Chapter 32 Pole Sheguo County
The person who came was not very old, only about 20 years old, and was at the age of a weak crown. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He didn't wear armor on his body, but the brocade robe set off his heroism. At a young age, the murderous aura on his body is already very thick, which shows that he has killed people a lot over the years.
looks good, not handsome, beard is not considered at all, at most there is a little fluff on the lips, it may be that he is not very old. Perhaps it is this appearance of white face and beardlessness that gives people a feeling of instability.
It is no wonder that after Zhang Niujiao's death, although the Black Mountain bandits recognized him as the master, they actually went their own way.
"A certain is Zhang Yan of Montenegro, who wants to find me?" The visitor came directly to Chen Tao and asked, he was really Zhang Yan.
"An Xi Chen Tao, the next three are my henchmen Long Er, Zhang He and Gao Lan. An Xi was destroyed by the demon army earlier, and I and others had to leave their hometowns and came to the foot of this Taihang Mountain by luck, intending to re-establish a stronghold here. Chen Tao returned the salute and immediately explained his intention.
"Several of them seem to be rare strong men, and it is said that I can't say anything if you want to stand up for a pole. But a few of them want to stand in my territory, are they too indifferent to me? Zhang Yan also warned from his position.
"We plan to establish a base in Shikoku County, I heard that it is Yu Poison's territory? Coincidentally, I heard that among the heroes of Montenegro, only Yu Poison and Dashuai have the most unfamiliar relationship......," Chen Tao said with a smile.
"But don't forget, he's still one of my Black Mountain heroes!" How could Zhang Yan not know this, but as the leader of the alliance, he naturally couldn't allow any of his allies to have problems, otherwise how could others continue to obey him.
"As long as I join the Montenegrin Alliance, it shouldn't be a problem, right?" Chen Tao laughed.
"My Montenegrin army is all anti-thieves, aren't you afraid that the court will send troops to kill you?" Zhang Yan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and then asked.
"I, Chen Tao, am also a demon cultivator, and the demon cultivator is a thief, isn't it just right?" Chen Tao doesn't care.
"Hahaha, that's right! However, if you want to set up a pole in the country, it is not easy to deal with the poison. He's a bit of a fool there, but he has five thousand soldiers under his command. Your Excellency's command of this little person, I'm afraid it won't be enough to see! Zhang Yan laughed, and then looked at the subordinates behind Chen Tao and reminded him.
"This is not a hard worker, if this matter can't be solved, then it is better to find a remote place to live in seclusion." Chen Tao was not afraid.
"Whatever you want, but how can I trust you?" Zhang Yan asked.
"Did the marshal trust the other leaders of the Montenegrin Army?" Chen Tao asked rhetorically.
Even Cao Cao was trembling, protecting himself with rumors of murder in his dreams, when he had already occupied a huge territory, who could trust others in this era without order?
Zhang Yan didn't answer anything, just turned around and went back, this time the worship of the mountain has ended here.
The process seems easy, but it is not so easy. Zhang Yan is releasing coercion throughout the process, this guy is also a qi practitioner, and he is already above the fourth level of qi training, and his momentum is even stronger than Chen Tao, and it is certain that this guy is also a demon cultivator.
The release of momentum began when Chen Tao said that he was a demon cultivator, and Chen Tao also responded with momentum at that time. However, the difference between the two sides was a bit big, so he was also overwhelmed. In the end, Zhang Yan recognized his strength and retracted his momentum, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Zhang Yan looked to be about twenty years old, but he didn't expect that he was already above the fourth level of Qi training. It's no wonder that Zhang Niujiao would choose him as his successor, with this cultivation speed and strength, he should also be a well-deserved leader in the Montenegrin army.
Fortunately, Chen Tao is not weak, the key is that the true qi from the demon cultivator with a bit of black qi escaped, which made Zhang Yan confirm the identity of Chen Tao's demon cultivator, otherwise it might not be so easy.
Demon cultivation is not easy, and it is not tolerated by ordinary people, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang Yan can rest assured.
Chen Tao and the others did not stay, and began to go south on the same day. It is about 250 miles from Shangai to Shiguo, and if you go at full speed, you can reach it in one day, and it is a big deal to buy more tricycles or something.
However, considering that he would have to recruit more homeless people along the way, Chen Tao planned to complete this journey in five days. In fact, the fast march in these years was only seventy or eighty miles a day, and the slow one was fifty miles a day.
Chen Tao also had to give Zhang Yan some time to contact several other Montenegrin troops, otherwise, he would go to find trouble with Yu Poison, and he would be attacked by other Montenegrin troops when he turned around, which was not cost-effective.
Even so, such a thing may not happen, so you still have to be mentally prepared!
Heading south from Shangai, I passed some small strongholds along the way. The scale of these strongholds is about the same as the previous forest strongholds, with only a few dozen or hundreds of people, and as many as three or four hundred, led by third-rate military generals.
These people are actually attached to the name of the Montenegrin Army, and some of them do not know how to fight at all, but they regularly pay taxes to the Montenegrin Army to protect themselves. At critical moments, the Montenegrin Army will also send troops to support them in order to ensure the supply of food.
However, as Chen Tao went south, he took out a batch of food or weapons or something, and exchanged the spars they had accumulated. These small forces don't have many spars in their hands, only dozens or hundreds, but they add up to about three or four thousand.
After deducting expenses, Chen Tao still has a net profit of more than 3,000 spars, and during this period, he also cleared some sporadic demon armies and earned 300 spars.
