Chapter 511

Woo! Woo! Woo!

The cold wind roared, and the horns blared.

Following an order from Xia Chuan inside the main tent, the officers of each camp received orders to leave the tent, and all the soldiers in the entire Xia Army camp area began to move.

The Dongchuan Alliance Army originally only had thirty thousand, but at the beginning of the war, Xia Chuan temporarily recruited thirty thousand more Cold-Resistant level soldiers in Dongchuan City, totaling sixty thousand troops. He left ten thousand to guard Dongchuan City, ten thousand to guard the newly acquired Dongchuan camp, and split ten thousand for Mu Longhe to attack Zhongyang. Therefore, when they truly arrived at the foot of Bai Mu City, the troops on hand were only a little over thirty thousand.

Thirty thousand troops, using the word "only" to describe it was clearly inaccurate; it should be "a full."

"Cloud Flood Army, assemble!"

"Left Route Army, First Battalion, assemble!"

"Second Battalion, assemble!"

"Third Battalion, assemble!"

"Fourth Battalion, assemble!"

"Fifth Battalion, assemble!"

"Long Jinwei, assemble!"

Liu Yuan, Yue Feng, Zhou Yuan, Meng Yi, Zhao Long, Hou Tong, the six great generals of the alliance army, plus a Long Jinwei Commander Tie Xinchuan—as soon as the seven orders were issued, the Xia Army soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding sharp weapons surged out of the thirty black tents outside the main tent like a tide, quickly forming a formation on the south side of the camp.

The Cloud Flood Army was in the center of the seven armies, and all soldiers were wearing Lei Kui gold armor, with momentum clearly surpassing the other six armies by a large margin; the three armies on the left were the First to Third Battalions of the Left Route Army respectively; the three armies on the right were one thousand Dragon Guards, and the Fourth and Fifth Battalions of the Left Route Army.

Does Does Da Xia had nine numbered armies stationed in Dongchuan City. The Yellow Armor, Red Sun, and Xiao Mountain armies were assigned to Mu Longhe's department. The six numbered armies Xia Chuan brought were Cloud Flood, Mountain River, Longyuan, Xiongwu, Hunting Falcon, and Beizhao.

In the Does Does Da Xia military system, an eight-level legion had a full quota of five thousand people, which just happened to correspond to the establishment of one battalion of the alliance army. Therefore, only Cloud Flood was a separate army among the six, while the other five armies of ten thousand people were divided into the First and Second Battalions of the Left Route Army.

Woo...

The originally urgent horn sound suddenly became long. Among the seven armies below, six had already finished rectifying, only the Long Jinwei on the right hand of the Cloud Flood Army was one step slower, and it was not until more than ten breaths after the horn sound ended that they barely reached the level of the other six armies.

Long Jinwei Commander Tie Xinchuan, looking at the performance of the army under his command, added a few more shades of gloom to his already ugly face. He walked forward slightly and roared at the soldiers under his command: "With a great battle imminent, you can't even straighten out the formation. You bunch of trash, you are worthy of calling yourselves the Lord's personal guards? Wearing this black scale silver armor on your bodies is a waste..."

Tie Xinchuan's roar naturally attracted the side-glances of many officers and soldiers of the surrounding six armies. The entire Long Jinwei, from the various captains like Zhou Yalong, Yuan Bai, Lu Yang, and Luo An, down to the ordinary soldiers, all had their faces flushed red, and then they clenched their fists fiercely, their hearts full of shame, anger, and self-reproach.

The events of Xia City two days ago were still fresh in their memory. At this moment, they had joined the Northern Expedition Left Route Army as people who had committed crimes.

Like Lu Yang, Luo An, Yuan Bai, and other young generation disciples of Does Does Da Xia, ever since joining the Long Jinwei, they had all regarded themselves as the elite of the elite of Does Does Da Xia. At most, they would look up to the Cloud Flood and Dragon Martial armies, and they had always looked down on the remaining 28 numbered armies.

However, the battle hadn't even started yet, and from the pre-battle rectification, one could already see the signs.

It was normal not to be able to compare to the Cloud Flood Army. The First and Second Battalions of the Left Route Army were composed of Does Does Da Xia's elite numbered armies. It was barely justifiable not to be able to compare to them, after all, the Long Jinwei had been formed for too short a time.

But not being able to compare even to the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Battalions of the Left Route Army was too unjustifiable.

Those fifteen thousand people in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Battalions were not elite numbered armies, and their formation time was not long either; it was a matter of these two years. Not being able to compare even to them only showed that the Long Jinwei was truly negligent in battle formation training. Now that they were on the battlefield, not to mention combat power, just looking at military discipline and military appearance, they were not even as good as the ordinary Garrison Army.

