Chapter 216 Zhou Yue Cooperation? (1/2)

In the heart of the Beidou Army, in the tent of Marshal Ji Guangchong, the leaders of the army gathered together.

Ji Daogong followed behind the commander of the Seven Killings Army, and was inconspicuous among the crowd.

After all, if he was not a direct descendant of the Ji family, serving as the military commander of the Seven Killings Commander, he would not be qualified to participate.

You know, the lowest status of the people present was the commander of the first battalion, a warrior in the Condensed Evil Realm.

"Why is there an emergency meeting suddenly? Did something big happen?"

Ji Daogong, who was confused, thought doubtfully.

He originally wanted to use Lin Qingcheng's head in his hand to take credit, but it seems that he will have to wait until after this meeting.

"Everyone, are you all here?"

On the main seat, a strong old man with white hair and beard, ruddy complexion, and smooth skin said in a buzzing voice.

Even if the other party was just a normal volume, it still sounded like a huge bell in the ears of everyone.

"Reporting to the Marshal, the Seven Killings Army is here."

"The Greedy Wolf Army is here."

"The Breaking Formation Army is here."

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All the ten legion leaders in the Great Zhou military camp are here.

In addition to these leaders, there are also some direct descendants of major families like Ji Daogong who were brought in to listen.

Among them, the Ji family is the most. Ji Daogong saw no less than three, one of whom had a very bad relationship with him.

When the two looked at each other, they could see the sparks in each other's eyes.

However, due to the environment where the big guys gathered at this time, the two did not even dare to make a sound casually, let alone mock each other and spit some trash words as before.

Apart from the Ji family, the most direct descendants are from the Xiong family.

The Xiong family can be said to be a die-hard supporter of the Ji family. It is rumored that the ancestors of the Xiong family came from the Ji family and changed their names just to avoid being hunted down by the enemies of the Ji family at that time.

Later, the enemies of the Ji family were exterminated by the Ji family. I don’t know what the ancestors of the Xiong family thought, and they did not change their surnames back, but continued to use the Xiong family.

The Xiong family controls two legions in the entire Great Zhou military camp, namely the Feixiong Army and the Xiongwei Army.

In these two legions, not only are the army leaders from the Xiong family, but even more than half of the ten battalion commanders are from the Xiong family, and the other half are attached to the Xiong family.

The Kong family got a battalion commander position in the Feixiong Army because they were attached to the Xiong family.

There are many people in the Xiong family, and naturally there are more people in the Ji family.

Needless to say, the three army leaders of the Beidou Group Army are all from the Ji family, and most of the battalion commanders under them are from the Ji family.

Long ago, the battalion commanders of the group army were all in the hands of the Ji family.

However, not every Ji family warrior in the Condensed Evil Realm likes to stay in the military camp. More people still like to stay in the royal city to enjoy.

The Ji family cannot push a congenital warrior to the position of battalion commander. If so, the incoming battalion commander will not be able to suppress the people below, and something will happen.

As the saying goes, if virtue does not match the position, there will be disasters.

Therefore, the Ji family had to give up some of the positions of battalion commanders to attract those families who were willing to work for them and be their lackeys.

Among these families, the Yun family was the one that the Ji family liked the most.

In the group army, there were three battalion commander positions, all of which belonged to the Yun family.

In addition to the Beidou Army, there was also a Feilong Army, which was also controlled by the Ji family.

In other words, of the ten armies in the barracks, the Ji family directly or indirectly controlled six.

It can be said that the Ji family did not have to worry about the army being out of control.

The other armies that were not under the control of the Ji family were the Qinwu Army, the Hongwu Army, the Earth-shaking Army, and the Locust Army.

The Qinwu Army was controlled by the Qin family, and the entire army from top to bottom came from the Wuqin Dao and the Liuhe Dao.

This was an army specially sent by the King of Qin to support the battlefield.

It was precisely because of the timely support of this army that the precarious situation at the time was stabilized.

