Zhan Long - Chapter 839.2

Chapter 839.2

The army moved forward, along with a large group of barbarians, who left their long-lived place . When we passed Ba Huang City, Angela had led a cavalry regiment to convey their greetings . In fact, the main reason for their greetings was out of caution . After all, if they launched an attack, the horde of barbarians could flatten the city in a turn of a hand .

Across Mount Zi Wu, entering the territory of Tian Ling City, no legion got in the way, and no nobles came to convey any greetings . Presumably, the aristocrats of Tian Ling City were still indulging in a hedonistic lifestyle, not caring about the Royal Army . This time, however, I was wrong .

When the Royal Army passed through Tian Ling City, we discovered that a group of NPC soldiers was covered with white clothes on their arms . And when the Royal Army Cavalrymen approached the city, a group of the Winds of Battle cavalry led by Princess Pearl surrounded us . Pearl’s face was pale, but it changed to a comforting expression when she saw me . But tears poured down her cheeks . Rolling over and getting off the horse, she wailed, “Li Xiao Yao, Father has died…”

“What!?”

I also slid off my horse, “King Rob was in good health a few days ago, wasn’t he? . ”

Pearl wept, “Father always had a poor condition . He finally died from a serious illness half a month ago . The second emperor’s brother… he has been enthroned as the emperor half a month ago . Come to the palace to look for me as soon as you arrange the matter of the Royal Army and the barbarians . The second emperor’s brother has summoned you to worship him three times, and you never appeared in court . I am afraid he will vent his anger on you . ”

“Well, Okay…”

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While leading the Royal Army to move on, I was feeling disturbed . Owen’s enthronization was definitely not a good thing for me .

Soon after, we entered the Royal Army’s camp area . The tents and other assortments were scattered everywhere, but I did not stop and had the Barbarian tribe of 150,000 to march towards the southern part of Tian Ling City . Through the Moon Blade Forest, there was a plantation ahead with a huge basin in the middle . There was speculation that this basin was formed due to the collision of stars, otherwise, such a vast basin cannot be formed naturally .

The basin was rich in resources and wild grass . Large and small animals walked through the woodland . On the exposed land, there were fiery red crystals . These hard crystals was called Fire Crystal, where the name of the Fire Crystal Basin came from . In the basin, a lot of the surrounding woods had been cut down to build wooden houses and a lot of the wastelands had been reclaimed for farming . During the past month when I had not been there, plenty of fields had been sown, and some seeds had even begun to sprout .

There was also a battle camp for the Royal Army in the Fire Crystal Basin, and a group of the Blade Shield Camp barbarian warriors came out of the camp . A secretary type official came with a notebook, and respectfully said, “Commander, according to the Empire’s regulations, these barbarians need to be registered first . ”

I nodded, “But many of these barbarians don’t even have names . ”

The secretary type official smiled, “It doesn’t matter, we can name them now . ”

“Okay . ”

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Han Yuan, Xiao Li, and others were responsible for arranging accommodations . After a while, they had arranged nearly half of the 150,000 barbarians to live in wooden houses . And the others temporarily set up simple tents, waiting for the more wooden houses to be built . In addition, Han Yuan quickly set up recruitment stations around and conscripted more than ten thousand young barbarians . Although the lifespan of these barbarians was short, they had an advantage with having a long youthful period . Among these 150,000 barbarians, excluding the females, the elderly and the young, there were at least 50,000 eligible soldiers . It wasn’t an urgent matter to enlist them for the army now, and we could take the recruitment process slow after these barbarians built up their homes here .    

Long Xing and Xia Ye were responsible for the division of the land . On the other hand, they invited some farmers and craftsmen from Tian Ling City to teach these barbarians cultivation, casting, woodworking, netting, fishing, etc . . The War God River was located at the south of the Fire Crystal Basin, so it was a good way for barbarians to earn their living by fishing there . With their inborn great strength, the patient barbarians could take on as fishermen and then the diets in the camp would also improve .

Having been busy till evening in the game, Han Yuan had already registered 20,000barbarian soldiers, half of them being shield bearers and the others as spearmen . These spearmen were equipped with special spears that could withstand greater impact but didn’t break off . Plus with the great strength of these barbarians, these spearmen could even bring down the cavalry on the galloping battle horses . Such spearmen would be a type of soldiers all troops envied .

As the night fell, a messenger rushed here and said, “Li Xiao Yao, the commander of the Royal Army, present yourself before His Majesty . ”

My heart sank, “It finally came, Emperor Owen’s personal summon . ”

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After I mounted my Divine Dragon Horse, it gave out a long whine and swung its majestic head, following the messenger toward Tian Ling City . The messenger looked at my mount with full astonishment in his eyes .

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