On the first day of May in the fourth year of Hongdao, eight thousand heroes from Xichuan County gathered together to form the Xichuan Martial League, vowing to attack the traitor Shu Li Xiong in order to avenge the death of their families and relatives.
At the meeting, the heroes recommended Lu Feng, the owner of Danxin Villa, as the leader of the alliance, and led the allied forces to attack Thief Li.
In the same month, Danxin Villa raised troops in Anyue Mansion. After hearing the news, the strong men in the mansion gathered in large numbers and came to take action. Within ten days, tens of thousands of people gathered.
Lu Feng then led his army to attack Anyue Fucheng. There was a response from within the city and the city gates were opened. In just one day, the Fucheng was recaptured.
Dai Viet's black dragon flag once again flew over the city.
After the news spread, the Bai Tao Sect raised 3,000 troops in Xuanwu Mansion to respond to Lu Feng, the Feishe Sect raised 5,000 troops in Nanchong Mansion to respond to the uprising, and the Meng clan raised 2,000 troops in Tongchuan Mansion to respond.
Xumi Temple held a gathering of believers and monks in Panshi Mansion and raised six thousand troops to respond.
In other prefectures and counties, heroes also raised their troops to respond.
Suddenly, in less than ten months, fifty-eight groups of rebels appeared in Xichuan County, led by Lu Feng, with a total of one hundred thousand soldiers.
One-third of all the prefectures and counties in Xichuan were suddenly recovered. The military alliance was so powerful that they had the potential to unify Xichuan for a while.
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Yuzhong Mansion.
Under the Fucheng, thousands of troops gathered together, hunting with banners, and they were unparalleled in majesty.
Zhou Qing was riding on his horse, looking at the closed city gate in front of him. A large number of soldiers gathered on the city tower. At this time, they were holding their bows and arrows, raising their crossbows and picking up stones. They all looked nervously this way.
After watching for a while, he withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and said to Guo Yunshan next to him: "Brother Guo, there are many defenders in the city. Even though many of the soldiers were taken to the east by Thief Li, there are still more guards left behind. There are more than 2,000 soldiers in the army. This time our army only has more than 5,000 people, which is only twice as many as that of them. It may not be that easy to break the city."
With the establishment of the Xichuan Military League, heroes from all over Xichuan revolted in response to the alliance leader.
As a member of the conference, the Yuzhong Guo family, one of the ten famous families in Xichuan, naturally could not lag behind.
As early as ten days ago, Guo Yunshan returned to Xichuan, and then mobilized the remaining connections of his family to call on the local people to rise up against the tyranny of the Qiang people.
The Qiang people massacred heavily in Xichuan, and the local people had more or less relatives and friends who died at their hands, which can be described as a blood feud.
In addition, after the establishment of Western Shu, troops were raised every year.
Less than a year after the founding of the country, Li Xiong launched two campaigns with hundreds of thousands of armies.
A hundred thousand troops, just to maintain consumption and transfer money and food, have already forced the people to sell their sons and daughters, making it impossible for them to survive.
Originally, the Shu thieves were extremely powerful, and no matter how hard they were forced, the local people were intimidated by the military power, but they still didn't dare to resist.
But now the Xichuan Military League was born, setting off a massive uprising, and in the blink of an eye, one-third of the prefectures and counties returned to Dai Viet, which naturally gave many people confidence.
Therefore, as soon as Yuzhong Guo's sign was launched, more than 5,000 warriors were immediately attracted to join him.
Then Guo Yunshan led the rebels to conquer the east and west, attack the city and seize the land, and soon recovered the five counties of Yuzhong Prefecture. At this time, he led a large army to besiege the city, hoping to take back the head of the prefecture.
At this time, he was feeling very satisfied. After hearing Zhou Qing's somewhat despondent words, he became a little unhappy and said: "Brother Zhou, my army is strong and the people's support is what they want. The people in the city are all my people from Yuzhong, and now they are working for thieves." , it’s just that I had to submit because I was forced.
Now that the rebel army is here, as long as one or two people are sent to speak out and show their righteousness, the defenders in the city will capture the general and offer the city to surrender. "
Guo Yunshan's words were very optimistic.
But it's not surprising that he thinks so.
When Gein conquered five counties in the past, as soon as the army arrived, chaos broke out in the city. He opened the city and surrendered without even resisting.
This experience, which was so smooth that it could be called an armed march, naturally makes people feel intoxicated.
Therefore, not only Guo Yunshan is so optimistic, but also the soldiers and generals under him are extremely relaxed.
Just wait for the city to open and surrender, then enter the city to take over the city defense and complete the transfer of ownership.
The envoys to persuade them to surrender have been sent out.
