The Emperor is Above

Chapter 480: The Lord is Promoted to Shaoqing

The person who came was Xu Zhengjia, the short captain of the Flying Eagle Battalion.

Without waiting for Qing Yi to come out to greet him, he entered the tent with ten Eagle Guards with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to Lord Yang Lezi and Brother Yi. I have brought you the latest reward from the king. I really envy your speed of advancement!"

Xu Zhengjia smiled and took several purple wooden boxes from the hands of several Eagle Guards and handed them to Yang Lezi and Qing Yi one after another.

"Hiss—the king wants to appoint me as the prime minister?"

At this moment, Yang Lezi's eyes were a little dull, and he asked in disbelief, "Isn't this a little too hasty?"

Qing Yi opened the wooden box in his hand and was also stunned: "Huh? The king appointed me as a junior minister? Oh, it turns out that I have to wait until the ceremony in the capital to count."

After Xu Zhengjia and Qing Yi reminisced about the past, he explained in earnest: "Since the king eliminated Qi Xi, Zhonghang Huan, Chunyu Fen, and Qianye Weng, he has worked hard to govern the country and can be called a wise king.

In addition to appointing Yang Lezi as Shangqing, Huo Yun was also appointed as Shangqing, Zuo Shigong, Bao Bu Tong, and Bai Yuan as Yaqing respectively. In addition, you and Zi Yu Shang Daifu and five others were promoted to Shaoqing.

Before I left, the king held my hand and repeatedly reminded me that the reason for promoting you to the rank of Shaoqing was because of your achievements in destroying the 100,000-strong army of the Ghost Witch Tribe in the Battle of Yanze and capturing the great national teacher Xianyu.

The king has specially left a position of the second minister vacant. If you can really wipe out the Ghost Witch Tribe completely, the position of the second minister will be reserved for you."

"Haha, my lord has been promoted to Shaoqing—"

There was an unstoppable cheer coming from outside the tent. The lord's promotion to the title of Junior Lord caused cheers and congratulations from his retainers, private soldiers, and guards.

Qing Yi shook his head with some disinterest and said, "It is really shameful to be in the same rank of Shaoqing as Zi Yu, an old-fashioned man. It seems that we really need to wipe out the Ghost Witch Tribe as soon as possible."

King Xing Zhongkang promoted Qing Yi to the rank of Shaoqing. His retainers and private soldiers were excited, and the allied forces of princes were envious. However, Qing Yi did not care about this nominal benefit without cost. In troubled times, strong power was the most important thing.

Even the newly promoted Shangqing Yang Lezi knew in his heart that even after being promoted to Shangqing, his identity and status would still be embarrassing without sufficient strong power to support it.

After seeing off the Eagle Guard who left in a hurry, Yang Lezi wanted to make his own contributions in the process of destroying the Ghost Witch Tribe in order to live up to the title of the newly promoted Shangqing.

So, for the first time, his usually smiling face asked in a very serious tone, "Thanks to all of you for electing me as the commander-in-chief.

However, it is difficult to coordinate the actions of tens of thousands of troops. We must have strong scouts and messengers like the Eagle Guards to maintain the unity of military orders!"

"Your Excellency Yang Lezi, don't worry. I have a total of sixty Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry under my command. They can all be temporarily assigned to your command as messengers and scouts.

Every flying cavalry soldier is at least at the fifth-grade warrior level. The flying cavalry are giant golden mountain eagles that have been tamed by Emperor Qiu for generations. They have a wingspan of seventy to eighty feet, and each golden eagle is a fifth-grade fierce bird. "

Perhaps because he was too stimulated by Qing Yi yesterday and was afraid that it would affect everyone's impression of the emperor, Shen Buhai simply summoned all sixty Golden Eagle Riders.

Giant eagles with broad wings and shining golden feathers soared in the sky and cried continuously, which aroused the envy of the princes and generals.

"It is said that there are a total of 600 Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry under Emperor Diqiu, and on average they are all at the level of fifth-grade warriors and fifth-grade fierce birds. This is only one-tenth of the number."

"Only the emperor has such strength. Even if our countries have this intention, we can't afford so many powerful flying cavalry."

