This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 507: A Great Master

July 7, the 21th year of Hongguang.

In the early morning, the official road was covered with fog.

At this time, on ordinary days, there would already be all kinds of vehicles on the official road, including ox carts, horse carts, etc.

But at this moment there is nothing there, the road has been controlled in advance.

Feng Province is about ten miles outside the east gate of Datong Prefecture.

Dozens of people gathered together and waited on the official road.

Among these people were Bian Jingru, the garrison commander of Datong Prefecture, and the chief officers of the six major general hospitals.

There is also Liang Xin, the head of the Zhige tribe in Feng Province, and Qin Zhen, the vice president of Wu'an University.

Xiao Ruixing from the Xiao family, and Huo Hansi, the grandmaster of the Huo family.

Several martial arts masters from the Xiao family and the Huo family were also present.

At the front, Li Fei stood in the center, Qiu Zian stood beside him, and a man with elegant temperament and graceful demeanor stood on the other side of Li Fei.

He and Li Fei were also acquaintances, and that person was Ji Yifan, the president of Qingyun University, who had once fought together with him in the northern barbarians.

Next to Ji Yifan stood a sturdy man who was over three meters tall, with skin as white as jade and without a single hair on his body. He stood out among the crowd.

This person's name is Yan Shangzhen, and he is the president of Meiyun University.

When Li Fei realized that Lu Wenzhen and Xu Jing might take action, he notified the prince and asked them to send people to Feng Province for support.

The closest one is Yan Shangzhen.

Although Yan Shangzhen agreed to the prince's request, he ultimately failed to arrive in time. The reason he gave later was that there was an emergency at Meiyun University and he really couldn't leave for the time being.

Now, the imperial court has ordered the six provinces near Feng Province to send their elite troops to gather in Feng Province. Meiyun Province is one of the six provinces, and Yan Shangzhen finally rushed over.

The martial arts he majored in were related to body training, so his physique was different from that of ordinary people.

In addition to him, two university presidents were also present:
President of Baisha University, Liu Changwen
President of Xuanfeng University, Shi Jia.

Including Qiu Zian who has fallen into deterioration and Shi Caiming who is still recovering from his injuries, Feng Province has gathered six university presidents!
Among the thirteen universities in the country, Qi Zhou from Tianqu University and Xu Jing from Hongyi University are both dead. There are eleven universities left, and strong men from six universities have arrived.

Not only the principal, but also the vice-principal, the Taoist foundation-stage warriors and the possession-stage great wizard, as well as many warriors and sorcerers of various realms came.

This number is greater than the number of strong men gathered to kill the barbarian army!
It was because it was the Great Blue Dynasty that took the initiative to launch the external attack. Even if it lost, it would not have much impact on many people.

But if we lose this battle now, the world will be completely changed!
Therefore, the court's mobilization capabilities and the enthusiasm of the combatants were completely different.

Strong men from six universities came to Feng Province, and the eldest prince used his mother's family to win over a university close to the southern border.

The strong men from the remaining four universities went to Lanling City.

In addition, some martial arts sects that were secretly controlled by the imperial court, or intimidated, or bribed also sent people to participate.

Including the Qingshuang Army that was heading towards Lanling City, the imperial court had already mobilized all the forces it could.

At this moment, there were five grand masters on this official road, and the total number of martial arts masters and immortals exceeded forty!
So many people gathered together, including Li Fei, to wait for someone.

"coming."

Everyone present felt the ground shaking.

Rumble, rumble——

Then, a thunderous sound came from afar.

A hundred miles away, the cavalry are coming in formation!

Iron hooves crushed the morning mist, and the earth let out a dull roar in resonance.

All the mounts were wrapped in dark blue armor. The dragon patterns carved on their head armor twisted into ferocious faces as they galloped, and their manes and tail tassels were torn into wild flags by the wind.

These mounts are almost all second-grade, top-quality Cloud-Treading Beasts, which are not only gentle and easy to tame, but also have the highest compatibility with evil weapons among the lower three-grade exotic beasts.

