Chapter 609: Four Dragon Generals
The soldiers who went to report the news were very fast, and Zhou Xu and his men also came quickly. It took less than 30 minutes for Shang Xijun to get off the torture chair.
The fear brought to him by the 'dripping punishment' did not subside so quickly. Even now, his forehead was still hurting, and his entire head was experiencing waves of tingling pain.
Zhou Xu's words just now almost frightened him to the point of incontinence on the spot.
"How many troops are there?"
"About five thousand. I don't know exactly how many there are, but it's at least five thousand!"
"real?"
Zhou Xu acted as if he didn't quite believe it. During this time, the soldier next to him who was previously responsible for guarding Shang Xijun cooperated very well and swung the leather blindfold in his hand onto his palm, making a snapping sound.
Hearing the voice, Shang Xijun's already pale face was suddenly filled with uncontrollable fear, and even his whole body began to tremble.
"I, I'm just a minor official, I don't know much about it! I didn't lie, I really didn't lie!!"
As he spoke, Shang Xijun burst into tears on the spot, looking like he was completely devastated.
On his way here, the soldier who was guarding had already briefly told him the situation, so Zhou Xu knew that the other party broke down and cried during the execution.
It is not difficult to see from the current situation that the other party has indeed been tortured to the point of mental breakdown.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu raised his hand, signaling the soldiers to stop, and then said directly...
"What else do you know? Tell me everything! If you dare to lie, you know the consequences."
"I'll tell you everything!!"
Seeing the soldiers about to take action again, Shang Xijun hurriedly expressed his position, but for a moment, he was so confused that he didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu simply gave a suggestion.
"Just tell me what big thing happened there and why you sent troops here now."
After being pointed out by Zhou Xu, Shang Xijun felt as if he had found his backbone and immediately began to talk incessantly.
From Shang Xijun's narration, Zhou Xu learned that the other country had just annexed another country on the opposite side of the world half a year ago and expanded its territory.
When hearing this, Zhou Xu couldn't help but think...
[If I had taken action half a year ago, no, a year ago, and the other side was just fighting with another country, wouldn't it have been easier to fight? ]
He was just thinking about it casually now. He had missed this opportunity. Ultimately, it was due to insufficient intelligence.
Think about it from another perspective. A year ago, the rat army was still eyeing us covetously. Even if he knew that there was also a fight here, he probably wouldn't take the risk based on his personality.
But this idiot who called himself the First Emperor and used their name "Huaxia" has already started to target him after only half a year? According to Shang Xijun, it was a war between two countries, which was different from their casual annexation of primitive tribes.
It is not difficult to hear from the other party's words that the scale of development of the other country is not small, so it can be said to be a tough battle.
In this case, as the victorious country, half a year was obviously not enough for them to assimilate the annexed population.
In other words, the other party's "internal troubles" haven't been resolved yet, but now they are starting to stretch their claws outward?
Of course, it is also possible that the other party just sent out a pathfinding force with the idea of "scouting the way first", and did not plan to make any big moves in the short term.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu asked a question.
"Have you ever encountered this kind of energy channel before?"
“No, no.”
"In the other world, are there any other countries besides yours?"
Zhou Xu really didn't want to call the other side "China".
“Nothing has been found yet.”
After that, Zhou Xu asked a lot of questions, and through the questions and answers, he had a general understanding of the other side's situation.
[As of now, this is the first time that the other party has encountered an energy channel, and he is not clear about the mechanism of this energy channel. The mechanism itself is not difficult to guess, and with time, he will soon be able to figure out the rules. The key point is that he should not know that the other end of this energy channel is connected to another world. ]
[The other party may have some guesses, but they certainly cannot be sure. In addition, the scouting troops have gone out and never returned, so the other party dare not act rashly, which can help me buy a lot of time. ]
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu.
As for the rat people, there is still no result yet. If possible, he would definitely like to completely get rid of the rat people first, and then turn around to deal with this idiot here.
"The 5,000 troops you guessed refer to the entire country's troops, or the troops in the military camp where you are?"
"All over the country."
After saying these two words, Shang Xijun quickly added another sentence.
"During the previous war, Your Majesty forcibly conscripted many soldiers. Some died and some were injured. After the war, they were dismissed."
When Zhou Xu heard this, a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes.
Since they have already forcibly conscripted soldiers, it means that the other side has completely lost track of its internal development. It also shows that the previous battle was indeed not easy to fight.
After the war, it is basically normal to dismiss the forcibly conscripted soldiers. Otherwise, there will be insufficient internal labor and the country will not be able to develop normally.
The soldiers must be demobilized and allowed to return to their jobs.
"How many troops have you deployed on this side of the energy channel? Are there any powerful generals?"
"There are 1,500 troops stationed here. After His Majesty discovered this passage, he thought there might be danger here, so he sent more troops. Previously, there were only 1,000 troops stationed here."
Zhou Xu was not surprised by this result. It was certainly impossible for a country to store all its military forces in one place.
Not to mention the borders everywhere, garrisons must be arranged in every city.
On the one hand, it is to prevent rebellion in the city, and on the other hand, in this era, the wilderness is also quite dangerous, with wild beasts and even supernatural creatures roaming around, and troops are needed to provide the most basic security for the city.
So, even if a force has 5,000 soldiers, it does not mean that it can use 5,000 soldiers to fight in a war, unless the other party does not even care about its own hometown.
It’s amazing that many people don’t understand this.
During this time, Shang Xijun continued to speak...
"As for the powerful generals, this side of the border is personally commanded by one of the four most powerful dragon generals under your majesty."
"Four Dragon Generals? What is this?"
"They are the four generals appointed by His Majesty himself. They are Long Aotian, Long Zhantian, Long Xiaotian and Long Potian, collectively known as the Four Dragon Generals. The one guarding this side of the border is General Long Zhantian."
Speaking of this, a trace of reverence involuntarily appeared on Shang Xijun's face.
It can be seen that this guy with the word "dragon" at the beginning and "sky" at the end should really have some skills.
As for Zhou Xu, after hearing that string of names, he fell into endless silence...
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
