The fire in Jiuyuan County burned for three days and three nights, and a majestic city that had gone through many wars finally turned into rubble and ruins.
After learning the news about Wang Ting's bloodshed, Uwetuo did not urgently mobilize his troops to turn back. On the contrary, he also played a trick on Wu Hengfei who was in front of him, and ostensibly mobilized a large army to return to Yan Ran's aid. In fact,
However, Shang secretly led his troops to the weakly defended areas of the Han army, broke through three lines of defense with lightning speed, and entered Jiuyuan County.
The county town at the front was bypassed but not attacked. Uwetuo led his army directly into the county town and defeated it in one battle. The 70,000 to 80,000 people who had just moved back, together with more than 10,000 defenders and some civilians, and 100,000 soldiers and civilians burned the entire city.
A fire turned into ashes!
Zhu Biao "seizes the sacrifice to the Tianjin man and lays down the stone Yanran", and the entire royal court of Youxian King was burned to the ground. Wuweituo immediately returned the favor and attacked Jiuyuan City with thousands of powerful forces, turning Jiuyuan City into a fire.
ruins.
Uwetuo continues to be a hero in the eyes of the Hu people, but this hero must be preceded by the word "tragedy". Uwetuo's "unyielding", Uwetuo's "perseverance", Uwetuo's "iron-blooded"...
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The Hu people didn't know that the reason why Uweituo didn't return to Yanran Mountain after getting the news was because Uweituo knew the speed of Zhu Biao's troops, and even if he returned immediately, he wouldn't be able to catch up. So Uweituo couldn't catch up with Zhu Biao.
The sound of carrying the beasts went from east to west.
The Hu people only knew that the Youxian King Wuweituo focused on the overall situation and used his troops to surprise Jiuyuan City. He succeeded in one fell swoop and destroyed the entire city's soldiers and civilians. He also burned countless savings of the Han army in Jiuyuan, leaving Luozhou untouched.
The situation outside the wall suddenly came to a halt. It stopped the situation from continuing to fall towards the Han army!
Although the "results" of a Jiuyuan City cannot be compared with those of the Royal Court on the right, Uwetuo's blood for blood and tooth for tooth undoubtedly made the Hu people's psychology, which had just been depressed and panicked, become excited and excited again.
stand up.
As mentioned before, Uwetuo is still a hero. Even if his royal court is completely destroyed, he is still a hero of the barbarians!
"The king's edict said: General Zhu Biao of the superior army, he runs the army with integrity, and goes into danger. He is brave and loyal in every battle. He risked hundreds of lives, wore strong and strong weapons, and made extraordinary achievements many times. He has made outstanding achievements. Special awards will be increased.
He was promoted to the rank of General and Marquis of Xixiang.
I hope that you will be loyal and resolute, and will continue to perform great feats to drive out the barbarians and protect the country and borders. I admire this!"
"My lord, thank you for your kindness."
"The king issued an edict: Zhonglang General Zhu Tong, Chen Mengren, Zhou Zi'ang... are loyal and brave in defending the country, and have outstanding military exploits. Special awards are awarded to... This is your honor!
"My lord, thank you for your kindness."
On the fifth day after the Jiuyuan Fire ended, and on the eighth day after Zhu Biao led his troops back to Hedong from outside the Great Wall, the envoy from Peiping finally arrived.
"Ding, the character's official position has been upgraded..."
With a smile on his face, Zhu Biao invited Huangmen, who had announced the decree, to come into the hall for tea, and talked about the past and present affairs of the royal capital. A kind of comfort gradually grew in his heart. The general of the army, a first-rank military officer, held the third rank of the army.
One hundred thousand people. This has reached the upper limit stipulated by the system. In other words, from now on, I no longer need to worry about officialdom.
After traveling through eight years, I went from a commoner to a first-class military commander, from a third-rate to a perfect martial artist, and my hard work paid off. Oh, by the way, there is also a marquis title. Marquis of Xixiang! Xiang of Xiangxian County.
The elite guards of the brigade, as well as the royal court officials and masters of the Tingwei Mansion, escorted more than 20 tightly covered carriages and horses out of Hedong City on the second day. However, no matter how tightly covered they were, they would still be loaded with offerings to the heaven.
The Jin man's iron wedge cart pulled by eight oxen is also eye-catching!
Huang Men, who led the team, knew this very well. The golden man offering sacrifices to the sky was too big and too heavy to be covered. So he opened his face according to the instructions he received when he arrived, and left Hedong City towards Pipa Beach in a bright and clear way.
There is a high possibility that barbarian masters will attack along the way, but if we can safely reach Beiping City, the morale and self-confidence of the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty will definitely increase greatly.
