"You must be the world-famous Captain Jike!" Ma Yuxuan said with neither humility nor condescension.
"It's a certain family! I've admired the name of Dadong Wuzi for a long time, but today it seems like this!" Captain Jike was a little arrogant. Looking at Ma Yuxuan who looked calm, he didn't know what he was thinking. It didn't matter if he offended Yan Liehou. He planned to offend all the five disciples of Shangqing Dadong.
Ma Yuxuan didn't know what Jie Ke meant, but since people didn't take people like him seriously, he must have enough support. Ma Yuxuan didn't believe that the Pacific pirates only had this little background. Although if the master next to him was born, he would definitely be a sage, but this master would never allow Jike to be so arrogant. Even Master Digua, who was fighting against him, was still slightly better than him in skill. Of course, that was because there was no life-or-death contest.
Calmly looking at the old man next to Captain Jike, the other man never looked at him, but Ma Yuxuan felt a deep pressure. The other man was not deliberately targeting him now, but was locking him with an elusive energy. The people around here.
"Refining Qi and transforming into a god!" Ma Yuxuan was secretly surprised. Although he boasted that he had outstanding talent and had broken through the cultivation realm to reach the innate realm at a young age, for those who have reached the innate realm in cultivation, there are two levels that are obvious divisions. . One is to refine Qi and turn it into Qi. If you practice it to the extreme, you can climb a tree, cross water, and pick leaves to hurt people. The second is to refine Qi and turn it into a spirit. When you reach this level, you can basically breathe Qi into a sword and use it to hurt people!
It is said that many people in the world today have reached the state of refining qi and becoming gods. More than ten years ago, Ma Yuxuan accompanied his master Yuanbo Master Wang Qixia to visit Master Zixiao Tan Qiao. At that time, he saw Master Zixiao who could breathe. Cheng Jian, and this Master Zixiao is the leader of Zhengfa Sect, the largest sect in the world today. At that time, his demeanor was similar to that of the old man today, and even the cultivation levels of the Fa Zheng disciples around him were much higher than those of his senior brothers.
Now he is the eldest brother with the best cultivation among the five disciples of Dadong, Wei Fengting, who is known as Tingfengzi in Dadong Transformation Realm, and is Yan Liehou's master. Ma Yuxuan knew that his senior brother Wei Fengting was pursuing spiritual practice and his level had improved rapidly in the past few years. Although he was still at the intermediate level of the first level of refining qi and becoming a god, he could barely reach the level of picking leaves and hurting people at most. Although he himself It is also the innate realm, and has just reached the threshold of the highest level of climbing across the water.
And this master, with his own strength, can actually target everyone within a hundred meters with just his Qi machine, and can launch fatal attacks on everyone at any time. Even if he has not reached the advanced level of breathing Qi into a sword, he must be here. The realm is almost the same as ten.
Ma Yuxuan was not angry at Captain Jike's scolding, because in Ma Yuxuan's eyes, Captain Jike could not even pose a threat to himself. So he cupped his hands and said, "Fu Yuzi is not worth mentioning. There are experts around the captain to help, so it can be seen that the captain must be superior. Even this sweet potato master, Fu Yuzi is far inferior! But Master Yan is He is a disciple of his sect. Not to mention how the captain likes Xianyun Manor, Fu Yuzi hopes that the captain and all the masters can show respect to his sect and his master, how about he come to the manor to sit down and have a chat!"
Although Yan Liehou on the side knew that today was very troublesome, Captain Jike didn't say a word after Ma Yuxuan said it. The Digua Master on the side did not say anything, thinking that he had just been injured in Ma Yuxuan's hands. I was a little happy in my heart, especially when I saw Captain Jike looking at me with disdain, I couldn't help but feel angry in my heart, and I couldn't help shouting angrily: "Captain Jike, did you come to Xianyun Village today just to show off your words? Yan Yan Although I am not talented, today in front of so many colleagues in the world and the elders of Yan’s sect, I hope you will set your course in an upright and upright manner!”
He apparently suddenly forgot about Ma Yuxuan's existence. As he spoke, he looked at Sun Wei, hoping that the man who commended the military army on behalf of the military could take the initiative to support him.
Captain Jike's mouth turned up noncommittal, and he looked at Ma Yuxuan with an evil smile on his face, as if he said your disciple was a fool. Ma Yuxuan almost choked to death at Yan Liehou's words, knowing that his words were in vain. Captain Jike also looked at the Zhangwu Army represented by Sun Wei, wishing he could slap his nephew to death who was older than him.
