Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 172: Faraway Storm

Ride at full speed and gallop across the starry night.

With the continuous supply of fresh food from Southeast Asia to replenish its energy, the Zhenyue, assisted by Canglan, took only a dozen hours to reach the coastal defense post - Qinzhou.

After settling Zhen Yue's troops, Qin Huai and others rode non-stop, escorting the black coffin cart and rushing to Nanning immediately.

Qinzhou is less than three hundred miles away from Nanning. With the forced march speed of the hundred guards, they can arrive there within two days.

The journey was long, and the group encountered a constant stream of trouble.

Monsters and wild beasts emerged from the deep mountains and old forests, and evil demons came upon hearing the news.
After crossing numerous mountains and passing through numerous dangerous passes and traveling for several hours, the people from the three divisions finally saw the Nanning Guard in the distance.

They rode into the city and entered the parade ground. The officer on duty in the camp was sharp-eyed and saw the hundred brave guards covered in wounds. He immediately invited a large number of doctors to treat the soldiers' injuries.

Qin Huai was also led by a messenger to the main tent of the army to meet Wu Yu, the commander of the Nanning Guard.

After checking the Sansi approval documents and the Sanbao warrant, Wu Yu stroked his beard and nodded to Qin Huai: "You can just rest and recuperate in Nanning. I will send the elite troops to guard the tribute treasures. When the Leopard Guards of the Mu Mansion arrive, I will notify you to come and hand over the goods."

"Thank you, Commander!"

Qin Huai felt relieved, and after thanking him respectfully, he returned to his base to pack his luggage.

"You killed the Annan Great Wizard Li Zhi"

"You crushed the fallen demon form of Marichi Tian."

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It was a dark night. Qin Huai, exhausted from running for days, closed his eyes as he looked at the pile of Yamabu reminders.

I can finally have a good sleep.
A few days passed, until mid-August.

In the training ground, Qin Huai was practicing martial arts with the railway workers. One of them held a knife, and the other wielded a sword. They stopped when they had fought enough.

After half a month of recuperation, most of the people in the three divisions recovered, even the most seriously injured Tiedao Ren and Zhang Teng had improved a lot. Dong Di, who was in the fourth realm of military strategists, had a deep foundation and recovered faster. Except for not being able to use certain killing moves, his strength had recovered almost all.

"Captain Qin, the commander is looking for you."

A junior officer walked outside the field and bowed to Qin Huai.

Amidst the flashing of swords and sabers, a splash of water suddenly appeared.

Seeing Qin Huai put away Suiyun, Dong Di also silently put away his iron sword and walked with him to the side of the training ground.

"Let's go, it should be the Duke of Qian's people coming"

Qin Huai followed the lieutenant outside, thinking about the reminder from Yanfu that had just been passed to his ears.

"Your ancient martial arts expertise has reached its peak, from 89%+5% to 94%!"

"Congratulations, Master Xingzou. This breakthrough in specialization will make your personal talent [Mastery of All Martial Arts] even more powerful!"

After dozens of life-and-death battles, both large and small, and tireless exchanges and learning, Qin Huai's expertise in ancient martial arts finally broke through that bottleneck and entered a whole new world.

It's a natural outcome.
Just as he was thinking about it, Qin Huai and his companions came to the military tent and saw a team of elite soldiers in full armor.

Name: Mu Zhuo

Official Position: Chief of Ceremonial Guards of Prince Mu’s Palace (rank five)
Status: Tiger Warrior (Strong blood and energy, comparable to rivers, condensed physique, not inferior to King Kong!)

Expertise: Sword Skills 95%, ???
Skills: ???, ??? Threat Level: Black (Friendly)

Qin Huai narrowed his eyes and looked to the side. The rest of the soldiers, without exception, all had a red threat level. The lowest one was at least two levels of military realm, and their specializations were also similar, all around 85%.

