Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 407: Taking office as the commander-in-chief! (Two in one)

Late May.

Armies with green flags returned one after another from various places and cities.

Now, more than a month has passed since the end of Obsidian.

During this period of time, they cleared out the fleeing demons from all over the country, recaptured several fallen cities, and finally successfully drove back the invading demon army.

Under the obsidian, the blood of the demon race is active, and no matter whether they are big or small, their strength will be improved to a certain extent.

It is precisely because of this that the demon invasion occurred.

After the end of Obsidian, they lost the advantage of "time" and returned to the human race's home turf, so it was time for the human race to counterattack.

The speed at which Cuibai Dao recovered the lost territory was quite fast, but this was also because the demon tribe had already planned to withdraw.

Those big monsters no longer appear, so how can the remaining small monsters resist the counterattack of the human race?

For the demon race, if they cannot take advantage of the period of fierce signs to occupy half of the human race's continent, their invasion will basically be considered a failure.

Without half of the territory as a cake to tempt more big monster clans, they would be tempted and determined to get involved.

When the Obsidian War is over, the human race will sweep in, and it is normal that they cannot resist.

Generally speaking, this invasion by the demon tribe was just a carnival for those radical war-seeking factions among the demon tribe.

Even if they fail, they are satisfied.

The army saw the main city from afar, as well as the dark red land outside the city.

The corpses of the monsters left on the battlefield are easy to deal with. Just move them away and burn them.

However, a large amount of human blood and demon blood has seeped into the underground layer. Unless you dig three feet into the ground, it will be difficult to clean it up in a short period of time.

The bloody land left behind proves how brutal the bloody battle of three days and three nights was.

Every time the soldiers of the many armies along the way stepped on this bloody land, they would feel depressed.

They lost too much in this battle, and it is hard to feel happy when recalling it.

Military Department.

Song Changming completed the final handover of his duties in the 41st Army, and officially withdrew from this large army. He took up his post in the 19th Army and took the commanding position!

This is also the latest order arrangement issued by the military. Song Changming was appointed as the commander of the 19th Army!
This decision itself was not too surprising.

After all, before the end of Hei Yao, Song Changming had already won many battles in the election, showing his unparalleled strength.

The only disagreement was that in the end they were unable to decide the outcome with Tang Leshan as they were interrupted by the sudden large-scale attack from the demon tribe.

Theoretically, the two of them should have another fight to decide the final candidate.

But in the battle to defend the main city, Song Changming's bravery was obvious to all, and at least thousands of demons died under his sword!

From the mad little demons to the top demon generals, it can be said that except for the big demons, no demon in that battle could withstand the blade in Song Changming's hand.

At the end of the battle, Song Changming was almost a one-man army, and his contribution on the battlefield far exceeded that of all the small flag owners, including Tang Leshan.

Naturally, Song Changming made great achievements and defended the main city. Finally, Hu Zhong made the decision and he took the commander-in-chief position that countless small flag owners had been dreaming of!

As for the other small flag owners, no matter how unconvinced Tang Leshan was, he couldn't say anything more at this moment.

Song Changming is simply stronger than all of them, and the decision was made by Hu Zhong himself, so it is indisputable.

"From now on, I should call you Marshal Song." Xing Tiexin looked at Song Changming and couldn't help but sigh.

It was he who chose Song Changming and promoted him to be his deputy general.

At that time, he only thought that this boy was gifted and had great potential. However, he never thought that in just ten years, Song Changming had surpassed him and took the position of commander-in-chief.

If he told this to others, even he would find it unbelievable.

But he had witnessed Song Changming's journey of fighting monsters and leveling up from the very beginning and was the original witness.

Therefore, no matter how incredible it was, he knew very well that Song Changming relied on his own strength, from nothing to something, from weak to strong, accumulating bit by bit, and finally reaching the high position naturally.

He was sincerely convinced of Song Changming.

"It's time to call you the flag master." Song Changming said with a smile.

The person to whom he handed over the work was Xing Tiexin.

After he left, the candidate for the position of small flag leader in the 41st Army became vacant, and Xing Tiexin was the candidate.

This was not Song Changming's recommendation, but Xing Tiexin himself was recognized by Wang Tianshuang.

In that bloody battle, Xing Tiexin led the troops personally and gave his all, which was witnessed by all and he also made considerable contributions.

