Chapter 264 Northern Han Army

Level 4 star warlocks have an absolute advantage over level 3 star warlocks.

Although Lu Lushan had passed the test of the northern battlefield, his experience against fourth-level star warlocks was only twice, and he only survived completely, but he was still able to face the danger without hesitation.

In contrast, the people brought by Liu Kuang were far less heroic than Lu Lushan, and close combat made them even more afraid. Without understanding the opponent's star formation, close combat was tantamount to self-help suicide.

So everyone fell silent.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't expect that Lu Lushan's shouting was actually effective, and he couldn't help but look at the other side with contempt. Even with his caution, if he encountered such a challenge, he would definitely ride Lu Xu into battle.

Warlock Liu Kuangxing suddenly laughed and said: "It's useless to fight. Mr. Cheng, are you really prepared to have a battle with the Star Warlock Association? In fact, your research can be completed with only a few people. I heard When you study things by yourself, you often only need the help of two or three people. In this case, why not release the others? You can place them in the Star Warlock Association. We will still treat them according to the welfare of the Star Warlock Association. They have financial help every month, material help every month, common manual assistance, everything..."

As far as content is concerned, he adheres to the long-standing tradition of the Star Warlock Association - supporting the self-reliance of any Star Warlock of any temple, or the self-reliance of any Star Warlock, as long as they do not attract the Star Warlocks of the Star Warlock Association.

Then it was Cheng Jinzhou's turn to be silent.

Tang Wen suddenly became energetic, looked at Cheng Jinzhou, and said in a condescending tone: "You made a choice and chose the temple. We can understand it. However, as a priest of the temple, you built a mess outside. Team, and recruit Star Warlocks from the Star Warlock Association, how can this be allowed?"

"I am a free star warlock." Lu Lushan snorted.

"I am a Templar Warlock." The old man with his legs crossed continued.

Tang Wen said in the tone of a senior star warlock: "No matter who you are, in short, the Star Warlock Association cannot allow the star warlocks of the temple to recruit the star warlocks of the association to do anything."

"Star Warlocks have their own rights to do their own thing, Tang Wen." Cheng Jinzhou took a breath and said: "Our team can allow Star Warlocks to study mathematics more deeply and help them gain more contribution points..."

"Star Warlock Association contribution points..." Tang Wen corrected.

"Then the Star Warlock Association is open." Cheng Jinzhou exhaled. He cares about the gradual development of his team, but if it makes the Star Warlock Association very unhappy...or the real rice he grows is lost, it is really not a cost-effective thing.

Liu Kuang read Cheng Jinzhou's expression carefully and suddenly said decisively: "Mr. Cheng Jinzhou, if you insist on having your own way, I will announce the decision of the Star Warlock Association, our final decision."

Just as Cheng Jinzhou was weighing the pros and cons, a very mean voice suddenly came from the door: "Xiao Kuang, does the association really have to be so overbearing to survive?"

The distinctive strong sissy is Bishop Kant who possesses the survival star array.

Liu Kuang, who had just hardened up, immediately became neither hard nor soft. He frowned and said, "Mr. Bishop, you haven't gone back to Xingzhou yet?"

"If Guo Jing doesn't go back, how can I go back? Besides, the fabric here is good." The bishop's expression was very nostalgic.

Tang Wen frowned and said, "How did you find me? Did you run away?"

Now it was the turn of the Star Warlock Association to change their minds.

The bishop showed part of the star array on his arm and said in a joking tone: "Yes, if you run away, you will never know how powerful the star array is. Young man, you will never have a chance."

It seems that he is still very proud of the star formation that he cannot fly.

The Cheng family sitting in the long hall had long been dumbfounded. Seeing a group of star warlocks fighting over each other, no one dared to say anything.

Kant walked to the right side of Cheng Jinzhou, reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "He is a star warlock of the temple. He can do whatever he wants. Do you understand? Association star warlock?"

The last sentence he said was directed at other people.

Warlock Liu Kuangxing was speechless. Tang Wen still frowned and said in a very thoughtful tone: "How did you catch up? We flew."

