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Chapter 215 Arrival at the Eighteen States of Jiangnan

The hot summer has passed, and the autumn is slightly chilly. Near Jiangzhou City and Guanyi City, the leaves of the tall trees turn yellow little by little, and then fall in the autumn rain. When they hit the ground, the raindrops make crackling sounds.

The news from Changfeng Tower was carried here by the autumn wind.

Although Changfeng Tower is Li Guanyi's intelligence organization, it still takes time to safely deliver the letter back across the complex power environment of the State of Chen. After practicing martial arts, Xue Shuangtao took a break and looked through Li Guanyi's letter.

She looked at the painting that the young man had put inside the letter. The simple brushstrokes vividly outlined the river, waterfall, and the vague crowd. Xue Shuangtao smiled and took out a goshawk wing from the letter.

This eagle feather is different from the eagles tamed by ordinary noble children.

Instead of being straight and smooth, the feathers of those noble eagles have a glossy feel and shine in the light.

The wings sent with the letter were hard and straight, and when I touched the feathers, I felt a scratchy feeling. These were strange beasts that roamed among the mountains and forests, fighting the sky, battling with wild beasts, and dancing in thunderstorms.

Then read the contents of Li Guanyi's letter.

When she saw those names, Lei Laomeng, Nangong Wumeng, Fan Qing, Ling Pingyang, and those experiences that were downplayed but actually quite eventful when thought about carefully, a smile appeared on her face.

The autumn rain is cool outside the window.

Xue Shuangtao ground ink and wrote a reply.

"Guan Yi, I am glad to hear that you are doing well. The Xue family is still the same as always. Senior Qing Yan taught me martial arts and swordsmanship, which is an ancient heritage from Kunlun Mountain. It seems that the Kunlun Sword School gradually grew up after obtaining this inherited swordsmanship."

"Your experience must be much more exciting than Guan Yicheng's."

"The months after you left felt no different from the past. Day after day passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Changqing practiced very hard. It was as if he had suddenly become a different child."

"He also practices halberd fighting and archery."

"Your friends, Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying, will come to see Changqing. Their martial arts are already outstanding among the younger generation of military officers. They will occasionally come to teach Changqing martial arts."

"My aunt's baby is about to be born. My grandfather hasn't been home for a while. The court is like a stagnant pool of water. After the death of Prime Minister Tan Tai Xian Ming, His Majesty's behavior has gradually become violent."

"Grandpa said that all the decrees in the past were personally polished by Tan Tai Xian Ming."

"It's like the continuous spring rain, falling on the earth, very naturally, but your Majesty thinks it's all his own credit. Grandpa said that your Majesty Chen Dingye was also a young man with great ambitions and more talented than ordinary people, but in these days, his heroic spirit was abolished by Tan Tai Xian Ming."

"I don't know what heroism is, maybe it's the spirited spirit like yours."

"good luck."

"Be sure to pay attention to safety."

The girl was silent for a long time. She folded the letter and handed it to the guest official of Changfeng Tower. She said in a cold and quiet voice, "He can't receive the letter you sent." Chen Qingyan, whose temples were white but still looked like he was in his twenties, looked at the girl in front of him.

"The Qilin Army has already entered deeper into the border between the two countries. If we go out now, there are military strongholds everywhere, and even birds can hardly cross. Changfeng Tower has lost contact with the Qilin Army, and I'm afraid there will be no letters from him in the future."

Xue Shuangtao smiled and said, "But I still have to write it for him."

"That way, when he comes out, there will be a lot of letters to read."

Chen Qingyan didn't say anything.

Qilin Army and Li Guanyi, although these two names are not as famous as Regent King and Yue Pengwu, they have been mentioned by some people. However, when people mention these names, they are always pessimistic about them.

It's just a solitary army. The big countries in the world have hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers.

Of the top 100 generals in the world, Ying State accounts for 30%, more than 30 people, and there are famous generals of all types; Chen State and Turkic each account for 20%, plus Yue Pengwu, there are 10% outside the Great Wall, 10% in the Western Regions, and 10% in the Regent King. There are more than a dozen people at the most, and several at the least. The Qilin Army...

Chen Qingyan was suddenly startled.

Wait a minute, the big countries in the world all have hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

For example, in the State of Ying, there were hundreds of thousands of good warriors, but only thirty or so famous generals, each of whom commanded tens of thousands of soldiers.

And Li Guanyi's Qilin Army.

But if Yuwen Tianxian was also included among the thousands of Qilin soldiers.

