Yin Huixuan nodded and said: "I have to go there, so you should go there first."
As he said that, he couldn't help but warn: "If you really find out something, don't make it public. Now that the imperial court is so powerful, it will be difficult for me to fight against it. Even if it is really their hands, as long as they don't continue to go too far, Then this time...then that's it this time.
Iron Sword Gate, even if they were unlucky, they would hit the muzzle of the imperial court.
I just hope that the imperial court can stop after taking this tone this time. Otherwise, I, the Liuyang Sect, will really have no choice but to fight to the death. "
Speaking of this, Yin Huixuan also secretly regretted it.
If I had agreed to the invitation from the imperial court, would I not have fallen into this situation today?
Thinking like this, I finally sighed.
There is no regret in selling medicine in the world. Now we can only take one step and see one step at a time.
This great master of the second innate realm felt a sense of powerlessness that he had never experienced before, flooding into his heart.
"Then junior brother, go and prepare first."
The junior brother bowed and left in a hurry.
…
While Feng Bo and Yin Huixuan were worrying about each other, Lu Yuan did not know that the Liuyang Sect that he was originally troubled by had given up on him first.
Not only did he not dare to cause trouble for himself, but he also had the thought of shrinking down like an ostrich.
A trouble that was originally expected just disappeared.
If he knew, Lu Yuan would definitely be very happy.
But even if he doesn't know it now, he is still very happy at this time.
"Master, according to statistics from all parties, the vassal strongholds of Iron Sword Sect in various places have been cleared and the properties confiscated. We have obtained a total of more than 1.3 million taels in cash, in addition to countless treasures, calligraphy and paintings of various types.
The elders of the Iron Sword Sect also confessed a lot of their family wealth under questioning. After the house was ransacked, more than 1.5 million taels of silver were obtained. There are also a large number of treasures, calligraphy and painting antiques.
The treasures of the Iron Sword Gate have also been found, and more than 2.2 million taels of gold and silver jewelry were obtained from them. In addition, there are also Tiejianmen's various collections of martial arts books, and more than a thousand volumes of different sizes were collected.
It's just that the divine blood elixir ordered by the master, after the civil strife in the Iron Sword Sect a few years ago, in order to restore their strength, Ding Xihua and the others opened the treasure, and thirteen pills were used.
Now that I have reopened it, I only got fifty-two pills. "
On the way back to Dongting County, the disciple Zhang You, who was responsible for coordinating the harvest of all parties, reported to Lu Yuan with the compiled list.
He took the list and looked through it carefully. After listening to the disciple's report, Lu Yuan couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad. Counting the gains from the previous annihilation of the Iron Sword Sect's main altar, this time the Iron Sword Sect was destroyed. A total of 6.7 million taels of silver were harvested.
There are also various antique calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and curios. After these are realized, they should be sold for two to three million taels of silver.
After calculation, this harvest is nearly ten million taels of silver.
With this money, and the current treasury, it is enough to support an army of 100,000, and fight for four to five years. "
Lu Yuan's original treasury contained more than two million taels of silver. Later, Dan Ding Dao provided another tens of millions of taels of silver.
After forcing the Five Poison Sect to surrender, Lan Zhaoyun took the initiative and contributed more than 5 million taels of the remaining wealth he had plundered from Dongting County over the years.
At this time, plus the nearly 10 million taels of silver gained from destroying the Iron Sword Gate.
So now Lu Yuan has almost 27 million taels of silver in his account.
Calculated based on the monthly salary of a soldier of 50 taels and the annual salary of 60 taels of silver per year. He has a total of 100,000 soldiers, so he needs 6 million taels of silver a year.
Twenty-seven million taels of silver were enough to last an army of 100,000 men for four and a half years. Even if the army continues to expand in the future, the money will be enough to support it for two or three years.
With such a rich family background, even if he falls out with the court in the future and his salary is cut off, Lu Yuan will be confident enough to fight a protracted war with the opponent.
I have money in my hand and don’t panic.
At this moment, Lu Yuan was naturally in a good mood.
Even the fifty-two divine blood elixirs taken out from the Iron Sword Gate treasure seemed insignificant in comparison.
After all, he now has an innate grandmaster and seven first-class masters under his command, including the Five Poison Sect, and there is no shortage of top-level combat power.
