6 days later, over 40 airboats landed on an open land in the south of Weishui River.
After the airboat landed, its hatch door was opened while teams of fully-armed fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps walked out of the airboat. Closely after that, there were many wholly new dark green wheeled armored vehicles.
Being different than common armored vehicles in Taixia Country, these armored vehicles were larger and flatter. Two antenna-shaped steel pipes extended out of the roof of the armored vehicles. There was a huge fuel tank under the armor on the back of the armored vehicles. The armored vehicles moved very flexibly. They didn't have the black smoke of traditional steam armored vehicles; instead, they could only hear the euphonious, muffled roars of engines and heat waves spurting out of the exhaust holes of the armored vehicles …
A wholly new battle fortress was erected not far from the landing area of the airboat. This new battle fortress was the new encampment of the fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps. After getting off the airboat, the fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps started to unload their equipment from the airboat and consolidate their encampment. They were pretty busy …
Only after 1 hour, 50,000 strong and tidy soldiers had stood in front of Zhang Tie in 5 10,000-people phalanxes and accepted Zhang Tie's inspection.
…
"Zhang Wumu, the commander of the No. 1 corps of Fire-Dragon Corps, greets you, corps leader …"
On an open land on the bank of Weishui River, a tough general who was taller than 2 m in heavy armor was standing in front of the team and reporting to Zhang Tie loudly with a battle bow on his back.
This tiger-general was not a stranger, but an acquaintance of Zhang Tie. He was Zhang Wumu, the "senior fellow apprentice" of Zhang Tie when he was in Hidden Dragon Island, who ranked top 3 on the battle strength list and clan contribution list of Hidden Dragon Clan and was only inferior to Lan Yunxi.
In Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Wumu was well-known. He was even known as Fiery King Kong among the disciples of Zhang Clan. He was much more famous than Zhang Tie. When Zhang Tie met him in Hidden Dragon Island, he had to call him senior fellow apprentice.
However, as time went by, Zhang Tie who was just a bit famous among the clan disciples of Huaiyuan Palace in Hidden Dragon Island had promoted to a knight and became a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace. As a result, the two people's positions and prospects became utterly different.
Today, Zhang Tie had promoted to an earth knight and become the grand elder of Huaiyuan Palace, the owner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, the owner of Iron-Dragon Sect and the Weiji General in the Western Theater of Operations of Taixia Country. His status was even nobler than that of Zhang Taixuan the owner of Huaiyuan Palace. Therefore, this "senior fellow apprentice" of Zhang Tie also became a fierce general in Fire-Dragon Corps.
Zhang Wumu was also born in Golden Sea City of Huaiyuan Palace. He was a clan disciple on the side of Elder Muyuan of Huaiyuan Palace. As Elder Muyuan and Zhang Tie were both born in Golden Sea City, Zhang Wumu was closer to Zhang Tie than the other elders. After Zhang Tie founded Fire-Dragon Corps in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Elder Muyuan recommended Zhang Wumu to be a military officer in Fire-Dragon Corps. Zhang Wumu was promoted all the way and became the regimental commander of Fire-Dragon Corps, the most powerful corps in Fire-Dragon Corps.
It was not Zhang Wumu's first time to serve Zhang Tie. When Zhang Tie took over Hurricane Corps in Waii Sub-continent, Zhang Wumu was already a military officer of Hurricane Corps. At that time, Zhang Wumu still had complex feelings about Zhang Tie; however, after Zhang Tie promoted to an earth knight step by step, this former senior fellow apprentice of Zhang Tie only felt awe towards Zhang Tie. He didn't even feel jealous of Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie's experience in Hidden Dragon Island seemed to have become his glory in the hearts of Zhang Wumu and the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace.
— — Do I tell you that Elder Mushen and I were classmates in Hidden Dragon Island and met each other every day and risked our lives together in Heavens Cold City?
This sentence could rank No. 1 among the young generation of Huaiyuan Palace. Those young disciples of Huaiyuan Palace who had heard about Zhang Tie in Hidden Dragon Island and executed the task of exterminating Zhen Clan together with Zhang Tie in Heavens Cold City would definitely become the center of attention and gain a lot of admiring eyes when they were half-drunk and half-awake after drinking and eating.
Zhang Wumu had heard this sentence before; however, he felt embarrassed to say it out.
As for "senior fellow apprentice" — — across Huaiyuan Palace, who dared say that he was the senior fellow apprentice of Zhang Tie, the grand elder of Zhang Clan? If the crime of looking down on the elders of the clan were to be pinned on one's head, it would not be a joke. Whoever was pinned with such a crime would be crippled in the clan, and it might even implicate the people close to them …
As Zuoqiu Mingyue asked Zhang Tie to dispatch 50,000 fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps to the theater of operations, Zhang Tie directly dispatched Zhang Wumu and the No. 1 corps here.
Zhang Wumu's voice was as loud as a great bell with high morale. After glancing over Zhang Wumu and those fighters behind him, Zhang Tie nodded. Closely after that, he pointed at the flowing Weishui River which was over 5 miles wide as his voice covered the 50,000 soldiers, "We dispatch you to the theater of operations for the war. From today on, this is your position. Perhaps after a short while, there would be overwhelming LV 9 demon fighters rushing over here from the opposite side. Are you afraid of that …"
"Not afraid of that!" 50,000 fighters answered Zhang Tie with roars as they raised their sabers and swords.
"If you're afraid of death, you won't be a soldier. Zhang Wumu watched the Weishui River that Zhang Tie pointed at with a solemn look as he replied loudly in a thundering voice, "Even if all the 50,000 fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps fight to the death here, we will make our capital back. We will never lose the face of corps leader!"
"Good!" Zhang Tie nodded as he looked around and told all the others, "Demons are not three heads and six arms; they're also fleshly bodies. Only after we die could we make our capital back. It's not a real ability to kill a demon and have our family members wear mourning clothes. Children lose their fathers, wives lose their husbands and elders lose their sons. If we make our capital back, we could survive and tell your sons and grandsons how their fathers killed demons at the bank of Weishui River in the future. In my eyes, such a person is a real ability. Only then would I feel proud. Tell me, can you do that?"
"Yes!" 50,000 people answered in unison with their blood boiling.
"Well, that's what you said. Men should keep their words. As the elites of Fire-Dragon Corps, no matter what kind of demons you encounter, as long as you follow the training in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory over the past 2 years, you don't need to be afraid of any enemy on the battlefield. I will also fight with you to the end. If you fight to the death, I will avenge for you. In the future, all your kids will join Iron-Dragon Sect and become disciples of Iron-Dragon Sect …"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
50,000 fighters of Fire-Dragon Corps were completely ignited by Zhang Tie's words as their morale reached its peak …
…
(To be continued.)
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