Chapter 1816 Third Camp
It is said that Liang Yan successfully joined Xuanxin Palace and became one of the ten commanders of Nanxuan. Of course, he also had his own troops.
The more than two thousand disciples in Yuzhu Mountain are his foundation, similar to the Imperial Guards. The remaining Black Front Camp, Shenji Camp, and Evil Ghost Camp are the main force of the army. Together with some small troops, the number exceeds one million.
However, he came too late after all, and the various armies of Nanxuan had long been assigned to their respective units. The remaining ones were all unruly and unruly people. Even the Nine Great Ya Sages looked down upon them, so they were naturally assigned to his name.
When the Xuanxin Palace was discussing matters, Wu Ci wanted to object, but was stopped by Liang Yan.
It's not that he doesn't know that these troops are difficult to lead, but he also has his own concerns.
First of all, there is a very important reason. If you do not accept these soldiers and horses, you will have to ask for manpower from other sub-sages. Among the nine sub-sages, who besides Wu Ci will give him excellent troops? At that time, you will still suffer a loss.
The second reason is that the North and the South have been at war for several years. It would be unbelievable to say that Liang Yan was not involved in the Nanxuan army.
Over the years, he had dealt with Tiangong City many times and knew that their usual method was to disintegrate from within. Although he didn't know how many traitors there were among the tens of millions of troops, Liang Yan knew that the three battalions, Heifeng Camp, Shenji Camp, and Evil Ghost Camp, had extremely bad reputations and were not popular with others. The senior officials of Nanxuan are willing to accept them.
If you think about it from their perspective, if you were a traitor, you would never defect to these three camps. Not to mention that there is no one in Xuanxin Palace, and they may be used as cannon fodder at any time. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will not be able to get any valuable information at all.
That's why Liang Yan calmly accepted these three battalions at the Xuanxin Palace meeting. Although they were all thorny, at least they were safe to use.
"The war is imminent, and there is no room for delay. Military discipline must be rectified, soldiers and horses must be trained, and the strength of the 'Bamboo Army' can be improved as soon as possible."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan immediately issued an edict to summon Nan Youyue and Hongyun, briefly introduced the situation to them, and then ordered the two women to go to the Military Aircraft Department to count the roster, hand over the command flag, and handle all related matters.
When the two girls heard that he had successfully joined the Xuanxin Palace, they were overjoyed and happily accepted the order.
They stayed there for most of the day, and at noon, the two women returned to Liang Yan's palace.
"The handsome flag has been retrieved. Please take a look at it, the sect master."
Hongyun waved his sleeves, and a green flag with shining green light appeared in the hall. There were countless patterns of bamboo leaves on it, and a simple and vigorous big character was written in the middle, which was the character "Bamboo".
"Okay, I order you to hold the flag." Liang Yan looked at the flag with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Hongyun's face became solemn, he put away the big flag, and said solemnly: "Sect Master, don't worry, the flag is with the people, but if the flag dies, the people will die."
Liang Yan didn't say much after hearing this, and looked at Nan Youyue again.
Nan Youyue took out a roster from her sleeve, presented it to him, and said softly: "This is the roster I counted. There are 1,268,300 people in the Bamboo Army, including 50 in the Black Front Camp. Ten thousand, 300,000 for the Divine Machine Camp, 200,000 for the Evil Ghost Camp, and the rest are just some inferior teams, barely cobbled together."
Liang Yan took the roster, looked through it, and found that it was actually marked in detail. The names, cultivation levels, and magical powers that had been used by more than one million people were clearly written in the roster.
Presumably, Nan Youyue was the one who took the initiative to find out this information and then sorted it out for him.
"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoist."
Liang Yan nodded slightly, looked through the roster carefully, closed his hands, thoughtfully.
"metropolitan."
Nan Youyue hesitated to speak, and after thinking for a while, she finally said: "According to my investigation, these three battalions are not good people. If the sect leader wants to lead them, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble."
Liang Yan came back to his senses and asked, "Tell me about your investigation in detail."
"yes."
Nan Youyue nodded, pointed to the first half of the roster and said: "First of all, this is the evil ghost camp. They are all prisoners. They have either betrayed their sect and stolen secret techniques; or they have sacrificed blood to a large number of creatures and violated the law. In short, the rules set by the Seven Mountains and Twelve Cities each have their own crimes. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, most of them were suppressed in sects or in the prisons of the Seven Mountains and Twelve Cities. Only because of the huge disparity between the enemy and ourselves, they were They were temporarily released to fight against the Beiming army. However, according to the intelligence I investigated, private fighting among evil ghosts is common, and there have been several instances of people escaping from battle."
After hearing this, Liang Yan's expression did not change at all, and he just said lightly: "Okay, I understand, go on."
