The Northland is desolate and cold. It has been a bitter cold place since ancient times.
Although it was already May, as Jiang Li traveled, the scene became increasingly desolate. There were fewer and fewer trees on both sides of the official road, and the vast land was all withered and yellow. There were occasional green spots, but not many.
In previous years, the entire northern area would not be covered with green grass until the end of May. July and August are the seasons when the water plants are most abundant.
But at the end of last year, bitter cold and heavy snowstorms continued to hit, and the temperature in early summer was much lower than in previous years.
And as the Great Wall of the North gets closer and closer, some military forts can be seen standing on the ground along the way, with fierce and high-pitched roars, and the billowing Yang evil blood spurts out, raging and steaming.
Jiang Li galloped forward, his thoughts leaving his shell. Looking from a distance, he could only see thick and concentrated masses of blood-evil covering the top of the military stronghold, soaring and undissipated, fierce and hot.
If an ordinary Yin God saw this scene from a distance, he would probably turn around and run away immediately.
Before the thunder tribulation has passed, the soul and thoughts are all Yin forces. If it is attacked by Yang evil spirits, even if you are lucky enough to survive, your Taoism will be reduced, and your soul will be damaged that is difficult to heal.
"Jiang Li, where is the inheritance of your Taoism? It contains golden brilliance, which naturally cultivates the breath of pure Yang during its operation. However, the pre-Qin secret method "Visualization of Chao Yuan Stars" is my soul..."
Shangguan Qingyan saw that Jiang Li didn't have any scruples, and directly released the Yin God to closely observe the Yangsha blood energy in the military camp. She sighed in her heart and asked curiously, but she suddenly stopped in the middle of her words.
The woman bit her lip lightly, feeling secretly annoyed. Why couldn't she help but want to talk to him recently?
Although that matter has its own mistakes.
But if you bully you, you are bullied, and your soul and body...
Even if you can't make up your mind to kill him, do you have to make mistakes?
"I did practice the "Visualization of Chaoyuan Stars", but it was only a fragment!"
Jiang Li nodded, seemingly not noticing Shangguan Qingyan's embarrassment and blush, and said to Lin Jiuyun who was standing aside: "Go to the Liangzhou General Camp on the Great Wall of the North, and you and I will go together to see the Fourth Prince!"
"Thank you, General, for giving Zhenwei Escort Bureau the opportunity to atone for its sins. We were just confused and almost made a big mistake!"
Lin Jiuyun lowered his head in shame. When he learned that the escort he was escorting could directly control the complete Qi inheritance of Da Zhou, he was almost frightened to death on the spot.
Even if they succeed in transporting the escorts this time and gain glory and wealth, the truth of such a big matter will eventually come to light one day.
By then, what awaits them will be a devastating disaster for the nine tribes!
Looking at the blue building that gradually became clearer on the distant horizon, like a giant dragon, Lin Jiuyun felt uneasy.
Although Jiang Li had promised to find a way to prevent Zhenwei Escort from being punished, no one knew the nature of the prince of Zhou who guarded the seventeenth pass of the Great Wall and commanded the military and administration of Yumen, Jinyuan, and Luochuan provinces.
Some people rumored that this prince was strict with the law and ruthless. He ruled nearly 400,000 troops and horses with an iron fist. He was decisive and most ruthless in his killings.
Once, he was so angry that he killed three thousand generals and soldiers in the vanguard camp. Their heads were rolling and their bodies were bleeding.
"Uncle Jiu, don't worry too much. Brother Jiang Li will definitely help our Zhenwei Escort Bureau survive this disaster!"
Lin Qingmu comforted her. She looked at the military forts in her sight, and thought for a while: "But this fourth prince must be very unhappy, and he may have a bad temper. Uncle Ninth, when you meet the fourth prince, you must be cautious." Be careful with your words and actions!”
"Why do you think the fourth prince is unhappy?" Jiang Li was a little curious after hearing this.
