The two legions of Chen Ning and Muye, with more than 5,000 people, carried 50,000 people to retreat, which was actually very dangerous along the way. If it is a rebel army, it is slightly better, but if it encounters a zombie group, especially a zombie group led by high-level zombies, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Makino's legion was relatively large, and Chen Ning's legion was relatively small, so the two discussed and decided that the black legion would act as the pioneer, and then explore the road and choose the best route to Vermilion Bird City, while the July Flowing Fire Force would be responsible for protecting tens of thousands of residents and maintaining order.

In this way, the Black Army eliminated several encounters with small groups of zombies, took a long detour, avoided the main force of the zombie army, and spent more than 20 days before finally returning to Gou'an Town.

The Tulip Legion in Gou'an Town, as well as several other legions, have not withdrawn for the time being, the eldest princess and the other legion commanders did not expect Chen Ning and Muye to come back at the same time, and even Chen Ning and Muye seem to have released their previous suspicions, and they also rescued a group of residents of Qingxiu City together.

Everyone was stunned!

Makino told everyone: "It was Chen Ning who arrived at Qingxiu City first, and guarded Qingxiu City with General Wei Min and them, and fought with the zombie army. Chen Ning and Wei Min and the 13 of them shook more than 100,000 zombies outside Qingxiu City, and finally killed a zombie lord, more than 100 blade wolf riders, more than 60 demon apostles, and more than 20 eight-clawed ghost spiders. But out of 13 people, only Chen Ning and one of his subordinates survived, and Chen Ning personally killed the enemy's zombie lord, making a huge contribution to the defense of Qingxiu City. ”

The eldest princess Jiangling looked at Chen Ning and was dumbfounded, after listening to Makino's words, their first thought was that Makino lied to Chen Ning about his military exploits.

But Makino is a man with an arrogant temper, and he definitely doesn't care about lying about military exploits, so what he says is still very credible.

What's more, there are tens of thousands of Qingxiu City residents at the scene, who can give Chen Ning and them as witnesses!

Liang Muye and Chen Ning didn't dare to lie about their military exploits, after all, such a shocking record, the top would definitely verify it in detail, once it was found that it was a lie about military exploits, the punishment would definitely be severe, Makino and Chen Ning would not be so stupid, that is to say, what Makino said was likely to be true.

Makino felt the scene again, and repelled the zombie army with the defenders and the rebels, and finally the rebels openly recruited the soldiers and civilians of Qingxiu City, and the Black Legion and the July Flowing Fire Legion were far inferior to the rebels, and in the end they could only retreat with the city's citizens who were willing to return to the empire, and they returned here after hardships.

The eldest princess Jiangling and several other legion commanders heard Makino talking about the situation at that time, but they found that the most Makino said was how powerful Chen Ning was and how majestic he was, so they understood that Chen Ning should be very heroic in the battle to defend Qingxiu City, and even Makino was quietly subdued by Chen Ning, no wonder the two of them were able to eliminate the mustard.

However, everyone still thinks that Makino has overblown Chen Ning, Chen Ning's seventh-level strength is a general, how can he kill a zombie lord alone!

Even if Chen Ning personally cut off the head of the zombie lord, it is estimated that General Wei Min hit the zombie lord hard before he died, because Wei Min is a tenth-level general, it is reasonable for Wei Min to kill the zombie lord, Chen Ning, it should be a bargain.

However, being able to go back and forth for more than 1,000 kilometers from Qingxiu City, surrounded by the zombie army, to kill the zombies and rescue 50,000 of the residents is already a great thing.

The eldest princess Jiangling and several other legion commanders immediately offered to help Chen Ning and Muye escort these tens of thousands of people to Vermilion Bird City.

As a result, several legions escorted tens of thousands of city residents and continued to advance in the direction of Suzaku City.

As for Vermilion Bird City, the Metropolitan Governor had already received the battle report, which was written in a hurry, and it was not written in detail, only that the Black Legion and the July Flowing Fire Legion had rescued 50,000 people in Qingxiu City.

Therefore, when Chen Ning and the others escorted the people to the outside of Suzaku City, the Metropolitan Governor personally led a group of officers to come out to greet them.

The scene of greeting was a bit grand, and the Metropolitan Governor also made a generous speech on the spot, praising the heroic performance of Chen Ning and Makino and other legions, and also expressing his happiness and relief that the citizens of Qingxiu City had successfully returned to the protection of the empire.

In the end, the Metropolitan Governor asked the tens of thousands of people to be placed outside the city to stay private.

The Metropolitan Governor asked Jiang Ling, Chen Ning, Mu Ye and others to camp their troops outside the city, and then invited Chen Ning and a group of officers into the city and set up a banquet for everyone to receive the wind and wash the dust.