"Next is the Shenji Battalion. The name sounds powerful, but in fact, most of the members are casual cultivators. This group of people joined Nanxuan just because they wanted to have a backer, and they didn't even think about going to the front line to work hard. Most of their mentality is not seeking merit. But I have never made any mistakes, and I haven’t achieved a few military exploits so far, but I am the unit with the fewest casualties.”
"Yeah." Liang Yan nodded slightly, glanced at the roster, and asked, "What about the Black Front Camp?"
“Black Front Camp is special”
Nan Youyue pondered for a moment and said slowly: "As far as I know, the Black Front Camp was originally composed of monks from the north. After the war broke out, because they were dissatisfied with Beiming's behavior, they did not choose to join forces, and finally switched sides to Nanxuan. Because most of them come from hostile forces, they have been marginalized in Nanxuan and have not been taken seriously. Moreover, they have their own leaders who will go out to kill the enemy in every battle, but they do not respect the orders of anyone in Xuanxin Palace."
"They are actually rebels from Beiming. Interesting!"
Liang Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and an unpredictable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Sect Master, with all due respect, these three battalions are extremely difficult to control. Once they go to the battlefield, our army will be scattered and fighting on their own. Who will be the opponent of the elite of the Bei Ming Army?" Nan Youyue said solemnly.
Liang Yan smiled and said: "Although these three battalions are all unruly, they are not without methods to rectify them. Send me a military order to have the Shenji Battalion and the Evil Ghost Battalion gather at the martial arts field at noon tomorrow, saying that I will personally train the army. "
After hearing this, the two girls Nan Youyue and Hongyun looked at each other with confusion.
"Only the Shenji Camp and the Evil Ghost Camp?"
"Yes, let's ignore the Black Front Battalion for the time being. Let's bring these two battalions of monks to the martial arts arena first." Liang Yan nodded.
Nan Youyue and Hongyun both knew that military orders could not be violated, and there was no need to ask any questions. They immediately received the military orders and ordered the disciples from Yuzhu Mountain to go to the Shenji Camp and the Evil Ghost Camp respectively to deliver the orders.
But he said that the Evil Ghost Camp has been stationed in the Red Flame Valley since the beginning of the war. The environment here is so harsh that most Nanxuan monks don't want to get close, and only the monks from the Evil Ghost Camp can endure it.
There was no fighting on this day, and all the Nanxuan tribes were practicing, but the Red Flame Valley was filled with joy.
I saw countless magma flowing across the valley, converging somewhere in the valley, and arching up a volcanic platform with a radius of thousands of feet. On the high platform, two monks stood face to face. One of them was wearing a mask, with a slender figure and an evil aura exuding from his body. His cultivation was in the realm of catastrophe and overcoming three difficulties; the other was a bald man with a string hanging around his neck. The rosary beads are all made of human bones and are cultivated to overcome two difficulties in the realm of tribulation.
Tens of thousands of monks gathered under the flame platform, divided into several factions. Some came to cheer and cheer, while others came to boo. It was extremely noisy for a while.
Someone laughed and said: "The faceless layman and the decapitated monk have been grudges for a long time. I think today we must see each other between life and death!"
A person next to him said: "These two are both cruel and ruthless people. I don't know who will win?"
"It's hard to say. There have been several conflicts before. Although the level of the decapitated monk is slightly lower, his magical power is not weak. Both sides have won and lost each other. They should have unused cards."
"I think the severed-headed monk is even better! His 'Evil Bone Secret Technique' is hard to guard against. Although the Faceless Layman is a little higher, he can't break through his opponent's defense and will inevitably lose." A scholar-man put his hands behind his back and said leisurely Then he commented.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in black next to him sneered: "You are only in the early stage of Jindan, how can you see the mystery of other people's Taoism? Even if they raise their hands or stretch their legs, you don't know why. , and it’s really ridiculous to comment in vain!”
After hearing this, the scholar man blushed and said angrily: "Although my level is far inferior, I still can't tell which one of them is stronger and which one is weaker? The decapitated monk is obviously superior in skills, and the methods of the faceless layman have long been eliminated." It’s been seen through!”
The man in black still sneered: "You are worse than a frog in a well, but you always like to talk nonsense!"
"Who are you? You are only in the middle stage of the Golden Core. Although I am a small level lower than you, I may not be able to kill you. How about we compare with each other?" The scholar narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Okay!" The man in black laughed: "Since you are seeking death yourself, you can't blame me!"
At that moment, the two of them rowed down the path and opened up a small battlefield under the high flame platform. They actually took action before the people on the platform.
This is not surprising.
The evil ghost camp is full of vicious desperadoes with hot tempers. Nanxuan's military regulations cannot control them at all. The slightest conflict will be solved by force, so private fights become common.
