Three days later, Daonan Snake, Huang Feilong, and A Nuo, the three village masters, rushed to Mangdang Mountain to pay their respects to Wu Sheng.
Before Wu Sheng entered the realm of refining gods, he healed the people of his tribe as an alchemist, thus winning the respect of the three tribes. Later, he became brothers with Dao Nanshe and Huang Feilong, and also ordered Anuo through Master Dongsun.
Became one's own person.
Later, he led the Yongguo and the three coalition forces to carve up the Dushan tribe, making the three tribes grateful and at the same time frightening the three big village leaders.
This is called both respect and fear.
Wu Sheng worked hard for three years, and after returning to break through the realm to refine the gods, the last hesitation of the three village leaders about following him was eliminated.
In terms of cultivation level, the three village masters are all in the Divine Wizard Realm among the five great witchcraft realms of Taiyi Dao. This realm is between Qi Refining and God Refining in the orthodox cultivation realm. It is one level stronger than the Peak of Qi Refining, and even higher than the Qi Refining Peak.
The realm of refining gods is slightly weaker.
Wu Sheng was promoted to Lian Shen, which made up for the last shortcoming. This is the long-term way for both parties to maintain their current relationship.
Wu Sheng held a banquet and told them that he was going to lead an army on an expedition. He told them that this was a call from the Chu State and that he was going to fight for the Chu people. He said that there was a lot of uncertainty in it, as to whether the Chu people would win or lose.
It's hard to predict. If the Chu people are defeated, he will do his best to protect everyone's return safely. If the Chu people are defeated, he will try his best to get as much reward as possible for everyone.
He also said frankly that those who are willing to go to war with him will be listed as his best partners in the future. If they are unwilling to go to war, he will never retaliate, but their status in his heart will be reduced to second class in the future.
These frank and straightforward words made the three village masters deeply moved, and they all expressed their willingness to go with him on the expedition. Dao Nanshe and Huang Feilong even blamed him, saying that he was too unconventional. Did he forget that the three of them were sworn sworn brothers?
Are we brothers? The elder brother is going to war. How can a brother not follow him?
So it was decided that one chariot would be provided by Wu Sheng, and chariot sergeants and soldiers would be provided by three troops. They would rush to Mangdang Mountain within five days to learn the art of chariot warfare from Yongzhi and others.
Wu Sheng quickly dispatched two alchemists, Mo You and Yue Zhong, to work at Mangdang Mountain. These two were his disciples in name. If the teacher had something to do, the disciples should do their duty. Wu Sheng did not treat them politely and let them serve as his own.
The driver and shooter.
The last chariot was driven by Jin Wuhuan, the driver was Master Dongzhan, and the archer was his most outstanding student Xiaohuan, who was Yongzhi's daughter.
Xiao Huan is fourteen this year and is the most talented monk of the next generation in Mangdang Mountain. He has already touched the threshold of the senior Qi refining realm, and his cultivation even surpasses Suo Laoliu and Zhang Xiaokeng among Wu Sheng's disciples. Although Yongzhi
He was reluctant to give up, but still agreed with Xiaohuan to go into battle, but he didn't dare to put it beside him, and instead asked Jin Wuhuan, the god of refining, to take care of him.
Mangdang Mountain is full of people, only Lu Fang is left to look after the house, and the charioteer is worthy of him.
The only thing left is to fill up the army with soldiers. According to the Yongguo military system, each car is equipped with fifty soldiers. Three soldiers are filled by their own people. Each of the five soldiers of the country has one car of soldiers, and the remaining two cars of soldiers are
, then the sects and retainers will serve.
In addition, savages must be recruited as soldiers, that is, auxiliary soldiers, at a ratio of half of the soldiers per vehicle, who are responsible for escorting the carriage, setting up camp, boiling water for cooking, and taking care of the wounded.
Mangdang Mountain formed an army for the first time, with a total of 750 people, plus 50 four-horned oxen cavalry from three groups. After practicing their chariot fighting skills for seven days, they set off in a hurry.
Along the official road leading to Shangyong, we arrived at the southern border of Yong State, turned eastward, and came to Yuanyi, the fiefdom of Yuan Sima, and joined the Yong State army that was already waiting here.
Fifty chariots and more than a hundred chariots, a total of nearly 4,000 troops, lined up in the wilderness under Yuanyi. They saw Yong Zang, the Dian Ling who also served as a fortune teller, asked for divination, and got the Yu hexagram - Li Jianhou, Xing
division!
In fact, Yongzang is very familiar with this thing. For a monk, it is not difficult to get good omens from tortoise shells. Whatever you want comes from it. Wu Sheng can even create natural visions without carvings.
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But this thing was really effective for ordinary soldiers, so the morale of the army was greatly boosted.
After receiving the auspicious hexagram that was conducive to the expedition, the king celebrated the slaughter of animals, offered sacrifices to heaven, and awarded military talismans. Then the army set off and marched eastward along the southern border of Yong State in a mighty manner.
Wu Sheng sat in the car and looked back at the army marching in the wilderness. He couldn't help but sigh. Counting Mangdang Mountain, Yongguo is a small country with only 50,000 people. The people in it are only over 20,000, and they can actually make up nearly 40,000 people.
An army of thousands of people marching thousands of miles would be unthinkable in later generations, but in this era, it is the norm.
Chinese people are good at martial arts, let alone one out of ten, even one out of five can go into battle. Men and women above thirteen and below fifty can use bows and spears - just look at the women in the army.
He is a brave man and will never be inferior to men. There is no need to worry about him in battle.
And because of the women's march, the men were all as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood.
The only regret is that there is no unified uniform color uniform, which does not look powerful enough. However, you must wear armor when going into battle. After wearing armor, your military appearance will be improved to a higher level.
After marching for a few days, they arrived at a ruined area, which was the Plum Village that had been abandoned for many years. The soldiers began to set up camps, while the regular soldiers hunted nearby. Hunting itself is an excellent way to train troops, and it can also replenish a large number of troops in the army.
Meat required.
For a large-scale march, the best way is to march for three to five days in a hurry, then set up camp and rest for two days, hunt and replenish meat, and then continue to march for three to five days after adjustments. There are few cities in the land of Southern Chu, but there are many wild animals, thousands of them.
An army of men can travel thousands of miles with only a small amount of food.
On this day, the army arrived at Jinqiuyuan, two hundred miles northeast of Yangzhou. The journey was more than half over, and there were only three or four days left from the battlefield in Zhoulai. The atmosphere in the army became solemn, and even Yuan Sima was a little nervous. He said
After all, even if mediocre people have a tradition of bravery in their bones, this army still does not have the experience of large-scale combat. Including Yuan Sima himself, he has never participated in a battle of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.
Wu Sheng was also thinking about this issue. Although he had practiced hunting several times along the way, hunting was not a battle after all, and the difference was still very big.
Just when he was considering whether to conduct a confrontational exercise, a large army came behind him, also fifty soldiers. Look at the flag, but it was a fish army.
The two armies set up camp two miles apart. Wu Sheng looked at the loose marching team. The camp was simple and sparsely arranged. They were dragged back and forth for an unknown number of miles. The ones in front were resting in camp, while those behind were still there.
The arrivals came one after another, and my heart couldn't help but move.
Isn't this the best exercise subject?
Wu Sheng told Yuan Sima this idea, and Yuan Sima greatly agreed, and immediately went to the Yujun camp to meet with the other party's general.
The leader of the fishmen is of course Sima Bogui. As a Sima, most of them are the first choice for the general.
After hearing Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng's intention, Bo Gui pondered for a moment and nodded readily: "Okay!"
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