Journey to the head

Chapter 703: Military Review

"Miao Miao Xuan Jun has issued an order. My sect will take charge of the nine counties in the northwest. We will send one Yuanying, ten Jindan, 150 foundation-building, and no less than 8,000 elite Qi training warriors. We will rush to Hushou Mountain to the west of the Sikong clan's territory before the evening of tomorrow and join up with the Xuanwei sect's army."

Lu Qian took a quick glance and saw that the disciples of Yunshan stood up straight, looking nervous and serious, waiting for his orders.

Since Xuanwei Sect's edict has been issued, Yunshan Sect can only carry it out without compromise. However, according to Wei Zhaixing's warning, there may be a huge change in the main battlefield of Sikong Clan. If Yunshan Sect sends out most of its troops to fight, it may encounter a huge disaster and be destroyed. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully consider how to deploy troops and avoid this huge disaster.

"Li Da, what is the opinion of the General Staff?"

The General Staff is the think tank of the Yunshan Sect, and all intelligence from the Intelligence Department will be copied directly here. They have also known about Wei Zhaixing's warning long ago.

Li Da stepped forward and saluted: "Master, the General Staff believes that there are too many changes in this battle. The combat force I send should be mainly high-end combat force and a small number of elite troops. This way, whether it is attacking and defending or advancing and retreating, it will be extremely convenient and fast. As for the large number of middle and lower-level combat forces required in the imperial edict, they can be mainly provided by other sects in the nine counties."

An Fanghe, the deacon of the General Staff, had a rare serious look on his face. This plan was a consensus reached by dozens of disciples of the General Staff at an extremely fast speed. To put it more bluntly, other sects in the Nine Counties would fill in as cannon fodder to preserve the vitality of the Yunshan Sect to the greatest extent in the face of possible major changes.

It does sound a bit cruel, but a kind person cannot command an army. Am I sending a governor to govern the nine northwestern counties just to give them welfare?

In the past sixty years of ruling the northwest, under the leadership of Yunshan Sect, the nine counties have been crowded with merchants, peaceful, stable and prosperous, which is the way of the headmaster to gather people for mutual benefit. Now it is time for the nine counties to give back. Besides, although there are many middle and lower-level cultivators, there are not many of them among the sects in the nine counties, so they can fully afford it.

Lu Qian nodded: "Very good."

He turned around and looked at the map again, then gave the order without even turning his head: "Lin Le!"

Lin Le bowed and responded: "Yes!"

"Please remember this and pass my order on to all the counties immediately."

Lin Le turned his consciousness and his spirit was agitated.

"For this battle, I will make the following deployment!"

"I will be the commander-in-chief of the Nine Commanderies. I will send Taoist Wudi, you, Wu Yan, and Jade Dragon Fairy, a total of one Yuanying and four Jindan—"

Lu Qian suddenly paused, his brows furrowed.

Among all the golden elixirs in Yunshan, Gu Nishang is not there. Jiang Qingfeng needs to stay in the alien true lord warning circle set up by Heming True Lord to prevent accidents. Xiao Tianci has just been cured of the corpse poison and still needs recuperation. If all the remaining golden elixirs are sent out, it may not be safe.

"Let's make some adjustments. Leave Wu Yan in Mianlong Mountain to take charge of the situation as the sect master's eldest disciple. I will send out one Nascent Soul and three Golden Cores."

Wu Yan stepped forward and accepted the order respectfully.

"As for foundation building, I will send twenty people to build foundation. The list is as follows. Zheng Duan, Jiang Baitao, Dongfang Hui, Li Jing, An Fanghe, Ding Shu, Zhao Yunchang..."

During the more than sixty years that the Yunshan Sect has been the governor of the nine northwestern counties, a total of thirty-four foundation-building masters have been added, including Dongfang Hui, Li Jing, An Fanghe and others.

Later, four people died in the battle to support Ningzhou. Today, the total number of foundation-building feathered masters in the Yunshan Sect has reached forty-two.

