Xu Ruyu came out of his residence with Jiang Lingtian, and when he arrived at the north gate, he saw more than 100 Yanling Town camp troops in full armor in front of the north gate, instead of the guards of Yongyang Mansion, and knew that Mei Tiecao had already controlled the entire Yongyang City.

When the new dynasty was first founded, recruitment was one of the main sources of the army. During the 20 years of the new dynasty, there were 32 towns in each county of the world, and each town was garrisoned with about 15,000 people, which was the battalion system mastered by the inner dynasty. In addition, each prefecture recruits soldiers, which are subordinate to the governor and lieutenant of the county government, and the money and salary come from each prefecture, which is a guard system controlled by the families of each prefecture. Because the quality of the battalion army far exceeded that of the guards in all aspects, and half of the battalion army was near Xijing, all families listened to the inner court. In the twelfth year of the new dynasty, the Hulan people invaded the south again, and the battalion system of the thirteen towns in the five northern counties was severely damaged, and the strength of the inner dynasty was greatly damaged. The families of other counties took the opportunity to expand their private soldiers and guards, and seized the military power of the battalion army in the county. In less than a decade, the southern counties were de facto self-reliant, and the internal dynasty was powerless to restrain them.

Because the guards are often jointly controlled by several large clans, only the powerful who have seized control of the camp army in the county can become a hegemon.

There are two military towns in the East China Sea, one is Yanling, which is thirty miles east of Yongyang City; One is Yuba, between Pingyi and Wanling, twenty miles away from Wanling. It was originally set up by the bandits who refused to Pujilian Island, and later they were controlled by the Yongyang Mei family and the Wanling Chen family.

Xu Ruyu saw that Mei Tiecao mobilized the Yanling battalion army to enter Yongyang City, it was obvious that all the families in the city had not yet formed an alliance with Baishi, if that was the case, there was no need to transfer the battalion army, but the Mei family's power in Yongyang was absolutely huge, give him a little time, and he would be able to completely control the situation in Yongyang, and then the combined army of Yongyang and Baishi would attack the three prefectures of Tairu, Biling, and Wanling in the north with the urgency of the autumn wind sweeping the leaves. It's just that I don't know if the Tairu Xi family is involved in this matter, if that's the case, Wanling has no buffer at all, and if he is taken by surprise, no one can prevent the demise of the Chen family. Even if the Tai Ruxi family was not involved, if he couldn't get the news out in time, the situation would not be much better.

Xu Ruyu and Jiang Lingfeng sneaked along the inner side of the city wall, looking for a defensive gap and sneaking out of the city. It is impossible for the Mei family to transfer a large number of battalions into Yongyang, and it should not be able to guard the wall of more than 70 miles without leakage.

Xu Ruyu whispered to Jiang Lingtian as he walked.

"Big brother, I'm picking Mingyue Tower, I heard you say that it's the head of the Su Gang, what's going on."

"Oh, you ask this? Most of the 400,000 households in Yongyang City are from other places, and all the people live in groups, helping each other, and gradually forming different associations, and the cohesive associations are officially formed into gangs. There are 40,000 people in Suyi in Yongyang to make a living, and before I met the master, I was also mixed in, at that time I was a small servant in Mingyue Tower, and I was the boss in Dongsheng Street in my spare time. Do you know that Yun Qingxu was your father's guard in Yongyang back then, but he didn't want to take me as an apprentice, saying that I was the body of the Supreme Yang and was not suitable for practicing his family's internal breathing technique, so I could only use a few hands. Although it is only a few hands, it also makes me famous among the Suyi people in Yongyang. Later, when he met his mentor and practiced the Dan Breath Technique, he officially learned martial arts. Four years ago, the Su Gang was established, and if you accidentally pulled it to the head. ”

"Oh, that's not bad, I don't know how many core gang members there are?" Xu Ruyu did not shy away from it, and directly asked about the core secrets of the Su Gang, and the core gang often represented the true strength of a gang.

