If the autumn of this year gave Yang Tian and his subordinate front troops the biggest impression was that it was too cold. The Black Cloud Continent, which ranks between the three continents, was a cold place. Especially in order to escape the pursuit of the Black Cloud Army behind, he and his men occupied a city to the north of the Black Cloud Continent. It was really cold. The only thing that was happy was that the Black Cloud Army did not see any shadow. After exploiting food and livestock again, Yang Tian’s Front Army was there to celebrate the New Year with pure heart.

Wen Yuan's army sighed at the Heiyun Emperor's capital from afar. The Heiyun Army, who received food and grass relief, relaxed the formation with murderous aura and was determined to fight. The five armies directly under the royal family of the Heiyun Empire competed with the "Tiger and Wolf Army" and the cavalry of the Western Continent. The "Tiger and Wolf Army" tied, but the cavalry of the Western Continent suffered heavy losses and fled back in a panic. Wen Yuan immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops, but the Heiyun Empire did not pursue them, and sent the main force of the Celestial Empire back to the "Wild Horse Plain" and the ancient ferry crossing. The two sides began to confront each other again. The Heiyun Empire was determined to deal with the great nobles and the great lords, gathered the national forces to completely eliminate the Celestial Army. Wen Yuan and the others were determined to wait for the arrival of the third army, and cooperated with the new gunboats, which was enough to make the army of the Heiyun Empire complete.

Both sides were nervously taking advantage of the temporary peace time of winter, desperately preparing to continue the battle in spring. From the already relatively stable rear of the Celestial Empire, a large number of food, weapons, armor, war horses, artillery shells, arrows and other items were transported up like flowing water. The autonomous governments also mobilized a large number of artists to reward the army.

The preparations of the Black Cloud Empire are similar, and there is nothing to say. Now, the most comfortable thing in the armies of both sides is probably Yang Tian and his group. The Black Cloud Empire has basically forgotten the existence of Yang Tian and the others, and he thought they had retreated with the main force.

As for Strogen, the experiences of Feng and Tungulas and the other three were worth writing. After seeing the black smoke surrounding the capital, the three of them whispered to the other two: "Is Your Majesty dead? Is it better to die?" Seeing that the imperial capital suffered an astonishing loss, if the emperor did not die, the three of them would probably be a little mysterious, and the final result was as expected. The Emperor of Heiyun called in order to slash them as soon as he saw them. If it weren't for the power of the three major families, the three of them would have been finished.

The commander of the Black Cloud Legion was replaced by Fuster, Strongen and other three men, and became his deputy. The unlucky Augustine was still moaning on the bed, not knowing the change of military power.

Autumn passed quickly. In the city occupied by Yang Tian and the others, Long Feng was training more than a hundred selected disciples, the "Demon Art", they were already a little powerful, not even weaker than those of the disciples of the Hei Tian Lao Gui. Near the city, the hard wood plants growing in the cold zone were cut down in large quantities, making giant crossbow arrows, spear rods, shield linings, etc. Yang Tian's 500,000 army of troops were also gradually increasing. Long Feng began to regulate these soldiers with training methods from the earth. In the short term, their reaction and agility have improved to a certain extent.

There are often cases of beautiful girls missing in the city. All the charges were taken to the heads of several nobles in the city. Zeng Guoxuan pulled people to cut them off. The people who were still a little confused saw the girls found in the noble mansion and began to believe: "The Celestial Army is here to liberate themselves. Look at the nobles of the Black Cloud Empire who actually attacked their citizens like this..." Naturally, all the wealth of the nobles was plundered and used to build the inner city walls and consolidate the original outer city walls.

Winter slowly came, and Yang Tian sent a large number of patrols to hunt. Naturally, the prey was all transport teams from unlucky nearby cities.

The wind was strong, and the snowflakes drifted down little by little. The black jungles near the city immediately turned snow-white. On the ground, but in just one night, more than a foot of snow had accumulated. Most of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire came from warm and humid areas. Have you ever seen such snow scenes? Anyone who had no mission rushed into the open space excitedly and started to make a fuss like children. The entire city and several camps outside were filled with laughter.