And if it is a second-rate master, counting his own disciples, the Five Poison Sect, and the patrols and general inspectors of local prefectures and counties, the number would be over a hundred.
The third-rate players are even closer to five or six hundred.
So many second- and third-rate masters and good players are enough to make up for his lack of mid-level combat power.
Including the number of ordinary soldiers numbering 100,000.
So in terms of the top, middle and bottom levels, Lu Yuan is already complete in all three levels, with no obvious shortcomings.
Under this situation, the effect he could achieve after harvesting fifty-two divine blood elixirs was no longer as good as before.
Of course, this is not to say that these divine acupoint elixirs are useless.
On the contrary, it is actually very useful.
After all, if used properly, it would allow Lu Yuan to recruit six or seven more first-rate masters.
But helpless.
Although he has recruited as many apprentices as possible over the years, his time is still short.
In just a few years, the training could not keep up.
The state of mind of many disciples is not enough to support first-rate or even second-rate strength.
In this way, no matter how many divine blood elixirs he has, they will not be effective at all, because you can't even find anyone to train him.
But if he doesn't look for his own disciples but looks for others, then Lu Yuan won't be able to believe him.
In today's war-torn world, people's hearts are separated, rituals and music have collapsed, and morality has ceased to exist.
Loyalty and betrayal are often just a matter of thoughts.
Just like himself.
At this time, we are in the court's camp, but in a few days, we may be on the opposite side of the court.
If he is like this, how can he believe that others under his command, who are not close to him and have no deep interests tied to him, can be loyal to him?
In contrast.
Accept more named disciples, although they may still be unreliable.
But at least there is such an extra layer of fame, and there is also the kindness of teaching skills, giving spiritual pills, and the benefits of being one's own disciples and gaining fame and wealth...
With the above-mentioned binding of titles, favors, and interests, the possibility of disciples' rebellion will be greatly reduced.
In this way, Lu Yuan would naturally feel more at ease when using it and be more willing to cultivate it.
So now he has no use for the fifty-two Divine Blood Spirit Pills, the seven Purifying Water Mysterious Pills that he had previously saved, and the Cang-headed Dragon Armor Pill that Feng Zhijie is refining.
It will take at least two or three years for these elixirs to be effective.
But by then, it's still uncertain whether Lu Yuan will continue to train first-class masters.
…
With full harvest, Lu Yuan's family-killing team returned to Shaoyang Mansion twenty days after leaving.
Most of the time spent on this was spent on the road.
But after returning to Shaoyang Mansion, he received a piece of news.
"The imperial court sent out a force of one hundred thousand troops, with Marquis of Wu Xuan Yang Jing as the commander, Qiao Kangquan, the head of the Guanhai Villa in Guangling, and the current national advisor as the deputy commander.
These two men have led the army to Yuzhang County, but the soldiers and horses are stationed in Xunyang Mansion and have not gone any further. "
Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, who stayed behind in Shaoyang Mansion, immediately came to Lu Yuan's door after he returned and informed him of the news they had received these days.
Marquis Wu Xuan, is this Yang Jing's title?
Lu Yuan thought of Yang Jing, the person in charge of the Yang family in Nanling, who had pulled him into the top ten master plans.
Now that they haven't seen each other for more than a year, the other party has been granted the title of Marquis of Wu Xuan and became the commander-in-chief of a hundred thousand troops.
It is even very possible that the two of them will split their camps and fight against each other.
Then again, according to court practice.
If someone in the country breaks through the innateness, he will be given a title of marquis starting with the character "武".
For example, although they are called Marquis of Wucheng, Marquis of Wu'an, and Marquis of Wuxuan, their status is higher than that of a prince, and they are much more important than ordinary Dukes and Princes.
At this time, Lu Yuan also broke through Xiantian, but the court never banned him. Could it be that he forgot?
'The imperial court felt that I was going to seal the country soon, and when the time came to break up the land and establish a country, there would be no need for a semicolon, so they didn't bother to take one. '
Lu Yuan was indeed a little disappointed when he thought about it.
He still wanted to get a marquis title starting with the character "武". After all, it was an official recognition from the court and a symbol of strength.
It's gone now, which is a pity.
These random thoughts flashed through his mind. Lu Yuan quickly calmed down these thoughts and returned to the topic.
Looking at his two allies with burning eyes, he thought for a moment and asked, "Is the court trying to guard against us?"
