Chapter 1450: Getting Started
Two days later, at noon.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Northern Eight Heavens were mostly spread out outside the city, taking their positions and conducting training as usual.
They have been in this state for several months. At first, even they themselves did not know why they suddenly started training. Since Luohou came to power, the Northern Eight Heavens has become the most favored one among the four directions and eight heavens. Which of the soldiers here is not pampered and which one does not live the most comfortable life every day?
Fighting? They had never thought about this kind of thing, and they were about to forget this skill.
However, later, some rumors gradually reached the ears of the soldiers, and the soldiers realized that training seemed to be really preparing for war. In particular, the intensity of daily training was very high, and every general was extremely strict and serious, which surprised the soldiers. Is it really going to be a war? Then who is it going to be against?
This question has not been answered for a long time, but the soldiers later discovered that the Central Shanxian City also had troops mobilized, and they were all elite soldiers and generals. They began to feel that things seemed to be really not simple, and this war should really be fought.
There are too many opinions about who they are fighting against. Especially because everything that has happened during this period has a feeling of impending storm, there are even more different opinions. Some say that they are fighting against the remnants of the old emperor in Mount Xumi, some say that there are strange beasts in Mount Xumi that are rioting and want to attack the city, and some say that there are peerless villains in the heavens who want to bloodbath the city.
The soldiers listened to these statements, some took them a little more seriously, some laughed while training, and some thought that the generals were making a fuss. Because in their opinion, they are regular troops after all, how can they be afraid of those messy fish? No matter how strong they are, how big a wave can they make?
It's just that this state of tension on the top and loose on the bottom, wanting to be nervous but not being able to be nervous, lasted for about ten days ago, but it suddenly changed. The soldiers all realized the seriousness and horror of the matter, and realized that the crisis was in front of them. If they were not careful, they might die without a burial place. Therefore, all the soldiers who participated in the drill became extremely serious.
Although they did not feel any disturbance, and did not see any enemy troops nearby, a saying suddenly became popular in the entire Northern Eight Heavens. Regardless of whether this saying was true or not, because it was quickly accepted and spread by too many people, the so-called "mouth melts gold", this became the truth.
It is said that the old emperor Indra has returned to the heavens and has taken down the three major heavens of the east, south and west. He even sneaked into the city of Shanxian and almost poisoned Luohou.
Indra failed to poison Luohou, and he completely tore his face with Luohou, so he led tens of thousands of people from the three major heavens and officially went to the Northern Eight Heavens to take down the Northern Eight Heavens in one fell swoop!
If it was just a simple resurgence of the old emperor, it would not be so terrible. The terrible thing is that the old emperor's cultivation is now better than that of the past, and he is comparable to Luohou. Otherwise, how could he escape from the Central Shanxian City unscathed?
Moreover, the old emperor now has a huge force under his command, and the three great heavens are his subjects. He has been secretly training and raising soldiers for more than a hundred years. The strength of each soldier is extremely strong, and he is not at the same level as the pampered soldiers of the Northern Eight Heavens.
Even more terrifying is that it is said that the current old emperor was thrown into hell by Luohou. But the old emperor is too powerful. Not only was he not suppressed by hell, but he conquered hell, went against the trend, and returned to heaven. This time he did not return alone, but brought with him the brutal troops of hell. If the war begins, the breath of hell will sweep across the Northern Eight Heavens!
This half-true and half-false statement became popular too quickly, but at the beginning, some people still remained skeptical and thought it was alarmist. But later, someone actually produced strong evidence to prove that the rumor was true, and some people began to publicize the old emperor's policy towards the Northern Eight Heavens in the city, which was not to disturb the people, not to kill those who surrendered, and to accept those who surrendered, and to kill those who did not surrender, so the most stubborn people finally believed it.
