049, State Affairs (II)

Xiling couldn't help but take a step back and said: "The ministers will do their duty and send wind collectors to preach to the people how important this battle is to our country, and it will be the sovereign's move to pacify Ba Yuan." I really misjudged the identity of that little gentleman at the beginning, but it was also wise for the Lord to not track down this person, even if the sect master Meng Yingqiu was in trouble, didn't he not be held accountable for killing his disciples?"

Xiang Poor snorted coldly and said, "Today's talk is not about personal enmity, but about the great cause of unifying Bayuan. Military preparations should be as thorough as possible, but once the overall situation has been decided, there should be no more words that shake the hearts of the army and the people. Lord Caifeng is worried about the country, and I don't blame you for saying these things here, but in the country, I hope that the wind collectors from all over the country will do their best to encourage the people. ”

Xiling's concern is actually very simple, the monarch has issued a general mobilization order for the war, but it is difficult to say whether the people are really willing to follow the monarch to launch this national war. Although the various cities will also expand their military formations, recruit people, and transfer supplies, they will only passively carry out the king's orders, and may not have real enthusiasm and fighting spirit.

As a master of Caifeng, Xiling knows very well - the will of the people can be manipulated, and if the army of the Xiangmuro Kingdom wins all the way and can get more benefits and benefits, most of the people will at least not oppose the decision of the monarch. But once the war is frustrated, I am afraid that the people's will will be reversed. Because a large-scale national war means that the people have to tighten their belts to get by, and the people everywhere have to pay a price, and this price may be unnecessary.

There are many factions in the country that must follow Xiang Poor, because their interests have long been tied to the clan of the Xiang Chamber, and there is no other and better choice. But there are still many forces, especially ordinary people, who are not willing to take the initiative to participate in such a national war, which in their eyes is just a clan dispute.

The rulers of the five kingdoms of Ba Yuan, except for their different names, are really no different to the ordinary village residents. Everyone not only speaks the same words, has the same lifestyle and psychological identity, but also worships Taihao and Yanzhao.

This situation is the basis for the unification of Ba Yuan. But it was also decided that the war must be launched with the broadest possible public support. However, Xiang Poor has waited for the fighter plane that can no longer be missed, and it is impossible not to do it, so he can only do his best to achieve a big victory.

On the other hand, however, Xiang Poor was indeed well prepared, and had already sent people to infiltrate the country of Bamuro in batches, focusing on the various cities lurking on the route of the army, probing timely and accurate military information, and formulating the most reasonable strategic arrangements. And he prepared for this war for nearly twenty years, including sending envoys to appease the various tribes in the wilderness, which was also for this purpose.

So in the country of the phase room. Although the people did not share the same hatred for the enemy as the Bamuro country, the efficiency of mobilization for the war was also very high, and the reserves of strategic materials were sufficient. They soon gathered a large army and marched from all over the country to Ryoma Castle at the border.

At the thought of the upcoming battle, Xiang Qian also felt high spirits and even blood boiling, and he decided to personally lead the army to attack to boost morale. Of course, Yue Xuan, the general of the Zhenguo State, had to lead the army to follow, and the soldiers were left in charge of the logistics and the collection and transportation of military supplies in the national capital.

The day before the official raid on the border pass of the Bamur Kingdom, Xiang Qian had not forgotten to send an envoy to Meng Yingqiu with heavy gifts. Xiang Poor didn't expect to get Meng Yingqiu's support, but just showed his respectful attitude. And based on experience. None of the major sects of cultivation will directly intervene in the wars between countries, but they will occasionally have a tendency to secretly do so.

The fate sent someone to reply to Xiang Poor: "Xiang Jun took advantage of the danger of the people to raise troops, claiming that the fighter plane is rare, and persuasion is useless. Meng Yingqiu is a holy place of cultivation outside the world. I have no intention of interfering in the disputes of the nations, and the army is passing by, so don't disturb my generation's cultivation. But when Xiangjun goes, have you ever thought that it might be difficult to return?"

For the poor. As long as Meng Yingqiu has this attitude, it's fine. Of course, his army would not attack Meng Yingqiu's dojo, and if Meng Yingqiu's disciples wanted to escape the war and return to Meng Yingqiu, they could avoid disaster and protect themselves. That was the case a hundred years ago. The last sentence of the fate seems to have meant a warning or a reminder, but it is impossible for Xiang Qi to retreat because his army has already broken through the border of the country of Bamuro.

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If you cultivate above the eight realms, you will have the ability to fly, and if you cultivate above the six realms, you can also have your own flying artifact, and you can also fly to the sky. But there are too few masters, and it is impossible to be driven by people and fly around, of course, pigeons are used, so the fastest means of communication on Bayuan is to use specially trained rock pigeons.

The army will use rock pigeons to send messages in time. However, there are two great restrictions on the transmission of the rock pigeon, one of which is that the rock pigeon can only fly back to a fixed place from a fixed location, or from a moving place back to a fixed place, because it is looking for its own nest.

For example, Hanxiong can use rock pigeon to send a message from Shanchuan City to Jinsha City, but if Shao Wu enters the Xiangmuro country, Yan Ge will not take the initiative to find the army that does not know where it is.

