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Chapter 578 - 253: Canghai Changes

Chapter 578: Chapter 253: Canghai Changes

Li Changhe did not attack again.

After all, having used the armor-piercing crossbow gun with just a mortal’s body, now standing up to randomly pick a mecha fighter to kill would make it glaringly obvious to anyone that Li Changhe was in some trouble.

So he subtly used the Pressure Throne to disrupt his enemies.

With Li Changhe’s interference, the head of a red-lacquered mecha soldier was quickly severed by Li Yang.

The scales of victory began to tilt.

....

A few minutes later, Li Yang swung his two chainsaw axes, shattering the sturdy armor of the last enemy, while a splendid flower of fresh blood burst out.

The crisis was completely resolved.

Everyone was slumped in the snow, with expressions somewhere between tears and laughter.

They had paid a great price, but they had survived.

Li Yang was also dangerously tired, but he dared not linger.

If a few more enemies jumped out in the valley, he would be in trouble. His steam energy was mostly spent.

He instructed the others to bury the dead in the snow and began preparations to take the wounded and move immediately.

He was worried that more enemies would appear, and he needed to return to Yuezhou City to report the information.

Before leaving, he reached out to remove the helmet of an enemy, trying to see who these guys actually were.

However, he found that the enemy’s skin and muscles seemed to have fused with the armor. Any forcible pulling only caused a piece of flesh to tear off.

Pushing down his surprise, Li Yang walked over to Li Changhe and asked, "Are you Yang Dong?"

"Cough...yes, sir," Li Changhe coughed a few times in response. The leather bag contained Great Tang’s conscription papers for Yang Dong. He wasn’t afraid of Li Yang suspecting him.

"Very good, Yang Dong. You’ve done a great service this time," Li Yang had a good impression of Li Changhe. The more he looked at him, the more he felt a rare bit of intimacy.

From Li Yang’s perspective at the time, Yang Dong did not have great abilities, nor was he exceptionally agile.

But it was precisely because of this that when he picked up the armor-piercing crossbow gun, his movement speed decreased, just enough to dodge the enemy’s attacks. Hence, he killed an enemy.

Although there was some element of luck, it was rare to have the courage to face a mecha soldier.

If given training, he might become a powerful Auxiliary Army.

"In two days, the conscription will be complete. You come directly to the barracks and find me to report. My name is Li Yang, just mention my name," Li Yang took off his helmet revealing a resolute face of a man in his forties, "Remember my face, you will be my personal soldiers from now on."

Changing from a Thousand Cattle Guard General to a new recruit, huh? Li Changhe thought. Well, the identity of Li Ba was no longer useful anyway.

....

About ten minutes later, the team was moving through the wilderness.

Li Yang was leading the way in the front of the team.

The iron body stepped through piles of snow, crushing thick snow piles and leaving a path through the snow for the team to walk on.

Li Changhe was being helped along by others. As he was greatly appreciated by everyone around him, he was constantly being called "Brother Dong".

This also allowed Li Changhe to knock some useful information out from bystanders.

They came from all corners of the country, all part of the crowd heading to Yuezhou City.

Some were merchant groups heading to Yuezhou.

Others, like Li Changhe, were conscription teams headed for Yuezhou.

A few days ago, the Great Tang was aflame with turmoil. While deploying troops to the frontline, the Great Tang also launched a massive conscription.

When Li Changhe found out that it was fifty years after the Chang’an Plague, he couldn’t help but fall silent.

What changes fifty years could bring...

Whether it was Emperor Li Er or his foster father, both were likely long dead in the river of history.

Li Changhe reflected.

Foster father, it’s no longer possible to visit the pleasure houses.

The team continued for about another hour and a half and finally exited the valley.

On the road outside the valley, they came across a merchant group who saluted Li Yang when they saw him.

After all, he was a conspicuously big mecha soldier. The sight of the injured members of his team greatly shocked the leader of the merchant group.

"Even with armored soldiers leading the way, someone still tried to rob the road? Are they really so desperate?"

Li Yang did not explain but asked them to take care of the wounded in the team and sent someone to Yuezhou City to seek help in a hurry.

Soon, hundreds of people from Yuezhou City, along with more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages, came to rescue the wounded.

Who knew how the Great Tang had progressed in technology.As steam mecha had already been developed, but motor vehicles were still not popular.

Perhaps, the Great Tang had a firm grip on this technological power.

As Li Changhe was a hero and injured, he was naturally placed in a carriage.

Li Yang threw a pile of coins into the carriage, more than thirty in total, a mixture of gold and silver.

Li Yang, standing outside the carriage almost as tall as the carriage itself, said, "Before the draft, you won’t be able to enter the barracks. There are two days left before the draft. Go to Yuezhou and find a good doctor to take care of yourself. Don’t leave any complications. Do not leak what happened before, or the military law will deal with it!"

"Yes, thank you, sir," Li Changhe showed gratitude. Although he didn’t know the purchasing power of this money, he still maintained a grateful expression.

As for not leaking information, it seemed that Li Yang did not want to cause public panic. He said the same to everyone who had participated in the previous battle.

"Humph, let’s go."

Li Yang watched as the carriage pulled away, and a few minutes later, several similarly towering figures appeared next to him.

Steam burst out, and blue armor appeared. These were his subordinates and companions.

One of them stepped forward and replaced the steam canister on Li Yang’s back with two new ones.

He said, "Refilled. Captain, it’s the first time I’ve seen you chat so much with the public."

"This time he helped me a lot. Otherwise, you would all have to mourn me," Li Yang replied, "His name is Yang Dong, a recruit from the Auxiliary Army, and will become my personal soldier. You all should take care of him."

"Yes," the mecha soldiers nodded.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Now it’s time for revenge!" Li Yang equipped two new chainsaw axes and walked towards the valley, "Kill them all!"

"Yes!"

Hundreds of steam mecha soldiers, like a torrent of iron, poured into the valley to continue the search and kill the enemy.

That night, the valley was full of sounds of killing.

On the other side, Li Changhe on the carriage sent each of his [Friends] the information that he had reached Yuezhou, then examined the coins.

They were gold and silver coins, each with intricately engraved portraits.

The face on a gold coin was of an emperor with a towering crown, which should be Li Er.

The silver coin had the portrait of a woman full of tenderness in her brows and eyes.

Presumably, that should be Empress Changsun.

At this moment, the carriage entered the city of Yuezhou.

Through the carriage window, Li Changhe could see the mighty and grand U-shaped city wall and the mecha soldiers stationed on either side of the city gate.

The city was brightly lit and flourishing.

"Li Er, oh Li Er. I have kept my promise. The Great Tang has grown to unimaginable heights. The dream of a lasting empire is not so unattainable," Li Changhe murmured as he looked at the portrait on the gold coin, "But you... better not betray me."

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