After receiving the double promises from Li Chengdao and Queen Sophia, the captives all made their own choices.
As crusaders, it was their duty to fight for the Pope.
Moreover, they were now prisoners, but they had the chance to obtain freedom and higher honor!
All the captives were boiling with excitement!
Queen Sophia kept smiling as she responded to the crusaders.
Li Chengdao didn't stop them from making noise. He tilted his head slightly and said,""Where is Luo Yi?"
"I'm here!"
Luo Yi immediately cupped his fists and said.
"I will hand over 100,000 Crusader captives to you. You must train them within two months to at least half the standard of the Mo Saber Army!”Li Chengdao ordered.
Luo Yi took a deep breath. Although he knew that this mission was very difficult, he still did not decline.
"I accept your orders!"
Li Chengdao nodded. Then, he swept his gaze across the generals behind him and finally stopped on a young general.
"General Xue, I will give you the remaining 100,000 Crusader captives to train. Are you confident?”
This young general was Li Chengdao's most valiant general.
Xue Rengui!
Hearing Li Chengdao's words, Xue Rengui's face immediately collapsed. He said gloomily,""Your Majesty, can I not?”
"The Crusader army is too weak. Training them is too difficult.”
Xue Rengui immediately wanted to quit when he heard that he was going to train these Crusader captives.
He was good at charging and breaking through enemy lines, but he would rather not train. After all, he had led the Dragon Knights to defeat the Crusader Army.
"Presumptuous! His Majesty personally appointed him, how could he reject him just because he wanted to?”
Li Ji's expression instantly turned cold as he opened his mouth to rebuke.
If another general had reprimanded him like this, Xue Rengui would definitely fall out with him on the spot. However, Li Ji was his old superior who he had always followed. He regarded him as half a father, so he was in awe of him.
When Li Ji spoke, Xue Rengui immediately stood up straight and said with a serious expression,""I promise to complete the mission!"
Seeing this, Li Chengdao patted his shoulder and smiled."Don't worry, I don't ask you to train them to the same level as the Dragon Riders. Just do your best.”
The Dragon Cavalry Army was the elite of Li Chengdao's elite troops. There were only 50,000 of them, but they were invincible on the battlefield.
If the crusaders wanted to reach the combat standards of the Dragon Riders, it was not possible to achieve it through training alone. Even half of it was impossible.
"That's good."
Xue Rengui heaved a sigh of relief and then grinned, but Li Ji glared at him again.
........
The Crusader captive camp soon ended.
Xue Rengui stayed behind to coordinate the mobilization of these 200,000 captives with Luo Yi.
Li Chengdao and the others left the camp and returned to Nine Dragons Palace.
On the way, Queen Sophia seemed to have a lot on her mind. No one knew what she was thinking.
Seeing her like this, Li Chengdao said casually,"Ask whatever you want to ask. Your performance today was not bad, Zhen is quite satisfied.”
Without Queen Sophia's help today, it would be very difficult to subdue these 200,000 captives.
Therefore, he decided to be gentler to her.
After Li Chengdao said that, Queen Sophia no longer hesitated and asked,""Your Majesty, are you planning to send them to their deaths by sending them to the battlefield?”
Ever since Li Chengdao said those words, she had been worried.
She was very worried that Li Chengdao was lying about giving those soldiers freedom, but he was really letting them become cannon fodder.
"Yes and no."
Li Chengdao didn't give a definite answer and said ambiguously with a calm expression.
Looking at the shocked Queen Sophia, he continued,""It would be a waste to send them to their deaths. I hope that they can grow on the battlefield, at least not like the motley crew they are now.”
"If they really have the ability, they will receive the corresponding rewards. I am never a stingy person.”
After Li Chengdao finished speaking, Queen Sophia finally understood.
The fate of the captives was in their own hands, whether they would become cannon fodder or grow into elite warriors.
"Thank you."
Queen Sophia calmed down and thanked Li Chengdao sincerely.
No matter what the purpose was, Li Chengdao's treatment of these captives could be considered benevolent.
One had to know that Li Chengdao had a terrifying battle record of killing 400,000 surrendered soldiers in one fell swoop!
"Haha."
Li Chengdao smiled lightly and did not deny it.
Thank him?
He had always looked at things from the perspective of the Empire's interests, and there was no mercy to speak of.
If the existence of these captives threatened him, he would definitely not hesitate to give the order to kill them all!
Queen Sophia thought he was magnanimous, but in his eyes, it was really naive and childish.
However, Queen Sophia did not know what he was thinking. She asked,""Your Majesty, which country are you going to conquer?”
She was very curious about Li Chengdao's target.
In her opinion, Li Chengdao was now the overlord of the entire continent. Did he still have any enemies?
However, when this topic was brought up, Li Chengdao suddenly fell silent. After a long time, he spat out two words.
"Big-Tang-!"
The Great Tang?
Queen Sophia was confused. She had never heard of this country before.
Just as she was about to ask, she happened to see Li Chengdao's eyes.
It was filled with monstrous hatred and killing intent, making her feel as if her soul was trembling, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Even after Li Chengdao closed his eyes, Queen Sophia was still in a daze.
What was the Great Tang?
What kind of powerful country could be regarded as a great enemy by such a terrifying emperor?
Queen Sophia did not expect the result.
However, she had a feeling that when Great Qian Empire clashed with the Great Tang, blood would flow like a river and an earth-shattering war would erupt!
She did not say anything else.
The convoy slowly advanced into Constantinople.
In the distant sky, the sun had just risen and was shining brightly.
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