Chapter 208: Huge military merit mission, Liu Tianning's oppressive training! (6K)

Liu Tianning could not personally take action in the war zone, but it did not violate the rules for him to teach Zhao Xing magic.

"Go find the Black Soul Wood, Dark Hidden Sand, Dark Spirit Obsidian, Scarlet Flame Bead, Golden Gang, and Earth Spirit Sand..."

Liu Tianning reported a series of materials.

"Follow my request and hand the materials over to the formation master so that they can build the formation base."

"After the materials for the formation are prepared." After a pause, he continued, "Go and call thirty-two eighth-rank priests to the training ground to listen to your orders."

Zhao Xing was stunned, he vaguely guessed something.

Is Old Liu going to set up a maze for him?

"Yes."

Zhao Xing retreated immediately.

He found Wang Ji, who was chatting with Han Bing and Che Shihai at the time.

"When I was studying at the Wanfa Palace, I also made it to the last level and obtained 8,000 points!"

"But compared with the boss, the treatment is completely different." Che Shihai sighed.

"The inheritance of the Straw Man Technique is not widespread." Han Bing also shook his head. "In Liu Tianning's eyes, except for Zhao Xing, none of us are worthy of his attention."

It's so f*cking discouraging!
In Shiyang Cave, other teachers are all friendly. Even Blind Cheng and Ge Wuzhu would not speak to them like that.

But Liu Tianning didn't give him any face at all and treated him like a stranger after leaving Shiyang Cave.

As we were chatting, the real person arrived.

"Wang Ji, there is work to do." Zhao Xing took a list and hurried in. "Quick, find someone to prepare a document for me according to the requirements on it."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Wang Ji took the list and immediately stood up and left.

"Boss, what is Lord Liu doing here?" Che Shihai asked before Zhao Xing left.

"Come and teach me." Zhao Xing sighed.

"You're still sighing?!" Han Bing almost crushed the cup. That's Liu Tianning! The Straw Man Technique is known as the best in the world, what do you have to sigh about?
"You don't understand." Zhao Xing didn't explain much.

"Tell the transport officials to be more careful when transporting supplies these days. Anping Road and Nanxiang Road are no longer available. Try another route."

When it came to business, Han Bing and Che Shihai stopped laughing.

"If we don't take Anping Road and Nanxiang Road, we can only go through the enemy-occupied area." Han Bing said, "It's easy to be intercepted by the enemy. Should we withdraw the army to Tonghuo City first?"

"Sir, I also think we should let the army come back to rest first." Che Shihai said, "Min Zhiheng of the Lieyang Army was a lesson learned yesterday."

When mentioning Min Zhiheng, Zhao Xing's face also became a little heavy.

Min Zhiheng is a troop of the Lieyang Army on the northern front. Min Zhiheng himself is also a captain of the sixth rank. He ranks 136th on the sixth rank military merit ranking list.

Yesterday, a message appeared in the ground mirror: Min Zhiheng led 87,000 people to attack the "Sixteen Cities of Xijiang Territory", but was defeated by the prince "Jin Yan" of the Jinyu Royal Court. The defeat resulted in more than 30,000 casualties.

This detachment of the Lieyang Army was defeated.

Min Zhiheng, a sixth-rank senior captain, originally had more than three million military merits, but this battle wiped them out.

His official position was demoted five levels to the seventh rank.

Since Min Zhiheng was quite famous in Shiyang Cave Heaven, this disastrous defeat also sounded a wake-up call to all the armies in the Fire Demon Clan's war zone.

They all realized that there were not so many favorable battles to fight. The Golden Feather Royal Court had to protect the Fire Demon Tribe's territory. Attacking this tribe might make all the previous decades of efforts go to waste.

Military merit and official rank are not easy to come by; they require accumulation through many victories.

But it only takes one big defeat to fall.

"I know." Zhao Xing nodded. "I have already notified the front line to send a team of 10,000 people back to protect the transportation line."

"This will reduce efficiency." Che Shihai said, "It's useless to adjust the normal combat power back."

"Let's do this for now." Zhao Xing said.

A maze appeared on the supply line, and its area was quite large, which made the originally safe transportation route unusable. As a result, the supplies had to be delivered via a detour through the enemy-occupied area.

The scale cannot be too large, otherwise it will be easily discovered and killed.

