Chapter 561: The Zhou Family
Su Jing was observing the battlefield. At this time, he suddenly received news from Shen Lin.
On the ocean to the east, a fleet appeared, approaching the Three Islands of Hell. The flag of this fleet is the fleet from the Zhou family in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou is sandwiched between Dingzhou and Yizhou. In the conflict between the Li family and the Su family, it tends to be the Li family, but the Zhou family itself is also quite large and is not a vassal of the Li family.
If the Su family and the Li family are in a hostile relationship, then it will be a cold relationship with the Zhou family.
In recent years, the Zhou family has had more contacts with the Su family, unlike the original barriers. Su Jing rose in a short period of time, and Xiaoyao Hou's own power has expanded a lot, so the Zhou family's mind has also loosened. There is no benefit in confronting the Su family, but instead, they have made the price much higher when they purchased weapons and equipment from the Yuan family.
The same is true for the things Su Jing sold to them. Not only is the equipment of the Royal Weapon Refining Department too expensive, but there is also a limit, which is not unlimited purchase. The Royal outfit is given priority to the Royal Army, then the Imperial** regiment, and finally the takeaway.
After the war began, it was impossible for each family to refine the equipment factories to meet their needs, and there were too many things to buy. If they did not interact with the Su family, the Zhou family's own losses would increase.
However, the recovery of this relationship has not reached the level of normal interactions, and the people of the Zhou family, except for the core elders, cannot adapt to this relationship immediately. There are still many contradictions between the Zhou family and the Su family.
The Zhou family's fleet size was larger than that of the Yuan family, so Su Jing was a little unhappy.
This is the fleet of the nine major families, gradually advancing westward. The competition among the countries in the South China Sea is probably over a white-hot stage and each occupy a certain area. What remains is just a matter of expansion, which will eventually annihilate all the island countries in the South China Sea and turn them into imperial territory.
The Nine Great Family and the Taoist Palace are different from Su Jing. As the son-in-law, Su Jing can capture the islands and take them as his own. The Nine Great Family has no such identity. After the battle, they can only act as a mighty man on the island and become kings and dominate the emperor. The taxes that should be given to the empire are not a penny. In name, these islands are all the territory of the empire.
How much they can get in the end? It will take the emperor's order to determine.
So in the South China Sea, these families are enclosing land and trying their best to compete with the Tao Palace for territory. All the places that the Tao Palace have been captured are owned by the Empire, and the Empire will send officials to manage these islands and places suitable for cultivation on the islands. When allocated to the Tao Palace, the royal family will not compete for these places.
There are different needs between the Tao Palace and the family, so there is a little contradiction.
It sounds strange. According to normal logic, there are conflicts only when the needs are the same. However, the emperor's method is to cause conflicts among people with different needs. This method is a hundred times stronger than the normal one.
There is no common interest between the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Great Family, and it is impossible to unite together.
"Let Junior Sister Lin contact them and tell them that this was discovered by the Yuan family and the Alliance army." Su Jing finished speaking. He didn't care too much, after all, this was a tacit understanding between the imperial clans. Moreover, the power on his side was stronger than that of the Zhou family, so the other party would not be ignorant.
Unexpectedly, the battle below had not yet begun, and Shenlin sent a message again. The Zhou family's fleet insisted on entering the three islands of Hell, and claimed that this was a homeless land and anyone could attack.
Su Jing was happy, this was the rhythm of committing suicide.
"Tell my junior sister that we have built the channel. If they want to land on the island, they will get out of the way. If they want to pass, they will pay the money to pass. I will want a pound of medium-quality jade for a hundred tons of ships. If they refuse to give it, they will sink them."
Lin Xiehong is not an ordinary person. As long as Su Jing lets her do something, she will not hesitate at all. Anyway, Su Jing finally pushed her, Su Jing couldn't hold it, and her master Xiaoyaohou.
If Xiaoyao Hou cannot kill the enemy for the sake of interests, then her father Lin Hengshan will also take action. Whoever offends her will be sad that day.
The battle on the ground began after three minutes, and then reached a white-hot level within five minutes.
The enemy's cavalry broke through the Yuan family's chariot formation in a powerful way. Ten of the twenty chariots placed on the front were overturned, and the rest were also withdrawn in a hurry.
Su Jing didn't understand, could the chariot be dispersed by the cavalry?
When Su Jing replayed the screen, he saw that the crossbow arrows released from the chariot could not kill the cavalry with one blow. The opponent's black armor had amazing defense, and it took at least a dozen attacks to penetrate the armor once, and the enemy's vitality was so tenacious that it simply exceeded the scope of a normal person.
The cavalry, who were tying into hedgehogs, were still shouting and charging forward. The firepower of the Yuan family's chariot was not not cruel enough, but the enemy would not die immediately unless they were shot through the head, even if they were shot into an arrow in the heart.
