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The remaining prisoners of war left the square honestly and respectfully, feeling relieved and even grateful.

Geng Xuan's gaze turned and fell on the only group of "his own people" left at the scene.

Feeling his calm gaze, almost everyone's heart skipped a beat.

Originally, the soldiers from the other three episodes of "East Five" and the soldiers from "South Four" had no intuitive feelings about the judgment that "Su Ruiliang" was "brutal and cruel, and liked to kill people".

Most of these impressions come from verbal statements from other veterans.

What really motivated them to fight bravely was not what they heard from other people, but the deterrent effect of various information about "Su Ruiliang".

Rather, it is a series of "granting ceremonies" that take place one after another.

But now, a total of 806 prisoners of war, including ten powerful marrow refining masters, were disposed of by him lightly.

Although the corpses that were lying all over the place in a horrible state had been moved away.

But the blood still soaked a large area, dyeing it into the bloody color of purgatory, and the strong smell of blood filled the entire square.

It strongly shook everyone's emotions and also evoked everyone's memories hidden deep in their hearts.

I finally had a soul-deep understanding of Su Ruiliang's "brutal brutality and murderous nature."

Even those who were eager to get their "reward" as soon as possible temporarily suppressed these emotions due to their strong will to survive.

……

"Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, rewards are given to those who have made contributions, and punishments are given to those who have committed crimes. This is the basic requirement for an army."

"The war has been going on for so long and so many people have died, but I think many of you still don't really understand the significance of 'ruthless military law.'"

"If this was your first day here, and if you had only violated minor rules that were not harmful to you and had not caused any bad consequences, this matter might have just passed."

“But even the latest batch of reinforcements did not arrive on the battlefield on the first day.

Today is the day of the decisive battle that will determine the final success or failure of this war.

The military order of "surrender and no death, lay down weapons and no killing" has been passed to all places in the 'War Hall', but there are still so many people who openly disobey, causing both the enemy and us to pay extra, painful losses."

"If there is no clear explanation for this matter, it will not be possible to get through."

"If we don't punish them, where is the dignity of military law?"

"If we don't deal with it, where is the credibility of military discipline?"

"..."

Geng Xuan's gaze swept across all of his "own people" at the scene.

The calm voice clearly penetrated into everyone's ears.

Everyone's reaction after hearing his words, whether obvious or implicit, was clearly presented to Geng Xuan through the changes in the "ripples".

With the help of "physiognomy", every listener's emotional reaction under the "stimulation" of his words cannot be deceived by his eyes.

Geng Xuan rarely gave such a long speech in front of so many people.

This time, he stated his reasons clearly in front of thousands of people without avoiding or giving way.

His words had different effects on different people.

Some were frank and calm, but others had varying degrees of curiosity and shock.

There are also some people whose hearts begin to sink a little after hearing these words.

Some people show their inner changes to a greater or lesser extent on their faces or in certain body movements.

There are also some people who have no abnormalities in their expressions or body movements, and their behavior is no different from that of the vast majority of people.

However, no matter it comes from the changes in the "ripples" or the master's "heart-thinking technique"'s outstanding "emotional color perception" ability.

They all exposed their true thoughts to Geng Xuan without any concealment.

While Geng Xuan was giving his speech, the supervisory team composed of soldiers from the Wubailifang had already assembled behind Geng Xuan.

——In terms of obedience to military rules and discipline, Geng Xuan's trust in the local soldiers exceeded his trust in the official Giant Bear Gang members.

The assembled supervisory team was evenly dispersed among the crowd.

Many people couldn't help but glance at these people.

Panic, uneasy, suspicious.

Some people even worried that the war was over and Su Ruiliang would be abandoned.

Geng Xuan didn't care what these people thought, and waited for the soldiers in the neighborhood to take their positions.

Geng Xuan stretched out his hand and waved it. Little points of energy and light, as solid as soybeans, flew out from his fingertips and landed accurately in various places in the crowd, hovering in front of the foreheads of people who were either panicked, shocked, or frightened.

The moment these people were marked by the powerful energy, the members of the supervision team who had been waiting on the side immediately swarmed over and controlled these people at the first opportunity.

Most of these people had turned pale and collapsed into a puddle of mud the moment they were marked out by "Su Ruiliang"'s energy.

Not to mention opening his mouth to defend himself, it was even difficult for him to maintain a normal sitting posture.

However, there are also some people whose faces show expressions of struggle, unwillingness, and even rebelliousness.

When they were held hostage by the supervisory team and dragged out of the crowd, they gave it their all.

Someone kicked his feet to resist the dragging of the supervisory team, turned his head to look at "Su Ruiliang", widened his eyes, and shouted:
"I don't accept it, I don't accept it!