"The speed on the road can also be very fast." After Cheng Jinzhou answered on his behalf, a smile gradually appeared on his face and said: "Warlock Liu Kuangxing, the land I rented in Xia Jing is bound by... uh, contract. If you take it back by force, , I guarantee that the association will suffer more serious losses because of it. I paid you and I rented the land."

This was already the most serious warning he could give. If there were more, the other party might be more suspicious of his purpose of planting.

"A person favored by God?" Liu Kuang squinted at Cheng Jinzhou and left the long hall.

Cheng Wenzheng looked at Bishop Kande and Cheng Jinzhou, smiled, and left in the direction of Warlock Liu Kuangxing.

The meeting seemed to be over.

Just as Cheng Jinzhou relaxed, Kant said in a very uneasy tone: "Liu Kuang will not give up."

"Giving up what?"

"Giving up makes you give up." Kant laughed and said: "I don't know how you came up with this method, but your team is indeed developing very fast. The Star Warlock Association will not let you continue like this. Daxia is their territory.”

"There is a holy church, isn't it?" Cheng Jinzhou pretended.

"I'm leaving soon." Kant left the stupid Dr. Cheng Da behind, turned around and left.

"Wow!" Cheng Jinzhou made a sigh of relief. Looking at the long hall with fewer and fewer people, he said after a long time: "At least I saved the land."

"The harvest will be harvested in one month, it's best if you can keep it." Ys didn't speak until Kant left the room.

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Nearly a hundred star warlocks appeared together in Shaonan, making the entire city crowded.

They fly in the sky, they run on the ground, and they are used to buying things without paying.

More Star Warlock apprentices came over from other places, mainly the apprentices of the previous Star Warlock. Like the nobles, astromancers are always not good at things other than their main profession, such as astrology and pleasure, fighting and women.

Wu Zong and others have now become the main receptionists. Although they are of lower rank, Star Warlocks prefer Star Warlocks to officials and nobles.

The astromancers of the association, the astromancers of the temple, or the free astromancers got together again and fell in love with each other. The excuse for everyone to come to Shaonan was for Cheng Wenzheng's birthday banquet - a celebration from the imperial court and a celebration from Cheng Jinzhou.

Although the actual work has not been completed, everyone will still complete the superficial work.

Nobles who did not know the truth came from all over the country. In the entire Jinchuan Province and even in the history of the southwest, no gentleman's birthday party had so many star warlocks coming to celebrate. Although many people from small families do not understand the value of star warlocks as clearly as the gentlemen in the capital, fourth-level star warlocks are astonishing existences.

Returning to the Cheng family's old house is not an easy thing for the entire third house. Cheng Jinzhou is lucky. He can live in a separate courtyard and not talk nonsense with those of his age. Anyway, after traveling to this world Cheng Jinzhou itself has little interaction with it.

Mother Cheng's job is much more complicated. Titles like Seven Aunts and Eight Aunts may be just talk in the modern world, but in Daxia, they really exist.

There are four Qingyue Yuanlong branches in the Cheng family. In addition to Cheng Wenzheng, there are three other brothers and sisters in the Qingzi branch. In Cheng Yunan's generation, there are four more people. The various relatives who have been in the family for hundreds of years can no longer be measured by numbers like seven or eight.

To some extent, children from aristocratic families must be good at math, otherwise they will not be able to remember how many relatives they have.

Looking at the large number of banquets every night and the number of participants in each banquet, we can know that perhaps every noble in Shaonan is a relative of the Cheng family.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't like banquets very much, and the flattery and jealousy of everyone would not make him happy. But at this time, Liu Qingshuang showed strong adaptability. She is like a fish that is good at water, moving freely among the crowd and greeting everyone freely, no matter whether that person is important or not.

Watching her talking to relatives he couldn't even name, and listening to her introducing herself to every star warlock, Cheng Jinzhou suddenly felt like he was in college. Girls who are good at socializing at dances, girls who are good at expressing themselves.

Doctors in theoretical physics are indeed not good at talking to people, no matter what era they are in - Cheng Jinzhou clearly defines himself.

