He was regarded as a savior.
There was even a county governor who thought he was a bole, and decided to petition the court to grant him an official position. Lu Yuan did not know the news that he was about to be worshiped as General Fenwu, in charge of the entire county army, and responsible for the counter-rebellion military.
At this moment, he was feeling extremely distressed that he had won an inexplicable victory.
Yes, this victory was so inexplicable.
Just five days ago, Lu Yuan saw that the army under his command had been practicing for a month, and they had become a little familiar with the military formations and had some appearance.
So I planned to pull them out and practice marching.
In fact, it was said to be a march, but in fact it didn't go very far. It just started from Fucheng, walked along the official road for twenty miles, and then camped in a local wilderness, and returned to Fucheng the next day.
The whole process was very simple, and they didn't even leave the city limits, let alone go out to quell the rebellion.
However, it was such a simple marching exercise, and something went wrong.
Here's the thing.
Isn’t Shaoyang Mansion a mountainous area?
The area here is mountainous, and five miles outside the city, there is a continuous mountain range.
Therefore, when Lu Yuan led his troops along the official road, there were actually many routes that would pass by the foot of the mountains.
The march had to pass through mountainous areas. No matter how ignorant he was of soldiers, Lu Yuan knew that this kind of area was the easiest to be ambushed.
Therefore, early on, he arranged for scouts to enter the mountains to check the situation.
Then this investigation revealed the problem.
As we all know, when our land commander recruits troops, he likes to recruit hunters and mountain people the most. The scouts of an army are naturally made up of the most elite soldiers.
Therefore, these scouts are often the best hunters.
Sending them into the mountains to spy would have a great effect.
Not long after entering the mountains, these scouts discovered many traces of human activities in the mountains. Exploring further inside, I found some Miao spies. Then, as expected, the two sides got into a fight.
Then, news that a large Miao army was marching in the mountains and forests quickly spread back to the army.
The next result is very simple.
After discovering the Miao army, they tried to cover their march through the mountains and prepared to raid Shaoyang City.
As the commander-in-chief of Fucheng, Lu Yuan naturally cannot sit back and watch.
So before the Miao people could react, he led his army deep into the mountains and caught the marching Miao people by surprise.
Lu Yuan's soldiers were basically mountain people, and their familiarity with the mountains was not as good as those of the Miao people.
This time it was prepared versus unprepared, with more people fighting against fewer people.
With a top-notch expert like him taking the lead in charging into the battle, needless to say, the Miao pioneers, who numbered about a thousand people, were directly defeated.
After interrogating the prisoners, they learned that a larger Miao army was approaching from behind and had its sights on Shaoyang Fucheng.
Knowing that he could no longer hide, Lu Yuan had no choice but to continue leading his army on the expedition.
What happened next was almost the same as the report Cui Changqing sent.
Two battles and two victories, eight thousand beheaded and over ten thousand captured.
However, there is a slight difference in the details. The Miao people who were beheaded here were basically all the adult men of the other party. The captives who were captured were only the family members of these Miao people.
Yes.
Lu Yuan still used his good habits in Wugang County.
For these Miao people who dared to rebel, a strategy was adopted to eliminate Ding. And he did it even more thoroughly, killing eight thousand people at once.
In this single battle, the entire Miao people in Shaoyang Mansion could basically be said to have been deposed.
Because the Miao population in the entire mansion does not exceed one hundred thousand. Counting the more than 2,000 Miao people killed in Wugang County last time, Lu Yuan alone killed tens of thousands.
At the moment, they are even dividing their troops to attack those Miao villages.
It is foreseeable that there will be more killings in the future.
After such a round of killings, apart from the old, weak, women and children, there would probably not be any men left among the Miao people in the mansion.
"Just doing this is simple, but I guess I will become even more hateful in the hearts of those Miao people."
Standing on horseback in front of a Miao village, Lu Yuan looked a little cold as he watched the soldiers in front breach the village gate, and then listened to the screams and exclamations coming from inside.
He didn't care much about the Miao people's grudges.
In troubled times, since these people have chosen to rebel, they naturally need to know what the consequences will be if the rebellion fails.
As for killing.
In the entire Dongting County, after the Miao people broke into the villages, towns and cities of the Yue people, they killed many more people than he did, and even massacred the city more than once.
