I have an endless army of warriors, rampaging across the heavens.

Chapter 93 Four Months Later! [First Update, Requesting First Subscriptions! Requesting Monthly Tickets!]

In the past, travel was slow, letters took a long time to arrive, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person.

This is how intelligence is transmitted.

The same applies to troop deployment.

Around September 15th, Zuo Jing officially began competing against government soldiers and experts from the Jing'an Division in Xiayang City.

Starting on the eighth day of the tenth lunar month, he committed a series of shocking and bloody crimes against the Han family in Donghu, which shocked the entire Donghu Province. Whether in official circles or among the common people, everyone was greatly shaken.

On October 15th, Zuo Jing had his first conversation with Han Yinglong, the Governor-General of Jiujiang. Afterwards, he was executed by slow slicing. Fortunately, he was a suicide soldier, so Zuo Jing suffered no other harm besides heartache.

On October 22, Han Yinglong received the devastating news from his hometown. He was shocked and furious, and even fainted from anger.

By the time he had compiled the intelligence from Jiujiang and Donghu and sent it back to Shengjing to reach the emperor, it was already mid-November.

After waiting for the court's response and the mobilization of various forces, it was already mid-December when the 20,000 imperial guards left Shengjing.

Through the presence of assassins distributed across various provinces, Zuo Jing vaguely sensed unusual movements among the officials and soldiers in the surrounding provinces. He knew that something big was about to happen.

In fact, even without assassins to investigate, one could guess that the imperial court would not let the matter rest.

Where is this?
If 20,000 soldiers can't suppress the underground meeting, then we'll send 100,000, or even 200,000!
"The Great Yan Dynasty possesses two capitals and thirteen provinces, with four million soldiers stationed in its nine border regions alone. It has a very deep foundation and an extremely powerful mobilization capability!"

Zuo Jing knew that the imperial court would definitely send more people and soldiers to suppress the rebellion.

This time, the minimum is 100,000!
We can fight, even if we have to.

The key is——

"A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall."

"We can't stay in Yangcheng anymore!"

So, before the imperial army arrived, Zuo Jing decisively sent out assassins to kidnap his younger brother Zuo Cheng, his elder sister Zuo Rong, his niece Lele, his nephew Yang Dabao, his brother-in-law Yang Zhanshan, and himself—all of them were taken away!
To deceive others.

Zuo Jing also abducted hundreds of wives and daughters of corrupt officials and wealthy, heartless families from Xiayang Prefecture.

They were sent out of Xiayang and Jiujiang in smaller groups, heading south into Haidong Province. Upon reaching the coastline, they turned and traveled southwest along the coast, passing through Haixi Province and Yunchuan Province, finally leaving Dayan and arriving at—

Laozhou!

……

"Master, where are we?"

Zuo Rong was groggy after waking up.

aside.

Yang Zhanshan shook his head: "We traveled by mountain road and then by waterway, and then back to mountain road. We traveled during the day and at night, and we have no idea where we are now."

But he had traveled all over the country and was experienced, so he roughly knew: "There was always a fishy smell in the wind, which meant we were walking along the coast."

Zuo Rong also smelled the fishy smell, which she had never smelled in Jiujiang before.

The thought that she was perfectly fine in Xiayang City, and then in the blink of an eye she was transported to a coastal area thousands of miles away, even though she had been on the road for two or three months, still made Zuo Rong feel like she was in a dream.

In fact, it's not just her.

Yang Zhanshan was also bewildered: "These people are probably from an underground society, but why did they kidnap us? We've been traveling for almost three months, where are they taking us?"

The unknown brings unease.

Fortunately, the "underground rebels" along the way were disciplined and did not commit any offenses, which eliminated the fear brought about by the unknown and unease.

On the same ship, his younger brother Zuo Cheng was still fast asleep.

Zuo Jing woke up around the same time as his older sister, but he didn't open his eyes. He got up and started jumping around, possessing various assassins to learn about the current situation in different places.

This is something he does every day.

After finishing, he opened his eyes and continued the conversation between Zuo Rong and Yang Zhanshan, laughing, "I think the underground will be quite good, much better than those soldiers and yamen runners."

Sakyo is good at comforting people.

Zuo Rong was somewhat comforted.

"Ugh!"

"This world!"

Yang Zhanshan sighed. After all, he had been inexplicably forced to leave his hometown and had been transported for nearly three months. He didn't know where he was going, and once he arrived, he would be unfamiliar with the place and its people. He had no idea what would happen. Zuo Jing was carefree.

Zuo Rong was confused.

But Yang Zhanshan had too many worries.

"quick!"

"Disembark!"

"Line up, those with children, hold your children tight. You have half an hour to start a fire and cook, then continue on your way."

Teams of assassins were everywhere, one in front and one behind.

The vanguard had already dug a clearing in the woods at the disembarkation point for the women, children, and a few adult men who had been on the boat for two days and two nights to rest and eat.

Last December, Zuo Jing abducted 300 women, 800 children, and more than 60 adult men in Xiayang City. These women had not committed any evil themselves but had enjoyed the fruits of the evil deeds of their husbands, fathers, and sons. They were taken away by Zuo Jing in accordance with the law for labor reform.

To escort this group of people, Zuo Jing initially mobilized two thousand elite guards, and then brought twenty of the twenty-three level-nine elite guards from Jiujiang Province. He continued to add more guards, doubling the number to four thousand in three months to ensure absolute safety.

I'm very familiar with the route from Jiujiang to Laozhou.

As early as August, after first learning of the precarious situation of the Great Yan, Zuo Jing began to plan ahead and sent assassins to find a way out.

after that.

They then transferred many of the families of the perpetrators from the original labor camps to the new sites in batches to carry out some basic construction and test the routes.

There was more than one route; there were about ten in total, all intertwined and complex, and no one else besides Zuo Jing knew about them.

These routes are mostly remote, and people rarely or never take official roads.

Explore the deep mountains more often.

Take more remote waterways.

Many waterways were even carved out by Sakyo's assassins wielding shovels and digging through mountains.

Just like that—

A journey through mountains.

A stretch of water.

After three months of frantic efforts, they finally managed to transport this batch of "labor reform prisoners" to Laozhou, thousands of miles away.

"Once you cross this mountain, you'll reach your destination."

"A word of advice: behave yourselves. If you run around and die of thirst, hunger, or are bitten to death by jackals, tigers, or leopards, we will not be responsible!"

An hour later, one of the assassins gave a shout, and the huge team, which had previously been scattered but had now regrouped, set off again for the last time. Upon hearing that they would soon reach their destination, the team erupted in a buzz of excitement.

"master!"

"Did you hear that? They said they'll be here soon!"

Zuo Rong held her daughter Lele in her arms, with Zuo Cheng and Yang Dabao sitting on either side of her.

They didn't have to walk themselves; instead, they were carried by assassins in modified sedan chairs. They traversed mountains and rivers, not to mention taking boats, and this was how they got through the journey.

To avoid special treatment while also sparing the eldest sister the hardship of the journey, Zuo Jing specially provided equal treatment to all three hundred women and eight hundred children in the group.

The suicide squad members were not only fearless in the face of death, but also tireless.

When they got tired, they would dig a hole in the ground and immediately become energetic again. Only in this way could these women and children travel for three months without suffering, relying on methods such as carrying, lifting, and carrying loads.

We set off on the first day of December.

This day was February 30th.

Everyone has arrived.

"Laozhou!"

"Laoshan!"

……

(End of this chapter)