The transformation of the exercises was progressing smoothly, which made Lu Yuan feel very good.
However, after switching to martial arts practice, he also took some time to instruct his few cheap registered disciples to continue their old profession.
Originally, because he had reached the limit of the Qi-Building Heart Sutra, his need for Spirit-Building Pills was greatly reduced, and he only prepared Spirit-Building Pills that could complete the Qi-Building Heart Sutra.
Later, because I didn't have much savings in hand, I didn't continue to spend money to buy century-old medicinal materials.
But now that he has obtained the Chiyang Divine Skill, Lu Yuan suddenly has two more strange scriptures that he needs to master.
Under this situation, if you want to improve your skills quickly, you will naturally need to prepare more spirit-boosting pills.
As for money.
Of the 500,000 taels of military pay, although more than 200,000 taels have been spent piecemeal in the past few months, half of it is still left in hand.
It's easy to take tens of thousands of taels of silver out of it and use it to buy a hundred-year-old elixir.
What?
Does this count as embezzlement of military pay?
The entire army belongs to me. I, the general, take some money from my own home. Is this considered greedy?
In this way, Lu Yuan's few registered disciples who had been off for more than half a year began to travel all over the world to work for their master's needs.
Now, more than half a year has passed, and Dai Viet has become more turbulent, with military disasters happening everywhere. It is conceivable that the risks they have to take on this trip are much greater than before.
But Master has a mandate and you must obey it.
Facing Lu Yuan, who has now advanced to the rank of general, his disciples have less desire to resist than before.
Even with Zhou Qing's return, these disciples who were still just registered disciples felt greater pressure when facing this official disciple.
Now everyone is gearing up to make a contribution and strive to become the master's second direct disciple?
After all, as long as you become a direct disciple, the obvious benefits are the inheritance of first-class skills and the official position of a sixth-grade school lieutenant.
The combination of these two things is enough to drive anyone crazy and fight with their lives.
However, Lu Yuan didn't care much about what these disciples thought.
There are disciples who are truly devoted to each other, and one Zhou Qing is enough.
There are a few others. Lu Yuan is really afraid that he will not be able to bear it when he sees his disciples die one by one in the future.
So maybe if those named disciples have made great contributions, he will give them the status of direct disciples, reward them with the eliminated Heart Sutra, and promote them to school captains.
But to really regard them as Yimen disciples is simply overthinking.
But with these substantial benefits, I guess these disciples don’t care too much about whether the teacher really treats them as disciples and as one of their own, right?
Feelings are a thing.
People who care care very much, but people who don't care are worthless.
Compared with such idealistic things, substantive benefits are more touching.
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After giving instructions on the procurement of centuries-old medicinal materials, Lu Yuan truly began to forget about foreign things and huddled up to practice martial arts in seclusion.
Now that Zhou Qing is watching over the army, and a few registered disciples are handling the magic elixir of practice, there are no worries and chores, and the speed of practice is naturally very fast.
In just two months, Lu Yuan completed the transformation of the first six meridians of the Chiyang Divine Art and entered the second-rate realm of this art.
At this time, time has come to September of the fourth year of Hongdao.
At the beginning of the month, Lu Yuan still retreated as usual. After practicing, he picked up the information compiled by Zhou Qing and started to
Then after watching it for a while, people were stunned.
"Western Shu hooked up with the Zhou Kingdom, led the Zhou army into Xichuan, and then cooperated with the Zhou army to ambush Wu'an Hou in Xuanwu Mansion. Now the imperial court has lost 50,000 troops, and the remaining soldiers have retreated to Anyue Mansion to hold on?"
Lu Yuan felt a little shocked when he read the message above.
The court's Marquis Wu'an arrived in Dongting County with an army of 50,000 square meters in March this year.
Then he ignored the rebels that were rising one after another in the county, and instead led the army to confront the Western Shu army.
Later, I heard from Zhou Qing that Bai Mengyang, the Marquis of Wu'an, contacted the martial arts heroes in Xichuan County to start a rebellion, setting off a rebellion in Western Shu and shaking the morale of the frontline troops of Western Shu.
Soon after Zhou Qing returned to Shaoyang Mansion, in mid-July, Lu Yuan received good news from the court.