Therefore, even though this army was somewhat incompatible with the entire camp, its position in the barracks was still second only to the Beidou Group Army.

All of this was won by the Qinwu Army with their own strength.

The Hongwu Army is controlled by the Zhu family in Wangcheng, which is the only top family in Wangcheng.

The overall strength of the top family is far beyond that of the first-class family.

For example, the Zhu family has nearly ten warriors in the Condensed Evil Realm, which is completely incomparable to those first-class families with only three or four, or at most six or seven Condensed Evil Realm warriors.

The Earth-shaking Army is controlled by the Chang family, another top family in Wangcheng.

The last Locust Army is controlled by the three Dao masters.

These three are the Yellow Sand Dao, the Flying Snow Dao and the Locust Dao.

Needless to say, the Yellow Sand Dao has been introduced before. Most of the soldiers controlled by Li Yan now are from this Dao.

As for the Flying Snow Dao, it is the northernmost one in Dazhou. It is covered with ice and snow all year round, and the number of people is even less than that of the Zhanyue Dao, which has one-fifth less territory and population.

It is the one with the smallest population in Dazhou and the most backward one.

However, as the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. Although the soldiers recruited from this road are relatively weak overall, they are notorious for not fearing death in battle, so they are scrambled for by various armies.

The Locust Road is called this name because there is a kind of locust as big as a horse in this road, named [Locust Rider], which can be tamed and used as a mount.

Because of its large size, [Locust Rider] has basically lost the ability to fly, but its jumping ability has been strengthened.

Any [Locust Rider] can jump more than ten or twenty feet away, and the highest is two or three feet above the ground.

If during this process, the wings that have already degenerated are flapped, it can increase a long distance, which is simply a short-distance fast glide.

An army composed of a group of such [Locust Cavalry] will have stronger mobility than cavalry.

But its frontal combat capability is far inferior to that of cavalry.

After all, if the two sides are in conflict, the [Locust Cavalry] army may jump into the cavalry one after another and be surrounded and killed one by one.

Only when acting as scouts can the [Locust Cavalry] army fully utilize its powerful mobility.

Therefore, all scouts in the entire Great Zhou military camp are equipped with [Locust Cavalry] from the Locust Road.

Of course, the [Locust Cavalry] in the Flying Locust Army is always the best batch, and it is precisely because of this that the Flying Locust Army has the best batch of scouts in the Great Zhou.

"I called you here this time because I have something to tell you."

Ji Guangchong sat on the throne that looked like copper and iron, and said to everyone.

Everyone listened quietly, and no one dared to speak at this time.

"In the case of Dayue, another bishop has come in the past few days, named Bishop Fengyue."

"Her purpose is not to join the war, but to bring us a message."

"Daman has sent troops, and the target is directly aimed at the battlefield of our two countries."

When this was said, everyone was shocked.

This news was too unexpected. Why would Daman suddenly send troops?

"Marshal, is this news accurate? The last time Daman sent troops was three years ago, to conquer Dafeng Kingdom, just because a direct member of one of the ten tribes of Daman Kingdom died in Dafeng Kingdom."

"I heard that Dafeng Kingdom suffered a lot of losses in that battle. Not only were several legions crippled, but they also paid a lot of war reparations."

"Logically speaking, it should take more than ten years for Daman Kingdom to send troops next time."

The speaker was the leader of the Tanlang Army, Ji Dayou, the sixth son of King Zhou, the sixth prince of Dazhou Kingdom, and the sixth uncle of Ji Daogong.

Ji Daogong's father, Ji Daming, is the twelfth son of King Zhou, so he has eleven direct uncles and more uncles who are not direct relatives.

Uncles refer to male clan members in the direct lineage of the Ji family who are of the same generation as Ji Daogong and older than his father.

The reason why Ji Dayou is so sure that the next military expedition of the Great Barbarian Kingdom is more than ten years away is based on the military dispatch pattern of the Great Barbarian Kingdom.

