Volume 1 Chapter 140 The Dangerous Road Ahead
The sense of falling disappeared, and Ren Tianqing woke up slowly, finding that she was still sitting in the Royal Assembly Hall in Star City, but the positions of her and her teammates had been changed to the first row, and even Luo and Mo Zhai, who were not next to them, had also been transferred here.
The rest of the team also woke up at this time, because they were in a fantasy realm before, so no one was really injured, but their eyes were full of bloodshots, and the fatigue caused by the battle could not be eliminated.
The Royal Hall is no longer as noisy as it used to be.
Xingyao and Yan Chenglin still stood on the stage as before, without saying a word.
Yan Chenglin stood beside Xing Yao, half a body behind him, while Xing Yao stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the people below with a smile on his face.
Xingyao raised his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet. It wasn't until everyone was holding their breath that Xingyao began to speak.
"Kids. At this point, this year's general election of the Dragon League is officially over. I'm sorry I deceived you in the third phase, but this is also to test you, so please forgive me.
The third stage of the trial is not about how many dragon soldiers you kill, nor how much you contribute in battle. In the third stage, as soon as you step out of this Royal Hall and head north, you have passed this stage of the trial.
I believe that many people have discovered that their teammates have disappeared. This is because when the third stage of the empire was in danger, not only did they not have the courage to stand up, but some even hid in the crowd and evacuated to the south.
The Dragons don't need such waste, and neither does the Empire. The four hundred and thirteen people who were excluded in the third stage were not only forbidden to sign up for the general election of the Dragon Regiment in this life, but even to join the army and participate in the national examination were not allowed, the empire did not need such individuals, and there was no time to train them. ”
After Xingyao's words were spoken, the entire Royal Assembly Hall became quiet. In the whole third stage, in fact, it was decided from the beginning that they would stay or not, and to participate in that war was to make them feel the cruelty of the war in advance, and to torture their hearts over and over again, if they went to the battlefield but wanted to escape, I am afraid that the end would be the same as those who fled from the beginning.
But fortunately, none of them escaped, and when the empire fell, they were also willing to sacrifice their meager strength, because they were the warriors of the Dragon Regiment.
"Children, on behalf of the Star Emperor Imperial Court, thank you. So let's move on to the unfinished business. Xingyao cleared his throat and shifted his gaze to Ren Tianxiang and the others who were sitting in the first row, "Earlier, we said that we would announce the list of the commanders of the 32nd Legion of the Dragon Regiment this year, as you can see, they are already sitting in the first row. Then it's up to me to appoint the current commander. ”
As he spoke, Shine pulled out eight tokens from his storage ring, representing the identity of the Commander Team.
"Xuanyuan Liuli, the captain of this year's leading team, Ren Tianxiang, the deputy captain, Ren Tianqing, Xing Lingluo, Ren Tianling, Luosi, Mo Zhai, and Chen Yuang. This is your identity token, keep it. ”
As he spoke, Xingyao used his own strength to hand the eight pieces into the hands of the eight people.
After confirming that each of the eight had collected their tokens, Xingyao said, "Okay, as is customary, I have something to say to you. ”
As he spoke, Xingyao puffed up his chest. He became solemn, and some emotion was added to his eyes.
"It has been seven hundred and eighty years since the establishment of the Dragon Troupe. Perhaps for some Phantom-level cultivators, this time is only half of their lifespan. But for the Dragon Troupe, so many years are enough for us to give everything.
According to statistics, the total number of people since the establishment of the Dragon Regiment has been more than 3.3 million. But now, the Dragon Regiment can only barely maintain a total number of about 50,000 people. We have never lacked phantom-level monks, the commanders of the forty legions of the Dragon Regiment's are all phantom-level, and the five marshals of the Dragon-Destroying Regiment are also phantom-level. But the Dragons face death every day, and we hear bad news from all directions every day.
Seven hundred and eighty years ago, the first batch of 500,000 soldiers of the Dragon Regiment was recruited, and the only people who are still alive are the five marshals. And each regimental commander is changed every six years on average. Chenglin, tell them how many years you have been in office now. ”
Yan Chenglin straightened his body and said loudly: "I have been the commander of the 32nd Legion of the Dragon Regiment for five years!"
"Then tell them how you took over the position. ”
"Five years ago, Zhang Shaohua, the commander of the 32nd Legion, in order to delay the 21st Legion of the Northern Group Army of the Dragon King Empire to invade Mingzhi City in the east of our Star Emperor, led 699 monks above the immortal level of the 32nd Legion of the Dragon Regiment, and ambushed the 21st Legion in the Mosen Canyon of the Dragon King Empire.
