Shan Chu and others left with the three volumes deduced by Zhang Kexin and the six volumes of "Thousands of Gold Chariots and Horses".
The name "The Land of the Gods' Fall" is very unlucky. It has been abolished by Shangao and changed to "The Land of the Ancestors", which means the place where the ancestors and gods reside.
Among the three volumes he took away, one was titled "Seven Methods of Ganlin", which included "Rejuvenation", "Nectar", "Ding Shen", "Exorcism", "Breaking Wean", "Duan Duan" and "Ganlin".
Rejuvenation array' and other healing, detoxification, curse removal and other spells.
In addition to the seven techniques, it also includes methods for making ointments, pills, and powders, as well as corresponding first aid and nursing systems.
One volume is titled "Essential Techniques of Engineering", and its content covers fortification construction, fortification, road opening, bridge erection, camouflage, siege equipment manufacturing, obstacle removal and other logistical supply techniques.
The 'Tao-Demon War' is bound to trigger a war between various races in the 'Shanhai Realm', and Zhang Ke doesn't know what methods other practitioners and 'Heavenly Demons' have.
The 'mountain and sea realm' is also the realm where magical powers manifest. 'Time, location, and people' have always been the key to the outcome of a war.
Therefore, a strong engineering force is essential.
The last volume is called "On the Art of War", and the content is mostly some military books written in Zhang Ke's dream.
For example, "Wei Liao Zi", "The Divine Mechanism to Enemy Taibai Yin Jing", "Tai Gong's Six Tao", "Sima Fa", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", etc.
Of course, due to the different nature of the world, the cases cannot be copied in the Yuanqi world, but some war thinking and military systems still have certain merits.
These three volumes are another weapon that Zhang Ke gave to the Suzaku Kingdom to deal with the war.
As for whether these things can be effective, Zhang Ke doesn't know.
After all, this kind of large-scale war at low latitudes has not happened in the blue world for thousands of years.
Based on the foundation Zhang Ke had laid, he was not worried that the Suzaku Kingdom would be defeated in a short period of time.
The Suzaku Kingdom has no experience in large-scale wars, and neither do other tribes or kingdoms.
War is the best catalyst for civilization. Zhang Ke believes that as long as this war is survived, the "Shanhai Realm" will undergo earth-shaking changes.
And Zhang Ke really needs experience in such large-scale wars.
He will not forget that in the 'Azure Realm', there are immortal cultivators who are watching eagerly and may return at any time.
Originally, Zhang Ke not only sent out three volumes of books, he also wanted to reveal the refining method of the 'Sky Boat'.
Flying magical weapons are great weapons in war and will definitely play a decisive role.
But after thinking about it again and again, Zhang Ke finally dispelled this tempting idea.
He didn't know if other practitioners had the ability to refine flying magic weapons, but as long as he exposed the 'empty boat' today, it might spread to other realms in the future.
If the cultivators obtain this kind of knowledge, it will definitely cause great harm to the ‘Azure World’ in the future.
Although the chance is very small, Zhang Ke still doesn't want to take the risk.
In addition, Zhang Ke originally wanted to recruit Guohun and let her command the Suzaku Kingdom to fight.
In the past few hundred years, Gou Hun has led the 'Blue Sky Realm' to fight in all directions. In terms of experience in large-scale wars, Zhang Ke's flattery is not as good as Gou Hun's.
However, after some thinking, Zhang Ke also gave up this idea.
No one is willing to hand over life-and-death war command to others, even if he is the ancestral god of the Suzaku Kingdom.
Although he can seize the command by force, this will definitely create a gap between himself and the Suzaku Kingdom. Perhaps the time to summon the soul is only when the war is unfavorable.
And Zhang Ke would rather not have to summon the soul in this war.
After Shan Chu left, Zhang Ke suddenly found that he had nothing to do for a while.
The Seven Years' War will not begin until the Seven Years' War begins. The Suzaku Kingdom must have been ready for the preparations that need to be made. All that can be done next is to wait.
In this case, Zhang Ke simply continued to practice in seclusion to solidify his foundation.
