1057 Military Division (2/2)
How did a single disagreement result in a war between both sides?
In a war of such a scale between cultivators, even Apotheosis cultivators could perish!
Even Immortals could not guarantee their own safety!
It would be reasonable if it were for a peerless treasure or some dao foundation, but for any other reason, he truly felt too innocent to be dragged into it.
But at this time, there was nothing he could do unless he chose to betray the Holy Mountain and become hunted down as an army deserter.
”If I desert now, the cost would be simply too great. Not only would I become a sworn enemy of the barbarians, but the outside cultivators definitely wouldn't accept me either. If that really happened, I would truly be going against the entire world. Currently, my cultivation level is too low… Fortunately, there's still hope for me in this war if I just want to protect myself.”
Fang Yuan's greatest advantage was that he appeared to be only at the Materialization realm! His actual strength had already reached the Apotheosis realm, but nobody knew yet.
As such, unless those above ordered him to die, ordinary military missions should not pose much trouble to him at all.
If he were really sent on missions that he knew he would die on, Fang Yuan would certainly not be reluctant to leave, and he would immediately make use of the Pantheon Palace to depart.
Even if this meant that his future path would be tougher, it was still better than throwing his life away.
A bloodline warrior ran over and shouted, ”Hundred-man Commander, we are about to reach the Death Plains! We have orders from above saying that the enemies in the plains will be the responsibility of three major military divisions, Star Spear, Star Scar, and Star Splendor! Military divisions Bright Moon and Scorching Sun will support them!”
”All right!”
These three major military divisions with the word 'Star' in their names were assembled from the tribes subordinate to the Beichen tribe, and they were specifically responsible for fighting on the Death Plains.
As for the four major military divisions from the other two major tribes, they were stationed at the Agonizing Eagle Gorge and the Golden River.
”It seems… the Death Plains will be the main battlefield this time! To think that five armies have been mobilized here!”
Fang Yuan shook his head.
This was no ordinary mortal army but fifty thousand cultivators! The essence of the barbarians was basically all in one place.
…
”Greetings, Commander!”
When the army arrived at the plains, they set up camp. Fang Yuan followed a hundred-man commander and a thousand-man commander to meet his army commander at the main tent.
On the main seat, a barbarian wearing a horned helmet shouted, ”The outside cultivators are invading our Hundred Thousand Mountains once again! This act of bullying is intolerable! However, we have the geographical advantage and the Immortal Patriarchs. Brothers, we must work even harder to retain the majority of them here.”
”Understood!” Fang Yuan followed the crowd and shouted.
The corner of his eye kept sizing this Apotheosis realm army commander up.
Hmm… this person should be Brutal Witch, with the second-grade totem golden lion king! He was famous a long time ago for leading many successful campaigns. He is a rare and talented army commander!
The barbarian Immortals were not fools and would naturally not select army commanders based solely on cultivation levels.
They would definitely select those truly outstanding army commanders with a minimum cultivation at the Apotheosis realm.
As for those who only knew how to cultivate? They were instead more suitable as personal guards.
”Now, I will begin arranging patrols. Each of you will have your respective areas to patrol, and my guards will kill any undisciplined people! No exception!” Brutal Witch said solemnly. He waved his hand, and a few Apotheosis realm powerhouses stepped out from all four corners.
”We wouldn't dare!”
Fang Yuan and the other Primordial Core small fries would naturally not dare to disobey Brutal Witch's orders.
I have to admit, the way Brutal Witch sets up his army is indeed pretty decent. He can be considered a pretty good army commander…
After walking out of the main tent, Fang Yuan walked back to his camp.
As an honorable hundred-man commander, he had a hundred cultivators under his command.
Of course, ten-man squad leaders were generally at the Materialization realm. However, he was a core disciple of the Holy Mountain and received treatment like someone at the Primordial Core realm.
”Those at the Materialization realm from the small tribes can only be ten-man squad leaders, while the powerful core disciples of the Holy Mountain can be thousand-man commanders…”
Fang Yuan walked into the camp and said, ”I am your hundred-man commander! Quickly come out to greet me.”
Earlier, when Brutal Witch was deploying the army, he also assigned troops to the various hundred-man and thousand-man commanders. Fang Yuan was assigned the people of this camp.
Swoosh!
Numerous barbarians appeared. Each one of them was tall and mighty, with a saber or hammer in their hands, looking extremely ferocious.
In particular, some of the ten-man squad leaders looked at Fang Yuan with a slightly peculiar expression.
”Eh?” Fang Yuan looked across the crowd and saw an acquaintance. ”Brutal Thunder?”
”Fang Yuan, I didn't expect you to become a core disciple of the Holy Mountain!” The Flybarb tribe's Brutal Thunder walked out with a shocked expression. ”And you're actually a hundred-man commander!”
”I wonder if everyone else in the tribe is doing well?” Fang Yuan could not help but smile at the situation.
”They're fine! Most of the bloodline warriors have come out because of the Holy Mountain's conscription!” Brutal Thunder sighed. ”But I don't know how many can make it back alive…”