There are 100,000 people from the Ice Bear Tribe going south this time. They are all the tribe's elite saber-tooth cavalry, which is roughly equivalent to the number of people in an elite corps. Zhang Tie knows that this force, in a place like the ice and snow wasteland, except for Except for the bear-level tribe, most tribes and forces are unable to withstand such an edge.
There are more than twenty generals who are qualified to enter the camp, including Ao Jin, whom Zhang Tie met in the past two days and went to the ruins to pick him up.
Okin is a captain of ten thousand men, commanding an armed force that guards the Ice Bear Tribe Temple on the Holy Mountain of Erqida. The name of that armed force is the "Bear Battalion", and every warrior in the Bear Battalion is They are warriors above level six who have mastered the madness skill. In the entire ice and snow wasteland, except for the ice field giant bear tribe, no other tribe can piece together a violent bear camp also composed of ten thousand people.
The warriors of the Ten Thousand Violent Bear Camp were the main force of the Ice Bear Tribe who went deep underground to welcome Zhang Tie's return. They were also fortunate enough to witness Zhang Tie's last miraculous manifestation underground. Roslav and Va Jide also came from the Violent Bear Camp. Although both of them were level 10 warriors, they were only flag commanders and were not qualified to participate in such a meeting.
The military systems of the various tribes in the ice and snow wasteland are different from those Zhang Tie has ever encountered. The smallest army establishment in the tribe is five people. Among the five people, there is a corps commander, and two corps are one Shi. For one team, there are one centurion for two teams, one hundred people for one flag, one thousand people for two flags, one thousand captains, three thousand people for one front, ten thousand people for one battalion, and three battalions for three battalions. A regiment consists of 100,000 people.
To sum it up, he is the corps commander, very senior. Captain, centurion, flag commander, commander of thousands, commander of the front, battalion commander (commander of ten thousand), regimental commander, army commander. As for a legion-level establishment composed of hundreds of thousands of people, it has never appeared in the ice and snow wasteland. Because if you really want to lead so many people, only the tribe leader is qualified.
This kind of military division is closely related to the levels of the tribes in the ice and snow wasteland. Among the six tribe level division standards of rat, eagle, wolf, leopard, fox, and bear, the most important point is that a tribe can get The number of regular troops, such as that of the Gray Eagle Tribe, can only make up a thousand men. The status of such a tribal leader in the ice and snow wasteland is one step higher than that of a captain of a thousand. Probably similar to the leader, this is also Aurora's status in the ice and snow wasteland. Of course, this premise must be that Aurora can completely control the Gray Eagle tribe in her own hands.
The Ice and Snow Wasteland is also a place with strict hierarchies. Although it is not as abnormal as the Norman Empire, hierarchical barriers can also be seen everywhere.
Just like this moment. The first batch of people who are qualified to enter the tent are all generals above ten thousand captains in the Ice Bear Tribe, and their personal strength levels are at least above the War Master or War Master. With such a group of people pouring in, that powerful The aura of Zhang Tie made Zhang Tie feel some pressure, especially the generals walking at the front. Although the aura on them was not as powerful as the knights Zhang Tie had experienced, it could still bring a sense of aura to people. A strong sense of oppression. If it weren't for Zhang Tie's own strength that far exceeds that of a seventh-level warrior, and his own mental power is extremely powerful, would it be possible for another ordinary seventh-level warrior to do so under the gaze of so many people and the natural pressure of his aura? Sitting still is a problem.
Zhang Tie was sitting upright on the wide animal skin chair, holding his knees with both hands, and his eyes swept over the faces of these generals one by one.
Because these generals had heard before that Zhang Tie had some other ideas about returning to the Ice Bear Tribe, and they needed to discuss it in detail with the two elders of the tribe and the high priest Shalin, after these generals entered the tent. Discovering that Zhang Tie was already sitting in the position representing the tribe's ruler, everyone thought that Zhang Tie had recognized his new identity, and expressions of ecstasy and excitement appeared on everyone's faces.
