Chapter 195: Return of Ancestral Bloodline (1)
In the nineteenth year of Jiayou, on May 15th, at dusk.
On a small hill beside the road, Lu Yi was riding on the Black Cloud Beast and looking towards the east.
Behind him, the huge punitive army was setting up camp, the logistics soldiers were busy, and the combat soldiers were also busy washing their mounts by the river, massaging their muscles, and feeding them water.
"It is the shortest board that determines the capacity of the bucket."
Lu Yi looked at the busy soldiers with a little distress.
It was already May 15th, and the army had been marching at full speed for ten consecutive days, but now the army was only 40,000 miles away from Haojing.
The straight-line distance from Haojing to Dongjie City along the Chidao Road is 360,000 miles.
The army he now commands is composed of the following parts.
The strongest and fastest force was the 50,000 light cavalry of the Imperial Guards, who rode the Blood-hoofed Black Horse as mounts. The Blood-hoofed Black Horse was a mount of different blood, possessing the blood of some ancient beast. It could run at full speed for six hours a day, and could run five or six thousand miles along the road.
There are also 50,000 Yulin troops, and their mounts are the Wind-Chasing Black Horses.
The Wind Chaser was pitch black, and was a low-quality mount that was derived from the degeneration of the Blood-Tied Black Horse. In terms of physique and strength, the Wind Chaser was far inferior to the Blood-Tied Black Horse, especially in speed. After running at full speed for six hours, the Wind Chaser could only run a maximum of 4,000 miles.
In addition to the 100,000 Yulin troops, at Lu Yi's request, Leping carefully selected 300,000 of the most elite Leopard Cavalry from the Zhengdong Corps and let Lu Yi lead them on the journey first.
The Leopard Cavalry, whose mount is a foreign-blood warhorse with leopard spots on its body, is the main mount of the Eastern Expedition Army.
The degree of bloodline degeneration of the Leopard Cavalry is more serious than that of the Zhuifeng Wuzhui. The Zhuifeng Wuzhui light cavalry of the Yulin Army can still wear metal armor and are equipped with lances, heavy swords and strong bows, while the Leopard Cavalry of the Zhengdong Corps can only be equipped with leather armor, sabers and short bows because the power of their mounts is weakened.
What's even more terrible is the speed of the Leopard Cavalry. They also run at full speed for six hours every day, but can only run a maximum of 3,000 miles.
What Lu Yi is about to face is the elite army under the command of Dong Qi Bo, as well as the white-clad swordsmen of Hao Jian Palace. It is impossible for him to lead only the 50,000 fastest Blood-hoofed Black-horned Cavalry to meet the enemy.
Lu Yi himself was not afraid of being surrounded by the army, but he couldn't just go and die with 50,000 elite soldiers of the Yulin Army, right?
Therefore, after leaving the Eastern Expedition Army camp, Lu Yi, who led an army of 400,000 soldiers, could only march at the fastest speed of the Leopard Cavalry. In ten days, they did not travel many miles.
During these ten days, God knows how many counties and prefectures Dongqi Bo's army captured.
Because of Zhuge Duming's cooperation, Dongjie City was handed over to Dongqi Bo without any resistance, and the court's spies in Dongjie City were almost wiped out.
Dongjie City had been occupied for more than half a month, and the court of Dayin had no idea how many troops Dongqi Bo had mobilized, and whether the troops of other princes were involved.
During this half month, it is still unknown how many prefectures, counties, and cities Dongqi Bo captured, how many city defense troops surrendered to the enemy, and how many local officials joined the rebellion.
"This is not a easy thing to handle." Lu Yi took out the Guixu bottle and shook it gently.
Along the way, the Guixu Bottle condensed a few drops of Xuanyuan Divine Water, and Lu Yi and the five uncles, as well as the Black Cloud Beast, shared a part of it.
The five old men certainly benefited a lot, and the Dark Cloud Beast also became more and more majestic, especially its appetite increased dramatically, and its physique became a little stronger.
If there was an endless supply of Xuanyuan Divine Water...
In Lu Yi's mind, various secret techniques used by the Supreme Beiming Immortal Sect to train guardian immortal soldiers emerged, including the secret method of training the guardian immortal soldiers' special mounts. All of these secret techniques relied on the powerful effect of Xuanyuan Divine Water.
However, the current output of Xuanyuan Divine Water is too small.
As Lu Yi was thinking, he heard a clear crane cry from the sky. Lu Yi raised his head and looked towards the sky. He saw a huge flamingo flapping its wings and falling from the sky. It was still dozens of feet above the ground. Jing Yue, with a smile on her face, had already jumped down.
Yu Dianhu and other personal guards rushed up hastily and were about to attack Jing Yue, but Lu Yi waved his hand and drove all of these guys down the hill, making them stay hundreds of feet away.
After Yu Dianhu and his group were driven away, Hong He slowly descended and yelled at Lu Yi in an unpleasant manner.
"Junior Brother Fahai." Jing Yue smiled and saluted Lu Yi with folded hands.
Lu Yu's face twisted and twitched, changing from blue to red, and finally his entire face drooped.
He bowed weakly towards Jing Yue: "Hehehe, Senior Sister Jing Yue..."
Jing Yue widened her eyes and looked at Lu Yi in surprise: "Why, you don't look very well, Junior Brother? Could it be that you have encountered some difficulties?"
Lu Yu muttered to himself that he just had some minor objections to the Buddhist name "Fahai".
Of course, that’s not the case. It is said that his Buddhist name was given to him personally by Abbot Shenzui. Could he have any objection to this?
