For Lu Yuan, being able to hold his nose and agree to the Five Poison Sect's terms for peace was already a huge concession.
With the current strength of the Five Poison Sect, to put it bluntly, without that saintess, who is the other party?
However, more than 30,000 civilian-like remnant soldiers are now trapped in a small county.
This level of strength is no longer on the same level as Lu Yuan, who has a hundred thousand soldiers and more than a hundred thousand Miao soldiers and militia under his command.
The Five Poison Sect thought they were qualified to bargain with Lu Yuan, but in fact, this was just their wishful thinking.
If it weren't for Lan Cai'er's presence, these defeated soldiers would have been wiped out by him long ago.
But nothing.
The other party has Lan Cai'er, and he has such an innate master.
So Lu Yuan had to hold back his temper and sit down to talk to the other party.
But he is willing to talk, but it does not mean that he will be used to the Five Poisons Sect.
Anyway, it was the Five Poison Sect that was anxious now, not Lu Yuan. He could wait slowly.
If I can afford to wait, it's hard to say whether the Five Poisons Sect can afford to wait.
Just like the Zhou people in Anxiang County, the Five Poison Sect was besieged in Qianling County for more than half a year. Tens of thousands of people were idle and consumed astronomical amounts of food every day.
Although relying on past savings, the Five Poison Sect should be able to survive for some time. But no matter how much food is stored, it cannot sustain such a consumption method.
Therefore, the longer it is delayed, the more uncomfortable it will be for the Five Poisons Sect.
At the moment, they are still putting on airs and want to negotiate fairly with Lu Yuan. Then let them endure it a little longer, and sooner or later their temper will be tempered.
After deciding to drag the Five Poison Sect slowly and continue to pull, Lu Yuan stopped caring about them.
Because Yan Wangqiu finally returned from Jian'an County three months after leaving, bringing news about the Jiuchuan Sword Sect.
Seeing the old master again, Lu Yuan found that he looked quite good. Not only was he energetic, but he also looked happy.
"General Lu, I have met with Jiuchuan Sword Sect Su Xuange and tentatively talked to him about the mutual alliance. Su Xuange is very interested in this.
After several months of negotiations, he has been persuaded to join my alliance. And also started to prepare.
If there is really an uprising on our side, Su Xuange is willing to raise 150,000 troops in Jian'an County to respond from a distance. "
With a hint of relaxation, Yan Wangqiu slowly talked to Lu Yuan about his experiences and gains in the past few months.
"Okay, if the Jiuchuan Sword Sect helps, then we will have an additional innate grandmaster and 150,000 more troops."
After hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel happy. He looked at Yan Wangqiu and praised, "This trip to Jian'an County owes a lot to the old master."
Yan Wangqiu stroked his beard and said proudly: "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that our Nanhai Sect and Jiuchuan Sword Sect had many friendships in their early years, so that's why we are so easy to talk to."
"Hey! There are many people in the world who have friendships, but there are not many who can turn friendships into benefits. Old Grand Master, there is no need to be humble."
Lu Yuan waved his hand, then looked at Yan Wangqiu, and said something with a smile: "The old grandmaster has been gone for a few months, and a lot of things have happened here, but there is a good thing that I want to talk to the old grandmaster about."
Seeing his serious look, Yan Wangqiu asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
"Last month, the Five Poison Sect sent people to find me..."
Therefore, Lu Yuan told Yan Wangqiu about the Five Poison Sect's request for peace. But after telling the story, he concluded: "So if the Five Poison Sect can be surrendered this time, then we can add another 30,000 Miao soldiers here.
Moreover, I can also use the Five Poison Sect and the Miao people to threaten the saintess of the Five Poison Sect and make her serve.
In this way, when the showdown comes, I will be able to dispatch 300,000 troops and two grandmasters.
On the other hand, if we count the old grandmaster's side, if we and the three families join forces, we will have an army of nearly 800,000 people and four grandmasters.
With such strength, the imperial court had to make concessions if it did not want to lose everything. "
Theoretically speaking, if Lu Yuan and Yan Wanqiu choose to backstab, then the imperial court's so-called Ten Masters Plan will become a joke.
Without the two of them, even if there was only one grandmaster left in the court, namely Qiao from Guanhai Villa, there would only be eight grandmasters left in the end.
