Chapter 199 Boss, Han Bing and Wang Ji were beaten! (6K)

After Huolong Pass was captured, the Shenwei Army, Zhenhai Army, and Xuanjia Army began to reorganize and expand their forces at Xiongguan.

In fact, there is not much to deal with for the Xuanjia Army and the Zhenhai Army.

On the Zhenhai Army side, Lan Hongming managed to get two naval forces ashore, one was Jiang Ming's force, and the other was Li Que's force.

It is not easy to transform the navy into the army. Lan Hongming has put a lot of thought into setting up two detachments to join the combat sequence in the land war zone.

Just look at the previous situation between Jiang Ming and Li Que. In order to find an army unit to cooperate with, they both came to Tan Tai Ming for help.

The two armies, with more than 50,000 men and more than 100 warships, were the maximum that Lan Hou could dispatch.

No matter how many there are, it will be difficult for him to squeeze in.

Therefore, the Zhenhai Army's rest and recuperation was only for the purpose of repairing warships and replenishing some warship-related equipment, and it was impossible to expand the army.

The Black Armor Army led by Xia Jing can be expanded.

The commander of the Black Armor Army, Xiang Kui, was Marquis Mingwei, and he was eager for Xia Jing to ask for more men.

But Prince Xia is a picky eater and he doesn't want any ordinary food.

He just wanted to add the Xuanjia Dragon Cavalry Battalion, the Xuanbing Battalion, and also set up a Xuanji Warship Battalion.

My goodness, the first thing they said was the three ace camps. Even Ming Weihou couldn't help shaking his head after hearing it.

According to the expansion of his camp, Xia Jing's status would be higher than that of a sixth-rank captain.

No matter how powerful the Xuanjia Army is, it is impossible for them to agree to Xia Jing's request.

After some bargaining, Xia Jing's Dragon Cavalry Battalion increased by one thousand, the Xuanbing Battalion by eight hundred, and five additional Xuanji warships.

Even so, the prince complained to Zhao Xing in private: "Old Xiang is too stingy. He only gave me a few small things. It's the same as no supplement at all."

Zhao Xing wanted to hit him after hearing this: "If you don't like it, why not lend it to me?"

Xia Jing smiled and said, "How can I lend it to you? Warship is my legal wife, Dragon Rider and Black Soldier are my concubines, how can I lend my wife to you?"

"The prince is mighty, and the madam has more than 18,000 in total. She is indeed a warrior."

"Hahaha."

Xia Jing actually just wanted to come here and show off in front of his brothers, and Zhao Xing gave him enough emotional value. Saying that he was mighty was just praising him.

The expansion of the Zhenhai Army and the Xuanjia Army were just child's play, and the number of people was not large.

But the Shenwei Army made a big move.

After winning battles one after another, not to mention other armies, Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong's troops made a fortune, and the spoils were transported back in truckloads.

Especially after passing the Fire Dragon Pass, Flame Crystals, Earth Fire Lotuses, and various fire-based treasures are now relatively valuable treasures in the military world.

When I have a lot of money, I want to change my wife.

Liao Rulong immediately replaced all of his original "Sister of the Poor and Miserable Life" - fifth-order inferior warships.

The number of fifth-level top-grade keel warships has increased to five.

The number of fifth-grade, top-quality dragon-headed ships increased to fifteen.

He also exchanged thirty fifth-grade mid-quality Ruyi, Black Dragon, Teng Snake and Jiaoque warships from the Tiger Dragon Army.

Liao Rulong's troops originally had more than 70,000 people, but the actual combat battalion was only 25,000, and the rest were arranged in the supply city.

Wen Shaoyang's unit has a similar number of people, but the actual combat battalion is smaller, less than 20,000.

Yang An and Jia Pu originally wanted to make a big bet and double their army, merging Wen Shaoyang's and Liao Rulong's troops into one, bringing the total number of combat battalions to 10.

However, due to various reasons, the plan to increase the number of troops was put on hold.

Only 3,000 and 5,000 combatants were added to Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang's divisions respectively.

As for the personnel in the supply city, they remain unchanged.

The main reason is that the original Shenwei Army’s logistics supply corps was already very strong, and its supply capacity was completely overflowing.

In addition, some of the Zhenhai Army’s personnel are idle, so there is actually no need to increase the supply personnel of the three armed forces.

"Liao Rulong's ability to command troops on the battlefield is most suitable for about 30,000 troops, and more than 50,000 is the limit."

