Chapter 37 Tianyun Chaotang

The Tianyun Empire is divided into two parts, namely the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Martial Arts, and the two departments are subdivided according to their needs.

In peacetime, the most idle is the Ministry of Armed Warfare, because there is no war, they only need to maintain local rule and border defense.

However, as long as there is a big war, the Armed War Department will begin to operate rapidly, collecting intelligence, analyzing the war situation, rewarding and punishing front-line generals, and supporting and transferring between various army corps, etc., all of which are responsible for the Armed War Department.

The current Tianyun Empire is in a state of war with enemy countries, and it is not just at war with one country.

More than a year ago, the Congyun Empire declared war on the Tianyun Empire, because the border between the two empires is an arc, so the legions facing each other between the two empires are not only the Blue Dragon Army and the Viper Legion in the east, but also the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Explosive Bear Legion in the south.

When the Tianyun Empire was separated, the Blue Dragon Legion in the east, the Vermilion Bird Legion in the south, the White Tiger Legion in the west, and the Xuanwu Legion in the north were also separated, and the Tianyun Empire got the complete Xuanwu Legion and part of the Blue Dragon Legion, the Congyun Empire got the complete Vermilion Bird Legion and part of the Blue Dragon Legion, and the Izumo Empire got the complete White Tiger Legion.

The Royal Praetorian Legion, the three empires each got a part, but the Tianyun Empire got the most, after all, the prince who inherited the Tianyun Empire at that time was the orthodox heir of the emperor's edict.

After the Tianyun Empire was divided into three, they all quickly completed the four main battle legions, and the Tianyun Empire continued to use the original name, and the two empires of Congyun and Izumo were named separately, even the original complete Vermilion Bird Legion and the White Tiger Legion have been renamed, and now they are called the Fire Phoenix Legion and the Tiger Killing Legion respectively.

And the part of the Blue Dragon Legion obtained by the Congyun Empire was changed to the current Viper Legion.

It is precisely because the hatred between the Blue Dragon Legion and the Viper Legion is the greatest, so after the Congyun Empire decided to declare war on the Tianyun Empire, the Viper Legion took the lead in attacking the Blue Dragon Legion, and the Explosive Bear Legion stood still.

Although the Explosive Bear Legion did not move, the Vermilion Bird Legion did not dare to relax, and in the more than a year that the Blue Dragon Legion and the Viper Legion had been fighting, the Vermilion Bird Legion was in a state of combat readiness.

The Vermilion Bird Legion did not dare to relax, and the same was true of the Burst Bear Legion opposite it, because their positions were very important at this time, as long as one side was breached, then they could attack the other legion of the other side with another legion.

If the Vermilion Bird Legion is repulsed or eliminated, then the Explosive Bear Legion can attack the Blue Dragon Legion with the Viper Legion, and the Explosive Bear Legion is repulsed and eliminated, and the same is true.

When the battle between the Blue Dragon Legion and the Viper Legion had not yet been decided, the Izumo Empire in the southwest also declared war on the Celestial Cloud Empire two months ago, and then the Blood War Legion in the east of the Izumo Empire went to war with the White Tiger Legion defending the west of the Celestial Cloud Empire.

Because the Tianyun Empire is the largest of the three empires, and some of them are the strongest, and the prince who inherited the Tianyun Empire is orthodox, so the two empires of Izumo and Congyun have a tacit understanding of the Tianyun Empire, and they both want to eliminate the current royal family of the Tianyun Empire.

Of course, their two empires would not really cooperate, and it was precisely because of this that the Tianyun Empire was able to stand tall in the great war decades ago.

Now the situation of the Tianyun Empire is very bad, fighting on two fronts, if one side loses, then the Tianyun Empire will inevitably be in trouble

The current emperor of the Tianyun Empire is called Li Can, he is the second generation of emperors after the separation of the Tianyun Empire, and he has inherited the throne for more than twenty years.

The successive emperors of the Tianyun Empire did not pass on the throne after they died, but after they cultivated to break through the early stage of Emperor Wu, they would pass on the throne, because the old emperor did not die, so there was still a certain binding force on the empire at the beginning, so there would generally be no problems with the inheritance of the throne.

But there was a problem in that generation a few decades ago, that generation of emperors had reached the peak of the Three Tribulations Martial Emperor, but when he broke through, he actually went mad and died, although he left an edict of succession, but the empire still fell into chaos, and then it was separated into three empires.

Originally, with the strength of the Tianyun Empire itself, this situation would not have occurred, and the Tianyun Imperial Family had a Tianyun Pavilion, which was full of masters accumulated by the Li family of the royal family for many years, most of which were Li family members, and there were also foreign surnames as offerings.

When the empire was in chaos, as long as the masters in the Tianyun Pavilion were suppressed, then there would be no chaos in the empire, but at that time, there were also disagreements in the Tianyun Pavilion, among which the most powerful Great Elder, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder each supported a prince.

Finally, because of disagreements, Tianyun Pavilion separated, and the three elders took their own ** people to support a prince. Among them, the Great Elder is the strongest, he supports the prince who became the emperor of the Tianyun Empire, while the second elder supports the prince who became the emperor of the Izumo Empire, and the third elder supports the prince who became the emperor of the Congyun Empire.