In the bars in the city, local tycoons also gathered, bragging and spanking, and pouring soju into their stomachs frantically. Gnu and the more than a hundred young men from the stormtroopers played a role at this time. They called brothers and brothers from the local men, shouted inexplicable slogans, and poured those almost pure alcohol into the soju. The men cheered one by one: "Good, they are guys. Fuck, they are much closer than those nobles, do, do, do." There was a good atmosphere of unity between the military and civilians.

The same scene also happened in two small brothels. Zeng Guoxuan and a group of more elegant young men came over to take advantage of the heavy snow to warmly discuss the beauty with those businessmen who had a few spare money, which also played a role in strengthening the centripetal force among the people in another aspect.

Long Fengze and Hei Tian Lao Gui fully utilized their identities as dark mages, Jin Zhengshi and the so-called masters and ancestors of the mysterious sects, and went in and out of the houses of the rich and desperately bewitched their inner relatives, which made these people no longer have the mentality of resisting the Celestial Army.

After all, Feng Ling'er and Yang Tian were useless. Feng Ling'er, who was deeply bored, yawned a few times and simply said, "It's over, I'm going to hibernate, don't bother me." He directly found the largest and most comfortable bedroom and lay in, and put dozens of terrifying magic traps around him. The lonely Yang Tian could only sit in the lobby and was stunned, thinking of some bad ideas to come out to play.

"Come on, fuck, call all those bastards back and go out to hunt with me. In such cold weather, there will be some rewards. People must be hardworking. If they sit all day, they will not be able to gain anything." Yang Tian, ​​who was righteous, shouted.

Soon, except for the two charlatans, Gnu, Zeng Guoxuan, Jiang Chunshui and others, were all plundered from all corners by the guards of the central army. The drunken stormtrooper members were thrown into the cold water ditch by the guards without hesitation. They immediately crawled up and shouted loudly: "Damn, who is messing with me?" Gnu even raised half of the wall with one hand and was about to smash it out.

Yang Tian hurried forward and said seriously: "Brothers, are you all bored? Well, I'll find something for you. After all, we are all commanders in the army and we must set a good example for the soldiers."

He cleared his throat and pointed and said, "In the past two months, our patrol team has attacked 39 of their transport teams, and has found 150,000 gold coins, 1 million silver coins, 2,000 high-end fur, countless meat and wine. Of course, this kind of gain is quite considerable... But, we can't always let the soldiers go out to collect these treasures, right? We should go out to play, right? Well, so, the people of the Guards, plus the 5,000 cavalry of the "Tiger and Wolf Army", go out to hunt together."

‘Oh, oh, oh’, a wolf howl sounded in the courtyard. The guards quickly rushed back to their room and began to organize their equipment. Naturally, some personal soldiers pulled their horses over. General Yue, who received the order, had already set up five thousand iron cavalry, called General Li, and the large group of people rushed out.

The brigade ambushed in a dense almost virgin forest fifty miles away from the city. There is a road where four carriages can be parallel. It is the only official road connecting the northern part of the Black Cloud Empire. Although the weather is cold and there have always been "thieves" recently, I believe there are caravans or transportation teams passing by.

The north of the Black Cloud Empire was still relatively barren. The cities were often separated by four or five hundred miles, and there were even fewer small villages in the middle. Moreover, cities often rarely prepare all supplies. The cities had to exchange necessary items such as fur, grain, lamps and oil, fuel media, etc., which also created a great opportunity for "official bandits" like Yang Tian and others to make a fortune.

Yang Tian murmured to the generals beside him: "Damn it, the messenger last time had a brainwashed his mind, otherwise the large army of the Black Cloud Empire would have come to deal with us long ago. But to be honest, how did you deal with the past two days? Will they believe that the cities we occupied are still normal?"

Zeng Guoxuan smiled proudly: "Damn it, what's so great about forging letters? With their city lord's official seal, they have long deceived the city lords nearby. My old man can even fake the imperial edict..." He opened his mouth wide and said nothing.

Yang Tian smiled and said with a smile: "Where are you not hearing anything about this, right?" Several young men nodded repeatedly, while the other generals smiled bitterly, and nodded desperately. Yang Tian leaned closer to Zeng Guoxuan's ear: "Damn it, give me half of your current net worth, otherwise I would just ask Long Feng to send a letter back to Shengjing and do it."