It is said that Wu'an Hou led his army to defeat the puppet Shu rebels and beheaded 30,000 people. Now he has led his army to attack Xichuan, attacked several cities, and surrounded Linjiang Fucheng.
Then another month passed, that is, half a month ago, he received another message.
The Marquis of Wu'an put on his armor and led his army to attack the city. He directly killed the first-class head of Linjiang Su family and conquered Linjiang City.
Without this obstacle, the imperial army was able to march straight into Xichuan, where they joined the Xishu army that was returning to suppress the rebellion, and the heroes of Xichuan County who were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
Then these local snakes were collected, and the imperial army became more powerful, and the number of troops directly expanded to 100,000. The four prefectures of the fallen Xichuan County were also recovered.
Nowadays, only the Five Prefectures are left in the county controlled by Xi Shu. And the remaining troops and horses in Li Xiong's hands were less than 50,000 after successive losses.
No matter how you look at it, the Xishu rebels who have been in trouble for four years and one year since the founding of the People's Republic of China will not be able to survive for long.
Even if they fail a little, and the court can work harder, maybe by the end of this year, Marquis Wu'an will be able to lead his troops to attack the Shu thieves.
Add another strong stroke of ink to his resume of destroying the country.
But just under such a good situation, there was such a turning point.
In just half a month, the army that destroyed Shu suffered a heavy setback, losing more than half of its troops. The originally good situation suddenly ceased to exist, and Xichuan County showed signs of losing ground again.
“The imperial court lost an army of fifty thousand, and I even heard that Marquis Wu’an was also besieged and suffered heavy losses due to Li Xiong’s alliance with two innate masters of Zhou.
Although he managed to escape in the end, his vitality was severely damaged and it was difficult to take action in a short time.
More than half of the troops were lost and the commander was seriously injured.
No matter how you look at it, the imperial court's army to destroy Shu is very uncertain. "
Lu Yuan frowned as he looked at the message in his hand.
He is now standing on the boat of the Dai Viet Imperial Court. The Imperial Court has capsized. For him, although the ship will not sink with it, it is still a big loss.
After all, he has fifteen thousand soldiers and horses in his hands?
Such a huge force, as well as the resources that can be mobilized in the current position, cannot be given up just because they can.
"But for now, even if the Pingshu army is completely wiped out, with Dai Viet's background, it will not be destroyed instantly. It will still be no problem if it lasts for a few more years."
Just last month, that is when Marquis Wu'an led his army to invade Xichuan.
Liang Guo, who had been fighting Dai Viet for nearly four years and used nearly a million troops, finally could no longer hold on.
Then, after seeing that Dai Viet had almost quelled the civil strife, but could not achieve a breakthrough in the Northern Xinjiang battlefield on his own side, he finally had no choice but to retreat.
Now that one month has passed, most of the 400,000 Liang soldiers in northern Xinjiang have probably retreated.
They have been fighting for four years and are tired.
Even if we get news of the sudden change in Xichuan at this time, it is unlikely that we will send troops south again.
Otherwise, if we continue, I am afraid that a large-scale rebellion and uprising will break out within the Liang Kingdom just like the Yue Kingdom.
Without the threat from the Liang Kingdom in the north, the 300,000 troops stationed in the northern border area of Dayue only need to leave more than 100,000 to garrison the border, and the remaining half can be spared.
With an army of more than 100,000 people, even if Western Shu attracts the Zhou Kingdom, it may be impossible for Dai Viet to recapture Western Shu, but there is still no big problem in maintaining the current territory.
However, this is only maintained temporarily.
If the Zhou State was like Liang State and fought against Dai Viet, it would last another two or three years.
No matter how strong Dai Viet's foundation is, it cannot support such consumption and will definitely collapse.
"So now let's look at the Zhou Kingdom in the north. They just want to seize Xichuan County and then stop it when they are ready. They still have a bigger plot and want to swallow up Dai Viet."
Thinking about this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head secretly, not optimistic about Dai Viet's future.
Think about it too.
If he were the leader of the Zhou Kingdom, and saw the frequent rebellions in Dai Viet and how weak it was externally, he would probably not be able to help himself and want to take a bite.
It is best if it can bite, and it can swallow half of the river soil directly.
Even if you can't bite it, you can leave with Xichuan County, which you have already eaten, satisfied.
