On August 28, outside Ningyang Mansion City, a group of people gathered in formation outside the city gate. The leader was none other than Xu Yu, the royal guard from Baihu.
On the ground around their military position, a large number of zombies were hacked and killed, and corpses were scattered everywhere.
The palace guards were all upgraded twice by Zhao Yanxun, and their overall strength was greatly improved, making it easy to kill zombies.
At this moment, outside the military formation, there were more than a dozen guards busy among the corpses, recovering arrows.
"Move quickly and try to capture Fucheng today!" Xu Yu urged.
At this moment, the soldiers in the entire military formation were resting to regain their strength, and some even took out dry food and put it in their mouths.
At this time, a small flag officer warned: "Master Baihu, there is a monster coming from the east!"
Xu Yu glanced east and then said: "There are only twenty or thirty, so there is nothing to worry about!"
The palace guards always fight the toughest battles, and naturally they have developed the strongest courage.
The twenty or thirty zombies that came over were indeed nothing in Xu Yu's eyes, and they were easily killed.
When the distance was right, Xu Yu ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
A dozen guards loosened their bowstrings and arrows roared out.
Although the accuracy was not very good, several zombies were still shot.
"Go to a few people and kill them!" Xu Yu then ordered.
This is the confidence of the second-level soldiers. Killing zombies is like searching for something.
Upon hearing Xu Yu's military order, more than a dozen guards jumped out of the military formation and rushed towards the zombies with knives in hand.
They are all fierce and capable, and after encountering zombies, they can kill one with one knife, vividly demonstrating what it means to be "quick, accurate and ruthless".
And these strengths are not only obtained by Zhao Yanxun's upgrades. The experience gained by the guards who fight outside day after day is also crucial.
More than a dozen guards fought hard, and more than twenty zombies were killed directly, and everyone immediately returned to the military formation.
This situation has happened more than a dozen times today, so no one has any feelings about it.
Xu Yu was drinking water from a kettle when a voice came from beside him: "Sir, we still have too few people, otherwise Ningyang would have been captured long ago!"
"The military commanders Fang Qianhu and Wang Qianhu each have eight first-level 100-household offices under their command. They can get things done much faster than us!"
These two Thousand Household Offices now add up to sixteen first-level Hundred Household Offices, equivalent to the original four Guard Divisions.
With such powerful power in their hands, Fang Sheng and Wang Cheng have now recovered as many cities as the Guards Division achieved in the past year.
"The prince arranges things for his own reasons, so don't talk too much!" Xu Yu said calmly.
After putting down the kettle, he remembered something, so he raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty has newly established two thousand-household offices, and Cui Xing'an and Gao Zheng'an will serve as thousand-household offices!"
"Now these two thousand-household offices are still short of hundreds of households and general banners. If you want to serve, you can tell me!"
Zhao Yanxun also wants to build these two newly established Qianhu offices into a sharp-edged army, so there is still a lot of room for development in the future.
Soldiers from the Guards Division generally go straight to two levels from other armies.
In other words, if an ordinary guard goes to the Military and Horse Division, he can at least serve as the general flag.
A small banner officer can serve a hundred households, and a general banner can serve a thousand households.
Fang Tong, the current commander of Tianjin Guard, was only the general banner under Chen Yuhe at the beginning.
As soon as Xu Yu said this, everyone immediately started talking.
People's hearts are different. Some people like the simplicity of the bodyguard department, while others want to move to a high position.
When he came to Xu Yu's side, Wu Huiyun whispered: "Sir, it's a pity that the position of Thousand Households has been decided. It is better to go to the Wei Suo Army to become a Thousand Households than to serve under them two!"
Wu Huiyun is the commander-in-chief of the Guards Department, and in terms of qualifications, he is no worse than Cui Xing'an.
Wu Huiyun would feel very awkward if he worked for them as a hundred households.
Xu Yu took out his saber, fiddled with it twice and then said: "There are thousands of households in the Guards Army, but if you really want to leave the Guards Department, the Soldiers and Horses Department is a better place to go!"
"Why?"
Xu Yu said calmly: "Whoever is closest to the prince will have a better future. The Military and Horse Division must be closer than the Guard Army!"
Although his words are simple, they make sense.
Wu Huiyun thought for a moment that this was really the case, so he said with a smile: "In this case, our bodyguard department is closer to the prince, so I should stay in the bodyguard department for my humble position!"
Xu Yu sheathed his sword, looked at the city in front and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's repair it for a while, and we should break down the door!"
Speaking of business, Wu Huiyun said with a serious face: "The brothers sent to explore the road should come back now!"
"They're back!"
Looking in the direction Xu Yu was looking, Wu Huiyun saw several people coming down from the city wall in the distance.
After a while, these soldiers returned to the military formation.
"How is the situation in the city?" Wu Huiyun asked first.
A soldier replied: "Sir, there are many monsters in there, at least two thousand!"
"More than two thousand...it's quite a lot!" Wu Huiyun said solemnly.
But there was no embarrassment visible on his face.
"Sir, we have to go through a lot of trouble!"
In Wu Huiyun's words, these two thousand zombies just want to cripple their hands and feet.
This is really not a big deal, but I have done this kind of thing to clean up zombies too much, and it feels like it’s just that big of a deal.
There are a lot of zombies, just to kill more time.
Before Xu Yu could say anything, the returning guard said: "Sir, there is one more thing... there may be a second-level monster in the city!"
Grading zombies is also Zhao Yanxun's operation.
When he heard the word "Level 2", Xu Yu's face no longer looked indifferent.
Level 2 zombies can cause casualties to them.
For the chief officers of the Guards Department, as long as the army causes casualties, even if the zombies are exterminated, it will be a failure.
"Level 2 monster? Where is it?" Xu Yu asked.
"Reporting to your lord, there are a large number of monsters outside the courtyard in the northwest corner of the city, but the courtyard is very empty!"
Although I didn't see the second-level zombies directly, this was indeed the most intuitive sign that there were high-level monsters in the yard, so the zombies outside didn't dare to go in.
"Did you find it on the city wall?" Xu Yu asked.
"Exactly!"
"How far is that courtyard from the city wall?"
After thinking for a while, the soldier replied: "Almost ten feet!"
More than ten feet is not a close distance.
The difficulty of the task has increased. Although it is extremely difficult, Ningyang Mansion must be captured, and Xu Yu will not flinch at all.
"How many grenades are distributed?"
Wu Huiyun immediately went to check and returned shortly: "Sir, there are nine more!"
"Nine...that's about it!" Xu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they can fight head-on with the second-level zombies, Xu Yu will not let his men be in danger if they can blow them up with grenades.
Standing on a high place, Xu Yu glanced at everyone, and then shouted: "Brothers, today we are going to regain Ningyang... Let's go!"
Following Xu Yu's order, the soldiers immediately packed up their things, maintained their formation, and marched towards Ningyang Mansion.
Xu Yu carefully looked at the surrounding situation, and he had to grasp any disturbance, so as to ensure the safety of the entire team.
Most of the zombies outside the city were eliminated by them, so they got close to the city wall safely.
"Go up the city wall!" Xu Yu ordered.
Entering directly through the city gate is likely to attract a large number of zombies, which will not only cause trouble but may also alert others.