Fortunately, Song Zining established an effective management system at the same time when he expanded. Song Hu and Duan Hao, who merged from Ningyuan Group, were good at common affairs, and Ah Qi, Ah Jiu, and Wu Shiying, who followed Qianye, were good at general affairs. When the bloodline seeds were also growing day by day, the jobs in their respective hands were like their own, which didn't embarrass General Qianye too much.
Not long after the peaceful days, Qianye welcomed the imperial envoy and received a call-up order. Since he has been named in the expeditionary army sequence and has not entered the Zhao Clan's private army, he has not been registered on the roster of the Imperial Army, and the call-up order he received belongs to the category of voluntary recruitment.
The degree of freedom of this type of conscription order is quite high. As long as Qianye joins the battle, he can freely choose the theater of battle, he can also choose one of several major legions, or he can join a certain aristocratic family and fight in the name of a private army.
Now the general terrain distribution on the void floating land has been ascertained, and seven theaters have been designated by the empire. These theaters are unclaimed so far, which means that according to the practice of the empire, as long as they can fight and defend, then when the war is over, one-third of the controlled area will be their own territory.
A new blank territory is extremely attractive to any family in the empire. You must know that the military exploits will open up the frontier again. It is conceivable that after this war is over, there will inevitably be more families in the empire. There will be noble families promoted to aristocratic families, and even new clans will appear.
For those who are ambitious, this floating land with an area the size of seven provinces is a ladder to the sky.
When receiving the call-up order, Qianye had already made all the preparations, and everything that should be arranged in Heiliu City was also arranged, so there was no need to worry about it. So he didn't delay at all, and followed the special envoy on board the airship of the Imperial Army that afternoon.
The airship didn't fly directly back to the mainland of the empire, but took a few bends and picked up a few people on the Evernight Continent before leaving Eternity Night and entering the void.
Including Qianye, there are seven passengers on board this airship, all of whom have deep auras. They hold the same type of call-up orders as Qianye, that is, they are not currently affiliated with any family or imperial local army. Two of them were said to be from the expeditionary force, but Qianye had never heard of their names, and even the theater where they were originally stationed sounded strange.
The atmosphere inside the airship was oppressive, like the calm before the storm. The people in the boat did not speak to each other, and occasionally glanced at each other with cold and sharp eyes.
Qianye didn't show it on the face, but he secretly guarded himself when he stepped into the cabin door. He smelled the same kind of breath as himself from these people, which was an extremely strong smell of killing. One of them was actually a level 15 general. In terms of force level alone, he was already qualified as a lieutenant general, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force was only a lieutenant general.
In a barren place like the Eternal Night Continent, a general is the leader of a division, the pillar of a city or a war zone. There are so many unknown strong men, which shows that the expeditionary army is not the same as the local gentry. Not as weak as it appeared on the surface, this discovery made Qianye even more vigilant.
In this way, in a depressing atmosphere, the airship flew for several days before crossing the distant void and finally landing on the mainland of the empire.
Stepping out of the airship, Qianye immediately entered an extremely noisy and busy world. The deafening engine sounds symphonic with each other, so loud that one can hardly hear other sounds. Looking up, there are more than ten large airships handling soldiers just in front of them. In the distant sky, there are still hundreds of floating warships shuttling back and forth.
"Come down quickly! Don't delay!" In front of the airship, a lieutenant colonel shouted loudly, waving desperately at Qianye and the others.
The lieutenant colonel turned up the volume, otherwise his voice would be drowned out by the sound of the engines. Qianye understood this quite well, and didn't mind the lieutenant colonel's slight offense and disrespect, and went straight to the reporting point.
However, not everyone is as talkative as Qianye. The one who walked out of the hatch behind Qianye was a twelfth-level general. On the Eternal Night Continent, this level can control two legions in the expeditionary army. The man stood in front of the lieutenant colonel with squinted eyes, his gaze was as cold as a poisonous snake, and he was staring at the lieutenant colonel's throat, as if his hand would be inserted into the blue blood vessel there in the next moment.
However, the lieutenant colonel was unafraid, and even showed obvious contempt and provocation in his eyes. He spat heavily and sneered, "What are you going to do? Do you want to do something? Just try!"
The general was furious, his face was a little distorted, wisps of original force shot out from his fingertips, and he made a hissing sound like a poisonous snake spit out a letter. But in the end, he still didn't do anything, just stared at the badge representing the military department on the lieutenant colonel's chest.
The lieutenant colonel didn't mean to accept it at all, and spit out another mouthful of saliva, which almost sprayed on the other party's bright military boots, and sneered, "You're smart! If you dare to move a finger of my father, your whole family will die without a trace." The place of burial!"
The general's face was livid, he took a deep look at the lieutenant colonel, and strode away.
Although the lieutenant colonel's official position is not high, and his personal combat power is mediocre, he is a serving officer of the Imperial Army after all, and his status is quite sensitive. Once a conflict occurs, it is equivalent to offending the Imperial Army. People like Qianye, even though they are powerful in combat, would always have a reason for being in a place like Eternal Night Continent.
Qianye had no intention of intervening, nor did he intend to watch any excitement, but just walked straight to the reporting point. This reporting site is exclusively for the use of generals, there are only a dozen or so people inside, and soon it will be Qianye's turn.
