Chapter 166: Feitian Station
In the Yin-Yang Realm, in the capital city of Wu, there were five giant trees hundreds of feet high surrounding it. Tens of thousands of bat soldiers were constantly taking off and landing, and the entire sky was covered.
Chen Jiu stood on the top of the old peach tree, looking at the busy scene, and couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing this, Zhang Qian couldn't help but ask with concern: "What's wrong, Jiu, why are you sighing again?"
Chen Jiu said helplessly: "I will lead the army to Japan in a few days. This battle will not be easy to fight."
This battle is indeed not easy to fight, as there are several real gods in Japan . The key is that he has to drag it out, and he cannot lose or win. Moreover, he has to act more realistically, as if he is trying his best to fight fiercely with Japan, otherwise he will not be able to drag it out.
Zhang Qian thought about it, and then asked: "Why don't you just turn against the Royal Court? Their strength should be inferior to that of the Northern Yin Division."
Chen Jiu shook his head slightly and said, “No, we can’t turn against them now. They may not be as strong as Bei Yin Si, but their combat effectiveness is much stronger than Bei Yin Si.
The true gods in the Northern Underworld are unwilling to fight, and the Yin Shuai, judges and golden-bodied gods under their command have no fighting spirit. However, the dukes, nobles and elite troops of the Imperial Court will fight me to the death with just one order. The Imperial Court has ruled the world for so many years, and I don't know how many treasures it has in its hands that have not been taken out.
The key is that the Heavenly Court has been waiting for an opportunity to deal with me, the Northern Underworld must also be waiting for an opportunity, and even the true gods in Japan are waiting for an opportunity. With my current strength, if I fight with them for my life, I can't guarantee that I will be defeated by them together.
But it will be different if we drag it out. The longer we drag it out, the more demon fairies and demon kings I will have, and the stronger I will be. By the time the demon fairies and demon kings under my command can crush the nobles and the elite troops of the Beijing Camp, Japan will probably have been almost exhausted by us, and my strength will probably be able to compete with the true gods of the Heavenly Court, the Imperial Court, and the Northern Underworld. Then our chances of winning will be great. If we turn against each other now, my chances of winning are less than 50%."
Zhang Qian couldn't help but sighed, "It's really difficult to not fall out with each other and to delay time."
Chen Jiu murmured, "In fact, as long as I act more realistically, as if I'm doing my best to fight with Japan, I can keep dragging it out."
At this time, a team of bat soldiers flew back, covered in wounds, and they seemed to be carrying several bat soldiers whose wings were broken.
Seeing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Lao Tao, what's going on? Don't you have tens of thousands of bat soldiers under your command? Is there any powerful existence in the Yin-Yang Realm that can hurt so many bat soldiers? Could it be a ghost fairy?"
Hearing this, the old peach tree could not help but sigh and said, "There are no powerful beings in the Yin and Yang world now. All the ghosts who don't want to join the Dark Religion have been killed by us and dare not come. We can only send bat soldiers to the underworld to search for Qi, blood, and souls.
The underworld is so big that powerful ghosts are not easy to find. We can only divide one hundred bat soldiers into a team and try to disperse and look for them. It is impossible for them to gather in one area to support each other. This team must have encountered a powerful ghost king and the fight was quite brutal.
But it doesn't matter, as long as they can come back, we can make them back to normal."
Was the fight more brutal?
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu suddenly had an idea.
He thought for a moment, then asked, "Lao Tao, how many bat soldiers do you have now?"
The old peach tree estimated: "We probably have about 50,000 to 60,000 bat soldiers in total."
So many!
Chen Jiu couldn't help but ask, "How many bat soldiers and blood soul pills can you make in a day now?"
The old peach tree sighed slightly and said, "Back when the Yin-Yang Realm was still full of ghosts, we could create three to four thousand bat soldiers and refine three to four thousand blood soul pills in a day. Unfortunately, it's not possible now. Qi, blood, and spirit are not so easy to collect. The five of us can only create more than a thousand bat soldiers and more than a thousand blood soul pills every day."
This speed is fast enough.
Chen Jiu estimated it and then asked, "Qianqian, how many bat soldiers does Wangchuan City need to garrison now?"
Zhang Qian shook her head slightly and said, "We basically don't need bat soldiers to guard Wangchuan City now, because we already have enough golden-bodied gods and ghost cultivators under our command. In addition, the bat soldiers that Lao Tao and the others sent to the underworld are all transiting or even resting in Wangchuan City. Basically, there are tens of thousands of bat soldiers rotating there all the time, which is equivalent to guarding there."
That's good.
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "We can just build a few large post stations, and each post station will have more than a thousand bat soldiers who take turns to transport goods."
Post station?
Zhang Qian couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why do we build a post station?"
I guess you don’t understand this.
Chen Jiu explained in detail: "We built post stations to transport the wounded. We built large post stations in Dengzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili and Beizhili. We transported all the wounded from Japan, whether they were elite soldiers or children of wealthy families, back to Japan. We let them recover before going, or we could just send someone else to go.
You say, there are piles of wounded soldiers being transported back every day, is this war brutal enough?"
It looked like the fighting was indeed brutal, but the question was, where did all the injured come from?