However, at the celebration banquet, the Metropolitan Governor only drank a few glasses of wine with everyone, and then withdrew early, leaving a group of subordinates to accompany Chen Ning and others to drink.

Kan Jing noticed this scene, frowned slightly, she looked at Chen Ning and Makino sitting at the same table, and Makino kept pulling Chen Ning to push the cup and change the lamp, and then looked at the commanders around her, and she understood a little.

In addition to the eldest princess Jiangling is a member of the royal family, Makino and Lei Gong, Song Bing and others are all from the four generalissimo factions, and the metropolitan governor and the four generalissimos have always been at odds, often fighting openly and secretly. And now, Chen Ning, who is a protégé of the Metropolitan Governor, has actually mingled with Muye, which naturally makes the Metropolitan Governor unhappy.

Kan Jing's guess was not wrong, and in the next few days, Chen Ning and the others did not receive the notice of the reward.

This is because the Metropolitan Governor is a little angry that Chen Ning has intimate contacts with Makino and others, and wants to knock Chen Ning to let Chen Ning understand the camp he belongs to. In addition, the Metropolitan Governor thought the same as everyone else, Chen Ning only had the strength of a seventh-level general, how could he kill the zombie lord, he must have taken advantage of Wei Min, so he didn't plan to reward Chen Ning and the others.

In the Imperial Blue Dragon City, the four generalissimos also learned of the achievements of Chen Ning, Muye and others.

In terms of rewards for Chen Ning and Muye, the four generalissimos had the same opinion as the metropolitan governor for a rare time, and they all felt that they should not be high-profile publicity, nor should they reward Chen Ning and others.

The four generalissimos felt that Chen Ning and Mu Ye had only rescued tens of thousands of people, as for whether Chen Ning personally killed the lord, whether he killed more than a dozen officers with Wei Min and them, and killed countless high-level zombies, Qingxiu City had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and it was difficult to verify the record.

What's more, the Imperial Army is fighting side by side with the Resistance!

What's even more outrageous is that after the battle, most of the soldiers and civilians in Qingxiu City defected to the rebels, and a few followed the imperial army back, doesn't this prove that the people's hearts are on the side of the rebels, what a slap in the face of the empire!

How can this kind of thing of the empire being slapped in the face be publicized in a high-profile manner, and how can Chen Ning be rewarded in a high-profile manner?

Therefore, the meaning of the Metropolitan Governor and the four generalissimos is to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, and the rewards are also low-key, and it is best to pretend that nothing has happened.

Chen Ning and the others didn't get the notice of the reward for a long time, and the Bull Demon King couldn't sit still, and complained: "What are you doing above, our black army fought hard to kill the enemy, and also rescued tens of thousands of people, not to mention anything else, just brother, you killed a zombie lord with your own hands, and they didn't say anything about it from the military department?"

Chen Ning was calm: "Don't complain, the reward that should come will come sooner or later, if you don't reward it, it's useless for us to complain." ”

The Black Legion is waiting for a reward, and Makino is waiting for it!

Chen Ning was calm, but Makino couldn't hold his breath, and he couldn't help but contact his uncle, that is, Marshal Mutian.

Marshal Mutian chatted with Muye lukewarmly, and then said meaningfully: "Muye, I should let you enter the southern theater of operations, the first task is to quell the rebellion, you don't have to worry about the zombies, the zombies will be handled by the metropolitan governor." However, you have not done a good job in counterinsurgency!"

Makino was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned a little red, he understood, uncle, compared to zombies, they didn't want to see the rebels grow and rise, and July Liuhuo was originally ordered to quell the rebellion. It's good now, the rebels snatched hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from Makino, and my uncle is not happy!

Makino sighed in his heart: "Uncle, I know. ”

Mu Tian said lightly: "However, you still have some merit in killing zombies, and there will be rewards." ”

"Uncle Xie!"

A few days later, the rewards for Chen Ning and Makino came down, and Chen Ning and Makino were promoted by one level, from lieutenant colonel to colonel, and each of the rest of the legions was rewarded with some gold coins, and that's it.

This news reached the military camp of the Black Legion, and in Chen Ning's big tent of the Chinese army, the Bull Demon King was the first to be annoyed, and he said angrily: "I will take the brain core of the zombie lord now, as well as the brain core of those blade wolf riders, eight-clawed ghost spiders, and demon apostles, and go to the Grand Duke, I want to ask them, we have killed so many zombies, and this is the reward? Not even a hero medal!"

Chen Ning stopped the Bull Demon King, squinted his eyes and said, "Ah Niu, don't make a mistake." You can reward you as much as you want, but these brain cores, just pick a few eighth-level ones and hand them in, and the rest don't have to be handed in!"