On the night of the 7th of March, the warship carrying the Imperial Guards temporarily docked at the coastal port of Longyan County in Minnan Province and successfully delivered two cavalry legions to the front line.
With the speed of the Imperial Guards, it would only take five days to reach the border of Fuyong County.
There was actually a port in Fuyong County. If the army could be sent directly to Fuyong County, it would indeed save a lot of time and trouble. However, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to take the risk with the Dragon Seeking City patrolling the waters.
After betraying the Shanhai Alliance, the Dragon Seeking City would definitely be extremely sensitive to any movements of Shanhai City. As long as the Yizhou fleet appeared in the waters, it would probably cause a misunderstanding.
This was a risk that could not be taken.
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While the front line was surging, everything was as usual in Shanhai City.
Although Ouyang Shuo was concerned about the war in Minnan Province, he acted as if nothing had happened and continued doing what he was supposed to do. He even took the time to publish an article with his name on the Daily Dispatch to warm up the popularity of "Country and Beauty".
As soon as the article was published, it caused a heated discussion.
Some people saw the business opportunity and were eager to give it a try.
Of course, there was no lack of mockery. Some people joked that Shanhai City had been humiliated twice by the [Yan Huang Alliance]. How could Wuyue Wuyi still have the mood to be so carefree? It was really a case of 'playing with things and losing one's will'.
Ouyang Shuo naturally laughed at these malicious words.
Why should he care about them?
Other than that, Ouyang Shuo focused on the promotion mission of the capital.
During the day, Jiang Shang led an assessment team and began to conduct a three-day mock assessment of Shanhai City. They either went in and out of the various agencies of the protectorate to check the files or went deep into the city to investigate.
According to Ouyang Shuo's instructions, the Shanhai Guards strengthened the surveillance of the city, especially the city gate and the teleportation array. For the time being, they had not found any suspicious people.
There was still no news from the divination witch of the thirty-six lines mission, which made Ouyang Shuo quite anxious. However, there was a breakthrough in the [New Troops] mission.
Du Ruhui reported that someone had found a herd of wild elephants in a valley between Mengding County and Tengyue County. Xiahou Ying, the head of the General Office, had personally gone to take care of this matter. If it went well, the General Office of Military Affairs would be able to use this as a foundation to train a war elephant troop and complete the [New Troops] mission.
According to the real map, that should be the Xishuangbanna region. No wonder there were elephants. In reality, Xishuangbanna was the only place in China that still had elephants.
Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed when he heard this.
Ouyang Shuo was no stranger to the war elephant troop. During the Battle of Muye, the Shang Dynasty's army had a troop of war elephants. They wore heavy armor and were very destructive on the battlefield, leaving a deep impression on Ouyang Shuo.
In ancient times, war elephants were used as special forces, and in ancient cold weapon warfare, they played the role of modern tanks. Trained war elephants charge and break through enemy lines in battle, they are brave and invincible, they can break city gates, destroy barracks, dismantle weapons, trample over enemy troops, break enemy lines, and often cause great casualties to the enemy.
If they really wanted to train the war elephants, not only would they be able to complete the mission, but they would also be able to provide the territory with a new type of soldier. If it was allocated to the various field armies and used properly, it would be able to display miraculous effects.
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March 8th, Shanhai City.
On this day, Song Jia, who had been out for six days, finally returned to Shanhai City. According to the time flow in the instance dungeon, Song Jia's group had stayed in the Kunlun instance dungeon for a total of two months.
As the first person to conquer a Wuxia instance, they naturally gained a lot.
According to Song Jia, there were three core rewards after clearing the instance dungeon. One was the Zifu Yuan Zong that Liang Xiao had obtained from the pure yang iron box. It was said to be a martial arts secret manual passed down by Lu Dongbin when he became immortal.
The foundation of the martial arts of the West Kunlun Sect was the Purple Mansion Yuan Zong, which was similar to another very famous secret book, the Nine Yang Sutra.
The second was the Guizang Swordsmanship that Gong Yangyu had created. It was the best sword technique in the world. It contained everything, including the Eight Trigrams, the five elements of heaven and earth, and all the sword techniques in the world were hidden in it.
The sword techniques were divided into eight types: Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui. According to the principles of the Guizang, they interacted and developed, creating everything in the world. The Eight Trigrams Sword Technique had extraordinary power, and it could be combined to create a new sword technique. Eight by eight, there were sixty-four trigrams, so it could give rise to sixty-four different sword techniques. When different sword techniques were used together, they were unpredictable. Their attributes were very different, but their power was extraordinary.
The third was Gong Yangyu's Divine Armament, the Green Hornless Sword.
This sword was forged by the master swordsmith, Ou Longzi, and Gong Yangyu was the guardian of the sword.
Other than the three core items, the spoils of war included more than ten different weapons, all of them at the dark-gold rank and above. There were more than ten martial arts manuals, the worst of which were at the gold rank, with most of them being at the king-ranked.
The bountiful harvest far exceeded the 850,000 gold coins Xie Siyun had spent to bid for the dungeon key. Ignoring the rest, just any one of the three core items was worth more than 500,000 gold coins.
According to the previous agreement, Song Jia had the right to choose one of the core items. She chose the Guizang Swordsmanship that Gong Yangyu had created. After leaving the dungeon, Gaia had automatically renamed it to the Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra, an Emperor-ranked manual.
Song Jia's choice was firstly because the Nine Yin Sutra she cultivated clashed with the Zifu Yuan Zong. She could not cultivate it even if she wanted it. No matter how sharp the Green Hornless Sword was, it could not compare to the Pure Jun Sword, one of the ten famous swords in Song Jia's hands.
