Chapter 128: The Five Divine Beasts Battle Camp, the Eight Great Kings with Great Luck
"Cao Yongxiang, Tang Guangqiang, Huang Zhanglong, Liang Hetang!"
"And Hongmei!"
Li Dingguo thought for a moment, looked around at the people present, and said, "Our new force is already quite large, and we must formalize it as soon as possible."
"From now on, the five of you will serve as the commanders of the five new recruit camps that are about to be formed!"
"You must be responsible and conscientious in planning the five battalions, and complete the training of the new recruits as soon as possible!"
"Five camps, named after the five divine beasts!"
Li Dingguo officially announced the plan he, Hongmei, and Xiaodouya had agreed on two days ago. "Among them, Cao Yongxiang will be the leader of the Azure Dragon Camp, Tang Guangqiang will be the leader of the White Tiger Camp, Hongmei will be the leader of the Suzaku Camp, Huang Zhanglong will be the leader of the Black Tortoise Camp, and Liang Hetang will be the leader of the Kirin Camp!"
"The Suzaku Camp also serves as the Imperial Guard Camp, and Xiao Douya serves as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard Camp!"
"The Suzaku Battalion will be composed entirely of female soldiers, and the other battalions will be composed entirely of male soldiers!"
"The grassroots officers and generals of each battalion will be those talented warriors who stand out in the warrior selection. They will be appointed to various military posts according to their abilities."
"Hongmei's chief logistics officer remains unchanged, and is in charge of all logistics work."
"From now on, all female soldiers in our team will be under the management of the Suzaku Camp. Other camps are not allowed to interfere!"
He had to improve the status of the Suzaku Camp so that the other soldiers would not dare to act recklessly and cause things that he did not want to see.
Only in this way can the order of one's team be prevented from becoming chaotic in the future.
Now that one's own power has been initially formed, of course one must formalize it immediately and make a good start.
This is to prevent the general from not knowing his soldiers, and the soldiers from not knowing their generals, which will be disadvantageous for the future independent combat of each battalion.
"From now on, our team will be named the Renaissance Army, with the revival of our Chinese people as our highest goal!"
"I will personally serve as the commander-in-chief of the Renaissance Army and take charge of the entire army!"
He then announced his decision to the excited crowd, "Starting tomorrow, the framework of each battalion must be built as soon as possible. The number of soldiers in each battalion will not be determined for the time being until each battalion is officially established."
"Hongmei, you will give a copy of the formation plan for each battalion to Cao Yongxiang and the others later."
"We will try to complete the construction of the five major camps before the government troops evacuate Dingbian City, so that we can expand our manpower at any time in the future."
After explaining his decision to the trusted generals present, Li Dingguo waved his hand and signaled everyone to go back to work.
Then, taking advantage of the remaining time tonight, he went to the parade ground in person to instruct the second batch of orphans who were undergoing martial arts training selection and taught them how to practice the Tiger Roar Fist.
After the hour of Xu, he returned to the large wooden house that Hongmei and the others had built specifically for him. He sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and began to practice the Zhoutian Xingchen Sutra. Soon he entered into a deep level of practice.
As his cultivation level continued to improve, Li Dingguo felt that his connection with his natal star was becoming closer and closer. However, because he had not yet awakened his own star destiny, he was unable to use the power of his natal star to cultivate.
This requires him to break through to the Qi Refining Stage and activate his own star destiny.
……
"damn it!"
"The so-called Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong ran away!"
At Wangjia Wharf, a hundred miles southeast of Dingbian City, Cao Bianjiao, who arrived a step late, looked at the four magic weapon ships that were more than ten miles away from the river bank and were rapidly moving away. He was so angry that he was furious and cursed loudly.
With such a long distance between them and the speed of the treasure ship, even he would not be able to catch up.
Although the internal energy in his body was extremely strong, he could only float on the water for a short while before he would fall into the water due to exhaustion of his internal energy.
His natal magic weapon, the Infinite Tower, endows him with infinite life essence, allowing him to have lasting physical strength that is inexhaustible, but it does not give him infinite internal energy.
Even though he was only one step away from the sixth level of martial arts, he was still a master of the Qi Refining Realm.
Only the legendary warriors in the realm of spirit refining can fly in the air for more than ten miles.
But in today's big world, in the past few hundred years, masters of the Spirit Refining Realm have become legends.
Even though now is the time of chaos and the world is changing drastically, Cao Bianjiao cannot guarantee that he will have the opportunity to break through to the Spirit Refining Realm in the future.
That step is too far away from him now, and no matter how much he thinks about it, it is not realistic.
"Hey!"
"Forget it, young master."
Cao Sheng, who was standing by, was also helpless. He looked at the four treasure ships that were about to disappear and said to Cao Bianjiao, "This must be Zhang Xianzhong. He is not destined to die."
"However, he only took less than 300 people with him. He just suffered a near-destructive blow. It will probably take at least a year for him to recover. There is no need to worry."
"We didn't expect that he had hidden four treasure ships, which allowed him to escape with luck."
"Besides, our army's anti-bandit operation has just begun. There will be plenty of opportunities to encounter this bandit chief again in the future."
"I'm afraid he won't have such good luck next time."
Having said that, this bandit chieftain Zhang Xianzhong was very good at escaping.
After he escaped Dingbian City with hundreds of people by chance, facing the continuous pursuit of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, he immediately hid in a ravine and played hide-and-seek with the pursuers. This guy was incredibly lucky. He was about to be caught up several times, but the remnants of his army encountered a large area of dense forests and mountains in time, and he hid in again, and managed to shake off all the pursuers in time!
