Following Ji Youming's order, Miao Hongyuan led 8 billion allied forces to set out, aiming at the next large domain under the control of Lingxiao Palace - Qingyuan Domain.
Qingyuan Domain and Yunjiang Domain are adjacent to each other, but Qingyuan Domain is more prosperous than Yunjiang Domain, with a population of nearly 30 trillion.
Moreover, the location of Qingyuan Domain is different from that of Yunjiang Domain. Yunjiang Domain is surrounded on three sides by large domains controlled by six major forces. If a war breaks out between the two sides here, the Alliance can quickly send troops to reinforce. But the Qingyuan Domain that the Alliance is going to attack now is completely different from the previous attack on Yunjiang Domain. Except for the Yunjiang Domain that has just been occupied by the Alliance, the rest are all the territories of Lingxiao Palace. Lingxiao Palace has the active advantage, and the Alliance’s army will be surrounded by the Lingxiao Palace army if they are not careful.
Therefore, the Allied Forces allowed Miao Hongyuan to lead a full 8 billion Allied Forces elites to attack Qingyuan Territory. These were 8 billion Allied Forces elites! All of them were Dao-enlightened monks. Not to mention attacking Qingyuan Territory, even if several large territories were united, they would not be able to defeat them. In addition, the Allied Forces dispatched another 20 billion to be stationed behind Miao Hongyuan's army, ready to reinforce at any time. After all, no one knew whether Lingxiao Palace would be desperate and transfer its main force to fight Miao Hongyuan's army.
The two armies fight for momentum, again and again, and again and again. If they fight to the death with a few beautiful battles, they will defeat Lingxiao Palace and break its morale. It will be much easier to fight a full-scale war in the future. If the two sides are deadlocked in the first few small-scale battles, then both sides will inevitably fall into the quagmire of war throughout the war, which is something the Allied forces do not want to see.
Li Mu was naturally aware of the Allied Forces' movements. After all, Miao Hongyuan, the leader of the Allied Expeditionary Force, was his man. Even Miao Hongyuan's expansion of the army was Li Mu's order. What could the Allied Forces use to fight him?
From the perspective of the allied forces, the current situation is that they are pressing Lingxiao Palace hard. In fact, all this has already been calculated by Li Mu. This move is called luring the enemy into deep.
However, Miao Hongyuan only brought 8 billion troops, which was not enough. Li Mu naturally had no intention of closing the net at this time. Instead, he signaled Jiang Yuer to organize all the branches to start a counterattack and mobilize troops to block Miao Hongyuan's army.
In just three years, Jiang Yuer lived up to expectations and mobilized 30 billion troops from various branch halls to reinforce Qingyuan Domain. However, the staff of the Lingxiao Hall branch did not attain enlightenment in Lingxiao Jianmu, and it was impossible for Li Mu to expose the matter of the cosmic channel now. The transmission channels between the various domains of the Qiongzu Universe were also closed and could not be opened.
Therefore, these 30 billion reinforcements can only cross the Hongmeng Desolate Land from various domains in the most primitive way. In this way, it will be too late for these 30 billion troops to arrive in time for reinforcement. Only the armies of several large domains that are relatively close to the Qingyuan Domain may be able to arrive here before the fall of the Qingyuan Domain, and there are probably only about 5 billion of them. However, since the Qingyuan Domain is on the front line, there were originally 6 billion troops stationed there. With the 5 billion reinforcements, a total of 11 billion troops can be gathered to defend the domain.
11 billion versus 8 billion. In terms of numbers, Qingyuan Territory has a greater advantage, and it is the defending territory. As long as they can hold on until the remaining reinforcements arrive, won't they be able to kill the Allied forces without leaving a single piece of armor?
In fact, this is not the case. Miao Hongyuan's 8 billion troops are the elite of the alliance. Although Lingxiao Palace has the advantage in numbers, their quality is uneven. Many cultivators are even at the level of the Creator Immortal Ancestor and have not even achieved the Dao. Compared with the allied forces, they can be said to be vulnerable.
The Allied Forces naturally also received this information and simply sneered at it. In their view, this was nothing more than a futile struggle by Lingxiao Palace.
Therefore, facing the counterattack from Lingxiao Palace, the Allied forces remained unmoved, and the main force still remained in place waiting for orders.
Just when the Allied Commander-in-Chief Ji Youming felt confident and was just waiting for news of victory to come back, a shocking news came from the front line. Miao Hongyuan's expeditionary force was actually blocked in the Hongmeng wasteland. The 8 billion army lost 1 billion in one fell swoop, and the remaining 7 billion were surrounded by Lingxiao Palace, and were in a dilemma.
"Lingxiao Palace, I underestimated you!" Ji Youming was furious.
He looked at the generals and shouted, "How did you get this information?"
The Allied Forces have occupied Yunjiang Region for so many years, and have been stationing troops in Yunjiang Region for a long time. Anyone who is not stupid knows what their purpose is. It's not that he has not thought about the fact that Lingxiao Palace has been preparing to secretly transfer troops to the front line over the years, but Ji Youming has an army of 8 billion. How many troops does Lingxiao Palace have to transfer to stop it?
Between 15 billion and 18 billion. This is the intelligence just received from the front line.
A troop movement of this scale could not have been concealed from the Allied forces, but Lingxiao Palace had done it right under their noses, and had managed to create such a big commotion without anyone noticing.
Seeing Ji Youming getting angry, all the generals were silent and lowered their heads, not daring to look Ji Youming in the eye.
"Commander-in-Chief, it's really not our intelligence's fault. They did a great job of keeping it confidential. Neither our scouts nor the spies stationed in Lingxiao Palace knew anything about Lingxiao Palace's secret troop ambush!" A female marshal explained stiffly. Her name was Yao Lingxiu. She was not only the marshal sent by the Yao family to the Allied Forces, but also the leader of the Allied Forces' intelligence department. Facing Ji Youming's anger, others could play dumb, but she could not.
"Haha~! You actually said you were unaware of such a large-scale troop deployment?" Ji Youming laughed angrily.
"Yao Lingxiu, as the leader of the intelligence department, you made such a big mistake but instead of reflecting on yourself, you gave such a weak explanation. Are you worthy of your position?"
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