The northern border garrison has chief and deputy commanders and commanders of the five armies. Under the commanders of the five armies are these battalion commanders, each commanding hundreds or even thousands of people.
As for how many battalions there are under the Fifth Army and how many commanders there are, no one can tell. In short, there are many, many, many more. Since there were increases and decreases during this war, it is even more difficult to count. Just look at the attack of the Moon Worshiping Immortal Kingdom in the previous round, the names of those camps have changed a lot, and many battalion commanders have new people replacing old ones, which can be seen.
In view of this, if a monk leads a battalion, even if all the four realms of immortal sects are added together, it will not be enough to lead an army. Therefore, the battalion with the patrol patrol this time is, at best, only a small part of the northern border defenders.
Just because the narrow area between Kuiyunling and Nihuangzhuang was recovered this time is actually only a very small piece of the entire Northland. What really needs to be used is the larger territory in the border area after Ni Huangzhuang.
Liu Qingyi had a brief conversation with a few people, then looked around and found that all the large and small immortal sects on Kuiyun Ridge were surrounded by mortal armies. He saw that the elder He Yuanji and the two immortals Longhu had disappeared. In the shadow, only Zeng Manting, Liu Qingshan, Lei Lei, Wu Yaqi and other three senior monks from the Three Yang Realm were meditating at the station. They couldn't help but asked in surprise. After Xiao Jingyan explained what he said, they found out that the three of them had followed a large number of high-level monks from the Immortal Kingdom the day before yesterday. They all left Kuiyun Ridge and headed towards Ni Huangzhuang.
Naturally, the duel between these high-level monks was not something that low-level monks like Liu Qingyi in the Tongyuan Realm could participate in. Even those brothers and sisters in the Sanyang Realm were only in the second echelon of combat power.
Yan Kuan glanced at Zeng Manting, Lei Lei and others who were meditating in the distance, and said in a low voice: "I heard that they will be sent out tonight. They are meditating here one by one to recover. I'm afraid they are preparing for the trip!"
"Really? Let me just say, it seems that having a higher level of cultivation is not necessarily a good thing!" Li Deqiang muttered.
Yan Kuan sighed and said: "We are not that relaxed. The patrol inspectors are basically serving as their thugs. It is still a thankless job."
Li Deqiang responded: "No, those mortals are still comfortable. They just follow behind and don't have to do anything. Anyway, we monks are taking care of it in front."
Wang Tianshui said bluntly: "I heard that the area of nearly a hundred miles in Kuiyunling has been basically cleared. We are just taking these defenders to take over the territory, so there won't be much risk."
Bu Jiu nodded and said: "As far as I know the situation, it is generally the same. It's just that after this distance and approaching the Ni Huangzhuang area, it's a little unpredictable. Look at the teams sent out to pull out nails every day, almost It hasn’t stopped, and it doesn’t seem to be easy, so you know the resistance is not small.”
"That's true, senior brother is very accurate!" Li Deqiang responded.
Bu Jiu smiled faintly and continued: "Having said that, the battles between monks are different from the battles for land between mortal armies. If you capture a city, you will be a city, and if you capture a land, you will be a land. They are all high-ranking. If the existence of Gao Qu is just driven away instead of killed, then the so-called basic elimination is not very accurate in my opinion."
"That's the same truth." When Yan Kuan, Xiao Jingyan, Li Deqiang, and Wang Tianshui agreed in unison, Liu Qingyi and Li Gongjun, who were standing at the outermost edge, did not say a word.
A few people chatted for a while, and then called Pei Yuanyi and others to come over for questioning. They learned that Pei Ziying's march route was to the right rear. It seemed that there were not many cities and villages that needed to be captured along the way. They couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
At nightfall, several servants brought a lot of tea and fruits. Liu Qingyi took a cup of spiritual tea, grabbed a spiritual fruit and took a few bites. Then he saw a monk from the Holy Talisman Sect coming over. He took Zeng Manting, Lei Lei and other four people out of the station and flew away looking north.
In the early morning of the next day, on Kuiyun Ridge, the mortal camps of the major immortal sects gathered in formation. Under the leadership of several monks from the Tongyuan Realm, a monk from the Holy Talisman Sect holding an array card came out of the large formation. , extending northward.
Throughout the northern foothills of Kuiyun Ridge, flags were flying all over the mountains and plains. Various beasts and animals were mixed in, and the roars of humans and beasts were heard. The troops of the brigade spread forward in a mighty manner, and after a few miles, they were like the sea and rivers. Like water dragons, they flocked to the villages, towns and cities in all directions.
The disciples of all the major immortal sects all jumped into the sky, and for a while the figures in the sky flew left and right, following the groups of mortal troops advancing together, but the speed was not too slow.
This is because although these mortal troops cannot fly, they have all kinds of beasts and animals to move on their feet. They bring up large amounts of dust as they march, like yellow dragons driving away white rainbows.
Tianshoumen and others followed Pei Ziying and marched leisurely to the right rear. Most of the sergeants in this team rode wind-bone beasts, and the three chief and deputy captains each rode a three-eyed cloud hoof. The beast looks very majestic, and its speed is also extremely fast.
"These people are treated very well, and they don't have to travel by themselves." Li Deqiang stood in the air and looked around for a while before saying.
"After all, they are the defenders, which are different from the casual soldiers of the city lord's palace." Bu Jiu explained.
Yan Kuan pondered for a while and said: "I think they are still a little slow, why don't we go to the front and have a look first."
"That's fine." Bu Jiu nodded in agreement, ducked down from the clouds, and negotiated with Pei Yuanyi and the others for a few words, then led his brothers and sisters to fly forward.