Jiang Lingtian didn't doubt anything else, and said without hesitation: "There are five hundred people now, but there are not many who are strong in martial arts. Why do brothers ask this? ”

Xu Ruyu frowned lightly and fell into thought, his steps slowed down, and he muttered to himself: "If it is an alliance of the three families, after conquering Wanling, Tairu, and Biling, how should the three families divide their forces?" Is Xu Bodang just slandering the tomb? ”

Jiang Lingtian was confused when he heard this, and he didn't know why, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Ru foolishly seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, and he raised his head and asked, "Big brother, what is the situation of Gongliang Youqin's expansion in Yue County?" ”

The two families of Fan and Zhu jointly refused, and the two families abandoned all the fortresses that had been repaired along the coast, and cleared the fields with strong walls in Shuyi adjacent to Wenling. Gongliang Youqin is still struggling to defend Wenling, not to mention expansion. ”

Xu Ruyu seemed to think through it, his eyes suddenly glowed, and he smiled: "Big brother, how much money can the Su Gang mobilize now?" ”

"There should be more than 30,000 gold, right? Why does my brother ask this, this is the core secret of my Su Gang, and this secret may be worth hundreds of gold. ”

"Big brother, let's do our best to save grain and grass now, and if you can't rescue Chen Zifang and the others, let Mingyuelou go all out and let them stay in Yongyang."

Jiang Lingtian looked puzzled. Xu Ruyu learned from Xu Xing and Wu Chu, and naturally had a convincing momentum. However, this matter is related to the help plan, and it is inevitable that there will be some hesitation.

Although Xu Ruyu realized something in his heart, it was only a guess, and the relationship was complicated, and he couldn't explain it for a while, so he could only say: "Big brother needs at least 20,000 gold to store grain, of course, the more the better, and sell it to the Mei family when the price of rice is the most expensive next year." If there is any loss, I will try to subsidize it to the dormitory gang in the future. ”

"Why does my brother think that?"

"Nothing? I entered the city tonight and thought: What should I do if I am asked to lead the army to attack Yongyang? Now I think about it, drive the people of Siyi into Yongyang, and then trap them. ”

Jiang Lingtian's face turned pale for a while, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly that this plan was vicious, but he also heard the meaning of Xu Ruyu's words that Yongyang City would be besieged next year, and couldn't help but ask, "Who will attack Yongyang next year?" ”

"With my father-in-law's ability, he was still defeated by Xu Bodang's desperate plan, I don't think his ambition will be limited to Biling, he is not going to Tujiangjin now, but he is developing to the East China Sea, but I want to see him eager to control the waterways of the great rivers. That Yongyang should be the most coveted by him. Xu Bodang and the Mei family's conspiracy to plot the East China Sea should be a huge trap, but what can Gongliang Youqin profit, why should he help Xu Bodang deal with Yongyang Water Camp, I can't guess, after all, it is impossible for the two families to control the river waterway at the same time. However, it is also necessary to take precautions, even if Xu Bodang guards himself, the war in the East China Sea will be complicated next year, and he will not lose money in grain and grass trading. ”

Jiang Lingtian couldn't think it through, but he also felt that it was necessary to take precautions in advance, so he nodded in agreement.

The two of them found the east side of the city wall, only to find that there was a slight gap to drill. Xu Ruyu looked at the five-zhang high city wall, and was a little stunned in his heart. It was really difficult to sneak out of the city without showing a trace in the gaps between the two patrols.

Xu Ruyu handed over the Shuangge in his hand to Jiang Lingtian and said, "Big brother help me take care of Biluoge, it seems that I can't become famous this time." ”

Jiang Lingtian weighed the Shuangge weighing more than thirty catties in his hand, knowing that he couldn't run the Dan Qi and couldn't jump over the high wall with it, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "Otherwise, I'll go up first and put the rope down." ”

"It doesn't work, the time is too long, and the guards can't hide it. When I jumped up, my eldest brother hit me with all his strength and helped me. Seeing Jiang Lingtian's surprised expression, Xu Ruyu explained: "Don't worry, my meridians are different from ordinary people after I recover from my injury, as long as my eldest brother doesn't use sharp Dan Qi, I will be fine." ”

Xu Ru waited for the patrol to walk into the distance, and without hesitation, he stepped on the root of the city wall, rose to the ground, and turned over and fell straight into the sky above Jiang Lingtian.

