320、The trace of the Chu River
When Deng Zitao said this, Chu He couldn't help but frown and ponder.
He still doesn't know what Zhang Jiao is going to do.
A few days ago, just as Chu He was about to lead his army, Zhang Jiao suddenly sent someone to see Chu He and brought news that surprised Chu He.
Zhang Jiao actually told Chu He that he had been kissing him and wanted to betroth Zhang Ning to Chu He, and the bargaining chips he paid were hard for Chu He to refuse.
Zhang Jiao's decision put Chu He in a dilemma.
Zhang Jiao used open conspiracy, and both he and Chu He knew that Zhang Ning's status in the Yellow Turban Army was even much more important than Meng Qingtong's status in the Southern Barbarian Army.
Meng Qingtong is just the daughter of the Southern Barbarian King. She has no authority in the army and her own cultivation is very low. Even under Chu He's full efforts, she is now only at the fourth level.
For ordinary people, it is extremely difficult for the fourth-grade strongman in his early twenties, especially Meng Qingtong, who has a talent for courage, but is far behind Zhang Ning.
Zhang Ning is the second-in-command of the Yellow Turban Army. As the saint of the Yellow Turban Taoist Tao, he has extremely amazing appeal. It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhang Ning ascended the high place, he could even pull one-third of the Yellow Turban scholars away.
Moreover, Zhang Ning himself is a peak-level sixth-grade strongman, and his spiritual attributes reach the limit of the sixth-grade rank. With the Tianluo God Net in his hand, his combat power is comparable to that of the seventh-grade national hero, and he is still at the top of the Qianlong Ranking. In time, it is a foregone conclusion that he will be promoted to the seventh-grade national hero.
Such a place in Jiuzhou is extremely famous and is known as the number one under the seventh rank. Naturally, she can't help but decide the major marriages of herself, unless she is willing to abandon the Yellow Turban Taoism, political marriage is the inevitable result.
Zhang Jiao betrothed Zhang Ning to Chu He, so he naturally had other intentions, and both sides understood this very well.
The reason why Chu He is in a dilemma is that this is why.
The benefits of getting married to Zhang Ning are extremely huge.
Not to mention Zhang Ning's own strength, the huge reputation and influence brought by marrying Chu He alone is extremely amazing. As long as Chu He gets married to Zhang Ning, his name will be spread throughout Jiuzhou in a short period of time, bringing Chu He an amazing luck.
Moreover, the Changding Army now appears to be the same as the Yellow Turban Army, but it is an indisputable fact that the Yellow Turban Army once invaded Fenglai and Datong counties on a large scale, and it must have left a thorn in the hearts of both sides.
As long as you marry Zhang Ning, this obstacle will disappear, and it will be much easier for Chu River to annex the Yellow Turban Army in the future.
Not to mention, Zhang Jiao, who has been a human being for two lifetimes, has a very thorough understanding of people's hearts, and has also paid benefits that Chu He cannot refuse.
The Yellow Turban Army is located in a large area of territory in the northeast of Qinzhou, and the Turin County on the southwest of Baozhou as a dowry. As long as Chu He agrees, the territory of Tianshui County can be extended to the northeast of Qinzhou and Baozhou, and the territory it now occupied is built into a piece of the southern border, and the territory can even be expanded twice as big as it is!
The second dowry agreement was something Chu He could not refuse, and it was a thousand alchemy alchemist.
Zhang Jiao knew that Chu He was the lifeblood of steel. Even if he gave it to Chu He blacksmith, Chu He would never accept it, so as not to Zhang Jiao try to get the secret of steelmaking, but the alchemy alchemist would be different.
The pills are definitely one of the great flaws of Changding Army. Chu He refines the golden bell cover pill recipe, and many places need to do it yourself. The number of other pills refined is extremely low and must be obtained from the Southern Barbarian Army and others.