"Wen Shaoyang is slightly higher than him, but only 7. His bravery is not as good as Liao Rulong's."

In Xi'er County, Jia Pu and the one-armed Yang An were looking at a map and discussing information.

"If we expand their military, it will become a burden."

Yang An nodded slightly.

Jia Pu hesitated for a moment, then said, "My Lord, there is actually another choice."

"No." Yang An shook his head. "I know what you want to say. But it's chilling to divide Liao Rulong's power just after taking down Huolong Pass."

"Your Majesty is right." Jia Pu originally suggested that Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Zhao Xing form a separate army and break away from Liao Rulong's organization.

In this way, Liao Rulong's command pressure will not be so great, and the Shenwei Army can also achieve its intention of increasing troops.

However, rationality is rationality, and the reality is that we still have to consider people’s thoughts.

Liao Rulong’s troops had just won a victory, and now they were going to remove half of his left and right arms and form an independent army. What would people think?
"Unless Liao Rulong himself proposes it, the current structure will not be changed for the time being. Let him adapt first. In other aspects, try to meet the requirements of the two departments." Yang An said, "Maybe he can grow."

"Yes." Jia Pu nodded. "Then how should Zhao Xing be arranged?"

Zhao Xing has a million military merits, and among the generals in Huolong Pass, his military merits rank third.

Second only to Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong, but both of them are sixth-rank captains.

And now Zhao Xing’s official position is still the commander of the nine sections under the seventh rank.

Jia Pu was quite familiar with the battle situation on the front line. After learning about the process of lurking at Huolong Pass and crossing the Flaming Mountain, he discovered that it was Zhao Xing who was giving orders most of the time.

In addition, Zhao Xing had a strong strategic vision. It was he who analyzed the situation in the Fire Demon Clan's war zone in front of Liao Rulong, which strengthened Liao Rulong's determination to attack the Fire Dragon Pass.

Based on his training performance in Shiyang Cave, Jia Pu felt that Zhao Xing had the talent to be a commander and could be entrusted with important tasks.

"Promote Chen Shijie to be the commander of the joint camp, and let Zhao Xing take charge of one camp. As for whether it is the Sinong Camp or the mixed camp, let Liao Rulong decide. After all, he knows the situation better."

The appointments of Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie were both internal transfers within the Shenwei Army, which means that the two were still of the seventh rank, but their scope of authority had expanded.

In short, Liao Rulong is a little overwhelmed now, but there are too few people to attack the heartland of the Fire Demon Clan. This move can allow the people below to help Liao Rulong share the pressure.

It can also pave the way for the later promotion of Chen and Zhao.

As for Long Xiao and Yu Ziqi, they were originally in charge of a camp and the situation has not changed yet.

"Yes." Jia Pu responded and left the room to give orders.

Huolong Pass, Marching Hall.

"Pfft~"

A letter of urgent military order spewed out from the stove under the statue of Dai Zong.

Pu Zhong picked up the letter and opened it.

"Whose letter is it?" Liao Rulong walked over.

"It belongs to the Marquis." Pu Zhong said.

"Oh?" Liao Rulong ran over immediately, "What did you say?"

"The Marquis did not agree to merge Wen Shaoyang's troops with ours, nor did he agree to a large-scale expansion of the army. He only added 3,000 people to Wen Shaoyang and 5,000 people to us." Pu Zhong said.

"Ah?" Liao Rulong muttered, "Only five thousand."

It was actually Liao Rulong who took the initiative to propose the expansion of the army, and merging the two departments into one was also Liao Rulong's idea.

After defeating the Wolf God Tribe, we didn't encounter any setbacks.

Now they have captured the famous pass of the Nanman.

The consecutive victories have given Liao Rulong unprecedented confidence.

I am Liao Rulong, so I have to lead 100,000 people!
Brother Wen Shaoyang, what are you doing alone? Come over and follow me, Old Liao!

This time, follow me to fight Fire Dragon Pass and eat meat. Next time, follow Lord Liao to fight Golden Feather King’s Court!
Liao Rulong’s current understanding of himself can be summed up in one sentence: I am incredibly strong now!
However, on the surface, Liao Rulong was still very humble, and he was very tactful in his words in the letter he wrote to Xi'er County.

It was even said that Wen Shaoyang could be the main general.

He seems to be generous, but actually he is very cunning.