There are three famous generals.

Among the thousands of people, there were three famous generals.

If we add Pang Shuiyun...

This ratio is actually extremely outrageous. If we compare it based on pure numbers, Li Guanyi is just a very small force, not even a force. But if we calculate it based on the ratio of famous generals...

Chen Qingyan suppressed this thought.

She looked at the girl in front of her and gave a reminder, her tone cold: "But, aren't you worried about Nangong Wumeng? She is the new top of the most beautiful list in the world. She is only eighteen years old, only three years older than you, but she has already reached the realm of the third heaven."

"They are all geniuses with great talent and roots."

"From the letter, I can tell you that he is under Guan Yi's command. We are about the same age and spend every day together."

“It’s hard not to have other feelings come up.”

Xue Shuangtao looked at the letter. The girl, wearing a tight outfit and with her black hair tied into a ponytail, replied, "Actually, Princess Qingyan, I now feel like the past six months have been a dream." She stretched out her hand, her fair palms calloused, and held it:
"Six months ago, my life was very peaceful. I ate with my grandfather every day, practiced martial arts, studied arithmetic, and then went out to play with my brother. The high walls of the Xue family were very strong and safe. I could only see the sky above the Xue family and the peaceful days."

“I thought things like this would continue forever.”

"It's like a girl from an aristocratic family. She grows up, becomes more beautiful, and then marries a husband from an aristocratic family. She takes care of her husband and children, and from being a young lady from a certain family, she becomes the wife of a certain family in the eyes of others. But, that day when I went to the private school to see Changqing..."

Xue Shuangtao said, "That guy broke into my life unreasonably and turned my originally peaceful days into chaos. He dragged me to skip the tea party of the young ladies of the noble families, to go horseback riding, to participate in the grand gatherings of the common people when it rained, and took me to climb trees."

"After going to Jiangzhou City, he became the first of the great priests, he had a hereditary title, he flattened the ghost market, and then suffered humiliation, he killed Tan Tai Xian Ming, he rescued Yue Shuai, and he even rode a Qilin and broke out of Guanyi City."

The girl spoke softly, then stretched out her hand, as if she could still see a familiar figure, and said in a trance: "He has become so far away, so far away."

"At first I thought I was like a girl watching flowers and plants under a high wall, day after day. Suddenly one day, a cat fell from the wall. He was hungry and showed his claws with a vigilant look on his face. I walked around happily holding the cat."

"But later I realized that it was not a cat, it was a tiger."

"I just happened to see the eagle landed in the yard, and then I thought that this bird could accompany me, but how could the eagle stay here? It will flap its wings and fly away to the world. Should I cut its feathers and let it stay here forever?"

She held the wing and said, "I don't want this."

Chen Qingyan looked at Xue Shuangtao.

I don't know if the promise made in youth can continue. He will continue to move forward, and will have more friends, comrades-in-arms, and subordinates around him. In the end, he will stride away and gallop across the world, while I will still be in Guanyi City and cannot be by his side.

Xue Shuangtao raised her head. The heroic girl forced herself to smile brightly and warmly, and said softly, "I just hope he's well."

"I'm fine or not, I'm fine."

………………

As autumn deepened, the days began to pass extremely quickly after Li Guanyi defeated Yuwen Tianxian and passed through Zhenbei City. After his daily training, the young general felt bored and started to use the words from his previous life to record his marching log.

The Great Emperor's Chronicles: The tenth year of the Tianqi Revelation, the beginning of October in autumn.

[Leaving the Yin-Yang Rotation Sect]

[The personnel have expanded. The original 1,600 Qilin soldiers, 500 heavy cavalry, plus the prisoners, only made up for more than 4,000 people. After a trip to the Yin-Yang Wheel Sect, the number has directly increased to more than 5,400. Damn it, it's only an increase of about 1,000 people. Why do I feel like my brain is going to explode?]

[My command ability is estimated to be around 5,000. If it's more, my brain won't be able to handle it.]

[A little more and it will collapse]

[The Qilin Army entered the deep mountains and lost contact with the outside world for a short time. Nangong tried to go out, but did not gain anything. However, the mountains were rich in resources, especially in autumn. Lao Shi and Lei Laomeng tried to find things that could be made into dry food in their own way.]

