I don’t know when the rain stopped.
On the dark long street, two groups of people were walking slowly.
Li Xuan rode in front, and Xu Lu followed beside him.
Qiu Zhenmu and Li Zhu each led a team of Qianniu Guards and a team of Kuaiji Palace Guards, following behind them.
In the invisible corners of the surrounding long streets, there are traces of Nanchang palace guards everywhere.
"In the entire Wuzhou branch, Fang Yunxiu is the hall master, and Nu and Peng Yun are the deputy hall masters.
Before the prince arrived in Wuzhou, he arranged for Peng Yun and most of his subordinates to leave Wuzhou City and settle them in Yiwu, Jinhua, Wuyi and Lanxi counties.
Later, after Fang Yunxiu's death, Hall Master Zhang came to Wuzhou and immediately arranged all his personnel to Wuyi, led by Peng Yun to prepare for the counterattack against Dongyang. "
Xu Lu quietly introduced the situation of the Wuzhou branch to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan nodded slightly and asked casually: "How many manpower and elites do they have? Can they capture Dongyang County?"
"There are less than forty real elite soldiers, and most of the others are ordinary gang members. However, the last time Peng Yun sent a message, he now has more than 300 people under his command. I hope that Hall Master Zhang can dispatch enough weapons to Wuyi in time. Otherwise, once a war breaks out, they will be at great disadvantage." When Xu Lu spoke, she couldn't help but feel a trace of worry on her face.
This kind of conduct is not a bad thing. Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "With more than forty elites and about three hundred people, if they march in a hurry, they can reach Dongyang County quickly, and there will be someone to help them open the city gate. , then it won’t be difficult to capture Dongyang.”
Speaking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little funny.
With only three to five hundred people, it is necessary to capture a well-defended county town.
This may sound like a joke, but it is true.
Unlike the north, the south does not need to face huge pressure from the northern grassland peoples, so the number of soldiers in each city is not too many.
Even in the entire land of Wuyue and the Thirteen Prefectures, there is only one Zhechong Mansion with a force of 1,200 people that can really be mobilized.
Not only are the number of soldiers in each city not too large, but their combat effectiveness is also low.
Therefore, it is not too difficult to break through the city gate and capture the county government with only three to five hundred people.
The real difficulty is how to defend the city.
In Dongyang City today, there are almost no Tianyin cultists left in the city.
Even if the Wuzhou branch captured Dongyang, it would not be able to incite the people.
When the time comes, the imperial army counterattacks, and all they can do is flee in embarrassment.
What's more, Li Xuan also placed a group of troops on the march route of the Wuzhou branch in the west of Dongyang City. As long as Gu Tan and Kang Yao are not stupid and send troops to support them, it won't be a big problem to defend Dongyang.
Coupled with Yu Ze's pursuit behind them, it would be difficult for those people to make a big wave even if they were not finished.
Today's threat is still in Lanxi.
The moisture in the night wind was very light. Li Xuan looked away from Xu Lu and looked up.
After the rain, the sky was dark and beautiful.
As soon as He Lao died, the pressure on Li Xuan suddenly relaxed a lot.
Why did Li Xuan go to Jinhua to inspect autumn grain?
On the one hand, it is indeed the sum of factors from all aspects, but among them, the most important thing that cannot be ignored is the threat of Mr. He.
Strong men from the Xuantai rear realm appear around him from time to time.
Even Li Xuan doesn't know when he will reveal his flaws, and then someone will seize the opportunity and kill him with one blow.
Moreover, he is protected by Qianniu Guards, but other people in Wuzhou do not have any Qianniu Guards.
Once He Lao changes his target, Li Xuan will immediately be in chaos.
The Qianniu Guards were nominally here to investigate the assassination of the governor Wang Fanglin in Wuzhou, but at most they were here to protect Li Xuan's safety.
Even Li Xuan could not force these high-born people to protect these state and county officials in Wuzhou.
Therefore, Li Xuan left Wuzhou and also took away Mr. He's attention.
Now that He Lao has died in the hands of Li Xuan, although the risk still exists, it is no longer that big. Li Xuan can mobilize more manpower in all aspects for layout.
Suddenly, Li Xuan seemed to remember something, turned to look at Xu Lu, and asked: "You said that Peng Yun is in Wuyi now, so who is the person in Zhoucheng? Who else appeared with you outside Qian's house that day? A person, who is she?"
"He Qing'er, I only know her name is He Qing'er. I have never seen her before. She is another line buried by the sect in Wuzhou."
After listening to Xu Lu's explanation, Li Xuan realized that in the entire Wuzhou, the Tianyin Sect actually had another line besides the black soldiers, the subordinates of Wuzhou Hall, and the people brought by Zhang Wanyu from Hangzhou.
Only Zongtan and Fang Yunxiu knew about the existence of this line, and Xu Lu and Peng Yun knew nothing about it before.
It wasn't until Fang Yunxiu was in trouble and Zhang Wanyu came from Hangzhou to support that He Qing'er showed her face.
"Then it is estimated that Zhang Wanyu is staying with He Qing'er now." Li Xuan deduced Zhang Wanyu's whereabouts in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Wanyu's strength is superior to Li Xuan's, and He Lao helped her escape before, so Li Xuan couldn't catch up.
However, Zhang Wanyu's position in Wuzhou cannot escape Li Xuan's control at all. What Li Xuan really cares about now is He Qing'er.