The time for practicing the ‘Three-Dimensional Hunyuan Chakra Method’ is too short, and there are still many key points that need to be explored.
At the same time, the two-hundred-year non-war agreement in the [Contract Banner] war contract is about to lose its effectiveness.
Countless humans, demons, and spirits desperately hoarded resources, prepared their troops, and prepared for war.
The 'mountain and sea realm' is like water about to boil, with every corner becoming restless.
In the spring of the 194th year of the lunar calendar, Shan Xing, the king of the Suzaku Kingdom, entered his ancestral land with his three nobles and nine ministers. After talking with Zhang Ke for three days and three nights, Shan Xing said goodbye and left.
In July of the 195th lunar month, the Suzaku Kingdom recruited six million men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 to form 'Hu Ben', 'Flying Bear', 'Xiao Qi', 'Xuan Jia', and 'Hercules'.
The twelve camps are 'Yulin', 'Tian Gong', 'Dang Po', 'Zhen Zhen', 'Rui Shi', 'Shui Wan', and 'Fu Jiao'.
There are 500,000 people in each of the twelve major battalions. The highest military officer is the marshal, who is subdivided into generals, schools, lieutenants, tuns, shi, and wu.
That is, there are five people in a corps, ten people in a team, fifty people in a village, a hundred people in a lieutenant, a thousand people in a school, and ten thousand people in a general.
Among them, the three battalions of "Hu Ben", "Flying Bear" and "Xiao Qi" are the cavalry army.
The seven battalions of "Xuanjia", "Lishi", "Yulin", "Tiangong", "Dangpo", "Zhenzhen" and "Ruishi" are the infantry.
The two battalions of "Shuiwan" and "Fujiao" are the navy army.
These twelve major battalions are new battalions, formed by carefully selecting elite backbones from the old battalions.
In the following years, the 12th Battalion began arduous training day and night.
In the spring of the 196th year of the lunar calendar, the Suzaku Kingdom increased various taxes by 10%. After the promulgation of this decree, it caused an uproar in the country, and countless citizens petitioned for its repeal.
But there were also some quick-thinking people who guessed from the kingdom's move to form an army that a great chaos was about to happen. They went around to inquire about the news, and the news they got froze everyone's blood.
A world war would break out in a few years.
In the spring of the 197th year of the lunar calendar, the Suzaku Kingdom issued a decree to improve the treatment of people in nine industries, including planting, mining, smelting, and silk and hemp.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the spring of 198 on the lunar calendar, the Suzaku Kingdom officially promulgated the ‘fertility’ decree.
All men and women over the age of 18 must start a family, and for every two children they have, they can receive a 10% tax exemption for that year.
In the autumn of the 199th year of the lunar calendar, the Suzaku Kingdom issued a notice to all surrounding tribes:
Tribes with a thousand people send 200 troops, and tribes with 10,000 people send 2,000 troops to accept the orders of the Suzaku Kingdom. Anyone who disobeys the order will be exterminated!
As soon as this announcement came out, hundreds of tribes near the Suzaku Kingdom immediately went into an uproar, and the weak ones immediately sent people into the city for training.
Among them, two tribes with tens of thousands of people ignored this announcement and even contacted surrounding tribes in an attempt to form an alliance to fight against it.
The Suzaku Kingdom did not object to stop it at that time.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the 200th year of the lunar calendar, thousands of golden lights flashed out from the [Contract Flags] that had covered the sky above this world for two hundred years.
It was midnight, and the light from this burst of golden light dyed the night sky golden.
[Contract Banner] One of the three major war contract rules:
‘In the first two hundred years, both parties are not allowed to initiate war, and after two hundred years they will no longer be protected by the rules of the contract’ officially loses its effectiveness.
On this day, the Suzaku Kingdom selected 10,000 soldiers from the "Hu Ben" cavalry and attacked for seven days and nights, wiping out the 20,000 tribes that refused to accept the dispatch.
At that time, tens of thousands of people were lying dead, and the river was still full of blood after two months.
After this battle, no tribe within thousands of miles around the Suzaku Kingdom dared to resist.
