Chapter 302: More Discipline

The gunpowder smoke dissipated, leaving only blood and corpses.

Among the pile of corpses, Luo Bingtian stood up abruptly, wiped the blood and filth from his face with force, and howled with a beast-like voice: "Brothers, charge, kill them all, avenge our fallen brothers!"

The twenty thousand iron cavalry in the distance were somewhat agitated. Thousands of cavalry broke away from their original formation and galloped toward this side. At this time, Yue Jinshan had left, and the generals were somewhat leaderless; some were shouting to stop them, others remained silent.

Luo Bingtian hammered his chest with a fist, a blood-stained cone sprayed out from behind him, he picked up his long blade for beheading horses, and shouted with a completely hoarse voice: "I won't be a general anymore! If you are brothers, follow me to take revenge! We men of the Northern Territory cannot watch our brothers die in front of us and remain indifferent!"

There was another commotion in the cavalry unit behind, and thousands more cavalry broke away from the cavalry unit and joined those who came over. In an instant, more than ten thousand of the twenty thousand cavalry who had originally remained motionless were rushing toward the battlefield.

The thirty thousand youths were stimulated by the military aura and gathered together on their own, turning into a dense square formation. They took off the sharp blades hanging behind their waists and simultaneously installed them on the guns that had already been emptied. The thirty thousand people moved in unison, with a clear rhythm, and the installation of the blades only made a "click" sound!

Subsequently, the thirty thousand youths lowered their waists and retreated a step, setting up a posture for a bloody hand-to-hand fight. The military aura soared into the sky, and heaven and earth darkened by another three points!

Luo Bingtian held the blade with both hands, roaring as he rushed toward the military formation. The ten thousand iron cavalry behind him were driven by him and also began to accelerate.

Just at this moment, Luo Bingtian suddenly heard footsteps. The sound was calm and composed, and every step seemed to be able to resonate with heaven and earth. Subsequently, he saw Wei Yuan holding a long spear, stepping into the battlefield, calmly standing in front of the thirty thousand youths.

"Mutual slaughter ends here!" Wei Yuan's voice was not loud, but it rang in everyone's ears.

Luo Bingtian said angrily, "Whoever dares to stop me from avenging my brothers, I will kill whoever it is!"

"Is that so? Then feel free to try." A bright red immortal sword appeared in Wei Yuan's left hand, and with a "click," it was installed under the front end of the long spear.

Subsequently, he held the spear with one hand, the tip of the immortal sword that had turned into a spear blade pointed to the ground, and a fierce wind suddenly rose between heaven and earth!

Wei Yuan stood at the eye of the wind, waved his left hand backward, and all the youths simultaneously retracted their spears, changed formation, and set off in rows and teams, walking toward the depths of the realm.

Wei Yuan stood horizontally with his spear, blocking the road into the realm alone.

Several generals of the Northern Territory cavalry vaguely felt that the situation was not right, and finally stopped watching, rushed over, and pulled Luo Bingtian back. Luo Bingtian looked back at the ten thousand cavalry behind him, then looked at the corpses all over the ground. With a belly full of grief and indignation that had nowhere to vent, he pointed at Wei Yuan and shouted, "Fine! Let's not move the soldiers, but I want to fight you to the death! Don't let anyone interfere!"

Several colleagues were shocked, persuading him while desperately pulling Luo Bingtian.

Who knew that Wei Yuan retracted his momentum, and with a "click," took off the red immortal sword again and collected it into his body.

The Azure Colt came stepping on the clouds and stopped beside Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan flew onto the horse and conveniently hung the long spear beside the saddle.

Luo Bingtian looked at it, feeling inexplicable, and shouted, "What are you doing? Where are you going?"

Wei Yuan glanced at him and said, "You are not even a Dharma Form; fighting you would be an unfair victory."

Luo Bingtian was furious and roared, "You guys let go of me, I must hack this guy to death today!"

Wei Yuan said indifferently, "If you are truly not afraid of death, go and kill a few more alien races; I might still think more highly of you."

Subsequently, Wei Yuan spurred his horse and ran toward the realm. As soon as he left, the thousand or so knights who had been standing still also followed.

