Besides the Dragon-Blood Demon Barbarians, there were also Barbarian Generals and Barbarian Commanders of various races, sent one after another by the aristocratic clans.
Among the Literary Rank private soldiers, the Demon Barbarian private soldiers alone numbered four hundred. Since most were Demon Marshals, with many Demon Marquises among them as well, the combat strength of these mere four hundred Demon Barbarian private soldiers was in no way inferior to that of tens of thousands of troops.
Beside the Demon Iron Cavalry and the Demon Barbarian private soldiers stood another force composed entirely of Human Race scholars. They all wore Literary Rank robes rather than armor, and there were one hundred and forty-six of them.
These people were also Fang Yun's Literary Rank private soldiers!
After Fang Yun became a Void Sage, scholars from every nation of the Human Race and every corner of Jing Kingdom had gone to every possible length to reach the capital, hoping to become Fang Yun's private soldiers.
Among these private soldiers were scholars from Jiangzhou, old Provincial Graduates from the capital, Metropolitan Graduates dissatisfied with the Left Prime Minister, low-ranking members of aristocratic clans, people from the Craftsmen School, Agricultural School, Medical School, and Legalist School—young men barely past twenty, as well as people over fifty... a dazzling assortment, everything one could imagine.
Fang Yun had not originally wished to recruit so many Human Race private soldiers, but too many people had come over the past two months. Many famous men, whether he knew them or not, had sent letters recommending them. Seeing all those long-renowned old gentlemen cast aside their pride to make recommendations left Fang Yun rather helpless.
Everyone who came had to undergo the Hall of Punishment's strict scrutiny. They had even directly employed the projected powers of Sacred Books and