Chapter 1017: Child's Play
"Your Royal Highness, the last general is here!"
Just when the council hall fell into an embarrassing situation, suddenly, a female soldier wearing silver armor and a graceful body strode in outside the door.
After the soldier was not as good as the hall, he saluted everyone, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and between his eyebrows, there was a terrifying awe-inspiring murderous aura, and on her head, there was a surging halo, forming a huge halo.
"Angel!"
All the generals stood up one after another, with a look of awe, and even Prince Charles stood up with a respectful expression.
In the religion of Heaven, angels are spirits who serve God, sent by God to help those in need, to convey God's will, and to be God's spokesmen on earth.
The angel has the form of a human being, that is, the shape of a god, and will shine on his body, with a halo above his head and wings on his back. Although there are many people who claim to have witnessed the appearance of angels. However, angels themselves are disembodied spirits, and there are very few examples of materialization, and they consume a lot of spiritual power. If it wants to appear in a physical form without consuming spiritual power, it can only be possessed. But because angels are "pure bodies", they cannot possess any living beings, and the only biological bodies that can only be possessed by the Immaculate Evil Body, without a soul. Angels are the embodiment of pure "goodness", so they will never tolerate the existence of "evil", but they are not considered friends of human beings.
All the generals knew the female soldier, but they could already tell from the light above the female general's head that the female soldier had been possessed by an angel.
Prince Charles did not immediately agree to the angel's request, but politely sent the angel away.
After the angel left, the chamber fell into a suffocating silence again.
People are not happy because of the appearance of angels, because the appearance of angels is not a good thing, which means that angels have lost faith in them and are directly involved in the war of mankind.
Normally, the war between humans and humans is a proxy war of the gods, and although there are superpowers involved in the battle, it is still extremely rare for the gods to directly participate in the battle of the human race.
The participation of the gods in human battles indicates that the war will become more and more cruel.
"How's the intelligence blockade?" Prince Charles asked suddenly.
"Your Royal Highness, starting from the Emperor's Grand Canyon and Shanhai Xiongguan, our army has blocked all the news, however, this blockade may not last too long, and the Han army at Zhenshui Pass should be able to get the news soon."
"How long do you think it will be blocked?" Prince Charles frowned.
"Shanhai Xiongguan has fallen for seven days, and the last general thinks that there are seven days left at most, and the Han Empire will be able to get the news."
"So we have up to seven days to prepare?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Is there any accurate news about Shanhai Xiongguan?"
According to intelligence, Zhou Sen now has 130,000 troops under his command, of which 100,000 are Russian soldiers, and the remaining 30,000 are Han veterans and temporary recruits. Among the 130,000 troops, 80,000 were cavalry, 30,000 were infantry, and a number of miscellaneous servants were ......"
"Where's the weapons, grain, and grass?"
"Our arsenal in the Russian Empire has been seized by the Orns, who now have ample armor and armor, but ...... Because the Orr Desert is a long way, in a short period of time, they cannot transport a large amount of grain and grass, at present, the grain in the mountains and seas can last for a month at most, or even less, if we have time, as long as we detour back to the Orr Desert and cut off their supply lines, at most two months, we can let them defeat without a fight......"
"Do we have two months?" Prince Charles sneered.
The generals were silent.
As Prince Charles said, do they have two months?
Not to mention two months, two weeks is too long.
Now, not only Zhou Sen in Shanhai Xiongguan is facing a grain and grass crisis, but also the crusaders of the Han Empire are also facing the same crisis.
Of course, the crusaders can feed the war with war, but the problem is that once the war is fed by war, the previous policy of appeasing the people will be in vain, and the situation that has been stabilized with great difficulty will become turbulent because of the plundering of the crusaders, causing strong resistance from the common people of the Han Empire in the crusader-occupied areas.
Prince Charles was caught in a dilemma.
Although the crusaders were full of masters, there was no one who completely grasped and defeated Zhou Sen, and this battle could only be won, not defeated.