He Qing'er is just a child in the Mood for Love now. She has only been in contact with the Tianyin Sect for a few years.
There was someone behind her.
After getting rid of him, Li Xuan can lead his troops north without worries.
The courtyard door opened, and Mr. Bai stood at the door, bowing his head respectfully, welcoming Li Xuan back to his home.
Li Xuan nodded to him, then looked at Qiu Zhenmu and Li Zhu and said, "Let's arrange for the brothers to have an early rest. Everyone has tried their best tonight. You two will submit the merit application documents and wait until Wuzhou Tianyin Sect is Once it is completely eradicated, I will send a letter to the central government to ask for credit for everyone."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qiu Zhenmu and Qian Niuwei could not help showing a hint of joy on their faces.
They and Li Xuan went south to Wuzhou, fighting life and death along the way for the purpose of meritorious service.
There is no need to go to the Western Regions or Silla to establish military exploits.
The other brothers in Qianniuwei didn't know how much they envied them.
Seeing the excitement on these people's faces, Li Xuan waved his hand and told them to rest while he led Xu Lu towards the inner courtyard.
Li Xuan is very curious about the internal affairs of Tianyin Sect.
While asking, he walked into the inner room.
"Your Majesty, the bath water is ready." Hu Ling'er, who was wearing a white chest-length embroidered skirt, had a light body.
Li Xuan turned to look at Xu Lu and said directly: "You also come together and tell me about some of the things that happened when you were in the Tianyin Sect's main altar, especially about the Empress, and how many times you had contact with her. , how do you feel about her, what is your private evaluation of her senses in Tianyin Sect, please tell me..."
"Here!"
In the bedroom, Li Xuan sat alone in the tub, feeling the flow of true energy in her body.
On the bed, two figures overlapped.
Under the gauze curtain, it was dim and unclear.
Li Xuan's attention is now all in her body, deep in her inner Dantian.
Three hundred and sixty drops of true energy water have already merged into one body, and a slender black figure is wrapped in it.
The true energy integrated into the meridians and various acupoints in the body was quickly digested, quickly integrated into the true energy water droplets in the Dantian, and then merged into the slender black figure.
I don't know how long has passed, but the true energy integrated into the meridians and various acupoints in the body has been exhausted.
Even the three hundred and sixty drops of true energy water were completely integrated into the slender black figure.
It has a ferocious face, a long body, flamboyant five claws, a slender dragon tail, two sky-high horns, and a pair of majestic and cold eyes. .
This turned out to be a black five-clawed dragon.
A black five-clawed dragon appeared in his dantian, but Li Xuan was not at all surprised by its appearance.
Now there is something moving.
The Jiujiang Meridian Diagram itself is a kind of ancient inherited technique, but now there are only remnants left, and it is not easy to move up the Xuantai.
But that's far from what Li Xuan needs to consider now.
In an instant, Li Xuan opened her eyes. With a thought, more than a dozen water droplets jumped up in the tub.
More than a dozen water droplets were suspended ten centimeters above the water, just facing Li Xuan's eyes.
With a "wow" sound, Li Xuan slowly raised her hand.
The next moment, more than a dozen water drops merged together in the blink of an eye, and then slowly stretched and corrected, and finally a nearly perfect arc-shaped curved blade was selected in front of him.
With a flick of his finger, the curved blade flew out directly. As it kept rotating, the curved blade was extremely light and danced in surprise between the curtains, tables and chairs.
Every time, it narrowly missed every physical object, but it didn't miss it at all.
After a long time.
The curved blade swayed and floated before Li Xuan's eyes again.
Li Xuan could clearly see the extremely sharp edge at the front of the water-based curved blade. Even if the blade was made of water, it was still sharp.
The rest is nothing more than adding speed.
Time and space, distance, height, gravity.
Li Xuan has countless ways to increase the speed to the limit. The only thing left is the direction and target.
After breaking through the Xuantai, the most direct thing is that the water energy in the body has a deeper connection with the water mist and water droplets in the outside world.
I am also more sensitive and sharp.
Just by breaking through the realm, Li Xuan's strength is now more than twice that of before, and his lethality is even more astonishing and terrifying.
Closing his eyes again, the water in the entire tub began to rotate on its own.
Li Xuan's right arm suddenly stood up, and more than a dozen sky-high spikes shot into the sky, but they did not harm Li Xuan at all.
With a thought, these spikes all turned into running water in an instant, and suddenly fell into the tub.
The next moment, Li Xuan's spirit was completely immersed in his inner dantian and merged into the long black dragon.
In an instant, countless white mist spurted out directly from the black dragon's body, and in the blink of an eye, it filled the dantian.
But immediately afterwards, countless mists quickly fell in the dantian, and finally condensed to form a lake, spreading in the dantian.
In just an instant, the long black dragon had quietly fallen into the depths of Dantian, swimming and playing in the water.
The thoughts were withdrawn from the depths of Dantian, and in an instant, they all gathered in the sea of consciousness above the head.
At this moment, a memory suddenly appeared in Li Xuan's mind.
Under the bright moonlight, two figures appeared in front of a huge lake at the same time.
In the distance there are undulating mountains, lush forests and deep ravines.
This lake is actually still on the mountains in the distance, on the top of the mountains.
This turned out to be a Tianchi.
A huge Tianchi.
