Blue Silver Grass Strategy

“As for the price, today’s market price is three times what it was a week ago!!”

Listening to Li Zhishu's narration, Jiang Yuan frowned and sighed, "The Tiandou Army today is even more shameless than it was a decade ago!"

More than ten years ago, Jiang Yuan came to the front lines of the two empires for the first time with the army. Although he was a little dirty at that time, he was not as shameless and unscrupulous as he is now.

"Where is Ayi?" Jiang Yuan asked Li Zhishu.

He suddenly thought of Ling Yi and wanted to find the smartest person he knew to analyze the situation and give him some advice.

"Ayi~" Li Zhishu shook his head without thinking and said, "He has been staying in the military medical camp since the gathering in the principality and has never come out--"

Li Zhishu shook his head, and Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, not at Ling Yi, but at some people in the principality.

Each and every one of them has no vision or breadth of mind at all!

Even though everyone in the entire [Shuimu Principality] does not think that Ling Yi is an ambitious person, there are always people who cannot bear to see the [Blacksmith Association Shuimu Principality Branch] develop too well.

The core of this new force that is like the rising sun is Ling Yi, who is not even a Soul Master now!

"Forget it~" Jiang Yuan thought about the faces of those people above, and then thought about the ugly behavior of the military in Tiandou. All crows are black.

Li Zhishu's chest was filled with blood, especially since he had taken time to visit Blue Silver Territory and seen the beautiful scenery there. When he compared the faces of the people at the top of Shuimu Principality, he blurted out, "If we stay with that group of insects, no matter how hard we try, how can the Principality become better?!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan's face changed, and he immediately shouted in a low voice: "Shut up!"

Then he glared at Li Zhishu, mobilized the soul power in his body, enhanced his five senses, listened attentively, and sensed the movements around the tent.

When he was sure that there was no one outside, Jiang Yuan glared at Li Zhishu again and scolded him, "You are already in your twenties, why are you still as careless as Long Yin and the others?"

"If your words get out, at the very least, it will be seen as a complaint about the Principality. At the worst, it will shake the morale of the army. Then you will either be killed as an example by Tiandou, or even if you can return to the Principality, you will have a hard time!"

"Oh." Li Zhishu was scolded, but he did not refute. He just lowered his head and responded softly.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan actually sighed in his heart, and his originally upright back slumped a little.

Sometimes, what you say and what you think in your heart are really not the same thing.

But in this world where everything is decided by force at the top, no matter how absurd the people at the top are, the powerless people below can only endure it silently.

In comparison, from Jiang Yuan's perspective, ordinary people who know nothing below can actually be happier spiritually. After all, what the higher-ups let them know is what they want them to know, and most of it is in line with their own wishes.

Sometimes it's good to live an ordinary and normal life in a daze.

"Brother Yuan..." Li Zhishu's voice sounded again. At this time, his emotions were under control and he was much calmer. "We don't know how much time we have left. How should we arrange the food and fodder?"

"This time, apart from the food and fodder we brought with us, the military funds allocated to us by the Principality are not enough to continue spending at three times the price!"

"Not to mention, who knows if the price will go up again tomorrow?!"

Jiang Yuan: "..."

Jiang Yuan opened his mouth but was speechless, as Li Zhishu's question touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.

Before leading his troops to the front lines of the two empires, Jiang Yuan was just a captain in the Hanfeng Camp. He had never managed so many people, let alone dealt with the intricate and delicate relationships involved.

By the way, even if the commander of the Cold Wind Camp, 'Marquis of Cedar' Song Yao, was here, he couldn't make any good decisions.

Of course, Song Yao would not have the troubles that Jiang Yuan and Li Zhishu had.

It's not because Song Yao is the Soul Emperor and Jiang Yuan are the Soul King and Soul Lord, it's simply because, as the commander-in-chief of an army, as well as a Soul Emperor and a Marquis, Song Yao does not need to worry about food and drink. Even on the chaotic front line, he can still arrange for delicious meals.

The distress of Jiang Yuan and Li Zhishu was entirely due to the fact that they put all their more than 10,000 comrades on their shoulders and felt the huge pressure.

In their opinion, since they have brought these comrades out, they should bring back every comrade as much as possible.

This is the responsibility of a commander and logistics manager.

In a smaller tent more than 300 meters away from Jiang Yuan's tent, Ling Yi sat on a stool, looking at a book spread out on the table in front of him.

Suddenly, Ling Yi, whose eyes were empty and whose attention was not on the book, shook his head as if he heard something.

