"The army is setting out, I will take you back to Jiyin!"

"Got the order!"

"The army sets out and returns to Jiyin!"

Following Zhao Ning's order, the 5,000 soldiers of the Demon Slayer Army embarked on the road to Caozhou City. Although the mental state of the soldiers was still not good, it was no longer like a group of defeated troops, at least everyone was not

Then go trampling on the farmland and marching on the road in an orderly manner.

Zhao Ning walked beside the team, talking to the soldiers from time to time to understand their current inner thoughts and prepare for the next plan.

"Master Wei understands the righteousness deeply, and his servants admire him from the bottom of his heart. If it were not for Master Wei, when the army was defeated and the situation was critical, he would not avoid hardships and dangers, but would take extraordinary risks and lead his people to maintain order, allowing the army to trample on each other and kill each other.

, it became a mess, and was forced by the rebels to run around like headless flies. We must have been divided and surrounded long ago, and we will die without any body."

Chu Yuannan saluted Zhao Ning solemnly.

He no longer has the idea of ​​hugging Zhao Ning's thigh. He feels that it is too dirty and completely unworthy of Zhao Ning's noble character.

At the moment, he only has sincere admiration for Zhao Ning in his heart, and feels that he is truly lucky to know such a great man who can fight desperately for the overall situation.

This is also the first time Chu Yuannan has personally experienced and realized how noble and admirable people are who truly work for the overall situation. They are doing good for everyone and safeguarding the interests of everyone.

It is precisely because they are aware of this that the members of the Divine Cult in the Demon Slayer Army are willing to obey Zhao Ning's orders and treat Zhao Ning as one of their own, and as a big shot among their own people.

Zhao Ningyun hummed lightly.

When he arrived in front of Fang Ming, the latter quickly saluted, showed his attitude with a serious face, walked closer and lowered his voice and said: "Brother Wei, you know, I have always only admired you, and I have absolutely no other thoughts.

"When you asked me to stay in the city to maintain order, I was really frightened, but later I realized that only in this way can everyone act together, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and successfully break out of the encirclement. Otherwise, the demon slayers would have killed each other!

"Without Brother Wei taking charge of the overall situation, many ordinary soldiers will definitely surrender to the rebels, and they may even turn against us. How can we survive?"

This is not just talk.

During the battle of Chengwu County, some people were indeed dissatisfied with the wealthy children for killing people to seize the road. The members of the religious cult ignored the actions of all living beings. After being angry and resisting the atrocities of the wealthy children, they defected to the rebels on the spot.

Zhao Ning nodded: "As long as you understand my painstaking efforts."

After receiving Zhao Ning's positive response, Fang Ming perked up, took a peek at Zhu Yu in the distance, and lowered his voice:

"Brother Wei, compared to the commander-in-chief who fled the battle and ignored the army before the city was broken, everyone admires Brother Wei's character and talent more. We are lucky to have a superior like you. Everyone supports you.

Go further!”

This implies that many of the masters of the divine sect support Zhao Ning to become the leader of the Demon Slayer Army. Fang Ming may have secretly contacted and lobbied for this. Of course, the more important thing is that following Zhao Ning is indeed better than following Zhu.

Yuhao.

Zhao Ning waved his hand, indicating that he was not keen on fighting for power and profit: "There is no need to talk about this matter. The commander has invited a master for us. Without him, we cannot successfully escape the pursuit."

If he expresses his unfavorable thoughts towards Zhu Yu, given Zhu Yu's seniority and status in the divine sect, who knows if this matter will spread to the other party's ears. Zhao Ning doesn't want to cause trouble.

Fang Ming was a little disappointed, but he admired Zhao Ning's character even more: "As expected of Brother Wei, he is upright and upright, and my younger brother can never be as good as him."

He has begun to regard himself as his younger brother.

Zhao Ning smiled, did not continue to argue with Fang Ming, and continued to inspect the team.

Stopping in front of an ordinary soldier, Zhao Ning asked him simply and directly: "When you return to Jiyin, will you continue to serve the army of Gods?"

