Chapter 450: Chui Mountain Fission

Mo Ao Calendar Year 134, May 15th

Chui Mountain Zhencheng, Daytime

The Mo Ao southern foothills area, after all, didn't have that many Cold-Resisting Realm experts, and very few people could withstand the cold light to go out for activities, so even in the most densely populated town city, there were few people on the streets during the day, appearing exceptionally quiet.

It was like this in the city, and the city gate area was even more so.

Chui Mountain Nancheng Gate, except for more than a hundred yellow-armored soldiers clad in sturdy armor and holding sharp weapons, standing quite competently on the outside of the half-open city gate, not another person could be found.

It was no wonder; the busiest time for the city gate was usually concentrated at night. During the day, except for special circumstances, no one entered or left the city at all.

Having said that, precisely because of this, all town cities generally only sent a small number of Cold-Resisting Realm experts to guard the city gate during the day. Like the Nancheng Gate at this moment, it was clearly a bit abnormal.

Soon, a middle-aged man in silver armor, wearing two swords at his waist and dressed as a general, slowly walked down from the city gate tower.

Seeing a group of soldiers standing firmly on both sides of the city gate without looking sideways, a flash of approval first appeared on the middle-aged man's face, and then he quickly lit a bonfire in the corner of the city gate, shouting to the group of soldiers: "Brothers, you have all worked hard. Anyway, there is no one here right now, come over and warm yourselves by the fire first!"

The group of yellow-armored soldiers heard the middle-aged man's order, their expressions immediately relaxed, and they hurriedly gathered around the bonfire, first shaking the snowflakes off their bodies, and then stretching out their hands to warm themselves by the bonfire.

The Cold-Resisting Realm only meant being able to resist the severe cold, not that they couldn't feel the cold. Being able to warm themselves by the fire was naturally more comfortable than standing on both sides of the city gate like stakes.

However, not long after, a soldier couldn't help but speak.

"Captain, please forgive your subordinate for speaking bluntly. Deputy Army Head Duan is also too much. How could the job of guarding the city gate fall to our Yellow-Armored Army!"

This remark seemed to have completely ignited the anger that had been accumulating in everyone's hearts for a long time, and many people followed suit and spoke up.

"When the former Lord and Army Head founded the army, they said very clearly that our Yellow-Armored Army is the heavy weapon of the town city, the core cornerstone and greatest reliance for Chui Mountain to stand in the Mo Ao southern foothills area, and will not be dispatched unless necessary. Now it's good, even the job of guarding the city gate requires us to do it. What are the 15,000 Town-Defense Army soldiers doing?"

"Times have changed! Humph... When the army was founded, the former leader also said personally that the only people in all of Chui Mountain who have the right to mobilize the Yellow-Armored Army are him and the Army Head. Now? We people are like whores; Duan Mian, Duan Sheng, Duan Yang, Duan Chen, the four Deputy Army Heads use us however they want!"

"It's just our three armies, right! Isn't the first army quite comfortable?"

"Nonsense, that is the Lord... Duan clan's direct line, who dares to command them randomly? The second army began restructuring last year, and more than half of the people were eliminated due to age restrictions. I heard that the replenishment has been almost completed, and it is estimated that it will be our third army's turn soon."

"What kind of bullshit age restriction? Isn't it just to eliminate the influence of the Mu clan in the army? The second army hasn't started restructuring yet, and Deputy Commander Mu Ziheng was dismissed. As for the soldiers who were eliminated, I have asked people to inquire, and they are basically those who are relatively close to the Mu clan."

"I also inquired, and it is indeed so! Lord Qinghe's Deputy Army Head position was dismissed last year, only retaining our third army's Commander position. I heard that his Commander position will also be lost soon."

"Our third army is the Army Head's direct line of troops. How can the Lord change it? A round of major reshuffling, replacing all of us?"

"It is highly probable."