If defeated, the crusaders will be doomed.
Even Prince Charles shuddered at the thought of this.
Zhou Sen's trick is really powerful, which makes Prince Charles, who has never been defeated, feel the boundless pressure.
What would happen if angels were to be brought into battle?
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on Charles' face.
Charles knew very well what it meant for the angels to go to war, and that meant that countless gods and spirits would be involved.
The Gods and Demons Continent is as strong as a cloud, and it can be seen from the war potential of the Han Empire that thousands of superpowers and monsters have joined the war, which shows that there are likely to be a large number of god-level characters living in seclusion here.
Usually, behind the god-level figures, there are very complex backgrounds, which are inextricably linked.
The battle between the gods and spirits is devastating.
Only from the moment he set foot on this continent, Prince Charles felt a hint of foreboding, because many high-ranking Crusader generals had summoned god clones in battle.
For this reason, Prince Charles was furious, he did not want the high-ranking generals to summon gods to participate in human battles, not to mention that it was still when the crusaders had absolute superiority.
Prince Charles's ominous premonition was confirmed, because the high-ranking generals of the crusaders frequently summoned the gods to fight, provoking some extremely difficult characters, including the Heavenly Mouse, the Monkey King and the Bull Demon King, these terrifying existences are all able to compete with the gods......
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"Okay, let the angels fight!"
After a long silence, Prince Charles's face was heavy, he had no choice but to ride the tiger.
This battle is determined to win.
That night, the beautiful angel rushed to the Vaal City not far from the Shanhai Xiongguan in the starry night.
Vaal City is a prosperous economic and trade city on the western border of the Han Empire, because it is prosperous and densely populated, so the Crusaders regarded it as an important garrison place, only after the fall of Shanhaixiongguan, the Crusaders from all directions gathered in Vaal City and the Russian army of Shanhaixiongguan to form a confrontation.
During this time, the Crusaders of the Vaal had been massing, and by the fifteenth day, the total strength had reached 150,000.
On the thirteenth day, the angel arrived at the Vaal city.
The angel did not come alone, in order to ensure that the emperor's Grand Canyon and the mountains and seas could be recovered, Prince Charles also sent three generals to assist the angel.
These three generals are not simple, they are also famous in the kingdom of heaven, and they are not much inferior to him who killed the king Haide.
On the tenth day, Zhou Sen quietly left Shanhai Xiongguan.
No one knows where Zhou Sen went, and in fact, no one knows that Zhou Sen left, because Zhou Sen left his clone to sit in Shanhai Xiongguan.
Zhou Sen arrived in Vaal City.
Like Prince Charles thought, Zhou Sen also knew that the next battle would be related to the success or failure of the Crusaders, as long as he withstood the first wave of attacks of the Crusaders, then the next battle would be much easier, because, at that time, the Han army thousands of miles away already knew that he had cut off the back road of the Crusaders.
It is conceivable that once General Wu Yuan learned that Zhou Sen had captured the Shanhai Xiongguan, he would inevitably launch a fierce attack to contain the Crusaders' military action against Zhou Sen.
At that time, it was only a matter of time before the Crusaders were defeated, their supplies cut off, and their entire army annihilated.
Know yourself and know your opponent, and win all battles.
Zhou Sen infiltrated Vaal City alone, just to find out the news.
Vaal City is a city of immigrants, it is said that hundreds of years ago, it was still uninhabited, and later, many people of the Yin Tan tribe came here to do business, forming a huge open market, gradually, merchants from the Han Empire also arrived here, and finally, formed an extremely prosperous city.
Due to the temporary closure of traffic, the souks of Vaal City are much deserted.
Of course, the so-called deserted also refers to relative, in fact, the souks are still crowded and lively.
Zhou Sen, who wore a bun and was dressed as a business traveler, walked through the bustling crowd, thinking about how to take this kind of city.
For the current Zhou Sen, he needs this kind of city very much, because this is a rich city, as long as he occupies this city, food supply will not be a problem, and there is no need to transport it from Orr, which is thousands of miles away.