Sun Wei, who was neither humble nor overbearing, bowed his hand to Jike, but also stared at the old man and said: "Commander Zhangwu Junjie has disembarked, General Sun Wei, the captain has long admired your name!"
"Zhangwu Army! Thundergod! That's interesting!" Jie Ke was so happy that he was obviously no stranger to this man. There was no trace of a smile on his face: "It's true that I have admired you for a long time. Many of my brothers from a certain family have fought against you!" He looked at the people around him, and then at Ma Yuxuan and Sun Wei. He said calmly: "Today, a certain family in Xianyun Village is bound to win. Can the Zhangwu Army stop it?" He actually stared at Sun Wei arrogantly, because of what Yan Liehou said just now, he ignored Ma Yuxuan at all.
Sun Wei was not moved by Captain Jike's words. He glanced at the people in Xianyun Village beside him, observed a moment of silence with Ma Yuxuan, looked at Jike quietly, and suddenly said something strange: "A certain family is Lord Jieshuai sent you well. Your Excellency has been very successful during this period, and it has also caused our Wu Yueguo a lot of headaches, but this time someone is not here to stop you!"
The expressions of everyone on the field changed, especially the people at Xianyun Village. After hearing Sun Wei's naked reply, they didn't know what to do for a while.
The first thing that Yan Liehou thought of was that the Zhangwu Army wanted to take advantage of the trouble in Yunzhuang and add insult to injury. He usually refused to obey their control, even though he paid a lot of tribute, it was of no use. They want to take the opportunity to defeat themselves completely, but what good will it do to them? And he completely offended his own sect. Thinking that his master suddenly thought of Ma Yuxuan, what Ma Yuxuan said just now, and his stupidity in answering, Yan Liehou felt chills all over his body.
"The donor is full of murderous intent! He will be afraid of his life soon!" The monk who called himself Digua suddenly said to Sun Wei in a serious voice: "Infinite Heavenly Lord!" Everyone was stunned for a while, not knowing whether he was a monk or a human being. Taoist priests, sometimes Taoists and sometimes Buddhist disciples.
Sun Wei's eyes flashed darkly, and he said calmly without any concern: "Master must be the apprentice of Master Qi! Your two schools are actually related to each other. Seeing how the master used the so-called name when he faced Master Fuyu just now. Laughing at Maitreya’s great master’s immeasurable power!”
"I know that fake monk from Japan, but I can't tell that the donor knows a lot!" Digua looked at Sun Wei evilly: "You injured a man named Qu Xiaojiu at sea some time ago. He is Brother of a poor monk, I really want to take things back today!"
Everyone was almost stunned by the sweet potatoes!
Sun Wei laughed loudly: "It's easy to talk! It's easy to talk! If the master is interested, I will accompany you at any time, but let's talk about business first!" He looked at Captain Jike again, clasped his fists and said: "The certain family is not here to stop you, but Commander Jie has something to say, I don’t know if you will listen to it or not!”
"Damn it, who has the final say today in your Xianyun Village? Our captain doesn't have time to listen to your whining and whining!" The man with the ax returned to Jike's side, brandishing a sharp big axe. , shouted with a loud voice.
Jie Ke was bound to win and looked here coldly. Qu Xiaojiu is one of his four most capable generals. He was injured by Sun Wei's Hunyuan Thunderbolt Palm some time ago. He has not yet recovered from his injury. Seeing Sun Wei's calm appearance, Captain Jike is worried.
Yan Liehou was speechless at this time. He could only watch Captain Jike and Sun Wei come together and chat in words that only two people could hear. Even though Ma Yuxuan on the side avoided suspicion and did not whisper to listen to the conversation between the two people, it was actually Ma Yuxuan who did not dare to offend the old man.
For a moment, it seemed that things were changing in front of Xianyun Village.
Looking at the shiny sheepskin map in front of him, Guo Jing felt a little emotional. Although there were not many details noted, every important place along the route was very accurate. This map was given to him personally by Emperor Liu Jixing when he came out of Prince Xing's Mansion. Not only was it a military treasure, Guo Jing also regarded it as a treasure in his heart!
He rose among ordinary people, was appreciated and promoted by the emperor, and even had to enter the military academy for further training. A benevolent and brave captain rose from Green Camp to the Imperial Guard, and was even sent to carry out missions in the Chu region. Finally, he was entrusted with the important task of serving as the training envoy of the First Regiment in the Southwest. After successfully entering the Chu region, he was appointed as the recruiting envoy of the Northwest Road. Guo Jing knew that he could not repay this kind of kindness, so he could only spend his life fighting to prove it.
