Chapter 876: Chapter 42: Calamity Warning, Emergency Mission, and the Overwhelmed Bright Moon Prefecture Master! (Part 5)
"Alright, take care."
"Take care."
...
After waiting for another half hour, Han Bing and Wang Ji also responded.
These two had left the battlefield early years ago, and were no longer in the south, but had gone to the west.
Knowing that they were safe, Zhao Xing no longer waited for the others’ replies and put away the Earth Mirror, flying towards the Prefecture City.
In three days, Zhao Xing had prepared his army, bringing along the Minister of Agriculture, each with ten thousand men, and a thousand Doctors, heading to Bright Moon Prefecture.
To save time, Zhao Xing traveled with people and ships, through the Li Fire Taoist School in Tianhe Prefecture, to the Li Fire Taoist School in Bright Moon Prefecture.
At this time, the Li Fire Taoist School in Pinghai State, most of the Li Fire Altars were controlled by Prince Liang.
But a small portion was under the court’s control.
"Thank you, Dean Peng, and all the sirs." Zhao Xing cupped his hands towards the group of people in front.
"No problem, this is our duty." Peng Yu replied.
The other people in the Daoist Academy also returned the salute generously.
"Thank you." Zhao Xing said once again, then arranged for people to enter the Fire Pit.
It was simply due to the large number of people, and this branch was a small branch.
To transport people and goods, due to the huge scale, it still required paying a price.
This cost was borne by Peng Yu and a group of Mages and Doctors, as well as him as the branch’s Dean, because it used up all their subsidiary quotas.
Twenty-one thousand people, plus dozens of large boats and goods.
After Zhao Xing and others were transferred over, Peng Yu led the group and began to retreat.
Especially Peng Yu, only he had an unlimited number of quotas but the burden was also the greatest.
After everyone went through, he as the Dean turned into a man of fire.
"Boom~" The airflow exploded, and he carried a mountain, starting to take arduous steps within the Daoist Academy.
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Although Tianhe Prefecture and Bright Moon Prefecture were neighboring, the straight-line distance between the Prefecture Cities was still considerable.
Bright Moon Prefecture Master Ye Yuxong did not expect Tianhe Prefecture to gather troops to support in just three days.
He was still asking questions in the group, but Tianhe Prefecture’s troops had already arrived.
"Zhang Ping has come?" Ye Yuxong received the report and quickly flew from the official residence to the branch of the Li Fire Taoist School.
"Greetings, Prefecture Lord." Zhang Ping, Liu Bogong, and Zhao Xing bowed.
Ye Yuxong was originally not the Prefecture Lord; he was just the Dean of the Bright Moon Daoist School.
But unfortunately, the Bright Moon Prefecture Lord died in the grand ceremony.
It was Ye Yuxong who quelled the rebellion and stabilized the Prefecture City, solving the crisis of the city’s chaos.
Afterwards, he temporarily took on the role of Prefecture Lord, being the nominal Bright Moon Prefecture Lord.
"Please rise quickly, no need for formality." Ye Yuxong, pleased, helped Zhao Xing, Zhang Ping, and Liu Bogong up.
"With Tianhe Prefecture’s support, I can finally be at ease."
Ye Yuxong was a famous Sword Dao expert.
He was unhesitating when it came to killing, but he was truly at a loss with governance.
Being a martial artist, how could he know how to adjust Heavenly Time and Earth Advantage?
Because the Prefecture Lord here was dead, Bright Moon Prefecture’s situation was more troublesome than Tianhe Prefecture.
Without the Prefecture Lord and a large number of Ritual Repairers for appeasement and the corresponding administrative orders, the government institutions’ functions took a long time to recover.
Ye Yuxong could only rely on brute force to stabilize the situation, one word: kill!
Whoever rebelled, he led troops to cut them down.
He had killed merrily.
From a month ago to now, Ye Yuxong had killed five Commandery Princes.
But he also battered Bright Moon Prefecture severely.
The methods of a martial artist were not as refined as a Master, nor could they silently resolve mid-to-high-level officer conflicts using Dream Walking Technique like Zhao Xing did, minimizing the scale of war.
Ye Yuxong led a large army in battle, and within a month, who knows how many mountains he destroyed, how many rivers he ruined, how many forests he burned.
Of course, this wasn’t his fault.
If it hadn’t been for Ye Yuxong, Bright Moon Prefecture would have fallen already, and the consequences would have been more severe.
"Everyone, please rest in the military camp residence." Ye Yuxong said.
"Thank you, Prefecture Lord."
The crowd began to orderly settle into the places arranged by Ye Yuxong.
On March 21st, the third day after entering Bright Moon Prefecture.
Zhao Xing looked at the [Heaven and Earth Sand Table], which had miniature mountains, cities, clouds, rain, and thunder.
"It seems I am still not valued enough."
Although Ye Yuxong was outwardly warm, he actually didn’t allocate much territory to Zhao Xing.
Even the discussions mainly involved Zhang Ping as the official.
Everything was learned from Zhang Ping after he attended meetings.
Or perhaps, Ye Yuxong did not intend to greatly use this group from Tianhe Prefecture for support.
Because three days had passed, Ye Yuxong still hadn’t assigned them tasks, only listening to suggestions without making any major decisions.
In a sense, although Ye Yuxong may be a renowned Sword Dao expert, the court was right to only appoint him as Dean.
Letting him serve as Prefecture Lord, this performance was not up to standard.
But for now, there are no alternatives, as so many civil officials died, and there’s no one with more prestige than Ye Yuxong, hence he must take charge of Bright Moon Prefecture’s military and political powers.
"Disciple’s disciple, this brute probably can’t tell major from minor kings." Tianyang True Monarch laughed, "He neglects such a pearl like you and keeps going to Zhang Ping, that old box of warmth and concern."
Zhao Xing was very magnanimous: "Zhang Ping is officially in charge, so Ye Yuxong’s actions are understandable. He perhaps considers me the same as him, just adept at fighting, knowing magic but not principles, a brute."
Tianyang True Monarch nodded: "That is a stereotype of the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer, Literary Minister of Agriculture is principle-focused, Military Minister of Agriculture is magic-focused. In reality, disciple’s disciple, you understand both magic and principles."
Zhao Xing modestly replied: "Master’s praise is too high. Perhaps there’s another possibility, he doesn’t look down on me, he’s just waiting for someone even stronger to take over the big picture of prevention and governance."