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In the nearly thousand-year history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Barbarian Kingdom almost always sent troops once every ten or twenty years to attack the surrounding small countries.

Each time, they neither occupied the conquered land nor plundered the enemy's population, but only asked the enemy to pay war reparations.

The amount of war reparations was not much different from the amount of tribute paid by various countries to the Tianwu Dynasty.

Small countries like Da Zhou, because they were far away from the Tianwu Dynasty, paid tribute every ten years, while large countries paid tribute every five years, and the vassal states of the dynasty paid tribute once a year.

Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the reason why the Great Barbarians launched the war was for that considerable amount of resources.

Then, can we just pay the war reparations and not fight with the Great Barbarians?

With the strength of a small country, it is obvious that it cannot beat a big country, so it is better to pay the money obediently, at least it can reduce the loss of the army.

If it was eight hundred years ago, this would also be accepted by the big countries.

Until the emergence of a small country, all the big countries that plundered the resources of other small countries in this way dared not accept the practice of giving money directly.

This small country sent people to the Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty to pay tribute once every ten years, crying that the people in their country were starving to death, and begged the great emperor to show mercy and collect less tribute.

The Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty asked why this was so.

The envoy of the small country gave a very sinister answer, saying that his country had to pay tribute to the dynasty and the surrounding big countries, and it was not able to do so.

In his words, he put the status of the big country and the status of the dynasty on the same level.

When the Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty heard this, his face suddenly turned bad.

He ordered his subordinates to check what was going on.

The investigation found that it was indeed as the person said. Every five years, on the day when the Tianwu Dynasty accepted tribute from various countries, several big countries around this small country also accepted tribute from other small countries.

This was unacceptable, and it could be said that it was simply a provocation to the authority of the Tianwu Dynasty.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty was furious and sent people to directly exterminate the nine clans of the royal families of these big countries.

From then on, no country under the rule of the Tianwu Dynasty dared to openly collect tribute from other countries on a regular basis.

Instead, they chose to provoke wars and obtain tribute indirectly through war reparations.

With such a roundabout method, the Tianwu Dynasty would turn a blind eye.

For the Tianwu Dynasty, as long as their authority was not challenged, they would not care about the life and death of the big and small countries below.

They would only intervene to a limited extent when the vassal states of the Tianwu Dynasty were in turmoil.

It was precisely because they had seen through the essence of this that Dayue and Dazhou would not start fighting until the Great Barbarian State sent troops to the Great Wind State.

In this way, even if the two countries fought for more than ten years, there would be no need to consider the interference of external factors.

Unfortunately, it now seems that they were too idealistic and thought that the Great Barbarian State would act according to their imagination.

Hearing Ji Dayou's question, as his uncle, Ji Guangchong stroked his pure white beard and replied: "This morning at 3 o'clock in the morning, the Great Barbarian secret agent sent a letter that the Great Barbarian Arsi Tribe had sent a group army to the battlefield of our two countries."

"With the speed of this group army, it is expected to arrive at the battlefield of our two countries in a month."

Everyone frowned when they heard this.

"I wonder if the Marshal knows what the Great Barbarian State's intention is."

The commander of the Qinwu Army, Qin Xiaosheng, stood up and bowed and asked.

The ten military leaders were all sitting on a chair, and behind them were a group of their battalion commanders.

Therefore, although there were many people in the tent, they were still clearly divided.

Looking at Qin Xiaosheng who had stood up, Ji Guangchong replied slowly: "From the news, it seems that a new secret realm has appeared in the territory of the Ars tribe."

"In order to delay the progress of the Ars tribe in exploring the secret realm, the current barbarian king of the Great Barbarian Kingdom deliberately sent troops to mediate the war between us and the Great Moon Kingdom."

"Moreover, this group army of the Ars tribe is only the vanguard, and the groups of the Hatu tribe and the Junlei tribe will follow up."

"These three tribes have formed an alliance because of the secret realm, so the barbarian king targeted them together."

Qin Xiaosheng frowned when he heard this.

