"After one month of household registration, Yangshan Prefecture has 23,000 households with a population of 110,000. There are 3,000 new refugee households, approximately 10,000 people. There are 120,000 men and women in the whole prefecture.
Jiuyi Mansion has 17,000 households and 85,000 people. Two thousand households and eight thousand people were recruited. There are 93,000 men and women in the whole government.
There are 38,000 households and 190,000 people in Lingling Mansion. There are 5,000 new refugee households, about 20,000 people. The whole government has a population of 210,000 men and women.
Within the other three prefectures, there were 54,000 captured Miao families, with a population of approximately 270,000 men and women.
Among them, there are 13,000 families, and nearly 70,000 are relatives of the surrendered soldiers. The general graciously granted them pardon, and now they are in the process of reorganizing their families and replenishing the local population.
There are 41,000 families left with 200,000 people, and they are selecting suitable ones to marry as soldiers.
In this way, the total number of Yue and Miao households in the whole prefecture totals approximately 132,000, including 700,000 men and women. "
In the military camp, Sun Siwen brought a pile of newly calculated household registration books and reported to Lu Yuan on the work of the past month.
"Very good, not bad."
After hearing the household registration number reported by Sun Siwen, Lu Yuan couldn't help but clasped his hands with joy, and then asked: "Brother Sun, I remember the household registration in Luyang Prefecture. When the statistics were compiled a year ago, there were 43,000 households and 220,000 people. Are you human?"
Sun Siwen had been the prefect of Luyang before, so he knew the situation there clearly, so he nodded and said, "That's true. However, in the past two months, the Miao people from the three southern prefectures sent troops to attack Luyang Prefecture.
Although no county town was captured, many local towns and villages were poisoned by it and many people were killed and tortured.
During this period, there were continuous wars, which destroyed many local militia groups.
Now there should be only 210,000 people left in Luyang Mansion. "
When Lu Yuan got this exact number, he couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and said to himself: "If you calculate it this way, Nansan Prefecture has a population of 700,000 people. Luyang Prefecture has a population of 210,000.
Over in Shaoyang Prefecture, I remember that before the Miao people attacked last year, the registered household registration was 51,000 households and 260,000 people.
Nowadays, although Shaoyang Mansion has experienced a war and suffered heavy casualties, there should still be 200,000 people left.
In this case, the total population of the five prefectures in the south of the county would be 1.1 million people.
If we include the eight counties of Wuling Prefecture that I have recovered, there may be an additional 100,000 people. "
When Lu Yuan thought about this, he couldn't help but get up and pace back and forth in the tent.
Sun Siwen, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but feel slightly shocked when he saw this. I wonder what this friend and lord was thinking?
But even though he was confused, he didn't say anything to disturb him and just watched quietly.
So inside the camp, Lu Yuan walked back and forth several times, his expression changing more than ten times, and finally he calmed down, turned around and said, "Brother Sun, I have something I need to entrust to you."
Seeing his lord's friend being so solemn, Sun Siwen's expression became serious, and he nodded and said, "General, please tell me."
"I want to build an altar to worship heaven. To do this, we need to..."
At that moment, Lu Yuan told Sun Siwen about his request. After that, the simple description was still not straightforward enough, so he simply picked up paper and pen and started drawing.
Soon nearly an hour passed. The two talked for a long time, and piled up a pile of sketches.
After everything was explained clearly, Lu Yuan handed the sketch to Sun Siwen, and then said seriously: "Brother Sun, this picture is related to my future practice, so I must be careful. And this matter cannot be made public. You can find a suitable place and find the person." Built in secret.
I'm not in a hurry, I'll fix it within a year or two and it'll be fine.
Is this possible? "
From the above words, you may have guessed it.
That's right, the altar Lu Yuan asked Sun Siwen to build was exactly the altar recorded in the Taiping Taoist book as being used to worship the Heavenly Pillar and knock on the Heavenly Gate.
Now Lu Yuan has unified the five prefectures in the south of the county, and the number of people living under his rule has reached one million.
This quantity has met the minimum requirements for worshiping the Tianzhu, and can be used to worship the Tianzhu left by the ancient Huaguang Emperor. He held a small ceremony with a scale of one million, introduced the spirit of the immortal spirit into his body, and began to practice.
In other words, although the innate breakthrough has not yet been achieved, the jade piece of immortality cannot be opened.
But now Lu Yuan has met the requirements for cultivating immortals and can try to practice Taiping Taoism.
Of course he wouldn't miss it.
