Chapter 555 War Horn

Chapter 555 War Horn

Chapter 555 War Horn
About three quarters of an hour.

Dengfeng Town paid the price of 800 deaths and besieged and killed the chief priest of the royal palace.

The essence of this action was "private work". Logically, the court would not provide pensions or rewards. The commander-in-chief should bear the responsibility personally and even be guilty.

However, considering that Lord Pei served as the Minister of War, and the Southern Liang royal family controlled the Gu Diao, one of the nine sacred beast masters, and a large number of affiliated Cloud Diao, the information was communicated extremely quickly from various places, and everything went into process in the blink of an eye.

Jiang He asked for the remains and broken weapons of the eight hundred soldiers, saying that he was going to bury them under the altar of land and grain and build a cemetery.

Pei Yu thought this was a goodwill signal from the other party, so he did not refuse and readily agreed to destroy the place where the prince was murdered. This was proposed by Prince Yong, which undoubtedly relieved his worries.

Prince Yong and the head of the Pei family reached a consensus, and the Dengfeng general, who was almost sidelined, just clasped his fists and said goodbye.

Jiang He led the guards back to the palace, and a hint of bloody smell hit them in the face.

The purge from top to bottom has apparently been completed.

The little girl in white held the sword in one hand, stood at the door with her head raised, and waited for praise with a calm expression.

"You've helped us a lot." Jiang He praised

Zhuang Ya walked into someone's arms and rubbed them, then she put away the imperial sword and turned to take a walk with a few maids. The fact that she could slaughter people at will in the palace and remain safe and sound was enough to make everyone in the palace understand her status.

"Old Black, please reorganize the guards. From now on, the guard command post will be idle and we will focus on training the royal palace guards."

"clear."

All the garrisons in various places were under the unified jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. The commanders of each garrison only had the power to command troops but not the power to mobilize them. However, the rules would only be effective when they could be implemented. According to Pei Yujian, 99% of the things in the world could be implemented.

Jiang He returned to Chengyun Hall. No one knew where Wuhe had gone after delivering the things. However, any officer could find out about the military system of Southern Liang.

In the previous dynasty, the military system was divided into camp troops and local troops, which were considered two systems. As the aristocratic families moved south and wars broke out frequently, the two systems gradually merged into one.

Small flag - leading 10 people - ninth rank.

General flag - leading 50 people - eighth rank.

Baihu——leading 100 people——seventh rank.

Garrison - Leading 500 men - Sixth rank.

Qianhu——leading 1000 people——fifth rank.

Lieutenant General - leading 3000 people - fourth rank.

Guerrilla General/Guard Commander - leads 5000 people - third rank.

Pacification envoy - leading 10000 people - third rank.

General - leading 30000 men - second rank.

In the military system of the Southern Liang Dynasty, taking into account the threat posed by the martial artists to the officers, the actual salary was relatively high. For example, the full strength of a thousand households was actually 1120 people. The court was also responsible for the salary and supplies for the thousand households' guards and private soldiers.

"There are three counties in Qingzhou, and each county has two or three guard posts. Ah San has been promoted three levels in a row. I guess he can only be an eighth-rank sentry officer, responsible for part of the daily patrols."

Jiang He sat in a big chair and pondered. He requested that his subordinates be placed in the Dongyang Guard Station outside the city so that Pei would not disgust him with such a small matter in the early stage of cooperation.

The three evil generals will be in charge of the army in the future. This world battle is obviously a war type. The early stage of the advent is a precious development time for players.

Jiang He couldn't help but sigh slightly. A military strategist needs to be familiar with the art of war and have strategies in mind. Both the Northern Wei and Southern Liang dynasties had military examinations that were equally important as the imperial examinations. He could create vicious soldiers, but asking these guys to read military books, not to mention whether it would succeed, just the time alone would be a big problem.

This was almost the only reason why he did not pursue Pei relentlessly. Pursuing efficiency meant the need for appropriate compromises. Of course, Pei, whose legitimate son had died, would not consider this a compromise.

at dusk.

The cloud eagles from the imperial court and Pei's heavy cavalry arrived at the same time.

This time, the cavalry responsible for delivering the message dismounted in front of Duanli Gate, and only went to the gate with extreme caution after receiving the notification.

The Chief Secretary, who was an old friend and disciple of the Pei family, had already left the dungeon. Despite being informed by the Pei family, he still inevitably contracted a strange disease - he would have palpitations whenever he saw a woman in white.

In this regard, Zhuang Ya completely inherited someone's killing style, destroying the enemy like an object.

"Your Highness, these are three volumes of skills."

