Chapter 56: Staff Officer (1)
Chapter 56: Staff Officer (1)
It didn't take long for the Daozi Army to finally receive an order and rush to a front line called the Descending Dragon Valley. The main general, Ziqing Daoren, led more than 1,000 people from the 12th battalion of the Daozi Army to set off on the same day, and Lan Jiusi and other irrelevant people could not go with the army, so they saw off the Daozi Army outside the barracks.
The distance between the Descending Dragon Valley and the military camp was more than 200 miles, and it was a vanguard force with strict military discipline that could be reached by a rapid march in one day and one night, but the Daozi army was too scattered, and most of the Daoists had never experienced this kind of long-distance journey, and it took three days before and after finally arriving at the Descending Dragon Valley.
There is already a military village in the Descending Dragon Valley, but there are only more than 100 sergeants stationed there. One of the captains, led by the officer, told the Ziqing Daoist that the Descending Dragon Valley was surrounded by rolling mountains on both sides, and only this was a passage fortress. Originally, there were thousands of soldiers stationed in the Dragon Valley, but not long ago, a group of fierce beasts suddenly appeared, which disrupted the military village, and most of the soldiers had already died.
Of course, the Purple Green Dao people knew that those were not ordinary beasts, but demon beasts domesticated by cultivators of enemy countries. The Dao Court sent the Dao Character Army to fight here, precisely to deal with those demon beasts.
"Got it. The Ziqing Daoist instructed the captain: "You continue to monitor, if there are any more fierce beasts, hand them over to the Dao Army to deal with!"
The Ziqing Dao people ordered the whole army to be stationed in the military village of the Descending Dragon Valley, ready to be called at any time.
That night, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and the howling of wolves and tigers in the surrounding mountains was constantly heard, obviously hiding a lot of demon beasts. At this moment, Jiang Chen and other Taoists had a trace of the feeling of guarding the frontier and marching to fight.
On the second night when the Daozi army arrived in the Dragon Valley, the demon beast attacked.
There was no need to be vigilant, all the Dao heroes felt the attack of the demon beast at the first time. It's just more than a hundred demon beasts, but the momentum of their flocking to the mouth of the Dragon Descending Valley is like thousands of horses galloping by, shaking the entire valley trembling, only in the Dragon Descending Valley, it's hard to think about it.
The Dao heroes were awakened, and hurriedly put on military uniforms under the orders of the army, and prepared to face the battle.
These demon beasts did not immediately rush towards the military village, but roared from afar. Their eyes glowed red in the dark night, like an eerie ghostly lamp, which made people shudder.
"Shoot the arrows!" the Ziqing Daoist commanded.
The lieutenant sergeant was beside him, and he hurriedly said, "The leather armor of these beasts is hard, and the feathered arrows on their bodies are like scratching their boots, and they cannot hurt their lives. ”
The Purple Green Daoist smiled slightly: "Ordinary arrows can't be, but the arrows of our cultivators are enough to slay demons and eliminate demons!"
Under the command of the Ziqing Daoist, the more than ten Xuantie giant bows were lifted out and stood in front of the formation, aiming at the demon beasts at the valley mouth in the distance.
The commanders and deputy commanders of each battalion ordered all the Daoists to draw their bows and shoot arrows. Every group of ten people, at the same time, they injected their own Dao Qi into the bowstring, forming a spiritual arrow with a long length and shooting at the group of demons.
This huge spirit arrow is like a meteor in the night sky, piercing the night sky and making a loud noise! Wherever the spirit arrow passes, everything is pierced, and the demon beast that is hit is immediately torn apart, and if it hits the mountain rock, it can also blow up a huge deep pit.
Twelve dark iron bows can shoot twelve spirit arrows each time. Daoxia changed his bow and shot arrows in batches, and suddenly meteors kept passing in the night sky, all of which fell at the mouth of the valley, seriously injuring the demons at the mouth of the valley.
The power of this arrow not only made those mortal soldiers stunned in shock, but even Jiang Chen and other Taoist heroes were also amazed.