It was commonplace for the people around them to take the initiative to give up a piece of open space, instigating the two of them to take action, and happily watched the excitement.
"Come on, come on, the decapitated monk will pay you two for one, and Lin Xiaolong will pay three for one, everyone buys it and leaves!"
Some people even started to act as bookmakers, opening two games in a row, attracting many people to come and place bets.
During the commotion, I suddenly saw a green glow flying from outside the valley. The flames in the sky seemed to be nothing, and I soon arrived near the arena.
The glow dissipated, but it turned out to be a jade speeding car.
Everyone in the Evil Ghost Camp looked over and saw the door curtain rolling. After a while, three women came down. They all looked to be in their 28s, pure and beautiful, like lotuses emerging from the water.
"stop!"
As soon as they got off the bus, the woman in the middle of the station shouted.
Because no outsiders had come here for a long time, and suddenly someone came to visit, and they were three beautiful cultivators, everyone in the Red Flame Valley couldn't help but be stunned.
Even the faceless layman and the decapitated monk who were fighting on the stage stopped and looked at the three women at the same time.
"Who are you? Do you know where this place is?" A sinister voice came from the crowd.
I saw an old man, dressed gorgeously, but with a wretched appearance. He looked back and forth at the three women with a pair of ruthless eyes, and the lust in his eyes was not concealed.
Everyone knows that this old man is called "Yellow Robe Ancestor", he has the ability to overcome five difficulties, and he is extremely beautiful in his life.
Because he had forcibly taken the red pills from several female disciples of the sect, which aroused the anger of various factions, he was finally arrested by Bai Jade City and suppressed under the "Ling Jade Tower". He was not released until the outbreak of the North-South War.
There are many masters in the Nanxuan army. The Huangpao ancestor did not dare to be arrogant, but he still had his lustful heart. Seeing that these three women were beautiful and only had the cultivation level of Tongxuan realm, he couldn't help but have many thoughts, so he took the initiative to speak. ask.
Unexpectedly, the three women didn't even look at him. They only heard the woman in the middle say loudly: "I am Fan Yao, the marching envoy of the 'Bamboo Army'. I came here on the orders of the commander-in-chief to change the Evil Ghost Camp to the banner of the Bamboo Army. From today onwards, the Evil Ghost Camp prohibits all private fighting, and will train at the martial arts field before noon tomorrow. The commander-in-chief will be there in person, and no one will be absent!"
After saying that, he took out a token from his sleeve. The token shone brightly and became even more radiant under the surrounding blazing flames.
"Xuanxin Order!"
Everyone in the Evil Ghost Camp recognizes this token. Only members of the Xuanxin Palace are qualified to issue the Xuanxin Order. This is Nanxuan's supreme power, which means that Fan Yao's words are true.
"I heard that Yuzhushan also came to join the alliance not long ago. Could it be that he is a monk from Yuzhushan?" someone whispered.
"It should be that Yuzhu Mountain is also one of the Seven Mountains and Twelve Cities, so it is qualified to be the commander."
Someone said disdainfully: "Si Chen, you're ridiculous! They're all girls, do they still want to ride on us?"
Another person said: "No, I heard that their acting sect leader is a man. It seems that he should have joined the Xuanxin Palace. Otherwise, how could there be a Xuanxin Order?"
Everyone in the Evil Ghost Camp was talking a lot, but the yellow-robed ancestor was sneering.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and Fan Yao and the other three women felt their eyes blurred. When they could see again, they found that the Xuanxin Token in their hands had disappeared.
Fan Yao was shocked and turned pale. Just when she was about to scold her, she felt a warmth coming from her cheeks, and someone smiled sinisterly in her ear:
"I wonder what the girl is looking for?"
The three women turned around and saw a wretched old man in luxurious clothes standing behind Fan Yao, almost close to her body, holding a token in his hand, which was the "Xuanxin Order" that disappeared.
"Bold!" the woman next to Fan Yao yelled angrily: "How dare you steal the Xuanxin Token? This is a capital crime!"
The Huangpao Ancestor laughed and said: "What is the Mysterious Heart Order? This is just a piece of broken copper and iron! It's really ridiculous for you to use chicken feathers as order arrows!"
After saying that, he rubbed it with his hands, and the Xuanxin Order turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared without a trace.
"you!"
Fan Yao and the other three girls were furious and were about to scold them, but they heard the yellow-robed ancestor chuckle and say: "I have heard for a long time that your acting sect leader is not strong enough to overcome the five difficulties. How dare my opponent give orders to our Evil Ghost Camp? Besides, Nanxuan’s senior management still needs our Evil Ghost Camp to work hard, and they have always ignored us here. However, you Yuzhu Mountain doesn’t know what is good and what is good, and you actually want to use a command. The cards have mobilized us, and today my ancestor will teach you ignorant little girls a lesson."