Chapter XXVIII
Xiao Che and the others took the army's unique cross-regional super-large transport spirit weapon to the military camp on the western border of the empire.
When they first saw this super-large transport spirit weapon, they were all stunned. This thing is still only used in the army, and it has not yet been popularized. It is the latest type of transport artifact. Not only is the space large, but the speed is not slow. With this, it will be possible to quickly mobilize troops.
The internal structure of this transport artifact is very reasonable, and most of the seats inside are leather, although it is only the most common and common porcupine skin, but it is quite comfortable for people to sit on.
After seven days of flying, Xiao Che and the others finally arrived at the new army camp on the western border of the empire.
The Qingxuan Empire is boundmost north of the polar snow field, southernmost is the endless endless ocean, easternmost is the steppe, and the westernmost is the Hanhai Desert. It was the westernmost point of the empire. The territory of the Qingxuan Empire came to an abrupt end here. It's not that the Empire doesn't have the strength to continue attacking. Just because from here, continuing westward is the boundless Hanhai Desert. This Hanhai Desert is extremely vast, and the environment is also extremely harsh, with very hot during the day and extremely cold at night. If it is possessed, it is not only of no value to the empire, but extremely troublesome.
The extreme environment makes it difficult to live here. There are only a few warriors with earth attributes and fire attributes who like it here, but because it's too desolate, no one comes at all.
Legend has it that there are also native races in Hanhai, and there is more than one, and the most famous is the Sand Clan. The Sand Clan can be said to be the leader of all races in the Hanhai.
This kind of place with few resources and the presence of strong natives, the empire is not willing to spend a lot of money to occupy. This means little to the Empire.
Although folklore has it that the other side of the Hanhai Sea is a fertile land, no one has ever seen visitors from the other side of the Hanhai Sea for 10,000 years, and no one has ever crossed the Hanhai to the other side. And when the empire expanded its territory here, the emperor ordered that the races in the Hanhai should coexist peacefully, and the army should not set foot in the Hanhai.
Although the western frontier of the empire was peaceful, the vast north along the border of the empire from northwest to northeast was home to several powerful nations and ethnic tribes. In the southwest of the empire is an extremely powerful and wealthy country, the Indo-Polish Empire.
The Indo-Polish Empire is strong, although the land is not as strong as the Qingxuan Empire, but it is not small, and what is even more terrifying is that although the population is not as good as that of Qingxuan, it is almost the same. This also caused a situation in which the war between Qingxuan and India and Poland came to a standstill.
Neither country wants to maintain such a situation, but neither is capable of destroying the other in one fell swoop. In contrast, the strength of the Qingxuan Empire is still better than that of the Indo-Polish Empire. But that's also the overall strength,
If it is an act of destroying the country, even if it succeeds in destroying the Indo-Polish Empire, the Qingxuan Empire will be crippled. What's more, over the past 10,000 years, the Qingxuan Empire has attacked from all sides and expanded its territory, so to speak, it is surrounded by enemies. Once the Qingxuan Empire suffers a heavy blow, then the surrounding countries and tribes will definitely attack in groups. At that time, I am afraid that it will only be the Qingxuan Empire that will be destroyed. Even if the dragon man Qingxuan had absolute strength to protect him, it would be useless. This kind of confrontation, no matter how strong the individual strength is, will not help. Not even God.
For example, in the war between the ants on the earth, people can easily destroy a kingdom of ants, but they still can't stop the strife between them.
Moreover, the empire itself is not monolithic, and such a huge country has its own contradictions and hidden dangers. It's just that it didn't break out because the royal family pressed it, and once one day the royal family can't hold it down anymore, it will be a broken mountain and river.
If you look at the territory of the Qingxuan Empire, the east, south, and north are all fighting abroad, that is, there is no war in the west. The reason why there are still heavy troops stationed is not only to guard against the unknown races on the other side of the Hanhai, but also to have a deterrent effect on the countries in the northwest and southwest. In the event of a war in the northwest or southwest, the Imperial forces stationed in the west could provide logistical support to the north and south, and could also rush to the aid as the situation depended. This strategy is also a major headache for the countries of the Northwest and Southwest.
It also made the Qingxuan Empire invincible for a long time.
