Chapter Forty-Nine: Mingguang Fort 1 Supplemental drawing
"Didi, Didi—"
A loud rallying cry resounded throughout the Cangling Academy.
"Huh?"
The third floor of the first teaching building. Classroom 305. An intermediate martial arts theory class has just ended. The students had just begun to pack up their things and prepare to leave the classroom, when they heard the loud trumpet, and turned their heads out of the window.
Ye Hengyuan also glanced out the window. Many students came out of various teaching buildings, dormitories, and practice rooms and ran towards the big field where they usually practice morning runs. Many instructors have already stood on the field and directed the students to line up.
Leng Han didn't move, but symbolically raised his head and stacked the books and notebooks in his hands.
A white-uniformed instructor walked through the classroom door, saluted the instructor who was on the stage and cleaned up before turning his gaze to the students.
"Dean Hou has ordered all the intermediate and senior students in the school to gather at the venue as soon as possible. There is an urgent message to announce. ”
The students in the classroom immediately blew up and began to talk to each other.
"Don't talk about it yet. ”
The instructor on the stage raised his head and waved his hand.
"Let's go to the * field first. I'll talk about it when I'm done. ”
The students obediently closed their mouths, lined up, left the classroom, went downstairs, and went straight to the * field.
"Brother Leng," Ye Hengyuan asked Leng Han, "What do you think could be wrong with this?
"How do I know?" Leng Han shook his head, "Can you still guess this kind of thing?"
"That's right. ”
Ye Hengyuan nodded, didn't ask any more, and followed the back of the team with Leng Han, silently reciting the basic mantras about the ancient language that Jin Bo said as he walked.
Just last night, after the actual combat class in the Hongde Arena, he followed Jimbo back to the first basement floor of the third teaching building and took his first ancient language class. There were only a few of the best senior students in the class with him, including Lei Xi, Xu Yan, and Pang Wei, the leader of the second team of Cangling. He is the only intermediate student to take the Old Language class.
After the first lesson, he only felt that the old words were simply more difficult to pronounce than the most tongue twisters. When he was * years old, he once saw a wandering artist who was commenting on stories in Qingyan Town. The man's mouth was so fast that he could say tongue twisters for more than ten minutes without hearing the ventilation. He didn't particularly like to play since he was a child, and for the first time he pisted his grandfather to spend money to take him to listen to a book. Now he realized that it was much harder to recite a standard spell in ancient language without error than to recite the longest tongue twister a storyteller had ever said ten times upside down.
The crowd soon arrived at the big field. The trainees who had already arrived were lined up in two large groups and more than a dozen columns under the command of the instructors. Lei Xi and Pang Wei each led a small group of senior students to help the instructors maintain order and guide the students who arrived later to line up.
"Xiaoyuan! Hurry up!"
Ye Hengyuan waved his hand and saluted Lei Xi, smiled, and stood behind the team pointed out by Lei Xi. Leng Han still lowered his head and followed behind Ye Hengyuan, as if he hadn't seen Lei Xi at all.
"Brother Leng, what's wrong with you?" Ye Hengyuan lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Do you hate Sister Lei Xi very much?"
Leng Han lowered his head and shook his head. The sun shone down his right sideburn, causing his ice-blue hair to glisten and glow a dazzling white-gold color.
"It's not annoying. ”
"Then why do you always avoid her?"
Just when Ye Hengyuan asked, Hou Renze had already appeared on the high platform in front of the field. Instead of wearing a robe or uniform, as he usually does, he wears a military uniform with a ceremonial silver sword hanging from his waist. To his left and right were the two vice presidents who rarely appeared in front of ordinary students. Both vice-presidents also wore military uniforms, between forty-seven and eight and fifty-five years old, with major general's epaulettes embroidered on their shoulders. Next to the two vice presidents, stood the two directors, Chai Ding and Jin Bo, respectively. In the back row stood a row of senior faculty members. With the exception of the three deans, everyone wore brand new uniforms.
"Ahem!"
Hou Renze coughed twice. All the students returned to their positions and stood in turn. The whole big * field was quiet, and no sound could be heard.
"Cadets. I'm sorry to interrupt your class and cultivation time. But I must make a message out now. ”
"According to the report from the Northwest Frontier Line, the Spirit Division team of the Jianyan Kingdom once again broke through the defense line of our army and entered our territory. From nine o'clock last night to four o'clock this morning, a total of four warehouses, two small arsenals, and two spirit master sects were attacked. All of the raided sites were left untouched, all stocks looted or destroyed, and there were no enemy casualties or traces left. The Northwest Army Corps has sent all of the Third Army Corps and most of the Second Army Corps Spirit Division Corps to strengthen the defense of the border theater and make every effort to search for the traces of the enemy's Spirit Division squad. ”
The chatter still rang out, and quickly spread to the entire field.
"Quiet!"
