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Most of the people who accompanied Tie Xiaosheng to greet Chu Xisheng in the Chu family compound were old men from the Tieqi Gang, or clerks recruited in the past year.
They have all read the new special issues of Tianji Pavilion and Lunwu Pavilion, and know what great things their banner masters have done in Canglangyuan, Northland.
Everyone was proud and admired their flag master greatly.
However, when Chu Xisheng announced Lu Luanli's appointment, they instinctively looked at Tie Xiaosheng.
Tie Xiaosheng not only didn't take it seriously, but his expression relaxed, and he cupped his hands towards Lu Lulanli with a happy face: "That's a good idea! Luanli is a master of martial arts and has great talent. He will definitely be able to take on the important task and make the commander-in-chief of the Five Battle Halls look good.
new."
Chu Xisheng's intention was obviously to make Lu Luanli replace him and take charge of all the wars of the Iron Banner Gang.
This is exactly what Tie Xiaosheng wants.
He had long felt powerless.
Tie Xiaosheng's current fourth-level cultivation level can indeed dominate Dongzhou.
But if you put it to the whole world and the whole world, it is not outstanding.
Especially the two opponents they are facing now are full of talents and masters.
At this time, Tie Xiaosheng was behind to help manage the affairs of the gang, run the business, and prepare supplies, and he was able to do so with ease.
But if he is asked to lead the five battle halls to fight in the front, he is really too ambitious but not powerful enough.
Tie Xiaosheng did not lack courage, but he knew that he was indeed incapable of doing so, and forcing himself on him would only lead to bad things.
Lu Luanli was different.
This woman ranks second among the Four Heavenly Sovereigns. She has extraordinary fighting prowess and a bright future. She is infinitely better than him.
And the three puppets behind her, you can tell at a glance that they are not easy to mess with.
Lu Luanli's sudden rise to the position of deputy flag leader at a young age may cause dissatisfaction among some members of the gang, but he is better than those guys who have ulterior motives and don't know the roots.
After all, this is an old brother in their gang - Tie Xiaosheng really didn't realize before that Chu Xisheng's girl, who had only a little talent except for her beauty, could actually become the second place in the Qingyun rankings a year later!
There was only one thing that made Tie Xiao uneasy. This woman was the daughter of Lu Chen, the daughter of Sword Ru Meng.
However, the flag owner must have already considered this.
Chu Xisheng walked resolutely into the lobby: "Has there been any change in the situation within the gang in the past three days?"
Due to the distance, Chu Xisheng has only received the Qiankun Flying Sword forwarded by Tie Xiaosheng via Wuxiang Shenzong Station three days ago.
"Let's talk about it after we go in. The situation is hard to describe."
Tie Xiaosheng couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of the situation within the gang.
He felt that he had sighed more times in the past three months than in the entire previous half of his life.
A moment later, Tie Xiaosheng strode to the center of the Chu family hall, in front of a huge map.
"Now there is constant fighting in the front. Following the order of the flag master, Gu Mingyue, Feng Liancheng, Ba Tianlai and other guardians have all united a force of about 5,000 troops to march westward. They are now fighting at the border of Feizhou
Water and sky will fight fiercely.
The Shuitianhui reacted fiercely. In the past ten days, they have organized a coalition of 27 families to fight. Not only did they resist with all their strength on land, they also stocked up a total of 2,300 ships in the Dongyang Lake area to stop our Iron Banner.
Help any merchant ship enter the upper reaches.
Lu Pingyuan, the head of the Internal Affairs Hall, took the risk to visit Dongyang Lake in person. The navy sent out by Shuitianhui were all elite. Four hundred of them were warships, and the rest of the merchant ships were also modified. The ships were strong and powerful, and had many crossbows.
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Chu Xisheng raised her eyebrows.
Two thousand three hundred ships, based on one hundred people per ship, is an elite navy of up to 230,000 people.
This Shuitianhui will be very generous.
