Start as a Temple Spirit

Chapter 396: Many Children

"If we fight alone, our strength will be limited, so we can only use guerrilla warfare." The old patriarch shook his head.

There are many guerrilla troops, but they are just scattered soldiers and cannot accomplish anything big.

"Do the Xiongsha Palace and Youye Palace have any guerrilla teams?" Shang Liangshan asked.

This is the crux of the problem, which concerns whether the coalition forces are strong or not.

"No, the two forces have rarely shown up in the past two years." The old patriarch shook his head.

"The reason why people from the Xiongsha Palace and the Youye Palace rarely appear in the Shiwan Mountains is because they are recruiting ghost soldiers on the mainland." Liu Weizi explained the inside story.

"Where did the evil soldiers come from?" Yifeng asked.

Liu Weizi sighed and said, "There have been endless battles, and the armies have been drenched in blood. The resentment is overwhelming, and the yin energy is boiling, creating unwilling yin soldiers."

"So the two palaces sent a large number of Yin soldiers and cavalry to recruit them."

"Each sect is responsible for clearing out the evil spirits, so a large number of elite disciples are tied up. They have no spare energy to launch an attack on the ghost beasts and can only defend themselves."

"We are really surrounded by enemies on all sides." Yifeng sighed.

"Without the participation of Xiongsha Palace and Yeyou Palace, it will be difficult for the demon beast army, the Hunter Alliance and us to fight against the ghost beast army." Shang Liangshan shook his head.

He doesn't have the awareness that if I don't go to hell, then who will?

"Elder Xuan Ce should have also thought of this problem, so someone should be responsible for contacting the Xiongsha Palace, the Yeyou Palace, and all parties." Liu Weizi expressed his guess.

"Why think so much? If we can unite, we will fight. If we can't unite, we will use guerrilla warfare. Anyway, we will do our best, so let's drink." Yihuo raised his glass and invited him.

I have to say that sometimes people with a carefree attitude can always simplify complicated things.

"Yes, let's drink." The old patriarch agreed. He didn't have any great righteousness in his heart. He only cared about his own little piece of land.

However, in the dead of night, the arrival of the Nine Nether Ghost Crow left the old patriarch and Shang Liangshan looking at each other in silence.

The message is very simple: on July 12, we will fight together against the army of ghost beasts.

"July twelfth, time is a bit tight." The old patriarch said as he watched the Nine Nether Ghost Crow flying into the night sky.

"Gather as many people as you can. We are not the main force." Shang Liangshan said without any awareness.

"Why not call back the Spirit Guards to join the battle?" The Spirit Guards are the courage of the old patriarch.

"Yes, but only send back a group of Spirit Guards, so as not to be targeted by the ghost beast army and feared by all parties. Oh, and then send back half of the Iron Wolf Cavalry and Wolf Guard Cavalry to guard the village. In short, keep half of our strength hidden."

"I understand." The old patriarch nodded. It was okay to be selfish, but he couldn't spend all his family's wealth or expose all his strength.

July arrived quickly, but due to the rampant ghost beasts, the trade routes were full of crises, resulting in only dozens of caravans being able to arrive at this fair.

The market is naturally not as lively as before.

In the bamboo shed at the market, Yifeng, who was presiding over the meeting, said loudly: "Everyone, the ghost beasts are rampant, it's time for us to fight back."

"Brother Feng, how do we fight back?"

"Brother Feng, it's really hard to fight back with our strength alone."

"Yes, with our strength, it's like hitting a rock with a pheasant egg against a million-strong army of ghost beasts."

For a time, the bamboo shed became a vegetable market.

Yifeng was not in a hurry at all. He waited until everyone had finished arguing before he mentioned the matter of the coalition forces.

Finally, some caravan elders expressed their willingness to participate, while others said they would go back and ask for orders.

In response to this, Yifeng provided a gathering place and announced the start of the banquet. There was no intention of requesting for an alliance or gathering a large army to fight back against the ghost beast army. It seemed more like a formality.

His attitude made all the caravan elders think about it.

Of course, the caravan elders who knew about the strength of Forgotten Township understood why Yifeng had such an attitude.

Because they know that although they said it was a coalition war, in reality it was just a team-building game, so it doesn't matter whether you come or not.

"Brother Feng, tell me the bottom line, how many troops will our Yujiazhai dispatch to participate in the war, and what will the focus be?" Yu Ye leaned close to Yifeng's ear and said.

"Yes, yes, that's what I meant." Manshan also came forward.

Upon hearing this, the caravan elder who was close to the three men couldn't help but listen attentively.

"It's better to have quality rather than quantity, and archers are best." Yifeng said calmly.

"Archers?" Manshan muttered to himself.

"We don't have horse archers." Yu Ye was in trouble.

"Then we'll use archers, elite archers who are good at shooting and running fast."

"I understand. I'll have to ask Brother Feng to take care of me when the time comes." Yu Ye raised his glass in a toast.

"Ah!" Yifeng drank the wine in his arms and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "It will definitely be a mobile war, the kind that will charge forward without hesitation. All of them must be elite cavalry archers. It's better to have a good number of archers than a good number of archers!"

"I understand. They must be the elite among the elite, elite above the fourth rank." Yu Ye nodded solemnly.

"We in Manshan Village can provide three hundred fourth-grade archers, and one thousand fourth-grade elite archers." Manshan said proudly.

"Brother Manshan, aren't you going to guard the mountain village?" asked a rough old man near Manshan.

"Hehe, after sending out the troops, we are still capable of defending the village."

"An expert from the Xuanxu Sect?"

"That's just one of the reasons. The second reason is that our Barbarian Village has teamed up with the Iron Wolf Cavalry to do a few things, which resulted in many of our men breaking through to the fourth rank."

"Wow!" These words immediately caused a sensation, and everyone looked at Manshan with envy.

"Don't look at me differently. We haven't benefited much. The big family is Yujiazhai. They have joined forces with the Iron Wolf Cavalry of Forgotten Township to eat meat a year ago. There are probably four to five thousand men who have broken through to the fourth level." Manshan said and looked at Yu Ye.

"Not that much, not that much. It's all thanks to the care of the Forgotten Township." Yu Ye shook his head and smiled.

"Yujiazhai has a large population." Yifeng added.

"You can't blame me for the population issue, we are here to help Forgotten Township share the burden. You have to know that you are raising hundreds of thousands of children now."

The unrest caused a large number of refugees, and Yuyezhai took advantage of its geographical location to accept a large number of refugees.

"Speaking of babies gives me a headache. How come you only brought milk this time but no cows?"

“There are no cows to sell.”

"Yes, there are no cows to sell."

The topic has gone off track here.

Speaking of milk and dairy cows, the new brides in the Forgotten Village are too fertile. They give birth to one baby a year. Some give birth to one baby, some give birth to twins, and some give birth to triplets.

The number of young children is almost over 12,000.

Twelve thousand would be fine, but they are really stronger and eat more than each other.

This was just the beginning. As more and more sons got married, the number of new brides getting pregnant also increased, so the market saw more milk and dairy cow transactions.

In the pavilion on Yanfeng Mountain, the old patriarch also talked about the baby with Shang Liangshan.

"Liangshan, the number of newborns in our village is about to exceed 12,000. At first, it was fine. The babies would sleep after eating and drinking. Now they are one or two years old and can run around. They are very naughty. Their grandparents can't take care of them anymore. You have a lot of ideas. Can you give me some advice?"