In just ten days, Guihou relied on his reputation for bravery to contact more than thirty tribes, large and small, in the mountains of Minzhou.
Under the temptation of the late King Baiyue's prestige and huge economic interests, these people were willing to serve Tianze.
In addition, the Qinglong Club had been in contact before and was well prepared. Within ten days, a team of nearly 30,000 people was gathered.
Thirty thousand Yue warriors are already a powerful military force.
After the Shenwu armies of Yuezhou and Yangzhou were ordered to move north, a vacancy immediately appeared in the defense forces of these two major states.
Compared with Minzhou, Yangzhou and Yuezhou were important financial and taxation centers of the Zhou Dynasty, and they were places that the cabinet could not afford to lose.
Of course, Minzhou also has a very high status. It has the largest seaport in the Zhou Dynasty, Licheng Port, and there is an endless stream of overseas merchants coming and going.
The imperial court did not want to give up on any of these three southeastern states.
As for Lingnan...it is still a barren land of exile.
But Southeast really can't mobilize more troops!
However, they had to be prepared for Japanese pirates, so they had no choice but to divide the Shenwu Army in Minzhou into three groups, two of which went north to Yuezhou and Yangzhou!
The original Shenwu Army guarding Minzhou was only 20,000 people. When it was suddenly divided among the three states, the number of defenders in each state was less than 10,000.
Although there were originally patrol battalions in each city, the combat effectiveness of the patrol battalions was worrying. They were not even as good as the general military preparations. They only maintained public order and captured bandits. If they really encountered Japanese pirates, there would be no problem in defending the city. If they fought in the field,
If so, you probably won't be able to fight back.
In a Yue village, Erlongshou and Tianze were listening to Guihou's report.
"Your Highness, sir, we now have a total of 31,400 capable warriors, 3127 pieces of bamboo and rattan armor, 27,000 homemade hunting bows, 20,000 scimitars, and long spears.
Twenty thousand, two hundred thousand feathered arrows..."
It sounds like there are quite a lot of them, but the feeling of Erlongshou is in one word - too poor.
Not to mention compared to the main field army of the Zhou Dynasty, even the equipment of the city defense armies of the southern states was much better than that of the Yue.
For example, bamboo armor and rattan armor are one of the most commonly used armors in the south.
Not only the Baiyue tribes, but also the city defense armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty used these two types of armor most widely.
The weather in the south is humid, and iron armor is extremely susceptible to moisture and rust here.
Iron armor is not only expensive to build, but the maintenance cost in the South is no less than the cost. As a result, there is no market for iron armor in the South.
Generally, the middle and high-level generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty have the conditions to maintain steel armor, but ordinary soldiers cannot afford to maintain it even if they can afford it.
Moreover, there are many jungles and rivers in the south, and the heavy weight of the armor is not conducive to combat here!
Therefore, bamboo armor, rattan armor and paper armor were produced in large quantities to meet the urgent demand.
For example, to make bamboo armor, you only need to cut and polish bamboo into bamboo pieces, and then connect them with tough ropes in series. The production process is the same as that of nail armor, except that iron pieces are used for nail armor, while bamboo pieces are used for bamboo armor.
Bamboo has excellent toughness and plasticity, and has a certain hardness after removing the moisture, making it an excellent material for making armor.
Of course, this also has something to do with the opponents faced by the southern army.
In the southeast area guarded by the Shenwu Army, the biggest enemies are Japanese pirates, Baiyue and a small number of mountain bandits.
Needless to say, Baiyue and bandits are of course very poorly equipped, and bamboo armor is enough for defense.
Although the Japanese knives made by Japanese pirates were sharp, they were mainly used for cutting with the blade. Their ability to break armor was very poor, and bamboo armor was enough to deal with it.
In addition, the most important point is that bamboo is very cost-effective!
It grows very fast, can be obtained from local materials in the wild in the south, and the cost is extremely low. Taken together, it has become the most popular armor in the south.
Needless to say, vine armor is made from vines collected and woven into armor. It has excellent defense, but has obvious flaws and is afraid of fire attacks.
Bamboo armor is the most common weapon in the Zhou army.
As for the more high-end paper armor, main armies such as the Shenwu Army also have a large amount of equipment.
In comparison, the equipment of the Baiyue Allied Forces seemed extremely shabby.
"Is that all there is?!" Tianze was a little dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, forgive me! The ministries really can't come up with more equipment!"
Just as Guihou confessed, Erlongshou spoke.
"It doesn't matter! Chief Gui, just organize the manpower. We will figure out the equipment!"
What the Qinglong Society lacks now is people and money? There is plenty of it!
Eight million taels can not only redress the 30,000 Vietnamese coalition troops, but also support the Qinglong Society in raising an army of their own!
After the Jiangnan states were captured, money, food and equipment naturally began to pour in.
