Chapter 343: King Cui's Review, Two Armies Confront Each Other! (Two in One)

On the plain, a river meanders through.

There are woods, shrubs, and a towering mountain in the distance. There are occasionally birds and animals, looking around in groups looking for food.

"kill!"

As the drums and horns sounded, the square formations on the plain began to move, forming large and small battle formations with each other and actively fighting.

On the top of the mountain, a group of people were watching the fierce competition among the phalanx below, competing for the outcome.

Yang Zhen, Wang Shifu and other small flag masters were standing in the queue, each staring closely at the battle status of his own troops, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling.

In front of their group of small flag owners, there was a temporary high platform.

The high platform is secure, with their respective military flags and numbers on them, and there are forty-eight commander's chairs, where the forty-eight flag masters of the Cui Banner Army sit.

They were either chatting and laughing with each other, or were silent, or simply closed their eyes to rest and paid no attention to each other, with different expressions.

Without exception, these military commanders have powerful auras, astonishing power, and unfathomable strength.

They are the true top combat force of the military. Unless they face powerful enemies, they will basically never take action.

And in front of these commanders, there is also a king's throne.

There is no doubt that the person who can sit in this position is the real king of Cuibai Road, Cui Wang Hu Yuanzhen.

Wearing a king's robe, his face is not angry and intimidating, and his aura is back to nature, without showing off his appearance.

He was seen holding his chin with one hand, squinting his eyelids slightly, and looking at the military strength displayed by each army with an expressionless face.

No one knew what their king was thinking at the moment and whether he was satisfied with the military's performance.

Beside the king, there were hundreds of officials from the royal palace. They were wearing dark and wide official uniforms and hats. They were also staring at the plain below with serious expressions. Each of them took a pen to write down something, and they didn't know what they were recording.

"Brother Yang, where do you think our 41st Army ranks this time?" Wang Shifu asked the people around him.

Yang Zhen breathed out lightly, showed a smile, and said: "It should be good. Our army's overall combat strength has improved a lot in the past few years. We were ranked in the middle last time, and we should be able to move up a few places this time."

It can be seen that he is quite optimistic about the strength of his army.

"If that's true, it's really good." Gao Shuxi crossed his arms, but there wasn't much of a smile on his face.

"It's just that the military system has been changed before. I heard that many banner armies have come from behind in terms of military strength. We may also be the target of being overtaken."

There is no doubt that he is not as optimistic as Yang Zhen despite being the leader of a small banner in the army.

In words, it would be great if the 41st Army should not lose its ranking compared to before.

"Brother Gao, you are trying to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige." On the side, another small flag leader, Yan Dingjin, shook his head.

"I'm just telling the truth." Gao Shuxi said calmly.

"The result will be clear soon." Wang Shifu glanced at the tall tree seat and said nothing more.

On the plain, the two armies, each with ten square formations, were fighting fiercely.

The inner energy, the innate energy, turned into torrents of energy, either consuming each other, or directly colliding and exploding, turning the entire plain upside down.

Although this is a military parade, the scene of the confrontation between the two armies is like a real battlefield.

In the distance, to the east of the plain, Song Changming stood in front of the thousand-man phalanx he commanded, quietly watching the distant battlefield and waiting.

Also waiting were other troops of the 41st Army, arranged in the same order as his phalanx.

In addition, all other Cui Banner troops were also present.

If you look down from a higher angle, you can see that the vast plain is already filled with people, spread out as densely as ants.

The total number of soldiers totaled more than 500,000!

The only occasion where all forty-eight Cui Banner armies could gather together like this was today's grand military parade in which King Cui was present.

"As expected of the Ninth Army, its combat power is indeed extraordinary. It was completely overwhelmed. The Seventeenth Army was also unlucky to encounter such a strong army when they came up." Guan Yuntai stood beside Song Changming and looked at the battle situation from a distance, and couldn't help but click his tongue. road.

"This Ninth Army is indeed very strong." Feng Xingzhuo nodded from the side.

On the scene, the two armies faced each other. From the beginning, it was a unilateral suppression.

The Seventeenth Army showed no signs of counterattack, proving the huge disparity in combat power between the two armies, and defeat would be a matter of time.

Song Changming was silent. He had actually experienced the combat power of the Ninth Army.

Including Hu Xuzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army, was also deeply impressed.

