Yan Xu did not participate in the next action, and the Qingniu and the others consumed a lot of mana, and at the same time, they were also stimulated and unclear, and they also withdrew from the action after escorting the bronze statue back. The next sweep was replaced by Yan Yi and Wang Bao, anyway, the trialists of the Liangshan camp in the entire county have all been disrupted, captured, killed, and a few masters who escaped ambushed Yan Xu to death, and almost lost all of them in a violent beating, and the rest was not enough to fight against the hundreds of elite soldiers led by the generals, not to mention that the army outside the city was not vegetarian, and the same number could not be beaten, and thousands of people could not beat hundreds of trialists, and they were trampled to death.

Back in his room, Yan Xu briefly dealt with the injuries on his body, and then began to look at his gains. When Yan Qing and the others were pressed into the prison, Yan Xu received the reward, but what he cared about the most was the mysterious bronze statue, and he glanced at the others, that is, the generals summoned Cardo. After giving two of them to the game mode, Green Snake and Ye Zhiqiu upgraded the normal mode to the elite mode, and then diverted their attention.

This bronze statue is the shape of the Yellow Turban Lux, but the texture is very strange, Yan Xu can't identify it, and can only think that it is a more peculiar copper. However, this copper is compact, and its weight is comparable to that of brass of the same volume, but the hardness is very exaggerated, even Yan Xu does not have the ability to leave a trace on it, and the most important thing is that the affinity for true qi mana is unprecedentedly high.

In the end, Yan Xu came to the conclusion that whether it is made into a weapon or a magic weapon, it is a rare and superb product.

However, in the face of this superb material, Qingyun and they didn't have any ideas, not only because the previous magic weapon had just completed the preliminary refining, but one of the important factors was because Qingyun guessed that this copper should be the material for refining magic weapons, and they didn't have this cultivation to use at all.

However, the bronze statue is of great benefit to Yan Xu.

After fusing with the metallic martial soul, although the martial soul's increase in force is lost, it activates the magic power of the witch, Yan Xu can strengthen his body by devouring metal, and has the ability to change the true body of the witch. Although he does not have this ability at the moment due to time and resources, as long as time and the increase in the amount of metal devoured, it is not far away.

The devouring ability of the witch's bloodline is indeed not covered, as long as it does not exceed too many levels, it is in the absorption range, and this bronze statue of the Yellow Turban Lux is no exception, and it was absorbed by Yan Xu A small piece.

Seeing that his palms turned copper-colored, Yan Xu was both happy and nervous, which represented that he was gradually detached from the scope of human beings, but it also represented that he had taken a decisive small step on the path of transcendence.

Qingyun and several people were also ashamed and brave, and they were singled out by the other party to a group of their own people, their self-esteem was seriously damaged, and they all retreated and practiced penance. Of course, retreat and penance are not a panacea, and the improvement of realm strength is the accumulation of years and months, at most, there are so many leaps and bounds. The trialists themselves lack a solid foundation, and even the free mode has an experience point conversion aura to assist in cultivation, and they can at most refine the magic weapon more easily.

Yan Xu and his gang retreated and cultivated, and Yan Yi took the newly recruited generals to clean up Hantan County over and over again, and at the same time got more authority and resources from Yan Xu, and built Hantan County like an iron bucket.

Obviously, the behavior of Hantan County completely angered Liangshan, and this time it was no longer a small fight, but a real army, with an army of tens of thousands of people. The most terrifying thing is that this is only one of the five armies in the front, middle and rear of Liangshan, which shows the strength of Liangshan.

Yan Xu never had a long-term hope for peace, not to mention that under the current circumstances, Liangshan and the imperial court could not avoid a war at all. Therefore, the early influence made Hantan County ready for war, and even if it was a retreat, the right was issued to Yan Yi, so he did not panic and took the initiative to go out of the customs to maintain the stability of Hantan County.

Liangshan's brigade continued to advance, although it was still a little scattered, but it was barely able to maintain the formation, obviously the generals who surrendered to Liangshan did not spend much effort to train these soldiers and horses, after all, it was related to their lives and future, and they couldn't do it without care.

Of course, the most important thing is that every time the court is defeated, many soldiers and horses are captured, with them as the backbone, Liangshan's army can be formed so quickly, otherwise it is better to start from scratch I don't know how many years it will take, after all, not every military general will train.

In ancient times, it took at least a few years or even ten years to make a large army from scratch, even if there were enough generals and low-level officers, it would not be thought of for three or five years, and it can be said that the growth of Liangshan was completely inseparable from the good habit of the imperial court to generously send experience, equipment and talents.

Standing on the city wall again, seeing a larger thief army than last time, the county order was not as panicked as last time, because Yan Xu was standing in front, on the left stood the newly recruited generals Yan Qing and Yan Ting, and on the right stood the five tigers of Hanshan who surrendered to Cheng.

