The Standing Army had very few iron weapons.

Even after defeating the Yellow Turban Army before, a large number of iron knives, iron guns, iron armor, etc., were directly melted and refined into steel, otherwise it would not be possible to arm tens of thousands of Changding troops, more than half of the soldiers and horses were all steel armor, and the rest were steel weapons, inlaid with steel leather armor.

In fact, the militia of Tianshui County's guards, in terms of quality, may not be much worse than the mountain bandits, this time guarding Ji County, distributed a lot of steel soldiers for them to use, what is lacking is only combat experience, the same number of militia strong troops, can definitely withstand the same number of mountain bandits.

Although there are 30,000 mountain bandits, it is quite difficult to capture Ji County, which is defended by thousands of militiamen.

Therefore, this time the Flying Leopard and other siege cities, the main forces were basically dispatched, and those who waved their flags and shouted in the rear were basically minions, old and weak.

These bandits, whose combat effectiveness was almost negligible, were suddenly rushed over by thousands of fierce and brave brutes, and they were instantly disorganized, fled in a hurry, and even lost their minds and rushed towards the front army, greatly disrupting the formation of the siege mountain bandits.

Phoenix Yu, the grandmaster of the peak of the fifth grade, is wearing the five-grade divine soldier Phoenix Divine Armor, holding the Phoenix Divine Bow of the same grade, and the silver horned demon beast at the peak level of the fifth grade is also sitting below, and the combat power has even reached the level of the sixth-grade Xuandan Grand Master, how can these old and weak mountain bandits resist it.

The silver horn is covered with thick silver hair, and its defensive power is extremely amazing, and the phoenix divine armor on the phoenix feather is even more invulnerable, and he doesn't need to pay attention to any mountain bandits' offensive at all.

The phoenix divine bow was powerful, and three scorching rockets appeared out of thin air, and in an instant, three blood paths were brought out in front, hundreds of mountain bandits were shot by one bow and three arrows, and one man and one beast were invincible among thousands of mountain bandits.

Not to mention attacking the Phoenix Feather, the mountain bandits can't even get close to the range of the Phoenix Feather.

Under the stimulation of internal strength, the phoenix armor shines with divine patterns and flies with flames, like a phoenix bathing in fire, and ordinary mountain bandits will be burned to death by the scorching phoenix flames when they get close to it.

The phoenix feather killed a bloody mouth, and the barbarian soldiers behind it were also very brave, and a large number of mountain bandits fell everywhere, and there was no enemy at all.

Such an accident naturally shocked the flying leopards and others who were about to climb the city wall, and they never imagined that the phoenix feather would slash them at this time.

You must know that the Flying Leopard also invited Phoenix Yu to come to Tianshui County to reap the benefits together!

"Damn stinky bitch!"

The flying leopard scolded hatefully, where did he care about capturing Ji County, and hurriedly greeted his brothers, turned back with the elite mountain bandits, and faced the barbarians in Shuangyue Cave!

At this time, you can see the difference between the mountain bandit army and the regular army.

It is the regular army, so hurriedly turn around and fight, it is inevitable that the formation will be chaotic, not to mention these mountain bandit troops that are fighting separately and come from the three bandit leaders!

There were no military drums and golden gongs, no words of commanding flags, and there was a lack of heralds and warlords, and in the midst of the panic, the three bandit leaders were able to gather the main force and go all out to meet the barbarians of the Shuangyue Cave.

From above, some of the mountain bandit troops who had been stretched out of the battle line were still stunned and continued to kill towards the city wall of Ji County, using hooks and cables to climb up, and some of the bandit leaders hurriedly gathered manpower, not daring to continue to attack Ji County, nor daring to turn around to attack the barbarians, so they could only defend in place, and even killed the mountain bandits who rushed into their formation.

Those mountain bandits who were killed by the barbarians fled everywhere, or directly attacked the main mountain bandit formation.

Many mountain bandits who were besieging the city, after roaring, found that they could not gather their strength, so they simply formed a gang and fled to the side.

Anyway, they have gained a lot of benefits everywhere in Ji County, their pockets are bulging, and they have three or two hundred gold and silver, so there is no need to stay here to resist the barbarians and the Yongzhou army.

The Flying Leopard, the King of the Snake Mountain and the King of Juli attacked the city with their henchmen elites, and they were able to stabilize their positions to some extent, each of them summoned more than a thousand elites to counterattack the Phoenix Feather, and the problem was that between them and the Phoenix Feather, there were still 20,000 panicked mountain bandits, and if they wanted to fight with the barbarians, the first thing was to cross the mountain bandit troops.

The panicked mountain bandits were scurrying around, and in order to maintain the formation, the flying leopards and others showed no mercy to these friendly subordinates.

What kind of discipline do the mountain bandits have, if you cut me, I will definitely not stand honestly and be slashed by you, I am ruthless in my heart, who cares about the boss or not, I will resist immediately, but Phoenix Yu has not yet entered the mountain bandit army, and tens of thousands of mountain bandits have fought on their own.