Moreover, the climate in the west is harsh and the terrain is complex, which is very suitable for training recruits. Therefore, it has also become the largest new army training camp in the Qingxuan Empire.
Recruits who have never been on the battlefield need to go through a year of training before they can go to the battlefield step by step, starting with receiving the task of suppressing bandits. Although those who can join the army are martial artists who have cultivated themselves, wars between armies are never fought by individual force.
A Supreme Realm powerhouse can easily kill 10,000 Heaven Realm martial artists. But if a Supreme Realm powerhouse faced a 10,000-strong legion, even if he could destroy this legion, he would be hit hard. Such is the strength of a well-trained army.
The formation in the army is called the battle formation, a killing battle formation, which allows everyone in the army to exert a strength far beyond their own martial arts realm. A battle array master is also a type of spirit array master. It's just that the spirit array is generally used in battles between warriors, and the battle array is used to command the army to fight.
A battle array division must be an excellent spirit array master, but a spirit array division may not be able to become a battle array division.
Not only does the Battle Array Master need to have the talent of the Spirit Array Master, but it also needs to hone and grow in the real war.
In the barracks of the new army, the highest commander who trains the new army is a major general with the rank of corps commander. This major general did not train the new army on a regular basis, but held a rotating position among the major generals of the empire. In other words, when recruiting a new army, as long as there is no major general who has not been in battle, he may be assigned to train the new army. In fact, there are not many major generals who are willing to do the business of training new troops, they prefer to lead the army on the battlefield.
This group of new troops came from all over the Qingxuan Empire, and the number was 200,000.
However, there is only one 10,000-person level commander like Dongfang Ye, and there are only a few thousand-level commanders who have just finished participating in the Imperial Youth Association. Only they do not have the slightest experience. Everything needs to be trained with these new troops. It's just that the subjects of training are different, and the normal new army trains battle formations, and they are more trained in command.
If it weren't for the fact that they were because of the YMCA, if others wanted to achieve the position of commander of a thousand people, they would have gained it through many actual battles. There is no need for this kind of training.
Every 10,000-strong commander has been through many major battles.
Like Dongfangye, it is the most special.
However, it is not without precedent, the former imperial general Wei Qi did not rise from the low-level officers little by little. It was because Emperor Qingxuan valued it at that time, and he directly became a major general at the age of twenty. This caused a lot of sensation at the time, and it was also met with great resistance. But Wei Qi is really not an ordinary person, and after commanding several battles, he has won a big victory every time. Such feats left all opponents speechless.
Then Wei Qi's military exploits became bigger and bigger, and he became a general at a young age of twenty-five. At the age of twenty-eight, because he defeated the coalition of eight countries at that time and wiped out the eight countries in one fell swoop, he became a general at the age of twenty-eight. He was the god of war of the Qingxuan Empire in that era.
Compared with Wei Qi, Dongfang Ye's special treatment is nothing. What's more, the Imperial YMCA will receive such special treatment every ten years, it's just a convention.
At the ceremony to welcome the new army, the 200,000 recruits found that the training for them this time was actually a female general who looked in her twenties and had a good appearance. Although the Qingxuan Empire does not have the idea of patriarchy, there are very few women in the army who can become generals.
With 200,000 people, there are naturally many young people who are full of ruffians who can come to join the army. Seeing that it was a female general who trained them, she naturally teased and laughed. Suddenly, the whole scene was a mess of laughter.
"Give me silence, listen, this new army training, I am the highest commander, I know, many of you are not convinced, it doesn't matter, I promise, it will not be long before you will be submissive to me. Let me introduce myself to you first. Hello everyone, my name is Lu Yanyan. Seeing this, the young and beautiful female general was not angry, she smiled, and only listened to the voice as if it sounded in the ears of everyone in the 200,000 people.
She is Lu Yanyan. Hearing his name, Xiao Che immediately thought of who this female general was. She is the eldest lady of the Lu family, Lu Yanyan, who cleaned up the four great gentlemen in the capital. Who are the four of them on Chinese New Year's Eve, they are the most lawless bastards in the entire Qingxuan Empire. The one who can make them afraid will not be simple.
