Chapter 168: Stalemate
King Jiushan led his army to fight against the Japanese pirates in Japan. The brutality of the battle was simply horrifying.
Every day, a large number of wounded soldiers were sent back to the Yangzhou Post Station in Southern Zhili and the Tongzhou Post Station in Northern Zhili. The wounded were seriously injured, with blood coming out of all their orifices, blood all over their bodies, missing limbs, etc. Their clothes were torn into fishing nets.
In addition, every day hundreds of garrison guards would carry the heads of the Japanese pirates from Tongzhou by boat to the east gate of the capital, and then rush along Chongwenmen East Street, Chongwenmen Inner Street, and East Chang'an Street to deliver them to the imperial city.
The common people along the way were both afraid and in awe. When they saw the garrison guards delivering the heads of the soldiers, they would automatically make way for them on both sides of the street, give them thumbs up and praise them continuously. When the common people along the coast heard the news, some even came from afar, waited on the street and kowtowed to the soldiers who fought bravely.
King Jiushan is their adopted parent. If King Jiushan had not sent the Bat God and the God of Heaven to help them drive away the Japanese pirates, the people living along the coast would have had almost no way to survive. Now that King Jiushan is leading his army to fight the Japanese pirates in Japan, they naturally have to express their respect.
More and more people were kowtowing on both sides of Chongwenmen East Street, Chongwenmen Inner Street, and East Chang'an Street. The news spread like wildfire in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty and even in the thirteen provinces.
King Jiushan was the god of war of the Ming Dynasty. He chased the Japanese pirates all the way to Japan. It is rumored that most of Japan was conquered by King Jiushan's army. Who can compare with this unprecedented feat? The previous dynasty failed to achieve this even with the whole country's strength.
The image of children from wealthy families in the eyes of ordinary people has actually gradually changed.
These guys used to be so bad that they had sores on their heads and pus on their feet. However, after following King Jiushan to fight in Japan, they have gradually become better. Not only have they fought bravely and suffered countless injuries, but they have also stopped being corrupt and bullying and exploiting the common people in their daily lives!
In fact, the children of wealthy families had no choice but to get hurt. They only pretended to be injured when they returned home. They did not dare to engage in corruption and oppress the common people because they were afraid that Jiajing would find an excuse to deal with them.
They also didn't expect that they would gradually become good people.
All this is thanks to King Jiushan!
So, what is the King of Nine Mountains doing?
Chen Jiu has been very busy recently. Every morning he has to sit cross-legged in the general's tent to expand the space of his demonic power. Every noon he has to summon the earth immortals from the wealthy families to encourage them and then order them to go into battle.
Every afternoon he had to swallow Zhenyuan Pills, Peiyuan Pills and Haoyuan Pills to practice, and every night he had to fly back to Jiuling Mountain to cultivate the monkey demon into an immortal and obtain elixirs, immortal artifacts and even divine artifacts.
After working like this for more than half a month, he finally had all the artifacts and inner armor.
The children of wealthy families had long been accustomed to the life of war. At the beginning, they rushed forward in a swarm, but with the help of Qi Jingtong and his son, they were able to form a battle formation and advance.
Everyone seemed to be used to it, but Patriarch Hongyun was getting a little restless.
At noon that day, the other half of the earthly immortals led their army to go out to fight. She quickly walked into the big tent and asked anxiously, "Ah Jiu, when are we going to arrange the singing and selling? People come to ask me every day, and I am a little annoyed."
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "Old Ancestor, don't worry, there is still plenty of time. Old Ding was busy refining a divine weapon some time ago, and he has only been free these few days."
Patriarch Hongyun thought for a moment, then asked, "Should we set a time? After all, they also need to be prepared."
Chen Jiu made a rough estimate, then nodded slightly and said, "Okay, tell them that we will hold a concert here in half a month."
When the earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families heard the news, they were naturally extremely excited.
You can actually exchange elixirs and magic weapons here, which is no different from the Ming Dynasty, except that the conditions are a little worse. It doesn't matter much anyway. The place is big, and if you want to live better, you can also build a luxurious residence. Just cover it with tent cloth.
Time flies, and the day of singing and selling has arrived in the blink of an eye.
That morning, when it was just dawn, the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families had not arrived yet, but Chen Jiu called Qi Jingtong and his son into the general's tent.
He smiled slightly and said, "Shixian, you have worked hard during this period."
Qi Jingtong was really confused when he heard this.
He didn't do anything. Every day except teaching the disciples of wealthy families to drill in the morning and arranging his soldiers to send back the heads of the Japanese pirates, there was nothing else to do. It was even easier than training new recruits!
He was stunned for a moment, then he quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for the compliment. I haven't done anything these days."
Chen Jiu still smiled and said, "Don't be so modest. You have seen that those disciples from the aristocratic families were just rushing around like fools at the beginning, but now they have been trained by you to be well-behaved.
All of this is due to your efforts. If you have done something good, you should be rewarded. I don’t have anything good here, so I will just give each of you a set of immortal armor and an immortal sword.”
After saying that, he waved his hand, and three sets of shiny black armor and three shining swords appeared in front of Qi Jingtong and his son.
Isn't this considered nothing good?
A magical weapon!
