Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 346: Plan

Luo Bingzhong looked at the soldiers below the reviewing stand who were gradually becoming chaotic, and his face suddenly fell.

However, seeing how excited everyone was, no one brought up military regulations to pour cold water on the excitement.

He then coughed twice and winked at Lin Beixuan.

If you don't come out to take charge of the situation now, when will you?

Seeing this, Lin Beixuan naturally understood.

However, he couldn't yell at the soldiers to quiet down, given his personality.
So Lin Beixuan thought about it and raised his hand.

As he raised his hand, the eyes of the people below were attracted and they all looked towards the top of the reviewing stand. The noisy discussions among them gradually stopped.

"I believe that after experiencing the battles a few nights ago, you have grown a lot and have seen blood. You are no longer new recruits." Lin Beixuan took a deep breath and said lightly.

His voice was not loud, but very steady, and it could be heard far away with its power.

"According to the information I received, the other states close to Luozhou also seem to be in trouble."

"The nearest Qingzhou has been occupied by Nanyang and Xiesui, and in places farther away, Jiangzhou, Minzhou, Changzhou...many places are no longer under the jurisdiction of the court."

"Of course, this also includes our Luozhou."

The wind was blowing, bringing Lin Beixuan's words into everyone's ears.

Under the blockade of the Xuanhuang hungry ghosts, many people are now very vague about the information from the outside world. They are struggling to survive, so how can they have time to care about other things?

But when Lin Beixuan said it today, many people started paying attention.

Some of them are not native to Naju. They came to Naju for business or for some other reasons, but happened to encounter the outbreak of the starving ghost incident and can never go back since then.

Xing Liang secretly clenched his fists. When Lin Beixuan said that Minzhou had been occupied by the evil spirit from Southeast Asia, his heart twitched violently.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Luo, who was standing next to Xing Liang, glanced at him and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay!" Xing Liang shook his head: "I just recalled some bad things."

"This damn world doesn't give ordinary people like us any chance to survive."

Zhang Luo sighed when he heard this, his expression not very good.

He was a native of Luozhou and had once been a blacksmith. He had only learned some techniques to exorcise evil spirits and had never formally embarked on the path of spiritual practice.

In fact, there are many people like him in the world.

Because not everyone can open the mansion and enter the destiny after learning a few tricks. This involves one's own talent and whether the skills are orthodox and complete. Any flaw will prevent people from opening the mansion.

After this period of contact, Zhang Luo already knew that Xing Liang had an extraordinary origin and was someone who had entered the realm of the underworld.

The other party's behavior was obviously related to the several state capitals that the general on the stage mentioned had fallen.

Zhang Luo didn’t know what to say and turned his gaze back to the tall figure on the stage.

Lin Beixuan continued, "The situation in Luozhou is not much better than in other states. First there was a severe drought, then there was the starvation disaster. Now there are only a few people alive in various parts of Luozhou, including most of you, who are only living under the protection of the secular gods of Sheshan."

"No one wants to die like this, so they try their best to live. But sitting and waiting to die will not last long. One day, the ghost of starvation will come to you."

"If you lean on the mountain, it will fall. The secular gods are not omnipotent. They can protect you for a while, but not for a lifetime. If the Xuanhuang hungry ghost attacks, even the secular gods of Sheshan can only protect the Huxian of Sheshan to evacuate at most."

"But what about you?"

Lin Beixuan looked at the people below quietly with a solemn expression.

As soon as this question was asked, the soldiers below the stage asked themselves the same question in their hearts.

Yes, but what about us?
It is a favor for the folk gods of Sheshan to help us, and it is their duty not to help. If Sheshan is conquered by the Xuanhuang hungry ghosts, even if they take their descendants and leave directly and leave them in Sheshan, no one has the right to say anything wrong.

Even if they were all killed by starving ghosts in the end, they could only blame themselves for not being strong enough.

"There is no other way except to become stronger yourself."

Lin Beixuan's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart.

His words were cold, yet extremely realistic.

"Now that you have left Sheshan and experienced the life-and-death struggle with the starving ghosts, how do you feel?"

Lin Beixuan's question spread to the team, and everyone was silent until a soldier slowly raised his hand and said timidly: "It seems that starving ghosts are not as scary as imagined."

For a moment, many people looked towards the direction where the sound came from.

