Chapter 407: Taking office as commander-in-chief! (2-in-1)
Late May.
One after another, green banner armies returned from cities all over the country.
At this moment, more than a month has passed since Obsidian ended.
During this period of time, they eliminated the fleeing monsters in various parts of the territory, recovered several fallen cities, and finally successfully drove back the invading monster army.
Under the obsidian, the bloodline of the demon clan is active. Regardless of whether they are big or small demons, their strength will be improved to a certain extent.
It is precisely because of this that the demon clan invaded.
After the obsidian ended, they lost the advantage of "timing time" and returned to the home court of the human race, so it was time for the human race to counterattack.
The speed at which Cuibai Road regained its lost territory was quite fast, but this was also because the demon clan had planned to evacuate.
If those big monsters no longer show up, how can the remaining little monsters withstand the human race's counterattack.
For the Monster Clan, if they cannot take advantage of the Fierce Elephant Period to occupy the lower half of the human state, the invasion will basically be considered a failure.
Not half of the territory is being used as a cake temptation, so more wealthy demon clans are attracted by it and make up their minds to participate.
When Obsidian ends, the human race will sweep in, and it is normal that they cannot resist it.
In general, this monster invasion is a carnival for the radical war-seeking faction among the monsters.
Even if they fail, they are satisfied.
The army saw the main city in the distance, and also saw the dark red land outside the city.
The monster corpses left on the battlefield are easy to dispose of, just move them away and burn them.
However, a large amount of human blood and demon blood seeped into the bottom layer of the ground. Unless you dig three feet into the ground, it would be difficult to clean it up in a short time.
The bloody land left behind proves how brutal the bloody battle was for three days and three nights.
The many soldiers and soldiers along the way would feel depressed every time they stepped on the bloody earth.
They had lost so much in this battle that it was difficult to feel comfortable recalling it.
Military Department.
Song Changming completed the final handover of duties in the 41st Army and officially separated from this army. He took office and went to the 19th Army to take the commanding position!
This is also the latest order and arrangement issued by the military department. Song Changming has been designated as the official banner leader of the 19th Army!
This decision itself is not too surprising.
After all, before the end of Obsidian, Song Changming had already defeated six generals in five stages, showing his unparalleled strength.
The only difference was that they failed to decide the outcome with Tang Leshan in the end and were interrupted by the monster clan's sudden massive attack.
Theoretically, the two of them should have another battle to decide the final candidate.
But in the battle to defend the main city, Song Changming's bravery was obvious to all. At least thousands of monsters died under his sword!
From the crazy little demon to the top demon general, it can be said that except for the big demon, no demon clan can stop the blade in Song Changming's hand in that battle.
At the end of the battle, Song Changming was almost a one-man army, and his contribution on the battlefield was far greater than that of all the small banner leaders, including Tang Leshan.
Of course, Song Changming made great achievements and defended the main city. In the end, Hu Zhong made the decision and directly took the commanding position that countless small flag owners dreamed of!
The other little flag owners, even if Tang Leshan was unconvinced, could not say anything more at this moment.
Song Changming was stronger than all of them, and the matter was decided by Hu Zhong himself, so there was no dispute.
"From now on, I should call you Marshal Song." Xing Tiexin looked at Song Changming and couldn't help but sigh.
It was he who selected Song Changming and promoted him to his deputy general in one fell swoop.
At that time, he only thought that this son was extremely talented and had great potential in recent times. He never thought that in just ten years, Song Changming would have surpassed him and assumed the position of commander-in-chief.
When he said this, even he found it unbelievable.
But he had witnessed Song Changming's journey of fighting monsters and upgrading from the very beginning, and was the first witness.
Therefore, no matter how unbelievable it was, he knew that Song Changming relied on his own strength, from scratch, from weak to strong, accumulated bit by bit, and finally reached a high position naturally.
He was convinced of Song Changming.
"It's time to call you Flag Master." Song Changming smiled.
The person he handed over the work to was none other than Xing Tiexin.
After he left, the candidate for the position of small flag leader that became vacant in the 41st Army was Xing Tiexin.
This was not Song Changming's recommendation, but Xing Tiexin's own recognition by Wang Tianshuang.
In that bloody battle, Xing Tie took the lead physically and mentally, giving everything he had, which was also visible to all, and he also made considerable military achievements.
This can be regarded as Xing Tiexin's own opportunity to seize the opportunity and fight for the position of small flag leader.