Elixirs are one of the important means for elite soldiers to improve their strength and are indispensable. Chuhe started late, and these talents were already plundered by the anti-Shu coalition forces. A few alchemy priests were still from the former Demon Ding Army and from Jiangwu Village.
Now Changding Army's elixirs appear to be a little lacking, not to mention that the future forces increase and the territory expands, the gap in demand for elixirs is even greater.
Zhang Jiao’s thousand priests can be regarded as a timely help. As long as they can be subdued for their own use, they can greatly reduce the pressure on Chang Dingjun to demand elixirs.
Zhang Jiao's open plot made it difficult for Chu He to refuse.
But the Yellow Turban Army paid such a huge price, of course what they wanted was extremely amazing. It was not proportional to the betrothal gifts paid by Chu He, so they must have other plans.
No matter how Ren Chuhe thought, he would never have expected that Zhang Jiao would guess that he understood the nine-grade exercises of the Tao Te Ching, which were aimed at the Tao Te Ching.
The only person who knows the Tao Te Ching is Wu Meier. If it weren't for the Tao Te Ching, Wu Meier wouldn't have become a fifth-rank Grand Secretary at the age of twelve or thirteen.
This is also the greatest confidence in Wu Meier and Meng Qingtong's fight. If Chu He had not regarded her as his family, how could he teach the Tao Te Ching to her?
Even Zheng Xuan, a national scholar, was shocked by Wu Meier's qualifications and personally taught Wu Meier's literary way!
Of course, Wu Meier knew the importance of the matter and would never reveal a word to outsiders. Even Master Jing Xiong and Grand Master Zheng Xuan did not know this.
Zhang Jiao is definitely not a gifted boy. Before he figured out Zhang Jiao's idea, even if the benefits of getting married to Zhang Ning were great, Chu He had to think about it carefully and not agree easily.
At the very least, if Chu He really accepted Zhang Jiao's territory and Tianshui County's territory expanded northeast, it would cut off the connection between the Southern Barbarians and the rear southern border, and there was only a narrow area that could lead to Qinzhou City.
Once the Changding Army and the Southern Barbarians get into evil, the Changding Army can quickly cut off the contact between the Southern Barbarians and the rear. Even if Chu He is Meng Huo's son-in-law, Meng Huo will never sit idly by.
Zhang Jiao clearly pulled out the heart prick between the Yellow Turban Army and the Changding Army, and buried a sharp prick between the Changding Army and the Southern Barbarian Army.
Meng Huo refused to cut off his retreat from the army. How could Chu He give up the opportunity to expand his territory?
Chu He did not continue to worry about this issue. Since it was Zhang Jiao's open conspiracy, he must have tried to get himself in. The more anxious Zhang Jiao is to accomplish things, the easier it is to show his strength.
At this time, Chu He didn't know how big Zhang Jiao's plan was, and he could wait for decades or even hundreds of years!
Deng Zitao told Chu He about Yin Xiu again: "Lord, the Yizhou Army knows about Yin Xiu's affairs, and will definitely try to let the Yin family contact the Mo General. How should the Mo General deal with it?"
Deng Zitao didn't know the true relationship between Chu He and Yin Xiu, so he naturally needed to ask clearly so as not to cause any trouble.
"I have no other relationship with Yin Xiu. I just sent her to Yizhou. However, there is no need to explain this to the Yizhou Army."
Chu He retracted his thoughts, pondered for a while before saying, "The price of 40,000 steel soldiers is indeed a bit high. Even if the Yizhou army has collected a large amount of money and materials during this period, it is not easy to get ten thousand steel soldiers."
"Yong Kai is likely to let the Yin family come forward to discuss the military and armor transaction."
A sharp light flashed in Chu He's eyes: "You have met Yin Deng and Yin Gao, can they be made?"
Although Deng Zitao does not have the same heavenly eyes as Chu He, as the fourth-grade peak Wushu Sect, he certainly has eyesight: "Yin Deng is of average qualification, but Yin Gao should be able to do it. Friends of civil and military practitioners are all in the third-grade realm. With his current age and the little resources of the Yin family, it is indeed rare."