The reason why there were no deserters in the team during the escape was because the rebels were chasing after them in a hurry, and now the team was marching in a queue. The soldiers had no chance to become deserters, but the situation was different when they returned to Jiyin City.

As long as the cult does not strictly monitor and take precautions, there will be many loopholes for deserters to take advantage of.

Huang Huang was both afraid and admired of Zhao Ning. He hesitated for a while after hearing this, and with the encouragement from Hao Yun's eyes beside him, he decided to tell the truth to Zhao Ning:

"Master Wei, we all know that you are a good person. In order to stand up for us idiots and for our justice, you are willing to offend other people in the sect, and you are even willing to make enemies of the powerful children. There is no one like you in the world.

"As long as you are in the Demon Slayer Army, our justice and lives are guaranteed, and the merits of our fighting will not be taken away. So as long as you are the deputy commander of the Demon Slayer Army, we will follow you!"

Zhao Ning nodded: "I will always ensure your fairness and prevent you from being bullied by the superiors."

Huang Huang was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Master Wei!"

Zhao Ning took two steps forward and came to Li Hu, but he did not talk to Li Hu, but to another ordinary soldier.

Under the cover of Zhao Ning's energy, Li Hu used the method of transmitting sounds into secrets and said:

"Your Highness, the thoughts of ordinary soldiers in the army are similar to those of Huang Huang and others. After the battle in Chengwu County, the entire Demon Slayer Army knew who Your Highness was. Not only the first to third battalions, but also the ordinary soldiers in other battalions.

I have great admiration for His Highness."

Zhao Ning responded: "The army is newly defeated and the hearts of the people are unstable. This is the time for you to play your role. Work hard and strive to bring the entire demon-killing army, except for the religious followers and wealthy children, under control."

"I have the order!" Li Hu was full of confidence, "In a few days, ordinary soldiers in the Demon Slayer Army will surely regard His Highness as a god!"

Zhao Ning doesn't have a good impression of gods, but this is an army of gods after all, so the meaning is pretty much the same, so there's no need to get hung up on those words.

The members of the divine sect and ordinary warriors all sincerely support Zhao Ning, but the rich and powerful disciples only have fear and no support for him.

As victims of Zhao Ning's protection of ordinary soldiers, they had been killed many times by Fang Ming and others before, and now they were afraid of Zhao Ning to the core.

Zhao Ning has no intention of purging the wealthy children from the demon army.

Ordinary soldiers in the army need an enemy. The existence of the sons of powerful men can remind ordinary soldiers that the bloody oppression from the top is everywhere and never far away.

On the other side of the team, Zhu Yu was also inspecting the team.

Although he had been ignored by the non-theistic warriors in the Demon Slayer Army before, as the leader of the army, there was no way he would give up command of the army. All he could do was try to save it little by little.

"Commander Commander, Master Wei's prestige in the army is too high now, and he has been trying to win people's hearts. This is not a good thing, Commander Commander must be aware of it."

The confidant practitioners watched Zhao Ning admonishing Zhu Yu in the distance, fearing that Zhao Ning would take Zhu Yu's place and harm their interests as well.

Zhu Yu shook his head and sighed: "It's too small, the structure is too small. Master Wei is not a thing in the pool. He will definitely prosper in the future and will not stay in the Demon Slayer Army for too long. We only need to make friends with him, and we can

Make friends with your heart and there is no need to be defensive."

By saying this, he considered himself inferior to Zhao Ning and admitted that the interests of both parties were not on the same level. He had no qualifications to conflict with the other party's interests.

Zhu Yu was in a complicated mood.

It's complicated, but it's not painful, because he hasn't lost anything. On the contrary, as long as he gets along well with Zhao Ning and makes good friends with each other, he can also gain a friend with a bright future, which will be of great benefit to the future.

...

Returning to Jiyin City, Zhao Ning was rewarded by the cult for his merits.

The title of Demon-Conquering Master became a thing of the past. Xiao Buyu personally put the hat of the fourth-grade Grand Master of the Divine Sect on his head. From then on, Zhao Ning became the official master of the Divine Sect, and his specific responsibility was still to eliminate demons.

Deputy Commander of the Army.