At present, Zhou Sen is facing the same predicament as the Crusaders, lacking food and grass.
However, Zhou Sen has an advantage that this is the territory of the Han Empire, and he stands in the home position, as long as he occupies Vaal City, the local squires and local tyrants will support it, and it is completely different from the Crusaders to raise the war.
Vaal City has become a piece of fat that Zhou Sen is determined to get.
Vaal City was not originally a military town, but after the Crusaders invaded the Han Empire, Vaal City became a very important city, mainly because the city was able to provide a large amount of tax revenue for the Crusaders, which was extremely important for the Crusaders who were stretched thin on military expenses.
After being occupied by the Crusaders, the city of Vaal became more and more prosperous due to the change of regime.
It was not the first time Zhou Sen had been to Vaal City for many times, and today he found that the open-air market in Vaal City was more than double the size of the previous one.
The Vaal City's souks are built on a vast wasteland in a desert-like setting, where tents and stalls stretch for miles, crisscrossing like a giant labyrinth.
The Vaal open-air market is extremely rich in supplies, in addition to all kinds of local products, even some military supplies are circulated here.
Zhou Sen, who had been wandering around for a full hour, found that this open-air market, in addition to the abundance of goods, was a huge underground market, and he even saw a lot of weapons and armor of the Han Empire openly selling.
There is no doubt that those weapons and armor have been circulated from the crusader barracks, because many weapons have not yet been opened and are as bright as new, which shows that these military supplies are directly obtained from the warehouse.
Theoretically, it is impossible for the people of the Han Empire to have access to military supplies, which means that those military materials are strategic materials captured by the Crusaders, and then they are quietly stolen and sold.
Of course, there is also a possibility that the Crusader high-ranking officials themselves sold through some channels to enrich their own pockets.
Either way, it is not normal for these military supplies to appear on the market.
Zhou Sen was moving with the flow of people, calculating rapidly in his brain, and vaguely, he seemed to have caught something, but for a while, he couldn't figure it out.
"Hey, little brother, do you want military shoes?" Just as Zhou Sen was racking his brains to think about it, an Orr man in a short coat pulled Zhou Sen, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously.
"Don't." Zhou Sen subconsciously shook his head.
"Sold to you cheaply."
"Don't."
"Look at it, a lot of young people like it, it's rich in variety and cheap."
"Is there a knife?" Zhou Sen's heart moved.
"Knife ...... Well, that's a bit of a problem......" The short-coated Orr hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and a look of alarm appeared on his face.
"Forget it."
Zhou Sen turned around and left, and the Ori people looked unwilling, but they didn't dwell on it anymore, but looked at the next target.
It seems that weapons are still strictly forbidden to circulate!
Zhou Sen wandered around and thought nonsense, he had a gut feeling that there were moths in the crusaders who were selling some captured booty.
From the flood of military supplies on the market, it is certain that this is a huge chain of interests, because it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary crusader soldier to be so bold, and one person cannot do the sale of military supplies on such a large scale......
……
Huge chain of interests!
Suddenly, Zhou Sen's heart was shocked, if it is really a huge chain of interests, then there must be a lot of people involved, if all the moths are pulled out, the entire high-level of the Crusaders in Vaal City may collapse, thus shaking the morale of the Crusaders.
It's just that in the midst of lightning, a crazy plan formed in Zhou Sen's brain.
"Hey, dude, do you want a belt?" Just as Zhou Sen was thinking of a crazy plan, a rough-looking man stopped Zhou Sen, holding a belt for the cavalry of the Han Empire in his hand.
"Yes. How many do you have? Zhou Sen said.
"How much do you want?" When the man saw Zhou Sen stop, he was immediately overjoyed.
"The problem is that I want as many as you want, I have formed a camel caravan, and I will leave here early the next morning, and there are already many families selling these things to me, but the number is very small, so I didn't take orders."
