C5 Time-free

Kong Sheng brought along Zhao Handong and the other remaining four straps as he stood at the southern entrance of the Phoenix City Pass, lining up to welcome the famous general of the Empire, Shi Keren.

The current commander was sixty-five years old, and he was a descendant of Grand Marshal Fang Da. He was previously the principal of Imperial Military Academy, and also Kong Sheng's teacher. Never would he have thought that he would actually be the one to personally lead reinforcements to the Phoenix City Pass. Towards his arrival, Kong Sheng and the others were all deeply surprised and overjoyed.

Commander Shi was the descendant of Marshal Fang Da, and many years ago, he was once the Border Army's commander. Whether it was his birth, ability, or even the degree of support from the Phoenix City Pass's soldiers, they were all incomparable to others. What was even more rare was that when Shi Keren was taking command of Border Army, there was also a rare genius general in Moqiu State. This person was even younger and more vigorous, and he frequently led troops to knock at the gates. Thus, the two of them came to the Phoenix Trials and fought for seven or eight years. In the end, Commander Shi Keren went the other way, led the troops into the Demonic King Valley, and after catching them by surprise, burned the genius general of the Moqiu State along with the eight thousand Moqiu Soldier s inside the Demonic King Valley, establishing the position of a famous general within the Empire.

To be able to bring such a capable, practical, theoretical, and qualified old commander to the Phoenix City Pass, it was simply a great fortune that had fallen from the sky.

Following the clop of the horse's hooves, a group of more than ten red armored riders rushed to the front of the city gate. The one in the front led the way with white feathers on his head as he tied up the reins and placed his right fist on his left chest. "Forgive me for not being able to wear my armor on my body in full ceremony."

Kong Sheng and the rest immediately replied, "Thanks for your hard work, Chief Chen!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, it has been hard on you all to defend the city!" Chen Chu retracted his fist, and said with a deep voice, "I ask that all masters reorganize your army to welcome the Imperial Military Academy Principal, Shi Keren!"

Following his voice, the sounds of horse hooves came from afar, as hundreds of red armored riders rode over. When they were close to Chen Chu's side, the two leading riders raised their arms in the air, and the queue behind them split into two, like water on a reef, revealing a dozen riders behind them. One of them wore a silver armor and a silver helmet, and had a red feather that fluttered in the wind.

This man rode all the way until he was two meters away from Kong Sheng. When he took off his helmet, it revealed a face that was old but filled with heroic spirit. A thick tuft of white beard was plastered tightly on his cheek, and a pair of eyes shone with a brilliant light.

Kong Sheng and the rest knelt down and shouted together, ", General Kong Sheng, greets you!"

Seeing Kong Sheng, Shi Keren's face revealed a pleased smile, and quickly walked forward and extended his hand to help Kong Sheng up. The generals should have told everyone that they had worked hard! This time, this old man shall lead the troops and be the leader of the military. Why don't we walk while chatting and let this old man know the latest military information. "

After hearing what Shi Keren said, the few straps didn't say anymore. They were martial artists to begin with, so without these red tape, it was naturally the best. When the 10 or so people behind Shi Keren all dismounted and greeted him, Kong Sheng asked Zhao Handong to help arrange for the various people to enter the city while he accompanied Shi Keren to the top of the city.

Shi Keren asked in a deep voice: "Commander Sun, he ~ ~ sacrificed his life for the country?"

Kong Sheng lightly nodded his head, "A few days before the siege, Commander Sun misjudged the enemy's attack. He had used up most of the Stone Breaking purified feces in the city and he had suffered a huge blow himself. After the Devil Kingdom army attacked the city gate tower and tried to seize the flag, Commander Sun risked his life to protect the flag. Unfortunately, he died on the battlefield and his body was only retrieved today. "

Shi Keren sighed, and gently shook his head: "This Sun Xiaochuan, is a good commander who loves soldiers like his son, but is not a good soldier who specializes in war. In order to prevent the border soldiers from acting too rashly, His Majesty had asked him, a civil servant, to become the commander of the three trials. Normally, things would have been fine, but now they really started a war.

old commander's sigh had become a footnote to the life of Sun Xiaochuan, the previous Lord Commander of Phoenix City Pass.

Kong Sheng brought Shi Keren on a patrol along the city walls, at the same time reporting about the situation over there. At the same time, he also thanked the old commander for his help.