The cavalry were in armor and were not allowed to enter the palace according to etiquette. The Chief Secretary presented three volumes of martial arts. The top martial arts in the world were all at the immortal level, but due to the restrictions of the world and the divine court, no local creatures had ever explored the realm above the land immortals.

"Give me ten pieces of silk." Jiang He said casually.

The palace was not short of money, at least as far as an individual was concerned. He could receive 10,000 taels of official silver from the court every year, and the surplus from the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land under the name of the palace was also a similar amount.

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."

Twenty taels of silver for one piece of silk. The cavalrymen were delighted, but the chief secretary was a little shocked. It was not that he cared about the two hundred taels of silver, but the standard of the initial reward had been set, and it would be difficult to reduce it in the future.

Jiang He was flipping through three volumes of martial arts, one was called Huanglu Sword Canon, another was called Juyue Fist Manual, and the last one was the Divine Silkworm Sutra, or the Immortal Divine Silkworm Sutra.

"Use evil to make silk, and use silk to make cocoons."

"Use the evil spirits of soldiers to nourish your body. Killing five people will increase one person's strength."

"Dragon, elephant, tiger, ox, and man, multiply it fivefold."

"But the accumulation of evil spirits is bound to cause mental stress, and as the level rises, it will inevitably penetrate deep into the soul."

"Interesting. Can you counter my backhand?"

The purpose of the Divine Silkworm Sutra is very high. If one survives a hundred battles, he will live, and if he does not live, he will die. The price is relatively obscure, but the Pei family does not realize the value accumulated from ten thousand years of martial arts.

"Chief Secretary, find five death row prisoners."

"Here."

In just a quarter of an hour, the Chief Secretary coordinated the arrival of five death row prisoners.

In fact, there are more than five, there is also a group of backups.

When the Chief Secretary came back, he looked up eagerly.

Jiang He rubbed his forehead and said, "Ten pieces of silk for yourself."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness." The Chief Secretary's reply was flawless. Silk cloth can be used to make clothes. It is a necessary consumable and has a high value retention rate.

Jiang He stretched out his hand, and as expected, the Space Slash failed to activate. The immortal-level space power could not tear open the solidity of the fifth-order world.

"nausea."

Jiang He couldn't help but secretly complain. The three battlefields really disgusted him. However, Origin did win the core of the sun, which was a balance between the two sides. The power was promoted to authority, which was clearly an overflow reward.

"Eighty thousand gold energy, but the actual amount is eight thousand. The other players are probably in a worse situation."

"The Light of Eternal Judgment can only be used after one has exhausted all his strength and activated the Time Ring."

"Space teleportation can be used occasionally, but airborne troops are completely nonsense."

Due to the particularity of the world, the biggest similarity among the three highest skills is energy saving and extreme cost-effectiveness.

Whoosh whoosh!
Five thorns shot out and killed the prisoner.

Jiang He comprehended the Divine Silkworm Sutra, and a dark silkworm pattern appeared on his wrist, and his strength was slightly enhanced.

The power of one person.

This power is not rooted in the body, but acts on the mysterious realm. The end point may be power. The body's values ​​​​will not increase, but the actual effect will not be affected. With the help of this characteristic, the state of the divine silkworm can be maintained permanently. During fighting, it will only intensify energy consumption and does not involve energy.

“It’s really a way to save the essence.”

Jiang He stood up and went to the Altar of Land and Grain.

He used the corpses of eight hundred soldiers to create ordinary gold-level evil soldiers, from scratch, roughly five corpses to make one, a total of 160 people, mixed in with a thousand-man army, which was enough to achieve qualified control.

Today, the new evil soldiers have the intelligence of normal people, but they are a little ignorant. However, Jiang He believes that as long as this group of guys stay like this for a long time, they will definitely become crazy.

"Maharaja, my father?"

——The first signs are emerging.

An evil soldier with deformed intelligence began to ponder since he was born, and finally came up with a very appropriate answer from the mysterious realm.

"Lao Hei, come and take the person away."

"Here we go."

At the same time, Jiang He heard the prompt sound.

……

"No, buddy, why are you so arrogant to me?"

Dongnae County City near the coast.

Because the Northern Wei cavalry crossed the river, the Pei family moved the clan center here and used salt drying as one of their economic pillars.

In the falconry in the southern part of the county town, Wuhe raised his claws and hit the gray eagle in front of him on the head.

With the fusion of Yatagarasu and the epic suit, Wuhe almost cracked Gray Eagle's head.
The gray eagle screamed loudly, its eyes full of defiance and anger.

The Pei family's falconry is not as good as that of the Liang royal family as a whole, but it is also on a large scale. Thousands of falcons are worth even more than horses. To raise falcons, you have to train them to survive. After the eagle king is defeated, you can help the eagle king control the herd, and thus increase the number relatively.

