A month passed quietly.

In the early morning, in front of the tower of Longlin City, there was already a team of five hundred people standing neatly, they were wearing white-bottomed clothes, and there was no armor protection other than that.

However, this suit alone is enough to exert a defensive power that exceeds that of ordinary armor.

"Soldiers, after nearly a thousand years of preparation and planning, my Longlin Empire is for today's battle, and today's expedition is the final battle that will ultimately determine the outcome of the battle. As long as everything goes well, the national strength of the Longlin Empire will be able to reach unprecedented heights, becoming an unprecedentedly huge empire among the Seven Kingdoms. After this battle, the annals of the Longlin Empire and even the Seven Kingdoms will forever remember each and every one of you!"

On his right, the first guard in silver armor, Lu Yanzhang, stands, and on the left side stands the second guard Akiba Xing.

As for Akiba Shiro, he stood quietly behind the castle tower, looking out into the distance of the castle from the height of the castle, the direction where he was about to go on an expedition.

"If one day the Longlin Empire can achieve a thousand years of hegemony, its starting point is in today's battle, all the credit will be on you, and everyone will become the greatest hero of my Longlin Empire regardless of success or failure!"

At this time, the five hundred people under the city tower had already held a bowl of wine in their hands, and when they saw the six princes raising it, they also held up the wine bowls one after another, and the wine swayed, occasionally spilling.

"This bowl of wine is a tribute to you, for you, I hope you can march all the way, and you will triumph in the end. When you return from the expedition, this king is still here to wash the dust for you!" As soon as the words fell, he brought the bowl of wine to his lips and drank heavily.

And the soldiers under the city tower were impassioned, and they also drank the wine in the bowl in their hands one after another.

After drinking, the six princes showed the bottom of the bowl to the soldiers.

The soldiers held up the empty bowls one after another, and all the bowls were smashed in a crackling sound.

"Heroes, come back alive!" After a loud shout, the six princes handed out the empty bowl to the right, then pulled out the spirit sword, and pointed to the southeast: "The whole army is attacking!"

As soon as the words fell, Dongfang Shuo turned his horse's head, and the team of five hundred people left in a mighty way.

Looking at the distant back of this vanguard team, Qiu Yebai above the city tower couldn't help but exhale heavily.

"I don't want them to come back alive, but I'm still acting like this. Akiba Bai clasped his hands to his chest and muttered, "If they all come back alive, I'm afraid the imperial title system will be crushed." ”

At this time, the six princes who turned back to the city tower heard these words and stopped.

"They are all heroes of the Empire, and I hope that they will all triumph. ”

The words fell, and the six princes continued to move forward, passing by Autumn Leaf Bai and entering the castle tower.

And Lu Yanzhang followed behind him, and when he was wrong with Autumn Leaf Bai, he glanced at Autumn Leaf White intentionally or unintentionally.

"It's my fault, why do you have to let Dongfang Shuo die? He was just used by me. But he didn't speak, and Akiba Bai was the first to speak.

Qiu Yebai's words made Lu Yanzhang pause.

The latter breathed in silence before he spoke: "I am for the Empire." ”

The words fell, and he continued to move on.

Qiu Yebai turned his head to look at Lu Yanzhang, and finally stopped talking.

"Sister, since you don't want Dongfang Shuo to die, why didn't you petition earlier?" Akiba Xing walked to Akiba Bai's side.

Autumn Leaf Bai lowered his head and said, "It has nothing to do with me whether he is dead or alive, and I am not even friends with him." Moreover, the moment his name was written, the matter was a foregone conclusion, he made the powerful afraid, the old powerful did not want to be seized power, and the new powerful were afraid of being banned, he was the second Wuyi. ”

At this point, her gaze looked in the direction of the departure of the group of five hundred people, "What's more, this is his own choice, what right do I have to stop his choice?"

Akiba Xing looked at her sister's expression at the moment, and her eyes couldn't help but show a little coolness.

......

At this time, the vanguard of five hundred people had gradually moved away from Longlin City.

"Let's all get off the horse, the road after that will be walked, after all, the strength of people's feet is not as good as that of a spirit horse. Dongfang Shuo restrained the spirit horse, and as he spoke, he stepped over and dismounted.

After his horse stopped, the five spirit horses behind him also stopped.

However, on the back of the spirit horse, the five people looked at each other, but none of them were the first to dismount.

"What's wrong?"

While Dongfang Shuo comforted the spirit horse, he asked the five people who had not dismounted for a long time.

The five of them looked at each other again, and then finally one of them drove the spirit horse closer to Dongfang Shuo, and said: "After all, we are also the generals selected by His Majesty the Sixth Prince, and there is still a long way to go, how can we ...... How can you get off the horse?"

He asked.

After all, he was also a little afraid of Dongfang Shuo.

After all, this is the master of the three Tianjiao who have lost the Sea Empire in a row, and his strength naturally cannot be underestimated.

The corners of Dongfang Shuo's mouth hooked slightly, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he looked at the man: "Why can't I, haven't I already dismounted?"

The five of them looked at each other again, and then another person approached Dongfang Shuo on horseback and said, "This expedition, after all, our identity is different from that of others. The difference between dignity and inferiority has always been the same, we are just more spirit horses, it doesn't matter, does it?"