Warlock Liang Yuxing walked over from a corner of the banquet holding a wine glass. The buffet style of dancing came from the far west, first popularized by the Templars, then by the Astromancers Guild, and finally by the Astromancers in general. Therefore, in places where there are many star warlocks, banquets tend to be buffet style. In addition to habit, star warlocks eating too much may also be one of the reasons. The more star points they bear, the more the body consumes. Many star warriors eat more than cattle.

Cheng Jinzhou stood up from the corner where Liu Qingshuang was observing and gave him a friendly smile. Unlike in the research room, he was more relaxed in that situation.

Liang Yu followed his eyes, then laughed and said, "Don't you want to dance with your fiancée?"

"This is not popular in Shaonan. We are in the conservative area of ​​Daxia." Cheng Jinzhou rolled his eyelids.

"What are you worried about?" Liang Yu is a star warlock who voluntarily joined Cheng Jinzhou's team. Like most members of the team, he hopes to maintain the existence of the team more than Cheng Jinzhou himself, because he is a two-star warlock and may become a three-star warlock. Star Warlock, but he is no longer young.

If the astrologers cannot complete the preparation and write enough meaningful articles before the age of sixty, then they will spend the remaining 100 years just waiting to die. Old astromancers will be unable to continue research, their reactions will slow down, and their thinking will become dull, unless special star arrays are used.

Liang Yu is almost 50 years old, and there is not much time left for him. In Cheng Jinzhou's team, it seems to be the last chance.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled and said nothing. He didn't know Liang Yu very well, and he didn't want to talk about his troubles at the dance.

Liang Yu said smartly: "Are you worried about your land in the capital?"

"Why do you think so?" Cheng Jinzhou suddenly raised his head, wondering where he had leaked the information. He almost ignored the land in the capital, although he once had two capable people to take care of it.

"I know a thing or two about implantology." When humble astromancers use the word "a little knowledge" to describe them, they usually mean a mastery. Liang Yu drank the wine in his hand with a smile and whispered: "When I was in the capital, I paid attention to your land. At that time, Warlock Cao Fengxing occasionally published some insights on plantation. I noticed that he had been there for some time. Made some interesting remarks, but quickly diverted attention... Anyway, I know the land, so I thought you might have special needs for the special plants you grow."

Peers may know more about their peers than wives know about their husbands - they only know that their husbands are doing experiments, and they are still doing experiments at the age of thirty, and they are still doing experiments at the age of sixty. But colleagues are different. They will learn through papers or even a few words of conversation: a thirty-year-old man is thinking about how to make the stamens strong, and a sixty-year-old man is thinking about how to make the stamens function.

Cheng Jinzhou blinked, turned his gaze from Liu Qingshuang, who was at ease, to Liang Yu, and said, "What do you mean?"

"Actually, I have studied your special rice, and the interesting thing is that it seems that it cannot be grown again?"

"Yes." Cheng Jinzhou knew that there would be second-generation restrictions on the grain he bought from the Star Alliance.

"The harvest season is coming soon, and I want to help you plant a batch." Liang Yu threw the cup aside, and saw it automatically floated on the table, next to a pile of empty cups.

His expression seemed serious.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled and said, "I have a lot of things going on right now. I'm afraid I don't have time."

"After Bishop Kande leaves, Warlock Guo Jingxing will also leave. When the time comes, Warlock Liu Kuangxing cannot keep pressing forward." Liang Yu is a very smart warlock. He casually mentioned Cheng Jinzhou's problem, and then continued: "I The research has reached a bottleneck, I am very interested in your rice, I will help you grow it, and then regardless of the association, I will stay with you."

"oh."

"Other star warlocks will do the same, as long as you can provide good research conditions as always, so don't worry about Liu Kuang." Liang Yu smiled comfortably.

"When the harvest comes, I will definitely consider it..."

Cheng Jinzhou's words were interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps, and the gentlemen at the banquet turned their heads.

A team of knights with full armor and stomach rushed into the room and shouted: "Who is the Star Warlock stationed locally? I heard that there is a Star Warlock in the local area."

