The Lotus Girl broke up with the Dragon King in Shuangquan Village, and she was going to Biyu City to gather the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall.

Gu Shenwei left two spies behind and returned to Xiaoyaohai alone, the information he collected was not enough and not detailed, but he couldn't wait any longer, he had to formulate a strategy to meet the enemy as soon as possible.

Back in the capital of Shiguo, he was just in time for several kings to be "invited" to form an alliance.

There were four in total, the kings of Shi, Kang, Sha, and Hui all came, and only King An on the south bank of Xiaoyao Sea ran fast and had already run all the way to Biyu City for refuge.

All four kings were terrified and very distrustful of the dragon king.

After a grand alliance ceremony, Gu Shenwei released the three kings of Kang, Sha, and Hui, and according to custom, they all left the crown prince behind to serve as the dragon king's guards and hostages.

Zhong Heng's efficiency was very high, and in less than 20 days, he had collected more than 300 large and small ships, transported all the troops of Daxue Mountain to the north shore, and began to set up camp at the entrance and exit of the main road in the east, preparing for a large-scale war with Jinpeng Fort.

Roughly speaking, the strength of the army of the Great Snow Mountain is not weak, the swordsmen, the swordsmen, the savages in the forest, the slaves and nobles of the country of Xiangji, the tribes and mine thieves in the Wushan, and the soldiers of the five countries of the Easy Sea, together, are close to 20,000 people, which is a little more than Gu Shenwei expected at the beginning.

But this army is like a clumsy papier-mâché dummy, not even a shelf has been set up, soldiers from different sources have their own ideas, not to mention confrontation with the army of Jinpeng Castle, even if there is no enemy, they themselves are shaky, and there is a possibility of falling apart at any time.

The only ones who were really ready for war were the more than a thousand swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain and the swordsmen of Tuo Nengya, they were all loyal to the Dragon King, but it was still too difficult to glue together more than ten times the number of recruits who were more than ten times their size.

Therefore, the first meeting convened by Gu Shenwei was limited to the Patriarch of the Great Snow Mountain, Tuo Nengya, Zhong Heng, and Fang Wen.

The result satisfied him, and everyone hid all the way to Tibet, fighting asymmetrical small battles, and finally returned to the Western Regions, all looking forward to a decisive battle with Jinpeng Castle, and their soldiers also held back their strength, excitedly waiting for the enemy to arrive.

In the midst of the start of the war, only Tononya reminded the Dragon King that the army was marching too fast, that the Osan Mountains in the rear were not stable, that the spies planted by Jinpeng Fort had not yet been cleared, that the positions of many tribes and mine thieves were still blurred, and that the narrow road to the land of incense was in danger of being cut off at any time.

Gu Shenwei did not make a decision on the spot, but then summoned the next group of people, the ten big leaders of the slave soldiers of the country of incense, the two leaders of the noble soldiers, Ha Chilie of the Wushan tribe, and Ge Ying, the mine thief.

The relationship between the slaves and the nobles, the tribes and the mine thieves, who had been on the same page, now only barely kept at peace, and the contempt and hatred for each other did not diminish in the slightest.

As soon as they entered the tent, two minor disputes broke out.

The leader of a slave soldier accidentally touched the leader of the nobles and was unceremoniously reprimanded, but the slave still did not dare to refute, or even dare to justify, respectfully bowed his head to accept the scolding of his former master, his knees kept trembling, if it were not for the dragon king appearing in time, he would soon kneel down and beg for mercy.

The other dispute was even more intense, with Ha Chilie and Ge Ying glaring at each other as soon as they met, one saying that the other was groveling, and the other accusing the other of having bad intentions, and pulling out his knife as he spoke.

The arrival of Gu Shenwei put a stop to these two disputes.

These people also welcomed the war with Jinpeng Castle, but their attitudes were different.

Out of fear, the nobles of the country of incense flattered that they would always follow the dragon king, and there was no sincerity in their words.

The ten slave leaders were still in a state of confusion, and in just a few months, the whole world had changed, and they were full of amazement at everything in the outside world, except for Jinpeng Castle and Dubu King, who lacked intuitive understanding and could not understand the importance of this war at all, and only humbly said that they would carry out all the orders of the Dragon King.

Among the army of the Great Snow Mountain, slave soldiers were the largest single source, with a total of more than seven thousand, but their combat effectiveness was very doubtful.

The warriors need obedience rather than servility, Gu Shenwei has given them freedom, but the slaves only look at this freedom carefully, never dare to embrace it, in their eyes, the dragon king is a more merciful, but also more demanding master.

Ge Ying brought hundreds of mine thieves, why did he want to join the army of the Great Snow Mountain, even he couldn't tell, one would say that he admired the Dragon King, the other said that he was born to like to be lively, and finally he cared about the spoils, "Dragon King, our hundreds of brothers have all given up their livelihoods to fight with you, not to mention the remuneration or anything, if we win, how can we divide the gold and silver treasures of King Dubu and those women?"

Before Gu Shenwei could speak, Ha Chilie was unhappy first, "Do you think that the Dragon King is the same as you, a bandit leader?"

In principle, Gu Shenwei can't take sides in formal occasions, this truth is what he learned from his father Gu Lun, Gu Lun is well versed in the way of being an official, and sometimes he will tell his three sons, Gu Shenwei didn't care much about it at the time, but he remembered it clearly when he grew up.