"Because the emperor dislikes him very much. Many people say that the fourth prince often contradicts the emperor in front of all the ministers of the court. He often quarrels with the emperor red-faced. Several times the emperor wanted to draw a sword and teach the fourth prince a lesson."
Lin Qingmu said: "The emperor has so many princes, but he just sent him to the border. It is adjacent to Beimang. A war can break out at any time. It is very dangerous. How can he be happy?"
"The emperor may not want to see this son, but it is absolutely impossible to say that he hates him!"
Jiang Li shook his head.
The fourth prince's temperament may not be liked by Emperor Jing, but if Emperor Jing really hates this son, he can make him king in a remote place and never see him again. He will never leave the military and administration of the three provinces to the fourth prince. Such great authority.
During the Great Zhou Dynasty, emperors also established virtuous people. Emperor Jing had countless concubines in his harem, and the queen alone gave birth to five princes for him.
But to this day, there is still no established reserve.
The position of the crown prince is vacant, and although the five direct princes are peaceful on the surface, they may not have their own actions and plans secretly.
The eldest prince lived in the palace for a long time and assisted Emperor Jing in handling political affairs.
The second prince commanded 200,000 naval troops in the South China Sea to guard one side.
Although the third prince has been studying Confucianism in the Confucian Temple with the gentlemen, he has a high reputation among the civil servants.
The fifth prince has not yet reached adulthood, but he has shown extremely high talent in martial arts early. At the age of fifteen, he is already a peak martial artist in the Xiantian realm. He even entered Longhu Mountain to practice training half a year ago, and is most loved by Emperor Jing.
As for the fourth prince, although he was often reprimanded and punished by Emperor Jing, he was the most powerful of the five princes because he guarded the three provinces of Guliangzhou and had 400,000 elite troops from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
From Liangzhou Daying to Shengjing City, it was a smooth journey except for the Lishan Mountain in the middle.
From this we can see Emperor Jing’s trust in his legitimate son!
However, these words were hidden in Jiang Li's heart and he did not say them out.
From the corner of his eye, he looked at the Mohist team not far away.
Ever since he left Lishan a few days ago, Jiang Li had often felt a faint trace of hatred rising from the Mo family's ranks, lingering but lingering.
After everyone walked for dozens of miles, the tall and endless majestic Great Wall finally showed its true outline.
The city wall, which is tens of meters high, stretches between the plains and the mountains.
There is a beacon, barrier and pavilion every ten miles.
Every few hundred miles, there is a pass that looks like a giant city.
The Liangzhou Camp, which guards the thousands-mile Great Wall, is located near Tiejianling Pass in Shanxi and Yuan Province.
The vast camp stretches for dozens of miles, as far as the eye can see, like a huge city.
Countless flags were flying in the wind, and a group of iron cavalry shuttled back and forth.
The tall and muscular Dazhou sergeant was wearing armor, and he was practicing his mighty shouts. His voice shook the sky, and the strong Yang evil energy and blood surged like a sea, like a blood-refined killing array.
Even ghosts and immortals would be secretly frightened when seeing such a scene.
"Who is coming?"
Before everyone got closer than thirty miles to the camp, a group of powerful cavalry came on horseback, billowing up clouds of dust and smoke.
The leading knight shouted loudly, like a muffled thunder exploding in the sky.
"Master Xiaowei, we are from Teng Yang's Mo family. We came to the Great Wall of the North to inspect the passes and barrier pavilions and survey and map the blueprints of the defense equipment on the orders of the Holy One!" Mo Chaozong stepped forward and said.
"The Ministry of Industry's official letter arrived at the camp a month and a half ago. Why did you come so late? It's one month later than the scheduled date!"
The leader, Captain Baihu, frowned slightly, but still took the Mo family's seal and inspected it carefully.
"Who are they? They don't look like they are with you!"
Baihu, the captain of the school, returned the seal of the Mohist family and did not look at them differently because of the Mohist family's status.
