Chapter Twenty-Three: Secretly Preparing
In this way, more than two months have passed, and the Liao State really chose to face it. The Liao army, under the command of Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan, rushed towards the Song army. The big war is already on the verge of breaking out and inevitable, and before that, the battle between the Central Plains martial arts and the masters of the Liao State has begun.
This time, the elite of the Central Plains martial arts has gained the upper hand in both quantity and quality. The masters of the Liao State could not help but fight, otherwise the masters of the Central Plains would be allowed to assassinate officials and generals in various parts of the Liao State, and the Liao State would be in chaos.
The masters of both sides are exhausted, and a big battle is inevitable. But the battle never really fought. Because the Song army was defeated, and the defeat was very fast, the Great Song army was almost defeated in a battle, and there was no ability to resist.
On May 26, the Liao army defeated the army of Shidao twice in Xiongxian County, Hebei, and on the 30th, defeated another army of Xin Xingzong in Zhuo County, Hebei. So far, the Song army has been defeated on all fronts. On June 3, the seed master returned to Xiongzhou, but the news was known to the Liao army, and the Liao army sent light cavalry to pursue, and under the city of Xiongzhou, the Song army was defeated and fled.
At this time, the army had been defeated, and even if the masters of the Central Plains completely annihilated the masters of the Liao State, it would be useless. Many masters of the Central Plains all sighed, the situation was good, but they didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty would be defeated so quickly.
Taking advantage of the excitement and returning from defeat is talking about these Central Plains masters. This time, the Great Song Dynasty was defeated, and countless people were very disappointed in the Great Song Dynasty, and they no longer had the ambition to destroy the Liao State in the past.
Lu Yi naturally returned to the Quanzhen Sect with the disciples of the Quanzhen Sect, but Lu Yi was not prepared to stay in the Quanzhen Sect. Instead, after returning to the Quanzhen faction, he returned to Cuibei Mountain, and this time the Great Song Dynasty was defeated, and Lu Yi was already able to enter the game.
At this time, no one would have thought that the new emperor of Liao, Yeluchun, was already seriously ill and would soon die. At that time, the Great Song Dynasty would send troops again, and this time the Song army occupied several cities in the Liao State.
It was also this time that the elite of the Jin Kingdom came out together and attacked the Liao State with the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State was on the verge of destruction at that time. This time, the result of the Great Song Dynasty was completely different from the last time, and Tong Guan was still the coach, and it was time for Lu Yi's many plans to be displayed.
"After I left, how happened to the cottage during this time?" Back in Cuibei Mountain, Lu Yi summoned the second and third owners of the cottage and asked about some of the circumstances of the cottage during this time.
"Big brother! During your absence, my brothers trained diligently, and now we have a thousand soldiers to fight. The internal strength that these people have cultivated, trained according to the training method you gave me, is already quite powerful! The main road of Erzhai in Cuibei Mountain said with a little excitement.
The original name of these three village masters was Li Er, Lu Yi observed Li Er, and found that during these days, Li Er's cultivation of Jiuyang Divine Skill has made some achievements, and he has already given birth to internal strength, and has begun to open up the meridians around his body, but there is still a lot of distance from the innate realm.
"We have always been very careful about selling illegal salt, so the scale has not been large, but after several years of development, we have also accumulated a lot of money!" Yang Ruowei, the second village owner of Cuibei Mountain, reported to Lu Yi in detail about money and grain.
Although Yang Ruowei is a woman, she is much more careful than Li Er, and Yang Ruowei has been handling the sale of illicit salt over the years, and there has been no mistake so far. Lu Yi handed over his innate skills to Yang Ruowei for cultivation, which was considered a small achievement at this time, but his cultivation was similar to Li Er.
"This time I went north, I also had some friendship with Tong Guan, the head of the Privy Council of the current dynasty, and in the future, I will sell illicit salt and hand over to Tong Guanren, so we don't have to hide it!" Lu Yi had already discussed with Tong Guan that Tong Guan would participate in the sale of illicit salt, and the scale would expand many times in an instant.
"Tong Guan's right to lean towards the government and the opposition, is called a concubine, the eldest brother can actually have a friendship with him, and it will be much more convenient for us to act in the future!" Li Ruowei looked very happy.
In the past, Cuibei Mountain was cautious and did not dare to shake the wind. But now it's different, with Tong Guan's support behind him, many things can be done freely. And once you let go of your hands and feet, with Lu Yi's earlier arrangement, you will be able to accumulate a lot of family business in a short period of time. Private salt alone can bring Lu Yi a huge amount of wealth every year.
In the past, salt was controlled by the imperial court, and it was very difficult to manufacture. But Lu Yi uses modern methods, and salt production is extremely simple, and it costs little at all. If you can sell it in large quantities, the profit is terrifying.
This time, although Tong Guan failed to defeat Liao, he still won the trust of the officials. Not long after, Tong Guan will attack Liao again, and when Li Er comes to the army, you will follow me to the army, and it will be time for us to show our strength!" Lu Yi told the two of them his intentions.
"Great, I've been cultivating all these years, and I don't have the opportunity to fight with people at all. This time when I was in the army, I was able to participate in the battle of Liao, which was really happy! Li Er said excitedly.
