It is said that Du Wu sent news to Zhongzhou and Donghai respectively, and Zhongzhou is easy to do, and it can be directly transmitted to Bacchus Village and Zhongjing City Pearl Milk Tea House. On the side of the East China Sea Kingdom, the ancestor Shi Jingshan that Du Wu wanted to find, the old man Shi Zu escorted the Nalan family to Qiongya Island, and I don't know if it was still there at this time. You can only try your luck. Although Qiongya Island is located on the sea, they naturally have information contact with the mainland. This is difficult to stop the intelligence network of Miss Mingzhu. Her network has been in operation for several years and is deeply rooted in every corner of the continent. Naturally, you can also find the contact point of the Qiongya Sword Pavilion on the mainland. Send the letter to their point of contact, and they will naturally send it to the island.

Half a month later, news came from the direction of the Viper Mountain Range that the black barbarians, under the leadership of the Black Witch Palace, raised 200,000 witch soldiers to kill Ben Nanzhao City overwhelmingly, burning and looting along the way, making the people restless.

Du Wu also received a reply from Zhongzhou State, Du Wanqian had arrived in Zhongjing City with a large number of disciples of Dionysian Village, leaving enough personnel to protect the safety of Old Master Kang, and the others were all on their way to the Southern Barbarian Kingdom. And the old swordsman of Dongfang Bai also recovered his health, so he stayed in Kangfu and protected Old Master Kang closely.

There is also bad news, the black forest of the black barbarian tribe actually escaped from the prison and is now missing. Emperor Zhongzhou was furious and mobilized a large number of people to track down the whereabouts of Heilin, but Heilin disappeared as if the world had evaporated. Emperor Zhongzhou asked Mr. Kang to personally arrange for people to investigate the matter, and Mr. Kang sent many experts to investigate the case, but there have been no clues so far. It can be seen that the enemy still has hidden piles in Zhongzhou, which makes people can't help but be vigilant.

On this day, Hua Zhixiao took Du Wu to the school for a military parade. Because the flower barbarians like peace and do not like war, the standing army is not as large as the black barbarians. There were only fifty thousand troops. Among them, there are 10,000 flower soldiers of Hua Zhixiao, 5,000 elder troops of the four elders, and 20,000 flower barbarian elite soldiers, who are responsible for the guard of the capital.

Because the people of the Southern Barbarians are not good at building cities, there are almost no other decent towns except for Nanzhao City. The common people formed some villages spontaneously, and these villages were generally located in the mountains and flatlands where miasma was scarce. In such a situation, a war is not conducive to offense but not defense. Hua Zhixiao issued an order for the people on the front line to move to the rear to avoid encountering the black barbarian forces. Troops were also sent to help with the relocation of the population.

During this period, the relocation work was basically completed, and many young and middle-aged people from ordinary people's families spontaneously joined the army to protect their families and defend the country. In just over a month, another 50,000 soldiers and horses were levied. Someone trained them specifically. Although the time is limited, the morale of these recruits is quite high, and today the school field is reviewed, Hua Zhixiao also wants to give them another boost, and at the same time wants to see how their training results.

Because Nanzhao City is relatively small, the school field is located outside the city. When Du Wu followed her mother to the school grounds, the soldiers were already lined up, waiting for the monarch's review.

Hua Zhixiao took Du Wu to the review stand, looked down, and saw 100,000 athletes, mighty and majestic at their feet, and their morale was high. Everyone's face was full of fighting spirit. Hua Zhixiao was very satisfied and gave a speech to everyone, which was nothing more than a word of encouragement for morale.

Du Wu looked at these soldiers from the side, and saw that they were basically wearing rattan armor, because the Southern Barbarian Kingdom was backward in building technology and metal materials were scarce, so the soldiers could only wear rattan armor. However, this rattan armor also has advantages, one is that it is extremely light in weight and has good defense. After soaking in special oil, it can also resist fire. However, compared to metal armor, the defense is still much worse. Du Wu suddenly had an idea.