Among these eight masters, there are still three who need to guard various places and cannot move at all.
Based on this calculation, in terms of top combat power, the imperial court can dispatch at most five grandmasters.
But Lu Yuan already had four grandmasters.
As for the number of soldiers and horses, Lu Yuan's three families combined can dispatch 750,000 soldiers and horses. Don't worry about the quality of these soldiers and horses, whether they can fight, at least the momentum and quantity have been built up first.
But what about the court?
Over in Jiuzhen County, there is an army of 50,000 led by Wuping Hou Xie Ning.
But these 50,000 people not only have to guard Jiuzhen County to prevent the remnants of the offshore country from resurrecting. They also need to suppress Yulin and Nanhai counties to stabilize Lingnan.
It is also necessary to deter several small countries near Jiuzhen County to prevent them from imitating Jinghai Kingdom and jumping out to rebel against the imperial court.
It is already extremely difficult for fifty thousand people to maintain the above situations. Naturally, it is impossible to remove the troops and come to quell the rebellion.
Here in Dongting County, there are fifty thousand people left on the Yueyang Mansion side, and on the Bai Mengyang side of the Tianmen Mansion, after being surrounded for so long, there are probably only ten or twenty thousand left.
There are still 150,000 frontier troops left in Guangling County. I heard that in recent days, as the Liang Kingdom saw the Zhou people winning consecutive battles in the Yue Kingdom, they had already captured Xichuan, and were even about to capture Dongting County.
The peace talks that had been stubbornly refusing to let go finally showed signs of loosening.
If the peace talks can be successful, Guangling County's 150,000 frontier troops may be able to spare 70,000 to 80,000.
At that time, another 20,000 to 30,000 people will be drawn from the 50,000 forbidden troops in the capital, or another 100,000 troops may be organized to go to Dongting County.
But the last hundred thousand troops were already the limit.
Based on this calculation, the number of soldiers that the imperial court can deploy is only about 150,000.
If we want to increase the number of troops next, we can only do what Lu Yuan and the others did and force the civilians.
This may increase the momentum, and even with the court's ability, it is not impossible to raise an army of one million.
But for troops of this quality, it can only be said that compared with Lu Yuan's side, they are only half a pound to half a pound.
Therefore, from the above data, compared with the alliance between the imperial court and Lu Yuan, the strength no longer has an absolute advantage. It can even be said that the two sides are already in the same power level.
After Lu Yuan counted the above items one by one with Yan Wangqiu, he smiled and said: "But the enemies of the imperial court are not only us. It also has the Zhou people.
Now the Zhou people have stationed 300,000 troops in Jiangbei. Counting Li Xiong, there are already five Xiantian masters dispatched.
This level of strength can be considered overwhelming.
If the imperial court does not unite with us, then knowing that we are cooperating with the Zhou people, the nine innate masters will march west along the Yangtze River with millions of soldiers.
At that time, the earth will be turned upside down, the mountains and rivers will be shattered, even the six surnames and seven tribes will be destroyed, and their bloodline will be cut off. "
The current situation has been made very clear.
The real power that the imperial court can control is only 150,000 soldiers, and perhaps the 50,000 navy troops currently on the river.
With these 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus five masters, and fortifications along the river, it would not be difficult for the imperial court to repel the Zhou people.
But if you include Lu Yuan and other outside forces, no matter which side they support, the other side will definitely fail.
Support the imperial court, then the nine great masters will all come out, and Lu Yuan will send another 100,000 soldiers. Let alone repel the Zhou people, even if they can regain Xichuan County in one fell swoop, it will be a piece of cake.
If you support the Zhou people, as mentioned before, the Yue Kingdom will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed. These six surnames and seven clans that had ruled the land south of the Yangtze River for thousands of years all disappeared.
Therefore, Lu Yuan and the others have become a weight in the balance. Whichever side they lean towards will win the battle.
Now it's up to Zhou Guo and the imperial court, who can offer better conditions and be able to buy this weight.
"I never thought that the general would have accomplished such great things in such a short period of time."
Yan Wangqiu listened to Lu Yuan's analysis and plan. After being stunned for a moment, a burst of joy surged out of his heart, and his beard trembled with laughter: "If the Five Poison Sect can really be conquered, then the imperial court will Even if you don’t want to agree to my conditions, you have to agree.