Ling Yi reached out and stroked the "Blue Silver Grass" whose leaves were swaying slightly at his feet. His expression was calm, and his eyes were as deep as an ancient pond.

In his previous life, he had seen such a sentence:

When a country is prosperous, the people of that country will generally also be prosperous.

When a country becomes decadent and backward, the people of that country will generally become numb!

People are not born numb, it is just the acquired circumstances that gradually force them to close their once passionate hearts.

[Shuimu Principality] The same is true for Yu He, Yu Jiangyuan, Li Zhishu and others.

[Tiandou Empire] is also like this for the principalities and duchies below.

At the moment, Ling Yi is just a small healing soul master who can only heal people's injuries but cannot save a country or a world.

Chapter 136 Buy and leave

Douluo calendar year 2608, mid-September.

[Mizuki Principality], Blue Silver Territory, Kamikawa Village.

Zhang Lei led a long convoy into the village full of familiar faces.

The villagers, who had been notified long ago, gathered at the threshing ground east of the village under the arrangement of the village chief Ling Changshui, and watched Zhang Lei and the convoy coming on horseback.

After getting off his horse and greeting his third uncle Ling Changshan, Zhang Lei stood on a 1.5-meter-high platform, looked at the villagers below, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, you all know me, Zhang Lei. Today, I called everyone here because the lord has new arrangements and instructions--!"

"Although the Lord is not in the Blue Silver Territory now, before he left, he specifically instructed us to do a good job of this matter that will benefit everyone——!"

"Right now, the crops that the villagers planted before have been harvested. Don't rush to plant the next winter wheat. The lord left behind a good thing. Let's plant this first--!"

As he spoke, Zhang Lei waved his hand, and his men drove horse-drawn carriages to the bottom of the platform and carried down wooden boxes one by one.

Among the villagers standing in the front row, some with sharp eyes had already seen that in those wooden boxes were emerald green seedlings with dotted blue textures.

……

[Tiandou Empire], Fasno Province, 200 miles southeast of "Fell City".

The army from the [Principality of Shuimu] is stationed on a hillside here.

It is obvious that the war between the [Tiandou Empire] and the [Xingluo Empire] has already begun.

There was no verbal battle, nor was there any killing of an envoy as a sacrifice, because there was no situation of two armies confronting each other!

Surprisingly, the main armies of both sides, that is, the armies of the two empires, were still stationed within their respective borders, and did not move. However, the younger brothers on both sides, the troops from the kingdoms and principalities, were scattered on the battle line that stretched for hundreds of miles, and started to fight each other.

Born in the most peaceful country in his previous life, Ling Yi had never personally experienced the cruelty of war.

His previous service in the Cold Wind Camp and the Five Military Headquarters of the Principality was more like an experience of military life similar to that of a conscript.

The most bloody scenes I have witnessed were the encirclement and suppression of some soul beasts that rushed out of the soul beast forest.

Sometimes, it is not even as shocking as the scenes of Ling Yi performing surgery on some seriously injured and dying patients.

Of course, although he had never experienced war personally, he had watched many "blockbuster movies" in his previous life, and had also experienced the bloody and evil aura in the "Soldiers' Tomb" underground in Shanhai Garden. Ling Yi asked himself that he should not be shocked or uncomfortable with the war.

however……

Movies, TV series, etc. are all lies!

What you think of war: diplomatic insults, expulsion of diplomats, freezing of the other party's assets in the country, trade embargoes, inciting public opinion, wartime controls, men joining the army and women joining factories, electronic bombing, surgical precision strikes, biological attacks, crushing by torrents of steel, etc.

But in the Douluo Continent, on the battle line that stretches for hundreds of miles, there are individual battles that are quite intense, but the overall performance is lukewarm.

In other words, a performance!

Can you believe that after the two armies fought fiercely in the front and the remnants of the two sides retreated to lick their wounds, from the cities dozens or hundreds of miles behind, there were caravans carrying all kinds of supplies to sell, and there were also those who opened the odds to bet on the losses of both sides, and sent people to count the number of wounded and dead one by one.

The fine needle in Ling Yi's hand flew up and down, and he sewed up the wound quickly and steadily. He casually used his "First Soul Skill: Vitality" and walked towards the next wounded person.

However, there were tiny fluctuations in his ears that only he could interpret. They came from the magnetic field fluctuations emitted by the swaying leaves of the "Blue Silver Grass" on the ground.

"Sir Jiang Yuan, are you really not going to consider it?"

"As long as you agree to give up a force of 3,000 men at the Quyue River Bay in three days, we can help you win the entire battle!"

