"There's a position that needs to be taken by someone!" Ye Qingcheng slowly glanced over the conference hall. Under Ye Qingcheng's gaze, all the knights' roars gradually quieted down. Nobody flinched under Ye Qingcheng's gaze; even Zhang Tie was watching Ye Qingcheng frankly and calmly. Ye Qingcheng's eyes were solemn and solemn, "Only earth knights could take this position.
Earth knights have to fight tens of thousands of miles alone. They have to face powerful enemies in front of them and have no reinforcements in the rear. They even have to penetrate deep into the enemy's rear. It's thorny at every step. This position is the vanguard of the three armies, the eyes of Taixia Country, the dare-to-die fighters of knights and the courage of the general. This position is too dangerous. Once you take it, you're not allowed to give up halfway; don't play tricks; otherwise, you'll be punished mercilessly according to the military law. Therefore, I don't want to assign it by force.
After hearing Ye Qingcheng's words, everybody at present knew why black iron knights couldn't assume this position besides earth knights. It was a scout and dare-to-die team among knights. At this moment, the demon army had arrived here in an overwhelming manner. It was imaginable what kind of task a rebel team should undertake in the fiercest conflict between humans and demons on the battlefield where tens of millions of knights were fighting each other. It was definitely not an exaggeration to say that this position was extremely dangerous.
After hearing Ye Qingcheng's words, Lu Dingzhi looked solemn while Mountain Lifting Hermit quivered his long eyebrows as they were making a choice at once.
Even those who were not afraid of death had to think twice about such a dangerous and arduous task.
When all the knights in the conference hall became silent, Zhang Tie strode one step forward as he said calmly, "I'll take it …"
Bai Suxian became flurried. She wanted to say something; however, after receiving Zhang Tie's solemn glance, she swallowed her words at once.
Mountain Lifting Hermit raised his long eyebrows as his eyes flickered with shrewd light. The moment he was going to open his mouth, he had heard Zhang Tie's voice, "Elder brother, Iron-Dragon Sect needs an earth knight. If you and I both die, Iron-Dragon Sect would collapse. I can take this position!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Mountain Lifting Hermit became hesitant for a second; however, he didn't stand out in the end.
Elder Muray and Elder Muyu of Huaiyuan Palace widely opened their mouths as they had not imagined that Zhang Tie could undertake the most dangerous task at this moment.
At this moment, Ye Qingcheng and numerous onlookers fixated onto Zhang Tie at the same time.
At the sight of Zhang Tie who looked like a teenager, many people were shocked inside.
Zhang Tie remained calm and collected.
"Are you willing to go there just now?" Ye Qingcheng's eyes covered Zhang Tie like a sharp sword.
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Tie nodded.
"Who are you? State your name!"
"Zhang Tie, Zhang Mushen from Youzhou Province …"
"Do you know that there is no joking in the army?!"
Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "I know. It's not my first time to join the army, nor my first time to perform such a task."
"Alright!" Ye Qingcheng threw a deep glance at Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he moved his eyes onto the other knights and asked calmly, "Who else wants to stand out? This marshal needs 20 people for this position, 19 more!"
Being stimulated by Zhang Tie, the moment Ye Qingcheng finished his words, more earth knights had stood out from the knights of Northeast Military Region one after another. Only after a short while, 20 earth knights had been recruited.
Among the other 19 earth knights, Zhang Tie saw a person from Zhu Clan, the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province; a person from Mo Clan, Mozhou Province; 2 of the other 17 earth knights were from clans of provincial governors of Northeast Military Region, which were also major clans. As for the others, Zhang Tie didn't know them at all.
Nangong Sheng, the master of Immortal Fist Position Sect didn't stand out. Lu Dingzhi changed his face for a short while. He wanted to stand out; however, he was a bit hesitant. Before he made a decision, all the 20 earth knights had been recruited.
"Follow me, I need to tell you about the following task alone..."
Soon after all the 20 earth knights were recruited, the "human-shaped trumpet" that Zhang Tie saw in the military camp outside Yanzhou City had flown out of Ye Qingcheng's back and called the 20 earth knights to leave the lobby with him.
This "human-shaped trumpet" was a shadow knight, who was on the same level as Guan Qianchong in Black Armor Army. Including Zhang Tie, none of the 20 earth knights dared to be arrogant in front of this shadow knight; instead, they all left the lobby with that shadow knight...
Before leaving the lobby, Ye Qingcheng's voice drifted into Zhang Tie's ears faintly...
"Demons are powerful and have launched tide-like attacks. Through negotiation between the crown prince and the top three chancellors, Taixia Country will establish the western theater of operations in Peacewest Military Region. Relying on Military Province, 11 forward bases will be established in the area as long as 30,000 miles in Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province and Ningzhou Province in the east of Helan Mountain Range and the south of Weishui River. Over 100,000 Taixia knights and over 800 corps of Taixia Country will fight demons here and completely shatter the demons' attack in Peacewest Military Region. Lord Sima will go to the frontline. The top 7 sects of Taixia Country will also organize powerhouses to fight demons. Our main task is to consolidate this defense line. Meanwhile, we will initially curb the momentum of demons' vanguard in the east and assist Taixia civilians and troops who have not evacuated from Huanzhou Province and the west of Huanzhou Province as soon as possible..."
After hearing Ye Qingcheng's voice, Zhang Tie immediately understood the arrangement of Taixia Country in the west of Taixia Country.
In this case, the tactic of rushing towards the source of fire could never reverse the overall situation; instead, it could only accelerate the failure. Before gathering enough strength, the army of Taixia Country could only be in a disadvantageous position in the west. They had to adopt a defensive strategy. It would take time for Taixia Country's knights to mobilize and integrate, which could only be exchanged by space, namely Wuzhou Province, Zhuzhou Province and Yinzhou Province...
Although Zhang Tie knew that this was the most correct solution for Taixia Country and the correct judgment that Chen Minggong the provincial governor of Yezhou Province hoped that the higher-ups of Taixia Country could make before fighting to the death, Zhang Tie's heart still pounded when he thought about the tens of billions of Taixia civilians who had not evacuated from Wuzhou Province, Zhuzhou Province and Yinzhou Province...
Taixia Country didn't abandon the commoners in the three provinces; however, the cruel result of strategic choice inevitably fell on tens of billions of Taixia commoners. According to Zhang Tie's experience, it would be unbelievable if half of Taixia commoners could evacuate in time, but what about the other half? (To be continued.)
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