Don't look at this Lu Yanyan who looks like a peugeot and speaks with a smile, Xiao Che senses the coldness and cunning from her heart from her normal smile.
Naturally, some of these 200,000 people don't know who Lu Yanyan is, but there are also many people from Qingxuan City, and they are very clear about Lu Yanyan's name. Hearing that this female general turned out to be Lu Yanyan, the laughter just now suddenly disappeared. This made the faces of the people from Qingxuan City who had previously laughed pale.
Many people in other places have not heard of Lu Yanyan's name. But after learning about Lu Yanyan's deeds from the insiders next to him, he immediately shut up and broke out in a cold sweat.
They knew that they couldn't compare with the notorious Qingxuan Four Great Gentlemen. There is neither the strength of these four people, nor the background of these four people. Even these four gentlemen are extremely afraid of Lu Yanyan, not to mention these unpopular people.
After a while, there was an eerie silence in the whole venue.
It was Dongfang Ye who broke the suffocating silence.
"Ahem, the last general, Dongfang Ye, meet the general. Dongfang Ye cleared his somewhat dry throat, took a step forward, and gave Lu Yanyan a standard military salute.
"Oh, you are Dongfang Ye, okay, Brigadier General Dongfang Ye, return to the team. Saying that, Lu Yanyan also responded with a military salute.
Next, the commander of 1,000 people lined up in a line and reported to Lu Yanyan with a military salute.
After that, with Lu Yanyan's order, the whole team began.
The team of 200,000 people was led by Dongfang Ye, the commander of 10,000 people, and the rest of the 1,000 commanders, and was soon lined up in a neat line by Lu Yanyan. That kind of order, although not as good as the formal army, is much more orderly than before.
Seeing that Lu Yanyan had lined up the team of 200,000 people so neatly so quickly, Xiao Che was also impressed. If you let yourself do this, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it.
Without any preparation, the training has officially begun. The first training is to stand in a military posture and queue.
Xiao Che and the others had just arrived at the barracks with a tired body, and they started training without any rest. For a whole day and a night, 200,000 people stood at the training ground like this. No eating, no drinking, no movement. Although they are all martial artists, there is no problem with their physical fitness, but what follows is mental exhaustion.
After a day and a night of military posture and queue training, the sky turned white, and these young people who had just entered the barracks finally ate their first hot meal in the army. In the New Army barracks, the officers' meals were the same as the soldiers'. Breakfast was simple and tasty. The chefs who make this kind of big pot rice in the army are all extremely good cooks.
Anyone who has experience in cooking knows that a big pot of rice is much more difficult to make than ordinary meals.
After a simple breakfast, the tired young man began a new training. Dongfang Ye, Zi Wuji and others are more learning to arrange formations, and they learn formations and the art of war.
As an ordinary soldier, Xiao Che naturally learned the basic queue and rehearsed the unified battle formation. In the course of ordinary exercises, the actions of the Forces nouvelles became more and more uniform. A month later, the temperament of the entire army has changed dramatically compared to when it first arrived.
Xiao Che, Zi Wuji, and Dongfang Ye live together. Dongfang Ye and Zi Wuji will tell Xiao Che about the art of war and battle formations they have learned, and when they encounter something they don't understand, Xiao Che will also ask them for advice, and they will also explain patiently.
Dongfang Ye and Zi Wou-Ki treated an ordinary soldier like this, which made many people extremely surprised. It also made many people despise Xiao Che, and many people said that he joined the army by nepotism.
This news naturally reached Lu Yanyan's ears. She had also asked Dongfang Ye and Zi Wou-Ki why they treated an ordinary soldier like this. Zi Wou-Ki and Dongfang Ye explained that the three of them were like-minded friends and had nothing to do with their identities. This made Lu Yanyan more and more curious about Xiao Che.
In Lu Yanyan's view, Dongfang Ye and Zi Wuji are both talents that can be created. As long as you sharpen it a little, you will be able to become a general in the future. In contrast, she really didn't know how Xiao Che, who was an ordinary soldier, could become friends with the two of them.
She also secretly investigated Xiao Che's background. It was only found that he and Zi Wuji were originally friends, and Zi Wuji and Dongfang Ye had a very good relationship, so Xiao Che also became Dongfang Ye's friend. Lu Yanyan didn't find any problems with Xiao Che.