Jiang Lingtian raised his palm and pushed it upward, and as soon as he touched the soles of his feet, he suddenly exerted force. Xu Ruyu bounced into the air, his body shrank into a black shadow in an instant, and when he reached the apex, he saw Xu Ruyu with one arm, crossing a strange downward arc in the night sky, and swept obliquely out of the city. A faint shadow cut through the city wall quickly, and even if others saw it, it would only be regarded as a big bird flying by.

When Xu Ruyu fell, he stopped at the edge of the women's wall, and when he saw that the patrol had not turned around, he felt that the plan had been successful. When he was about to turn over and jump down, he felt a sweetness at the corner of his mouth, and spurted out a mouthful of blood and sprinkled it on the inner wall of the female wall. I felt bad, and thought: people who are careful will definitely be suspicious. But there is no way to remedy, with both arms on the wall, seeing that the city is full of dense forests, and there is no time to take care of too much, the body floats down, when touching the branches, the whole body suddenly adductes, "pop" several branches breaking sound, especially light and brittle in the quiet night. The torches on both sides of the city wall quickly closed in the middle, and the shouts burst out, and dozens of figures leaned out and looked around.

Xu Ruyu felt bad, and when he was about to get up and run for his life, dozens of torches suddenly moved to the other side. In a moment, a group of pursuers pursued the inner side of the city, gradually moving away. In the silence, it was difficult to get out of the direction when there was a sudden sound, Xu Ruyu knew that Jiang Lingtian had attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the city, but as long as someone found the blood he sprayed on the female wall, and then came down to check, he would definitely be able to find his whereabouts. Now he wants to run away.

Got up and got up with another mouthful of blood. Jiang Lingtian tried his best to push Dan Qi Ping out, but to send a Chengren to a height of seven or eight zhang, his strength was also huge. Xu Ruyu used the Buyun body method to take advantage of the situation to take most of the time, but the Yongquan acupoint was also hit hard by the remaining strength, Jiang Lingtian to Yang Dan Qi poured in from the Yongquan acupoint, Xu Ruyu spit out two mouthfuls of blood in a row, and the depression in his heart was eliminated.

This is the first time he has been injured in four years, and if he is not in a hurry, Xu Ruyu will not refuse the feeling of being injured.

In the past four years, Xu Ruyu's innate pill breath has been used to cultivate the original in addition to healing. Xu Ruyu didn't understand the details of Peiben Guyuan, in his opinion, as the internal injury gradually healed, he could control the operation of the Dan Breath less and less. He broke through the acupoints of heaven and earth in a daze, and penetrated the two veins of Ren Du, and the Dan Qi was also strong in Xiao Zhoutian, but there were very few Dan Qi that could produce Xiao Zhou Tian (Ren Du's two veins), and it was not enough to use it to get out of the body. Depressed for a long time. No one explained to him that Dan Qi had actually been practiced in Xiao Zhou and turned into essence, and it was stored in the two kidneys and dispersed into the five internal organs. The technique of imperial essence is a superior Danqi technique, and my uncle and grandson Fang Wu don't know much, and they can't sort out what happened to Xu Ruyu. Back then, although Chen Ang taught him all the Yang and Yin techniques, he also did not teach him the art of controlling the essence. Wu Chu had taught him the art of imperial essence, but he didn't expect that Xu Ruyu would naturally reach the realm of practicing qi and refining essence during his healing period for several years. There are many mysteries in the art of controlling the essence, which need to be experienced in the process of practicing qi and refining essence. Therefore, Xu Ruyu only thought that his own mutation and twisting Dan Qi had made a mistake in a certain link, and he didn't try to use the Jing Yuan Dan Breath, let alone practice the essence and transform the spirit, and practice the spirit to merge with the void. Therefore, although his essence pill breath is abundant now, his pupils are cloudy like ordinary people, and Huang Hun is not clear enough.

At this time, several veins connecting the Yongquan acupoint appeared with small cracks, and the twisted pill breath flowed rapidly in the veins of the Great Zhou Heaven, spontaneously repairing the injured meridians. Xu Ruyu couldn't help but smile bitterly: if he could control this Dan Qi, why did he need to suffer this kind of injury. He also ignored the injuries of the meridians of the Yongquan Acupoint, and rushed to the north with this sudden Dan Qi Imperial Initiation Cloud Body Method.

