Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 545: Acting on Heaven's Will, Establishing a Camp and Recruiting Soldiers

In the original novel, Li Ji stole the reply from Shao Huashan and reported to the authorities to arrest Shi Jin. In fact, there was nothing wrong with that.

He is a good citizen. If he sees someone colluding with bandits, there is nothing wrong with him reporting to the police to arrest them. As for his greed for money, that is human nature, just like everyone is greedy for money.

From the perspective of the Liangshan heroes, he is a cunning villain.

From the perspective of ordinary people, he is unlucky.

Therefore, Yan Xu had no ill feelings towards Li Ji. He called him this time because he was familiar with Shaohua Mountain and wanted him to lead the way.

"My humble servant greets you, Taoist priest." Li Ji was used to bowing and nodding to others. After all, he was just a nobody who didn't even have land.

"Are you familiar with Shaohua Mountain?" Yan Xu asked.

"Look at what you said. Where are my food and clothes? If I don't know him well, I won't even have food to eat." Li Ji said with a smile. Because Yan Xu was not arrogant and was kind to others, he was not too restrained.

"Okay, I want to build a temple and open up fields in Shaohua Mountain. I need someone who is familiar with the mountain roads, and you are the one." Yan Xu stood up and said, then handed him a few pieces of silver.

As soon as he got the few taels of silver, Li Ji stopped talking and hurriedly led the way.

Shaohua Mountain belongs to a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is very close to Huashan Mountain and is vaguely connected to Huashan Mountain, the Western Peak. Although it is not as tall and steep as Huashan Mountain, it is not much worse. It is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder it was favored by the Shenwu Military Advisor, who established a stronghold there, leaving the Huayin County Magistrate helpless.

Li Ji was indeed familiar with the terrain and mountains, and quickly helped find several stable and wide places to build a palace and a courtyard.

"Yes, you are familiar with the geography and have nimble legs and feet. If you are willing, you can be my follower and receive some money and food every month. It is a stable job." Yan Xu was attracted by the place and Li Ji, so he spoke.

"I'm willing!" Li Ji quickly knelt down and said with his hands clasped together.

He was an ordinary citizen and didn't know many etiquettes. He only knew that kneeling was the most sincere way to express his gratitude.

Although Li Ji has the nickname of "Rabbit Hunter" and can hunt game every now and then, it does not mean that he can eat meat every day. In fact, his life is not as good as he imagined.

Wild animals lack fat and have a poor taste. They have to be cooked with a lot of oil and spices to be edible. However, ordinary people who don’t mind cannot afford it, and the gentlemen who can afford it don’t like to eat it, so it can only be sold to restaurants or people who want to have a snack.

The money had to be used to buy rice, flour, oil, and salt, and also to store food for the winter, so life was still very tight.

Not to mention that the mountains and forests are extremely dangerous and one could get hurt or even die if one is not careful.

Therefore, most hunters would not touch ferocious wild beasts, but would focus on pheasants, hares, and roe deer. Except for the fatter roe deer, small things could not be sold at a high price. So as soon as Yan Xu opened his mouth, Li Ji hurriedly agreed, for fear of missing the opportunity.

"Please move aside. I want to cast a spell to open up some space." Yan Xu asked Li Ji to step back a little, then pointed towards the stone wall.

During this period of time, Yan Xu gradually accumulated a lot of merits and had already upgraded his magical power system to the intermediate level. He could practice the thirty-six earthly evil techniques and was no longer so constrained.

After seven days of preaching, he gained a lot of merit, so he carefully selected some more, among which was a technique of opening walls. Wherever he pointed his finger, the mountain and the wall would crack, which was very useful.

Yan Xu stretched out his hand and pointed, and the rock wall in front of him suddenly collapsed. Li Ji was stunned. He looked at him as if he had seen a god, and almost knelt down and kowtowed a few more times.

Seeing this, Yan Xu was very satisfied. In the early days, unless he used the magic of fighting, it would be impossible to achieve such a scene, and the mana consumed was not much.

The Earthly Evil Technique is not an ordinary spell. Ordinary magic is similar to gunpowder and muskets. After a simple loading and firing, it is converted into kinetic energy. However, the Earthly Evil Technique involves the shallow application of rules, so it consumes less energy, is more powerful, and is more incredible.

After all, the evil magic such as Covering the Sun that can conceal the secrets of heaven requires more than just high magic power.

Not to mention summoning the wind and rain, it is not impossible to do so with magic power alone, but the cost is more than ten times that of the Earthly Evil Technique.