They never thought that one day they would be able to possess something that even the gods treasured.
Qi Jingtong and his son were stunned for a long time before they bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
In Chen Jiu's eyes, these were not really good things, because they were all made of iron essence and were the cheapest goods.
He nodded slightly and said, "Now you don't have to be afraid of those immortals and immortal ninjas in Japan. Their weapons cannot break the defenses of immortal weapons. Their ninjutsu will be fine as long as you dodge them."
Qi Jingtong hesitated for a moment, but still sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I may be a little greedy. I really want to go into battle and kill the enemy, but I am no match for those immortals and immortal ninjas. I dare to ask Your Majesty, can you teach us some immortal skills?"
This is not impossible.
The question is, what should I teach?
The "Taiyin Sutra" definitely won't work, and the method of opening the orifices doesn't seem suitable either, but the "Tiger Demon Divine Fist" can be tried.
However, these two father and sons are not demons, so their energy and blood are a little insufficient.
He thought about it, then took out three Blood Soul Pills and said solemnly: "Take it and try to see if you can withstand the power of the medicine."
Oh my god, what kind of elixir is this? Why is it so big?
Qi Jingtong and his two sons were stunned for a long time after receiving the Blood Soul Pill. Then they opened their mouths as wide as they could and stuffed the pill in.
Fortunately, the pill melted in their mouths and did not choke them.
However, after the pill entered their stomachs, they felt violent blood rushing through their veins, and their dantians were stretched and painful.
They had all practiced martial arts, and they had practiced quite diligently, so their meridians and dantian had some resilience. They just frowned and endured the violent medicinal power of the Blood Soul Pill.
Chen Jiu nodded with satisfaction, then took out the secret book of "Tiger Demon Divine Fist" and said solemnly: "Take a good look at it. The key is the image of the Tiger God's true body. You must remember it firmly. This is a demigod-level secret book. If you spread it out, someone might chase you and snatch it away. I can't give it to you. If you have any questions during practice, just ask me."
My God, a demigod-level secret book!
Qi Jingtong and his two sons were trembling with excitement.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard footsteps outside.
Chen Jiu extended his spiritual sense to take a look, and immediately collected the secret book of "Tiger Demon Divine Fist", and then said solemnly: "Okay, you can practice on your own, come to me every day at noon to take the blood soul pill, and you can ask me if you don't understand anything.
Remember, don't pass it on to others carelessly. This technique is too violent. If an average person practices it carelessly without taking the Blood Soul Pill, he will most likely go crazy."
Qi Jingtong and his two sons quickly bowed and retreated holding their armor and swords.
Several earthly immortals who came in were stunned when they saw them holding a bunch of immortal weapons.
Isn’t this King of Nine Mountains too generous?
Immortal artifacts are actually given to mortals casually, and there are so many of them at once!
The next step was to sell the goods. Since there were no rare treasures, Chen Jiu was too lazy to waste time, so he directly found a hill near the camp to practice.
They were in a stalemate with the Japanese pirates in Kyoto, Japan for more than two months, and Jiajing finally could not sit still anymore.
You seem to be fighting fiercely, but why haven't you taken down even one city in more than two months?
If you keep fighting like this, how long will it take you to finish?
He directly ordered Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi to bring several officials from the Ministry of War to Japan on a bat-armory expedition.
The bat soldiers are all Chen Jiu's subordinates. Chen Jiu had already made instructions for this situation. If the imperial court sent people, he would carry them and fly slowly, and send the bat soldiers to notify him first.
As a result, Duke Wei Xu Wenbi and his men took most of the day to reach the camp of the State of Tamba.
When they arrived at the camp, Chen Jiu was pretending to supervise the training of the 50,000 troops left behind in the camp with Qi Jingtong and his son, as if he was unaware of their arrival.
Seeing this, Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi could only lead a group of officials to step forward, bow and say, "Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty."
Chen Jiu pretended to be surprised and turned around and said, "Hey, Duke, why are you here?"
Uh, you guys are fighting too slowly. His Majesty is getting impatient.
Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi said somewhat embarrassedly: "His Majesty asked me to ask the prince why he couldn't take even one city in more than two months."
Chen Jiu looked at the military officials behind him and sighed helplessly, "That's Japan's capital. Japan is defending it with all its might. There are as many as 50,000 to 60,000 defenders in the city. There's nothing we can do."
An official from the Ministry of War could not help but ask, "Your Majesty, it is said that you have extraordinary abilities, why don't you go up and give it a try?"
You know shit, I can just go up and kill it with one strike, why are you still dragging your feet?
Chen Jiu still pretended to be helpless and sighed: "I'm afraid that the Japanese true gods will come as soon as I make a move. After all, the Japanese royal family in the city is the descendant of the true gods. Those true gods will not watch me bully them."
Is this true or false?
The military officials obviously did not believe it.
Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi had no choice but to say carefully: "Your Majesty, how about we go to the front of the battle and take a look?"
Just take a look, I'll show you something good.
"Okay, I'll take you to see it."
Chen Jiu summoned the bat soldiers without hesitation and took them to Kyoto, Japan.
They were still thirty or forty miles away from Kyoto City, so Chen Jiu sent a telepathic message: "Great Sage, take action!"