After entering the camp, the generals uniformly raised their right hands, flattened them, and banged them on the armor on their left chests, saluting Zhang Tie.
"Meet the clan leader!" More than twenty people shouted in a rough voice. This voice not only echoed in the tent, but also spread far outside the tent, and then. Zhang Tie noticed that the huge cheers from the soldiers outside the tent began to come one after another, like a landslide and a tsunami. Obviously, after hearing this voice, the soldiers outside the tent knew Zhang Tie's position and choice, and began to cheer.
Seeing the undisguised expressions of excitement and joy on the faces of these generals, and listening to the growing cheers outside the tent because of the simple words "Meet the clan leader!", Zhang Tie knew that this It cannot be an illusion or trap created by High Priest Salin and others, but comes from the recognition of the prophecy by these generals and soldiers, which is their recognition of themselves.
Under such circumstances, if someone wants to put himself on stage and play some trick of coercing the emperor to control the princes, he will definitely just shoot himself in the foot.
"The patriarch called you in because he has a military order to issue!" Thors stood up and said expressionlessly.
As soon as Thors finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of the more than twenty generals who entered the camp became solemn. Everyone puffed up their chests and looked at Zhang Tie with shining eyes.
Zhang Tie's eyes swept across the face of High Priest Salin. The expression on High Priest Salin's face remained calm.
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Tie's mind. In the end, all the thoughts gathered and settled in Zhang Tie's mind, becoming a clear decision that Zhang Tie spat out in a cold and calm voice. Tie didn't explain why, he just gave the order.
"Send troops to Eskil City tomorrow!"
Zhang Tie looked at the generals standing in front of him. Upon hearing this order, some of the generals were surprised, some were confused, and some seemed to be excited, with their eyes shining and their whole bodies trembling. Zhang Tie himself knew that this decision was somewhat absurd. Zhang Tie could understand the surprise and confusion of some of them, but Zhang Tie did not understand the excitement.
Zhang Tie originally thought that some generals would jump out and ask for his reasons, or the high priest Salin would stand up and ask for his reasons, but no, no one jumped out and beat his chest again to greet Zhang Tie. The generals of the Ice Bear Tribe left the camp without saying a word.
In the camp, only Zhang Tie and three old men were left again. When Zhang Tie gave the seemingly joking order, Zhang Tie noticed that except for the high priest Shalin, the expressions on the faces of the other two old men were stiff. stand up.
Less than half a minute after the generals walked out of the camp, Zhang Tie heard a long and thick horn sound outside the camp. After the long and thick horn sound sounded. The cheers of the soldiers outside the camp stopped abruptly within a few seconds and gradually became quiet.
"That's the Sleeping Number. Because we will go on an expedition tomorrow, we must let the warriors in the tribe calm down, take a quick rest, and conserve their energy to prepare for tomorrow's expedition!" High Priest Shalin explained.
"Aren't you worried about me messing around?" Zhang Tie asked with a smile that was enough to make a good-tempered person have a heart attack.
"I said, the entire Ice Bear Tribe belongs to you, you have the right to do whatever you want!"
Zhang Tie burst out laughing. "At this point, if you still have any trump cards, show them as soon as possible. If you want to regret it, it's still too late. The longer you delay, the higher the cost of regret will be!"
"There is indeed one more thing for you, Gulas. Go and get that thing from the great prophet and high priest Erqida!"
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Two minutes later, a two-foot-sized metal box with a strange shape and a dull bronze luster was placed in front of Zhang Tie. It was a box that looked very old. The elder of the tribe in the ice and snow wasteland named Gulas He solemnly carried it to the table in front of Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie took a look and found that it was a strange key box. Just at the opening of the box, there were seven metal gears. Each metal gear had numbers from zero to ninety on it, which slightly surprised Zhang Tie. Yes. The ten numbers on the gears of the box are not ordinary Arabic numerals, but very authentic and standardized Chinese fonts.
The three gears on the far left represent the year of the black iron calendar, the two gears in the middle represent the month, and the last two gears represent the day.
"What's this?"