"Big brother, this time Tong Guan defeated Liao and returned, I think the Great Song Dynasty is not the opponent of Liao at all, you must be careful when you go to the army!" Li Ruowei said with a worried face.
"The Song army has no combat power, and what the army saw this time is simply shocking. But that's why it's time for us to come ahead. The Liao State is already terminally ill, our real opponent will be the Jin State in the north, that is the real strong enemy, we must accumulate enough strength in the shortest possible time to deal with the situation in the future! Lu Yi naturally has his own plans.
"Since the eldest brother has a plan, I won't say more!" Li Ruowei has always been more convinced of Lu Yi, and seeing that Lu Yi is full of confidence, she won't say anything more.
"Cuibei Mountain is our base camp, this place is very important, and you should take good care of it. By the way, just come back once, let's go to the mountains to have a look! Lu Yi said and took Li Ruowei to the depths of Cuibei Mountain.
In the depths of Cuibei Mountain, it was originally an old forest in the deep mountains, but Lu Yi had already established a secret base here. This base was built in a cave, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build it. Along the way, there were constant open whistles and secret whistles, and it was obvious that Lu Yi attached great importance to this place.
Coming to the depths of the cave, Li Ruowei opened a box, took out an iron lump from it and said to Lu Yi: "Big brother, this thunder god strike has been made a lot during this time, and now it has accumulated more than 10,000. But now that everyone is making more, the speed has also kept up, and more will be accumulated in the future! ”
Lu Yi picked up the Thunder God Strike and observed it carefully, and nodded secretly. This thunder strike is explosives, and this is what Lu Yi used when he faced Xie Tianyu. As early as a few years ago, Lu Yi secretly arranged to build a secret base in this deep mountain and old forest, which was specially used to make gunpowder.
In addition to this Thor Strike, some ordnance is also made in the cave. It's just that the scale of Cuibei Mountain Cottage is not large after all, and Lu Yi does not have so many manpower and material resources to make ordnance on a large scale. But it's enough to have Thor Strike, in this era before firearms, explosives are invincible.
As for the musket, although Lu Yi knew how to make it, there were too many requirements for craftsmen, and Lu Yi couldn't find so many skilled craftsmen in a short period of time. Gunpowder is relatively simple to make, and Lu Yi can only give up the second, and now make gunpowder.
Walking further inside, I saw that many people were working, some of these people were craftsmen, some were coolies, and Lu Yi had tried his best to loot them in the past few years. After observing for a while, Lu Yi gathered everyone together, encouraged him, and left this secret base with Li Ruowei.
Back in Cuibei Cottage, Lu Yi began to prepare, first all kinds of materials, explosives, ordnance, etc. were all ready. Then Lu Yi asked Li Er to worry about the people in the Cuibei cottage, this time Lu Yi will go to Tong Guan Army to develop, so naturally he will bring some people over.
Under Li Er's summoning, Lu Yi soon saw the army trained by Li Er. At this time, there are a thousand well-trained troops in Cuibei Mountain, these people are all martial artists who have cultivated internal strength, although the cultivation time is not very long, but they are all well-trained soldiers, these people are all practicing internal strength, and there is nothing in a short time, but after a long time, the combat power of these people will be considerable.
Looking at the thousand people in front of him, Lu Yi nodded secretly. Lu Yi had already given some exercises to Li Er and asked Li Er to train these sergeants, and now it seems that it has been fruitful. However, what satisfied Lu Yi the most was indeed the momentum of these sergeants, which was completely different from the army of the Great Song Dynasty.
These people are not only physically strong, but also impressive. Standing in front of these people is like standing in front of a group of fierce tigers, which makes people know at a glance that this is a well-trained army, not a powerless army like the Great Song Dynasty.
"Big brother, the brothers have been training for five years, and they have long wanted to make contributions, and this time we will definitely not disappoint the eldest brother!" Standing in front of this team, Li Er looked high-spirited, and his words were full of confidence.
Lu Yi nodded, these sergeants were not trained by ordinary methods, but by Lu Yi combined with the current training methods and the situation of the ancient army, and specially formulated a method to strengthen the army. It can be said that these people are an invincible army together, and they are all top-level special forces when they are scattered.
"This time in the army, we will not only fight against the Liao State, but also fight against the more powerful Jin army, I hope you can show enough courage and don't let me down!" Lu Yi looked at the thousand people in front of him and said with anticipation.
"No!" The voices of thousands of people gathered together, majestic and powerful.
These thousand people are Lu Yi's team, and Lu Yi will rely on these thousand people to continue to grow himself in the next battle of the Liao and Song Dynasties. These thousand people are the foundation, they may become captains, commanders, or even generals in the future, as long as they have the ability, Lu Yi will naturally give them a chance.
After preparing all kinds of armaments, arrange the affairs of Cuibei Mountain. Lu Yi took Li Er and a thousand people to Tong Guan's army, originally so many people were in a hurry, the government would definitely have to take care of it, but Lu Yi had already asked for a military order from Tong Guan, and the local government didn't dare to meddle at all.
At this time, the Liao Emperor Yeluchun had died of illness, and Huizong had once again sent Tong Guan out to the north to prepare to launch another battle to destroy Liao.