Chen Lie has been in seclusion for more than three years, and there is still no sign of coming out of seclusion. He has accumulated so much, and he still relied on the blood pill that day to successfully achieve it.
The resources consumed in training a strong army and settling so many relocated people in such a short period of time are unimaginable. Fortunately, although the remnants of the Black Yan Army were in ruins, they still had some material foundation and did not need to rely entirely on the supplies from the Long Xiang Army.
The materials for the crossbow chamber and the armor-piercing heavy-point arrows need to be refined with higher-grade precious gold and iron such as sand chen gold and jingxuan iron. Even the armor-breaking heavy-point arrows need to be engraved with armor-piercing talismans and seals. Whether it is Both time and cost are beyond the reach of ordinary heavy-bore crossbows.
The armor-piercing heavy-edge arrows shot by the super crossbow can directly penetrate the blood demon puppet even six thousand steps away, and its attack power is comparable to that of an earth-level magic weapon.
Like the Dong family, the Miao family and other clans were not willing to hand over their share of the quenched iron production in Juquan Lake for the next two years. In the end, they chose to trade the quenched iron plus other materials and cultivation resources to Tianji Academy. Four hundred blood demon puppets.
Moreover, these young men have joined the army with their fathers since childhood, and they all have a certain foundation in martial arts, and they all practice the basic martial arts that Chen Hai copied from the military training records.
After this transaction was completed, in the first half of the eighty-third year of Emperor Yi Tian, Long Xiang's army obtained nearly 15 million kilograms of quenched iron; and grain and ordinary fine forged iron materials amounted to hundreds of millions of kilograms. There are hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses. In addition, there are extremely precious refining materials such as red marrow copper, sandy gold, and tungsten gold, as well as primary elixirs such as red blood ointment and Bu Yuan powder, which are almost a million kilograms in weight. In addition, nearly Thousands of low-level mysterious weapon spirit armors.
There are nearly 300,000 family members of the remaining members of the Black Yan Army, including as many as 40,000 young men aged ten to fourteen years old. They have been the reserve force protected by the remnants of the Black Yan Army and Yan Yuan from the beginning.
However, Wu Meng and the others were deeply confused. The cost of the super crossbow was no less than that of an earth-level magic weapon, but the rate of fire was reduced to one shot per breath. It had extremely strong attack power, but with such a slow rate of fire, In addition to attacking fixed targets such as city walls, even martial arts practitioners in the spiritual realm can easily dodge. Is there any value in manufacturing
In addition to supplying the Nine Clans with 400 blood demon puppets, Chen Hai also had 600 blood demon puppets in his hands. Through some secret channels, they gradually flowed into second- and third-rate forces such as Huayang Sect, Wu Family, and Musashi Army in exchange for some resources to supplement the shortcomings of Long Xiang's army.
And with Wen Boyuan holding him back, even if others get real evidence, they can't convict Chen Hai.
Tianji Academy and the Longxiang Army are still trying their best to exchange production materials from various places at this time, building water conservancy projects and reclaiming wasteland along Yandang Lake. Chen Hai is still pushing for the food production in Hengshan Prefecture to reach the level of self-sufficiency this year. .
Hexi sent troops to take over Hexiang County, such a big thing. The court couldn't even talk nonsense, so what else could they do to Chen Hai
Of course, even if he could only attack the city wall, Chen Hai also asked Tianji Academy to make a super crossbow every six months as a backup, thinking that he could continue to improve the formation restrictions and continuously improve its performance in the future.
In this way, the Longxiang Army's foundation in the northern part of Tianshui County can be truly solidified.
The supplies obtained in this batch seemed extremely large, but by the end of August, almost 7,788 were consumed.
Chen Lie was not having an easy time in Hexi, so naturally he would not have his own opportunities. Without the help of external objects, Chen Hai expected that it would be difficult to achieve Dao Dan. Thinking of this, he thought of Ning Chan'er from Yan Shimeixing. She had been refining the Yundao Tiandan for more than half a year, and she didn't know when it would be completed.
These young people, as well as the young generals between the ages of 14 and 18 in the Black Yan Army, a total of more than 60,000 people, were all arranged to move south at the beginning of the year and were arranged to various Taoist temples to practice more systematic martial arts. , the practice of occult magic, celestial puppets, military skills, etc.
However, the combination of multiple arrow array boxes requires absolute synchronization and the study of new formation restrictions to achieve this step. Such a super crossbow, based on the complexity of the formation restrictions inside the arrow array box, is equivalent to a A high-grade Xuan-level magic weapon.