But this time is different, he must correct Ge Ying's mistake, "There will be gold and silver treasures, and women will also have them, but they are not robbed or shared, they are won by themselves, we will build a new country, and when the time comes, you will all be the founding heroes, and naturally you will have everything." ”

"His grandmother's, isn't this going to be an official? "Ge Ying is a bastard, he swears, but he expresses excitement.

Ha Chilie was the last to speak, simply expressing the intention of seeking war, his loyalty to the Dragon King can already be compared with the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain, but the number of people brought is too small, but more than 300 people, most of the tribes of Wushan uphold the principle of non-interference, and think that the war between the Dragon King and the Dubu King has nothing to do with them.

The third group summoned by Gu Shenwei were the princes and generals of the countries of the Loose Sea.

The soldiers of the Stone Kingdom were firmly on the side of the Dragon King, but they were full of distrust of the other four countries.

This mistrust is justified.

Anguo fled because of the king, and the soldiers joined the army of the Great Snow Mountain completely out of necessity.

Saudi Arabia and Huiguo are similar, and when it comes to the coming war, they all flicker, revealing obvious negativity.

The strongest among the kingdoms is Kangguo, and his rebellion against the Dragon King is also the strongest.

The prince of Kang, who had escaped at the beginning, attended the meeting, and last year he was still on an equal footing with the dragon king, and his status was even slightly higher, but now he served the dragon king as a hostage, this change made him very uncomfortable, and he spoke in a strange voice, "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover, there is the dragon king, what are we afraid of? ”

This is the composition of the army of the Great Snow Mountain, ranging from loyal to fearful, and the latter is a little more numerous.

Before the decisive battle with the army of Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei had to fight a tough battle with his own army first.

Before embarking on reforming the entire army, he tried to listen to the opinions of others first.

Zhong Heng's idea is pragmatic and simple, "drive the wolf with the tiger, and give both grace and might." Disperse the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain and the swordsmen of Tuo Nengya into various armies, serve as generals, and drive everyone to move forward bravely, especially the soldiers of the five countries, and at the same time, take out a large amount of gold and silver as a reward, and the distribution of the spoils should also be formulated first, so that everyone can have a head. ”

Fang Wen's point of view was a little weak, and it was not the same as Zhong Heng, "The Great Snow Swordsmen must not be dispersed, they are the essence and main force of our army, the whole army is waiting to see their performance with wide eyes, once dispersed, the whole army has no soul, who will fight bravely? The Prime Minister's opinion is inappropriate, very inappropriate." ”

Both people's views are reasonable, and Gu Shenwei can't decide for a while.

Fang Wenshi has more opinions, "This battle is very important, but in the final analysis, Daxue Mountain and Jinpeng Fort are both small forces in the Western Regions, who wins and who loses, will not change much of the overall situation, if I want to say, I still have to ask the Central Plains for help." The Central Plains is the main attack in the east, involving the strength of Jinpeng Fort as much as possible, and the cooperation of the Great Snow Mountain in the south, which is the foundation of victory. ”

Zhong Heng did not object to forming an alliance with the Central Plains, but he reminded the Dragon King, "The person who is in charge of the Central Plains in the Western Regions now is Wei Song. ”

Wei Song is inextricably linked to the Gu family's tragedy, Gu Shenwei and Zhong Heng once conspired to assassinate Wei Song's son Wei Lingmiao, and was almost retaliated by Wei Song in Shiguo last year.

This is a stubborn stone between the Dragon King and the Central Plains, which cannot be bypassed, Fang Wen doesn't know about it, and he still recommends himself, "Let me persuade the Central Plains, and promise that within a month, Jinpeng Fort will be in a dilemma." ”

Gu Shenwei did not agree immediately, and among the complicated problems, he only made a decision on one thing first: appoint Tuo Nengya and Ha Chilie to pacify Wushan.

The mountain path leading to the country of incense must not be broken, it is an excellent base given to him by God, rich in products, easy to defend and difficult to attack, whether it is to pursue the victory or make a comeback, this rich land is needed.

Tuo Nengya has a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes and knows how to maneuver among the many forces, and Ha Chilie is a local of Osan and can be introduced to him.

Gu Shenwei asked the two of them to take away a hundred swordsmen and five hundred slave soldiers, and these six hundred people were a large force in Wushan.

Before everything was decided, a spy who stayed in Shuangquan Village brought back bad news, Jinpeng Fort already knew that the Dragon King had returned to the Easy Sea, and the conquest plan also changed, and the army was still gathering in Shuangquan Village, but no longer 30,000 people, but 50,000 people.

The news spread quickly, the whole army was shaken, and that night, the soldiers of the five countries fled, although the number was not very large, only a few dozen, but this was a beginning, if it was not stopped in time, the army of the Great Snow Mountain would face the danger of falling apart.

Gu Shenwei took many measures, first according to Zhong Heng's suggestion, sent a part of the Great Snow Mountain swordsmen to be stationed in the Wu** Middle School to strengthen the supervision of the soldiers, and then summoned all the princes and generals of various countries to live near the main tent to prevent them from deliberately letting go of their subordinates.

It was a difficult game of chess in front of him, and for the first time since raising the banner against Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei felt powerless, although he could immediately formulate several strategies to deal with the battle, none of them could satisfy him.

The last person he summoned was Dugu Xian, hoping that the surrendered general could help him survive the dead.

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