The 700 soldiers of the 32nd Army of the Dragon Regiment, under the leadership of General Zhang Shaohua, stubbornly defended the northern exit of the Mosen Gorge and blocked the 200,000 dragon soldiers of the 21st Army for three whole days, gaining valuable time to support the army in Mingzhi City. Three days later, they were besieged by the 19th Division of the 21st Army and the main forces of the 21st Army Corps.
Of the 700 men, not a single one of them surrendered to the enemy, and all of them died in the Mawson Gorge. Before his death, Commander Zhang Shaohua blew up the Divine Wheel and wiped out a total of 30,000 people in the 21st Army. Since that war, I have served as the commander-in-chief of the 32nd Regiment of the Dragon. ”
Listening to Yan Chenglin's narration, the people present gasped.
Compared to the Dragon King Empire's attack on the four border cities of the Star Emperor Kingdom, such a battle can only be regarded as a small battle, but just a small battle is already so tragic, not to mention that there is a large-scale operation behind enemy lines every year. That's a battle with an entire twenty legions thrown into it, and the casualties will be even worse!
"Chief Zhang Shaohua's deeds are just a microcosm of the entire Dragon Regiment. As I said before, people die every day, and such battles with the sacrifice of the commander-in-chief of the legion are not uncommon in the history of the Dragons. It can be said that your predecessors have put their lives and deaths aside from the moment they officially became soldiers of the Dragon Regiment.
I have heard in the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Prosecution, and the Ministry of Justice that some people feel that the military department has treated the Troop and other legions unfairly. But I've never heard these words in the military department, do you know why?
It is true that the treatment of the two is unfair. The soldiers of the Dragon's Regiment wore the latest uniforms, ate the best food, and got the best equipment. But no soldier is dissatisfied! Because the soldiers of the Dragon Regiment are always ready to carry out the most dangerous missions, and they need to go deep behind enemy lines at any time.
What is the result of this switch? It is the stability of the Star Emperor after the four border cities for more than 700 years after the return of the Dragon King. Without these warriors, the Star Emperor might have ceased to exist long ago, and it was the Dragon Troupe that guarded the Star Emperor Kingdom again and again...... Protect with life.
Five hundred and thirty years ago, the Fourth Legion of the Dragon King Empire under the command of the Fourth Dragon King, the 'Great Desert Lonely Smoke', broke through the central Mingde City and entered the Xia Xin Plain of the Star Emperor Kingdom. If it weren't for the 17th, 9th, 25th, and 40th Army Corps of the Fulong Regiment besieging the 'Great Desert Lonely Smoke' garrison in the Xiaxin Plain, killing the 'Great Desert Lonely Smoke' with a casualty ratio of 20 to 1, and forcing it to evacuate Mingde City, I am afraid that Qin Pass would have been breached long ago.
Two hundred and sixty-nine years ago, a total of thirteen legions of the Northern Group Army of the Dragon King Empire attacked Kunlun Pass in Guangya City. Li Shuqing, the commander of the First Army of the Fulong Regiment, and Wu Yun, the commander of the Second Army, led their corps north to support Kunlun Pass. In the end, the casualties of these two legions exceeded ninety, and the two commanders and their commanders sacrificed their lives for the country. But the result they exchanged their lives was to annihilate the eleven legions of the Northern Group Army of the Dragon King Empire, kill three army commanders and twelve division commanders, and prevent the Dragon King Empire's plan to break through Kunlun Pass and directly take the capital of our Star Emperor.
Seventy-two years ago, during the reign of my father. The Dragon King Empire dispatched more than one million soldiers from the four main battle armies of the Central Army, the Southern Army, the Eastern Army, and the Western Army, and simultaneously launched an attack on the four border cities of Guangya, Hongyi, Mingzhi, and Mingde.
In that battle, the Lost Dragon Regiment dispatched thirty-one legions to assist in the defense, and the remaining nine legions were ordered to harass behind enemy lines. In that battle, which lasted for half a year, we successfully defeated the army of the Dragon King Empire.
However, it was in that battle that the number of the Dragon Regiment was sharply reduced, and the total number was only forty percent of what it was before the war, and the nine legions fighting behind enemy lines were almost all wiped out.
These three battles are the most typical, and there are actually many more battles like this. What do you think when you hear this?"
There was silence in the Royal Assembly Hall, and everyone bowed their heads.
"I know that some of you are here for the honor of the Dragons. Now you know what these honors have been paid for.
Telling you this is your last warning. If you quit now, it's still too late. You will have two months to think about it, and after two months, if you don't regret it, please go to the 32nd Legion of the Dragon's Regiment to assemble.
Okay, I've said what I need to say, let's go back and discuss it with my family. Also, all the members of this year's command team stayed, and I have something to say. ”
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