"Think about it. On one side are just three thousand useless people with no potential, and on the other side is a meaningless and long-term tug-of-war. It is very likely that all of you eight thousand people will be left on this land!"

In the commander's tent, Jiang Yuan looked tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked expressionlessly at the middle-aged man who was talking in front of him.

This is a member of the soul master family behind a large soul fighting arena in the [Tian Dou Empire].

It is they who turn the extremely intense collisions of individual battles into odds, providing them for the bigwigs in the back to bet on.

Obviously, this person, or the person behind him, wanted to manipulate a gambling game through Jiang Yuan to make money.

Jiang Yuan miraculously did not feel any anger at this moment. He just recalled the scene more than ten years ago when he followed the commander-in-chief at that time to the front battlefields of the two empires.

Did the commander-in-chief, who has now become the Marquis of [Shuimu Principality], also face the same situation he is facing now?

Think about it, as a Soul King in his thirties, it would be easy for him to become a Soul Emperor or even a Soul Saint as long as nothing unexpected happens in the future.

The commander-in-chief at that time, now the Marquis of the Duchy, seemed to have considerable strength at a young age and had a promising future.

Look, how similar?

Thinking of this, a strange curve appeared at the corner of Jiang Yuan's mouth, as if he was smiling but not smiling.

"Mr. Giner," Jiang Yuan said lightly, "This matter makes me very embarrassed. I hope you can give me some time to think about it."

"I'm very tired now, and my mind isn't very clear. Let me have a good rest first, and I'll give you the answer later—"

Although this Jinel's strength was only comparable to that of a Soul King on par with Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan still gave him face and used honorifics.

Behind every large fighting spirit arena, there are at least a number of Soul Saint-level beings.

After sending this lobbyist away, Jiang Yuan asked someone to notify Li Zhishu and asked him to come over and use his martial soul to make some soul power food to replenish his physical strength and restore his condition at the same time.

Although baguettes have a rough and hard texture and are not very tasty, they are very filling and durable to store. In addition, due to the effect of Li Zhishu's spirit skills, they are quite popular among these rough men in the army.

By the way, General Jiang Yuan also sent someone to guard the sick camp, and when military doctor Ling Yi is done with his work, he will also come to the main general’s tent.

After many battles before, General Jiang Yuan felt that he seemed to have hidden injuries and needed military doctor Ling Yi to treat him.

After more than two hours, the condition of the last injured person was finally stabilized, and Ling Yi walked into the tent of the commander Jiang Yuan.

"..., Ayi, this is the situation we are facing now."

Jiang Yuan used the most concise language to tell Ling Yi all the information he knew at the moment, exactly as it was, without omission.

He now urgently needs Ling Yi's analysis and help!

So, what kind of difficulties is the army of the [Shuimu Principality] facing now?

There are three main points: food, manpower, and experts.

Because of the Tiandou Empire's outrageous actions, these foreign kingdoms and principalities' armies, except for those fighting on the home ground of the Barak Kingdom, which had the famous grain-producing area, the Lima Plain, so they had no shortage of food or men, all other parties began to find it difficult to sustain themselves.

[Shuimu Principality] had an army of over ten thousand people, but after a series of fierce battles, there are only about eight thousand people left. It was only thanks to Ling Yi's extremely strong surgical ability, combined with the soul skills of the healing soul masters and the effects of herbs, that the casualties were reduced to a minimum.

Like on another battlefield dozens of miles away, the 20,000 troops sent by the [Kingdom of Silves] now have only 8,000 people left, just like the [Principality of Shuimu].

As for the masters, they are the key factor in determining who will win or lose in the final battle that may come.

According to what Jiang Yuan learned from old acquaintances from the Tiandou Empire whom he met back then, the two empires seemed to be preparing to send in experts.

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Chapter 137: Hiding in plain sight

Three days later, Quyue River Bay.

When Jiang Yuan pulled his right hand out of the enemy commander's chest and looked around, he suddenly discovered that the battlefield had become one-sided.

Lowering his head, Jiang Yuan looked at the Soul King from the [Northern Vietnam Kingdom] in front of him. Looking at the eyes that could not close for a long time, and the lifeless face, there was a solidified fear and unwillingness.

Beyond that, there is a lingering sense of indignation.

Jiang Yuan knew that this indignation was not directed at his opponent.

If he changed places, Jiang Yuan asked, fearing that the grief and indignation in his heart would be even stronger!

"Duang——!"

There was a loud bang of metal clashing, and Li Zhishu, wearing the "Thousand Scale Armor" and holding the "Panlong Stick", just swept away a panicked enemy soldier and rushed towards Jiang Yuan with big strides.