It is worth mentioning that among the spiritual seedlings that have entered the sect in the past twenty-seven years, two more people with double spiritual roots have been discovered. However, they are still in the stage of practicing Qi and have not yet entered the stage of building the foundation.

Among the foundation-building Taoist priests, Wang Yu and Ding Shu have the highest cultivation, and it will take them about ten years to complete their foundation-building. Tao Boliang, Zheng Duan, Xu Yingcai, Hao Qiuguang, Tao Zhongxian, Jiang Baitao, Li Da, Wang Ruoyu, Su Yan, Cui Linglong, Dongfang Hui, Li Jing, An Fanghe, etc. are all in the late stage of foundation-building, and it is estimated that it will take them from twenty to fifty years to complete their foundation-building.

In addition, Xie Yongchang and other 27 foundation-building masters are all in the middle and early stages of foundation-building.

This battle might be dangerous, so Lu Qian had his own considerations for everyone he brought to the battlefield this time.

Zheng Duan is proficient in airship combat command and is a talented general that is urgently needed in the war.

Jiang Baitao has the mysterious Taoist pattern Beiluo Shimen, which can predict good and bad luck, sense murderous intent, or help one avoid disaster and seek good fortune.

Dongfang Hui and Li Jing are both people with great spiritual roots and have a promising future. Apart from supporting the Danxia Sect, they have not experienced much since they embarked on the path of cultivation. They need to go through more wars before their path of cultivation can become broader.

An Fanghe is the next generation of think tank who is highly expected. The scale of this battle and the complexity of the deployment are rare in a century. He is needed to gain experience as a military staff and continue to improve in practice.

Ding Shu was a guest official in charge of combat, and he had no choice but to take part in this war.

Zhao Yunchang's "Corpse Chasing" Dao pattern is essential for this battle, and even the greatest reliance for ensuring the safety of Yunshan. He must rely on him to sense the dynamics of the corpse clan monsters at any time to protect the safety of the large army and the mountain gate.

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The expressions of the foundation-building practitioners whose names were called varied; some looked excited and eager to try, some looked serious and silent, and some looked nervous and uneasy.

This is a shocking war. Of course, we cannot expect everyone to be brave and fearless, especially the new foundation builders who have little experience in war.

“Everyone.” Lu Qian looked at the twenty foundation-building warriors who had already formed a single team. “It takes a thousand days to train an army, but only a moment to deploy it. The glory and success of the Yunshan Sect depends on you.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone felt their blood boiling, their faces flushed, and they responded loudly.

The blood and fire of the battlefield are the best way to hone a person. After a great war, the cowardly are doomed to be eliminated.

Lu Qian continued to make arrangements: "In terms of Qi training, dispatch the 'Sleeping Dragon' brigade from the combat sequence."

With great concentration on development, nearly a hundred spiritual seedlings mature and join the Yunshan Sect every year. Now, the total number of disciples in the Yunshan Sect has reached 6,500, of which 5,000 are in the middle stage of Qi training and above.

Among these five thousand people, there are three thousand disciples whose rank is Geng level or above and who are qualified to practice the "Boundless Sea Star Battle Formation".

Among these three thousand, the best of the best were selected and incorporated into the combat sequence, and the rest were assigned to production, operation, intelligence, and supervision sequences.

After years of development and actual combat improvements, the current Yunshan School combat sequence, whose full name is "External Conquest and Defense Combat Sequence", is responsible for warfare and is the elite among the elite.

Daily territorial patrols, guarding of spiritual veins, arresting and eliminating traitors, guarding and protecting markets are all handled by other disciples, and the combat sequence is not responsible for these matters.

They are the strongest elite army of Yunshan Sect, ready to be called to war at any time!
The Yunshan sect currently has 1,800 disciples in combat sequence, organized into three levels: squadron, company, and battalion.

Each team has ten disciples, each squadron has twenty teams, which means two hundred people in total, and each brigade has three squadrons, which means six hundred people in total.