Phoenix Yu, these brute soldiers, although they are also mountain bandits, are all from Shuangyue Cave, and their relationship is much closer than that of the flying leopard, and they are united in their hearts, under the leadership of Phoenix Yu, they are becoming more and more courageous.

waited for the Flying Leopard to finally stabilize the situation, but found that there were only three or four thousand elites under his command, and the remaining mountain bandits were either killed by both sides or fled elsewhere.

The flying leopard suddenly scolded, scolding the phoenix feather, and also scolded the mountain bandits under his command, completely did not reflect on his original intention to treat these mountain bandits as outcasts, once he got the wealth of Ji County's armor, he took his henchmen and men to escape into the deep mountains and dense forests to hide.

However, on the Flying Leopard's side, there are already more than 3,000 main bandits, and the Snake Mountain King and the Juli King are similar, and tens of thousands of elite mountain bandits may not be able to fight with Phoenix Yu.

Just as the Flying Leopard was about to greet the Snake Mountain King and the Juli King, the three barbarians who attacked the Shuangyue Cave together, how did they know that the Snake Mountain King didn't say hello, so he led the mountain bandits under his command to flee towards the east quickly!

The Flying Leopard and the King of Juli looked at each other, and they couldn't scold anymore, but at this time, the gate of Jixian County was wide open, and a team of militia guards under the leadership of the Changding Army roared out of the city gate.

Although the combat effectiveness of these guards is slightly inferior, after the battle with the mountain bandits, they can be regarded as hating the mountain bandits.

You must know that they were originally people who were cultivating the fields outside, and the mountain bandits burned and looted all over Ji County, burning their houses, killing their relatives, and robbing the rice, grain, and silver that they had saved up with great difficulty, and even the fields were destroyed by the mountain bandits, and they couldn't wait to gnaw the bones of the mountain bandits and eat their flesh.

Now that he saw the chaos of the mountain bandits, he didn't need Zhao Yilong and Fan Lie to boost their morale, as soon as they opened the city gate, they killed the mountain bandits with red eyes and madness.

The situation on the battlefield turned in an instant.

At the same time, a big flag was also erected not far away, and it was the reinforcements of Baoshan County.

Originally, their 2,000 men and horses could only harass the mountain bandits on the periphery and reduce the pressure on Ji County, but now they did not hesitate to kill them.

Led by dozens of steel generals, the morale of the militia of the two thousand guards was high, wielding swords and guns to flank the bandit army of the Flying Leopard and the Great Power King.

Don't look at these militias without armor to protect themselves, but the weapons in their hands are definitely killing weapons, such as spears with steel spears, steel war knives, hunting bows and steel arrows, which are much sharper than the regular armies of other armies.

The flying leopard watched the elite of the mountain bandits fall in a pool of blood one by one, and thousands of mountain bandits were killed in a short moment, and secretly screamed in his heart, and was about to call the king of great power to fight out of the encirclement.

At this moment, a red light roared up, and the giant power king, who was raising the giant axe and preparing to slash the enemy, let out a miserable scream, and then looked down in horror and fear as the red light passed through his chest.

Before King Juli could see the scorched black hole in his chest, a silver light flashed past him, and then King Juli's head flew half a day high, and his brain had been cut off by Phoenix Feather.

Although the King of Juli is a fourth-rank martial sect, how can he be an opponent of the phoenix feather whose combat power has reached the sixth-rank level!

The flying leopard was suddenly frightened, you must know that the strength of the giant power king is not much worse than him, seeing the phoenix feather arrogantly killing him, the flying leopard hurriedly let out a long roar, and a black shadow fell from the sky, it was his golden feather black eagle.

The Snake Mountain King jumped up from the back of the giant ape, landed on top of the giant eagle, and fled quickly into the distance.

It's a pity that no matter how fast the giant eagle is, it can't be faster than the five-grade divine soldier phoenix bow!

This time, Phoenix Feather did not condense the arrow with flames, but pulled out a silver arrow covered with red runes from the quiver on his waist, and shot it at the giant eagle.

The silver arrow turned into a flaming phoenix in mid-air, and slammed through the giant eagle.

Even the flying leopard above was wounded by the silver arrow, and one arm turned into charcoal in the flames, and fell from the giant eagle with a scream!

Chu He received an urgent report that the mountain bandits who had invaded Ji County had been defeated, and the soldiers were chasing the fleeing bandits everywhere.

In this way, Chu He can also calm down and negotiate a truce with the Yongzhou army.

The conditions he proposed for 10,000 war horses, plus 20,000 young soldiers and 3 million taels of silver, were definitely a lion's mouth.

Especially 10,000 war horses, you can't measure it in silver.

Nowadays, a good war horse is worth between five hundred and one thousand taels of silver, and if it is a divine horse or something, there is no price ceiling at all.

