Chapter 289, A New Era of War
Hu Wei took the shady talisman, quickly stuffed it into his arms, and said: "Let's talk about it first, these five talismans are not considered to have repaid the principal!" ”
Regarding the calculating nonsense, Li Chengjing didn't think he was stingy. m.
It's just that what he needs this time is too expensive.
Don't look at the wooden box that is only a few feet long, there are as many as four or five kinds of drawn rune paper inside, and there are as many as 100 pieces of each, and the price is at least worth more than 300,000 taels.
Even if it is placed in the Daqing court, it is enough to support a battle of small scale.
This is also the reason why most of the loose monks on the mountain seem to be very poor.
Things are too expensive.
What is expensive is not the rune paper, but the mana, yuanqi, and time required to draw the rune.
And the talisman doesn't always succeed.
If you just buy blank rune paper, you can buy a set of better rune paper for one or two thousand taels, but sometimes you can't buy one for two or three thousand taels of finished rune paper.
This is still the kind of low-level rune paper, if it is a good rune, such as a high-grade rune that uses Jiaolong skin, chalcedony, purple bamboo and other heaven and earth spiritual materials as rune paper, it may not be possible to buy one for ten thousand taels of silver.
Fortunately, except for the killing talismans, most of the talismans are not one-time consumables, but can be used continuously, unless the mana in the talisman is exhausted, or the talisman is missing, it can be closed in time after use. Wait until next time to resume using it.
For example, Li Chengjing's cloak shade charm is such a talisman.
And like the Seven Evil Extinguishing Talismans, it is a killing talisman that activates all the power at once, and once it is activated, it is impossible to close the door.
What Hu Wei prepared for him was naturally just an ordinary talisman, although the price was cheap, but there were too many of them.
Even if Hu Yan bought so many talismans at once, his small coffers were a little overwhelmed.
No wonder he was so fragmented.
Li Chengjing naturally understood this, and in order to appease him, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if I fail this time and fail to earn back the silver, don't I still have a few dragon corpses?" If I can't repay the money, I'll use the dragon corpse to pay off the debt! ”
Hu Yan's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "I suddenly hope that you have failed!" ”
Since the Jiaolong clan took refuge in Buddhism, the corpses of the Jiaolong in the Central Plains are almost not seen, and each one is worth a fortune, and it has long exceeded the price of the material of the Jiaolong itself.
Not to mention taking out one, even a small half is enough to pay off the debt.
But this thing is too sensitive, and if it is openly sold, it is easy for those monks in the West to think that Li Chengjing is too provocative and insulting to them, and it will definitely cause trouble to Li Chengjing.
Therefore, Li Chengjing got rid of the nonsense this time, and also asked him to pay the silver taels in advance, instead of selling the corpse of Jiaolong.
Putting the wooden box containing the talisman into the bag, Li Chengjing asked curiously while putting the bag in his arms: "If you don't leave, do you still want me to invite you to dinner?" This is the border pass, you are not afraid of bumping into the soldiers and cutting your way! ”
Hu Wei didn't care about Li Chengjing's quip, but asked, "Are you sure you don't want to ask me for help this time?" ”
Li Cheng glanced at the nonsense and said, "You are not suitable? Don't forget that your Baojiaxian's hometown is still in the Yuan Kingdom, and his identity is sensitive. As the protector of the Yuan Kingdom, he gave his life to Qingguo to fight the Yan Kingdom, how can the court of the Yuan Kingdom let you go! ”
In fact, at the beginning, Li Chengjing wanted to enter the Yan Kingdom with his disciples, but in the end he still felt that it was inappropriate.
In the end, Baojiaxian still has not been affirmed by the Emperor of Qingguo, they belong to the monks of other countries, and if they are not recognized by the emperor and the imperial court for a day, they are not suitable to appear in the open.
Hu sarcastically shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's okay, I'm just polite anyway." Let's go! ”
As he spoke, the nonsense turned into a black wind, melted into the winter wind, and disappeared.
