"Don't be in a hurry, the cooperation and reform of the military monks will not be effective in a day or two, and it will take time to run in and test. Mu Tianxiang sat back in his chair and stopped Li Muran, who was in a hurry to leave.

"Isn't it my hope that it will take shape as soon as possible, so that in the face of the enemy, the tactics we can use will be more flexible and the certainty of victory will be greater?" Li Muran said with an apologetic smile.

"There is no rush in advance, the experience must be explored slowly, the coordination, formation, combination, etc. must be realized, and every data must be recorded in detail, and more communication, discussion, and summary with the soldiers, and more listening to their feelings, after all, they are specific executors. Mu Tianxiang advised: "Also, I am looking for you today, mainly to understand the role of monks in the army and in battle. ”

Li Muran looked at Mu Tianxiang, hesitated for a long time, and said in a snort: "The yellow level is theoretically considered a monk, after all, the lifespan has been greatly extended, and you can also feel the vitality between heaven and earth to cultivate. But in a strict sense, in the eyes of monks, the yellow level only has the qualification to cultivate, and is not considered a monk, and only by entering the Xuan level can he be regarded as a real monk. ”

After Li Muran finished speaking, he also sat back on the chair, bowing his head and drinking tea.

"Don't look at me, I don't know my cultivation yet, I can cultivate to such an extent, I'm already very satisfied. Mu Tianxiang said with a smile.

This is Mu Tianxiang's true words, the lifespan of the predecessor is only less than a hundred years, and in this life, he has now cultivated to the high level of the yellow level, as long as there are no major accidents, there is no problem in living to one hundred and seventy-eight. Compared to the lifespan of less than 100 years in the previous life, it is worth it. And after all, he is not yet twenty years old, and he still has a lot of time to squander.

Ouyang Xiaozhi is also researching new elixirs, saying that if he is sure to break through to the Xuan level, then he will have a lifespan of hundreds of years, which is enough, and he can do a lot of things in hundreds of years.

"Didn't Mr. Mu also join the army before?" Li Muran put down the teacup and asked away from the topic just now.

"I used to join the army in the Tianfeng Country, and the Tianfeng Country at that time was no longer good, and the ratio of the army was very abnormal, most of them were ordinary people, and there were very few monks. So some places are not very clear. Mu Tianxiang knocked on the table and said softly: "I heard that your teacher turned out to be a marshal, and he wants to have different views on the construction of the army. So ask you. ”

"I studied under Marshal Zhao Jin of the original Bingfeng Kingdom, he was an old man who was a master tactician, and he retired from the army in his later years and taught us three senior brothers. Li Muran recalled the past and said lightly: "In the battle of the Ice Phoenix Kingdom to destroy the country, the senior brother and the second senior brother were killed one after another, and the old man was heartbroken, plus the old wounds left on the battlefield in the early years recurred, and he died soon." ”

"After taking care of the master's funeral, I didn't want to stay, so I wandered all the way, and finally met Miss Shangguan, so I became her personal guard, but I didn't expect that in a few years, Shangguan City also fell. Speaking of this, Li Muran sighed.

After being silent for a while, Mu Tianxiang said: "Let him pass the past, you have followed me since I started training the army, I want to hear your opinion." ”

"Before contacting the general counsellor, all our tactical arrangements on the battlefield were for the monks to form a team alone, and the army composed of the yellow level and ordinary people was to cooperate with the actions of the monks, playing a role in containing and harassing them, and the victory or defeat of a war often depended on the battle between the monks, and the army did not reach a certain large number, which had little impact on the outcome of the war. Li Muran thought for a while and said: "Mr. Mu has mixed monks and ordinary people to a certain extent, and organically combined, the effect is very good from the perspective of these battles, which is an eye-opener for me." ”

"Why don't other armies mix monks with ordinary people, wouldn't this be more effective? after all, with the cooperation of various talismans, the army can also threaten monks. Mu Tianxiang asked.

"I've heard my master say before that a long time ago, the kingdoms of all sizes ruled this world, and when there was a battle, the monks and the army were also mixed together, but as the monks became stronger and stronger, the original kingdoms were destroyed, and the sects dominated by the monks ruled the world, and they were slowly separated from ordinary people. ”

"I think the main reason is that there are relatively few monks like ghosts after all, and there are only a few thousand monks in a million-level battle. Although there are also casualties in the battle between the monks, they are a minority after all, except for being trapped in the Jedi or the formation and unable to get out, seeing that the situation is not right, the monks are easy to get out, but once they fall into the army, I think it is difficult to get out easily except for the monks of the Heavenly Pole, even the Heavenly Pole, under the restriction of the forbidden sky talisman, it is also possible to die. Li Muran said with a wry smile.

"In the final analysis, the current kingdom is just a toy of the sect, and the fall of a kingdom is nothing compared to the life of a monk. Not to mention fighting with other clan-controlled kingdoms, even wars between dynasties controlled by the same sect also occur from time to time. For example, the country of the wind and the country of the car split are in the same room. Mu Tianxiang has also heard of these things. Not surprising.

"What Mr. Mu said is right, in the eyes of the sect, only the lives of high-level monks are fate, and the rest of the dawn people are grass mustard, which is not worth mentioning. Li Muran also felt the same way.

