Chapter 770: War
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five years have passed!
Time is like a flying knife, so fast that it's scary!
However, sometimes, the speed of time does not make people feel scared, but happy, because during this period of time, they have lived a very hard and painful life...
During this time, many people in the Holy Land were in great pain, hoping that time would pass quickly, as they had endured the pain of war. [Sixth Century Literature]
Ever since Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou suddenly disappeared, the situation on the entire continent began to change, becoming increasingly intense. Later, war began to break out, an imperial-level and full-scale war, and the flames of war spread to the entire continent.
Regarding the outbreak of this war, some people believe that it was caused by the disappearance of Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou. The two of them were the center of the storm on the continent and the fuse of the war.
In fact, the cause of this war was also due to the disappearance of Ye Lang and the other two!
The disappearance of Zhao Yarou did not leave the Xiangkong Empire leaderless or cause a panic situation. In Zhao Yarou's arrangement, nothing would change because of who was missing, including herself.
However, her disappearance gave the Xiangkong Empire a good reason, that is, a reason for war. The disappearance of the Queen of the Xiangkong Empire gave the Xiangkong Empire a reason to instigate any war, even if it required the whole country's strength.
At that time, Xiangkong's reason was that someone had kidnapped Zhao Yarou, and they wanted to find Zhao Yarou, searching each country one by one. Of course, they had to send troops.
Sending troops to find someone is like invading other people's territory, which is not an easy thing to do. Which country will agree to it? No one will agree to it unless they are unable to resist.
Those who are unable to resist will naturally end up being invaded and becoming slaves of a conquered nation. Of course, it can also be said that they become new members of the Xiangkong Empire.
If this war ends, the days of the conquered slaves and the new members will pass easily. As long as they get used to it, they can continue to live a similar life as before, and perhaps even get a better life. Of course, it is also possible that it will be a little worse.
However, this war has not ended and is still going on, which makes the situation very complicated. Those slaves of a conquered country naturally do not want to become new members. They have hope psychologically and will do some rebellious things.
Such behavior naturally made their relationship with the Xiangkong Empire very bad. The conflict between the two sides continued and affected innocent people, making it impossible for those who originally wanted to live a peaceful and tranquil life to do so.
In short, if the war does not end, these conflicts among the people will not end either. They will continue and become more and more intense.
This is what the ancients said: we must fight a war quickly and resolve it quickly. The longer the war drags on, the more trouble will increase exponentially.
However, the unpredictable nature of war made it impossible for anyone to predict. Even the Xiangkong Empire probably had no idea that this war, which was thought to be short-lived, would continue for so long, becoming one of the most recorded wars on the continent.
And here, because of Ye Lang, many people joined this war. Therefore, Ye Lang can also be regarded as one of the reasons for this war, and one of the reasons why this war continued for so long.
This is also where the situation becomes delicate. Because of Ye Lang, something that shouldn't have happened actually happened.
No matter what, many people feel that the cause of this war is actually not important, because even if there is no this reason, there will be other reasons.
Many people knew that Zhao Yarou had already arranged everything and was ready to unify the world! !
The Soaring Sky Empire was going to sweep across the entire continent. This was bound to happen, and this was something Zhao Yarou had prepared for!
This is also why everyone thinks the reason is not important, and at the same time thinks that this is not actually caused by Zhao Yarou's disappearance. Obviously, this is something that is bound to happen. What is inconsistent is who will carry out this matter.
Of course, the so-called many people here are actually only a small part of the entire continent. These people are those in power and some of them are aware of the situation.
For the civilians on the mainland, this war came a little inexplicably, and what made the civilians feel even more puzzled was how the Xiangkong Empire suddenly presented such a powerful alchemical device.
Among these alchemical devices, there are some small weapons for individual combat, some large weapons for siege and capture cities, and some weapons that seem a bit magical, which makes people feel very surprised and unimaginable to obtain.
And it was because of this reason that the attack of the Xiangkong Empire became unstoppable. Under normal circumstances, they were defeated before they even had time to react.
Alchemy, it turns out to be so magical! !
At this moment, everyone on the continent has a new understanding of alchemy, and the profession of alchemist also began to rise at this time.