The sergeants of the Great Zhou Dynasty were loyal to Emperor Jing. On the surrounding frontiers, they only had eyes for generals and saints.
The aristocratic family monopolizes land, wealth, and the inheritance of martial arts and Taoism. In the hearts of low-level soldiers, there is even a faint resistance to it.
"Sir, this young man's name is Jiang Li!" Mo Chaozong said respectfully.
"Jiang Li!"
The school captain Bai Hu and all the Zhou sergeants were all shocked when they heard this.
Although there are many people with the same name and surname in the world.
But that newly emerged legend is a new star rising in the hearts of countless great Zhou sergeants.
Disciples of saints.
Great Zhou Qilin.
The son of Marquis Wu.
Young general!
Although the Great Wall of the North is far away from Shengjing, various legends about Jiang Li have spread in recent days.
Especially when they heard that this legendary young general would go to Liangzhou Camp to serve, many sergeants of the Great Zhou Dynasty were looking forward to it.
"Excuse me, Your Excellency..."
Captain Baihu looked Jiang Li up and down. Although he knew that the young man in front of him was unlikely to be the one in the legend, he still asked respectfully with some caution.
"I am Jiang Li. I would like you to report to Your Highness the Fourth Highness on my behalf that Jiang Li, the Commander-in-Chief of the Light Army and General Zhongwu, has come to report for duty!" Jiang Li took out his general seal from his arms.
"I have met General Zhongwu in my humble position!"
When Baihu, the captain of the school, saw the general seal in Jiang Li's hand, his pupils suddenly shrank, he quickly got off his horse and knelt down to bow.
More than a hundred cavalrymen behind him also jumped off their horses at the same time, knelt down and saluted, looking excitedly and curiously at this legendary young general and disciple of the saint.
"General, please follow me into the camp. Your Royal Highness has been looking forward to the general's arrival for a long time!"
The school captain Baihu saluted and stood up, lightly jumped on his horse, and quickly led the way. There was also a deputy captain with a dozen cavalry, riding fast and whipping, and reported to the camp.
"Hmph, you are a disciple of a saint. They are just deceiving the world and stealing fame. If I join the army, I will definitely be far better than you. I am just relying on the power of Marquis Wu!"
When Mo Tengxiao saw this, he couldn't help but sneer secretly, and his eyes looked coldly at Jiang Li's back.
Especially when he saw Shangguan Qingyan riding a horse and walking beside Jiang Li, he could not help but burst out with hatred.
"Tengxiao, restrain yourself!"
Mo Chaozong on the side noticed something strange and quickly warned in a low voice.
"Fifth Uncle, he is not a martial artist in the Divine Transformation Realm, and he doesn't have eyes on his back, so why should he be so careful..."
Mo Tengxiao didn't care, but before he finished speaking, Jiang Li, who had been riding ahead, seemed to notice something. He suddenly looked back and met Mo Tengxiao's eyes.
"hiss!"
Mo Tengxiao was startled, and quickly calmed down his emotions and lowered his head. Fortunately, Jiang Li didn't seem to look at him deliberately. His eyes swept over him, looked away, and then turned his head.
"It's strange. His eyes are obviously very calm. Why does it make me feel restless? What am I afraid of? A boy whose Qi has been crippled and whose martial arts has just started!"
Mo Tengxiao exhaled in relief, and unknowingly, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Noticing the changes in his body, he clenched his fists tightly, feeling a little angry, as if he felt extremely ashamed that he was afraid of Jiang Li's reaction.
"Strange, why does this descendant of the Mo family have such hatred for me?"
Jiang Li looked back, feeling a little surprised.
He had some impressions of this young master of the Mo family. A month ago, when the Li Palace Copper Palace was built, this man and the sixth elder of the Mo family were the first to arrive.
The two of them entered the Bronze Palace to collect the magic knife to butcher people, but were injured by the intention of the butcher's knife.