The evacuated chariot did not do anything, but fired all the arrows and snatched several enemy corpses before they escaped. The soldiers on the chariot were all injured. Fortunately, the chariot had a great advantage and the condescending blow made them unable to die.
This elite iron cavalry has not had a good bow and arrow.
Su Jing immediately said to Tang He and others: "The opponent's cavalry has too strong impact and excellent defense. The earth dragon arrow can be shot to death. Ordinary hard crossbows cannot do it. You have to test the laser runes."
"Yuan Tianyi is afraid she is not happy, so she will help now." Princess Wuyou said.
"Well, a single-row chariot is meaningless to the impact of this cavalry and will be torn through the defense line. But our infantry sea is good and we can handle it appropriately."
On the ground, the cavalry that broke through the defense line of the chariots had already been placed in front of them. These horses were in the same shape as deer antlers, and were covered with spikes of more than one foot long, with a height of about one meter.
These refusal horses were placed in five rows, and infantry arranged their positions calmly behind them. One wooden stake was slanted out of the ground, one end was sharp and shining with a metallic luster. That was the temporary blessing of Taoism. This was the most economical way.
Arrangement of wooden stakes is simple and easy to use, and metallization is just one of the lowest Taoist techniques.
"Senior brother, they took a detour. I sank one of their boats." Lin Xiehong suddenly contacted Su Jing directly.
"How many people are killed?"
"There is no dead person. I used the Secret Dragon Battleship to deal with it. The boat leaked. Then they rescued the person and took a detour." Lin Xiehong's tone had a very obvious tendency to regret.
This time she came here and brought Jinyufutu with her. She couldn't go deeper. She was so bored that she was dying. She finally came to the Zhou family who was ignorant and was beaten and was timid. If the other party fought back angrily, Lin Xiehong would be happy.
Su Jing didn't leave her much power, but during the Battle of Jinyufutu, she did not rely on soldiers, but on formations, jade, a small number of Qi Refiners, and a large number of puppets.
Moreover, even if the enemy climbs to the Jinyufutu, it is useless. The laws and forces of the various areas on the Jinyufututu are different, and no one can adapt immediately. There are too many new recruits on the Jinyufutututu, which are divided into different areas and have no contact with each other. If the enemy wants to capture the Jinyufututu, they have to face more than three million soldiers. This is the power she can mobilize, and they have formed combat power.
If even cannon fodder is included, even if the opponent has a million troops, she can win by relying on the number advantage. In the Jinyufutu, the area is relatively small, and only by investing absolute strength can she gain an advantage.
"Supervise them." Su Jing was out of patience and Lin Xiehong was restless. He couldn't be with him. Since the Zhou family surrendered, let them fight by themselves. Attacking the Three Islands of Hell, in other directions, you have to pass at least six islands, and you must be careful of the attacks on both wings. There are almost twenty islands that need to be targeted.
The Zhou family has no experience, and if these twenty islands are dealing with, they will be bleeding. Before entering the core of the Three Islands of Hell, the Zhou family will have to struggle for at least two months.
Hell Three Islands have to face attacks in another direction, score points and force to guard against them, and even send troops to try to stop them. In this way, you will inevitably reduce a certain amount of pressure in this direction. This is also a good thing.
The Zhou family was willing to be the surrender, and Su Jing raised his hand to welcome him. He was worried that he would not be willing to sacrifice his troops, so someone came to help, but the Zhou family still had a bad relationship with him.
God opened his eyes and Su Jing laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Princess Wuyou said: "If the Zhou family suffers too much, it will not be a good thing for the empire."
"It's good for me, huh, if my junior sister wasn't tough, they would have seized the waterway and rushed in. What should I do then?"
"Silly, do you really think that the Zhou family can conquer the three islands of Hell, so they won't do their best. After we battled, they asked for some profit. The only thing they had to do was to occupy some small islands on the periphery."
Su Jing laughed and said, "I won't give up a penny, so I'll come to fight if I don't accept it."
"Uh..." Princess Wuyou didn't expect that Su Jing would answer like this.
"What do other families have any opinions?"
"I drove over the Jinyufutu, surrounded the island they had built, found a reef to occupy it, and then asked for the interests of the island."
"You want money but not life!" Mu Yinmou couldn't help but say.
"That's right, I just want money but not life. The question is, who dares to take my life? I am the prince-consort of the dynasty!" Su Jing looked at Princess Wuyou, and Princess Wuyou also burst out and laughed.
She knew that Su Jing was talking about this for Tang He and Mu Yinmou, and some words had to be pointed out. Su Jing's identity made the alliance do many things, and there were different means.
For example, if it weren't for Su Jing's current situation, everyone else would have no way to deal with it.
Although Jiang Wuyou is a princess, her identity is destined to be unable to suppress the nine major families in the name of the royal family. Otherwise, the nine major families would have a big opinion. Su Jing is the son-in-law and the identity of half the royal family, that would be different. For the Jiang family, Su Jing is a relative of the foreign country. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!