"I heard that the Xianyu tribe also has a Vulture Battalion, but it is far inferior to the Golden Eagle Cavalry. It would be better if all the Golden Eagle Cavalry were sent here."

Amid the flattery of the princes and generals, Shen Buhai could not help but look at Qing Yi with a smug look on his face, only to find that neither the people of Yangwu City nor those of Longcheng showed any signs of shock or envy at all.

As a general of the emperor's clan and a young man who had never been out of the house, he showed off his best treasures, but the other party was not surprised at all. He couldn't help but ask: "Have you seen the Golden Mountain Giant Eagle before? Don't you think that the Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry under my command is powerful?"

"Golden Mountain Giant Eagle? I've definitely never seen one!" The honest Big Bull was the first to answer, scratching his head, "But I don't think the Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry is that strong!"

"Yes, yes! What Daniu said is what I want to say as well!" Xiong Xin, the chief of the Flying Bear tribe who was helping in the battle, nodded seriously, "Their strength is only that of a fifth-grade fierce bird, which is only slightly stronger than the Vulture Battalion."

Shen Buhai was so angry that he stiffened his neck and said with a red face: "Well, you don't even like my Diqiu's Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry, then find the same number of flying cavalry for me to see.

If any of us are stronger than the Golden Eagle Cavalry, it will prove that you are right, and I will be willing to obey your orders in the future in the Northern Frontier."

"Captain Shen Buhai, there is absolutely no need to do this!"

Just as Qing Yi was about to speak up to persuade Shen Buhai, the giant golden mountain eagle circling in the sky began to scream in panic, flapping its wings and desperately trying to escape in all directions.

A dozen golden eagles flew out for a short distance before they no longer had the strength to flap their wings. They slid to the ground inside or outside the camp, emitting terrified cries.

The flying cavalry soldiers were in a panic. No matter how they tried to appease these golden mountain giant eagles, it was useless. They didn't know what was going on.

Just as Shen Buhai and Shen Bumie were extremely surprised, everyone soon discovered that in the northern sky, a large group of Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures formed a large fiery red cloud and flew rapidly towards them.

"Why are there so many Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures?"

Shen Bumie, who was quite familiar with the habits of the Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture, had a changed expression, no longer showing any calmness.

"If there are only a few dragon vultures attacking, we can still resist them. But if so many Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures gather together, it will be a disaster!"

Not only did the coalition generals here look extremely solemn, but the coalition camp of tens of thousands of people west of Yangwu City was almost frightened into mutiny. Dozens of Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures gathered together were really not easy to deal with.

If Yang Lezi Shangqing had not seen that Yang Hu and the others had normal expressions, he would have collapsed along with them. However, when he saw dragon vultures landing in the camp one after another, his heart still almost jumped out of his chest.

"Eh? Isn't the man on the back of the Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture the eldest grandson of Old Man Shi, Shi Dazhu? Why did he come here with so many Dragon Vultures?"

After Shi Dazhu returned to the capital last time, Yang Lezi learned that he had been promoted to a first-grade grandmaster. Like everyone else, he had long regarded him as Shi Old Man's successor and, in a sense, represented Shi Old Man's will.

When Shen Buhai, Shen Bumie and other coalition generals heard Yang Lezi asking questions, they all tilted their ears and listened carefully, hoping to get some inspiration.

Qing Yi didn't smile until now and comforted him, "Shangqing Yang Lezi, don't be afraid, and everyone else don't have to worry, these Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures are all my retainers.

As for Brother Dazhu, he is currently a guest official of Longcheng Fengtu. He is also an important part of our army in this battle to suppress the Ghost Witch Tribe."

"hiss--"

The surrounding princes and generals looked at each other in surprise. Some of them couldn't help but mutter, "This is incredible. They actually used a first-rank grandmaster as a guest official."

After the surprise came silence. No one knew what to say. Even if someone opened their mouth, they had to shut it.

"Snapped--"

Shen Buhai's action suddenly interrupted the silence. His face flushed but he bowed to Qing Yi in a serious manner and said, "From now on, in the northern border, you must obey the orders of Longcheng Yi Shaoqing!"

(End of this chapter)