Zeng Guoxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, 30%, otherwise it would be a beat and apart." Yang Tian rolled his eyes: "35%, or I'll kill you and report." Zeng Guoxuan nodded and agreed: "The deal...shush, there are sounds of horse hooves and wheels."

Two hundred luxuriously-dressed silver-armored knights led the way, followed by thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, and the armor was not very good. In the middle were five gorgeous carriages, and the ones pulled were all tall horses, and they were all white. Three hundred knights were followed by about two thousand miscellaneous soldiers. The armor worn by these soldiers was even more trashed. Although the material of the clothes was good, the armor was just some broken iron pieces.

Yang Tian asked in surprise: "What's the origin? It is said that there are several big lords nearby, but isn't the city we captured without lords? What are they doing in our place?"

Jiang Chunshui licked his lips and said coldly: "Don't you know the little girl's voice inside? What a sweet voice. Fuck me, kill those scattered soldiers first."

Yang Tian nodded, pointed his fingers into his mouth and made a few sharp whistles. Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows shot out from the dense forests on both sides of the road and penetrated into the bodies of the knights and soldiers on the road. Immediately, more than half of the people fell. The soldiers of the "Tiger and Wolf Army" rushed up shouting and shouting. With the sword lights, the soldiers quickly threw down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms. The knights were thrown down by panic war horses and couldn't even climb up in the thick snow. Their armor was too thick.

Five carriages were controlled. General Li's thin arm grabbed a fat guy, lifted it out with one hand, threw it two feet away, and almost fell to death.

Yang Tian hurriedly led the people over and yelled at General Li: "Damn, can you deal with him like this? He is our God of Wealth, so be polite. If he kills him, at least one hundred thousand gold coins will disappear." General Li modestly accepted Yang Tian's opinion, and carefully helped him up as if the other party was a golden doll.

Yang Tian used the official language of Black Cloud, and asked with a raping smile like a weasel who wishes New Year: "Hello, sir, is your surname? Gui Geng? Do you have a daughter? How much are you worth? Is it okay to exchange your safety for 100,000 gold coins or 100 top beauties?"

The fat man wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "This general, I, this, I am the steward of the Duke, and this, this, I am worthless."

Yang Tian kicked him thirty feet away, and his mouth was filled with blood, and his intestines were pierced and his stomach was slit on the ground. Yang Tian scolded in Heiyun words: "Damn it, you are not the master, you should say it earlier, wasting my time and energy, damn it." He pulled down another beautiful young man with one hand and said with a smile: "Hello, Lord Duke? Gui's surname? Gui Geng? Are there any beautiful sisters? How much are you worth? One million gold coins or one thousand top beauties to exchange for your safety, okay?"

The young man's face was pale, and a stream of urine wet his snow-white and straight pants, almost crying. An old man, a thin old man quickly got out of his carriage and put one hand on Yang Tian's arm. Although he was a little panicked, he still said steadily: "He is my son, I am Duke of Cres. I am 130 years old this year, and I don't have a beautiful daughter or sister. Of course, I am confident that my value is far more than one million gold coins... Young general, are you satisfied with my answer?"

Yang Tian touched his chin, slapped the Duke's hand on his arm with a fierce palm, nodded, looked up and down and said, "Yes, it looks like a duke. Your son is not good, his character is too inferior to you. Oh, your son cannot inherit your foundation, so why not forget it for me."

Cres smiled strangely: "My entire property is about 500 million imperial gold coins, not including the price of his own serfs and slaves. Unfortunately, you are not my son, otherwise I can really give you the foundation...or you should be my godson."

Several generals who understood his words pulled out their swords and were about to step forward. Yang Tian quickly stopped them and said with a wicked smile: "Then, it's impossible. If I recognize you as my fucking me, my dear brother might run back from the god of death and kill me... Well, can you tell me, the noble Duke, why did you bring so many people around in such a cold weather? Do you really give me gold coins? Although you brought a few beauties, you are not as comfortable as your own home, right?"

Cres shrugged: "Dear, dear general of aliens, are we going to talk about a deal? If it succeeds, I can give you all the reasonable rewards you want."

