level, we can fight."

Yue Hongling nodded, and whispered to himself with a sigh: "No. 1 on the Heavenly Ranking."

Yes, no matter how many blind people are messing up the ranking between Timur and Bo'e, Timur is the first on the Heavenly Ranking and the first person in the world under the ancient gods and demons certified by the Heavenly Dao.

This is a ranking with endless halo. The first on the Human Ranking is regarded as the Human King, and the first on the Earth Ranking is often regarded as the watershed between humans and gods. What about the first on the Heavenly Ranking?

Even though the ranking has lost value due to the appearance of gods and demons, it is still a lofty position in the hearts of most people. Even if Zhao Changhe looks at a terrifying blind man every day, he cannot ignore the words "No. 1 on the Heavenly Ranking".

Perhaps in Yue Hongling's eyes, the meaning of fighting with the No. 1 on the Heavenly Ranking is greater than war.

"Let's get back to the point." Zhao Changhe said with a smile: "Now that Timur thinks that he has repelled my observation, he will definitely start to move. Did you see anything with the sword energy you buried in their sacred mountain and royal court before?"

Yue Hongling shook her head with some regret: "The range is too small, and the location is hidden and biased, so basically there is no gain. I even think that the sword energy buried in advance was a complete waste of effort."

Zhao Changhe said with a smile: "Prepare for a rainy day, why bother. No matter how much preparation everyone has made, it may not be all useful. According to the situation that Timur and I have already collided, the distance between us has become closer and closer, which means that our previous judgment was correct, at least Timur himself is really coming in our direction."

"That means that we will be harassed in the direction of General Huangfu, and this so-called harassment may not be based on martial ethics."

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It's not possible to be unethical, but inevitable.

When the current war tacit understanding has almost collapsed, in the era of "the collapse of rituals and music", Zhao Changhe has already thought that when the Immortal God recovers, he will descend to kill all over the world... So when He has not fully recovered, He cannot mess around all over Shenzhou, but at least He can descend to his entire Beihu area, whether it is the desert or the grassland, which is much wider than Zhao Changhe's area.

God's descent is the most defenseless harassment, it should not be used on ordinary soldiers.

Without the assistance of the underground sky, Zhao Changhe simply cannot provide such a thousand-mile support.

Huangfu Yongxian led the crowd through the Gobi Desert, and under the guidance of an experienced guide, they traveled north along the Gobi Desert in an orderly manner.

It is said that crossing the desert is scary, but in fact it is not that outrageous. Many places are not deserts, and you can even run horses in the Gobi. Of course, it is impossible to march straight into the grasslands like the eastern front. The march is relatively slow. After so many days, we have only just entered the Gobi.

Although there was blowing sand, the weather was not hot, and generally sandstorms would not occur at this time, so it was relatively easy to march.

But Huangfu Yongxian rode his horse slowly, and gradually he felt that the fine sand that was blowing on his face began to grow in size, and then the dust rolled up all over the sky, sweeping over the sky and covering the ground like waves, as if he was in a roaring sea.

Tens of thousands of troops stared dumbfounded at the violent scene ahead, unable to even turn around and run away.

The old herdsmen from Batu tribe shouted in horror: "No! This is impossible! There should not be a sandstorm at this time of year!"

Another herdsman quickly knelt on the ground and prostrated himself: "This is divine punishment, this is divine punishment... Sure enough, we have offended Changshengtian, and Changshengtian forgives us..."

"Boom!" No gods responded to their prayers and begging for mercy, and the sand and dust rolled in front of them in an instant.

The power of heaven and earth cannot be resisted by ordinary people at all. No matter how many people there are, it is useless, and Huangfu Yongxian on the ground list is useless.

However, the expected sandstorm burial did not come.

The soldiers raised their heads in shock and saw that the dry Gobi desert was suddenly surrounded by water, as if it was enveloped by an invisible water curtain, and not even a grain of sand could invade it.

The phantom shadow of a giant turtle shrouded all directions, and everyone seemed to be moving forward under the protection of the giant turtle.

What's more, some people saw that within the area covered by the giant turtle, green grass began to sprout on the edge of the Gobi, and it seemed that it was gradually turning the place into an oasis.

The missionary work of the Sixiang Cult in the past half year is no joke, especially Huangfu Qing, who has used his identity as Huangfu Yongxian's daughter to secretly preach in the Yanmen garrison for a long time over the years. Now there are not many Sixiang Cultists in the army. He exclaimed in ecstasy: "This is the protection of our Emperor Xuanwu! Who is God Hu?"