The reason for this division is related to the activation of the Vast Sea Star Battle Formation. Each squadron has 200 people, and after forming the Vast Sea Star Battle Formation, they can exert the power of the early stage of the Golden Core.

And each brigade has 600 people, and when they form a battle formation, their power is comparable to that of a late Jindan.

It's not that it can't be further strengthened, but the battle formation depends entirely on the disciples connecting with the formation core, resonating at the same frequency, and blending their strength. It is very delicate and complicated, and it is difficult to achieve without a long period of practice.

The more people there are in the battle formation, the more difficult it is to achieve resonance at the same frequency, and the longer it takes to achieve fusion. If the number of people in the Vast Sea Star Battle Formation increases after 600, the difficulty of fusion will increase rapidly. The Yunshan Sect has conducted many experiments long ago. If you want to increase the power to the perfect power of the golden elixir, it takes a whole hour to do it, which is difficult to achieve in a real battlefield.

Therefore, the Yunshan Sect divided the teams into groups of 600 people, achieving a balance between the power of the battle formation and the difficulty of launching it.

Currently, the Yunshan sect has three combat brigades, each named after the spiritual vein within the territory.

The 1st Combat Battalion "Bi Chao".

The 2nd Combat Battalion "Lingsha".

The 3rd Combat Squadron "Sleeping Dragon".

This time, Lu Qian's order was to dispatch 600 people from the "Mianlong" battalion to the battle.

Lin Le wrote down Lu Qian's deployments one by one, and Lu Qian continued.

"Open the warship warehouse! This time I will transfer fifty Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou ships from the treasury to supply this expedition."

Lin Le was surprised: "Master, are you saying that in this war, we should provide the Shenzhou to the monks of the Nine Counties as vehicles?"

Over the years, the Yunshan Sect, which was so wealthy that it had more spiritual stones than it could spend, not only sold them to partner sects, but also built hundreds of Lingxu Zhenyuan divine ships one after another.

Forty of them are used by three combat squadrons, fifty are sealed in the warship warehouse, and the remaining Shenzhou are used by monks of other sequences.

Now Lu Qian wants to take out all fifty Shenzhou ships in the warship warehouse. The Yunshan Sect has no use for them at all, so naturally they will be provided to other cultivators in the Nine Counties for use.

"It is a temporary loan for this battle, but the losses will be borne by my faction."

"The strength of the various sects in the nine counties varies. The weaker sects, in particular, only have ordinary airships. Not only are they weak in combat power, but most importantly, they are too slow. If they are allowed to dispatch on their own, it will be impossible for them to reach Tiger Head Mountain before the evening of tomorrow."

The straight-line distance between Mianlong Mountain and Hushou Mountain is nearly eight thousand miles away. Even Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou needs twenty hours to arrive there. It is already very difficult to arrive on time.

If it were replaced with an ordinary airship... then the Yunshan Sect would probably be charged with delaying the battle before the battle even started.

The desire for a new type of vehicle with large-scale, long-distance combat power projection capability has deepened. However, more than 20 years have passed, and the development of the new airship has only been halfway completed, which is not a one-day job.

"But even if there are fifty divine ships, each with eighty people on board, it can only carry four thousand cultivators. The remaining vacancies must be filled by elite airships selected by each faction, and the marching speed must not be delayed." Lu Qian paused, "Even so, it is estimated that it will be difficult to arrive before the evening of tomorrow. Send a message to Xuanwei Sect to report immediately--"

"Our faction has a long way to go and lacks high-speed marching vehicles, so we are afraid that we may not arrive on time. Taoist Wudi and I will go to Hushou Mountain first to receive orders, and Lin Le will be in charge of commanding the army and come later."

Lin Le sent the letter out quickly.

The leader is really generous by directly lending out fifty Shenzhou ships!
In this way, the combat power of various sects in the nine counties, especially the weak sects, will be enhanced, their survival will be more secure, and they will naturally support our sect more.

