Chapter 79 Rewards
"Are you right?" Yang Tian asked Zeng Guoxuan a little dumbfounded. Zeng Guoxuan and several other leaders of the guard regiment nodded innocently. Yang Tian could only exclaim powerlessly: "Damn it, it's really a big deal."
The vigorous activities of the Guards' League members who used family letters to complain to their grandfathers received unexpected and wonderful results. The young men and brothers of the Guards' League, whether they had grudges or friendships before, colluded with everything, and then severely harmed the officials who promoted Yang Tian's unreliableness in front of Emperor Tianyou. The consequences were not very serious. It was nothing more than 30 formerly glorious officials who were either confiscated or exiled. The three lucky old men were also stripped of their clothes and retired and returned home. It is said that even their children were not allowed to enter the government again within three generations.
Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui's old man became the biggest winner. The two, who were originally a bit opposed in politics, cooperated closely and eliminated all the people who might pose a threat to them in one fell swoop, becoming the well-deserved boss in the Shengjing City. This result was something Yang Tian was willing to see, after all, the harder he was in the court, the better.
At the same time, the old eunuch really sent back the news that the storm was too strong and could not be returned in time. Two months later, Emperor Tianyou of Shengjing issued another imperial edict, officially appointing Yang Tian as the Western Grand Governor of the Expeditionary Army, with 1.5 million troops under his command, and at the same time had the power to recruit troops. At the same time, according to the news from Grand Secretary Zeng in the court, it seemed that King Tianhu was still a little unwilling to accept it, but for some reason, Emperor Tianyou suddenly sealed Yang Tian's grand title.
Long Feng touched his chin and suddenly sighed.
Yang Tian asked him a little strangely: "Isn't everything going well now? Why do you sigh? I can't see what is worth worrying about for the time being. As long as I officially become the governor of one side, I can implement your plan."
Long Feng asked him back: "Your mother is still in Saint Dore, right? What would you do if Emperor Tianyou stationed tens of thousands of people there, or if he asked your mother to go to Shengjing to listen to the reward and let her retire in Shengjing?"
Yang Tian was dumbfounded and had not yet reacted. Long Feng continued to ask him: "Also, the people of the Guards Group, you have relied on the power of their family to make you fulfill your wish, but it may not be that they can truly influence Emperor Tianyou. Emperor Tianyou is just telling you: There is also a large family of the Guards Group in Shengjing, and it can play a great role. At that time, will you be determined to do things regardless of the old men's life or what?"
Yang Tian cursed a few words softly: "Damn it, old bastard, I said why he suddenly became so stupid. It seems that those unlucky officials may not be useful to Lao Zeng and the others. Maybe Emperor Tianyou himself dislikes them and cleans them up by the way."
Long Feng nodded: "Think clearly. Now the people in the Guards Group have a lot of skills. They will be able to use them in the future to conquer the world. How to deal with this trouble? I think you have to think about it carefully."
Yang Tian suddenly smiled evilly: "Didn't you say that it will take at least fifty years for those schools to truly produce results? I'll just wait... Fifty years later, the old men in the Shengjing City should be almost dead, right? Xiao Zeng and the others should get married and have children here, right? That's the time to get up... If you get some stolen money in the Shengjing, the people in the Guard Group will follow me wholeheartedly, right?"
Long Feng nodded in approval, strode towards the door, and said: "Then you just need to consider the problem with your mother. She is not an old woman. She will still be very energetic in fifty years. Be careful that she will come to knock on your butt with a crutch."
Yang Tian tilted his head and thought for a while, and smiled innocently like a child, but his eyes seemed to be the deepest and darkest swamp, and there was no sign of any emotion at all.
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Qiong Daotian slapped the table in the central army tent and laughed: "Hahahahaha, the Western Governor? So who is from the East? Who is from the North? Wonderful, wonderful. I didn't expect that the people from the God Family finally got smarter once."
Several old men from the Qiong family around him made gestures repeatedly: "Speak softly, speak softly."