Everyone was waiting comfortably, and some people even discussed that after entering the city, they would go to the flower house in the city to have a good time and vent the energy they had accumulated over the past few days.
The atmosphere was so relaxed that Zhou Qing immediately frowned.
After following his master for a long time, he has also come across some of Lu Yuan's fine characteristics, which are his extraordinarily steady and cautious nature. I like to consider everything comprehensively and be fully prepared.
Zhou Qing's experiences and experiences in the world for several years have all proved that the way of doing things taught by his master is extremely useful.
Several times when he encountered dangerous situations, he relied on caution, stability and perfection, made many extra preparations, and relied on his trump cards to get through safely.
Now seeing the carelessness of these fellow travelers, Zhou Qing, who had always wanted to be on the safe side, felt faintly uneasy.
Although he had never read military books and did not know how to lead troops in battles, when Zhou Qing was a child, he often heard Mr. Shu telling stories about generals fighting in battles.
There are many of them, which talk about the allusions of arrogant soldiers will be defeated and sad soldiers will be victorious.
Now the Western Shu Kingdom has lost its city and territory, and has been retreating continuously, reaching a point of no return.
There are still thousands of Qiang soldiers in the city of Yuzhong Prefecture. Together with the family records of the Qiang soldiers sent out to fight, there are tens of thousands of people in the city. Those Qiang people knew very well that with the hatred between themselves and the Yue people in Xichuan County, there would be no way to survive even if they surrendered.
If the city cannot be defended this time, the whole family will die.
Doesn't this conform to the principle that a sad army must win?
But his side has been winning consecutive battles, and everything he has passed has been defeated by the wind. When a soldier is complacent and lets his guard down, isn't that a arrogant soldier?
Therefore, Zhou Qing is really not optimistic about the success of persuading surrender this time.
The truth is what he said.
I saw the envoy arriving in front of the city gate to persuade. The defenders on the city heard it, and there was indeed some commotion.
But those who caused the commotion were just ordinary young Yue people who were temporarily recruited. Those Qiang soldiers did not waver at all.
Even when they saw Yue people rioting, the Qiang soldiers drew their swords and chopped them. Within a moment, the riot was suppressed.
As for the envoy below, after he had finished speaking, hundreds of arrows were fired from the tower, and dozens of Qiang archers raised their bows and fired at him.
If it weren't for the fact that this envoy's martial arts were pretty good, he was fighting against the third-rate martial artist, and he was still some distance away from the city tower, he might not have been able to come back this time.
But even so, the envoy was in an extremely embarrassed state, with an arrow stuck in his shoulder and leg missing, and he returned to the rear with a painful look on his face.
After meeting Guo Yunshan, he complained and cried bitterly: "General, those thieves are stubborn and dare not resist the righteous army at this moment. It seems that they have decided to follow the Shu thieves wholeheartedly and plan to go all the way to the dark side.
These thieves were surrendered by persuasion.
According to the villain's opinion, the only option is to launch an aggressive attack, conquer the city by force, and kill these thieves. "
Guo Yunshan's face was extremely ugly. He never expected that at the height of his power, the mere two thousand guards in the city would dare to refuse to surrender.
Thinking of the boast he had just made in front of Zhou Qing, he felt that his face was a little swollen and red, and he hated the ignorant guards in the city even more.
Thinking of this, Guo Yunshan turned to look at a mighty general next to him, gritted his teeth and said: "General Chen, lead your men immediately to attack this city for me. Within today, I will flatten this city and kill all these thieves."
General Chen is the largest military leader under his command, with more than a thousand troops, and his strength is second-rate.
This person was originally a vassal of their Guo family, and was not very eye-catching.
But now that the Guo family has just been established after its demise, its strength is still very weak, and Guo Yunshan himself has only the strength of a second-rate peak.
Therefore, General Chen gradually became interested in Guo Yunshan and became less obedient.
Now that he was about to send troops to attack the city, he immediately thought of this person and wanted to use this to weaken the opponent's power.
General Chen was naturally aware of his coach's plans and subconsciously wanted to refuse.
But looking at Guo Yunshan's face and the surrounding atmosphere, he didn't dare to say the words of rejection after all. He could only grit his teeth and say: "Yes."
Then, he led his messy soldiers and horses, carrying bamboo ladders, and attacked the city wall.
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Next to him, Zhou Qing looked at this scene and became increasingly unfavorable about the development of Guo Yunshan's small group.
'Now the uprising has improved slightly, and while the main force of Xishu is out, some achievements have been achieved. These so-called heroes in Xichuan began to think of intrigues and fights for power.
Such a short-sighted move would be difficult to accomplish even if you think about it.
When the main force of Xishu returns, this rabble will probably be wiped out in an instant.