So after listening to Sun Siwen's household registration report, he immediately asked him to start building an altar, preparing to try to sacrifice to the Tianzhu and practice immortal magic.
However, this matter should not be made too public.
Looking at the way Danding Dao spread its skills everywhere before, Lu Yuan knew that this skill was probably not a secret in the entire Kyushu Immortal Cultivation World.
Even in the world of immortality, those slightly larger forces outside the Six Great Dao Sect may have some understanding.
Therefore, if Lu Yuan built the altar openly and openly without any secrets, wouldn't he be telling the world clearly that he wanted to become an immortal?
This kind of thing is certainly not in line with his steady temperament.
Because there would be no way to explain why he died before the end of his life even though he practiced Taiping Taoism.
Immortality is Lu Yuan's biggest secret, and he will never let it be exposed.
In this way, it seems necessary to build an altar in secret and then practice immortality in secret.
For this reason, Lu Yuan could tolerate the construction of the altar being slower and delaying the completion time, as long as it could be completed secretly in the end.
'Anyway, in another two or three months, I will almost be able to break through my innate abilities. At that time, there will still be an immortal connection in the jade pieces. Exploring the secrets will be enough for me to study for a year or two. I can wait slowly. '
Lu Yuan thought this in his heart and felt very calm.
Sun Siwen below, after hearing his request, thought about it carefully and said: "The land of Nansanfu is full of mountains and dense forests. If you want to be secretive, you can build an altar in the mountains.
As for the construction manpower, those captured Miao prisoners can be used just right.
When the altar is completed, it will be dealt with afterwards, so it won't leak. "
For the sake of his friend, Sun Siwen, who was originally kind-hearted, could not help but become vicious and cruel at this time.
Of course, this does not exclude him because he does not regard the Miao people as human beings.
After all, the killing and destruction caused by the Miao people to the Yue people in Dongting County in the past few years is obvious to all.
The originally prosperous and peaceful Dongting County was ruined by them.
Anyone with any sense of conscience can't help but feel resentful when they see this.
It is not surprising that Sun Siwen's mentality has changed.
Lu Yuan was even more indifferent to this and said, "That's it."
As long as the altar can be built and a few Miao people die, it is nothing to him.
Maybe if these Miao people die, the place will be more stable.
It’s not bad to be able to recycle waste.
In this way, the construction of the Tianzhu Altar was handed over to Sun Siwen.
The practice of Taiping Taoism has finally begun.
The door to immortality is not far away.
…
Although the construction of the altar to worship the heaven has begun, it is destined to be a long time.
Because Sun Siwen later reported that although the place he chose was secretive, it was also extremely inconvenient to transport various materials.
And in order not to attract attention, not many people can be used.
So in the end, only a thousand Miao prisoners were selected, and they were sent deep into the mountains under the supervision of Lu Yuan's cronies, and the construction of the altar began.
Based on this construction manpower, it is estimated that it will take two years before the altar is completed.
In a short period of time, it is still too much to expect this person to practice Taiping Taoism.
Therefore, apart from investing some energy in paying attention to it in the first few days, Lu Yuan rarely lost interest and devoted his energy to the army again.
Now, with Sun Siwen and other officials from the three governments taking office one after another, the local government has been reorganized. Grassroots officials and government officials were slowly recruited to maintain basic local order.
At the same time, with Lu Yuan's more than two months of cleansing and suppression, a large number of rebellious Miao villages that were entrenched in the local area and openly opposed the government were also eliminated one by one.
Except for some Miao people hiding in the mountains who are really difficult to eliminate, there are no large-scale Miao rebels in the Sanfu area.
The remaining Miao people hiding in the mountains are often only a dozen or dozens in number. This small number of people no longer poses much of a threat.
Therefore, after assisting the local government in establishing prefectural and county militia groups, the eradication of these Miao thieves in the mountains was slowly handed over to the local government.
Lu Yuan's main energy was on reorganizing the army.
As the place gradually stabilized, the fifty thousand civilians from Luyang Prefecture and Hengyang Prefecture had been released by Lu Yuan long ago, allowing them to participate in spring plowing.
The 30,000 soldiers under his command, including 10,000 veterans, were sent north as early as the last two months, after the situation in the three southern prefectures stabilized, and returned to Zhou Qing's command to assist him in encircling and suppressing the Miao people in Wuling Prefecture.
Facts have proved that this move is extremely useful.
Because just in the last two months, the news that Nansan Prefecture was pacified reached Wuling Prefecture. It immediately caused a great psychological shock to the Five Poison Sect rebels.
