The Anxi Army's sixty thousand troops appeared outside the Qi Capital in square formations. Behind them, the Dragon Martial Army's contingent escorting the grain and supplies was also considerable in size.
At the very center of the Anxi Army stood a Dragon Carriage resembling a small traveling palace. Lin Hao and Li Yanbing sat inside, looking down over the surrounding troops, with nine Imperial Steeds drawing the carriage.
The formation guarding the Dragon Carriage and the eight nearest hundred-man squares were all Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards had also only recently surrendered, but unlike the Tiger Guards and Dragon Martial Army, many of them had witnessed the false emperor side with the Shadow Fiend, and witnessed Lin Hao achieve Domain Formation and slay a Grandmaster!
Moreover, Lin Hao had led some of them in incorporating surrendered troops, so their combat strength and morale were relatively assured, and they had become the honor guard for the sovereign's procession.
Even those thousand Imperial Guards alone covered a considerable area when viewed from the Dragon Carriage. Beyond them were densely packed formations, one after another!
There were hundreds of these hundred-man squares!
Dense ranks of long ge and foot spears stood upright, their uniform lamellar armor making them look exceptionally imposing.
Mounted messengers occasionally rode through the gaps between formations, and a solemn sense of impending battle pervaded the air.
"Once you have over ten thousand men, they cover the hills and plains. Looking at it this way, we really do have quite a lot of people..."
Lin Hao sat upright inside the carriage, maintaining proper decorum before so many eyes.
Seeing Li Yanbing in her dragon robes, looking so dignified and splendid, did stir something in him. Unfortunately, everything had been too rushed, and he still had not found an opportunity to