"As long as I am here, the Pearl River Army will not be defeated!" Fang Yun said calmly.
"Then when the monsters attack the city next time, I want to see how your Pearl River Army can last for three days! Prince Jing, Marquis Shangwu, I hope you can help us when the time comes." Gou Bao said.
"It's just a piece of cake." Prince Jing said with a smile.
Shang Wuhou also nodded slightly.
The generals of the Zhujiang Army were stunned. Originally, the Zhujiang Army and the Qishan Army were competing, but now the Qishan Army suddenly had two university scholars joining, and its strength doubled. As long as the Qishan Army seized the opportunity, it would be very likely to surpass the Zhujiang Army. Especially since Prince Jing and Marquis Shangwu had participated in the war for many days and were experienced, they would definitely try every means to gain military merit. The Zhujiang Army could not compare with the Qishan Army in any way.
Zhang Qingfeng in the Pearl River Army is also a Grand Secretary, but he has just been promoted. However, the three Grand Secretary of the Qishan Army are all Grand Secretary of the Sincerity Realm, while Fang Yun is only a Grand Secretary of the Investigation of Things Realm. There is also a Zhizhi Realm in between, the gap is too big.
"Shameless!" Wang Li couldn't help but yell.
Fang Yun said: "It doesn't matter. The first battle in Liangjie Mountain must be fought beautifully, so that the demon world will know the name of our Zhujiang Army! As for defeating the Qishan Army, it is just a side benefit. Everyone, cheer up and do morning exercises!"
"promise!"
All the soldiers obeyed the order and began to stretch their bodies and do morning exercises on the top of the city wall.
"Hmph!" Gou Bao snorted coldly and ordered the Qishan army to do morning exercises.
Fang Yun looked ahead. It was daytime on earth, but a blood moon was rising in the demon world.
Under the blood-red sky, the gray Demon City stands among billions of white tents.
Fang Yun read it for a moment and immediately sent the letter to Jie Bingzhi, the chief secretary of the Wenjie Department.
"Please ask the Ministry of War for me if there are more tents of the demons?"
Xie Bingzhi, who was not far away, looked at Fang Yun in surprise, then looked outside the city. The tents of the monsters were all white, like white paper covering the yellow desert. It was endless and it was difficult to tell whether the number of monsters had increased or decreased.
"Please wait a moment."
After a while, Xie Bingzhi ran to Fang Yun with the official seal in hand and said in a low voice: "My Lord, the Ministry of War just received the news two quarters of an hour ago. Just last night, the demon world sent 30 million troops to Liangjie Mountain. This number is still increasing. In three days, it may increase to 100 million."
Fang Yun frowned. The demon world was too big and there were too many demons.
Even if the entire barbarian army in the north of Shengyuan Continent marches south, they can only mobilize more than 100 million barbarians. However, in the demon world, any demon king can command a tribe of 100 million, and the number of semi-saint tribes ranges from 500 million to 1 billion.
The number of monsters and barbarians in the tribes of the Great Saints is over three billion. As for the Ancestral God clan, they occupy a single area and have tens of billions of monsters and barbarians as their vassal.
In terms of numbers, the human race is no match for the monsters. Back then, the monsters relied on their huge numbers to consume the ancient monsters and become the masters of all worlds.
Fortunately, the human race has the Two Realm Mountains. If they were to fight head-on, they would have no chance of winning.
"I understand." Fang Yun said.
Xie Bingzhi smiled and said, "Before dinner today, the Department of Literature allocated 'grey robes' to the literary world. I have a few acquaintances who are very powerful, so I greeted a few Hanlin scholars and asked them to come to the Pearl River Army. There are five in total, two Hanlin scholars and three Jinshi scholars. They will arrive in a quarter of an hour at most."
Fang Yun nodded gently and said, "Thank you, General Secretary Jie. What should we pay most attention to when dealing with the 'grey robe'?"