Standing there was a thin boy who was shorter than most people around him.

He looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, and clothes that would fit most people were baggy on him.

When Lin Beixuan asked the question, he answered immediately without thinking.

Lin Beixuan looked at the young man and nodded with satisfaction.

"He's right, starving ghosts are not as scary as we imagined!"

"They are nothing more than puppets and bodies that have lost their souls and can be manipulated at will. If you can overcome your fear and take up weapons to fight, they are actually not much harder to kill than a wild animal."

"You should have all heard the story of the Zhenxi Army. They went from having more than 30,000 men to less than 2,000 men now."

Upon hearing this, the Zhenxi Army soldiers below the stage all showed expressions of grief on their faces.

Xiao He, who was responsible for carrying the flag of the Zhenxi Army, clenched his teeth and his hands were shaking.

Lin Beixuan's voice echoed: "But if you ask them, would they be afraid of seeing starving ghosts?

I believe no one will say they are afraid.”

"The world has changed now!"

"Heaven and earth are cruel and treat all things as straw dogs. If we want to survive in such a world, we have to become stronger to take back our home and protect everything we have."

"Remember your current name - Beiming Army. I hope you understand that you are not fighting for me, but for yourselves."

After Lin Beixuan finished speaking, everyone in the audience was moved.

Their eyes changed from confusion to determination, and at this moment, everyone found the answer in their hearts.

They are fighting for themselves.

Luo Bingzhong came up to Lin Beixuan with a serious face and gave him a standard military salute.

"General Luo, what is this?" Lin Beixuan, who had just finished speaking, felt a little thirsty. He was planning to find some water to drink, but he happened to encounter this great gift from Luo Bingzhong.

"I was a little worried before that you, Brother Lin, had never led an army before and would not be able to rally the morale of this group of more than 10,000 new recruits, but it turned out that I was overthinking it."

"General Lin, you are a qualified leader, I am ashamed of myself!" Luo Bingzhong bowed and shook his head bitterly.

He had been a soldier for more than ten years, rising from a private to a general, and had heard all kinds of things officers said to their soldiers.

But most of them said that fighting for the country should be worthy of the military pay paid by the country, but no one ever mentioned that they should fight for themselves.

The most important thing for an army is its morale and faith.

Lin Beixuan's words have undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Beiming Army, which is extremely valuable.

"Brother Lin, what are you going to do next?" Luo Bingzhong asked.

At this time, Shen Tingmiao also looked over.

Now they are in a life-and-death situation with the hungry ghosts. Maybe one day when the Xuanhuang hungry ghost is free, he will kill them all in one fell swoop.

There is not much time left for them.

Lin Beixuan didn't say anything when he heard this, but walked towards a wooden house next to the training ground.

Luo Bingzhong and Shen Tingmiao looked at each other and followed.

After entering the wooden house, Lin Beixuan sat down directly at the first seat and looked at the Luozhou topographic map made simply with mud and sand.

Making a sand table is a skill that every general needs to have. After the parade ground was built, Luo Bingzhong immediately made this sand table to analyze the situation in Luozhou.

They were now in the central part of Luozhou, not far from the central plains where the Xuanhuang hungry ghosts were located, and it was very dangerous.

Lin Beixuan looked at a small red flag and a small black flag on the sand table, turned to ask Luo Bingzhong.

"Which flag represents us?"

"Red!" Luo Bingzhong replied.

"It turns out that we are so close to the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost now!"

Luo Bingzhong sighed helplessly: "It's not just close, if that starving ghost wants to come in person, he can reach Bicheng in less than half a day."

"We are no match for it now, no matter in quality or quantity!" Lin Beixuan said calmly.

"Although the Beiming Army has already gathered its military spirit, they still need some time to grow, and their standard equipment is also far behind."

Luo Bingzhong pointed out one by one the shortcomings of the Beiming Army that he had discovered during this period.

Lin Beixuan nodded when he heard that. Suddenly, he pulled up the red flag representing them from the sand table and moved it to the back of the sand table.

"Don't worry about the weapons and armor. Sheshan will provide them for us. The most important thing right now is to train the troops!"

"You all saw the black tide of starving ghosts that attacked the city a few days ago. There were so many of them. If it weren't for the city walls, the Beiming Army wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long. If they were in an open area, they would have been eaten long ago."

