Ten Capitals, Nine Observations, Eight Poles, Seven Yuans, Six Divisions, Five Elders Compete for Da

Chapter 145 Two Great Families in Qingzhou!Rewards for meritorious deeds!
"Old Zhang, are you kidding me?"

"You have taught dozens of disciples in Qingzhou, who can compare with you when you were young? It's just some idiots."

Wei Anguo blew his beard and stared with disbelief.

after all.

A mere hunter in the wilderness, only of the rank of a scholar, with only this level of energy, blood and spiritual power, successfully killed the ferocious beast Zhu Polong who had practiced for hundreds of years.

Looking at Qingzhou's past decades of history, only four people have successfully accomplished such feats.

The actual commander of Qingzhou, Hong Wu,

Zhang Longxiang, the eldest grandson of the head of the Zhang family,

Zhenbei King, Abandoned Martial Saint, General Wei Xuan,

And Zhang Baisui, who once traveled across Kyushu and fought five Qingzhou fighters alone.

These four, no matter which one, are the top martial arts experts who have the qualifications of Marquis Wu, or have been successfully promoted to Marquis Wu.

Wei Anguo narrowed his eyes, gradually calmed down, and said in a deep voice:

"You think..."

"Jiang Chen also has qualifications like yours?"

Zhang Baisui declined to comment on this, and did not answer the question:

"Back then...relying on your own martial arts, how long did it take you to sublimate a certain martial art to a legion martial art?"

"Forehead--"

Wei Anguo pondered for a long while before slowly answering:
"Five years."

A sneer flickered across the corner of Zhang Baisui's mouth:
"When he officially obtained the title of Hundred General, the old man saw that this kid had some potential, so he casually gave him a copy of the low-level martial arts, called "Taiheo Saber Technique"."

Wei Anguo was taken aback for a moment, then his pupils trembled, his eyelids twitched, and a little shock appeared on his rough face: "It's less than two months?"

He had known for a long time that Jiang Chen had made rapid progress. In just two months, he had jumped from the civil servant class to become a middle-level military officer in charge of 500 people, and was promoted to the wilderness hunter.

It can be called rapid progress.

But in just one and a half months, it is a bit out of common sense to practice a newly acquired martial skill from unfamiliarity to perfection, and even introduce it to the level of legion martial arts!
Ordinary soldiers, even if they are lucky enough to acquire a low-level martial art, they often have to polish and study it for decades, and it is still difficult to break through it into a middle-level martial art.

Not to mention deducing it as a legion martial art.

Zhang Baisui smiled and joked:

"The qualifications between people cannot be generalized."

"When I was young, in a situation of extreme anger, I deduced a certain sword technique from the middle level to the best level in a flick of a finger."

Wei Anguo's face darkened, and he said in a bad mood:

"So what if the talent is strong, just like me, I have been trapped in the level of fighting generals for many years, and I can't make any progress."

Hear this.

Zhang Baisui couldn't help recalling the information that Jiang Chen revealed to him - "The Great Desolation Sutra", which was hidden in the hands of the wilderness spirit.

This is his only hope to break through the realm of Marquis Wu!

And the only way to awaken the spirit of the wilderness is to make a once prosperous country go barren, and the moment when the fields turn into wilderness.

In fact.

Only a grand ceremony based on the country can awaken the pan-consciousness formed by the aggregation of souls after the death of thousands of creatures in the wilderness.

Thinking of this.

Zhang Baisui couldn't help but took a deep look at Jiang Chen who was standing by the distant lakeshore, and once again felt a wonderful feeling of "there is no place to find if you step through the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it".

I have spent nearly 30 years traveling all over Kyushu and the ends of the earth, but I have never found the location of "The Great Desolation Sutra".

Who would have guessed,
However, Jiang Chen, a young military officer who invested a little inadvertently, revealed the whereabouts of the follow-up techniques of the Wilderness Martial Arts.

The changes in the world are really hard to figure out...

Seeing Zhang Baisui's gaze shifted, Wei Anguo also turned his head, looking at Jiang Chen by the lake bank, and found that he was holding a bow and looking up at the sky.

"sky?"

Wei Anguo raised his head, immediately frowned, and said sternly:
"The number of vultures and eagles in the sky seems a bit abnormal."

Zhang Baisui nodded slightly:
"It's the flying beast of Xili City."

…………

Lop Nur, East Bank, Abandoned Wharf.

Fan Liangshan, the hundred general of Qingzhou who was in charge of guarding, stepped on the slightly rotten wet plank, raised his eyes and looked deep into the clouds, staring at the flying tame beasts soaring in the sky, and said in disgust:

"The feeling of being watched is really bad!"

talking room.

He summoned several Qingzhou soldiers who were skilled in bow skills and ordered them to shoot the vultures, eagles and birds above their heads.

however--

After the Qingzhou soldiers only shot a few birds that hadn't stepped into the extraordinary, the rest of the flying animals immediately flew [-] meters high into the clouds, and quickly left the shooting range of the Qingzhou soldiers.