"Don't be fooled by the rumors. The gray robes are actually very easy to approach. They just don't talk. What you should pay attention to has been mentioned before. There is nothing special. If nothing unexpected happens, no gray robe will take action by the end of the Battle of Bi Can. After all, they are mainly preparing for the second battle of Liangjie Mountain." Xie Bing knew.
"That's good."
Soon, dozens of scholars in grey robes climbed up the city wall. They worked in groups of five and headed for different literary armies.
Led by Jie Bingzhi, five gray-robed men walked towards Fang Yun.
The members of the Wenjie Army looked at the five gray-robed men curiously, their eyes full of respect. Most of them didn't know how to start, so they all looked at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun glanced at the five people.
The five men's gray robes all had hoods, four of them wore hats, and only one young man did not wear one.
The two Hanlin scholars were both over fifty years old. The grey robes they wore had become somewhat pale from being washed, and it looked like they had been wearing them for at least ten years. One was extremely tall and thin, while the other was of average build. Both had expressionless faces.
There was nothing special about one of them, but the tall and thin Hanlin had a mask on his mouth that tightly covered his face.
Fang Yun looked at the three Jinshi scholars. Two of them were about thirty years old and looked very ordinary. Their expressions were the same as the two Hanlin scholars, as dull as wood. But the third one was a little different. He was the one in the gray robe without a hat.
This scholar in a gray robe had naturally curly hair and a smile on his face. He looked to be only about 27 or 28 years old, but his lips were tightly pursed and his teeth were not showing.
Fang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Zhang Longxiang, Marquis of Zhujiang, greets all five of you. We understand the rules, so I won't say much else. I hope we can all get off this wall safely. Finally, thank you!"
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he bowed his head in salute.
Two hundred and one thousand soldiers of the Pearl River Army bowed their heads together.
The five men stood up straight without any response.
Afterwards, Xie Bingzhi introduced the five people one by one, starting with the tall and thin one.
"This Hanlin is Xu Changxiang, and many of his war poems are in the second realm."
"This Hanlin is Hu Cheng, who is an expert at writing poems about defense and warfare. He was promoted to Hanlin when the Wenqu Star was broken."
"This Jinshi is Lu Ting. If nothing goes wrong, he will be promoted to Hanlin within two years."
"This Jinshi is Bai Siwen, who is good at poetry."
"This smiling guy is my neighbor's kid, his name is Du Ling. We grew up together in the city behind Liangjie Mountain. However, I am still a juren and went to the Wenjie Division, while he became a jinshi early and took the initiative to join the gray robe."
Fang Yun smiled and said, "There has been no fighting in the past few days, so the five of you can act on your own. Once the monsters attack the city, please stand at the back of the team. I don't have any big rules here. Whether you want to do chores or write some war poems to help in the battle, it's up to you. However, once the war starts, I suggest that you stand with the agency at the back and try to ensure the safety of the agency."
The leader, Xu Changxiang, nodded slightly to show that he accepted the order.
After two days, the monsters did not go out to fight, but on the morning of the third day, the monster camp began to move, and the Two Worlds Mountain also changed accordingly.
The army that was originally on guard retreated. In addition to the fourteen armies from the literary world, there were another thirty-six armies that climbed onto the city wall.
The wall of Jieshan City is fifty-one miles long, and fifty armies are guarding a one-mile section of the city respectively. Each section of the city has been numbered from one to fifty.
The reason why the main forces of Liangjie Mountain are numbered is said to have originated from the fifty sections of the city wall.
The chief of the 'Command Department' of the Ministry of War was standing tall in the sky, issuing orders with his eloquent tongue.
"The main force, the Seventeenth Army, will head to the first city section."
"The main force, the Eighteenth Army, will head to the second city section."
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"White robe soldiers of the Holy Yuan Army, head to the 27th city section."
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"Wenjie Army and Qishan Army, head to the 45th city section."
"Wenjie Army, Pearl River Army, head to the 46th city section."
As soon as the Grand Marshal finished speaking, Fang Yun stood at the forefront of the Pearl River Army, drew his general's sword, pointed it forward, and spoke with thunderous words.
“Run, forward!”
The Pearl River Army officially joined the war.
.(To be continued.)