Qiong Daotian nodded and lowered his voice and said, "Okay, the situation is uncontrollable. Yang Tian is commanding the army outside. Wen Yuan and I both wrote a letter to protect him. The emperor had no choice but to sell us a favor... Hehe, now we are from the West of three continents, so we have a Western governor, which means we admit that Yang Tian will become the governor of this land in the future?"
A very mature general of the Qiong family nodded and said, "That's right, the eldest young master, maybe he is still hinting us that there will be rewards for the four major governors in the middle, east, south and north at that time, and we must work hard to make contributions."
Qiong Daotian waved his hand and kneaded the piece of paper that had been excerpted into powder, and said loudly: "No matter so much, our Qiong family's own place is already good, and these newly harvested lands are not as good as us. However, we have to let the young people in the clan make more contributions and go to Shengjing to find a good place in the future."
The people from the Qiong family nodded repeatedly and said yes.
As for Wen Yuan, he was very happy. Yang Tian received such a good reward, basically decided that he would become the governor of his current territory, and he was worthy of Yang Wei. After all, Wen Yuan was a general promoted by Yang Wei, and he had to explain some of the "dead" people. This time he helped a little with a document. As long as Yang Tian was a good person in the future and served the Celestial Empire, he could face the brothers who had fought together in the south calmly...
At this moment, Yang Tian had already rushed out of the station, brought the most intimate members of the dozen guard groups, and flocked to the most luxurious restaurant in the most prosperous city under his jurisdiction. After calling out countless food and a large number of drinks and a large number of drinks, he began a carnival celebration.
At the banquet, Yang Tian rewarded his local officials one by one. The so-called "here is a brave man under heavy rewards, or if he has money, he can make the devil push the mill. Yang Tian is still very good at psychiatric knowledge. During the banquet, Yang Tian pretended to be drunk and asked Jiang Chunshui with his tongue: "I said Xiaoshui, when you are too old, just let him come here to support him. Our brothers are equivalent to local emperors. What else can't be done? It's better than being a Grand Secretary in Shengjing kowtow to others all day long. At that time, he will have thousands of people guarding him in and out, which is so majestic."
Jiang Chunshui also said with his tongue wide, "Boss, I'm afraid my old man still can't do it. It would be difficult for him to leave Shengjing..."
Zeng Guoxuan agreed with Yang Tian's meaning and tried his best to come here. Jiang Chunshui was drunk and didn't know what he was saying. Yang Tian had a kind smile on his face, and his heart was already filled with ice. He pretended to inadvertently savvy the meaning of the people in the same room and scattered in a hurry.
Long Feng is still busy writing books everywhere every day, opening new schools, and selecting smart and flexible young people. A large sum of gold and silver flows into his hands through the fake accounts made by Yang Tian and others, and then invests in these facilities. Yang Tian doesn't say anything that might waste money anymore. After all, he is the first one to have a more formal reward. In addition, for Wen Yuan's sake, no one will snatch ownership of this territory with him. Now what Long Feng does is preparing for his future major tasks. What else can he be unhappy?
Yang Tian's army did not participate in the defense line of the Celestial Army. They were busy stabilizing public order, recruiting husbands, training new troops every day. The population of this continent is not very large, only just over 200 million, but there are more than five million idle young and middle-aged people. The task now is to organize them thoroughly, let them join the army, and then put them into the next stage of the battle against the Black Cloud Empire.
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Lin Yiyun became the military officer appointed by Yang Tian, which is responsible for recruiting new recruits and other matters. The method he used was very simple. He took more than a thousand cavalrymen around Yang Tian's territory. When he saw a town or village, he set up a table at the gate, put a lot of gold ingots on his hands, and then began to bluff: "Come on, come and take a look, join the army of the Celestial Empire, and save military pay on the spot... Hey, that army of the Celestial Empire is good, with high salary, good welfare, and no danger in the mission... If you eliminate the Black Cloud Empire in the future, you are the heroes, and you can do some official jobs... Take a look, the yellow gold is waiting for you..."