The two sides have already had a blood feud. No one is clean, so don't let the eldest brother laugh at the second brother.
"But these ordinary Miao people don't care, but the Five Poison Sect, I'm afraid they will hold an even greater grudge against me, the Miao butcher, right?"
When Lu Yuan thought about the Five Poison Sect, he felt a little worried.
These days, he has been watching the wind direction, waiting for his own opportunity.
But the longer you wait, the colder you feel.
Because in just one month, the momentum of the Five Poison Sect has become too great.
According to bits and pieces of news, there were more than 80 counties where rebellions occurred in various parts of Dongting, and the number of Miao people participating in the rebellion was close to 200,000.
More than half of the county towns in the county were captured, two of the capital cities were lost, and four were even besieged, looking like they were about to be breached at any time.
Although during this period, although there was no news about the actions of the top masters and innate masters of the Five Poison Sect. But the dozens of second-rate masters in their teaching were frequently active on the battlefield.
They are often used as vanguard soldiers, cooperating inside and outside the city, or simply taking the lead in attacking the city, using powerful force to clear out the defenders in an area in a very short time, allowing the Miao rebels to quickly break through the city.
The Miao rebellion was able to achieve such results so quickly, and these martial arts masters from the Five Poison Sect were indispensable.
"But the Miao people have become so powerful, and the county government has not taken any action. Not to mention that the anti-rebellion army has not come, and even the martial arts masters from the county government have not been sent to help the local state capital.
There is also the Marquis of Wu'an Bai Mengyang.
Originally, I hoped that after he came to Dongting County, he could suppress the Miao people's arrogance a little.
But who would have thought that when this person arrived in this county, he rushed directly to Wushan Mansion without stopping. "
Lu Yuan thought of Bai Mengyang, whom he had been looking forward to, and became a little angry at this moment: "Although I also know that compared to the Shu Kingdom, which the Miao people have already established as a state, the threat is obviously greater.
But even if you go to resist the Shu thieves, you can't just ignore Dongting County.
If you let the Five Poison Sect do whatever you want, don't you know what the consequences will be? "
He was really angry.
Without Bai Mengyang to suppress the Five Poison Sect, even if the innate master of the Five Poison Sect is injured and cannot take action for the time being.
But after the innate master recovered from his injuries, he took a closer look and realized, oh, the situation in the entire Dongting County is great, but your Shaoyang Mansion has achieved a great victory and defeated the Miao rebels.
If you were the innate master, what would you do?
It was precisely for this reason that after the great victory, Lu Yuan still didn't feel very happy.
Because a future crisis has already hung over his head.
"With my current strength, I cannot stop an innate grandmaster. So if I want to survive, I must improve my strength as much as possible." Now in order to save his life, Lu Yuan also began to work hard.
Nowadays, through massacre, these Miao people who are vassals of the Five Poison Sect are cut off, and the war potential of the Five Poison Sect is weakened.
At the same time, by exterminating the Miao people, collecting money, and then requesting government funding to prepare for the formation of a larger army, this is another aspect.
Even in addition to the above, Lu Yuan now arranges several residences every night when sleeping, and arranges a stand-in for each residence to cover up others' eyes and ears.
And he himself is hidden in the dark and will not appear in any public residence. No one in the military camp knew where he would be at night, so they tried their best to hide themselves.
In this way, even if someone wanted to assassinate him, there would be no way to find the target.
Only during the day, with thousands of troops surrounding him, could he dare to show his face openly.
But even so, Lu Yuan still didn't feel at ease enough.
Even if it was not safe among the army, he was ready to simply find a remote place and hide in a mountain nest.
However, judging from the current situation, it should not have reached this point.
"The Xiantian Grandmaster has been able to defeat ten thousand troops with one man. Now I only have five thousand soldiers. After these days of war, there are only more than three thousand soldiers left.
The number of people is far from 10,000.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, the best way to ensure my safety is to recruit an army of ten thousand people as quickly as possible and then live in the military camp. "
Thinking of his own sense of security, Lu Yuan was suddenly filled with urgency.
Then he looked at the Miao village in front of him that had not yet finished the killing, frowned, and arranged for a group of people to go in and join the battlefield.
