"And continue to close the gates, and keep all news in the city from the horses. Yi Jiuxiao continued.

Because the matter of Hongtai has been told in the notice of Anmin, almost everyone knows it now, as long as the city gate is not opened, it will not be spread.

Then everyone discussed some details of the operation, and then moved on to the next topic, whether to take the three neighboring state cities.

Qi Bin took the lead in speaking: "I think it should be taken, at this time, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the three state cities, and there is no Jindan main general, which is the most empty time." If you miss it, it will be difficult to fight in the future. ”

Yi Jiuxiao smiled and said, "It's easy to fight, but how to defend it?"

All four of them were deep in thought, how to defend the city was indeed a difficult problem.

If you want to be too defended but not too defended, if you want soldiers but not soldiers, there are not many people in Qianzhou now.

Suddenly, Li Rui spoke: "Your Highness, I have a way that I don't know is feasible?"

"Oh, Lord Li, please speak. ”

"The current Taishou of each state of Yiguo are all Jindan cultivation, we can suggest that the emperor transfer the Taishou of the inland state city to the border, and then re-appoint the Taishou of the mainland, the mainland is stable, and the Taishou is fine even in the later stage of foundation building. ”

As soon as Li Rui's words fell, Yi Jiuxiao clapped his hands and said: "Lord Li, what a good idea! The inland state city has always been safe and sound, and it doesn't matter whether Taishou is Jindan or not." I went to suggest to the emperor that the Taishou and soldiers in the inland state cities be dispatched to the border passes, and the number of Taishou Yulu guarding the border should be doubled. ”

Whether it is a mortal or a cultivator, they need money, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward!

The border passes are all bitter cold places, and there is a risk of military robbery, and it is much more difficult to defend the border state cities than the mainland.

Moreover, in terms of Yulu, the border guards were not higher than those in the inland state cities, because the border guards were all people who had no way.

"Not only do you have to send Taishou and soldiers from the interior, but you also have to send mortals to come over to farm and produce, the population of Qianzhou City is too small!"

Yi Jiuxiao suddenly felt that many people in these Zhou Guozhou cities that he occupied had fled, and now the population was sparse.

"Your Highness, you can encourage the families from the mainland to migrate to the border city, so that the border city can be stable for a long time. ”

Regarding the problem of few people in the border city, Li Rui also feels the same.

"If we forcibly relocate, it will inevitably cause opposition from those families, why don't we exempt taxes in the border state cities, light forced labor, and let those families take the initiative to migrate to the border cities, Lord Li, do you think this move is feasible?." ”

Yi Jiuxiao's previous life in the Great Song Dynasty had a series of changes, so he still had a deep feeling about the way of taxation and forced labor.

After the discussion, Yi Jiuxiao immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Yunfei quickly.

Let Yunfei fly to Gyeongju City after receiving the fold and hand it over to Emperor Qi Qingru.

In addition, Yun Fei was asked to draw 20,000 soldiers and horses from the three border cities, and one Jin Dan to Qianzhou City.

Now that Zhenbei Pass has become the rear, there is no need to station too many soldiers and horses at all.

Three hours later, 10,000 forbidden troops drove out of the north gate of Qianzhou City, and after the soldiers left, the city gate was closed.

Yi Jiuxiao, Qi Bin, and Wan Shumad were all in the army, and Li Rui stayed behind to defend the city and deal with government affairs.

Although Qi Bin is nominally acting as the Taishou, in fact, Li Rui is doing the Taishou's business, and he is much more experienced than Qi Bin in this regard.

After walking north for six days, he encountered the 20,000 defenders of Yizhou City, and Yi Jiuxiao and Qi Bin flew into the air together.

Yi Jiuxiao took out the bodies of Tang Huan and Gu Leming from the storage bag and threw them into the ranks of Yizhou soldiers in the air.

The commanders of the city defenders all knew Taishou Tang Huan, and when they saw Taishou's corpse, the army was suddenly in turmoil and collapsed.

At this moment, Wan Shufang led the 10,000 forbidden troops on the ground to charge and enter the Yizhou army.

The ground and the air attacked at the same time, and the situation was one-sided, and there was no suspense. The army of 20,000 Yizhou City was almost completely killed.

In the following month, the soldiers and horses of Luzhou and Chizhou also suffered the same fate, and were almost completely annihilated.

At this time, the brothers Yunfei and Yu Yishui also came to Qianzhou City, accompanied by 20,000 soldiers and horses from the three Guancheng.

Yunfei decided to leave 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Yu Yishan guarded the three passes alone, and now the three passes are the rear, just to ensure supplies.

At the same time, Yunfei also brought back Qi Qingru's holy decree, and agreed to Yi Jiuxiao's approach in the holy decree.

Yi Jiuxiao only took five months to lead everyone to take Luzhou City, Chizhou City, and Yizhou City.

After several battles, Zhou Dingqian knew that Leng had lost for no reason, and transferred tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the inland state city.

But it was useless, it could only be used for training Yi Jiuxiao and others, and the result was that they were all wiped out.

The mortal formation that Wan Shumad trained at the earliest officially participated in the battle, and although more than half of them were killed and wounded, those who remained grew up.

It is not only the army of Wan Shu Madness who has grown, but also Wan Shu Madness himself, who has gained opportunities in several experiences.

The first is the refinement of the body, from the fifth layer of the battle body to the sixth layer, and the sixth layer of the refiner's battle body is equivalent to the early stage of the golden pill of law cultivation.

Dharma Body Dual Cultivators usually advance slowly, but Wan Shumad is undoubtedly also an outlier, and his progress is not slower than others.

Moreover, there is a characteristic of the dual cultivators of the Dharma body, that is, the rising tide lifts all boats.