However, after this month, Dongfang Ye's temper is also clear to her, Dongfang Ye has a bold personality and is righteous, so it is not surprising that he can become friends with Xiao Che.
This made Lu Yanyan more and more interested in Xiao Che, an ordinary soldier.
The second month of the new barracks. Squad combat training began.
Squad combat training is to divide the team into teams of five, ten, and 100. Based on the results of the previous month's training tests, a temporary junior commander is selected. Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Centurion. Let them play in real combat.
Lu Yingying deliberately selected Xiao Che as the captain. She wanted to see Xiao Che's performance in commanding the battle. These are things that Xiao Che doesn't know.
So Xiao Che became the captain of the five-person team.
In this actual combat competition, as long as you defeat ten five-person teams, you will be qualified, and the more teams you win, the better the results.
The 200,000 men were divided into 40,000 squads. In the vast plateau and mountains in the western part of the Qingxuan Empire, 40,000 squads are scattered and lurking. Their goal is to defeat ten of them. It sounds easy, but it's not that easy to do.
Xiao Che is the acting captain of one of the five-person squads.
At this time, Xiao Che led his team of five people to march to the high ground and lurk. In this complex terrain, not only must you hide yourself, but also guard against the sneak attacks of other squads. The best option is on higher ground. This is also easy to observe.
Xiao Che's previous experience in the jungle of the Barren Mountains made him feel like a fish in water here. Although the vegetation, topography and climate here are very different from those of the barren mountains. But these are nothing to Xiao Che.
Xiao Che not only marched all the way to the high ground, but also set traps along the way. There are those who evade tracking, and there are those who ambush other school teams. Forty thousand teams sounds scary, but in fact, there are a lot of squads that are eliminated very quickly. Most of them encountered other squads because they were not well hidden. Naturally, the winner continues, and the loser withdraws.
The people who followed Xiao Che were surprised to find that Xiao Che had led them all the way without encountering any team. This surprised them unusually. In fact, it is very easy to get lost in this kind of jungle, and in general, most teams will follow the map given to them, so naturally many teams will collide together. After getting the map, Xiao Che did not fully follow the safe area given on the map. Instead, based on their own keen judgment, they dodge the dangerous areas of the jungle. Walk through the junction of the monster territory.
And on the map given to them by the army, this place is an absolute danger zone. It's just a regular training, and for them, the recruits, there is no need to risk it at all.
With his keen spiritual sense, Xiao Che easily avoided the demon beasts in this officially given danger area. The team quickly arrived at the predetermined location.
When a few people arrived here with Xiao Che, they found that this was actually the intersection of several safe passages. It is easy to detect if there are other teams in the vicinity, and it is difficult to spot.
Sure enough, after a while, a small one appeared around them, according to Xiao Che's command, when this team was not aware of the slightest, Xiao Che and the others suddenly made a move, and before they could react, they were eliminated. And Xiao Che's side did not lose the slightest. This excites the other four who followed.
Xiao Che did not move at all, but adjusted the ambush position according to the actual situation, but always remained in an area. In this way, ten squads were soon defeated by Xiao Che and them. At this time, Xiao Che's team still did not have the slightest loss.
By the time they easily defeated the 10th squad, they had already qualified. However, according to the rules, they can choose to quit or continue the challenge. In fact, none of these passing squads opted out at all.
Xiao Che led the team to constantly sneak attack, fight, and win in the jungle.
When the team beat the twentieth team, it was cheered by a lot, and when the team beat the thirtieth team, it won even more praise. When the team won the fortieth battle, it was shocking, when the team won the fiftieth victory, people were already shocked, when Xiao Che led the team to defeat the seventieth team, even Lu Yanyan's heart fluctuated, and when Xiao Che and they defeated the hundredth team, everyone was already numb.
In the end, it was Lu Yanyan who stopped Xiao Che's team. And Xiao Che also became the only Wu Chang who achieved 100 victories.
From this day on, Lu Yanyan decided to focus on cultivating Xiao Che and training him to become a general. However, at this time, she would never have thought that this move would change the fate of her family, the Qingxuan Empire, and even the entire human race.