Chapter Eighty-Three: The Great Army Begins
With a long sigh of relief, Ren Yao opened his eyes. He had just run the "Nine Kings and One Holy Formula" for ninety-nine eighty-one weeks, and it took two days and two nights to complete.
In the past two days and two nights, with the help of the Holy King's Heart and the first-grade spiritual product, the Millennium Jiuzhi, his body has improved rapidly, and he has been able to move freely, and his star power can basically be used smoothly. However, when using star power vigorously, I still felt a pain in the inner house, coming from the injured meridians and Star Swirl.
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The bodies of Han Yan and many of his entourage were found the morning after the incident, and the nearest king of Xingyan County was notified.
The king of Xingyan County has always been attached to the Han family, and when he learned that the second young master of the Han family died at the "door of his own house", he couldn't help but be terrified, and hurriedly collected the bodies of Han Yan and others, and reported them to the imperial court and the Han government. As for the cause of death of Han Yan and the others, he directly made it up for the Ren family: traces of biting and scratching of star beasts were found on many corpses, and someone found several powerful unknown star beasts in the area near the incident, so it was judged that Han Yan and the others were killed by star beasts!
When the Han family received the news, the whole family was angry. Han Linfu, the head of the Han family and the prime minister of the dynasty, fainted on the spot, and the first order after waking up was to send five masters of the Imperial Star Realm of the family to the place of the incident to take revenge!
Of course, the object of revenge is the so-called "several powerful unknown star beasts".
Speaking of which, the three star beasts, the tiger wolf beast, the clouded leopard, and the cold-armored white rhino, can be regarded as contributing to Ren Yao, but unfortunately they not only did not get benefits, but became the main wrongdoers. However, these three star beasts had already fled the scene and returned to the Red Flame Forest, and by the time the five Star Realm masters of the Han family arrived, they had long been nowhere to be found.
On the other hand, because Han Yan was dead, the Ren family also made another decision: denying that they had received a holy decree.
In this way, the Ren family can postpone the start of the war indefinitely, and they don't have to bear any charges - Han Yan, who passed the decree, died, and the holy decree did not reach the Ren family at all, so what is the matter with the Ren family?
In this way, more than ten days of calm passed.
On this day, early in the morning, a cavalryman of Jin Ge Iron Horse came to Ren's house and reported to Ren Canglong:
"The imperial court sent to inspect the imperial envoys, and the officials from the four grades came to supervise the front-line war!"
From the mouth of the cavalry who reported the news, it was also learned that this patrol envoy was a protégé disciple of Prime Minister Han Linfu, and now he had arrived in Xingyan County, and he could reach Xingyan County today.
The official rank of the patrol envoy is the fourth rank, and the king of Starfall County is Ren Canglong, and the official residence is the fifth rank. Although Ren Canglong, as the king of the county, has a fief of the county and the title of viscount, his official rank is always one level lower than that of the other party, so he needs to follow the instructions of the other party.
And the cavalry who reported the news also said: The inspection envoy has the imperial order on his body, and after he arrives at the front line, he has the right to supervise the war, and he can kill incompetent generals and mobilize local armies!
In other words, the power of the patrol envoy will be completely above Ren Canglong, and he will become a strong dragon that overpowers the head snake on the ground!
Hearing this news, everyone in the Ren family knew that the matter of sending troops could not be delayed any longer.
Fortunately, after such a long period of preparation, the Ren family, 100,000 black armor troops, and 30,000 city defense troops are all ready to go to war and can send troops at any time. With such adequate preparation, the losses in the battle will be minimized.
At dusk, the patrol envoy arrived.
The inspection envoy was a white and innocent middle-aged man, although he came on horseback, but he did not wear armor, but dressed as a civil servant. This person's name is David, and he is a protégé of Han Linfu's disciples, and he was promoted by Han Linfu to sit in the position of the imperial envoy of this inspection.
As soon as David arrived at the Mansion, he was not as arrogant as Han Yan before. He just exchanged pleasantries in a very businesslike manner, and then got to the point.
"King Renjun, I don't know how the war with Xiliang is progressing now? Why do I see that the core members of your family are all staying in the mansion, and none of them are on the front line?"
Ren Canglong pretended to be surprised: "The war with the Xiliang Kingdom, why did the imperial envoy say this, when did our Great Xia Emperor Court start a war with Xiliang?"
"Huh?"
Hearing this, David was directly stunned. He thought for a long time before he said, "King Renjun, don't tell me that you haven't received the holy decree from His Majesty to start a war!"
"The Holy Decree of War?" Ren Canglong showed his surprised reaction to the extreme, his face was full of innocence and incomprehension, and then his eyes widened in surprise: "What does the imperial envoy mean is that the Holy Lord has issued an order to start a war with Xiliang? When did this happen?!"
"The Holy Decree has been down for more than a month, and it should reach you half a month ago at the latest!"
"This ......" Ren Canglong meditated, and only after a long time did he suddenly say: "Oh, I was away from home for a few days half a month ago, Yao'er, you were in the mansion in those days, did you ever receive a holy decree?"
As he spoke, Ren Canglong looked at Ren Xiaoyao.
"No, Father, there has never been any holy decree. ”
Ren Xiaoyao sang and harmonized with his father, fooling David to his heart's content.
David could only reluctantly accept this fact, and at the same time secretly cursed the dead Han Yan in his heart. This guy is dead, and he didn't even do the task before he died, and he didn't even do such a thing as passing on a holy decree!
