The attributes of the Eight Bull Crossbow also appeared in the Heavenly Eye of the Chu River, and it was not surprising that the Eight Bull Crossbow also showed weapon attributes, although it was not a divine weapon, it was as high as the grade of the fifth grade.

Eight Ox Armor-Piercing Crossbow (Five Grades): Hard: 27, Sharp: 59, Tough: 32, Characteristics: Might, Heavy Attack, Armor Piercing.

In the eye of the sky, the name of the Eight Bull Crossbow has become the Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbow, the sharpness of fifty-nine has reached the limit of the five-grade weapon, but what is really terrifying is the triple characteristics of the Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbow!

None of these three characteristics are particularly powerful, but when they are combined, they are enough to make the enemy fearful.

All three of these traits increase the destructive power, and they appear on the Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbow at the same time, so you can see why the Triangular Giant Arrow has such amazing destructive power and penetrating power.

With the help of Jiang Wei's sharp weapon of the country, Chu He's confidence soared, as long as the Yellow Turban Army or the Southern Barbarian Army dared to enter Datong County, this Eight Ox Armor-Breaking Crossbow would definitely surprise them.

Chu He did not put away this Eight Ox Armor-Breaking Crossbow, but chose fifty Mighty Guards in the Hidden Abyss Guard to specialize in practicing the Eight-Ox Armor-Piercing Crossbow.

On the one hand, it is to test the number of attacks and the stability of the use of the Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbow, and the other is to allow the guards to better use the Eight Bull Crossbow to kill the enemy.

Otherwise, if you go to the battlefield and can't even aim, it's a joke.

There was also news from the county seat that Deng Qing personally led 300 cavalry to Heishan Township to collect grain tax, and slaughtered hundreds of young men in a large village, which made Heishan Township angry and frightened, and most of the villages were afraid of Deng Qing's fierceness and had to pay the grain tax honestly.

But there are also many villages that join hands with each other, combine young and strong, defend against danger, and swear to resist taxes.

In some smaller villages, entire villages are hidden in the mountains.

Under such circumstances, Datong County's forcible collection of grain taxes naturally aroused great anger and resentment.

Even if those villagers don't sell their rice and grain to Qinghe Village, the rice and grain collected will not be enough to pay taxes, and forcibly collecting grain taxes is tantamount to asking for their lives, and they can't resist if they don't want to.

After this news spread, the bandits in Heishan Township suddenly became a big problem, and even the entire village went up the mountain to become bandits, even Wuqing Township and Wutan Township were also panicked, and a large number of villagers were secretly making preparations.

Don't look at Deng Qing's hundreds of subordinates, but the strength of the villagers is not much worse than him, many Orions have practiced martial arts, and their combat power is more powerful than Deng Qing's generals.

Deng Qing led the team to collect grain, often where the team passed, in the dense forests and mountains, there were arrows shot, short spears flying, and rolling stones and sassals rumbling down, in just a few days, Deng Qing lost dozens of soldiers.

Moreover, those coachmen and vehicles requisitioned from Datong County had great difficulty in transporting rice and grain, and they were attacked by mountain bandits twice in a row, and the rice grain was seized.

In the end, Deng Qing had to send 200 cavalry to escort the convoy, but in this way, the number of people collecting taxes was smaller, and the efficiency of collecting grain taxes became extremely poor.

The villagers complained, and under the instigation of the Yellow Turban Army, some villagers even secretly contacted each other, preparing to oppose Datong County and join the ranks of the Yellow Turban Army.

Chu He didn't pay any attention to all this.

Recently, the villagers of Changding Township have keenly felt that Qianyuanwei should have made a big move.

Qianyuanwei, who left Qinghe Village some time ago to go out to suppress bandits, has come back one after another in the past few days, looking at their breath, they have become much stronger, and there is also an iron-blooded breath between actions.

The villagers also found many strange faces coming together, some of them from other villages, who were said to have fallen into the grass.

