Chapter 242: The War is Coming
After Chen Jiu returned to Linlang Peak, he sat cross-legged there with a frown on his face, deep in thought. Even when Zhang Wanxia asked him a question out of habit, he seemed not to hear it.
Seeing his solemn expression and silence for a long while, everyone was so frightened that they dared not say a word.
The air in the entire Jiuling Mountain seemed to be heavy. It was clearly noon and the sun was high in the sky, but everyone felt chilly.
I don't know how much time passed before he sighed and slowly raised his head.
At this time, Chang Er Zhen Jun couldn't help but ask: "Master Jiu, what's wrong with you? Is Yu Ding Tianzun so angry that he is talking nonsense?"
Chen Jiu slowly shook his head and said, "No, Jade Ding Tianzun did not make the elixir today, and he is still smiling smugly."
Well, it turns out I miscalculated this time.
Chang Er Zhenjun subconsciously said: "No, we will catch him tomorrow. I don't believe that he will not make the elixir."
Do you think I was mad at Jade Ding Tianzun?
Chen Jiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Whether we catch him or not is a matter of a bottle of elixir. We don't need to focus on Yu Ding Tian Zun. The key is that the imperial court has assembled 500,000 elite guards and they are training crazily there. A war is about to start. I am worried that Nanzhili can't be defended."
So that's what it is.
Chang Er Zhenjun said without hesitation: "What's the use of having more troops in the mortal world? Can't we just take over 500,000 with just a wave of our hands?"
Chen Jiu still shook his head slowly and said: "It's not that simple. The imperial army also understands the talisman array. They will definitely use the talisman to disrupt the space. We can't stop them."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Shou Zhenjun raised the flying sickle in his hand and volunteered, "When the time comes, I will go up and swing the sickle. Five hundred thousand men will be wiped out in an hour at most."
If we can take action, there is no need for you to swing the sickle. I can kill 500,000 soldiers with just a few slaps of my hand.
Chen Jiu sighed slightly and said, "I'm afraid we don't have the chance to make a move. They have gathered so many troops in the capital for training, and they are slow to send out troops. They must be waiting for a group of True Lords or even Heavenly Lords from the Hongmeng Sect to come and support them.
If one or two Heavenly Lords or a dozen True Lords come, we won’t have a chance to deal with the elite guards. We will probably be surrounded and beaten by them as soon as we show up.”
Upon hearing this, True Lord Wuyun said solemnly, "This is really possible. The people of Hongmeng Sect have this problem. If they can't defeat them, they will send Tianzun and True Lord to attack them. If they still can't defeat them, they will, uh, that."
Chen Jiu couldn't help but wonder, "Which one, Mr. Turtle? Why did you stop talking halfway?"
Am I not afraid of scaring you?
True Lord Wuyun hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "If they send a bunch of True Lords and Heavenly Lords and still can't do it, then Grand Ancestor Hongmeng will personally bully the younger generation. If that doesn't work, he will invite other ancestors to come and beat up our ancestor, or even bully us younger generations."
My God, is this so unethical?
Chen Jiu frowned, and couldn't help asking, "Why would the other ancestors help him?"
True Lord Wuyun sighed and said, "The Hongmeng Sect is very powerful, and some of the ancestors like to bully others by taking advantage of their power, so they often work together."
It seems that the strength of Tongtian Sect is still a little worse than that of Hongmeng Sect, or in other words, they are at a disadvantage at the level of ancestors. One ancestor can match many Tianzuns. It is estimated that Hongmeng Ancestor can suppress Tongtian Sect by just inviting any ancestor.
Forget it, let’s not think about it for now. It’s still too early. If we really have to wait for the ancestor to take action, I’m afraid the fighting will be endless.
Chen Jiu sighed slightly, then summoned all eight disciples from the Immortal Palace and the Divine Kingdom, and said in a deep voice: "The Imperial Court has assembled more than 500,000 elite guards, of which about 100,000 have spiritual roots and are learning various awakening techniques. The Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp may also go together to attack Nanzhili.
You can't count on the demons here, because I can't send the demon army to participate in the war on earth, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Array must also protect our foundation. Also, True Lord Wuyun and his men, including my master, may be entangled by the True Lord and Tianzun of the Hongmeng Sect and will not be able to help you.
Tell me, without these external help, how can the 500,000 new troops summoned by Nanzhili resist the 600,000 troops of the imperial court?"
this.
The eight disciples frowned and pondered for a while, and Yu Dayou spoke first: "If the 600,000-man army goes by land, it will probably take at least a month to reach Nanzhili. In the meantime, we have plenty of opportunities to snipe them.
We can completely cut off the water route, so we don’t need to worry about that. We are just worried that they will use the immortals or even the immortal kingdoms of the true gods to lead a large army to rush over unexpectedly. In that case, it may take less than a day for 600,000 troops to rush to Nanzhili.”
Chen Jiu thought about it carefully after hearing this, then shook his head slightly and said: "This should be unlikely. If they are taken into the Immortal Mansion and Divine Kingdom, they cannot bring the talismans that disrupt the space. Once they are released, we can also take them in.
If they dare to do so, we can just send some earth immortals to wait in various cities. We will capture them as soon as they are released, and the 600,000 troops will be wasted.
They probably wouldn't do such a thing. A hundred thousand troops from the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp plus a hundred thousand elite guards who had practiced the method of opening their orifices formed a formation that was quite terrifying. If they were led by dukes and nobles at the earthly immortal level and formed a formation outside to advance, then it was estimated that the hundreds of earthly immortals who rushed in would be dead.
If they collect the troops from the Immortal Palace and release them outside, we only need to organize dozens of earthly immortals to wait in various cities, and then we may be able to take in all the 600,000 troops. This situation is unlikely to happen, and they should form a formation outside to advance."
