Chapter 723: Invited
Not only did King Qin not expect it, but also his senior staff members didn't expect that the small border city would dare to sneak attack their rear, and tens of thousands of troops would act together.
All along, they have focused their main energy on the direction of Dachu, because very early on, they knew that the total number of residents in the border city was not more than 10,000, and they had experienced several infighting not long ago, and the losses were very serious.
King Qin's face was pale, and the battle report sent just now was that the troops in charge of the rear defense were beheaded more than 30,000 people, and countless people were injured, many of them were disabled and seriously injured, even if they recovered, they could not continue to be soldiers.
According to preliminary estimates, the loss of troops this time was about 50,000, and a large amount of grain and grass were burned, and ordnance, military salaries, and war horses were robbed.
The main thing is not these visible losses, since coming to the south, this army has grown rapidly, won one battle after another, morale is booming, after this painful defeat, the soldiers immediately realized that the army is not invincible in the boast, there are times when the battle is defeated and suffered big losses, morale is greatly affected,
In the First World War, the Qin army's previous advantage against the Chu army became gone.
Lu Xianfeng hurriedly walked in, holding a copy of the latest information in his hand, and said: "Your Highness, it is reported that in recent months, the border city has gathered a large army composed of bandits and members of the grassland tribes, and the number is about seventy or eighty thousand,"
"That's right, this king said, a small border city, if they don't have to rely on it, will they dare to be an opponent of our army," After saying this, his face became even more ugly: "What are you doing to eat, such an important situation, why didn't anyone come to report it?"
A group of people were all silent, thinking to themselves what we don't know, how can we report to you,
Bian Chengjun, who took advantage of the big advantage, accepted it when he saw it, and returned to his lair with a large amount of loot.
Xiao Chen and Medina were not carried away by the victory, they knew very well that the victory this time was mainly due to the light of the sneak attack, plus the Qin army did not have any preparations, once the enemy stabilized its position, they would quickly counterattack and defeat this rabble who went to the battlefield for the first time.
The Qin army had just suffered a defeat, and it was not clear about the true strength of the border army, so it did not dare to send troops over to pursue, and the process of withdrawing the army was extremely smooth.
When she returned to the border city, the first thing Madina did was to reward her deeds.
The soldiers were all richly rewarded and overjoyed, from the very beginning, this army was built in the way of mercenaries, and the original intention was to feed the war by war.
Of course, since it is a mercenary, when there is no war, Medina needs to give an order to disband it.
Su Kemu was also very happy and ordered the whole city to revel for three days.
At this time, a few uninvited guests came to the border city, claiming to be the fourth senior brother and sister of the Nanhai faction,
Up to now, Xiao Chen has not figured out what kind of sect the Nanhai Sect is, it is estimated that they are similar to the Wu Clan in many ways, living in places that others don't know, and they don't care about the world and only bury themselves in cultivation.
It is not difficult to see from the level of the four people that the three senior brothers are all in the strength of the Holy Martial Realm, the oldest senior brother, but he is only forty years old, and the two junior brothers are only in their early thirties.
At such an age, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, having the strength of the Immortal Martial Realm is enough to make others envious.
Besides, the little junior sister is already at the sixth level of the Immortal Martial Realm before she is an adult, which makes the little Hou Ye, who has never taken upgrading seriously, envious.
The arrival of the four people made him feel a little abrupt, but it was reasonable to think about it.
After a period of greetings, Senior Brother said sincerely: "Young Master Xiao, I really didn't expect that you would greatly reduce King Qin's strength in such a short period of time, and I admire it very much,"
The little marquis smiled and said, "Be polite, now you have an explanation with the master,"
Senior Brother nodded, and said: "Our purpose of killing King Qin is nothing more than a chance for Emperor Dachu to win a comeback, although we can't kill him, but the situation at this time is favorable to the emperor, I believe that he will not continue to put pressure on our master, and our life will be better,"
"That's good," the little marquis nodded,
The senior brother wanted to speak again and again, but finally said: "Young Master Xiao, there is a reluctant request below, I don't know if I can ...... it."
Seeing that the senior brother was struggling, the little junior sister with a hot personality interjected and said, "Let's say it, senior brother, you are really useless, it's a big deal to be rejected, aren't we all ready?"
The little marquis first glanced at Piao Piao and Medina before saying, "What's the matter?"
The little junior sister said: "That's the case, the Nanhai faction's thirty-year sect master competition is about to begin, we want to ask Xiao Gongzi and this beautiful sister to help this faction and fight for a good result for us in the big competition,"
The senior brother looked embarrassed, and said with a sneer: "After all, the two of you don't have any friendship with us, and they don't owe us favors, but we owe you favors, so this is a reluctant request, you don't have to be embarrassed, you can refuse directly,"
The little marquis was just about to ask for Piaopiao's opinion, but the goddess took the first step and said, "Can you tell me more details?"
It turns out that the Nanhai faction is not a sect, but is composed of more than a dozen sects, with one hundred and eight islands under its jurisdiction and tens of thousands of islanders.
Every 30 years, a competition is held in the South China Sea Provinces, and any young person under the age of 30 can sign up to participate in the competition on behalf of their own sect.
The person who wins the championship in the end will represent the sect that will become the administrator of the South China Sea Provinces and exercise the right to govern for thirty years.
The sect that holds the right to manage everything in the islands, including the right to distribute various resources, the amount of taxes on fishermen and gatherers, etc., is amazing.
An inconspicuous sect, if you are lucky enough to get the right to manage, it only takes a short time to be among the first-class sects.
Therefore, every time there is a dragon fighting scene, it is extremely fierce.
In the South China Sea Islands, there are a total of nine major sects and three small sects, and the management power has been generated in these twelve schools for hundreds of years.
After listening to the explanation, Xiao Chen asked: "How many times has your faction obtained the right to manage?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the four changed at the same time,
The little marquis was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, what is the situation, could it be that I said the wrong thing,
It was still the little junior sister who opened her mouth and replied: "Don't hide it from Young Master Xiao, we haven't won a championship in the Linglan faction, and we have never obtained the right to manage,"
"Ah," the little marquis's eyes widened, and Piao Piao and Medina next to him also expressed surprise,
Being able to accept the invitation of Emperor Chu on behalf of the Nanhai faction to take on the task of assassinating the King of Qin, such an important matter, the four people in charge of it are actually from a little-known small sect, how is this possible,
The little junior sister's tone became weaker: "That's true, our Linglan sect has never even entered the ranking of the nine major sects, and among the three small sects, it is also at the bottom of the ranks,"
Speaking of this, the faces of the three senior brothers showed shame,
The little junior sister continued: "Because the sect is too small, it has no appeal, it is difficult to recruit outstanding disciples, the three senior brothers are the highest level people in the sect, but they are all over thirty years old, they can't sign up for the competition, and those who meet the registration conditions are only me and a few senior brothers with mediocre strength, and we don't even have the strength to pass the preliminary round,"
Senior Brother cheekily arched his hand: "Two, we never thought that we could win the championship in the competition, but if we can't even pass the preliminary round, in the next thirty years, this faction will not be able to get any resource rationing, and by the time of the next competition, the Linglan faction may no longer exist, and we have no way, so we thought of asking you to help,"
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