When they were standing, there was nothing special, but as they left, everyone had a magnificent atmosphere. Countless auras gathered in one place, turning into surging murderous intent, like waves and tides, rolling away with Wei Yuan. Looking at their military aura, the thousand or so knights were not at all weaker than the ten thousand Northern Territory iron cavalry.

The youths also had several hundred deaths and injuries, and when they retreated, they took away the corpses of their companions. Wei Yuan left the battlefield to his opponents, allowing them to collect the corpses of their colleagues.

Thus, the ten thousand or so cavalry dismounted and began to collect the corpses of their colleagues one by one.

Among the pile of corpses, a cavalryman groaned and woke up from a coma. Two searching cavalrymen immediately ran over to lift him up, preparing to send him to the rear for treatment.

With a "clatter," something fell from the injured cavalryman's armor. The rescuing cavalryman picked it up and looked at it; it was a sharp cone the size of a palm, as thick as an egg, and besides blood and filth, it was also stained with many fragments of internal organs.

The cavalryman who picked it up stared blankly; was it this thing that killed so many colleagues? And where did it fall out from?

With a "clatter," a large amount of blood and many fragments of internal organs flowed out from the armor of the cavalryman being lifted, and his eyes quickly lost their luster. The two cavalrymen lifting him were shocked and hurriedly checked, only then discovering that there was a bowl-sized hole in his abdomen, leading straight to the other side of his body, only it did not break the armor on the other side.

One day later.

Western Jin Royal Capital, Hall of Political Affairs.

More than a dozen high-ranking officials knelt on the ground and said in unison, "Welcome, Holy King!"

"All rise," the Prince of Jin said casually, then walked straight into the Hall of Political Affairs and sat down in the upper seat.

The high-ranking officials stood up and stood on the left and right. A eunuch held a tray and placed it in front of the Prince of Jin. In the center of the tray was a cone as thick as an egg.

The Prince of Jin reached out and picked up the sharp cone, looked at it for a while, and said, "It was just such a thing that killed my ten thousand iron cavalry?"

The Prince of Jin was tall, his appearance was like someone who had just reached middle age, slightly feminine and handsome, and his voice was also soft and magnetic. But everyone knew that the more he spoke like a woman, the more furious he was.

The Minister of War said, "Although this object is novel and quite sharp, it is not the cause of the defeat. In fact, Yue Jinshan was defeated because of insufficient strength. Azure Void has secret techniques that can instantly improve the strength of soldiers. During the battle, every one of the opponent's thirty thousand soldiers had the strength of Body Forging completion. Using thirty thousand Body Forging completions against ten thousand Body Forging completions, they should have won in the first place."

"Secret techniques? Interesting. But are there restrictions?" The Minister of War said, "This, the minister knows very little. I only know that this technique cannot be used outside the realm; other things are temporarily unknown."

The Prince of Jin nodded slightly and said, "If it cannot be used outside the realm, that is also very powerful. Can it be used by me?"

The Minister of Works stepped forward and said, "If this secret technique is related to the Azure Void Immortal Stone, then after the Immortal Stone is extracted, the secret technique will likely disappear."

With a "clatter," the Prince of Jin threw the sharp cone back onto the tray and said, "If this secret technique is gone, Azure Void is like a chicken rib. Does the orphan lack those few scattered realm stones?"

A rather young official standing outside the hall stepped forward and said, "Receiving Wei Yuan is equivalent to receiving this secret technique. This technique is more than enough for defense but insufficient for invasion; placing it in the far west is just right to guard the national gate. The minister requests the Holy King to restore the ancestral system and appoint Wei Yuan as a Commandery Governor."

This official's surname was Wang, his name was Wei, he served as the Censor-in-Chief, was granted the title of Participating in Political Affairs, and could stand under the hall and speak on matters.

The Prince of Jin pondered without speaking, seemingly somewhat moved.

A general standing at the end of the political hall said in a deep voice, "This matter must absolutely not be done!"

The Prince of Jin's eyebrows moved, and he said, "Why not?"

This general's surname was Lu, his name was Zhongzhi, he served as the Nine Gates Commander and also commanded the Forbidden Army. According to seniority, he was considered the nephew of the Prince of Jin and was also the only true military general in the Hall of Political Affairs. Other military affairs were handled by the Right Prime Minister and the Ministry of War.

