Chapter 921: The Battle of Makino (I)
Seventy miles south of the song city, Makino.
Hundreds of thousands of anti-merchant troops gathered here, the barracks stretched for dozens of miles, and all kinds of flags were waving in the wind and hunting.
Ji Fa is really high-spirited, and he is all pointing out the country between his conversations.
In his opinion, Chaoge City is already close at hand, and it is only in the past few days that he has won the world.
On his side, he not only has the support of the three great uncles and hundreds of small princes, but also the recognition and support of the Heavenly Court Immortals, as well as the recognition and support of the strongest Heavenly Dao such as Hongjun Ancestor.
With such a powerful force, who can compete with me?!
A new era is about to open in my hands!
Although it is not clear why Heavenly Court and Hongjun Ancestor are so jealous of that King of Xuan.
However, in Ji Fa's opinion, he was already a flying dragon riding face, how could he lose.
Many princes are also full of confidence, feeling that they will soon reshuffle the cards and distribute benefits.
Only the people in the Heavenly Court and the Hongjun Ancestor had very solemn expressions, because only they knew what they were going to face!
It was a monster that was said to be even more powerful than Hongjun Ancestor.
A few miles away, the big merchant soldiers and horses led by Wen Taishi were also ready to go.
At this time, Wen Taishi's eyes were full of perseverance, which was a firm light towards death.
He had already made up his mind, and today was his last battle.
Huang Feihu's accident filled Wen Taishi's heart with sadness and regret.
He didn't want to explain too much, he just wanted to atone for his sins with his actions.
But before that, he has to do one last thing for Dashang.
Wen Taishi, who was draped all over, was sitting in his marching tent, looking down at the map, thinking about how to fight the next decisive battle.
Suddenly, I felt something in my heart, and when I raised my head, I saw my master, Our Lady of Jin Ling, standing in front of me.
Master Wen was shocked, and hurriedly got up and saluted, "Master." "Wen Zhong."
Our Lady of the Golden Spirit looked at him calmly and said, "Can you listen to the words of the teacher?" ”
Master Wen's heart tightened, and he immediately knew what the master wanted to say.
He responded in a deep voice, "In addition to betraying the big business, the master can let the apprentice do anything." ”
"Alas~~~"
Our Lady of the Golden Spirit sighed, "Do you know that the God of Haotian has already said that all those who serve the Great Shang and are on the Divine Altar will be sent to the Divine Cutting Platform when the calamity is over and they reach the Heavenly Court?" ”
"Hahahaha~~~" When Master Wen heard this, he immediately laughed out loud, "What are these coercive words?" Dying for the great business is the disciple's will, and when he dies on the battlefield, Wen Zhong is already dead, and going to the god platform is just one more step. ”
"Besides." Wen Taishi's eyes showed contempt, "Who will be in charge of this Heavenly Court in the future, it's impossible to say now." ”
Our Lady of the Golden Spirit sighed again, "Why is this so. ”
Master Wen looked at his master, saluted again, and said, "Master, please listen to the disciple." This time, the master should not be involved, and it will not end well. ”
"How can I not know what you know."
Our Lady of Jin Ling sighed more than once, "The battle of all saints, as a teacher, is not qualified to participate. As for the human battlefield."
Master Wen's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "Master, don't get involved in it." You don't know how terrible the king is, even if a human cultivator intervenes to help Xiqi win? As long as the king pulls out his hand, none of the people involved can run away. ”
"The master is not stupid, he naturally knows." A smile appeared on the face of the Holy Mother of Jin Ling, "The master has already said that all disciples will return to the cave to cultivate, and they will never be allowed to appear in the world. ”
Wen Taishi was slightly stunned, "Teach this is."
Our Lady of Jin Ling shook her head and said, "Master Venerable has passed on the position of sect leader to Senior Brother, and he is already prepared for the worst. ”
After that, the eyes of the Holy Mother of Jin Ling looked at Master Wen Taishi and said, "I came here this time to ask you, are you willing to return to the cave to cultivate with the teacher, and never set foot in the world again?" ”
Wen Taishi fell silent.
After a long time, Master Wen lowered his head and bowed to the Holy Mother of Jinling, "The master's kindness, the disciple can't repay it." It's just that the disciple has already decided to give everything for the big business, and ask the master to fulfill it. ”
"Alas~~~"
In response to Master Wen, there was only such a sigh.
After a long time, Wen Taishi raised his head, and there was no longer the figure of the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit in the marching tent.
He got up slowly, looked in the direction of the door, and his Adam's apple moved slightly, "Master, let's go." ”
Ji Fa sent an envoy to the side of the Dashang military camp and issued a letter of war.
Wen Taishi agreed without the slightest surprise, and the two sides agreed to fight a decisive battle in Makino three days later.
