On August 17, the exercise officially began.

In the early morning, a round of red sun rises in the east, sprinkling ten thousand rays of light. The sky is as clean as washing, and the beautiful clouds float in the intoxicating blue sea.

"The auspicious clouds are all over the sky, this is a good omen! God wants to take care of our Tianlong!" On the viewing platform, a white-haired retired veteran general looked up at the sky, stroked his beard and smiled happily.

"Good signs?" the two Celestial Dragon generals sitting beside him smiled wryly, feeling that this old boss seemed to be really old and confused.

If you go back 20 years, maybe this is really possible. But today, the exercise has not yet begun, and the end has long been doomed. The funny thing is that the old men of the military are unwilling to face this cruel truth, and they still pin their hopes on Zhu Xiaoqi, who can only make trouble. Even if he is the young master of the Li family, even if Mu Bai is reborn, I am afraid that he will not dare to say that he is sure of victory, right? He can fight to a tie with Meng Yi in the north, and there is no possibility that the other party will release water? Meng Yi has a transcendent status, after the failure of the plan to annex the wolf clan, what is the need to entangle with such an unknown little person? However, many people listened to it, and even publicized this as his achievement everywhere, and a fluted head was held up to the clouds.

The most hateful thing is that this kid who doesn't know the height of the sky doesn't know the truth of accepting it when he sees it, and he also took advantage of his popularity to get involved in the power struggle of the royal family. The second prince they supported lost for a while because of him, and lost the upper hand in the contest with the third prince. So, they came here today with a kind of schadenfreude mentality to watch the show. The honor of the Tianlong military world and the dignity of the empire are not as important as the world thinks. When they hold the power in their hands, they will have a way to find back what they have lost, and leave an indelible reputation in history.

"What are you two expressions on?" the old general turned his head unhappily and glanced at the two generals beside him.

"Old chief, we're just a little worried. A general said respectfully with a smile on his face. In the highly seniorized military world, no matter how high your status is, even if your boss is no longer in position, if you do not respect him, you may damage your personal reputation. For soldiers, the person who once took you from birth to death and brought you back alive from the battlefield again and again is worthy of this respect.

"yes, it's a serious irresponsibility to let a hairy guy mess around with such an important exercise?" another general also complained.

"Really?" the old general smiled slightly, his eyes shining with wisdom, "Anyway, it's all losing, what's the harm in letting the young people exercise? Isn't it great that Rising Sun and Feng Wu have sent a female baby to lead the army, and let's send a troublemaker? You two are also getting old, don't keep your head down all day thinking about your own things, but forget that this is an era that is destined to belong to young people! By the way, do you two remember what I told you before the end of the first class during the officer training?"

After listening to his words, the two generals looked a little unnatural. That lesson, they could not forget, because it was from that day that they went from a soldier to a junior officer, taking a solid step towards becoming a general. The old chief's earnest words have always been regarded by them as the life criterion of their military career in their long military career, but after he retired, their military rank rose step by step, and finally gradually forgotten.

"Soldiers, never get involved in the whirlpool of politics, otherwise you may be wiped out at any time. This was the old chief's advice that day, and it was also a warning.

Today, he suddenly brought it up again, what is the special significance? Could it be that in this struggle for imperial power, he is not optimistic about the second prince at all? The two generals fell into deep thought.

Although Du Yu did not have the glorious experience of the battlefield in his life, in the eyes of his knowledge, the entire Western Army was invincible. More than 20 years ago, he discovered that Li Mubai and Xiao were leaving, and more than 20 years later, he personally selected the commander of the Tianlong participating troops. If Old Man Du hadn't been dizzy, Zhu Xiaoqi might really be worth looking forward to!" The old general half-squinted his eyes, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to his two former subordinates. As for whether they could understand it, he didn't have the energy to care.

The awards for the ceremony are already in place.

Sitting in the center of the viewing platform is naturally the Dragon Princess Long Xueling. To her left, sitting is the dream song she left behind.

When the reporters' eyes fell on the viewing platform, they suddenly found a very unexpected thing: the people sitting on the chairmen of the Rising Sun and Feng Wu were not Wang Yunhao, the fourth prince of the Rising Sun, and Feng Wuyan, the god of ice and snow war. In their place were two lieutenant generals.

Where has Wang Yunhao gone? Where has the God of Ice and Snow War gone? The reporters searched for their figures in all directions, and they all whispered about various possibilities.

"This Wang Yunhao should personally participate in the exercise. In the group of reporters, a tall and beautiful girl frowned. She is the chief reporter of the "Tianlong Times" in Haiyue City, Liu Qingmei, who became famous for covering the war in the north.