Sure enough, there is a lot of strength in numbers. The power of this Dao arrow, in the entire Dao Word Army, except for the three main generals and deputy generals such as Ziqing Daoren, other Dao heroes are probably powerless to resist.
After a few rounds of volleys, nearly half of the demons gathered at Taniguchi had been killed, and the remaining demon beasts immediately fled.
"Kill!" Ziqing Daoist waved his hand, signaling all the Daoists to kill out of the valley and chase down these fleeing demon beasts.
"Never!" Suddenly a young man shouted loudly, it was Jiang Chen. He blurted out in a hurry just now, and only then did he realize that he was disobeying the orders of the army, something was wrong, and he was suddenly a little panicked.
The main general of the purple green Daoist on the stage turned around and glanced at Jiang Chen not far from the stage, he was not angry, but smiled very kindly, and asked, "Why not?"
Jiang Chen was slightly determined in his heart, and he said: "The art of war is cloudy, and the poor don't chase it." First, the poor are no longer a threat, second, there is a fear of ambush, and third, the poor are fighting back to the death, which can also cause many casualties. If we wait for the night to attack the demon beasts and go deep into the mountains, we may be ambushed by more demon beasts in the mountains, which will cause a lot of casualties. ”
"This is just the foolish opinion of the juniors, if it is wrong, please correct the seniors and take it lightly!" Jiang Chen added.
Ziqing Daoist nodded and smiled slightly: "It turns out that you still know the art of war." What you said also has some truth, the first battle was won, and all the Taoist friends have also worked hard, so they should be celebrated, and there is no need to continue to chase and kill. ”
Immediately, the Ziqing Daoist ordered that the whole army celebrate the first victory, and everyone in the army will receive a fortune. All the Dao heroes are overjoyed, this Ziqing Daoist not only governs the army loosely, but also rewards are very generous. In this battle, all the Dao heroes only spent some Dao Qi, without any casualties at all, and repelled more than 100 demon beasts, and they were actually rewarded handsomely.
After this battle, even some of the more timid Dao heroes were relieved, it turned out that the Dao Zi Army marched and fought like this, and only needed to use the debut qi to repel the demon beasts from a distance. In this way, there will be no casualties among their Daozi army.
Jiang Chen let out a long breath, he was originally worried that the Daozi Army was going to fight with the demons, but now it seems. These demon beasts are not vulnerable at all in front of the Dao character army led by the Sword Worship Dao Cultivator!
The brothers were very happy when they received the reward, and suddenly a young Taoist cultivator who worshiped the sword temple came, his Taoist name was Chiyuan, and he was the deputy commander of the eighth battalion where Jiang Chen was.
Chi Yuan said loudly: "Where is Jiang Chen? ”
Jiang Chen was startled, and he asked in a low voice: "Chiyuan Daoyou, shouldn't you be in trouble in Xia? ”
Chi Yuan smiled and said, "If you get into trouble, it's not me who comes to invite you, but I will take someone to arrest you." Uncle Shi said 'please go and ask', I think it's probably to reward you!"
Jiang Chen was a little relieved in his heart, but he still felt a little remorseful. I was still too young and impulsive, and after reading a few more books on the art of war, I dared to put forward different opinions to the commander. In fact, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Daozi army, and there are many experienced middle-aged Taoists, and they must also know that there is something wrong with chasing and killing demon beasts, but they don't shout it out openly like Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen anxiously followed Chi Yuan to the main general's tent, and the Ziqing Dao people were waiting for him in the tent, and Chi Yuan immediately retired.
Jiang Chen saw that the Ziqing Daoist was smiling amiably, not as if he was angry, and his heart was a little more relaxed, he didn't wait for the Ziqing Daoist to reprimand, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The juniors are young and vigorous, and they are reckless, and they also invite a lot of seniors. ”
Ziqing Dao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry! Poor Dao invited you not to be accountable, but to have something to say, you sit down." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Jiang Chen hurriedly said: "The junior rank is extremely low, how can there be a seat for the junior in the main general's tent!"