But if he was intercepted on the way, haha, that would be fun. But these are not things that Zhu Biao needs to consider. The court did not arrange for the Hedong Army to escort him. Presumably, he did not want Zhu Biao to be cheered by the people along the way, and his reputation would be even higher.
of.
Zhu Biao took this opportunity to take a closer look at the management of his land in Hedong.
For example, the farms in Shanyang and Pingchuan counties, the increase in infantry, cavalry, and horses, and the armored cavalry in Shitou Ridge on the southern outskirts of the county city that had been prepared since Li Yan arrived.
It was Li Xian's territory there, but Li Yan, like him, was a little shady, so Zhu Biao threw him into the Lion's Head Ridge.
In a valley by the stream, fifteen or six miles away from Li Xian's camp.
The place is not considered a hidden place, but the Hedong Army's security is extremely tight. There are already checkpoints ten miles away, and further in, there are sentries and groups of patrolling soldiers at regular intervals, like a twisted net.
, tightly covering the area near the exit of the valley, like a spider lying on a web, paying close attention to every movement on the spider web.
This valley is a death valley. The cliffs on both sides are hundreds of feet high. At the end of the cliff, a waterfall flows down. As long as the exit is locked, there is no need to worry about the leakage of secrets in the valley. Moreover, the stream flows out of it, and materials can be transported to and from it by water.
It is very convenient. Zhu Biao also set up the heavy armor forging place here because of these two points.
The official name of the forging place here is Hedong Binghao Foundry. Because the battle against Hu dragged on for too long, it was difficult for ordnance supplies to be delivered to the front line in time. Hedong, Hexi, Luozhou, and Liangyan had long been established separately.
Get an ordnance factory, a foundry, a forging bureau, etc. As long as you can transfer money from the army, it will be fine.
There was only one non-dramatic battle site in the east of the river, but since Zhu Biao came to power, it has been expanded to two locations. Now, elite soldiers and generals from the A and B foundries have been secretly built to build this third location.
In the center of the valley, which is also the most spacious place, there are two rows of houses neatly arranged on the left and right, with many craftsmen coming and going. But these are not the residences of craftsmen, but the storage areas for the two raw materials of pig iron and coal. From here,
Go inside and you'll find the finished ordnance storehouse. Unless necessary, even the leading craftsman is not allowed to take a step forward.
And outwards, there are workshops one after another along the streams. Forging hammers driven by water power, although they are only forging large pieces of wrought iron or even fine iron, but this has omitted the need for
The craftsmen are very energetic.
There were blazing stoves one by one, and the work sheds that seemed to be somewhat crudely built. The sound of tinkling iron could be heard one after another. Pieces of perforated beetle leaves of the same shape and thickness flowed out from the hands of the craftsmen.
The application of hydraulic power is still in its early stages, and can only be used for tempering large pieces of wrought iron. It is not yet used for making armor leaves, but even this can save a lot of work.
After passing through this, Zhu Biao, accompanied by Li Yanhe, the foundry supervisor and the leading craftsman, went straight to the armory, where sets of cold armor appeared in front of everyone.
This is not an ordinary battle armor, because in addition to what is worn by humans, there is also a set of well-made horse armor placed under the heavy armor. To be precise, the armor that appears in front of everyone is a standard set of heavy cavalry armor.
After half a year's work, the Hedong Army of Armor has only stocked 600 collars, and the more than 40 sets in front of them were recently produced after the last armor was shipped.
The total weight is one hundred and fifteen kilograms, including fifty-five kilograms of human armor and sixty kilograms of horse armor.
The human armor is all made of fine iron. The inner part is plate armor, and the outer part is lined with leather and decorated with armor leaves. It is very labor-intensive. The heavier horse armor uses a lot of leather. It can be said that the main body of the horse armor is made of fine iron.
Leather armor is only inlaid with a layer of iron sheets on the outside, and key parts are reinforced.
This is the assembly of the armored cavalry. It is not like the Youzhou cavalry or the Xiliang cavalry, where only the men are wearing heavy armor and the horses are still naked. The elite Hedong army armed with such a set of armor has the training of a veteran like Li Yan.
It only takes half a year for another Tiger Camp to come out. And with the system in hand and the armored cavalry in Zhu Biao's hands, the power is naturally far superior to that of others.
Armor leaves made of seventy-two refined iron, plate armor made of hundred-refined iron, and a silk and satin coat wrapped around the body. Even the powerful crossbow cannot penetrate. It can be said that except for the bed crossbow and the big yellow crossbow,
With such armor on his body, a soldier will not be afraid of arrows and crossbows.