Shi Keren did not say much along the way. Only when the two of them were walking toward the Castellan Mansion did he lower his voice and say something to them. "Kong Sheng, I want to announce a secret order from the Fire Phoenix King in front of everyone. This Phoenix City Pass, there's still a great battle to be had. "

When the two of them returned to the Castellan Mansion, each of them had already sat in two rows in the hall. Seeing that Kong Sheng had returned, Zhao Handong took a few steps forward and whispered a few words into his ear. After settling down the soldiers, he led the rest of the people up the city wall to change their defense. Finally, they were able to rest for a while.

Kong Sheng nodded slightly towards Shi Keren, as he understood that this must have been arranged by his master in advance. Shi Keren smiled slightly, and accepted Kong Sheng's thanks with a smile, after that, he walked to the seat in the center with large strides, turned around and stood straight, his stern gaze sweeping across everyone present, and his voice cold and stern, "Generals!"

"This lowly general is here!" Everyone in the hall below Kong Sheng knelt down on one knee, bowing their heads and listening to the order.

Shi Keren said with a stern face, "Generals, please rise. The reason this old man came here, is firstly to reinforce Phoenix City Pass, to suppress the nation with Moqiu State, and to have Phoenix City Pass soldiers bitterly defend the Ninth Heaven, to first tell them how hard it was. The second thing was an Imperial secret which should have been delivered to the Phoenix City Pass in a few days time. Since the military situation is urgent, this old man shall tell you in advance. Following the orders of the newly appointed Fire Phoenix King, the Empire's Phoenix Nest Province, Phoenix Cry Province, Phoenix Aurora Province, Phoenix Dance Province, and Feng Xiang Province, as well as all the garrison troops from the three trials of Feng Xiang, were jointly formed into north of the empire battle zone! I, Shi Keren, will no longer hold the position of Imperial Military Academy Principal and will be promoted to the Chief of the north of the empire Battlefield. "

The moment Shi Keren's voice fell, the dozen or so officers who had accompanied him, stepped forward at the same time and reported their names one by one …

"Phoenix Nest Province's Red Feather Battalion Commander Zhang Yuan is willing to listen to Commander Time's orders!"

"The Red Feather Battalion Commander of Phoenix Cry Province, Xu Tiandao, is willing to listen to the command of the time commander!"

"White Feather Battalion Commander Wang Tiangang of the Storm Province, is willing to listen to Commander Shi's orders!"

"..."

Listening to Shi Keren's words, and looking at the serious expressions of the various officials from the province registering themselves, Kong Sheng who was standing below the stage subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhao Handong who was standing beside him. The face of the soldier who had grown up in the northern border was also filled with shock.

The arrival of tens of thousands of Moqiu State soldiers at the Phoenix Trials had already confused the two of them. Right now, the empire had suddenly formed the northern battle zone, with the highly respected Shi Keren as the supreme officer, and with the army of the five provinces gathered, this was not a decision made out of excitement, but a plan that had been plotted for a long time. Why were both countries making such a big move at the same time?

The military system of Fire Phoenix Empire was strict. The provinces were guarded by the local army, and those in command were all Red Feather Battalion Commander, with a total of ten to fifty thousand soldiers. They also had the military power and authority of the provincial governor.

The three trials of the Divine Phoenix Sect were for Border Army, and the commander was for the rank of commander. The Border Army was fully staffed with fifty thousand people, of which twenty thousand were guarding the three phoenix trials while the other thirty thousand were guarding the one line of Wulian Mountain Range, guarding against the invasion of the Demonic Beast.

Other than that, there was also the Fire Phoenix Army, which was known as the Imperial Army Soul. It had a full force of twenty thousand people, and was directly under the command of the Fire Phoenix Royal Family. Other than the imperial city, every province only had three hundred battalion people, of which one hundred and fifty were heavy-armored knight s and one hundred and fifty were Apprentice Knight s. Although this was only the White Feather Battalion Commander, all of them were outstanding figures who came from the royal family or Imperial Military Academy.

The number of troops in the local army was the largest, but it was basically half-armed, half-peasant. Their fighting strength was far from being able to match Border Army and Fire Phoenix Army. Therefore, other than the Fire Phoenix Army that guarded the imperial city, the rest of the high-ranking members of the Border Army and Fire Phoenix Army had to be courteous and courteous to these dozen or so officers of the same level or even one or two levels lower.