"In other words, we are the fish in the pond that have been affected?"

Qin Xiaosheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Based on the current news, it is indeed as you said, we are just affected by the fighting in the Great Barbarian Country."

Ji Guangchong nodded to Qin Xiaosheng, confirming his statement.

"Marshal, there seems to be no need to be so pessimistic. The Great Barbarian Country only sent people to mediate the war between our two countries, not to launch an attack on us."

The commander of the Locust Army, Han Bin asked in confusion.

Because the Locust Army is controlled by the three Dao Lord forces, the position of Dao Lord is rotated by the people of the three Dao Lord families for a period of 20 years.

The current commander of the Locust Army comes from Feixue Dao and is the younger brother of Feixue Dao Lord Han Xue.

Facing Han Bin's question, Ji Guangchong did not answer, but picked up a cup of tea on his desk and took a sip.

Then, Ji Dacheng said to the leader of the Pozhen Army, "Dacheng, please answer the question of the leader Han for me."

"Yes, Marshal."

Then, Ji Dacheng said, "The leader Han may not understand the style of the Great Barbarian Kingdom. What they call mediation is actually to knock you down with fists and then order you not to continue. Stop."

"After the mediation, they will also charge a part of the mediation fee, which is not small."

"Since the founding of our Great Zhou Kingdom, the Great Barbarian Kingdom has used these methods at least five times on record."

"There is a saying in the Great Barbarian Kingdom: A sword that has been unsheathed must be fed with blood before it can be put back."

"Now that the sword of the Great Barbarian Kingdom has been unsheathed, if you want to put the sword back into the sheath, where do you think the blood that needs to be fed to the sword comes from?"

After a few words, Han Bin's face became solemn.

"I understand. Thank you, leader Dacheng, for clearing up my doubts."

"You're welcome."

After Ji Dacheng replied, he stopped talking.

After listening to the conversation between the two, the others at the scene understood the meaning of the previous conversation between Qin Xiaosheng and Ji Guangchong.

"You should also understand our current situation."

After Ji Guangchong finished speaking, he looked at the crowd.

Everyone nodded with a heavy heart.

"Then I won't waste my words. Let's start today's meeting. Should we continue to fight with Dayue or cooperate to fight against the Barbarian Kingdom?"

"As Dacheng said just now, the Barbarians' sword has been unsheathed and must be stained with blood, so we must fight with the Barbarian Kingdom."

"Even if we want to surrender, the Barbarians will not accept it."

"Therefore, if you decide to continue fighting with Dayue, then we must be prepared to fight on both sides."

"If you decide to fight against the Barbarian Kingdom with Dayue, you must prevent Dayue's small moves while fighting against the powerful Barbarian army."

"A tough war is coming, you must be prepared."

After Ji Guangchong finished speaking, he handed the right to speak to the people below, and he listened to the various opinions of the crowd in the main seat without a sound.

Even Ji Daogong could interject a few words in such a situation.

A meeting, which lasted from morning to afternoon, finally came to a conclusion under Ji Guangchong's decision.

Cooperate with Dayue to fight against the Barbarian Kingdom.

The Great Zhou Kingdom really does not have the strength to fight two battles at the same time.

Although if it does not cooperate, the Great Yue Kingdom will also fight two battles, but the Great Yue Kingdom has sufficient military reserves, while the Great Zhou Kingdom has difficulty recruiting soldiers because of the [Red Blood Covering Zhou Army].

So after the Great Barbarians leave, the military strength of the Great Zhou Kingdom will inevitably be significantly weaker than that of the Great Yue Kingdom.

Therefore, at this meeting, the [Red Blood Army] was also put on the agenda for the crusade.

Once the cooperation agreement with Dayue is launched, experts will be sent from the military camp to join forces with experts sent by the Great Zhou court to strangle the members of the [Red Blood Army] in the Great Zhou and restore the order of conscription in various regions.

A wave of turmoil is about to spread rapidly in the Great Zhou.