Changing the route now is only a temporary solution, and this problem must be solved eventually.

But whether to retreat or not still depends on the decision of the main general in the front. Zhao Xing, the logistics manager, can only take care of his own business.

After giving instructions to Wang Ji and Han Bing.

Zhao Xing was just about to go back to find Liu Tianning, but at this moment the ground mirror began to vibrate.

He took it out and saw that it was a mission issued to him by the military.

[Military Mission: 'Maintain the supply line at the Soul Sacrifice Pass']

[Military intelligence: A large-scale high-level soul-confusing magic array has appeared on Anping Road and Nanxiang Road from Tonghuo City to Jihun Pass. According to the fortune disk, this deployment will seriously affect the army's supply needs and may even lead to defeat.]

[Task requirements: Please ensure the supply of the six armies of Shenwei Army, Zhenhai Army, Xuanjia Army, Huanyou Army, Yuanhua Army, and Zhaoyuan Army until the end of the war.]

[Task Rewards: Depending on the mission completion evaluation, different levels of combat merit rewards will be given, up to 40! ]

[Note 1: You can view the information about this formation in the ground mirror. If the supply line cannot be maintained, resulting in a failure in the front-line operations, you will be deducted a large amount of military merit. Please prepare countermeasures quickly! ]

[Note 2: If the army retreats to Tonghuo City, this mission will disappear.]

"The military's mission has also arrived." Zhao Xing put away the ground mirror.

The high-level maze appeared the day before yesterday. After two days, the military community had collected enough intelligence and deduced the direction of the war.

Now Zhao Xing estimated that not only he but also the main generals on the front line had received the task.

The content can be guessed, that is, there will be problems with logistics supply, which will increase the difficulty of fighting. Under this premise, one head will be counted as double merit.

However, the corresponding casualty rate will also be higher.

If you continue to fight, your rewards for military merit will become higher, because your opponents' strength will also be upgraded.

Of course, if you lose the battle, the deduction of military merit will be quite serious, and it is even possible that all previous efforts will be in vain, and the military merit will be directly reduced to zero, just like Min Zhiheng.

"I can't give up this last major military achievement mission of this stage easily." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "The further we go, the harder it will be to get this military achievement, especially after next year. Emperor Jing is getting more impatient, and the Nanman are stabilizing their decline, but are becoming more and more stubborn."

"With my current military merits, I estimate that I can only get a sixth-grade rank. Because the previous one million military merits were exchanged for a Yin God quota, I don't even have a first-grade scattered rank or scattered title."

Zhao Xing didn't care much about official titles, but later he was transferred to the position of Sinong, and it was best to have a title because the civil service system attached great importance to it.

The scattered ranks are related to the annual extra bonuses. The rewards during wartime are also quite large, especially for the merit of breaking a city, which can be increased by a lot of scattered ranks.

Zhao Xing is not short of money now, but after reaching the sixth level, he will definitely be short of money, because mid- and high-level seeds and treasures are gradually becoming scarce.

And if he wanted to reach the fifth rank during the reign of Emperor Jing, cultivate the five elements of heaven and earth within, and strengthen the 'Hou Tu Sand and Gravel', he would need a lot of resources.

If he doesn't intend to embezzle, he can forget about improving himself based on the basic salary of his official position.

If you don’t rely on yourself, you have to rely on the court.

But in this way, after being demoted, his cultivation level will be greatly reduced, and he will be controlled by the luck system of the Great Zhou, and it will also affect Zhao Xing's plan of longevity.

He did not intend to rely on the imperial court to improve his cultivation and magical realm; he only wanted luck and longevity!
"It is already November 7th of the 17th year of the Jingxin calendar." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Military merit! I must get more military merit!"

Liu Tianning arrived at noon and told Zhao Xing to prepare the materials.

The ingredients were ready by noon.

But in the meantime, Zhao Xing received news from the front line.

First, Liao Rulong contacted Zhao Xing through the ground mirror to ask about the supply line problem.

Zhao Xing received the task, and naturally they received it as well.

"Can we guarantee the supply of the army?" Liao Rulong asked. "If not, we can retreat to the vicinity of Tonghuo City first and make plans later."

"Yes." Zhao Xing said.

Liao Rulong and Xia Jing were together, but Xia Jing didn't come to ask because he believed that Zhao Xing could handle it.