[Shi Dalin and his men didn’t know how to make it, but they made a ball of nuts and grains, and then used the power of warriors who practiced fire-attributed internal energy to forcefully dehydrate them, and made something similar to compressed biscuits]

[During those days when we were out on the scouts, we couldn't make a fire, so we could only eat this]

[I don't think they can get rid of the name 'fucking veterinarian']

[The formula for the elixir was found in the Yin Yang Rotating Sect. Old Shi and his companions are learning it at full speed. However, their methods are too wild. I don’t know who taught them. They seem to have developed the habit of randomly disassembling the ancestral elixir formula and adding their own style.]

[This is really a bad habit. Who indulges in this?]

[The blood pressure of the Yin Yang Rotating Sect's alchemists and pharmacists seems to be a bit high recently.]

[In addition, some safe martial arts of the Yin-Yang Rotation Sect are made public]

[Among them, seventeen kinds of martial arts, including [Yin Yang Confusion Footwork], were recognized by my great-grandfather]

[Together with "The Book of Peace" and "Qilin Sword Art", it is the basic martial arts library of the Qilin Army. Anyone can practice it. Pingyang seemed a little surprised that the 500 heavy cavalrymen of the Yue Family Army also selected some unique martial arts.]

[Fortunately, Mr. Pang is not at home today]

[I won’t be home tomorrow]

[Today's dinner is some kind of large root plant ground into powder, with squirrel soup and nuts]

【Lei Laomeng's cooking skills improve】

The Great Emperor's Chronicle: November of the tenth year of the Tianqi reign.

【Fuck it! 】

Li Guanyi's marching record begins with swearing.

[The omnipotent Lei Lao Meng discovered that there were a lot of insects in autumn. He fried the insects and added them to the dishes. After the brothers had finished eating, they realized that the seven old ghosts were inspired and ground the insects into powder and mixed them into the compressed dry food.]

[Another note: The Seven Old Ghosts are not allowed to enter the Logistics Department]

[In front of the marching stove, alchemists and dogs are not allowed to enter]

[During this month, we have pacified seven bandit dens. They can no longer be considered bandit dens because there are not many people inside, and outside are the military positions of the two countries. After asking, we learned that these are villages that fled to the mountains after their families could no longer survive.]

[Fan Qing went to talk to them about dividing the land]

[Seven days later, the logistics army will increase by one thousand people, all of them are strong men. They will choose to go out and take risks. After they are out of the road and it is safe, they will find a way to bring the old and the young out to a safe place.]

[They held the dry food made of grain and told me with their expressions that I didn’t need to worry about their diet, as long as they could find a place where the taxes were not so heavy. They were all good laborers, strong, and willing to work hard.]

[As long as there is a bite to eat, I will not run away]

[I can't leave them behind]

[But, fuck! Six thousand five hundred people, right? Can people grow in the mountains? ]

[I feel like my brain is a bit strained lately]

[My ability to command may only be 6,500 people. If one more person is added, I will die in front of Fan Qing. I will die under his nose!]

Day 18
[When I met the refugees, I felt sad and couldn’t just ignore them]

[The number of people increased by 221]

[Li Guanyi, Li Guanyi, your command is just a little bit, don't add any more people]

Day 21

[Logistics staff increased by 172]

[General Yuwen, save me! ]

[Also, Fan Qing seems to be leading his brothers to study the battle formation of the Yin Yang Wheel Sect. They plan to bring this thing into the army battle formation to see if it can succeed.]

[Yu Wenhua expressed ridicule]

[Initial Results of Fan Qing's Formation Development]

[Yuwenhua is furious] [At night, use monkey wine to chat with Yuwenhua, trigger the passive bloodline, and unconsciously start keyboard politics]

[Yu Wenhua was unable to argue with me and was furious. He said that if he was given a hundred people, they would definitely train better.]

[This guy took the bait and agreed]

[Nangong Wumeng went out to explore, was surrounded by strange snakes, and accidentally fell off a cliff. He found the place where the seniors in Jianghu were in seclusion, and found a set of superior internal skills and a set of superior boxing techniques]

[Confirmed, as the second advanced version of [Qilin Army's Required Martial Arts]]

[Lei Laomeng tried to jump off the cliff, but failed]

[Fan Qing tried to jump off a cliff, but failed]

[Yu Wenhua tried to jump off the cliff quietly, but was discovered and dragged away by the seven old ghosts, so he failed]

[General Yuwen Tianxian was furious. After three hours of scolding, all the generals stopped thinking about it.]

[Nangong Wumeng discovered an unmined iron mine]

[No? What the hell? Is this guy's luck a little too high? ]

In the twelfth month of the tenth year of the Tianqi reign of the Great Emperor, it snowed heavily.

