Chapter 44: The Expedition (II)
On the west gate of Anyi City, Shang Tang stood there and watched the large army of military horses pouring out of Anyi. [No pop-ups.]
After a long time, Shang Tang asked as if he didn't have any goal: "Yi Yin, do you think their soldiers and horses are majestic?"
Yi Yin, who had a pair of big eyes, stood beside Shang Tang and looked at the energetic and high-spirited sergeant for a long time before he said: "These pro-armies are the elite guards of the major families, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than those new armies they lead. The personal guards of the major witch families were originally the strongest army in Kyushu. ”
Shang Tang shrugged his shoulders and slapped his palm on the battlements of the city wall in front of him, and shouted: "If our Shang clan can have such an elite army, is it worth worrying about the infestation of 300,000 Dongyi people?"
Yi Yin shook his head again and again with a disapproving face: "The master said something wrong. 300,000 elites, with the financial resources of our Shang clan, want to do it, but it is not difficult. But what can we do with 300,000 elite soldiers? Great Xia can't take the Dongyi people, we have 300,000 troops, but we just add more trouble. ”
Without waiting for Shang Tang to speak, Yi Yin analyzed to himself: "Now what is invading my Shang clan is only a few branch tribes of the Dongyi people. If we form a large army and destroy those tribes, the great clans of the Dongyi people will be killed immediately, can we use the strength of the Shang clan to fight against the army of the entire Dongyi tribal alliance? This is something that even Great Xia cannot do. ”
Shang Tang stomped his feet with hatred: "Alas, it's a pity for our clan's military strength! If our clan can have millions of powerful witch armies such as the Great Xia Royal Court, what is Dongyi? I really don't know why Great Xia has tolerated the troubles of the Dongyi people for so many years." They are too peaceful and happy in Zhongzhou, but they only suffer our Shang clan and the people of other subject countries. ”
Yi Yin no longer discussed this topic, and he changed the subject: "The tens of thousands of witches we hired will be able to rush to the clan land in two days. The armies of the major witch families and the forbidden army of the Royal Court Secret Division led by the Nine Princes had already opened a few days earlier. In short, this time we can always drive the Dongyi people out of our land. ”
Shang Tang still said unrelentingly: "If I can have millions of witch troops." ”
Yi Yin still looked at Luo Yi's military horse out of the city, and said lightly: "If the master can become the king of the Shang clan, he can also." ”
Shang Tang turned his head to look at Yi Yin, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "I was fortunate enough to get a part of the magic power of Heavenly Witch in the Heavenly Witch Hall this time. Now I have the magic power of the peak of the Seven Tripods. Compared to my brothers and uncles, my soup is the strongest. ”
Yi Yin looked at Shang Tang disappreciably and said, "I'd rather the master get something else." As long as the talent of this thing is enough, the master, you will have achieved something after a hundred years of penance. What is really precious is that the wisdom accumulated in Tianwu's life was taken out of thin air by the Tiger Tyrannosaurus. If the master gets not the magic power, but the memory inheritance of the witch that day, I think the clan king will immediately decide to pass it on to the master in the future. ”
His face changed slightly, his eyes drooped, and Shang Tang sighed in a low voice: "Yes, but it is a barbarian who has obtained the greatest benefit." Is this really fate?"
Yi Yin coughed, looked left and right, and said with a light smile: "But the master doesn't need to be in a hurry." has not yet completely digested the part of the magic power of the Heavenly Witch, and the master is already the identity of the Seven Ding Great Witch, which is somewhat useful. This Dongyi invasion happened to be a good time for the master. Several brothers of the master are leading people to fight hard with the Dongyi people in the battle array, but they have been defeated and retreated without victory. If the master can make a contribution, it will be convenient to grasp part of the military power in the clan in the future. ”
Shang Tang frowned and glanced at Yi Yin deeply: "But the army of His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince has already been dispatched, and the clan army of the four great witch families is afraid that they have also been pulled, and the tribes that joined forces to attack the Dongyi people will not be able to resist it." I will still have to stay in Anyi for a while, and I will not be able to leave until the witch capital we hired has gone to the clan land, and when I return, I am afraid that the dust has already fallen. ”
Yi Yin quickly looked at Zuo Jin, pulled Shang Tang and walked downstairs. As he walked, he could hear Yi Yin muttering in a low voice: "If you want him to be dusty, it's not difficult to see what you think, master." According to my calculations, as long as the master can make a great contribution, let the king of the clan seal the master a piece of territory, and with the master's ability, he will definitely succeed within ten years. This is a place in the city of Anyi that is just in use. That day, the master of the Heavenly Witch Hall also saw it, and it was just right to use it. ”
Shang Tang descended the tower and walked towards the royal city. Now Shang Tang is just a young man who wants to become the king of the clan, and his biggest dream is nothing more than to avoid the threat of the Dongyi people to his tribe.