Before Lu Yuan went to Luling Mansion, he had already signaled Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange to start spreading news about the three-person alliance to the court to test their reaction.
Now that twenty days have passed, if one keeps going all the way and takes a light boat down the river, the news will be enough to be sent back to the Jinling court and to the Western Expedition army that has already set off.
So at this time, Yang Jing and the others had probably received the news and knew that the situation had changed.
That's why we stopped in Xunyang and didn't lead the army rashly into Dongting County.
Yan Wangqiu nodded and said, "That should be the case."
Over the past few days, the old master and Su Xuange had speculated on the court's various reactions.
Therefore, after hearing the news that the Western Expeditionary Army had stopped in Xunyang, they immediately concluded that the imperial court was guarding against them.
After all, after he and Lu Yuan rebelled, and at the same time Su Xuange and Lan Cai'er were added to the team, Lu Yuan's camp already had four innate masters.
Taking into account Lu Yuan's foundation in Dongting County, where is the 100,000-strong army?
Even if he is willing, he can easily raise more than 200,000 Miao and Yue militia groups.
These four innate masters and an army of 300,000 are here, and now their attitude is ambiguous and even vaguely hostile.
Even if Yang Jing was brave enough, he wouldn't dare come to Dongting County!
After all, here, even if he leads the troops, in Jiangnan, Dongting County, the court only has four innate masters and 130,000 to 40,000 soldiers.
Compared with strength, it may not be as strong as Lu Yuan's.
As for Wuchenghou Bai Mengyang?
At this time, he was still leading more than 20,000 remaining soldiers, hiding in the Tianmen Mansion, and was besieged by hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops!
If it weren't for the fact that Tianmen Mansion City was adjacent to the river and Bai Mengyang had been able to get help from the imperial navy and a constant supply of supplies, he might have been lost long ago.
But even so, the Marquis of Wu'an could barely protect himself, and there was no way he could even think about intervening in the situation in Jiangnan.
Under such a situation.
The imperial court was naturally cautious and did not dare to take any rash action.
Otherwise, if Lu Yuan defected to the Zhou people, then the Nanhai Sect and the Jiuchuan Sword Sect would follow suit. Then the entire world situation will collapse in an instant.
Not to mention saving Dongting County, I am afraid that the entire country of Vietnam will also be unable to save it.
Su Xuange, who was next to him, also laughed and said: "I guess the imperial court is also having a headache and cursing in its heart at this time, wondering how to deal with us rebellious people. I just don't know whether the imperial court is going to use suppression or caressing to deal with us. "
Of course, Lu Yuan was aware of the court's situation at this time. Hearing Su Xuange's teasing words, he smiled slightly and said: "It is probably impossible to suppress the enemy. After all, the court does not want to die with us. All the aristocratic families in Linhai County are... Where is Jin Gui?
In this world, the emperor's hegemony is just a game in which they take turns calling the shots.
Now that the chessboard is about to be overturned and the game cannot be played, how can the six surnames and seven clans be willing to see it?
At this time, there is no movement in the Xunyang Mansion. They are probably discussing countermeasures internally and discussing how to appease us.
Just watch, it won't be long before some angels from the court will come over and discuss terms with us. "
Yan Wangqiu said with a smile: "I don't know what conditions the imperial court will offer. If we continue to give a run-down half-county land like before, we are just sending beggars away."
Su Xuange also nodded and said: "That's right. This time, the three of us will not be able to live in a single county. The imperial court will not be able to live in peace."
Lu Yuan laughed: "Just wait."
So amid the laughter and laughter, the conversation about the imperial court came to an end.
…
Lu Yuan was waiting for the court's appeasement.
But while waiting, he did nothing.
The first was Lu Yuan's 100,000 soldiers. He divided 10,000 and asked his disciple Zhang You to lead them and stationed them in Luyang Mansion to defend and intimidate Yuzhang County.
Then he left 20,000 people and ordered his disciple Chu Wei to guard Wuling Mansion to guard against the Zhou Dynasty and the imperial navy in the north. At the same time, some troops were assigned to take over several counties in Anxiang and Shiyang to the west of Yueyang Prefecture to build a defense line along the river.
Then another 20,000 people were left, and his disciple Han Shun was ordered to guard the three southern prefectures of the county.
Then he divided 10,000 troops, led by his disciple Li Liang, and stationed in Hengyang Mansion, officially taking over the county under the imperial court.
