A few hours later, the helicopter arrived in Cangzhou City and replenished fuel. Afterwards, Mikasa and Enel said goodbye to Jiang Feng, and they took one of the helicopters to fly to Europe.
Bain planned to go to Xichuan to meet Kaidin and Nia first, so he also said goodbye to Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng proposed to send Bain off by helicopter, but Bain refused. He only asked for a Maxima.
"Horses are not as fast as helicopters." Jiang Feng said.
"It's just to send me alone. There is no need to use a helicopter. In addition, I plan to go to Xichuan along the North Pluto border. The main reason is to see the terrain and prepare for the subsequent construction of the Great Wall."
"Okay, then you are alone, so be careful."
"Thank you, farewell."
Bain rode away like this. There were more than a dozen compressed foods and five or six bottles of drinking water in the horse bag, which was enough for the journey.
Now, all the forces in Yanhuang, as well as the major forces in the world, have basically reached preliminary cooperation.
On the other side, in the southern province of Xichuan, on the border of the Raya Mountains, Ao Lie's 500,000-strong army finally arrived.
There are a total of five cities in the Raya Mountains, and there are also several large cities, but they are basically built on the mountains.
Previously, Kaidin and Nia swept through Xichuan and occupied most of the rivers and mountains in Xichuan. However, the boundary of Raya Mountain in Nan Province is really difficult to capture. The city here is built on the mountain, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Most of Aolie's millions of refugees fled to the boundaries of the Raya Mountains. They spontaneously organized themselves into militias and cooperated with the local army to defend against the enemy.
Kaidin had launched several strong attacks, but the cost of capturing a city was too high, and he later gave up on the Raya Mountain boundary.
In addition, Kaidin had just conquered the three provinces of Xichuan, so the foundation was not stable and there were frequent rebellions. In order to fight steadily, Kaiding put all his energy on developing and stabilizing his rule in the three provinces of Xichuan.
Within the three provinces, the refugees and stragglers who did not escape in time were gradually suppressed by the Grays and later assimilated by the Grays.
In general, Aolie's civilian population has decreased by about one-third, and now there are still two-thirds, and they have successfully defended the border of the Raya Mountains.
After Ao Lie returned with his army, the first thing he did was to appease the people. However, most people cannot be comforted at all. They have lost too much in the past six months. There are many women who have lost their husbands.
I think back then, more than a million troops followed Ao Lie eastward, but now, only about half of them have returned.
But besides the sad things, there are also happy things.
Thinking back to the time when people left their homes and fled to this day, it is no longer easy to stay alive. Now that Ao Lie is back, at least he doesn't have to worry anymore, and his hanging heart is relieved.
The top leaders of Aolie's forces held a meeting all night long to discuss what to do in the future.
Ao Lie and Guo Jia had already planned to march into Tianzhu before returning to Xichuan. But this suggestion was actually opposed by many other high-level officials, because these six to seven million civilians have already established a foothold in Raya Mountain and there is no need to move to other areas. Moreover, there are many large creatures in the mountains and rivers, so it is not difficult to feed these millions of people.
These high-level officials are generally conservatives, and they are originally the city lords of several large cities in the southern province. Although their thoughts are somewhat conservative, they have made great achievements after all. It was they who evacuated the civilians to Nancheng in time, who organized the militia to resist Kaidin, and who saved Aolie's millions of civilians.
Therefore, Ao Lie and Guo Jia had to respect them and never take strong measures.
why?
Because Ao Lie has been away for more than half a year, these leaders have already won the hearts of the people. On the contrary, it is Ao Lie, whose ability to gather people's hearts is no longer what it used to be.
In addition, the civilians have similar ideas to them. They are unwilling to move. They even fall in love with the high mountains of the Raya Mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack here, and there is no fear of enemy invasion.
The truth is indeed this truth, but Ao Lie's idea is not to settle for a while. He hopes to make a comeback and regain the territory he lost.