The deals with the clans regarding the Blood Demon Puppet were gradually completed by the end of summer.
It’s just that he also knows the current situation, and supporting Ying Lei to ascend the throne is the most important thing. If he can win this hometown title for himself, he may also want to use the opportunity of being granted the title to let him come to Beijing to discuss matters-this shows that Zhao Zhong and others are interested in My attitude has also changed.
Although Yan Yuan led the remnants of his troops to flee north, they did not fight any tough battles. However, in the extremely harsh environment, severe cold and famine, they lost more than 100,000 people, but most of these reserve forces were preserved.
Chen Hai had already set up the incense table. Fang Xiyan stood on the side of the incense table with the imperial edict in his hand and read out: "Edict of Emperor Chengyi: I govern the world with letters and suppress chaos with force. In the past, the evil spirit was not swept away in Yucheng. In fact, it is a key place in Tianshui. Tianji Pavilion waits for Chen Hai, and the Tongkou and Yandang lines are established in the north, and then it becomes the hero of Yucheng Ridge. It is actually the mainstay of the imperial court and the main city of the country. It is able to be both civil and military, and it is possible to serve with great efforts. It's just a favor that ignores your achievements and is not a good one. I specially grant you the title of Tianji Township Marquis, Xi's imperial edict. In the play, a grand event that is famous, the national code is not a private reward, Yan Yi's deep affection, and his great heart are inspiring. Benefit from the Eight Heavenly Emperors August 13th, Thirteenth Year.”
In addition, Chen Hai also established Taoist temples affiliated with the Tianji Academy in Yandang, Hengshan, Tongkou and other cities, as well as deep in the western foothills of Qintong Mountain. He mainly recruited disciples from the primary schools of poor people who migrated north and from the families of Black Yan army generals. nourish.
It was also at this time that Chen Hai had a large amount of excess hardened iron. In a secret workshop deep in the western foothills of Qintong Mountain, he was casting a large number of new hardened heavy-point arrows for heavy-bore ammunition.
Chen Hai smiled and said it would be easy to talk.
On this day, Chen Hai had been deducing for a whole day, but still had no gains at all. He frowned and put away all the Taoist scrolls. Su Ling, who was wearing red sleeves beside her, looked questioning.
Chen Hai sighed and shook his head vigorously, leaving all these messy things behind. His years of planning and accumulation depend on the success of his trip to Yanjing.
After sending Yang Qiaoer, Yinglei, mother and son away, Chen Hai calmed down. In addition to deducing more subtle heavenly restrictions and studying more sophisticated weapon structures every day, his more important task was to promote the construction of the defense line in Yucheng Ridge.
In particular, the remnants of the Black Yan Army have so much potential that deserves to be tapped.
As he was walking, he suddenly saw a group of people coming over in a hurry.
In addition to the tedious military and political affairs, one thing Chen Hai is more focused on is building a more powerful super crossbow.
Before leaving, Su Ling backed down and refused to go to Beijing with Chen Hai. Chen Hai tried to persuade her for a while, but she had no choice but to give up.
Chen Hai kowtowed and accepted the order, and headed to Lingdao Cave with Fang Xiyan. Chen Hai is now at an extremely high level of cultivation. He had seen Fang Xiyan before and saw that his face was pale and his walking was sluggish. He knew that he was seriously injured and had not recovered. When he reached out to Fang Xiyan, he found that it would be difficult for Fang Xiyan to recover his cultivation level.
It was getting late, so Chen Hai arranged for Fang Xiyan to rest in Lingdao Cave. Early the next morning, after sending Fang Xiyan away, he took Su Ling and rode the Cang Feather Spirit Eagle back to Yandang City and flew to Hengshan City. The remaining four demons followed closely behind.
When Chen Hai was in Yaoshan, he had thought through the manufacturing diagram of the super crossbow, but on the lake center island, in addition to Guo Hongpan, he also mobilized dozens of craftsmen to assist him, and spent an unknown amount of extremely precious gold and iron. , and it took more than half a year to successfully create a prototype.
Chen Hai did not rush on purpose because according to his information, the situation in Yanjing still had some time to come to a conclusion. There are undercurrents surging beneath the seemingly peaceful Yanjing City. If it weren't for the situation in Yanzhou as a whole, or even the Blood Demon catastrophe that was coming soon, Chen Hai would have been happy hiding in the far north.