This means, He Kaishan who watched it was envious.
Li Chengjing patted He Kaishan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be envious, it's just a retreat technique, and when you succeed in the future, you can do it." ”
I have to say that the degree of heavy snow here is absolutely unimaginable to people in the Central Plains.
In just one night's work, the snow was almost reaching the height of one man.
If it weren't for the Hou Mansion and the road leading to the promise, which were cleaned up at all times, I am afraid that the whole city would be stuck in snow at this moment, and it would be impossible to move.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Guan Sheng was already waiting in the living room.
Guan Sheng took Li Chengjing and the others to the barracks together, and on the way Guan Sheng said: "You are in a hurry to go this time, I have asked Guan Zhong and the three of you to prepare the map of Yan Guo, and when you set off, you can ask them for what you want." ”
Li Chengjing nodded, in fact, he didn't think much of the Kanyu map, mainly because he thought that the Kanyu map was just a general range map, which was very different from reality.
Moreover, between Yan and Qingguo, there are extremely deep grasslands and desert Gobi, and there are nomadic herders loyal to Yan in between, who move with the water and grass, and have no fixed residence, let alone any big city.
Without a reference, there is not much difference between the presence and absence of a map, but it is better to find a guide who is familiar with the surrounding geography.
However, these have already been considered by Guan Sheng, and there is no need for Li Chengjing to worry.
Such a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield all his life is thoughtful and defeats Li Chengjing, so he will not waste time in this regard at all.
By the time they arrived at the barracks, the three hundred soldiers had already put on their leather armor and weapons and were standing in the middle of the camp.
Guan Sheng took Li Chengjing into the barracks and was very satisfied with the scene in front of him. He looked at Li Chengjing and asked, "What, these are my lifeblood, don't you fold them all in Yan Kingdom!" ”
Li Chengjing nodded, arched his hand and said solemnly: "Please rest assured!" ”
Guan Sheng didn't say anything high-sounding, but said solemnly: "Come back alive!" ”
With a bowl of send-off wine, the soldiers stepped on their horses and walked towards the outside of the camp.
But Li Chengjing went straight to the back of the baggage car, and said to Guan Sheng: "I'll take the things, these people don't have to follow, it's really a drag!" ”
Guan Sheng was stunned for a moment, looked at the carriage that was full of more than a dozen taels, frowned and asked: "If it is normal, it is just a matter of fighting to support the war, but if it is freezing today, the snow is about to bury people alive, you don't bring baggage, how can you live!" ”
But Li Chengjing smiled and said nothing, in the eyes of everyone, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms, and after gently pasting the grain on the carriage, he said lightly: "Collect!" Absorb! ”
Immediately, the grain on the wagon disappeared in an instant, leaving only an empty wagon.
Without looking at the others who were already stunned, Li Chengjing spent four or five zhang to collect all the baggage into the talisman paper, and then put it intimately.
Guan Sheng on the side, his eyes were full of fanatical eyes, and his body trembled wildly because of excitement.
As the commander of an army, he knows too well the importance of food and grass for an army.
And Li Chengjing was able to put away all the baggage on the seven or eight carriages and turn them into three pieces of light rune paper, which made Guan Sheng feel suddenly enlightened.
It's like the hand that pushed open the window.
All kinds of corresponding ways of fighting began to shatter and reorganize in his mind, and a way of war that he had never dared to imagine constantly impacted his cognition.
After Li Chengjing put all the baggage into the talisman, Guan Sheng couldn't wait to step forward and borrow the talisman.
"Li Zhaoguan, can you show the old man the rune paper in your hand!"
"Absolutely."
Li Chengjing handed over a talisman stuffed with grain and other utensils to Guan Sheng.
Guan Sheng took it lightly and found that it really looked like the weight of an ordinary piece of paper.
