Chapter 938: Panic spreads
The forces in Zhongzhou, which had some friendship with Lin Xiao in the past, all chose not to put their eggs in one basket, shared the risk, and sent some people to Nanzhou just in case.
Most of them have a simple concept in their hearts, that is, they can die in battle, not be a slave of the demon clan, and on the premise of dying in battle, if they can keep the inheritance of the sect, it would be great.
This point cannot be eliminated even if Kunlun sits on the battlefield in the southeast and brings about a morale boost, and the battle is a battle, but it does not prevent them from leaving a way back for themselves.
When the news of the Nanzhou Strategic Meeting spread further and the measures of the various sects to leave a way back reached the scattered cultivators, it caused a great panic.
Lin Xiao's reputation in Zhongzhou is still very big, and the predictions made by the big men are blindly trusted, coupled with the fact that the sects began to accumulate food and reduce the supply of food on the market, which immediately caused panic, and a large number of scattered cultivators took out their savings for many years and began to buy spiritual rice and buy some pills, they were afraid that after the defense line collapsed, there would be no more markets and cities, so naturally there would be no chance to buy these things.
The emergence of the rush to buy has artificially created a rice panic, and at this time, the major sects did not dare to release the spirit rice, they did not know how long the battle line could support, if they could not hold the next spirit rice harvest, it would also have a huge impact on their combat readiness, thus entering a vicious circle.
The price of spiritual rice rose several times a day, and soon skyrocketed to the point of ten catties of spiritual rice and a piece of Xuanjing, even so, it was still far from enough, so the tide of escape began, and displaced people began to appear in Central Continent, this time their main direction of escape was no longer Beizhou, but Nanzhou, because the stable situation in Nanzhou made them feel safer.
The tide of refugees was in Lin Xiao's expectations, but the scale was far beyond Lin Xiao's expectations, when the number of fleeing monks in Central Continent in the Qin State exceeded one million, Lin Xiao knew that Nanzhou was starting to be a little difficult.
"Lord Lin Meng, this is the scene of the fleeing monks in the area of Shengxian City, our disciples recorded it with a shadow stone, it is thousands of miles long, and there are many more behind, it is predicted that more than five million scattered cultivators will enter Nanzhou, especially the scattered cultivators in the area of the southeast battlefield, they are basically empty, all of them have fled, what should we do?"
"Lord Lin Meng, if five million monks enter Nanzhou, it will cause great disruption to our strategic deployment, five million monks need to consume at least 10 billion catties of spiritual rice a year, the market impact is too great, and our own resource reserves can't be completed."
"Lord Lin Meng, with the arrival of these fleeing monks, there has also begun to be a rush in Nanzhou, the price of spiritual rice has risen by one-third, if we don't stop it, we will become the executioners of the wealth of scattered cultivation, and it will give many black-hearted businessmen a chance."
Several high-level officials said one after another, the theory of how the big forces use rumors to harvest loose cultivation Lin Xiao explained it very clearly during the civil war in Middle-earth, and many merchants didn't know about these means in the future, but now they understand, and they still have the opportunity to practice, and the spread of rumors in Middle-earth is the handwriting of these black-hearted businessmen.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, order all countries and sects, the price of Lingmi is guided by the alliance, whoever dares to raise the price arbitrarily, the alliance will sanction him, including kicking him out of the Nanzhou Alliance system and disturbing the morale of the army, those who don't believe can try it.
The second point is to increase the supply of spiritual rice, bring down the price, calm the panic, and strictly investigate rumors in various countries, don't think that there will be no consequences if you spread rumors. ”
"Yes, Lord Lin League, but what about our own combat preparations?"
"The number of spiritual fields and the output of spiritual rice in the territory of Nanzhou are enough to supply everyone to eat, and another five million is enough, now it is not enough mainly because of the rush to buy, eliminating the panic, and no one will grab enough later, so the price is far lower than you imagined, in addition, the entry of these people also provides us with labor, and can also increase our output, as long as we survive this year, and wait until the next year's spiritual rice harvest, it will not be a problem."
Therefore, a recruitment office and a recruitment office were set up in the Qin State, and talents from the Dan Fu Array were recruited into the Nanzhou Factory, and shrewd and capable monks were selected to enter the army to eliminate hidden dangers to public security."
"Lin Alliance Lord, what if they don't want to?"
"Monks above the Purple Mansion, unless there is a force that can issue a guarantee, or they must leave a divine soul brand and portrait, otherwise they will be refused entry in various places, and once they commit a crime, they will be punished as traitors of the human race, and this matter must be spread in advance.
Secondly, we launched a public opinion offensive and began to divert these loose cultivators, but they were mainly concentrated in the area north of Qi State, and the specific propaganda was handed over to specific people to be responsible."
Lin Xiao replied calmly, now the main forces of all the countries and sects in Nanzhou are in the army, if these five million scattered cultivators will cause a huge hidden danger to the security of Nanzhou, Lin Xiao must divert them.
Recruiting workers, recruiting troops, and forcibly leaving a spirit brand are all actions to prevent the deterioration of law and order, and as for keeping them north of the Qi State, it is because it is close to the army, and if something really happens, Lin Xiao is enough to suppress it.
Lin Xiao didn't take the affairs of the homeless people to heart, these homeless people are not organized, in fact, they can't turn the sky over, Lin Xiao thought about it for several days, and finally decided how to use the troops of the six countries of the grassland.
