On the same day, the Ministry of War issued a document stating that the battle duration of the entire army would be reduced to twelve hours. They would be relieved every twelve hours and rest for a day after the twelve-hour battle.
The atmosphere in Two World Mountain was even more tense because it was only like this during the first great battle of Two World Mountain. Once the battle progressed further, they would be relieved every six hours and enter a period of total confrontation. If they were relieved every two hours, it would be the final battle of life and death. There was no room for carelessness.
Back then, during the last great war in Double World Mountain, both sides had tried their best. The humankind and the dragon-kind had to change their defense almost every two hours. Many human warriors and water-kind warriors had sacrificed their lives to fill up Double World Mountain.
Fang Yun received the document and looked outside. Changing the guard every 12 hours meant that there would be close to 40 million soldiers participating in the war. The reserve army would need at least the same number of soldiers, and the army that was currently training would need at least 40 million soldiers.
Two World Mountain had completely turned into a terrifying war machine.
On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the third batch of armies from various countries in the literary world had completed their training. The Chu Kingdom sent two armies. One of them was directly integrated into the Qishan Army and the other was the Flying Bear Army led by Prince Jing.
Suddenly, the battle became even more intense.
Once again stepping onto Two World Mountain, Fang Yun no longer had time to read. Instead, he kept staring at the battle between the Pearl River Army and the demonic barbarians.
As the three hundred Barbarian Kings kept using demonic arts, the Pearl River Army's tactics were weakened to the extreme. They could no longer stop the demonic barbarians from climbing the city walls. Therefore, the battle on the city walls was exceptionally fierce.
A large number of Battle Poetry soldiers were fighting with the demonic barbarians. The human soldiers were at the back, shooting with crossbows or using Battle Poetry. Fang Yun was at the rear of the army.
In the previous battles, Fang Yun only used Battle Poetry about twenty times a day on average. After the appearance of the three hundred Barbarian Kings, the number of Battle Poetry used by Fang Yun skyrocketed to a hundred. Now, he was using Battle Poetry more often and could be considered as fully participating in the battle. He only kept his Qi at eighty percent to prevent the sneak attack of the Thousand Barbarian Kings.
The scholars of the other armies could only maintain their Qi at sixty percent. If they wanted to maintain more Qi, the armies would inevitably suffer great casualties.
The Ministry of War of the Borderline Mountain had ordered all the Grand Secretaries and Great Confucians to be prepared for enlistment at any time even if they were to rest after changing shifts. Once the Monster King and Barbarian King suddenly attacked the city, all the Grand Secretaries had to go up the city to fight.
The fierce battle made everyone abandon their selfish thoughts. Other than killing demons and barbarians, other than living, there was no room for any other thoughts.
It was as if everyone had forgotten about Gou Bao's bet, and no one cared about King Of Chu's actions.
Zhang Jingan would write a letter to Fang Yun every once in a while. He had already entered the literary world to study. At the end of every letter, he would always encourage Fang Yun, hoping that Fang Yun would become the number one army in the Borderline Mountain and place the banner of the Pearl River Army on top of the city walls of the Borderline Mountain. This would be recorded in the annals of history and wash away Zhang Wankong's stain.
However, the top 30 military achievements of the Borderline Mountain had already been fixed. This was because all the armies were very powerful and had the same amount of time to fight. The number of demons and barbarians they encountered was similar, and they did not fight for merits. Therefore, the number of military achievements gained by each army was almost the same every day.
The Pearl River Army had always been in the tenth place. It did not fall, but it was difficult for them to improve.
The Pearl River Army had Fang Yun, and it was very efficient in killing demons and barbarians. However, the main force of the literary world was much more experienced than the Pearl River Army. Moreover, the number of scholars in each literary position was twice that of the Pearl River Army. Their overall strength was far above the Pearl River Army.
However, since they had already defeated Gou Bao, the Pearl River Army did not care about the ranking anymore. They focused on killing demons and barbarians.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Imperial Scholar Examinations officially began. The scholars who were participating in the Borderline Mountain's battle sighed. They had lost this opportunity, but no one complained.