Xia Hou rode the ink unicorn and rushed out of the city gate quickly. He saw Huang Yi carrying a fishing rod outside the city gate, and the yellow dragon was waving desperately at him, shouting loudly: "Brother Chihu caught the sea people, what is the fun to bring me back!"
Xia Hou smiled at Huang Yi, all his attention was on the yellow dragon. Only Xia Hou knew that he finally decided to stay in Anyi and still joined the army, and the decisive reason was actually this little dragon who was not familiar with the world and only knew how to be naughty and troublesome.
He raised his hand and beckoned in Huang Yi's direction. Xingtian Gale turned his head and saw Huang Yi and said with a smile: "Is it the dragon slave in the palace?
Xiahou smiled and shook his head without answering. He was greeting the little dragon, as for Huang Yimo, a guy who refused to worship the disciples of the Heavenly Dao, Xia Hou had no words for him.
A hundred miles outside the city of Anyi, a total of one million troops, were quietly stationed on a huge plain with a length and width of two hundred miles.
The 200,000 Black Gang Army, the 200,000 Xuan Biao Army, the children of Xiangliu, Fangfeng, and Shen Gong, together with the clansmen of other families, led an army of 400,000 plus 200,000 logistics sergeants, a total of one million troops, 600,000 mounts, and more than 2 million beast vehicles camped here quietly without making a sound.
Mo Qilin stopped on a small dirt slope near the barracks, looked at the large camp in front of him, and turned out to be a large camp surrounded by clouds and smoke, and Xiahou subconsciously gasped. "An army of millions, an army of millions. If you really see it, you will know what the concept of a million horses is! If this is opened, how long will it take for this queue to complete?"
It was also the first time in their lives that they had seen such a huge army of this size, and they also stopped their mounts a little dizzy, looking at this huge, destructive military formation. Xingtian Xuanxuan moaned, "From now on, we are the commander of this army. Hehe, a command, blood flowing!" He turned his head to look in the direction of Xiang Liurou, Xiang Liurou and Xiang Liuyin also happened to look at the sight of several people, and fierce sparks hit in the air.
Xingtian Gale whispered to himself: "Damn, I used to take more than 10,000 people to fight at most once. This transfer of troops and horses was also directly ordered by the military department to transfer people, but I didn't expect that 10,000 troops would be quite considerable together, and these million people put together simply don't know how to start!"
Xiahou muttered, "Fortunately, there are junior officers here." Uh, what are you talking about, big brother, you've never commanded an army of 20,000 men?"
Xingtian Gale hurriedly nodded: "Yes." Although we are the captains of the Black Gang Army and the Xuanbiao Army, we have fought a few battles with several small countries nearby, and our subordinate armies have never been dispatched in their entirety. This scene of more than 100,000 people together is also hehehehe. ”
Xingtian's brothers laughed dryly at the same time, and they were no better, and they were just looking at the huge barracks that were entrenched on the ground like monsters, and smirked.
Xiahou almost fainted. The young men who had never commanded a large army in battle asked them to command hundreds of thousands of people to fight against the sea people as soon as they first got started! Xia Hou could only marvel at those old men of the Wu family, their brains were really full of creativity. Xia Hou looked at the million army in front of him, but he didn't see any living people, he only saw piles of cannon fodder.
Xiang Liu clapped his hands and shouted: "No matter how many and a thousand people are like this, what about a million troops? The strikers and guides should be the first to leave for the western frontier!"
Xingtian Gale took a long breath and was about to issue an order, but Xiahou immediately stopped him. He grabbed the strong wind of Xingtian with one hand and shouted: "Separate the armies from each other at a certain distance, otherwise how can they move? The baggage battalions of each army must follow the advance of each army, otherwise how can a million army and horses be camped at night?"
Xiang Liurou and the others were stunned for a moment and glanced at Xia Hou in surprise. Now is not the time to pour into each other's fighting spirit, Xingtian Dafeng, Xiang Liurou and other leading generals got together and hastily discussed the order of the march and the arrangement of mutual communication, and then the order was handed down, and the armies were quickly pulled out.
The armies of the sons of the Xiangliu family and the Shen Gong family marched on the left flank, the armies of the Fengjia and other families were on the right flank, and the most numerous of the Black Gang Army and the Xuan Biao Army were the second army in the middle army. The three armies were separated by hundreds of miles from each other and marched towards the western frontier at the same time. The three armies set strict signals and times for mutual communication, and every quarter of an hour, information from the other side was sent to their own armies. Everything was agreed, and then each handed down an order, and the army divided into three ways to march.
The million-strong army left the barracks and headed west.
And the place where Xiahou and they discussed just now swept up out of thin air, and almost all the rulers of Great Xia with King Xia as the Great Xia were present.
Xiahou glanced at Xing Tian'e strangely and smiled: "Fu Gong seems to be the most brilliant doll in your family this time." I still remember the first time you led the army out on the expedition, and you were in a hurry for a whole day, and the army left the barracks the next day. ”
Xing Tian'e spread his hands with helplessness on his face and sighed: "However, it is not my Xingtian family's doll who came up with the idea, but it's a pity." But fortunately, fortunately, the Tiger Tyrannosaurus is a friend of my Xingtian family. Hehe! Xiangliu Bigong, you have also found a lot of friends around those dolls, why don't you have any shrewd and capable ones?"
