Chapter 20: Fist Gang Enters the Transformation Realm

The early morning in May is a rare refreshing time of day, with green mountains and a breeze.

On the grass by the lotus pond in the back garden of Linyuan Jiang Mansion, Jiang Ge, who was dressed in a short suit, was immersed in his fist intent, and the nine-step pile was secretly in line with the way of heaven.

Only Jiang Ge himself knows that the Four Elephant Boxing Method is not just as simple as strengthening the body, the longer he practiced, the more profound he felt that the boxing method was broad and profound.

Before the battle to defend the city of Chang'an, Jiang Ge only felt that daily boxing would help to temper his muscles and bones, his body would be strong, his strength would become greater, and his physical strength would become better. After guarding the city station, according to the exercises, Jiang Ge has entered the refining realm, in fact, Jiang Ge is not very clear about the specific realm, as described in the book; "The Four Elephant Boxing Method, which can be practiced to strengthen the body and dispel all diseases. Practicing to the entry mirror has the power of 100 catties, the body is vigorous, and you can travel 100 miles a day without fear of fatigue. When you practice to the refining realm, you can move a thousand catties without falling, as fast as a rabbit, and as strong as a tiger. When you practice to the realm, you will have a fist, turn the move into an intention, and you can hurt people in the air and protect your body. Practice to the end, King Kong is not bad, and punches can break 10,000 catties of boulders.

As early as Tianmen Peak, Jiang Ge was able to lift a thousand catties of stone mills, and after experiencing their respective fights on the way back to the south, in the hand-to-hand combat between life and death, Jiang Ge's boxing skills improved by leaps and bounds, and the benefits were great, and his physical fitness was like a tiger and a dragon.

After returning to Linyuan to see his father, Jiang Ge was in good spirits, and many worries accumulated in his heart disappeared, and his tense nerves eased a lot after stepping on the warship.

At the moment, Jiang Ge's body and mind are as transparent as one, the nine steps of the pile are like stepping on auspicious clouds, the punch seems to flow out of the fist, and the air flow around the body is snorting, and suddenly Jiang Ge punches into the pond in front of him like electricity, as if a fist is pouring out from both fists and crashing into the water.

The first punch was as calm as ever.

The tenth punch seemed to have a breeze blowing.

The fiftieth fist is sparkling.

The eightieth punch is like a stone into the water.

The ninetieth punch has a fish in the air.

The ninety-ninth fist lotus swayed constantly.

The hundredth fist lotus leaf was quietly torn, and the lotus stem was broken.

At this point, the majestic atmosphere gradually calmed down.

After a while, Jiang Ge regained his momentum, wiped the sweat beads on his head with his cuffs, his front placket and back were already soaked with sweat, and after stretching his body and limbs a little, he went back to the room to take a bath.

Jiang Ge lying in the water was happy in his heart, the hundred fists just now were faintly accompanied by the gangfeng, one punch after another, the gangfeng became bigger and bigger, the last punch was indeed a bit exaggerated, the fist gang could make the water surface outside a zhang continue to fluctuate, a punch can break the lotus stem just by fist, although the lotus stem is relatively delicate, Jiang Ge smiled, that is also very powerful, the first time I entered the realm, it feels very good.

One Yuan, Two Yi, and Three Cai, these three exercises Jiang Ge actually can't do it, but slowly explore according to the exercises, mainly meditation, one yuan to nourish qi needs to meditate, two yi need to breathe and exhale, so that the raised qi can flow freely and smoothly, and the three talents master perceives that it is more necessary to use the qi to wash and protect various internal organs and large and small meridians and acupoints.

After practicing for so many years, I have indeed cultivated a long breath, and I will continue to operate according to the exercises every day, and the breath of chopsticks will circulate in the body. For Jiang Ge, the training results of these three exercises are not as obvious as the Four Elephant Fist Method, just see farther and clearer, listen farther and more carefully, be more sensitive to the outside climate and temperature, and then have an inexplicable advance perception of danger, but this perception is something Jiang Ge himself doesn't know what it is, it's a strange feeling.

Wuling is mountainous, and there are even bigger mountains in the mountains, which are endless, so that even if the Qiang people in the west occupy the entire Shu land, they will not be able to climb over this natural barrier that is miraculous, rising from the ground and towering into the clouds.

The descendants of Shennong, who have lived in the Wuling area for generations, have been silently passed down from generation to generation, such as the Jianghuai clan of the Central Plains, no matter how the world changes, the clans entrenched in one place are like green mountains and streams, stable as rocks, and fine water flows.

The three tribes of Kuikui, Lianshan, and Lieshan occupy almost the entire Wuling area, and almost the aborigines of the entire Wuling area are related to these three ethnic groups, but it is Jiang Ge's family who is away all the year round.

The total registered population of Wuling County is 65,000 households, or about 350,000 people. After the Central Plains fled south, a large number of northern refugees entered the south of the Yangtze River, and at least 150,000 people poured into Jingzhou. Some clans did not stay in Yangzhou and continued south to Guangzhou, with about 300,000 people. That is, the total population of nearly 24 million in the north and south of the country, nearly 10 million in the south of the Yangtze River, and about 14 million in the Central Plains, in addition to about 2 million people who successfully fled south, the remaining 12 million people north of the entire Yangtze River almost died in just two years, and millions died on the way to the south, and more Han people living in Pingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Liangzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Qingzhou, and other more than a dozen prefectures were slaughtered by the Hu people.