On the gravel beach by the river, the soldiers were roasting muntjac and wild boar. This place was deserted for dozens of miles, and there were spies in the surrounding mountains, so Guo Jing allowed the soldiers to use fire. Chu's famous wild mushrooms and animal offal were stewed on the temporary stove, and the smell already made these bloody men moan.
Guo Jing looked at these people with relief. They were all brothers who had followed him out of Prince Xing's Mansion that day. There were only 607 of them there, and now there were only two hundred who were with him. The rest A group of more than thirty people scattered around, developing and surviving alone.
Guo Jing had never thought that a battle could be fought in this way or the army could be commanded in this way. When he first heard the president and emperor Liu Jixing talk about this plan, Guo Jing felt that it was impossible to succeed. But in fact, in Hunan, the land of Chu, it was this kind of fragmented fighting that caused the Han Dynasty to slowly erode the land of Chu. As for the brothers who were scattered under him, they all contacted him through special channels after a period of development, and they all developed well.
The area he currently occupies has not increased much compared to the beginning, but Guo Jing knows that these occupied areas are becoming base areas for the Han army. Because his brothers are gradually forming a kind of encirclement. They seem to be scattered and unrelated, but as long as they give an order, it will not take long to become a large area.
Although he has been serving as the training envoy for the first regiment of the Northwest Road, now he is actually performing the duties of recruiting envoys for the Northwest Road. Not only is he responsible for the development of several routes, but in the words of Emperor Liu Jixing, he is building a huge liberated areas. Let yourself become the king of this area first. As long as you give an order, this huge area will become the land of the Han Kingdom, and these ordinary people will become the citizens of the Han Kingdom.
Life is so wonderful. In a short period of time, Guo Jing went from an unknown little scholar to a senior official commanding a battle. He would even become the king of the western part of the Chu region. What Guo Jing felt most was grateful for the opportunity he had given him. Of course, what he had learned made him have no time to think about anything else.
Liu Jixing is still providing himself with a steady stream of talents, allowing these talents to accept front-line military combat and solve people's livelihood problems. The real thing is direct training and the survival of the fittest to cultivate front-line command talents and local officials. Guo Jing knew that he was so favored because he could best understand what Liu Jixing meant.
Guo Jing no longer needs to expand his territory now. He only needs to lead his brothers to protect the people, fight against the local tyrants and bullies, and gain the support of the people to protect the liberated areas. And those scattered brothers of his are the real main force. They copy and spread the territory everywhere for development.
The seven states of Cheng, Xu, Zhang, Jin, Xi, Li, and Chenchu have now been connected by Guo Jing into a line. This line is a safe liberated area and a route for the Han Dynasty to advance into the Central Plains in the future. This made the Han Kingdom not only directly close to Shuzhong, but also had direct access to the Nanping border.
As for the territory near Lin Ke (牂牁), the territory of the Luo Shi ghost people, as the emperor Liu Jixing agreed to marry the Baiyi princess, he continuously provided them with various supplies. Their leader fully agreed and gave up. Many territories and routes were given to the Han Dynasty.
Guo Jing now finally understood why Liu Jixing made himself the king of Xiangxi and set up his base in Jianzhou. Here he could retreat, defend or attack. The most important thing was to seize this place so that he would not lose contact with Shu. Not to mention that the Chudi regime would not be bold enough to attack completely. Because this is the recognized territory of the barbarian chieftains, and it has gradually become the only way for trade, it is necessary to protect the strategic highland of Jianzhou, and the prerequisite is to gain the approval of the people.
Several groups of merchants were arranged to successfully travel from Chengzhou along Xianzhou, directly to Qianzhou and into the middle of Shu, which greatly shortened the journey from Han Dynasty to Shu by almost half. Although he received a lot of financial gratitude from businessmen, Guo Jing knew that the meaning was far greater than money.
This means that in the future, the maritime supplies of the Han Dynasty can continuously enter the Central Plains through Shuzhong, getting rid of the situation of being dominated by Chu and Nanping. Of course, the route after capturing Chu Di cannot be ruled out, at least this is the most convenient one for now. Because no one thought that the Han Dynasty would find such a rugged place in western Hunan and enter the Central Plains through here. Of course, the greater significance is that this can be the best breakthrough point for the strategy of this era.
This further reflects the importance of Zhanzhou, so Guo Jing started to select a site on the edge of the Zhijiang River two months ago to build the Zhanzhou City that belonged to the Han Kingdom and was also his own King's City of Xiangxi. Of course, information was transmitted at the speed of the secret party. This project was one of Liu Jixing's plans that day. Establishing his own base in the ancient city of western Hunan was of great significance and could control the entire western Hunan.