"So how are the progress of these Dharma Protectors?"
"There are small victories all the time." Tie Xiaosheng frowned: "We did have a slight advantage on land and gained some territory on the border of Feizhou, but we were still unable to defeat the main force of Shuitianhui and were unable to penetrate deep.
Now that the war situation there is at a stalemate, and our trade routes with the upper reaches of the Shenxiu River are temporarily cut off, the income of the ship dealers in the gang has plummeted. In the past, the old brothers of the Iron Flag Gang were fine, but the ship owners who have recently joined the gang have some complaints.
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Chu Xisheng was thoughtful and thought that these Dharma protectors obviously had the intention of being passive and sabotaging their work.
This is the disadvantage of exposing the "divine will of the sword".
These people learned that he could sense hostile and murderous thoughts and knew that they could not gain his trust for the time being, so they lacked motivation and fighting spirit.
They are not fools. How could they not see that Chu Xisheng's previous promise was completely false.
Chu Xisheng had never thought that there would be sudden changes in the north.
Those forces will be so decisive and so quick in killing the Wuxiang Shenzong.
As for the merchant ship owners who had recently joined the gang, Chu Xisheng didn't care at all.
If they have any complaints, they can leave the Iron Banner Gang.
"——But what's more troublesome is Qingfeng Mingyue Tower and Far East Ice City."
Tie Xiaosheng furrowed his thick eyebrows and continued, "In the past half month or so since the flag leader went north, our Tie Banner Gang has had repeated conflicts with Qingfeng Mingyue Tower and Far East Ice City, resulting in more than 500 casualties.
It's okay over at Qingfeng Mingyue Tower. The two sides are currently bordering each other for less than a hundred miles and there is not much contact. The key is the Far East Ice City. The two sides have had dozens of fights in various parts of Dongzhou, and only two of them were provocations by our side.
, most of the casualties were our brothers in the gang."
"Is this happening?" Chu Xisheng's eyes widened with a stern expression: "Where are the murderers?"
"They all left safely." Tie Xiaosheng looked helpless: "The Far East Ice City is huge, they have a strong military, and they have as many masters as they do. The local helmsmen are concerned about the momentum of the Far East Ice City and don't dare to escalate the situation. That's why.
In every conflict, our side suffered a huge defeat and could only sit back and watch the murderer walk away.
Although the brothers in the gang knew that Jidong Bingcheng was not to be trifled with, they all swallowed their anger and did not say anything. Privately, they were already filled with resentment. If this matter continues for a long time, I am afraid it will affect the morale and morale of the gang. I have ordered the Internal Affairs Department to conduct a detailed investigation.
Is there someone deliberately provoking it, but so far nothing has been found, our manpower cannot reach inside the Ice City."
Chu Xisheng put his hand on the knife and said expressionlessly: "I will handle this matter myself."
He was thinking that he should go and meet the new commander-in-chief of Jidong Bingcheng in Dongzhou - Sun Ruoli, the eldest son of the "Bingcheng Jijian".
This matter still has to be started from within the Far East Ice City.
"Also, within our gang, due to the intense war in the west, we have branched out to different branches and recruited a lot of people. The official gang has expanded to 54,000."
Tie Xiaosheng gritted his teeth and looked angry: "Just four days ago, several warehouses in our headquarters caught fire, and all the gang rosters and even the backup files were burned.
Lu Pingyuan is busy working on this matter without touching the ground. He has to re-calculate the list of gang members, distinguish the true from the false, and find out the insiders. His hair is almost turning gray."
Lu Luanli couldn't help but twitch the corners of his lips.
The Iron Flag Gang is really in chaos now.
Her scalp was numb just by listening to what Tie Xiaosheng said.
The roster fire means that many future members’ files will be distorted.
They cannot identify moles based on when the gang members joined.
The Iron Banner Gang currently has 54,000 official members, and as many as 1.4 million peripheral members. How can we clarify them one by one?