"How does it compare to the one used by Huben Camp?"
"Follow the rules and do the same without any inferiority."
"Okay! Now that we have six hundred leaders, we will select horses and generals from now on, formally set up the camp, and form... the Black Armor Cavalry Battalion! The quota is three thousand."
Zhu Biao still remembered that there was a mysterious iron cavalry talisman left by Li Shimin in the system. He would buy it in the future and use it in Li Yan's army.
"General, take the order!" Li Yan accepted the order excitedly.
It is said that since Zhu Biao is planning to build armored cavalry, the war horses and soldiers should have been prepared long ago. But in the past six months, he has not had time to be in Hedong. Without Zhu Biao in charge, he has ordered Li Yan to prepare. How can he start from
From each camp, good horses are brought in, or good soldiers are poached? Who would think that he has good soldiers and good horses and gives him his sharp troops?
These must wait until Zhu Biao returns to Hedong to take charge, before they can be slowly unfolded in the various cavalry camps.
Of course, during this outing, the Hedong Army captured a huge amount of war horses. Three thousand horses suitable for armored cavalry could be collected from the capture alone.
"After replenishing military supplies, we can still build a medium-sized horse farm." This is Zhu Biao's dream for several years.
However, it has only been six hundred and forty in six months. How slow is it? Patting the cold armor in front of him, Zhu Biao sighed secretly. His previous assumptions seemed to be too optimistic!
The difficulty coefficient estimate is wrong!
The amount of 3,000 for the Xuanjia Cavalry Battalion seems to take two years to collect. How can this be done?
If the imperial court kidnaps Hu in the middle, then I really don’t know how to wait until the Year of the Monkey to collect the three thousand collars. If the scale of production cannot be expanded in the short term, the suffering will be profound.
"When--" His fingers gently tapped the armor's chest mirror, and a crisp sound echoed in the air. It can be seen that the armor's defensive power is very good, especially the front, even if it is not as good as
Mingguang armor is also comparable to black light armor. It is much stronger than armors such as pierced armor, scale armor, mountain armor, black hammer armor, and white cloth armor.
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Outside Peking City.
Wei Feng, who had shaved off his beard, didn't care at all about the six-door master not far away, and happily joined the crowd to watch the fun.
The team sent by the imperial court to Hedong finally came back after a series of hardships. It carried the eight-foot-tall golden man, the head of the Tuoyan family of Uwe, and the concubines and children of King Youxian of the Hu people.
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"Han Army——"
"mighty--"
"Han Army——"
"mighty--"
"Han Army——"
"mighty--"
Ever since the news of Zhu Puma trampling Yanran came, there were countless such passionate howls in the city of Beiping. To be honest, even though Wei Feng is a person of infinite Taoism, he was also excited when he heard the news on the first day of the new year.
I am so full of heart that I wish I could sing loudly.
So. Wei Feng came out today.
"Coming, coming..." Cheers came from the front, and Wei Feng stretched his neck.
"Oh, oh..." The cheers were louder and louder. Han people's blood has never been cold!
When there was bad news about the crown prince and the betrayal of the King of Tang, the Southern Expeditionary Army went out for a military parade at Xuande Tower. Thousands of people were in high spirits. The battle results were outstanding and the heavenly troops were invincible. When the army returned, the whole country celebrated.
The Han wind is fierce, and the hearts and blood of the Han people are always hot.
The iron wedge car carrying the golden man offering sacrifices to heaven has finally arrived!
The sky is high and the clouds are light. The autumn day is crisp. Under the illumination of the golden sun, the tall golden man offering sacrifices to the sky emits thousands of golden rays, making people unable to help but close their eyes at first glance.
"Okay -" An uncontrollable excitement arose in Wei Feng's heart, and the thunderous howl was like a spark popping into the pile of firecrackers, which immediately aroused the imitation of the people nearby.
After the surging blood calmed down a little, Wei Feng looked at the Golden Man, with a sense of pride in his eyes. But... as he looked up and down bit by bit, Wei Feng felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
I feel familiar. I seem to have seen this thing before somewhere!
But Wei Feng knew very well that he had never seen a golden man worshiping the sky. This was a sacred object of the barbarians!
Of the twelve golden men left behind by the ghosts, two were taken captive by the Han court to the Central Plains, one was sunk into the Juyan Sea, and there were nine left, five of which were in the Hu tribe and four in the Di tribe. Whenever sacrifices were made,
.Only then will he be carried to the top of a high mountain to be worshiped by tens of thousands of people from the Hu and Di tribes.
