The Sacred Ding

In Yaoshan, there are more mountains and less land.

Although the stone walls on both sides of the Yantiaoxia Gorge are extremely steep, the bottom of the valley is flat and there are stone streams flowing. It is a rare place to house tens of thousands of clansman and tens of thousands of slaves at the southern foot of Yaoshan Mountain. .

In addition to building defense barriers on the periphery of the Yuantiao Gorge, the land in the Yuantiao Gorge has to be used by extremely expensive land. Large herds of cattle, sheep, mastiffs, wolves, horses and dozens The grassland wild elephants with huge heads are all driven into the Yuantiaoxia Gorge to ensure that the enemy army will besiege them and the Iron Cliff Department will have sufficient food.

Of course, the Yantiao Gorge is extremely narrow, and the rugged terrain of Yaoshan Mountain is not conducive to herding. The production and lifestyle of the clansman in the Iron Cliff must be changed.

The herd must be changed from stocking to captive breeding, and it is even necessary to use the corners of the land as much as possible to grow millet and millet to supplement the shortage of food; and to arrange iron as much as possible. The clansman in the cliff, the spiritual medicine spiritual grass in Manyao Mountain, and the search for suitable copper and iron veins near Yuantiaoxia, mine ores, cure copper and iron, and ensure that tools and armored weapons can be cast in batches.

This is actually the clansman of Tieyabe, who entered the farming era from the traditional nomadic civilization in an instant.

Although the power of inertia is extremely huge, before life and death, after clansman of the Iron Cliff moved into the Ape Leaping Gorge, he accepted this huge change in production and lifestyle, not at all. Resistance.

In particular, the bloody killing of Blood Demon Puppet made clansman of Iron Cliff, who used to live scattered by water and grass before, are willing to gather together in several designated dense villages to live together.

Of course, in order to make the Tieyabe clansman more suitable for farming life, Chen Hai suggested that Tie Kun allocate 10,000 Yanzhou slaves to the Tieyabe clansman to assist in reclamation, farming, construction of farm tools, and cattle and sheep. Things like captivity.

This is not conducive to directly improving the situation of Yanzhou slaves, but what Chen Hai really wants to do is not to rescue the tens of thousands of Yanzhou slaves enslaved in the depths of Yaoshan. It is necessary to use all the existing conditions to fully excavate the strength of the Iron Cliff Department.

The battle strength of a tribe is closely related to the average cultivation level of clansman, but in many cases, changes in the organization of production also have a decisive influence.

The clansman of Tieyabe was forced to abandon the loose nomadic production method and gather to live together at the southern foot of Yaoshan Mountain, which directly provided convenient conditions for the implementation of the military household system.

This also fully guarantees that every adult, healthy male and some female savages in Tieya Department will become potential soldiers that Tie Kun can directly recruit. Tie Kun initially expected that at most six-seven thousand soldiers could be requisitioned from the clansman, but the Junhu Mansion could really go down. When the enemy was overwhelming, the Tieya Department could at most incorporate thirteen-seven thousand soldiers into the army.

This has not counted the Yanzhou slaves who had served in the Hexi Army, Liang Yong Army, Tianshui County Soldiers, Wild Goose Sect County Soldiers, and were captured to Hanhai because of the setbacks of the war.

Of course, with the implementation of the military household system, the number of recruits for the Iron Cliff Department has nearly doubled, but the weapon blade and Battle Armor are extremely scarce.

Elite and brave are momentum is big, power is deep, ordinary iron or bronze weapons can no longer exert their strength, but there is no ready-made gold-tempered iron placer along the coast of the sea, nor do they have mastered the traditional infiltration. Method of smelting quenched gold and iron.

Most of them were captured through wars, and some of them were obtained from the Hexi Army, Liang Yong Army and other Yanzhou clan forces, but the number was quite limited.

Even the most elite Qianyu of the Iron Cliff Department wants to be equipped with a gold-hardened armor, which is fundamentally unrealistic at this stage.

Although Blackstone City did not assemble soldiers and horses to reinforce Mount Yao at all, this is very irritating and frustrating, but the nearly hundreds of soldiers and horses assembled in the Krei and Tuoba Tribes, Due to logistical supply issues, it is estimated that it will take 1 month later before it can enter Yaoshan.

With this month’s time, the city wall made of rammed stone mortar on the outer side of the Yuantiao Gorge will be built to a height of more than four meters, when the time comes and the three built into the city wall Shisaijiaobao will initially form a defense system facing the grassland outside the southern foot of Yaoshan Mountain.

And when the time comes, when the time comes, the clansman of the Iron Cliff Branch that moved into the Sautiao Gorge will also be able to adapt to the new life, when the time comes to seal the enemy outside the Sautiao Gorge, Iron Kun still confident.