Among them, after Lan Zhaoyun learned that he had been tricked, he felt ashamed and angry, and also worried about his future prospects.
Therefore, in order to survive in death, after confirming that Lu Yuan's elite was indeed not in Wuling Mansion, Leader Lan immediately led his troops out of Qianling County and launched a massive attack on Zhou Qing's army.
Cooperating with the defenders of Chenxi County, they fought several battles and defeated Zhou Qing repeatedly.
The civilian men under him who were recruited from Hengyang Prefecture were not useful at all. They were as afraid of the Miao people as tigers and were often defeated at the first touch.
If it weren't for the 30,000 newly recruited soldiers supported by Zhou Qing, I'm afraid it would have been completely defeated.
But even so, after tens of thousands of civilians were killed by the Miao people, their strength was greatly reduced.
He was still forced to form a stronghold to defend himself. He led the remaining 40,000 troops and horses and huddled in the camp, not daring to fight the Miao people head-on.
But even so, Zhou Qing still felt a little helpless in the face of the Miao people's crazy attack.
After all, the soldiers under his command are said to be soldiers, but in fact, they are just recruits who have been trained for three or four months.
Apart from their name, they are not necessarily stronger than the Miao people.
And those remaining civilians are even more miserable.
Although the Miao people fought several battles, their losses were not small, with only more than 60,000 soldiers and horses left.
But Zhou Qing only has a camp to rely on, not even a city. It is said to be defensive, but the advantage is actually not great.
Under this situation, it is really extremely difficult to defend.
At that time, he had already made plans to lead his troops to retreat and withdraw to Shaoyang Mansion to hold on.
Fortunately, at this time, the 10,000 elite veterans sent back by Lu Yuan had the effect of saving the situation.
Lu Yuan's 10,000 elite soldiers were elites who had been in the army for several years and had experienced more than a hundred battles.
In terms of combat power, it is not inferior to those of the world's heroes.
The arrival of this army immediately made Zhou Qing very happy.
He didn't even defend the camp anymore, and directly used these veterans as the backbone and the new recruits as his wings, a total of more than 30,000 people, and started a formal head-on battle with the Miao rebels of the Five Poison Sect.
Facts have once again proved that although the Miao people of the Five Poison Sect are brave, their fighting power is really not strong.
In a head-on battle, more than 30,000 people versus 50,000 people, even though they had a numerical advantage, the Miao soldiers were still severely defeated.
During this period, Lan Zhaoyun took the lead and wanted to turn the tide with his top-notch strength.
But in the end, Zhou Qing mobilized the masters of the Nanhai Sect to cooperate with the army, and they were directly surrounded by the army.
If it weren't for the Wudu Sect's Miao soldiers desperately trying to rescue him, those masters would have risked their lives to rescue the leader.
I am afraid that the Five Poison Sect will have to change its leader.
But even so, the left guardian of the Five Poison Sect and the right elder Bai Shuxuan also died in the battle formation.
Counting the left elder who died in Nansan Mansion, the left and right guardians and the left and right elders of the Five Poison Sect, there was suddenly only one right guardian left.
The number of first-class masters that had finally been increased to five was reduced to only two in one day.
Not to mention those Miao soldiers.
Over 50,000 troops were killed on the spot, with more than 10,000 captured, and the rest dispersed.
Seeing that the main force was defeated, the defenders in Chenxi County did not even dare to defend the city. Abandoning the city defenses, he also fled.
When Lan Zhaoyun retreated to his base in Qianling County, he counted his troops and found that he only had 30,000 men left.
There were still more than 10,000 defeated troops, but they fled directly and scattered in the countryside and mountains, never daring to interfere with this matter again.
"Will the foundation of our holy religion and the bloodline of the Miao people be cut off here?"
It is said that after Lan Zhaoyun returned to Qianling County, he lamented and then vomited blood and fell into coma.
Whether this is true or not, no one knows.
But one thing can be confirmed, Lan Zhaoyun has been hiding in Qianling County since then, and there is no longer any sign of going out to fight.
On Zhou Qing's side, after defeating Lan Zhaoyun's army, he stationed in Chenxi County and carried out repairs here.
After this series of battles, Zhou Qing's troops only had 30,000 soldiers left. As for the civilian husbands, after the census, excluding the 30,000 people who were divided into various counties, there were only more than 10,000 people left.
After one battle, nearly 10,000 soldiers were lost, and nearly 40,000 civilians were lost.
The number of casualties of more than 50,000 has caused a heavy setback to the army. It will be unable to fight without a period of rest and recovery.
