The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#178. Preparation
As the sun began to rise, the cavalry led by Lin Dan began to enter the capital and head straight for the Han emperor's palace.
Lin Dan who had just got off his horse was a little surprised when one of the soldiers came and approached him.
"Colonel.you've been awaited by your highness in the meeting room.. !" said the soldier.
"Are the other officers also called..?! " ask Lin Dan a little nervous.
"They've been gathering since the colonel." replied the soldier.
In a hurry and half running.. Lin Dan tried as quickly as possible to reach the meeting room as mentioned by the soldier earlier, and how surprised he was when he opened the door of the room.
Nine colonels and dozens of Guan captains and generals were already in the room.
"Pardon my glorious delay..! " said Lin Dan with a breath that was still panting.
Despite knowing the current state of the Han empire with the demon-killing sect that had just tried to infiltrate the palace however.. gathering all the military higher-ups in one room like this was not an ordinary thing for emperor Xiao Yan to do.
"Please sit down colonel Lin.just wait for you before General Guan presents your duties.because it looks like we will face something big.." Xiao Yan smiled kindly.. a matter that of course became a question in Lin Dan's mind where the emperor still kept smiling even though he had arrived late.
"Because all of you have gathered together, then I will present the tasks that you must do in this mission.. " guan Yu said as he looked towards the emperor Xiao Yan seeking approval and Xiao Yan nodded his approving mark.
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General Guan Yu walked to an elongated circular table occupied by ten Han imperial colonels of which five were commanders of the blue eagle army..
The blue eagle army was an elite warrior of the Han empire of ten thousand soldiers with the lowest warrior ability equivalent to a level three swordsman.. and for one commander the rank of colonel led two thousand soldiers.and Lin Dan was one of the five men who rank colonel in the army of blue eagles.
"The devil slaying sect has already dared to threaten our sovereignty by trying to infiltrate the palace. And for that. today.the Han empire declared war on the group..!!! "
"Ready General..!! "
The opening remarks of General Guan Yu were greeted aloud by the entire army commander.
"All right..!! for that, I will give each of you a task in carrying out this mission. " continued Guan Yu and opened the map on the table.
Guan Yu began to explain the plans and strategies they would use on each red-circled region.
The regions were deliberately given special marks because based on the reports given by the eyes that there was a movement of warriors - warriors who came from sects - sects that lived within the imperial territory Han.
Despite having obtained such a report, however, general Guan and even emperor Xiao Yan himself had not dared to take action as they had yet to find any reason to attack the encampment.. based on reports from the eyes if the camp built in the forest was able to accommodate about two hundred thousand soldiers.
It is just that the eyes who are in charge of watching it do not dare to approach the camp built, because from their monitoring.. and come gradually.
Hearing the results of the eye-report on the capacity of the camp prepared around the capital.Many commanders of the troops gulped.. because when compared to the total number of soldiers owned by the Han empire and already including the blue eagle army only about five hundred thousand people.. and it is not comparable if the camp intended by the eyes is filled to the brim or if one camp consists of two hundred thousand people then of the six camps it is estimated that there will be one two hundred million people that can be ascertained all are warriors.
The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became boisterous.Many of the leaders of the troops were talking if there would be a war.. so facing such a large number of troops would be like carrying lives.Their talk even sounded like the buzzing of bees in the hive.
"PEOPLE...!! "
"I'm calling you all here not to speak for yourself..!! " shouted General Guan Yu while slamming his sword on the table.
The entire room immediately fell silent to General Guan's words.
"We are going to face a very strong opponent.for that we have to have a mature plan.. if any one of you tries to thwart this mission, then my own sword will chop off his head.. !!" guan Yu said still in a high tone.
The entire audience lowered their heads curiously Xiao Yan was surprised to see Guan Yu's reaction, but Xiao Yan only smiled at the general's reaction.
"pardon me. and.. Fine.. we continue..!!
guan Yu said then after the room calmed down as before.
" I myself know how much our troops are capable of.for that, we have asked for help on some of our relations including the white sect that has been siding with us.. "
"And one more thing you need to know..!! " Guan Yu sighed for a moment before continuing.
"We have also asked for the help of two kingdoms in the southern continent.although maybe later they will not arrive on time but at least we can buy time while waiting for them.. " the sound of the bee humming was again heard in the meeting room after Guan Yu finished his speech.
The two kingdoms from the southern continent became a big question for all the army leaders present.they were not even sure if the two kingdoms would send an army to help them because.. they all knew that the Han empire had never or never had diplomatic relations with the kingdoms of the southern continent.
"Yes...!! Gurjara Kingdom and Andhara Kingdom..!! we have sent them a letter...! " said Xiao Yan while standing up from his throne made everyone present speechless, although occasionally they still glanced at each other.
For a leader of an army, it is not new to hear the name Andhara..which even makes the empire - the empire that is on the mainland continent is thinking many times if you want to try the military power of the kingdom.
While Gurjara, although his military power is not as famous as the military power of Andhara but from the news - the news brought by the swordsmen.. they mentioned that Gurjara had a very powerful king and is currently continuing to build up his military power.
"You may have heard the names of the two kingdoms, and it certainly sounds impossible if the two kingdoms will help us, but we hope that a miracle can arise.. " said Xiao Yan then turned to Chen Khu and was replied with a nod by Chen Khu.