In this case, the only way to do this was to send the news from Shanchuan City to Jinsha City first, and then send light cars and fast horses from Jinsha City to follow the march of the army and report to Shaowu. This is also a great time saver, as the rock pigeon has flown from south to north over the border of the country of Bamuro.

The second limitation of using the rock pigeon is that it can only transmit the simplest signal agreed in advance, in this era when there is no systematic writing, only the simple symbol corresponding to a certain thing can be agreed in advance, drawn on a small cloth strip and delivered by the rock pigeon, a slightly more complicated message, you must send someone to send a message.

Therefore, it will take at least five days from the time Xiang Poor sent troops to break through the border defense of the Bamuro Kingdom to the time when the young minister who is far away in Jinsha City receives the battle report, which is determined by the use of rock pigeons, the fastest means of communication. In other words, when Shao Wu was able to confirm the news, the real incident had happened for at least five days, and the people in other places had not had time to hear about it!

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The country of Ba Muru mobilized troops throughout the country, many newly expanded military formations drove to the south, and many people went to the north as if to prepare to transfer materials, and there were many cars, horses and pedestrians on the road. Two people stood on a small hillside on the side of the road, looking at the pedestrians, cars and horses in the distance, a middle-aged man with a lofty posture and a young man with clear eyebrows.

No one who came and went could have imagined that the middle-aged man was Cangsha, who was famous in Bayuan, and the young man next to Cangjie was Hou Gang. Hou Gang said curiously: "We have just come from Xiangmuro Country, and Xiangqi is transferring troops from all over the country to the border of Bamuro Country. Shaowu is also mobilizing troops across the country, but it is Bamuro that gathers heavy troops and goes south to crusade against Zheng Muru. In this way, Xiang Poor wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack. ”

Cangjie smiled indifferently: "Xiang Poor is not just thinking, he has been waiting, I am afraid that there will never be such a good opportunity in this life! In terms of national strength, Xiangmuro Country is inferior; but in terms of geographical advantages, Bamuro Country has always been a disadvantage." I think that these two countries have been planning for many years and have sufficient reserves, but the people of Pakistan are obviously more warlike. ”

Hou Gang: "But in this case, Ba Muru will still suffer, and Shao Wu will transfer all the heavy troops to the southern front." ”

Cangjie shook his head and said, "After you entered the first realm, although your cultivation has improved very quickly, and now you are a cultivator of the four realms, you still lack experience. The so-called subtlety of divine consciousness lies not only in the perception of physical properties, but also in the texture of everything in heaven and earth, in fact, it also contains the principle of everything in the world.

You see, most of these southbound formations are newly recruited and expanded new troops from various cities, and many of them have been trained in the barracks, but they have not taken up arms for some time. But if you look at these people who went north, you feel their breath, many of them should be elite sergeants who have been trained for many years, but they have not joined the army at this time, why?"

Hou Gang: "Why?"

Cangjie: "I've already told you what I found, and you still have to ask me! Shao Wu is clearly gathering the elite army to the border of the Xiangmuro country, if it is just for prevention, there is no need to be so hidden." As he spoke, the senior master suddenly sighed and waved lightly into the air.

A rock pigeon was flying through the air, as if restrained by a soft invisible force, and it fluttered its wings and landed above Cangjie's palm. Hou Gang saw it on the side, and had to smile bitterly, Cangjie had a habit of occasionally finding rock pigeons in the sky, and always wanted to stop and see what kind of message they were carrying—what kind of symbol was drawn, and what kind of message was supposed.

This rock pigeon happened to fly by, and it did not escape Cangjie's palm. Hou Gang hurriedly stretched out his hand, took the initiative to untie the small strip of cloth wrapped around one of the legs of the rock pigeon, and said with a little surprise: "I have seen this fabric, it is a brocade produced in the red brocade city of Zheng Muroguo, it is extremely light and thin, it can be woven by ordinary craftsmen, and it has also been refined by mana, it seems that the identity of the messenger is extraordinary." ”

Speaking of this, he had already opened the cloth, but his expression was stunned, and he was stunned: "Master, look!"

Even Cangjie was taken aback, only to see that the narrow strip of cloth was densely covered with runes, and there were more than a hundred in total. These are not simple symbols, but "characters", the characters created by him himself! If such a thing falls into the hands of others, he will not understand what it means at all, but Cangjie can understand it all at a glance.

This rock pigeon was sent from Zencheon Castle, and the message it was supposed to be a report to the monarch's junior affairs. Ba Muroguo has captured Baiguo City, and there was a little accident in advance, and the city lord of Baiguo City took the lead in provoking a conflict and was caught in order to save his brother. General Weimang took advantage of the situation and launched an attack in advance. The defense line of Yuping Mountain has been solidified, and the monarch can implement the next strategic plan.

This is actually the rock pigeon released by Hanxiong and flew to Sands City to report to Shaowu, and no one expected that it would be intercepted by Cangjie on the way. Through the few words recorded above, Cangjie can also roughly judge the overall strategy of Shaowu, that is, the real is virtual, and the virtual is real.

But what really shocked them was that Ba Muroku used the text created by Cangjie to transmit military information, and the text message was matched with rock pigeon, which should be the fastest and most effective means of communication so far. (To be continued......)