The Gray Peng King was willing to fight side by side with Meng Zhang, but there was a deep hatred between the monsters in the Black Jade Forest and the human monks.
Even if he is the commander-in-chief, he cannot ignore this situation.
From a general direction, or from a strategic perspective, he can lead the monsters in the Black Jade Forest to cooperate with Meng Zhang.
But it is not that easy for the monster beasts to treat human monks as comrades without any barriers.
Instead of delaying the fight due to quarrels and internal strife on the battlefield, it is better to keep distance early in the morning.
Meng Zhang had already anticipated this situation.
The expeditionary army he led was so powerful that even if it could not quell the demon disaster, it would not be easily defeated by the demons.
Before setting off for the expedition, Meng Zhang discussed the general strategy with the senior leaders of the sect.
Their current location is probably in the southwest of Daheng Cultivation World.
Maple Leaf Mountain City is in the northeast of Daheng Cultivation World, and the distance between the two is no less than 100,000 miles.
In the middle, there are parts of the Black Jade Forest and some branches of the Daheng Mountains.
The cultivation forces that were originally near these branches were basically wiped out by the monsters.
In addition to some monster groups wandering nearby, there are also some monsters that have made their homes on the ruins of the mountain gates of the cultivation forces.
Meng Zhang's initial strategy is to find a way to connect the road between his location and Maple Leaf Mountain City so that the two can establish a direct connection.
In this process, Meng Zhang had some selfish motives.
In this way, it will help reduce the pressure faced by Maple Leaf Mountain City in the future and be able to better protect that place.
Of course, the superficial reason is that after achieving strategic goals, the two places can echo and support each other.
At this time, in the Daheng cultivation world, less than a year had passed since the entire Xiang family was demonized, and the situation had deteriorated again.
The living space of the human race is being compressed smaller and smaller, and the surviving human monks have almost nowhere to retreat.
Almost everywhere, monsters began to appear.
Hordes of monsters roam around, almost everywhere.
After the base was established and the monks settled down, Meng Zhang began to issue orders directly.
He had been prepared for a long time, so he did not need to consult with other monks in the army and made his own decision.
First of all, of course, we sent out investigation teams one after another to conduct investigations in all directions to find out the distribution of the surrounding monsters as soon as possible.
In this regard, the Shui Tribe, as the landowner here, actively provided help.
Due to the hard work of the water tribe, there are no large-scale monster groups in the surrounding area, only a small group of monsters.
After figuring out the surrounding situation, the investigation team continued to go deep into the Daheng cultivation world to investigate more situations.
Meng Zhang sent teams of monks to move along the tributaries of the Jiuqu River. With the assistance of the Shui Tribe, they worked hard to eliminate the small groups of monsters they saw along the way.
If you encounter a relatively powerful group of monsters, gather the strength of multiple teams and work together to eliminate them.
Meng Zhang's request was not excessive, and it was to clean the door of his home. Although there were still some complaints from the Shui Tribe, they still cooperated honestly.
The surrounding area has vast waters and dense water networks. There are almost countless tributaries of the Jiuqu River, large and small.
It is very safe to move along the river.
Meng Zhang also needs to hone his team through such small-scale battles, cultivate their experience in fighting monsters, and get everyone into the state as soon as possible.
After teams of monks were sent out, many battle results were quickly reported back.
Many small groups of monsters were eliminated, and the surrounding area quickly began to be cleared.
Of course, during this process, our own side will inevitably suffer some casualties.
As long as the casualties weren't too heavy, Meng Zhang could totally accept it.
As the investigation teams continued to deepen, more and more information was passed back to Meng Zhang.
Based on this information, he began to plan his next move.
After the expeditionary army arrived in Daheng Cultivation Realm, it was a good start.
Not only the monks from Taiyi Sect and Hanhai Taoist Alliance, but also the monks recruited from other cultivation forces all bowed to Meng Zhang and obeyed military orders honestly.
This made Meng Zhang, who wanted to find a few blind guys to establish his power, unable to find a chance, and felt a bit regretful.
Although it has not been tested in large-scale battles, at present, the obedience of this army barely meets Meng Zhang's requirements.
Due to time constraints this time, a small number of the monks recruited were still on the road behind due to various reasons, and were coming here one after another.
If the battle situation at the front becomes tense, Meng Zhang will continue to order the recruitment of monks at the rear without hesitation.
The expeditionary army arrived in Daheng Cultivation Realm, and Meng Zhang did not want to act alone.
In the Daheng cultivation world, although the local cultivation forces have suffered serious setbacks, they have not yet been completely extinct.
Especially the remaining three of the Big Four, they still retain a lot of strength.
They have a duty to protect their land, and there is no way they can hide to preserve their strength and evade their responsibilities.
With the cooperation of local cultivation forces, the expeditionary army can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Before the expedition, Meng Zhang's request to Xiao Liang was that he hoped that the Ziyang Holy Sect would use its huge influence to allow the local cultivation forces to actively participate in the war and no longer be able to avoid it.
This request itself is in line with the wishes of Ziyang Shengzong.
The local cultivation forces in the Daheng cultivation world had secretly condoned and cultivated monsters, which had already made the Ziyang Holy Sect very dissatisfied.
Now that the demonic disaster has reached such an extent, the Purple Sun Sect has lost face in front of other Holy Land sects.
If the situation hadn't allowed it, the Purple Sun Sect might have started to severely deal with these cultivation forces.
Ziyang Shengzong sent Xiao Qiao as an envoy to visit these local cultivation forces one by one.
Xiao Qiao brought the strict orders and ultimatum of Ziyang Shengzong.
Ziyang Shengzong gave them one last chance.
They must organize immediately, look for opportunities to launch a counterattack against the monster group, and cooperate with Meng Zhang's expeditionary army.
If they continue to do nothing, then don't blame Ziyang Shengzong for liquidating them afterwards.
Although Ziyang Shengzong provided special communication tools to keep Meng Zhang and Xiao Qiao in contact.
But Xiao Qiao has not yet taken the initiative to contact Meng Zhang.
If Xiao Qiao's operation went smoothly, he would have already taken the initiative to contact Meng Zhang to discuss a plan to cooperate with the local cultivation forces.
Meng Zhang did not bother Xiao Qiao, but took care of his own affairs first.
Along the banks of the Jiuqu River and on some islands and reefs in the middle of the river, strongholds and military stations of various sizes were built one after another.
A relatively stable supply route has been established between Jiuqu Province and the upper reaches of Jiuqu River for transporting monks and supplies.
Taking the Shui Tribe territory as a starting point, the expeditionary army also began to establish more strongholds and military stations, slowly extending the control area towards the depths of Daheng Cultivation Realm.
