Chapter 78 The army sets out for battle
"Dingguo!"
"It's dawn, let's move quickly!"
"Otherwise, if you are late for the camp, you will be punished by military law!"
It was just dawn. Li Dingguo, who was sitting cross-legged on a cushion on the ground meditating, had just woken up from a deep level of practice. Before he could open his eyes, he heard Ai Nengqi's words ringing not far away.
"Archie, why do we need to be so anxious?"
When Li Dingguo opened his eyes, he saw this guy jumping up from the futon on the ground and hurriedly going to get his toiletries, so he smiled and said, "The king's order is to gather at the military camp at three quarters past noon."
"It's just the 15th hour now, it's still early!"
However, as he said this, he stood up and put the futon on the ground away, then picked up his toiletries and walked side by side with Ainengqi, who had just opened the door, towards the nearby old well.
At this time of day, they would both be up almost all the time.
Yesterday, the two of them each received a cushion made of branches and leaves of a giant locust tree spirit, and simply sat on the floor of the room to meditate and practice.
The two original large beds were erected by the two of them and placed against the wall to avoid taking up space and making movement less inconvenient.
I have to say that the special cushions for meditation and cultivation distributed by the king have a pretty good auxiliary effect on cultivation.
Refreshing and calming.
Moreover, it emits a strong and refreshing fragrance that makes people feel happy and can also repel the harassment of various flying insects.
In general, the effect is much better than the sandalwood and other incense that Li Dingguo used in his previous life, and there is no trouble with smoke.
Li Dingguo estimated that over the past night, his life force and blood strength had increased by about 10% compared to the day before.
Although this is only due to the fact that his current cultivation level is too low, which results in such a good auxiliary effect, it is already amazing.
In the long run, the time it takes for him to break through to the third peak of martial arts will undoubtedly be greatly advanced.
Despite having reached the third level of martial arts cultivation, he was not considered a master in this magical world and was still just a third-rate general.
But the precious time saved is what Li Dingguo values most.
What he lacks most now is the time to grow up.
At this time, the doors of other nearby rooms were opened one after another, and a dozen other talented young warriors came out one by one, carrying toiletries.
Obviously, no one dared to disregard the military order, and everyone kept it in mind.
In other aspects, if you violate the rules, it's fine, at most you will be punished.
But if you disobey military orders, you will really be beheaded!
Military orders are as heavy as mountains, and this is not just talk.
Zhang Xianzhong, the Eighth King who came from a grassroots officer of the elite border troops, can be said to be one of the rebel leaders who was the best at executing military orders.
Among the known rebel leaders, the only one who can be compared with Zhang Xianzhong in this respect is "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai.
This guy is known as the top think tank of the righteous army in the world.
He is cunning and loyal.
In the history of the previous life, this meeting of the righteous army in Hequ was a grand plan that was proposed by "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai to Wang Jiayin and was implemented.
If Wang Jiayin, who had great prestige, had not misjudged his people and had not been stabbed in the back by his wife's brother and cousin, perhaps he could really have risen to prominence and become a powerful figure.
Unfortunately, there is no if, this loyal and righteous guy had to drink the bitter wine he brewed himself and died tragically at an early age.
About an incense stick of time later, after washing and dressing neatly, the sixteen talented young warriors came together to the courtyard in front.
There were already 48 warriors from the Youth Camp waiting here, and they must have gotten up earlier. At this time, at the gate of the Wang Family Courtyard, the sound of horse hooves rang out, and the tightly closed gate was opened.
A logistics battalion of about a hundred soldiers drove in more than thirty large carriages.
These logistics camp soldiers are the team responsible for the logistics work of the youth camp during this expedition out of the city.
Breakfast for the orphan camp was also brought by the soldiers from the logistics camp.
Led by Li Dingguo and several other captains, everyone lined up to receive breakfast, squatted on the ground, and started eating and drinking.
A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers of the Youth Camp, who had already had breakfast and were ready to set off, quickly formed a cavalry formation.
Following the order from Ai Nengqi who was standing at the front of the team, the first team led by him took the lead, followed by Li Dingguo's team, and Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier's teams and the soldiers of the logistics battalion brought up the rear. They left the Wang family compound one by one and headed towards the rebel camp not far away!
The rebel camp was only a hundred feet away from the Wang family compound and they would arrive there in a moment.
The rebel army's camp looked huge. It was formed by connecting the compound of Tian's family, one of the three major wealthy families in Dingbian City, with a row of shops nearby.
This large camp, which can accommodate about 20,000 soldiers, stretches as far as the eye can see!
Opposite the main gate is the large parade ground.
At this time, the large parade ground was filled with the sound of people talking and horses neighing, and it was extremely lively.
A platform several meters high has been built near the wall at the innermost part of the parade ground.
Several leading rebel leaders, including Zhang Kewang, stood on the platform.
Zhang Xianzhong, dressed in black warrior attire and a red cloak, stands in the front left.
His eyes were cold and he stood still, quietly watching the soldiers who had all arrived at the parade ground and were lining up.
"All of you go down, command the soldiers as quickly as possible, line up the troops, and set off on time!"
Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and signaled to several rebel leaders behind him.
"I obey your command!"...
Zhang Kewang, Ma Yuanli, Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli, who were also wearing cloaks of different colors, bowed their heads and accepted the order. They jumped off the platform one after another and landed silently.
The four men immediately dispersed and came to the front of the soldiers of the old camp, which had expanded to 800 people, and shouted loudly, asking them to immediately command the soldiers of the rebel logistics camp, which had recently expanded to 10,000 people, and to line up and wait as soon as possible.
In fact, the troops dispatched this time included only 600 soldiers from the old camp, 5,000 reserve soldiers from the logistics camp, and the orphan and youth camp.
The obvious reason for bringing so many logistics battalion soldiers into the battle was to have them transport back huge amounts of spoils.
As for the remaining two hundred soldiers from the old camp and five thousand soldiers from the logistics camp, they stayed in Dingbian City, of course, to protect the safety of this temporary nest of the rebel army.
This would prevent the rebel army from being ambushed as soon as they reach their destination and being sneaked in and captured by others, thus lest Dingbian City be captured.
This situation is not impossible to happen.
The three major wealthy families in Dingbian City are deeply rooted. God knows how many people and spies they have arranged to lurk in Dingbian City?
No need to guess, and nothing less.
Given Zhang Xianzhong's shrewdness, it would certainly not be possible for him to sit idly by and watch this happen.
If this situation really happened, Zhang Xianzhong would probably be so angry that he would jump to his feet!
From then on, when they met with other rebel leaders, they would have a joke about mocking and attacking the Eight Kings, which would become a stain on Zhang Xianzhong's life.
In troubled times when reputation is extremely important, once such a thing gets out, it will be extremely disadvantageous to any rebel leader.
Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong not only left behind enough troops, but even left Feng Shuangli in Dingbian City, who was responsible for guarding the county town and suppressing any possible chaos.
(End of this chapter)