Zhang Qian was still a little puzzled and asked, "It seems that the expedition to Japan was mainly led by earthly immortals. The children of wealthy families basically wouldn't fight the Japanese pirates, so why are there so many casualties every day?"
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, there will be. Do you think those children of aristocratic families are really willing to stay in Japan and live in fear every day, and never come back? As long as there is a chance, they will definitely find a way to come back. Even if they are not injured, they may hurt themselves."
Zhang Qian was shocked when she heard this: "Aren't you letting them become deserters?"
Chen Jiu said calmly: "I don't care about this. Anyway, Jiajing asked for 100,000 elite soldiers. They have to keep this number for me. If the number is not enough, I will report it."
Well, they will probably discuss replacing people in batches.
This method is indeed good. It would be a bit unreasonable for Jiajing to see soldiers being injured every day and still say that they did not try their best.
The next morning, Chen Jiu ordered the bat soldiers to deliver a memorial to the capital.
When Jiajing saw Chen Jiu's memorial, he couldn't help but frowned slightly.
What does this guy want to do now? Is he planning to turn against me?
He frowned and pondered for a long time before he wrote a note in his own handwriting. Neither the capital nor the Nanjing City were acceptable. You can choose any other place. You can only choose one from either the Southern Zhili or the Northern Zhili, and you can choose as many Dengzhou prefectures as you want.
This guy also knows how to be afraid.
As soon as Chen Jiu saw the reply, he understood that Jiajing was afraid that the bat soldiers he sent would join forces with internal and external forces to seize the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.
He doesn't have the time for that now.
The next morning, he brought thousands of bat soldiers and flew directly over the Tongzhou provincial government office.
The prefect of Tongzhou was frightened and hurried out, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am very honored to be here. I wonder what you can do for me."
Chen Jiu simply faked an imperial decree and said, "Your Majesty has ordered to build a Feitian Posthouse in Tongzhou to transport the wounded from the war in Japan. Please make room for me in a place with smooth water and land transportation. Get ready. The war in Japan is about to begin."
War in Japan?
I have heard of this Tongzhou prefect, but the question is, why should the wounded from the war be sent to Tongzhou for transfer?
However, since His Majesty has issued an order, we must act quickly.
He thought about it, then carefully bowed and said, "Your Majesty, can I vacate a row of warehouses for you near Tongzhou Wharf?"
The prefect didn't know that King Jiushan was falsely conveying the imperial edict.
Chen Jiu was not afraid that Jiajing would accuse him of falsely conveying the imperial edict. It was obvious that Jiajing was also afraid that he would turn against him.
He raised his hand and used his spiritual sense to wrap the prefect on the back of a bat soldier, then waved his hand and said, "Where is it? Lead the way quickly."
The prefect quickly led them to the sky above the North Canal Wharf and pointed to a row of large warehouses below and said, "Your Majesty, this is it. What do you think?"
Chen Jiu used his spiritual sense to scan it, then nodded slightly and said, "Okay, right here, quickly send someone to clear out the things inside, prepare more beds, chairs, and bedding, and assign more yamen runners. After the wounded are transported here, we must send a car or boat to send them home as soon as possible, without any delay."
Uh, how much does this cost?
I'm not going to figure out how to come up with the money myself.
The prefect of Tongzhou asked carefully, "Your Majesty, has the Ministry of Revenue allocated the money?"
These guys only care about money!
Chen Jiu couldn't help but frowned and asked, "How much does it cost?"
The prefect of Tongzhou calculated silently for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to invest about three thousand taels in the first year, and one thousand taels per year in the next two years for maintenance. After that, I won't be able to take care of it. My term of office is only three years."
Okay, five thousand taels, it’s no big deal. I’ll let you be greedy a little. Anyway, you are an official under Jiajing, not under me.
Chen Jiu simply raised his hand and waved the guy, and he was thrown in front of the row of warehouses, and five silver boxes appeared beside him.
Then, he said with a serious face: "I will leave you a thousand bat soldiers to help you here. These thousand bat soldiers are also used to transport the wounded at the post station. You are not allowed to assign them to do anything that is not related to the post station. Within three days, the post station must be renovated for me. Otherwise, hmph!"
The prefect of Tongzhou was so frightened that he was tossed around by the King of Nine Mountains like a shuttlecock. This godly method was too terrifying!
Chen Jiu snorted coldly and waved his hand, saying, "Qingfeng, take the remaining bat soldiers to Dengzhou Prefecture."
There was nothing much to say about the Dengzhou Prefecture. All the officials there were selected by the Qinglian Sect. He didn't need to fake an imperial decree. He could just drop five thousand taels of silver and give some instructions.
Next is Yangzhou City. Because this place is right at the entrance of the South Grand Canal, its water and land transportation is the most developed in Southern Zhili.
The reason why he chose South Zhili and North Zhili, the two places with the most developed water and land transportation, was not mainly to make it convenient for the so-called wounded to return home, but because he saw that these two places had a large flow of people, could be seen by many people, and could spread quickly.
By then, the news that King Jiushan led his army in a fierce battle in Japan would surely spread throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Even if Jiajing tried his best to "slander" him, no one would believe it!
Finally, he went to Japan and left two thousand bat soldiers in Hirado Castle. This was the gathering place for the wounded from all over Japan.
At this point, a network of flying stations spanning the waters of Japan and connecting the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty in the north and south has been built.