"How many camels do you have?" The rugged-looking man asked.
"Two hundred."
"Two hundred! All of these things? The rugged man first looked serious, then showed a suspicious expression, and looked Zhou Sen up and down.
"Of course. As long as it is supplies from the military, I want them, and besides, I can add camels. ”
"This ...... I'll have to ask. The rugged man hesitated.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter, if it works, if it doesn't work, if it doesn't work, I'll look at the rest."
"You're not selling these things?" The rugged man glanced around, a wary look on his face.
"It's the first time I've been to the Vaal Market, and I've seen a lot of military supplies from the Han army, and if the price is cheap, I can get some to resell."
"Okay, if you really want to buy it, just wait for me for a while, this is my stall, this is my wife, you sit here for a while, at most when there is a stick of incense, I can reply to you."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
The rugged man and the woman muttered a few words, said hello to Zhou Sen, and squeezed into the flow of people.
Dahan's wife is a fat Orr woman, very hospitable, serving tea and pouring water for Zhou Sen, very talkative, just chatting for a while, then familiar, about to introduce Zhou Sen to his sister as a wife, Zhou Sen casually reproduced and said okay, as a result, the fat woman really called her sister who was setting up a stall not far away.
"Sister, what are you doing?" A girl with a graceful figure and eyes as blue as the sky was called.
"Come on, my sister has found you a husband, you see, it's good, good looking......"
"Sister......" The girl's face suddenly turned red like an apple, and she looked coquettish.
"The man should get married, the woman should get married, what's so embarrassing, my sister didn't just come over like this back then." The fat woman grabbed her sister and dragged her in front of Zhou Sen, "Brother, my sister is beautiful, it's not me who blows it, my sister is the most beautiful in the entire Vaal City." ”
"Ahem...... Beautiful, pretty......" Zhou Sen couldn't think of saying it casually, the other party really called his sister, and suddenly looked embarrassed.
However, this fat girl's sister is indeed beautiful, with fair skin, blue eyes, and a graceful figure, full of youthful atmosphere.
In Zhou Sen's eyes, the girls of the Orr people are young and beautiful, and the figure is even more convex and backward, but it may be a matter of race, as long as the Orr woman gets married and has children, her figure will immediately go out of shape, like the fat woman who is setting up a stall in front of her, looking at the face shape, she must have been a stunning woman when she was young, but now she is no different from an old sow.
"Little brother, it's no wonder that my sister didn't tell you, but the one who came to propose marriage stepped on the threshold of my family, my sister just chatted with you speculatively, and I felt that you were a good person, so I called my sister-in-law......"
"Eldest sister, I'm still ...... young"
"It's still small! Where are you small? The fat woman looked Zhou Sen up and down, and saw that Zhou Sen's back was chilling.
"I ......"
"Okay, whether the business is successful or not, come to my house for the night today." The fat woman grinned.
"Sister......" The girl who was so embarrassed that her face turned red suddenly changed color when she heard it.
"Sister, I believe in my sister's vision, my sister has been in this market for more than ten years, and has read countless people, this little brother, good-looking, good talk, he will become a big weapon one day, in the future, you just wait to be a young grandmother!" The fat woman comforted the girl.
“……”
A red cloud appeared on the girl's face again, she lowered her head, and secretly glanced at Zhou Sen, with a look of shy curiosity.
“……”
Zhou Sen opened his mouth wide, and he vaguely felt a hint of something wrong, because the fat woman didn't seem to be joking, and the girl who blushed at every turn did not reject him.
Could it be that the lifelong event is given so simply?!
What does it mean to spend the night at her house today?
That's child's play, isn't it?
"Little brother, there is good news."
Just when Zhou Sen was thinking about finding a way to open up, suddenly, the rugged big man trotted all the way over, grabbed Zhou Sen, and his face was filled with excitement.
"What's the situation?" Zhou Sen asked.
"They have a shipment to sell, but you have to leave tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow night...... However, I plan to do it the next morning......"
