Chapter 307 - Lightning StrikeJust as expected, Xiang Yun arrived at the gates to Cold City and stood there for less than half an incense"s time. Suddenly, someone grabbed his arm from behind, and Xiang Yun felt the ground lighten as the scenery around him changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he was brought to an alleyway where no one was pa.s.sing by.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
A thin, tall, black-faced, middle-aged man with a tall crown on his head cupped his hands and bowed towards Xiang Yun.
Xiang Yun"s pupils constricted as he sized up the man. He could faintly feel a sense of oppression. This person"s cultivation was definitely above Huang Yun"s. He should be a Profound Cloud Realm martial pract.i.tioner. Xiang Yun instantly came to a decision in his heart.
"Who are you?" Xiang Yun asked.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I am Feng Hongyi, a subordinate general of General Xiang. I am here on the orders of the General to receive Your Highness."
"General Xiang?"
Xiang Yun was stunned for a moment before immediately reacting. Needless to say, it was definitely someone his big brother Xiang Jinglei had sent. It seemed that Old Liang had already communicated with him before.
Not bad, not bad. You even know to send someone to welcome me. Looks like my big brother"s handling of affairs has improved somewhat over the past two years. Xiang Yun nodded to himself, feeling rather satisfied.
"Then let"s go. Should we go see my big brother or report to the barracks first? "Let"s skip the welcoming banquet and the meeting with the military officials. I don"t like this kind of thing."Xiang Yun"s words were light and unfl.u.s.tered, giving the impression of a n.o.ble son of the Prince of the Northwest.
"Cough, cough." The adviser, Feng Hongyi, coughed embarra.s.sedly.
"Then Your Highness, you don"t need to meet with the officials, nor do you need to partic.i.p.ate in the welcoming banquet.""Oh, that"s great. Let"s go straight to the barracks to report. Tell me, what kind of soldiers did you arrange for me?"
"Uh …" Feng Hongyi was once again at a loss for words.
"En, is it not settled yet?" Xiang Yun frowned slightly, feeling that his big brother was rather inefficient in his work."The general has made his arrangements!"
"Then tell me, what battalion is it? "The Divine Martial Army Camp, the Mysterious G.o.d Camp, and the cavalry battalion …" Before they had entered the cold city gates, Xiang Yun had slightly supplemented his knowledge of the barracks and knew of the "Five Great Barracks" and the "Five Barracks" in the cold city gates.
Feng Hongyi hesitated for a moment. Finally, he opened his mouth and said, "General, please arrange for His Highness to report to the new army camp first.""What?" This time, it was Xiang Yun"s turn to be shocked. He stared wide-eyed at Feng Hongyi, as if he wanted to confirm if he had said something wrong.
However, Feng Hongyi had already spoken. He simply said, "Your Highness, the general has already instructed that you are to enter the new barracks to train, just like the ordinary soldiers. Then, according to the rules, you are to be randomly a.s.signed to the camps."
"I"ll go!" Xiang Yun was a little speechless. No matter what, he was still the crown prince, but he had actually entered the new army camp to be a rookie. This shocking news was most likely trying to intimidate him!
"Does he have any other orders?"
Xiang Yun was still a little unwilling to give up. He thought to himself, even if this Xiang Lei doesn"t give him special privileges, he should at least be given some benefits. No matter what, I"m still a relative.
Hearing this, Feng Hongyi suddenly remembered something as he hurriedly said, "That"s right, Your Highness, the general has already given his orders.""Hur Hur, this fellow is sensible." Xiang Yun sneered in his heart.
"The general said that His Highness the crown prince must not reveal his ident.i.ty to anyone while he"s in the army. Like all new recruits, he must not enjoy any privileges, or else …"
"Otherwise what?" Xiang Yun"s face was already darkening!
Feng Hongyi directly said, "Otherwise, the general would have personally taken the Crown Prince by himself."
Your Highness, once you leave the military camp, you are not allowed to take even half a step into the cold city gates! "
Xiang Yun"s face was finally as black as the bottom of a pot!
"Where"s Xiang Jinglei? Bring me to him!" Xiang Yun"s voice was low as he asked through gritted teeth.
"The general has given the order that after His Highness the crown prince arrives at the Cold City Pa.s.s, unless he summons the crown prince himself, His Highness is not allowed to meet with him without permission. Otherwise, all shall be dealt with according to military law!""d.a.m.n it!" Xiang Yun was finally unable to endure it any longer and began cursing loudly!
This thunderbolt had first given him a show of might, but had also made him suffer a loss. It was clear that he had been deliberately tricked. How could Xiang Yun not be angered?As for Feng Hongyi, after hearing Xiang Yun"s insults, he could only pretend to be deaf and mute, pretending that he could not hear anything.
What a joke. The two princes had such revered statuses. He wouldn"t be so foolish as to meddle in their affairs when a mortal was in a fight between two immortals. He wouldn"t be involved in their family affairs.
The so-called "when a tiger falls to the ground, one is bullied by a dog." Moreover, when he compared himself to Xiang Jinglei, it seemed like he was the dog. Xiang Jinglei was a tiger, yet he had come to his territory.
At this moment, Xiang Yun couldn"t help but inwardly wonder if his father had arranged things like this on purpose. Why hadn"t he been allowed to go to Second Brother Xiang Jinghong"s camp to gain experience?
"Forget it, it"s only two months anyway. Just bear with it for a bit longer and it"ll be over!" Xiang Yun could only console himself like this.
"Then take me to the new barracks to report!" Xiang Yun said with a dark expression.