Jiang Ming and Li Que from the Zhenhai Army did not come to ask because they had not received this mission at all.

On the front line, the two of them were deputy generals of the coalition forces and had no decision-making power.

When the army in front retreated, they followed suit.

Some of the warships of the Zhenhai Army also took on the task of logistical supply and transportation, and in terms of logistics, they had to listen to Zhao Xing's decision.

So there is no need to worry at all.

But on the other two lines, Qi Yuanjun, Wen Shaoyang, Yi Yue, and Nangong Ye all sent messages to inquire.

Among them, Nangong Ye and Qi Yuanjun used relatively mild words.

Because in the past half month, Zhao Xing had not made any mistakes and had always delivered the goods on time and in the correct quantity.

But Yi Yue was more excited.

"Zhao Xing, can you stabilize this supply line?"

"If you can't do it, I will send more people from the Yuanhua Army!"

There is a reason why Yi Yue is so excited.

Because a few days ago, the people Zhao Xing sent out to transport supplies were trapped by a maze on Anping Road.

The delivery of supplies to Yi Yue's Yuanhua Army took nearly two days.

Yi Yue ranked third on the Seventh-Rank Military Merit List. He himself had a bad temper, and when talking to people like Qi Yuanjun and Nangong Ye, he would bang the table while speaking.

What he meant was that if you, Zhao Xing, can't do a good job, then you should replace someone else. I can transfer a lot of logistics from the Yuanhua Army over.

"General Yi, please calm down. This kind of delay will never happen again." Zhao Xing said.

"What if this happens again in the future?" Yi Yue pressed.

"Then let General Yi's people take my position!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

After saying that, Yi Yue hung up the phone.

"Yi Yue is quite capable, but he also has a bad temper." Che Shihai said, "How dare he speak to the boss like that." "You can't blame him for speaking loudly. This matter concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people in his army." Zhao Xing said, "If it were me, I would also be angry."

There is no such thing as face or no face in this kind of matter. It's about the matter, not the person.

Zhao Xing didn't think that Yi Yue was targeting him. After all, he had been delayed for two days.

"We have to solve this problem quickly... Wang Ji, have you finished your work?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It's done. We've moved it to the big parade ground in the south of the city." Wang Ji said.

"Han Bing, go and notify the priest Zhang Yi and ask him to bring people here." Zhao Xing said.

"Yes."

Everything is ready. Liu Tianning has set up a small maze in the training ground in the south of the city.

Although it is said to be small, the magic circle covers nearly ten thousand acres of farmland.

And it has reached the level of a high-level magic array.

"The high-level soul-confusing formation involves the principles of yin and yang." Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing stood in front of the formation. "This one I set up is just a simple version. It uses a lot of materials and there are people guarding the formation. It can barely be considered a high-level one."

"But the one you encountered should be unmanned. It is based on the five elements of heaven and earth, and is made of ghosts."

"But the principle is the same." Liu Tianning said, "If you can get through this formation, you can also get through the formations on Anping Road and Nanxiang Road."

"Can only break in but not break through?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It can't be destroyed." Liu Tianning said, "This kind of large array is very difficult to destroy."

Zhao Xing thought about it and agreed.

The Fire Dragon Pass defense formation also stretched for hundreds of miles. It was a large formation. The Divine Power Army and the Black Armor Army sent a total of 18,000 people to cross the Flame Mountain and destroy it from the inside.

Bombing dozens of cities only temporarily rendered the defense formation ineffective.

Afterwards, with the cooperation of a large number of naval ships of the Zhenhai Army outside the pass, they launched a fierce bombardment and finally broke it.

Although the current maze is not as good as the Fire Dragon Pass defense formation, it is also a large-scale high-level magic formation.

It is also difficult to destroy it from the inside, because inside it is like a ghost wall and you can't find your way there.

"As long as you can get through it, it'll be fine." Liu Tianning said, "The maze array is not very offensive. It is mainly used to stop and trap the enemy."

"If you know how to get through this formation and learn how to use the I-self Straw Man, and you lead the team every time you transport supplies, you can solve this problem."

"I understand." Zhao Xing nodded.

Starting from November 7, Zhao Xing handed over all military affairs to Han Bing and Wang Ji. At this time, he could only trust them to complete the task of "detour to transport supplies".

He concentrated on studying with Liu Tianning.

What to learn?

One is to pass the high-level maze.

