A few days later, Jiang Baihua, the Marquis of Danqu, accompanied by Mu Ziyu, inspected the barracks, and the two chatted and walked.

"Ben Hou heard that a friend of Yi Tianhang is serving under the general? It is said that the top three leaders of the East China Sea Gang? Jiang Baihua asked.

Mu Ziyu replied: "Oh? It's rare for the Hou Ye to ask, yes, this person's surname is Xing Zongliang, he is really a rare talent, although he is born in the rivers and lakes, but he is quite good at army management drills and marching formations, and he is also a master of the top rank on the Fengyun list. ”

"How does this person compare to Tianhang?"

"Hou Ye really knows how to ask, I really haven't thought about this matter, if you talk about strategizing the city, Xing Zongliang is far inferior to Yi Tianhang, but if you want to say that you are commanding the three armies and leading the troops against the enemy, I am afraid that Yi Tianhang is slightly inferior."

"Okay, since the general values this person so much, then Ben Hou will be an adult, and he will immediately promote Xing Zongliang to the captain of the Shu Army."

"The old man first thanked the Hou Ye for Xing Zongliang, the good horse should meet the Ming Lord, the Hou Ye has the style of the first king, the general was just a song governor of the Zhennan Army, and was directly promoted to the captain by the first king, so that he was able to display this skill and expand the territory for the first king."

"The general is polite, Daqi still has to rely on you to protect the Shu land from the South Pillar Stone this day."

"Master Hou is serious, it is my duty to defend the territory and defend the land."

"By the way, since this Xing Zongliang is in Zizhong, why don't you call me to accompany Ben Hou to inspect the athletes in the army?"

"Since Master Hou wants to see Captain Xing, the old man will send someone to shout."

After a while, I saw a majestic general riding a horse, seven or eight steps away from Mu Ziyu, Jiang Baihua and others, he turned over and dismounted and walked quickly, walked closer, knelt on one knee and saluted: "The last general, Xing Zongliang, has met the Marquis of Danqu and has seen General Mu!" ”

Jiang Baihua looked at the brave general in front of him carefully, nodded, and said to himself: "Not bad, not bad." ”

Mu Ziyu on the side saw that Xing Zongliang was still kneeling, so he said, "Master Hou, this person is Xing Duwei." ”

"Good, good, what a fierce man! Xing Duwei was exempted from the courtesy and walked with Ben Hou. ”

"The last general obeys!" Xing Zongliang got up and said.

"I heard that Xing Duwei was originally a person from the rivers and lakes?"

"Lord Hou, the last general was born in the East China Sea Gang."

"Well, the first three leaders of the East China Sea Gang, because of the vendetta offended the people of the Three Peerless Gate Panyun Dao, for fear of harming the gang, they simply broke away from the East China Sea Gang and hid in Shu, which coincided with the Tang Gate intercepting and killing Liu Qingyuan of the Absolute Sword Gate, in order to find a way out, and also assisted Liu Qingyuan with Yitianhang, during which he assisted the Tang Tingshan defenders to defeat the three thousand barbarian army, and then worshiped Liu Qingyuan as a teacher, entered the Juedao Gate, and followed the will of Ran Xingzhou and Shangguan Law to join the Shu Army, but it is good?"

"What Master Hou said is exactly right."

"Do you know why Ben Hou called you over?"

"I don't know."

"Haha, Ben Hou just wants to see what kind of person is born and died with Yi Tianhang's stinky boy, haha, yes, yes, Xing Duwei is really a hero among people, Ben Hou is very satisfied!" Jiang Baihua no longer pretended to be deep and put on the shelf of the marquis, but said cheerfully.

Mu Ziyu smiled and said nothing when he heard this, Xing Zongliang couldn't react for a while, his face was stunned, and he replied after a long time: "Thank you Hou Ye for complimenting, Hou Ye and my brother know each other?" ”

"It's okay to know each other, it's okay to tell you, brother, oh no, that stinky boy snatched my beauty and snatched my treasure knife, and deceived people too much!" Jiang Baihua rolled his eyes and said.

As soon as these words came out, Xing Zong's conscience chuckled in his heart, and he thought, "Could it be that this Dangquhou is here to trouble me?" Seeing Mu Ziyu's indifferent face, he didn't take this seriously at all, and when he was wondering, he heard Jiang Baihua say again: "That is, Benhou cherishes talents and is magnanimous, and he has spared his life, and now he is also doing things for Benhou." ”

Xing Zongliang looked at Mu Ziyu with a puzzled expression, secretly wondering how could he be spared and do things for others with Yi Tianhang's temperament?

Mu Ziyu waved his hand and motioned to Xing Zongliang to listen to Jiang Baihua's bragging, and not to say much.

Jiang Baihua finally caught a person who had something to do with Yi Tianhang, and he didn't get a bargain on Yi Tianhang, and at this moment, he relied on bragging to get it back from Xing Zongliang, and ended the trip to the barracks with satisfaction.