Whether it is Xiangkong or other countries, they are now recruiting alchemists in large numbers. Those alchemists with advanced alchemy skills are the objects of competition among various countries.
I believe many people know the reason why Xiangkong recruits alchemists. This "many people" refers to everyone on the continent, because it is an obvious thing and anyone can see it.
Xiangkong recruits alchemists because Xiangkong still needs a large number of alchemists to help them build alchemy equipment! !
Although Xiangkong has mastered a lot of technologies of the Tiangong Yue tribe, these technologies require productivity to manufacture and a large number of talents who know alchemy. These talents do not necessarily have to have advanced alchemy skills, as long as they have a certain alchemy foundation.
It is because of this that those alchemists who were not very talented and were not favored by others are now of great use and are beginning to be proud of themselves.
And it is because of this phenomenon that many people have begun to enter the alchemy industry, because no matter whether they can achieve high results or not, as long as they know a certain amount of knowledge, they can get a good career and good treatment.
This is a very good future for some ordinary people! !
In fact, this was proven. For a period of time afterwards, alchemy was the most popular profession, and ordinary people also had the opportunity to succeed.
At the same time, because so many people entered this profession, alchemy flourished and began to gradually become more refined, and within alchemy, a hundred schools of thought flourished.
After all, alchemy was previously too broad a concept, encompassing all areas of science and technology. It was natural and inevitable that it would become more specialized. As Xiangkong was recruiting alchemists, other nations naturally wouldn't slacken their efforts. On the one hand, they could snatch Xiangkong's talent and slow its growth, and on the other hand, they could improve their own alchemy skills, crack Xiangkong's technology, and create alchemical devices that could withstand Xiangkong's attack.
No one would doubt whether these countries were doing the right thing, because the facts were before their eyes. After a few years, Xiangkong's unstoppable momentum had been slowly curbed, although most of the continent's territory had fallen into Xiangkong's hands.
This is actually one of the reasons why this war has become so intense!!
The person who is most remembered in this war is not Zhao Yarou, nor the one who currently commands Xiangkong, but Ye Lang!!
Because no matter the cause of the war, why the war became so intense, or whether the war could end quickly, it was all related to Ye Lang.
The situation became tense, mainly because of Ye Lang. Although Ye Lang was not actually present now and had disappeared from the mainland, he could still influence the situation.
First of all, because of Ye Lang, the forces that were originally unwilling to cooperate cooperated at the beginning, which made Xiangkong's plan to defeat them one by one fail. This is also one of the reasons why a quick victory could not be achieved.
At the beginning, Xiangkong wanted to annex Suzaku. The two countries were originally mortal enemies, which was expected by everyone.
At that time, Xiangkong would not have thought that Ella would take action, because Xiangkong at that time did not express the idea of unifying the world. Even if someone said it, it seemed incredible and unbelievable.
After all, being able to swallow up another empire is already the limit for the three empires on the continent, and it can even be said to be an impossible task.
So, at that time, no one would have thought that Ella would come to help.
The result was actually surprising. When Xiangkong annexed most of Suzaku's territory, Ella took action, giving Suzaku a chance to catch his breath, open up the battle line, and resist Xiangkong's invasion in the last territory, so that Suzaku was not completely conquered.
Of course, Suzaku's losses were also tragic, with the loss of nearly three-quarters of its territory!
It wasn't that Ella was late, but Xiangkong's progress was too fast. Those troop transport ships allowed Xiangkong's maneuverability to reach an incredible speed, and also caught Suzaku off guard.
At that time, some people were still wondering, since such a magical spaceship could be used, why not attack directly in the air, why just transport troops?
In fact, the answer to this riddle is very simple, because at that time Xiangkong had only mastered the flying technique and had not yet perfected it, and the war had already begun, so he could only transport soldiers.
Who designed this troop transport? It wasn't Ye Lang!
Princess Longji really wanted to beat Ye Lang up about this matter, but she was not in the mood to do so at that time, and it was impossible for Ye Lang to appear in front of her.
In any case, Princess Longji had to abandon most of her territory at that time to contain Xiangkong's army, and at the same time, lead the army to defend the remaining territory.
At that time, although Suzaku lost its territory, it also solved some problems, such as the issue of succession to the throne. At that time, no one thought about this issue.