The burning of the main and backup rosters shows that the Iron Flag Gang has been penetrated into a sieve.
"Fortunately, the banner master defeated an army of five million with one sword in Canglang Plain, which greatly boosted the morale of the Iron Banner Gang!"
Tie Xiaosheng's eyes showed excitement and relief again: "On the days when Lunwu Tower was released, everyone in the gang cheered endlessly. So although the situation in our gang is dangerous, the people in the gang are still relatively stable."
Not even stable.
Even those who harbor complaints or even harbor evil intentions do not dare to do anything extraordinary at this time.
Just over ten days ago, Chu Xisheng took a drastic step to eliminate the rebellious and lawless members of the gang.
Now that the flag master has defeated five million giant spirits and is about to march south with his supreme prestige, who dares to explode and challenge the majesty of the flag master at this time?
To Tie Xiaosheng's expectation, Chu Xisheng put his hands behind his back after hearing this, with a very relaxed expression: "The situation is better than I thought. You can tell Lu Pingyuan about the roster before May of the 35th year of Jianyuan."
Your resume and resume must be detailed and appropriate, and there is no need to take the rest too seriously.”
In May of the 35th year of Jianyuan, it was the time before Wood Sword Immortal ascended to the gods. At this time, the official membership of the Iron Banner Gang was only 12,000, which was the easiest to identify, and there were not many insiders.
——Those young men are all in his Xishan Hall.
He then pointed to the counties in Feizhou: "Luanli, from now on you will be in charge of all land wars in Feizhou, and capture the four southern counties of Feizhou as soon as possible."
Lu Luanli frowned slightly, looking troubled: "Is it just me?"
These Dharma protectors under Chu Xisheng are obviously not good people.
Lu Luanli is self-aware. She is only second in the Qingyun rankings, and she cannot accept these guardians whose origins are mysterious.
"I'll ask Feng San to help you. Several of them are his fellow villagers."
The corners of Chu Xisheng's lips curled up slightly: "You can tell them on my behalf that Shuitianhui must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise military law will be launched! After the Shuitianhui is eradicated, I can safely prepare to be promoted to the fourth level of the Mystery of the Heavens. This
It’s the top priority in the gang.”
Feng San immediately clasped his fists: "I obey my orders!"
He looked slightly worried.
The performance of my fellow countrymen and patriots was a little weak this time.
Feng San still remembers how moved he was when the Kunlun people recognized each other more than half a month ago.
Therefore, he did not want to believe that his fellow villagers were spies with ulterior motives.
——There must be some misunderstanding.
Lu Luanli was stunned when he heard this.
Hasn't Chu Xisheng been promoted to the fourth rank long ago?
She realized it later and thought that this guy was really bad and had pus on his soles.
"This way, I have some confidence."
Lu Luanli raised his eyebrows: "The problem is, if I were to take charge of the battle, the situation might be quite chaotic in the initial period."
She has decided to take advantage of the battle in Feizhou to continue completing her secret ritual of the heavens.
Chu Xisheng glanced sideways at her after hearing this, knowing that Lu Luanli had figured out that his fourth-grade secret ritual of the heavens originated from the Iron Banner Gang.
This sentence is actually asking him, will it hinder him?
"Chaos doesn't matter, as long as we can win."
Chu Xisheng shook his head: "What I want is control and making the best use of the situation."
His secret ritual is to 'control' chaos, not to stabilize chaos.
Once the ferocious beast ‘Chaos’ has seven orifices, it is not far from death!
After Lu Luanli heard this, he couldn't help being stunned again.
Then a bright color appeared in her eyes again.
It should be noted that Lu Luanli's fundamental skill is also the phaseless skill - once she is promoted to the third level, she will switch to Hunyuan Wuxiang!
“And Dongping Lake!”
