Chapter 402: The fight is over, and all parties have stopped fighting
"Whoosh!"
A third-level spirit pigeon flew over from the horizon and landed in front of Cao Bianjiao.
He immediately bent down and untied a small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg. He stood up, pulled out the secret document and examined it carefully.
"This is a letter from the military headquarters, which arranges the holiday for the entire army during this year's Spring Festival."
Cao Bianjiao finished reading the secret document in his hand and said secretly, "The commander-in-chief invited me and General You Shilu to return to the lake island in the base camp to celebrate the New Year."
"Well, I have to go back and see how the action plans of the various legions of the Restoration Army are going, so that I can have a better idea of what's going on."
In the past few months, Cao Bianjiao's focus has been on attacking various Tatar tribes, and he has not had the spare time to care about other things.
It was just heard that the Fuxing Army had reaped great rewards from its various operations within the Great Wall. Not only had it defeated the million-strong armies led by Huang Taiji and Yuetuo respectively, but it had also captured a large amount of territory in Shanxi Province and the southeast coast.
Cao Bianjiao had already learned through the Military Intelligence Department that Wan'er and Hongmei had successively broken through to the early stage of Level 6 and awakened their acquired spiritual bodies.
As a former top fighter in the world, he was very concerned about information in this area.
Even Huang Taiji and Lu Xiangsheng had broken through to the sixth level, and Cao Bianjiao already knew about it.
"Liu Zhiqing, the battle at Chier Mountain is over. You will be responsible for leading the soldiers to rest on the spot."
Cao Bianjiao immediately said to his deputy general Liu Zhiqing, "This place is too far from the logistics department's transportation line, and the supplies for the New Year cannot be delivered."
"The military has ordered our Taotie Corps and Pixiu Corps to use local resources to ensure that the soldiers have a good new year. We will temporarily rest until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and then launch another expedition against the various Tatar tribes."
"I have received an invitation from the commander-in-chief to return to the base camp. All military and political affairs here will be handed over to you and the Legion Staff."
"You must carefully complete a series of work arrangements for the soldiers to celebrate the New Year, so that everyone can relax and have a good time."
Cao Bianjiao was very satisfied with the deputy commander and chief of staff of the corps specially assigned to him by the military.
Liu Zhiqing is indeed the most famous rising star in the Fuxing Army. He has outstanding abilities and is as capable as the chief steward Hongmei, and may even be better.
Over the past six months, Liu Zhiqing, who was transferred from the Third Battalion of Xuanwu, has handled all military and political affairs of the Taotie Legion in an orderly manner without any omissions!
This kind of ability is simply unique in the Renaissance Army!
This is also the main reason why the Taotie Legion was able to achieve such brilliant results while easily expanding its army by hundreds of thousands.
With Cao Bianjiao, the invincible commander on the northern prairie, and the full support of the almighty chief of staff Liu Zhiqing, the Taotie Legion is able to handle all aspects with ease.
"Commander, don't worry!"
Liu Zhiqing, who was standing by, looked solemn, patted his chest and assured, "I won't delay anything. When you return from the base camp, our Taotie Corps will be in peak condition and continue the next round of expedition!"
Over the past six months, Liu Zhiqing has witnessed what a true elite cavalry corps' combat mode is like, and has completely transformed from a naval general into a qualified cavalry general.
He sincerely admired Cao Bianjiao, the invincible general.
Although he himself had broken through to the late fifth level, he was no match for Cao Bianjiao, which made him convinced of the coach.
"That's good. You will be in charge of the Taotie Corps during the New Year."
Cao Bianjiao nodded with satisfaction, and after discussing with Liu Zhiqing for a while, he called his great white crane spirit bird, rode it into the sky, flew rapidly towards the base camp in the south, and disappeared at the end of the sky.
……
"Hou Dewen, order the soldiers to clean up the mess as quickly as possible and thoroughly clear the city!"
Cao Yongxiang gave orders to his deputy general Hou Dewen who was on standby beside him.
Not long ago, he led the Qinglong Legion and ended the capture of Xuanfu and Bao'an Prefecture west of the Sanggan River. He quickly completed the handover with the new barracks that came to take over the defense work, led the army on the big treasure ship along the river to the south, and then followed the Yellow River to the outside of Chaoyi City, and captured this empty important town in one fell swoop.
Zuo Liangyu's troops, who were originally stationed here, were transferred to Xuanfu, and were later ordered by Hong Chengchou to stay in Pingyang Prefecture to garrison. Naturally, they could not come back to defend, allowing the Fuxing Army to easily capture this crucial frontline town.
As a result, all areas of Qin east of Luo River fell into the hands of the Fuxing Army, which completely grasped the initiative in the future.
