As a female city lord and female military general, there is no doubt about Tachibana's ability, Zhou Shaoyu directly handed over the mercenaries under her command to her commander, and there was no mistake. The Tachibana girl is quite excited, but her small Tachibana Mountain City has no chance to command nearly 10,000 troops.

For Zhou Shaoyu, the biggest problem of the Tachibana girl is the problem of loyalty, it's okay not to be in Dongwei at the moment, if she is, there is no guarantee that this girl will listen to whom. So even if you have the idea of support, it may take a while.

Rather than this, it is better to simply let Akechi Mitsuhide find a way to establish a force first. However, this is a bit difficult, so you can consider changing the method by going around everything, for example, which force will Akezhi Guangxiu turn to?

With his ability, it must not take long to be promoted to the lord of a city, and with the territory, this is enough.

Wait, it's not just any daimyo who has the courage to promote the lord of the city, and the entire Towa thinks about it, and the Oda family is the most willing, so the question is, according to the history of the Towa over there, didn't Oda Nobunaga die in Honnoji Temple because of the rebellion of Akechi Mitsuhide.

So what if you let Akechi Mitsuhide go to the Oda family to mix the land...... Will this ever happen 'again' eventually? Hey, that's kind of fun. Why don't you give it a try? Anyway, it's Dongwa, it doesn't matter.

To get back to the point, the Jin people can be said to have come from the south with great momentum, this word is not used indiscriminately, just looking at the number of people, it is indeed a bit scary. The Jin people themselves are only a thousand, but they can't stand up to the coerced Liukouduo. Especially after entering the territory of Silla, after all the rogue troops scattered in various places were collected and managed and dispatched, the number of people directly exceeded 200,000.

With such a number of people, if they are all golden people, then basically there is no need to fight, just run for your life. Fortunately, most of them don't have much combat power, but they can fight hard. However, in the final analysis, on the Silla side, the number of troops is only 50,000, and there is still a lack of training, plus Zhou Shaoyu's mercenary and overseer teams, the total is nearly 60,000.

This is still the limit of Silla, in the end, it has lost half of its country, and the coastal area in the southeast near Dongwa is constantly being attacked and plundered, if it were not for Zhou Shaoyu's funding, Kim Sun-deok would not have been able to raise so many troops. Fortunately, the autumn harvest is not far away, and under the military cantonment system, there are no natural disasters, and the harvest will definitely not be less.

"You should be in the rear." Zhou Shaoyu inspected the Silla army again, and those who commanded the troops should know themselves and their opponents, so they naturally need to know more before they can plan and arrange. And with him was Kim Sun-deok, the queen of Silla.

"I also know the importance of stability in the rear." Kim Sun-deok understood what Zhou Shaoyu meant, now that Silla is in ruins, everything needs to be supervised and taken care of, and it is not a good move to come to the front line to personally command at this time. "It's just...... If this place cannot be held, the rear will not be stable. ”

Zhou Shaoyu turned his head and glanced at her, knowing that she couldn't sit still, this girl was also very evil, she was a puppet when she came to power, she easily seized power, but she lived in peace every day. Obviously so conscientious, yes, the Jin people are here again, and if it is not good, the ancestral foundation is not guaranteed, if you can still sit still, it will inevitably be too calm.

Sometimes reason is reason, but it may not be possible. In the end, Kim Sun-deok still came, and the effect was always there, at least the morale of the Silla army was greatly increased. is still the same sentence, there are many Silla people who are willing to work for Kim Sun-deok, since she is here, she doesn't need to speak, and her soldiers will fight to the death.

It's a pity that Zhou Shaoyu is not very kind, in fact, the purpose is also to annex Silla, but the means are much gentler, and it is a soft knife to kill.

"Report, the enemy's vanguard has reached the front twenty miles."

Twenty miles? Zhou Shaoyu raised his eyebrows, this distance is already very close, and his courage is not small.

"Which part of the vanguard army is the Jinren, and how many people are there?" Zhou Shaoyu asked.

The Silla spy did not answer immediately, but looked at Kim Sun-deok hesitantly. The latter nodded, and then replied: "Looking at the armaments and clothing, there was no doubt that there were more than 20,000 troops in Silla at that time. ”

When Zhou Shaoyu heard this, his mouth pouted: "Sigh ......"