Now, with the imperial court's "Edict on local self-raised militia groups to fight against thieves", the restrictions that originally hindered his expansion of the army are no longer there.
But instead, the obstacle that restricted Lu Yuan from recruiting troops was the issue of money and food.
The imperial court has been very poor these years, and he knows it.
So even though the report to Cui Changqing mentioned requesting the county government to support money and food, Lu Yuan didn't hold out much hope.
Given the current situation of the county government, even if it provides support, it would be nice to be able to give him eighteen thousand taels.
But this little money is just a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of troops, not even enough to pay for one month.
"So in the final analysis, you have to rely on your own efforts. The court can't count on it. If you want to make money now, you can only find a way from these rebels."
Lu Yuan looked at the villages gradually calming down in the distance with stern eyes.
Although these Miao people are a little poorer, they still have a population of nearly 100,000. After searching them one by one, I dare not say that there are too many, but I can still get three to five million taels of silver.
This much money is enough for him to raise an army of ten thousand people and support his salary for half a year.
Half an hour later.
Leaving behind the weeping and wailing Miao women and children, driving large and small carts, Lu Yuan led the army back to Fucheng.
The stronghold that was breached this time was larger, and the harvest was a bit more than before, with more than ten thousand taels of silver.
Even though most of them had to be turned in, many soldiers still gained a lot. On the way back, everyone was beaming.
In troubled times, pain and happiness are so direct and cruel.
…
Just when Lu Yuan, the master, was distressed and worried about his own sense of security, he was making active preparations.
On the other side, thousands of miles away in Xichuan County, his good disciple Zhou Qing was also involved in an extremely risky event.
Qingcheng Mountain.
This is a famous mountain in Xichuan and also a Taoist fairy mountain. Throughout the ages, many people seeking immortality and refining their energy have been attracted to live in seclusion here, making this place a holy place for cultivating immortality.
However, even such a peaceful place in the immortal family has completely lost its tranquility with the advent of troubled times.
Along with the Qiang uprising, wars raged across Xichuan.
Those Qiang people were savage and easy to kill. Wherever they passed, the Yue people had their families destroyed and their families destroyed, and they were slaughtered.
In just three years, Xichuan County, which was once prosperous and had a household registration of one million, became a situation where most of the houses were empty, bones were everywhere, and the towns were empty.
Not even just ordinary people.
Even those martial arts sects that had come and went in the past suffered great disasters during this war.
The Emperor of Western Shu, Li Xiong, was able to break through the innate realm from the original first-class realm in just three years, and the contributions of various factions were indispensable.
Xichuan County originally claimed to have three surnames, seven sects and eighty-one gangs.
Among them, the three surnames are about three first-class families that have been passed down for thousands of years, and the seven surnames are about seven first-class sects. These ten first-rate forces occupied each of the ten prefectures in Xichuan, becoming a powerful force that dominated one prefecture.
As for the eighty-one gangs, they are just vassals attached to these ten first-rate forces.
However, Xichuan Wulin, which was so prosperous and boasted a hundred thousand heroes at its peak, was all wiped out by this rebellion.
Under the attack and plunder of these Qiang soldiers, among the three surnames, the Guo and Meng families were wiped out, and the remaining Su family in Linjiang Prefecture was preserved because they surrendered. Of the seven first-class sects, three were destroyed, two fled to other counties, one became a thief, and the members of the entire family were scattered around, hiding and being hunted.
The backers at the head are so miserable, not to mention the vassal gangs below.
Either they were destroyed, they surrendered, or they were simply dispersed.
The once prosperous Xichuan Wulin was all in vain in the blink of an eye.
However, not everyone can accept this situation, and not everyone is willing to be a thief.
At this time, today.
At the ruins of the Qingcheng Sect, which once dominated the country, many of the remaining martial arts heroes from Xichuan gathered among the ruins, with thousands of people gathering together.
"Everyone, since the Qiang Rebellion in the 28th year of Longqing's reign, we, Xichuan, have suffered many disasters.
Those Qiang people killed my family, slaughtered my relatives and friends, destroyed my hometown, and destroyed my inheritance.
Which of you here today does not have any relatives or friends who died at the hands of those Qiang people?