"Five hundred masters, we have nothing to do."

Several Qingzhou soldiers with bows shook their heads, expressing that there was nothing they could do.

See this situation.

Jiang Chen walked to the shore of the lake, smiled, and patted the storage bag hanging on his waist.

A crimson bow suddenly fell into his hands. It was the scarlet soul bow bought from the Eastern Hero Daoist at a huge sum of money.

This thing is a middle-grade sharp weapon comparable to the wings of a magic soldier and a tiger.

Powerful.

It can withstand the force of 65 stones at most.

In the previous life, even the world weightlifting champion would never be able to draw this bow.

And now.

Jiang Chen made a slight effort, lightly holding the red bow with one hand, and twisting the bowstring with the other hand, and slowly pulled it away, gradually aiming at one of the vultures with fierce murderous intent.

It will bend its bow like a full moon.

An arrow shot!
huh~
The arrow was engulfed in a torrent of air, and disappeared from the sight of Feng Lebin and the others in a flash.

next second!
"Gah-ah!"

An extremely shrill cry resounded between the heaven and the earth in an instant.

Then.

A mature vulture fell from mid-air and fell to the ground, bloody and bloody.

Fan Liangshan was overjoyed:
"Master Jiang Wubai, I didn't expect your archery skills to be so exquisite?"

The voice just fell.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, let go of his fingers one after another, and made a series of arrows.

boom!
The bow is like a thunderbolt!

Arrows flew away like shooting stars!

at once.

A dozen or so vultures were pierced through their bodies. Even if they were not dead, if they fell to the ground, they would be smashed to pieces.

"Roar!"

The Winged Tiger-General Yin, who was hiding in the clouds, couldn't bear it any longer. With a low growl, dozens of wind blades moved with him, cutting off the arrows one after another out of thin air.

however.

Jiang Chen hardly paused, and the speed of the arrow was three points faster.

In just three or five breaths, eight or nine arrows shot through the air, piercing through one flying beast after another to death.

The ground was bloody.

The hearts of many flying beasts were chilling, but they didn't even dare to cry out in panic.

Just because-

Once the sound is made, the ghostly icy arrow will strike through the air and take away the life of a flying tame beast.

General Yin was lying on top of the thick clouds, staring at the human with a bow below him with huge tiger eyes, with deep hatred in his eyes.

But rather.

At the top of the hill, there were two top powerhouses standing there. Although they were chatting happily, they left some energy on Jiang Chen.

Once I rush down rashly, I'm afraid I will suffer a mixed doubles...

"call--"

General Yin let out a bad breath, then roared, and ordered the remaining flying tamers to return to Xili City.

"Chirp~"

"Wow~"

"Gah~"

Many flying tame beasts spread their wings as if they were being pardoned, quickly turned around, and slid across the sky over Lop Nur, not as if they were going home, but as if they were avoiding death.

Jiang Chen sneered, raised his bow and aimed at General Yin who was lying on the clouds, his eyes gradually became sharper, watching the power of the sea condense in it.

See this situation.

A trace of sarcasm appeared in General Yin's heart.

The clouds were so dense that even the Yang family, the Shenshe family in Xili City, could never see where they were.

next moment.

A sharp arrow worth 16 taels of silver quickly pierced through the clouds and shot straight at General Yin's soft abdomen.

"Pfft-"

Blood flowed.

General Yin was unable to dodge for a while, and was shot in the abdomen by an arrow.

The corners of Jiang Chen's mouth rose slightly. No matter how thick the clouds were, under the blessing of the power of watching the sea, it was enough to see mosquitoes within hundreds of feet, let alone a huge tiger body nearly three feet long?

"Roar--"

General Yin was furious in his heart, but Jiang Chen had put a new sharp arrow on the bowstring again, and the arrow showed a little scarlet gleam, so he had to flap his wings and fly to another cloud layer at high speed.

But no matter how it hides, Jiang Chen will always be able to find its traces as if he had opened a clairvoyant.

Soon.

There were seven sharp arrows inserted into the tiger's head, abdomen, wings and other parts respectively.

Although not fatal, General Yin was slightly injured.

"Roar--"

General Yin let out a low roar in his throat, his breathing became heavier, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Jiang Chen who was standing on the lakeshore with a knife and a bow.

brush!
Wings shake.

Dozens of wind blades were instantly generated, flying towards the abandoned pier where Jiang Chen was, and stabbing down!
"ridiculous."

Jiang Chen walked a few steps casually, and easily avoided the attacks of those wind blades.

After all, the wind blade transformed by Qi and blood is not comparable to the real thing like an arrow, and it almost loses its destructive power and accuracy when it is separated by hundreds of feet.

finally.

General Yin roared incompetently, angrily left the high altitude here, turned around and flew back to Xili City.

After this battle, many flying beasts were terrified, and they no longer had any thoughts of spying.

Fan Liangshan on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully:

"The five hundred masters are mighty."