Hundreds of tribes sent their tribesmen to the capital of the Suzaku Kingdom and formed a 20,000-strong "Xianden" battalion.
Since then, a magnificent world war has begun.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the 200th year of the lunar calendar, Shan Xing, the king of the Suzaku Kingdom, along with hundreds of civil and military officials, prayed to heaven and earth in front of the sacred beasts of the ancestral town.
Shi Gandang, a descendant of Shi Xiong, was appointed as the general marshal of the army of the Zhuque Kingdom, in charge of the three armies in foreign expeditions. Zhang Ke went with the army as the division commander of the country.
Since this time the war will span a very long time, Zhang Ke decided to implement a step-by-step strategy after discussions with the senior officials of the Central Government.
That is, based on the four auxiliary cities of "Su" in the east city, "Bo" in the south city, "Tao" in the west city, and "Gong" in the north city, it will expand outward simultaneously from the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest.
A city was built every hundred miles, and all the tribes encountered were conquered and assimilated. After training, the outstanding ones were selected to serve in the army.
In this way, although the speed of advancing outwards will not be too fast, it can ensure absolute dominance wherever it passes.
In fact, this set of tactics originated from the bunker tactics of an invader in a dream.
By deploying city nodes everywhere in the ruling area, it relies on the support of strong national power to advance outward bit by bit.
This is a tactic that is slightly less offensive but extremely defensive.
Under the influence of Zhang Ke in his early years, the Zhuque Kingdom paid more attention to the development of comprehensive national strength.
As long as the Suzaku Kingdom cannot be defeated in a short period of time, as it continues to advance outward and gather enough human tribes, the Suzaku Kingdom's national power will become stronger and stronger.
As for whether this set of tactics is really effective, it will naturally be reviewed by this war.
On the first day of the third month of the 200th year of the lunar calendar, the four battalions of soldiers and horses as the vanguard set out from the four major auxiliary cities.
That day, chariots were rolling, horses were rustling, military flags were fluttering, armors were clustered, and countless soldiers and horses left the auxiliary city in a mighty manner.
Generally speaking, large-scale battles should be held after the autumn harvest, when grain and grass have just been harvested, resources are abundant, and there are no crops to take care of.
All things sprout in spring, which is the season for sowing food and is related to the life and death of the country.
The summer is hot and rainy, and the winter is cold and snowy, both of which are not suitable for fighting.
But this war lasts for a long time. Since the war cannot be ended in a short time, it is not that important to choose the season to start the war.
The great opportunity to expand your territory, make achievements, and be famous for eternity is right in front of you.
The feelings of countless nobles in the Suzaku Kingdom were aroused, and they gathered their servants one by one, prepared their own weapons and horses, and followed the army out.
King Shan Ling and many civil and military ministers gathered at the capital city tower. They all sighed secretly when they looked at the energetic young nobles in bright clothes and angry horses.
Among these disciples, there were many descendants of many court officials present, but they did not stop him.
When the country is in crisis, since you are a noble, you should set an example.
Now these noble children may not know what they are about to face.
Perhaps only after they experience the cruelty of war will they truly grow up.
...
The seventh day of the fourth lunar month in the second hundred years of the lunar calendar.
Hongkou Mountain Road.
It was just after the Qingming Festival and the temperature was gradually getting warmer. A group of soldiers in iron armor were walking on the rugged mountain road.
In front of them were nearly a thousand tribal servants with only weapons but no armor.
Dozens of rangers wandered hundreds of feet to the left and right of the group like hounds, and several golden-eyed eagles hovered high in the sky, making sharp calls from time to time.
"咵咵~~咵咵~~"
Although the mountain road is rugged, the soldiers' steps are still uniform. It is obvious that this is an elite division.
There are more than a dozen flags in the queue, and tall flagbearers hold their horses and march slowly.
One of the square flags is the most eye-catching, twice the size of the other flags. The pure black flag is embroidered with a flaming Suzaku with outstretched wings, which is the national flag of the Suzaku Kingdom.
In addition, there is a black flag embroidered with a golden bow and arrow pattern, which is the symbol of the Twelve Camps' "Tiangong Camp".
