Chapter 660

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　　Young Master Xu, we have at most only two days.
　　General Zhang Kaitai put his hands crossed on the table and looked at Xu Taiping with a serious expression.
　　Two days？
　　Xu Taiping didn’t expect the time to be so short.
　　Yes.” Zhang Kaitai nodded. “The troops at the Tianhai Pass can only hold out for at most two days.
I heard from Azhu that there are 30,000 people in Tianhai Town alone, and add the population of the nearby villages there are at least 100,000 people. Can’t we mobilize some manpower?
　　Xu Taiping was a little Confused .
　　There is no shortage of people, but we lack horses, the spiritual steeds that cooperate with the Red Armored Cavalry to charge the formation.
　　Zhang Kaitai said with a helpless wry smile.
　　Without the spiritual steeds, the Red Armored Soldiers can only exert at most 30% of their full combat power.
　　He then added another sentence.
　　Regarding this point that the old general said, Xu Taiping quite agreed.
　　Judging from the fierce battle last night, the formation charge of over a hundred Red Armor Cavalry is difficult to resist even for a King-level deep-sea monster; the charge of a thousand cavalry is enough to crush a Demon Venerable-level deep-sea monster, and this kind of crushing means that even if ten Demon Venerable-level deep-sea monsters come at once, they are not afraid.
　　This is also the reason why, on the battlefield last night, very few Demon Venerable-level monsters dared to challenge the Red Armor Cavalry alone.
　　So if there are no spiritual steeds, the combat power of the Red Armor Cavalry will definitely be greatly reduced.
　　“Dare I ask the old general, how many spiritual steeds are there left in Tianhai Town？”
　　Xu Taiping asked tentatively.
　　“Excluding those lost last night, there are only three thousand left.”
　　Zhang Kaitai took a deep look at Xu Taiping and then replied.
　　After last night’s battle, he had already regarded Xu Taiping as one of his own.
　　“Only　three　thousand？”
　　Xu Taiping’s brows furrowed.
　　If there are really only three thousand cavalry left, then he felt that the old general’s statement that they could still hold on for two days was a bit conservative. After all, last night, all three thousand Red Armor Cavalry went into battle and finally only achieved a tragic victory.
“Last night, because the time was too hasty and it was the first battle that could not afford to lose, so all the Red Armor Cavalry were sent into battle. Tonight, we should use the Red Armor Cavalry as the main force and the infantry formed by the fishermen as the support to form a battle formation together to meet the enemy. At that time, one thousand Red Armor Cavalry will be enough.”
　　“Moreover, after the manpower is complete, when the second mermaid queen lays eggs, we can send out another team to rotate, and there will no longer be a situation like last night when General Zhang Chun was left alone to defend Tianhai Pass.”
　　As if seeing Xu Taiping’s worry, the old general smiled and explained to him.
　　However, when it came to General Zhang Chun, there was clearly a look of guilt in his eyes.
　　Because in his opinion, if it weren’t for the fact that yesterday was too hasty and there was no way to mobilize manpower, General Zhang Chun would never have died so miserably.
　　Xu Taiping nodded upon hearing this.
　　He just felt that this made sense.
　　“Old general, for such an important pass as Tianhai Pass, why did the Xiliang court only give five thousand spiritual steeds？”
　　Xu Taiping didn’t quite understand.
　　At this time, he was waiting for Ah Zhu and her younger brother to come and lead the way for him, and he happened to be able to ask the old general some more things.
　　“Important？” Zhang Kaitai shook his head and smiled bitterly. “After the magic cave in the sea was sealed, in the eyes of the court, Tianhai Pass was not only no longer that important, but also regarded as a tumor.”
　　When he said this, the old general let out a long sigh.
　　“Tumor？”
　　Xu Taiping was very confused. Why was Tianhai Pass, which had made outstanding military achievements in the past, now regarded as a tumor by the Xiliang court?
　　“General, if you have difficulties, you don’t have to answer this question.”
　　Seeing that the old general had a difficult expression on his face, Xu Taiping immediately added another sentence.
　　“It’s not something that can’t be said.”
　　The old general shook his head with a smile and then explained to Xu Taiping：
　　“More than a hundred years ago, when I was still young, Tianhai Pass was one of the right-hand men of Zhenhai Tower, with 30,000 red-armored soldiers and 300,000 fishermen who could be conscripted at any time. Its combat power was so strong that even the Southern Chu in the east was very jealous.”
　　“But since the new emperor came to power, in order to suppress Zhenhai Tower and the great general, he began to target Tianhai Pass.”
　　“So in the past hundred years, the original Tianhai County has become Tianhai Town, and the 30,000 red-armored soldiers have been reduced to only 5,000. From time to time, the military pay will be deducted, and even after the spiritual horses of Tianhai Pass give birth to cubs, they have to be returned to the court.”
　　Xu Taiping was speechless after hearing this.
　　He didn’t expect that the situation of Tianhai Pass was so difficult, and the highly respected General Zhang Tianze of Zhenhai Tower had been suppressed and excluded by the court all along.
　　“People always forget their roots after living a good life for a few days.”
　　Zhang Kaitai let out a long sigh.
　　“Old general, for ordinary horses, as long as they are not afraid of monsters, can they also be used as mounts for red-armored soldiers？”
　　Xu Taiping suddenly had an idea.
　　“Yes, when we usually train new soldiers, we will also use ordinary war horses.”
　　The old general Zhang Kaitai nodded.
　　“If that’s the case, my mage friend might be able to help you, General.”
　　Xu　Taiping　smiled.
　　This mage friend of his, of course, referred to Monk Xuanzhi.
　　Then he roughly told the old general about Monk Xuanzhi and the Six Livestock Prosperity Spell.
　　After hearing that there was actually such a spell that could improve the intelligence of livestock, the old general was also very interested and immediately pulled Xu Taiping to look for Monk Xuanzhi.
　　“Brother Xu！”
　　After introducing Xuanzhi to the old general, Xu Taiping didn’t go to the drill ground with them. Instead, he directly left the Red Armor Camp and met with Ah Zhu and Ah Hu, the brother and sister.
　　“Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long.”
　　As soon as he left the Red Armor Camp, Xu Taiping saw Ah Zhu and Ah Hu waiting at the door.
　　“It wasn’t that long.”
　　Ah Zhu, dressed as a man, kicked a stone away with her foot and said in a very casual tone.
　　“Sister, we clearly waited for an hour！”
　　Ah Hu looked at Ah Zhu with some confusion.
Upon hearing this, Ah Zhu glared at Ah Hu.
　　“Yes, yes, yes, just waited for a while.”
　　Seeing this, Ah Hu nodded repeatedly and changed his words.
　　Xu Taiping just smiled when he saw this.
　　“Let’s go. You guys take me to the spice shop in the city first. After all, this is the most likely place where the strange fragrance will appear.”
　　He patted Ah Hu on the shoulder.
　　“I’ll lead the way for Big Brother Xu！”
　　Ahu nodded heavily and then quickly stepped forward to lead the way.
　　At this time, the streets of Tianhai Town were much colder than yesterday, and most of the merchants had already closed their doors and stopped business.