Even if we can raise the conditions higher, the court may give in. "
Yan Wangqiu's original goal was to change the location of the founding of the country to Yulin County.
But the strength on his side suddenly increased by two grandmasters and two hundred thousand troops.
The imperial court correspondingly weakened the three potential masters.
Such a balance of strength has already changed.
Then according to the principle in the arena, you can eat as much as you have strength.
If you are strong and the court is weak, then it is natural for the other party to offer more benefits.
After all, Yulin County is a bit more remote, and Nanhai County is more suitable for me.
'Nanhai Faction, Nanhai County, this auspicious name, doesn't it just foretell that I will build a Nanhai Kingdom? '
Yan Wangqiu was thinking this, but his heart had already begun to beat.
If the country is really established in Nanhai County, then all the strength of the Nanhai Sect can be retained. Not only will there be no loss at all, but it can even grow and develop rapidly.
How could such a vast vista not be exciting?
Lu Yuan looked at Yan Wangqiu's joy and could more or less guess what Yan Wangqiu was thinking, but he didn't care at all.
It is normal for the other party to want to take over Nanhai County.
Just as he wanted to take Dongting County, he didn't want to abandon his foundation. Who is willing to take the risk and change to a new nest when he can stay in his old nest?
Therefore, he said at this time: "So in a while, I should negotiate terms with the Five Poison Sect. Then I hope that the old master can accompany me to intimidate those Miao people."
Yan Wangqiu nodded and said, "This is easy to hear."
Whether they can surrender the Five Poison Sect is already related to their alliance and whether they can successfully get the court to back down.
Therefore, Grandmaster Yan also attaches great importance to this matter.
After accepting the matter at this time, he thought for a while and then said: "I can also send someone to the Jiuchuan Sword Sect to see if they can invite Su Xuange. Since the three families have formed an alliance, we should also find someone Opportunity, let’s talk about it together.
When the time comes for the three masters to unite, the Five Poison Diocese should be able to serve it faster. "
The intimidation of three innate masters and the intimidation of one innate master Lu Yuan have different meanings.
The former means that if Lu Yuan and the others are willing, they can gather the power of the three innate masters and spend a few years desperately chasing Lan Cai'er to eliminate this hidden danger.
The latter means that Lu Yuan is just alone, a new innate, and does not have absolute force.
Lan Cai'er can unscrupulously avenge Lu Yuan's annihilation of his tribe and religion, fully exerting his nuclear deterrent force, killing his subordinates everywhere, and disgusting him to death.
The difference between the two and the shock to the Miao people are not at the same level at all.
So when Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to the old master."
Yan Wangqiu said: "This matter will be taken care of by me."
…
Now that the strategy had been decided, Lu Yuan and Yan Wangqiu took action on their own.
Yan Wangqiu quickly sent his close disciples to Jian'an County to invite Su Xuange over.
On Lu Yuan's side, he still dragged the Five Poison Sect and continued to temper the other party's temper.
Even if the Five Poison Sect sometimes gave in, he still refused to meet for peace talks and continued to waste time.
What Yan Wangqiu said makes sense. Three masters and two masters have completely different effects on the deterrence of the Five Poison Sect.
Before Su Xuange arrived, Lu Yuan had no plans to meet Lan Zhaoyun.
Anyway, if the round trip from Dongting County to Jian'an County is faster, it will take less than a month.
At this point, if he delays it for another month, it won't be too long.
As for the Five Poison Sect, let them suffer for a while longer.
…
While Lu Yuan was waiting for Su Xuange to arrive, new news came from the court.
After more than half a year of negotiation, Liang Guo finally agreed to the request for peace.
Not only that, after the imperial court agreed to cede Guangling County and the three prefectures of Hebei Province, Liang State even formed an alliance with the imperial court and decided to send an army of 200,000 people southward. The troops were directed at Nanyang County of Zhou State, threatening the retreat of the 300,000 army in Jiangbei. .
It seems that Zhou State's continuous battles and continuous expansion of territory in Yue State have caused Liang State's uneasiness, causing the other party to start to interfere in the Zhou Yue War.
In the Zhou and Liang countries, the clouds of war have begun to slowly lift.
As for the imperial court, after the news of the successful peace negotiation came back, it responded extremely quickly.