Lu Zhongzhi said, "The Northern Mountain Gate of the Tai Chu Palace is constantly expanding, having already blocked half of our Great Jin's path to the north. Azure Void is located in the far west; if a hundred-year Commandery Governor is promised, wouldn't that be handing over the Western Territory to the Tai Chu Palace again? When our Great Jin expands its territory in the future, will we still have to look at the Tai Chu Palace's face?"

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The Prince of Jin's face was somewhat gloomy, he nodded slightly and said, "Very well, this matter will be discussed later."

The Prince of Jin stood up and left the Hall of Political Affairs. When passing by the Minister of War, he stuffed the cone into the Minister's hand and said, "You have so many well-learned military experts and so many craftsmen under you, spending tens of millions of taels of immortal silver of the orphan every year, why can't you build such a small thing?"

The Minister of War was sweating profusely, knelt down with a "thump," and said repeatedly, "This old minister is incompetent!"

The Prince of Jin snorted and left the Hall of Political Affairs.

Prince of Jin Palace, Chunhua Hall.

At this time, it was late spring and early summer, and the weather was just right. Consort Yuan, dressed in the hall, leaned on the couch, rubbing a snow-white cat in her hands. For a moment, it was actually somewhat difficult to distinguish which was whiter, the hand or the cat.

Marquis Xiang, Wang Gan, sat in the hall and said, "This morning, the Great King went to the Hall of Political Affairs and originally intended to appoint Wei Yuan as a Commandery Governor, but was later blocked by the Nine Gates Commander, Lu Zhongzhi. Isn't this Lu Zhongzhi your person? Should we hint at him?"

Consort Yuan said somewhat lazily, "Lu Zhongzhi is my person, and also a person of the eunuch faction, but he is mainly a person of the Great King."

Wang Gan suddenly realized: "So that's it! Since this is the Great King's intention, I'm afraid there will be more twists and turns. However, Yue Jinshan's defeat in this battle was so miserable that no one could have expected it. In the future, whoever wants to move Azure Void will probably have to think twice. It's just that I'm afraid the Crown Prince's side will still not give up."

"Only ten thousand were killed; it's not enough to make some people give up. If it were me, I would have slaughtered all those thirty thousand cavalry! Let alone a commandery, at that time, the entire Ningxi Prefecture would have to be mine. Little Yuan is still too soft-hearted; you should teach him well when you have the chance in the future."

With an "ow," the cat felt pain, struggled out of Consort Yuan's hands, landed, and fled.

"The Great King rejected this matter; what should we do now?"

Consort Yuan sneered and said, "If it's not given now, it will have to be given in the future. I have already arranged it. After a while, even if the Great King doesn't want to appoint him, he will have to, and at that time, a Commandery Governor will truly not be enough."

Wang Gan praised, "I knew you had a way!"

Consort Yuan sighed and said, "We sisters have to think of ways for everything; what use are you, this uncle?"

Wang Gan was not annoyed at all and smiled, "With such a niece who calculates everything, the most I, as an uncle, need to do is not to act on my own and think I'm smart. Whatever you say, I will do."

Consort Yuan snorted and said, "I really can't do anything with you! How is my sister's side?"

"She has already met five or six young masters of noble families, but none of them caught her eye. Anyway, it's still early, so I'm thinking of letting her see more and choose more. However, the noble families in the Royal Capital are already in an uproar, and all the young talents are eager to try; the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince also have ideas. After all, Chunyi is eighty percent similar to you."

Consort Yuan sat up straight, took out a piece of jade paper, handed it to Wang Gan, and said, "These are the outstanding young people recently; I have circled a few names, you can let her see more."

Wang Gan took the jade paper, glanced at it, put it into his bosom, and smiled, "Chunyi has high aspirations and can't look down on ordinary people. By the way, she has been clamoring to go to Azure Void to see Wei Yuan again, saying that he is the one with true ability."

Consort Yuan snorted, reached out and beckoned, and the white cat hiding in the shadows let out a wail and flew into her devil's claws on its own.

Consort Yuan stroked the white cat, her movements gentle, but the cat began to tremble.

"Children are prone to thinking about some things they shouldn't; you, as an uncle, should discipline her more."

Wang Gan's smile was somewhat stiff, his voice was dry, and he said, "That's right, that's right, I will."

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 303 =====