There are about three million monks in the six countries of the grassland, and according to the rules, one and a half million horses need to be mobilized to fight, not enough for Lin Xiao to not need so many of them, it will only increase the expenses of the alliance, Lin Xiao only needs to mobilize 200,000 horses to come out in addition to letting them assemble and practice by themselves.
These 200,000 horses were all handed over to Commander Bai Zichen, that is, to train Bai Zichen's new tactics of riding and archery, Lin Xiao had already ordered a large number of bows and arrows to be requisitioned, and the Nanzhou Factory, Wuguo Factory and Taiyimen Factory were rushing to deliver the goods, or it would not be long before enough bows and arrows could be prepared.
They will practice for about three to five months, and then enter the area of Murong Country to attack, the terrain around Murong Country is flat, suitable for cavalry, they will use the squad mode to run in the tactics, and at the same time consume a large number of demon beasts, Lin Xiao has decided to consume more than 100 million demon beasts of the Xizhou Demon Clan before the rout of Central Continent.
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On the west side of Murong Country, Lin Xiao followed Bai Zichen and the others with the arrival of the 200,000 elites of the Six Kingdoms of the Grassland, these 200,000 horses were selected from the three million monks, the proportion of Purple Mansion Daogang Lingguang Period monks is very high, and there are also ten high-level monks in the Six Kingdoms of the Grassland, Bai Zichen will be responsible for training them, and when the time comes, the specific command of the battle will come by themselves, this is mainly because Bai Zichen wears many hats, and he really has no time to separate.
This can be regarded as a small mistake by Lin Xiao, there are really not many talents available in Lin Xiao's hands, especially these talents still need a certain amount of cultivation support, otherwise they will not be able to control the field at all.
"Tie Fang Hua Daoyou, is this the elite of the Six Grassland Kingdoms?"
"Huilin Alliance Master, yes, this is 200,000 elites, and there will be no less."
"Do you know what you're arranged?"
"I know, but the six countries of the grassland have only collected less than 30,000 magic bows, and the shortage is very large."
"It's okay, we'll make up for the rest, the same goes for the arrows, what we want is the elite, so the magic bow will definitely be the best, the Purple Mansion monks will never let them use the second-order magic bow, and the Daogang monks will definitely have the fourth-order magic bow."
"If that's the case, it's good, we monks on the grassland, riding skills are undoubted, absolutely first-class, maybe the training time is not as long as five months, one or two months is enough"
"Well, let's deal with it depending on the situation."
Lin Xiao nodded, if Nanzhou can create enough bows and arrows in a month or two, he can also fight.
"Zichen, it's up to you, these 200,000 horses must be trained as soon as possible, before the defeat of Zhongzhou, the plan to make the Xizhou Demon Clan bleed 100 million is up to you."
"Rest assured, Lord Lin Meng, there is absolutely no problem, even with the current strength of the new army, it can be done"
Bai Zichen replied, it has been more than three years since the Elephant Emperor of Nanzhou withdrew his troops, and the countries of Nanzhou have also accumulated resources for three years.
"It's good to be sure, you can talk to Fang Hua Daoyou first, get acquainted with it, I'm going to go to Qi Country"
"Yes, Lord Lin"
Lin Xiao left after explaining some things, and then Lin Xiao hurried away, and went directly to the Nanzhou Factory in Qi for half a day.
Lin Xiao came here, mainly because of the report of Ye Jiuji of Tiangongmen, as well as the development of a variety of new weapons, which need to be reviewed by Lin Xiao, and once it is passed, it will be handed over to the factory for mass production.
"Lin Alliance Master"
"Ye Daoyou, let's start directly, I don't have much time"
"Okay, Lord Lin Meng, please come with me"
Ye Jiuji nodded, it was normal for Lin Xiao to have a lot of things, Ye Jiuji quickly took Lin Xiao to a testing ground, Lin Xiao saw something similar to a Katyusha rocket launcher, and was suddenly a little stunned.
"Lord Lin Meng, this is our latest large-scale crossbow arrow, there is an arrow nest in the back, it can be loaded with three hundred crossbow arrows at a time, the firing principle of the root Xuanjing cannon is similar, with Xuanjing as the driving force, using the formation to accumulate, and then three hundred crossbow arrows are launched at one time, the power of each crossbow arrow is the same, the arrow part can be replaced according to the enemy's situation, and the arrows made of the second-order Xuantie can pierce the defense of most demon beasts within three miles.
If it is in a narrow terrain, ten of these large crossbow arrows can be arranged, and hundreds or thousands of demon beasts can be eliminated at one time, and the attack of demon beasts can be completely defeated."
"How long does it take for such an arrow nest to be loaded once"
"In two quarters of an hour, we are improving, if we can remove the arrow nest at that time, and insert the rest of the arrow nest directly into it, it may be shortened to a quarter of an hour, but then there must be enough refiners to assist or specially train monks"
"Try it, I'll see how powerful it is"
"Good"
"Wait a minute, I'll go to the test site, you guys launch at me"
"Ah, Lord Lin Meng, this..."
"What are you afraid of, I'm a monk of the Cave Xuan Period, you think you can hurt me?"
Lin Xiao sneered, Ye Jiuji shook his head awkwardly, and then Lin Xiao appeared directly in the test site a mile away, and Ye Jiuji ordered the launch.
Suddenly, three hundred crossbow arrows came towards Lin Xiao, covering a radius of about 100 meters, Lin Xiao propped up the protective shield, sensing the power of these crossbow arrows, Lin Xiao was very satisfied with this.