This can be considered as Xing Tiexin seizing the opportunity and fighting for the position of the small flag leader.

Song Changming felt that it was not impossible for Xing Tiexin, who was brave and daring to fight, to become a commander like him in the future.

The same goes for Yang Zhen.

However, among the three, Song Changming reached this step first.

There was no farewell ceremony. They were still colleagues in the military and it was not as if they were separated from each other by miles.

Our friendship still exists and we can still drink and have fun together on weekdays.

After leaving the 41st Army, Song Changming only took away his only personal guard, Rong Jiang.

Although Hu Zhong mentioned to him that he could draw part of the troops from the 41st Army as the foundation for rebuilding the 19th Army.

But Song Changming refused.

The truth is that the 41st Army has suffered too much loss of military strength and is already seriously injured. If he withdraws another group of elite backbones, the 41st Army will only become even more destitute.

Wang Tianshuang had treated him well in the past, so there was really no need for him to cause trouble for this former great marshal before leaving.

As for the task of rebuilding the 19th Army, now that the war has subsided, it is time to recuperate and it is not so urgent.

Hu Zong’s requirement for him was to restore basic military strength within five years.

There is still ample time, so Song Changming is not in a hurry. He just selects talents step by step and builds up the team bit by bit.

He is not without experience in this area. After all, when he took office as the commander-in-chief, he also formed a team of new recruits from scratch.

Outside the 41st Army’s base, next to a carriage, Su Qingqing was leading a white horse. She was wearing a white standard armor with the outer armor skirt hanging naturally and a sword at her waist.

Her long hair was tied up in a high ponytail, revealing her delicate goose neck. Her face was small and pretty, and her sword-like eyebrows made her look very capable and heroic, just like a real female general.

Only after Song Changming came out did Su Qingqing reveal a bright smile.

"Son."

"Everything has been dealt with. Let's go to the former base of the 19th Army to check out the situation." Song Changming nodded and asked Su Qingqing to get in the car with him.

Rong Jiang continued to serve as Song Changming's driver.

He was not surprised by the appearance of Su Qingqing.

Ever since Su Qingqing returned, she has been trying hard to persuade Song Changming to join the army for experience.

However, the situation was serious at that time when the demons were invading, and the big demons were rampant outside. Even Song Changming was not sure that he could protect Su Qingqing, so he had never agreed.

After that, the Obsidian ended, the demons retreated, and seeing that Su Qingqing was still determined, Song Changming finally relented.

Until recently, when Song Changming took office as the commander of the 19th Army, he was short of manpower, so he agreed to Su Qingqing and became the first recruit under his command. His current position is similar to Rong Jiang, accompanying the guard.

It’s not that there are no women joining the military. After all, there are many strong women among the military. It’s just that there are very few female warriors who are truly willing to join the army.

Therefore, there are not many women in the army, and there is not even a single female general in the military headquarters of Cuibai Road.

I have heard that there are some famous female warriors in the army in other places, but you can only see them if you go out of Cuibai Road.

The carriage traveled all the way out of the city and soon arrived at a military base outside the city, which was also the previous garrison base of the 19th Army.

The base was located on a plain east of the city, not too far from the 41st Army's base outside the city.

If a large army is formed in the future, we can have some friendly matches with the 41st Army from time to time to promote exchanges and common progress.

The garrison in front of them looked to be quite large, and was even two times larger than Wang Tianshuang’s 41st Army’s garrison.

In fact, in terms of historical status, the 19th Army is far more prestigious than the 41st Army which was established later.

The 19th Army also had its glorious moments in the past.

But now, after suffering a wave of demon invasion, not only the entire army was wiped out, even this huge garrison was not spared.

Walls, fortresses, watchtowers, barracks, warehouses, and many buildings in sight have now become ruins.

It was obvious that this place had been visited by demons before.

"Sir, this..." Su Qingqing got off the carriage and looked at the ruins in front of her, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"It seems that the reconstruction work has to start from here." Song Changming smiled.

He was not surprised by this.

The demons had been wreaking havoc outside the main city for three days and three nights. It would be strange if these military outposts could be preserved intact.

In fact, it was not just the 19th Army’s garrison that suffered. The other Cuiqi Army garrisons outside the city were not much better off.