After some things happened, it was basically confirmed that Princess Longji would be the next queen. However, the value of this queen would depend on how things develop.
What is certain now is that if this continues, the power and territory of this empress will be much less than that of the previous Suzaku. Perhaps this is why it is so easy for Princess Longji to obtain it.
Among those princes, some have even defected to Xiangkong and are managing the new territory of Xiangkong that should have belonged to Suzaku.
In some ways, the rights obtained by these princes seem to be much greater than those of Princess Longji, the future empress, because the Suzaku now only has a quarter of its original power.
At the same time, Xiangkong seemed to let the original personnel manage the new territories, which also gave them great power. Of course, Xiangkong would give a general direction and could not deviate.
Although Xiangkong's direction makes these new territories a bit strange, it is not strange that Xiangkong is too strict, but that it is too loose. Those policies have greatly benefited the civilians and are very free.
This was actually a plan made by Zhao Yarou. She didn't want a territory that might rebel against her. She would make the members of these new territories feel that Xiangkong gave them better policies.
Use this to win people's hearts. Even if some people suspect that this is only temporary, at least there will be no resentment, because in the end Xiangkong gives them real benefits. After a long time, they will feel that being ruled by Xiangkong is better than before.
The result is that after a period of time, some members of the new territory have accepted the fact that they are part of the Soaring Sky Empire and have begun to regard themselves as members of the Soaring Sky Empire.
This also implies that the Soaring Sky Empire has completely occupied this place! !
It is undeniable that Zhao Yarou is a very formidable opponent, capable of completely defeating anyone! !
When the Suzaku Empire was invaded and the Ella Empire was helping the Suzaku, the Soaring Sky Empire made another surprising move. They split their forces into two groups and advanced towards the Ella Empire from another direction, clearing the obstacles between the Ella Empire and Soaring Sky and attacking Ella head-on.
This was very surprising. They were surprised that Xiangkong still had the ability to attack again. What was even more surprising was that they found that Xiangkong was not only able to attack, but also had the advantage and had been suppressing all forces.
At this time, everyone discovered the importance of alchemy. Xiangkong's advantage was mostly due to the alchemy in their hands.
Although everyone paid attention to this issue later, during this period, Xiangkong had already conquered most of the territory and brought half of the territory of the entire continent except the orcs under the name of the Xiangkong Empire.
After all these years, although the momentum has slowed down, Xiangkong is still expanding bit by bit and has already controlled three-quarters of the territory.
The remaining quarter is now the union of the Ella Empire and the Suzaku Empire. At this critical moment, they have no choice but to form a deep alliance to jointly resist the Soaring Empire.
At this time, except for the two empires, other countries either chose to join the union of the two empires or surrendered to Xiangkong. Basically, the human territory only had two forces: Xiangkong and the Suzaku Ella Alliance.
Due to a few years of buffering, the Suzaku Ella Alliance has gained the corresponding ability to resist alchemy. At the same time, the reduction of their territory also means that their power is more concentrated. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for Xiangkong to annex them.
This situation would not have occurred. If Zhao Yarou were there, she would definitely not allow such a situation to occur. At the same time, if she were there, she would not continue under such circumstances.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Zhao Yarou would not let the following events happen, so it is unknown what she would do in such a situation.
While Xiangkong was dealing with Suzaku and Ella, he also had to deal with pressure from the orcs and the tiger tribe.
Although the Tiger Tribe was not very well-informed, after so many years, they must have received the news and knew that Ye Lang had been killed by the Xiangkong Empire. If Zhao Yarou had not disappeared with him, the Tiger Tribe would have attacked Xiangkong long ago.
Ye Lang is a very important person to the Tiger Tribe. They are willing to do things that others think are impossible for Ye Lang, such as going to war with Xiangkong.
Although the Tiger Tribe didn't start a war at first, as things escalated and friction between the two sides increased, war broke out!
Originally, in Xiangkong's plan, unifying the orcs' north was also in the plan, and this was also what would happen. Xiangkong, who was supported by alchemical weapons, fought against orcs who had no alchemy at all and only relied on force. The result was predictable.
The orcs were also forced into a corner. If Xiangkong's front line had not been too large, I believe the orcs would have been captured.
