26. Rise of the Heilong

9 month after the death of the monstrous bird of Qin

Lingxu is seen in the Army camp watching over the training of his soldier, the soldier are fierce even in training they looks like they are in war

"Greetings General, the shaman of the Fan Tribe has come to visits" said the soldier who guard the Manor

"Led them to the study, its about time" said Lingxu, as he walked back to his own study, he have been thinking of how to fix his financial status considering the budget he have is running low and even right now only making 50 silver a month after deducting the saalry and material cost the army needed

when he come to his study, the Shaman and also 2 warriors accompany her stand and greet Lingxu, "at ease Ma'am, there is no need for such thing with you here" said Lingxu stopping the shaman who were about to bow

"so what do I owe the pleasure of you coming into here" asked Lingxu with a calm tone while he walked to his chair

"My Lord, after almost a year joining the Long, we have been extremely grateful to you but have not given you a significant gift" said the shaman

"and by that, we have come to bring you this" while the shaman said that, the warriors put a box in his table

"this is? a worm?" asked Lingxu

"yes, this worm is called the Fan Worm and produces 3 colors silk which come in Red, White and Purple my Lord, but alas it is really difficult to maintain it as it only grow inside of the deep cave close to the Fan tribe" the shaman answered

"hmm, it is a wonderful gift, if I have the permission, I want to enlarge the breeding of this workshop and then sell it as it will help the Long financial situation, so will the Fan tribe allows us to do so?" asked Lingxu

"well by all means yes my lord, but I hope that the woman of the Fan tribe would be one of the chosen people that get to work in this workshop of your as to we also want to contribute to it" said the shaman

Lingxu nod and after some small talk about business and small laugh the Shaman excuse herself leaving Lingxu alone in his study

and a month has passed since the talk with the shaman, Lingxu once again are seen reading a letter from the renown black eagle who see the world

"so it seems Zhao will be standing down after their victory huh? Ryo Fui, just what kind of man are you" said Lingxu slowly while watching the report about how the visits of Riboku affect them

"General, a letter from the military affairs has come" said the soldier while kneeling and giving the letter to Lingxu

{the Heilong army are to be deployed to the frontlines against Wei army numbering 35k man, you will be deployed as the Commander of that front along with 5k man from the South and north army} written in it

"Gather the Sparrow and sent word to my brother to come out from his hut, we are having an official meeting" said Lingxu to ine of the servant

not long after that notice, all 5 of his companion including Taidu who have a different air then before because he have dedicated him self to push his martial prowess for this whole time greeted Lingxu

"we will be marching towards the Qin-Wei front, the Heilong are to be the general of this front, prepare the man, we shall march before noon" said Lingxu after talking about small change he make

"Sulan you shall remain in the Manor as to become the acting head and give use any information via Eagle, I trust you to run everything withour Fail" said Lingxu at sulan

"I shall do so" said Sulan smilling

by the time the order are given and the soldier are getting busy to prepare them self at the upcoming march, Taidu has come to meet Lingxu who is watching the soldier

"quick spar?" asked Taidu at Lingxu

"haha, it is not the time for that brother, but you have changed, I felt that right now I cannot defeat you even" said Lingxu putting his arm around Taidu shoulder

"you and your humility, do you think I do not know how many glaive you have broken for the past 9 month?" said Taidu remembering Lingxu training

"tch, Yue is really traitorous girl is she, I am dissapointed" said Lingxu acting as he is annoyed

"well, enough with the jokes, you too have change brother, that emotion you have been suppressing started to show, and you trying your best to hide it using your playfulness to cover all of that anger and sorrows will one day kill your self" said Taidu with a genuine concern for his Brother

"hahh, at last blood really is thick eh Taidu, but yeah, I know, at least I have you and the sparrow to watch over me incase I did make some stupid shit" said Lingxu with a genuine smile after a while and goes back to the fake one

Taidu seeing this nod and decide to not delve any further but he also swear to himself that he will be the first person to help his brother if need be

A few days before the estimated time before the Wei attack Lingxu has arrived at the front and are now reading the list of every commanders in charge starting from the lowest one which is 100-man commander

"so that boy has climbed his way to 300 huh? and is this what San told me about the descendants of that monster guy" said Lingxu while at the same time see the name of Ouhon and Mouten

"Gather the man, I wanna met them personally" said Lingxu as the entire soldier is gathered at one checkpoints before moving into the plan given by Shouheikun

"is that the Heilong, the army that managed to even made the Zhao fear its cavalry" said on man

"one person in my village joined the Heilong army and I heard that they are given specially made armor after their 6 month of training" said one other man again

"I heard the general is no more than 20 years of age" murmured someone again

"YO, Lingxu how have you been" asked someone with a casual tone

"Shin of the Hi Shin unit, right now lord Lingxu is one of the General of Qin, I hope you will respect that" said Juton as one of the man accompanied Lingxu to the stage

"pft, hahahahaha Shin boy you never change, I see you still haven't been able to weild his glaive, how can you be so weak after almost a year passed by" said Lingxu laughing at shin

"Cih, you can laugh all you want, trust me, sooner or later you will have to respect me by calling me general" said Shin

"suuureeeeeee General hahaha well get back to your position before juton kill you with his stare" said Lingxu dismissing Shin on his way and walked up to the stage

"well now that all of you have gathered I will introduce my self, I am Long Lingxu the one who is in charge of this army against the Wei, you can basically do whatever you want but get in line as soon I gave out the order" said Lingxu which all of the soldier below greet him

"with that, you will prepare your self as after 3 hours we will be marching to meet the Wei" Lingxu said dismissing everyone to prepare

"summon Ouhon to the war tent" said Lingxu to one of his man

in the tent are seen two 5k man commander and accompanied by their perspective lieutenant, after brief explanation of the plan that Lingxu has made, Ouhon made his entrance

"Ouhon greet the General" said Ouhon kneeling in one knee and cusping his hand together

"at ease, Ouhon commander of Gyoku Hou unit, your job will be the one to go and rampage trough the Wei HQ as I heard that your man are specialized in those aspect, bring I will also give you 200 Cavalry from the Heilong Army to help you in this mission" said Lingxu to him

"Sire, by your order" Ouhon receive the order and Lingxu dismissed everyone to prepare him self with the upcoming battle

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To be continued