Guihou glanced at Tianze with some embarrassment, and then said hesitantly, "Your Highness, not only the equipment, but also our money and food are insufficient!"
Erlongshou Yixiao wanted this effect. If it were an army with complete logistics support, they really couldn't control it.
Although Guihou now regards Tianze as the most respected, the logistics of this Baiyue coalition is controlled by the Qinglonghui.
An army without an independent logistics support system is nothing more than a bunch of rootless people.
"Don't worry, Chief Gui! I've prepared the food too! The first batch of 30,000 shi of food has been prepared! As soon as the army sets out! It can be delivered to the army!"
Ten thousand shi of grain is enough to feed an army of 30,000 for more than a month.
"But, Chief Gui, do you have any food transport troops?"
Guihou immediately replied, "Sir, as a member of the Baiyue clan, men are responsible for fighting and women are responsible for luck. You don't have to worry. As long as we have equipment and food, we will not be afraid of the Zhou army!"
Ten years is still a long time, and the memory of Guihou being defeated by the Xiangwu Guards under the command of King Dongou has faded!
He feels like he can do it again!
"That's great! Then we will agree to raise troops in northern Fujian in three days! Attack northern Fujian first, and then directly attack Yuezhou!"
With Minzhou as the foundation, and then conquering Yuezhou, we can dominate the south of the Yangtze River and peek into the Central Plains!
Gong Ziyu's plan to restore the country is just around the corner!
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Shanyin Mansion, Yuezhou Bank.
After busy work in the middle of the night, the eight million taels of silver have been basically taken out, and the rest is to be packed and transported!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shangguan Jinhong directed a group of people to pack the boxes. According to the previous plan, after the boxing is completed, there will be a ship waiting south of the Yuezhou Bank.
In Shanyin County, the Qinglong Society has prepared a melting furnace, and as soon as the treasury silver arrives, it can melt the silver into market silver.
Since then, these eight million taels have mysteriously disappeared and will never be recovered.
"No life! Take a team of people and go south to see if the fleet is in place. If it is, then the first batch of silver can be loaded on the ship!"
"yes!"
Jing Wuming took the order and was about to go to the door when he noticed something coming towards his front door.
"Keng!"
The sharp sword in his palm was unsheathed, and he slashed out with one strike. The foreign object that hit him was split into two.
Jing Wuming looked through the firelight and saw that it was a head, the head of a team captain.
"No need to go! Your ships are already under our control!"
A figure stands under the waning moon, with blue clothes blowing in the wind.
Jing Wuming looked at the person coming, his face was heavy, and he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly!
"Liu Wangshu!"
Facing Liu Wangshu, Jing Wuming gritted his teeth. Even a ruthless person like Jing Wuming would inevitably be moved by such a magnificent beauty.
But in the last fight, Jing Wuming could only sustain less than ten moves from Liu Wangshu's hand.
How could the always proud Jing Wuming endure this? After returning from the Guyue tribe, Jing Wuming accepted the advice of the Qinglong Society and learned the secrets of the Qinglong Society!
Just when Jing Wuming was about to take action, Shangguan Jinhong stepped forward to stop him!
"Don't pay attention to this girl, someone will naturally deal with her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Buddha chant sounded.
"Amitabha, girl, that day you defeated the poor monk with the help of the magic weapon, but I'm afraid you won't be so lucky today!"
The figure with five dragon heads suddenly appeared in front of Liu Wangshu.
Just when he was about to take action, a sharp sword energy struck from the side, forcing the five dragon heads to dodge sideways.
In the darkness, a young swordsman with short hair and a blue shirt slowly walked out. A black broken sword was in his hand, but it matched him very harmoniously.
"Dali Temple, Ye Jianhan!"
Ye Jianhan is still a ruthless person and doesn't talk much.
"Another junior!" Even though he said this, Wu Longshou was still on guard.
In the dead of winter, the drifting snow and frost are gone, and the west wind blows coldly from thousands of miles away.
Ye Jianhan became famous in the world after beheading Nangong, the master of Houjin, the Heavenly Swordsman.
The sudden changes in the world seemed to have created a great martial arts era, and more and more young masters began to emerge.
Ye Jianhan and Liu Wangshu are both outstanding among them.
"You think two people can deal with us?! Let alone a humble monk, even the elite of the Blue Dragon Society, you can't deal with it! Hahaha!"
The five dragon heads are still smiling, as if Maitreya has come into the world.
Ye Jianhan did not speak, but looked at him as if he were a fool.
This fat monk may have some intellectual flaws. Since both of them are here, why would he naively think that only the two of them are here?!
Wu Longshou seemed to understand the contempt and ridicule in Ye Jianhan's eyes, and was about to teach this young man who didn't know the heights of the world, but he was stunned the next moment.
His spiritual awareness of the heavenly realm told him that there were large groups of people approaching the Yuezhou Bank from the west and south!