"When the great prophet and high priest Erqida left the prophecy, he also left this box. This box was left to the person in his prophecy. Only that person can open this box. The password to open the box It’s that person’s birthday on the black iron calendar!”
"You mean, this box was left to me by your prophet and high priest Erqida hundreds of years ago?" Zhang Tie asked in disbelief. Zhang Tie's feeling at this moment was just like that of his fanatical followers. I felt the same way when he performed miracles, I couldn't believe it at all.
"Yes, the design of this key box is very special. From beginning to end, it can only accept three opening commands at most. If you enter the wrong password for this box three times, the mechanism inside the metal box will lock the box with the inside. Destroy all the items together. For this reason, the high priests of the Ice Bear Tribe did not dare to try to open this box. This box has never been touched!" High Priest Shalin said solemnly.
"what is inside?"
"have no idea!"
Hearing such an answer, Zhang Tie secretly thought that this was not the escape route these three old guys had found for themselves. If they encountered disobedient guys like himself, as long as they could not open the box three times in a row, they would There is a reason to declare that they are not the person predicted, and then they can kick themselves out, and then they have a step down. Or, in fact, you can open this box on any date, but there may be some things in it that are detrimental to your current identity...
This method is really too childish...
Thinking like this, a smile appeared on Zhang Tie's face. He pulled the box over, turned the seven gears at will, first entered a date that was different from his own birthday, and then tried to open the box. The metal handle was pressed down and there was a click. The box did not move. The seven gears rotated rapidly and returned to their zero state.
Zhang Tie turned the seven gears again and entered an incorrect date. There was a click, the box did not move, and the seven gears returned to zero again.
At this time, Zhang Tie saw the expression on the face of High Priest Salin, and the expressions of Gulas and Thors became nervous.
Zhang Tie shrugged indifferently and smiled rascally, "Haha, don't be nervous. I entered the two dates wrong on purpose. I just wanted to see if the wrong dates could open the box. Did you guys cheat? It’s just me!”
After hearing this understatement, apart from the fact that High Priest Salin made no comment, Gulas and Thors could not help but glare at Zhang Tie.
Just the moment the two people looked at Zhang Tie angrily, Zhang Tie felt as if there were two more mountain peaks on his body. The powerful momentum and pressure almost made him kneel down.
Knight, holy shit, Zhang Tie cursed in his heart. Although the momentum and pressure on these two people are not as terrifying as those of Elder Huaiyuantang, there is no doubt that they are powerful. That kind of leaping through ranks makes people completely unable to The huge pressure of resistance was exactly the same as the pressure Zhang Tie felt back then.
Zhang Tie had no idea that these two old guys actually had the strength of knights. Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and persisted, and the sweat on his forehead suddenly flowed down...
"There is one more time, it only takes one time to be correct!" The voice of High Priest Shalin sounded, and the two mountains on Zhang Tie suddenly disappeared.
Zhang Tie swallowed and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Even if he didn't have the ability to read minds, Zhang Tie knew that Gulas and Thors were looking at him from the way they looked at them. The old guy's thoughts at this moment - How could such a scoundrel and bastard manifest miracles underground, and how could he be the king of the Ice Bear Tribe
Under the suppressed angry gazes of Gulas and Thors, Zhang Tie entered the date on the seven gears for the third time. This time, Zhang Tie entered his birthday - 8730326 - Black Iron. March 26, 873 AD—
Entering this day, Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and pressed down the metal handle...
This time, the seven metal gears did not rotate again.
Amidst a rustling and pleasant sound of friction between machinery and metal, the metal key box opened like a quietly blooming flower...
The angry gazes in the eyes of the two elders Gulas and Thors disappeared. The two looked at the metal box that was slowly opening layer by layer like petals with complicated expressions. After bowing to Zhang Tie, the two people and High Priest Shalin both exited the camp before the box was fully opened.
The contents inside the box were left by the great prophet and high priest Erqida to the person who could open it. According to the instructions of the prophet and high priest, the contents inside can only be viewed by the person who opens it.
In the camp, Zhang Tie was stunned when he saw the contents of the box...