After coughing, Lu Yi said quietly, "I am just worried about the country and the people... Dayin was originally peaceful and harmonious, but what about that Dongqi Bo..."
Jing Yue nodded vigorously: "Yes, when I came here, the elders of the sect had already found out that Dong Qi Bo was indeed backed by those stinky old Taoists from the Taoist sect. But they were very clever and secretive. The Haojian Palace was conquered by them more than a thousand years ago, so there is really no real evidence."
Jing Yue took out a beast-skin bag from his sleeve, and then took out one large medicine bag after another.
Medicine bags, each two feet square, fell to the ground at Lu Qi's feet with a bang, and soon formed a small hill.
Jing Yue pointed at the medicine bags and said, "The Ten Thousand Year Red Lotus still needs some time to mature. It will take a few days for the Red Lotus Deliverance Pill to be refined. But, Junior Brother Fahai, it seems that you don't need it anymore, right?"
"These days, the common red lotus in the volcanic magma pool is growing very well, just like leeks, one crop after another. The luck of our Buddhist sect is soaring, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the gate of the Red Lotus Temple is recovering rapidly. Junior Brother Fahai, you have made a great contribution."
"Here are one million solid red lotus pills that are 10% as effective as the original recipe. They are not the fake stuff used in Anping Prefecture that only has one-tenth of its effectiveness. The master asked me to send them to Junior Brother Fahai to help him."
Lu Yi looked at Jing Yue in surprise. He opened a medicine bag and found that the solid red lotus pills in the bag were all the size of soybeans. They felt heavy in his hand, deep red in color, and had a lasting fragrance.
In Anping Prefecture, the solid red lotus pills that Lu Yi obtained were only the size of sesame seeds. Neither their color nor their aroma could be compared with the solid red lotus pills in front of him.
Jingyue is gone.
Riding away on a flamingo.
As the flamingo flapped its wings with difficulty and flew into the air, it twisted its long neck and looked back at Lu Yi, glaring at him fiercely again and again.
Because the flamingo howled maliciously at Lu Yi in provocation when it just landed, Lu Yi was very enthusiastic. He searched the army's baggage camp and looted countless candied fruits, dried fruits, and snacks. He made a large package of fifteen feet square with cattails and forced the flamingo to hang on his claws.
This big guy was very reluctant to do this kind of hard labor.
How many millions of miles would it take to fly from the heart of Gaojing back to Honglian Temple? It would be fine to carry Jingyue on his back, as she was petite and didn't weigh much.
But this big package...
It was the same last time in Lingjun City, and it’s the same this time!
If Hong He could defeat Lu Yi, he would really like to make seven or eight holes in his body.
Jing Yue rode the flamingo into the sky happily, patting its long neck constantly: "Hey, Junior Brother Fahai is such a good person, always sending so many delicious foods... Hohoho, I can go back and do favors again, hehe, my reputation among my senior and junior sisters is getting better and better."
At dinner that day, Lu Yi called the military logistics officer and distributed the Red Lotus Solid Pills according to the military roster.
Fifty thousand Blood-hoofed Black-horned Cavalrymen, fifty thousand Wind-chasing Black-horned Cavalrymen, three hundred thousand Leopard-charged Cavalrymen, a total of four hundred thousand combat soldiers and four hundred thousand mounts. Both the people and the mounts have a Red Lotus Solid Pill.
That night.
The five masters occupied five directions of the camp.
Lu Yu sat cross-legged in the central army tent. The image of the three-eyed god lit up in his mind. The light of his soul vibrated violently, and he tried his best to draw the power of the five elements in the void.
In the picture of the three-eyed god, the stars in the sky gradually light up.
Lu Yi's spiritual energy was constantly consumed, but also constantly restored.
In the outside sky, several big stars looked like gems that had been wiped clean of dust, bursting with brilliant starlight that was several times brighter than usual.
A trace of starlight invisible to the naked eye fell from the sky and sprinkled evenly in Lu Yi's camp.
Four hundred thousand elite soldiers and four hundred thousand alien blood mounts were all resting.
The soldiers' faces were flushed and their bodies were boiling with heat. The medicinal power of the Red Lotus Solid Pill was absorbed into their limbs bit by bit, increasing their strength by three to four thousand pounds out of thin air.
In the Tuomai realm, this is equivalent to opening up five or six meridian powers out of thin air.
These soldiers were originally elite.
Today, they are considered the most powerful troops in the entire Dayin.
The bigger changes are on the mounts.
The five-colored mist triggered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth near the camp to slowly repair itself. A trace of spiritual light seeped out from the void and gradually merged into the bodies of the mounts .
After taking the Red Lotus Solid Pill, the strength, physique, etc. of these mounts are growing rapidly.
However, as the spiritual power of heaven and earth recovered, some extremely thin exotic bloodlines in the bodies of these mounts were detonated by the medicinal power of the Red Lotus Solid Pill.
The four blood-red hooves of Blood-hoofed Black Horse began to glow faintly, and traces of blood-red lines spread rapidly from their hooves, extending along the horse's legs to the horse's belly.
The wind-chasing black horse's fur gradually turned a light red, but the most important thing was its tail, which had unknowingly turned into a green color like the wind.
The size of the Leopard Cavalry was slowly expanding, the color of the leopard spots on their bodies was deepening, becoming more bright and eye-catching, their four legs were becoming more slender, and the muscles in their legs were also expanding slightly.
There were four hundred thousand mounts, but not a single one neighed.
At this moment, they remained silent very spiritually, quietly feeling the wonderful feeling of their blood slowly reviving and their strength constantly increasing.