Even before that time comes, Guo Yunshan's men may not even be able to defeat the whole city.
Don't fail to attack the city and be destroyed instead. '
At this moment, Zhou Qing was cautious again, but he had some intention of retreating.
Since he followed Guo Yunshan into Shu, the two of them went through many hardships and fought life and death with the assassins sent by Li Xiong, and finally they were lucky enough to open several treasures left by the Guo family.
It was also from those treasures that they obtained the magical elixir refined by Guo's Blood Purifying Spirit Snake, and the two of them were able to break through the barriers one after another and step into this second-rate realm in just a few short months.
But even so.
But as Guo Yunshan entered the second tier and gained the ability to protect himself, his true nature was exposed.
We can share adversity together, but we cannot share wealth and honor.
When Guo Yunshan was a third-rate student, he treated Zhou Qing like an elder brother. He greeted Zhou Qing cordially every day and was extremely close.
But after he became second-rate, although he still called him Brother Zhou, every time he went to open the family secrets, he deliberately avoided Zhou Qing, and even refused to let him go with him.
Obviously, this is because he doesn't want to share Zhou Qing's benefits anymore.
It is precisely because of this that Guo Yunshan is now at the top of the second-rate, but Zhou Qing is still just entering the second-rate for the first time. The difference between the two is not just a little bit, but a full six meridians away.
"Guo Yunshan has become jealous of me, and now he treats me politely. This is because he takes a fancy to my current second-rate strength and wants to take advantage of it.
But if I don't realize it and continue to stay, when he restores the Guo family's foundation, I'm afraid the cunning rabbit will die and the lackey will be cooked.
And..." Zhou Qing glanced at Guo Yunshan and sneered in his heart.
This good brother Guo has been keeping an eye on him.
But this little idea is of little use to Zhou Qing, who has learned from Lu Yuan for several years and has turned into a little fox.
The other party always thought that he was going to open the treasure, but no one knew about it on the way. Even when the two people collected the treasure together, most of the benefits went to themselves.
But in fact, whether it was when the two of them opened the treasure together or when Guo Yunshan opened the treasure alone, Zhou Qing never missed a beat.
It's just that he followed it secretly and invisibly, and Guo Yunshan was too arrogant to find out.
"Although in terms of the divine blood elixir, because Guo Yunshan kept a close eye on it, I never had a chance to make a move. But among the treasures, Guo Yunshan didn't keep a close eye on some other martial arts inheritances, but it allowed me to succeed a lot."
The inheritance of martial arts is naturally important to martial artists.
But as said before.
A first-class secret book, even the most entry-level one, can only teach you one or two extraordinary scriptures. If a martial artist wants to practice from scratch to the top, even if he is a martial arts genius, it will take almost forty years.
By that time, the geniuses will be in their fifties and sixties and will not be able to play for a few more years.
And those ordinary people, even those in their seventies or eighties, can only cultivate to the top level.
In this case, as a martial artist, even if you have secret books, how useful will it be?
Therefore, for those truly first-class families and sects, what they value most is not the secrets of martial arts, but the divine blood mutants that can help them practice.
Whether or not there are divine blood mutants is the criterion for judging whether a force has a heritage and inheritance.
Otherwise, even if your cultivation reaches the top level and you can be famous for a while, it will be difficult for anyone else to appear after you. What is the use of this kind of fame?
Therefore, after realizing that Zhou Qing seemed to have another inheritance and no shortage of first-class skills, Guo Yunshan relaxed his attention to the family-inherited skills when he was hunting for treasures.
Instead, he stared at the green-blooded snake and the divine-blooded elixir.
Compared with the techniques he has acquired, these alien species and elixirs are the hope for the family's revival.
"Guo Yunshan thought that because I have first-class martial arts, he should look down on his family's inheritance. But who knows, I only have first-class mental skills and no other first-class moves at all.
This time, from the Guo family's treasures, I got the "Red Yang Divine Skill" passed down by the Guo family. This is a first-class top-notch skill that includes the complete practice of the Twelve Serious Sutras and the Six Strange Sutras. It is better than the Qi-Building Heart Sutra that I practice. There are two more strange sutras.
And what’s even better is that in addition to the mind method, Chiyang Magic also includes the matching Chiyang Palm Technique, Chiyang Finger Technique, and Chiyang Sword Technique.
A set of mental techniques can actually match the three moves of palm, finger and sword. The Guo family is worthy of being the first among the three surnames in Xichuan and a martial arts family that has been passed down for thousands of years.
With such a foundation, I am afraid that except for the lack of innate skills, it is not much worse than those of innate sects. "
Zhou Qing touched a book he kept close to his chest, and then looked at Guo Yunshan, who was looking furious as he watched the attack fail.