The whole virtue is a person who sells dog skin plaster in the world.
Zeng Guoxuan did not follow Long Feng to do education. He was still much more interested in dealing with gold and silver. He took tens of thousands of iron cavalry to inspect various mines. Anyone who had foreman bullied the servants would be beheaded without saying a word. According to him, "These servants can earn us a lot of gold and silver. Fuck you beat them, just beat me, and you still have the king's law if you don't cut them down?"
Jiang Chunshui took on the role of an insular official who he was most reluctant to be. He would take people around every day and ask the locals if there are talents nearby, whether there are any hermit masters, or something. If so, he would still be responsible for digging these people into Yang Tian's camp. However, Jiang Chunshui had no tricks, that is, threats of violence and temptations with heavy money. Anyone who refused to cooperate more than twice will be wiped out. If there are beautiful women, they would often kill a house. According to his explanation: "Damn, boss, we are asking talents, not asking our ancestors to go back and offer sacrifices. Damn, I gave them face, they ignored me, just ignored you, boss, do you think you deserve to die?"
After hearing this, Yang Tian felt it was reasonable and went with him. However, it was still ideal. He still searched for more than a hundred talented people from big cats and kittens. Yang Tian directly drove away the nobles of the autonomous government in the city. The roles of government officials were all responsible for these people with good reputation in the hearts of the people...
Three months later, the cold winter has passed. After rectification, and the newly-convened local new army, there are also 11 million people. Although in terms of quality, only the first, second and third armies of the Celestial Empire or the cavalry of the Western continent have real combat power, the millions of new armies trained from Yang Tian's violent ravages are: According to Qiong Daotian, "Forget it, you can still make do with it. It is not bad to have such results in less than three months. At least it is a little stronger than cannon fodder, which can consume some of the energy of the Black Cloud Army."
The Celestial Army had prepared sufficient food and grass, and the military pay had even been paid in advance for half a year. With Wen Yuan's order, the vast Celestial Army set out again. This time the task was: to find the main legion of the Black Cloud Empire and destroy them... If you encounter an undead legion and destroy them, of course, the premise is that you must be under an absolute advantage.
Thirty thousand warships slowly sailed towards the continent where the Black Cloud Empire is now located along the coastline. Their purpose was to constantly harass and restrain the Black Cloud Empire's energy and find the possible navy of the Black Cloud Empire to engage in a large-scale decisive battle. The remaining 20,000 warships are responsible for the sea security of the now conquered continent. After all, the treasures that the Shengjing pointed out that the requested were still produced at sea.
Yang Tian left some people to guard his first real territory and set off with one million troops. Zeng Guoxuan was overjoyed and received Long Feng's "treatment". After a burst of ghosts and howls, he stroked the re-grown arm. Zeng Guoxuan didn't dare to look at Long Feng again. It hurts so much...
Jiang Chunshui was very proud: "Boss, every time you go to war, you lead more and more soldiers. Damn, our military ranks are getting higher and higher. It's so cool. Now I have more than 100,000 people under my command, hehe..."
Yang Tian bluntly attacked his enthusiasm: "Damn it, if I hadn't brought you with you, just your virtue, if you took more than 100,000 people to act alone, you would have been eaten by someone in one bite."
Afterwards, ignoring the ugly expressions of the young men and friends, Yang Tian asked the military intelligence officer around him: "Where is the Central Army of General Wen? Pay attention to remind me to keep a distance from the Central Army and don't leave too far. I don't want to be chased by others for a few months."
When Zeng Guoxuan heard this, he suddenly screamed loudly: "Boss, it's over. Didn't we leave a army behind when we left last time? They... won't they become skeletons, right?"
Yang Tian covered his mouth with one hand and whispered, "Shut up the fuck, I won't think you are mute." He glared at him fiercely, Yang Tian whispered in a low voice: "Fuck, who cares about whether that bastard general is dead or alive now? Damn, follow me honestly to fight, and finally get military merits... Do you know what the charge of putting your family army to death?"
