C521 Private forces

Yin Jingduan swept his gaze across everyone present, other than Yin Busan and Li Jialai who were deep in thought, the rest were all looking at him with suspicion.

Although he did not want to admit it, Yin Jingduan had no choice but to feel sorrowful for the fact that there was no one else in the Blood Illusion Valley capable of supporting him, and had no choice but to get to know his old rival who had been fighting for so many years, the Alliance Master of the Sword League, Li Jialai.

To be able to guess what it was when he had just mentioned it, and not be like the others, only looking at him with a puzzled expression and waiting for the answer. Such a person might not be easy to deal with, and would definitely become one of his formidable opponents in the future.

Yin Jingduan did not let the others wait for long, but continued to explain with poise: "If I am not wrong, this troop is not from the imperial court, it is very likely to be a private troop of some powerful noble!"

There was a huge difference between the two armies. One of them represented that the imperial government was going to attack the Blood Illusion Valley, which meant that there would be no place for the Blood Illusion Valley in the Honglong Empire anymore.

Furthermore, if it was an army with another identity, then they did not need to feel uneasy about what would happen next. This was because even if the Blood Illusion Valley did not seek to take revenge on them, the imperial government would still interfere.

If it was really the latter, then this was the result that Yin Jingduan hoped to see. In this way, wouldn't he have become closer to the imperial government in some way?

Besides, this could be a big or small matter. How should he put it? It could be said that the Honglong Empire was divided into four types of armies. The first was the imperial guards who were in charge of the imperial capital. They were the troops that only belonged to the emperor, and also the main component parts of the Central Army.

Second, because the territories and territories of the other groups that guarded the border were different, the strength of their own armies was also very different. And among them, the strongest was even going to be Situ Qingyun's Northern Army, because this was the only army that was constantly in battle preparation. It was also the army with extremely strong battle power, because they had always lived within 'iron and blood'.

The third was the city defense army that was in charge of the daily security and defense of the cities. These troops had low combat strength, and they didn't even train themselves well, let alone have the opportunity to fight or battle. Just by thinking about it, one could tell their true strength! If a real war broke out, it might not be of much use. Of course, this did not necessarily include the connivance of the Empire's upper echelons. It was just for the peace within the Empire.

The fourth kind, strictly speaking, couldn't be considered as an army. However, it existed as a military force. That was, a private army that belonged to nobles like Wang Hou Bo. It was commonly known as the 'private army'.

There were strict restrictions on the number of troops in the 'private army'. Whether it was numbers or military strength, even travel required strict approval and preparation.

Actually, it was to prevent these powerful figures in the core from conspiring against them. That would be a great tragedy for the Empire.

Of course, it was not because of the imperial government's restriction that the nobles would obediently let them be. Although the number of reports were in accordance with the standard allocation of troops in the empire, in private, not only would the number of people exceed the number of people, even the equipment of individual soldiers was much more elite than that of the local city guards.

Of course, all the nobles and nobles knew their limits, and did not want to touch the Empire's bottom line of tolerance. Even if their military strength exceeded the Empire's, but they were all within the Empire's endurance and had records of their own in the Surveillance Council.

If it was said that the troops that had come to annihilate the Blood Illusion Valley were not regular troops sent by the imperial government, then this unit would only be the private army of some noble and powerful individual. And for the number of private troops to actually reach one hundred and twenty thousand, that was a fact.

Although he did not know why the Capital Overwatch Council had been ignoring him, but since he was so brazen and brazen this time, if the imperial government still kept a low profile and dealt with him, then the face wouldn't only be smacked by the Blood Illusion Valley, it would also be smacked by the and the Zhi Zun in the imperial palace far away.

With this kind of judgement, Yin Jingduan was eighty percent sure that he could determine the composition of this unit. And this was also one of the main reasons that he was so confident.

"How could such a large and elite private army appear within the empire?" After hearing his brother's words, Yin Jingxiao looked at his big brother in disbelief. He almost exclaimed out the doubts in his heart, and of course, it was also the doubts of the few people present.

On the other hand, Sword League Alliance Master Li Jialai, whom Yin Jingduan had paid extra attention to, had a look of understanding. It was obvious that he had already guessed the answer long ago, and although Yin Jingduan had already expected such an outcome, he was still a little surprised at how resourceful this person was.

Yin Jingduan shook his head and replied helplessly: "I also don't know why there is such a huge army within the empire! However, it was fine as long as they knew that they were not the official army of the imperial government! Otherwise, we will have to prepare ourselves for flight! "

Any existing force in the world would fear the intervention of the regular army. Unless that person's strength surpassed everything and stood at a higher realm, they would only choose to bow their heads to formal force.

