But the end of a locust army sweeping through everything like a whirlwind was always accompanied by terrifying suppression. The central authorities and organizations would never allow me to keep snowballing. Before long, the scout unit came to report the situation in Longyuan City: elite troops had assembled!
"Ten thousand elite troops. Three thousand from the Central Army's elite riot-control unit, and seven thousand elite soldiers assembled from the cities around Longyuan City! An army of ten thousand is waiting there for our grand arrival!" Chen Fan hurried over to deliver the report.
My expression turned grave. "What the hell is an elite riot-control unit? Longyuan City still has seven thousand elite soldiers? Where did they come from?"
"The riot-control unit belongs directly to the Central Army. They're specifically responsible for suppressing uprisings in autonomous cities like ours. Their overall strength is greater than the patrol units', and they're on the same level as the armies of the commanderies beyond the pass! Longyuan City has excellent relations with the other provincial capitals, and its economic conditions are very good too. This time, with the elite riot-control unit backing them, the army of the northeastern provincial capital directly sent three thousand patrol soldiers to reinforce them. Adding their original four thousand, they gathered more than seven thousand. Together with the government army, that makes ten thousand!" Chen Fan looked at me anxiously.
"Ten thousand people. Their overall strength may be greater than ours, but so what? War is a technical craft too." I spoke indifferently. Chen Fan clearly disagreed and immediately said, "It's not just the northeastern army that's come to reinforce Longyuan City. The northwestern army has already dispatched three thousand patrol soldiers, and they've attacked our old home!"
I frowned, but this was clearly something I had expected. Peasant