However, it is not to block the enemy forces out of the Monkey Leaping Gorge. Even if it is the most successful, the Iron Cliff Department must not be able to contain a large number of enemy forces. As a result, the Bailu Gorge in the west can not bear it, and the enemy When the army fell, Tieyabe was reduced to a lone army, and the living space in the southern foot of Yaoshan would become narrower and narrower, and eventually it would not escape the fate of being annihilated.

How can Tieyabe rely on the Monkey Jumping Gorge to contain more enemy troops?

Iron Kun can’t do anything for a few days. I walked into the Blood Demon Gorge—Blood Demon Gorge is located in the depths of the Ape Leaping Gorge. A few days ago, dozens of elite scouts from the Iron Cliff Department discovered Blood Demon Puppet was torn to pieces by Blood Demon Puppet, and finally Iron Kun led his soldiers to capture the unnamed valley where Blood Demon Puppet was captured. It was later named Blood Demon Gorge.

After the blood demon incident, Chen Hai promised to pass on the secret technique of controlling the Blood Demon Puppet to the witch man of the Iron Cliff Department. The only condition is that the blood demon gorge that is no deeper than Li Xu, It was designated as his private territory and allowed him to select a group of craftsmen from Yanzhou Kunu, so as to facilitate the creation of elite armor and weapons for the Iron Cliff Department.

Tie Kun walked into the Blood Demon Gorge and wanted to find Chen Hai. In addition to asking for a better strategy to increase the battle strength of the Iron Cliff, I also wanted to see where the Blood Demon Puppet was refining. Up.

In just a few days, Blood Demon Gorge built several wood houses outside the cave where Blood Demon Puppet was hiding.

The four most potential younger generation in Tieyabu, Tiehe, Tieyou, Tiemu, and Tiefu are sitting cross-legged outside the wood house at this time. They are cultivating Chen Hai. The mystery of visualization is used to destroy the essence of Qi and blood around the body, turning into True Yuan surging like a spring in the spirit vein, and finally incorporated into the Secret Palace of Spirit Sea. In the process, it also strengthens its Divine Soul essence. soul.

Although the original essence of Blood Demon Puppet has not been completely dissipated, Yao Wenjin and the four Iron Cliff witches need to be re-refined with their own Divine Soul, this kind of flesh puppet The refinement method is extremely harmful to Yao Wenjin’s own Divine Soul, so it needs some Cultivating Body Strengthening Essence and the mysterious method of strengthening the soul to refine the new puppet spirit step by step to be strong enough to drive it. Seven or eight meters high, each blood Demon Puppet weighing three 4,000 jin rises.

Only when the newly refined puppet spirit is strong enough, Blood Demon Puppet can fully display the fighting instincts, and the more terrifying the battle strength. Otherwise, Blood Demon Puppet can only use a few types of machinery. And the slow movement, no matter how indestructible the body is, what battle strength is there?

Seeing that Yao Wenjin can drive a Blood Demon Puppet to walk slowly, Tie Kun wonders whether Yao Wenjin’s low-level cultivation base is able to completely control the Blood Demon Puppet in front of him, but Chen Hai will after all The other four Blood Demon Puppets were handed over to the Wuman of the Iron Cliff Department. He couldn’t say that Chen Hai was too greedy at this time.

Tie Kun walked into the wood house and saw Chen Hai Kei sitting on a straw mat made of grass. He was calculating something. There were dozens of scattered pictures and texts on his body, like some kind of seal symbol array. It’s just that I don’t at all have the opportunity to learn the art of seal talisman. After watching Chen Hai for a long time, I don’t know what he is calculating, but he politely did not interrupt Chen Hai’s calculation.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Hai came back to his senses from the calculation. Seeing Tie Kun by his side, it seemed to be startled. Of course Tie Kun was suspicious of Chen Hai’s installation.

Tie Kun talked about the difficulties encountered by Tieyabu at this time, and asked: “Is there any way for Cao Gong to teach me?”

“Tianjihou will soon agree to Several heavy-bore crossbows were sold to the Iron Cliff Department, but the Iron Cliff Department did not have a large supply of hardened iron and could not cast a large number of heavy crossbow bullets. Several heavy-bore crossbows did not have the opportunity to exert formidable power,” Chen Hai said, “but As far as I know, in addition to the large amount of gold-quenched iron produced in Liquan, the Jingjue Capital of Western Qiang also has a certain amount of gold-quenched iron output. As long as the caravans of the Iron Cliff Department can pass through the vast grassland , Shahai, entered the Jingjue Duhu Mansion. With Tieye’s friendship with Shenhou and Mrs. Jingjue, he might be able to buy hardened gold iron from Jingjue Duhufu…”

” Did the god let Cao Gong mix into Yanzhou slaves and find the reason for me?” Tie Kun asked.

Chen Hai calmly faced Tie Kun’s aggressive gaze. Although Tie Kun said that he was unsympathetic to his old master, he still wanted to protect the interests of the Tieya Ministry first, so He and Yao Wenjin will continue to cover up as Cao Wen and Cao Jin, and will not directly reveal his true identity for the time being.