Liaoya Village is a small village and town located more than ten miles northwest of Kuiyun Mountain.
Liu Qingyi and others flew all the way to the village and saw that many villagers in the village had come out. They looked up at the people in the sky and waved hello.
Bu Jiu leaned over and looked at it for a while and then said: "There are no monks and no troops stationed. It's pretty clear."
Yan Kuan saw the villagers waving and shouting, and said with a smile: "They... seem to be welcoming us."
"It seems true!" Li Deqiang agreed, already escaping and landing at the entrance of the village.
Everyone followed and saw a large group of men and women surrounding them. Under the leadership of an old man with a white beard, they all knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Welcome to the Immortal!"
"The Immortal's Dharma reaches all the world, and its power penetrates the Eastern Mountains."
"The Immortal Kingdom will always be prosperous, and the Holy Sect will be blessed."
"Everyone in Liaoya Village bows and prays together, may the Immortal Lord bless you!"
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Liu Qingyi stood behind the crowd and saw shouts and kowtows all around him. His eyes dropped to the ground.
He carefully looked at the villagers surrounding him. They were all dressed in rags. There were even a few half-year-old children who were even half-grown. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The villagers in this corner of the country have suffered from wars one after another. , I’m afraid life is not easy either.”
Yan Kuan and Li Deqiang stood in front of the crowd with smiles on their faces, seemingly satisfied with the villagers' reaction.
Bu Jiu and Xiao Jingyan shouted loudly, and finally asked those people to stand up. After some questioning, they found out that the monks and mortal troops on the side of the moon had already retreated long ago.
These villages were originally under the jurisdiction of Dasheng Immortal Kingdom, and the residents in the villages had suffered from wars. Naturally, they were looking forward to the country's army coming to regain their lost lands, and they were even more respectful to the local monks who had been expelling the foreign monks for several days.
Bu Jiu asked clearly about the situation, and several people in the same sect looked at each other, but without further delay, they all took off to search elsewhere.
According to the arrangement of the Immortal Kingdom, these accompanying Immortal Sect monks only need to help clear out the enemy monks on the marching route, and do not need to participate in the battle for one city and one place by these mortal armies. In view of the current situation where the enemy monk troops within a hundred miles of the surrounding area have all withdrawn, these villages and towns only need the mortal troops to come and take over, and they have nothing to do with them at all.
A group of seven people from the Heavenly Beast Sect jumped into the air and flew quickly, following the marching route shown in the spiritual map, and collected several villages, towns and cities along the way within a hundred miles. It was still the case that all the monks and the army had retreated, and several people felt relieved. Yu, no longer anxious to continue searching forward, began to look around idly, waiting for Pei Ziying to follow from behind.
Just after this hesitation, I found that in several adjacent cities, the monks' teams were also acting independently. They didn't pay attention to the mortal troops at all. They didn't even follow the marching route. They just searched and patrolled everywhere. .
The two immortal sects closest to the Tongtian Beast Sect, one is the Weiyuan Sect in the north and the other is the Baiyue Sect in the west, both of which are connected to Pei Ziying on the march route of the camp.
After not seeing each other for a few days, they bumped into Liu Changhong, Cui Lingxiang and the senior sister named Qiu from the Miyue Sect again. There was a warm feeling between the two parties.
Because Yan Kuan was familiar with two of them, they also greeted each other in the distance. The leaders of the Biyuan Sect were two late-stage monks, a man and a woman. The woman was at the seventh level of Tongyuan Realm. She had an extremely ordinary appearance and a cold expression on her face. The man was at the eighth level of Tongyuan Realm, but he was a handsome man wearing an Eguan. The expression on his face was also a little unwary. He looked at the three-man team of Yanyue Sect for a moment, and there was already a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. A flick.
Let's talk about Liu Changhong, Cui Lingxiang and others. Synchronous Jiu and Xiao Jingyan said a few words, and their eyes were all fixed on Liu Qingyi for a moment, and they all became a little surprised and uncertain.
"Brother Yunzheng, Jin... has advanced to the later stage?"
"Eighth level of Tongyuan Realm? How is it possible?!"
Cui Lingxiang's wonderful eyes were almost fixed on Liu Qingyi, and she blurted out: "Brother Yun Dao is extremely powerful. This time he has been promoted to the eighth level, I am afraid that he will rarely find an opponent at the same level."
"Ha! How rare are you to meet an opponent?" A voice came from the side. It was the handsome man who was the leader of the Wei Yuan Sect. A strange smile appeared on his face, "I'm not afraid of the wind blowing my tongue!"
Yan Kuan, who was talking to Wei Yuanzong, his face froze when he heard the sound, turned his head and looked over, and said with great dissatisfaction: "Why are you flashing your tongue? My junior brother is very powerful, it's not a lie!"
Li Deqiang also helped: "At least I won't have any problem beating you at the eighth level of Tongyuan."
"Hahaha, it's so funny."
"A person who has just been promoted to the eighth level dares to say that he can beat Brother Ji. He has no idea how high the sky is." There was a burst of laughter from the disciples of the Biyuan Sect.
"The foreign monks are indeed frogs in the well." After the handsome man finished speaking, he didn't argue with Li Deqiang any more. He only glanced at Liu Qingyi lightly, and then fled into the distance with a group of people from the Guanyuan Sect.
"I think you are the frogs in the well!" Li Deqiang looked at the group of Kuanyuan Sect disciples who had flown away, and added with a dull head. He looked at Yan Kuan and said: "Elder brother, how do you know those people? It makes no sense. .”
"I..." Yan Kuan was speechless for a while, glanced at Liu Qingyi, but didn't answer.
Some people died, but not completely...