This was a real problem. After accumulating to a certain degree, a qualitative change would occur, and the army was the best product of this qualitative change from quantitative to qualitative change.

Not to mention in the era of cold weapons, this effect was even more pronounced. Even if a martial artist had a relatively deep and profound martial power, they might not be able to escape death in the midst of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Hence, after determining that the other party was not an army sent by the imperial government, Yin Jingduan heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. This at least proved that there was still a thread of hope for the Blood Illusion Valley.

Yin Busan thoughtfully nodded his head and explained: "There's no need to make such a big fuss. If the backers of this troop is some sort of duke, I think they should have the ability to raise such a troop! Although the cost is great, it does not mean that it cannot be achieved! "

Li Fenghun looked at Yin Busan in shock, and scoffed at his words, but asked in a bad mood, "Do you dare to raise such a troop on your own? What is he doing with so many troops? "

Yin Busan also did not have a good temper. He slanted his eyes at Li Fenghun and said with an equally unfriendly tone: "What are you going to do with it? I don't think there's any other use for it than to rebel? At the very least, it wouldn't be a border guard, right? "

The Clay Buddha was still a bit angry! It was no wonder that Yin Busan was a little angry after being mocked and ridiculed by Li Fenghun for so long.

"According to our deductions, I have a problem that I haven't figured out!" Li Jialai was listening silently, but in his heart, he was constantly pondering, and he had a question that lingered in his mind.

Maybe he could confirm Yin Jingduan's judgement on other things, but if this matter was not clarified, then no matter how thorough the analysis was, the other matters would most likely be, and all the judgments made before would be overturned and reconstructed.

"Oh? Chief Li will tell me! " Yin Jingduan asked.

"Such a huge private army, not to mention a prince, even the imperial guards could not be raised within three to five years! And since the private army is going to recruit them in private, that makes it even more difficult! " Li Jialai muttered to himself for a moment, probably to organize his own words, and to hear him speak slowly.

"Chief Li, what exactly do you want to say?" Yin Jingxiao urged impatiently. This matter was related to the life and death of the entire Blood Illusion Valley. Although they normally did not like to talk too much, to Yin Jingxiao, being able to contribute was a piece of cake.

Li Jialai waved his hands, signalling to Yin Jingxiao not to interrupt him, and continued to speak to Valley Master Yin Jingduan: "Master Yin, don't be anxious! Why did an army of one hundred and twenty thousand choose to encircle and annihilate your Blood Illusion Valley? After they surrounded and annihilated you, they unintentionally exposed their whereabouts. If they tried to rebel, it would be even harder than ascending to the heavens. If it was really the private army of a certain prince, wasn't he afraid of the imperial army surrounding him? Did he have to renounce rebellion because of a gang? "

"This ?" When Yin Busan heard this, he also sunk into deep thought. The others were even more hesitant to speak, because they didn't know how to explain everything that Li Jialai had said.

"Let me answer this question from Chief Li!" Yin Jingduan laughed, and directly answered.

"I am all ears!" Li Jialai calmly said as he calmly looked at Yin Jingduan. The few people around him, including the two ancestors, also locked their gazes onto Yin Jingduan, wanting to see how he would reply to Li Jialai's words.

"Actually, our Blood Illusion Valley has hidden some details from you guys regarding Lu Baihuan!" Yin Jingduan smiled mysteriously and explained in an indifferent tone.

But his words caused the few higher ups of Blood Illusion Valley to be confused, they did not know what other details that trash Lu Baihuan had to hide, didn't they provide everything about Lu Baihuan for the people of Sword League to see?

"Oh? "What do you mean?" Li Jialai also wore a light smile on his face, as if he wasn't shocked or surprised by Yin Jingduan's words.

"Do you still remember the letter that Lu Baihuan provided?" Yin Jingduan said after pausing for a while.

The letter that he was talking about was precisely the vague letter that Lu Baihuan took from the Sword League. It did not have a head nor a signature, and only had a symbol that he could not understand, but he did not know what it meant.

"I remember! What's wrong with that letter? " Li Jialai pondered for a moment, then remembered the letter that Yin Jingduan had mentioned, and nodded.

"There is nothing wrong with the letter itself, but there is a symbol on the letter that has caught our attention! After many inquiries, we are certain that this is a mark unique to the Ninth Prince Palace, which used to hold the military power in the capital. "I have just learned the true meaning of this mark. This is another important reason why I made such a judgement!" Yin Jingduan shook his head and replied.