Yu Dayou heard this and said calmly: "If that's the case, then we should be able to stop them, because it's not easy to travel from North Zhili to South Zhili, especially from Dongchangfu to Xuzhou, where there are mountains everywhere. Even if the 600,000-man army doesn't take the water route, it can only advance along the Grand Canal.
We only need to build strong passes at natural passes such as Jining, Peixian, and Xuzhou using the terrain and send a large army to garrison them. It will be almost impossible for them to rush over."
Lu Tong added: "This is only the first checkpoint. If they are lucky enough to break through the line from Dongchangfu to Xuzhou, it doesn't matter. We can also use the terrain near Jinling City to set up a second checkpoint.
The northwest of Jinling City is all continuous mountainous areas. It is impossible for the army to advance to Jinling from the northwest. They can only go to Yangzhou in the east and advance along the river. We can use the terrain to build a second checkpoint along the line of Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Yizheng.
As a result, they are too far from the capital, but too close to Nanjing. Whether it is the lack of food and supplies or the supply of troops, it is ten or a hundred times more difficult than ours. It is almost impossible for them to break through this second level. "
It is not so easy to take the military examination these days. Not only must one have strong martial arts skills and be proficient in using swords, spears, halberds and other weapons, but also be good at riding and shooting. One must also be familiar with the art of war, be able to deploy troops and even lead the army in battle.
He had really good disciples, and they knew everything about marching and fighting.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly after hearing this and said, "Well, checkpoints are not a problem. With the help of earth immortals who practice earth-based techniques to build them, and with the help of bat soldiers and other earth immortals to transport materials, it will be very easy to build checkpoints no matter how dangerous the place is or how big the checkpoint is.
This is a good idea. We can quickly build checkpoints before they raise their troops."
Hearing this, Tang Shunzhi could not help but remind him, "Master, checkpoints are only useful for mortal soldiers. You just said that with the help of earthly immortals who practice earth-based techniques, it is very easy to build checkpoints. Conversely, if earthly immortals who practice earth-based techniques participate in the attack, it will also be easy for them to destroy the checkpoints.
In addition, the gold-based skills, fire-based skills, wood-based skills, and water-based skills are not something that mortal soldiers can resist. As long as they send earthly immortals or even elite troops of the Beijing Camp and the Garrison Guards who have practiced these skills to attack in the front, no matter how many mortal soldiers there are, they will not be able to defend these checkpoints. "
That’s true.
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but think of the offensive and defensive battle in Japan.
For the army of the aristocratic families, fighting against the Japanese pirates was like playing . No matter what kind of city it was, no matter how good its defenses were, in their eyes it was just paper.
There are immortals and immortal ninjas among the Japanese pirates, and there are also many samurai and ninjas. They are nothing but cakes in front of the army of the aristocratic families. The imperial army is much stronger than the army of the aristocratic families, but the local immortals under his command are not as many as the immortals and immortal ninjas in Japan.
In this comparison, the 500,000 troops of Southern Zhili would be nothing but a piece of cake in front of the imperial army!
What should I do?
Chen Jiu frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "The skills practiced by those nobles in Nanzhili should also include all five elements, right?"
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Hearing this, Tang Shunzhi could not help but sigh and said, "Master, the reason why they surrendered to us is mostly because they were forced to do so by the situation. It is almost impossible for us to ask them to send earth immortals to fight the imperial army. It is more likely that they will turn against us in the middle of the battle."
Chen Jiu nodded slowly and said, "Master naturally understands this. What Master wants is their skills, not that he wants them to send out earthly immortals to help."
Hearing this, Tang Shunzhi suddenly realized, "Master, do you mean that we should also select the elites with five-element spiritual roots and teach them various awakening skills?"
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "That's right, they can select elites with five elements spiritual roots to teach various awakening skills, and so can we.
Moreover, I have a complete set of Qi and blood training methods here. It doesn't matter if you don't have spiritual roots. As long as you are loyal to our soldiers, I can teach you "Eating the Moon", "Xuan Yin Sutra", and even "Tiger Demon Tong Shen Fist". Practicing this set of training methods is more powerful than practicing the method of opening the orifices."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang couldn't help but ask, "Master, can we learn this Ten Thousand Immortals Formation?"
I'm afraid it's useless to learn this?
Chen Jiu was quite puzzled and said: "Why are you wasting time learning the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation? It requires at least hundreds of earth immortals to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. We simply cannot summon so many earth immortals. It's useless to learn it."
Qi Jiguang quickly explained: "Master, I don't want to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, I want to learn the various arrays in the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, such as the Liangyi Four Symbols, the Eight Trigrams and Nine Palaces, the Tiangang Disha, and even the Zhoutian Xingdou Array.
If we learn all these formations, we can use them to train our elite troops, or form a team of two, four, eight, nine, or even hundreds of people to advance in formation. This way we can have a great advantage on the battlefield."
Oh, so you are learning the combined formations of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. This is quite good. After all, in a war involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, no matter how powerful the general is, it is impossible for him to take care of everything and command every soldier.
If these soldiers can be taught various battle formations, then no matter there are only a few people, dozens or hundreds of people together, they can all display impressive combat power. There is no need to be afraid even if millions of people fight together.
These details cannot be ignored. Sometimes success or failure depends on them.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Well, you can all learn these formations well. How about this, you don't need to practice in the afternoon, just follow a few uncles to learn various formations."
After all, his disciples are all military generals. Their own cultivation is important, but the ability to lead troops in battle is even more important. After all, a war is not fought by one or two people, or dozens of people, but by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.
If he just let these disciples improve their cultivation madly, it would not be training military generals.