The people in Qinghe Village became extremely busy, and brand-new ox and horse carts appeared near Qinghe Village, and the craftsmen were all working overtime, and the craftsmen's families had not seen the craftsmen working for Chu He for a long time.

Occasionally, some villagers found that the Qianyuan guards guarding everywhere had also changed their clothes, and those who could only use iron guns and iron knives in the past were now wearing animal skin and iron armor, and replaced with all-steel Mo knives and wooden pole steel guns.

A large number of laborers were recruited and hired by Qinghe Village, and the task was very simple, that is, to transport materials, one hundred yuan a day, as small as thirteen to fifty, and those who came did not refuse, even women were treated equally.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of laborers were recruited.

In addition, things such as medicines, food, alcohol, bandages, etc., are also prepared one by one.

Chu He has no experience in preparing for war, but the people of the Demon Army are born to fight, and they are very familiar with pre-war preparations.

In order to keep it secret, only a few people knew about the attack on Fenglai County, and even the Qianyuan guards only guessed that there was a big battle to be fought from various changes.

The dispatch was scheduled for September 8th, the whole army had a day off on the 6th, and all the Qianyuan guards were concentrated at the training ground early on the morning of the 7th, including Chu Mu, Chu Yuan and other 3,000 mountain bandits who had been trained together.

Most of these bandits guessed that Qinghe Village was behind the cottage, but it wasn't until five days ago, when Chu Mu and others led their whole army down the mountain and rushed to Qinghe Village, that they were really sure of this.

These mountain bandits can be regarded as brave and strong when they ask themselves, but compared to the three thousand Qianyuan Guards in the center, no one will be arrogant and think that their team is even stronger than the Qianyuan Guard.

Although the mountain bandit troops had undergone intensive discipline training, they suddenly left Niujiao Mountain and Wolf Head Mountain, and conducted assault training on the side of Qinghe Village for two or three days, and then they were called up again.

Many people were talking to each other, whispering what was going on.

On the side of Qianyuanwei, he also didn't know the purpose of the Chu River, but the formation was clear, the body was straight, his eyes did not squint, the swords and guns were like forests, sinking like the abyssal sea, and stable as Mount Tai.

The three thousand hidden abyss guards turned out to be silent, motionless, standing on the training ground like three thousand statues, such a posture, in the eyes of everyone, they were all shocked.

These mountain bandits now know that the Qianyuanwei that has resounded in Datong County recently is by no means in vain.

Chu He stood on the high platform, looking at the dense army, which had been spreading out hundreds of meters away, and he was also in a trance for a while.

Unconsciously, he has gathered 6,000 generals, although he is not full of talents, but there are also genius generals like Jiang Wei, veterans of a hundred battles like Chu Qianzhong, and many rising stars.

These 6,000 generals can definitely be called elite and strong soldiers, although they are all infantry, but with the cooperation of multiple arms, there are strong archers, steel guards, Mo sword guards, heavy shield soldiers, etc., cooperate with each other, and the combat effectiveness is quite terrifying.

Especially the Qianyuan Guard, the backbone of the green wood body is more than 1,000, and the elite of the double wood stone body is also 300, with the steel soldier strong bow and battle armor, it is simply a humanoid killing machine, and it is no problem to attack the city.

Jiang Wei and Chu Wu were also wearing armor all over their bodies, and only two eyes appeared through the gaps in the armor on their bodies, they were simply armed to the fingers, holding steel guns in front of the two teams of Qianyuanwei.

Chu Mu, Chu Shi, Chu Heizi, and Chu Yuan also led an army each, ranging in number from five hundred to one thousand, and the arch guards were on both sides of the Qianyuan Guard.

Originally, Chu He didn't plan to do any pre-war mobilization, but Chu Qianzhong said that it was necessary to mobilize before the war, so that these soldiers knew what they were fighting for, and also let the soldiers know who they were fighting for.

The pre-battle mobilization was not to boost morale, but to let everyone know who was the real master, especially the three thousand mountain bandits, who they were loyal to.