"Speaking of which, let me ask, what are Mr. Mu's plans for the future?" After pondering for a while, Li Muran asked.

"What do you mean?"

"After all, our current population is less than one million, the number of troops is less than 50,000, and it is still very small compared to the surrounding forces, even the various forces large and small that are now trapped in the vicinity of Shangguan City are far stronger than us, and now we have not attracted the attention of other forces, and we can still survive in the cracks, if we want to make a difference in the future, we will have to face these problems. That's pretty tough. Li Muran said what he was thinking in one breath.

"Do you have any good ideas?" asked Mu Tianxiang with a smile.

"I think so, our biggest advantage over other forces is the combat effectiveness of the army. And compared to the surrounding forces, we also have a prerequisite that they can't match, that is, we control a sect - the Ethereal Sect, we can play the banner of the Ethereal Sect and attach the army to the Ethereal Sect, so that we can also attract some scattered cultivators and some small forces, and slowly try to do it. Li Muran said.

"Ethereal Sect, that is a pit, as a sect that has existed for thousands of years, it has been hunted down and killed on several continents, and now it is two or three big cats and kittens, it is basically an empty shelf, even the person concerned, Liu Zongwei, is afraid to avoid it, we don't know how deep the water is. Mu Tianxiang said with a self-deprecating smile.

"Moreover, we want others to think that we just want to develop a kingdom, so that it will not attract the attention of the sect, we can still have a glimmer of life, once the banner of the Ethereal Sect is played, it will definitely be destroyed by the surrounding sects. After all, there are so many resources for cultivation around, and one more person who grabs the resources will become the target of everyone, and it will definitely be destroyed first, without the slightest luck, after all, our monks are too few to resist at all. Mu Tianxiang said.

"But when we establish a kingdom, the resources we need are ordinary things between the world, and there is no major direct conflict with the sect, and the main opponents are the surrounding ordinary forces, kingdoms, and warlords...... Then we have a chance to live. Mu Tianxiang paused for a moment and continued, "The reason why a sect is established now is that the guardian power of the sect is needed, which is still very beneficial to the cultivation of your monks, and the time, resources, manpower and material resources required to develop a sect are not at all what we can afford now, and the main reason is that the sect is not my purpose." ”

"In this way, we can't attract many monks at all, that is, the tactics we just discussed, not only need a large number of high-quality soldiers to contain them, but the role of monks is also indispensable, after all, ordinary soldiers have no attribute of cultivation, and they can't achieve the corresponding effect, and they only rely on the number of people to besiege, and the casualties are too great, and they can't fight a few times. Our army will be completely lost......" Li Muran thought for a moment and expressed the worry in his heart.

"Yes, in the face of high-level monks, the problem of using the tactics of attribute restraint to make up for the lack of our high-level monks is mainly done by the monks, and no matter how many ordinary soldiers are, it won't make much difference," Mu Tianxiang said with a smile.

"However, we are now not only short of high-level monks, but even the most ordinary yellow-level monks are very small. It simply doesn't meet the minimum requirements. Li Muran said with a long sigh.

"Tell you a secret. Mu Tianxiang said with a smile: "Ouyang Xiaoweaving and their medicine hall are developing a simplified version of the Barrier Breaking Pill, so that they can create a large number of yellow-level monks. So as to fundamentally solve our current problems. ”

"Barrier Breaking Pill!" Li Muran was taken aback: "Such an expensive pill." Can we produce a large number of resources, which ordinary sects can't afford, right?"

"What we have developed is a simplified version," Mu Tianxiang said with a smile, "The requirements for the Barrier Breaking Pill are not high, and the success rate of refining is not low. The original obstacle breaking pill is expensive, mainly because it not only gives ordinary people a certain chance of cultivating, but once it breaks through, it can also increase the user's lifespan, that is, prolong life. The medicine that prolongs life in this way is very scarce and expensive, and the barrier-breaking pill we developed can only make ordinary people have a certain chance of cultivating, but it will not extend the life expectancy, so the cost will be greatly reduced, less than one-tenth of the original, and we can still afford it. ”

As a monk, Li Muran is no stranger to all kinds of elixirs, among all the elixirs, as long as the elixir of longevity is involved, no matter how low-level, it is also sky-high and hard to find, and most of the elixirs that extend longevity are firmly controlled by the sect, and ordinary people cannot reach it at all.

"In this way, we can create a large number of yellow-level monks, and our well-trained yellow-level monks can completely compete with Xuan-level monks, in a battle, Xuan-level monks are also the main force, after all, the monks of the heavenly pole and the earth-level are very rare, and it is impossible to invest too much in a battle. Li Muran was also thrilled after hearing this.

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Regarding the future development and reform of the army, Mu Tianxiang and Li Muran talked for a long time, and basically formulated a general framework. The idea of establishing a military academy was also put forward by Mu Tianxiang, and Li Muran also strongly supported it.

The general direction was formulated, looking at the absent-minded Li Muran, Mu Tianxiang smiled and asked Li Muran to leave, and the anxious Li Muran didn't even have time to say goodbye, so he went to verify his thoughts in a hurry.

Mu Tianxiang also put down the work in his hand and walked out of the room, "Is it a combination of work and rest?" Mu Tianxiang smiled and comforted himself, and involuntarily walked slowly towards Shangguan Jin's residence.