"It's not negotiable, if you can leave tomorrow night, then the business can be done, if you can't leave, the business can't be done."
"Why?"
"I don't know, anyway, if you can leave tomorrow night, no matter how much goods you want, they can provide it, of course, to pay in cash."
"There is no problem with funding, it's just a ...... in time"
"Brother, in this way, you go and arrange the arrangements now, just give me an answer tonight, if it's okay, I'll bring them over to negotiate the price." When the rugged man saw Zhou Sen say that funds were not a problem, he was immediately overjoyed.
"Okay."
After Zhou Sen left the contact address of Dahan, he did not continue to inquire, but left the Val Market.
After leaving the Vaal Market, Zhou Sen did not hide his tracks, but went to the horse shop in Vaal City, inquired about the price of pack horse rentals, and booked two hundred camels and dozens of porters......
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When it was time for dinner, Zhou Sen went to the stall owner's house.
The stall owner's house had already prepared a sumptuous dinner, and when Zhou Sen entered, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, because the stall owner's house was surrounded by many masters.
At the head of the stall owner's house sat two heavenly people.
Why are you saying that you are from heaven?
In the past few years of dealing with the Heavenly People, Zhou Sen has been able to identify the Heavenly People at a glance from their clothing and movements.
Although these two people are a little stylish, they don't look like soldiers.
After a shabby introduction, everyone ate together, the stall owner and his wife were unusually enthusiastic, and the curvaceous girl was busy, and glanced at Zhou Sen with a shy face from time to time, Zhou Sen inadvertently found that the girl seemed to have been carefully dressed, however, Zhou Sen did not take it to heart, after all, the two heavenly people are distinguished guests, and it is reasonable to dress up.
Everyone was chatting with each other.
Of course, the purpose of this small talk is very clear - to ask Zhou Sen's background.
Now Zhou Sen is a Han man, named Ma Yong, who does business in a desert town in Orr, mainly doing some leather business, and buying some hunting weapons for hunters in the mountains between going back and forth.
"Hunters want armor too?" A heavenly man picked up the teacup, drank a cup lightly, and asked vigorously.
"Hehe, it's popular now, not to mention some hunters, even some herdsmen, will collect a few sets of well-made armor stomachs for future generations......"
Zhou Sen's tongue was full of lotus flowers, blowing the yearning of the ordinary people of the Russian Empire for the weapons and armor of the Han Empire.
The two Celestials glanced at each other and fell into a long silence.
What Zhou Sen said is actually not wrong, now, not only Orr, but also the Han Empire, there are also many people who collect standard weapons.
Of course, a large part of those who collect them have bad intentions, but this has little to do with them, because they themselves sell stolen goods, and naturally they don't care about the use of others.
"Do you want a bow and arrow weapon?" Another Heavenly Man stared at Zhou Sen with a pair of deep blue eyes.
"Don't, don't, I just need to buy a little military supplies, those long knives, bows and arrows are too obvious, in case they are discovered by your Heavenly Crusaders, but all of them must be confiscated, although the profits are large, but the risk is too great, it is not worth the risk." Zhou Sen waved his hand again and again.
"However, there are many weapons in our batch that are in a hurry to get rid of them......"
"Big brother, you also know that business is difficult now, if I swallow the armor of two hundred camels, but I will exhaust all my family property, if something goes wrong, I will be bankrupt, sorry, except for ordinary military supplies, weapons, I can't help." Zhou Sen pretended to be excited, and after careful consideration, he still politely refused the request of the two.
"Hey, that's the problem......" The two Celestials glanced at each other with a look of anxiety on their faces.
"Now the Han Empire is in chaos, and there are a lot of weapons, not to mention the traders, even in this Vaal market, there are countless people who can swallow goods......
"Hehe, yes, okay, it's so decided, you get the camel team ready, and we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods at night, in short, no matter what, it can't exceed tomorrow night, remember!"
The two heavenly people seemed to have no intention of eating, and after explaining something, they accepted a part of Zhou Sen's deposit, and then got up to leave......