However, Tie Kun puts the interests of the Tieya Department first, so that does not prevent some issues that can be cooperated and benefit the Tieya Department more thoroughly.

“If the iron cliff caravan transported three-quarters of the gold-hardened iron from Jingjue Duhu Mansion, it would eventually arrive at Tongkou City. I believe this is what the gods asked me to An important reason why my uncle and nephew came to assist Tie Ye.” Chen Hai said.

At present, due to the restrictions of Hexi, the eight-level gold-quenched iron material transported from Lucheng into the Tianji Academy is only 30,000 to 40,000 catties per month, which is far from enough for Chen Hai to cast heavy-bore crossbows in Hengshan. The need for war chariot and other weapons of the heavens must immediately open up new transportation channels outside the Hexi.

This is also one of Chen Hai’s main goals for going north.

The grasslands on the west bank of the vast sea are full of monster tribes belonging to the Blackstone Khanate. Only the Iron Cliff caravan belonging to the Blackstone Khanate can remove the gold-hardened iron from Lucheng It was secretly transported from the northern line, and it neither alarmed Hexi nor other tribal forces in the Blackstone Khanate.

“Is the Iron Cliff Department only able to keep 1/4 of the quenched iron as a reward?” Tie Kun asked deeply.

“Tie Ye thought that there would be very little gold-hardened iron shipped from Jingjue Duhufu, so he felt that 1/4 of the amount was used as a reward. Isn’t it worth the risk?” Chen Hai asked with a smile .

“How much should that be?” Tie Kun asked.

“How much it can have depends on the caravan organized by the Iron Cliff Department. The maximum amount of gold-hardened iron that can be transported at a time can be hidden from the eyeliner of other tribes, but no matter how small it is, it is enough. Make Tieyabe the overlord of the thousands of miles near Yaoshan.” Chen Hai said.

“The territory of the Blackstone Khanate is not peaceful. Even if the secret of the gold-hardened iron does not leak out, the caravans of the Iron Cliff Division frequently appear in the depths of the grassland, which will most likely arouse the greed of other tribes. The Iron Cliff Department can’t distinguish much battle strength at this time, and go to protect the caravan.” Tie Kun sighed said.

“As long as Tie Ye is willing to do this, not only the caravan’s guards, but also three to five hundred elite soldiers from the Longxiang Camp disguised as Yanzhou slaves–in addition, Tong In all the battles, Longxiang Camp also captured more than 4,000 barbarians, and Tie Ye can also redeem them in batches to supplement the lack of battle strength of Tie Yabu…” Chen Hai said.

The redemption of captives has always been carried out in secret between Yanzhou and the Hanhai tribes, and the barbarians captured in the Longxiang camp, even though most of them belong to the Mengwu tribes, as long as they are iron Those prisoners of war could not go back to their original tribes casually.

Either these tribes handed over the same or even more ransom to the Iron Cliff Tribe, or it was these prisoners who served the Iron Cliff Tribe for several decades and waited until they were old and weak before returning to the original tribe.

This is also the rule on the grassland, and it won’t be trampled on at will just because the obscure part is stronger.

“What if the Iron Cliff Department wants to build a celestial weapon?” Tie Kun asked.

“Perhaps we can hire a few craftsmen from the Tianji Academy to help the Iron Cliff Department build Tianji combat weapons, or teach Mechanical Puppet Technique……” Chen Hai said.

“The Heavenly Secret Learning Palace has passed the Heavenly Secret weapon to the vast sea, are you afraid of angering the public?” Tie Kun asked.

“The secret map of the celestial weapon has been spread throughout the Yanzhou lords. Who can confirm that the celestial weapon was passed to Hanhai by the gods? Tie Ye was convinced of the Blackstone Khanate and the Tuoba tribe. Haven’t mastered the manufacturing drawings of the heavenly weapons?” Chen Hai asked with a smile, “Furthermore, Tie Ye is based on Mount Yao. In the future, he can go south and threaten Tianshui County. The Shenhou will be more stable in Tianshui County. , You don’t need to worry, just because of the anger of the people, the city of Yanjing can take the gods, you just need to know that the gods are not unfavorable to the Tieyabe.”

Yaoshan Located on the south bank of the Hanhai Sea, the straight-line distance from Yucheng Ridge is actually only nine thousand li or so, which is more than one and a half shorter than the distance from Yucheng Ridge to Blackstone City, because every year after the opening of spring, major rivers such as Tonghe River, Because the ice in the south melted first, these northward rivers flooded every spring and the road was blocked, making the distance between Mount Yao and Yukou City seem very close.

Of course, even if the floods are flooding, even if the tens of thousands or tens of thousands of troops are not doing well, the distance between the several thousands li from Yuchengling to Yaoshan is not to be found after the spring A road that can be used for hundreds of people to travel through.