If it is supported by the killer weapon, regardless of the loss, it can burst out with full force in a short period of time. The Cloud-Stepping Beast carrying the knight, fully armed, can reach an astonishing speed of 200 meters per second!
The knights on the backs of the strange beasts were wearing three layers of thick armor, and the chain mail on the outside was engraved with complex patterns, shining with a deep blue light in the sun.

Everyone held a spear, a knife at their waist, and wore a mask, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.

This is the Sky Blue Cavalry, known as the best cavalry in the world!
Starting all the way from Lanling City, this sky blue cavalry did not take any means of transportation and rode on their mounts the entire way.

Because the speed of the Cloud-Stepping Beast is even faster than the trains of this era, in order to reach the battlefield faster, the Sky Blue Cavalry chose to make a long-distance raid.

Of course, under the dispatch of the imperial court, many supply locations were set up along the way. The mounts needed to be fed with rations, and the knights also needed to take pills and rest.

In this way, in just less than nine days, the Sky Blue Cavalry crossed thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and arrived at Feng Province from Lanling City!
As the sky blue cavalry got closer, the dust was raised by their iron hooves into a brown and yellow vortex, carrying with it gravel and grass clippings, forming a moving sand wall a hundred meters high!

Watching this scene from afar, everyone present was moved.

This is just the normal march of the Sky Blue Cavalry. It is hard to imagine how powerful it would be if this world's best cavalry charged at full speed.

When there was only one mile left to the group, the Sky Blue Cavalry gradually slowed down.

Li Fei could clearly see the undulating dark blue armor, which looked like continuous waves at first glance.

The cavalry stopped completely when they were only thirty meters away from the crowd.

From extreme movement to extreme stillness, the twelve thousand cavalrymen were as orderly as one person!

Li Fei took the initiative to step forward.

The leading knight got off his mount and walked towards Li Fei.

"Meet General Huang."

Li Fei bowed.

The knight took off his visor, revealing a resolute and serious face.

He is the deputy commander of the Sky Blue Cavalry and the chief commander of the army that is suppressing the rebellion - Huang Qiyuan.

He has the cultivation level of a Grand Master in the Lidao Realm, is a rank 17 military officer, and is also the deputy commander of the Sky Blue Iron Cavalry. His status among the military generals in the court can be said to be second only to Wenren Zheng and the other four governors-general. He is a true military boss!
"Meet Marquis Jing'an."

Huang Qiyuan returned the greeting.

"Meet General Huang."

Everyone behind Li Fei saluted Huang Qiyuan together.

"Thank you for coming to greet us. Let's go into the city first."

Huang Qiyuan did not exchange too many polite words with the people present, giving people a feeling that no strangers are allowed.

Afterwards, he brought several high-ranking generals, a deputy leader of the Zhige Pavilion who came from Lanling City, and a dozen pavilion members, and entered Datong City with everyone else.

Twelve thousand Sky Blue Cavalry remained outside the city. Bian Jingru had already arranged a temporary camp and various supplies.

Datong Prefecture City, Government Building.

This place was regarded as a temporary military headquarters, and Huang Qiyuan quickly convened a meeting in a conference room.

There were only a dozen people attending the meeting, and Bian Jingru, the garrison commander of Datong Prefecture, was not even qualified to enter the door.

Huang Qiyuan sat in the main seat, Li Fei sat on his left, and on his right sat a middle-aged man with a face as sharp as a knife and a pair of double pupils.

This person's name is Ban Yanyang, and he is another deputy leader of Zhige Pavilion besides Bai Yan.

Next to Ban Yanyang sat a man in a colorful robe, who was also a former member of the Barbarian Army - the former deputy leader of the Zhengfa Pavilion and current member of the Zhengfa Pavilion, Mi Han.