"The population of Luozhou is nearly 10 million. We have no idea how many people have been transformed into the ghosts of starvation, but the number must be quite large."

"According to the news from the Fox Spirit God of Sheshan, the strength of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost should now be comparable to that of the Great Common God."

Speaking of this, Lin Beixuan's heart became heavy.

In the secular world, secular gods are also divided into high and low levels.

From the twelve lords of the zodiac to the one hundred and six common gods of fate, there are also countless great common gods in between.

With his current strength, he can barely fight against a small vulgar god. If he fights against a big vulgar god, he will probably be killed instantly by the opponent at the first encounter.

Moreover, Lin Beixuan also suspected that the Xuanhuang hungry ghost must have a part of the Jiutian Xuanhuang Tower on his body.

Because when he saw the opponent's external barrier clone before, the three Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Towers in Lin Beixuan's bag moved slightly.

This proves that the clone must have come into contact with the other fragments before, and thus was contaminated with the aura of some of the fragments of the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Pagoda.

According to the panel prompts, the Jiutian Xuanhuang Pagoda was split into seven different pieces and scattered all over Luozhou.

Now Lin Beixuan has collected three of them, and there are four fragments left, including the most important core of the Xuanhuang Tower.

Luo Bingzhong led the Zhenxi Army to fight the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghosts for so long, so he naturally knew the opponent's strength.

"Indeed, it is much stronger than ordinary gods. At the beginning, when my Zhenxi Army still had 30,000 soldiers, we fought it for a day and a night, but in the end we still couldn't kill it. Instead, we almost wiped out the Zhenxi Army, resulting in us being unable to deal with even its subordinates."

"Yes." Lin Beixuan nodded: "Now the two secular gods I am familiar with have gone to win over secular gods from all over Luozhou.

When I saw them in the valley before, they had gathered quite a few secular gods. I think it won’t be long before they can gather all of them together, which will be a great help to us.”

Luo Bingzhong's eyes sparkled, and his tone was somewhat excited: "If Brother Lin can really recruit Luozhou's secular god to our side, then our chances of winning against the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost will be much greater."

According to statistics from the Tongzhou Department of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there are more than 20 registered secular gods in Luozhou. If he had been able to gather these forces together, he probably would not have ended up like this today.

Luo Bingzhong looked at Lin Beixuan with even more admiration.

Recruiting secular gods is not something that ordinary people can do. Even during the most prosperous times of the past dynasties, the governors of prefectures and cities had to use a lot of persuasion to get the help of secular gods.

On the other hand, Lin Beixuan had secular gods personally go to various places in Luozhou to help him recruit people. This honor was even greater than that of the incompetent emperor sitting on the dragon throne today.

Luo Bingzhong still feels shocked when he recalls the spectacular scene when Lin Beixuan summoned the gods and the secular gods tore through space and descended one by one.

He looked at Lin Beixuan moving several flags behind the sand table and guessed, "So, Brother Lin, what you mean is that we should temporarily avoid the attack of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghosts, and when all the secular gods gather, we can launch a general attack on them together?"

Lin Beixuan smiled faintly: "Yes, I want to lead the troops to sweep around the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost first, and wait for the secular gods to return to their positions, and then think about how to deal with the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost."

Of course, by the way, try to find the remaining fragments of the Xuanhuang Tower.

The Jiu Tian Xuan Huang Pagoda is ranked seventh among the magic weapons in the Weapon Legend Atlas. Its power is several levels higher than that of the Wan Ya Hu.

He only completed three fragments and then activated the Xuanhuang Dao Seed ability to repair the foundation. If he completes more fragments in the future, he will definitely be able to unlock more abilities of the Jiutian Xuanhuang Tower.

However, Lin Beixuan's idea was soon questioned by Luo Bingzhong.

Luo Bingzhong frowned and said, "Brother Lin, your idea is very good, but have you considered the issue of marching?

The Beiming Army does not have enough horses right now, and has not yet separated out its cavalry. If they want to mop up the starving ghosts on foot, it will be a thankless task."

Luo Bingzhong's words were quite tactful, and he did not directly reveal their current situation, thus giving Lin Beixuan enough face.

They didn't have enough horses, they didn't have any live horses at all.

(End of this chapter)