Chu Xisheng pointed at the map: "With Zhou Liangchen as the commander, Bu Yancheng and Dan Chiling as assistants, they will prepare the navy together, and Ji Qian, Qian, Ruoxi and others will assist the left. A month later, we raised funds
150,000 naval troops attacked upstream and fought to the death with Shuitianhui at Dongping Lake."
Zhou Liangchen was slightly surprised when he heard this, but he fisted his fist without hesitation: "I obey the order!"
He felt heavy, knowing that this battle was of great stakes.
The victory or defeat in Dongping Lake not only determines the rise and fall of the Iron Banner Gang, but also affects the life and death of the 150,000 Iron Banner Gang members.
Although Zhou Liangchen was puzzled as to why Chu Xisheng would entrust him with this important task, he still resolutely agreed.
He has been following Chu Xisheng for a long time, and has developed the spirit of taking responsibility for no one else but me.
Since Chu Xisheng trusted him, he had to get this done no matter what.
Tie Xiaosheng was surprised again.
After Zhou Liangchen followed Chu Xisheng to the north, his cultivation also progressed rapidly, and he was promoted to the fifth level in just over a year.
But his combat prowess is really nothing among the current Iron Banner Gang.
Moreover, this person has no experience in commanding a naval force, so how can he be qualified to be the commander-in-chief of a 150,000-strong naval force?
Chu Xisheng's move was a bit of nepotism.
But Tie Xiaosheng later came to his senses, this was probably for the Linhai Zhou family and the ‘Three Finger Shocking God’ Zhou Xiongba.
Chu Xisheng was indeed thinking about Zhou Xiongba.
Although the Linhai Zhou family joined the Iron Banner Gang, they usually performed their duties conscientiously. However, Zhou Xiongba himself did not know whether it was to avoid suspicion, or because he had scruples, or for some other reason. This Linhai tycoon obviously lacked fighting spirit and did not participate in the affairs of the gang.
Not much, but even worse than those few Dharma protectors.
He appointed Zhou Liangchen as the commander-in-chief of the navy precisely to mobilize the power of several major families in Linhai.
Chu Xisheng also wanted to do an experiment.
Can Zhou Liangchen take advantage of this westward expedition upstream to complete his heaven-defying secret ritual?
Chu Xisheng knew the risks involved.
Zhou Liangchen was too young and had not been tempered by war. He suddenly unified the army and faced a strong enemy with a weak brigade, so the possibility of failure was very high.
But this battle is exactly the essence of "a lonely boat in a wild sea, fighting against the current to attack the sky".
Chu Xisheng thought that even if Zhou Liangchen failed, he could still save him.
He has confidence in his blood sword.
Once the will of God comes out, all the 230,000 naval troops will be nothing but chickens and dogs.
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Of course, the specific battle matters cannot be decided by Chu Xisheng in a few words.
Next, they secretly discussed in the Chu family hall for nearly two hours before arranging the specific steps, allocation of property, personnel adjustments and other matters.
As Chu Xisheng's order was issued, the entire Iron Banner Gang began to spin like a huge machine.
It has to be said that the Iron Flag Gang was in chaos at this time, with many internal parts and different models, but the basic operation was still fine, and no one dared to directly disobey Chu Xisheng's orders.
Just after the chief rudder's discussion came to an end, Chu Xisheng once again flew into the sky on the sun-bathing boat, flying straight towards Jiangnan County.
Crazy Sword Feng San, Lu Luanli and others all guessed what he wanted to do and wanted to accompany him to protect him, but they were all rejected by him.
Jiangnan County is not a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
It's just an 'Ice City Ultimate Sword', and it's not worthy of his massive effort.
Chu Xisheng took only Bai Xiaozhao and Xiao Pingtou to the sky above Jiangnan County.
At this time, this Dongzhou city no longer had its former prosperity.
Chu Xisheng looked far away and saw that all the streets in the city were deserted and deserted, with few pedestrians.
There are also many houses occupied by the army of Far East Bingcheng, and those who come in and out are Bingcheng soldiers.
