Although he praised Haikou in the palace, when Long Jiu returned to Lanling City where he was on the grounds of preparing, he seemed a little frowning and bitter along the way, shaking his head with some depression. After walking into the city lord's mansion in Lanling City, he still looked annoyed and regretful.

"What's wrong with Jiulang? This time I went to the palace, my father didn't make things difficult for you, right? What's going on?"

The second princess was the first to walk in and came to Long Jiu's side. While gently helping her man knead her shoulders, she asked softly. Her soft tone was a good harmonic, which calmed down a little bit of irritable heart.

"Oh, don't mention it! Your father, who is soft-eared, doesn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he has been given by his two precious sons. He actually believes that I can solve the crisis of the war situation on the front line. Is this going to let me lead a group of bandits under my command who have not received orthodox training to die..."

Hearing this, the second princess's face changed slightly, and she asked in surprise: "What do you mean? My father asked you to go to the battlefield on the front line? Did the army of the four empires attack? Isn't there still the army of the four major families standing against the border? Why do even Jiulang, the newly appointed prefect, need to go to the front line?"

"Haha, aren't the two precious princes who came here a few days ago? I'm afraid they're holding a grudge against my young master's rejection of their proposal and regard me as a thorn in their eyes. I want to take the opportunity to get rid of me! Hum, but this time they are probably disappointed! This young master not only needs to solve this problem, but also needs to solve it beautifully! Completely seal their mouths! However, I don't know much about the navy of the Xuanwu Empire... Xia'er, do you know something?"

Holding his chin, Long Jiu briefly told the second princess about the battle situation of the Xuanwu Empire naval army and the Zhou family army that he learned from the old emperor. At this moment, even the second princess looked particularly serious!

"How is it possible - after the Zhou family merged the Kong family's 150,000 troops, the number of troops should reach 300,000! Even if the two armies are completely integrated, the Xuanwu Legion that wants to fight against the invading should not be defeated in two battles, and even Lingxiao City is lost! It seems that this time, the Xuanwu Empire is coming in full force and is bound to win!"

"It is because of this that I am a little worried! And according to that old guy Zhou Hong, the Xuanwu Legion even built advanced combat tools such as submarines! Grandma, this is an unfair combat prerequisite!"

"Submarine...? What is that?"

Obviously, the second princess was still a little confused about this word in the 21st century. She subconsciously blinked her eyes and looked at Long Jiu with a blank look on her face.

"Uh...hehe, this is the name that I gave to that kind of thing haha, it's the ship that old guy Zhou Hong can drive under the sea as he calls him! If he wants to win at sea, the difficulty will increase by a factor of twice! Damn it, why did I encounter all the situations! I had known that I should have studied well at that time, maybe I could understand the principle of those things and make some of them myself..."

In the last sentence, Long Jiu naturally said to himself in a very low voice. He finally began to regret his mediocrity in his previous life. If he could learn something real, he would not be so depressed now.

"Jiulang, if the opponent is so strong, what's the use of letting us go to the battlefield? We haven't even established our own city defense army yet, how can we go on the field to kill the enemy! Not to mention fighting against the Xuanwu Legion, which even the Zhou family army has no choice but to go to the palace and tell my father that the Zhou family will find a way to solve it themselves..."

"No! This is the oath made by me in front of the four of them! If I regret it now, it will only give those guys a better chance to attack me! Humph, don't worry, Xia'er, although I don't have any confidence, I still have a little bit of confidence and ideas! No matter how powerful the power of his Xuanwu Legion is, I have the means to make him bow down and surrender! However, the price in this is probably a bit high! This sucker must bear the wealthy Zhou family... Hehehe..."

There was a strange smile on her face. Looking at the man's expression, for some reason, even the second princess couldn't help but "shock" in her heart. She secretly began to mourn the Zhou family. She knew her man's personality very well, and the things she decided would not change, and she would even complete it at all means!

At this moment, Sanbao, who had a fat face, also pushed the door and walked in, raised his head and said to Long Jiu: "Master Jiu, I have already informed the Zhou family to prepare as you told me. I have gathered all the brothers who can fight in Lanling City, and I am waiting for your order from Master Jiu!"