And Song Changming felt that it was not impossible for Xing Tiexin, who dared to fight and fight hard, to be in a commanding position like him in the future.
Including Yang Zhen, the same is true.
But among the three, Song Changming reached this step first.
There was no farewell ceremony. They were still colleagues in the military department, and they were not separated from each other.
The friendship is still there, and we can still have wine and have fun together on weekdays.
After leaving the 41st Army, Song Changming only took away his only personal guard, Rong Jiang.
Although Hu Zhong mentioned to him that he could use part of the 41st Army as the foundation for rebuilding the 19th Army.
But Song Changming refused.
It is true that the current strength of the 41st Army is too great, and it is already damaged. If he takes away another group of elite backbones, the 41st Army will only become even more depressed.
Wang Tianshuang had treated him well in the past, and there was really no need for him to cause trouble for the former commander before leaving.
As for the reconstruction task of the 19th Army, now that the war has stopped and it is time to recuperate, it is not so urgent.
Hu Zhong's request to him was to restore basic military strength within five years.
This was quite generous in terms of time, so Song Changming was not in a hurry. He selected talents step by step and established them bit by bit.
He is not inexperienced in this area. After all, when he took over as the commander-in-chief, he also formed a new recruit team from scratch.
Outside the 41st Army station, next to a carriage, Su Qingqing was holding a white horse, wearing a white uniform, with the outer armor skirt hanging down naturally, and a sword at her waist.
Her long hair stood up in a high ponytail, revealing a delicate gooseneck. Her face was small and pretty, and her sword-shaped eyebrows made her look very capable, valiant and heroic, just like a real female general.
When Song Changming came out, Su Qingqing showed a bright smile.
"Master."
"It's all done, let's go to the original station of the 19th Army to check out the situation." Song Changming nodded and asked Su Qingqing to get in the car together.
Rong Jiang continued to act as Song Changming's coachman.
He was not surprised by Su Qingqing's appearance.
Ever since Su Qingqing returned, she had been teasing Song Changming and wanted to join the army for training.
It's just that at that time, the demon tribe invaded, the situation was serious, and the demons were rampant outside. Even Song Changming was not sure that Su Qingqing could be protected, so he never agreed.
Then the obsidian ended, the monster clan retreated, and seeing that Su Qingqing's determination remained undiminished, Song Changming just relented.
It was not until recently that Song Changming took office as the commander-in-chief of the 19th Army. When he was short of manpower, he agreed to Su Qingqing and became the first recruit under his command. The current position is similar to that of Rong Jiang, accompanying him as a personal guard.
It is not that there are no women in the military. After all, there are many strong female warriors among warriors, but there are only very few female warriors who are truly willing to join the military.
Therefore, there are not many women in the army, and there are not even any female generals in the military headquarters on Cuibai Road.
I have heard that there are some famous female war goddesses in the military in other realms, but you have to go out of the Cuibai Road to see them.
The carriage passed all the way out of the city and soon arrived at a military station outside the city, which was also the previous garrison station of the 19th Army.
The station is located on a plain east of the city, not too far from the 41st Army's station outside the city.
If a large army is formed in the future, we can have a few friendly matches with the 41st Army from time to time to promote exchanges and make progress together.
The scale of the station in front of me definitely looks not small, even two circles larger than Wang Tianshuang's 41st Army station.
In fact, in terms of historical status, the name of the 19th Army is far greater than that of the 41st Army that was later established.
The 19th Army also had its moments of glory in the past.
But now, after suffering a wave of monster attacks, not only the entire army will be wiped out, but even this huge garrison will not be spared.
Walls, fortresses, sentry towers, barracks, warehouses, and many other buildings within sight have now been reduced to ruins.
Apparently this place has been visited by monsters before.
"Sir, this..." Su Qingqing got off the carriage and looked at the ruins in front of her, not knowing what to do for a moment.
"It seems that the reconstruction work must start here." Song Changming smiled.
He was not surprised by this.
The monsters had been wreaking havoc outside the main city for three days and three nights. It would be strange if these military garrison could be well preserved.
In fact, it was not just the Nineteenth Army's garrison that suffered, the other Cui Banner Army garrison outside the city were not much better.
However, compared to the 41st Army's garrison, the 19th Army's garrison was more completely destroyed. It seemed that even a carriage could not get in.
