Chapter 53: supreme commander
On the left, sat the centurion commanding the cavalry, named Xue Rui.
On the right, sat the centurion who led the infantry, Li Liang.
And in the very center, sat a man in his early forties. His name is Sun Tiankui, and he is the supreme commander of Liangcheng's army, commanding all the frontier soldiers in Liangcheng.
Sun Tiankui was wearing black armor with a tiger's head carved on his chest. Judging from his appearance alone, he is not a burly man. It's just that his eyes are sharp, and the aura he exudes is far better than Li Liang and Xue Rui.
Liangcheng only belongs to a small border town. Although Sun Tiankui commands all the frontier soldiers, his rank is not high, and he cannot even be called a real general.
However, in normal times, he likes people to call him general.
He has self-knowledge, and feels that he may not be able to become a general commanding tens of thousands of troops in this life. Therefore, people usually call him a general, and he can also enjoy it.
In the future, when he is old, he will be able to treat others proudly. I am also a general.
Of course, in the chaotic environment of Liangcheng, whether he can live to old age is another matter.
Li Liang on the right looked at Sun Tiankui and said, "General, I see everyone is here, we can start."
When Sun Tiankui heard the words, he glanced down.
Then, he spoke.
He first expressed his grief for Guo Ren's death, saying that Guo Ren's death was a major loss in the army.
Losing a Qi Sea Realm cultivator is really not a good feeling in his heart. Originally, there were only a few Qi-sea monks in the army, but when Guo Ren died, there were even fewer.
Then, he explained the reasons for selecting the infantry centurion this time, as well as some rules of the campaign.
He speaks very succinctly, never sloppy.
Finally, he announced the beginning of the race for centurion.
When the game was about to start, Chen Cang found Fang Lie.
Fang Lie hurriedly asked, "How is it, have you got the medicine?"
It turned out that early in the morning, Fang Lie ordered Chen Cang to go back to Yuantang to find Old Man Ji to get some medicine, the kind that could improve his combat effectiveness.
In order to sit on the centurion seat, many people will use some means. As long as it is not too much, the above will not control too much.
Chen Cang handed a pill to Fang Lie and said, "I got it. This is a medicine secretly made by Ji Lao, and the side effects are minimal. Ji Lao said, when you sit in the seat of the centurion, you should invite him to go. Chunfeng Pavilion listens to the music."
Fang Lie took the pill and said with a grin, "Don't worry, if I sit in the centurion's seat, not to mention listening to music, even a sleeping girl will do."
Sun Tiankui, Li Liang, and Xue Rui are the referees of this campaign.
There are three referees in name, but Sun Tiankui has the most say.
Only the three of them are qualified to sit.
Soldiers like Chen Cang were not qualified to sit, so they could only stand.
Chen Cang took a look and saw that there were twenty people running for centurion.
Of these twenty people, some were under Li Liang's and some were under Guo Ren before. There are three other people, from the cavalry battalion, who belong to Xue Rui's men. There are also five people, who are Sun Tiankui's personal guards.
In addition to the cavalry battalion in charge of Xue Rui and the infantry battalion in charge of Li Liang and Guo Ren, Sun Tiankui also had a personal guard.
In this race for centurion, there aren't so many fancy things, it's just about combat effectiveness.
Whoever has the strongest fighting power will win the position of the centurion.
In a knockout game, two people play against each other, the loser leaves, and the winner advances to the next round.
The three people sent by Xue Rui were all at the very long level, and there was even a cultivator at the early stage of the Qi Sea Realm. That person stepped into the sea of qi last month, and is a very powerful presence in the cavalry battalion.
The other two are the peaks of body quenching.
Among the five people sent by Sun Tiankui, one was a monk at the early stage of the Qi Sea Realm. The other four are all peak body quenching.
As for Li Liang and Guo Ren's subordinates, they have the largest number of people, but the lowest cultivation level.
In fact, Fang Lie has already stepped into the sea of qi, but many people don't know it yet.
He is also more of a chicken thief, using the secret powder he obtained earlier to cover up his breath.
That kind of medicinal powder was obtained from the barbarian wizard during the First World War three years ago.
There are very few medicinal powders, and he has been reluctant to use them for a long time.
Now, for the centurion's position, he was finally willing to use it.
In his words, this is called hiding, and in battles, you can often catch your opponent by surprise.
In a word, he wants to blind his competitors.
Xue Rui looked at Li Liang and said, "I asked you for someone a few days ago, but you didn't give it. I'm afraid your people won't be able to take the position of centurion this time."
He has a cultivator in the early Qi Sea Realm, and Sun Tiankui also has one. In his opinion, the centurion's seat must be one of the two.
Li Liang pouted, but did not speak.
He couldn't bear Xue Rui's face, but he was helpless. When recruiting people, Xue Rui's cavalry battalion and Sun Tiankui's personal guard battalion are all good seedlings. They picked the rest, who were the infantry battalions.
At this moment, how much he hoped that one of the people below him would stand up and defeat the two Qi-sea cultivators sent by Xue Rui and Sun Tiankui, and slap them in the face.
The game started, and the loser played a round.
Fang Lie made his move and defeated his opponent with lightning speed.
Instead, he picked a good opponent, just a cultivator in the late stage of Body Tempering. Therefore, after he solved the opponent, he did not reveal his true strength.
In the first round, ten people were eliminated.
Chen Cang looked at those who were eliminated and shook his head slightly. Those people still don't work.
In fact, what Chen Cang lacked now was his qualifications and military merit. As for combat power, he is enough.
If he competes, he will definitely go farther than most people.
After the first round was over, Sun Tiankui on stage invited the other two to play a gamble.
Sun Tiankui said: "Let's have some fun and see who can win the position of the centurion. It's your Xue Rui's subordinate, or my personal guard battalion, or Li Liang's subordinate."
Xue Rui smiled and said, "Okay, since the general wants to play, I'm happy to accompany him."
After hearing this, Li Liang said with a bitter face: "You two, obviously you are trying to cheat me."
Sun Tiankui said, "It's just a matter of not going to the Spring Breeze Pavilion a few times, just for entertainment."
Then, the three of them chose people to bet on.
Xue Rui naturally won the cavalry battalion, while Sun Tiankui bet on the person who guarded the battalion.
As for Li Liang, there was no hope among the people in the infantry battalion, so he overpowered Sun Tiankui's men to win.
Quan Dang sent some money to Sun Tiankui.
The second round has begun.
There are ten people left, and five people will be eliminated in this round.
And Fang Lie, as a cultivator in the early stage of Qi Sea Realm, easily eliminated one person and advanced smoothly.
Chen Cang's eyes were attracted by two other people.
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