Chapter 927: Conquering people and depressing hearts
A large-scale water battle quickly came to an end due to Chen Shen's almost evil methods.
In this battle, 300,000 enemies were killed, more than 600 small warships, 80 medium warships, and six large warships were destroyed. It really dealt a heavy blow to the Huainan Navy.
At this moment, Chen Shen gathered together the five clan elders, the commander of the Xiaoqi Army Li Dezhi, the commander of the mixed army Qiangan, the commander of the navy Lu Menglong, Shun Lao, Miao Ling, and his grandfather Chen Zangfeng and other trusted people. Each person was given one or two Space Mysterious Rings.
These rings are all the one-star and two-star space profound rings he has captured since joining the war.
There are also several three-star mysterious rings among them. Chen Shen gave one to his grandfather and kept the others for himself. Firstly, it was used to hide the secrets of his parcels, and secondly, it could also store some heavy items. .
Although after he was promoted to the Seven-Star Xuan King, his reserves of space parcels were astonishing, but they could not hold up the large amounts of cash and Five Elements Spiritual Stones he had newly gained.
In the future, he will need to accumulate more gold coins and spiritual stones. If he only relies on space parcels, he may be a bit stretched.
As for the Space Mysterious Rings below three stars, it would be a burden for Chen Shen to keep them, so he simply gave them away: "These Space Mysterious Rings will be given to you all!"
"Don't say anything to me about not being rewarded for your merits. In the future, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to kill enemies and make meritorious deeds."
"Now, I have a more important task for you."
Chen Shen looked around and said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "You put on these space mystical rings, dive into the river, and search the waters within a radius of 120 miles."
"I have sunk so many enemy warships. Among them, there should be some well-preserved Xuanjing cannons, some of the generals' sharp weapons, top-grade armors, etc."
"Forget about ordinary weapons, as long as they reach the mid-level mortal level, you can't miss it. Even if we don't use it, it will be sent back to the imperial capital and distributed to other frontline soldiers at your Majesty's discretion. It will also be a great help to our army. .”
"There may be some young generals wearing space mysterious rings. You all can search them out for me one by one."
"This is an excellent opportunity to strengthen our military resources and should not be missed."
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in response.
The second elder, Chen Qibing, asked a question: "Commander Chen, this search mission is probably very time-consuming. It will take at least two or three days to complete."
Searching for treasure underwater within a radius of 120 miles is quite difficult.
Marshal Chen was also aware of this that day, and he smiled calmly and said, "It doesn't matter. Sharpening your sword will keep you from chopping wood. Just do your job well."
"I understand, I will definitely try my best!"
Seeing them all get into the water, Chen Shuai curled his lips and said, "Two or three days? Just right. I can use this time to recover the lost soul power."
In this battle, he spent a total of more than one million points of profound energy, and sacrificed a Yang Finger; he also lost all his soul power, and fired the mysterious crystal cannon.
However, Chen Shen didn't feel distressed at all.
Because, not long ago, after he became a profound formation master, he was blessed with the heart and soul power of the "Yin Yang Fish". Even if he did nothing, the speed at which he automatically recovered his profound energy was equivalent to other cultivators constantly taking Qi Filling Pills. .
The lost one million points of profound energy could be replenished by this young man in an hour.
As for the power of the soul, which is extremely slow to grow and recover, and difficult to recover with the help of external forces, Chen Shen also has his own trick -
Now, his spiritual cultivation realm has reached the level of Tianxin, which not only makes his five senses and six consciousnesses ten times sharper than those of cultivators of the same realm. Moreover, the recovery speed of the power of the divine soul has also increased ten times as a result!
After others poured out all their soul power, it would take half a month or even a month to gradually recover the soul power, but Chen Shen could recover it in just two or three days.
"Okay, let's notify the mixed forces in the cabin and come to the deck in batches to receive meals."
"Today is a great victory. I will reward the three armies with a reward. Every soldier can taste the taste of Xuanshi dried meat!"
"Oh yeah!"
“Great!”
"Long live Marshal Chen, long live long live!"
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Soon, the mixed troops who were responsible for rowing at the bottom of the cabin rushed onto the deck in batches.
They received Xuanshi dried meat, and while they were overjoyed, they all had a panoramic view of the enemy shipwrecks floating on the river not far away, and their hearts stirred up a thousand waves——
"This...Xue Wenhai's more than 300,000 Huainan navy troops were all wiped out like this?"
"It's too scary... Commander Chen, what kind of magical power did you use? We have been out to sea for less than an hour, and the time to encounter enemy ships should be shortened by half, right? In such a short time, he was able to defeat the entire Huainan Navy!
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"Yes, it's incredible. Xue Wenhai is the naval commander of Huainan. When it comes to naval warfare, no one in the entire Huainan palace can match him. He, he was completely defeated like this?"
"It seems that we made a wise choice by surrendering to Marshal Chen. It won't be long before this giant ship will be able to sweep across the Huaijiang River and successfully approach the Huainan land."
"Well...even Xue Wenhai was defeated miserably at the hands of Commander Chen. From this point of view, this giant ship is enough to sail to the East China Sea and compete with the Taikou navy!"
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For a time, the newly-reigned mixed army officers and soldiers all admired their commander.
Those who questioned Chen Shen in the past have now put away all their contempt and disdain.
A great victory in a water battle dispelled all dissatisfaction with the surrender of the army.
In fact, this was Chen Shen's ultimate purpose in letting them take turns going to the deck to receive Xuanshi meat jerky.
He wants to tell all the surrendered troops with bloody facts: "Is the Huainan Navy very strong? No! I am unparalleled in water warfare!"
What you see with your own eyes is always more shocking than what you hear from others.
Just like now, among the newly surrendered troops, those who originally had illusions that the Huainan Navy would be able to defeat Chen Shen's spirit have completely given up on this idea of making any changes.
If in the past, Chen Shen conquered the 300,000 Huainan Army through Qian Qian, but this was to subdue his people but not his heart, then now, he has completed the crucial step of "subduing his heart".
There is no doubt that from now on, the 300,000 mixed troops who surrendered from Huainan will follow Chen Shen wholeheartedly.
Because they know very well that if they want to reunite with their families alive and return to their hometown in Huainan, the only feasible way is to follow Marshal Chen wholeheartedly...
The Big Mac dropped anchor, like a black dragon that was overturning the river and resting on the river.
Under the river, the confidant masters sent by Chen Shen were busy collecting loot.
Time passes minute by minute.
In the early morning of the next day, a small warship sailed into a half-moon-shaped island in the middle of the Huaijiang River and docked on the shore.
Soon, hundreds of disgraced soldiers were seen, surrounded by a man wearing ice-blue armor and carrying a pair of black swords, walking down the deck in a dejected manner...