It was a high-level maze, and Zhao Xing passed through it very quickly.

First of all, he had Liu Tianning's guidance, secondly, he had a basic understanding of battle formations, and finally, his soul had reached the sixth level, and he also possessed the Heavenly Eye Technique.

The combination of many factors enabled Zhao Xing to quickly master the skills of passing through the formation.

The second is to practice the self-grassing method.

The minimum threshold for the Self-Grass Man Method is the perfect integration of the five methods.

The lowest level, the I-Self Scarecrow, is also a high-level spell. As for the highest level, there is no upper limit. It can be called the 'ultimate spell' of the Scarecrow Spell.

The straw man method used by Zhao Xing before could achieve the perfect combination of three methods, namely flying, bravery, and explosion.

When the four methods are combined into one, it is only the intermediate seventh level.

It is actually quite difficult to achieve the perfect unity of the five principles in a short period of time.

If he had not taken the Soul Pill, Zhao Xing would not expect to be able to do it in a short period of time even with Liu Tianning's personal guidance.

But now that he has taken the Soul-Life Pill and Liu Tianning has personally demonstrated the Self-Straw Man Technique, there is a glimmer of hope.

Military world, Hundred Soldiers Tower.

King Luohou, King Lingde and King Tianyan gathered together.

"King Tianyan, King Luohou, your bet has taken a turn for the better." King Lingde said, "Zhao Xing has not given up the mission assigned by the military, and the commanders in front of the Soul Sacrifice Pass have not retreated."

"This kid is taking risks again." King Tian Yan couldn't laugh at this time. "He was taking risks in Huolong Pass before. This time, even though he knew the mission was difficult, he still refused to give up."

"Qi Yuanjun, Nangong Ye, Yi Yue, Xia Jing, Liao Rulong... they are all geniuses in taking risks. Only Wen Shaoyang is a little more steady. When they get together, they really have a lot in common." King Tianyan shook his head.

If the main generals do not reach a consensus, Zhao Xing will not be able to take on this mission, and the army will withdraw and disappear.

If Zhao Xing feels that it is not feasible, then without the guarantee of logistical supplies, the armies on the three roads ahead will also withdraw to Tonghuo City.

Zhao Xing had previously used the tortoise-coin divination method to predict the future, and the tip he got was to go with the flow and preserve the fruits of victory that had already been achieved.

King Tianyan also felt that Zhao Xing and his men should stop for a while, but these people just wouldn't stop.

"It may not necessarily be a risk." King Luohou looked at the intelligence one by one, "The army at Jihun Pass is obviously afraid. They can't win the battle head-on, so they want to block their supply line so that they will retreat and buy some breathing time."

"If the supplies are not lost, the Soul Sacrifice Pass will not be able to hold out for another two months."

King Lingde said: "According to the deduction of the Fortune Disk, the eastern front troops are more dangerous. King Luohou, the premise is that they can hold on."

"The Fortune Plate may not be 100% accurate, it just provides possibilities." King Luohou said, "King Lingde, do you want to take a gamble?"

King Lingde was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since you invited me, Luohou, of course I have to give you face. How do you want to bet?"

"I bet that Zhao Xing's supply line is intact, and that the Soul Sacrifice Pass will be conquered within two months." King Luohou said, "I bet on two seventh-tier divine weapons."

“Hahaha.” King Tianyan laughed. “Luohou, don’t get yourself into trouble. You bet a seventh-tier magic weapon with me, and two with King Lingde.”

King Lingde smiled and said, "If we can pass the Soul Sacrifice Pass within two months, then Zhao Xing will have to solve the problem of the Soul Bewilderment Array right away, but I still won't gamble."

King Luohou said: "Forty days! I bet that the soul-sacrificing barrier will be passed within forty days!"

King Lingde was surprised. He thought about it for a while, but couldn't resist the temptation: "Okay, I'll make a bet! Let's see whether the Fortune Plate is more accurate or your vision is more accurate."

"Maybe Luohou can recover some blood from you." King Tianyan said with a smile.

"King Lingde, you are doomed to fail." Luo Hou said calmly, "Didn't I tell you before? People who can create opportunities even when there are none are geniuses. They can often create miracles."

"And now, there is more than one such person on the Eastern Front."

King Lingde was somewhat stunned. He immediately took out the ground mirror to search: "Damn! Luohou, you are trying to trick me!"