From this, it could be seen that although these ten odd pipe belts only had Red Feather Battalion Commander s or White Feather Battalion Commander s, their position and power were incomparable to those of Kong Sheng and the others of the same level. Even if Commander Sun was still alive, he would have to smile towards these strongholds. Although Kong Sheng was a surrogate commander, he was only temporarily assigned to do it. He was already a White Feather Battalion Commander, so he was even more courteous to these officers.

Now that the Fire Phoenix had deployed the military strength from the five provinces into the three trials of the Phoenix, the total number of soldiers was over a hundred thousand. This was not an ordinary battle; this was a great battle that could be called a great national war!

No matter what the purpose of the new Fire Phoenix King was, as a soldier, being able to participate in such a huge battle was something that would leave the history of the world!

Following that, Commander Shi Keren did not give everyone much time to exchange pleasantries. Instead, he directly asked Kong Sheng to explain to everyone the current battle situation.

Kong Sheng cupped his hands in greeting to the few local army officers, cleared his throat and said, "Yesterday, our army repelled a ten thousand man army attack, and we suffered over three hundred casualties, as well as a thousand casualties. On the surface, that's a good number, but we had less than eight thousand men in our army, and now there are only two thousand, and almost all of them are wounded. One commander and three White Feather Battalion Commander were also killed. The stone slabs, purified feces s, rolling wood, and kerosene s had all been lost. More than twenty stone thrower had lost more than half, so the amount of stone needed to prepare for battle was only about one fifth. I have to say something that is a little dejected. If everyone does not come, the other side will only need to launch one or two more attacks of the same scale as yesterday. This Phoenix City Pass will probably break. "

Normally, the Phoenix City Pass stood at the entrance of the Wu Lian Mountain, with an outer city outside the inner city and a group city outside the outer city. Outside the group city, there were also Lan Yue and Lie Yang, so everyone felt that the Phoenix City Pass was a natural barrier that couldn't be broken through. He did not expect that after hearing what Kong Sheng Kong's surrogate commander said today, the Phoenix City Pass was already in danger, the Devil Kingdom Army would break through the Phoenix City Pass in almost an instant, and rush straight to the various provinces of the Mainland.

The Red Feather Battalion Commander called Zhang Yuan asked, "May I ask surrogate commander Kong, if the enemies break down the city gates, can the Phoenix City Pass guards retreat into the inner city for a few more days?"

Kong Sheng laughed bitterly: "Returning to the Zhang tube belt, if our troops were to retreat into the inner city, they would only be able to hold on for a few more days.

Commander Shi Keren frowned and asked: "surrogate commander Kong, this old man will ask you. Coming to the three trials of the Phoenix, other than the Chu Phoenix City Pass, how about the other two trials? Why didn't the Devil Kingdom army notice the enemy's situation and start preparing when they first entered the Demonic King Valley? Phoenix City Pass has always been an important issue for the Empire, so why are there so few soldiers, so few armaments, and even so, insufficient food? "

Each of his words hit the mark, causing Kong Sheng to break out in a cold sweat, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "Please forgive me, Lord Commander!"

Shi Keren harrumphed, "What's the use of being forgiven? Right now, I am not going to hold you responsible, but ask what should we do? Was he prepared to abandon the pass after completing his duty of guarding the earth for ten days? "

As soon as these words came out, all the generals of Phoenix City Pass behind Kong Sheng knelt down, and said that they did not dare. Kong Sheng could hear the hidden meaning in his teacher's words. Although the three trials of the Phoenix were all military, he still had to rely on the northern five provinces to provide a portion of military rations and a portion of military resources. If he were to defeat this board, the few lords in charge in front of him would definitely not be able to take it. old commander waved his board at Kong Sheng on the surface, but in reality, if this board fell, it would kill many people.

However, since old commander had such a high profile, it was actually to let Kong Sheng owe him a favor. Thinking about it here, Kong Sheng carefully replied, "Returning to the Lord Commander, before the reinforcements from Master Guan and a few other Master Guan arrived, this general would rather die on the battlefield than leave. As for the matter of the soldiers and the lack of military rations, it has been a long-term problem and cannot be left to one's own devices for the time being. But this lowly general is now a surrogate commander of the Phoenix City Pass, and has the help of a few other Masters. I still have some thoughts on how to defeat the enemy and achieve victory. "

"Speak!" Commander Shi Keren sat back on his chair and stared deadly at Kong Sheng.

Kong Sheng swallowed his saliva, and said: "I have a question to ask, how many reinforcements did Lord Commander bring this time?"