Zeng Guoxuan opened his mouth wide and nodded fiercely. He understood that he would not say much. Anyway, it was just tens of thousands of people. If they died, they would die. Just think they were killed... Well, I still remember their names. If it is confirmed in the future, I will ask them for a heavy reward and give them a thick reward to their families. Why bother yourself?
The boundless army was moving forward in the wider wilderness. Yang Tian and others marched at the front of the queue, with more than 200 horses following them closely. In the middle of the large group of people was a carriage wrapped in thick iron armor. It was when the expedition was set off. Yang Tian and others suddenly added an additional military commander. Yang Tian and others had no reason not to accept it, so they had to bring the old man who had fewer organs into the team.
A horse galloped rapidly from the front, and a small red flag behind his shoulder indicated his identity. He was a member of the scout team sent by Yang Tian. The scout suddenly rose up when he was more than ten feet away from Yang Tian, knelt steadily in front of Yang Tianma, and loudly replied: "Sir, there is nothing wrong with it in the hundred miles ahead. There are seven villages in a hundred miles, about 30,000 residents. They have not noticed our movements yet."
Yang Tian asked him in surprise: "It's strange, didn't the skeletons and zombies kill them all?"
The scout also said a little puzzled: "The subordinates also have this question. Although those villages are covered with thick wooden fences, they are not enough to resist the large-scale attacks of the undead army. What is the specific reason? Because the adults strictly ordered contact with the residents, there is no way to investigate."
Yang Tian threw it to him and said, "Continue to inquire... Brother, what do you think?" The next sentence asked Long Feng.
Long Feng frowned and whispered: "I'm not very proficient in manipulating these undead things to be honest. Maybe the old monk Hei Tian is more familiar with me... But last time I dispersed those people who controlled them. Is it because of the lack of a manipulator that the ability of these things has decreased? So these villages will survive?"
Yang Tian nodded: "Almost, I think it's the same. After all, these skeletons are driven by powerful death energy and vengeful spirits. If there is no continuous energy replenishment, I don't believe that they can really wander around. Besides, winter is so cold, it's somewhat destructive to those bones. Maybe their strength has been weakened a lot."
The two suddenly looked at each other nervously: "Since the strength of the Immortal Legion has been weakened so much, and winter is not suitable for their large-scale attacks, what is the Black Cloud Legion doing?" Yang Tian ordered urgently: "Come on, come and send a message to General Wen of the Central Army, and said that he would consider whether the Immortal Legion might be destroyed in large quantities in winter because it is not suitable for combat. Consider the current movement of the Black Cloud Legion. After all, there are so many people living in front of us, which shows that those Immortal Army are almost dead."
Yang Tian frowned and was about to go and see the movements of the Black Cloud Army from a distance, but Long Feng quickly stopped him: "Don't do this often. War is the most wonderful thing. Rely on your own abilities to master war. The enjoyment you can get is more wonderful than the achievements you get with superpowers... Besides, you have to remember that one day you will encounter problems that cannot be solved by superpowers. You cannot always think about solving the enemy in this way."
Yang Tian nodded, waved his hand, and a cavalry team of ten thousand people roared away, quickly left the brigade and became the vanguard of the whistleblower. Half an hour later, another cavalry of ten thousand people rushed out, maintaining an hour's journey with the team.
Wen Yuan, the central army, received a message from Yang Tian from a Pegasus two hours later. After pondering for a long time, he ordered: "All fronts should pay attention to maintaining their own distance, and they must give each other a chance to break. The baggage team in the rear mobilizes all the artillery and is ready to be put into use at any time."