"In addition to the 12,000 Sky Blue Iron Cavalry, the court also sent Vice Pavilion Master Ban and Master Mi to accompany the army, as well as eight members of the Zhige Pavilion and four members of the Zhengfa Pavilion."

Huang Qiyuan introduced it simply and clearly.

These are a grandmaster, a top real person, eight martial arts masters and four real people!

Then he looked at Li Fei on the left:

"Could Marquis Jing'an tell me the number of high-level experts gathered in Feng Province now?" Li Fei nodded and said without hesitation:
"There are a total of six Grand Masters. Among them, Wu'an University's President Shi Caiming is seriously injured and has not recovered yet. It will be difficult for him to recover to his peak in a short period of time."

"There are thirty-nine martial arts masters and ten real masters."

This includes seven provinces in total, including Feng Province; there is also the combined power of six universities and more than a dozen major underworld clans!

"In addition, there are more than 7,800 imperial soldiers, who can form seven thousand-man-level military formations."

Li Fei added.

The imperial court’s real power to intimidate the world has never relied on individual strong men, but on the imperial camp army.

The total number of imperial camp troops in the provincial capitals and prefectural capitals of the twenty-three provinces is at least over a thousand men, which can form an army of a thousand men.

A thousand-man army means grandmaster-level combat power, so the imperial court is equivalent to arranging twenty-three grandmasters in twenty-three provinces to suppress one place!
Together with the four imperial camp armies of ten thousand people, this is the reason why the fortune of the Great Lan Dynasty could last for more than five hundred years.

This time, the imperial camp troops of the seven provinces all gathered together under the order of the court, which increased the combat power of seven grandmasters!

Together with the strong men sent by Lan Lingcheng, even if the Sky Blue Iron Cavalry is not taken into account, this force is far stronger than the original Barbarian Army.

However, the various internal grievances and conflicts are also more numerous than those of the original Barbarian Army, and the morale of the people is far lower than before!

For example, Yan Shangzhen obviously had no desire to fight and was almost forced to come here. He was even worse than Mi Han at the beginning.

For example, Baisha University and Xuanfeng University have been competing with each other for many years, the two presidents have long-standing grievances, and there are irreconcilable conflicts of interest between the two major families behind them.

There is also Ji Yifan, the president of Qingyun University. One of his juniors died at the hands of the Xiao family, so it is natural that his relationship with the Xiao family cannot be harmonious.

In addition, there are also various conflicts, frictions, conflicts of interest, and even hatred between the major provinces, between the various martial arts sects, and between the various imperial camps!

Such a force seems very powerful, but how much power it can exert on the battlefield and how much risk it can withstand is still an unknown.

As I said, the strength of a country or an organization cannot be judged solely by its paper data. What we really need to look at is how much combined force it can form at critical moments.

Fortunately, the enemy army was not a monolithic entity, and some of their people were even forced to move northward.

Against the backdrop of their peers, this army that was suppressing the rebellion appeared to be united and full of vigor and vitality.

"Do you have any latest intelligence on the rebels?"

Huang Qiyuan continued to ask.

Li Fei: "The latest news is that the rebels' vanguard troops did not move forward after taking control of Xiguang Province."

"The southern border troops, Taiwei University, the escaped Baituo Mountain, the people of the Gouchen Sword Sect, plus the Jianghu forces that were coerced and lured by the eldest prince, and the people who surrendered along the way, including the surviving Bo Chen.

The rebels have a total of four grandmasters, eighteen martial arts masters, and six real people."

"In addition, there are more than 5,000 imperial camp soldiers, who can form five thousand-man-level military formations."

He did not mention the situation of the hidden Martial Saint.

He had already reported this matter to the central government, and Huang Qiyuan was also aware of it.

Whether to mention it specifically and how to deploy it is up to the head coach Huang Qiyuan.

"it is good."

Huang Qiyuan nodded.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

After the arrival of this head coach, the first thing he did was to know himself first and then know the enemy.

After Li Fei said this, the comparison between before and after was very clear to everyone.

"Everyone!"