This is the difference between having inheritance and not having inheritance. If Sun Wukong had not met Patriarch Bodhi, he would not be much different from the little monsters he fought on the journey to the West.

After breaking the rocks, he used the Hutian technique to collect them, and soon cleared a piece of open space. Yan Xu nodded with satisfaction and began to build with the system.

The system is not limited to constructing Japanese-style buildings, nor is it limited to recruiting Japanese soldiers. It’s just that it cannot be used in other worlds.

In order to establish a stronghold in the Water Margin world, the framework must be set up, so a gathering hall, stables, blacksmith shops, kitchens, as well as residences for officers, soldiers, servants, etc. were built.

"Go hang up this flag." Yan Xu took out a flag and handed it to the dazed Li Ji. Li Ji came to his senses with a start and hurriedly hung the flag on the tall flagpole in front of the Juyi Hall, but he didn't know how to read these four big words.

"It's all ready." Looking up at the big banner of "Doing Justice on Behalf of Heaven", Yan Xu smiled, then asked Li Ji to go back to Shijiazhuang to call his two disciples and Wang Jin.

"Okay, sir." Li Ji originally just wanted to find a way to make a living, but he didn't expect to find a god. At this time, he no longer had the slightest thought of being sneaky. Let alone just running errands, even if he was asked to pick up a knife and kill the emperor, he would not hesitate. So he used all his abilities, moved like a rabbit, and ran down the mountain in a flash.

After Li Ji left, Yan Xu thought about which types of soldiers to recruit.

In the world outside of Japan and the wasteland, you can only use luck points to recruit soldiers, so it is not cost-effective to recruit farmers, not to mention that the world with an Eastern background has never lacked farmers who have no land to farm.

Even so, you still need to think carefully about it, because each world can only recruit ten types of soldiers. It seems like a lot, but if you count blacksmiths, cooks, doctors and so on, there won't be much left.

According to Yan Xu's understanding, the military forces in the cold weapon era can be divided into four major categories: infantry, cavalry, sailors, and logistics.

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There is no need to talk about the first three categories. In Yan Xu's opinion, logistics is the top priority.

You think it's the pioneers who are clearing the mountains and paving the way ahead, but no, it's the logistics who are doing it.

You thought it was the civilians who were transporting the grain and fodder in the back, but no, it was the logistics department who did it.

You might think it was the soldiers who set up camp along the way, but no, it was the logistics staff who did it.

The stability of the army depends entirely on the logistics, so Yan Xu first recruited one hundred logistics soldiers.

The logistics soldiers wore simple leather armor, carried an iron pot on their backs, held an axe, and held a shovel and hoe. They had thick hands and feet and were tanned. They were more like migrant workers than soldiers.

Yan Xu asked them to clear the surrounding weeds and bushes to prevent fires, and then cut down trees and level the land to build the training ground.

The focus of future work will be to build a stable mountain road to facilitate passage, as well as to construct checkpoints in dangerous places, so as to make Shaohua Mountain like an iron barrel.

With the logistics troops, a lot of trouble can be saved, but there is still a lack of main combat troops.

Considering that it was a mountain stronghold, cavalry and spearmen were saved, and Yan Xu recruited 200 sword and shield soldiers and 200 archers.

The sword and shield soldiers who are capable of both offense and defense are very suitable for environments like mountains and forests. When defending in a dangerous place, archers are undoubtedly the best long-range output. With the cooperation of the two, you can't attack the mountain without several times the number of troops.

In fact, Yan Xu prefers the heavy infantry of the Song Dynasty. The reason is that they are just handsome.

These burly men were equipped with infantry armor weighing fifty to sixty kilograms, wielded broadswords and heavy axes, and dared to fight head-on against cavalry. It was no exaggeration to say that they were the oriental version of knights, and they did not have the weak impression that the Song Dynasty gave.

Unfortunately, heavy infantry relies too heavily on logistics, and must have special people to carry and maintain their armor and weapons. They also have to assist in armor-wearing during war. Otherwise, by the time they are done, the opportunity will be lost.

In addition, they have great limitations. Without sufficient military support, they are just a group of short-legged tin cans. Unless they charge at a fixed target, they cannot play much of a role. At least if the opponent wants to run, they will definitely not be able to catch up.

It's outrageous that he can fight and carry hundreds of pounds of equipment, and he even wants to chase and kill the enemy. He must be exhausted.

So I can only give up with pain and see if there will be another opportunity in the future.

(End of this chapter)