Dan Qi came endlessly, and after running for half the night, Xu Ruyu did not show any decline. It's just that the meridian injuries in both feet continue to worsen when running, and blood oozes from the calves. Xu Ruyu had to stop and use Dan Qi to treat the damaged meridians. Now he regretted very much why he didn't use his hands to bear Jiang Lingtian's huge strength at that time, if that was the case, it would not affect his walking, nor would he expand his injury.

Xu Ruyu's body Dan Qi is almost instinctive. Xu Ruyu found a tall tree, took off his coat and tied himself to a big branch, and fell asleep soundly.

Vaguely hearing the sound of horses neighing and dogs barking, Xu Ruyu woke up suddenly. The other person chases himself with a hound. Xu Ruyu was shocked, although he was still some way away, but if he couldn't get rid of them, he would be caught up sooner or later. The injury on the foot has healed, but just as he guessed, the Dan Breath that had been running during the Great Zhou Day had returned to its usual situation, and it was not enough to borrow it. Xu Ruyu now vaguely guessed that there was a behemoth pill breath in his body, which was in line with the fact that he had been tirelessly cultivating the Divine Breath for five years, but now that time was pressing, he had no time to think about the situation in his body.

Xu Ruyu remembered that there should be a big river in the northeast of Yongyang, and he hadn't passed it yet. No longer hesitated, quickly untied his coat and put it on, and threw himself into the dense forest to the north. Along the way, Xu Ru was forced to search for the dense forest. Xu Ruyu can only be far faster than ordinary people by walking through the dense forest. If in an open area, the pursuers take fast horses, and there is no chance of escape. However, Xu Ruyu still felt that the pursuers were constantly approaching.

When they fled to the river, the footsteps of the pursuers and the barking of dogs were close to my ears. It seems that this part of the pursuers abandoned their horses and chased them. Xu Ruyu did not immediately escape by the river, but stood still by the river, waiting for the pursuers to come to him. As soon as you cross the river, you can get rid of the pursuers for a short time after crossing the river, but when the cavalry behind you bypasses, you still have nowhere to escape.

More than a dozen sturdy men in leather armor fanned out, surrounding Xu Ruyu by the river. Two of them, each holding a half-human height hound, barked wildly, jumping anxiously to break the leather cord around his neck and pounce on Xu Ruyu. Xu Ruyu looked at everyone's eyes sparkling like lightning, and his body was calm and even, knowing that Mei Tiecao attached great importance to the person who sneaked away last night, and sent the elite experts in the Yanling camp to come out to pursue it. Xu Ruyu did not feel a trace of despair. He does not have a blade in his hand, and there is no guarantee that the enemy's first blow will only slightly injure him, not seriously injure or kill him.

The only middle-aged man who didn't wear leather armor cut his hands behind his back, slowly walked a few steps forward, looked at Xu Ruyu with eye level, and said: "I really don't know how you got out of the city, and being able to escape so far also shows that you have a lot of ability." ”

His eyes were bright, his temples were frosty, and his face was like dead wood, but he spoke in an unquestionable tone supported by a huge self-confidence. The colossal momentum that was inadvertently accumulated around Xu Ruyu made Xu Ruyu feel depressed about giving up.

The middle-aged man saw that Xu Ruyu was able to compete with him, so he continued to gather momentum, his eyes gradually burned like a torch, locked on Xu Ruyu, and wanted to collapse his will.

Xu Ruyu's eyebrows were itching, and he was awe-inspiring to realize that the other party's killing machine was in full swing. However, Xu Ruyu's tenacity is rare in the world, and the opponent's domineering momentum and killing machine force his mind to constantly improve to confront him. The heart is like a huge force, and the ear drum is filled with the loud sound of the heart beating. Just when Xu Ruyu's heart was about to burst without the great force, his mind suddenly entered an unprecedented clear state, and if there were no waves, the starry sky appeared in the water, and all the pressure receded as quickly as the tide. Although the other party's momentum is still growing, it can no longer shake Xu Ruyu's mind.