Only the middle and high-level nobles of the Hu Di clan can really take a closer look. The general tribal leaders and chiefs can only see a golden ball from a distance. As for the ordinary herdsmen, they can only see the golden light... Wei Feng is
There's no way you've ever seen this thing.
Where does this vague sense of familiarity come from?
Wei Feng blinked and blinked, thinking and thinking, and finally got a clue, got a clue...
Hedong County City, General Mansion.
Zhu Cai'er fiddled with the silver bell in her hand, "Is it my imagination?" The more she looked at the bells, the more she felt the Buddha statue engraved on one of them, and she missed the golden statue of a man offering sacrifices to heaven that was in her home a few days ago.
, except for the bald head and the clothes. The face and posture are exactly the same.
Under the sun, Zhu Cai'er picked up the bell and shook it. It was a little thing that she liked very much, but since her discovery, she subconsciously didn't dare to wear it on her wrist anymore.
The bells shone like a stream of silver light, and there were twelve small and exquisite bells. Each bell was carved with a Buddha statue with different expressions, either fat or thin, standing or sitting.
Some smile widely, some of the treasure statues are solemn, the carvings are wonderful and lifelike! But they are also facing the twelve golden men offering sacrifices to heaven!
"What you're talking about...isn't this...a silver bell?" Zhu Biao frowned as he looked at the bell. As soon as he got it, he felt that it was not silver. Although it was about the same weight as silver, he could feel the difference at this moment.
Come.
Then I used reconnaissance!
The quality of such a seemingly ordinary thing has reached a high level of 90%! And the material is also known - mithril.
"Dang!" Zhu Biao took Zhu Dahai's sword and slashed at the bell. The bell was intact, not a trace of mark was left. However, Zhu Biao's sword opened a gap as big as a grain of rice.
"This is mithril, the texture of mithril. In terms of hardness, it is no worse than my bone sword."
The little girl's eyes suddenly brightened. Zhu Dahai no longer felt sorry for his sword. Zhu Qiangsheng, Zhu Qiangyi and others looked at Zhu Biao eagerly, hoping that Zhu Biao could continue talking.
"Could this... be hiding some big secret? It's unusual for such a hard thing to be able to carve out such a delicate Buddha statue, brother?"
With sharp eyelashes, the little girl looked like a little fox who had stolen a chicken.
"The bell itself... has something in it, I really can't tell. But it can't be a mortal thing. Maybe it's a token of some sect... I can't tell..."
How much does Zhu Biao know about the world's martial arts sects and historical allusions? He handed this directly to Song Yingzhu. Even if Song Yingzhu couldn't figure out why, he had no choice but to ask Song Yannan to take care of his eyes.
"It is said that the twelve golden figures in Guifang are derived from the gods and demons of the twelve heavens. The gods and demons of the twelve heavens are naturally the legends of the demon sect. The original demon sect has declined for thousands of years, and the demon sect in northern Xinjiang has fallen apart.
It has not been passed down to the world, so I don’t know the allusions to it.
I have never heard of a legend in Buddhism about conquering the gods and demons of the twelve heavens..."
"Then take it to your father-in-law and have a look!"
It's inexplicable that it involves the Demon Sect. Zhu Biao feels that this thing is starting to get a little hot. I hope it doesn't really involve a big problem.
Before he could cultivate Xiantian, Zhu Biao could march and fight into the Central Plains, but he never wanted to get involved in the Central Plains martial arts rashly. The water there was too deep, and only the Xiantian master could not be manipulated at will when the world was undergoing great changes.
"Master Huiguang of Minghua Temple has profound Buddhist knowledge and profound qualifications. He is connected with Dalin Temple and Prajna Temple, the two leaders of Buddhism in northern Xinjiang. If you want to find out, go to him and ask him. Or just put it in a high cabinet."
Song Yannan couldn't see the reason, but he couldn't help but give Zhu Biao a nod in the end.
"Your inheritance is profound and unfathomable. You only need to sit on the east side of the river and gradually accumulate it, which is enough to achieve your karma. Why worry about Buddhas and demons?
Just throw away something of such unknown origin!"
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Outside Peiping City, in a newly renovated manor.
Lin Jingchou looked at the twelve portraits in his hands and said to Wei Feng without confidence: "Are you sure they are really the same?"
"Exactly the same. It has been more than a year since I got that bell, and I have thought about it countless times. Although I lost interest later, I still remember it clearly."
"Then disperse. Don't care if it's true or not. It's not that I didn't think about it. If it is, it will cause chaos in Beihan Jianghu." If Wuliangdao wants to regain a foothold, Jianghu must have this territory.
A foothold. Now four of the six major factions have joined forces to strangle Wuliangdao. This situation must be disrupted!