After reporting the call-up order number, a chubby colonel of the Imperial Army behind the desk rummaged through stacks of rosters on the desk for a while, finally finding Qianye's information. He only glanced at the information, and immediately stood up, with a hint of surprise, he said: "You are General Qianye?"
"it's me."
The colonel immediately smiled and said: "Shi Duo is my younger brother. He mentioned to me more than once that you saved his life in Yongye. This time you are here, if you need anything, just tell me, Our Zhang valve here still has some weight."
Qianye was slightly taken aback. This colonel is obviously not young, and looks about fifty years old. At this age, if he has not broken through to become a general, he will be hopeless for life. It seems that he is also well aware of his current situation, just looking at the clearly outlined belly, he knows that he has no intention of cultivating.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shiduo, who is known as a titan on the battlefield, would have such an older brother, and there should be a big age gap between the two sides.
In any case, Qianye certainly would not refuse this kindness. The big battle is coming, it is always good to have more help at this time, even if it is just to know more information.
The colonel had already introduced himself at this time, calling himself Zhang Shiming, who had served in the Imperial Army for more than 20 years. Although his combat power was mediocre and his future was limited, he had a powerful background and was tactful. They are very proficient.
After talking for a long time, Zhang Shiming remembered that he hadn't done anything serious yet. He hurriedly filled in the information on the registration book, and then handed Qianye a manual, a token for identifying his identity, and a sketch of the barracks. Pointing at the top, he said to Qianye: "General, your residence is here."
Qianye looked at the location, the generals' barracks were built around a small lake, and there was a small forest beside it, the environment was quite good. And Zhang Shiming obviously wanted to take care of him, and arranged for Qianye to be near the lake.
"Thank you." Qianye packed up his things and walked towards his camp without staying too long.
The location of the dormitory is very good, with the sparkling lake outside the window, and a wide view, but after all, it is a temporary barracks, and the internal facilities are only adequate, without any luxury. However, Qianye never cared about these things. Anyway, he only stayed for a few days, and when the tasks were assigned, he was about to go out to fight.
Qianye put down his luggage. He didn't have many things. Except for Dongyue and Lei Ting, the rest of the sundries could be packed in a large tactical backpack. Of course, Anduya's mysterious space is full of real supplies, enough for him to stay in the wild for a whole month.
Then Qianye opened the booklet and read it carefully. This booklet has just been printed, and there is a map of the void floating land on it. Although many details are still missing, the main areas are drawn.
This was no easy feat. After the imperial army retreated from the sleep of giant beasts in Eternal Night, the base expansion and exploration on the void landmass did not stop, and several small-scale elite troops were transported one after another to reconnaissance. This very rough map was obtained by these elite troops after many days and at the cost of 30% casualties.
This time the empire destroyed the passage from the Sleep of the Eternal Night Behemoth to the void floating land, and the only way to board the floating land is through the airship.
When King Qingyang destroyed the residual will of the void behemoth Chaos, the will of the behemoth that was consuming the power of the strong all the time on the void land mass also disappeared, and the floating battleship could finally land directly.
The floating land is located between the lower and middle continents, closer to the mainland of the empire, but the continents of the dark kingdom are a long way away. This also means that the empire has a considerable advantage in using floating battleships to land.
Seeing this, Qianye suddenly realized, and finally understood why the empire competed for the sleep of the giant beast, and why they were so interested in the strange world behind the void passage. All the previous questions were answered at this moment.
From this point of view, the empire, which had been prepared for a long time, should have taken the lead against the Eternal Night Council, which was inferior in intelligence. After the passage to the Sleep of the Eternal Night Behemoth was destroyed, the bases left by the dark race on the void land would definitely be lost.
In terms of the floating fleet, the gap between the empire and the Eternal Night Council was not that big. The four major races of Eternal Night all pay attention to cultivating the strong. When an army is needed, the vampires will create blood slaves, and the nerubians will use servant spiders. As for the demons, they rarely call up troops, and the werewolves are mostly tribal. way appears. In this case, the dark race doesn't value low-level fighters at all, let alone invest resources in large-scale machinery and combat preparations designed to gather low-level combat power.
Qianye turned the manual to the next section. The goal of this war is to clean up the native creatures on the void landmass, and at the same time defend against attacks from the dark race.
The main armies of the empire, except those stationed at important border areas, will take turns to board the floating land to participate in the battle. At the same time, in order to give full play to their combat power, the major families have also been assigned corresponding main attack positions. Among the seven battle zones in the floating land, each of the four factions occupies one of them, and the emperor's family occupies two. In addition, the Nangong family and other aristocratic families are also assigned to a war zone.
As for other aristocratic families, they can choose among the seven war zones.
Qianye put down the manual, walked to the other side of the room, and looked out. As far as he could see, a gigantic floating ship hundreds of meters long was slowly landing. On the side of the take-off and landing site, materials have already piled up like a mountain. Although the trucks are almost lined up in a long queue, it is too late to transport so many materials.
That floating giant ship is currently the largest Kunpeng-class floating ship in the empire, and it can transport thousands of soldiers to their destination at a time. In Qianye's field of vision, there are as many as seven or eight Kunpeng-class airships, circling in the sky, waiting to land.