Sun Shengdu led the reconnaissance team to investigate forward, and they did not encounter any barbarians outside the territory until they reached a position very deep into the Yuantu Prairie.
Before joining the war, Sun Shengdu had learned information about Yuantu Prairie from Taiyi Sect.
Since the withdrawal from the Endless Sand Sea, the barbarians from outside the territory have not actively invaded the territory of Taiyi Sect, and the two sides have always maintained peace.
The barbarians from outside the territory have always stayed in the Yuantu Prairie, as if they have never left here, let alone made any gesture of invading Jiuqu Province.
With such a powerful enemy as a neighbor, Taiyimen did not dare to be careless at all.
The Taiyi Sect was worried about provoking disputes and did not dare to send people deep into the Yuantu Prairie. However, they still used various means to investigate various situations inside.
The local cultivation forces in Jiuqu Province had maintained trade with Yuantu Prairie and Yunwu Daze for a period of time.
This trade was quickly stopped, and the Taiyi Sect was not directly involved. However, the Taiyi Sect still used various means and used the power of the caravan to conduct investigations on these two places, especially the Yuantu Prairie.
Where Sun Shengdu was now, there should have been several barbarian tribes living around him.
But now, apart from the vague traces of the existence of barbarian tribes, there are not even half a living person in sight.
Obviously, the barbarians outside the territory voluntarily gave up the territory they occupied and began to shrink towards the interior of the Yuantu Prairie.
Not having encountered any resistance from the barbarians outside the territory, the other tribes had already migrated.
As an experienced monk, Sun Shengdu had a vague suspicion that something big might happen to the barbarians outside the territory.
Sun Shengdu passed the intelligence obtained from the investigation back to the army at the rear, and he continued to lead the investigation team forward.
His movements became more cautious and he made various preparations. Once he realizes something is wrong, he will immediately run away.
After Meng Zhang received the intelligence from Sun Shengdu, he knew that there was no resistance ahead, so he had no choice but to lead the army of monks to continue to advance.
Of course, even with the intelligence from Sun Shengdu's investigation, he was not careless. Still moving forward step by step and slowly.
In this way, the other two battlefields in Jiuqu Province were temporarily in a stalemate, and the winner could not be determined in a short period of time.
The direction Meng Zhang was heading was extremely smooth, moving forward without any obstacles.
If the barbarians from outside the territory do not send forces to stop his progress, he may really lead an army into the core of the Yuantu Prairie.
Military merit was the most important thing in the Dali Dynasty, and the rewards for military merit were the most generous. Seeing that he was about to achieve great achievements, Meng Zhang was not happy at all.
The barbarians from outside the territory are definitely not that easy to deal with. Maybe there will be hard bones waiting for him ahead.
Meng Zhang was not against it and was even willing to fight with the barbarians from outside the territory, but he never thought that he would engage in an endless life-and-death battle with the barbarians from outside the territory.
The reason why the barbarians from outside the territory are shrinking their strength in this way is not because they are afraid of the Taiyi Sect, but they must have other agendas.
If the Taiyi Sect monk army really reaches the core of the Yuantu Prairie, leaving the barbarians outside the territory unable to retreat, then an unprecedented bloody battle will inevitably break out.
Compared with the military merits he might gain, Meng Zhang was even less willing for the Taiyi Sect to suffer too much loss.
As a cultivation force attached to the Dali Dynasty, Taiyi Sect maintained a relatively independent status, and of course it had to preserve its strength as much as possible.
It's just that the army has Wendong Zhenjun as the supervisor, and the military orders issued by Commander Zhang Weineng are reasonable and well-considered. Meng Zhang really had no reason to stop moving forward.
Although Meng Zhang has repeatedly slowed down his advance, the momentum of the army's advance remains unchanged. No matter how long the journey is, it will end one day.
It took less than two months for the army to penetrate deep into the Yuantu Prairie and get closer and closer to the core of the Yuantu Prairie.
At this time, Sun Shengdu and the others who went out to investigate finally encountered obstacles.
Three barbarian kings led a barbarian army in front, blocking Sun Shengdu's advance.
Sun Shengdu also tried his best. He left the rest of the investigation team behind and let them join the army behind.
Alone, relying on his advanced cultivation, he secretly bypassed the barbarian army in front and went deep into the front, hoping to find out what the barbarians outside the territory were doing.
When he heard that there was a barbarian army blocking the way ahead, Meng Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.
If the barbarians really don't do anything to stop them and let him lead the army all the way deep, he will feel worried.
In any case, since the enemy has responded, we cannot avoid the battle.
The flying boat team that covered the sky and the sun, escorted by many flying mounts, appeared not far in front of the barbarian army.
A large number of monks jumped off the flying boat one after another, and then lined up their troops on the ground, making formations one by one.
The barbarian army quietly watched the enemy array in the distance, with no intention of taking the opportunity to charge forward.
After the monk army was arrayed, Meng Zhang personally led the army forward and launched a tentative attack.
Judging from the size of the army alone, the number of monks in the army was much greater than that of the opponent.
Since Meng Zhang became the head of the Taiyi Sect, he has experienced many bloody battles and established his reputation in each battle.
He did not rush forward with all his troops just because the opponent seemed to be smaller in number. Instead, he asked Zhenjun He Luo to lead a group of monks to attack first to test the opponent's strength.
Facing the enemy's probing attack, the barbarian army also responded immediately.
Many barbarian warriors led by a barbarian king took the initiative to meet Zhenjun He Luo's team, and the two sides started fighting.
Afterwards, True Lord Jin Li also moved forward to launch an attack.
Although Wen Dongzhenjun is the supervisor of the army, since he is a member of the army, he cannot escape when the war begins and must obey the reasonable orders of the commander Meng Zhang.
Of course, Meng Zhang would not let go of such a useful combat power.
Under his order, Zhenjun Wen Dong flew to the battlefield and joined the battle.
After several probing attacks, as well as Meng Zhang's own careful observation, he finally figured out the strength of the barbarian army on the opposite side.
The overall strength of the barbarian army is much worse than our own, and it is even more inadequate in terms of top-level combat effectiveness.
Even if True Lord Sun Shengdu is still investigating from the front, the five True Lords of Yuanshen present alone are enough to overwhelm the three barbarian kings on the other side.
Jin Qiaoer had the shortest time to achieve Yuan Shen and had the lowest cultivation level. Meng Zhang did not let him directly participate in the battle, but asked her to patrol outside the battlefield as a mobile force.
Jin Qiaoer flew around the battlefield and found no ambush by the enemy.
The barbarian army in front of them really only had this little strength.
Meng Zhang was a little hesitant in his heart, whether he should seize this opportunity, press the entire army, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