Chai Ding opened his loud voice and roared hard. The students kept their mouths shut.
"Both the central government and the Military Commission have attached great importance to this matter," Hou Renze continued, "Since the enemy spirit division team was able to break through the reinforced border defense line of our army, it means that they must have dispatched high-level spirit masters, and may even be their domestic spirit generals." According to the latest policy of the central authorities, our country and our army will no longer continue to carry out the defensive position and will carry out a counteroffensive. The counteroffensive plan and the plan for the transfer of troops have already begun. It is only a matter of time before Japan officially launches an all-out war against the country of Jianyan. Therefore, it will be possible for our side to temporarily recruit current cadets or in-service instructors from the Academy's Spiritual Master Academy and Military Academy to join the reserve or logistics forces. ”
The sound of discussion rang out again, spreading like a spark falling on the prairie. This time, even Chai Ding's loud voice couldn't suppress it.
"In the history of our Cangling Kingdom, there have been several precedents for recruiting current cadets and in-service instructors from the major spirit master academies and vocational military academies. But the last time was a hundred years ago. Our Cangling Academy is directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Commission and the Ministry of Education, so naturally we should take the lead in taking this responsibility. I am telling you this news in advance today in order to give you a vaccination first. The specific plan will be announced by the Military Commission soon. The fast is a week, and the slow is half a month. Every one of you here has the potential to be chosen. The selection process will be handled by Director Jimbo and the entire Academic Affairs Office. ”
Hou Renze took a step back. Jimbo stepped forward, stood near the edge of the platform, and picked up the topic.
"Students, don't be nervous, don't get too excited. I'm sure the vast majority of you won't be afraid, but there's certainly some nervousness. As long as there is no extremely unfavorable situation such as the rout of our army, the cadets in the school will generally not go to the front line of the battlefield, at least not to the front line. Under normal circumstances, the logistics troops formed by the cadets are responsible for maintaining social order in the surrounding areas of the war zone and suppressing the rebellion of spirit beasts. And all this has to be done under the protection of specialized personnel. ”
"This will be the first time you have dedicated yourself to the country and won glory for the country," the vice president on Hou Renze's left also spoke, "It is also the beginning of your realization of your own value." ”
The buzz on the whole field has not subsided. Although every student was listening attentively to the speeches of the dean and director, there was no way for them not to continue their discussions. This news is really a bit big for them. Although many of the students are from orthodox sects or families, they have only received very little military training and upbringing after all.
Ye Hengyuan didn't open his mouth to say anything, but lowered his head to think. The sneak attack unit this time should be the "dark spirit" force that Aunt Bai said. Now that all the generals of the Jianyan Kingdom have been dispatched, an all-out war is inevitable. Master once said that the four spirit cores of the four kingdoms of the east, west, south, and north are all mutant splits of the mother core, so the power of the daughter core they produce should be different from the power of the daughter core that our twelve spirit will have......
"Disband," Hou Renze said, "that's all for today." I hope you don't get affected. What to do, what to do. If the program starts, or if the program changes, you will be notified separately. ”
After Hou Renze said this, he left with the two vice presidents and two directors. The instructors began to guide the cadets to disband.
Evening. The roof of the dormitory.
Ye Hengyuan walked up the stairs all the way up to the top of the building.
"Coming, Xiaoyuan?"
Qiu Bai was still wearing a turquoise robe and a royal blue cape. In his right hand he held a wine glass, filled with amber wine.
"Master. Ye Hengyuan took a few steps forward and saluted Qiu Bai.
Qiu Bai stretched out his left hand as usual, patted him on the shoulder, and then handed him the wine glass in his right hand.
"Take a sip. ”
"Master, this is ......" Ye Hengyuan raised his head and looked at the wine glass in front of him. The wine is bi-coloured, amber on the outside and golden on the inside, with a faint glow in it.
"Take a sip. Qiu Bai said it again.
Ye Hengyuan took the wine glass and took a sip. The taste of this wine is very mellow, with a slight sweetness in the lubrication and an attractive aroma.
"Is it delicious?" Qiu Bai smiled, "This is a specialty of the Mingguang family. ”
"Hmm. Ye Hengyuan nodded and returned the wine glass to Qiu Bai's hand.
"Dean Hou told you everything, right? The group of stinky rats from Jianyan Kingdom have attacked again. Not only the Dark Spirit Army, but even the Spirit Generals of their country were dispatched. ”
"Yes, Master," Ye Hengyuan said, "Dean Hou told us today that the military may recruit us cadets to join the logistics force at any time. ”
"Hmm. ”
Qiu Bai stroked his beard, turned around, and glanced west. The sun is about to set over the sky, and the orange-red sunset stains half of the sky.
"The Military Commission has decided to hand over all the Spirit Divisions of the Northwest Army Corps to my command. This Sunday, you come with me to Mingguang Castle. Then, I'm going to the front. I probably won't have time to come back to see you. ”