When it was in Ma Yin's hands that day, the person who controlled Jinzhou and Jianzhou was Peng Shichou, the chieftain of Fengyun Chudi. Later, after the death of Ma Yin, King Wenzhao Ma Xifan was unruly and was not able to restrain others. Peng Shichou also led many barbarians from the two states to attack Lizhou. Although Peng Shichou was defeated in Jianzhou in the end, he divided the barbarian land into Yongshun and Baojing states, which his two sons inherited from generation to generation. Since then, many barbarians have made Jianzhou their center of concentration.
However, the barbarians still did not look at each other and continued to maintain the habit of occupying their own territory. Therefore, at a glance, Jianzhou City was divided into several fortresses, unlike other cities that were all closely connected.
Especially later, Peng Shichou's son, the Barbarian King Peng Shihao, proclaimed Ma Xi'e as the King of Hengshan, and became famous in the Central Plains. The Barbarian children who followed him also benefited a lot despite their losses. Peng Shihao naturally did not expect that the Southern Tang Dynasty would later control the Chu region. He surrendered together with Ma Xi'e, and the group of barbarians he led on the expedition never returned to Jianzhou.
With the help of secret party informants, Guo Jing controlled the five largest barbarian forces in Jianzhou with little effort because the weapons were too different. Moreover, under the one-slap-one-candy policy, the five ethnic groups agreed to connect the cities of Jianzhou to form a large new city of Jianzhou.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Zhanzhou City spans more than seven or eight miles, making it a relatively large city in Chudi, especially in the border area.
Most of the houses in the Chu people's mountainous area are built of wood! However, for the sake of the city wall, Guo Jing followed Liu Jixing's wishes and selected strips and slabs of local materials as the foundation to build a connection halfway up the mountainside by the Zhijiang River.
Because there is the original Zhanzhou site, the farthest place is no more than one thousand meters away, which shows the benefits of connecting the buildings. What's more, for such a mountainous place, ordinary siege warfare has no practical significance. For the leaders who were originally stationed here, Guo Jing first overawed and then appeased them, and together they jointly managed Jianzhou.
There are also more than a hundred soldiers who have been captured by Wuping Jiedu envoy Zhou Xingfeng and placed in Zhanzhou City. Now these soldiers have become out-and-out coolies, and not a single one has escaped under the care of the barbarians. Guo Jing's city building plan was successfully completed.
Because the Spring Festival is coming soon, Wuping Jiedushi will send some condolences to these garrison soldiers as usual. Of course, the most important thing is to take away the tributes paid by the barbarians.
Guo Jing has not yet planned to attack Zhou Xingfeng's Langzhou, and Liu Jixing has no such instructions, but Guo Jing still doesn't mind eating the small group of condolences sent by the Jiedushi. What's more, there happened to be a group of young lieutenants around him who needed actual combat training. Guo Jing asked a young lieutenant named Chang Weiguo to take command, while he only watched the entire operation from the sidelines.
Watching himself gradually adding clearly marked addresses in various states, Guo Jing felt even more in awe of Liu Jixing. It is said that the young emperor had the help of the Taoist Immortal Shi Zhenren, so he knew the general trend of the world very well. Just talking about the directions and distances on this map, the emperor has never been here, but the distances and directions between the states are not much different. The emperor personally pointed out why this place was chosen for the current Jianzhou City.
Guo Jing breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "Your Majesty! I will live up to your trust!" However, he smelled a strong scent of meat in his nose, and saw the Chang with a scar on his left face. Wei Guo was coming over with a fragrant muntjac leg skewered on a two-pronged steel fork, followed by a tall and deep-eyed barbarian named Long Chang, who was carrying a few bamboo tubes of wine.
"How's it going?"
Without any hesitation, Guo Jing took a two-pronged steel fork with a five-foot wooden handle, took the bamboo tube wine handed over by Long Chang in his hand, and chewed the fragrant muntjac meat with big mouthfuls. During this period of time outside, he became more accustomed to this kind of life, and there was no trace of the scholar he once was.
This sharp steel fork is a weapon commonly used by barbarians. Of course, these barbarians usually do not have such good weapons. This is a steel fork specially made by Liu Jixing by the weapons supervisor. The tines are one foot and two inches long. They are all made of fine steel.
Liu Jixing sent five hundred rods at a time, and there were also ten horizontal knives made of fine steel. As for how to divide these people, Liu Jixing will not interfere. What he wants is for the barbarians to return home. Of course, I won't mind taking the opportunity to weaken the power of these barbarians. As for these things, they are not enough for outsiders!