[The armor is extremely cold in winter, but Lei Laomeng seemed to have been prepared. The beasts he killed along the way were all made into inner armor and leather clothes. Although they smelled a little bit, they barely allowed everyone to withstand the bitter cold.]

[Changsun Wuchou successfully obtained a batch of cotton-padded clothes. The light cavalry spent a lot of effort to get them in to avoid casualties due to the severe cold.]

【Eliminate nearby bandits and gangsters】

[With a whole roasted suckling pig as a reward, Qilin helped to build a crude facility for casting ironware. Under the guidance of the great grandfather, the omnipotent logistics officer Lei Laomeng successfully produced extremely rough iron armor. Young and strong people who are willing to wear armor, as well as prisoners, can wear this thick iron armor.]

[The number of armored soldiers increased to 3,500, plus 500 heavy cavalry]

[Currently there are 4,000 combat troops and 4,000 logistics troops]

[Eight thousand people, eight thousand people, fuck, every day I feel like I’m walking on a tightrope]

I must have reached the limit of my own command.

[Also, under the guidance of my great-grandfather, my inner strength training broke through to the peak of the second level. I thought about it and chose to suppress it. My great-grandfather said that the training of warriors in the third level is to nourish the primordial spirit, and the fourth level is to create divine charm.]

[I already have the primordial spirit and the Dharma image, so I might as well accumulate the internal energy first]

[After accumulating to the extreme of dragon tendons and tiger marrow, a breakthrough in one go may allow you to directly cross the third and fourth heavens.]

[But now, please call me the commander of the Qilin Army of the Second Heaven]

The Great Emperor's Chronicle: January, the eleventh year of the Tianqi reign.

[During the New Year, everyone gathered under the iron mine and had a hot pot meal]

[Shi Lao found some spicy herbs and made the base of the pot. Lei Lao Meng found some winter snow goats and made hot pot with them. It seemed that some special medicinal recipes were added to the hot pot. Qi Lao Gui didn't care about the nature of the soup.]

[They are pure unconventional people. This delicious soup base is made with the Yin Yang Rotating Sect's Qi-nourishing Pill. The Yin Yang Rotating Sect's old pharmacist's blood pressure rose and he almost fainted from anger.]

[But it tastes very good. After eating it, it strengthens the bones and muscles, drives away the cold, and increases the blood circulation.]

[It’s the New Year, and I’m fifteen this year. In this era, people refer to age by both virtual age and actual age, so in their eyes, I’m sixteen now. My great-grandfather said that men of this age are legally allowed to start a family.]

[Among the distant relatives of the Murong family in the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, there are many beautiful women]

【Since the world is not yet settled, why should we talk about family matters and shirk responsibility?】

[That day, Yaoguang beat him dozens of times with a roasted bun]

[Grandfather is quite happy, General Yuwen Tianxian has a complicated look]

[Yuwenhua is really good at training soldiers, much better than Fan Qing. After all, he comes from a family of top military generals in the world. He is trained as a future famous general. He is the type of general who pays equal attention to military situation and military skills. He is really amazing, General Yuwenhua.]

After praising Yuwen Hua in this way, Yuwen Hua looked unhappy and angrily said that I was mocking him.

[This kid figured it out! ]

[However, Fan Qing secretly learned Yu Wenhua's training methods, and then this guy started a training competition in the Qilin Army. The winner can enjoy the honey barbecue provided by the omnipotent Lei Laomeng]

[Note: Lei Laomeng discovered a hibernating mountain bear, kicked the door open, dragged it out, and the number of strange beasts increased]

[Yu Wenhua failed for the first time, and Fan Qing's Yin-Yang cutting military formation was initially successful]

[Yu Wenhua also began to train his troops immediately]

[The first Qilin Army competition begins]

[The seven old ghosts laughed especially happily]

The Great Emperor's Chronicle: February of the eleventh year of Tianqi.

[Yaoguang casts a formation to cover up the iron mine and continues the march]

[Destroy seven strongholds, gradually approaching the eighteen states of Jiangnan]

[Among the mountain bandits, there are many fierce and ferocious bandits, and there are also defeated troops.]

[In the mountains and forests, a reclusive person from the Hidden Vein Sect was found hiding in a valley. I communicated with him and he said that he was from the Red Emperor era. He hid here to avoid the disasters of the Red Emperor and the Overlord. He has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. He only relied on absorbing refugees from outside to gradually multiply.]

