Three days later, Daonan She, 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, which made the three tribes grateful and at the same time frightened the three village leaders.
This is called both respect and fear.
Wu Sheng worked hard for three years, and after returning to break through the realm and refine the gods, the three village leaders gave up their last hesitation in following him.
In terms of cultivation level, the three village masters are all in the divine witch realm among the five great witch realms of Taiyi Dao. This realm is between the Qi refining and the God refining in the orthodox cultivation realm. It is one level stronger than the peak of Qi refining, and also higher than the peak of Qi refining. The realm of refining gods is slightly weaker.
Wu Sheng was promoted to Lian Shen and 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 troops to fight. 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 is great uncertainty in it, and the victory or defeat of the Chu people is unpredictable. 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 admitted that those who are willing to go on an expedition with him will be listed as his best partners in the future. If they are unwilling to go on an expedition, he will never retaliate, but their status in his heart will be reduced to second class in the future.
These frank and straightforward words greatly affected the hearts of the three village leaders, and they all expressed their willingness to accompany him on the expedition. Dao Nanshe and Huang Feilong even blamed him, saying that he was too outsider. Did he forget that the three of them were sworn 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 three chariots and soldiers would be dispatched to Mangdang Mountain within five days to learn the art of chariot warfare from Yongzhi and others.
Wu Sheng urgently dispatched two alchemists, Mo You and Yue Zhong, to work at Mangdang Mountain. These two were nominally his disciples. If the teacher had something to do, the disciples should do their duty. Wu Sheng was not polite to them and let them act as his drivers and shooters.
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 reached 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 is He was reluctant to give up, but still agreed with Xiaohuan to go into battle, but he didn't dare to keep him by his side, 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 the army with soldiers. According to the Yongguo military system, each vehicle is equipped with fifty soldiers. The soldiers of the three divisions are served by their own people, and each of the five nationalist quarters sends out one car of soldiers. The remaining two cars of soldiers are served by the retainers of various clans.
In addition, savages must be recruited as auxiliary soldiers according to the ratio of half of the soldiers per vehicle, and 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 made up by 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.
An army of fifty chariots and more than a hundred chariots, totaling nearly 4,000 people, lined up in the wilderness under Yuanyi. They witnessed the Dian Ling Yong Zang, who was also a divination divination, asking for divination, and got a hexagram of Yu - 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 phenomena without carvings. .
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 slaughtered animals, offered sacrifices to heaven, and awarded military talismans. Then the army set off and marched eastward along the southern border of Yong State.
Wu Sheng sat in the car and looked back at the army marching in the field, and couldn't help but sigh. Including Mangdang Mountain, Yongguo is a small country with only 50,000 people, and its citizens are only over 20,000. It can actually gather an army of nearly 4,000 people and march thousands of miles. It will be unbelievable in future generations, but in this era , but it is the norm.
Chinese people are good at martial arts, not to mention one out of ten, even one out of five can go into battle. Men and women who are over thirteen and under 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 fighting.
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 uniform uniform color, 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 Plum Village, which had been abandoned for many years. The soldiers began to set up camp, while the soldiers hunted nearby. Hunting itself is an excellent way to train soldiers, and it can also replenish a large amount of meat needed by the army.
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. An army of thousands of people 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 before the battlefield in Zhoulai. The atmosphere in the army became solemn, and even Yuan Sima was a little nervous. In the final analysis, even if mediocre people have a tradition of bravery in their bones, this army still does not have the experience of large-scale combat. Yuan Sima himself, including Yuan Sima, 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 had entered camp to rest, while those behind were still there. Arrivals arrived one after another, and I couldn't help but feel moved in my heart.
Isn't this the best subject to practice on?
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 cheerfully: "Okay!"