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"How does this person feel?" After the two left the tent, one of the Heavens asked the other.
"It's an honest businessman, so there shouldn't be any problems."
"Well, I feel the same way, but unfortunately, what we want now is a dishonest customer, that batch of goods is too huge, we don't have much time left, and if we don't deal with it, we may not have a chance to deal with it in the future."
"There is no problem with the stomach, the biggest problem now is the batch of long knives, bows and arrows, the Han people are afraid that we are setting traps, and they dare not ask for goods, hey......"
"The merchant seems to want a weapon just now, but he doesn't dare to ask for it, or we will find a way to convince him tomorrow, preferably if we can digest a batch of weapons."
"Okay, I'll do it tomorrow."
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The two sighed all the way and disappeared into the darkness.
The identities of these two people are not simple, they are relatives of the guards of Vaal City, specializing in reselling war booty and military supplies, and the entire underground weapons trading market in Vaal City is almost monopolized by them.
Now, they're in a nutshell.
Vaal City is about to change generals.
The day after tomorrow, the Crusader generals from the area of Orange Island will take over the entire Vaal City, and when the time comes, it will not be so convenient for them to resell.
Therefore, now the two are hurrying to sell the stolen goods and turn all the military supplies that can be sold into cash as soon as possible.
Herein lies the problem.
Large-scale sales of stolen goods are not easy, and some traders only dare to buy goods on a small scale, after all, people are afraid of dealing with the Crusaders, and if they are discovered, they will be charged with a crime casually, not only confiscating their property, but also causing death.
Ordinary military supplies are also easy to sell, the most difficult is the Han standard long knife and bow and arrow, because this is a lethal weapon, usually subject to strict control, unlike those shoes and leather armor or something, as long as some military symbols are removed, they can be openly sold.
In fact, what the two of them hope most now is to encounter the underground resistance organization of the Han Empire and buy all the weapons at once.
For them, it didn't matter who these weapons ended up in or how much damage they would do to the crusaders, all they cared about was making a fortune in their own silence......
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"Xiao Zhou, I'll sleep here tonight, the bed has been made."
"This ...... It's good. Zhou Sen originally wanted to refuse, but he was afraid of the other party's suspicion, so after hesitating for a while, he agreed.
Suddenly, Zhou Sen saw Xiao Yu, who was sitting down to eat next to him, hanging his head down, red from the root of his ears to his neck.
Faintly, Zhou Sen felt that something was wrong.
After eating, the two husbands and wives accompanied Zhou Sen to drink tea, while Xiaoyu kept standing quietly by the side and waiting for everyone.
"Hey, it's not early, rest early, there is still work to do tomorrow, Xiao Zhou, your room is over there, Xiao Yu, wait for Xiao Zhou to wash up."
"Huh......" Xiaoyu lowered her head, her voice faintly inaudible.
After the two couples entered the room, Xiaoyu began to wait for Zhou Sen to wash, although Zhou Sen repeatedly refused, but Xiaoyu just did it silently, and Zhou Sen had to accept it.
It's time to sleep.
Zhou Sen was taken to a warm room by Xiao Yu.
As soon as Zhou Sen walked into the room, he felt a girl's fragrance, and it was obvious that this room was Xiaoyu's room.
"Xiaoyu, this is your room?" Occupying a girl's boudoir, Zhou Sen felt a little inappropriate.
"Yes." Xiao Yu pursed her lips and said softly.
"And where do you sleep?" Zhou Sen asked.
"......" Xiao Yu looked at Zhou Sen with a look of surprise and puzzlement.
"Ahem...... Where do you sleep, I ask? ”
"I sleep here too......" Xiao Yu stood behind the door, stirring the corners of her clothes vigorously, her full chest rising and falling sharply.
"Ah......" Zhou Sen, who was originally sitting on the bed with his butt, seemed to be pricked by a needle, and suddenly bounced up, with a shocked face.