I really became a king.

Chapter 355: Military status? Slave status!
The Chiye Army is the most powerful group of horse bandits in this barren land, and they are genuine horse bandits, all of whom are cavalry.

However, he is notorious for his evil deeds. Relying on the powerful backers, he has committed countless murders in this barren land and is responsible for countless blood debts.

So in this battle, Jiang Yi had no intention of leaving any survivors.

Firstly, compared to other bandits, the Chiye Army had committed too many murders. According to Yingge's investigation, the area around the Demon Realm Pass was originally the place with the most border residents, with a maximum of over a million people. However, the Chiye Army reduced the number to only a few hundred thousand, and the rest were either killed by the Chiye Army or moved far away from the Demon Realm Pass.

Therefore, the Akano Army must be completely wiped out in order to gain the support of the surrounding border residents.

These border residents are also pitiful. Their ancestors were in the military, and it has been like this for generations. Moreover, when the military was established, it was strictly ordered that the border residents of the Demon Realm Pass must never leave this barren and arid land for the rest of their lives.

Ever since the ancestral precept of "the royal family guarding the national border" was broken, the Dali royal family may have felt that they were in the wrong, so they did not force these military border residents to continue staying here.

However, the vast majority of the people chose to stay. Of course, some of them were reluctant to leave their hometown, but the main reason was that they had nowhere else to go.

The Dali Dynasty is so big that there is no place for them to stay.

Military registration is unique to this arid land. In other prefectures of the Dali Dynasty, there is no such thing as military registration. The purpose is to provide a steady supply of soldiers to the Demon Realm Pass.

But rather than being a military official, it was more like a slave.

After the Dali royal family broke their promise of "the royal family guarding the national border", they lost the trust of the people of the world, so they turned a blind eye to these border residents and no longer forced them to restrain themselves.

There were many people who left this wilderness despite their military status, and some even made a name for themselves and became wealthy tycoons.

But in the end, almost all of them died an unnatural death, and their families were broken up and their wives and children were separated.

Ultimately, it was because of their military status that anyone could step on them before the Dali Dynasty was officially abolished.

As long as the government wanted, they could arrest or even execute them without any excuse, because leaving the drought-stricken land was a capital crime in itself.

If Jiang Yi wants to quickly gain a foothold in Demon Realm Pass, he must gather military personnel and border residents.

As for the other reason, it was to deter other horse bandits. Most of the other horse bandits were relatively law-abiding and had not committed any murders, so Jiang Yi wanted to subdue them.

There are only hundreds of thousands of troops in the Demon Realm Pass, which is too few in this place of four wars. In the short term, we can only rely on these military border residents.

Riding on the bull beast, Jiang Yi slowly came to the entrance of the Chiye Canyon.

Behind him, seventy to eighty thousand soldiers stood quietly, each of them a pair of emerald green wheels of the sun and the moon.

"This Chiye Canyon is indeed a good place." Standing at the entrance of the valley, although it is still hundreds of meters away from the real underground entrance, one can already feel waves of cool air blowing towards him.

Completely different from the dry and choking air outside, it is indeed a natural treasure trove for living.

"Just like the oases in the suburbs of Dali, these canyons that extend all the way underground are the brightest pearls in this arid land." Dong Chengyang, who was following him, followed up with another sentence, and then said:

“I heard that in some of these underground canyons, food can be grown.”

Jiang Yi was a little surprised and asked, "How can we grow crops without water?"

"I don't know. Maybe this is the wonder of this arid land."

Jiang Yi nodded and suddenly laughed, "But this place is not suitable for garrisoning troops. It is a real place of entrapment and killing."

No matter how wide this kind of underground canyon is, the entrance to the canyon will not be very large. Take the largest Chiye Canyon for example, it only takes a few thousand people to surround the entrance of the canyon.

It would not be used as a military camp in any other place, but in this barren land, it is indeed an excellent place for garrison.

After all, as long as they can completely deter other bandits, there will be no external enemies, and there is no need to send scouts to patrol outside the canyon. Just like now, tens of thousands of troops have surrounded the valley entrance in three layers, but the Chiye army in the canyon is completely unaware of it.

Otherwise, the sound of horse hooves would never be so chaotic, sounding like a herd of free-range horses.

"Young Master, I heard that the people living nearby were all hiding away with beautiful women. No wonder I haven't seen a beautiful woman in several years."

In the Chiye Gorge, a cavalry of several thousand men was moving towards the valley entrance. The formation was disorganized and the noise was loud. It looked like an army there.

Hearing the words of his confidant, the young man in his twenties who was leading the group replied nonchalantly, "Then we will kill all the men outside the valley this time. When the time comes, the women will naturally come out because they have no water to drink."

After saying that, he waited for the voices of agreement and praise from his confidants, but when he didn't get any, he felt a little unhappy. He glanced behind him, only to see that everyone was staring blankly towards the valley entrance.

The young man subconsciously looked up and was stunned when he saw it.

I saw that the valley entrance, which had been wide open, was now full of people. Due to the light, I couldn't see who they were, but I could vaguely see that they were all cavalry, and there was also a large flag fluttering high in the wind.

"Where do all these troops come from?"

The young man called the Young Master was a little confused, but he didn't take it too seriously. This was the Chi family's territory, his father was the local emperor, and he was the crown prince.

No one dared to act recklessly in front of him, so he didn't take the dense cavalry at the door seriously at all.

The same was true for the thousands of Chiye soldiers behind him. After a brief moment of daze, they regained their arrogance and domineering appearance. In this barren land, only others were afraid of them, and there was absolutely no reason for them to be afraid of others.

Just as a confidant was about to step forward and shout loudly, he heard a horn sound, which was particularly shocking in this barren and dry land.

Hmm? This is... A middle-aged general next to the young man felt that the sound of the horn was very familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered what it meant.

His expression changed immediately and he shouted, "This is the horn sound of the army attacking!"

"They're going to kill us!"

"Prepare for war! Prepare for war!"

But Jiang Yi would not give them any more chances. He rode quietly on the bullbeast and slowly raised his right hand.

As if it was a signal, the sound of soldiers drawing their swords could be heard behind them, and tens of thousands of cavalrymen who had been standing quietly drew out the Sun and Moon Wheels behind them.

Suddenly, the entire valley entrance was submerged in emerald green light, and the Chiye Army in the canyon also saw the big flag clearly through the green light.

"What is that?" Looking at this big flag, many Akano soldiers had a sense of déjà vu, but the middle-aged general's face changed and he said anxiously:
"The flag of King Dali! That's the flag of King Dali!"

The flag of the King of Dali? These four words completely awakened the long-forgotten memories in their hearts, and their faces were filled with inexplicable fear.

Didn't the Dali royal flag disappear in the Western Frontier? Why did it appear again now? Could it be that the Dali royal family returned to the Demon Realm Pass after two or three thousand years to redeem their promise of "the royal family guarding the country's gate"?

Jiang Yi raised his right hand, and flicked his wrist forward lightly, and tens of thousands of cavalry moved.

The sound of horse hooves began to be heard, and tens of thousands of cavalry slowly advanced forward. The sound of horse hooves became more and more rapid, and tens of thousands of troops also began to speed up little by little.

In the end, the army was rushing forward like thunder.

"The prince has ordered that no one from the Chiye Army should be left alive!"

(End of this chapter)