Baili Zhen boiled with enthusiasm and said: "General Li, we Huoyan soldiers, swear to the north to the death." ”

Bailizhen's sentence 'swear to the north to die' exits, "swear to die in the north, swear to die in the north." All the generals and colonels shouted along, and the sound of killing shook the sky and the earth shook.

At this time, the White Lotus Sect recruited troops and horses, and expanded the three armies, and at this time, the White Lotus totaled nine armies. They are the Tianshu Army of the First Army, the Tianxuan Army of the Second Army, the Tianji Army of the Third Army, the Tianquan Army of the Fourth Army, the Yuheng Army of the Fifth Army, the Kaiyang Army of the Sixth Army, the Yaoguang Army of the Seventh Army, the Dongming Army of the Eighth Army, and the Yinyuan Army of the Ninth Army.

Nine generals were also selected to command the armies, namely: He Jiuxian of the First Army, Lu Tinghao of the Second Army, Xiongsen of the Third Army, Wei Dongfan of the Fourth Army, Song Laizi of the Fifth Army, Cui Gongdao of the Sixth Army, Sima Han of the Seventh Army, Xie Tianshan of the Eighth Army, and Peng Hanzhang of the Ninth Army.

Above the Ninth Army, there is also a director army - Cheng Shaoqing.

Soon, the White Lotus veteran and the military officials elected Cheng Shaoqing as the generalissimo of the White Lotus Army of the Northern Expedition, and awarded the seal letter sword flag and other things. Cheng Shaoqing ordered troops in the school field, and the White Lotus Ninth Army was neatly ordered, killing three animals and sacrificing flags. The Eighth Route Army, totaling 100,000 people, marched north in a combined attack. The Ninth Army was left alone to guard the pass, and Cheng Shaoqing sat in the demon city to control the armies.

Ten days later, Chu Shuiqing came to Cheng Shaoqing's Chinese army tent with a battle report in his hand. "Good news, good news." Chu Shuiqing shouted while running briskly, "Good news, the first battle of the Hundred Miles of Huoyan Soldiers has been won." Hearing this, many of the generals in the big tent turned their heads sideways, and they calmed down and listened to Chu Shuiqing read out the battle report. Chu Shui said in a clear voice: "The Huoyan soldiers under the Tianquan Army of the Fourth Army of the White Lotus Army, with the cooperation of the First Division of the Dongming Army of the Eighth Army, have repelled the attack of the enemy army of the Houtujiao several times times in the Jiuyuan area north of Xiami, and have occupied Jiuyuan and opened the passage for the army to advance north. ”

Huoyan is a subordinate part of the Fourth Army Tianquan Army, with less than 3,000 people. Although Huoyan soldiers are elite, with 3,000 people as the vanguard of the whole army, many people are actually beating drums in their hearts, and some people even think that Cheng Shaoqing does not know about military affairs. Some people also thought that he was leading the battle with a mere 3,000 infantry army, and he deliberately let these fire spirit disciples go to death at the beginning.

I didn't expect to break several times the enemy in the first battle now. The generals and officers were thunderous with joy, this battle was really beautiful, with one enemy and four still being able to suppress the enemy, the combat power of the Huoyan soldiers was simply amazing.

Even Cheng Shaoqing was also smiling, "Well fought, well fought," he said: "Generals, I have long said that the people of the Fire Spirit Dao are not afraid of death in war, it seems that Ben Shuai chose Baili Zhen as a soldier, and he did not choose the vanguard of the Northern Expedition wrongly." Commend! Be sure to commend it! Publish war reports to the whole army. ”

"Yes!" Chu Shuiqing received the general's order, and was just about to go out when he was stopped by Cheng Shaoqing, "Shuiqing." ”

Cheng Shaoqing said in an ambiguous tone: "Ah...... Shui Qing, ah, you tell Zhang Bingluo not to go too far in the words and sentences of the propaganda, you know? It is necessary to pay attention to proportion, especially the six words 'ruled by the Fire Spirit Dao'.

