Starting from the 933rd year of Black Iron Calendar, after Zhang Tie destroyed the three major camps of demons and killed 4 sage-level demon knights, the overall situation facing Taixia Country in the holy war reversed like a surging river. The armies of Taixia Country who were always in defense started to attack as they broke into the territory under the control of demons and started to recover their lost lands. Only after half a year, Ganzhou Province, Liangzhou Province, Yuzhou Province and Anzhou Province which were occupied and used by demons to threaten Lingzhou Province, Lizhou Province and Tongguan Defense Line had been recovered by the armies of Taixia Country.
Even in the perspective of historians, this was also a symbolic event which deserved special mention. Because it was the first time for the armies of Taixia Country to recover their lost lands on a large scale since the beginning of the holy war. The armies of demons and human knights started to retreat. This was a great turning point for humans on the battlefield of the holy war.
Like the great turning point on the eastern battlefield, the northern and southern battlefields of the holy war on the Western Continent were also changing unconsciously.
Since the winter of the 9332nd year of Black Iron Calendar, the allied forces on the Western Continent suddenly found that the attacking rhythm of the puppet army of Sacred Alliance Empire slowed down. At the beginning, the attacking frequency of the army of Sacred Alliance Empire on the land battlefield gradually decreased as they didn't use fiery oil weapons as recklessly as before. Then, in the sky, the response speed of the air cavalries of the army of Sacred Alliance Empire also slowed down as more and more wing demons appeared in the sky. Through constant tentative attacks, the allied human forces on the Western Continent had established an advantage in the sky at the beginning. Later on, through the summary and analysis of intelligence, the allied human forces on the Western Continent finally confirmed that Sacred Alliance Empire couldn't produce fiery oil anymore overnight.
As for the army which had been used to use and rely on Fiery Oil, as long as it ran out of Fiery Oil, it meant that airplanes couldn't fly in the sky anymore. It meant that all the fighters would lose awe-inspiring Fiery Oil weapons. In this case, even though the army of Sacred Alliance Empire was supported by demons, it was impossible for them to maintain the former attacking rhythm.
Not only that, after the three major camps of demons in Taixia Country were destroyed overnight, nobody on the Western Continent could see any major camps of demon knights anymore. The two major camps of demons in the territory of Sacred Alliance Empire disappeared overnight. In this case, the morale of the allied human forces in the Western Continent was greatly boosted. After stabilizing the northern and southern battlefields, they finally started to launch counterattacks in the local theater of operations.
On May 1, the 933rd year of Black Iron Calendar, namely the same day when Zhang Tie made the pledge in Xuanyuan Hill, the allied human forces on the southern and southern battlefields on the Western Continent finally started their counterattacks after over half a year's preparation. As a result, the overall situation on the battlefield of the holy war started to develop rapidly in the direction of humans on the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent at the same time. The strength of demons and demon lackeys started to collapse like an avalanche.
In June, the 933rd year of Black Iron Calendar, Zhang Tie arrived at the battlefield of the holy war in Taixia Country. In the same month, hundreds of corps of Black Armor Army, God's Will Army and Feathers Army of Taixia Country divided into five groups and started the recovery battle from Tongguan Pass, Ganzhou Province, Liangzhou Province, Yuzhou Province and Anzhou Province respectively. The five armies of Taixia Country were overwhelming all the way. In the 934th year of Black Iron Calendar, they had recovered Xianzhou Province, Pingzhou Province, Jingzhou Province, Dingzhou Province and Luozhou Province. As a result, the entire Taixia Country was in jubilation.
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In April, the ice on the surface of Weishui River had long melted. Looking from the sky, Weishui River looked like a green belt on the ground. At noon, the sun was high in the sky. A huge aerial battle fortress of Taixia Country flew over here from the east, leaving a sliding huge shadow on the devastated ground.
A demon battle fortress as high as 1,000 m was standing on the east bank of Weishui River like a weird tree. Only after a short while, the shadow of the human battle fortress had covered the demon battle fortress.
On the ground around the Battle Fortress, Fortress Beetles covered in steel scales raised their heads and gazed at the Battle Fortress in the sky. Some Fortress Beetles began to run around nervously. Some Fortress Beetles spat out mucus into the sky. However, the mucus spat out by the Fortress Beetles could only reach tens of meters. It was too insignificant for the Battle Fortress that was flying tens of thousands of meters in the sky. It was like ants crawling on the ground trying to drown an eagle soaring in the sky with their saliva.
The response of the beetles passed to the demon battle fortress in a split second. Closely after that, the weird-looking demon battle fortress also sensed the danger as it started to release black mist from its mouthparts, covering the air zone around it.
However, all of this was in vain.