Don't blame him for such an attitude, he didn't fight the rogue army in Silla? It is very clear what the combat power is, although there is a personal pressure of the Jin people behind now, but this cannot improve the combat power. It is estimated that the reason why they are so close is because the so-called vanguard is also stupid, or the Jin people deliberately did it on purpose, so that this group of people came to explore the road and test the water, and see how the combat strength of the Silla side is now.

"Tachibana girl, where?" Zhou Shaoyu roared.

"Your Majesty is here, does Your Highness have any orders?" The Tachibana girl hurriedly came out, although the problem of loyalty has not been solved, but for the time being, it can be regarded as serving Zhou Shaoyu.

"There are more than 20,000 enemy troops twenty miles to the north, and you can take your subordinates and destroy them directly." Zhou Shaoyu waved his hand, and his tone seemed to be as simple as drinking water.

"Two, more than twenty thousand!?" Sister Tachibana was taken aback, she didn't know what kind of combat power was on the other side, and this number alone was already worth people's attention. And under her hands, that is, the 8,000 mercenaries. Normally, 8,000 fights 20,000, and it is definitely not easy to fight.

"That's right, it's more than 20,000, well, it's still early today, you must solve the battle before it gets dark tomorrow, and if you want to win, go ahead."

"This ...... Yes, it's time to get the job done. ”

The Tachibana girl walked away with a solemn face, and she could see that she was very stressed. Zhou Shaoyu is also bad, and he didn't explain it. Naturally, this is the case on purpose, what is the combat power of the eight thousand mercenaries Zhou Shaoyu knows very well, no matter how he fights, he can win, so he simply looks at the real ability of the Tachibana girl to lead the troops and the psychological quality of the ability to resist pressure.

It is also necessary for the Overseer team to set out, but to follow in the shadows, to observe up close, and to train the ability to operate covertly and stealthily.

Regarding Zhou Shaoyu's actions, Jin Shande always has doubts, but he will not interject at will, since Zhou Shaoyu dares to make such a decision, he is naturally sure. Besides, those soldiers and horses do not belong to her.

Tachibana is cautious, and the female city lord is not fake, but the city lord of Dongwa, to be honest, is really not very good on the stage. Even the daimyo was jokingly called the village chief, the so-called 'Warring States', and it was ridiculed as a battle between the village chiefs, and even the daimyo was just such a status, not to mention the castle lord.

If it's a larger place, it's fine, but if it's biased, and there is not much population under his rule, it is likely that a city lord will not be able to recruit a few people to fight. On weekdays, you still have to save money. After all, the Tachibana girl has not fought before, and she took the initiative to challenge more than 20,000 people with her own troops, and it was a proper first time!

That's more than 20,000. The Tachibana girl is full of this, and she is a little flustered, and at the same time, she is not lacking in excitement, and it is also strange and contradictory.

Hawkers, the reason is that the pattern is actually too small. No way, caused by the environment.

So Zhou Shaoyu also specially started from this point, if the vision of the Tachibana girl is raised to a certain point, what is the big friend family? I have never heard of a big Buddha in a small temple. Besides, the Tachibana girl is still the governor of the Tachibana family, so there is one more choice, swear to be loyal to the Otomo family, or carry forward the Tachibana family itself?

Seemingly, it's not that hard to choose.

The first battle on this side officially began, and on the grassland, Ainur also began to gather troops and horses to prepare to deal with Ashina Huqin.

For Ashina Huqin, the most hated person must be the golden man! If it weren't for the betrayal of the Jin people, it is likely that they would have captured the Empress Dowager of Great Liang and the Little Emperor, thus further invading the Central Plains. It's a pity that it fell short.

If it is according to Ashina Huqin's own wishes, if he really wants to fight, he will definitely go to fight the gold man. It's a pity that you are in a high position, and sometimes you don't have many options.

After continuous battles, the strength gathered around Ashina has become weaker and weaker. If Ashina Huqin forcibly ordered to attack the Jin people again, it is likely that they would have dispersed before they set off. Everyone is not stupid, they all know that now Ashina can't even control the grassland, and at this time, who is willing to beat others for nothing? Jin Guo is not a rich place, and if you win, you won't get much benefit, so why bother.

But the steppe civil war was different, which meant re-establishing the majesty of the Ashina tribe, which no one would object. Don't forget, if the tribes on the steppe want to grow, in addition to their own slow reproduction and development, that is, they continue to swallow up the weak tribes.

Since Ashina's ministry is weakened, let's go and annex it, and there will naturally be a time to rise again.

