Chapter Forty-Eight: Nine Plains City
What followed was a march all day and all night, and there seemed to be no idea of rest at all, but many soldiers returned one after another, and there was no joy to hear, no passionate music and dance, and not even sadness.
The only thing that existed was the black iron stream rolling on the ground, and the rumbling footsteps rang from morning to night, and then from night to dawn.
The entire Tiannan Guards Legion is like this, silence is the end of this battle.
Duan Heng was in it, and he had to sigh, it was really cold, but in addition, in the past few days, he had roughly figured out the outcome of the battle a few days ago, and it could only be said that both sides were defeated, except for most of the masters of the Heavenly Demon Alliance, the remaining demon clan army was almost completely wiped out.
On the side of the human race, the loss of emperor-level immortal cultivators is unknown, but the prince-level immortal cultivators suffered many casualties, and then the county-level immortal cultivators are the overall land army, which is the most heaviest, taking the Tiannan Guards Legion as an example, it was originally full of 500,000 elites when it set off, but now it can be assembled, less than 100,000.
But this battle was won after all, so neatly cut off the huge reinforcements of the Heavenly Demon Alliance, so that the demon army that was currently besieging Qingcheng Pass was lost, and defeat was imminent.
Next, as long as the commander of the human race does not faint, or if the Heavenly Demon Alliance does not have any big moves to release again, the entire rebellion is likely to end in the next half a year.
Duan Heng is inclined to the former, yes, he doesn't dare to underestimate those old guys now, it's still the same sentence, the heritage of the human race is too rich, even if the warlords fight every year, and they dismantle each other, they still have an absolute advantage.
If nothing else, this time the Twelve Great Guards Legions in Shimokyushu. It is said that only five were used, and as for the real descendants controlled by the five great emperor clans, the twelve Praetorian Guard Legions in Upper Kyushu, they did not move at all.
Not to mention the even larger number of miscellaneous legions controlled by the gate lords of the county family.
The whole march lasted a month. At first, Duan Heng thought that the Tiannan Guards Legion was going to rush to the aid of Qingcheng Pass, but it wasn't until a super city appeared in the sky ahead that he knew that the war had nothing to do with them, and the time had come to really rest.
This is still the first time that Duan Heng has had close contact and can enter the super big city since he was immigrated to the immortal cultivation realm, or the main city of a state.
Kitahara Castle, one of the nine famous castles in Inner Kyushu.
Where the real prosperity is, it is no wonder that the Tiannan Guards Legion has passed through those small towns and small checkpoints along the way, and it is not uncommon to enter. Because the place where they can rest and resupply is in Kitahara Castle.
Only when you reach this realm will you feel the prosperity of the immortal cultivation world and the prosperity of the human race.
Although I may not be proud of being a human race, I am not afraid of sacrifice to overcome all difficulties, but what I saw and heard at this time really made Duan Heng a little bit admired.
Compared to the desolate world of Outer Kyushu, the gap is too great.
And only here. There will be one, well. This is the feeling of the world.
The green mountains are beautiful, the forest and the sea listen to the waves, the countryside is strange, the chickens and dogs smell each other, the small bridge and the flowing water, and the flowers are dotted.
You can't see the kind of tunpu with local characteristics in Outer Kyushu. All you see are undefended villages, one village in three miles, one town in ten miles, and the peace and tranquility are extreme.
Every few hundred miles. It will be a small city, said to be a small city, it is also extremely prosperous, people come and go, and there is an endless stream.
It's no wonder that Xiao Yueji's map describes that the true foundation of the human race is actually in Inner Kyushu. If it is said that it is densely populated, the nine famous cities in Inner Kyushu can completely crush the so-called famous cities in the upper and lower eighteen states.
Only a huge military fort set up every thousand miles along the way reminded passers-by that this was already close to the front line of the war, and the former army of the Heavenly Demon Alliance was only one step away from this Northern Plains State.
The huge city is gradually approaching, but the first thing that catches Duan Heng's eye is not the towering city walls and strict defenses, but the bustling market, on both sides of the street, all kinds of trading houses, restaurants, pawnshops, inns, inns abound, and there is no end in sight.
But this is not Kitahara Castle, this is just a market and residential area that spontaneously converges outside Kitahara Castle. This place is still fifty miles away from the city of Kitahara.
The street was large enough for a hundred blackhorns to walk side by side, and there was no one except for the soldiers of the Tiannan Guards Legion rumbling past.
No one welcomed it, and probably didn't need it, but at this time, Duan Heng somewhat understood where the arrogance of these guys came from.
The huge and towering city wall was getting closer, but the hundreds of zhang high city wall could not attract Duan Heng's attention at all, because there was something more peculiar that attracted him, that is, the moat, no, it should be called the sea of moats.
God knows what kind of brains the original builders of Beiyuan City were, and they actually opened up a huge river of fire about ten miles wide and more than three hundred miles in circumference around Beiyuan City, and the rolling flames rose, just like being on top of the earth fire magma, and what was even more powerful was that the flames in this river of fire basically reached about seven grades, and even in the central area, some flames reached five grades.
Uncle, this is simply a tyrannical thing, how much red fire and evil qi must be wasted to form such a scale?
