Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"What worries me most now is whether the column will use the excuse of losing our headquarters to deprive us of the meritorious rewards we deserve in this defensive battle." Pan Xian changed his tone and said with a frown.

Tangning answered: "It's unlikely! Aren't the rebels repulsed? Although the formation has been breached, the Wind Hidden Valley is still in our hands, so why would we treat it as a defeat? It would be too condescending to do this. People are chilling.”

"Who says otherwise? It stands to reason that since our headquarters has suffered so many casualties, it should be given a major reward. But if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. After all, the right to speak is in the hands of others, and it is not us who have the final say.

"Didn't the column give an order before? If the headquarters loses the Fengqian Valley position, all merit rewards previously obtained will be cancelled. Now, although Fengqian Valley is still in our hands, we only relied on the support of the main camp to defend it. "

Tangning frowned and said, "What's the difference? As long as we hold on to our position and don't let the rebels besieging this formation to support other rebels, wouldn't it be enough?"

Pan Xian sighed slightly: "The difference is not big, but it can give people excuse. In any case, we did not hold the big formation in the end. We cannot rule out the possibility that the higher-ups are killing chickens to scare the monkeys in order to seriously improve the discipline of the coalition forces."

After hearing what he said, Tangning was a little skeptical: "It shouldn't be the case! Did Fellow Daoist Pan get some news?"

Pan Xian glanced at him: "Fellow Taoist Tang also finds it unacceptable, right?"

"That's of course. In order to defend the Wind Hidden Valley and delay the siege of the rebels, we fought tooth and nail. Now that the casualties are so heavy, and the column wants to cancel the meritorious rewards we deserve, no one else can agree. "

Pan Xian said: "Everyone thinks so. To put it bluntly, the reason why the camp was able to free up its hands to support our troops is because half of our regiment delayed one of the rebel regiments. If we can have a unit of troops, it will definitely not be a problem to defend the Wind Hidden Valley."

"To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist Tang, several of our brigades have met privately to discuss this matter before. If the column uses our failure to hold this formation as an excuse to cancel the meritorious rewards we deserve, we will go to the coalition headquarters together. Appeal, what do you think?”

"I fully support it. If you need me to do anything, just ask me." Tangning responded immediately. His achievements this time were among the best in the alliance. Now that there are people who are willing to make trouble to put pressure on the superiors, there is no reason to refuse: "That's right. "What is Senior Jiang's attitude towards this matter?"

"After we had a private discussion, we visited him together and talked to him. After listening, he neither agreed nor refused. He was silent for a while and then dropped the topic."

This is already the default attitude. As the top commander of this team, Jiang Huan has his concerns. It is definitely not convenient for him to come forward for this kind of thing. When everyone explained the matter to him, if he did not object, it was already in agreement.

"I understand, Captain Pan. If there's nothing else, I won't interrupt. I'll go back to my team first."

"good."

Tangning left the stone room and returned to the second team. She met with the two surviving team members and exchanged a few words before building a wooden house here to rest.

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed by in the blink of an eye.

Around noon that day, there was a knock on the door outside the wooden house.

He opened his eyes from trance, stood up and opened the room, only to see a white-faced man standing outside: "Senior Tang, this junior has been ordered to inform all personnel in your department to assemble immediately and go to the alliance meeting hall."

"I don't know why?"

"Junior is just following orders. I don't know what's going on. I still want to inform others. I'll take my leave now." The man said and left.

Tang Ning summoned the other monks in the team, and together they came to the alliance meeting hall. At that time, many teams had gathered in front of the hall. As time passed, groups of monks came one after another with laser rays.

About a quarter of an hour later, a Xuanling boat was seen approaching and stopped above the crowd. A group of people filed out of it. The leader was the joint inspector Jiang Huan, followed by the commanders of the various brigade.

Chen Ying was not among them because he was seriously injured and had been moved to the rear a few days ago.

"The coalition forces issued an order today, ordering the headquarters to retreat to Yuanxian County for a while, and everyone will board the ship and set off." Jiang Huanlang said in a loud voice, and with a wave of his hand, everyone boarded the warship.

The Xuanling Ship glowed brightly and headed south. After arriving at Xuanyingting City, they rested for a day and then took the Fengling Ship and set off again.

The Fengling Ship carried the six regiments guarded by Xuanying Pavilion. Thousands of people gathered on the same ship and traveled for dozens of days to reach Yuanxian County and settled down here.

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Qianxuan Mountain is located in the northwest of Yuanxian County, covering an area of ​​more than a thousand miles. The headquarters and directly affiliated columns of the First Army of the Donglai County Allied Forces are stationed here. Everyone settled here after returning to Yuanxian County.

A few days later, in the middle of the night, a man came to his residence and said, "Senior Tang, I have been ordered by Senior Pan to ask you to come to the meeting hall to have a talk."

"Okay." Tangning nodded, probably guessing why Pan Xian invited her to the meeting hall so late.

It stands to reason that it is already so late, and unless it is a major matter of emergency mobilization, a temporary meeting will be held. However, everyone has just experienced the frontline battle, and it has not been a month since they arrived in Yuanxian City. The personnel have not even been replenished, so there is no possibility of emergency mobilization. major tasks.

So there is only one possibility, it must be an important private matter.

Recently, there has been a lot of rumors going around in the regiment, saying that the legion is deciding whether to cancel the merit awards of those members who have not completed the set strategic goals. There are various gossips and rumors.