I was wounded in more than ten places and killed three enemies. Even if I failed to execute military orders in time and killed one person by mistake, then what about the two people I killed?

Even if it's a life for a life, and the merits and demerits offset each other, I can't escape the credit for killing one enemy, right?
Not only did you not reward me for my service, but you also asked me to sacrifice my life for an enemy soldier. There is no such thing as this in the world!"

"If you punish me for this reason, I won't accept it, even if I die!"

Geng Xuan looked at him and said:
“It seems that even now, you still don’t really realize what crime you have committed.

One life for another? Merits and demerits offset each other?

Not only is he not guilty, but he also gets credit?
Since you have the final say on everything, why don't you make the military law?"

After hearing this, the man did not feel guilty at all. Instead, he continued to speak to make things clear with "Su Ruiliang".

But a member of the supervisory team who was holding him took advantage of the moment he opened his mouth and stuffed a large piece of cloth into his mouth, muffling all the words in his heart into "mumbles".

There were those who were highly skilled in cultivation and strong in strength, who were unwilling to sit back and wait for death, and immediately put up a resolute resistance. Soon they broke free from the hold of the supervisory team, and there were signs that they were even endangering the supervisory team in return.

Geng Xuan would naturally not indulge these "warriors".

Geng Xuan, who knew their every move and inner thoughts, would always interrupt their resistance at the most appropriate time.

But he did not kill these people directly, but only dispersed their accumulated strength.

They were unable to resist, and no matter how high their cultivation level was, they could only be forcibly dragged out of the crowd by the members of the supervision team.

No matter how you talk about reason, "Su Ruiliang" won't listen.

In other words, the two sides' ideas are simply not on the same channel.

It is futile to resist in front of "Su Ruiliang".

But I'm not willing to die, what else can I do?
Then you can only cry out for injustice and complain about your grievances.

The man who used the flying knife, also called "Xiaodao" by his companions, shouted loudly that he was innocent.

"Boss Su, I am innocent.

...Is there some villain who saw me killing the enemies and taking credit for it, and is angry and accuses me of killing prisoners and taking credit for it?
This is really a huge injustice!

I use flying knives, so I need to keep a distance when killing the enemy.

The battlefield was so noisy at that time, and I was only focused on killing the enemies, so how could I care about so many things?
Even though the other party said that the enemy I killed had surrendered, I really didn’t hear it... Ugh! "

Finally, at Geng Xuan's signal, the man's incessant mouth was silenced by the supervision team.

Geng Xuan just glanced at this smart guy and looked away.

Looking at the other figures sitting upright, he said:
"Do you think that 'God cannot be deceived' is just an empty threat from me?
I am too lazy to say anything more. If you insist on thinking this way, just keep doing it.

I just hope that after what happened, you can be tougher.

Don’t regret it later and cry foul, that would be meaningless.”

"..."

The figures who sat there solemnly pursed their lips and said nothing.

Someone who was paying attention saw that there were as many as 253 people who were dragged out of the crowd by the supervision team for disobeying military orders.

These people were either so frightened that their limbs became paralyzed and unable to move.

Either they wanted to resist, but their strength was forcibly broken by "Su Ruiliang", leaving only a face full of resentment and unwillingness.

These people were forcibly dragged to an area where more than 800 prisoners had died and blood was everywhere.

The members of the supervision team were forced to kneel on the ground in rows, and the executioner next to them did not hesitate and started to kill them with his knife.

Human heads fell to the ground one after another, and headless corpses, bleeding profusely, fell to the ground without any dignity.

Soon, the trembling residents of Qingyuanji were organized and pushed carts soaked in blood, loading the headless corpses and lonely heads and transporting them away.

After handling the matter personally, Geng Xuan did not stay in the square for long, leaving the scene to Feng Yu, Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others.

There were 253 people punished for violating military law, and 570 people killed in the battlefield, totaling 823 deaths on our side in this battle.

In total, they provided Geng Xuan with 18856 points of good luck and 1104 points of bad luck.

Including the contribution given by the enemy soldiers, today's decisive battle brought a total of 92832 points of good luck and 3874 points of bad luck.

Since then, the good luck and bad luck deposited in the "Flint Bead" have both improved greatly.

……

【Lucky: 190166
Black Luck: 12082】

……

"After you dealt with it, both the enemy prisoners and our soldiers have improved a lot."

"Now, including all the disabled and those who have just recovered from serious injuries, we have 4522 combat soldiers.

Excluding those on missions away from home and those who are severely injured, we still have more than 4,000 combat forces available in Qingyuanji."

After calming down the anxious people, Feng Yu immediately came to report to Geng Xuan. "Ten people were killed in the early stage of marrow refining, and now there are fifty-one people. One person was killed in the middle stage of marrow refining, and now there are nine people."

