The carriages rumbled, the horses neighed, and the travelers carried bows and arrows at their waists.
Parents, wife, and children saw them off, but the dust obscured the Xianyang Bridge.
They grabbed my clothes, stamped their feet, blocked my way, and cried out, their cries reaching the heavens.
A passerby asked a pedestrian, who simply replied that the road was frequently used for travel.
Or from the fifteenth north defense river, one can reach the fortieth west camp field.
When he left, the village headman wrapped his head in a protective robe; when he returned, his hair was white, and he was still guarding the frontier.
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Such a tragic scene could not possibly appear in the Han Dynasty at this time, at least not in Jiangdong!
Since Xiang Yu was forced to ascend to heaven, the situation of the Han Dynasty, although occasionally fluctuating, has generally improved day by day. After all, as the war progressed, the Han Dynasty's preparations, or rather, its mobilization, became more and more thorough.
After Xiang Yu ascended to heaven, the Taiping Dao's offensive became increasingly fierce. Many of the Taiping Dao's direct disciples also personally joined the fray.
In Jiangdong, Sun En repeatedly fought against Lin Yang. With Huang Tian's help, he and Lin Yang fought evenly, neither gaining the upper hand.
As for the army, they went completely mad. All the people were completely bewitched. During each attack, under the control of the Taoist priests, they were mostly fearless of death and very difficult to deal with!
At the most dangerous time, the Taiping Dao army even completely occupied Wu County, which was only two hundred miles away from the Wu Kingdom!
However, it was precisely these two hundred miles that became an insurmountable barrier, a nightmare for Sun En! No matter how much sacrifice he made, he could not make any progress!
With at least hundreds of crystal cannons and at least thousands of modified ballistae produced daily, and under the constant onslaught of talismans and magical artifacts, every step forward comes at the cost of thousands, or even tens of thousands, of casualties.
What's even more outrageous is that every night or every so often, Lin Yang would organize a suicide squad, dressed in the latest bomb vests (made from spirit stone powder), to charge towards the army.
Once they were stopped, or once the suicide squad members died, a loud bang would be heard. Often, just one suicide squad could cause at least a hundred, or even several hundred, casualties in the densely populated Taiping Road!
Such a ridiculous exchange ratio, exceeding 100, even with countless cannon fodder in the Taiping Dao, it can't withstand such attrition!
Therefore, by the end of the year, the battlefield had reached a stalemate. In fact, that was the most dangerous time for the entire Wu Kingdom!
At that time, the 30 million workers had not yet fully demonstrated their abilities. Wu's total war had only just begun and had not yet reached its peak.
The power of industrialization is only just beginning to show its strength, and it is also at its weakest point. The process of mobilizing the entire population for war has only just begun, and its effects have not yet truly become apparent!
Unfortunately, Sun En was concerned about casualties, and Lin Yang, being an overpowered character with numerous magical treasures, equipped each of his subordinates with a spiritual artifact… It was precisely because of this that they were able to truly hold their ground. At least, it was much better than Jingzhou!
At that time, all four southern commanderies of Jingzhou had fallen, and even Jiangling Commandery was facing the danger of falling. The governor of Jingzhou was dead, and all the prefects of the four southern commanderies were dead.
If Huang Zhong hadn't suddenly appeared and killed the enemy's general with an arrow, and seriously wounded the enemy's commander-in-chief Qi Ye Dao Jun with three arrows, Jiangling County would have fallen!
(After the Seven Nights Demon Lord destroyed the human world by the Seven Demons, his strength greatly increased. He was personally moved by Zhang Jiao, who took him in as a disciple and personally taught him.)
After cleansing himself of demonic energy and cultivating anew, he became the Seven Nights Dao Lord. He is skilled in the Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique and is currently the Lord of the Fang World, possessing strength at the peak of the Earth Immortal realm.
The second year was essentially a protracted tug-of-war. During this time, the power of industrialization began to emerge, and many new models of crystal cannons were developed.
Meanwhile, catalyzed by the war and prompted by Lin Yang's reminder, advanced tanks and airplanes also appeared.
However, the new aircraft were very immature and had a particularly high accident rate. They were generally used as suicide weapons!
After all, in the eyes of a cultivator, an airplane has far too many flaws, and causing it to crash is incredibly easy!
Any spell could cause the plane's parts to malfunction, causing it to crash to the ground. Or, for a more sophisticated approach, it could fly into the sky and unleash a concentrated fireball, or even a head-on attack.
Therefore, initially, the Taoist priests of the Taiping Dao on the other side often referred to this process as "hitting the airplane," implying that it was a way to hone their spellcasting skills...
However, airplanes are cheap; all you need is a wooden frame, some steel, and some basic rigging to make one.
The initial version of the aircraft could be manufactured for only a few hundred taels of silver. Compared to the crystal cannons, which cost hundreds of thousands of taels, it was far cheaper!
Therefore, as the number of aircraft increased from dozens or hundreds to tens or hundreds of thousands, the Taoist priests of the Way of Peace gradually stopped shooting at them. It was pointless; why waste their magical power for no reason?
By the third year, the Jiangdong region, or more precisely, the Wu Kingdom, under Lin Yang's leadership, had begun to launch occasional counterattacks.
Of course, the counterattack could have started in the second year, but in order not to be too shocking and to make better use of the 30 million skilled workers, the stalemate lasted for a year, and the counterattack was not launched until the third year.
Otherwise, what benefits would Lin Yang gain from painstakingly emptying his pockets, sacrificing his resources, and using all his skills to drive Sun En away?
Therefore, in the beginning, Lin Yang deliberately engaged Sun En in a back-and-forth battle, with victories and defeats. This was to continuously deplete the potential of the Borderland World and the Taiping Dao!
Even so, in the entire Han Dynasty, Wu Kingdom, or rather Jiangdong, was the first place to launch a counterattack!
By the fourth year, or more precisely, at the end of the fourth year, Wu Commandery and Kuaiji Commandery had been completely recovered.
Now, as the fifth year draws to a close, Lin Yang has begun his counterattack against the Borderlands World. More importantly, he has achieved considerable success.
Overall, half of the borderlands have been occupied, meaning the grassland area has been completely under the control of the imperial court.
Although no Han Chinese citizens have come here so far, it can still be considered as territorial expansion, right? Countless warhorses, cattle, and sheep have been transported to the Han Dynasty in large quantities by ships and trains, and people have begun to make a profit.
And the final battle is about to begin!
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Chapter 45: There is Fusu on the mountain, Fusu, Huhai, Black Lotus
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As the sun rose, the usually quiet grassland was filled with crowds early in the morning.
Among them, the northern army was Lin Yang's army. With the help of the grasslands, each soldier had a warhorse. Not everyone was a knight, but they had them for the convenience of traveling.
After all, there were very few railways that had been completed on the grasslands at that time. Moreover, after defeating Sun En, they would soon be attacking the heartland of the Central Plains.