Back then, when the demons were causing trouble and the city was guarding Mingju City, it was only with the support of the Ninth Army that they were able to defend the city and beat the demons in one fell swoop to flee in panic.

To this day, he has not forgotten that battle.

"If our army faces this ninth army, I'm afraid the chance of winning is not high." Song Changming thought to himself.

Regardless of the quality of the soldiers, the power of the battle formation, or the strength of the generals, his 41st Army had no advantage.

He estimated that against this mighty army, if his side was lucky, it would be good to have a 30% chance of winning.

"Previous military parades would last a full month from opening to end. I don't know if it will be our turn today." Guan Yuntai said, holding a long gun in his hand.

There was a bit of eagerness in his tone.

"I hope we can have a spar earlier. It just looks boring." Feng Xingzhuo also said enthusiastically.

The generals under Song Changming's command were not timid, and some of them were even warlike.

Including the ten centurions in the rear, they were also full of fighting spirit, grinning and rubbing their hands.

However, their commander did not have much desire to fight, and he was calm as he watched the two armies clash.

Although Song Changming was not afraid of fighting, he was not as warlike as them.

In less than two hours, the battle came to an end.

This one-sided battle ended quickly and was not too tense.

On the mountain stand.

Chu Tianquan's eyes twitched. He had just witnessed the defeat of his army with his own eyes. His face was not good, but he still reluctantly said: "Marshal Hu is good at training soldiers. I admit his inferiority."

"Thank you, Marshal Chu." Hu Xu said lightly while sitting on the chair.

Suddenly, a majestic voice floated from the throne.

"Chu Tianquan, I am a little disappointed."

Chu Tianquan's face changed immediately after hearing this, and he stood up and saluted, saying: "It is Tianquan who is incompetent, and I am willing to accept the punishment."

"Fine your salary for three years and erase one pearl."

When Chu Tianquan heard this, his heart sank suddenly, and he gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Yes."

No more voice came from the throne, and the golden chair back blocked the eyes of many marshals from seeing the expression of the Cui King.

Chu Tianquan sat back in his seat, closed his eyes and said nothing, and was completely out of mood.

Fine three years of salary was nothing to him, because he was backed by the Chu family in the core city, so he naturally didn't care about this salary.

But the punishment of erasing one pearl was unexpectedly heavy.

The marshal's rank was determined by nine pearls.

The 48 flag masters in the army also judged their status by this.

One pearl was the lowest, and nine pearls were the highest.

He was originally a marshal with three pearls, but now because of his poor performance in such a military parade, one pearl was wiped out and he became a marshal with two pearls.

It must be said that the loss was quite large. He almost became the lowest among the 48 flag masters overnight.

If he accidentally let the remaining two pearls be taken away in the future, his position as marshal would be lost!

"It seems that this military parade is quite strict."

The other marshals were also waiting attentively. No one wanted to be punished for the marshal pearl that they had worked so hard to get.

Some of them were beating their drums in their hearts. They knew the combat power of their army. If they met a strong opponent, the situation might not be very good.

On the plain, the second battle had begun.

The marshals immediately paid close attention to the battle situation and no longer relaxed as before.

The atmosphere seemed a little tense and serious.

The combat power of the two armies in this battle was not that different. They fought back and forth for a long time, and the result was not decided until the afternoon.

Song Changming thought it would not be their turn today.

Who knew that in the second battle in the afternoon, the soldiers were summoned before they had even had a bite of dry food.

"The next battle, the 41st Army against the 5th Army!"

"The next battle, the 41st Army against the 5th Army!"

"The next battle, the 41st Army against the 5th Army!"

In the sky, dozens of large white pigeons flew over the army formation, speaking human language and repeating this sentence.

"The 5th Army?" Song Changming raised his eyebrows and put down his arms.

Guan Yuntai beside him had already taken a breath of cold air, his eyes widened a little, and he couldn't help but say: "It's really unlucky to draw such a hard bone."

"It seems that the 5th Army is quite strong." Song Changming looked at the white pigeon flying away above his head and said.

He actually didn't know much about the Fifth Army and had never actually come into contact with it. He just heard some news about the Fifth Army and knew that this army should be among the ranks of strong armies, similar to the Ninth Army under Hu Xuzhi's command in the morning.

"Who is their marshal?" Song Changming looked at his deputy general Guan Yuntai.