Feng Hongyi could only smile wryly as he stepped forward to lead the way …
Roughly an hour later, within the new barracks on the east side of Cold City Pa.s.s, Xiang Yun was holding a long line of people, lined up with the words" Wei Xiaobao "and" Broken Iron "in his hand.
Seeing the words" Recruit Recruit "written on the signboard, Xiang Yun couldn"t help but shiver in the cold wind. He wanted to cry, but had no tears!
"Xiang Jinglei, f * * k your grandma!"Xiang Yun had already cursed his big brother Xiang Lei thousands of times in his heart. If it were not for the fact that they shared the same roots, perhaps even his eighteen generations of ancestors would have asked for help.
At this moment, Feng Hongyi had already left. Xiang Yun had asked him to bring him to the military camp to report on the matter. Originally, the procedures for entering the army should have been completed already.
Unexpectedly, this fellow had brought him here, gotten him to line up here after receiving his ident.i.ty card, and had him leave … this grandson had also slipped away, leaving Xiang Yun alone, in a mess amidst the cold wind …
It was not easy for him to line up and fill out his personal information before he was sent to the medical examination hall. This place almost drove Xiang Yun crazy.
In a large field, over a hundred people, running around naked in the cold north wind, there was not a single thing left to lose. That was really a scene of a bird flying high in the sky, and the goal was to check their physical health, as well as to check their gender.After running in a circle, the corners of Xiang Yun"s lips were twitching nonstop. His fists were clenching even harder, almost having the urge to kill.
After his medical examination had pa.s.sed, Xiang Yun, who had been completely worn out from all the work he had done, took his files and arrived at the final stop of the new recruits" enlistment, the new barracks" deployment area, where the Battalion Commander had determined the division to which the new recruits would be transferred!
"It"s finally over!"
Xiang Yun gritted his teeth, suppressing the fury in his heart. He felt that today"s new recruits were simply a nightmare, causing his body and mind to be severely injured.
He couldn"t wait to end all this. At this moment, he held the personal information form in his hand and quickly rushed into the deployment camp!
"Name?"
"Wei Xiaobao."
"Age?""Eighteen."
Family Members
Xiang Yun looked at the three men dressed in military uniforms in front of him. Although he was still replying, his eyes were gradually filled with impatience!
At the moment, there were a total of three soldiers in the allocation area. Two men dressed in dark red cloth armors sat upright, and between the two of them was a tall and st.u.r.dy man with a round iron helmet and black armor. He was lying down on a bench, leisurely flipping through the books in his hand.The one speaking to Xiang Yun was the man to the left of Dai Hu, the Centurion of the new battalion, Xun Wu, also Dai Hu"s a.s.sistant. His stature was not that big, and was instead somewhat skinny.
This person"s small eyes narrowed as he occasionally glanced at Xiang Yun, occasionally lowering his head to look at Xiang Yun"s information sheet, casually asking about the basics.
In Xiang Yun"s heart, however, he was growing more and more impatient. This was because Xun Wu"s questions had all been clearly written on the information table, but he did not know why this fellow had taken the unnecessary step, patiently asking this sort of information.
After asking for a long time, Xiang Yun patiently answered …
That lean man, Xun Er, instead furrowed his brows and shot a glance at Xiang Yun as he asked, "Are you joining the army on your own or are you joining the army on your own?""I want to enlist myself."
"Oh, so someone recommended you?""No!"
Hearing this, Xun Wu and the other soldier beside Dai Hu looked at each other and gave a look before that person slowly spoke.
"Yes, the recruits are all divided into different categories. Our Cold City Pa.s.s"s new barracks, infantry, cavalry, marines, sailors, and artillery have their own training methods, and the degree of difficulty is also different. In the future, when we enter the battlefield, the degree of danger will vary, you know that."
Xiang Yun felt that this person"s words were a little strange. Under normal circ.u.mstances, the officers in charge of a newly recruited soldier would definitely treat them equally, telling the soldiers that all types of troops were the same, in order to prevent the new recruits from having any thoughts of avoiding the critical situation, whereas Xun Wu had said the exact opposite.However, Xiang Yun still said indifferently, "I know."
"Okay." That soldier nodded and said: "Our new army camp has infantry battalions, cavalry battalions, G.o.d Equipment Battalion, Divine Martial Battalion, Sea Defense Battalion, and Five Battalions. Tell me, which battalion do you want to enter?"
"Aren"t all new recruits randomly a.s.signed to the camp?" Xiang Yun doubtfully asked.The corner of Xun Wu"s mouth twitched. He smiled playfully and said, "That"s a good question. New recruits are randomly a.s.signed. However, there are still big and small possibilities."
Xun Wu lowered his voice as he said this and said: "For example, if you had an officer you were familiar with in the army, the chances of you being transferred to a good cavalry battalion, a sea battalion, or a G.o.d"s opportunity camp would be higher, do you understand?"
Hearing this, Xiang Yun"s eyes suddenly flickered with a cold light. This person was undoubtedly telling Xiang Yun that if there was any sort of internal relationship within the military camp, they would be able to move him to a better location.
Xiang Yun"s voice was somewhat stiff as he asked, "Then what if I don"t know any military officers?"
Hearing this, the man laughed even more brilliantly. "If it doesn"t matter, then although it will be a bit troublesome to be a.s.signed to a good army camp, it is not impossible, so we will need Battalion Commander Dai to help you move around, clear up the channels, and transfer you to the army camp you want to go to. That is not a problem at all."
"But …" The man said this and rubbed his index finger and thumb, smiling playfully.
"Walking together, you definitely have to spend money. Little brother, look, are you going to express it?"