And even if they can fight, the remaining 70,000 people will not be able to defeat Qianling County, where more than 30,000 Miao people are stationed.
Therefore, Zhou Qing did not continue to mobilize troops rashly, but chose to recover and wait for his master to bring troops to help.
…
However, Lu Yuan, after receiving the great victory in Wuling Mansion, was not very interested in continuing to lead troops north to defeat the Miao rebels.
The entire Wuling Prefecture, with ten counties in one prefecture, including Fucheng, has now been recaptured.
The remaining county town of Qianling is the hometown of the Miao people. They are all Miao people, with few Yue people.
However, there are many Miao troops there, which shows that they are strong-willed.
Facing such a place, Lu Yuan was naturally unwilling to waste his troops to fight with the opponent.
The Miao people on the left and right have lost 150,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses, and lost the territory of the four prefectures. Their strength has been severely reduced, and it will never be possible again.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party had an innate master and some strength, I'm afraid no one would take it seriously anymore.
But even with the innate master and Lan Cai'er recovering from her injuries, facing such a huge disparity in strength, it would be difficult for her to cause any trouble.
Therefore, Lu Yuan did not want to fight with these poor people and force them to a dead end, but planned to let them go.
Otherwise, if this group of Miao people were destroyed, wouldn't it mean that if the imperial court asked him to lead troops to assist Yueyang Mansion, there would be no excuse for delay?
Over at Yueyang Mansion, the fighting has become more intense recently.
The reason was that the Zhou people in the north took advantage of the imperial navy's unpreparedness and secretly sent a force of troops across the river.
Although the number is not large, only ten thousand people.
But even so, it greatly alleviated the dilemma of the Zhou people's insufficient military strength in Anxiang County.
Now the Zhou people over there have recovered to 30,000 troops after replenishment.
The imperial army in Shangguan Yang was reduced sharply to 40,000, with more than half of them killed or injured.
If the gap between the top masters is taken into account, the strength of both sides has reached the same level.
Therefore, at this time, Shangguanyang did not even continue to besiege Anxiang County. Instead, he led his troops back to Baling City, began to lick his wounds, and slowly recuperated.
On the other hand, the Zhou people took advantage of this opportunity to take back several surrounding counties, and aggressively gathered grain and grass to alleviate their own food shortage crisis.
The situation in Yueyang Mansion has reached a stalemate.
At this time, Lu Yuan led his troops over. Wouldn't he be serving as cannon fodder for the imperial court, allowing the army he had finally trained to be wasted on this battlefield that would not gain any benefit?
So even Shangguan Yang and the imperial court kept sending messages to urge him.
But he just excused himself, saying that there were still Miao thieves making trouble in Nansan Prefecture and Wuling Prefecture, and he would lead his troops to suppress them.
Moreover, his troops suffered heavy losses in the two battles and were in urgent need of recuperation and replenishment, unable to fight again.
It just kept dragging on.
Therefore, no matter from any aspect, the Miao people in Wuling Prefecture cannot be wiped out at this time, and they cannot be wiped out.
Lu Yuan was also in this situation, hiding in Yangshan Mansion while training the 20,000 newly recruited soldiers in his hands. While reorganizing the Miao soldiers recruited from Nansan Prefecture, the number reached 30,000.
If nothing else goes wrong, these 50,000 soldiers and horses, including Zhou Qing's 30,000 soldiers, total 80,000 soldiers and horses, which will be his main force the next time he goes north.
Whether these people are well trained is related to his capital in negotiating with the court and whether he can successfully occupy the entire Dongting County, which cannot be ignored.
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Time went like this, and another three months passed, and it was August 15th, the sixth year of Hongdao.
It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival again.
On this day, there was no sleep at night, and the full moon was in the sky.
Lu Yuan was rare and did not stay in the military camp, but came to a quiet mountain alone.
Under the bright white moonlight, he sat on a bluestone on the top of the mountain, his eyes slightly closed, and the red fire around him shone, gradually turning into a sea of fire, incinerating everything around him.
After a year of hard study, Lu Yuan's lifelong martial arts cultivation finally manifested itself.
At this time, the true meaning of martial arts condensed in the mind, and it immediately overcame the sea of fire, gradually condensing the originally chaotic sea of fire, and turning it into a flame shining with red fire.
It is true that the mind and body are integrated, the external circulation is perfect, and it is innate.
"After practicing hard for sixteen years, I now know the wonders of heaven and earth."
Lu Yuan was so blessed that he rose to immortality, holding a red flame in one hand, surrounded by red flames, and couldn't help but roar towards the mountains.
"I am successful!"
