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”Qin Tian, what are you doing?”

Upon seeing Qin Tian’s excited fist-pumping, the teacher was bewildered, thinking to himself, ”That’s not right, has this kid gone crazy? He got rejected by the Soul Suppressing Hall and he’s this happy?”

”Why are you reacting so unusually after being stimulated, Qin Tian? The Soul Suppressing Hall is a place many students aspire to enter, the competition is fierce. You being a commoner, it’s normal to be rejected, so don’t be too upset...”

”No, no, sir, I understand, thank you for letting me know.”

Seeing that the teacher was trying to comfort him, Qin Tian quickly waved his hand, indicating he was fine.

Then, after the teacher left, he excitedly immediately shared the news with Murong Fei, who was also happy with him.

Sure enough, shortly after returning to his residence, Leng Yu came looking for Qin Tian, puzzled as to why Qin Tian was recruited and then rejected by the Soul Suppressing Hall. When Qin Tian said he didn’t know the reason, she didn’t say much and left somewhat displeased.

The most frustrated was Xu Junwei. He met with Qin Tian at the Ming Yue Tea House; they sat in silence for nearly five minutes before Xu sighed, ”This is really a pity. I never expected the City Lord Mansion to be so determined and insist on sending Nangong Bingfeng into the Soul Suppressing Hall... For this, the City Lord Mansion has paid a considerable price...”

Xu Junwei looked at Qin Tian and said, ”Lonely Wolf, it’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do. Let’s leave it at that.”

Afterward, he seriously turned his focus on Qin Tian and said, ”Next, you should still continue to the City Guard Army. Although it doesn’t compare to the Soul Suppressing Hall, it still has vast room for you to develop.”

”As far as I know, the East State Army’s three large camps have been defeated in the front line, being routed by the Dragon Clan’s army, and the defense around the East State River might be breached by the Dragon Clan’s army...”

”I estimate it’s just a matter of days. By then, with no one left available at the City Lord Mansion, they’ll definitely apply to the Imperial City to mobilize your City Guard Army. As a commander, this is your time to shine. I’m telling you, now is a chaotic period, which is precisely when we can achieve great things.”

”I’ve already contacted headquarters in the Imperial City; they want us to do our best in our positions, obtain higher ranks and status, and await orders at any time.”

”So, your primary task now is to perform well on the battlefield. Meanwhile, if headquarters needs any information, I’ll notify you to obtain it. We should keep in touch continuously.”

After listening to Xu Junwei’s words, Qin Tian showed no surprised expression.

He had long heard about the East State Army’s struggles against the Dragon Clan’s army around the East State River.

However, Qin Tian was curious about how Xu Junwei would contact him if he went to war.

”I’ll send someone to get in touch with you. By then, just use the secret code.”

Xu Junwei said, ”Oh, and by the way, headquarters has asked me to start investigating Tie Shi and White Fox, who have been separated from our organization for a long time. If you have any suspects over there, remember to tell me.”

”Alright, I’ve also been paying attention to this matter.”

Qin Tian nodded. Tie Shi, White Fox, the two who infiltrated the East Capital City supposedly for over ten years as Long Yin, Qin Tian was also curious whether they truly lost contact with the organization or betrayed it.

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Upon leaving the Ming Yue Tea House, Qin Tian’s mind was occupied with two things: where were Tie Shi and White Fox, and when would the City Guard Army be deployed to the front line?

He went straight to the Qin’s Elixir Medicine Shop and informed Fan Bing about the possibility of heading to the battlefield. Hearing this, Fan Bing was quite frightened. Initially planning to stay at the military camp, Qin Tian was convinced by Fan Bing to stay over for the night.

The next day, as soon as Qin Tian arrived at the military camp, he received orders from his superior, General Chen Feng, for everyone to gather the troops over the next few days and be ready to support the front line at any time.

Simultaneously, Qin Tian spent his morning and afternoon attending military meetings at the Governor’s Mansion.

Military meetings were for commanders and above. It took a whole day, and the main topic was that sending the City Guard Army to the front line was practically decided. However, with a total of 250,000 troops, the discussion was about how many would be sent for support and who would lead them.

The entire structure of the City Guard Army was that Xiao Zhan, the governor, was the top officer with two deputy governors, and each had five generals under them. Each general commanded five commanders.

At the same time, the Governor’s Mansion also had over a hundred strategists and civil servants, and each general had a strategist and logistics officers among their ten or so staff members. Of course, above commanders, officers had their own personal soldiers and retainers of varying sizes.

”Now the City Lord Mansion insists we send at least 150,000 men for support. Ha, I originally wanted to bargain, but then the City Lord Mansion brought out the emperor’s decree, and now we have no choice.”

In the afternoon, during the final summary at the military meeting, Xiao Zhan said helplessly, ”Since that’s the case, we’ll send 150,000. As for who goes and who leads, I’ll think about it, but before deploying, there will be specific orders. Everyone should be prepared.”

Throughout the military meeting, Qin Tian said nothing. He left the mansion with a heavy heart and despair.

He had heard about the complexity of the City Guard Army before but hadn’t paid attention. Now facing such a major wartime situation, Qin Tian realized it.

At the top of the City Guard Army were Xiao Zhan and the two deputy governors.

These two deputy governors were not easy to deal with.

One was Zhang Qicheng, a person of the East State Marquis, in charge of a general and 50,000 troops.

The other deputy governor was Zhang Zhiwen, a person from the Imperial City Marquis Falls, also in charge of a general and 50,000 troops.

Both the East State Marquis and Marquis Falls want to replace Xiao Zhan to become the Governor of the East Capital City’s City Guard Army.

Therefore, the power struggle within the City Guard Army made everything complicated.

Though it was counted as 250,000 troops, in reality, Xiao Zhan only truly had 150,000 under his control. The other 100,000 troops only pretended to follow him and were difficult to manage.

Facing the support request for the East State’s war, deciding how to dispatch troops was a significant challenge for Xiao Zhan.

Qin Tian could roughly guess Xiao Zhan’s mindset. To send 150,000 troops out, it’s impossible for Xiao Zhan to dispatch all his own men. Instead, the 150,000 would include troops from the other two major factions, making the leadership very crucial. Moreover, such a force heading to the battlefield would likely suffer a significant loss of combat strength, and no one was confident in facing the Dragon Clan well.

Qin Tian’s superior, General Chen Feng, was one of Xiao Zhan’s men. Qin Tian was uncertain about whether they could make it to the East State battlefield this time.

He looked at the night sky, muttering, ”The battlefield is the quickest way to rise in rank. Will heaven give me this opportunity this time?”