This day, in the afternoon.

Just as the people of the No. 24 Tooth Camp were returning to Jingdu City, they suddenly saw the sky in the distance, flying over three black giant birds.

I saw that the giant bird was huge, and the width of a pair of wings alone was probably no less than a hundred feet, and it spread its wings, like a dark cloud covering the sun, and it brought up a burst of violent wind.

"What a big bird!" Li Dazhu couldn't help but admire, "That body is even bigger than my hometown village." ”

"I really didn't expect that there were such big birds in the world. Feng Xiaoxia looked up at the giant bird flying by, unconsciously speaking.

"Is this an eagle falcon?" Yu Duqiu couldn't help but ask, looking at the giant bird's physical characteristics.

"It's a giant vulture called the Vulture. Hu Buxiu on the side looked at the back of the giant bird and explained softly, "The Wanli Vulture is a high-level demon beast with a huge size, wide and powerful wings, and it travels thousands of miles every day. Its back is flat and spacious, it can build a building, and an adult vulture, which can even carry thousands of people in one trip, is often used as a high-level transportation tool in the Shenyuan Continent, and is favored by the army and the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Wang Ruoli looked at the three black bird shadows passing in the distance, and sighed in his heart, the fastest horse on land can travel thousands of miles a day at most, and the vulture can travel thousands of miles a day.

Sure enough, running is far from being comparable to flying.

Outside the city of Jingdu.

At the gate of the city, a group of soldiers in armor and swords were under high martial law and did not allow anyone to enter or leave.

Before the sergeant, a large number of military personnel were waiting for someone, as if waiting to greet someone. I saw that these military people were all above the rank of general, especially the person who was the leader, it was the general Chu Zonglie.

What kind of character is worthy of the general of Jing Xiangguo, the honor guard array, and go out to greet him?

With the three vultures, landed in the open space outside Jingdu City, one after another, from the building on the back of the vulture, hundreds of characters of different ages came down, only to see these characters, one by one, luxuriously dressed, extravagant, I don't know where it is sacred?

Chu Zonglie smiled all over his face, and with many generals, he politely welcomed this group of people into the city.

Jingxiang Palace.

The white-haired Jingxiang lord Chu Zhaonan sat on the left, while the general Chu Zonglie stood behind him with a respectful face.

On the seat on the right is a majestic middle-aged man, about forty years old, and behind him, there is a heroic man.

"I haven't seen you for twenty years, and the nineteenth brother is not ambitious. The majestic man looked at Chu Zhaonan and said with some feeling, "Why are you so depressed?"

"Brother Wang is just a person who was abandoned by his father, and he has been in this western land for more than 40 years, and he still talks about his ambitions. Chu Zhaonan sighed slightly, "Unlike the fourteenth brother, he is deeply respected by his father, the official worships the governor of Nanping Province, has jurisdiction over eighty-three counties in Kyushu, and has an army of hundreds of millions, which can be regarded as the leader among the brothers." ”

It turned out that this majestic man, although he looked far inferior to Chu Zhaonan on the outside, was the fourteenth prince of the Great Chu Immortal Dynasty, that is, Chu Zhaonan's fourteenth brother Chu Zhaozhen. And the heroic man behind Chu Zhaozhen is his sixth son, Chu Zongzhao.

"Now the situation is changeable, and the nineteenth brother is in the land of Jingxiang, and he may not know yet. The corners of Chu Zhaozhen's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "The fourth brother, the eighth brother, and the thirteenth brother have been awarded the governors of Beining Province, Bei'an Province, and Nanyang Province by their fathers respectively, and their status is equivalent to that of Brother Wang." ”

"It's a pity that the realm cultivation of the three royal brothers, compared with the fourteenth brother, is a cut behind the eldest after all. Chu Zhaonan didn't raise his eyelids, "Father's heart is like a mirror, these strategies are just expedient checks and balances. ”

"Alas, Brother Wang, I can't understand my father's intentions more and more. Chu Zhaozhen sighed.

"Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the heart of the king is the most unpredictable and unpredictable. Chu Zhaonan was not interested, "Brother Wang has long been away from the temple, and he ignores Yunyun even more, he just wants to be at ease." ”

"I'm afraid that I'm in it, and if I want to stay away, it's not easy to talk about!" Chu Zhaozhen glanced at Chu Zhaonan carefully, then turned his head to Chu Zonglie and said, "My nephew Guan Zonglie, his breath is steady, and he has been precipitating at the psychic level for a long time, and it is estimated that it will take a few years, and he is expected to break through the enlightenment level." ”

Chu Zonglie, who was standing behind, couldn't help but show a hint of pride on his face when he heard Chu Zhaozhen's approving evaluation.

"The younger generation has the blessing of the younger generation, and his own glory still depends on him to fight for it. Chu Zhaonan didn't color, "I think Zongzhao's nephew is not too much, if you want to step into the spiritual realm, it shouldn't be less than ten years, right?"