Shi Keren replied coldly, "This old man came in a hurry this time. I only have the battalion s under the direct command of my subordinate Chen Chu and the nearby local army that the few lords have temporarily deployed. However, the Token for Transfer of Troops from the five provinces of this old one have already descended. I estimate that within ten days, there will be at least thirty thousand local troops arriving at the Phoenix City Pass. "

Hearing this, Zhao Handong asked Kong Sheng in a low voice: "Old Kong, why didn't Lord Commander transfer the Border Army of the guards over?"

Kong Sheng lowered his head, his lips slightly moved, and replied with an extremely low voice.

Zhao Handong was not stupid, he had only sent people to poke at the windows for him. Upon hearing the word "trainer", he immediately understood. The difference in battle power between Border Army and the local army was huge, and many of the White Feather Battalion Commander s in the provinces were already used to it. Now that Shi Keren was the commander and the highest ranking military officer in the northern region, the first thing he had to do was to grab onto the military power and increase his fighting strength. The current Phoenix City Pass being anxious was actually a good opportunity to transfer and train their troops. Although the difference in combat power between the two sides was huge, with one attacking and the other defending, the wall and tower gave the defenders a huge advantage. They might as well transfer the local army over, disrupt the formation of the troops, and send them to the top of the city wall to take over the military authority on one hand, and on the other hand also had the effect of training their troops. Most importantly, he took the opportunity to reinforce his Phoenix City Pass.

With just a thought, Shi Keren commanded three birds in a single stone.

Kong Sheng naturally understood his teacher's thoughts, he raised his head and answered loudly, "This general humbly requests all soldiers of the local army to assist with the protection of the city walls, so as to protect the Phoenix City Pass. Then, I humbly request that Chen Chu and his son lead a group of Fire Phoenix Army to separate the Blue Moon Pass and the Liehyang Pass. If there are still two stages, they would take out the soldiers from the two stages to block the Demon Army's escape route from the back.

Listening to his plan, the several straps nodded their heads in agreement. They were originally negotiating with Commander Shi Keren about the northern battle zone, but in the end, they received the news of reinforcements during the meeting. The military's situation was like fire, who would dare not send their troops? However, none of them wished to bring their own local army to fight against the Devil Kingdom army head on. Others might not know the strength of the local army, but they themselves were well aware of their own strength.

Why are there not enough Phoenix City Pass soldiers? This had to do with a few of the pipe belts in the mainland. The Fire Phoenix Empire used a soldier selection system. Besides the fact that one part of the Fire Phoenix Army was made up of the descendants of aristocratic families in the Empire, the rest were all selected according to the levels of the local army, Border Army, and Fire Phoenix Army. And this system would cause some of the managers to think differently.

There were no more than two locations on the Border Army. One of them was to come to the three trials of the Phoenix, where small fights were unending before, big fights were not, sending their own outstanding disciples over was just a game to wait for death, there was no development, one might even lose their life. The other place was where the Wulian Mountain Range resided. That place was either within the mountain ranges or when fighting Demonic Beast s. This place was even more deadly than the three trials of the Phoenix. One could not say that nine deaths meant three lives, but seven deaths meant three lives. Not to mention these people, even if they were ordinary people, if they were not poor, no one would want their own children to go to such a place.

And if they changed their way of thinking, spent money to clear up the relations, and sent their outstanding disciples to the Fire Phoenix Army, that would be very impressive.

The Fire Phoenix Army was known as the empire's military soul. Not to mention the fact that the imperial city could be surrounded by the emperor, just the fact that the generals were all aristocratic families would be of great assistance to the imperial family in the future. Regardless of whether it was being promoted to an official or being taken into the Wealthy Class, it was a great thing that would happen in the future. Even if he gave away one out of a hundred people, he would be the one to take care of him.

With such considerations, who would be willing to send their troops to the Border Army? Actually, all of these reasons could be summed up in one sentence: The Fire Phoenix Empire has been living too comfortably these past few years.

Just as the atmosphere became slightly more relaxed due to Kong Sheng's suggestion, Shi Keren's words caused everyone's mood to sink once again. old commander asked coldly, "Kong Tuo, this old man will ask you, what if I lose the two trials of Blue Moon Pass? What do you think? "

Kong Sheng knelt on one knee, lowered his head deeply, and said with a clear voice. "It is as if the two stages have been destroyed, and I vow to take the two stages back with my life!