On the north side of the city wall, there are several very large camps with more than 100,000 troops stationed there. Near the dock, there are thousands of sails and warships gathered.
——This entire Jiangnan county has suddenly turned into a large military camp.
While Chu Xisheng was scanning these camps attentively, he was thinking about the information from Tiantingyuan.
It is said that the Far East Ice City encountered obstacles in Qingzhou in the north and failed to win several battles with the army commanded by Taishi Dugu Shou. The Far East Ice City had to turn its hope of breaking through the defense line to the Shenxiu River in the south.
This matter is just a conjecture within Tiantingyuan, but judging from the heavy concentration of troops in Jiangnan County, this prediction is probably correct.
Taishi Dugu defended his troops very steadily, using defense instead of attack.
The imperial court's nearly seven million soldiers and horses were continuously retreating in other directions except for sticking to the Canglang River.
They seem to be weak and vulnerable, but they are in line with the art of war - the shape of a soldier is like water, the movement of water avoids heights and goes downwards, the shape of soldiers avoids reality and hits weak points; water controls the flow according to the ground, and soldiers move according to the enemy.
Victory. Therefore, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. Those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods.
The Far East Bingcheng has never been able to fight the main army of the imperial court as expected, and in the places they occupy, the resistance between local rivers and lakes forces and aristocratic families is becoming increasingly fierce.
Before annihilating or severely damaging the main force of the imperial court, the Far East Ice City did not dare to go deeper, lest the army's food routes be cut off and fall into a desperate situation.
Jidong Bingcheng had to change its strategy and shift the focus of its breakthrough to the south, trying to open up the Shenxiu River and the canal to reverse the situation and force Dugu Shou to fight decisively with it.
Chu Xisheng was quite concerned about this war that affected the land of Kyushu and affected hundreds of millions of people.
He was more concerned about asking Baht Yi.
In the past ten days or so, Wenzhuyi personally fought three battles with Grand Master Dugu Shou.
Although Dugu Shou was at a disadvantage, he was able to use the secret method of the Imperial Way, the Seven Heavenly Protectors of War, to barely compete with the Daning royal family's country-preserving artifact.
The key point is that Wenzhuyi seems to be out of strength. Every time he fights for three hours, he has to evacuate.
Chu Xisheng wanted to express his condolences several times in the Divine Contract Heavenly Monument, but he forgot about it unconsciously because he was so selfless when sparring with Chu Yunyun.
As for now, it’s a little inconvenient——
He's not a little puppy who can't do anything but cry and cry for help.
After today's matter is completed, it won't be too late to contact Baht Yi again.
Chu Xisheng then stopped his thoughts, and Yukong arrived in front of the city wall of the North City of Jiangnan County.
He pressed the knife with one hand and looked towards the direction of the Governor's Mansion.
"Is the eldest princess of Bingcheng, eldest grandson Ruoli, here? Chu Xisheng from the Tieqi Gang is here to visit!"
Chu Xisheng's voice was filled with true energy, shaking the surroundings like rolling thunder.
The Bingcheng soldiers stationed on the city wall were already alert and aimed their crossbows at Chu Xisheng.
Several military camps around him were also alerted, and countless lines of sight turned towards Chu Xisheng.
However, there was no movement at the Governor's Mansion. Only a third-grade general stationed on the north city wall flew up into the air and came to a position level with Chu Xisheng. His face was cold, with a bit of hostility and contempt in his eyes:
"Are you Chu Xisheng? My parents and the princess are busy with military affairs, please come back."
Chu Xisheng raised her eyebrows and was too lazy to pay attention: "Changsun Ruoli, I have something to pay you. Regardless of whether you are free now or not, you must come out and talk to me now and talk clearly about the affairs of our family."
His unceremonious words not only caused the third-grade general to glare angrily, but the surrounding Bingcheng soldiers who heard his words also glared angrily in the direction of Chu Xisheng.