Ten days later, the 800-mile urgent King of Qi arrived in Shu, and Jiang Baihua, the Marquis of Danqu, Mu Ziyu, the general of Shu, and Qin Zhanxiong, the general of Jiangzhou, had already begun to expand the defenders of Shu.

The new army is called the Ping Barbarian Army, with a strength of 30,000 people, and is temporarily led by Mu Ziyu, the general of Hushu.

The Jiangzhou army was expanded from 10,000 to 30,000, renamed the Zhenban Army, the army moved to Jiangyang and stationed, and the Jiangzhou garrison general Qin Zhanxiong was promoted to the Zhenman general, and the official rank was promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth rank, which was still under the control of the Shu army.

Jiang Baihua, the Marquis of Danqu, supervised the three armies and supervised the drills, defense, and logistics of all armies to prepare for the upcoming war.

As soon as the royal order came out, the nest in Nanqi was blown up instantly, and the people from all over the country knew that Shu was going to fight again, and they were all talking and worried, and the people of Shu had many families to take refuge in Shu, of course, there were many people who wanted to join the army and fight for fame.

At this moment, Yitianhang is hiding in Lijia Village, practicing the dust washing trick hard, since he sensed the breath of heaven and earth, he has made rapid progress, and his internal strength has become stronger and stronger.

Generally, there are two ways for people who practice martial arts to increase their internal strength, one is to practice the inner strength of the mind, and the other is to take a panacea, but this elixir to increase internal strength is extremely rare, and it is still reliable to practice hard.

There are also bottlenecks in the practice of internal strength, all the internal strength in this world, the initial stage of cultivation is quite effective, and the internal force grows rapidly, but after practicing to the fullest, although the internal force is still gained, it has little effect, unless it is practiced every day for decades, but how can the vast majority of people meditate and practice there every day to enhance their internal strength? Not everyone can be like Peng Huan of Fengshi Castle, who has practiced the breathing and breathing method for more than ten years, and he has trained himself to a level similar to that of the three brothers of the Liu family, after all, the three heroes of the Liu family are the masters of the martial arts of the Northern Zhou Town.

Therefore, there is another method, which is to practice a variety of superior internal strength, so as to quickly improve the internal force, but this method is not for everyone, after all, people's energy is limited, and the talent is also high and low, and the superior internal strength is not as much as a cow's hair, and not all of the different internal skills are compatible, so most people either have no mental secrets to practice, or the talent is too poor, and even a book of internal strength secrets can not be practiced, like Yi Tianhang, the two kinds of internal strength are Taoist superior internal strength, and yin and yang are really rare.

In the rivers and lakes, there are only those with excellent talents from famous families, such as Ling Yijun and Shangguan Lu of the Qingcheng faction, both of whom are superior mental methods "Dust Washing Formula" and Zhen Sect Peerless "Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Formula" two kinds of internal skills, and they have been immersed in it day and night for decades, and that skill is far beyond the reach of people.

Two months later, Zizhong City protected the Shu General's Mansion.

Mu Ziyu looked solemn and said: "Master Hou, yesterday the sentinel came to report that the barbarian army of the two roads has approached the border of our Daqi, all the way to Jiawu, all the way to Jiangyang, these two barbarian armies have seventy or eighty thousand people, and it seems that the schedule has been calculated, a few days later, Jiawu and Jiangyang will be attacked at the same time, and the general has strictly ordered the defenders of the two cities to be strictly guarded and send more sentry horses. ”

Jiang Baihua frowned and said, "The one in the Earth Dragon Cave is pouring out of the nest this time!" The two armies totaled 1560,000 people, and if the Northern Zhou took the opportunity to go south, I would be in danger. ”

Although Mu Ziyu had a solemn face, he had no worried look, and said: "Master Hou is very worried, but with this general's speculation, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will be watched from the wall, after all, the soldiers and horses in the northern border of my Great Qi have not moved, as long as our troops can guard this southwest border, the Northern Zhou will naturally not dare to act rashly." ”

"Well, hearing the general's words, Ben Hou felt a little relieved, but the barbarian army is menacing, how sure is the general of victory?" Jiang Baihua is still young after all, and he is not familiar with military affairs, and it is inevitable that the enemy will be worried and worried at present.

Mu Ziyu replied: "Now after the expansion of the army, our army has 110,000 people, Jiawu City has 20,000 Shu troops, 30,000 Ping Barbarian Army, Jiangyang City has 20,000 Shu Army, Qin Zhanxiong's Zhen Barbarian Army 30,000, I and Hou Ye led 10,000 elite soldiers to sit in the town, can rush to the aid of the two cities at any time, if it is based on the danger and has enough food and grass, it is difficult for the barbarian army to do anything, but the 50,000 new pawns have rushed to promote the army, without killing the formation, I am afraid that after the war, it will be easy to bomb the camp after a long time." ”

Jiang Baihua said with a heavy heart: "According to what the general said, Shu is worry-free, but the general transferred all the soldiers and horses to Jiawu and Jiangyang, and there are defenders in Wuling County?" If Wuling is lost, it will be followed by Jiangzhou and Dianjiang, and the southeast of Shu will open the door. ”

"Hou Ye don't have to worry, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Wuling, and Wuling is thousands of miles south of the wilderness, uninhabited, and mostly lofty mountains, and there is no way, even if the barbarians can pass, but it is difficult to travel, and the logistics are difficult to continue. I have been informed that General Wang Zhai Feng will be captured, so please be careful to take precautions, just in case. Mu Ziyu replied confidently.

