The calculation of military merit in the army has a very complex algorithm, and the algorithm is different depending on the position.

For a small soldier, beheading the third level is a great achievement, and he can be promoted to the first level of military rank, but a general of the unified army, even if he kills hundreds of ordinary soldiers, I am afraid that it is not even a small achievement, which shows the rigor of military merit calculation.

But even under this strict military merit algorithm, Ye Zhen is still the undisputed first merit of the Eastern Crusade.

At this point, no one can question it, not even Gu Zhaoge, the marshal of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

It is also for this reason that the second merit of the Eastern Expedition Army is still covered by the Left Army, which is Zhou Zhen, the deputy commander of the Left Army.

There is no way, the army on the left is the first to break through, and the cities captured are the most, and they have an innate advantage in terms of military merit.

Since Ye Zhen and Zhou Zhen of the left army, almost every general and every soldier has won a lot of military merits, and the lowest can also be promoted to the next level, and the military merits obtained by the soldiers who died in battle can bring extremely generous pensions to their families.

Like Liu Datong's son Liu Hu, at the beginning of the war, he was only a commander of several hundred soldiers, but he was extremely brave in battle, and he had some strategy, and he also inherited the caution of his father Liu Datong.

In terms of the opportunity for war, he had the care of Deputy Marshal Zhou Zhenruo, and before the war ended, he was promoted to a captain with 2,500 troops in the line of fire.

At the end of the war at this time, the military merits he accumulated could even make his military rank promoted to a partial general, a partial general who commanded the army of 10,000 people.

What is the status of the Partial General in the Blackwater Empire?

The border guards of all sides of the Blackwater Empire, the Praetorian Guard army. The total strength of the county guards in various places is about 2 million people.

There are more than 200 generals in command of the army, that is, more than 200 partial generals, and they have officially entered the middle and high levels of the Blackwater Empire's army.

What's more, in this war, because of Ye Zhen, Liu Hu got acquainted with several generals from Qi Yunzong, and these people had the lowest military rank of a general with 30,000 troops.

has become a confidant of Deputy Marshal Zhou Zhen, and it can be said that the future is limitless.

However, Ye Zhen's help to Liu Hu. And that's all. The rest of the way has to be walked by himself.

It is worth saying that it is Chu He, the general of the Tiger Ben Army, who was also brave and good at fighting, but. Luck is a bit back. In the bloody battle of Yishan. He was shot by a ballista and died instantly.

He became one of the highest-ranking generals killed in the Eastern Crusade army.

However, the military exploits made by Chu He are also extremely expensive. Enough to mourn behind him!

In mid-July, the cavalry unit led by Ye Zhen and some of the officers who had made great contributions returned to the imperial capital of the Heishui Empire in advance, and another cavalry corps with more than 100,000 people also went east to support the Yishan defense line at the same time.

Three days later, a grand sacrifice of prisoners and rewards for military merits began in the Heishui King City, and the current emperor Xià personally conferred knighthoods on meritorious soldiers.

To everyone's pity, Ye Zhen, the commander of the Left Route Army, the first merit of the Eastern Expedition, did not appear, and only his father Ye Tiancheng received military merits on behalf of Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen's father Ye Tiancheng was given the title of Marquis of Jincheng, and his mother Mi Jiangxue was given the title of Mrs. Yipin, and even Ye Zhen's younger brother, who was in his early two years, was also given the title of Dragoon, and the fief was expanded to Jincheng County, and a thousand-person guard could be established.

Of course, this qiē reward was the reason why Ye Zhen communicated with Guò in advance.

Originally, according to the meaning of the empire, Ye Zhen had to be specially sealed, and in the territory of the captured Jianyuan Empire, Ye Zhen could choose any land with a radius of 3,000 miles as a fief, and at the same time he could build a private army of no more than 20,000 people, and be promoted to the Minister of Military Affairs, and the imperial family would worship and so on.

These were all rejected by Ye Zhen, and in the end, they became a reward for the bright face.

To put it mildly, the reward that Ye Zhen doesn't like is the current emperor's majesty, and he doesn't dare to seal it indiscriminately.

Except for Ye Zhen's rewards, which were somewhat unexpectedly few, the rewards of others were very thick.

The title of Zhou Zhen, the Duke of the Ming Kingdom, remained unchanged, but the word hereditary was added, and these two words alone were worth hundreds of millions of gold, and he also obtained a medium-sized county as his fiefdom.

At the same time, he was crowned as the Minister of the Military Department and became a military giant alongside Gu Zhaoge.

Even Liu Hu, the son of Liu Datong, the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, in addition to being promoted to a partial general, also obtained the title of viscount, and was officially promoted to a nobleman.

Chu He, the general of the Tiger Ben Army who died in the battle, was crowned as the hereditary Shanyang Bo, and his son Meng was a dragon cavalry guard with a reward of 10,000 gold

There are so many rewards.

The new emperor Zhu Hyun, who has only been on the throne for more than three years, is also not stingy with rewards, and the war dividends brought by this war are definitely enough for him to be rewarded.

Just as the new emperor Zhu Xun was rewarding in the royal city, Ye Zhen and Guo Qijing, the head of Qi Yunzong, were having another discussion.

"Build a new martial arts dojo in Jincheng County, Ye Zhen, is this why you pushed so many rewards?" Guo Qijing, the head of the sect, frowned slightly, "Actually, what if you receive those rewards from the empire?" With the sect here, who dares to move half a finger of the Ye family?"