In terms of troops, Xiqi's side occupies an absolute advantage, with several big uncles and many small princes, bringing hundreds of thousands of troops, plus Xiqi's own soldiers and horses, it has an overwhelming advantage over the Dashang side.
Although it is at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, in terms of quality, the advantage of Dashang is very obvious.
First of all, almost all soldiers are equipped with iron armor and weapons, and they have extremely adequate logistics.
Of course, while these are important, morale is even more important.
The status of professional soldiers on the side of Dashang is very high, and the treatment is also very good.
Accompanying the battle were auxiliary legions made up of freed slaves.
The name of the auxiliary legion may not seem good, but these freed slaves are already living a good life that can be called people.
They would never allow themselves and their families to be slaves again.
For this, they are willing to pay any price, and they will not hesitate to work hard for it!
Although the Xiqi side had a large number of troops, most of the troops were mainly slaves, and their combat beliefs were inversely proportional to the number of people.
The slaves had long known about the king's order to release the slaves, and the reason why they had not escaped was simply because they were suppressed by the guards' weapons.
Ji Fa naturally knew that the slaves had no belief in fighting, so he directly announced that as long as he could obtain the head of a member of the Great Shang in the war, he could be released as a slave.
This news has slightly boosted the fighting faith of many slaves.
It's just that the princes are dissatisfied.
"Xibohou, it's very difficult for us to do this." Beibohou Chonghouhu was the first to speak, "The merchant army on the opposite side is almost all armor soldiers, if you really win, wouldn't it be to let go of too many slaves?" ”
The East Bohou and Nan Bohou on the side also nodded in agreement.
Although they despise slaves and regard them as grassy mustards, they also know that slaves are the most important resource, and they cannot give up anything.
With slaves, there are people to work, people to farm, people to do all kinds of industries, people to create wealth for them, and serve them.
Even freeing even one slave would be an unbearable loss for them.
"This matter has its own arrangements." Ji Fa's smile was very affinity, "This reward must be offered, otherwise the battle situation may be unfavorable." ”
He knew very well that an army of slaves, who were almost unequipped, would hardly be able to defeat a fully armed professional army.
Therefore, it is necessary to improve the fighting faith of the slaves.
Several uncles were watching him, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation and compensation.
Ji Fa smiled even more, "Wait until the war is over and everyone goes home, and then find a way to make them slaves again." ”
"Just make excuses. Cultivating the land, cutting down the forests, hunting and fishing"
In the era of slavery, everything in the fiefdom belonged to the slave owner.
Cultivating the land of slave owners without authorization, cutting timber without authorization, hunting and fishing in the mountains, forests and lakes without authorization, etc., are all violations of the rights of slave owners.
"It's too slow." Nanbohou E Chongyu shouted dissatisfiedly, "Staring at them one by one, when will it be over?" ”
"Troublesome? Never mind. Ji Fa's smile was a little indifferent, "Gather them all together to settle and distribute the fields." When the autumn harvest comes, they directly declare that these fields do not belong to them, and that all of them are reduced to slavery. ”
"If so." Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu frowned and said, "Isn't it misunderstood that we have no reputation?" ”
'Reputation? This thing has a fart use, is it possible that it can be eaten as a meal? ’
Ji Fa, who was disdainful in his heart, said again: "This matter is easy." You arrange for a person who has a bit of an identity, but wants to get rid of it, to announce the matter of dividing the land and relocating, and then when it is time to do it, you will say that this person has pushed everything on this person in order to retaliate against the princes' arbitrary arrangements. ”
Isn't it just a scapegoat, as if no one knows.
Several uncles felt that what Ji Fa said made sense, and this time the matter was temporarily over.
Three days later, the sun was shining and there were no clouds.
The appointed day has arrived, both sides are three watches to cook and five watches to set off, and when both sides have set their respective positions, it has come to the afternoon.
There is no way, the scale of the legions that stretch for dozens of miles on both sides is too large, so big that no one can fully command it, and it is up to each department to fight by itself.
In the sky above the head of the Xiqi army, a large number of auspicious clouds floated, and the figures of countless heavenly soldiers and generals continued to disappear from time to time.
Once the extraterritorial heavenly demons do not appear when the war starts, these heavenly soldiers and generals will go out to join the war.
As for why he didn't take the initiative to fight as soon as he came up, it was naturally because Haotian God was also afraid of the cause and effect of the Heavenly Dao.
When you can not set yourself on fire, you are naturally reluctant to take the initiative to cause trouble.
As for Hongjun Ancestor, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master, they are hidden in the clouds at a higher level.
They were all waiting, waiting for the arrival of the extraterritorial Heavenly Demon in Asaha City.
As countless snare drums were beaten, a war began on the vast and flat land of Makino, which was impossible to have in this era in history.