Secondly, Song Jia really needed a top sword technique. The Yue Maiden Sword was already somewhat outdated. The Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra was extensive and profound. It was enough for Song Jia to include it in her main cultivation technique, allowing her to benefit from it for the rest of her life.
Even if she were to encounter other sword manuals in the future, she could incorporate them into the Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra.
Thirdly, as the sect master of the Eastern Fence Sword Sect, Song Jia could list the Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra as the cornerstone martial art of the sect, enriching the sect's martial arts. The Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra could derive 64 sword techniques. When imparting it to disciples, it could be imparted selectively according to their aptitude and status. Such a manual was most suitable to be placed in the sect.
With the release of the 'Martial World's Winds and Clouds', the martial world was in turmoil. The Eastern Fence Sword Sect was truly lucky to obtain this sword manual. It was greatly beneficial to the overall strength of the sect.
Other than the Guizang Swordsmanship Sutra, Xie Siyun had given Song Jia a small gift before leaving the dungeon. It was a small booklet named 'Ten Calculations of Heavenly Secrets'.
This booklet was placed together with the 'Zifu Yuan Zong'. Although it was mediocre, it was still considered a wondrous item.
The 'Ten Calculations of Heavenly Secrets' were engraved in front of a bluestone wall next to the Yin and Yang Illusionary Formation of the Tianji Palace. They were ten calculation questions written by the previous masters of the Tianji Palace. They were originally left by the previous masters of the Tianji Palace to be solved by the later generations.
When the eighth calculation was engraved, no one could solve it for a hundred years, until the 'Cangming Divine Calculation' Hua Yuanmao appeared. Hua Yuanmao was a genius. After solving the eighth calculation, he gave two more calculation questions. He engraved the ninth calculation and solved it himself. At this time, Hua Yuanmao's mastery of calculation could be said to be unprecedented, but he was still not satisfied. He gave the 'Elements Outside the Elements', asking for the solution of any dimension.
In order to learn the Taiyi Diffraction Sword and save his mother who was taken away by Xiao Qianjue, Xiao Liang Xiao made a bet with the master of the Tianji Palace and tried his best to solve the 'Ten Calculations of Heavenly Secrets'.
He didn't expect that the last question could not be solved. Liang Xiao spent five years and only solved the ninth calculation.
The tenth calculation was called 'Elements Outside the Elements', asking for the solution of any dimension.
It wasn't until 400 years later when a large group of calculation geniuses appeared in France. They used Western calculation as a foundation and finally found another way to solve it. But even then, they only managed to find the method. If one wanted to calculate, it would be impossible even if they used their entire life's effort. After another few hundred years, with the help of machinery, they could do as they pleased.
"This booklet is useless to us. You can have it!" These were Xie Siyun's original words.
After returning to Shanhai City, Song Jia gave the booklet to Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo accepted it calmly and put it in his storage bag. Such a special item might come in handy in the future. He naturally didn't mind keeping it.
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In the following days, the wilderness was calm and peaceful. There was no more big news.
During this period, Ouyang Shuo was either paying attention to the progress of the capital's advancement mission or sending letters to the lords of Minnan Province to make final confirmations to prevent any accidents.
The results of Jiang Shang's mock assessment were very ideal. As long as the officials sent by the Great Li Imperial Court didn't deliberately make things difficult for them, Shanhai City would have no problem completing the [Imperial Court Assessment] mission.
This was normal. If Shanhai City couldn't meet the assessment standards with its deep accumulation, Ouyang Shuo couldn't imagine any other lord's city that could reach Shanhai City's level.
Just based on the two highest educational institutions, the Southwest University China Academy and the Military Academy, no one could beat them.
Shanhai City had obtained titles such as [Holy Land of Hundred Clans], [Holy Land of Craftsmen], [Prosperous Land of Martial Arts], and [Home of Spirit Beasts].
Ouyang Shuo wasn't busy, but the Shanhai Guards and the Honglu Temple were extremely busy.
Not only did they have to coordinate with their 'allies' along the way to arrange a safe route for the army, but they also had to secretly supply the army to prevent the enemy from noticing anything amiss.
Other than that, they also had to create rumors in Fuyong County and incite bandits and bandits to create chaos in the county.
Everything was related to the success or failure of the war. They couldn't be careless.
Shen Buhai and Zhang Yi were walking on thin ice. They were afraid that something would go wrong and couldn't sleep at night.
Fortunately, the Imperial Guards finally arrived at the border on the 12th of the third month. At the same time, rumors were spreading in Fuyong County according to Jia Xu's plan.
Huo Qubing didn't rest and led his troops straight to Dragon Search City. However, he became more careful when marching. Most of the time, the army had to split into five or six groups to avoid being exposed.
Even if they were accidentally discovered along the way, they would just think that they were bandits.
On the night of the 13th of the third month, the Imperial Guards successfully arrived at the outskirts of Dragon Search City. The six groups of troops along the way met in a forest 20 miles away from the Dragon Search Army and camped there to hide their tracks.
After entering Fuyong County, the army's supplies were completely supported by military ration pills. In just one day, they needed to consume more than 300,000 military ration pills, which were worth tens of thousands of gold.
As long as they waited for dawn, the army would be able to head straight for the main camp.
When Ouyang Shuo heard the news, he found it hard to sleep.
What kind of upheaval would the shocking attack of Shanhai City cause in the China region and even the whole world?
Ouyang Shuo didn't know for now.
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