The only deputy capital commander.

Zhu Yu used the art of playing both sides, but no one knows what price he paid. He was not held responsible for the defeat of Chengwu County. He was still the commander of the Demon Slayer Army. He was only required to make meritorious deeds, otherwise he would be punished in the future.

The demon-killing army retreated to Jiyin, Chengwu County was occupied by the rebels, Caozhou City lost its right wing, and Zhao Ying immediately led his troops to advance towards Jiyin City.

In order to ensure that Caozhou was not lost, the Shen Cult had to withdraw and attack Zhao Ping's troops, but they did not achieve any results. Instead, Zhao Ping suppressed and defeated the demon-subduing army.

The Demon Subduing Army and the Demon Slayer Army joined forces to defend Jiyin City.

With the combined efforts of the two armies, Jiyin City has sufficient troops, but it does not give people the feeling of being impregnable.

The Demon Slayer Army has actually been divided internally, and it is only Zhao Ning who can temporarily maintain superficial harmony. Not only is the Demon Slayer Army unfavorable in the battle with Zhao Ping's troops, there are also signs of opposition between the upper and lower ranks in the army.

However, the demon-suppressing army did not experience a disastrous defeat. The bullying of ordinary warriors by the cult members and wealthy children was never exposed, and the confrontation was not considered serious for the time being.

Following the lessons learned from Chengwu County, the Divine Religion issued strict orders in the Demon Slayer Army and the Demon Subduing Army, prohibiting soldiers from talking about topics that would undermine the unity of the army.

Everyone from Xiao Buyu to Chu Yuannan had a lot of confidence in whether the divine army could defend Jiyin City.

There is only one reason: Caozhou is about to receive reinforcements.

The Divine Religion has formed a second batch of divine warfare armies in the Central Plains and is about to head to Caozhou!

...

"The Jinguang Sect is being shameless! The outcome of the Battle of Caozhou should have been determined by Caozhou's strength. They gathered believers in the Central Plains to form a large army to support them. Why not just let Zhang Jing directly lead his troops to fight?"

At the rebel camp outside Caozhou City, Zhao Ying said to Zhao Ping in the Chinese army's tent, "Jinguang Sect is so shameless and shameless. I don't think we need to be polite to them. It's better to ask the Yicheng Army to support them, or directly

Mobilize the rebels to join the war."

Zhao Ping had just led his troops to the outside of Caozhou City, and his troops were still camping. After hearing Zhao Ying's accusation against Jin Guangjiao, he calmly said:

"In order to compete for the Central Plains and invade Qilu, Zhang Jing has been recruiting troops to expand his strength over the years; in order to maximize his military power, he has already plundered the people, material and financial resources of the four towns in the Central Plains to the limit.

"The power of the four towns in the Central Plains can only support the soldiers and horses of Zhang Jing's four towns at the moment, and there is not much surplus.

"The Divine Religion's formation of the second batch of the Divine War Army in the Central Plains is undoubtedly squeezing out the little potential left. I don't think there will be too many soldiers in this army, and the normal life order of the people in the prefectures and counties will be destroyed, and the people's livelihood will be destroyed.

It will inevitably fall into decline and cannot last long.”

Caozhou, as the middle zone, has no regular garrison. The prefecture and county yamen only have ordinary yamen service forces to maintain order, and do not need to support the army. Therefore, they have the financial and material resources and the people's strength to form an army to eliminate demons and subjugate demons.

After hearing what Zhao Ping said, Zhao Ying's eyes lit up. Hearing the elegant meaning of Xiange, he immediately took over the conversation: "So you also agree with mobilizing regular troops to enter Caozhou in advance?"

In order to win the Divine War in Caozhou, the Divine Religion did not hesitate to overdraw the power of the rear counties to form a second batch of the Divine War Army to show its strength in front of the Wei and Yang families. However, Zhao Ying and Zhao Ping could not follow the same pattern and also went to overdraft.

The civilian forces in Yunzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou are behind.

Since the God's Cult is playing tricks, they can stop playing with the God's Cult and directly let the regular rebel army go into battle.
To be continued...