No matter how fast Hong Chengchou's army returned, the number and quality of his naval fleet were far inferior to those of the Fuxing Army, so he arrived a step late.
At this time, Hong Chengchou had just led a large army to Ronghe City downstream of Yumen Ferry. After learning of this shocking news, he did not dare to stay for a moment and directly led the large fleet back to Tongguan Fortress, fearing that he would be intercepted by the Fuxing Army in the Yellow River.
After all, with the fall of Chaoyi City, both sides of the Yellow River basin that separated Qin and Jin provinces had basically fallen into the hands of the Fuxing Army.
If it weren't for the fact that the year was approaching and the second wave of the Fuxing Army's offensive had ended, and if the army had been ordered to launch a pursuit, there was a great possibility that the large fleet loaded with Qin troops would have been blocked in the Yellow River and then an encirclement and annihilation operation would have been launched.
This series of bad news made Hong Chengchou anxious and angry. He was like a frightened bird. He ordered the large fleet to travel day and night, hoping to withdraw to the Tongguan Fortress as soon as possible to be truly safe.
"Chirp!"
Hou Dewen had just left to deal with the aftermath when the sound of a bird singing was heard from the sky. Then a Saker Falcon with peak level five cultivation level descended from the sky and landed in front of Cao Yongxiang.
The person who came was Chang Liyun, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Meet Commander Cao!"
Chang Liyun jumped down from the Saker Falcon and came to Cao Yongxiang. She saluted and said, "I came here this time on the orders of the commander-in-chief to invite you to return to the base camp's lake island to celebrate the New Year."
"The commander-in-chief, Wan'er, and Hongmei returned to the base camp seven days ago."
"Three days ago, the commander-in-chief and the other two had already reached the middle stage of level six. This is a great event for our Renaissance Army!"
"Since the New Year is coming soon, the commander-in-chief specially invited me, Wei Jinfan, you, Cao Bianjiao, and You Shilu to go back together to celebrate the New Year and discuss the military and political work plan for the coming year."
There is no doubt that this is the core team of the Fuxing Army. Even Chang Liyun, who usually does not like to show her expression, has a smile on her face to be among them.
"it is good!"
Upon hearing that Li Dingguo, Hongmei and Wan'er had made further progress and broken through to the middle stage of level six, Cao Yongxiang was sincerely happy even though he was not aware of the secret.
He already has the energy to move. This time, after returning to the base camp, the island in the middle of the lake, and taking the Phoenix Blood Fruit, the top-grade acquired spiritual fruit that Li Dingguo had personally handed to him, and with the help of the Five-Colored Sacred Tree, he is fully confident of breaking through to the early stage of level six.
In this way, the core strength of the Renaissance Army has increased dramatically again, and the momentum to sweep the world in the future is already there, which is naturally cause for celebration.
With only a few days until the New Year's Eve, Cao Yongxiang did not dare to delay and quickly found the deputy commander of the Azure Dragon Corps, Hou Dewen, to hand over military affairs. He emphasized the importance of ensuring that the soldiers had a good New Year, and after explaining the military and political affairs clearly, he rode his level 5 late black eagle and returned to the base camp outside the northern pass at full speed with Chang Liyun riding on a Gyrfalcon.
Today's Fuxing Army's logistics department has become a behemoth with a million people. All aspects are on the right track. The commanders of various corps naturally don't have to worry about the army's rest and recuperation for the New Year, as everything will be arranged in an orderly manner.
The three sisters Zhao Hong, Zhao Li and Zhao Juan, who are in charge of the logistics department, manage the huge logistics department flawlessly and in good order.
Except for the Taotie Legion and the Pixiu Legion which are too far away, the annual New Year gift package will also be delivered to the soldiers in a timely manner.
In the Fuxing Army, where military orders are as strict as a mountain, there is dual supervision by the Military Intelligence Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. No general dares to be perfunctory or neglect military affairs.
This is the biggest difference between the Renaissance Army and other forces.
Once the routine and standardized large-scale development model is fully implemented, it will be quite easy to manage.
In the Fuxing Army where Li Dingguo's words were law, the commander-in-chief's decisive and ruthless character was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and all the soldiers in the army were deeply in awe of him and dared not disobey him in the slightest.
……
"Sister Hongmei!"
"Hurry up and use your set of divine beads to trap that peak level 4 black fish!"
"I have never eaten such a big black fish monster. I must taste it well during this New Year's Eve dinner!"
In the Daling Lake near the base camp, Wan'er looked at the looming level 4 peak black fish below, so she hurriedly shouted to Hongmei who was riding on Xiaojin beside her on Da Meng's back.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. A few days ago, three people who had successfully broken through to the middle stage of level six with the help of a piece of innate top-grade spiritual tea leaves, came out together today to prepare the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Among them, Hongmei is the protagonist of this hunting operation.
