Chapter 447: Drawing lots
"I just got the news that my father has once again advanced the time for us to rush to the reserve station, and the relevant orders will be delivered soon!" After pulling Li Zijun closer to his room, Marcas immediately whispered to him about the situation.
"It is said that the order also stipulates the time for our departure, obviously, those guys from the DPRK-China General Staff Headquarters have also sensed the conspiracy of the Fengqi people, and they are preparing for the next bitter battle!"
"Bitter fighting? Could it be that the General Staff Headquarters wants to completely solve the problem of Feng Qi this winter? Is this a bit too urgent?"
"I think the most important thing we should do now is to take a temporary truce, build up energy and get through this winter. ”
"In this way, although our material consumption is huge, Fengqi will not be better. After all, this is our territory, and they must have more difficulty than us!"
And as time goes by, the Fengqi people will inevitably be homesick, and when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, they are afraid that there will not be much left. If we launch a general attack on them at that time, we will have a much greater chance of defeating them!" Li Zijun looked at Marcas with some puzzlement.
"I really didn't misread you!" Marcas's eyes lit up when he heard Li Zijun's analysis, and he nodded with satisfaction. But then Marcas's eyes dimmed again:
"As far as I know, this order has nothing to do with the staff headquarters, it is completely the intention of my father!"
"Your Majesty?!" Li Zijun couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, and his brows gradually wrinkled.
"Father Emperor is worried, he can't see the day when we will drive the Fengqi people out of Aojin!"
"My father's health has deteriorated over the years, especially in the last two years. He has to lie in bed for at least half a month. You must not have imagined his one-meter-eight figure. It weighs less than a hundred pounds!" Marcus let out a long sigh.
"Last year. We once asked Archmage Armstrong of the Cult of Light to check my father's body, and I secretly asked Archmage about my father's condition afterwards. ”
"Hey, he said that his father only has three years to live!"
"Naturally, no one knows his own body better than my father himself! He is in a hurry to test our brother this time, and I think this is also the reason. ”
"It's just that now it looks like he's not just testing our ability, he's going to test our luck, and he's going to test which of us has the better luck to survive this tough battle. Marcas's wishful thinking was shattered, and he shook his head with a wry smile.
"Ed, my brother killed you this time! you can leave whenever you want. It's just that I'm bitter brother!"
"Your Highness, don't worry! Although the little one is not a gentleman, he will never do such a treacherous thing!"
"Besides, the little one doesn't want to return what he ate into his stomach!" Li Zijun looked at Marcas and blinked and smiled lightly.
"I'm going to die, what do I need that money for? You have to leave, just go, don't talk to me about that money again!" Marcas seemed to be particularly bold today.
"Your Highness, I promise you: I will not leave you until we defeat the Fengqi people!" Li Zijun looked at Marcas. There was a strong burst of confidence all over the body.
As Marcas said, the order of the imperial court was sent here that day. Originally, he was still going to rest for another day before setting off, but Maher wanted to hit the road immediately.
on this. Marcas didn't insist too much, and the group left overnight. Embarked on a journey to the reserve station.
This way, at the strong request of Maher. The crowd was almost non-stop. When they arrived at the reserve station, they were a full week ahead of the time limit.
But even so. They are still far behind the other princes, and they have become the last two highnesses to arrive here!
There is only one reason why the princes are particularly active this time: to compete for soldiers!
But what they didn't expect was that their father had already guessed their thoughts, and had identified the members of each team before they arrived here, and there was only one way for them to choose their men: draw lots!
Maher was still complaining in his heart that Marcus was delaying his time, but after hearing this, he began to laugh at the other princes' self-inflicted cleverness!
With the arrival of Maher and Marcas, all the adult princes gathered, and under the organization of the old ministers of the court, the lottery ceremony officially began.
Since Lee has already been appointed by Marcus as his deputy, he also had the honor of attending the event.
At first, watching the princes draw lots, Li Zijun didn't feel anything, but after the three princes drew their own teams, he gradually found that something was wrong!
Although the number of soldiers has been demarcated this time, there are inevitably some differences between them. In order to take over the team faster and achieve his goals, after Li Zijun came here, he investigated each team and had a preliminary understanding of them.