Yang Tian looked at him deeply and suddenly laughed: "Do you know I am a general who is fighting with your country? Well, you still have to negotiate a deal with me? Well? It's so interesting. So, is it because your emperor has damaged your interests and you want to rebel? It's really interesting... Xiaoshui, fuck, now he is a guest, can you take off your pants slowly? Aren't you afraid of being infected with the cold?" Jiang Chunshui, who was about to put a beautiful maid on the spot, smiled awkwardly, pinched the girl's face tightly, and ran quickly to tidy up her clothes.

Yang Tianxu invited him and suddenly said to Cres: "You probably don't know which city we occupied, right?"

Cres looked at him with a deep meaning and said with a smile: "I don't know... the security letter you forged is very useful. I was originally planning to go through that city to another great lord's territory, but since I met you, I don't need to find the incompetent Sterling."

Yang Tian nodded with satisfaction, ordered the soldiers to clean up the bodies on the ground, cure all the injured people under Cres, confiscate their weapons, and rushed straight to the city he occupied.

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"Our Cres family is the oldest, most glorious and most powerful family in the Black Cloud Empire. Although we have no major members in the court, we have followed the founding emperor since the founding of the Black Cloud Empire and have always been his most capable assistant, helping him to conquer the Black Cloud Empire. He also promised that his descendants and descendants will always guarantee the interests of our family and will never harm our interests." Cres proudly introduced this.

After taking a sip of the good tea prepared by Yang Tian’s army, Cres nodded in appreciation and said, “The territory of our Cres family is the largest among the Black Cloud Empire now. We have land in three provinces, more than 300,000 serfs, more than 2 million slaves, and one hundred thousand elite knights. A total of 500,000 powerful army."

Yang Tian licked his lips and muttered to himself: "Fuck, he's just a local emperor. Fuck, can you knights and those trash soldiers be considered powerful? But we will feel uncomfortable if we rush over with 600,000 people and 2 million slaves. Fortunately, you old turtle is in my hands now, and you can't even help me cuckold you... Oh, his wife is not here, so he's rare to wear this cuckold." He was thinking about it, but Cres began to introduce his situation again.

"We have always been loyal to the empire. Every time the empire launches a war, the contributions made by our soldiers and logistics are huge. However, the current emperor actually wants to take action on our rights regardless of the oath of his ancestors... Do you understand?" Cres kept looking at Yang Tian with a cunning look.

Yang Tian nodded: "I understand, I bombed your imperial capital last time, and your emperor was probably very angry, but according to his current strength, his army could not do anything to us, so he used his brain to deal with us with your strength? In fact, the entire Black Cloud Empire is his item, and it is also necessary to reclaim some power. For the future of your empire, it is also necessary to make some sacrifices... Hehe, no matter what, you are still your great duke."

Cres roared in an atmosphere: "He wants to reclaim all our power, and we can only retain the name of a duke, the land, serfs, slaves and our army to the imperial capital. This violates the promise of the founding emperor to our family ancestors, and this is something that our Cres family cannot allow."

Yang Tian nodded: "So you go and contact other great lords and resist the empire together, right?"

Cres thought a little embarrassedly for a long time, then suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, other lords who were afraid of things have agreed to the unreasonable request of the empire, but I was unwilling to give up, so I thought of going to the north to talk to the two lords here to see what they meant. If they also rejected the empire's request, I would write a letter with them. If they agreed, I would have no choice but to hand over all the benefits."

Yang Tian frivolously bounced the hair hanging down on his forehead and asked with a smile: "So, what deal do you have with me have to say? I have mastered your life now. Haha, I can exchange your life for the gold coins and beauty I want."

Cres lowered his voice and said, "But don't you want to get the Black Cloud Empire? If you and me..."

Yang Tian ordered: "Everyone goes down, Gnu stays, and then go and find Long Feng's bastard. Fifty feet outside the door, no one is allowed, Gnu checks me carefully." Gnu immediately drew out his giant sword and drove all the people present out fiercely. In less than a cup of tea, Long Feng also teleported to Yang Tian and released three barriers to cover the entire hall.