"Keep your voice down, you will disturb everyone." Cheng Jinzhou frowned unhappily when he saw Liu Qingshuang being bumped into by the crowd.

"We are performing emergency military duties and have notified the local chief." The knight in front was covered in dust and dirt, and looked weathered, but he was still shouting loudly, like those arrogant nobles.

Military attachés are very discriminated against by officials, but military nobles are not. The latter is the only time when the nobles feel useful. The nobles who can fight are the best among the nobles.

A civil servant laughed and said, "Do you and Chang Shi have the same attitude? He must not have given you a warning."

The knight looked carefully and realized that there were at least a dozen people in the room, all of whom were covered with Star Warlock badges on their chests.

"You just came back from the front line? I wonder why there is a banquet here?" Cheng Jinzhou looked at him curiously and asked continuously: "What happened?"

The knight swallowed his saliva, but his face became rosy, and he said loudly: "It's the invasion of the Northern Han Dynasty. We need the help of the star warlocks, as well as the army, many troops."

"The Northern Han Dynasty invaded from which direction?" Those present were either noble officials or star warlocks who knew the country's geography well.

"Northwest."

Cheng Jinzhou's expression changed drastically, and he immediately said, "What about De'an?"

The knight shook his head blankly, not knowing where De'an was.

Liu Qingshuang walked to Cheng Jinzhou, held his hand, and asked softly: "How many people are there in the Northern Han Dynasty? Where are they now? What's the situation on the front line?"

She had the demeanor of an official lady, which made the knights who had not seen a woman for a long time look straight at her.

Fortunately, the leader still understood and answered first: "There are at least 20,000 people, all cavalry, and the troops are heading straight towards Nanling."

The group of people immediately relaxed, and someone laughed loudly: "Then we have nothing to do with us? There are only 20,000 people, and it is outrageous to reach Nanling. Let the people in the temple take care of it."

"If they cannot capture Nanling, they may come to Shaonan." The leading knight said sternly: "Twenty thousand cavalry are very sophisticated. Our cavalry is too small and the infantry cannot catch up with them."

The fact that the number of people is too small is just an excuse. In fact, it is just that we cannot defeat them.

The border conflict between the Northern Han Dynasty and Daxia has been going on for a long time. When life is bad, the two sides fight more fiercely.

Warlock Liu Kuangxing walked out of the crowd and said softly: "We can send a few star warlocks to follow you, hoping to find the Northern Han cavalry to help you solve your trouble."

Cheng Jinzhou looked at Warlock Liu Kuangxing suspiciously. De'an was near Nanling. No matter whether the opponent's cavalry captured Nanling or not, the small town of De'an seemed to be unable to escape.

If De'an County is doomed, then many star warlocks' research laboratories will also be doomed. If it is rebuilt, it will take another half a year. During this period, how will so many star warlocks conduct research? Now it's not like when I first moved to De'an, I just need to meet the needs of a few star warlocks.

Liu Qingshuang also thought about De'an's safety and whispered to Cheng Jinzhou: "It's okay, Warlock Jiang Huangxing is still in De'an."

"The opponent's cavalry mainly uses burning and killing tactics. It's hot now, and a fire will burn everything. Some of you are near Nanling. It's best to leave."

"Not even high-level star warlocks?" Liu Qingshuang raised her eyebrows.

"That's 20,000 cavalry." The knight stared and said: "They can be divided into 10 teams, 20 teams, or even 50 teams, and then burn everything nearby to ashes. And they also have star warlocks..."

Cheng Jinzhou interrupted him and said, "If the other party knew that we had star warlocks, they wouldn't risk their lives to burn down a county."

With that said, he called Lu Xu and said, "We are going to Nanling to have a look and activate our airship."

When Cheng Jinzhou left, he glanced at Warlock Liu Kuangxing again.

The time is a little too close, too suspicious.

But with more than 20 star warlocks, Cheng Jinzhou was not worried about the threat of force.

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Beyond the word count: I woke up very late and started to fill in the chapters.

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