Longchang is a Black Miao barbarian. His father followed the Barbarian King Peng Shihao on an expedition and never returned to his hometown. His teenage brother Long Sheng unified all the Black Miao barbarians and became the Black Miao tribe in just two years. The barbarian lord became the most powerful tribe among the barbarians except the chieftains.
After receiving help from the Han court, Long Sheng did not hide his gratitude at all. The barbarians repaid their kindness directly. He asked his younger brother Long Chang to bring thirty top men from the clan to join him in this operation to prove his gratitude.
Guo Jing was not surprised, but this action was to train people like Chang Weiguo. Guo Jing did not interfere with anything. He just took what was left around him, one hundred of his two hundred soldiers who had been following him, and paid attention at all times. Chang Weiguo's unexpected action.
There were only thirty people in the special operations team responsible for this operation, all of which were headed by Chang Weiguo. Ten old team members and twenty newly sent soldiers. There are seventy or eighty of Zhuman here. It seems that there are people from every tribe.
What Liu Jixing gave him this time was quite exciting. After hearing the news, some remote tribes came over to show their favor to Guo Jing. What's more, Guo Jing said that the King of Xiangxi does not want tribute from other tribes, as long as you surrender to the King of Xiangxi, where can you find such a good thing?
"Don't worry, sir. A certain family has arranged three groups of spies. As soon as they have to pass through, we will get the news immediately, and the personnel have been assigned and dispatched!" Chang Weiguo raised his chest confidently.
This is his first battle in Chu! It should be said that it was the first battle he led!
Chang Weiguo had participated in many Green Camp operations before, and each time he was successfully completed with his comrades. He successfully became a student of the military academy and was trained to become a new generation of commanders of the Han Dynasty. Then after experiencing a secret mission from Jin Weizhi, he successfully became one of the officers entering Chu.
"This is inevitable. As the commander of this operation, you have the right to mobilize your personnel at any time. Don't live up to the dean's instructions to you, and don't live up to the people's trust in you!" Guo Jing looked up at the sky, his eyes He narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "The spy reported some background to the condolence envoy this time. Be prepared for the worst! Go all out and act!"
"Report!" I saw an agile figure running quickly towards the water in the mountains, and reported back when I was far away.
Everyone who was eating with gusto suddenly stood up.
"Hahahaha!" Liu Jixing laughed loudly as he looked at the information in his hand, and looked at the officials and said excitedly: "Now you know how the Iron Army is trained! There is nothing impossible in this world, only Do we want to do it? Look at the achievements of this operation! It will be recorded in the annals of history and be praised by future generations! Our army of the Han Dynasty is the people's army! It is the pride of the people! I suggest that it be a great Cheers, soldiers!"
Under the leadership of Liu Jixing, at least now there are fewer and fewer dissident voices. What's more, the series of measures and decrees implemented by Liu Jixing are completely unthinkable by many people in this era. Of course Liu Jixing would not be stupid enough to shake his imperial power, but he could make his imperial power more stable.
Based on past historical lessons, as long as you do not break away from the masses and let the masses feel hope, your rebels will have no market and opportunities. As long as you firmly control the army, your generals at all levels will be nothing more than cabbages.
Liu Jixing better understands the principle that political power comes from the barrel of a gun, letting the soldiers understand that they are paying for the country and the people, and letting the soldiers understand that you are the people's army, and the country belongs to me, Liu Jixing. Obviously, through this incident, Liu Jixing already knew that he, the country and the people had been firmly imprinted in the hearts of the soldiers.
"Pass on my will! Build a thousand-meter square next to Changhua Palace, and build a big stone monument in the square. I want to write the Monument to the People's Heroes of the Han Dynasty, and engrave the names of all the soldiers and even the common people who sacrificed for the people and the country. On the monument! Let generations of Han people know their great achievements!" Liu Jixing stood on the platform with a look of awe.
The ministers in the hall were stunned. Such a thing would happen in that dynasty! I'm afraid only the emperor Liu Jixing would think so! This must be the first of its kind! This obviously means that these people, like heaven and earth, should be included in national sacrifices! Everyone was excited. Just imagine who doesn’t have such a hero! If a name is engraved on this stone tablet, it really means immortality!
Li Yi, Xue Yongpi and other ministers took the lead in singing praises, and for a while the hall was full of voices singing praises! What a wise man, so far-sighted! The hall was filled with overflowing words.
Liu Jixing did not stop their behavior. Looking at the expressions of the individuals in the hall, they looked calm and somewhat comforted. At least he now truly controls the power of the Han Dynasty, and he can make decisions on anything! The ministers' praises can only explain one thing. They are already supreme in their hearts. Whether it is treason or sincerity, under the absolute imperial power, these are no longer important!
