Chapter 601: The Weakness of Resourcefulness
In the drizzle, Zhou Yue said goodbye to Ma Chao and embarked on the return journey, this time, with him to the south, there was also a guy from the Longmen Inn, of course, he was also a groom and a chef, a bodyguard and a shopkeeper, wearing many hats, and he was very bullish. [擺|渡|搜||小|說|free|fee|下|骪|小|說】【Starter】
However, this guy also has the capital of Niu Fork, although he is a guy, but he is a guy with a strength of up to level 80, which is completely looking at Ma Chao's face, so he will act so quickly.
Of course, Zhou Yue needs to pay some additional costs, such as carving out a piece of land with the best location in Panjin Black City, and building an inn for free that is not too luxurious but not too shabby.
These Zhou Yue are all happily accepted, this is nothing, after all, this is a gangster who has intelligence information from all over the country, and it is better to have a relationship than not to have a relationship.
In addition, Ma Chao also asked the Qingyun Daoist to send two little Taoists to Zhou Yue, that is, the kind that is specifically responsible for healing.
Although they are little Taoists, they can't be underestimated at all, they are all 60-level Blessing Taoists, much stronger than those little Blessing Taoists cultivated by Zhang Jiao, and 500 Zhang Jiao's Blessing Little Taoists are not as good as these two Taoists.
After all, if those little Taoist priests in Zhang Jiao grew to level 60, they wouldn't be able to do it in two or three years.
For Ma Chao's gift, Zhou Yue also completely smiled, originally he also wanted to borrow some black armor blood horses from Ma Chao, but now Ma Chao himself only has 1324 black armor blood riders left, and he has to build a new city, it is when there is a shortage of manpower, he can't do this.
Fortunately, the 5,000 people who originally belonged to him will also go south with him, these 5,000 people are already very good, and after Ma Chao's training in the past ten days, the changes are also quite large.
It is worth mentioning that Ma Chao, as a quasi-epic general, as long as he is a direct soldier under his command, even if he does not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he can gain a lot of experience points every day, for example, in the past ten days, the level of these five thousand soldiers has increased by two or three levels more or less, and he has also obtained a certain amount of naked attribute bonus, which is because Ma Chao personally instructed the coach.
What a miraculous thing this was, Zhou Yue even thought that if Ma Chao was given enough money and enough time, it wouldn't be long before he could train a powerful army again!
Originally, Zhou Yue also planned to leave 3,000 soldiers to lend to Ma Chao and come back to pick them up a month later, but Ma Chao's cunning old guy directly refused, which made him very helpless.
But even so, the overall combat power of his five thousand people has already reached the average combat power level of Zhou Yue's original battle camps, especially those holy scorpion assassins, holy scorpion archers, and holy scorpion warrior soldiers, which are more powerful than the pretending wolf cavalry.
And it was also at this time that Zhou Yue also decided to officially upgrade these 5,000 people to the battle camp, the name was called the Holy Scorpion Battle Camp, Zhou Da was the commander, and Han Hao was the deputy commander on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Another reason why it was named the Holy Scorpion Battle Camp was that Claire still had a lot of essence blood in the big scorpion Mushak left in her hands, and the corpse of the poisonous fire scorpion they captured and killed at the beginning also retained enough weight, so as long as there was enough money, it was completely possible to make another 3,000 Holy Scorpion warriors.
Originally, Zhou Yue's previous million gold was planned for this, but he didn't expect to be blackmailed by Ma Chao.
However, this time, he also got a large amount of sophisticated equipment from Ma Chao's quartermaster, and all the soldiers were fully equipped, so the combat effectiveness was also improved a lot.
At this time, in the marching array of the Holy Scorpion Battle Camp, Zhou Yue abandoned his war horse, put away his whole body equipment, put on a set of standard equipment, braved the drizzle, stepped on the muddy water splashing all over the ground, and marched with ordinary soldiers.
Of course, Zhou Yue is not to show that he shares weal and woe with the soldiers, but has another purpose, in fact, since he left Mohe County, he has disappeared, only Zhou Da, Tuesday, Wednesday, Han Hao and a few others know a little bit about something, so they don't care.
Walking side by side with Zhou Yue in the muddy water were two ordinary soldiers who were also covered in muddy water, and they even looked very weak.
And these two ordinary soldiers are Gongsun Erniang and Claire in disguise.
"What? Do you want to make amends to us in this way? Hmph, you're so beautiful, Xiao Zhouzi, you're dead, you dare to call my aunt and grandmother to practice self-abuse like this, no matter what your reason is, this is tolerable or unbearable! Pity me for growing so big, and I've never been so wolf-bèi! ”
Gongsun Erniang's voice of gritting teeth came low, and Zhou Yue was also covered in a white sweat.