Wuling County, which is not small in area but mountainous, and because the clan controls all local government affairs and civil affairs, the displaced people who enter the boundary of Jingzhou rarely enter Wuling, and most of them are still assembled in Changsha County, Hengyang County, and Ancheng County, where the terrain is flat, and close to Yangzhou, with rich reserves and developed water system. It is a pity that the drunkard assassin left the displaced people alone, and most of the local troops were transferred to the banks of the river to garrison, which caused a large influx of displaced people in the southeastern counties of Jingzhou for a while, and the poor management of the government led to an uprising of the displaced people, and they occupied the land of the three counties in half a year, and there was a great tendency to stand on their own. After hearing the news of the Changsha uprising, many displaced people who fled to Yangzhou and could not survive rushed to Changsha in large numbers, and the momentum of the Changsha Displaced People's Army became higher and higher day by day.

The new imperial court in Jinling was opposed to the northern clan group headed by the Langya Wang clan in the Central Plains and the Jiangnan clan group headed by the Xie clan in the Jianghuai region, and the imperial Sima clan wanted to consolidate power by relying on the old connections of the familiar Central Plains clan, and wanted to win over the Jiangnan clan to control the entire rich Jianghuai region for itself. Nearly a year after the establishment of the new dynasty, the court still had a dispute between the three parties over the interests of Sesame. Fortunately, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Guangzhou were not disturbed by the war, and the county was controlled by the local clans, which was basically stable. In the governance of the displaced people, the royal family and the northern clan have more than enough strength, and they have to rely on the large and small clans in the south, and the southern clan basically abandoned the other old, weak, sick and disabled after selecting the elite labor, which is also one of the fuses that caused the uprising of the displaced people in Changsha.

In addition, Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which originally had few soldiers, deployed almost ninety percent of their troops along the thousands of kilometers along the south bank of the Great River, and the new imperial court basically had no mood or ability to manage the uprising in Changsha.

The army of the exiles led by Du Tao of Changsha County was in a gap period, and the theory that the court was rotten and did not save the people but the people needed to save themselves won the support of the refugees who fled south. So far, Du Tao has accepted more than 100,000 homeless people, tens of thousands of mountain bandits and ruffians, known as the homeless handsome, and the top ten homeless generals under his command, occupying the land of three counties, and has the intention of conquering Xiangdong County, Guiyang County, and Lingling County to the south.

Shi Kaixiong, one of the homeless generals, was originally a team member of the Luoyang Forbidden Army, participated in the Luoyang Defensive War, and picked up a life when he fled eastward, and planned to defect to the Forbidden Army after following the homeless people to Yangzhou, who knew that he was beaten by the guards at the time and thrown out of the forbidden army camp, for no reason. This made Shi Kaixiong, who escaped death, extremely angry in his heart, and had no choice but to follow the displaced people to continue south, and after hearing about Du Tao's uprising, he decided to go to Changsha County to join the exiled army. Du Tao, who had just gathered the homeless people, had a deep chat all night after seeing Shi Kaixiong, Shi Kaixiong knew everything, and said all the relevant matters in Luoyang and the relationship between the northern clans, plus Shi Kaixiong's own force to enter the forbidden army was also good, so he became the third homeless general, leading two thousand liumin army.

Because of Shi Kaixiong's defection, many palace secrets of the previous dynasty, and the clan relationship Du Tao have all touched seventy-seven eighty-eight, plus he has lived in Jiangnan for a long time and has a deeper understanding and experience of the temperament of the southern clan, Du Tao concluded that there should be great achievements at this time, and the new court established by the northern and southern clans and the royal family has no time to care about him. After figuring out the key to the forces of all parties, he unscrupulously instigated the revolt of the displaced people. In addition, the bandits and ruffians who were incorporated directly controlled nearly 150,000 people, and the population of nearly 400,000 in the three counties, the limelight was unparalleled for a while.

After Du Tao stabilized the three counties, he convened close people to discuss new strategic decisions, Shi Kaixiong privately told Du Tao that the Jiang family in Wuling County had a good background, and in Luoyang, he heard that the Jiang family's guests were all big clans and important ministers of the imperial court, and even the prince was friendly with him, and the wealth of the family was rival that of the country. Du Tao only knew that the three clans of Wuling were all Tu, but he didn't know that the ancestral land of the Jiang family was in Wuling County. Shi Kaixiong's intention was to ask whether to take Wuling County westward first, and the grain reserves and goods would definitely be able to support the continued expansion of the Wandering Army. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it will definitely not lose money if you eat the Jiang family.

As soon as Du Tao finished speaking, he was interrupted by a bandit leader named Li Dun, Li Dun has been entrenched in the upper and lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River for several years, and there are seven or eight thousand people under his command, and he dares to go to Wuchang County where Tao Kan is located, but he dare not go to Wuling County, and the rest of the displaced people, including Du Tao, will look at him puzzled, Li Dun slowly said the historical background and clan composition of Wuling County.

Wuling County has been autonomous for many years, and rarely intermarried with people from other counties. Moreover, almost everyone of the three tribes of Kuikui, Lianshan, and Lieshan can be soldiers, from sixty-year-old people to ten-year-old naughty children, regardless of men and women who have learned martial arts since childhood, and there are 10,000 regular soldiers of each clan, scattered throughout Wuling County. The combat power of the soldiers of the three clans is extremely high, not to mention Li Dun and these bandits, even Tao Kan's regular soldiers have no chance of winning with a ratio of three to one.

After listening to Li Dun's explanation, Du Tao was unwilling to give up the idea of going west, and turned south, and the clans of several counties approaching the south had already sent people to show goodwill, and the soft bones were easy to gnaw.

It's just that Du Tao still doesn't want to let go of the Jiang family's fat meat, and just wants to wait for the three southern counties to be occupied, gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and step on Wuling County, and he is afraid that he will only have 30,000 people? The place where the Jiang family can be regarded as an ancestral land, I can't help but be excited when I think about it, how much wealth and food must be hidden. There are 30,000 soldiers on standing, and the expenses are not affordable for ordinary families.