Among the other flags, there is a special golden pennant with rusty black mountains, which is the symbol of the Suzaku royal family.
Whenever this flag appears, it means that there must be members of the royal family of the Suzaku Kingdom among them.
Except for these three flags of great significance, the remaining flags are just indicator flags symbolizing military rank and number of people.
In the middle and rear of the queue, hundreds of armored cavalry were marching slowly. The leader was tall and burly. Although his face was full of childishness, he had a certain magnanimity. He was Yamagata, a descendant of the Suzaku royal family.
Shan Fu could have marched with the Chinese army camp, but he felt that as a member of the royal family, he should take the lead bravely in the battle.
Therefore, after applying to the monarch, he personally led a hundred guards to join the "Tiangong Camp", led a school of troops as the vanguard officer, and set off from "Silk City" all the way south.
The Suzaku Kingdom has a vast territory. We set out on the first day of March and only left the kingdom's borders seven days ago.
But in just seven days, Shanzhi has defeated six thousand-man tribes one after another and recruited nearly a thousand tribal servants.
According to military practice, all these tribal servants were organized into the "Xianden Camp".
"Xianden camp" is just a general term for the servant army, and they have only one role.
That is, when encountering a difficult target, you should attack first. Anyone who survives three battles or kills five targets can be incorporated into the formal military ranks.
Riding on a tall one-horned armored warhorse, Shanchu looked at the left and right directions and took out a sheepskin Kanyu map.
After checking around, he said to Lin Shuanghe beside him:
"Shuanghe, there is a river ten miles ahead. We can make short-term repairs to allow the sergeants to increase their marching speed."
Lin Shuanghe responded with his hands clasped in fists:
"Your Majesty!"
Then he took out a yellow pennant from behind with his backhand, raised it above his head and waved it several times.
"Send the order, hurry up!"
"Send the order, hurry up!"
"..."
When the ordering soldiers saw the order from the order flag, they immediately rushed forward with their horses and conveyed the order while rushing.
In an instant, the entire army's march speed accelerated a lot.
If the sergeant is asked to rush ten miles in a dream, it will only lead to mutiny.
But in the 'Mountain and Sea Realm', with the human race's height of three meters and the practice of martial arts, walking ten miles in a hurry is not even a warm-up.
The smoke and dust brought up by the fast march made the entire army move quickly on the ground like an earth dragon.
A few miles away, in a dense forest, thousands of people were hiding inside, quietly watching the smoke and dust rising in the distance.
At the front of these thousands of people, several extremely burly men were sitting around eating a wild boar raw.
The bloody flesh was torn apart by several people and chewed in their mouths, and the sounds of 'crack~crack~' came from several people's mouths.
Several people paid no attention to the smoke and dust floating in the distance, and just focused on biting the flesh and blood in their mouths.
At this moment, a puff of black smoke burst out from the ground ten feet away in front of the group of people. After a moment, the black smoke turned into a person.
This man was skinny and small, less than seven feet tall. He was wearing a leather coat that could change the color of the scenery around him.
He quickly came to a few people, fell down on the ground and whispered:
"Report to the clan leader that the vanguard officer of the Suzaku Kingdom has arrived at Hongkou and will be here in a while."
The big man called the patriarch had disheveled hair, a naked upper body, and muscles as knotted as mounds. He wore a white tiger skin skirt around his waist, and a purple natural stone hammer about a foot long was inserted upside down beside him.
Hearing the words of the listener in the clan, he immediately wiped his blood-stained hands on his waist, stood up, and pulled up the stone hammer that was two feet into the ground with his backhand.
"Children, a good deal has come. Let's boil the pot and prepare for dinner."
Many tribesmen in the forest immediately shouted loudly.
"Woo~~Woo~~!"
They didn't care whether the sound they made would disturb enemies in the distance.
As the most powerful tribe within hundreds of miles, they have never encountered an opponent.
Even though they heard that the Suzaku Kingdom was very powerful and had destroyed two large tribes, they still did not lack the courage to fight against it.
"Wow~~"
As thousands of people shouted loudly, countless birds in the forest were frightened and all flapped their wings and flew up.