I really feel that this person is guarding the treasure mountain in vain, but he doesn't know how to use it.
With such a skill inheritance, if it were him, he would have been practicing in hiding for a long time, and would never leave the mountain unless he was first-class.
After all, in today's world situation, how much effect can a second-rate cultivation like Guo Yunshan have?
Like the last alliance.
Danxin Villa was originally ranked at the bottom among the top ten families in Xichuan, with ordinary first-class strength.
But this time, due to the destruction of each family, the first-class masters in the sect family died in battle. Only Lu Feng, the owner of Danxin Villa, survived, becoming the one with the strongest cultivation among the three remaining first-class masters.
In the end, relying on this strength, Lu Feng was elected as the leader of the alliance, and was able to lead the 100,000 heroes who reunited in Xichuan.
In this arena, in this world, strength speaks for itself after all.
Guo Yunshan is now at the top of the second-rate ranks. With his resources and talent, if he wants to go further, he only needs to retreat for two or three years to become a first-rate achiever.
When the time comes to become a first-class person, what if you don’t have half a soldier in your hand?
Relying on the strength of first-class masters and the past reputation of the Guo family, it is not a simple matter to revive the family.
But when this man saw that Lu Feng had become the leader of Xichuan, he was so anxious that he couldn't even wait for a moment to restore his family's legacy.
Join any alliance, come to lead troops in battles, and do things that you are not good at in order to stand out.
"This is really..."
Zhou Qing thought about it again and again. No matter how he thought about it, he felt extremely stupid.
Looking at it this way, he felt even more that Guo Yunshan's broken ship might sink at any time.
And if you follow the other party, you won't get much benefit, but you will have to take risks.
As soon as I thought about it, my desire to leave became even more intense.
"Isn't Master always worried that there are no advanced skills beyond the first-rate level? Now that I have obtained the Chiyang Divine Skill, if I go back and dedicate it to Master, I will definitely make him happy."
Zhou Qing thought of his master at this time.
The master treated him with great kindness, but he left when the master needed him, which must have broken his heart.
Over the years, Zhou Qing felt ashamed and uneasy every time he thought about this.
Now, if I can bring my magical power back with me as a filial gift, it will definitely make up for my failure to fulfill my filial piety to my master.
Moreover, Zhou Qing, who has not seen his master for more than three years and has been wandering away for such a long time, also misses him terribly.
He is now a second-rate man, and he has acquired magical powers. He has made a name for himself, and he has lived up to his grand ambitions.
"Even if I go back to see Master, I still have face."
The more Zhou Qing thought about it, the more he thought about going back to see his master. When we got to the back, we didn’t want to stay any longer.
So he didn't care much, rode his horse to Guo Yunshan, who was already supervising the battle in front of the battle, and said directly to him: "Brother Guo, now you have obtained the treasure and restored the family business. Now you are leading an army of five thousand to attack the city and capture the territory. Invincible.
As promised, I have fulfilled it.
I still have my master at home. I have been away for several years now and I miss him very much. I won't stay any longer, so I came here to ask Brother Guo to resign. "
Guo Yunshan was stunned when he suddenly heard this request.
Then he looked at Zhou Qing, who had a look of relief on his face, and his expression turned ugly.
Although he was on guard against Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing had eaten several of his divine blood pills and now he had broken through to the second level.
According to Guo Yunshan's idea, if you eat mine, you are my person. Instead of working hard for me, you want to run away from the battle. How beautiful should you be to do this?
But Zhou Qing and him did not have a master-slave relationship, and the two sides only cooperated temporarily.
Now that the cooperation is over and they want to leave, no one can say anything.
Moreover, thinking of the master mentioned in Zhou Qing's words...
'This Zhou Qing has an extraordinary origin and has a first-class inheritance. His master is probably also a first-rate master.
Now I am only a second-rate master, and I have the important task of reviving the family. If I force someone to stay and offend a first-rate master, it may bring trouble to the family.
It's hateful that this person is so ungrateful and abandons me at this time. Shameless! No sense! '
Guo Yunshan cursed in his heart, but after his face was stiff for a long time, he finally smiled and nodded: "Brother Zhou, if you want to leave, then go ahead."
After saying that, he turned his head, but he didn't want to look at Zhou Qing's annoying face anymore.
This really doesn't even want to be superficial.
And Zhou Qing didn't care about him.
Seeing that Guo Yunshan did not fall out, but let himself go. The originally wary heart relaxed a little.
"Brother Guo, take care."
Zhou Qing hugged Guo Yunshan, then turned the horse's head, waved his whip, and left in the distance amidst the neighing of the horse.
Having been away from home for a long time, the wandering wanderer is homesick and can't wait to go back.