Jiang Baihua clapped his hands and stood up when he heard this: "Okay!" The general will not be the Tiannan Pillar Stone, everything is arranged in an orderly manner, and Benhou can sit back and relax, haha. By the way, I heard that Yi Tianhang once promised the general that if there was a war, he would serve under the general? ”

"Yes, Ben Jiang has recruited Yi Tianhang twice, but he is dedicated to improving martial arts, and he has shirked it, this time he has no reason, Hou Ye means to go quickly and recruit him?"

"Ben Hou is exactly what he meant, I heard that in the battle of Tang Tingshan the year before last, this kid reversed the defeat with more than 100 hunters in Fengshi Castle, saved 1,000 defenders of Tang Tingshan, not to mention, and defeated 3,000 barbarian troops, it can be said that he has both courage and strategy, and Ben Hou wants to see it with his own eyes."

"Okay, the old man will send someone to invite him, there is just one person in the city who is suitable for this errand."

"Could it be that the general is talking about Xing Zongliang? This Xing Zongliang is now the captain of the Shu Army, and he is a rare fierce general in the army, and Benhou may send him out to meet the enemy at any time, and he cannot be sent forward. ”

"The old man is not talking about Xing Duwei, but another friend of Yi Tianhang, who is now serving as the head of the city defense battalion, and his name is Yu Siren."

"Oh? Yitianhang really has a lot of friends, yes, Ben Hou just took a look at what this Yu Siren looked like. ”

A quarter of an hour later, Yu Siren arrived at the Hushu General's Mansion, although his fat body was still the same, but he was a person who practiced martial arts, and he practiced with the soldiers, and at this time he was no longer as fat as before.

"Subordinate Yu Siren, meet the Marquis of Danqu and General Mu!" Yu Siren knelt down on one knee and saluted, kneeling there, like a hill, and looked at Jiang Baihua directly.

Jiang Baihua looked at Yu Siren, then turned his head to look at Mu Ziyu, and thought, "The contrast between Yu Siren and Xing Zongliang is too great, right?" Yitianhang makes friends really casually. ”

Mu Ziyu saw that Jiang Baihua was making an old mistake again, so he said: "Siren get up, Hou Ye is not an outsider, I am looking for you this time, I have an errand for you, immediately go to Lijia Village, and invite Yi Tianhang, now that the war is imminent, Hou Ye and the old man hope that he can contribute to the army." You go to Qingcheng Mountain on the way and inform Ling Yijun, the head of Qingcheng, that the Nanban is coming, and I would have hoped that the Qingcheng disciples could go down the mountain to help. Oh, this is a handwritten book, one to Yi Tianhang, one to Ling, you go. ”

"Subordinates receive orders." Yu Siren guarded Jiang Baihua and didn't dare to talk nonsense, he didn't bother to invite Yi Tianhang, whoever likes to go, but the Hou of the ditch was present, this fat man didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to take over this errand.

After Yu Siren left, Mu Ziyu arranged two more groups of people and horses, respectively to the Tang Gate, the Absolute Sword Gate to ask for help, although the people in the martial arts are not good at fighting between the two armies, but if they are used well, they can also have a surprising winning effect, such as taking the head of the enemy in the army, infiltrating the barbarian army camp to spy on intelligence, or going deep behind the enemy to attack the heavy grain and grass.

As soon as the arrangements should be made, Mu Ziyu was going to inspect the barracks, and Jiang Baihua was still immersed in Yu Siren's demeanor and couldn't extricate himself, and said with a confused face: "Fang Cai's 'Yu Dead' or something, is it really a friend of Yi Tianhang?" Have you lived and died with Xing Zongliang like that? ”

As soon as Jiang Baihua's words came out, Mu Ziyu felt quite funny, the enemy was at present, this Hou Ye still cared about this matter, so he replied: "Yes, this Yu Siren's real name is Tang Jifeng, he was originally the manager of the Jiangyang Branch of the Tang Gate, and when Yi Tianhang and Xing Zongliang helped Liu Qingyuan, in order to relieve Liu Qingyuan of the poison of the Tang Gate, they took him captive, after the detoxification, Yi Tianhang and Xing Zongliang wanted to kill him, but Liu Qingyuan saved his life, and then Yu Siren has been following Yi Tianhang and others, and he has also experienced several battles with the Tang Gate. ”

"Kill people? Well~ Yi Tianhang can really do it. Jiang Baihua remembered the corpses of the dozen or so Iron Horse Gang members outside the gate of Duqing City again.