Yang Tian said with a sneering smile: "It's true, we are enemies. You actually gave up your motherland for my benefit. How can I be embarrassed? Are you really ready to betray the Black Cloud Empire?"

Cres looked proud: "Your strength is very strong. I received a secret report. Your army's main force almost wiped out the main force of the legion led by the boys of Strongen. Fortunately, they are lucky, otherwise the imperial capital would have been conquered long ago. So, I think it is absolutely beneficial to join forces with strong men like you... No, no, no, don't interrupt... Rather than discussing with those two big lords who don't know what to plan, I'd better trade with you directly... Of course, this is also because I'm in your hands, and I can only discuss it with you, but don't you think this is a win-win situation?"

Yang Tian pondered for a while and asked him carefully: "What are the benefits of dealing with you? How can I trust your guarantee? Dear Duke Cres, no, no, no, His Majesty the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Cres." Yang Tian gave Cres a very glorious hat to Cres without any cost.

Cres was startled and muttered in a subtle voice: "Kres Kingdom... Hehe, the founding emperor... Hehe..." He thought for a long time and looked up suddenly and said: "So, how about this? I provide you with all the inside information about the empire, all important levels of the empire, strategic locations, and important mineral production areas, and provide you with food, weapons, soldiers, beauties of the labor force, and everything you need. I just want you to promise to make that Cres Kingdom a reality?"

Yang Tian yawned: "Oh, even without your help, we can destroy the Black Cloud Empire. Why do I want to trade with you? It will not be of any benefit to me. If I use you to blackmail 50 million gold coins, I can get 30 million myself, but if I cooperate with you, your gold coins will be given to our emperor in the end. What are the benefits I have?"

Cres stared at Yang Tian, ​​and Yang Tian also stared at him. Suddenly, the two of them laughed treacherously at the same time, and their hands were tightly held together. Cres smiled and said, "Then, when I really become the emperor of the Cres Kingdom, I will support you wholeheartedly? If you destroy the Black Cloud Empire, you will definitely reward many governors or lords. I swear to stand in the same array as you?"

Yang Tian smiled evilly: "You say this, it seems like I will do in the future. Haha, don't cause misunderstandings to others."

Cres smiled bitterly: "I really think what will happen to you in the future... Although I don't know the power composition of your empire, I believe that you can lead such an army at your age, right? Anyway, it seems that I have no losses, right?"

Yang Tian nodded deeply: "You are very honest, I like it."

Cres nodded: "For your liking, I must confess."

The two laughed loudly at the same time, but Long Feng had already taken out a piece of black velvet paper and said with a slight smile: "This is the velvet paper stained with the dragon blood when the legendary demon and the demon used to sign the agreement. The agreement signed on it is respected by the entire demon god and must not be violated... Dear Duke Cres, sign your guarantee on it."

The paper emitted a trace of evil cold air, which made Gnu next to him tremble slightly. Cres tremble even more, and his joints made a "crackling" sound. For some reason, he signed on it to sell the Black Cloud Empire and loyally assist Yang Tian in the future. Yang Tian only needs to make him an unknown king of the Cres Kingdom. Yang Tian signed his name on it with a smile and said, "Now everything will be fine. Dear Duke, you should fulfill your promise and make some contributions for my army before spring comes."

Long Feng put away the paper, and Cres came back to his senses and returned to normal. He nodded and said, "No problem, all you need is iron, copper, grain, coal, etc. My territory has the largest iron ore and coal mine in the Black Cloud Empire, which can definitely guarantee your needs."

Yang Tian smiled with satisfaction and gave him an idea: "You can do this. Since the Black Cloud Empire wants to reclaim your power, you might as well give them 500,000 of the thinnest slaves and let the empire slowly raise them. If the empire needs to verify, you can change these slaves and your regular army and bribe the prosecutor. I think there should be no problem, right?"

Cres laughed: "I understand. Since you already have a powerful ally like you, I am happy to spend some time playing with the ministers of the empire... Hehe, hehe, hahahahahahaha..." Thinking of the glorious prospects of the future, Cres laughed proudly.