They had heard of Chu Xisheng's name a long time ago, but they all had a bad impression.
Legend has it that this pretty boy used some trick to confuse the city lord Wen Zhuoyi, and also intended to replace the royal family of Zhenhai Kingdom and seize the foundation of the Far East Ice City.
Even knowing that Chu Xisheng defeated five million giant spirits in Bingzhou Canglang Plain did not change their view.
This guy not only defiled the city lord, but also had evil intentions. He wanted to use the city lord's favor to become the lord of the Ice City. He was a shameless and ambitious man!
At this time, the Governor's Mansion was still silent, without any sound or response.
The third-grade Ice City general snorted coldly: "I told you that the eldest princess is busy with military affairs, and you are not welcome here. Please go back."
Chu Xisheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he let out a chuckle: "The majestic Princess of Bingcheng, don't you even dare to see me? Today, for the sake of Zhu Yi, Chu will bow first and then fight. However, there are only three things to do. Today, you will bow to me.
You've done everything, but don't force me to draw my sword and use my troops!"
The third-level Bingcheng general was immediately furious: "How presumptuous! Who do you think you are? You dare to call the city lord by name, and you dare to draw a sword and use troops against my family——"
Before he finished speaking, Chu Xisheng glanced at him with cold eyes.
This was the first time Chu Xisheng looked at this person.
At this moment, this man felt his mind explode, and he felt a majestic, fierce, and irresistible sword intent cutting into his soul.
The third-grade Ice City general's penis suddenly shrank slightly.
——This is the death-touching knife of divine will!
Divine will turns into a sword, and if you touch it, you will die!
This guy, does he really dare to launch troops against Bingcheng?
As soon as this thought came up, the man suddenly burst into blood. His mind was almost turned into a lake by this powerful sword intention, blood overflowed from all his orifices, and he fainted directly, and his body fell from the mid-air.
This scene immediately shocked the entire Bingcheng soldiers on the wall. Those in the military camp in the distance also looked in uproar when they saw this scene.
At this moment, an icy sword that was extremely cold but contained a silent and deadly intent locked onto Chu Xisheng.
At the same time, there was also the disbelieving roar of Sun Ruoli, the eldest son of the ‘Ice City Extreme Sword’: “You are brave!”
The snow-white thousand-foot sword light came across, but cut into the void.
Chu Xisheng was no longer where he was. Not only did he avoid Changsun Ruoli's sword, he even briefly escaped her spiritual lock.
When Changsun Ruoli appeared at the North City Wall, Liu Mei frowned slightly.
The opponent should be using the 'star transformation' ability of Rahu's bloodline, which can use the Rahu star in the sky to shuttle through the void and move quickly.
But for some reason, Chu Xisheng moved so fast that he could even ignore her banning method.
Her mind searched hard, and after a while, she finally locked onto Chu Xisheng's figure.
"Want to escape? Don't even think about it!"
Changsun Ruoli's sword light swept away, and everything was frozen in ice.
She has reached extremely high attainments in both ice and sealing techniques, and she also masters the Heavenly Technique, which allows her to further polarize her martial arts.
However, this sword still failed to hit Chu Xisheng.
"Escape? You are not qualified to let me escape."
Chu Xisheng's figure appeared thousands of feet away from Changsun Ruoli, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "What? Are you willing to give it up now?"
If he refuses to listen to good advice, then he has to take action?
Changsun Ruoli said nothing and was about to continue the pursuit, but she felt as if she had been struck by an ax in her mind!
This blow was extremely heavy. Although it did not penetrate her soul, it caused her entire soul to tremble, making her feel nauseous.
Her expression suddenly changed slightly.
——This is the Divine Will Touching Death Blade! It is the Divine Will Blade Heart created by Lord Xueyan Sword!
More than 800 years ago, she experienced this once.
But now, this sword technique that once made everyone in the world fearful has reappeared in the world.
This chapter has been completed!