The third person also chimed in: "Yes, after all, there is still a long way to go, the speed of the spirit horse is faster, as long as we are fast, the others must also speed up, so that we can also reach the destination as soon as possible." ”

Dongfang Shuo sneered.

Reaching out and patting the spirit horse gently, the spirit horse stepped on the iron hoof, turned around and turned back in the direction of Longlin City.

Seeing this scene, the five of them were quite puzzled.

"Everyone is going to die, early death and late death are deaths, why bother to divide the high and low?" Dongfang Shuo sneered and said, "And if you want to reach your destination as soon as possible, do you want to go to Hades as soon as possible?"

The five of them frowned suddenly.

Then, the man who came out first retorted: "Although we are the vanguard, we may not die, there are many examples of survival in the past, and the survivors from six years ago still live in the same courtyard as you?"

As the words fell, the rest of the horses nodded in agreement.

Seeing them like this, Dongfang Shuo sighed.

"Do you think that as long as you can keep the spirit horse, it will be easier to escape later?" Dongfang Shuo said.

Obviously, he said it in a word.

"Who...... Who said that?!"

"yes, who said we were going to run? What evidence do you have?"

"You're clearly slandering!"

Everyone denied it.

But no matter what they said, the reaction at the first moment had already given Dongfang Shuo the most intuitive answer.

However, this answer is not convincing to everyone.

"Everyone is a soldier of the empire, and there is no distinction between high and low. Dongfang Shuo said, "If you really love this empire, then even if you go on an expedition, you should measure every inch of the empire with your feet, instead of swimming on a tall horse." We are going on an expedition, not an outing, I am the general general, and my words are military orders. Dismount. ”

The last two words carry a lot of weight.

And the words that entered the ears of the five people with a bit of stern words suddenly made their hearts tremble, and they rushed to an invisible pressure that was falling on them.

"......"

But even so, they still seem unwilling to obey Dongfang Shuo's will.

Whew!

I saw a sharp mang slashing through the void, and Dongfang Shuo's sword was already unsheathed in front of them, and the aura of heaven and earth around the sharp sword blade was vaguely bypassed, which was enough to see its sharpness. The grade of this sword must not be low.

With the high-grade spirit sword and the masters with outstanding strength, they are not opponents at all.

"Die on the battlefield or die in disobedience to military orders, you choose. Dongfang Shuo held the spirit sword in his hand and spoke.

Everyone was stunned, but finally one of them couldn't hold on and took the lead in stepping off his horse, and then the other four also jumped off the spirit horse.

When they all dismounted, Dongfang Shuo put away the spirit sword and slapped the five spirit horses one after another, letting them return on their own.

Looking at their respective spirit horses galloping back, the faces of the five people were also very uncomfortable.

"Keep marching. ”

After Dongfang Shuo shouted, he took the lead and walked forward.

After the five of them glanced at each other, they dared not speak angrily, so they could only follow closely behind.

After a one-day march, they walked two hundred miles.

After putting down the baggage of the entourage, the five hundred men set up camp.

The lit bonfire illuminates the mountain forest at night. There are also several watchtowers in the distance here, all of which have also been sent by Dongfang Shuo, after all, although they are only the vanguard of this expedition, they may also be attacked by other empires.

"Brother Dongfang, this is a roster of five hundred people. ”

Su He opened the tent and handed it to Dongfang Shuo with a book.

After Dongfang Shuo took over the roster, he quickly flipped through it.

There is no personal household registration information on it, only basic conditions such as age and cultivation.

Before coming out, Lu Yanzhang also gave the roster, but he didn't believe Lu Yanzhang, so he arranged for Su He to register one by one.

But at this moment, there is not much difference from what Lu Yanzhang gave.

On the whole, the strength is quite considerable, each of them is at the level of six to eight levels in the Iron Bone Realm, and more than thirty of them have reached the foundation building stage or the immortal root stage of the half-step king, but the highest foundation building cultivation is only fourfold, which also seems that the empire is a little stingy.

But after all, it is the vanguard force, and it is already quite good to have people who build the foundation in it.

And there is one thing to say, these people are generally under the age of thirty, in terms of the age and cultivation of these people, even if they are not Tianjiao in Qingzhou, they are also first-class geniuses.

But in Xuzhou, these people are just a group of cannon fodder.

"Speaking of which, Brother Dongfang, there is one thing I wanted to ask at noon. Su He said.

Dongfang Shuo put down the book and said, "You ask." ”

"Why did you insist on letting those people dismount? Although it did make it easier for those of us to walk on our feet after us, but you offended those five people because of this, and there were quite a few of them in the team, it seems a bit unreasonable, right?"

This sentence made Dongfang Shuo smile slightly.

"If you look at it alone, it really can't be worth it. Dongfang Shuo said, "But some are, you have to look closely." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you think they're keeping the foal?"

"In order to make it easier for me to march, or to escape for my life?" Su He shook his head, "I don't know. ”

Dongfang Shuo paused, looked at the roster in front of him, and said: "It's to escape for your life, but not to escape from the battlefield, but to escape from military law." At this point, Dongfang Shuo squinted, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, but when he raised his eyes to look at Su He, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "They are here to kill me, without exception." Therefore, they should keep the spirit colt so that they can escape for their lives. ”

(End of chapter)