The people in Batu's tribe were stunned, and even other non-believers in the army were also stunned.

As Zhao Changhe said, today's wars are basically religious wars, which have deviated from the template of earlier ethnic conflicts. This conflict of miracles between the two sides was beyond the conventional understanding of the soldiers, and it also changed the common sense and pattern of the entire war.

Looking up, a stream of light came from the northeast and seemed to be bombarding the shadow of the giant turtle.

A soft whip rolled leisurely, like a snake winding around, binding the stream of light to the void layer by layer.

The stream of light flashed away, revealing the shadow of a god with a solemn expression: "Xuanwu..."

Sanniang came slowly from the void and said with a smile: "God, you are well."

The two of them had met once before. When the Immortal God was beaten to death by Xia Longyuan overseas, Sanniang was the one who witnessed the entire process.

But it seems that being safe does not only refer to this time...

Although Sanniang did not inherit any memories of ancient Xuanwu, her inheritance of Xuanwu skills and knowledge was relatively complete. Both ancient Xuanwu and the Immortal God were active in the north, and there were many battles.

"Ha..." the Immortal God said lightly: "Xuanwu was so calm and resolute in ancient times. Although he and I were enemies of each other, we still admired him very much in our hearts. Unfortunately, the times have changed, and our old friend has passed away. Now, what kind of bull ghost and snake god is showing off and serving the gods with his body? He also made false claims to replace Xuanwu. I don’t think my old friend Jiuquan would want to recognize him. At least I... don’t recognize him.”

Sanniang didn't care about being scolded for "showing off", but smiled lazily: "I just like to serve my man, do you care... Don't make it look like you are familiar with Xuanwu, the inheritance of our Four Symbols Sect is still It’s quite complete. Do you want to hear what Xuanwu said about you?”

The God of Immortality said calmly: "As an enemy of Xingxing, I don't want to say anything bad. I don't think Xuanwu will have any bad comments about me."

Sanniang smiled and said: "That's right, he didn't have anything bad to say about you. He also said that you have a lot of bones and can be considered a man. However, your horizons are too small. You are like a wild monkey in the mountains. He only knows that when a group of monkeys fight, he and you are the enemy." I always feel like I’m a bit out of place.”

Immortal God: "...It's a pity that the era collapsed, but it was he who thought he had vision who died, and I am alive."

Sanniang shook her head: "Xuanwu is just a meaning, a summary of a civilization system. As civilization continues, Xuanwu will be there, and it doesn't need your approval. On the contrary, if you die, will the immortality be there? They even Without a specific image, the only thing most people can rely on is an ax. What's even more ridiculous is that the ax is not yours... you are just someone else's pawn without knowing it."

The God of Immortality didn't bother to talk to her about this at all: "For the wild monkeys in the mountains in your eyes, there are not so many and nothing. We can only recognize the winners and losers. I am not here now, so you might as well take a look. I don’t know who is being ridiculous if the woman who thinks she is the inheritor of Xuanwu can’t even defeat my split soul.”

Sanniang smiled slightly: "When you only dare to use your soul to come out... you have already lost."

"Boom!" Thunder and lightning suddenly broke out in the sky.

The day turned into night, and thunder swept across the sky.

The shadow of the black turtle skyrocketed, and violent thunder and lightning struck the turtle shell, not even a trace could be seen.

A graceful and plump figure shuttled like a snake among the thunder in the sky. The long whip in his hand was suddenly thrown away, as if a horizontal purple lightning suddenly appeared in the thunder, and it was thrown towards the phantoms of gods and demons in the air.

Huangfu Yongxian looked up, his calm face expressionless.

Although he did not expect that the Northern Expedition would actually start with the battle between the Immortal God and Xuanwu, he understood what Xuanwu said.

The split soul came, indicating that the main body is doing more important things. At least it shows that my daughter's previous prediction was correct, and the real main battlefield is in the east.

"We seem to be underestimated." Huangfu Yongxian turned his head and smiled at Cui Yuanyong beside him: "It's dark today, and there are sandstorms everywhere. Are you afraid?"

Cui Yuanyong said "Pah": "Whoever is afraid is a grandson!"

"Okay." Huangfu Yongxian waved his whip and pointed: "They think this can slow us down, but I don't accept it. The whole army will continue to advance and reach the royal court within three days!"