On behalf of Ao Lie, Guo Jia organized the speech and expressed his opinions to everyone.
This Laya Mountain boundary is indeed good. It is not a problem for short-term residence, but it is not suitable for long-term development. There are many large beasts here, and they occasionally harass humans and attack human cities. In other words, blue ore is consumed by these large beasts every day.
Maybe the mountainous terrain and the ore output will be relatively high, but considering the daily losses, overall, the ore output will shrink extremely.
There is also the issue of food. With millions of mouths, it is not that easy to feed. Perhaps hunting large animals can relieve urgent needs, but every time you hunt, you have to pay a certain price. Soldiers die every day because of hunting large animals. Maybe not many soldiers die every day, but the cumulative effect is a huge loss in the long run.
Moreover, there will be many restrictions on the mountainous terrain, and the economic and military development will be very slow. If it's just a corner, it won't be a problem. But if you want to make a comeback in the future, leave Qishan Mountain and settle in the Central Plains, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
The leaders and city lords also understood very well. They knew that Ao Lie was an ambitious man and he was not willing to hide in Laya Mountain for the rest of his life. But at the moment, the situation is not stable and the foundation is shaken. The troops and soldiers need to rest and recuperate, so it is really not suitable to move.
Furthermore, there are many forces in Tianzhu now, and it is not easy to invade there.
After a debate, the result was that most people opposed leaving Mount Raya.
Ao Lie's expression was very ugly. He was extremely disgusted as he watched the so-called officials expressing their opinions and speaking eloquently. But he could only endure it. He must not get angry. Now was not the time to act like a lord.
Ao Lie needed them to gather people's hearts, so he just listened quietly to the debate between Guo Jia and those conservatives.
Not many people agreed with Guo Jia, so Guo Jia had to use a trick, that is, he lied to everyone and said that when the Gray Tribe develops well, they will attack the Southern Province and completely wipe us out.
Guo Jia would never joke about prophecies. If he saw a picture of the future, everyone would basically believe it.
In other words, if the Gray tribe develops and grows, they will definitely unify the Southern Province. This is an inevitable trend of historical development. This is just like during the Three Kingdoms period, the Northern Wei Dynasty would eventually swallow up Western Shu.
If you don't make progress, you will eventually perish. Everything is just a matter of time.
Although conservatives are conservative, they are not stupid. After all, settling in a corner is not a long-term solution.
Guo Jia struck while the iron was hot and solemnly explained: "Everyone, this battle must be fought. Regardless of whether we want to move or not, the Gray Tribe will come over sooner or later. We must not sit back and wait for death, we must act as soon as possible. In the current land of Tianzhu, The various forces never thought that there would be an invasion by external forces, and we must take them by surprise. Even if we cannot quickly annex the entire Tianzhu, we can at least occupy the northeastern region."
The conservatives discussed again, and after nearly an hour of discussion, all conservative officials agreed to the move. But there is one condition, that is, the army must first gain a foothold in Tianzhu.
In other words, after it was confirmed that the army had occupied the northeastern region of Tianzhu, these millions of civilians were ready to move.
Guo Jia originally had this idea, so he suddenly reached a consensus with these conservatives.
That night, Ao Lie and Guo Jia deployed and distributed the existing troops.
There were 500,000 troops brought back from Hedong, of which 100,000 were veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time and were particularly strong. Ao Lie recycled all the worn-out armors from 500,000 troops and planned to melt them all to create 100,000 sets of B-class armor.
In other words, Ao Lie planned to use 100,000 elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Tianzhu.
The preparation time is three days, and after three days, we will officially move towards Tianzhu.
On the other side, on the European continent, Mikasa and Enel began to mobilize elite troops, mainly composed of the Kedoin tribe, with a number of up to 500,000.
The total strength of the Zerg now reaches more than 10 million, but facing the dark zombies, the numerical advantage does not exist. The more troops you send out, the more troops will be infected.
Therefore, to deal with the dark zombies, you must send out elite troops, troops wearing B-level or B-level armor or above, or troops with high defense capabilities.