No matter how you look at it, Zhou Guo will not suffer any losses.
"The situation in Dongting County, and even the situation in other counties in Dai Viet, I'm afraid it will also become unstable." Lu Yuan thought of other things.
In the past few months, perhaps it was the continuous success of the Pingshu army that gave the court great confidence.
Therefore, the news channel between Xichuan County and the outside world, which was originally blocked by Xi Shu, was reopened by the imperial court.
As a result, various situations in Xichuan County were finally known to the outside world.
This approach is naturally excellent when the court is experiencing smooth sailing and successive victories.
When the news of the victory of the war reaches the rear, it can effectively inspire the self-confidence of the domestic people, and it can also damage the military morale of those rebels.
This is indeed the case.
As the Pingshu army won successive victories, the rebellions in Dongting County gradually died down.
Some of the Miao rebels controlled by the Five Poison Sect saw that the imperial court was reviving. Some timid tribes have begun to withdraw their troops and go home, hide in the village again, and become their own good citizens.
The military leaders who gradually emerged in Dongting County also changed their past unruly and domineering temperament and began to obey and accept the orders of the imperial court and county again.
It can be said that all of this is based on the premise that the imperial court has always won great victories.
Now the Marquis of Wu'an was defeated miserably, and more than half of the Pingshu army was lost.
This news could no longer be concealed. After it reached the rear, the situation that had begun to stabilize gradually was bound to have new twists and turns.
Dongting County is definitely going to become more chaotic.
The Miao people may become even more arrogant, and careerists in some places may even be unable to help but stand up and imitate Li Xiong in proclaiming himself emperor and rebelling.
Even in other counties of the imperial court, careerists like the Five Poison Sect would appear and rise up to rebel.
"The national situation is becoming increasingly difficult."
Lu Yuan also had a headache when he thought of all these things.
But faced with these problems, he couldn't do anything.
After all, Lu Yuan was just a top-notch general who controlled an army of 15,000 people at the same time.
If this power is placed locally, it may be quite strong, enough to affect the situation of a county or a prefecture.
But if it were placed in the world and between countries, it would be nothing.
Not to mention the three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang and Yue, each with hundreds of thousands of troops.
Even the Five Poison Sect in Dongting County and its hundreds of thousands of Miao rebels were not something Lu Yuan could handle.
"So the strength is still not enough."
After realizing his weakness again, Lu Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, put down the news, returned to the quiet room, and continued to practice in seclusion.
Since he couldn't change the situation no matter how hard he struggled, he simply didn't bother to care about these troublesome things.
The sky fell, but a tall man held it up.
In the country of Dai Viet, Emperor Hongdao and the nobles naturally had to worry about it.
I am just a small local official, just a worker, why should I worry about my boss?
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With a clear understanding of himself, Lu Yuan continued to be an ascetic monk.
Now that he has completed the transformation of the six meridians, he will continue to work hard to complete the remaining six meridians within two months.
Then you can try to practice more difficult Qijing.
Moreover, in addition to the training of Kung Fu, the practice of Chiyang Palm Technique, Chiyang Finger Technique, and Chiyang Sword Technique cannot be left behind.
In the past two months, Lu Yuan, in addition to cultivating his mind, also devoted two hours every day to practicing these three external skills.
And after actually learning, the progress is quite gratifying.
After all, his realm is here, especially since he has mastered Flowing Cloud Palm before, so he has a certain foundation of palm skills.
Therefore, this time, Lu Yuan specially selected the Chiyang Palm Technique to practice, and then relied on his experience to quickly master this first-class palm technique.
In just two months.
Although he dare not say that he has mastered the palm technique, he has also learned some basic moves of this palm technique.
I dare not say how powerful it is, but now that the six meridians have been transformed, the moves they match can be used completely and smoothly.
However, the deeper you go into the Chiyang Palm Technique, the more profound and complicated it becomes to learn. The more meridians are involved in the later stages, the more knowledge and skills you need to master, and it is not as easy to practice as it is now.
It may take longer to complete this set of palm techniques than to complete the Chiyang Heart Technique. It is normal to practice for three to five years, or even longer.
And if you want to complete the remaining two fingering techniques and sword techniques, the time may be counted in ten years.
