Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 90: Military Review, Dragon Knight

The winter wind blew up the white snow, dressing the earth in silver.

Zhu Jinzhen, wearing a black python robe, stood on the platform to review his generals. Beside him sat the flushed-faced Zhu Houzhao, as well as the troops from the East Factory, the Six Gates, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard who had found him.

“Zheng!”

Zhu Jinzhen suddenly drew his sword, a cold light flashing: "The Ming army is mighty!"

"The general is mighty!"

boom! boom! boom!
The earth began to tremble, and eight thousand dragon riders marched forward with their horses' hooves in unison. Their momentum could shake the mountains and last for thousands of years. Every step they took seemed like the sound of thunder.

Zhu Houzhao only felt that the reviewing platform under his feet was shaking, and his hands, which were originally clasped around his lower abdomen, subconsciously held onto the railing.

"Is this the Dragon Rider?"

Qinglong, Guo Zhentao, Liu Xi and others were horrified.

There were precedents of women joining the army in various countries around the world, but this was the first time that a complete women's army appeared.

The sky flag is raised in front of the general's stand, and the white horse and silver spear flutter like a poem.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

"Your Highness Chitose!"

The voices of eight thousand dragon riders resounded through the sky. They were armed with silver spears and iron armor, and were as powerful as mad dragons. Although they were women, they were heroic and valiant, and were no less brave than any good man in the world.

"It is said that these 8,000 Wandering Dragon Riders are all unfortunate women. How could they have such a terrifying evil spirit?" Zhu Houzhao's pupils shrank sharply. He was well-versed in military tactics and knew exactly how terrifying these 8,000 armored Wandering Dragon Riders were.

To put it bluntly, even if an army of 100,000 were to confront them, they would be defeated.

"Eight thousand Wandering Dragon Riders, eight thousand Vajra Realm warriors, how is that possible!" Qinglong was trembling all over, looking at the scene in disbelief. Vajra Realm was naturally nothing in front of a Zhixuan powerhouse like him, but a cavalry composed of eight thousand Vajra Realm warriors, not to mention him being a Zhixuan Realm warrior, even a Tianxiang Realm warrior would turn around and run away when he saw it.

Zhu Jinzhen maintained his posture of displaying his sword and reviewing the troops, with a slight smile on his face: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Zhu Houzhao praised solemnly, "Are they light cavalry or heavy cavalry? They are all wearing armor and carrying bows. Although these Youlong Cavalry only number 8,000, they are more powerful than a 100,000-man army!"

This refers to the troops in the nine important border towns, not the military households in the local garrisons.

"But I'm a little curious, why are there those people among the 8,000 Dragon Cavalry?" Zhu Houzhao looked at the several tall and strong women at the front row of the 8,000 Dragon Cavalry, followed closely by General Xuanwei Cao Xueyang.

Although they also wore armor, carried bows, and held guns.

But it was somewhat out of tune with the other dragon riders behind.

"Xueyang!"

"The general is here!"

"What's going on with the eighteen riders in front of the Youlong Cavalry?" Zhu Jinzhen's voice echoed in the martial arts training ground of Tiance Mansion, but almost everyone knew that he was asking a question even though he knew the answer.

"Your Highness, they are the heavily armored dragon riders carefully selected by this general."

"Oh? How do you say that?"

Zhu Jinzhen glanced at Zhu Houzhao and the people around him with a half-smile.

Cao Xueyang's opponent Zhu Jinzhen looked at him with amusement, but his face was righteous and awe-inspiring: "They have the courage of ten thousand men, and they regard swords, spears and arrows as rotten wood. The Vajra Finger is like a wisp of breeze. They are the strongest shield of the Wandering Dragon Cavalry."

"So confident?"

"Yes!"

Cao Xueyang nodded calmly: "Your Highness, please review it."

"If I take action, it would be a bit of a bully."

Zhu Jinzhen said this, and with a half-smile turned to look at the Emperor Zhu Houzhao beside him: "How about this, I've heard that the East Factory, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the Six Gates are full of experts, why not let them come down and test it out?"

Although this was a question, it gave Zhu Houzhao almost no room to refuse.