After confirming that Liang Guo had fulfilled the treaty, he dispatched the heavy troops deployed around Guangling County to move westward, preparing to participate in the war against Zhou Guo's Nanyang Army.
The imperial court directly transferred the 80,000 frontier troops from Guangling County to the south to join the 20,000 imperial troops from the capital. They are currently undergoing training, and it seems that they will soon move westward.
The most direct reaction is that Lu Yuan has received repeated urgings from Yang Jing, asking him if he has achieved an innate breakthrough?
If not, when will a breakthrough be achieved?
According to Yang Jing, he had already achieved the innate breakthrough a month ago and was now consolidating his realm.
As for the last remaining one among the ten great masters, he is also completed by Qiao Kangquan, the owner of Guanhai Villa in Guangling County.
Now there are nine of the ten great masters, and only Lu Yuan is left.
At this time, the imperial court was already preparing for a large army to march westward. In three months at most, they would send troops to march westward to expel the Zhou people.
If Lu Yuan cannot break through Xiantian at this last moment, then one of the ten great masters will be missing this time.
By that time, the benefits originally promised to him by the court were gone.
After pondering over this urging, Lu Yuan decided to pass on the news that he had broken through the innate world to the court.
Now that the showdown is almost here, there is no need to hide the news that he has broken through the innate world.
The Five Poison Sect is about to surrender, and the Zhou people are fighting fiercely with the court. Even if he wants to fish, he can't.
In contrast, if the news spreads about his own innate breakthrough, it will actually cause more deterrence.
So a letter recording his breakthrough in Xiantian was quickly sent back to the capital.
Not long after the letter was sent, another piece of news that Lu Yuan had been waiting for finally got a reply.
…
The disciple who was sent to Jiangxia County for more than three months finally returned after being away for so long.
He was not the only one who was missing. Old Taoist Anqiu, whom he had not seen for a year, actually came in person at this time.
"As expected, we were right about Fellow Daoist Lu. Only one year after we were separated, Fellow Daoist made a breakthrough in his innate ability and became successful in martial arts. From then on, he became a grandmaster."
In the living room, Lu Yuan received Anqiu. He just sat down and took a sip of tea before congratulating him.
While speaking, Anqiu also looked Lu Yuan up and down, secretly wondering.
Because compared to ordinary innates, this fellow Daoist Lu's spirit of fairy spirit, which is similar to that of a cultivator of immortality, is getting stronger and stronger.
But after careful identification, it is still somewhat different from those who cultivate immortality, and is not so pure.
Therefore, for this, Old Taoist Anqiu could only guess in his heart that the immortal fate that the other party had obtained in the first place was probably of considerable origin, so that he could have such a vision.
Just thinking about it like this made the old Taoist feel even happier.
The closer Lu Yuan is to an immortal cultivator, the more reliable and useful the experimental data he produces will undoubtedly be.
When the time comes to practice Taiping Dao Shu, it should be a little more convenient than ordinary warriors.
'With this situation, this person should not be defeated so quickly and early like other selected chess pieces. '
Anqiu couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought about the few experimental chess pieces he had found over the past year.
Since the Tianluo Dharma Assembly, he returned to the Liang Kingdom and selected several first-class warriors to let them practice Taiping Taoism.
But none of these people lasted more than half a year, and they died at the end of their lives not long after practicing Taoism.
After this experiment, Dan Ding Dao couldn't help but become more convinced that warriors under the innate world simply couldn't support the practice of Taiping Dao Shu.
If you want to experiment with Taiping Taoism, you have to find a master who is innate or above.
But how rare is it to be an innate master?
There are only about ten people in the entire Liang Kingdom.
These people are all powerful and powerful, and their status is no worse than that of Anqiu.
If you want these people to test the short-lived skills of Alchemy Dao, to put it bluntly, even if Alchemy Dao is one of the six major channels in the world, they are not worthy at all.
So seeing that the experiment was in trouble, Dan Dingdao was worried about what to do.
If I feel sleepy, someone brings me a pillow.
Lu Yuan, who was just setting up a trap at first, actually made a breakthrough in his innate ability.
And not only breaking through the innate world, this guy is so stupid that he plans to practice Taiping Taoism.
After hearing the news, Dan Dingdao was naturally overjoyed.