The Keduin fighting race can be said to be the elite among the elite. They do not need to wear any armor. The body's own defense is as high as about 100, and zombies cannot bite them at all.
The Kedoin fighting race also has a big advantage, that is, even if it is injured or its strength is reduced, its defense will not be reduced, so it is difficult for dark creatures to be successfully infected. Unless they are some elite dark zombies, there is no chance that the Kedoin people will be infected.
In a barracks square, Mikasa was indescribably excited when she saw these 500,000 soldiers. Such a powerful ace army will be unveiled soon.
Mikasa had been preparing for the day when they would appear for a long time, and now she finally saw the day when they were ready to go. Unfortunately, Mikasa originally planned to use this elite force to deal with Jiang Feng, but now she turned to help Jiang Feng. Speaking of which, it's really ironic, but there's nothing I can do about it.
If the dark zombies are not dealt with for one day, Yanhuang will become chaotic. Jiang Feng will be unable to protect himself and develop, and Mikasa will lose the meaning of life.
He really missed that time, the years when he fought with Jiang Feng, arranging troops, strategizing, and sometimes staying up late just to launch a surprise attack.
The Jiang Feng that he once was is gone, and now only the young Jiang Feng is left. I hope he will not disappoint Mikasa in the end, and become someone who can make Mikasa nervous and think about her every day.
While Mikasa was distracted, Enel came to the general platform and reported to Mikasa: "Reports have been sent from cities along the coast, saying that the US military has withdrawn. In addition, the US military has actually stayed in the sea area closest to us. Ten large empty ships."
"Empty? What do you mean?"
"It can't be said that they are completely empty. There are pilots, communicators, and instructors. They said that these are ten ships left to us by the commander-in-chief of the empire. When we have assembled the elite troops, we can take the ships and sail around. To the continent of Asia.”
"Let's sail? Isn't this a long way around? We can go directly across the Eurasian desert, right?"
"Our insects have very strong endurance, and it is indeed feasible to cross the Eurasian desert, but this will affect the physical strength of the troops to some extent, and they also have to carry a lot of bottled water, which is very inconvenient."
"Do you mean to use human ships?"
"Yes, we are all temporary allies now anyway, so we don't need to care about face, just accept Po Kong's kindness."
"Have all those ships been inspected? Are they safe and reliable?"
"After checking, there should be no problem with safety. Sister, have you considered developing a navy?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but it is only about two years since the end of the world, so I feel there is no need to be too anxious. If the navy is developed, other fields of science and technology may not be able to keep up, and the race of Kedoin will not be born so soon. Besides, Well, we insects are naturally afraid of water and are not suitable for naval battles. We only need to dominate the land."
Mikasa recalled the time when the Zerg dominated Europe and invaded Asia. During this period, the Zerg tribe was having trouble with the zombie tribe in the United States. At that time, the Zerg did not develop a navy, so they went north, to the far north, around to the American continent, and continued to attack the American continent. Therefore, the Zerg have not been very interested in developing a navy.
But in this universe, the role of technology is becoming more and more obvious. Enel feels that we should keep up with the times and appropriately develop technology in other fields.
"Sister is right, but what I mean is that we can take this opportunity to send people to study those warships. When we produce them ourselves in the future, we can avoid a lot of detours."
Mikasa thought about it again and again, and finally agreed: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Send some trustworthy humans to study hard, and choose experts who are already very knowledgeable about maritime tools."
"I know, just leave it to me."
On the other side, the continent of Asia, Wangcheng.
100,000 American troops have left Wangcheng and are heading north. In the process of advancing north, some of the elite troops will join the Northern Province coalition forces, and a large portion of the troops will join Jiang Feng's tens of millions of civilians in Cangzhou City.
After the U.S. military is added to the escort regiment, Jiang Feng's elite troops and Wudang flying army can be allocated to go north to fight against the dark zombies.