However, compared to the 41st Army’s base, the 19th Army’s base was more thoroughly destroyed, and it seemed that even a carriage could not enter.

If we want to rebuild it, it will probably be a huge engineering task.

Suddenly, a group of officials hurried out of the garrison and saluted Song Changming repeatedly.

"Marshal Song came in person, and I am sorry for failing to welcome him in person. I hope you will forgive me." An old official in the lead bowed and lowered his eyebrows, saying respectfully.

"Are you officers in the 19th Army?" Song Changming asked.

"That's right. I was originally the chief secretary of the 19th Army Commander. This one is in charge of logistics management, and this one is in charge of military equipment coordination."

The chief clerk named Di Qianyu introduced the officials around him one by one.

The soldiers of the 19th Army were destroyed, but these civilian teams are still there.

Of course, considering that the previous commander of the 19th Army was from the Zhao family, Song Changming did not accept all of these civil servants.

As early as when he got the list of remaining officials, he had already screened it, eliminating most of the officials and leaving only a small number.

That is, the seven or eight people in front of us.

Since he wanted to rebuild his army, he naturally had to rebuild it thoroughly.

First of all, these seven or eight people are not from aristocratic families, and their past records do not have much connection with the Zhao family.

He was considered a person with a clean background, good character and principled approach, which was why he was kept by Song Changming.

"Okay, Chief Di, how's the statistics of the remaining military supplies going?" Song Changming asked.

Di Qianyu smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I really don't have anyone under my command. It's really hard to find and count the ruins on the ground."

In the end, he only presented a small part of the statistical results.

Song Changming took a quick look and found that the available military supplies under the ruins were much more than he had imagined.

Obviously, those huge monsters simply destroyed this place and did not plunder it.

Perhaps, only real flesh and blood can attract them.

And this is a good thing for Song Changming.

Each army under the military command has its own small financial resources at its disposal.

As long as he could dig these supplies out of the ruins, he wouldn't be starting from scratch when he took over the 19th Army.

But before that, he needs to recruit some people.

Otherwise, if we rely on a few civil servants to dig until next year, we may not be able to deal with this ruin.

He had already made arrangements for this matter.

Not long after, a team rushed from the city and arrived here.

"Young master, we are late." Song Ping'an said as he dismounted from his horse.

"It's okay." Song Changming nodded, looking past him and at the team that was traveling with him.

There were quite a few of them, all of them were big, strong men with surging blood and energy, proving that they were warriors who had at least trained their bodies.

"There are a total of 557 people. According to your requirements, these people have a clean background and their martial arts skills are all above the seventh level of body refining." Song Ping'an reported.

As early as a month ago, after hearing the military's decision, Song Changming asked Song Ping'an to start looking for reliable soldiers.

At this moment, the Obsidian War had just ended and the demon tribe had just retreated.

The main city is still crowded with people, and refugees from all over the place have not left yet. It is not too difficult to screen out a group of high-quality soldiers at this time.

"I've met the handsome man!"

Obviously, Song Ping'an had already told this group of people that they were here to see the military commander.

When the group of people saw Song Changming, they immediately dismounted, knelt on one knee without hesitation, and bowed their heads to salute him.

Even though Song Changming was just a commander without troops at this time, the commander-in-chief of the army was the commander-in-chief of the army. To ordinary people, he was the boss among bosses.

In terms of martial arts, he represents the military and the royal palace and is the undisputed top powerhouse!
On weekdays, ordinary people don’t even have the chance to meet.

It’s no wonder that many of them were quite emotional.

Song Changming took a quick glance and could see the martial arts skills of these people at a glance.

It is indeed as Song Ping'an said, they are all people above the seventh level of body refining, and their average age is not too old, making them a group of promising talents.

Not only that, among these more than 500 people, about 100 of them have already developed cyclones in their bodies and have internal energy flowing through them.

No wonder Song Ping'an spent a month carefully selecting these more than one hundred warriors in the Qi training stage. They can be used directly as elite soldiers rather than just simple reserve troops.

And this is not Song Ping'an's biggest achievement this time.

Soon, Song Changming's eyes fell on the people in the front row.

Nine people in total.

These nine people are obviously much superior to others in terms of cultivation and martial temperament.

Even Su Qingqing, who was standing beside him, noticed these nine people.

(End of this chapter)