"It's possible. It is rumored that he fought against the Seventh Brother in the Northland, and he was haunted by the defeat that day, and it is normal for him to personally challenge the Seventh Brother now. Bai Xiaosheng, who was standing beside her, nodded.

"This guy really doesn't have a long memory, why can't he get along with Seventh Brother all the time! Hasn't that basin of bath water woken him up yet? Alas...... This baby is pitiful. The corners of Liu's eyebrows raised slightly, and a smug smile appeared. As soon as the incident in Paradise was exposed, she intuitively guessed that it was Zhu Xiaoqi's masterpiece, and secretly enjoyed it for a long time.

"Women are so fickle! I remember a few days ago, you still hated him so much, didn't you? Why did you suddenly change sex?" Bai Xiaosheng pushed his glasses and smiled bitterly.

"At the moment of righteousness, what is a personal grudge?" Liu Qingmei made a good excuse for himself, "Wait for the seventh brother to bring someone to appear, you have to grasp the angle well, the photos published in the newspaper must show the demeanor of our Tianlong soldiers." ”

"No matter how good the photos are, what is the use if the exercise is lost?" Bai Xiaosheng sighed lightly.

"You damn pessimist!" Liu lightly tapped his head lightly, and said angrily, "Have you collected all the information of the seventh brother in vain? He is shameless, but when have you ever seen him lose face in front of so many people? Don't you know that his opponent is two big beauties, and in this case, he usually has a small universe outburst? Haven't you noticed that there is still a group of beautiful women on the viewing platform who are staring at him with watery eyes? A princess, a star, if he doesn't give some amazing performance in front of them, he won't be the Zhu Xiaoqi I know!"

Later, there was a faint hint of vinegar, so that Bai Xiaosheng could only nod yes with a smile. In this world, there are two situations where women have no reason to talk about, one is on those days of the month, and the other is when they fall into the vinegar jar, Bai Xiaosheng obviously realized this.

The crowd suddenly stirred.

A group of soldiers from the Fengwu Empire, led by a female officer in white battle armor, quietly walked into the square in front of the viewing platform.

"Oh my God, the Phoenix Dance Empire actually sent them! In this exercise, Tianlong has no hope......

An exclamation came from a distance, attracting Liu Qingmei's attention. She hurriedly walked over with Bai Xiaosheng.

An old man in his fifties had been surrounded by a group of reporters, who seemed to be asking him about the origin of the unit.

"Fan Si Nian, old fan, does he know this army?" Liu said lightly, frowning lightly.

"I remember that when he was younger, he was a well-known war correspondent for a major newspaper, and for a time he even went outside the Great Wall of Ice and Snow to do interviews. It's just that after returning from the battlefield, he seems to have been stimulated by something, his mind is a little abnormal, and his writing level has dropped significantly. I thought he wasn't doing it anymore, I didn't expect him to come here. Bai Xiaosheng explained.

"Well, since he's been to the Great Wall of Ice and Snow, it seems that he really knows the origin of this force. Liu nodded lightly, and took Bai Xiaosheng towards the crowd.

Because she is famous and beautiful, when the reporters saw her coming, they all piled up smiling faces and took the initiative to get out of the way.

"Old Fan, do you know the origin of this army?" Liu Qingmei asked a question that everyone was concerned about.

"This force, the most powerful warriors outside the Great Wall of Ice and Snow, calls themselves the Reapers. But Meizu gave them a very loud name, called the Blade of Death. Fan Sinian smiled wryly, his eyes full of fear. He remembered the battle scenes he had experienced on the ice field back then, and remembered the scenes where they ruthlessly harvested the lives of Meizu soldiers like machines.

That race, although its life is very different from that of the continent, is still in fact a branch of the human race. However, the war on the ice field is so cruel that it surpasses all the wars on the mainland. There were no captives, only killing, until everyone on one side fell, and blood bloomed like bewitching flowers on the vast ice field, endlessly. And this army, called the Reaper, is the hand that gave birth to these blood flowers, and the knives in their hands can not only kill people, but also dismember those Meizu soldiers who are dead and wounded under their knives in an instant, picking out the most tender meat on their bodies and putting it away as fodder for feeding their mounts.

Fan Sinian never imagined that the war on the ice field would be so inhumane, although everything the Fengwu soldiers did was under the banner of the safety of the mainland human race. It was that experience that made him seriously stimulated, and he didn't know what is good and what is evil, what is dark and what is light. "Reaper?Blade of Death?" Liu Qingmei felt a huge pressure from the name of this unit and Fan Sinian's expression, and faintly worried about Zhu Xiaoqi. "Yes, I also know that the officers and soldiers of the Fengwu Empire who fought against the Meizu on the ice field were only eligible to participate in the selection of this army after killing a hundred Meizu soldiers. Each and every one of them can be said to be a real elite on the battlefield!"