Duan Yulin and He Jiuxian nodded frequently when they heard Cheng Shaoqing's words, only Chu Shuiqing was stunned on the spot and didn't know what to do. He couldn't believe his ears. Cheng Shaoqing repeated: "There must be no discount at all to convey my general order, do you understand?" ”

Chu Shuiqing had no choice but to take the order and said: "Yes, no discount." At this time, Chu Shuiqing seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water on his head, but Cheng Shaoqing's general order could not be disobeyed, so he had to go down to convey the order.

Magic City.

Li Yuanzhi also received the latest battle report, "Ah, great," he said with great joy: "This hundred-mile Huoyan soldier fought really well, and all the prestige of our Fire Spirit Dao was beaten." ”

Zhao Zongyuan took the battle report handed over by Li Yuanzhi, and then read it: "It says that in early July, the Fourth Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Tianquan Army, the Seventh Army Yaoguang Army, and the Eighth Army Dongming Army, respectively, assembled from Anren, Yancheng, and Yongfeng, and attacked Xingcheng in three ways.

Guan Shouyi said solemnly: "White Lotus will definitely deliberately erase our battle exploits, so we must highlight our Fire Spirit Disciple's achievements in this Northern Expedition. We must increase the publicity of the victory of the Huo Yan soldiers of Baili Zhen, and let the world know that my Fire Spirit Dao is the sharp knife of the Northern Expedition. ”

Wuling, Star City.

The Northern Expedition army was gradually approaching, and the disciples of the Wuling rudder also took action.

Luo Dagang said to the Fire Forest disciples under him: "Our Fire Spirit Sect's Huo Yan soldiers have fought from Dacheng to Jinsong, and Suning has been recovered. Next, the army of the Northern Expedition will come to Star City in a few days, and they will be able to enter the city in less than two days, and now the enemy general Ye Qianwu stationed in Star City has abandoned the city and fled, and the people on the street are in chaos. The officials of the Houtu army have all run away, and those who are soldiers are buzzing around like headless flies, fellow Daoists. Everyone knows the situation now, and the top priority is that we should preside over my disciples to maintain order, and when we see the fleeing enemy soldiers, we will catch them one by one. The Fire Spirit disciples we originally organized were ready to respond when the soldiers approached the city, that is, when the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked the city. Mobilize them all to capture the scattered enemy army. ”

"Weapons of deserters?" His disciple asked.

"Of course they have to pay it," Luo Dagang waved his hand, "as long as they can surrender with both hands, hand over their weapons, and confess their guilt, they can be let go." But weapons and armor must be surrendered, and the Northern Expeditionary Army is about to enter Star City, and for the Northern Expeditionary Army, their Battle of Wuling is half of the victory. I estimate that not only will the Northern Expeditionary Army enter Star City, but also the Northern Expeditionary Marshal's Mansion will also be stationed in Star City. ”

"Really? That's great. ”

"Great, so that the Five Elements Sect will be driven away."

"Because the next thing the Northern Expeditionary Army will face is Jiangxia," Luo Dagang was a little heavy, "I estimate that this will be a tough battle, Cheng Shaoqing will definitely come here to command the army, so our Fire Spirit disciples in Star City will do our best to assist the army." ”

"We get it."

"Okay, let's split up."

Back then, the son of the vegetable seller, the strong man Dalian, who went to Beijing with Niu Ba to fight the tiger, is now a small flag official under Baili Zhen. At night, the army set up camp, and Baili Zhen released a sentry to guard the safety of the camp.

Baili Zhen was looking at the map in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Da Lian came to the outside of the tent with a fellow farmer: "Report, the big one, the small one has a military report." ”

"It's Dalian, come in."

"Report to my lord, this fellow said that there is a small road that can go around the back of the Houtu defenders through the Qilin Bridge."

The old farmer attracted by Da Lian was about 50 years old, and he looked like a poor man. The old man was not afraid when he saw the soldiers, so he took the initiative to step forward and said: "Yes, general, I know that there is a small road that passes through the southwest corner and can directly turn behind the defenders of Lingwu Zhenren, I ...... I can show you the way. ”