To sum up, Ashina Huqin has no choice at all, either stay honest and do nothing, be a weakened Turkic khan with peace of mind, and then wait for one day, Ainur will completely rise to attack. Or, take the initiative to attack, even if you die in battle, you will die vigorously. Then there is only the grassland left, so what else to say, let's fight.

Not to mention, although the strength has fallen a lot, but Ashina's prestige is still there, he has been fighting with the Jin people before, and his control over the grassland has declined, causing many tribes to gradually stay away, but when Ashina suddenly turned the spearhead, taking Ashina's prestige, many small tribes immediately re-attached to the past.

Originally, these small tribes were thinking of hemorrhage, after all, with the violent nature of Ashina Huqin, it was impossible for them to leave and come back safely. I don't want to do it this time, Ashina Huqin not only didn't ask for benefits, but showed care!

This immediately flattered the tribes, and as soon as the matter spread, the impact was really not small, at least some of the tribes who originally decided to go to Ainur, and after some consideration, they turned to Ashina again. For a while, Ashina's strength increased a few points again.

That is, there are too many grassland battles, and the overall population has declined too much, otherwise, it will definitely be a big threat.

But Ainur is not a mediocre and incompetent person, the city has been established for so long, and he has already controlled the economic lifeline of many tribes according to Zhou Shaoyu's ideas.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. After enjoying all kinds of conveniences and rich entertainment in the city, it is easy to go back. There are definitely many tribes gathered around Ainur, and the most loyal ones, naturally those who have been rebuilt with the support of Ainul, may indeed be smaller in number, but they are the most reliable.

As a reliable ally, it is naturally impossible for Ainur to sit idly by, and let Ainur only rely on his own strength to fight against Ashina Huqin. It is the same constant deployment of troops.

However, it is the Propaganda Department that is the busiest.

This is a good opportunity for propaganda to further strengthen the sense of identity and even belonging of the Turkic people on the Ainur side to this side. Zhou Shaoyu's ultimate goal is assimilation, even if it can't be achieved, he must try to eliminate the possibility of Turkic repetition in the future. As long as the vast majority of Turkic people are favored, then even if a small number of them are ambitious, they will not be supported.

Besides, the main reason for the Turkic invasions, in most cases, was raiding, which made the steppe tribes live better. But if trade can be obtained through normal means, why spend dead and wounded to rob it?

To achieve results, it will not happen overnight, and to seize any opportunity, the task of the Propaganda Division can be described as arduous. Li Xiangjun, who is in charge of this aspect, is simply busy with his feet on the ground, but the effect is also gratifying.

Performances, speeches, slogans, material aid and military aid, multi-pronged, other places dare not say, at least here in the city, it seems to be happy.

Maybe most Turkic people still don't know the language of the Great Liang, but it doesn't matter, is there anything more simple and direct than song? One by one, the preparation songs that combined with Turkic characteristics came out, and they quickly became popular under the control, even if they couldn't sing all of them, at least they could hum a few words. Given time, I am not afraid that they will not be able to speak a few words of the Liang language.

At the same time, Gao Yuyao entered Beihai City, Qingzhou, and officially sat in the Huofeng confrontation in Licheng, and the soldiers and horses were not stopped, and a big battle could be fought at any time.

Far away in the south, An Ge, who initially stabilized a small piece of territory, finally successfully got in touch with the local family surnamed He. The patriarch of the He clan is now forty-three, and his wife has died, just by virtue of this, An Ge is in love at a glance. With the marriage of the two families as bait, I am not afraid of not taking the bait.

The reason couldn't be simpler, An Ge is a woman, once she gets married, it stands to common sense, isn't it her husband's family? What's more, An Ge is not only powerful, but he also has nothing to say about his own appearance, such a cost-effective deal, a few people can not be moved.

Far away in the south, An Ge, who initially stabilized a small piece of territory, finally successfully got in touch with the local family surnamed He. The patriarch of the He clan is now forty-three, and his wife has died, just by virtue of this, An Ge is in love at a glance. With the marriage of the two families as bait, I am not afraid of not taking the bait.

The reason couldn't be simpler, An Ge is a woman, once she gets married, it stands to common sense, isn't it her husband's family? What's more, An Ge is not only powerful, but he also has nothing to say about his own appearance, such a cost-effective deal, a few people can not be moved.

The reason couldn't be simpler, An Ge is a woman, once she gets married, it stands to common sense, isn't it her husband's family? What's more, An Ge is not only powerful, but he also has nothing to say about his own appearance, such a cost-effective deal, a few people can not be moved.