Yang Tian nodded: "That's good, don't forget our agreement. That piece of velvet paper has the curse of a real demon, be careful... My confidant is the most powerful dark mage in the world, and he plays with the devil every night." Cres's face stopped and he immediately returned to normal. He smiled dryly: "I am the one who keeps his promise the most. How could I betray our agreement?"

Yang Tian nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Prepare a banquet, fuck, I want to treat His Majesty Cres well... Hehe, Xiao Zeng and the others stole a few beauties. When I didn't find out, I brought it to me. I used it to entertain guests. Fuck, it's really not something. I'm hiding all good things from my boss. I'm looking for a suck when my skin is itchy, right?"

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Seeing Cres's queue returning to his territory (Cres's only son stayed as a hostage), Yang Tian asked with a smile: "Boss Long, your velvet paper is really scary. It is said to be the paper of the demon's agreement, and that old boy almost pissed his pants."

Long Feng looked at Yang Tian in surprise: "I didn't say it was fake. It was indeed something that the demons used when signing an agreement with humans, but don't worry, you are not much different from the demons. If you break the contract, no demon dares to do anything to you."

Yang Tian was sweating coldly on his forehead, and he had already greeted Long Feng’s ancestors all over the eighteen generations... Long Feng was amused: "Damn it, you should be considered one of my ancestors, right? Be happy to scold me, I don’t care...hehe."

Suddenly, more than a dozen fast horses rushed back from the direction of Cres. The knight leader under Cres quickly rode his horse to the city gate, dismounted and said respectfully to Yang Tian: "General, our master told me to come and tell you a very important information. He forgot to say it when he negotiated with you."

Yang Tianxie smiled: "What kind of shit information? It's not that your Majesty is a homosexual now, right?"

The Knight leader laughed awkwardly: "Actually, it's not important news, that's it. Do you know why when you first landed on the western continent, we only dispatched the new corps to deal with you, and then mobilized the truly elite corps?"

Yang Tian frowned: "We were few at that time. I guess your emperor thought those millions of new recruits were enough to deal with us."

The Knight leader shook his head, with a look of fear on his face, and whispered: "It's not like that. Some monsters suddenly appeared on our central plain. They would turn dead creatures into zombies or active skeletons, and other strange monsters. They attacked our richest areas in a crazily manner. The most elite troops in the entire empire were mobilized there to defend. Even the expeditionary forces on your territory were mobilized for this reason."

Yang Tian and Long Feng looked at each other quickly, and Long Feng had already understood a lot of things in his heart. Yang Tian asked: "Then now your army is fighting against us, aren't you afraid of those monsters rushing out?"

The Knight leader laughed: "I'm not afraid. The Empire has summoned nearly 20 million people from the areas we conquered, and asked them to defend the defense line to the death. In order to prevent their homeland from being destroyed by monsters, they have defended it very tightly. So the Empire can free up its hands to deal with you with all its elite troops."

Yang Tian thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand, hehe... I understand. Come on, see the reward, give him five hundred gold coins." The leader of the knight Xie Shang and led his subordinates to chase the brigade.

Yang Tian whispered to Long Feng at the gate of the city: "What do you think?"

Long Feng smiled coldly: "Cres' old mistress, he is not at ease with our strength. After all, we are now 500,000 people hanging alone on the Black Cloud Country. He is afraid that we will be quelled by the Black Cloud Army, so he will have no last hope. He wants us to move the central plain. Damn, no wonder we didn't see any people on the way we came. I guess the people of the Black Cloud Empire have retreated from the Central Plain, and only those unlucky ghosts are guarding there."

Yang Tian felt deeply regretful: "Damn, who asked me to rob the city on the road at that time? If it weren't for a detour, we would have released those monsters long ago, and it would be the Black Cloud Empire's turn to have a headache. How could we still have to fight hard?" Everyone around was speechless: "This kid never considered the monsters coming out. Will it give us a headache more than the Black Cloud Army? Fuck..."

Yang Tian had already thoughts in his mind: "Damn it, wait for the spring, just make a fuss for him. I have to release all those monsters... Damn, I have to get 500,000 war horses, and I have all the cavalrymen. I can't beat the escape, right? Do it..."

The biggest crisis since the founding of the Black Cloud Empire happened like this.
Chapter completed!