Therefore, the reason for the separation of the Tianyun Empire is not that the three Martial Emperors are vying for the throne, but the people behind them, and only the strong people in the Tianyun Pavilion can decide the direction of the Tianyun Empire

Tianyun City, Imperial Palace, Tiande Palace.

The Tiandejeon Hall is the place where the ministers meet every day, and the emperor sits high on the dragon chair at the top, and the ministers of civil and military affairs stand on two sides below.

"Zhong Aiqing, now the Blue Dragon Legion in the east and the White Tiger Legion in the west are in a war, and yesterday I finally received a battle report that is considered good news in front of me, what do you think?" Li Can looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and said without anger.

The battle report in Li Can's mouth is naturally the battle report sent by Zhou Xiaojun to the empire, there is a special information transmission channel between the major legions outside and the empire, and it only takes three days from Qinglong City to Tianyun City. The battle report first reached the Ministry of Armed Warfare, and then forwarded to the emperor as appropriate.

"Your Majesty, although the battle report of Commander Zhou is only a small victory, it is a sign of a great victory. Taniguchi City is in our hands, the Snake King City will be destroyed, and the Viper Legion will die!" a resolute middle-aged man with a Chinese character face walked out of the queue and bowed.

This person's name is Qin Xiang, he is a member of the Qin family, and he now holds an important position in the Ministry of Martial Arts.

"What Qin Aiqing said also makes sense, but what should Zhou Yunfeng and his mercenary group, who led 30,000 people to capture the six cities of Gukou, deal with? Qin Aiqing has any good suggestions?" Li Can nodded and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhou Yunfeng and his Fengyun mercenary group have some understanding. Zhou Yunfeng has been very independent since he was a child, even if he led the Fengyun Mercenary Group to participate in the battle this time, he did not classify the Fengyun Mercenary Group into the Blue Dragon Legion, but existed alone. Chen heard that Zhou Yunfeng said a sentence when he led the Fengyun mercenary group to leave the Zhou family and go to Qinglong City, and Chen thought that this sentence should be able to give His Majesty some inspiration!" Qin Xiang said respectfully.

"Oh, what's that?" asked Li Can curiously.

"After the old Duke Zhou encouraged the Fengyun mercenary group, Zhou Yunfeng said that he would make the reputation of "Fengyun" shake the sky and become famous!" Qin Xiang smiled.

"Oh! It seems that this little guy's ambition is not small! He has made such a great contribution this time, it is not impossible for him to make his 'Fengyun' reputation shake the sky and become famous!" Li Can said with a smile.

Although Zhou Yunfeng has a small merit, he is only a mercenary after all, and he does not belong to the imperial army, and in the last capture, the empire has already paid the commission, so he can't talk about the credit. And this time, the empire can also pay him a commission!" Hearing Li Can's words, a man standing behind Qin Xiang couldn't stand still, and immediately stood up and said.

Although Li Can's words were not explicitly stated, the meaning was already obvious, that is, to give Zhou Yunfeng a chance to make 'Fengyun' famous, and there was only one opportunity, that is, to let Zhou Yunfeng form a legion in the name of 'Fengyun'.

This is not a trivial matter, especially for the power that has a gap with the Zhou family, they are not happy to see such a thing, and this person with a tiger's back is a member of the Xiong family, named Xiong Cang.

If you want to say that in the Tianyun Empire, the one who doesn't want the Zhou family to become strong the most is probably the Xiong family, so Xiong Cang's reaction will be so big.

"Lord Xiong, why shouldn't this be? Now that the Empire is fighting against Congyun and Izumo at the same time, it urgently needs to expand its military strength. Zhou Yunfeng led 30,000 light cavalry, and in half a month, he captured six cities in a row, and also ambushed the 50,000 reinforcements of the Congyun Empire, 30,000 not only did not decrease, but now it has become 100,000. Isn't such a talent worthy of the empire's wooing?And Zhou Yunfeng not only has amazing strength himself, but more than 2,000 people under his command are also elite soldiers, if you keep paying them commissions, have you calculated how many gold coins are needed?" Seeing Xiong Cang's objection, Qin Xiang said dissatisfiedly.

"There is some truth in what the two Aiqing said, but it is also a trouble to pay commissions all the time, not only do you have to allocate money from the treasury alone, but it also costs a lot! In the last war, Zhou Yunfeng took away more than three million commissions, and this time it was even more incredible, that is, the Martial Emperor powerhouse killed by him and his demonic beast needed six or seven million gold coins, not to mention the merit of capturing the Five Cities and the Fengyun Mercenary Group to kill the soldiers below the Martial Emperor powerhouse, if they are added together, I am afraid it has exceeded 10 million! The empire has only allocated a total of 10 million gold coins to Commander Zhou, and now there are only more than 6 million left, which is not enough! Now that the empire is fighting on two fronts, the treasury is no longer sufficient, so Zhou Yunfeng and his mercenary group still have to find a way to solve it!" Li Can didn't want the two to quarrel, so he interjected.

"Your Majesty, do you see if you can reward a low commission? In that case, even if you pay a commission, the burden will be much smaller!" At this time, a middle-aged man walked out and bowed.

This person is none other than Yang Jie, the head of the Yang family, last time all the masters of the Yang family were injured by Zhou Zhantian, and they also lost money and ores, so he didn't want the Zhou family's strength to grow, nor did he want the Zhou family to get too much money, so he came up with such a vicious idea.