Whether it's the Fa or the body, as long as one of them is advanced, the other will soon be improved.

In fact, it is normal, whether it is Fa cultivation or physical cultivation, it is also true cultivation, and it is all about understanding the rules of the Heavenly Dao, but in a different way.

A month after refining the body to advance, Wan Shufang ushered in the Golden Pill Tribulation, and he crossed the Tribulation very easily.

Moreover, during the tribulation, his body was tempered by the heavenly thunder, and there was a faint tendency to break through again.

In terms of combat power, although Wan Shumad advanced to Jindan one step later, his overall combat effectiveness was a cut stronger than Qi Bin's.

Wan Shufang's successful advancement made Yi Jiuxiao very happy, and now it was the time for him to employ people.

For these four state cities, Yi Jiuxiao re-deployed personnel, and Wan Shufang was arranged to be the Taishou of Yizhou City.

The battalion of the Northern Expedition team also moved from Qianzhou City to Yizhou City, Yi Jiuxiao and Li Rui both came to Yizhou, and there were 30,000 forbidden troops.

Qi Bin stayed in Qianzhou, and it was precisely because he was the Taishou of Qianzhou, and the defenders of the state city were drawn from the interior.

Yunfei became the Taishou of Luzhou, and the source of troops was dispatched from the original Sanguan, and a Taishou from the mainland also temporarily lived in Luzhou to coordinate the defense.

Yu Yishui served as the Taishou of Chizhou, and the original Sanguan also dispatched troops, and there was also a Taishou from the mainland who cooperated with him to guard the state city.

These two Taishou from the mainland were only in Luzhou City and Chizhou City, and they were only used as a reserve of strength.

Qianzhou City has now settled down, but Yizhou City still needs to be governed, and Yi Jiuxiao wants to make Yizhou City a stronghold for the next Northern Expedition to Zhou.

After Yi Jiuxiao took the four state cities of the Zhou State, he decided to suspend the pace of the attack, and he wanted to wait for the Qi State.

Under the leadership of Fei Tong, the Qi army has only taken one Pingzhou so far, and Pingzhou was originally the land of Qi, which can only be regarded as recovering lost territory.

This speed is too slow, and if you continue to fight at the speed of Qi State, you will not be able to destroy Zhou State for decades.

But Yi Jiuxiao could only wait, he didn't want to attack too quickly and lead all the anger of Zhou Guo to himself.

It's just that he didn't expect that Zhou Dingqian, the emperor of Zhou, was angry in the imperial study, and it was related to Yi Jiuxiao.

"What is the origin of that Yi Jiuxiao, and what is the cultivation now?"

Yi Jiuxiao's name finally attracted Zhou Dingqian's attention, and he was questioning several courtiers led by Hong Liang.

"Back to the emperor, according to the minister's understanding, this Yi Jiuxiao was originally a native of Qi and ranked second in the national examination of Qi State, and later escorted the princess of Qi State to Wei State, and now he is the forbidden army of Yi State. As for his cultivation, it is said that no one can see that this person has no mana fluctuations in his body, just like a mortal, I am afraid that there is some top-level magic weapon shielding. ”

Hong Liang lowered his head and replied to Emperor Zhou's question, he had a very limited understanding of Yi Jiuxiao, but the report was also the truth.

"Yi Jiuxiao was originally from the Qi State, I knew that the Qi State was doing bad things, from the peace with the Wei State to the present, the Qi State is making trouble, but I hate you for attacking the Qi State for so many years, and you only hit one state city, and now it has been taken back by Fei Tong, it's really infuriating!"

The more Zhou Dingqian spoke, the more angry he became, and now his anger was all on the head of his old enemy, Qi Guo.

Speaking of the most angry place, Zhou Dingqian couldn't help but slap his palm on the table, and the table in front of him turned into a pile of powder.

Several ministers in front of him, including Hong Liang, were silent and did not dare to speak out.

"The military department Shangshu Yanguang led the army to attack Chen State, fought for a year, and has not taken a border city until now. Leng Wutuan is Dazai, the ninth layer of Jindan, but he was beaten and fled, what do you say now?"

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of Weichen, this Yi Jiuxiao may be a Yuanying monk, otherwise how could Dazai be defeated, and if he attacks, he can only ask Yuanying seniors to come out. ”

It was Zhao Qi, the official secretary of the Zhou State, who spoke, and he was in a nervous mood at the moment, for fear that the emperor would order him to fight.

"Hmph~ Yuanying seniors, if I could invite the old monsters, they only know how to comprehend the way of heaven and ascend as soon as possible, where can they care about the rise and fall of the country!"

Emperor Zhou is also telling the truth, Yuanying monks are found in every big country, but these people are bent on cultivating and usually don't ask about mundane things.

Unless the enemy army hits the capital city of Leizhou and endangers the safety of Zongmiao, they can go to war, otherwise the emperor will not move.

Moreover, there is an unwritten rule among the Yuanying of various countries that the Yuanying cannot take the initiative to lead an army to invade other countries.

And is Yi Jiuxiao a Yuanying Cultivator? Everything is speculation, and no one can see what realm he is.

The imperial study was quiet for a while, the monarchs and ministers were silent, and the scene became very tense.

In the end, it was Dean Hong Liang who broke the tension, and he said: "Your Majesty, there is no conclusion whether this Yi Jiuxiao is Yuan Ying or not, we can't help him for the time being, it is better to put him aside, Yi is weak after the civil war, and he can't occupy much place, I'm afraid that he will not even be able to match the Taishou and the defenders of the state city in the four state cities." ”

Zhou Dingqian listened to Hong Liang's words, nodded helplessly, and acquiesced in his statement.

In an instant, he asked Hong Liang again: "If Yi Guo is left alone, what do you think should be done with Qi Guo?"