A few days later, December arrived.
In the main hall of the main courtyard of the rear manor, Li Lin sat on his seat with a solemn expression.
Before this, he had already taken a bath and changed into a set of luxurious clothes. There was even incense burning on the table in front of him.
This was the sign-in at the end of the year, and he attached great importance to it.
"System, sign in."
"Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. Divine General Lu Bu (first level of the Divine Treasure Realm), General Huang Zhong (first level of the Divine Treasure Realm), 10,000 Wolf Cavalry of Bingzhou (above the Body Tempering Realm), 5,000 Divine Arrow Army (above the Bone-Forging Realm), 50,000 Body Tempering Pills, 20,000 Bone-Forging Pills, 10,000 Tendon Changing Pills, 5,000 Blood Qi Pills, and 1,000 Vitality Pills.”
Big explosion!
After looking at the reward, Li Lin almost jumped up.
The Blood and Qi Pill was a pill used by the Connate realm, while the Essence Essence Cultivation Pill was a pill used by the Connate Marrow Cleansing realm.
Although there were no pills that could be used in the Divine Treasure Realm.
However, Divine General Lu Bu and General Huang Zhong had two more divine treasures battle generals. He was already very satisfied with Lu Bu and Huang Zhong.
Moreover, the Wolf Cavalry and the God Arrow Army of Bing Province were all elites with battle formation diagrams!
Coincidentally, Lu Bu was the commander of the Wolf Cavalry in Bingzhou, and Huang Zhong was the commander of the Holy Arrow Army.
He still didn't retrieve it immediately.
Li Lin would not forget that in the courtyard not far away, there was a palm-print envoy of the Imperial Censorate.
The next morning, Li Lin woke up and went to the garden at the back of the manor to take a stroll.
In the pavilion by the lake, Shangguan Yunlan stood alone by the railing, staring at the frozen lake in a daze.
"What is Lord Shangguan thinking?”
A voice behind him interrupted Shangguan Yunlan.
When he turned around, the veil on his face was gone. A beautiful face that could topple a country appeared in Li Lin's eyes. This was not the first time he had seen Shangguan Yunlan's face, but even if he saw it again, he was still amazed.
If it was not for this woman who did not throw herself into his arms, Li Lin would have suspected that Yuan Tiangang was preparing to use a honey trap on him.
"It's nothing. I just didn't expect that the winter in White Cloud City would be so beautiful.”
"Beautiful? The commoners in the city did not think so.”Li Lin smiled and came to Shangguan Yunlan's side. He looked at the lake as well and continued,
"Their livelihood comes from the traveling merchants and the hunting of wild beasts and the gathering of medicinal herbs on the outskirts of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains.”
"At this time of the year, not only will the snow seal the mountain, but the beasts will also enter the outer area of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains due to the lack of food. Losing their livelihood, they would not have a good New Year.”
"But I heard that a few days ago, His Highness began to recruit people to repair the city walls. At the same time, he sent an army to sweep the outer area of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains and recruited many commoners to help transport the corpses of the fierce beasts.”
Shangguan Yunlan, who was beside him, smiled slightly, which seemed to brighten up the sky and earth.
"It seems that Lord Shangguan, although you live in this Prince's residence and have never gone out, you are still as well-informed as ever.”Li Lin looked at Shangguan Yunlan's pretty face and smiled.
"His Highness invited me to stay, you can't blame me.”After saying that, Shangguan Yunlan winked playfully and turned to leave.
"Heh, this woman is still in the water."
Watching Shangguan Yunlan leave, Li Lin smiled and looked at Chun Lan.
"What did the Shadow Guard say?"
"Young Master, the Shadow Secret Guard said that eagles landed in Lord Shangguan's courtyard every day, but without Young Master's order, they didn't clean it up.”
"Alright, keep it as it is." Li Lin nodded and then asked,"Where is Boping?"
"General Gao is still over a hundred miles away from White Cloud City. He should arrive at noon.”Chun Lan reported.
"Hmm, is everything ready at the military camp?”
"General Li has come to report that everything is ready.”
"That's good."
In the
Pillar of Heavens Mountains, thousands of soldiers lined up in a fish-scale formation, dismounted, and walked on foot.
His body was filled with murderous aura as he continued to kill the ferocious beasts he encountered on the outskirts of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains. The 1,000 Tiger Guards got into formation and held the line not far away to prevent even more powerful ferocious beasts or even spirit beasts from appearing.
Ever since the last battle, the North Manor Army had sent out different troops every day to clean up the Pillar of Heavens Mountains.
Firstly, it was to prevent too many ferocious beasts from gathering around the Pillar of Heavens Mountains and forming a beast tide that would attack the White Cloud City.
Secondly, it was to train the soldiers.
At the same time, they could also obtain large amounts of vicious beast meat to be used by the soldiers to strengthen their blood essence and cultivate martial arts.
Such an operation was naturally a good thing for the North Manor Army.
However, it was not a good thing for the hunting teams stationed in the White Cloud City.
Facing the army and the ferocious might of the 1,000-strong Tiger Guards.
Even peak Connate Marrow Cleansing realm experts had to retreat. Not to mention the hunting teams led by these ordinary Upper Sky experts.
As a result, the hunting team's business naturally declined.
However, the current King Jing was different from the past.
Although the various large sects and aristocratic families already knew that the Black Knights had been monitoring them previously because of a major incident in the Imperial Censorate of Bozhou, they were still unable to find out what had happened.
Their previous misgivings were completely fooled by King Jing.
But so what?
The emperor decreed that the North Manor Army would be expanded to 50,000, and an additional 30,000 auxiliary troops would be allowed.
It is clear that the emperor's favor is in full swing.
Under such circumstances, it was unwise to openly clash with the North Manor Army. Even the Four Holy Lands, who knew that they had been tricked, did not say anything.
Other than that, of course, it was the deterrence of the North Manor Army.
In this battle, they had only paid the price of several hundred casualties to kill seventy thousand Turkic cavalry.
Even the Four Great Holy Lands would not be willing to casually take out such elite troops unless it was a matter of great interest.
After all, if they were to attack King Jing, they would not only have to face the formidable military might of the North Mansion Army, but they would also have to face the wrath of the Supreme Martial Artist from the Divine Capital.
The Great Tang's military establishment was no joke.
At noon, Gao Shun led his troops back to White Cloud City, followed by 100,000 to 200,000 people.
There were old and young people among them.
These people were the family members of the 30,000 new soldiers of the North Manor Army.
Since they had become the family members of the North Manor Army, those who were willing would naturally be brought to White Cloud City to settle down.
Obviously, as long as they weren't stupid, they would follow them.
Therefore, other than a small number of new recruits who were alone, the rest had brought their families with them.
The dozen scribes in the White Cloud City's magistrate's office were busy registering the household register and settling the residence.
In the end, he had to borrow dozens of soldiers from the North Manor Army to help him finish the task within two hours.
After the new army entered the camp, they arranged for their subordinates to go to King Jing's Mansion to report to their superior, Zhang Zhao.
After reporting, Bai Fu left. Zhang Zhao and Fa Zheng also reported to Li Lin.
Then, the 30,000 sets of armor were escorted by the Iron Eagle Guards to the military camp.
"Young Master, Lord Shangguan is here.”Mei Jian came in and said to Li Lin.
"Oh? Presumably, Lord Shangguan should have arrived. Please!"
"Here."
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