Sheng Wanwan felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this. These people really treated her like a goddess! She also wanted to pray for rain for the Northern Territory! But now, it seemed impossible to get it.
Besides, even if she could summon rain, the Northern Territory is so vast, and with her limited spiritual and magical power, it's impossible for her to summon rain throughout the entire territory.
"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to what Wanwan has to say!"
"Everyone calls me a goddess, but I am unworthy of such a title!"
Wanwan is not a goddess at all; she is just a mortal with spiritual roots who can cultivate immortality.
Wanwan has learned some magic and can indeed pray for rain on a small scale, but that's all. I can't make the entire Northern Territory receive rain, but I will do my best to find a way to make it rain.
"As long as you don't rebel with Prince Rui, you will be good citizens of our Great Yan Kingdom, and the court will do its best to provide you with food so that you won't starve to death."
"Now I'm giving you two options. One is for you to disband, change into civilian clothes, and go to Yunzhou City to find your own way to survive. The other is for me to write you a letter and have the Yunzhou City garrison allocate a piece of land for you outside the city, where you can build houses, farm, and be self-sufficient."
I just came from Yunzhou City, where the weather is good and there has been no disaster.
I will also prepare food for you on the road...
One option is to become part of the imperial army and head north to the northern border. There will be enough food to feed you there, but there is a condition: once you go there, you will become part of the Great Yan Dynasty's army and will be loyal to the Great Yan royal family.
I don't care if you disperse and fend for yourselves, but if you want to become soldiers of the imperial court, you must swear here that you will protect the people of the Great Yan Kingdom to the death, and that you will not rebel or defect to the enemy.
In a moment, I will activate the formation. The oaths you made were not made in vain. If you break your oaths, you will be punished by the Heavenly Dao.
The lightest punishment is death, while the heaviest is annihilation of the soul, never to be reincarnated.
"Now, those who want to find their own way to survive, line up on the left; those who want to come with me to the Northern Army camp, line up on the right."
As soon as Sheng Wanwan finished speaking, the soldiers quickly lined up in formation.
When Sheng Wanwan was reading the book, she felt that this army was a ragtag bunch that would only be cannon fodder on the battlefield.
These 100,000 men were recruited by Prince Rui from refugees who had fled over the past three years. They joined the army simply to earn a living and had no sense of national or patriotic sentiments whatsoever.
So when Sheng Wanwan finished speaking, most of the people stood on the left.
Go to the North? What a joke! The North is about to be at war; going there would be suicide.
Seeing this, Sheng Wanwan didn't say much. To be honest, she was also a little worried about taking too many people to the Northern Border. What if these people suddenly turned against her?
I'm afraid the border will be in chaos before the Liang army even enters the country.
There are about 10,000 people standing on the right now, which is not a small number. Moreover, even if some of them have ulterior motives, Grandpa Ma and Grandfather Ma can handle them.
Sheng Wanwan looked at the lined-up troops, first giving the left-hand team enough food to get them to Yunzhou City, and then confiscating all their armor and weapons.
This was done to prevent them from forcibly entering Yunzhou City and causing chaos.
Finally, they were given some carriages and horses, and a letter was written and given to a kind-looking, honest man in the group to carry.
He was instructed to deliver the letter directly to the garrison commander of Yunzhou City upon arrival.
Then they let those people leave.
Sheng Wanwan thought for a moment and wrote a few more letters. Then she asked Feng Que to summon some wild pigeons. After tying the letters to the pigeons' legs, she said a few words to them.
The wild pigeons then split into three groups. One group went to Yunzhou City and had Qian Feng, the garrison commander of Yunzhou City, arrange for the defected soldiers to be taken care of.
He instructed Qian Feng, for safety's sake, not to let these people into the city. Whether soldiers or ordinary refugees, they were all placed in the uninhabited wasteland north of Yunzhou City, to be cleared and built into their own homes.
The pigeons flew all the way to the northern border to inform Grandpa Ma and his maternal grandfather about the soldiers.
Finally, they headed to the capital city. This letter was from Sheng Wanwan, informing Si Nantian that she had turned 100,000 troops against her, and that Prince Rui would surely find out, so a great war was probably imminent.
She told Si Nantian that he didn't need to wait any longer; the net cast in the capital and various prefectures could be pulled in.
After doing all this, Sheng Wanwan created a spectacular celestial phenomenon of lightning and thunder, causing her ten thousand-strong army to swear an oath in the valley. Then she led her army towards the northern border…
In reality, this grand formation was just a ruse to deceive the soldiers; whether or not they obeyed the oath would have no effect on them whatsoever.
There are indeed large formations like this one that can bind tens of thousands of people, subjecting them to divine punishment for breaking their oaths. It's just that with her current abilities, her magical power is insufficient to support such a formation.
Half a month later, an army of over 10,000 appeared at the northern border.
Ma Changshan and General Chu had already received Sheng Wanwan's letter and learned that she would be bringing 10,000 troops to bolster the border army. They were already prepared to welcome the new recruits.
But when they saw this massive army of ten thousand, they were so shocked their eyes almost popped out.
You have to understand how difficult it is to recruit soldiers in the North. Even if those refugees have fled thousands of miles of famine, they are unwilling to come to the border to fight.
They have been recruiting soldiers for several months and have only managed to recruit a little over 10,000.
This little girl, Sheng Wanwan, not only turned Prince Rui's 100,000-strong army against him during her trip, but also brought back more than 10,000 soldiers for them.
Sheng Wanwan is truly the pillar of their Great Yan Kingdom.
However, that was not all that surprised them.
Sheng Wanwan jumped off the back of the white leopard and began placing the grain directly in front of Ma Changshan and General Chu.
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