But the Five Dragon Heads have obviously already investigated, and there are no ambushes around the Yuezhou Bank. There are rivers less than 100 feet to the west and south, and there are no ships on the rivers. How could there be an ambush?
Wu Longshou did not wonder about this question for too long, and soon got the answer he wanted.
The soldiers who rushed into the Yuezhou Treasury were armed with bows, crossbows and swords, and wore shark skin water tanks with water drops dripping from the water tanks.
The leader was an impossibly handsome man—Li Xunhuan, the governor of Yuezhou.
Yang Qingyuan had already asked Li Xunhuan to lead the Qiantang Navy to this place along the Jinghu Waterway.
The soldiers of the Qiantang Navy, wearing water vests and holding bamboo pipes, hid underwater to avoid the detection of the Qinglong Society.
Because of being immersed in the water for a long time, even with sharkskin water to rely on, the faces of the soldiers of the Qiantang Navy were still swollen, making them look a bit funny in this serious scene.
Not long after, Di Zhiyuan from the west also arrived with people!
They are also soldiers of the Qiantang Navy wearing water.
In the confused eyes of Shangguan Jinhong and Wu Longshou, Li Xunhuan explained.
"Qingyuan guessed that no matter what, you would keep an eye on the garrison in Shanyin Mansion, so in order to hide it from you, he specially asked me to take the Qiantang Navy to Shanyin Mansion on a merchant ship."
Although Yang Qingyuan didn't know the details of the bank matter, he knew that with the power of the Qinglong Society, he would definitely keep an eye on the movements of the Shenwu Army in Shanyin Mansion, so he arranged for Li Xunhuan's surprise force, which indeed played a huge role tonight.
effect.
"Zhang Nu!"
In a battle on the water, arrows come first.
The proficiency of the Qiantang Navy's crossbows was still higher than that of the Shenwu Army, and the Po Gang Arrow was aimed at the people present at the Qinglong Society.
Two thousand elite soldiers of the Qiantang Navy were able to deal with less than 300 elite killers of the Blue Dragon Society.
How can we lose when we fight in formation?!
Of course, it is not without variables. Wu Longshou is in the Dharma Heaven Realm, Shangguan Jinhong is in the Dongxuan Realm, and Jing Wuming is a master with the same combat power as the Dongxuan Realm.
These three people are the turning point of the Blue Dragon Club.
At this time, without the check and balance of Xuanyuan Sword, the combat power of the three of them can be maximized.
In a place like this, three people going all out and two thousand elite soldiers of the Qiantang Navy are really not enough!
Ye Jianhan secretly sent a message to Liu Wangshu, "You can't beat the magic of heaven and earth!"
Facing the Fa Tian Xiang Di Realm, even if Liu Wangshu and Ye Jianhan join forces, there is no chance of winning. Fa Tian Xiang Di Realm controls the vitality of heaven and earth, and its combat power is far stronger than Dongxuan.
"It's okay! Just hit first!"
Liu Wangshu, however, was full of confidence. He was just in the realm of Dharma, Heaven and Earth, so don’t panic!
Ye Jianhan couldn't understand Liu Wangshu's self-confidence, but since he had said so, he would not back down at this time!
"Zheng!"
The broken sword Canxue made a soft sound in Ye Jianhan's palm, and the sword energy was like frost. Ye Jianhan took the lead in attacking.
There's wind and snow!
After experiencing the battle of Nangong Destruction, Ye Jianhan's sword energy became even more lonely.
The sword energy and sword intention are like frost and snow.
The snow lashed the wind and wrapped the heads of the five dragons from all directions.
"Amitabha!"
Wu Longshou said the Buddha's name and sighed in admiration. This Ye Jianhan is indeed a rare swordsman prodigy. His swordsmanship talent is no less than Liu Wangshu's.
Facing the frost sword energy, the five dragon heads' true energy circulated around their bodies, and the dark golden true energy protected them around them, as if they had cast a Buddhist golden body.
No matter how rampant the sword energy is, it will be difficult to penetrate even one foot of the five dragon heads.
Liu Wangshu, who was originally in front of Wu Longshou, also had a ghostly figure and appeared behind him.
Wangshu Four Jue, the sword is like the bright moon!
The sword intent swayed down from the top of the five dragon heads, and the clear moonlight enveloped the five dragon heads.
The five dragon heads faced such a fierce offensive, but they seemed to be able to do so with ease.
When both fists are blasted out, the force of the fists fills the world and attracts the enemy, making it impossible to avoid him.
Ten kalpas of cessation, cessation and contemplation!
Just as the three of them took action, Shangguan Jinhong and Jing Wuming had already decided to quit.
Di Zhiyuan and Li Xunhuan must have been fully prepared when they appeared here.
When the two of them were about to escape using Qinggong, a figure blocked Shangguan Jinhong and the others.
"Where are these two going!?"
Jinyi Weidong Town Fusi Commander, Qinglong, please come!