Xu Ruyu finally entered the initial realm of the Heart Sutra of Stopping Water: no waves and stopping water. Although he can't completely get rid of the traction of the opponent's qi, he can do it without disturbing his mind.

Xu Ruyu jumped into the river without hesitation.

The middle-aged man was also amazed that he could get out of the traction of his qi machine, but the movements of his hands were not slow. When Xu Ruyu entered the water, he slammed his palm to the surface of the river. There was no splash, and the surface of the river, which was several feet square, collapsed.

Xu Ruyu was in the middle of the river, only to feel that the river around him was suddenly compressed, and he was squeezed there and couldn't move. I was shocked in my heart: what kind of martial arts is this? Then, the compressed river water released a huge force and turned towards Xu Ruyu's body. Xu Ruyu was not surprised, relaxed his body, and let the inextricable rays of Dan breath invade his body. When the Dan Qi passes through the side veins of the four strange meridians, and then wants to stab at the Ren pulse and the strange pulse outside the meridians, the dantian suddenly generates yang fire, and the cold air oozes out from the Danfu, which is divided into the Yang and Yang veins, the Yin and Yin veins in the meridians and the strange veins outside the meridians, and the ablation and invasion of the Dan breath with the rapid rotation of the pulse pulse. Before the dissolution of the invasion of Dan Xi was strong, he continued to attack the second vein of Ren Du, and when he wanted to attack Xu Ruyu's heart in the Heaven and Earth Aperture, the essence stored in the Heaven and Earth Aperture suddenly turned into pure Dan Qi and all the invading Dan Qi was gone.

Although this Dan Qi is similar to the Chong and Dan Qi generated in the Crane Headspace, it is becoming more and more refined, and at this time, a steady stream of water is bubbling out from the aperture of heaven and earth, covering all the veins around the body, and the invasion of the four Qi meridians and side veins is like snow by Tang Wo, and it immediately dissolves completely. All this was clearly presented in Xu Ruyu's clear mind like a bright starry sky, as if he had seen it, Xu Ruyu finally knew that his behemoth pill had turned into essence and stored in the aperture of heaven and earth.

Recall the mantra of the imperial essence in the Biluo Jue, deep is accumulating, accumulating is extended, stretching is down, down is fixed, fixed is solid, solid is cute, sprouting is long, long is retreating, retreating is the sky, through the perineum, tail, life door and swaying, the spine is up, through the jade pillow to the mind, and then down to the dantian, dantian valley. And according to the astonishing trick of the luck of the dantian, in the trick of the drum ready to come out.

Although the Imperial Essence Art is still only in the lower realm of "Desire to See", it is a great encouragement to Xu Ruyu.

The heart was agitated, the mood of stopping the water was immediately lost, and Xu Ruyu finally couldn't hold back and squirted several mouthfuls of blood. Xu Ruyu was not panicked, and let the water force lift himself out of the water.

The middle-aged man saw that several clumps of blood gradually leaked out, and the water surface several feet square was as red as dye, and then Xu Ruyu's body gradually surfaced. couldn't help but snort coldly: I wanted to leave you with a surname, I didn't want you to be so ignorant, although most of my strength was melted away by the river, it is not something that ordinary people like you can bear.

He did not doubt him, and rolled the body out of the water with a wave of his sleeve.

The corpse rolled in mid-air and was about to fall to the grass behind him. But when it touched the ground, the corpse floated sideways in half of the way.

The middle-aged man suddenly realized, and was about to turn around and high-five, but there was a surge of pure Yang Dan Qi pouring in. Haotian Dan breath followed the thoughts, converging the life gate, and instantly vaporized most of the Yang Dan, but another wave of Zhihan Dan Qi poured in from the life gate, and the Yang breath fought back, wanting to merge with the Yin breath. Amazing. His heart trembled, and he hurriedly went to protect the life gate, but it was too late, and the combination of yin and yang suddenly exploded, and a line of blood shot out like an arrow at the life gate. In his faltering vision, the man he thought was a corpse swept across the wide river like a cloud, sweeping north.

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