However, Yang An and Jia Pu did not agree with Liao Rulong's idea.

So they added five thousand men to his army.

"Five thousand is not a small number." Pu Zhong said, "Counting the original 25,000 combatants, this is a total of 30,000 people."

Liao Rulong sighed and said, "The military advisor is still worried that I can't command. Didn't I command the three armies together very well this time? I have improved! How come the military advisor can't see it?"

Pu Zhong comforted him, "Take your time. Prove it a few more times, and the military advisor and the marquis will believe it."

Liao Rulong nodded: "Well, what else did the Marquis and the military advisor say?"

"The Marquis has made new arrangements for the commanders of each camp."

"Promote Chen Shijie to be the commander of the joint camp, and Zhao Xing to be in charge of one camp. Let us decide the specific arrangements."

Liao Rulong had no objection to this.

Chen Shijie was already a sixth-rank official, and it was a waste of his talent that he was only in charge of one battalion before. It was only because of his good relationship with Liao Rulong that people were willing to help him.

In fact, what Lao Chen usually does is beyond the scope of his position as the commander of the Ninth Section Camp.

With the increase in troops this time, promotion is a natural consequence.

As for Zhao Xing, his military achievements exceeded one million, so it was reasonable for him to be in charge of a single battalion.

Liao Rulong even felt that Zhao Xing could take on greater responsibilities.

"What do you think?" Liao Rulong asked.

Pu Zhongdao said: "Chen Shijie's scope of authority can be adjusted to the Nine-Section Camp, the Fire Camp, and the Earth Camp."

"As for Zhao Xing, let him pick people from each camp. He can fight and farm, so it would be more appropriate for him to form a mixed camp."

"I think so too." Liao Rulong chuckled, "To be honest, I feel like he is underutilized for his talent when he is under my command."

"If it weren't for this kid, how could I have fulfilled my desire to be the commander of three armies?"

"Let him pick any battalion he wants, with a limit of 3,000 people. There is no limit on the logistics supply personnel. He knows high-level magic, and the logistics of the entire army can be mobilized at his will."

Liao Rulong waved his hand and directly promoted Zhao Xing to the commander of the reinforced mixed battalion, concurrently serving as the "logistics chief of the entire army."

Is this excessive? Not at all.

Si Nong is the only one here who knows the advanced methods of my sect.

Looking at the entire Shenwei Army, among the sixth and seventh rank Si Nong, there are only two people who know the high-level magic of my faction, not counting Zhao Xing, which is even scarcer than sword cultivators.

From another perspective, Liao Rulong is definitely a man of luck.

Under his command were Yu Ziqi, Long Xiao, Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing.

Now he is the person in charge of the three armies. He can command Xia Jing of the Xuanjia Army, as well as Jiang Ming and Li Que of the Zhenhai Army (Li Que also joined the cooperation after the victory over Huolong Pass).
Although the size of the army led by him as a captain is not large, in terms of the assistance of senior officers, he is definitely a first-class configuration.

The reason why Liao Rulong became arrogant is because he has such a team under his command.

If the situation remained the same, he would not dare to think of expanding the army by 100,000. "Okay, let's do this." Pu Zhong asked, "So, let's call them over now?"

"Let's go together." Liao Rulong said with a smile, "I have to serve this gentleman well. If he runs away, I'm afraid the alliance will have to break up."

Last time, Xia Jing didn't get angry because of Zhao Xing's face. Otherwise, Liao Rulong would have parted ways with the prince because of his stingy move of sending people across the mountain in advance.

Liao Rulong and Pu Zhong went out and went to Jiujieying to look for Zhao Xing, but when they arrived at Jiujieying, they did not find Zhao Xing.

"Where are the others?" Liao Rulong asked the guard on duty.

"Captain, Lord Zhao suddenly left in a rage half an hour ago. I don't know what happened." The patrolling guard replied.

"Hmm?" Liao Rulong frowned, "What's going on?"

"I don't know about this." The guard said, "Lord Zhao didn't tell me."

Liao Rulong said, "It's bad. Wasn't he kidnapped by Xia Jing?"

Pu Zhong shook his head: "Not really, Xia Jing's Dragon Cavalry Battalion is still stationed in the north of the city gate."

"Then what's going on?"

"I don't know. Go ask Chen Shijie."

As soon as I arrived at Chen Shijie's tent, I saw Chen Shijie walking out in a hurry, holding a letter.