Just over two thousand miles ahead of the Celestial Army, the most prosperous area of the Black Cloud Empire had become a rubble field. Their pride, the towering imperial capital, had turned into ruins. More than 30,000 giant skeletons emitting black light, led the last remaining 200,000 skeleton soldiers to howl and entangled with the dense black cloud soldiers. Blood splashed everywhere, and bone chips flew... Vaster, who was supervising the battle, waved his hand impatiently, and suddenly, tens of thousands of cannons behind him were fired, and the skeletons and the soldiers of the Black Cloud all turned into ashes.
Vaster proudly boasted to Tungulas around him: "You have to use thunder means. These damn monsters can now sleep honestly on the ground... Tungulas, can you not be so bitter? We have defeated these miscellaneous things."
Tungulas said with an ugly face: "Spring is here."
Vaster laughed: "Do you want to play with women? Although the nearby areas have been destroyed a lot in the past few months, there are still many residents who stay. I still find a few beauties...hehe..."
Tungulas glared at him, shook his head and sighed, "Yes, we have eliminated it. Think about it, there are about 20 million such monsters, but what about our own military strength? The soldiers who had not rested for the whole winter, almost all of them were about to collapse, the weapons that were not broken... The most important thing is that our two current subordinates only had eight million exhausted people. What if those aliens attacked us? Give up the sacred territory of our empire?"
Vaster gently flicked the long hair on his forehead with his finger, and thought about it carefully and said, "The strength of the troops is not a problem. Didn't your Majesty recruit a large number of new recruits in the rear? We also have the militias in the central plain that can be used. Although they are similar to the skeleton rack, they are still good to consume the physical strength of the aliens. Anyway, they are not our citizens. As for the aliens, we now have 20,000 various artillery pieces. Do we need to worry about them? We just need to find a dangerous place to defend."
Tungulas nodded: "Fust, it seems that your recent victory has not yet been overwhelmed by your mind."
Vaster said proudly: "Of course... I know that you have a good relationship with Strogen, but the news from Xingdu recently is not conducive to him... Well, we don't have to argue about a dead person, right? After all, we are the supreme commanders of the entire empire now. Are you not satisfied with anything?"
Tungulas nodded and strode away, leaving Vaster with a satisfied smile.
Under Wen Yuan's order, the army of the Celestial Dynasty began a cautious march. The army's journey was no more than fifty miles a day, and inadvertently gave Vaster's Black Cloud Army a time to rectify. He forced the great lord who had not yet been destroyed to offer armor, weapons, and food, and asked them to contribute all their slaves and organize them into a large number of death-sending teams.
The top leaders of the Black Cloud Empire have moved to the easternmost continent. Under the high pressure of the imperial army, the people of that continent worked hard and the artillery and other materials needed for war were constantly being manufactured. The only thing they needed was time, and it took time to be transported to Vaster.
Vaster stood on the highest tower of the previous palace with satisfaction and looked down at the entire land. Near the dilapidated original imperial capital, more than 8 million Black Cloud Army set up a camp and began to recover. Since there was food and grass and war horses, it would only take a little time to become a strong army again. If the army of aliens could be eliminated, then the reward given by His Majesty the Emperor must be rare in history, right?
Vaster is really grateful to the dead Strogen. If he hadn't inexplicably charged with deliberately releasing the undead army, how could he replace him as the supreme commander of the empire? Whether in terms of title, personal strength, or family power, he would never catch up with him. But since he seemed to have died in battle, wouldn't he be his own chance?
The four commanders with the same status as themselves were either killed in battle or seriously injured, or a series of failures made the emperor dare not trust him anymore. As one of the commanders of the five direct royal legions, he was the only candidate to resist the aliens? Vaster thought the most deeply.
Thinking about it, the 20,000 cannons on hand are really annoying. How can we use them appropriately? The random fire can only cause unnecessary casualties to our army... It is really a headache. In the past, the Imperial Army only used 300 cannons together at most...
However, compared with the future honors and huge benefits, Vaster did not realize what these were problems. His Majesty would at least give himself a scary fiefdom? Vaster proudly thought that his family should replace some ancient family forces and become the most prestigious wealthy family in the empire.
Chapter completed!