The other Qingzhou soldiers with bows also said in unison:

"The five hundred masters are mighty!"

Jiang Chen smiled and said:
"You continue to patrol, and if you find an enemy situation that is difficult to deal with, come and find me."

"Yes, five hundred masters."

Everyone nodded yes.

Staring at the winged tiger soaring away in the sky, Jiang Chen couldn't help feeling a little regretful in his heart.

With his current archery attainments, it is enough to cause some damage to this sky beast, but it is impossible to kill it.

after all.

When killing Zhu Polong, he almost took out all his trump cards, including but not limited to "Shadow of Zhang Longxiang's Inheritance", Legion Martial Skills, Heaven's Soft Qi, King Ren's Heart Shield, and the extra thought of " Ceremony: Warm wine and chop Huaxiong".

With the accumulation of four kinds of power, and with Zhang Baisui sweeping the formation by the side, Zhu Polong was barely killed.

And the Winged Tiger...

It can fly!

When in danger, it will run away!
Jiang Chen rested his forehead and sighed, losing his mind for a moment.

When he was having a headache, on the hill, Wei Anguo and Zhang Baisui, two veterans, also walked down with smiles on their faces.

And behind them,
It was accompanied by six thousand sergeants.

The Xili Army marched to Lop Nur officially.

Many soldiers quickly poured into the temporary camp, rested and ate, and accumulated energy for the upcoming Xili offensive and defensive battle.

Sanqian Minfu was responsible for burying pots and cooking, and continued to expand and repair the camp.

Soon,
Then bursts of cooking smoke rose.

Jiang Chen's heart tightened, and he secretly said:
"Wu Tugu's strength is probably a little stronger than that of Zhang Baisui in his heyday. With the strength of General Wei Anguo, can he beat it?"

"If on the battlefield, he died accidentally in the hands of Wu Tugu..."

was thinking.

An orderly came striding over. After seeing Jiang Chen, his cold face immediately turned into a smile, which was a bit flattering. Obviously, he had also heard about Jiang Chen's feat of killing the beast not long ago. He regarded it as a senior military officer equivalent to a school lieutenant, and said with a smile on his face:

"Jiang Wubaizhu, the imperial envoy invites you to go to the central camp to discuss matters. It seems that he wants to reward you for your merits."

"Thank you."

Jiang Chen followed the messenger and strode into one of the huge tents that was nearly ten feet wide.

inside of.

In addition to Zhang Baisui and Wei Anguo, there were two captains surnamed Zhang and one captain surnamed Feng. It was Feng Wu who was extorted by Jiang Chen for a little money when the grain hamster was in trouble.

In addition, most of the five hundred masters and thousands of commanders who participated in the military discussion were related to Feng and Zhang Ershi.

"It's either Zhang or Feng..."

Jiang Chen lowered his eyebrows and suddenly recalled the current situation in the seven counties of Qingzhou.

The two inland counties and the state capital are both the Feng family's sphere of influence, mainly producing grain, metallurgy, and mining.

The four coastal counties are in the hands of the Zhang family, mainly in commerce, shipping, and medicine.

The two aristocratic families have been fighting openly and secretly for decades, not only have they not weakened in the slightest, they have squeezed many small families in the state to death.

Even the [-] Qingzhou Army almost fell into the control of the two great families.

If it hadn't been for the sudden emergence of General Hong Wu, who was promoted to Marquis Wu, and reversed part of the situation with his own strength, I'm afraid it would have been...

The tail can't fall off!

The danger of local separatism!

Even if these two great aristocratic families raise their flags to rebel, those people who have been favored by Feng and Zhang's two families will definitely support them strongly.

imperial power?

Ordinary people in Qingzhou have long forgotten the majesty of imperial power.

Jiang Chen gradually realized:
"It's no wonder that the old emperor will provoke party disputes, strongly support Liu Chengzhi, and make troubles in the Qingzhou army!"

"If the two families of Feng and Zhang form a good relationship between Qin and Jin, the old emperor will wake up from his dream even if he sleeps at night..."

In fact.

On the day of welcoming the imperial envoy, it was only Feng Lebin, the younger brother of the Feng family, who summoned nine generals of the Feng family to help out.

A glimpse of the influence of the two great families is enough to see the whole leopard.

Thinking room.

Wei Anguo, who was sitting in the first seat, was staring at himself with a smile, showing a warm smile:
"Jiang Wubaizhu, you paved the way for the army. This is hard work, and killing the beast Zhu Polong is also a great achievement."

"It stands to reason that rewards should be based on merit... but this general doesn't know what to reward for a while."

The subtext in his words is undoubtedly to let Jiang Chen make his own demands.

Immediately.

The faces of the many five hundred lords and thousands of commanders all showed envy.

From these words, they all felt Wei Anguo's affectionate recognition for Jiang Chen.

Combined with the previous guesses, Jiang Chen thought to himself:
"My surname is neither Feng nor Zhang. This is a disadvantage...and an advantage!"

(End of this chapter)