Chu He's eyes inspected the six thousand soldiers like an emperor, and suddenly there was a feeling in his heart that he was looking at the world, and he felt that he was about to move.

"I'm Chu He! I guess most of you here know my name. ”

Chu He made a very concise opening remark, and then said, "You have the children of Changding Township, brothers from other places in Datong County, and some people from other counties who have come here for various reasons, gathered in Changding Township and gathered here. ”

His voice was not loud, but it clearly fell into everyone's ears: "I believe everyone already knows that whether it is Qianyuanwei, or the brothers of Niujiao Mountain, or the people of Wolfshou Mountain, they are all organized by Chu He." ”

"Chu He formed the Qianyuanwei and established the forces of Niujiao Mountain and Wolf Head Mountain, the purpose is very simple, in this troubled era, without the ability to protect himself, it is equivalent to putting his life in the hands of others, and if he wants to control his own destiny, he must have his own power. ”

Chu He's words are quite straightforward, after all, including Qianyuanwei, these 6,000 people are basically mountain villagers, and they are not easy to understand what big truths or crepe words they say.

"Now the situation in other places, I believe everyone is clear, the reason why Changding Township can maintain peace in the troubled times is because of all of you present. ”

Many mountain bandits were originally full of doubts, but when they heard Chu He say this, they almost said that they were in their hearts, and they all became serious, and pricked up their ears to listen to Chu He's words.

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, they wouldn't have gone up to the mountains to become bandits, and they wouldn't have been exiled to Changding Township.

"Now there are 100,000 people gathered in Changding Township, which is beyond my expectations. ”

"Although I have made a lot of preparations and saved rice grain, I still have to tell you honestly, there is not much rice grain in Changding Township now, and if it continues, it is estimated that within half a year, the rice grain will be cut off. ”

Chu He took a deep breath: "Brothers, what do you say about this?"

It was impossible for Qianyuanwei and the others to answer Chu He's question, Chu He paused, his eyes scanned everyone, and his face slowly became heavy.

"There is no way! I can't expel out those villagers who have gone through hardships to find hope for survival in our Changding Township, but even if 100,000 villagers collect all the rice and grain in the fields of Changding Township, it will not be enough for two months. ”

"Who forced us to this field?

Chu He's voice suddenly mentioned, and his eyes swelled with cold light: "In Fenglai County, there are Yellow Turban troops who have robbed us of countless rice grains, so Chu He will ask you, are you willing to go to Fenglai County with me and take back what belongs to us." ”

"Tell me out loud now, will you?"

At this time, the three thousand Qianyuanwei shouted in unison: "The subordinates are willing to die for Team Chu!"

Three thousand mouths, three thousand cultivators of martial arts, the Qianyuan Guard, full of qi, this roar at the same time, it is simply swallowing mountains and rivers and shaking the sky, rolling like thunder.

The mountain bandits of Niujiao Mountain and Wolf's Head Mountain are much worse, although most of them are shouting willingly, but their voices are uneven, and they seem to be weak in the thunderous roar of Qianyuanwei, and their voices are covered by Qianyuanwei's roar.

However, the mountain bandit troops lacked unity, and their fighting spirit was not weak.

Since they decided to go to the mountains to become bandits, they had already considered looting, and it was easier for them to accept Chu He's decision to send troops to loot the rice and grain in Fenglai County.

Many bandits have even more burning eyes in their eyes, if they can perform well in this battle, they may be able to become a member of the Hidden Abyss Guard.

The treatment of Qianyuanwei is several times stronger than that of their mountain bandit troops, and they can also practice the secret martial arts methods taught by Chu He, with the help of elixirs, demon honey, fruit wine, etc., which makes many mountain bandits extremely hot and envious!

I have to say that Chu He's pre-war mobilization was very lame, after all, Chu He rarely communicated with others before, he was withdrawn by nature, and there was nothing to communicate with others alone, and he was somewhat unaccustomed to giving speeches in front of such thousands of people.

However, no amount of flowery words are as convincing as the facts.