This is because the set of gems she refined into her natal divine weapon possessed magical powers that came with their own magical formations.
With Hongmei's current level of cultivation, she can manipulate this set of twelve Dinghai Divine Pearls to form a formation to trap and kill any cultivator below level six, including humans, monsters, ghosts, and demon beasts.
Although Hongmei can now only activate this set of natal divine artifact beads to cover an area of one mile in radius, it is already amazing.
As long as the practitioners below level six are trapped in the magical formation of the artifact orb, they are no different from being caught in a jar, just like lambs to be slaughtered, without any power to resist.
In the future, as Hongmei's cultivation continues to improve, the formation's coverage will become larger and its power will become stronger.
"it is good!"
Hongmei naturally wanted to try out the power of this set of life artifact gems that she had just obtained. After Wan'er finished speaking, she happily said, "Watch me!"
"Dinghai Divine Pearl, go!"
As her mind moved, twelve azure blue gems flashed out and transformed into twelve lightning bolts, forming an extremely mysterious formation. In an instant, it enveloped the fourth-level peak black fish in front of it, which had just noticed the arrival of the human strongman and wanted to escape immediately.
No matter how hard the giant black fish monster weighing about ten thousand pounds struggled, it was of no use. Instead, it was firmly bound by the rapidly shrinking power of the formation and lost the ability to move.
"Die!"
Hongmei's divine sense urged one of the Dinghai Divine Pearls to become the size of a millstone, carrying enormous power, and shot out, instantly shattering the brain of the fourth-level peak black eagle and killing it on the spot with ease.
As the divine artifact beads, which still maintained their own magical formation, returned to Hongmei, the dead big black fish was also brought back to Hongmei by the power of the formation and floated in front of her.
"receive!"
Li Dingguo, who had been prepared, activated the Human Emperor Cauldron and put it into the cauldron.
"So powerful?"
Wan'er looked a little shocked, and then said, "But the attack power of this set of gems is still not as good as my Fantian Seal."
"According to ancient myths and legends, this set of Dinghai Shenzhu should have twenty-four or thirty-six pieces. I wonder where the rest of the pearls have gone?"
"Once they are fully assembled, their attack power will probably be even stronger than my Fantian Seal."
Although the power of this set of Dinghai Shenzhen Pearls is very strong, it does not match Wan'er's fighting style, so she has no regrets.
Any natal artifact can only exert its maximum power if it is perfectly matched with its owner.
If this set of Dinghai Shenzhenzhu was in Wan'er's hands, it would not be as powerful as in Hongmei's hands.
The main reason is not only that his personality is not suitable for Wan'er, but also that Wan'er's attainments in formations are not as good as Hongmei's.
The acquired spiritual body awakened by Hongmei is an acquired extremely yin body, which is more suitable for this set of water-attributed natal artifact beads.
"Not bad! This set of artifact beads is really good!"
Li Dingguo also praised and said, "In the future, any strong person of the same level who wants to fight Hongmei alone will most likely be trapped and killed by you using this set of life artifact gems, which makes it difficult to defend against."
"Especially the attack method of this set of orbs, which goes far beyond using formations to trap and kill the enemy. It can also use its own weight to bombard and kill the enemy, which is similar to Wan'er's Fantian Seal."
"Although the attack power of each single Dinghai Divine Pearl is far inferior to that of the Fantian Seal, the chain attack of the magical formation launched by the set of pearls is completely different, and each has its own merits compared to the Fantian Seal."
Any set of artifacts has its own unique features, which is why artifacts of the same level are more precious.
"It's a pity that Hongmei's two life artifacts are both mainly for attack, and you are still missing a protective artifact that is mainly for defense. I hope you can complete it in the future."
Li Dingguo was right. A life-long magical weapon that has both offensive and defensive capabilities is the best combination for a cultivator, so as to avoid leaving any weaknesses that could be exploited by a strong enemy.
But there is still a long way to go, so there is no need to rush.
Anyway, with the cultivation level of a cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage, he cannot unleash the true power of his natal divine weapon, so he will just have the chance to equip it in the future.
After hunting down this level 4 big black fish, the three of them immediately rode on a big golden eagle and flew towards a huge mountain thousands of miles away.
Since we need to prepare some good ingredients, it is necessary to hunt a few level 4 monsters.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was different from previous years. Li Dingguo invited Cao Yongxiang, Chang Liyun, Wei Jinfan, Cao Bianjiao and You Shilu to attend.
These people are now either late-stage level five masters or level six strong men. They have a huge appetite, so they must be adequately prepared.
(End of this chapter)
