After receiving the warning from the magic sword, Shi Qi immediately ordered to stop the march and prepare for battle.
In yesterday's battle, under the leadership of Shi Qi, the two thousand city guards defeated the three thousand black blood army. The hearty victory made the remaining soldiers completely convinced of Shi Qi.
Everyone is willing to obey Shi Qi's order.
It is said that they are preparing for battle. Half of the city guards at the rear of the team can rush to the front of the team. All the soldiers draw their weapons, and the archers are ready to shoot arrows. They move very quickly.
The city guards were just getting ready for battle, and the vibrations under their feet became more and more obvious.
Now everyone tensed up again.
In yesterday's battle, although the City Guards defeated the Black Blood Nation's army, they also lost half of their strength. Currently, they have barely more than a thousand soldiers capable of fighting.
Even with Seventeen charging ahead, the strength of the city guards is still much lower than that of the regular army of the Black Blood Nation.
"Relax, relax!" Seventeen didn't ride a horse this time. He stood in front of the formation and laughed loudly. "If it's really the enemy, you just follow me."
Soon, a familiar flag appeared, and a group of infantry in purple and black armor appeared in front of the city guards.
Xiao Qixiang said pleasantly: "It's the Bauhinia Legion! It's ours! It's not the enemy! It's not the enemy!"
"Our people!"
"It's ours!"
"..."
Seeing that it was someone from the Bauhinia Army, Shi Qi was also relieved. It should be the person sent by the Bauhinia Army to meet them after the pigeon sent the information last night.
The Bauhinia Army stopped at a distance of 30 meters from the city guards. A general wearing black and purple full-body armor and riding a horse came slowly: "Who is your commander?"
Xiao Qixiang was about to step forward, but after taking two steps, he found that almost all the soldiers were looking at Shiqi.
He walked up to Shiqi in embarrassment, and pushed him: "Go over!"
Seventeen nodded and did not refuse.
"Chen Pengfei, one of the hundreds of households in Bauhinia City, has met the general!"
"Baihu?" The general of the Bauhinia Army looked at Shi Qi with some surprise and said, "The highest position here is Baihu?"
"It's Xiao Qixiang, Master Xiao Qianhu!" Shi Qi said truthfully.
Xiao Qixiang hurried forward and explained: "Master General, I am Xiao Qixiang, but Chen Pengfei is the commander of the team now!"
The middle-aged general asked in a low voice: "So, yesterday you encountered the army of the Black Blood Nation, and the battle commander was Chen Baihu!"
"Yes!" Xiao Qixiang didn't hide anything.
He told the truth about yesterday's situation from the beginning, the only thing that was a little artistically processed was that he said that he voluntarily handed over the command to Shiqi.
Shi Qi also nodded beside him, so that he would not make himself uncomfortable.
Yesterday, one of the two of them was suspected of seizing power, and the other was shirking responsibility. When they were strictly investigated, both of them had problems.
"Chen Pengfei, you are very good. You have led a group of city guards who have not undergone strict training to defeat the regular army of the Black Blood Country, and even beheaded two thousand. You have done a lot of credit!" The middle-aged general smiled at Shi Qi, and then said, "Let Your people follow us!"
That night, Seventeen and the others safely arrived at the front camp.
The frontline camp was very quiet, with almost no lights. In the darkness, Shi Qi could see dense white tents stretching all the way to the sky.
"We will take away the wounded and food, and you will set up your camp here. You must finish sorting out within half an hour. You are not allowed to make noise in the barracks after dark, and you are not allowed to walk around at will. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!" The middle-aged general said in a low voice, " Someone will come to receive you tomorrow!"
"Understood!" Seventeen replied.
Under the supervision of Seventeen, more than a thousand city guards quickly set up camp to rest.
After successive battles and rushing, they were already exhausted. After entering the tent, they also obeyed the military order and did not even dare to speak loudly.
The city guards of Bauhinia City are very aware of the consequences of violating the military order of the Bauhinia Army.
Some people fell asleep quickly, and Shi Qi could hear the snoring from the tent next door in the small independent tent.