What Li Zijun didn't expect was that the three teams he thought were the strongest had all been drawn out at this time. Li Zijun does not believe that such a result is completely coincidental!
Li Zijun was only suspicious at first, but after he saw that the three princes kept exchanging glances with the old minister of Aojin, he finally confirmed his guess!
Fairness only belongs to the strong! Everything in front of us once again proves this truth!
Seeing that the fourth prince had taken away the fourth strong team without any surprise, Maher also understood everything, and his eyes, which had just been full of interest, became dim.
"Maher, you go and smoke first, and leave the last one to me!" Marcas was about to step forward, when he suddenly felt Li Zijun next to him pull him. Marcus turned around and glanced at Li Zijun before giving up his spot to Maher.
"This is a bit unruly, isn't it?!" Before Maher could react, the second prince of Aojin took the lead in starting to attack.
"Yes, I don't think at all!"
"Maher is my younger brother, what did I let him do?" Marcus snorted coldly, and 'saluted' the second prince in a pun. Obviously, it is not only Li Zijun and Maher who are involved in the lottery today, but Marcas also knows this.
"You are not only Maher's younger brother, but also your two younger brothers behind him?" the third prince interjected at this time.
"I was about to wait for Maher to say it when he finished drawing, and since you are willing to help, then I will not have to say more!" Marcus turned to the other two princes and made a 'please' gesture.
The third prince wanted to say something, but in the end, the eldest prince's eyes stopped him, and he smiled coldly and stepped aside.
After the three princes had finished drawing lots in turn, Marcas walked over and took out the last ball in the box with a number written on it.
"6! I'm lucky!" Marcus raised the ball in his hand and shook it proudly at the third prince. In fact, Marcus didn't expect his luck to be so good, and he actually drew the last one in the box!
"Maher, your face is not good, what is the number you draw?" The third prince ignored Marcas's provocation, and he turned to Maher with a wicked smile on his face.
"7?!Brother, it looks like you've won the lottery!" the third prince smiled and walked away with confidence.
Li Zijun saw that the eldest prince and the second prince were all relieved after hearing the third prince sing the number in Maher's hand.
It turns out that the crux of the day is here!
Maher's performance would actually attract the attention and jealousy of other princes, and Li Zijun couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart!
"You actually took my lucky number away, this is not good, I must change it with you!" This time Li Zijun did not give Marcas any hint, this is his initiative to ask for the exchange of numbers with Maher.
Maher didn't expect that Marcus, who used to be selfish, mean, and indifferent, would treat himself like this today. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, and was stunned by Marcas snatching the ball from his hand.
"Marcas, it's unfair for everyone to do this, isn't it?" the eldest prince finally couldn't help himself when he saw this, and he stepped forward to stop Marcus from talking.
"Fair, I think fair is for me to make the lottery, everyone will draw it, and give me the remaining one!, how about it, do you want to try again according to my method?" Marcus replied to the eldest prince with a sneer as he shoved the ball in his hand into Maher's hand.
"Marcas, do you really want to be our enemy?" the third prince saw that the eldest prince was coming forward, and he hurriedly threatened Marcus with a fake tiger.
"Here are all my brothers, no enemies of mine!"
"Where my enemies are—Boladin! Those abominable phoenix Qi are my enemies! I have come here for one purpose, and that is to drive them out of our land!"
"As long as I can achieve this goal, it doesn't matter what you ask me to do!"
"Including dying on the battlefield?" said the third prince with disdain.
"It seems that everyone here knows that I'm afraid of death!" Marcus shook his head with a wry smile.
"Today I'm going to tell everyone that I'm willing to die in order to drive those Fengqi bandits out of the city!" Marcas suddenly made a solemn promise with a sudden expression.
"Ed, let's go, let's go receive our team!" Marcas impressed everyone with him and walked out of the room with Li Zijun.
"Big brother, is this still our brother Marcus who is afraid of death and greedy for money?" The third prince was blocked by Marcus's words just now, and he couldn't speak again until this moment.
"Maybe we were all wrong about him before!" the eldest prince looked at Marcas's back, and there was a little more respect in his eyes.
"Let's go!" the eldest prince walked out with the second and third princes.
The fourth prince looked at Maher, and then at the eldest prince, who was about to walk out of the room. After a momentary pause, he nodded to Maher and left the room. (To be continued......)