Apart from this, Jiang Li had no further contact with this person.
Where does hate come from?
Did he already know that the magic knife was collected by him?
Jiang Li shook his head and refused to go into details.
He has arrived at the Liangzhou camp, which is the place where the Fifth Army Protectorate and the Ministry of War jointly govern. Even Jiang Shirong can no longer act at will.
As a fourth-grade general, he also wanted to have his own sergeants and camp, so that he would no longer be alone.
Far away from Shengjing, this is the place where he can really show his talents.
No need to fear anyone.
What's more, Mo Tengxiao is just a martial artist in the Ten Thousand Masters realm.
He had killed so many young masters, so how could he take him seriously?
Rumble
In the Liangzhou camp in the distance, the hoofbeats of thousands of horses suddenly moved together, like a roaring thunder wave, the earth trembled, and the white clouds in the sky were shaken away.
Everyone was slightly startled, and quickly looked up, and saw cold light surging in the distance, and a torrent of steel formed by tens of thousands of troops and horses surging from the depths of the camp.
Thousands of troops and horses galloped together, and a masculine and murderous aura rushing across the sky and earth rushed towards the face, making it suffocating.
"Jiang Li, you are finally here!"
Surrounded by thousands of cavalry, a heroic young general emerged.
This man was eight feet tall, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and rather thin. He wore a purple robe with gold patterns, a bright silk jacket, white deerskin boots, and a neat black bun. Exquisite white jade hair crown, with two ribbons hanging from both sides of the jade crown, extraordinary elegance.
A pair of sword-like eyebrows, eyes as clear as morning dew, looked at Jiang Li with enthusiasm and consideration in anticipation.
"Are you Jiang Li? Yun Le wrote to me many times, insisting that I transfer you to my subordinates, and even praised you a lot. Although I am far away from Shengjing, I have heard a lot of information and rumors about you! "
The fourth prince Sima Ye galloped forward, looked at Jiang Li and smiled heartily: "To be honest, there was a secret report that you left Shengjing as early as a month ago. I have been looking forward to it every day these days, and finally you will be here." Waiting for it!”
"Jiang Li, the last general, has met His Highness the Fourth Prince!"
Jiang Lice immediately stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute. He had the Flame Bird Jade Pendant given by Emperor Jing, and he would not kneel before the saint.
But the rest of the people immediately got off their horses and knelt aside.
"Everyone, get up. The Mo family's mechanism skills are world-famous. They are in a line of their own. They are even more famous after the Hundred Saints in the Middle Ages. I have thousands of miles of Great Wall passes and city defense equipment to help you!"
Sima Ye smiled at everyone in the Mo family. His smile was gentle and friendly, and he seemed to have a strange affinity.
"Thanks to His Highness the Fourth Highness's praise, the Mo family will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations!"
Mo Chaozong saluted respectfully and secretly looked at Sima Ye a few more times. The prince who was said to be the most discordant with Emperor Jing did not seem to be as reckless, confrontational and unhuman as everyone described him to be.
"Everyone, follow me back to the camp first. Senior Mo, you take the Mo family to the camp to rest first. In two hours, someone will ask you to come to my camp to talk!"
Sima Ye said, leading a group of people back to the camp surrounded by the Zhou cavalry.
As soon as you enter the Liangzhou Camp, you will see a hill made entirely of human heads, like a shadow wall, located opposite the entrance of the camp.
The hollow, pale heads face in all directions, like countless deep passages leading to ghosts.
A bone-chilling chill instantly rose from everyone's hearts.
Mo Chaozong's eyes flashed, his back straightened slightly, and his attitude towards Sima Ye seemed to become more respectful and cautious at this moment.
The faces of Lin Jiuyun and other escorts from the Zhenwei Escort Agency turned pale instantly. Even they, warriors who walked on the edge of a knife, could not bear such direct gazes.