"Thank you Uncle Nineteen for your praise!" Chu Zongzhao stood up, "My nephew is stupid, and he didn't break through the spiritual realm until eight years ago and stepped into the psychic level. ”

"Alas, Brother Wang, among my children, only the sixth child is still competitive. Chu Zhao was a little helpless, "It's a pity that compared to Uncle Zhan's eldest grandson, Zong Wangtang's nephew, it is still far from it." ”

"Hehe!" Chu Zhaonan chuckled when he heard this, "Zong Wangtang's nephew, but he is the first person in my Chu clan's royal family's 'Zong' generation. ”

"Also, chatting for a long time before I remembered the right thing. Chu Zhaozhen changed the subject, "Four months ago, the combined forces of the Qin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty invaded the northwest of our country, and in less than a few months, they captured the land of Wuzhou under the rule of Xilong Dao. The king of Hejian who sat in Xilong Road was invincible, and in the past few months, no less than ten documents were sent to the imperial court asking for help. ”

"He Taiji, the king of Hejian, has always been conceited, why did he ask the court for help as soon as he was defeated this time?" Chu Zhaonan was a little puzzled.

"Although Qin and Jin have always been good friends, but this time the situation is very different, the two families dispatched four spirit kings, it seems that they are full of strength to annex the entire western three realms of our dynasty. Chu Zhaozhen said slowly, "I heard that the event that led to the cooperation between the two sides this time was the peace proposed by the Jin Dynasty to marry Princess Hanxue to Qin Shijun of the Qin Dynasty as a concubine. ”

"No, right? Qin Shijun Fu Zizheng is more than 600 years old, and he is embarrassed to talk to a woman of flower age. The corners of Chu Zhaonan's mouth twitched slightly.

"Hahaha......" Chu Zhaozhen smiled when he heard this, "The nineteenth brother is in love, how can you and I be a cultivator of the truth, how can we be tied to the length of time for a while." ”

"Brother Fourteen mentioned it so solemnly, could it be that the battle situation on the front line is not optimistic?" Chu Zhaonan couldn't help but ask anxiously after thinking about it.

"Not only is it not optimistic, it can even be said to be tragic!" Chu Zhaozhen's face was serious, "The number of casualties of the Immortal Dynasty army is more than 200,000, and the number of local army casualties is nearly 40 million, and this is still the battle report four days ago. ”

"It's so serious!" Chu Zhaonan couldn't help but stand up when he heard it, his face was full of seriousness, how many local troops were killed had nothing to do with the overall situation, but the entire Great Chu Immortal Dynasty's descendant army, the three million Immortal Dynasty army, had lost nearly one-tenth of it in just this battle, and this was already a big battle that could shake the Immortal Dynasty.

"Yes, now in the imperial court, half of the ministers are in favor of peace. Chu Zhaozhen continued in words, "It's just that Uncle Zhan Wang disagreed, and he tried his best to override public opinion, ask his father for a seal, and personally take command of the western expedition." ”

"Then, the fourteenth brother passed through Jingzhou on this trip, could it be for ...... Conscription?" Chu Zhaonan asked tentatively.

"The losses of the Immortal Dynasty army are too heavy, and my father has issued a decree, under the rule of the three western provinces, the city level and the Bo country will send troops, the county level and the Hou country will send troops to one school, and the state level and the principality will send one army to fill the Immortal Dynasty army. Chu Zhaozhen said directly, "The fourth brother went to Xichuan Dao, the starling brother went to Xilong Dao, and Brother Wang, I am in charge of Xishu Dao." ”

"It is related to the war of the Immortal Dynasty, Brother Wang should obey the will and have an unshirkable responsibility!" Chu Zhaonan said carefully.

The administrative division of the Great Chu Immortal Dynasty was divided into counties and towns in Daozhou from top to bottom: the head of a city was the governor with a local strength of hundreds of millions; the head of a state was the assassin with a local force of nearly 10 million; the head of a county was the Taishou with a local force of 560,000; the head of a city was the lord of the city with a local force of tens of thousands; and the head of a town was the town commander with a local force of 1,000.

Although Chu Zhaonan is only Jing Xiangbo, as a prince, he has received as many as two counties, which is not weaker than ordinary marquises.

Therefore, in this conscription, Jing Xiangguo needs to send a battalion of 1,000 captains.

Of course, the military level of the Immortal Dynasty Army is much higher than that of a local army like the Jingxiang Army, and the minimum standard for a sergeant to enter the Immortal Dynasty Army is to reach above the foundation building period, that is to say, if the captain of the local army arrives in the Immortal Dynasty Army, he can only be an ordinary pawn. However, Jingxiangguo's army is only a million people, and such a conscription task is actually quite difficult for Jingxiangguo.

At this time, a waiter came from outside in a panic, anxiously waiting at the entrance of the temple, as if he had something important to say.

Seeing this, Chu Zonglie walked over, and the chamberlain attached to Chu Zonglie's ear and relayed it in detail for a while.

"What's the matter?" Chu Zhaonan saw Chu Zonglie walking back slowly.

"Father, there is a wave of young people who went to Jingxiang School Palace and threatened to challenge the young talents of the entire Jingxiang Kingdom. Chu Zonglie said truthfully, "There have been many outstanding juniors of Jingxiang Kingdom who have been defeated by them. ”

"Haha!" Chu Zhaozhen laughed out loud when he heard this, "Brother Wang, I have also followed a few juniors of the Eagle Guard, these boys just can't be idle, and they always like to challenge the younger generations from all over the world, but they have caused trouble to the nineteenth brother." ”

"The fourteenth brother has seen the outside, and the young people are learning from each other, which is very beneficial to the improvement of strength, how can it be said that it is troublesome!" Chu Zhaonan's face was full of deliberately pretended nonchalant expressions, "Third brother, you arrange to gather all the young people in Jingdu City to go to the 10,000-person school field in Jingxiang Academy." ”

"Yes!" Chu Zonglie commanded.