He lay in the tent and couldn't sleep. After spending so much time, he finally arrived at the front line. He was a little excited and a little apprehensive.
Shi Qi tightly closed her eyes, but the shadow of Lan Yanlin appeared in her mind again.
How is she
Sometimes, Shi Qi would waver, asking himself if it was worth it!
But so what
What can he do
Seventeen opened a corner of the tent and glanced at the scene outside. He heard the footsteps of patrolling soldiers, and he quickly lay back on the bedding.
"Master Sword Spirit, tell me, what is the purpose of living?"
Chen Hao replied in a natural tone: "Of course to welcome death...or, to make my death look better..."
"Uh... Is it better to die?"
"Yes, that's how I understand it. If one day you really don't want to live, I recommend the last elegy to you. The effect is great. Fu Yuanming said it was good after using it. It's as beautiful and gorgeous as fireworks!"
"..."
"Then tell me, is my approach correct? Does it make sense?"
Chen Hao knew what Shi Qi was working so hard for.
Seventeen never hides anything from him.
"There is no right or wrong, just do what you think is meaningful. Everyone pursues different things. Some people spend their entire lives pursuing what may seem like a joke to others!"
Seventeen always felt that what Lord Sword Spirit said seemed to have other meanings. After hearing it, he felt even more uncomfortable!
man!
Once or twice a month, I need to think about life.
The next day, after Shiqi woke up, he was in good spirits. He had just left the camp when he received an order that the commander of the Bauhinia Army wanted to see him.
The commander Hong Xi who received Shiqi and Xiao Qixiang was a burly man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the general who was going to meet them was sitting next to him.
Hong Xi seemed to have identified Shiqi, so he directly kept Shiqi and appointed him as Qianhu, and asked him to select 400 people from the city guards to bring them under his jurisdiction.
As for the remaining city guards, under the leadership of the personal guards, go to other camps that need to replenish the source of troops.
With the credit of breaking the 3,000 regular army of the Black Blood Country at the 17th National Congress, there is no problem in being promoted to Qianhu, but this decision still surprised him.
When choosing soldiers, Seventeen was not relentless. He first kept his old subordinates, and then selected those strong and brave guys, all of whom he had met in Heifengling last time.
The city guards selected by Seventeen were very happy. They were impressed by Seventeen's bravery. Having a qualified and reliable general is absolutely very important on the battlefield.
Led by the captain of the Hongxi Guard, Shi Qi arrived at the new camp. After announcing his appointment, more than 600 veterans of the Bauhinia Legion looked at Shi Qi without saying a word.
Shi Qi could clearly see the dissatisfied faces of most of the veterans, their expressions were clearly written on their faces, and they didn't even bother to hide them.
For him, a young man who was directly promoted from a hundred households in the City Guards to a thousand households in the Bauhinia Army, the veterans didn't like him at all.
A few of the hundreds of households standing in the front showed even more dissatisfaction on their faces!
The troops recruited by the city guards had always been downgraded to join the army, but it happened that Seventeen was so weird that he was promoted to a level just after joining the army!
This can't help but make people suspect that Seventeen has a strong background, and he came to the army for gold plating!
As for Seventeen's record, they wouldn't believe it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
Waiting for the captain of Hongxi's personal guard to say to Shi Qi: "Chen Qianhu, what do you want to tell them?"
Seventeen stood in front of the stage and said loudly: "My name is Chen Pengfei, and I am sixteen years old. In terms of age, many of you are older than me!"
Some neutral veterans in the audience nodded, feeling that although the newcomer Qianhu is young, he is also very good at life.
At least give them respect!
"But you are old, and your positions are not as high as mine. It can only prove that you have lived on dogs for so many years!" Shi Qi ignored the unkind eyes of the veterans below and continued, "I know you are very dissatisfied now. I will just give you a chance to prove yourself, I will stand here without weapons, if anyone of you 600 can knock me down, I will personally resign from Commander Hong, saying that I am not capable enough to serve as a thousand households!"
(end of this chapter)