"Humph!" Jiang Cheng snorted, touched the wounds on his body, and his face changed.

"Take good care of your injuries, your journey back to Jiangnan will not be smooth." Fan Li answered.

The choice of a decent internal successor is relatively modest, and Fan Li is already the nominally next head of the Black and White Society, which is also related to the fact that there are no competitive candidates in the society to challenge his position.

Jiang Cheng was speechless, his expression showed a resolute look, obviously expecting it, and he was full of confidence in himself.

This fight with the hidden bat actually started a long time ago, he had the instinct of a beast, and before entering Shouzhou, he found that someone was tracking, so he used various methods to avoid the hidden bat, if it wasn't for the fact that he was meeting Fan Li to discuss things, Jiang Cheng thought to himself that he would not be blocked by the hidden bat.

Li Rong's performance gave Jiang Cheng another stimulus, it turned out that Li Rong, who was on a par with himself, actually defeated the seventh-grade grandmaster Hidden Bat in a head-to-head confrontation, even if the Hidden Bat had spent a lot of True Qi before.

Among the three, Fan Li is the oldest, more than thirty, when he is in the prime of life, Jiang Cheng is the first in his twenties, Li Rong has just turned eighteen, the youngest, but when it comes to cultivation strength, Li Rong is the strongest, Jiang Cheng is the second, and Fan Li is the worst.

"Who is like you two monsters, I've been thinking about how you cultivate, it really makes me embarrassed!" Fan Li said with a half-laugh and a half-emotion.

Martial arts is the link of communication between martial artists, and the three guys who were originally in an ordinary relationship chatted together with great interest for a while, and Fan Li sighed when he mentioned the martial arts of several people.

"Talent, hard work, exercises and teachers are all indispensable." Li Rong said.

Li Rong's talent is half from the accumulation of martial arts in his previous life, and half is the cultivation of the exercises made by his mother in this life, which is unattainable. Jiang Cheng was a teenager in the mountains and wilderness, and after several years of savage-like life, he developed a beast-like intuition, which is an unrepeatable opportunity.

Speaking of which, Li Rong counted the martial artists around him, and Lu Ying had the best talent, and in the absence of special circumstances, he reached the realm of being on a par with Jiang Cheng and Li Rong. Of course, Fan Li's talent is also excellent, he is already a six-rank martial artist in less than forty years, but he lacks some luck, and he can't be compared with freaks like Li Rong and Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng nodded approvingly, if you want to reach a certain realm, especially above the seventh grade, talent can play a decisive role, it is no longer an exercise, and hard work can be replaced.

Outside Shouzhou City, above the Huai River, a small boat drifted down the water and sailed into the distance.

The purple-robed ghost-faced purple man sat in the cabin, and across from him was Zhao Gui and his wife.

"Li Hui's father and son are really a shame for my Li family, turning their backs on their ancestors and throwing themselves into the command of Wu Zetian." Princess Changle said viciously, "They won't end well. ”

"Wu Zetian just treats them as tools, and they are discarded when they are used, Li Hui is an example," Zi Yu said, "This time the king of Yue raised troops, its momentum is not good, looking at Li Rong's intention, Wu Zetian should have known the intention of the king of Yue in advance, and if he really wants to send a large army, the king of Yue is difficult to be an opponent." ”

"Wu Zetian ordered the kings to enter Beijing, and if they don't fight to the death, they will be tied." Princess Changle said.

"The country has been peaceful for a long time, and the people are in peace, who will give up their lives and be loyal to the royal family?" Zhao Gui sighed.

Zhao Gui has been out of the local area several times, served as the assassin of history, is familiar with the local customs and customs, and has a more objective view of political affairs.

"Only when there is chaos, the people will miss the rule of our dynasty, just like after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the **** everywhere was endless, and the people thought about the Han, so that Liu Xiu resurrected and revived the Han Dynasty." Ziyu said.

"Wang Mang has no way, he can't be calm, on the contrary, he keeps causing trouble and losing the government, leading to civil unrest, Wu Zetian has been in power for decades, and he will not make that kind of low-level mistake." Zhao Gui shook his head.

A few years ago, Zhao Gui was demoted out of Beijing because of the anger of Wu Zetian and came to Shouzhou, when Gaozong was still there. Zhao Gui began to pay close attention to this powerful queen, carefully studying her actions, rather than blindly slandering her.

"Naturally, we can't pin our hopes on Wu Zetian's stupidity," Ziyu said softly, "You come to Hebei with me, the snake spirit has other arrangements, and it won't let Wu Zetian be proud for too long." ”

The boat went down the Huaishui River to the east and went straight to the canal.

Outside the city of Yuzhou, the autumn breeze rises, bringing a trace of coolness.

"King Yue's mountain-destroying fist, the saint's sacrificial dance, but so, the poor monk has been taught! Haha," the stout monk in the purple robe broke through the swarming knights like a whirlwind, leaving dozens of flesh-and-blood corpses on the ground and walking away.

"Demon Monk Huaiyi is really extraordinary!" Li Zhen held back a mouthful of blood that surged to her mouth and said softly.

Li Zhen went out of the city with a hundred horsemen, and encountered a surprise attack by the demon monk Huaiyi, and suffered heavy casualties.

Those so-called elite knights were simply unable to withstand Huaiyi's blow, Huaiyi came straight to Li Zhen, and threw dozens of punches in an unbeatable manner, injuring Li Zhen and Zhou Xuan'er, who hid his identity and ambushed the two on the side.