Lin Qingmu's pretty face turned pale and she almost fell off the horse.
"These three thousand skulls are all the heads of Zhou sergeants who were beheaded by me. Six years ago, I was sent by my father to the Liangzhou camp to take charge of the military affairs of the three provinces. It was here that afternoon that I chopped off the heads with a single blow. , it took two days and two nights to chop, and my arm was almost useless!"
Sima Ye shook his arm slightly, as if the experience he had experienced that year was unforgettable to him and he could not forget it to this day.
"As a defender of a pass, Beimang's army approached the city, but they abandoned the pass and fled. As a result, 20,000 women and children in seventy-one villages died tragically at the hands of Beimang cavalry. Their deaths were not unjust!"
Jiang Li nodded and said, "If I were in His Highness's position back then, I'm afraid I would have done the same thing!"
"Hahaha, I really didn't register the wrong person!"
Hearing this, Sima Ye laughed loudly: "The staff and teachers around me all discouraged me from doing this, thinking that I had just arrived here and my foundation was unstable. If I did such a cruel thing, I might attract the hatred and hatred of the sergeant and Jiang Li. dissatisfied.
"But the reason why I came here is to guard the Great Wall of the North and protect my people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The food and food used by these generals come from the hands of the people? If you are greedy for life and fear death, you can just go home and farm the land, why bother to join the army? middle!"
Sima Ye said coldly: "I would rather have three thousand iron soldiers who are brave and fearless than three hundred thousand cavalry who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
"We are willing to wear armor and hold halberds for His Highness, fight against mountains of swords and seas of fire, even to the death!"
Countless soldiers were kneeling around, their gazes firm, their voices like thunder, gathering into a sea and shaking the land of Liangzhou.
Everyone in the Mo family and all the bodyguards were shocked, looking at the vast army with uniform morale and feeling in awe.
…
"Jiang Li, although Yun Le repeatedly told me not to arrange dangerous missions for you and to let you get familiar with the military camp first, I can't wait any longer."
In the main tent of the Liangzhou camp, the fourth prince Sima Ye ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only Jiang Li.
He sat at the head of the tent, took out a large tiger-shaped seal from a copper box, and said: "The Northern Expedition is about to begin. We seem to have a strong army here, but in fact it is difficult. Half a year ago, my father mobilized 100,000 new soldiers to join our army in Liangzhou." Although the camp training was effective, it was too short and lacked actual combat experience!
"If you give me some more time, these new recruits will only need to go through a few close-quarters bloody battles to form real combat capabilities. But now if they are to be sent to the battlefield immediately, not only will they not be able to form effective combat capabilities, but they will become a huge hidden danger. !
"The Northern Expedition requires elite soldiers who can persevere and become more courageous as they fight. Whether they form an army alone or disperse them among the old soldiers, it is not a feasible option." Sima Ye sighed.
"What His Highness said is absolutely true!"
Jiang Li nodded.
The new recruits lack experience. If they form an army alone, once they enter the battlefield, they are likely to be frightened by the tragic scenes and can easily lead to a rout.
If you are incorporated into the veterans, you can certainly fight with the morale of the veterans, but it will also reduce the overall combat effectiveness of the veterans to a certain extent.
"Jiang Li, this new army not only needs to recruit a large number of low-level and mid-level military attachés, but also needs to be trained by a general to manage the army!"
Sima Ye stood up, put the tiger-shaped soldier seal in his hand into Jiang Li's hand, and said seriously: "Although my father meant to wait for you to achieve military merit before officially taking over as the commander of the guard post, I can't wait any longer. First I will put five thousand new troops into your hands.
"If you can train them into elite soldiers whose combat effectiveness is comparable to that of old soldiers, I will make an exception and promote you to the position of battalion commander, commanding a battalion of 50,000 troops and horses!"
The young author is ashamed. There are too many things going on in the unit these past two days. Today is the first update. I should be able to make up for it tomorrow.
(End of chapter)