"Old Chen, what's going on? Even you look hurried?"

When Chen Shijie saw that it was Liao Rulong who arrived, he said solemnly, "Captain, please gather your troops immediately and head to City No. 98!"

"What's going on? Are there enemies attacking?"

Chen Shijie said in a deep voice: "He said that City No. 98 in the rear was forcibly requisitioned by an army, and some people were injured. He asked me to take people there immediately."

"Captain, you must gather the troops quickly! I see that the boy's words are very harsh. If you are late, I am afraid that something bad will happen!"

Chen Shijie only had a vague understanding of the details of the incident, but he knew that whether Zhao Xing killed someone or he was beaten, it was not a good thing.

"What?" Liao Rulong was immediately furious and shouted angrily, "Is there such a thing?! All troops assemble!"

Time goes back to an hour ago, in City No. 98.

Wang Ji, Han Bing and Che Shihai were busy working in the city.

Since the army has already passed Huolong Pass, the new supply city must naturally move forward.

The Earth Fire Lotus is still on the advanced task list of the military world.

If you plant it, you can still get a lot of military merits.

The Shenwei Army's supply capacity is overflowing, so they can naturally free up time to plant the Earth Fire Lotus.

Why not plant it in the lava cave inside Fire Dragon Pass?
Because the defense formation of Fire Dragon Pass was broken, the entire fire vein was rioting and the lava cave was also destroyed.

It is true that the Earth Fire Lotus requires a harsh environment, but the lava cave has exceeded the limit of what it can bear.

What's more, the human race of the Great Zhou does not have such a high fire resistance as the Fire Demons.

Even if the cave was not destroyed, it would not be suitable for the Minister of Agriculture and craftsmen of the Great Zhou to go down.

It would be difficult to do things if you wore the fire-proof robes, but you would be easily injured if you didn't wear them.

In addition, the location of City No. 98 is in the north of the Flame Mountains, and one of its branches extends to the vicinity of the "Northern String Territory".

Establishing a stronghold here will also facilitate subsequent military operations.

The proposal to build City No. 98 near Beixianling was finalized by Zhao Xing.

This place seems to be an idle move, but Zhao Xing has other intentions.

So he specially sent Wang Ji, Han Bing and Che Shihai to do the job.

The three of them worked very hard. After the battle of Fire Dragon Pass, while others were resting, they did not even have time to breathe. They immediately brought people over to work overtime, forging the city and cultivating the land.

But today, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came.

A black dragon warship landed outside City No. 98.

"What's going on? Where did the army come from?" Wang Ji and Han Bing ran out and looked at the sky outside the city.

"I don't know." Han Bing's face was solemn. "I raised the flag several times to ask the other party to reveal their identity, but they just said they were the Southern Expedition Army of the Pingman Legion, which was vague."

"They are putting on airs and asking me to go and greet them, saying that the army wants to use this supply city for food. I'm afraid they are coming from a big place with bad intentions."

"Can't you just refuse?" Wang Ji said.

"What's the point of me refusing? Your barrier is not complete yet!" Han Bing said, "Besides, that's a black dragon warship. Can you stop it?"

"What should we do? Just send some supplies to them and send them away." said Che Shihai who came rushing over.

"Not good, they landed directly." Han Bing's face changed, "Engineer Wang and I will deal with it. Che Shihai, you quickly report this to Huolongguan."

"Okay." Che Shihai nodded and said, "I'll go right away."

More than a thousand people flew down from the warships.

Because the barrier of City No. 98 has not been completed yet.

The leading general, wearing green armor, led his men directly into the city.

"Who is the commander of this city?" the blue-armored general asked calmly. "Come out and answer quickly."

"Your humble servant Han Bing, is the commander of the Shenwei Army. I wonder why your superior has come here suddenly?" Han Bing was stalling for time.

"My name is Qian Shougang. I am a sixth-rank Tiger Guard Captain of the Black Dragon Army and a third-level inspector of the Southeast War Zone."

"The supplies for this city have been requisitioned by me. You should prepare them quickly." said the blue general.

"Black Dragon Army?" Han Bing's pupils shrank. "I wonder how many supplies you want, and for what purpose? Have you reported it? Do you have a requisition certificate?"

Han Bing wanted to buy time, but Qian Shougang was not happy and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm talking about requisitioning this city. Don't you understand?"

"Since you don't understand, I will send someone to do it myself. You can leave now!"