"Sadarou, how are your injuries?" Zhou Xuan'er asked anxiously.

"Huaiyi has hurt my internal organs, he is worthy of being the sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect, the first master of the Demon Sect, amazing!" Li Zhen once again admired Huaiyi's superb martial arts.

"Then are you still going to the front?" Zhou Xuan'er said.

"It's okay, have you forgotten that I still have a Shaolin Temple Dahuan Dan, which is enough to stabilize the injury." Li Zhen said.

At this time, the commander of the guards, Ande, ran over in a confused shape and asked, "Lord Wang, are you returning to the state city now?" ”

When Huaiyi rushed in, Ande stepped forward to block and received a punch from Huaiyi from the side, fortunately Huaiyi did not shoot with all his strength, and Ande escaped with the help of the master next to him, but he was also injured a lot.

"No, keep going." Li Zhen said.

Sitting in a poor city is equivalent to death, and only by attacking with all your strength can there be a glimmer of life. Li Zhen has received a secret report, the imperial court sent Qu Chongyu as the commander, led 100,000 troops to counterattack Yuzhou, and soon passed through Zheng and Xu Erzhou to attack Yuzhou.

In the face of an army of 100,000, thousands of cavalry could not help at all, they could only win by surprise, and without Li Zhen personally leading this cavalry, they could not play their due role, so Li Zhen could not stay in Yuzhou City.

The morale of the remaining cavalry around him, which was not high, was even lower, but it was a pity that Li Zhen didn't care about worrying about these things at this time.

Seeing that the imperial court was in trouble, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, after receiving a letter from his son Li Chong, the king of Langya, officially raised the flag of rebellion, spread the word to Zhuzhou County, and requisitioned soldiers to prepare to attack Luoyang.

"Stupid!" Zhang Guangfu sneered when he saw King Yue's inscription, "Fight against my 100,000 army with just one state and one state, send orders to the prefectures and counties, raise the battle flag, and proclaim the king's orders, so you don't need to hide your tracks." ”

In the camp tent, there were also Qu Chongyu, the chief manager of the Chinese army, Cen Changqian, the chief manager of the rear army, and Yang Siqiao, the silent supervisor standing aside.

Wu Zetianxia ordered Qu Chongyu and Cen Changqian to be the general generals to defeat Li Zhen with 100,000 soldiers, and ordered Zhang Guangfu to be the commander of the army.

originally thought that he would be able to pick up a ripe fruit, and Qu Chongyu, who had made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, waited for Zhang Guangfu, the prime minister of the cabinet, who was known as the stern prime minister, and was depressed and about to get sick.

Since the Northern Dynasty to the elite of the Guanlong group as the main body of the flourishing, these elites have the tradition of going out of the generals, one is the system, the founder of the Guanlong group Yuwentai pioneered the military system, divided the eight pillars of the state to lead the Guanzhong military government, after nearly two hundred years of rule, so that these elites have intertwined family relationships, if you serve as the commander, then it is very convenient to control the imperial army based on the Guanzhong soldiers. The second is that Zhang Guangfu himself was born in Chang'an, and his father and ancestors are also members of the DPRK and China, with deep roots, and he is also the elite of the Guanlong Group.

In fact, one of the main reasons why Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang was the huge power of the Guanlong Group. During the vertical arch years, Xu Jingye rebelled, and the commander of the army enabled by Wu Zetian was Li Xiaoyi, and this time he wanted to pacify Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and also sent Zhang Guangfu from Guanzhong, who was rooted in Miao Hong, which was inevitably a compromise and appeasement of the Guanlong group within the military.

Qu Chongyu's ancestors were Hu people and entered the dynasty late, while Cen Changqian was born as a civil official, and he was not as good as Zhang Guangfu in terms of prestige and qualifications, so the two could only honestly obey the orders of this big man.

"According to the information received, the king of Yue once trained 3,000 elite cavalry, stationed in a place called Zhangchai Village ten miles away from Yuzhou City, and if this cavalry is found to defeat it, Yuzhou City will be at your fingertips." Zhang Guangfu spread out the map he had drawn and pointed to a place marked with red dots outside the city of Yuzhou.

"There are many plains in the north of Yuzhou, and there are many deep valleys and rivers in the south, and it is not difficult to ambush a cavalry of about 3,000. Qu Chongyu said.

Qu Chongyu has been stationed in Xuzhou for many years, just to guard against the king of Yue, and has studied the geography of Yuzhou very deeply.

"All changes are inseparable, Li Zhen can't give up Yuzhou City, that's his foundation, even if he can capture Shangcai, Huoqiu and Huoshan, and even Shouzhou, it won't affect the overall situation, but will accelerate his defeat. Xu Jingye is the view of the previous car. Our army has 100,000 divisions, overwhelming the other side in numbers, but the troops can be divided into two routes, one led by the head of Qu to lead the front army, straight to Yuzhou City, I led the Chinese army to follow, keep in touch, and ordered the scouts to strictly investigate, and be sure to find the traces of the cavalry led by Li Zhen. Zhang Guangfu said, "Xuzhou left 5,000 soldiers and horses here to guard the city, and General Cen was in charge, on the one hand, to keep the army's grain route unblocked, and on the other hand, to guard against Li Zhen's possible cavalry raid and block his way to Luoyang." ”

It can be said that Zhang Guangfu's arrangements are comprehensive, taking into account all kinds of unexpected situations, and Li Zhen's possible attacks are all planned, and there will be no mistakes.