"Well! It's done well! How did the news inquiries? This time the Xuanwu Legion came to attack and occupied Lingxiao City how many troops were there? Why can't even 300,000 Zhou Family Army do anything?"

"The specific number of this - even the Zhou family army itself is not very clear, but according to the spies' reward, the number of Xuanwu Legion in Lingxiao City is not as many as imagined, and it should be around 200,000!"

"Twenty-hundred thousand? Why? The Xuanwu Legion's attacks in the past few times were only 30,000 to 50,000. No wonder this time the Zhou family army suddenly lost Lingxiao City, a military fortress on the Xuanwu River! If the raid with a 200,000 army, it is indeed possible that it will not be able to withstand it! Jiulang, you must not intervene in this battle easily. The battlefield is not a competition, and this is a place where you will lose your life in the blink of an eye!"

When the second princess who stood aside was even more frightened and pale. The Xuanwu Empire was obviously prepared this time. There was no big fuss about taking down a Lingxiao City by the attack of 200,000 troops. It was really difficult for the Zhou family army to regain Lingxiao City when their morale was low!

However, Long Jiu on the other side did not have much emotional fluctuation. When he was determined to deal with the Xuanwu Legion himself, he had already prepared the worst mentally. Seeing that the Zhou family's 300,000 troops could not do anything to the other party, he even made plans to surpass this number of troops in his heart! Therefore, when he heard that the Xuanwu Legion might have only 200,000, he breathed a little relieved!

"Hehe, Xia'er, don't panic! His Xuanwu Legion knew that the border fortress had 300,000 Zhou's army, and he still dared to rely on these 200,000 troops to enter the palace, so he was naturally fully prepared! However, the number of 200,000 is within an acceptable range! Things are not yet uncontrollable. By the way, Sanbao, I asked you to count the personnel you can participate in the war in Lanling City. How are you doing? How many soldiers can follow me to go to war?"

In fact, this is the issue that Long Jiu is most concerned about. The number of opponents has been determined, but the vitality on his side does not even have a bottom line.

Upon hearing this question, Sanbao became a little hesitant for a moment, subconsciously lowered his head, and hesitated for a long time without saying a complete sentence, which made Long Jiu feel some bad premonition...

"What's wrong? Tell me quickly? Don't worry, my young master's psychological tolerance is still very good!"

After getting the guarantee from his master, Sanbao then felt a little relieved, swallowed, and said softly: "This... After I conveyed the meaning of Master Ninth, there were more than 1,300 people in Lanling City. There were only more than 200 people willing to follow Master Ninth to fight against the Xuanwu Legion..."

"What--!? Only two hundred people!? Not even half of them? What an international joke, let me take an informal army of only one thousandth of the other side to the battlefield to fight to the death with them? Grandma, they all want to be in a rebellious way!?"

Even though Long Jiu was mentally prepared, he was furious after hearing the words of Sanbao. Because of the previous situation in Lanling City, there were not many residents here, but they were all masters who could be put on the stage! He thought that his turtle spirit would definitely attract more than 80% of the soldiers to follow him to die, but he didn't know that after a count, his dream was completely shattered. With only one-sixth of the number of 200 people, only one-sixth of them were willing to follow him to "successfully"... This made Long Jiu's heart a little cold!

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the residents of Lanling City. After all, Long Jiu has only been here for less than a month. Although he has relied on his strong strength to make everyone surrender, it is obviously unlikely to rely on this month to make everyone loyal to him and follow him in life and death! It can be said that two hundred people are willing to follow him to Xuanwu River, which is a good result.

"Young Master Nine... Look... This is probably a bit difficult, otherwise I'd better ask Your Majesty to tell us not to participate in this battle. The strength gap between the two sides is too great, and we can't win!"

"Hmph - I have never regretted what I decided! Two hundred people are only two hundred! Do you think I am afraid! I will send the order to make those two hundred people ready at all times. After all the preparations are ready, it is time to find the bastards in the Xuanwu Empire to settle the accounts! I promise that those who follow me will not feel regretful! Humph -!"
Chapter completed!