"Does it count if Liu Tianning also went to the war zone? This is against the rules!" King Ling De protested.

"Why can't it be counted?" King Luohou smiled. "He is just a sixth-rank avatar, a former disciple. He didn't attack directly, but the hard conditions for breaking through the high-level maze are there."

"You..." King Lingde was speechless. If there was only one Zhao Xing, he would really dare to bet, but now that Liu Tianning also ran over, he was really a little weak. In the military supervision department, Liu Tianning was highly regarded! If he went to teach Zhao Xing, he might really create a miracle.

On November 9, Zhao Xing was already able to shuttle back and forth in the maze at the parade ground in the south of the city.

On November 10, Zhao Xing began to practice the Four-in-One Method, which included the Flying Godly Technique and the Brave Sacrifice Technique to Explode the Invisible Straw Man.

On November 13th, the four methods of Straw Man Method were combined into one and completed!

But at this time, Tonghuo City, which was transporting supplies to the front line, was frequently attacked and suffered damage in many places.

However, the supply output of Tonghuo City was sufficient, and Zhao Xing insisted on withstanding the pressure and implementing the saturation transportation method.

That is to say, every time he delivered supplies, he would deliver three to five times the amount. Since he had to take a detour, he would set up several more lines, divide it into multiple batches, break the whole into small pieces, and play hide-and-seek with the enemy troops that intercepted the route.

Even if there were losses, they were shared by multiple teams. Under such circumstances, the supply to the front line was barely guaranteed.

Under such pressure, the time came to the third day of December.

At this time, the offensives of the Shenwei Army, Zhenhai Army, Xuanjia Army, Zhaoyuan Army, Huanyou Army, and Yuanhua Army became more fierce, and the resistance at Jihun Pass became more tenacious.

The Great Zhou wanted to take down the Jiehun Pass as quickly as possible because they knew that the supply line was always a hidden danger. The supply line controlled by Zhao Xing had not encountered any major problems yet, but there was no guarantee that there would be problems if it was delayed any further.

With six main generals, the pressure is also very great.

The main commanders of the Soul Sacrifice Pass are also under tremendous pressure, and the Six-Army Alliance has a very luxurious configuration.

Qi Yuanjun, Yi Yue, and Nangong Ye are all talented generals who are among the top five on the seventh-grade military merit list.

The Zhaoyuan Army, Yuanhua Army, and Huanyou Army are the top-notch powerful armies among the five great cave heavens.

Especially the Phantom Army, when facing soul-controlling sorcerers and ghost attacks, they can often gain an overwhelming advantage.

At the beginning, the Jihun Pass dared to come out to fight, but later it could only passively defend and dared not let the ghost army out again.

However, more and more teams are sent out to harass the supply lines, in an effort to ease the pressure of tackling the problem from this aspect.

As long as we can make a breakthrough in this area, defeating the Six Armies Alliance will be a sure thing.

On the fifth day of December, Zhao Xing had already begun practicing the Five Methods in One.

He used the five straw man techniques of flying, bravery, exploding, invisibility and soul-binding as the basis and tried to combine the five techniques perfectly.

"Oh!"

A straw man exploded before my eyes.

"This is the 19,873rd failure." Zhao Xing's face turned pale.

He is under great pressure now, because the bad news is slowly increasing, and the saturation transportation method cannot be sustained for long. There are even enemy troops that have begun to frequently attack Tonghuo City and the supply cities along the line.

"Not only did I not get any military merit this month, but I was also deducted more than 50,000." Zhao Xing thought to himself. Originally, he could get military merit every month for providing and transporting supplies, but this month, due to the heavy losses, the monthly military merit rewards were deducted, and he was fined more than 50,000.

As he did so, the people below him also started to "owe debts".

The decisions made by those in a higher position will affect those below them. If Zhao Xing chooses to insist on this mission and not let the army retreat, he will have to bear this risk.

"The truth is revealed in adversity." Liu Tianning walked up to Zhao Xing and said, "Your current pressure is not great enough. Let me help you."

"What?" Zhao Xing was stunned.

"I will demonstrate this to you one last time." Liu Tianning said calmly, "Next, my straw man will completely disintegrate, and I will not send any more straw men. This is your only last chance."

"If you can't learn this, your mission will end in failure."

(End of this chapter)