However, the Great Heavenly King of the Northern Eight Heavens also sent troops to catch those who spread rumors and even promoted the policies of the old emperor. However, no matter how they searched, they were always one step late and never found the other party, as if these statements were simply spread from the mouths of the people and soldiers themselves. And their behavior is tantamount to trying to cover up the truth, which makes the people and soldiers believe that these statements should be true.
The old emperor returned and wanted to seize the heaven. This alone was enough to scare all the people in the Northern Eight Heavens. As for those more mysterious statements, it aggravated this atmosphere. In this way, it is no wonder that the soldiers became serious when they were training. They were actually afraid that they would die in the war that would come at an unknown time.
However, they had not fought for a long time, and now they knew that it was meaningless to cram for the exam. Therefore, no matter how serious they were, they were still panicked. With more panicked people, the whole army was a little chaotic. In addition, most people in the public were also panicked. As a result, the sky above the entire northern eight days was shrouded in haze in a short period of time, and people were panicked.
Today, the soldiers practiced as usual, and gradually learned a reason, that is, why they all had to practice outside the city, but left the city empty. The reason is that it is to bluff, to deter the old emperor's troops who may arrive at any time, so that the other side dare not attack rashly.
"I heard that not even a single spy was sent out of the city, and the city was locked with the light curtain. This arrangement of not even trying to find out the enemy's situation is a sign of cowardice. If we really fight, we have no chance of winning." A soldier from the Northern Eight Heavens whispered during the exercise.
"That light curtain is really weird. I don't know who got it from where. I dare not stare at it for too long, or I will see hallucinations. But..." Before another soldier finished speaking, suddenly, a loud horn sounded from afar.
Of course, he was not the only one who heard the horn sound, so all the soldiers who were exercising looked into the distance at the same time, and found that thousands of people suddenly appeared on the peaks of the mountains in the distance. They all held huge conch shells, infused their cultivation, and blew the conch shells!
For a moment, the horn sounded loudly, and it came from the southeast and west of the Northern Eight Heavens, and finally all concentrated above the Northern Eight Heavens, making the ears of everyone in the Northern Eight Heavens buzz.
Before the soldiers of the Eight Heavens of the North could react to what was happening, they saw three steel giants as big as mountains with a huge drum as big as a town hanging on their chests. They held two drumsticks as big as palace pillars in their hands and began to beat the drums heavily.
"Dong, Dong, Dong!" One drum beat became stronger and stronger, and gradually the heartbeats of the soldiers of the Eight Heavens of the North were attracted by the drum sound, as if someone was beating drums in their hearts, trying to make their hearts jump out.
"Woo..." The huge horn sounded again, and with the huge drum sound that never stopped, the faces of the soldiers of the Eight Heavens of the North began to change.
Then, the soldiers of the Eight Heavens of the North saw that countless huge flags suddenly stood up on the surrounding mountains in the distance. These flags fluttered in the wind, and the flags were golden with a red sun and four red stars on them.
"33 Heaven Flag!" Among the soldiers of the Eight Heavens of the North, some recognized the origin of the flag at a glance, and exclaimed!
33 Heaven Flag, that is the name of the flag. The flag is golden in color, representing the golden sky of the heaven. The four red stars on the flag represent the four directions and eight heavens covered by golden light. As for the red sun in the middle, it represents the central Emperor Shitian!
The thirty-three heaven flags were the royal flags when Huanyin was in power. Huanyin ruled the heaven for countless years, and this flag was known to everyone. Now that this flag has reappeared, it is the direct proof that Huanyin has arrived!
"Emperor... Emperor Shitian is coming, Emperor Shitian is really coming to attack us in the north for eight days!" A soldier exclaimed.
"The rumors are true, Emperor Shitian is really coming, we... we are finished!" Another soldier was even more flustered and incoherent.
Under the flag, a large group of soldiers have appeared. They come from the three major heavens of the east, south and west. They are densely packed, but their military appearance is strict and each has its own characteristics. And behind the troops, a large number of equipment gradually revealed their figures, which made people's scalps numb just by looking at them.