"The enemy prisoners of war, two of them were killed in the late stage of marrow refining, and there are three now.

Seven people were lost in the interim, and now there are eleven people.

Twenty-two people were killed in the initial stage, and now there are fifty-four people."

"There are 2916 prisoners below the level of Marrow Refining. Excluding the 2534 seriously injured today and in previous years, there are now available troops."

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "In other words, the number of troops available to us now exceeds 7,000?"

"Yes."

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said:
"I will leave you 93 of the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, and I will take the rest away. The situation in Qingyuanji will be left to you to maintain. Is there any problem?"

Feng Yu did not immediately promise to agree, but asked: "How many days will the boss be away?"

Geng Xuan said: "We can return within three days."

After hearing this, Feng Yu was obviously relieved, and then he nodded and said, "No problem!"

The reason why he had such confidence was that the gang leader would not leave those "hard bones" that he felt were the most difficult and toughest to chew to him, but would incorporate them into the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry and take them away.

Including Zha Luo and Xu Peng, two people in the late stage of marrow refining, as well as a large number of people in the middle and early stages of marrow refining.

The only one who was not taken away by Geng Xuan was Xu Yao, who was originally in the late stage of marrow refining. He had just replaced a complete set of internal organs and was still in a coma. Moreover, due to the replacement of a complete set of internal organs, his cultivation and strength had dropped significantly.

If one wants to return to the later stage of marrow refining, one must rest and practice for a longer period of time. It cannot be accomplished in just three days.

……

Except for the ninety-three riders who stayed behind, the rest of the riders all made final preparations before departure.

Geng Xuan called Zha Luo to a courtyard alone, pointed at three black Qinghai sand sculptures huddled together in a cage, and asked:
"Who is usually in charge of operating these sand sculptures?"

Seeing these three big birds again, Zha Luo seemed a little surprised.

But he still answered:
"Usually, it is me and several other deputy commanders who are in charge. However, if the situation is special, the old master will temporarily deprive others of the right to control it and control it himself."

Geng Xuan now knows that in addition to "Giant Bear", a strong man at the peak level of Marrow Refining, the 300 iron cavalry heading south also have three deputy commanders at the late stage of Marrow Refining.

Originally, the three of them were the ones responsible for controlling the three Xuan Qinghai sand sculptures in the team.

However, the first one died at the hands of Geng Xuan on the night he arrived.

The Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture that was with him was also destroyed that night.

The other two deputy commanders who were in the late stage of marrow refining were killed by Geng Xuan with two javelins.

Although Zha Luo has also reached the late stage of marrow refining and is even stronger than the three deputy commanders, he does not have a formal position in the Iron Cavalry Army that matches his strength.

All his authority comes from his status as the "Giant Bear's" close attendant and trusted servant.

If the "Giant Bear" is willing to entrust him with an important task, his authority will be greater than that of other deputy commanders.

But if the master "Giant Bear" treats him coldly and distantly, then he will be worse than an ordinary rider in the Iron Cavalry.

Fortunately, the "Giant Bear" trusted him very much. Not only did he allow him to participate in confidential matters around him, but he was also willing to entrust many informal military orders to his confidant.

Geng Xuan asked again: "Then you should know how to control these three big birds, right?"

Zha Luo nodded and said:
“I know… But the methods I know are very simple, far less than what the old master knows.

He can even forcibly take over their command and control without the consent of others."

"As long as you understand, it doesn't matter how much."

Zha Luo's answer did not disappoint Geng Xuan, but instead made him happy.

"You should have some experience on how to take care of them, right?"

"Of course, when the old master was alive, he often entrusted them to me to take care of," said Zha Luo.

"That's good." Geng Xuan nodded in satisfaction, then he picked up the cage containing the three Xuanqinghai sand sculptures, handed it to Zha Luo, and said:

"You take this cage with you. They are all in your care... Tell me about the manipulation methods you know along the way."

Zha Luo quickly took the cage, looked at the fresh arrow wounds on the wings of the three black Qinghai sand sculptures, and asked with some concern:

"Master, they are all injured.

Even if we bring them with us, it will be difficult for them to be of any use given their current injuries.

If we force them to go out on missions, they may never come back."

Geng Xuan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this. I have my own way... All you need to do is take good care of them for me and tell me how to control them."

"……All right."

Zha Luo put forward his own suggestion, but seeing that his master insisted, he would not act on his own and agreed very seriously.

……

At noon (around 2 p.m.), five hundred Xuanyou cavalrymen galloped out of the ruins of Qingyuanji and rushed north to the wasteland.

There were five hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, two hundred and fifty of whom were all wearing armor, running on the periphery and on both sides.