"That group of Duan clan people are simply bastards. The Army Head was only captured by Does Does Da Xia, not dead. The Does Does Da Xia Lord also publicly said that he would send him back after ten years. They instigated the Lord to suppress the Mu clan so quickly. When the Army Head returns, how will it end?"

"It's useless for the Army Head to return, he has already been crippled!"

"This..."

While everyone was discussing with righteous indignation, the silver-armored middle-aged general coldly reminded them.

Hearing this, everyone's expressions froze slightly, and then they turned their heads to look at the middle-aged man, all revealing thick indignation.

Like the other towns, Chui Mountain also had two types of armies, namely the ordinary Town-Defense Army and the elite Yellow-Armored Army.

There were three Yellow-Armored Armies. The first army could be considered the Duan clan's direct line; the third army was considered the Mu clan's direct line; only the second army was commanded by the Duan and Mu clans in turns. Although this was the case, in terms of actual influence, the Mu clan was actually superior.

They who were on duty at the city gate at this moment were all soldiers of the third army.

Ever since the Battle of Hong Gate the year before last, when Army Head Mu Longhe had both arms severed by Does Does Da Xia Lord Xia Hong and was captured to serve in Does Does Da Xia, as the Mu clan's direct line of troops, their situation in the town city had gone from bad to worse.

Taking the three northern towns as an example, the high-level situation within the nine towns of the Mo Ao southern foothills could generally be divided into two types: one was like Beishuo and Jin Shan, decided by one family, Beishuo Yang clan, Jin Shan Shangguan clan; the other was like Wu Chuan, where two clans stood side by side, decided by the Qin clan and the Ye clan together.

And Chui Mountain belonged to the latter, with the Duan and Mu clans standing side by side.

Strictly speaking, Duan Hong was actually Mu Longhe's junior. The foundation of Chui Mountain was first built by Mu Longhe and Duan Hong's father, Duan Zhao.

In the year or so that Mu Longhe was away, Lord Duan Hong, instigated by the Duan clan disciples, continuously suppressed the Mu clan. First, he let Duan Xing replace Mu Qingyu's position as head of the Supervisory Court; then he dismissed Zhu Ziying, Helian Shan, Qiu Sanming, and many of Mu Longhe's old subordinates in the army.

The most excessive thing was dismissing Mu Qinghe's position as Deputy Army Head. Fortunately, the Yellow-Armored third army was the Mu clan's direct line of troops. It was probably because he was worried about causing large-scale resistance from the soldiers that Duan Hong retained Mu Qinghe's position as Commander of the third army.

Mu clan disciples and Mu Longhe's old subordinates were suppressed and targeted so blatantly, and plus their side was continuously marginalized in the town city, how could they not have opinions in their hearts?

The Duan clan's behavior was actually not difficult to understand.

Mu Longhe was, after all, one of the only two Manifestation-level powerhouses in all of Chui Mountain, and in terms of seniority, even Lord Duan Hong couldn't compare. Such a person, who had extremely strong influence in the army and everywhere in the town city, now had an accident. The Duan clan naturally wanted to take the opportunity to purge his influence and completely control Chui Mountain.

The problem was that it was too impatient, and the way of eating was a bit too ugly.

Although Mu Longhe was crippled, he wasn't dead, and Xia Hong had publicly promised to send him back after ten years. From the Battle of Hong Gate until now, it had been less than two years, and one couldn't see a single Mu clan member in the core high-level ranks of the town city.

Even Mu Longhe's old subordinates, except for a few who took the initiative to find the Duan clan to surrender and express their loyalty and retained their original positions, the vast majority of the others were basically dismissed from their positions, either idle at home or reduced to ordinary hunters, with no power at all.

It could be said that in the entire Chui Mountain at present, in the hands of the Mu clan, only the third army of the Yellow-Armored Army remained. And according to what the soldier who spoke first said, Lord Duan Hong was about to move against the third army, and Mu Qinghe's Commander position would soon be dismissed. At that time, these third army soldiers would likely be purged from the army and replaced by others. ===== CHAPTER 451 =====