Not to mention the Qianyuanwei who was brainwashed and educated by Chu He, it was those mountain bandit teams, from Chu He's words, they all understood a very simple and straightforward truth, that is, only by robbing the Yellow Turban Army of rice and grain, they could continue to survive.

If they didn't rob the Yellow Turbans, they would have to starve or even return to their previous conditions, starving to death on the mountain road.

They don't know how much grain there is in Qinghe Village, but they know that these 100,000 mouths, even if each person only eats two catties of rice grain a day, they will get 2,000 stone a day, and even if there is a grain mountain in the Chu River, they will have to eat nothing.

The fields in Changding Township alone are impossible to support the consumption of 100,000 dingkou, and it is unrealistic to buy rice grain, so the only choice is to grab it.

Chu He spent countless materials, money and silver to form their 6,000 army, and they will definitely not just use it to take care of their families, as the so-called raising troops for a thousand days, and using troops for a while, now is the time for them to contribute.

Chu He was quite satisfied with the reaction of his soldiers and horses, although he had long known that it was impossible for the soldiers to disobey his orders, but seeing the fanatical roar of thousands of Qianyuan Guards, his heart was also agitated and excited.

These are his most loyal subordinates, and he has not wasted a lot of effort to train them.

Don't look at the Qianyuan Wei Chengjun for a long time, but the money and silver resources spent on them are placed in the Shu Imperial Court, which is an unbearable number.

Thousands of catties of demon honey, thousands of catties of concentrated fruit wine, tens of thousands of strong bones and strong blood pills, thousands of steel armor, any one of which can bankrupt a wealthy family.

The most ordinary Qianyuan Guard, not counting the resources they consume for cultivation, just the armor and equipment cannot be configured without two thousand taels of silver.

Those elite Qianyuan Guards, with full-body battle armor, steel bows, steel guns, and sword and steel shields, are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It can be said that any Qianyuanwei is a silver mountain that can move, and the loss is the Chu River, if you change someone else, if you want to form such a 3,000 Qianyuanwei, you don't have tens of millions of silver, don't even think about it.

Next, Jiang Wei, Chu Wu and others arranged their own troops, sorted out their armor, carried military rations, and were ready to pull out at any time.

In the evening, Chu He sent people to kill dozens of fat pigs and sheep, set up an iron pot to build a bonfire, boiled soup and cooked, and all the soldiers had a full meal on the training ground.

This time, Chu He not only planned to capture Fenglai County, but if possible, he would even pocket Fenglai County, and almost the entire army of 6,000 soldiers and horses was dispatched.

The grain convoy is not in a hurry, some of the horses of Qianyuanwei have been handed over to Chu Qianzhong to form a convoy, and when the day dawns, these tens of thousands of oxen and carriages will rush to Fenglai County under the leadership of Chu Qianzhong.

Now that Chu Qianzhong has regained his strength, Chu He will not use this veteran.

If it weren't for the fact that it was difficult for Chu Qianzhong to take over the soldiers and horses for a while, Chu He even planned to hand over the three thousand mountain bandit troops to Chu Qianzhong.

Changding Township is extremely powerful, and Datong County has secretly sent people to inquire about the news near Qinghe Village, and the 6,000 troops of Changding Township have been mobilized overnight, but they can't hide the ears and eyes of the spies.

Several extremely fast black falcons flew back to Datong County with this shocking news.

Liu Yan, who had just been lying down for a short time, was awakened by his anxious henchman servant, Liu Yan was not in the mood to punish the slave, and looked at the secret letter sent back by the spies with an extremely solemn face, and two words suddenly floated in his heart: "Night attack!"

I've been catching a cold for more than a week, and I'm really sick, and I'm sick like a thread, and I haven't gotten better. The hateful thing is that a disease will come to everything, followed by bronchitis, coughing badly, taking medicine has been dizzy, the code words are not good, alas. Brothers, you should also pay attention to your health. (4570 words, these words don't count money.) ）