As long as the demon battle fortress completed its transformation, it would not be able to move at all. Without the protection of other demons, its anti-air defensive ability would be almost zero.
Pitifully, within 600 miles' air zone around the huge aerial battle fortress, not even a single demon knight could be seen, not even a few wing demons.
When the demon's battle fortress was inhaling and exhaling black mist, a scorching lightning bolt fell onto the demon's battle fortress. In a split second, the demon's battle fortress broke into pieces like a sand castle encountering a tsunami. The ground within a few square miles around the battle fortress was instantly swept over by a terrifying high temperature and strong impact wave. As a result, all the beetles on the ground around the battle fortress were vaporized into smoke at once …
Only after a few seconds, besides a huge pit, nothing was left on the ground where the demon's battle fortress was located. Only some fortress beetles over 10,000 m away were wailing and running around on the ground like headless flies.
On the air battlefortress, Zhang Tie slowly drew back his hand as he faintly frowned. Watching Weishui River in front of him once again, he didn't feel restless at all.
Hundreds of generals and knights of Taixia Country were behind Zhang Tie. All of them were watching Zhang Tie; however, very few of them paid attention to the demon battle fortress. As for these generals and knights, as long as the demon battle fortress lost the protection of demon knights, it would be doomed to become ashes. Even the air cavalries behind them could easily erase the demon battle fortress, not to mention them.
Zhang Tie might be itching to have fun just now. Just like how people would pick up a stone and play it in the river when they were bored when they took a walk by the riverside.
These generals and knights of Taixia Country had not seen Zhang Tie's attack for almost 2 years. Zhang Tie's latest attack was in Ningzhou Province when a heavenly demon knight flew into the air zone 600 miles away from this battle fortress. After that, Zhang Tie flew off the battle fortress. Only after 10 minutes, Zhang Tie had come back with a heavenly iron-armored demon knight's head. Since then, Zhang Tie had not met any target that was worth Zhang Tie's attack anymore.
Nobody spoke behind Zhang Tie. Over these years, all the people on Zhang Tie's side had formed a habit. As long as Zhang Tie didn't order them to stop, this air battle fortress as the arrowhead and vanguard of the five armies of Taixia Country would always fly forward and crush all the enemies that they saw on the way. None of the enemies could stop them. No matter what obstacles they encountered, they were nothing in front of this air battle fortress. Everybody firmly believed that they could even fight all the way to the Realm of Disasters …
"Let's stop …" Zhang Tie finally opened his mouth. He didn't turn around; instead, he just raised his hand. Closely after that, the air battle fortress that was slowly flying in the sky stopped, saying, "We will wait for the arrival of the ground troops and the other armies. When Weishui River freezes in winter, we will cross the river. After that, we will drive all the demons underground and end the holy war on the earth's surface and recover the entire territory of Taixia Country …"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, all the generals and knights behind him had scorching eyes. Right on the opposite of Weishui River, demons could only occupy Yinzhou Province, Wuzhou Province, Zhuzhou Province, Yezhou Province and the region between the barren province and the Realm of Disasters. It was just a matter of time for them to recover these places. However, it didn't depend on these knights who rushed at the frontline; instead, it depended on the speed of the engineering corps behind the ground troops of the five armies of Taixia Country to pave railways and roads. Only when the railways and roads were repaired would they be able to transport materials and personnel here constantly and help the ground troops gain a firm foothold.
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As the air battle fortress stopped in the sky above the south bank of Weishui River, thousands of knights in the air battle fortress had already flown out of the air battle fortress in teams and started to sweep the region within thousands of miles around the air battle fortress. Generally, after sweeping the region, the air cavalries of Taixia Country would sweep the region, followed by the vanguard corps of the ground troops, followed by the four armies of the top four armies of Taixia Country. Dozens of engineering corps were following the four armies of Taixia Country to repair railways, roads and field airports. Behind the engineering corps were provincial armies, followed by the first batch of local officials, experts in various fields and various business groups who had smelt business opportunities …
There were very few demon knights in the air zone within 600 miles, which made many knights swear inside. They knew that a batch of people had already penetrated into this region before them, who were knight-level powerhouses of major sects and major clans in Taixia Country.
When the overall situation in the holy war was not good, these sects and major clans would be more conservative than the regular troops of Taixia Country. They would hide themselves and dispatch very limited forces to the battlefield. However, when the overall situation in the holy war started to turn better, these sects and major clans would be more radical and daring. Previously, those conservative major clans and sects would scramble to dispatch their elites to the battlefield so as to be the vanguard.
It had been almost 5 years since Zhang Tie left Xuanyuan Hill to pledge his vows. The overall situation in the holy war had long changed dramatically …
Not knowing why, Zhang Tie always felt fretful and restless these days …
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