In these small strongholds, some residents saw that Chen Tao's team was strong and the supplies seemed to be very rich, but they took refuge directly. Seeing this, the head of the stronghold also dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he could only let Chen Tao dig into his corner.
In five days, Chen Tao's team had increased to 1,000 people, and there were more than 300 soldiers in battle, which were divided into three tuns. The three subordinates will be appointed as the commanders of the tun, and the newcomers who have made contributions during this time will be appointed as the team leaders.
In order to express his importance to them, Chen Tao even measured their spiritual roots, and when they were sure that no one had spiritual roots, he exchanged the "Basic Tuna Method" and "Nanshan Knife Method" to give them away, and immediately gained their gratitude and loyalty. However, this thing can't be seen or touched, and there is no exact value, others verbally say thank you, but who knows what they think in their hearts?
There is no one with a spiritual root among the thousands, and if there is, they will not wander like him. Of course, he can also teach the method of demon cultivation, after all, there is no threshold for this thing, and you can cultivate if you dare to fight.
Even so, he didn't plan to expand the team of demon cultivators casually, first, he was just a rookie, and he was still unfamiliar with cultivation, how to teach others? The second is that these people are all newcomers, and they don't plan to spend resources on them until they prove their loyalty! Save the wings and fly away! If you're unlucky, you'll backfire on yourself!
Five days later, the group came to Sheguo County. The huge team directly attracted Yu Poison's vigilance, and directly killed them with 5,000 guards, blocking Chen Tao's way halfway.
"Who are you waiting for, and where are you going?" Yu Poison is a dead fat man, and he is even more arrogant at the moment.
Tao Sheng is an old thief, and after the cataclysm, the aura of heaven and earth has become much richer, and he has also successfully entered the realm of second-rate military generals. In the past, it can be said that it was a heavy general on the defending side. But in this day and age, it's a bit under-seen.
But he didn't know this, and when he looked at the fat and round of the soil, he knew at a glance that it was caused by the fact that the days were too good and he ate the sea. Looking at his face a little scarce, and his legs are faintly unstable, it can be seen that things between the beds are inevitably a little excessive.
It is a miracle that this kind of person can survive until now in this era. I don't know what kind of self-confidence comes from it, and I dare to have a stiff relationship with Zhang Yan. In Chen Tao's opinion, if it weren't for the old feelings, or for the sake of balance, Zhang Yan would have killed him sooner!
"An Xi Chen Tao, I came here this time, but I plan to borrow something from General Yu!" Chen Tao rode forward and smiled.
"Oh, what are you going to borrow?" Yu Poison asked rhetorically.
"Naturally, it's borrowing your head!" Chen Tao pointed to Yu Poison's head and laughed.
"How daring!" Yu Poison roared angrily, and immediately sent his subordinates to kill him, and this guy really didn't dare to fight head-on.
"Shoot!" Chen Tao was not afraid, he just screamed.
Long Er immediately commanded his team to step forward, took out the crossbow at his waist, and shot at the infantry on the opposite side in a half-crouching position. Yu Poison's command is all infantry, and even he doesn't have a single war horse to ride. The two sides were already hundreds of meters apart, but they gave the crossbowmen a chance to prepare.
Originally, the crossbow bolt had already been wound, and now it was the first time to shoot. There were hundreds of casualties at one time.
"Strong crossbow, the other party has a strong crossbow, run!" I don't know who shouted, and then many people really turned around and ran.
The crossbow is a symbol of the military, and there are not many people who can make it these days, and there is no place to get it. Yu Poison was also amazed at how Chen Tao got the strong crossbow, and he was a little frightened in his heart.
Against the strong crossbow, even if he goes into battle in person, he will definitely die. A second-rate military general does not mean that he is invincible in the world, let alone invulnerable. At this moment, he was even glad that he did not rush to the front, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
It was too late, and a rain of arrows rose directly and fell directly into their position. These arrows came from the rear of Chen Tao's army, and the women were each issued a pair of bows and arrows, and they have not practiced less these days.
This is also the time Sun Ni gave him a hint, women will inevitably have to fight these days, but compared to hand-to-hand combat, shooting at a distance with arrows is the best choice.
It was more than 500 arrows, and they fell directly into the ranks of the sprinting enemy troops. Suddenly, more than 300 people were killed and wounded, after all, these guards under Yu Poison basically did not have a single piece of leather armor on their bodies, otherwise the casualties would not be so big.
Before the official battle, there were no nearly 500 people at once, and those living soldiers were even crying wolves on the ground. The remaining 4,500 people were not soldiers, and many of them turned around and fled when they saw this.
Seeing this, Yu Poison didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he turned around and ran, planning to use the fence of the stronghold to carry it to death, and then ask for reinforcements to support.
It's just that Zhang He would not allow him to escape, and Gao Ran killed Zhang He as soon as possible. Long Er didn't go, he wanted to stay to protect Chen Tao's safety, of course, watching the two go out, he was also envious in his heart.
"You're still young, and you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future." Chen Tao smiled and comforted.
In a short time, Zhang He had already killed Yu Yu Yu who was running with one shot, and Gao Ran was even more murderous, killing those guards to a rout. The army took the opportunity to rush out, relying on the protection of thin iron armor, as well as the sharpness of the iron spear and the ring head knife, quickly occupied Sheguo County, and since then the flag has changed and officially set up a pole here!