"Erniang, I know this is very unkind, no, will I personally accompany you to endure hardships? As the old saying goes, we can share weal and woe, and we can get rich together! There is a way to see the truth in adversity, so you won't see me suffer alone, right? ”
"Phew, who will see the truth with you, Sister Claire, let's ignore him, I used to think that this person was still a little heroic, but I didn't expect it, but it was so obscene and insidious!" Gongsun Erniang snorted coldly, but after a pause, she couldn't help but ask, "I said, did something happen?" You are so close to the enemy, and even asked me and Sister Claire to hide our identities and hide in the dark. ”
"Uh—it's not really that big." Zhou Yue was a little at a loss where to start, he couldn't say that since the advent of the Black City World, under the pressure of death, he had always been so suspicious, and even a little compulsively murdered paranoia.
Although it is a bit far-fetched to say this, but in fact, if it weren't for Zhou Yue's suspicious and cautious attitude, how could he have survived to this day and established such a big force?
Now that he's been gone for three months, it's a troubled time, God knows what will happen?
You know, even before the disaster, if the mayor of a city goes on vacation for three months and ignores the daily affairs of the city, then unless he is a particularly strong guy, he will definitely be overlooked or lose a certain advantage.
What's more, Zhou Yue's life and death are unknown, and he handed over the power of the city lord, it is not an exaggeration to say that what can maintain his self-confidence is only the prestige and friendship of the past, a little love, he and He Qingming slept once, but He Qingming obviously stated that it was just a physiological need.
Originally, Zhou Yue wasn't too worried, but the secret letter sent by Li Rui and Zhang Liang before made him feel uneasy in his heart, and he became more and more strict.
For this reason, he made a decisive decision to estimate the situation to the worst extent, and Gongsun Erniang and Claire are currently his biggest hole cards, so they must not appear in a normal appearance.
And the Holy Scorpion Battle Camp, Zhou Yue also ordered Zhou Da to issue a gag order, not only can he not say anything about Claire, but even the battle in the Western Regions must not be leaked, fortunately, the Holy Scorpion Battle Camp is all recruited from Ma Chao's military camp, and there is no urine like modern people, so there is no need to worry about leakage.
Of course, this qiē doesn't mean anything, Zhou Yue is still willing to believe the people in Panjin Black City, he is just making the necessary precautions.
With a long sigh, Zhou Yue smiled bitterly: "Erniang, Claire, I have worked hard for the two of you, I know this is also difficult, but, you two, but my last line of defense, apart from you, I can't think of anyone else who can help me?" ”
Hearing Zhou Yue's words, she had been silent, in fact, she had been silent all the way, except for the occasional communication with Gongsun Erniang, Claire finally spoke for the first time: "My lord, what are you worried about?" ”
"You probably don't believe me, and I don't know what I'm worried about. But, Claire, you have seen Ma Chao decline from a prince with 100,000 troops to a lost dog in just one month in the Western Regions, do you think Ma Chao will lose just by force or a dignified battle for military formations? ”
"No!" Claire said very simply, "I don't know Ma Chao, but I know that he is very strong, and he is not very stupid, and on the battlefield, he will not make low-level mistakes, and he has a very strong and elite army, which fully meets the evaluation of a first-class general, but he still lost, and it was very miserable, my lord, do you mean that Ma Chao was defeated by a conspiracy?" ”
"Yes, Ma Chao is an invincible commander on the battlefield, it is estimated that there are absolutely no more than fifty people in the world who can defeat him on the battlefield, and among these fifty people, he will definitely not appear in the black-clothed food army, but he is still defeated, so I suspect that there is a mastermind behind the scenes, and now, because we rescued Ma Chao and destroyed the plan of the mastermind behind the scenes, so, you know, there is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, this behind-the-scenes mastermind will definitely find us, Erniang, Claire, do you think that my forces are not even one-tenth of Ma Chao's overall strength, so how can I win this war? ”
Zhou Yue's words really succeeded in diverting Gongsun Erniang's anger, and she couldn't help but be very nervous and worried: "Zhou Yue, is there such a strict zhòng? Do you want me to go back to Wu Yue and ask my senior brother to protect you, no matter what, I won't let the mastermind behind the scenes succeed! ”
"Uh-"
Zhou Yue's heart warmed, but he could only smile helplessly, Gongsun Erniang regarded the mastermind behind the scenes as a villain who specializes in catching children, in fact, he is not afraid of any assassins at all now, and he even hopes that the mysterious alliance will use the lowest means of assassination to deal with him.
But it's a pity that the black hand behind the scenes is obviously a master of resourcefulness who is thousands of miles away, and the direction of attack he wants to choose is definitely not Zhou Yue himself, but his forces, once his forces collapse, it makes no sense to kill him Zhou Yue or not.
In this case, even if Gongsun Erniang invited her master, who was likely to become almost a demigod, it was estimated that she would be helpless.