He led the core soldiers of the rebel army and came to the Wangjia Wharf without anyone noticing. He met up with the four treasure ships that came to pick them up via spiritual pigeons. He got away from the river bank in time before Cao Bianjiao did.
If Cao Sheng had not experienced it himself, he would never have imagined that there are bandits in this world who have such a strong ability to escape, and that they have incredibly good luck in the process of escaping!
Although he said it so easily, he was actually highly alert to the bandit chief Zhang Xianzhong in his heart, and his danger level was increased by several levels.
"Next time I see Zhang Xianzhong, I will definitely teach him a lesson!"
Cao Bianjiao cursed in frustration and ordered Cao Sheng, "Forget it, let's withdraw our troops and return to the city."
"I guess Zhang Xianzhong must be heartbroken for a long time now that he has to walk out of the house almost naked, hahahaha..."
Thinking of the massive amount of supplies, various cultivation resources, and even all the spiritual beasts and war horses that the other party had collected with great effort, which were all seized by his side, Cao Bianjiao finally got rid of the anger in his heart.
"Cao Sheng, it seems we also need to form a logistics battalion."
Cao Bianjiao thought of something again and couldn't help but complain, "In this way, our Cao family army can reserve a large number of reserve soldiers and money and materials, and it can also greatly alleviate the problem of our soldiers having to fight and cook at the same time."
"In the past few years, we have been in a state of war almost all year round, and we have been transferred here and there by the court. We simply don't have enough time to set up a logistics camp."
"Now that we have obtained a large amount of supplies, we have all the carriages, horses, cooks, craftsmen, and other things needed for logistics. We can easily set up a logistics camp of 10,000 people."
"We have seized so many low-grade spirit beast war horses and a large number of ordinary horses in the past few years. It would be a waste if we don't use them."
He had long been resentful of his uncle's loyalty to the court.
It's true that Cao's army is good at fighting, but they can't be treated like beasts of burden and ordered around, right?
Even cattle and horses need time to rest, but in the past few years, Cao's army has not even had time to rest for about half a year!
"Yeah, too."
Cao Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "The 10,000-man logistics battalion organized by the bandit chieftain Zhang Xianzhong has been captured by our army!"
"The soldiers in the logistics camp are equipped with a complete range of vehicles and equipment, which is no worse than any logistics camp I have ever seen."
"Besides, they are all made up of refugees recently recruited by the bandit Zhang Xianzhong. They are simple in nature and can be used right away. We don't need to form them from scratch."
Cao Sheng is a servant of the Cao family. His ancestors for generations have been the right-hand men of the Cao family.
He was even better than his teacher. Not only was he gifted, but he was also proficient in both civil and military affairs. He could be said to be the most outstanding and comprehensive general in Cao's army, except for Cao Wenzhao.
As soon as Cao Bianjiao made this suggestion, Cao Sheng immediately thought of an excellent solution, which was extremely thoughtful.
"Yep!"
Hearing what Cao Sheng said, Cao Bianjiao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said to Cao Sheng and several other guards, "Let's return to Dingbian City quickly, lest my uncle, in a moment of impulse, behead those bandit army logistics camp officers and soldiers as a warning to the public, then it will be too late!"
But he knew how murderous his uncle Cao Wenzhao, who had always been loyal to the court, was.
Among all the generals under Hong Chengchou, he is second only to He Renlong, who is known as "Crazy He".
Thinking of this, he immediately turned his horse around and led his 300 elite cavalrymen to quickly return to Dingbian City.
……
"Establishing a logistics battalion?"
"Ha ha……"
In Dingbian City, Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao who had been busy outside for a day and a night, and said to him with great satisfaction, "Jiao'er, the fact that you can think like this proves that you have grown up and matured."
"Your uncle is not stupid. With such obvious benefits right in front of me, how could I miss this godsend opportunity?"
"We didn't have so much time before, nor did we have so much material wealth, so we didn't mention this matter."
"Now there are so many supplies, equipment, and manpower in front of us. Any normal general will know how to use them."
"Hey!"
He sighed and said, "Your uncle knows better than anyone what kind of people those in the court are like."
"Aren't some people just accepting the benefits offered by the wealthy merchants in several border provinces, hoping to use the hands of the Tartars or the bandits to remove me as a stumbling block, so as to meet the conditions for their trade with the Tartars, thereby gaining a lot of benefits and making a fortune?"
"That's why they keep suggesting to the imperial court to use our Cao family army as cattle and horses that will never tire of being used. They want to find ways to kill our Cao family army!"
Cao Bianjiao really didn't expect that his uncle, who usually worked hard for the court and looked foolish, actually knew better than anyone else the huge crisis that the Cao family army was facing.
For a moment, he was a little confused.
Yes, how could Cao Wenzhao, who was able to survive countless battles on the battlefield, be a real fool?
If they were really stupid, they would have been plotted to death long ago. How could they have the title of the strongest army in the world today?
Cao Bianjiao was not stupid. He had already guessed that his former uncle Cao Wenzhao was trying to take advantage of the situation.
He wanted to rely on the powerful fighting capacity of Cao's army and through bloody battles, train Cao's army into a truly invincible army.
"My uncle, who has always been a taciturn person, seems to be a troublemaker too!"
"I guess everyone in the Ming Dynasty has misjudged him."
At this moment, Cao Bianjiao thought so while feeling happy.
(End of this chapter)