"Master, I understand what you mean! However, the foundation of our Ye family is still too thin, if it suddenly rises to the top, I am afraid that it will cause trouble, and the fiefdom of three thousand miles, if you act more aggressively, it is almost equivalent to a country within a country!"

"What about the country within a country, there are you and there are sects"

"Master, this is what I'm worried about! The disciple's martial arts growth experience, you also know, in the continuous experience, continuous growth. This upbringing made me destined not to stay in one place forever!

Maybe in the near future, I will leave the Black Dragon Domain and go to other outer regions to hone my martial arts, once I leave"

Hearing Ye Zhen say this, the head Guo Qijing's expression was suddenly a little stunned, he had long expected this possibility, but now that Ye Zhen said it himself, there was still an inexplicable sense of loss.

He originally wanted to persuade Ye Zhen to take over the position of head of Qi Yun Sect at the right time, but now

"Okay. Jincheng County will establish a dojo, and there will be a powerhouse from the Soul Sea Realm who will sit in the Jincheng Dojo for a long time!"

"Well, thank you, boss!"

With this promise from the head Guo Qijing, Ye Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of Ye Zhen's dedication to martial arts, he did his best in front of his parents, and what Ye Zhen can do now is to make his parents healthy and safe, and live a long life!

"By the way, three days later is the day when Chu Taiping, the head of the Lishui Sect, invites fellow people from all over the world to congratulate him on the joy of casting the vein. This seat still has to sit near Yishan. When the time comes, it will be up to you and Elder Zhong to represent this seat, and your portion will be enough!"

"Obey the Command!"

Within the Black Dragon Domain. Martial arts casting is definitely a great joy. Whether it is for the individual warrior, the warrior's family, the sect, or even the empire where it is located. It's all a big event, and it's definitely going to be a big deal.

In addition to celebrating, it also has the meaning of declaring to the world.

Two months ago at midnight. Chu Taiping, the head of the Water Sect, has been grinding for ten years, and finally succeeded in casting the vein, and was promoted to the powerhouse of the vein casting realm.

As the day of congratulating Chu Taiping was getting closer and closer, the sky above the Black Water Country gradually became lively, and the streamers kept flashing rapidly, which was a sign that the Soul Sea Realm martial artist flew by.

Ye Zhen and Seventh Elder Zhong Lijing, as representatives of Qi Yun Sect, naturally had to arrive early.

Not surprisingly, the one who greeted the warriors of his country outside the sect of the Lishui Sect was the son of Chu Taiping, the head of the Lishui Sect, and Chu Jun, the young head of the Lishui Sect.

It's just that Chu Jun's expression was quite unnatural when he saw Ye Zhen.

I think back then, when Ye Zhen's cultivation was still wandering in the True Yuan Realm, his Chu Jun's cultivation was already the fifth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and now, Ye Zhen's cultivation has reached the fourth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and he has even broken into a reputation that makes the masters of the entire Black Dragon Domain be awe-inspired, and even reached the status of being equal to the heads of the major sects.

I don't know anything else, anyway, in today's seating arrangement, Chu Taiping, who is in charge of the Lishui Sect, that is, Chu Jun's father once specially explained that Ye Zhen's position is arranged with the heads of the major sects, and it is the first one.

Unless the head of the Phantom God Sect or the head of the Qingluo Sect comes in person, Ye Zhen's seat can be postponed.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Zhen made such a big name, but he Chu Jun was still standing still. Cultivation is only the fivefold peak of the Spiritual Realm, and as for his reputation, I am afraid that out of the Black Water Country, no one will know him Chu Jun.

"Elder Zhong, Elder Ye, please come inside!"

Even though he was not happy in his heart, Chu Jun still had to come up and greet Ye Zhen and Zhong Lijing.

There is no way, even if Ye Zhen's cultivation is only fourfold in the Transformation Spirit Realm, but Guo Qijing, the head of the Qiyun Sect, has already spread the word to the world, and Ye Zhen has already been promoted to the elder of their Qiyun Sect.

Therefore, according to the number of etiquette, Chu Jun still has to give Ye Zhen a salute!

As Ye Zhen expected, Chu Taiping's breakthrough to the Casting Vein Realm was a great event, but the major sects that came to congratulate, especially the top major sects such as the Phantom God Sect and the Qingluo Sect, most of them were representatives sent by the head of the sect, and few of the heads were present in person.

Of course, it is a second-rate or even third-rate sect, which is another matter.

The process of congratulatory congratulations is like that.

On the congratulatory gifts, some auspicious words, and then let Chu Taiping show a little bit of the magical martial arts he had just practiced, but these are not the most important things.

The most important thing is to let the news that Chu Taiping become a powerhouse in the Casting Vein Realm will spread throughout the entire Black Dragon Domain, which is the will of the Lishui Sect and the will of the Black Water Empire.

Having a Vein Casting Realm powerhouse, whether it is for the Lishui Sect or the Blackwater Empire, is a symbol of national strength.

After Ye Zhen sent a congratulatory ceremony on behalf of Qi Yunzong for the first time, he turned back to his seat, the old god was there to close his eyes and recuperate, listening to others present congratulatory gifts to Chu Taiping, congratulatory messages, etc., it was very boring, and Ye Zhen was drowsy when he listened.

"Meng's orphan Meng Xiaoyue has come to congratulate the head of Chu on the throne, and I wish the head of Chu a boundless martial arts, and he will send a letter of war, a life and death certificate, and a coffin!"

Hearing this extraordinary congratulatory gift, Ye Zhen, who was drowsy, slammed a spirit, sat up straight, and opened his eyes......!

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