Section 697 Rumors(2/2)
The editors-in-chief of various tabloids and magazines fled overnight. Some editors who had no time to escape, or who were recognized and captured on the way, were beaten by the people until their faces were bruised and their noses were swollen. They knelt in front of the people and cried bitterly, regretting their mistakes.
However, these editors-in-chief were very professional and no one revealed the mastermind behind the scenes. After all, it was easy to choose between being beaten or dying.
Selling out the eldest prince and eldest princess of the principality, not to mention whether anyone would believe it, his life would definitely not be saved.
Immediately, the trend of the respective newspapers and magazines changed in one direction, seamlessly moving from slander to praise. Yesterday's newspapers on the ground were still denouncing criminals, but today's front pages are praising heroes.
Under Chen Xing's deliberate operation, Tie Nuo, Lei Guang Regiment, and the Expeditionary Force were equated.
Countless young people, dazzled by enthusiasm, rushed into the recruitment office and strongly demanded to join the expeditionary force.
The number of people in the expeditionary force expanded rapidly, and soon exceeded the 200,000 mark.
A new problem arose. The military budget was only 100,000 people, but it suddenly doubled, and there was not enough food and salary.
But people's enthusiasm could not be let down, so Chen Xing began to sell everything he could to raise military expenses.
At this time, the aristocratic families in Gray Corner City stopped wavering and took out their inventory to raise military expenses for the expeditionary force.
Seeing such a grand occasion, Aaliya also proposed to allocate an additional 20,000 troops for the expeditionary force.
In addition, Hua Beidou also provided some support, and finally managed to make up for the military expenses for the first three months. The rest will depend on fighting.
In the afternoon, Chen Xing stood on an abandoned high-rise building in Beiqiao Town, looking at the dark crowd below.
Soon after, he became a powerful man with a large number of troops.
At the same time, he also felt tremendous pressure.
What he shoulders is everyone's expectations and everyone's dreams.
Tie Nuo's dream, Shen Guangming's dream, Ben Lei's dream...
He finally realized that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Because everyone believes in you, gives you their blood and life, and then completes an earth-shattering event.
The expeditionary force is already a veritable large group army.
With 200,000 troops, the number of personnel has exceeded that of any army group in the Red Dragon Principality. Even if we look at the entire Ambergris River Basin, we still have an advantage in terms of numbers.
But the biggest problem right now is the lack of high-end combat capabilities.
Low-end combat power relies on numbers, mid-range combat power relies on guarding, and high-end combat power relies on controlling spirits.
The first two have been solved, but the third one is missing.
Chen Xing, Jian Yue Canglian, and Xiang Caidie all have Yuling spirits, but none of them is truly powerful and capable of controlling the situation.
A Yuling of this level is either a secondary pseudo-god or a large siege-level Yuling.
Chapter completed!