Is this the Leopard Guard of the Duke of Qian? The background of Prince Mu's Mansion is unfathomable.

Qin Huai put his thoughts aside and looked at the commander-in-chief Wu Yu who was sitting in the center of the tent.

While the people from the three divisions were taking a closer look at the Leopard Guards, Mu Zhuo, the chief officer sent by Prince Mu's palace on this mission, was also observing Qin Huai's troops out of the corner of his eye.

"The tribute cannot be neglected. It's still early today. You two should go and make the delivery with my warrant. It would be great if we can set off north tomorrow."

Wu Yu put away the approval document, threw out two warrants, and urged the two to go and complete the transaction quickly.

"Here!"

After numerous inquiries, Qin Huai led the Leopard Guards to the place where the black coffin was temporarily stored.

After recalling the Bai Xiaowei and Guan Wei who stayed behind, the black coffin was smoothly handed over, and the three officials completed their mission successfully.

After another half month of travel, the exhausted people from the three divisions finally arrived back at Longyuan.

In the meeting room, Qin Huai, who had returned to the yamen to report on his work, looked at Minister Huang, Commander Lu, and the Duke, whom he met for the first time, and felt a little complicated.

After Huang Fu told him all the strange things that happened along the way, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have heard about the military affairs this time from the eunuch Sanbao, but I didn't expect the future to be so dangerous. You have done a great job. It is not an exaggeration to say that you have turned the tide."

Looking at Qin Huai's calm face, Huang Fu smiled and said, "You have made great contributions this time, so you will be rewarded. We have discussed it carefully. You are very young and have great abilities. You should not stay in Jiaozhi for a long time. Therefore, the three officials will give you two choices."

"One is to get some ordinary gold, silver, jewels, and spiritual essences of heaven and earth. The other is to return to the capital with the elite troops of the Duke of Ying and participate in the emperor's personal expedition against the Oirat Tatars. With your ability, as long as you accumulate military merits, you may be able to enter the court and be granted a title of nobility in the future."

Qin Huai glanced at Guangyu who was sitting beside him sipping tea, thought about it, and declined Huang Fu's kindness: "During this military mission, I deeply feel that human power is limited, and my strength is still far from enough. There are always people who are better than you, and I want to travel around the world while I am still young to see if I can further improve my Taoist and martial arts. I am afraid I can only live up to the good intentions of the Shangshu."

Duke Yingguo Zhang Fu frowned, but soon relaxed his brows as if he had thought of something. "It's not a big deal. The Crown Prince is very thoughtful and has put a lot of effort into adjusting the logistics. I think the Emperor will have to wait a few more years before he wants to use the army. I can wait for you in these few years. If you want to make achievements during this period, you can come to the capital to find me at any time."

"However, you will still receive the rewards you deserve. When you were in Nanning, the emperor knew about your deeds, and the Elephant Whip Wine presented during the last tribute was very pleasing to the emperor, so, boy, you are rich!"

Lu Er curled his lips and took out a bright yellow imperial edict.

"The Emperor, by the order of Heaven and Mandate, proclaims: Qin Huai, the Hundred Household of Yebu Shou, is promoted to the position of Assistant Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and is conferred the title of Honorary Cavalry Captain, with a reward of 100 gold coins."

Qin Huai knelt down to thank Long for his grace. A much thicker and brighter golden light leaped out from the imperial edict and slowly merged into his body.

"You have received a ray of heavenly weather!"

As soon as Lu Er finished speaking, the yellow imperial edict was stuffed into Qin Huai's hands.

"Boy, it's rare to find a fourth-rank official under thirty. Work hard and don't let this ability go to waste!"

"clear"

Qingwei Mountain, Qingshi Taoist Palace.

In front of the antique shelf, Qin Huai carefully placed the grass-head magic talisman, white dog military talisman and three-pointed double-edged sword in his hand into the divine talisman formation.

"God, Bingshen thirty-three, I will be back."

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