Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1049 Xingluo's Troops Deploy to Longxing City

Gathering an army of 800,000—

It takes more than one day to achieve this.

Deploying troops, preparing logistics, and planning routes all require time.

By the time everything was almost ready, three months had already passed.

In the cities and towns of the Northern Province, apart from some family soul masters and small and medium-sized sect soul masters who were affected and impacted, the rest of the common people felt that their lives were more than ten times better than before, and even soul masters dared not bully the common people at will.

Once discovered, the Red Society doesn't care what kind of power the Soul Master has behind them; they will arrest them directly.

What if his family is causing trouble?

Exactly!

They wiped it all out!
Of course, it's impossible to shut everything down, otherwise most of the city's industries would be unable to recover immediately.

After making an example of them, these Soul Master families were indeed afraid and were willing to cooperate with the Red Society's arrangements.

However, something that would make these Soul Masters extremely happy was about to happen—

The Heavenly Dou Empire has assembled an army of 800,000, led by Emperor Xue Ye himself. They have already crossed the Frost River and are heading towards Winterster City!

When they were only a hundred kilometers away from Winterst City, Tang San, who was already prepared, ordered Xiao Lan to gather all the members of the Red Society and prepare to leave the city in the southeast direction.

"People of Winterstead City, because of the tyranny of Emperor Xueye, we, the Red Society, have tolerated him time and time again, but he has only taken advantage of us. So it is only natural that we must resist."

However, this time, they dispatched an army of 800,000, while all the combat-capable personnel of my Red Society combined numbered no more than 100,000.

"And in this city of Winterstead, we only have 10,000 troops, and even including the locals who joined in the last three months, the total is only about 15,000."

Before leaving, Tang San gave Zhou Qing the order to amplify his voice through his soul power and transmit it to all the people in the city, "Therefore, we have no choice but to leave."

The Heavenly Army will not harm you once it recaptures Winterst City.

But please rest assured, all of you, the total number of our Red Society's combat forces is only 100,000, but it is not impossible for the weak to defeat the strong!

One hundred thousand versus eight hundred thousand!

The advantage is ours!
Gentlemen—

See you another day!

After saying this, Tang San jumped off the city wall and left the city before the arrival of the 800,000-strong Heaven Dou army.

Most of the people in the city did not hide in their homes, but opened their doors and windows and stood at their doorways to see them off. Some civilians whose lives had improved since the arrival of the Red Society members, and who had even stood up for the Red Society members, took out their food and warm clothing and handed them to the Red Turban soldiers.

"No need, folks, you can keep them yourselves."

"We have!"

"Not a single grain of rice or a single grain of rice will be taken!"

"Speed ​​up the pace!"

"..."

When the 15,000-strong force disappeared outside Winterster City, the major Soul Master families in the city finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, the common people felt an emptiness in their hearts, as if they had lost something. Perhaps it was because they understood that once the Heaven Dou Army recaptured Winterster City, they would return to their previous lives.

The Soul Masters of the various families will once again ride roughshod over them, while the officials will completely favor the Soul Masters over powerless commoners.

"Just leave like that?"

When Ning Tian of the Seven Treasures Pavilion confirmed that all members of the Crimson Society had left, not a single one remained, he was incredulous. "So, what was their purpose in conquering Winterst City? It couldn't have been just to show off to the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, could it? Or is it—"

Standing on the top floor of the Seven Treasures Pavilion, looking down at the civilians on the street who were seeing off all the members of the Red Society as they left the city with reluctance, Ning Tian thought of a possibility: "The Heavenly Fighting Army and Heavenly Fighting officials don't care much about the feelings of these civilians, so it's for the purpose of fighting back next time."
But the Heavenly Battle Army has 800,000 soldiers!

Even if it's impossible to station all troops here in the future, at least 300,000 will remain after this. How will the Red Society take it back?

Ning Tian had never personally witnessed the strength of Zhou Qing and the others, but he had corresponded with his father, Ning Fengzhi, and was willing to believe more than 70% that if those four people were to take action, even a million-strong army would not be able to stop them!

But if we did that, it would be a pointless massacre!

and so!
How exactly can the Red Society retake Wendist City?

Ning Tian was puzzled...
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Directly behind Jialing Pass.

After half a month of travel, Tang San finally led 15,000 men to this place. Under the cover of night, just like when they took Wendist City, the Tang Clan disciples went first, scaled the walls, entered the city, and opened the city gates.

The generals and soldiers guarding Jialing Pass never expected their rear to be attacked and had no time to react!
With his extraordinary strength, Tang San captured and sealed the soul power of all the generals in Jialing Pass who were at least Soul Emperor level, and used this power to blackmail them, demanding that all those who resisted lay down their weapons.

Thus, these 15,000 men captured Jialing Pass without shedding a drop of blood!

With Tang San's deliberate intervention, two Soul Saint-level generals led a group of men to escape from the east side of Jialing Pass...
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"His Royal Highness!"

Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, the two generals who escaped from Jialing Pass recounted in detail how Tang San led his team to capture Jialing Pass.

"The Jialing Pass was seized by the Red Society?!"

Xue Qinghe jumped up from the throne with a "whoosh," and asked, "Are they going to ally with the Star Luo Empire? Is there any news from the Star Luo Empire?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone came to report.

"Report——"

"Your Highness! The Kingdom of Gulei has sent a messenger requesting reinforcements! The Star Luo Empire's army has already breached Longxing City, the southernmost city of the Kingdom of Gulei!"

Xue Qinghe frowned.

The Kingdom of Gulei must not be lost, otherwise the Star Luo army will be able to enter the Di'ao Province where Tiandou City is located directly from the Lingdou Plain without passing through Jialing Pass!

"The Star Luo Empire couldn't hold back any longer!"

Xue Qinghe cursed and ordered that the news be reported to Emperor Xue Ye, who had already arrived and recaptured Winterstead City.

"What? The Star Luo Empire actually did this at this time—"

Upon learning the news, Emperor Xueye was both shocked and furious. What was even more unbelievable to him was that Chi Hui did not flee southwest from Winterster City, but instead headed southeast to launch a surprise attack on Jialing Pass from behind!

What are they going to do?
Should we form an alliance with the Star Luo Empire and divide up Tian Dou's territory together?
However, the Kingdom of Gulei cannot be lost, otherwise the existence of Jialing Pass would be pointless.

So he left only 30,000 troops in Winterster City and led the remaining 700,000 troops to Jialing Pass. While retaking Jialing Pass, he also headed towards Longxing City on the southeast side of the Starry Sky Mountain Range along the border of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom!

"Commander Zhou!"

Tang San contacted Zhou Qing via his spiritual sphere, saying, "Recently, there have been refugees heading north from outside Jialing Pass. The Star Luo Empire has also sent troops. It's said that several soldiers were killed by the people of the Gu Lei Kingdom in the border area, and they are seeking justice..."

"Their reasons for sending troops are irrelevant to us. The key is that their deployment can alleviate our pressure."

Given the Star Luo Empire's formidable military strength, it would certainly not be able to resist the temptation to learn that internal strife had broken out in the Heavenly Dou and that the Red Society had seized half of its territory.

As a far-sighted emperor, Dai Tianran was also extremely wary of the Red Society.

Compared to the vast lands in the northern part of the continent controlled by the Tiandou Empire, the Xingluo Empire prefers the Xue family to take control.

Moreover, sending troops at this time would allow them to take advantage of the chaos.

"I originally thought that the number of troops sent by Emperor Xueye would be between 100,000 and 300,000 at most, but I did not expect that he would send 800,000 troops and even lead the expedition in person."

It seems he's quite angry..."

(End of this chapter)