New and dark light years

Chapter 504 He no longer cares about being a great hero

Thirty thousand elite soldiers and three thousand cavalry!
Compared to Zhang Zouzhi's '200,000' army, their numbers are far fewer.

But anyone who has actually served in the army knows that Zhang Zouzhi's 200,000-strong army is no match for these 30,000 elite soldiers.

The gap is huge.

The first difference is in equipment.

All 30,000 elite soldiers were equipped with standard military gear; whether they were swordsmen and shieldmen or spearmen, they all wore lamellar armor.

The archers also wore leather armor.

There was also a group of 'assault team' wearing infantry armor, which was the strongest fighting force of the Tianjin Prefecture Army, numbering several hundred.

Four hundred sets of infantry armor... Even the Imperial Guards couldn't find that many sets of full armor.

There used to be some, but then the infantrymen in the Imperial Guard disappeared one by one. Now only about a hundred are still kept in the Imperial Guard. As for the other hundreds, heaven knows where they are.

As the army moved north, the temperature gradually dropped.

Li Lin rode on his steed, watching the snowflakes fall from the sky.

He let out a sigh of relief and asked the person beside him, "Commander Xiao, are all the soldiers' winter clothes ready?"

"We were already prepared."

"You have to personally oversee the logistics," Li Lin said. "In this freezing weather, dozens or even hundreds of people can still keep warm by huddling together. But if the food supply is cut off, they'll starve to death. Food is hard to find in winter."

Xiao Chunzhu smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will personally oversee this matter, and there won't be any problems."

Li Lin nodded.

Xiao Chunzhu was someone he trusted.

At that moment, a light cavalryman galloped up from the front, dismounted in front of Li Lin, bowed, and said, "Sir, there are two groups of martial artists fighting each other ahead of us."

"Where the army goes, they dare to cause trouble?" Li Lin asked, puzzled. "Aren't they afraid of being mistaken for petty thieves and killed?"

"Of the two groups, one of them knows the art of paper-making. Judging from the appearance, it seems to be Lu, the temple priest of True Lord Lanlin."

Ok?
Lu Ying?

Li Lin paused for a moment, then looked at Xiao Chunzhu and said, "Take a group of people over there and check the situation. If it's Lu Ying, bring her over."

"Yes." Xiao Chunzhu clasped his hands in a fist salute and immediately led his subordinates away on horseback.

Li Lin stood on a small mound, watching the army in a long, serpentine formation, moving forward slowly like ants.

He breathed a sigh of relief, a strange feeling stirring within him.

He didn't want to fight for this world, but it seemed he could.

If you possess the entire world, wouldn't cultivation be easier?

After all... Emperor Zhu Jing has also completed his cultivation, and becoming emperor would likely be of great help to him.

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Standing by the official road, Lu Ying looked at the dozen or so martial arts practitioners surrounding her with a solemn expression.

She got separated from her fellow disciples... To be precise, in order not to implicate them, she voluntarily broke away from the group and ran this way.

She discovered that these people dared not hurt her, but they treated their fellow disciples quite differently.

A man with a heroic appearance stepped forward: "Master Lu, we mean no harm. We just ask you to come with us. Why keep running away?"

"Isn't forcing someone to do something against their will malicious?" Lu Ying snorted.

The man laughed and said, "No, we're just being more enthusiastic."

Lu Ying snorted, and the four paper figures beside her immediately charged forward.

However, a dozen or so people on the other side immediately blocked the four paper figures.

It must be said that the opponent was very strong. The four paper figures could only barely maintain their battle line under the attack of more than a dozen people.

Lu Ying prepared to form hand seals to use the Lightning Strike Technique, but then she immediately dodged to the side.

A hidden weapon whizzed past the previous spot. The man opposite him tossed the copper pellet in his hand, a smug smile on his face.

“Lu, you only know three tricks. We’ve already figured you out. Please come with us.”

Lu Ying gritted her teeth, turned around and ran.

She then channeled all her energy into her lightness technique, and the four paper figures behind her, without the support of her energy, instantly turned back into ordinary paper figures.

Unlike Li Lin's spiritual energy, the effects of Yuan Qi are not as powerful.

"Chase them!" the man shouted calmly.

A dozen or so of his men immediately gave chase.

Lu Ying indeed has three tricks up her sleeve. As the most unique disciple of Tianyi Sect, she follows the path of magic.

I've learned three things so far.

Paper-making technique, lightning strike technique, and lightness technique.

Having more skills means having more tactical options, while having fewer skills means having more refined and proficient skills; each has its advantages.

Therefore, Lu Ying's lightness skill is also very impressive; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to escape for so long.

The two sides chased each other. Lu Ying came to the official road and was about to cross it when she suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves and quickly approached.

Actually, they had heard the sound of horses' hooves earlier, which seemed to be scouts from some army, but the other party only looked at them from a distance for a while before leaving. Therefore, neither Lu Ying nor the forces chasing her paid much attention to it.

But now, the sound of horses' hooves is coming very fast, and it seems to be coming straight for them.

Lu Ying was startled; could it be that the enemy had set up an ambush ahead?

But then she saw a group of horsemen coming through the snow.

They are clearly regular cavalry.

The vest, stirrups, and the rider on horseback were all dressed in leather armor.

There were even short bows and quivers placed on the side of the horse's back.

Lu Ying was initially frightened, but then her eyes lit up and she immediately ran towards the cavalry.

Because she recognized them; they were soldiers from Jin County.

"I am the temple keeper of the Blue Scale True Lord Temple. I am acquainted with Senior Brother Li... Governor Li. Someone is chasing me. Please..."

Before she could finish speaking, the horses split into two lines and galloped past her.

Then, a circle was formed, protecting her inside, with all the cavalry facing outwards.

Seeing this, Lu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Chunzhu turned around, clasped her hands in greeting, and said, "Master Lu, it's been a while."

This woman was very likely to become Li Lin's concubine, so Xiao Chunzhu dared not be disrespectful in any way.

“Commander Xiao, it’s you.” Lu Ying smiled, then asked, “What are you doing here… If it’s classified military information, you don’t need to tell me.”

“Master Lu, it would be better if you went to ask the military governor yourself. There are some things I can’t say.”

Lu Ying's eyes lit up immediately: "Senior Brother Li... is here too?"

"He was sitting in the back, overseeing things."

Xiao Chunzhu then looked ahead and said to the dozen or so people, "Where did these petty scoundrels come from, daring to attack Temple Master Lu? They have no sense of mortality."

The young man stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Are you Master Xiao of the Lingxiao Sect?"

"I am no longer a member of the martial arts world. Please address me as Military Commander," Xiao Chunzhu said coldly.

He no longer cared about being a chivalrous hero.

The young man raised an eyebrow, then smiled, took out a tiger-head bronze talisman from his robes, and shouted, "I am Xu Chen, the Jianghu Inspector of the Jing'an Division under the command of Prince Lu. I have important business to attend to and need to bring Lu Ying of the Tianyi Sect to Lu County for interrogation. Please cooperate, Supervisor Xiao, step back and hand him over."

(End of this chapter)