We bloody men and women hate this so deeply, how can we not avenge it? "
In the center of the ruins, on a newly erected high platform, a majestic man wearing a yellow robe could be seen. At this time, his eyes were filled with tears and he said: "I, Danxin Villa, have always stayed aloof from the world and never participated in the disturbances in the martial arts world. Practice wholeheartedly.
But when those Qiang people came to Anyue Mansion, they started burning, killing and looting. They first killed the relatives and friends of the people in my villa, and then they coveted the inheritance of the martial arts in my villa and demanded it forcibly.
If they don't obey even a little bit, they will immediately start a massacre.
In just one day, most of the thousands of people in my village were killed or injured, and the rest fled everywhere, in fear all day long.
As warriors of our generation, loyalty comes first and blood is our bones. How can we continue to live like this, hiding in hiding and living like a rat in the gutter? "
This man in yellow robe is Lu Feng, the owner of Danxin Villa. His words told everything about the experiences of everyone present over the years. Many people couldn't help but shed tears when they recalled the past events.
Some people even thought of the deep-seated hatred, and all of them tensed up, gritted their teeth, and their faces became distorted.
Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point, Lu Feng waved his hand, and the sound of his inner energy spread to every corner.
"Now the Qiang thief and pseudo-emperor Li Xiong and the Five Poison Demon Cult are assassinating Wuyang Marquis Li Gui. Although God does not support my righteous path, these two thieves succeeded.
But before Wuyang Hou died, he also severely wounded the false emperor Li Xiong and the thief king Li Shou, and even killed the two thieves Ximen Liang and Ma Zan who he relied on as his arms.
Now brothers Li Xiong and Li Shou were seriously injured and unable to take action. Among the pseudo-Shu, the only first-class masters who could still take action were the two traitors of the Su family and the Blood Dragon Sect.
But these two thieves still didn't know how to stop at this time, hiding and licking their wounds secretly. He even dared to send troops to the east to attack Dongting County.
Now the Shu thieves are out in force, sending hundreds of thousands of troops to march eastward, leaving the country empty. This is a great opportunity for us to take revenge and attack the Shu thieves. "
Lu Feng looked at the gradually excited crowd and continued: "The imperial court Marquis Wu'an has contacted us, and he has led his army to Wushan Mansion to prepare to attack the Shu bandits.
I hope we can start an uprising in the hinterland of Shu thieves and respond to the imperial army.
In this way, when the Shu thieves hear about the turmoil in the hinterland and have lost their way out, their army will definitely be in chaos.
When the time comes, we will attack from inside and outside the imperial court, and the Shu thieves will be wiped out.
This is a golden opportunity for revenge.
I, Danxin Villa, responded to the imperial court's decision and returned to Anyue Mansion to mobilize my old troops and raise troops to kill the thieves.
This conference is convened today to invite all heroes to make an alliance, establish the Xichuan Martial Arts League, and participate in this grand event together!
Would you like to help me? "
After the words fell, some people nearby who had already communicated and reached a consensus immediately stood up.
"I, the Bai Tao Sect, are willing to join this alliance and kill the Shu thieves together!"
"We, the Flying Snake Cult, are willing to join this alliance and kill the Qiang thieves together!"
"I, the Tongchuan Meng clan, would like to join this alliance and fight against the Qiang thieves."
"I, Xumi Temple, am also willing to transform into the Angry-Eyed Vajra to eliminate this demon in the world."
"..."
In the crowd below, the ten major aristocratic sects that had a blood feud with Xi Shu all stood up and responded.
And in the midst of the response, a voice said: "I, the Guo family in Chongqing, are willing to join this alliance and kill the Li thief." He refused to fight and shouted out.
Only a few months later, Guo Yunshan, who was still in embarrassment in Tianmen Mansion avoiding the pursuit of Shu thieves, had changed drastically.
He couldn't help but change into more gorgeous and majestic clothes, and the aura on his body became deeper, reaching the top of the second-rate world. Behind him were several warriors wearing the same uniforms, all of whom looked so dazzling among the gathering.
Beside him, an equally imposing man in Tsing Yi stood quietly beside him.
This person is none other than Zhou Qing.
Now, this disciple of Lu Yuan has an aura that is impressively second-rate.