Xiang Liuxi's face trembled with anger, and he snorted coldly: "That Tiger Tyrannosaurus got the wisdom of the Heavenly Witch out of thin air, if he is still stupid like those dolls who have not gone through the wind and rain, he should be killed by a headhead!"
Feng Feng coughed softly, and said lightly: "The memory of the Chihu Tyrannosaurus is true, but I remember that the previous Heavenly Witch never seemed to have been in the army. He was very experienced in such things as the army pulling out the camp, marching in, communicating with each other, and arranging signals. ”
King Xia laughed out loud and said with an incredible smile on his face: "Do you want to say that there is a genius in the military formation in those barbarian tribes?"
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and laugh at the same time: "It is indeed unreasonable. How could those barbarians learn the art of military formation?"
After calculating for a while, these Great Xia rulers finally attributed everything to the previous Heavenly Witch. In office, the magic power of the Heavenly Witch is boundless, and the wisdom is like the sea, so he naturally read some military books and the way of the battle formation. The fact that the Chihu Tyrannosaurus was able to perform so eye-catching was obviously the credit of Tianwu. How could a barbarian understand these profound military formations? It doesn't make sense at all!
King Xia raised an index finger and said lightly: "Then the old rule is that I bet that less than thirty percent of the million troops of Yuanyu 100,000 square meters will survive in the end!"
Xiang Liuhui smiled and raised his fingers: "I'm worse than the king, how about I press 90,000 square meters of original jade and leave 20%?"
Fang Feng Ji and Shen Gongli also suppressed 90,000 square yuan jade to bet on how many people would survive after the million-strong army and the sea people officially engaged. Other nobles of the Wu family, such as the weather and the earth, also placed bets one after another, and naturally the palace administrators who accompanied them wrote down the bets one by one.
King Xia looked at Xing Tian'e, who was there with his head bowed and pondering, and asked with a smile: "Why didn't Fu Gong place a bet? Your previous vision was very vicious, and we were won by you for a long time." ”
Xing Tian'e raised his head, smiled slightly, raised an index finger and chuckled, "This time I want to have some excitement." I'll take all your bets, and I'll bet that this army can keep at least fifty percent of the soldiers?"
King Xia, Xiang Liuxi, Feng Ji, and Shen Gongli were stunned, and King Xia blinked a few times, and his eyes suddenly roared: "You bet so much? I will raise my bet! I will add the original jade, 100,000 square meters of sea people, and thousands of slaves are all young and beautiful virgins! How are you?"
Xing Tian'e raised his eyebrows and laughed. The witches laughed at the same time, registering their new bets and turning into a gust of wind.
As soon as these great witches left the Heavenly Dao people, they appeared out of thin air. He looked up to the sky and sneered: "Interesting, interesting." Why don't I get involved with you in such an interesting matter? Well, who is it to help? This is a misfortune that I am teaching my friend to take advantage of, but it is also good for me. ”
sneered a few times, and the Tongtian Daoist shouted in a low voice: "Duobao, Jinguang, get out of here! When you left Jinao Island, you weren't seen by the eldest master?"
Two strange-looking Qi Refiners flashed out of the void and bowed respectfully to the Heavenly Dao Man, then shook their heads gently.
Tongtian Daoist sneered and hurriedly ordered: "Go and secretly follow the Tiger Tyrannosaurus, he will be your junior disciple in the future, but don't let him be killed by those white-skinned ghosts." If you have free time, you will go to find out about the military situation of the sea people, and secretly leak it to a few little dolls of the Xingtian family. In short, you help them to have a certain advantage behind the scenes, but don't let them see it, do you understand? You ran out behind the old man's back, but I didn't ask you to come out all the time. ”
Duobao and Jin Guang, the two qi refiners, you look at me, I look at you, nodded aggrievedly, turned a strong wind and headed towards the west.
The Daoist looked up to the sky and smiled for a long time, he suddenly straightened his face, and muttered in a low voice: "The Witch Sect will be destroyed, and the Great Dao will be prosperous, this is the old immortal of the master, and the leaked heavenly opportunity will naturally not be wrong." But it's really strange how could such a powerful force of the Great Xia Witch Sect be wiped out when it is said to be destroyed? Could it be that if I open a dojo in Anyi and accept a few apprentices, I can sit back and watch his Witch Sect destroy the city wall?
Shaking his head, the people of the Heavenly Dao turned away in confusion.
In the wind shadow, you can vaguely hear the complaints of the Tongtian Dao people: "It's a pity that my innate spirit has not recovered, otherwise I can also speculate on the evolution of the Heavenly Dao and know the future clues, lest I sit in Anyi and sit on this stuffy gourd, but I am aggrieved!