Chapter Eighty-Six: The Great Army Sets Out (1)

On the Xianwang Peak in the southeast of Shengjing, in a magnificent Taoist temple built between the clouds and mist, a noble young man is holding a seven-star glazed sword, a dancing sword that is slowly windy.

Suddenly, an old man hurriedly entered the main hall, he held a letter in his hand, respectfully presented a young man, and said: "The Daozi army has sent troops to the Northern Expedition, this is the marching book, please take a look at the seven young masters!"

The Seventh Young Master frowned slightly, obviously disdainful of this, he didn't have a letter of results, just stopped the sword trick in his hand, and said: "I know, let those rivers and lakes scattered cultivators fend for themselves, and there will be no need to report such trivial matters in the future." ”

"This," the old man said with some embarrassment: "Seventh Young Master, let's take a look, the situation has changed somewhat!"

"Change?" the Seventh Young Master snorted coldly: "What changes can there be in some rivers and lakes that are not in the stream!"

Although he was reluctant, seeing that the old man insisted, he still put away his sword, took a towel from the attendant and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then took the letter and opened it.

There are a few lines of text on the letter, which is a standard and simple marching document, explaining when the Daozi army will go out, where it will go out, and what the goal is.

But it was these few lines that made the Seventh Young Master stunned on the spot when he saw it! He looked at it several times in a row to make sure that he didn't look dazzled!

"The last general, Jiang Chen, follow the order of the Dao Court, and lead the 100,000 soldiers of the Dao Zi Army to the Northern Expedition to kill the demons!" The Seventh Young Master read a sentence, and then asked the old man: "What's going on? Isn't that Dao Zi Army only more than 1,000 scattered cultivators, how did it inexplicably become 100,000 Dao Army!"

"My subordinates have already investigated, and it is indeed a hundred thousand Dao army!" the old man said: "It is said that in the last few days before the army, a large number of Jianghu scattered cultivators suddenly gathered in the Descending Dragon Valley, and they were all incorporated into the Dao Character Army by Jiang Chen, and there were even many famous scattered cultivators among them!"

"This is impossible!" The Seventh Young Master shouted loudly: "What is that Jiang Chen! How can a young man with a low Dao Law who is a casual cultivator with no virtue and no ability to recruit 100,000 Dao troops? What's more, those masters of casual cultivation are all arrogant and lazy, and they even refuse to accept the adoption of this young master personally on behalf of the Dao Court, why would they accept the adoption of an unknown young man and be willing to serve under his command?"

The old man said: "This is indeed incredible, I'm afraid that no one in the world could have expected this to happen! However, since the matter has happened, please come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, otherwise if the second young master makes a big fuss about this matter, I'm afraid it will not be good!"

In terms of the number of cultivators, the total number of Dao cultivators in the three sects and six sects of the Dao Court Heaven was no more than 100,000, while the total number of scattered cultivators in the rivers and lakes should be more than one million. The reason why the Dao Court was able to rule the cultivators was because there were many masters in the Dao Court and the system was strict, and secondly, because the rivers and lakes were scattered and scattered, and they were not enough to confront the Dao Court.

However, now that an army of 100,000 Dao troops composed of scattered cultivators from the rivers and lakes has appeared, this is equivalent to an extremely powerful force out of thin air, which is strong enough to make the Dao Court fearful!

The Seventh Young Master clenched his fists and slammed the desk hard, and said hatefully: "A Dao character army is so tricky! Who is this Jiang Chen? Could it be that this young master has lost his eyes?"

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Outside the Descending Dragon Valley, 100,000 Dao troops were marching mightily.

Suddenly, the number of troops increased to 100,000 all at once, and the original military resources of the Daozi Army were far from enough. Jiang Chen temporarily borrowed almost all the war horses and chariots of the mortal sergeants from the Xiliang military camp, as well as military funds such as bow and arrow camp tents, and all the Jianghu scattered cultivators came to join the army with their own Taoist vehicles, chariots and horses, so it was basically enough. As for military rations, although Lan Jiusi specially sent more than 100 truckloads of grain and grass, for 100,000 Dao troops, it was only enough for one month.

"One month, that's enough!" Jiang Chen's mouth showed a confident smile, with such a powerful Dao army, it was enough for him to sweep the frontier, let alone a month, seven days would be enough to sweep the Gubei Wasteland and wipe out all the demon beasts here!

Judging from the costumes, this Taoist army does not have neat ironclad military helmets, most of the Taoist heroes are wearing the clothes they brought, all kinds, looking a mess, a plate of scattered sand; from the perspective of military horses and chariots, some are well-equipped iron horses, some are just ordinary horses, and some are even temporarily transformed from civilian passenger carriages, which are also good and bad.

However, the combat power of this Dao army should not be underestimated!

Jiang Chen spent a lot of thought, according to various factors such as the Dao ability of all Dao Heroes, as well as the power of the sect to which they belonged, he divided the 100,000 Dao Character Army into three armies, left, center, and right, with a total of seventy-two battalions, ranging from one hundred to two hundred Dao Heroes per battalion.

Jiang Chen himself was the commander, and his command appointed the most famous Tianyou Guan Taixu Dao Chief, Han Banxian and Qi Tiangu Wind Valley Lord as generals, and served as the commanders of the left, center, and right armies respectively. A famous master like Cangxia Daoren can only serve as a deputy general, and as for the captains who command the battalions, except for Jiang Wu, the commander of the pro-guard battalion, almost all of them are Taoist cultivators!

Because of the limited military resources, one-third of the 100,000 Dao troops were marching on horses and chariots, and the rest were on foot. More than 1,000 chariots, more than 20,000 war horses, more than 60,000 infantry troops, iron cavalry, chariots, and infantry marched forward in an orderly manner, but there was also a bit of the art of war. As for the commander Jiang Chen, he sat on the tallest and only mammoth chariot in the army, commanding the whole army from above.

Jiang Chen stood on the mammoth chariot, looking up at the front, looking down at the whole army, seeing the momentum of the 100,000 Dao army marching forward, I was afraid that any hot-blooded man would be arrogant!

"The big husband should be a horizontal sword and make a name for all generations!" Jiang Chen sighed, at this moment, his blood was boiling, and he even had the idea of leading 100,000 Dao troops to sweep the world.

However, this thought was also fleeting, and he knew very well that such a powerful Dao army, with his ability, was not qualified to command at all! The reason why he was able to stand in this position today was completely by chance, completely forced by the situation, and his helpless move after being caught in the middle of the grievances and jealousy between the Daoist Court and the Jianghu Scattered Cultivators.

These Jianghu Dao heroes are willing to serve under him, not because he is Jiang Chen, let alone because he is clever in Taoism and skillful in using soldiers, but because all Jianghu Dao heroes are unwilling to be at the mercy of the Taoist court, and they are unwilling to watch other Jianghu cultivators die in the frontier. They used this kind of action to send a silent but powerful protest to the Taoist court! They used this kind of action to inform the world that although the scattered cultivation of the rivers and lakes is a plate of loose sand, as long as the situation forces them, for the sake of the so-called "morality of the rivers and lakes," they can also gather together and become a powerful force that no one dares to underestimate!