Zhou Yalong, Lu Yang, Luo An, Yuan Bai, Zou Ping, and others, this batch of Does Does Da Xia's most outstanding young generation disciples, all realized this point at this moment. Only then did they react to how ridiculous their past pride and complacency were.

They all lowered their heads in unison, their faces full of shame.

Whoosh...

Seeing the reaction of the soldiers under his command, although Tie Xinchuan's face was gloomy, his heart couldn't help but let out a fierce sigh of relief.

"If you know shame, there is still salvation!"

Different from Yuan Bai's group, Tie Xinchuan had stayed in Xu Ning's Black Arrow Army for more than a year and had even worked as a scout battalion captain, which was also the reason why he was appointed as the Long Jinwei Commander.

He had an understanding of the situation of the army, so as early as the beginning of the Long Jinwei's formation, he knew very well what the biggest problem of this army was.

This batch of young generation disciples in the Long Jinwei had two most important characteristics.

First, their background was too high; second, their aptitude was too strong.

Just think about it: in Frozen Abyss cultivation, the importance of resources and talent is almost on par. Among those who can stand out from the millions of people in Does Does Da Xia, there is not a single simple character.

Either like Luo An and Lu Yang, whose backgrounds were shockingly high; or like Yuan Bai and Zhou Yalong, whose talents were outrageously high. These two characteristics led to the Long Jinwei being almost unruly and arrogant, looking down on everyone and not taking anyone seriously. Although they wouldn't openly defy military orders, they often acted in defiance of them.

Since the establishment of the army in March this year, Tie Xinchuan had been having a headache about how to tame this group of people. He had tried soft methods and hard methods, but they didn't have the slightest effect. He had no way to govern the army, to the point that he even had the thought of resigning from the position of Long Jinwei Commander.

The death of Han Yue was probably the punishment for his ineffective governance of the army over the past half year.

Thinking of his wife's painful and ferocious face before she died, Tie Xinchuan turned his head to look at the Beishuo army walking out in a tide from Bai Mu City on the south side, clenching the broadsword in his hand tightly, and fire almost erupted from his pupils.

"Flag-bearers, step out! Everyone, draw your bows and prepare for battle!"

Swish...

Directly above the main army, following an order from Xia Chuan, the seven armies quickly ran out a five-person flag-bearing squad, while everyone else took down their strong bows in unison, nocked arrows, pulled the strings, and aimed at the direction of the Beishuo army.

"Chen Cang's reinforcements haven't arrived, yet they dare to take the initiative to attack. Lu Yang really gave me a big surprise..."

In mid-air, Xia Chuan looked at the Beishuo army quickly leaving the city. Although there was no expression on his face, his tone clearly carried a thick sense of disbelief.

Xu Ning stood behind him and said in a deep voice upon hearing this: "Could it be that Cai Qiu secretly sent people? The three armies of Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, and Director Yu Wen Tao have no movement for the time being. Cai Qiu has so many Xianyang-level experts coming, maybe they will split a portion to help here."

Xia Chuan knew in his heart whether the two major vassal towns had sent people or not.

The reason was simple: the two areas of Bone-Eroding Path and Nine-Bend Blood Corridor were currently controlled by Does Does Da Xia. Although they did not have the ability to stop the two major vassal towns from sending people over, monitoring whether their people had come and how many had come was not a problem.

At the beginning of the war, he and Director Yu Wen Tao had respectively deployed a large number of Cold-Resistant level experts in the north of Dongchuan and Jin Yang cities, that is, near the Nine-Bend Blood Corridor and Bone-Eroding Path, to secretly monitor them. Therefore, as soon as those hundreds of Xianyang-level experts from Cai Qiu came over, Director Yu Wen Tao received the news at the first moment and then quickly reported the news to the other three route armies.

As for Dongchuan City, no news came, which naturally meant that Chen Cang had not sent anyone over yet.

"I don't believe Cai Qiu is willing to split people to help Beishuo..."

Xia Chuan directly denied Xu Ning's speculation. There was friction between the two major vassal towns of Chen Cang and Cai Qiu, and it was unlikely that they would cooperate so intimately.

He pondered for a moment, shook his head, smiled, and continued: "Beishuo was never submissive to my Does Does Da Xia, and Yang Zun has returned from Chen Cang. They probably feel that they are qualified to fight us head-on. Coupled with regarding Lu Yang's ten thousand troops as a killer move, choosing to leave the city and take the initiative to fight is not too outrageous!"

After speaking, a smile appeared on Xia Chuan's face. He lowered his head and looked down at the Beishuo army that had already finished rectifying outside the city, and a trace of contempt rose in his pupils.

"Very well, a Bai Mu City is not much, let these three Yang brothers see clearly just how big the gap between Beishuo and my Does Does Da Xia really is!"