Rebuilding this would be a big engineering task.
Suddenly, a group of officials hurriedly walked out of the station and saluted Song Changming repeatedly.
"Admiral Song is here in person. I'm sorry that I missed you from afar, but I hope you'll forgive me." The leading old official said respectfully with his hands raised and his eyebrows lowered.
"Are you officers in the 19th Army?" Song Changming asked.
"Exactly, Xiaguan was originally the chief clerk of the commander-in-chief of the Nineteenth Army. This one is responsible for logistics management, and this one is responsible for ordnance coordination."
The chief reporter named Di Qianyu introduced the officials around him one by one.
The officers and men of the 19th Army were destroyed, but these civilian officials remained.
Of course, considering that the previous commander-in-chief of the 19th Army came from the Zhao family, Song Changming did not accept all these civil servants as ordered.
When he got the list of remaining officials earlier, he had already screened it and eliminated most of them, leaving only a small part.
That is, there are only seven or eight people in front of me.
Since he wanted to rebuild the army under his command, he naturally had to rebuild it more thoroughly.
First of all, these seven or eight people are not descendants of aristocratic families, and their past experiences have nothing to do with the Zhao family.
He was a person with a clean background, qualified character, and principles in doing things, so he was able to be retained by Song Changming.
"Okay, Mr. Di, how's the statistics on the remaining supplies in the army that I asked you to do?" Song Changming asked.
Di Qianyu smiled bitterly and couldn't help but said: "Sir, I have no one under my humble command. It is really difficult to find statistics in this ruins."
In the end, he only presented a small part of the statistical results.
Song Changming glanced at it and found that the available military supplies under the ruins were much more than he thought.
Obviously, those huge monsters simply destroyed this place and did not conduct any looting.
Perhaps, only real flesh and blood can attract them.
And this is a good thing for Song Changming.
Each army has its own small financial resources at its disposal.
As long as he digs out these materials from the ruins, then he will not be in a state of poverty when he takes over the 19th Army.
But before that, he needs to recruit some people.
Otherwise, if you rely on a few civil servants, even if you dig until next year, you may not be able to solve this ruins.
And he had already made arrangements for this matter.
Not long after, a team rushed from the city and arrived here.
"Sir, you're late." Song Ping'an dismounted and said.
"It's okay." Song Changming nodded, looking past him and towards the team coming with him.
There were quite a few of them, all of them were big men with strong physiques, and their blood was surging all over their bodies, proving that they were warriors who had at least practiced physical training.
"There are five hundred and fifty-seven people in total. According to your requirements, this group of people has a clean foundation and their martial arts cultivation is above the seventh level of body refining." Song Ping'an reported.
As early as a month ago, after Song Changming heard about the military department's decision, he had already asked Song Ping'an to start looking for reliable sources of troops.
At this time, Obsidian has just ended, and the demon clan has just retreated.
The main city is still overcrowded inside and outside, and the refugees from various places have not yet left. It is not too difficult to screen out a group of high-quality soldiers at this time.
“I’ve seen the handsome man!”
Obviously Song Pingan had already told this group of people before that he was here to see the military commander.
After seeing Song Changming, a group of people immediately dismounted their horses, knelt down on one knee and bowed their heads to Song Changming without hesitation.
Even though Song Changming was only a mere commander at this time, the commander-in-chief of the military department was the commander-in-chief of the military department. To ordinary people, he was the boss among the bosses.
In terms of martial arts, he represents the military and the royal palace, and is the undisputed top powerhouse!
On weekdays, ordinary people don't even have the opportunity to meet in person.
It’s no wonder that many of them were quite excited.
Song Changming glanced at them and saw clearly the martial arts cultivation of these people.
Indeed, as Song Ping'an said, they are all people at the seventh level of body refining and above, and their average age is not too old. They are a group of buildable materials.
Not only that, among the more than 500 people, there are about a hundred of them who have developed cyclones in their bodies, and their inner energy is flowing.
It's no wonder that Song Ping'an carefully selected over a month's time. These more than a hundred Qi-training warriors could be used directly as elite soldiers, not just as a simple reserve force.
And this is not Song Pingan's biggest achievement this time.
Soon, Song Changming's eyes fell on the people in the front row.
Nine people in total.
These nine people are obviously much higher than the others in terms of cultivation and martial temperament.
Even Su Qingqing beside him noticed these nine people.
(End of chapter)