As if to see what Guan Sheng was thinking, Li Chengjing smiled and withdrew the rune paper in Guan Sheng's hand, and under Guan Sheng's stunned gaze, Li Chengjing said: "Why should the marshal be so surprised, when he is willing to walk into the red dust and touch the army, then it will be explained." The era of combining magic and the art of war has arrived. ”
"Guan Dashuai, liberate your inherent thoughts, welcome and embrace this new era!"
Guan Sheng looked at Li Chengjing, who was laughing, and did not ask for the rune paper again, but pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head with a wry smile.
Although Li Chengjing said it beautifully, in fact, magic and the military are still two things that restrain each other.
Not to mention the expensive cost of the talisman itself, it is still essentially a talisman based on the Nine Qi of the Origin, and once it touches the war, it may be damaged at any time.
Therefore, it is not universally applicable to use the Nawu charm as a baggage transportation.
After all, if there is no weapon to protect it, just with the little strength of mortals, any youkai will dare to rob it.
But if you use a weapon to protect it, you will accidentally break the talisman.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, Guan Sheng calmed down, and he sadly found that what seemed to be a simple thing did not have much operability.
Unless Guan Sheng can find a group of mountain cultivators and transfer heavy weapons to their border troops, they themselves have cultivation in their bodies, and their goals are small, and they can come and go freely, then they are the most suitable troops to transfer and transport baggage.
The idea is wonderful, how can the arrogance of Xuan Xiu on the mountain listen to him as a mortal.
Like Li Chengjing, Guan Sheng has never remembered a few times in his life.
When Li Chengjing collected the baggage, he did not hide anything from everyone in the pro-soldier camp, even those who went out to fight.
For Li Chengjing, this strange Shangguan, the soldiers in the pro-soldier camp are all full of curiosity and awe for Li Chengjing.
With this power still existing, Li Chengjing easily made this arrogant soldier obedient.
turned over on the war horse, Li Chengjing took the lead, constantly leaving the people behind him behind him and coming to the front of the team.
The three captains of the pro-soldiers arched their hands to Li Chengjing and said, "The city gate is ahead, but it has been snowing heavily for several days, and the city gate may have been blocked, how are the recruiters going to get out of the city?" ”
When Li Chengjing heard this, he smiled and said, "This is a problem, but it is not just our problem. The heavy snow blocked the way for our operation, but it also blocked the way for the Yan State spies to communicate. When is it more appropriate to send troops than now! ”
Seeing Li Chengjing's insistence, the three of them no longer entangled too much.
Anyway, the city gate is imminent, so let them speak with facts.
When the gate opened, the corridor of the city gate looked a little dark, all because outside the city gate, it had long been blocked by the heavy snow that was almost one person high, which made the corridor that was not much of a trip even darker.
Just when Guan Zhong and the others were about to ask Li Chengjing what to do and whether he would return to the camp, they saw Li Chengjing take out a piece of talisman paper from his arms; Burst into shouting: "Stay out of the water!" Chi! ”
The next moment, the three of them found that an invisible force enveloped them.
Then I heard Li Chengjing burst into the air: "Erlang, follow me into the Yan Kingdom, and avenge the people and colleagues who died tragically under the hands of the threshing soldiers of the Yan Kingdom over the years!" ”
Then, they saw Li Chengjing take the lead and rush towards the snow.
Just when they thought they were about to see Li Chengjing's embarrassed appearance with most of his body embedded in the snow, they found that the snow around them quickly retreated a way.
didn't dare to delay, and Guan Zhong and the three didn't dare to stay too far away from Li Chengjing, so they also rushed out.
Then they found that whether it was the fresh snow falling from the sky or the heavy snow piled up at the city gate, they were all in front of them, and they automatically avoided them, allowing them to rush out of the city gate unimpeded.
Guan Sheng, who saw this scene, suddenly understood why Li Chengjing said that this is a new era of war.
The combination of Taoism and the art of war will definitely not be as simple as what is in front of you, Guan Sheng is very sure.
Some people died, but not completely......