With the background of the Guan family and having been in the army for more than ten years, Guan Yuntai knew much more about military affairs than he did.

"Core City, Meng Family, Meng Kunlun." Guan Yuntai shook his head and spread his hands.

"It turned out to be him, no wonder." Song Changming murmured.

This Meng family is also a well-known strong man in the army. He has a glorious military exploit, and there are only a few who can compare with him in the military.

Although their commander Wang Tianshuang is not bad, his reputation in the army is not as good as this person.

"How does it compare with the Ninth Army?" Feng Xingzhuo asked.

"It's hard to say, it should be on par." Guan Yuntai said in a deep voice.

Feng Xingzhuo nodded, and he roughly understood the strength of his opponent.

After all, the performance of the Ninth Army just now was witnessed by everyone.

As Guan Yuntai said, this is indeed a tough nut to crack.

The drums of war were beating, the horns were blowing, and Song Changming raised a black long sword in his hand.

The thousand-man team behind him all looked stern, and the momentum of each person began to slowly brew, and the fighting spirit was like strong liquor, gradually becoming hot and boiling!

"Fight!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison to boost morale!

The spears and sabers in their hands were also made of the same black material as the long sword in Song Changming's hand, and the blades were not sharp.

After all, this battle was a drill, not a real fight to the death, so these weapons and equipment were specially provided by the military, with limited power and would not easily hurt people.

In addition to these weapons, each person was also equipped with a talisman.

Once activated, the rune stone will form a layer of protection on the body surface. When this layer of protection is broken, the combatant is defined as dead in battle and must evacuate the battlefield on his own initiative and cannot stay any longer.

In simple terms, this layer of protection of the rune stone is like a personal health bar.

In the next battle between the two armies, how to protect this layer of blood bar from being emptied became the top priority.

Song Changming did not say much nonsense and led his army directly to the central battlefield.

At the same time, the other eleven troops in the army, including Xing Tiexin, also set out one after another.

At the Gaofeng stand.

"I didn't expect that the first battle would be against Meng Kunlun's Fifth Army"

Upon hearing this news, Yang Zhen and others' faces also became bad, worried and helpless, and their hearts were half cold.

"I can only hope that we don't lose too badly, otherwise not only will the Marshal be punished, but we will also have a hard time." Yan Dingjin sighed.

"." Yang Zhen was speechless for a while.

No matter how confident he was in his own army, he was not blindly confident. He knew very well that this battle was more dangerous than good.

As Yan Dingjin said, less loss is better than winning.

Gao Shuxi glanced at Yang Zhen lightly and didn't say much.

At the general's chair, some gloating eyes fell on Wang Tianshuang.

"Tianshuang, are you okay?" A general asked with a smile.

"Very well." Wang Tianshuang said expressionlessly.

Meng Kunlun, who was not far away, did not show any expression, and did not even open his eyes, as if he was taking a nap with his eyes closed.

Soon, the two armies lined up and stood in the established military formation.

Song Changming's troop formation was located on the left wing of the army, responsible for the task of flanking.

As for the troop commanded by Xing Tiexin, it was in the center of the army, responsible for the frontal assault.

Song Changming looked up.

Not only were there officials on the mountain to record the battle situation, but there were also hundreds of inspection teams from the royal palace in the air above, responsible for supervision.

Anyone who did not follow the rules or maliciously hurt others would be severely punished once discovered.

This was a bit like the work of a referee.

At this moment, the plain on the battlefield was already bare, and the original grass and trees had been destroyed after the previous three battles.

When it was Song Changming's turn, the terrain became full of potholes and flying sand.

"What should I do? I'm a little nervous."

"What are you afraid of? I didn't panic when I fought with the monsters back then. This time it's not a life-and-death battle, so why should I be afraid?"

"That's right, new here, just do it!"

"The battle formation is the key, but don't let your feet fall apart. You must keep steady. Fighting alone will only end faster!"

"The king and the general are watching, so cheer up!"

"Whoever dares to mess up today, I will crush his balls when I go back."

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The two armies faced off, and the overwhelming pressure suddenly came, and together with the natural atmosphere of the battlefield, some of the new recruits were unconsciously a little flustered.

The old soldiers on the side saw it and cheered up the new recruits in their own way.

At this moment, when everything is put aside, only unity can win!