[It explains in detail all the things in the world, and a group of young people are willing to join]

【grass】

[I said you have land, they said they are willing to follow you to see the world]

[Qilin Army combat troops increased, armored personnel, 4,500, logistics 4,500]

[Nine thousand people, no more, no more, this has reached the limit of my command]

[One more person, and I think my team will collapse]

[Also, Nangong Wumeng found a copper mine]

[I'm numb now. I told her, if you have the ability, find a gold mine.]

[She looked like she was asking what you want to do]

[Also, damn veterinarians, these guys used [Morinda officinalis, Poria cocos, Cuscuta australis, Cistanche deserticola, Chinese angelica, Rubus idaeus, Schisandra chinensis] and other herbs to create a medicine called "Kidney Nourishing and Blood Producing Soup", and used a prescription provided by a pig butcher to filter out the part of the medicine that stimulates sexual desire]

[Created a pill that can cause a surge in Qi and blood, increase strength, and stimulate Qi and blood]

[It also seems to have the property of allowing the person who takes it to enter sage mode]

[How did this thing come about?! ]

[Named, Dali Vajra Pill]

The Great Emperor’s Chronicles: March, the eleventh year of the Tianqi Revelation.

[Discover the defeated army, defeat and annex it]

[There are too many people. The previous armor is not enough. This is just right.]

[There are Chen's scouts, engaging in battle]

[The number of strange beasts gradually increased. The omnipotent Lei Laomeng spent so much time and finally figured out the principle of the mechanical crossbow. He used his inner strength to rub out something similar to a spring mechanism, and used the iron tools he had brought back from the previous tempering to rub the mechanical crossbow.]

[The accuracy is very poor, and the actual shooting effect is very poor]

[After the Seven Old Ghosts suggested it, Lei Laomeng enlarged the mechanical crossbow used by human warriors, and then mounted it on giant bears and other strange beasts. It only needs to be fired once, and the crossbow arrows reach the size of siege crossbows, which are difficult for human warriors to use.]

[It doesn't matter if the crossbow arrows are large enough and numerous enough]

[I think the style of the Qilin Army is a bit too wild]

[General Yuwen Tianxian actually incorporated the alien beast army into the large-scale combat style, and he is worthy of being known as one of the generals of this generation who is best at coordinating multiple arms.]

【Other--】

Li Guanyi raised his eyebrows. The sixteen-year-old young general had a much calmer look. There were already many scratches on the armor on his body. It had been two months since he left Zhenbei Pass and came to Yin Yang Rotating Sect last year. It had been another six months since he left Yin Yang Rotating Sect and came here. Eight months had passed in total.

In eight months, they conquered the mountains and broke through the stronghold.

The young general wrote:
"The Qilin Army currently has 6,000 combat soldiers and infantry, and 6,500 logistics troops."

"Five hundred alien beast soldiers."

"Five hundred heavy cavalry."

"A total of 13,500 people."

"Among them, there are the armors of the defeated army, the Yuwen family army, the tattered armors made by the almighty Lei Lao Meng under the guidance of my great grandfather, and the leather armors made from tanned leather. All the combatants are wearing armor, divided into heavy armor and light armor."

"I feel that I have reached the limit of my own leadership ability. The 1,600 men I had before all dispersed and became the backbone of this army, which is how we can barely maintain order. But this is my limit. This must be my limit."

"Besides, the battle hasn't started yet. I can only lead them forward. I definitely can't command a troop of this level."

"My head is twitching, but it's okay, it's finally here."

"Report!!!"

A solemn shout was heard from outside.

After obtaining permission from the Tao.

A sturdy young man strode forward and said, "General, we are only a hundred miles away from the Eighteen States of Jiangnan. The brothers of the scout army discovered that the border town of the Murong family on the edge of the Eighteen States of Jiangnan was besieged by the army of the State of Chen."

He sent back the intelligence from the scouts.

Li Guanyi took a look, put down his pen, and closed the march record.

He picked up his sword and walked out of the simple tent.

The spring sunshine is warm and a little dazzling.

The wind blew across the sky, making a fierce sound.

The scarlet flag fluttered in the sun. Seven thousand soldiers gathered, all wearing armor and holding weapons, exuding a murderous aura. Li Guanyi looked at them, took a deep breath, and said, "It's still a hundred miles to the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan."

"Get ready to go."

The boy's voice was calm.

The voice in response was solemn and silent.

They took half a step forward in unison.

Their armor was covered with scars.

In eight months, we fought 67 battles, big and small, and won all of them.

They lowered their eyes, clenched their hands, and tapped their hearts in unison.

They are no longer a mob, so they answered.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)