At this time, Pan Xian suddenly summoned him to discuss matters late at night. He must have received precise information about this matter.

"Junior has to inform others, so I'll take my leave first." After that, the man turned into light and left.

Not long after Tang Ning left, she arrived at the brigade meeting hall. There were several men waiting inside, all of them were brigade stewards and captains of the squads below.

He nodded with a few others, and then saluted Pan Xianji, who was at the head of the chair: "Captain Pan, I don't know if there is an urgent call late at night, but what are your orders?"

"Fellow Taoist Tang is here, please take a seat. Friends Zhou Wen and Xu Zilin are not here yet. Let's wait for them." Pan Xian replied.

Tang Ning took her seat as instructed, and soon, two people came in one after another.

"Okay, everyone is here. I shouldn't bother you all at this late hour, but I have something that worries me and I don't want to express it unhappy, so I have to take the liberty to invite you over. I hope you don't take offense."

As soon as Pan Xian finished speaking, Lin Quan, the steward, answered: "Fellow Daoist Pan, there is no need to say more polite words. We are all brothers who have experienced life and death together. No one will be offended by such a trivial matter. Just say it directly." Well! Is it because of the merit awards for the members of our unit? Is there any news? "

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Pan Xian, and saw him nodding and saying: "Yes, it is indeed for this matter. I got the exact news. Previously, the column passed a resolution to compile a list of people who have made meritorious service on the front line of Xuanying Pavilion and to issue rewards. We arrived at the Legion, but the merit list only included Xuanyingting City and the two garrison troops, as well as the personnel of the Ninth Regiment stationed at "Xuanyu Mountain", and we were not included. "

"Is this news reliable?" Lin Quan frowned.

"Absolutely reliable, otherwise I wouldn't bother you fellow Taoists so late."

Steward Bao Xin snapped at the case and said angrily: "This is unreasonable. Why should the column cancel the merit rewards we deserve? We have so many casualties? Just because we did not hold Fengqian Valley within the prescribed time, then the rebels we killed are not considered rebels. Military?"

"Yes, we are also resisting the rebels. Why should we only declare their rewards? This is unfair."

"Although Xuanyingting City is besieged by four regiments of rebels, they already have the strength of two regiments, as well as a steady stream of high-level monks from each column coming through the teleportation array, and Huang Yueshan Camp and Tianyi Mountain each has a complete regiment of troops. Facing the attack of a regiment of rebels, we can certainly defend it with the help of a large formation. If we also have a regiment of troops, it will be no problem to defend it. "

"What Huang Daoyou said is true. We only have half a regiment of troops and are already trying our best to defend the Wind Hidden Valley. Besides, we are not completely defeated. The rebels also suffered a lot of casualties. Why should we cancel our meritorious service rewards?"

"This matter is not over yet. I want to complain to the coalition forces. If the superiors really do this, don't think about me contributing to the coalition forces in the future."

"One person is responsible for the fault, and two people are responsible for the fault. Let's go and appeal to the alliance together."

Everyone expressed their attitude one after another, and Tang Ning also expressed her position as unacceptable.

Xuanyingting has a total of seven garrisons. In addition to Xuanyingting City, Huangyue Mountain, and Tianyi Mountain, there are two large camps, and there are four small camps. These four small camps only have half a regiment of troops, and all of them were attacked by rebels. A whole regiment laid siege.

Except for the Ninth Regiment stationed in "Xuanyu Mountain", which held its position due to the timely support of the "Tianyi Mountain Camp", the other three locations were defeated by the rebels and fled in defeat.

This time the column only declared meritorious rewards for the four defenders at Xuanying Pavilion and Huangyue Mountain, Tianyi Mountain, and Xuanyu Mountain. How could the monks stationed at the other three places be reconciled.

"Fellow Daoist Pan, didn't the alliance react at all to this matter? What's Senior Jiang's attitude? Are you prepared to accept this fact by default?" Lin Quan asked.

Pan Xian waved his hand: "Everyone, be patient for a moment. Although I am sure this news is reliable, it is just a rumor at the moment. After all, the coalition forces have not announced the merit reward personnel. Senior Jiang must be dissatisfied with this result, but before it was made public, he It’s understandable that I don’t want to express my position. I called all the fellow Taoists together today just to discuss a countermeasure.”

"Fellow Daoist Pan, if you have any plans, just tell us! As long as it is beneficial to everyone, we will obey your orders."

"Yes! Fellow Daoist Pan, if we can make the column pay back the meritorious rewards we deserve, we can do whatever we want."

Pan Xian said: "Since everyone is not satisfied with the result, we can work together and we can do something. We have contacted not only the brothers of our regiment, but also the other two regiments. In two days, we will set off to the legion to discuss matters. We protested in front of the palace and asked the coalition forces to issue the meritorious rewards our personnel deserved. What do you fellow Taoists think?"

"Okay, according to what Fellow Daoist Pan said, in three days, we will go to the Legion Assembly Hall to appeal."

"I agree."

"agree."

Everyone nodded in response.

"More people are more powerful, so we must build up momentum. When all fellow Taoists return, they will call together brothers from all teams and set out with us in three days. We will let the legion know that we are united and united. We are very dissatisfied with this result and put more pressure on them." , it is possible to obtain meritorious rewards.”