In the eyes of the county order, this is completely a strong general, naturally the waist is a lot straighter, and I don't know where to find a feather fan, playing chess with the master, with a leisurely expression, so that Yan Xu and others next to him can't cry or laugh.

"I'll leave it to the master here, I'll go to the barracks to sit in town, and by the way, supervise the logistics." Wang Bao knew that he had some ability, and he was okay in normal times, but he was about to go to war, and he was a little dead if he didn't let go of his military power. What's more, his baby son has long worshipped Yan Xu as his teacher, and now he is still learning how to lead troops with Yan Yi, who suddenly appeared to be able to command troops, he is naturally happy.

handed over the command of the 5,000 forbidden troops under him very happily, and he was idle. Anyway, with the credit, his own share is indispensable, and he can't run away if he loses the battle, he just needs to take over the logistics and the work that needs to be fried.

In this way, the strength of Hantan County was unified, with 8,000 well-equipped forbidden troops, 3,000 van soldiers as auxiliaries, more than 10,000 people, and even if necessary, the county could also recruit 5 to 8,000 people who could be sent to the city wall, and they could be cannon fodder or coolies.

In addition, although Hantan County cannot be called a strong city, but after this period of repair, the city wall is complete, and the materials for defending the city are sufficient, even if the natural morale of the forbidden army is halved, it doesn't matter, at least there are no 350,000 people who don't want to take it, this is Yan Xu's confidence.

Obviously, Liangshan also knew this, so they did not rush to attack the city, but set up a larger camp in the place where Suo Chao was originally camped, obviously intending to fight a protracted war.

However, Hantan County has already cut down all the trees in the vicinity and tried to move people from outside the city to the county seat. Although it brought a lot of pressure to the county, with the assistance of the squires and tyrants, there was no chaos.

As for the grain and grass with the greatest pressure, in addition to a batch donated by local wealthy households, the county order also came forward to ask for a large amount of grain and grass from the other four counties and Fucheng, at the cost of blocking the Liangshan army here.

In fact, the two sides have long had a tacit understanding on this point, otherwise a mere Hantan County would not be able to do all this. Without Tong Guan's acquiescence, it is impossible for such a big action to be completed smoothly, civil officials can't do anything else, and the lag is all full-level, and only unreasonable eunuchs can cure their lazy cancer, so that the other four counties and the prefecture can support it.

With such a large capital, Tong Guan has no choice, he loses five county towns in one go, even Tong Guan has a feeling that he can't afford it, and if he loses it, even the saint can't explain anywhere, so in any case, at least he can't lose his territory anymore, but the people below can't be trusted.

Therefore, Yan Xu, who suddenly appeared and used Suo Chao's head and the feat of riding a thousand to forge his prestige, appeared in Tong Guan's sight, so Yan Xu could exchange his military skills for a lot of good things that are usually not open for exchange.

With these grains and grasses, it is enough for the whole county to eat for a year, which is completely enough.

On the other hand, when he couldn't catch the strong men, Liangshan had to mobilize more people to transport supplies for the army. Even though the journey was not too far, it was still chaotic in the absence of professionals, and many of the forcibly conscripted men ran home with the grain and grass they were responsible for, so that the people of Liangshan had to kill to barely stop this kind of banditry.

Overall, Liang Shan's logistics are simply a mess, but fortunately they are the attacking side, if they are replaced, Liang Shan can even lose his underwear.

As the base camp of Liangshan, the grain and grass in the water can only enter and exit, and the grain and grass for the army can only be provided by the five counties that have been captured, but it has been plundered again, and the pressure generated by the crazy expansion of Liangshan has not been able to scavenge much grain and grass at all. So I can only hit the idea again on the heads of the rich people, which is why the squires and tyrants who have always been a dime are generous, and they are waiting to be robbed if they don't pay.

We can't underestimate the means of these landowners to hide things, and of course, we can't underestimate the professional methods of Liangshan's strongmen.

However, Liangshan used to fight before letting the small people prepare dry food for three days, and then the rest was robbed, but the army could not just rely on robbery, and those who dared to do this were not ordinary death-seeking, and they were comparable to the ministers of the imperial court. Therefore, Liang Shan can only be patient, follow the steps, and make full preparations like a regular army.

However, it is difficult to say who is higher and who is lower than the character of a gang of robbers and the character of the court officials, and the manpower and material resources that lead to the waste of logistics are quite huge, resulting in a significant extension of the date of the second batch of troops, and only the front army is still fighting alone, and it is for a long time.

There's no way, even if the army can get to the food without food.

The imperial army was backed by the entire country, and even if the amount of waste was extremely staggering, it still provided sufficient supplies even on top of Liangshan. After all, one is a local bandit and the other is a country, and the war potential of the two cannot be compared at all, so even if they lose the battle, the imperial army still does not have to worry about the strength and food and grass. Liangshan is not good, the previous three-plate axe is already the limit, although five new counties have been added, but this is a good burden, there is that who does not want to die to take the initiative to work for the strongman, and he will run out long ago if he does not take a knife.