He took out the approval document of his order, which recorded his tasks such as "going to Xiliang and supervising the battle in front of the army", which could prove that the Snow Star Emperor had indeed given the order to go to war.
Seeing the approval document presented by David, Ren Canglong immediately patted his head and said: "Oh, what a mistake in the military plane! The subordinates failed to receive the holy decree of the saint, and they really deserve death, I will immediately give the order to let the soldiers of the three armies prepare for battle!"
David nodded with satisfaction and said, "King Ren doesn't need to blame himself, Your Excellency didn't receive the holy decree, it was the dereliction of duty of the messenger, and the blame is not on you, since Your Excellency can send troops as soon as possible, then this envoy can rest assured." I also ask the king of Ren to prepare for the war, strive to go out as soon as possible, and make great achievements!"
"Well said, well said. ”
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In this way, under the supervision and urging of the inspection envoy David, Ren Canglong ordered the three arms to fight, and "busyly" made preparations for three days, and finally completed the pre-war arrangement.
In fact, he had already arranged these pre-war arrangements, and now they are just a quick reenactment. However, when David saw that the black armor army under Ren Canglong was so well-trained, he couldn't help but be amazed, and immediately wrote to the imperial court, praising Ren Canglong for managing the army well.
The preparations of the three armies have been made, and after the Canglong School Field points troops and asks for the Shuai Yin, the army will be mobilized!
Ren Canglong, as the commander of the 100,000 Black Armor Army, the royal king of Starfall County, and the title of baron, is naturally the undoubted generalissimo.
The inspection envoy Davy, according to the instructions above, became a captain of the overseer. His status is equal to Ren Canglong's in the army, but he is not allowed to interfere with the command work on weekdays, and can only question Ren Canglong's command when necessary, and report to his superiors. It can be said that he is an emperor's eye planted above, but in fact, he is the eye of Prime Minister Han Linfu.
As for the other positions, the Great Elder Ren Cangtian was the left general, the Fourth Elder Ren Canghai was the right general, and Ren Xiaoyao was the former general, that is, the vanguard officer of the army. This position means that he will be the sharp knife at the forefront of the entire army, and if nothing else, he will be the first to confront the enemy!
The army set off mightily, and Ren Xiaoyao took his vanguard battalion with a total of 3,000 men and horses, and took the lead in opening the way. His 3,000 men and horses alone were hundreds of meters long when they were lined up on the road, and they looked like a torrent of steel from the beginning to the end, full of might.
The 3,000 men and horses led by Ren Xiaoyao can be regarded as the elite of the Black Armor Army, after all, they are the vanguard battalion, and they are sharp knives used to attack and chase cities. Among the 3,000 soldiers, there are 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, whether they are men or horses, they are all covered with thick black armor, and the cold light is shining, and they constantly collide and make a "doo" sound between the marches.
The warriors were all in high spirits, burly and strong, and their steps on the road were uniform, and the earth trembled. The people of Starfall County all greeted each other, and many of these people had men in the army, and they even waved and cheered at the soldiers.
"Look at the black armor army of our imperial court, they are really brave and extraordinary!"
"Yes, our big bull has also entered the Black Armor Army, majestic, right?"
"The Black Armor Army is mighty, and it will win every battle!"
There were also some people who saw the handsome young man in the lead of the entire army.
He was dressed in a black full-body armor, with a gold and red tasseled helmet on his head, an azure sword behind his back, and a jujube red horse under his crotch. He was as handsome as jade, handsome and extraordinary, and he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but in fact he was only fifteen years old.
"Look, it turns out that this army is led by the young master of the Ren family, no wonder it is so strong and majestic!"
"When I saw Young Master Xiaoyao a few days ago, I felt that he was just ordinary and handsome, but when I saw his appearance today, he was simply handsome and chic to the extreme! Alas, Geben thought he was the first handsome guy in Starfall County, but now he can only recognize the second!"
"Ouch, look at the handsome little general, you can see that people's little hearts are going to melt ......"
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Of course, some people are happy and some people are sad. Some families who have family members in the army and participated in this expedition will inevitably be worried.
Along the way, there are many scenes of young men and women saying goodbye and shedding tears, and there are also some white-headed people who earnestly admonish the black-haired ones, sighing whether they will still have the opportunity to see their sons and daughters after this farewell......
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Out of Starfall County, through the flat wasteland. Ren Xiaoyao led the army to the edge of the Red Flame Forest. Arriving here, the army began to turn, and they had to bypass the Red Flame Forest in order to reach the Xiliang Kingdom on the other side of the forest.
Although the Red Flame Forest is very vast, it has a boundary after all, and if you want to get to Xiliang Country, you can only bypass the Red Flame Forest - three thousand people and horses, it is almost impossible to cross the big forest, on the one hand, because of the obstruction of the forest, and on the other hand, because there are too many star beasts in the forest.
After walking around like this for four days and three nights, under the afterglow of the setting sun, the outline of a black city was displayed in front of Ren Xiaoyao.
Looking at it from afar, it is a circle of low city walls, but this is because of the long distance, once you get close, you can find that these city walls are all more than 10 meters high! In the middle of this city wall, there stands a high three-story city tower, nearly 20 meters high, the city tower is flying with flags, and there are many small figures like black spots, walking back and forth on the city tower.
The gateway to the Western Liang Kingdom, Tianchi City, has arrived!
"The whole army retreated one mile, withdrew from the field of vision of the defenders of Tianchi City, stationed in place, and waited for the rear army!"
Ren Xiaoyao opened his hand, and Hong Sheng ordered.