The Kun Void Cauldron's Protection, Chaos Under Heaven!

The Northern Yan Army was here!

Xie Mu was not the only one who sensed it.

The news made Xie Mu's heart tighten, and Gao Wenxiao, too, instantly caught sight of the rolling torrent of iron surging from afar.

Its momentum was immense!

A black banner snapped in the wind. The character "Yan" danced across it like dragons and snakes, radiating a chilling Killing Intent.

How had they appeared so suddenly? There had not been the slightest warning!

They had dared to station troops and set up formations here, with cavalry sentries posted all around.

Yet they had noticed nothing until the army was almost upon them.

Unless this had been planned all along!

The surrounding cavalrymen saw the approaching army, and panic spread across their faces. Their hearts would not settle.

The Lu Family Army was gone, but the Northern Yan Army had inherited its will. Its ranks still held many veterans who had once sent North Wind's soldiers fleeing along both banks of the Yellow River, casting aside helmets and armor.

When North Wind first rose, it had been cobbled together from various tribes. Each tribe supplied recruits, and they fought only to plunder resources.

After taking a city, they burned and killed, looting gold, silver, treasures, men, women, and livestock. Some of the spoils went to the soldiers, while the rest supplied the army.

Since North Wind founded its state, its army had adopted the Soldier Households system, under which soldiers served for life.

The military profession passed from generation to generation, with soldiers registered separately as Military Households.

A daughter of a Military Household could marry only into another Military Household, never outside it.

If her husband died, she could not remain a widow; she would be assigned to another Military Household.

The relatives of soldiers