He paused a little, then asked strangely: "Why did the lord suddenly ask about the qualifications of the two? Could it be that the lord wants to support them?"
Chu He nodded: "Not bad!"
"According to my judgment, whether it is the Southern Barbarian Army, the Yellow Turban Army, or the Three State Alliance, they will eventually be unable to compete with the Shu Army's military front."
"The inability of cooperation between the anti-Shu army is the most important reason for the defeat. Our Changding Army must gather their strength in a short time when the anti-Shu coalition forces are defeated, and it is necessary to lay nails in the Yizhou army."
The Southern Barbarians had Meng Qingtong and the Yellow Turban Army. When necessary, Chu He could also use Zhang Ning's power to gather the Yellow Turban Army.
Only the three state coalition forces, Changding Army, did not have any foreshadowing or internal response. It is absolutely not easy to seize the short opportunity to conquer the three state coalition forces when the three state coalition forces are defeated.
The Changding Army must let the Shu army destroy the organization of the three state coalition forces, but not let the three state coalition forces suffer too much casualties. How to grasp this degree is naturally extremely difficult.
Chu He frowned again: "The Yin family has no foundation in Yizhou, and can only rely on our Changding Army, but how to support them to grow stronger still needs to be carefully studied."
Deng Zitao pondered for a moment: "If the Yin family and the generals discuss the matter of military armor, can they make a little profit and enhance their status in Yizhou?"
Chu He nodded: "The price of soldiers and armor cannot be reduced. Our Changding Army needs to reserve enough materials to expand rapidly at the last moment."
"You can give up 1,000 sets of steel soldiers from Yuezhou and Jizhou to see if Yizhou can eat it."
"In addition, you convinced Yin Song to form a private army, with a scale of less than 5,000, and silver supplies were provided by Changding Army, and some Qianyuan Guards were arranged in. Even if Yong Kai noticed it, he would definitely not cause trouble now if he asked me Changding Army."
Deng Zitao nodded, "I'm about to wake up."
He stopped: "Why didn't the lord personally tell Yin Song about his interests?"
Chu He shook his head: "I'm going back to Tianzhou soon and join Jiang Wei and Long Qi. The Shu army is now still in control of its troops. For fear of other plans, it is likely that it will open up a new battlefield in Nanhua Mountain. If you don't watch the army yourself, you will feel a little uneasy."
Tianzhou borders Qinzhou, but its area is not very large. Its status in Shu Kingdom is even worse than Qinzhou. Nanhua Mountain can be regarded as the territory of Tianzhou. Now it is occupied by the Southern Barbarians. Meng Huo's base camp is located at the foot of Nanhua Mountain in Tianzhou.
As soon as Chu He finished speaking, a divine light of the jade pendant on his waist flashed, and a red and yellow spiritual bird flew rapidly out of the window. When he approached Chu He, it turned into a red and yellow talisman.
Chu He stretched out his hand and took the talisman into his hand. After a slight look, his face became a little strange.
Deng Zi couldn't help but ask, "Lord, what happened?"
If Deng Zitao had not been from Chu He's personal guard and had been trusted by Chu He, he would not have dared to ask Chu He.
The Wanli Quest Talisman was only used once, and Chu He did not see any movement. The talisman in his hand ignited spontaneously without fire, and turned into blue gray in a blink of an eye.
"It was a message from General Long Qi. When the Southern Barbarians were deploying defenses on Nanhua Mountain, they discovered a bottomless pit in Nanhua Mountain, with a golden spirit dragon in it."
Deng Zitao's face couldn't help but feel a little horrified: "Jin Lingjiao?"
Chu He smiled slightly: "Not bad."