Wuhe has already conquered the Nine-headed Eagle King, the only thing missing is this King of Kings. The Grey Eagle King has the strength of a gold elite. Relying on his air advantage, he is stronger than other second-level masters, but he is no match for him.

"You are just stubborn. Look back and see that your concubines have already abandoned you."

The Grey Eagle King turned around, and the female eagles all looked away. He immediately showed an expression of disbelief, which was extremely human, and a trace of frustration emerged in his eagle eyes.

"If you are willing to surrender, I will only choose the one with the most beautiful feathers. At most, I will occasionally visit you, but I will not have any offspring."

Wuhe offered his conditions. Unlike the fact that he had no interest in humans, this time he chose one of the "concubines" who had pure and gentle eyes.

Struggling for a while.

King Grey Eagle recalled all the heroic events of his life, but in the end he looked helplessly at the nests of bird eggs.

Boo!
"That's right, I'm not a bad bird."

"Everyone is still eating and sleeping at Pei's, borrowing chickens to lay eggs."

"Now take me to see the intelligence."

Wuhe had set his sights on the intelligence held by Pei. Following the boss, he could move freely on weekdays.

A large family like the Pei family has a complete intelligence system. This intelligence is stored in a centralized manner and is heavily guarded, allowing those in charge to review it at any time. It can also serve as first-hand information on family studies and history.

In front of the Eagle Field Office, a regular heavy infantry of 300 men is stationed in the camp. A first-class priest of the Pei family usually eats and lives here. The first-class priests of the big families are the same as the elders of the ten major sects, and are basically fourth-level sub-heroes.

Seeing the Eagle King and several cloud eagles returning with bamboo tubes of intelligence, the infantry and first-class servants got used to it and mixed into the secretarial room. In front of them were rows of sandalwood bookshelves with dates, sources, and levels of importance clearly marked.

"Just look at the Qingzhou area, from front to back."

Wuhe is very fast at checking intelligence, and his ability system can obtain the vision of legion members.

"The governor of Qingzhou is the chief official of a state. He ostensibly supports the eldest prince, but he is actually a member of Pei and the crown prince. So he is not going to be a suicide truck when he enters the capital this time."

The local chief led his troops into the capital, and they were 4,000 frontier cavalry. It was almost inevitable that he would lose his head afterwards. It was actually no different from rebellion.

Wuhe continued to look up the information, his eyes fixed.

"It turns out that it is mainly used to escort Xiangrui."

In the Dongyang area of ​​Qingzhou, a colorful deer was born a while ago. Its life level was no different from that of ordinary people, but it was extremely majestic and beautiful. It was originally a means prepared by the Demon Cult at great cost, because the woman who discovered the colorful deer was also stunningly beautiful.

Unfortunately, the Qingzhou governor was cruel and ruthless, and sent people to kill all those who discovered the deer, including the beautiful woman. He completely disrupted the Demon Cult's plan to send the concubine into the palace, and directly took the Seven-Colored Deer for himself.

Without the 4,000 cavalrymen accompanying him, the governor would never have been able to reach the capital alive, and the Sun-Moon Demon Cult was extremely angry.

"The petition of the Dengfeng general..."

Wuhe continued to check, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

This general is an old subordinate of the King of Pingxi, but he values ​​Southern Liang more. Over the years, he has been excluded and sidelined by the Pei family and Qingzhou civil officials, but he has the pride of a military general and has never bowed his head.

But this time they really couldn't hold on any longer. Without the emperor's order or the Ministry of War's transfer order, Pei's Cavalry Lieutenant General secretly led 4,000 cavalry and accompanied the Qingzhou Governor to the capital. The latter had the seven-colored deer to protect him. When accountability is held, it is self-evident who will take the blame.

The Dengfeng general submitted a letter of appeal yesterday, the wording of which was unprecedentedly humble. This is a crime punishable by genocide.

"No reply?"

Wuhe was shocked to find that the love letter had not been opened before he read it.

"Recently, Pei Weidao is in charge. He was planning to murder the boss yesterday, but he died later. The head of the family, Pei Yu, took charge temporarily and planned to behead the chief priest. Now he is probably busy with the Yong Palace's support for the crown prince..."

Wuhe's expression changed slightly.

Regarding the petition, because it came from a second-rank general, there were very few people in the Pei family who were qualified to read it. Pei Weidao should have known about it, but in the face of the plot to murder King Yong, a letter from a figurehead general was not military intelligence and its content was worthless.

His father Pei Yuyou probably didn't know. After all, the eldest son of the person in charge died just last night. There were a lot of urgent things to do, such as the funeral, standing guard, and troop deployment. When it came to handing over letters and intelligence, it would take at least more than a day. One had to prioritize things.