A few days later, the results were released in various countries.
There were ten Class A Scholars in the ten subjects. Without Fang Yun, Jingguo did not have a single Class A Scholar.
This year, the people of Jingguo were not as disappointed as they had been in previous years. This was because Class A Scholars could indeed prove a country's strength in certain aspects. However, the proportion of Class B Scholars was equally important.
If the proportion of Class B Scholars in the country was taken into account, Jingguo would rank fourth, second only to Kong City, Shu Nation, and Qi Nation. It became the focus of the human race's discussion. This meant that Jingguo's national strength was rising!
Jingguo would release a list of the number of Imperial Scholars in each city every year. The first city was naturally the Capital City, and the next four cities were the prefectures of the four states. According to the rules of previous years, the prefectures would be ranked from the sixth place onward.
However, Ji County and Ning An County both made it to the top ten. The number of Imperial Scholars in the county cities exceeded that of the prefectures, and this attracted the attention of the Ten Nations. After all, the prefectures governed nine counties, and the number of Imperial Scholars in the prefectures was often ten times that of the county cities.
Therefore, scholars from all over the world yearned for the River of Enlightenment and Ning An County even more.
Many people also realized that the Imperial Scholars in Ji County focused more on Confucianism, while the Imperial Scholars in Ning An County focused on Gongzi, Agriculture, Legalism, and Medicine. Those who focused on Confucianism were the minority.
Among the Imperial Scholars in Ning An County, those who focused on Gongzi made up the highest proportion in the country. This was because in Ning An County, Gongzi Scholars were able to obtain true dignity and the rewards they deserved!
After the intelligence agents from the various countries submitted the information to the cabinet, the cabinet officials were furious. This was because more than one-third of the Imperial Scholars in Ning An County were scholars or their descendants. This was a loss of talent for each country.
They chose with their feet.
The cabinet officials from the various countries felt that it was a pity. If some of them stayed in their countries, they would definitely receive better treatment in the future. However, these people believed that they could only settle down in Ning An County. Other than Fang Yun's charisma, what other reason could there be?
Therefore, the cabinet officials from the various countries investigated and quickly realized that there was a problem with the education and propaganda. This was the fault of the Ministry of Rites and the Academy of Arts.
It was only then that the cabinet officials from the various countries realized how useless their own education and propaganda personnel were. Compared to the officials in Ning An County, they were a bunch of pigs.
The relevant officials of the big countries were barely acceptable, but the education personnel of the weaker countries, when compiling the required textbooks of their own countries, would use the scholars of other countries as examples for all the noble and friendly people, and those who committed crimes or made mistakes, would use the scholars of their own countries as examples. This was no longer educating students. This was treason.
There were also some scholars from the Ministry of Rites who used their own country's salary to speak up for other countries.
The most exaggerated one was Wu Shaoqing from the Honglu Temple of the Shen Kingdom. He publicly criticized the officials from the Ministry of War for being narrow-minded. He felt that it was foolish to suppress the barbarians too much. The main mission of the Honglu Temple was to protect the interests of both the barbarians and the barbarians. They could not only benefit the human race.
Therefore, the cabinet of a few large countries immediately started a ruthless purge of some of the officials. They could not allow these people to continue harming their own countries. However, a few small countries were all bark and no bite. This was because the powers behind these people were complicated. There was solid evidence of them colluding with other countries. They did not dare to arrest them and could only compromise.
Some of the Imperial Censors had nowhere to vent their anger. They scolded the cabinet officials for being blind.
Some scholars who knew the inside story were even more disappointed in their country. They even prepared to leave for Ning An County.
There were also many scholars who looked on coldly from the sidelines. They were already used to it. The cabinet officials did not care about the harm these officials would cause to their own countries. They did not care about the future of their students. Their main duty was to fight for power and profit. Governing the country was secondary.
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