Huang Qiyuan looked around, his eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and said in a deep voice:

"We obey the will of heaven and the people, and we will defeat the rebels. This is the time of heaven."

"Holding the key position and waiting for the enemy to tire out is the advantage of the terrain."

"The brave soldiers and strong generals outnumber the enemy several times, this is the harmony of people."

"We have everything right, therefore - we will definitely win this battle!!"

After the Sky Blue Cavalry arrived at Datong Prefecture, they did not immediately lead all their elite troops into battle, but continued to wait.

For Huang Qiyuan, the longer he waited, the more forces the court could mobilize from all over the country.

As long as the Sky Blue Cavalry arrived at Feng Province and defended the place, preventing the rebels from continuing to move north to wreak havoc in more provinces and sweep away more people, Huang Qiyuan's first strategic goal of this trip would have been achieved.

It's no longer him who should be anxious now.

If the rebels simply concentrated all their elite forces and attacked as vanguard troops, he would lead the same elite forces to block them.

If the enemy has to wait for the 50,000 troops from the southern border behind, Huang Qiyuan also has time to wait for the ordinary troops mobilized by the court, including the 50,000 imperial guards on the way!
A large army composed of ordinary soldiers, with the help of magic and various gunpowder weapons, can also play a big role.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the eldest prince and others to lead more than 50,000 troops from the southern border to the north.

However, even if we only compare them with ordinary troops, the 50,000 imperial guards on the way are better equipped, more well-trained, and have higher morale than the army in the south.

Therefore, no matter whether it is high-level combat force, mid- and low-level combat force, or ordinary army, the rebel suppression army has the upper hand in all aspects!
Just as Huang Qiyuan said, the right time, right place and right people are all here.

The only person to worry about is the Martial Saint whose identity is still unknown.

7 month 22 day.

The day after the Sky Blue Cavalry arrived in Datong Prefecture, the rebel vanguard stationed in Xiguang Province moved.

Starting from the provincial capital of Xiguang, head north and enter Baisha Province.

It seems that the eldest prince and King Li do not intend to wait for the southern army behind them, but to go directly into a decisive battle with all the elite forces in their hands!
After receiving the intelligence, Huang Qiyuan immediately ordered the entire army to attack:
Twelve thousand sky blue cavalry, a group of powerful men.

There are more than 300 warriors in the Dao Foundation Stage and nearly 100 great wizards in the Possession Stage. The rest of the warriors and sorcerers add up to more than 4,000 people.

In addition, more than 28,000 city guards were mobilized from all over the seven provinces, carrying guns and cannons and setting off with the army.

The army, totaling more than 45,000 people, marched south in a mighty force.

7 month 24 day.

The anti-rebellion army gradually arrived at the border between Feng Province and Baisha Province, near the Gulang Mountains.

There is a vast plain here, named Baifeng.

This was the battlefield Huang Qiyuan had chosen in advance.

When his power is superior to that of the enemy in all aspects, all he has to do is to lead a powerful army and defeat the enemy head-on!

Therefore, he had to choose a battlefield that was most suitable for a head-on confrontation and did not allow for much tactical changes.

Because of the Gulang Mountains blocking the way, the Baifeng Plain is the only way for the rebels to go north.

The railways and roads leading to Feng Province also pass through this plain.

If the rebels choose to take a detour, it will waste more time, giving the court more time to gather more forces from all over the place to encircle and suppress them.

When their vanguard troops left Xiguang Province and continued to move north, it meant that the other side would definitely come to Feng Province.

Therefore, Baifeng Plain will inevitably become the place of the final decisive battle.

7 month 26 day.

The rebel vanguard troops did not attack any city, occupy any territory, or persuade others to surrender. They maintained a high speed and crossed the entire Baisha Province.

That night, the rebel vanguard troops were stationed less than 200 kilometers away from the Baisha Plain.

At the speed they were traveling, they would definitely reach the Baisha Plain the next day.

War is imminent!
(End of this chapter)