Speaking of which, this matter was all because of Ye Lang!!
Xiangkong was not only threatened in these two aspects, but there were also two other points that were restraining Xiangkong. These two points were also because of Ye Lang, and in the end, they were still related to Ye Lang.
These two points, one is the Holy City. Although it is not very positive, the Holy City clearly hinted that it would not support Xiangkong. This also made many members of the Holy Church support people other than Xiangkong. This kind of power is very scary.
And the other point, which is also the most magical point, is Yecheng!
Yecheng is now under the control of the Xiangkong Empire and has been completely surrounded by Xiangkong's forces. However, even in such an environment, Yecheng still maintains its freedom and neutrality and has not been occupied by Xiangkong.
Everyone who got the news found it magical. They didn't understand why Yecheng didn't fall. It was like a lone boat in the ocean. Although it seemed to be attacked by wind and rain and seemed to be submerged by the sea at any time, it was still above the sea.
It wasn't that Xiangkong, the big boss, wanted to overturn this lone boat, but Xiangkong had no way to take over this place!!
Even if they concentrated a large number of alchemical devices, they were still unable to break through Ye Cheng's defensive capabilities. This made Xiangkong's chief alchemist very helpless, and he could only give up on Ye Cheng.
She finally said, "I still can't beat him. This small Yecheng feels like a mountain to me, an insurmountable mountain!"
Because she couldn't break Ye Lang's defense, she decided to go to Ye City to do some research, and she spent several years on this research!
Although Ye Cheng was fighting against Xiangkong, he was only on the defensive. If Xiangkong did not do anything hostile to Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng would not care about Xiangkong's people coming in and out.
This is also a very strange place, and it is also the reason why Ye Cheng has always been very independent, because Ye Cheng has always maintained neutrality! !
After this incident, the people of Yecheng seemed to understand Ye Lang's words even more and remained neutral!
Of course, this maintenance of neutrality is backed by strength, and at the same time, in the critical moment of life and death, one must know how to adapt...
At this time, let everyone understand one thing more clearly: alchemy is very important. The reason why Yecheng can remain uninvaded is because of Ye Lang's alchemy.
At the same time, the third brother now understood what Ye Lang meant when he said that when the defensive formation was activated, there would be a change in the terrain.
It turned out that when the formation was activated, the entire Ye City began to be divided into countless sections, and the sections were combined in different forms to form various different formations.
Ye Lang's design not only allows Yecheng to be divided and reorganized, but also, under various combinations, the residents of Yecheng will not have any problems in traveling. However, the place they are in will change, and the environment around them will change.
This formation shocked everyone in the world. If the facts were not before them, they would never have believed that such a magical thing could happen.
This formation made Yecheng an impenetrable fortress that even Xiangkong could not break through!
At the same time, Xiangkong could not put all his strength on Ye Cheng, because they still needed to continue fighting in other places. Since they knew that Ye Cheng could not break through and Ye Cheng had always maintained a neutral attitude, they no longer cared about Ye Cheng.
Thus, Yecheng became the most magical place in the continent! !
The main reason why Yecheng became the point to restrain Xiangkong was because Yecheng was connected to neutrality. Yes, because of its neutrality, Yecheng would also allow Xiangkong's hostile forces to enter.
Yecheng has become a safe haven!
In fact, the safe haven would not give Xiangkong a headache. At most, he would just ignore these people. What gave Xiangkong a headache was the opening of Ye Family Academy in Yecheng to alchemy.
The Alchemy College of Ye Family Academy will recruit anyone who meets the admission requirements of Ye Family Academy, and this is only the admission requirement of Ye Family Academy. In fact, it doesn't matter whether the other party is from Xiangkong or from Xiangkong's hostile forces.
Ye Cheng's performance in the war also made people understand that Ye Cheng's alchemy was top-notch. If one learned Ye Cheng's alchemy, it would be easy to resist Xiangkong.
As a result, a large number of talents began to flock to Ye Family Academy, and Ye Family Academy replaced the previously destroyed First Academy and became the new First Academy on the continent.
The alchemy students of the Ye Family Academy began to play a role in the following years, making the battle situation very complicated. Xiangkong realized that Ye Cheng was a threat, but he had no way to deal with it...
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