In addition, Wangcheng's transportation group carried hundreds of tons of black iron water and entered the ant cave under the guidance of the Gray Corps. They will walk in the cave for several days until they reach the junction of Beiming and Xichuan.
If nothing else goes wrong, the construction of the Great Wall in the southwest region of Beiming will be given priority because it is far away from Langfang City and will not attract the attention of the ghosts and grays. Therefore, there is very little resistance to the construction of the Great Wall there.
People who have just entered the ant cave always look around with their heads, seeming to feel uncomfortable or a little nervous. In the past, humans did not dare to enter this ant cave. Even now, they are still afraid of the Ant Cave, after all, this place was originally the home of the Gray Tribe.
This transportation group is mainly composed of new soldiers from Wangcheng. Their experience is still shallow. If they are attacked in the ant cave, the black iron water will be gone, and the tens of thousands of new soldiers will also be wiped out.
Although Jiang Zhi's forces and the Gray Tribe have reached an alliance, it is too sudden after all. Such a big change has occurred in just two or three days, and ordinary soldiers still feel a little grudge.
The leader of the regiment had vaccinated the soldiers before. This trip to the ant cave would most likely be without any danger. However, if the Grays cheat, the entire army will be annihilated. But our sacrifices are all worth it, and they will prove to everyone in the world that the Grays are a despicable, untrustworthy race with no bottom line. The Gray Clan will be infamy from now on, and all forces in the world will give priority to eradicating them.
As long as the Gray Clan has a little bit of awareness of the overall situation, they will not cheat.
But no matter what the outcome is, everyone must understand that as a soldier, you must obey orders. Let alone an ant cave, even if it is hell, you must go through it.
The recruits didn't know much about the Grays. They only knew that they were once zombies and had a deep hatred for humans. Therefore, in the hearts of the recruits, they were somewhat worried about coming to this ant cave.
However, this worry gradually disappeared as time went by. why?
Because along the way, the Grays had always treated the human soldiers with smiles, and even patiently answered some questions about the ant caves for them.
Sometimes, human soldiers would encounter some creatures they had never seen before, and the grays would explain such creatures to the human soldiers and tell them not to be nervous.
After just a few hours of in-depth interaction, the recruits began to feel more and more that the Grays were very similar to humans and were not a bad race.
Among these gray soldiers, there are many female soldiers, some of them are very good-looking, but their skin is gray. But this did not affect the aesthetics at all. Many human soldiers found topics to chat with the female soldiers.
In this way, this 10,000-strong troop transportation group, accompanied by the Gray Corps, traveled through the underground world like a long snake. Basically, there are gray soldiers riding giant ants every few meters. They are afraid that humans will fall behind. After all, ant caves are intricate and it’s easy to get lost.
On the other side, the envoys of Jiang Zhi's forces came to the northern land, Altai, the orc king's city.
After nearly a year of development, the Orcs have already established a firm foothold in the western part of the Northern Territory.
During this period, the Orcs have been developing peacefully and have not participated in any wars. No, it should be said that he did not participate directly, but he participated indirectly.
That is, the orcs continuously send various kinds of ores to Jiang Zhi's forces by sea. The desperate development of the orcs can actually be understood as desperate mining.
Jiang Zhi's forces were kind to the Beast Clan, and the Beast King has never forgotten it. Because of the war, the Jiangzhi forces' demand for various ores has become extremely huge.
In terms of war, the Orcs can't help much, but in terms of ores, the Orcs help with all their might.
Of course, Jiang Zhi's forces will also provide a large amount of material supplies to the Orcs. But in general, the value of what the orcs give out is far greater than what they take in.
But there are no complaints, who asked Jiang Feng to help the Orcs.
Today, the envoy of Jiang Zhi's forces handed the letter to the Beast King Lin.
After Lin read it, he directly touched his corner with a sad look on his face.
"Jiang Feng actually asked for such a quantity of black iron water? Oh my God, many of the mineral veins here have been mined dry. Where can we get so much black iron water?"