Later, Lu Yuan personally commanded 40,000 soldiers and 60,000 Miao soldiers. He led his disciples Zhou Qing, Yan Wangqiu, Su Xuange, and Lan Zhaoyun's father and daughter to reach Changsha Mansion with a force of 100,000.
During this period, Shangguanming heard the news and directly led the 30,000 troops surrounding Yiyang County, Changsha Prefecture, and withdrew to Baling County overnight, not daring to meet Lu Yuan at all.
On Lu Yuan's side, he could be regarded as taking over from Shangguan Ming, and continued to surround Yiyang County, surrounding Li Yanjing's eight thousand remaining soldiers in the city.
While surrounding these Zhou soldiers, Lu Yuan also began to divide his troops and took over the counties in Changsha Prefecture.
Later, Zhou Qing was sent, leading 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 Miao soldiers, to occupy the Miluo counties in the north and the southern part of Yueyang Prefecture, which served as a barrier to the northern part of Changsha Prefecture.
After such a series of actions, the entire nine Jiangnan prefectures in Dongting County, except for Baling City, the county capital, and Linxiang and Huarong counties surrounding the county city, were all under Lu Yuan's control.
Under this massive move, Shangguan Ming could only lead 40,000 soldiers and horses. For a while, he was like Bai Mengyang, the Marquis of Wu'an. He could only rely on the Yangtze River Navy, huddled around the county and the city, struggling to maintain himself.
In this land south of the Dongting River, the situation suddenly changed overnight.
General Zhengnan and Marquis of Luyang, who originally belonged to the imperial court, now raised more than 100,000 troops and faced off against the imperial court across the Yangtze River and the lake.
Although the two sides would still be at odds with each other, and even Lu Yuan was still flying the imperial flag, almost anyone with a little knowledge knew that the wind direction and the situation had changed.
But this is not the end.
After taking over the land south of the Yangtze River in Dongting County, in order to further pressure the imperial court, Lu Yuan finally started the official selection examination that had been postponed again and again.
This time, he extended the scope of official selection to the Jiufu in Jiangnan, Dongting County, and issued examination notices to all the talented candidates.
This glaring imperial examination was a naked attempt to win people's hearts, and almost revealed to the world what Lu Yuan was thinking without any concealment.
Naturally, there was an uproar in Dongting County.
Even not only Dongting County, but also the counties of Zhou and Liang in the north of the Yangtze River and the Yue Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River were shocked and stunned after the news of what Lu Yuan had done spread.
However, after Zhou and Liang were shocked, especially Zhou, they immediately sent envoys to communicate with Lu Yuan.
He wanted to unite with the suddenly rebellious general who conquered the South, attack the Yue Kingdom from the north and the south, completely open the Yangtze River waterway, and allow hundreds of thousands of troops from the north of the Yangtze River to cross the river.
As for the imperial court, after Lu Yuan's series of actions, they could no longer sit still.
On April 14, the seventh year of Hongdao, a small boat came from the east, crossed the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, and arrived at Yiyang County, where Lu Yuan was located.
…
At the military camp outside Yiyang County, Lu Yuan opened the camp gate and led Su Xuange and others to welcome the angel from the imperial court.
When they met, the angel looked Lu Yuan up and down, and then looked at Su Xuange, Yan Wangqiu, Lan Cai'er and others behind him. After looking at him for a long time, he looked away and said in a complicated tone: "General Lu, I haven't seen you for more than a year. , the general’s demeanor is even more impressive.”
Lu Yuan looked directly at the other party's eyes, with a calm expression, and said with a slight smile: "The same goes for General Yang. I haven't seen him for more than a year. He has been promoted from the minister of Taichang Temple in the imperial court to the general of the Northern Expedition and the Marquis of Wu Xuan. Now he is in charge of an army of 100,000 people. He will intimidate the northern barbarians and his reputation will shock the world."
When Yang Jing heard this, his expression was slightly cold, and he said in a bad tone: "If General Lu hadn't been involved in this incident, then if I came with the troops this time, I could indeed intimidate the northern captives, regain the lost territory, and achieve great military exploits that would shock the world.
But now the general has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River.
I have only a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, but I am overwhelmed by General Lu's reputation. I can only stop at Xunyang and dare not take another step forward.
The general is so majestic, courageous, and capable! "
Yang Jing said three words in a row, clearly displaying the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart.