"These are the combat forces I will dispatch. As for the remaining insufficient foundation building and Qi training cultivators, the General Staff will immediately start making a list and distribute the quotas to various sects."

"Especially the Qigong cultivators, we will mainly recruit them from the Shaoyin Sect in Dongping County, Huaiyou County, and Junle County."

In recent years, the partners and subordinate sects of Yunshan Sect have developed very well and are prosperous and stable.

The Zhou family has become a Jindan sect, and there are five foundation-building members in the family. The head of the family, Zhou Chao, will be able to complete his foundation-building in another ten years. In addition, the Zhou family lives in Canglu Cliff, Junle County, and governs the subordinate sects of Junle County for Yunshan Sect. They are in a high position and have great power. Today's achievements are enough to comfort their ancestors.

Zhuang Hui of the Linglu sect practices diligently and vows to avenge his father's murder. There are also five people in the sect who have reached the foundation stage.

The Kong family of Huojing Valley has slowly recovered their vitality. Now there are three people who have established their foundation. The head of the family, Kong Pengfei, and Zhou Chao have similar cultivation levels and are not far from completing their foundation.

Shouzhuo Sect currently has four people who have built their foundation. The leader Qin Zhiyi is in the late stage of building his foundation. Now the strength of Shouzhuo Sect has surpassed the previous generation, and Qin Zhiyi's dream of revitalizing the sect has been realized. What he is looking forward to now is to cultivate for another twenty or thirty years until the foundation is complete and get a glimpse of the golden elixir realm.

Xianyou Sect currently has five people who have established their foundation. They originally had a good foundation, and their array techniques were passed down extensively. They were the strongest among the subordinate sects of Yunshan Sect. The head of the sect, Wan Lusheng, was also quite talented in array techniques. He had set up large arrays for various foundation-building sects over the years, and was also somewhat famous.

Erqimen and Huanmengguan each have three people who have established their foundation, and they have now firmly taken root in the north of Junle County.

In addition, after these years of peaceful development, the Qi-training sects within the Yunshan Sect have also made breakthroughs, with cultivators successfully building their foundations. This has added three new foundation-building subordinate sects to the Yunshan Sect, and there are now a total of four people who have built their foundations.

The strength of the Shaoyin Sect and the seven sects in Junle County has also recovered. The Shaoyin Sect now has seven people who have established their foundation, and the seven sects also have seven people who have established their foundation.

In total, there are two Golden Core masters and forty-six Foundation Establishment Feathered Scholars among the partners and subordinate sects of the Yunshan Sect.

However, due to historical reasons, the indigenous sects in Junle County have a large number of Qi-cultivating monks. Although they have been suppressed over the years, they are still an unstable factor.

The same is true for Dongping and Huaiyou counties, which are under the jurisdiction of Yunshan Sect. Therefore, a group of Qi-training monks will be selected from these places for this expedition.

"I will make the following arrangements for the seven vacant Jindan positions."

"Dispatch Zhou Yuan, the Master of Zhou Changji; Master Wudang and Taoist Liekong of the Mingyu Sword Sect; Master Wuxi of the Chijin Sect; Master Lianhua and Fairy Chunlin of the Changqing Sect; Master Weiting of the Liyuan Sect. These seven will join our army and go to war."

"Finally, order the various factions in the nine counties to guard their territories carefully. According to the patrol mode we practiced in the past, the monks who stayed in the territories formed a joint defense corps, led by Ye Xiao, Master Haoran, and Wu Chongweng, to guard against any enemy surprise attacks."

Lu Qian's deployment has come to an end. One order after another was quickly sent from Lin Le to the northwestern counties through the Intelligence Department's Communications Office.

Finally, Lu Qian looked at the Yunshan disciples who had gathered on the training ground and took a deep breath.

"All departments and divisions in Yunshan, all sects and schools in the nine counties, take action immediately!"

"Order the monks to gather directly at the Bi Bo Plain in Huai You County, and then immediately march towards Hu Shou Mountain!"

(End of this chapter)