There were countless Tian Ce soldiers watching behind the 8,000 Youlong Cavalry. Even though Zhu Houzhao knew it was a trap, he had no choice but to jump in.

Zhu Houzhao's face showed no sign of anger, and he said calmly: "Liu Xi, Qinglong, Dufeng, Zhentao, since Prince Su has invited you, please come down and weigh in." "As you wish."

Several people bowed, then jumped up and landed in front of the Dragon Riders.

"The entire army retreats three feet!"

Cao Xueyang waved his hand, and the Dragon Riders retreated in an orderly manner, leaving a not-so-large space.

The eighteen heavily armored female riders who had been following Cao Xueyang dismounted, took four steps forward in unison, and looked sternly at Liu Xi, Guo Zhentao and the other four.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frown: "Prince Su, at such a close distance, aren't you being too arrogant?"

Those in the Profound Realm can easily extend their Qi by a hundred steps, and the celestial phenomena can even influence the weather of heaven and earth. By using the laws of nature as force, they can even wipe out half of a mountain with a wave of their hands.

At such a close distance, he was really worried about hurting the Dragon Rider.

Zhu Jinzhen glanced at Zhu Houzhao speechlessly. His soldiers themselves didn't feel sorry for him, but you, the emperor, were worried first. However, he still said with a smile: "Xueyang, Your Majesty thinks that the Youlongqi is too close. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Xueyang said in a cold voice, "If they can't even withstand this little test and even bring harm to their fellow sisters, they are no longer qualified to remain in the Wandering Dragon Riders."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the eighteen heavily armored female knights in the front suddenly changed.

The original contempt was suddenly filled with solemnity.

Liu Xi's hips trembled, and he cursed inwardly: "Damn it! We are so close to the celestial event, but I almost lost my courage because of a female soldier's stare."

Liu Dufeng and Qinglong are similar.

Although these heavily armored female knights in front of them did not reveal their aura, the anger and murderous intent they displayed just now put so much pressure on them that they almost turned around and fled without hesitation.

Only Guo Zhentao, who stepped into the celestial phenomenon, was dumbfounded at this moment.

He stared in disbelief at the seventeen tall, heavily armored, and beautiful women before him, his heart nearly breaking. "Are you kidding me? These eighteen women are all Grandmasters of Celestial Phenomena?"

"Then, let's get started."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head helplessly, then he remembered that the Youlong Cavalry were female cavalry trained by Zhu Jinzhen, and their loyalty was not to him, the emperor. He could only order them to start and end quickly.

He was so envious that he almost got red eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinzhen nodded to Xu Changhai beside him.

"The martial arts performance begins."

"A stick of incense!"

As soon as Xu Changhai finished speaking, a soldier next to him brought an incense burner with a stick of incense stuck in it.

"Qi Yang, if you are defeated and your fellow sisters are affected, you will be expelled from the Dragon Cavalry and will never be used again." Cao Xueyang said this, which also marked the official start of the martial arts performance.

"Heh, even though the Dragon Riders are all elite, they underestimate us."

Liu Xi sneered, his body shook, and the true energy of Hunyuan Tongzi Gong was violently released, as if to give the eighteen heavily armored women in front of him a warning.

However, there was no fluctuation in the expressions of the eighteen pairs of eyes.

A female rider stepped forward, raised the red tassel in her hand, and pointed at the arrogant Liu Xi: "Use all your strength to block my shot, otherwise, you will die!"

"Arrogant!!"

Liu Xi's body rushed forward, the true energy of Hunyuan Tongzi Gong surged, and he slapped the chest of the heavily armored female knight with one palm.

As the palm wind passed by, the strong wind and true energy blew up dust on the ground.

"boom!!"

Liu Xi didn't even have time to realize what was happening. He only felt a flash of red tassel in front of his eyes, and the true energy he cultivated with the rampant Hunyuan Boy's Kung Fu was swept away by the gun. His body was thrown into the air uncontrollably, spitting out a mouthful of scarlet blood in the air, drawing a huge arc, and then fell heavily to the ground thirty steps away from the training ground.

With one strike, Liu Xi, the deputy governor of the East Factory, was defeated!
Both Qinglong and Liu Dufeng couldn't help but have their pupils shrink suddenly.

(End of this chapter)