But the Dengfeng general would not think so.

From the other party's perspective, he gave up his dignity and handed in a letter of appeal, but the next morning, Pei blatantly mobilized infantry and cavalry to surround and kill the chief priest. The lieutenant general still ignored the commander and did not respond at all until the end.

"This is just pushing people to death."

Instead of being upset, Wuhe became excited.

His instinct told him that this was the clarion call of war.

……

Oh oh oh!
The heavy and distant horn sounded over Dengfeng City.

To the north of the city, ten thousand Northern Wei cavalry swept across the land.

The thousand cavalrymen at the front were extremely fierce. Each of them was tall and strong, wearing first-grade yang steel armor, and all of them were at the second level of combat power.

Facing the surprise attack by the Northern Wei army, Dengfeng City immediately lit the beacon fire, but before the generals could come up with a countermeasure, the sturdy city gate was inexplicably opened.

The Dengfeng soldiers inside were completely unprepared because the Qingzhou governor had taken away 4,000 of the 6,000 cavalrymen, and they suffered a lot of losses in the siege and killing of the chief priest. The remaining cavalry were simply unable to charge out of the city and buy time for themselves.

Ten thousand cavalrymen crashed into Dengfeng City, and the elite cavalry in the lead directly crushed the military camp in the north of the city. These Baibao cavalrymen belonged to the Northern Wei royal family and were composed of carefully selected warriors.

The war broke out, and the enemy rode their horses to burn and kill.

Twenty thousand Northern Wei infantrymen followed closely behind.

In the military camp engulfed in flames, a Hundred Guards cavalryman swung his sword and beheaded the fleeing defenders. With his other hand, he threw out his lance, flew into the air and stabbed two defenders to the ground with quick and decisive movements.

"Surrender without killing!"

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

"Don't kill if you abandon your weapons!"

Dengfeng City fell.

On the top of the city wall, the Demon Cult elder was wearing a black robe with sun and moon emblems embroidered on the front and back. He sniffed the smoke of war and said with a smile:
"I've often heard that the general had a hard time in this trapped place, but I never thought that he could actually open the city gate."

The Dengfeng general looked back coldly. This was not a compliment, but a humiliation. He was the general who should have the final say here.

"If I can't even open the city gate, then I have no right to be sidelined by the Pei family. Your Excellency, why bother to get involved in this mess?"

The smile of the Demon Cult elder disappeared, and he said grimly: "The governor of Qingzhou is extremely arrogant. If I don't massacre a few cities, he will really be rich and powerful. Qingzhou is in chaos, but the chief officer is not here. I think he has a few heads and neglects his duties. The general surrendered this time. It's a good idea."

The general of Dengfeng was speechless. He surrendered to the Northern Wei because, firstly, he had no way to survive, and secondly, he wanted to take revenge on the Pei family. It would naturally be better if he could also settle accounts with the Qingzhou governor.

"It seems like we hit it off right away."

"More than that, we are as close as brothers."

The relationship between the two became harmonious and they no longer confronted each other.

Because on the road outside the city, a strong man in golden armor was riding slowly into the city, surrounded by many experts and personal guards.

"Licheng's commander is General Hou." The Demon Cult elder muttered, "But he is not qualified to command the Hundred Guards Cavalry. A noble from the Northern Wei has arrived in Licheng in the north."

Suddenly, the Dengfeng general stepped forward, leaned on the battlements with both hands, looked around, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"One hundred third-level masters?"

The third level of Dongxuan is usually able to defeat hundreds of people and is at the peak of gold.

In the martial arts world, he is well-known enough to be the leader of a medium-sized sect in a county.

The scale of such an organization shocked the general of Dengfeng, as the prince's usual outings were not necessarily so luxurious.

"It seems like they are newly recruited martial artists." The Demon Cult elder observed carefully. Although these people are powerful, their formation during the march is still loose. Even after two years of military service, they would not have such performance.

The ground outside the city.

The leader of the Gunner Adventure Group was in high spirits. He wore a tiger-face mask and held a dragon-carved sword that shone with cold light.

“When you’re out there, the most important thing is to follow the right people.”

"But brothers, don't be careless. When you go into the city to burn and kill, be careful to save your energy. Don't collapse on the ground like you did yesterday and embarrass me."

"The leader is wise!"

"The leader is wise!"

All the players laughed. The main mission ① was completed very easily. In this world, fancy skills were mostly a burden due to loss and cost-effectiveness. Moreover, the suppression power of the Sun Core on mysterious means was horrifying.

But his own adventure group is famous for its close combat gun skills.

The tiger-faced captain glanced around and was extremely satisfied.

"Who else but me can compete for the throne of the world?"

(End of this chapter)