Deng Zitao took a breath of air: "It is said that there is a strange insect in Jiuzhou called Baiqiu. It has horns in one thousand years, and has a dragon in two thousand years, with a long wings in three thousand years, and has golden scales in all body for four thousand years. It is a golden spiritual dragon. It can fly clouds, fog, wind and rain. If one more thousand years are used to open up his spiritual wisdom, he can transform into a real dragon!"
"Isn't this golden spirit dragon on Nanhua Mountain equivalent to a seventh-grade war god?"
Chu He shook his head: "You are wrong. This golden spirit dragon is not a seventh-grade, but an eighth-grade divine beast!"
"Meng Huo wanted to kill the Jinling Jiao and seize the inner pill of the Jinling Jiao, so he came to General Long Qi and wanted to ask the general Long Qi to help me and General Long Qi."
Deng Zitao couldn't help but wonder: "Meng Huo actually dared to attack the eighth-grade divine beast? Could it be that the two million troops of the Southern Barbarian Army, countless powerful people, and the war god Meng Huo, could not deal with a golden spirit dragon, why did the lord need to take action?"
Even if the Golden Spirit Dragon is an eighth-grade divine beast, the divine beast is also afraid of the blood and energy of the army. Even Zhuge Wolong is suppressed by the blood and energy of the army. Deng Zi did not believe that the Golden Spirit Dragon could withstand the siege of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.
An eighth-grade divine beast, even a drop of blood, is extremely precious. How could Meng Huo be willing to share the benefits with others? He could not imagine Chu He and Long taking action voluntarily.
Chu He attaches great importance to Deng Zitao, and some of his beloved generals were cultivated and explained to him patiently: "The Jin Lingjiao is not smart enough. Although he is extremely powerful, he is extremely careful and will never let himself fall into a dangerous place. If Meng Huo dispatches a large army to round up, the Jin Lingjiao will definitely flee far away."
Chu He has now read many classics, including various pictures of strange flower and spirit sketches, ancient beast scores, etc. In addition, the dragon and the talisman also talked about the Golden Spirit Dragon, and had some understanding of the situation of the Golden Spirit Dragon.
This Golden Spirit Dragon is definitely one of the most bizarre super ferocious creatures in the Jiuzhou Land. It has extremely powerful strength, but its spiritual intelligence is known to the third and fourth grade monsters, and the eighth grade realm cannot transform. It has accumulated strength to an outrageous level. Only by reaching the ninth grade realm and opening up spiritual intelligence can it turn into a real dragon.
Jin Lingjiao's courage is even worse than a gopher. If he finds something wrong, he will escape far away. He is also called the most intimidating divine beast.
Of course, it is precisely because of the Golden Spirit Dragon so cautious that he can safely spend four thousand years from a low-powered white dragon and eventually become the eighth-grade divine beast Golden Spirit Dragon.
Those brave beasts, such as the seventh-grade dragon python, have long been captured, killed and swallowed by other more powerful creatures.
Chu He said lightly: "If you want to capture and kill the Golden Spirit Dragon, you can only use the elite military strategy, and there are only ten people. You must show that you are weak, otherwise the Golden Spirit Dragon will definitely not dare to fight."
Deng Zitao breathed a sigh of relief and said with some concern: "Does your lord really plan to attack this Golden Spirit Dragon? No matter how brave the Golden Spirit Dragon is, it is one of the most powerful beings in the world. If you fall into the Jedi, you will definitely fight hard, and you are afraid that you will hurt your lord!"
Chu He nodded and said in a deep voice: "If you want to break through the realm and seize opportunities, how can you not take risks? Meng Huo also understands this principle."
"After killing the Jin Lingjiao, Meng Huo took the inner elixir directly, and the rest belonged to my Changding Army!"
His eyes became deeper, as if he was talking to himself: "General Long Qi, General Huang Zhong, etc., are in great loss of blood and energy. This Golden Spirit Dragon can greatly improve their strength and restore their peak state. It is impossible for me to take action!"
Chapter completed!