Chapter 12—The Might of the Legion
Five days later, after the 100,000 troops of the country converged, they began to cross the Shenghai together, by which time Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Yu Fei had already crossed the Shenghai and met with Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde. At the Shenghai border, Chen Xinyu rode on a war horse covered in silver-white armor, and quietly listened to Feng Yu Chongzai, who was also riding on a war horse, carefully recounting all the information about the Dark Legion and the Dark Evil God, which was very important information for her. Although she had already held a pledge meeting and would not withdraw her troops and return to Checheng, even so, she still needed to consider their own interests regarding their departure from the country, because in any case, their own interests were higher than those of the Qi State and the White-clothed Heavenly Maiden, so after getting the accurate news that Feng Yuchong had told her, Chen Xinyu couldn't help but continue to hesitate.
Of course, her hesitation did not affect the departure of the army to cross the Shenghai, under the command of Zhao Ling, the 100,000 army is crossing the Shenghai by boat to the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent under the command of Zhao Ling, and now it is just going with the wind, once the wind direction has passed in the past few days, it is very likely that the wind direction will change, which will not be conducive to the army crossing the south.
The 90,000 troops in front of them have all boarded the ships and headed south, and the Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde and Kong Hong are leading the last 10,000 troops, and they will be the last troops to cross the Shenghai. These 10,000 troops are also the personal guards led by Chen Xinyu, and their combat effectiveness and equipment are second to none, and each of them is a battle-hardened soldier, who will closely protect the safety of Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde.
This time he went south to fight against the Dark Army, and Chen Xinyu also carried the newly developed firearm of the Kong family as a killer weapon to deal with the Dark Army of unknown strength. Of course, the number of such new firearms and oil is scarce, and there is no large-scale equipment in the army leaving the country, only 3,000 people. And these 3,000 people are also the "hidden weapons" among the 100,000 troops who have left the country.
The last fleet departed, at this time the Shenghai thousands of boats were racing, located in the center of the fleet of 5,000 stone main ship is the Shengde Empress Chen Xinyu's boat, this main ship from the preparation of materials to the completion of the construction took four years, hundreds of craftsmen carefully designed this main ship also became the car of the departing monarch. From the outside, the scale of this main ship is extremely large, with four floors, a spacious internal hall and a granary and a warehouse for storing equipment, and higher up is the living room of the Empress Chen Xinyu and the cabin of the daily office. Equipped with stone cannons, crossbow arrows, and even two trebuchets, the front and rear are the most defensive sharp flat type, which can withstand the crossbow arrows and even stones that come from the fire. In the space of the central platform of the pavilion, there is a flag of the king that symbolizes the majesty of the supreme power of the country. The royal flag that left the country was originally the Phnom Penh Qinglong Flag, but after Empress Shengde came to power, a luan phoenix with wings spread was added to the side of the green dragon, showing the auspicious appearance of the dragon and phoenix. And now, the symbol of the highest power that represents leaving the country is this red gold border dragon and phoenix king flag.
The Wang Flag hung high in the center of the hull, and around the Wang Banner stood five flag soldiers holding two flags, their task and responsibility was to be responsible for transmitting the signal of Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde at the first time, and the four flag soldiers standing on the four sides were responsible for the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest. And the flag soldier in the middle is responsible for unified coordination, and he is also the captain of these four flag soldiers. Once there is any mistake or accident among the four surrounding flag soldiers, the unification will be based on the command flag of the central flag captain. And Chen Xinyu's news was also passed on to the flag soldier lieutenant and then to the four flag soldiers around.
Although Liguo has a strong fleet, in fact, in the history of Liguo has used ships in fact very few battles, most of them are still domestic rivers, lakes and sea fleets, such as the national capital Qicheng before Liguo, due to the topography and location, the two generations of Empress Chen Xinyu and her father have vigorously developed a combatable fleet, and now they also play a vital role. After more than ten years of training and adjustment, the sailor army that left the country was officially established, and it has reached a very high situation, far exceeding that of the Qi country.
Of course, this is the first time that such a large-scale battle across the Shenghai Sea has been launched, Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde is standing in the stern of the main ship with the sword of the monarch symbolizing royal power, staring at the border of the Xuanling Continent that has gradually become a clear outline, her mood is quite complicated at this time, she doesn't even know what the outcome of such a battle will become, once the three parties can't defeat the Dark Legion even if they temporarily stop its footsteps, then their future will be difficult to predict. Of course, although it is a tripartite alliance, Chen Xinyu is the king of a country after all, and her ideas are naturally based on leaving the country, and the interests of the Qi State and the forces of the white-clothed goddess are not as important as their own interests when they leave the country, and it is because of this that Chen Xinyu proposed to Feng Yuchong that "the three parties meet to sign an alliance" The opinion was ambiguous, neither immediately agreed nor refused, to put it bluntly, it changed at any time according to the changes in the situation, and handed over the task of confronting the dark army head-on to the two countries on the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, and let them take the lead by themselves.
Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Yu Fei, Luo Yinying, and Sun Hao, five young people from Qi State, were arranged by Chen Xinyu on a side boat that followed the main ship. And now there is only Kong Hong, the spiritual lord of southern Hebei, who is not only Chen Xinyu's most trusted confidant and subordinate, but also Chen Xinyu's good friend. At this time, what Chen Xinyu wanted to hear was such a proposal from a friend without any selfish interests. Compared to other people who have their own interests, Kong Hong is the confidant she really trusts completely.
Chen Xinyu sighed silently, turned around and returned to his living cabin, which was located on the fourth floor of the main ship, with gentle and simple windows on all sides, and a table top made of ebony wood lit with mild sandalwood smoke that swirled with smoke. The ebony table was filled with a red pen and all the necessities of the monarch's daily life, and dozens of books were neatly stacked on the other side of the table. Chen Xinyu sat down on the comfortable soft chair and knocked lightly on the tabletop, and the two guards guarding the door walked in quickly, Chen Xinyu whispered: "Hurry up and invite the spirit lord of southern Hebei, just say that I have something important to discuss." ”
"Yes!" Chen Xinyu's henchmen and guards bowed and turned their heads and walked to the cabin downstairs, where Kong Hong lived on the second floor of the main ship, the first floor was a warehouse for the most important food and supplies, and the third floor was a council chamber where key meetings would be held. There is only a little space on the second floor, and Kong Hong will live here temporarily. However, in terms of the size of the lieutenant general and the number of troops he commanded, Kong Hong should mainly lead the flank fleet and take charge of it alone.
Not long after, the Southern Hebei Spirit Lord Kong Hong hurried over, and she bowed to Chen Xinyu and said, "See Your Majesty!"
"My sister came over to take a look, and I think it's a good decision to garrison Tianhailing for the time being. What do you think?" Chen Xinyu had a map in his hand, and what he was facing in front of him was also an assembled sand table, which included the Xuanling Continent to which they belonged and a part of the northern part of the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, and the southernmost boundary was the Shengcheng of the Sealed Kingdom and the Xuancheng of the National Capital of the Qi State. This is also the biggest decision and plan made by Chen Xinyu after unifying the country, she used more than a year to send many secret agents to the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent to study the terrain and arrange craftsmen to build a sand table, which lasted more than a year, and this sand table was finally manufactured. Now, Chen Xinyu is holding a map in front of the sand table and studying it intently.
Kong Hong looked in the direction that Chen Xinyu's hand was pointing at, Tianhailing was on the edge of the Shenghai Sea in the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, if they sailed smoothly all the way, they would be able to reach Tianhailing in three or four days. At that time, the Dark Legion may have already launched an attack on Xuancheng, the capital of Qi State, and when the time comes, they will attack the Dark Legion from behind, and the chance of victory in the front and back will still be relatively large.
Kong Hong understood Chen Xinyu's thoughts, but she also supported this idea this time, and it was never a good decision to rush into the war when the situation was unclear. So, she also followed Chen Xinyu's words and suggested, "Your Majesty's thoughts are the same as those of Weichen. If the Dark Legion leaves the north of Qi to attack Xuancheng, we will take advantage of their back to occupy Licheng, and strive to find out the details of the Dark Legion in the shortest possible time, which is very important for us, and only by knowing the details of the opponent can we arrange countermeasures. ”
Chen Xinyu nodded approvingly, "I think so too, according to Feng Yuchong's words, the Dark Legion must be a very tricky and extremely difficult opponent to deal with, we need to be extremely cautious, and try not to sacrifice our own vitality until we have to." Chen Xinyu collected the map, and immediately made up his mind, "You go and arrange a series of matters such as sentry and camping after landing, and I will go and talk to Feng Yuchong about them." ”
"Don't bother Your Majesty, Weichen go talk to them. Kong Hong knew Chen Xinyu's thoughts, so she immediately took the initiative to ask for help.
This time, Chen Xinyu shook his head unexpectedly, "What I want to say to them is not about the alliance and supporting the Qi State, I have another more important matter that needs to be resolved in a moment." Don't worry, I'm in control. Go ahead and complete the task I have given you. ”
Kong Hong nodded helplessly, "Weichen retreats." ”
Looking at Kong Hong's back, Chen Xinyu couldn't help but sigh softly, not that she didn't believe Kong Hong, but that some emperors couldn't explain it to their courtiers anyway, what she wanted to talk to Feng Yuchong about was about the treasure of the country - the Qingming Holy Umbrella, in the past two years, the Qingming Holy Umbrella has often had unstable things, and even disordered energy overflowing, which made her very distressed. She knew that Feng Yuchong had Qimen gossip in his hand, and with the harmony ability of Qimen gossip, he would definitely be able to suppress the disorderly power in the Qingming Holy Umbrella, but if Feng Yuchong didn't know each other..........
Chen Xinyu's pretty face swelled with a sense of perseverance and courage that other women would not have, and her eyes were also filled with a resolute coldness.