Needless to say, this kind of defense is simply invincible, if there is an enemy to attack, then as long as there are hundreds of masters who are good at controlling the red fire in the northern plains city, that situation will definitely make the enemy scream so badly.
Crossing the thrilling river of fire from the bridge, they entered the city of Kitahara, and there was still no one to welcome them, and they were always greeted with a salute.
It wasn't until they entered the huge barracks, which could be called luxurious, that the mountain of rewards finally detonated everyone's enthusiasm.
"All soldiers, regardless of the size of their official position, their cultivation is high or low, and those who can return will be rewarded with 100,000 immortal stones, one stone of red fairy spirit rice, five hundred stone of cyan fairy spirit rice, 5 Dapei Yuan Dan, 5 Qingxin Pills, 5 Yushu Pills, 100 jars of Beiyuan special spirit wine, two eight virgins and a pair, and those who are damaged in ordnance can go to the Ordnance Division to exchange them for free. In addition, all soldiers are given a half-month vacation, during which they can repay their merits with the achievements of the previous war, and there are other rewards for military merits, in addition, all the war dead are rewarded as above, and all are returned to their families. ”
This treatment made Duan Heng straighten his eyes directly, worthy of being the quasi-descendants of the five emperor clans, in comparison, it is the genuine wind guard of the wind guard camp, but that's it, and it is even inferior.
In this chaos, Duan Heng quickly received these rewards, after all, there was no one to fight for, and most of the soldiers knew about it.
"Hey, you, Duan Heng, come here. ”
Just when Duan Heng was thinking about where the pair of twenty-eight little beauties were, he saw the female leader waving at him in the distance.
Of course, he didn't dare to slack off on his boss, and hurriedly walked over, but saw that there were four men and women beside the female leader, who were looking at him with critical eyes.
At this time, the female commander also took off her helmet, and her face was very well contoured, if it weren't for the blood stains on her face and her messy hair, coupled with the expression that no one would be close to, she would probably be barely a beauty.
"I am Xiao Tieyi, the commander of the 37th Berserk Battalion of the Tiannan Guards Legion, these four are the four deputy commanders of my Berserk Battalion, Wu Ethereal, You Yizhi, Gao Chengguang, and Wang Wu, together with me, each commanding two hundred soldiers, and they are the core of our Berserk Battalion, so, Duan Heng, which commander do you plan to join them?"
Very strange questioning, and looking at the disgusted expressions of the four of them, Duan Heng probably understood that he was still treated as a weak chicken, so these five bosses discussed for a long time, but they didn't want to recruit him into their team.
After all, these five are all cultivators of the governor's position, and they are the pinnacle of county-level immortal cultivators, and Duan Heng is only a small talent at present, which makes them very embarrassed.
In an instant, Duan Heng's gaze swept over the four commanders one by one, dancing ethereal, female, You Yizhi, male, Gao Chengguang, strong man, Wang Wu, bearded strong man.
But without exception, the eyes of these four at the moment are murderous, staring at Duan Heng, although they didn't say it, but the meaning is already clear, you are a little girl, dare to enter Lao Tzu (Lao Niang)'s team, believe it or not?
It's just that these four are like this, but Xiao Tieyi is also not interested in Duan Heng, otherwise why would she ask here pretending to be here.
Isn't that bullying?
If Lao Tzu quits the military voluntarily, will you be satisfied? Hey, no, this may be what they want.
If it was in the past, Duan Heng might have really done this, but now that he has seen the wonderful treatment of the Tiannan Guards Legion, he is reluctant to leave.
He snorted coldly in his heart, but Duan Heng pretended to be solemn and obedient, stood up straight with a snap, and said loudly: "Duan Heng obeys the orders of the commander, and everything is based on the commander's orders." ”
However, Duan Heng thought he was smart, but he underestimated the shamelessness of the four deputy commanders, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he immediately continued: "Yes, yes, this son has high ambitions, since he is willing to obey your orders from Boss Xiao, then we still have to give him a chance, young man, it's good to be motivated, disperse." ”
The four of them dispersed in a hurry, leaving only Xiao Tieyi, whose eyes were as cold as knives, and Duan Heng, who had an innocent face.
Silent.
After a long silence, after Xiao Tieyi almost killed Duan Heng hundreds of times with his gaze, she said in a deep voice: "The team of two hundred people under my command is the core blade of the thirty-seventh mad battle battalion, every war first, invincible, invincible, this battle, a total of three fifth-grade demon beasts, thirty-seven six-grade demon beasts, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three demon beasts below the seventh grade, died in a hundred battles, and now there are only seventeen people left, all of them are good men, you-"
That Xiao Tieyi probably wanted to say 'unworthy', but in the end he stopped, and changed his words: "It's not that I deliberately embarrassed you, but even if there is no big war, the tasks we have to perform on weekdays are extremely dangerous, if you still insist on joining, you can also pass the trial assessment arranged by me personally, of course, for the sake of fairness, I will give you half a year to prepare." If you choose to give up and quit the Thirty-seventh Furious Battle Camp now, then I promise to share your military merits with fifty seventh-grade demon beasts, which is rich enough, and I can even arrange for you to go to the Miscellaneous Legion. (To be continued.) )