The other 250 riders carried their armor and two days' worth of food for all the men and horses on their horses, and followed in the center of the cavalry at a more brisk pace.

The two hundred and fifty Xuanyou horses carrying armor and rations can carry a heavier load than the armored Xuanyou horses.

But it can be clearly seen that they run more lightly and consume relatively less energy.

Geng Xuan rode on the back of the Xuanyou horse left behind by the "giant bear", which was a head taller and larger in size than the other Xuanyou horses around.

I didn't pay much attention to anything outside, and most of my energy was focused on understanding what Zha Luo was saying.

Youshi (around 6pm).

The five hundred Xuanyou cavalry marched rapidly for four hours, leaving Qingyuanji and heading north, covering a distance of five to six hundred miles.

At Geng Xuan's request, the cavalry stopped to rest on a rocky river beach.

The others fed the Xuanyou horses with horse feed mixed with a large amount of Xuanyou Dan, and the armored riders and the unarmored riders began to exchange places.

Geng Xuan ignored all this. He just asked Zha Luo to take a Xuanqinghai sand sculpture from the cage and held it in his palm, then he closed his eyes silently.

Seeing this, Zha Luo was confused and didn't know what was going on.

But not long after, his eyes widened and his face was full of surprise.

Originally, the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture, which had been struggling and screaming in the palm of its master, quickly calmed down.

In a flash, the originally unruly bird became respectful and docile.

Such a change only surprised Zha Luo.

Then, the next scene that happened was no different from a miracle in Zha Luo's eyes.

I saw that the obvious arrow wound on the wing of the big bird was healing at a visible speed.

Zha Luo didn't dare to say anything, he just stared at it all with wide eyes.

When the changes on Xuan Qinghai's sand sculpture wings stopped, only a small old scar remained at the original arrow wound.

If he hadn't been staring at this place without blinking, it would have been easy to overlook the subtle abnormality here.

……

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully comprehended the essence of the "Flying Eagle Technique". You can successfully enter the door by consuming five points of red luck. ]

【whether?】

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully comprehended the essence of the "Flying Eagle Technique". By consuming 100 points of good fortune, you can stimulate the "Overlord's Enlightenment" and comprehend the art of taming and raising eagles. ]

【whether?】

When these pieces of information emerged in his mind one after another, Geng Xuan did not hesitate and immediately chose to consume five points of luck and successfully mastered the "Flying Eagle Technique".

On the premise that both have grasped the essence of the corresponding ideas, getting started with "Falconry" will consume two more points of luck than getting started with "Horse Judging"

According to the rule of entry-level advancement to minor success, minor success to major success, and finally to mastership to perfection, the luck required to achieve perfection in the "Flying Eagle Technique" is much greater than that required to achieve perfection in the "Horse Judging Technique".

After learning this technique, as the corresponding knowledge flooded into his mind, Geng Xuan gradually understood the difference.

According to the experience Geng Xuan brought from his previous life, organisms can be divided into phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

The art of horse judging can be used on Xuanyou horses as well as various other horse breeds, but if classified according to these six levels, they all belong to the same family or even the same genus.

Although their differences seem huge, from a biological perspective, their similarities are actually very high.

"Dog running skills" and "pigeon training skills" are similar.

The "Flying Eagle Technique" is named "Flying Eagle", but it is not limited to "eagle", it also includes falcon and eagle.

Almost all the birds of prey that dominate the sky will be controlled by the "Eagle Technique".

The difference is that most people can establish a connection after getting started with this technique.

Some need to master the "Flying Eagle Technique" to a higher level, or like these three Xuanqinghai sand sculptures, completely subdue them and have the power of life and death.

No matter what, as Geng Xuan established a "contractual connection" with Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture through the "Flying Eagle Technique", the arrow wound on his wing was completely healed after Geng Xuan consumed three points of red luck.

……

Geng Xuan slowly opened his eyes and saw Zha Luo kneeling respectfully on the ground.

"What are you kneeling for?"

"Master, I see the supreme power of Canglangtian in you!"

Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said unhappily:

“Don’t always bring up Cang Lang Tian. Although the supreme power is true, it has nothing to do with Cang Lang Tian… bring me another one.”

Zha Luo did not refute his reprimand. He took out another black green sea sand sculpture from the cage and presented it to Geng Xuan respectfully.

The Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture that was originally staying in Geng Xuan's palm, whose wing wound had healed, rubbed against Geng Xuan's arm affectionately, then flew gently to the side.

Geng Xuan reached out and held the Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture with an injured wing in his palm, and successfully established a connection with it at the level of vital energy through the "Flying Eagle Technique" he had just learned.

The bird, which was originally agitated, immediately calmed down. (End of this chapter)