Everyone is well aware of some things, especially the huge flow of materials and people between Shouyang Mountain and Yucheng Ridge. How can it be impossible to hide it from the eyes of the clans
No matter how many people work hard for a lifetime, they may not be able to obtain the title of rural lord, but in Chen Hai's view, it is far less practical than dividing Hengshan and Yucheng Ridge into one county.
Without Su Ling's company, Chen Hai's journey became a bit boring. Fortunately, Yao Wenjin came from Juquanling to meet him halfway and chatted with him about Yanjing in the carriage tent, which made things much easier.
Sure enough, at dusk, a large ship docked, against the sky full of red clouds. Fang Xiyan walked down the gangway and congratulated Chen Hai with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Marquis Chen, congratulations Marquis Chen. The emperor has already returned the pearl, Chen Hou made great achievements in rescuing the orphans, and also managed the territory and defended the border. His Majesty Long Yan was very pleased. Although all the ministers tried to obstruct him, under the efforts of Master Wen and Master Zhao, Chen Hou was still rewarded with the title of Marquis of the Countryside."
After counting the more than ten years that I have been in Yanzhou, I am afraid that the two most important people to me are Chen Lie and Dong Ning. Only the two of them not only did not ask for anything, but also dedicated themselves to themselves silently.
Fang Xiyan noticed Chen Hai's strange behavior and smiled slightly: "No need to look at it, Marquis Chen. Our family was hit by the Jade Mountain Seal that day. Although the meridians were not seriously affected, the Linghai Secret Palace was in dilapidated condition. , but it is even more difficult to rebuild and come back. However, our family still has to thank Chen Hou, because if Chen Hou had not helped him generously, I am afraid that the emperor and Lord Zhao would have been trapped."
No matter how slow you pace, the road will eventually come to an end, and the majestic Yanjing City is finally in sight. Chen Hai looked at this city where he had lived, and suddenly a beautiful image came to his mind. Dong Ning now has a firm foothold in the Jingjue Protectorate, but he has not been in contact with her for a long time. Every time he thought of that proud and independent beauty, Chen Hai felt extremely guilty.
As for the three camps of Fengchu, Longxiang, and Huxiao of the Su Wei Army, Fengchu and Huxiao both had 300,000 elite soldiers, but Longxiang camp only had 50,000 soldiers and horses. Even if Chen Hai was The recruitment of the remnants of the Black Yan Army was only able to achieve a balance with Feng Chu and Hu Xiao. This caused the princes and ministers in the court, except for the King of England, Prince Ying Dan and other clans, to frequently attack Chen Hai and the rebels in the court. The gangsters colluded with Wen Boyuan and Yan Ran Gong, but they couldn't blame Chen Hai for anything.
Chen Hai rubbed his brows and smiled and said: "Life is really hard, I'm afraid the days of purity are coming to an end."
After more than half a year of relocation, the 400,000 slaves handed over by the Tuoba tribes and some of the Black Yan army generals and soldiers were gradually moved to the cities and towns along the Yandang Lake, together with the landless poor people in Tianshui, Qinchuan and other places. The influx of criminals and those exiled from Yanjing caused the population of Hengshan, Yandang, and Tongkou to rise rapidly to five million in less than three years.
A Blood Demon Puppet is equivalent to an Earth-level warrior and is naturally valuable. Only in this way has Tianji Academy been able to directly compile a large number of Tianji war machines that have been refined since the 83rd year of Emperor Yitian. The remnants of the Longxiang Army and the Black Yan Army were secretly sent to the second battalion of the Tieya Army, which was still in Yaoshan at this time, instead of being sold in exchange for other resources.
It was not until the end of August that the number of heavy-bore crossbows compiled by the Longxiang Army increased to one hundred. It was not until the end of August that the total number of light and heavy Tianji chariots increased to one hundred.
In his vision, three to four arrow array boxes are assembled to triple the length of the crossbow. With the specially made armor-piercing heavy front arrows, the range and penetration performance of the heavy-bore crossbow can be greatly improved by three times. More than times.
According to the law, Chen Hai could only bring a thousand elite guards to the capital to receive the title. He also behaved this time and went straight to Yanjing City via Tianshui County.
Chen Hai ordered the driver to stop, but he saw Dong Pan, surrounded by dozens of Hexi Dao Yamen soldiers, chasing after him...
However this one is all worth it.
He knew that Su Ling actually had a shadow. Chen Hai had never had a real wife. He didn't know that someone would make a fuss about this when he came to Beijing this time. Even though Su Ling was mentally prepared, she didn't want to worry about it.