Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 480 - 317: The Barbarian King Shall Come

Chapter 480: Chapter 317: The Barbarian King Shall Come

Night.

White Armors, snow-covered ground, and a neatly arrayed military formation exuded a grave serenity.

The over ten thousand Armored Warriors of the Northern Border Army, stationed within the Barbarian Tribe Holy City, had completed their assembly in less than an hour, lining up outside the city walls.

An hour to assemble felt somewhat protracted for an elite force like the Northern Border Army, but the soldiers could not be blamed for this.

After all, the three encampments stationed in the Barbarian Tribe Holy City were scattered around each side of the city walls, requiring coordination across the entire Barbarian Tribe Holy City.

Therefore, compared to their brothers in other tower units, Li Yongliang, who was in charge of the South City on rotational duty that night, seemed quite fortunate.

"Hehehe..."

Standing in front of the formation, Li Yongliang touched his chin, laughing foolishly to himself.

Rotation duty was not just as simple as leading a patrol.

To prevent enemy night raids and address sudden situations like not being able to find a superior officer, the authority in the hands of an officer on night duty was temporarily elevated by half a rank. They were also granted several fragmented but important permissions, such as access to the armory, sounding the alert horns, and controlling the city gate towers.

However, this temporary increase in power was not considered a good thing among Li Yongliang and his fellow officers.

Because during ordinary times, some commanders above them liked to stir things up, suddenly waking up the whole army in the middle of the night for live combat drills.

If done well, it was considered part of your duty.

If something went wrong, then congratulations, you just earned yourself a big military discipline package.

There had been cases in the Third Town of the Northern Border Army where an officer on duty made a mistake in his orders, causing a camp upheaval, and was directly beheaded by the Commander.

However, every cloud has a silver lining.

During normal times, it was a thankless job, but in the face of imminent war, this was akin to being entrusted with a mission at a critical moment!

Although it wasn’t enough to save a collapsing building from falling, it could still be regarded as a significant merit.

Thinking of this,

Li Yongliang quickly glanced back with a spark of excitement in his heart at the sight of the figure in red armor standing on top of the city tower.

Capability was indeed important, but you also needed to be seen by those above.

Even though that son of a bitch from Wang Cheng had plotted against him and cost him the opportunity to appear in front of the Lord, tonight’s turn of events had allowed him to make an impression in front of His Highness.

Although he hadn’t made direct contact and the orders were issued by Colonel Tang, His Highness was after all standing on top of the city tower, and he should have seen everything Li Yongliang had done...

"Hey, Li, what are you grinning about?"

Lost in thought, a deep, slightly magnetic voice interrupted him from the side.

Li Yongliang turned around to see a burly man dressed in Qujiang’s white armor, walking towards him with his hand on the blade at his waist, followed by a group of Barbarian Tribe women and children prisoners.

A large, noisy crowd of people, requiring the use of force to intimidate these Barbarian Tribe captives.

The burly man’s armor rattled as he walked, and with a hint of laughter in his voice, he asked,

"How’s the situation? Has the Lord arrived, or His Highness?"

"Oh Bai, bringing people again?"

Pausing for a moment, Li Yongliang grinned and joked, "Aren’t you afraid of delaying military intelligence and facing punishment?"

"Knock it off."

Bai Jiaqi hit Li Yongliang on the shoulder with his fist, laughing and swearing, "I’m from the Qujiang unit stationed in the north of the city, and it’s my day off. Getting the brothers here this quickly was not easy."

"Whoa..."

Li Yongliang gave the young man a meaningful look and murmured softly, "Don’t tell me you’re stirring up trouble again with your little tricks..."

"What?" Bai Jiaqi didn’t catch that.

"Nothing." Li Yongliang waved his hand, "I said His Highness has come."

"His Highness?" Bai Jiaqi looked startled.

Li Yongliang nodded towards the city tower.

After glancing up, Bai Jiaqi quickly averted his gaze and asked with a furrowed brow,

"Isn’t His Highness in the Northern Border? Why would he suddenly come to this Barbarian City?"

Li Yongliang rolled his eyes and spread his hands,

"Heh, you think too highly of me. How would a mere Qujiang like me know so much about His Highness’s whereabouts?"

"What about the purpose of the assembly then?"

"No idea."

"Tsk, what do you know then?"

"Like I said, I’m just a Qujiang who doesn’t know much. Maybe if you’d let me share some of your military achievements and get promoted to a higher rank, I might know next time."

"Get lost!"

Bai Jiaqi laughingly cursed, scanning the sea of white-armored soldiers formed into battle arrays, then leaned in closer, asking in a low voice,

"I remember it’s your turn to be on duty in the South City tonight, isn’t it? Are you not allowed to say, or do you really not know?"

Although a Qujiang was considered part of the military middle-ranks, they were rarely given explanations for commands during war times; most of the time, they were just expected to charge into battle.

Li Yongliang clicked his tongue lightly and sighed,

"The orders I received were simple: relay commands and coordinate with all units in the city to assemble outside South City."

"......"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jiaqi’s brow furrowed.

Although the superiors did not usually explain the meaning behind orders, years of military life had nonetheless endowed these mid-ranking officers with a kind of "military instinct."

With a slightly grim expression, Bai Jiaqi murmured softly,

"All military forces in the city assembling... are we breaking camp? No, that’s not right... if we were breaking camp, I would have seen supply caravans and quartermasters when I was coming over, and the Scouts’ birds wouldn’t have been sent out either."

At this,

Bai Jiaqi looked at Li Yongliang, his eyes filled with speculation,

"So, are we having a combat drill tonight? But then why have me bring the Barbarian captives here?"

"...."

Li Yongliang shrugged and replied smilingly,