Qian Shougang waved his hand, and immediately a group of people headed towards the Earth Fire Lotus planting area with a clear goal.

Wang Ji had a bad temper and got anxious as soon as he saw it: "Assholes, you guys took it without even following the procedures or asking for clear instructions? How is this different from robbery? Stop it now!"

"Hmph!" Qian Shougang waved his hand, and a green streak hit Wang Ji.

"Bang!" Wang Ji suddenly fell down and fell unconscious.

"You are yelling and speaking rudely." Qian Shougang said coldly, "Everyone stand still!"

Time goes back half an hour.

Zhao Xing was practicing in the tent.

Suddenly, there was a tremor in the ground mirror.

Then Che Shihai's shadow appeared before his eyes.

"Lao Che, what's wrong with you? You look like you can't poop." Zhao Xing asked with a smile.

Che Shihai said aggrievedly: "Boss, City No. 98 was forcibly requisitioned, Han Bing and Wang Ji were both beaten up!"

"What?!" Zhao Xing's expression suddenly changed, "Who did it?!"

Cha Shikai said: “Yes, yes…”

Before he finished speaking, Che Shihai's shadow disappeared, and it looked like his communication was interrupted by someone.

"Depend on!"

When Zhao Xing saw this situation, how could he not know how urgent it was?
He immediately took the mountain cat and Long Xiao who was close to him and set off.

When Long Xiao heard this, he immediately ordered five hundred soldiers from the Cavalry Battalion to take off into the air on the Swordfish flying boat without saying a word.

As for Chen Shijie, Zhao Xing was unable to contact him for a while, so he left two "paper cranes" to deliver the message, one to find Chen Shijie and the other to find Xia Jing in the north of the city.

In the clouds, Zhao Xing controlled the flying boat and increased the speed to maximum.

Long Xiao then asked: "What's the situation? Do you understand?"

Zhao Xing said gloomily, "I don't know either."

In fact, he had a vague guess that Che Shihai was talking about forced conscription.

Then this must be the army of the Great Zhou.

And the other party must be a sixth-rank general.

A sixth-rank military general can temporarily recruit logistical troops of a lower rank than himself, even if they are not from the same army.

However, this kind of regulation generally only applies to emergency situations, such as gathering the remnants of a defeated army on the road.

Or if you need supplies, you can pass by another army’s supply city and have a meal.

In the current situation, it is rare for foreign troops to come to recruit other military units.

Normally, there wouldn't be any conflicts.

But when Che Shihai mentioned "forced seizure", it means that the other party made very unreasonable demands.

What is there in City No. 98 that could be favored by a sixth-rank general?

The answer immediately emerged in Zhao Xing’s mind: Earth Fire Lotus!

After the Shenwei Army captured the Fire Dragon Pass, the news that the army possessed a large number of Earth Fire Lotuses naturally spread.

In the past ten days, other armies have been coming to Liao Rulong to borrow seeds. Because the robes made of earth fire lotus can be used by other armies to fight the fire demons.

It was normal for the two armies to share what they had, but Liao Rulong did not lend much because he had no shortage of spoils to buy things.

Could it be that someone came to rob it?
"Maybe they are here to steal the Earth Fire Lotus." Zhao Xing expressed his guess.

"What?!" Long Xiao was furious. "What a blind bastard! We narrowly escaped death to bring this back!"

Zhao Xing didn't say anything, but opened the map to check the recent troop movements and changes in the surrounding defense zones.

The Shenwei Army has now become famous, and anyone who dares to bully the Shenwei Army must be a strong army.

Little Karami would definitely not dare to do that.

In this way, the scope can be easily narrowed.

But Zhao Xing looked at the map and couldn't find a suitable target.

"It may be that the war zone map of the military world has not been updated yet." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

However, no matter what, he had no intention of letting the matter go.

Wang Gong and Han Bing were his good friends and right-hand men at the same time.

Damn, who dares to hit Master Zhao?

"Long Xiao, if you start fighting later, don't show mercy!"

"You and I have accumulated two million military merits in total, so we are not afraid of being deducted!" Zhao Xing said.

"I know!" Long Xiao snorted, "This is not the first time that my military merits have been deducted. I can earn them again, but I cannot endure this humiliation. As a sword cultivator, my sword will never allow me to swallow my anger!"

　There is one more chapter, it's very late, don't wait

　　
　
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