For example, Zhao Zhanshen's Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse, if anyone ran to Zhao Zhanshen and said that he wanted to buy his Zhaoye Jade Lion for one million taels of silver, Zhao Zhanshen would definitely stab him with a fierce shot, so that the other party would know why the flowers were so red.

10,000 war horses, at least worth more than 5 million taels of silver, especially the black iron horse, don't even think about it without 2,000 taels of silver.

Chu He wanted war horses, not inferior horses for transporting logistical baggage.

Wang Yan is only 30,000 cavalry, and the endurance of war horses in this world is amazing, unlike the cavalry in ancient times on the earth, which requires one person and two horses, so the number of war horses in the Yongzhou army is just over 30,000, and giving Chu He 10,000 war horses is equivalent to reducing thirty percent of cavalry!

Chu He didn't expect that not long after Wang Du went back, he went to the Changding army camp again and agreed to the three requests put forward by Chu He.

However, Wang Du also put forward Wang Yan's conditions, requiring Chu He to give up 5,000 sets of steel soldiers, 1,000 steel bows and 100,000 stone rice grains.

Of course, this condition is unacceptable to Chu He, you must know that the sword cavalry under the command of Wang Yan is originally a hard commodity that can compete with the Qianyuan Guard, if you get steel armor and steel bow, with the blessing of Wang Yan's iron bones and courage, I am afraid it can bring a great threat to the Changding army.

Chu He's overlord martial arts are powerful, and the Qianyuan Guard, who has been blessed by the power of martial courage, must be much more powerful than the Kuidao Cavalry, but there is no need to help the other party improve their combat power and bring more trouble to themselves.

However, in negotiations, the words come first, and it is not important that there are differences, but whether the important thing is whether the talks can continue.

The fact that neither side has any intention of fighting is an important basis for the continuation of the negotiations.

In the end, both sides gave in to each other, and the Yongzhou army took out 10,000 war horses, 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, etc., plus 5 million taels of silver and 30,000 taels of gold.

On the Chu River, he gave up 1,000 sets of steel soldiers, 200 steel bows, and 100,000 stone rice grains.

The Yongzhou army plundered many cities and villages, of course, there was no shortage of money and silver, and it was a pity to lose it, and it was troublesome to take it, so they simply gave most of the silver taels to the Chu River.

If it weren't for Chu He's killing of 10,000 war horses, Wang Yan would even be willing to give Chu He an additional 3 million taels of silver, and the price of 1,000 taels of silver would be worth a war horse.

On the Chu River, because Wang Yan added two million taels of silver, thirty thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand young men, the value was roughly the same as the steel armor and steel bow paid, and it was only an arms deal with the Yongzhou army.

In fact, the price offered by Wang Yan is much higher than the price of the current Changding army sales and the Southern Barbarian Army, under the Chu River half-sold and half-sent, a set of steel armor was sold to Meng Shu, that is, 10,000 taels of silver, and the steel bow was 5,000 taels of silver.

Generally speaking, Wang Yan suffered a big loss, at least the 10,000 war horses, 20,000 young and strong 3 million silver, all of which were compensated for the losses of Chu He, not to mention the loss of Lu Kai's 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the elite of 8,000 cavalry of Shuanggu Dao.

But there is no way, who makes the Yongzhou army not the opponent of the Changding army.

Although the process of the transaction was full of vigilance and caution, it was finally successful in reaching the deal, and it was not until the remaining 70,000 Yongzhou troops quickly drove away to the east, and walked out more than 300 miles away under the supervision of the Scorpion-tailed Tiger Air Cavalry, that Chu He summoned the generals to discuss post-war matters.

As Wang Du expected, in this nearly thousand miles of land, Chu He did not intend to return it to the Southern Barbarians.

This piece of land in southern Xinjiang pierced between Qinzhou and Yongzhou like a sword, as long as the hilt of the sword is cut off, a large area that originally belonged to the southern barbarians to the north can be owned by the Changding army, and there will be no more problems of mountain bandits attacking Ji County only to be discovered by the Changding army.

This originally belonged to the area of southern Xinjiang, which is 500,000 square kilometers in size, although most of them are mountains, but there are also large areas suitable for farming, and the water source is sufficient, such as near the Shanjing River, and the water source problem that is most feared in the agricultural era can be easily solved.

As long as it is occupied, it can expand the territory of the Standing Army by more than two-thirds, and it will not be a problem to move a million people here.

In addition, abundant forest resources, animal resources, and underground minerals are also extremely important.

Let's ask Chu He how he is willing to give up the ground he has beaten again.

If there was no Yongzhou army, Chu He would of course be embarrassed to occupy the territory of his allies for no reason, but since the Southern Barbarian Army could not drive away the Yongzhou army, then this place was the territory of the Yongzhou army, and now the Yongzhou army was driven away by the Changding army, and it was natural to accept the territory of the Yongzhou army.

Even if Meng Shu has an opinion, the two sides will fight with each other, anyway, the territory is in the hands of Chang Dingjun, and whoever dares to rob it will have to see whether the swords and guns in Chang Dingjun's hands agree.