Fortunately, Lu Yuan has no other special skills, except that he can survive.
This little time is no problem for him, just take it slow.
As long as he has the goal of continuing to improve and advance, Lu Yuan's mentality is quite calm when it comes to improving his strength.
After all, the reason he originally wanted to recruit and train an army was to seize the skills of those first-class sects.
Now that everything is in hand, there is no need to rush.
certainly.
If he completes the Chiyang Divine Art and sees the limit of his realm again, he will naturally make preparations again and look for opportunities to break through his innate abilities.
But by then, he would not dare to rob the Xiantian Sect.
The gap between an innate grandmaster and a first-rate master is still huge.
Lu Yuan just wanted to improve his level and did not want to die.
"So I guess at that time, I can only choose to slowly study and create my own, and rely on time to develop an innate skill, right?"
With this thought in mind, people are not depressed at all.
As I said before, he is very Buddha-like now.
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Here Lu Yuan is practicing in the Buddhist system, experiencing the transformation of the skills every day, feeling the power of the new Chiyang internal power, and spending every day in joy.
But he was having a good time.
But the people outside are living very unhappy lives.
After receiving the news of the disastrous defeat of the Pingshu army, the court waited for half a month to confirm that the Liang people had not made a comeback, but had actually retreated.
Immediately, 150,000 Northern Xinjiang troops were dispatched and rushed to Xichuan County to assist the Pingshu army, which had been severely damaged.
At the same time, many careerists in other counties could not help but stand up and rebel after seeing the imperial court's decline.
But the strongest of these guys are just ordinary first-class forces, and they do not have the participation of top-notch first-class or even innate strength.
That's why when rebellions popped up, they were directly suppressed and annihilated by the various prefectural governments mobilizing large armies.
Later, the imperial court may have seen its own weakness, and slowly changed its original national policy.
According to the latest news from the capital.
It is said that Emperor Hongdao has sent officials and envoys to Linhai County, where the capital is located, to visit the local Xiantian sect Baifeng Temple. It is said that he plans to invite the Xiantian Grandmaster of this temple, the holy monk Jihui, to the capital to preach Buddhism.
But this is just rhetoric.
Secretly, there are rumors in the official circles and in the world that the court may want to canonize the holy monk Ji Hui as the protector of the country, and then use the power of the other party, and even the Baifeng Temple behind the other party, to help the court stabilize the increasingly chaotic situation. The world.
If this matter can be accomplished, perhaps in the next step, the imperial court's envoys will go to the Liuyang Sect in Yuzhang County, the Nanhai Sect in Nanhai County, and other Xiantian sects.
In the end, the imperial court may have several more national advisors.
In times of crisis, Zuo did not save the country with his virtuous ministers and generals. Instead, he turned to the unruly and monastic alchemists for help, and granted them the title of national advisor.
This operation really makes it look like a country is about to perish, and it must look like a monster.
Let’s see where Dai Viet goes in the end.
Regarding this news, Lu Yuan just sighed twice while drinking tea, and then ignored it.
Regardless of whether the imperial court is full of demons, no matter how chaotic the world is, as long as the Shaoyang Mansion is stable and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in hand are stable, the world will be turned upside down and they will not do their own thing.
However, he just sat there and watched the rise and fall of the world. My happy days of living freely in the world only lasted for three more months and had to end.
The middle of the twelfth lunar month.
As the New Year is approaching, after more than three months of hard training, Lu Yuan finally completed the transformation of the twelve main sutras of the Chiyang Mind Method, and even transformed a strange sutra, successfully making this mental method practice first-rate. realm.
At this point, although there are still two magical sutras left that cannot be converted, he has once again reached the first-class realm with this skill alone.
But it was at this time that before Lu Yuan could be happy about making a major breakthrough in order to transform his mind, a piece of bad news came.
"The Qixingmen of Luyang Prefecture conspired to rebel. Now they have raised 30,000 troops and captured Luyang Prefecture City. At this time, they led their troops northward and approached Hengyang Prefecture City.
The county governor has sent an order, asking you to lead your troops to Hengyang Mansion immediately to suppress this rebellion. "
In the barracks outside the city, the prefect Cui Changqing came personally, pulled Lu Yuan out who was in leisurely retreat, and said with a solemn expression.
