In terms of the transfer of exercises, it went smoothly, which made Lu Yuan feel very good.

However, in addition to changing to practice, he also took some time out and instructed his cheap registered disciples to continue to do their old business.

Originally, because he had cultivated to the limit of the Qi Replenishing Heart Sutra, his demand for the Replenishing Spirit Pill was greatly reduced, and he only prepared the Replenishing Spiritual Pill that could refine the Qi Replenishing Heart Sutra.

Later, because there was not much money in his hand, he did not continue to spend money to buy century-old medicinal materials.

But now that he has obtained the Chiyang Divine Skill, Lu Yuan needs to practice the Wonder Sutra, and two more have been added.

In this case, if you want to improve your strength quickly, you naturally need to prepare more tonifying elixirs.

As for money.

Although more than 200,000 taels of the 500,000 taels of military salary have been used in bits and pieces in the past few months, half of them are still left in their hands.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver were taken out of it and used to buy a hundred-year elixir, an easy matter.

What?

Does this count as embezzlement?

The whole army is mine, and General Ben takes some silver from his own house, is this greedy?

In this way, Lu Yuan's registered disciples, who had been resting for more than half a year, began to work everywhere again for the needs of their own masters.

And now, more than half a year has passed, and Dayue has become more turbulent, and there are military disasters everywhere. As you can imagine, the risks they have to take on this trip are much greater than before.

But the master has a life, and he must obey it.

In the face of Lu Yuan, who has now gone one step further and been promoted to general, the thoughts and thoughts of his apprentices who dare to resist are smaller than before.

Even with Zhou Qing coming back, in the face of this authentic personal disciple, these apprentices, who are now only registered disciples, felt even more pressure.

Now they are all gearing up, wanting to make a contribution and strive to become the second personal disciple of the master?

After all, as long as you become a disciple of your own lineage, the benefits on the bright side are the first-class inheritance of exercises, as well as the official position of the captain of the sixth grade.

Combined, these two things are enough to make anyone go crazy and fight with their lives.

However, Lu Yuan didn't care much about what these disciples thought.

There are apprentices who are invested in true feelings, and one Zhou Qing is enough.

There are a few more, Lu Yuan is really afraid that he will not be able to stand his state of mind when he sees his apprentices die one by one in the future.

Therefore, perhaps those named disciples have made meritorious contributions, and he will give the title of a personal disciple, reward the Qi Replenishing Heart Sutra that has been eliminated, and promote him to school captain.

But to really regard them as mantle disciples, it is purely to think too much.

However, with these substantial benefits, I think these disciples will not care too much, whether the teacher really regards himself as an apprentice, really as his own person, right?

Feelings are this thing.

Those who care care care very much, but those who don't care are also worthless.

Compared with this kind of idealistic things, the substantive interests are more moving.

……

After instructing the matter of the procurement of medicinal materials for a hundred years, Lu Yuan really began to forget about foreign objects and shrank up to practice in retreat.

Now that the army is watched by Zhou Qing, there are a few registered disciples who are practicing the spirit pill to deal with, there is nothing to worry about, and the speed of practice is naturally fast.

In just two months, Lu Yuan completed the transformation of the first six meridians of the Chiyang Divine Skill and stepped into the second-rate realm of this skill.

At this time, the time has also come to September of the fourth year of Hongdao.

At the beginning of the month, Lu Yuan was still in retreat as usual, and after finishing the exercises, he picked up the news from all parties sorted out by Zhou Qing and started

Then after looking at it for a while, the person froze.

"Xishu hooked up with the Zhou State, led the Zhou army into Xichuan, and then cooperated with the Zhou army to fight an ambush for Wu'anhou in Xuanwu Mansion. Now that the imperial court has lost 50,000 soldiers, the remnants of the army have retreated to Anyue Mansion to hold on? ”

Lu Yuan read the above news, and his heart was a little shocked.

The Marquis of Wu'an, the imperial court, arrived in Dongting County with an army of 50,000 Pingnan in March this year.

Then he ignored the rebels in the county, but led the army to fight against the Xishu army.

Later, I heard what Zhou Qing said, this Wu'an Marquis Bai Mengyang contacted the martial arts heroes in Xichuan County to cause an uprising, set off a rebellion in the Xishu Kingdom, and shook the military heart of the frontline army in the Xishu Kingdom.

Later, not long after Zhou Qing returned to Shaoyang Mansion, in mid-July, Lu Yuan received a good news from the imperial court.

It is said that Wu'an Hou led the army to defeat the pseudo-Shu rebels, beheaded 30,000, and now has led the army to attack Xichuan, even several cities, and besieged Linjiangfu City.

Then another month passed, that is, half a month ago, and he received news from his side again.

Marquis Wu'an personally put on armor and led the army to attack the city, directly beheaded the first-class family master of the Linjiang clan, and broke through the Linjiang Mansion City.

Without this layer of obstacles, the imperial army was able to enter Xichuan directly, and joined the Xichuan army that was coming back to quell the rebellion, and the Xichuan County Qunhao who was crying for his father and mother.

Then these local snakes were co-opted, and the imperial army was greatly strengthened, and the soldiers and horses directly expanded to 100,000 people. And the land of the nine prefectures of Xichuan County, which fell, was also recovered from the four prefectures.

Now the county is still controlled by Xishu, and only the land of Wufu remains. And the remaining soldiers and horses in Li Xiong's hands, after successive losses, are less than 50,000.

No matter how you look at it, this Xishu traitor, who has been in trouble for four years and a year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, will not be able to jump for long.

Even if they collapse a little, the court will be a little stronger, and maybe by the end of this year, Wu'anhou will be able to lead his troops to destroy the Shu thieves.

Add a thick ink to your resume of destroying the country.

But under such a good situation, there was such a turning point.

It's only been half a month, and the army of exterminating Shu has suffered a heavy setback, losing more than half of the troops, and the original good situation suddenly ceased to exist, and Xichuan County actually faintly showed signs of losing it.

"The imperial court lost 50,000 troops, and even heard that the Marquis of Wu'an was also united by Li Xiong with the two innate masters of the Zhou State, and the siege was severely damaged.

Although he escaped in the end, he was also greatly injured and it was difficult to do it in a short time.

More than half of the soldiers were lost, and the commander was seriously injured.

No matter how you look at it, this wave of the imperial court's army of exterminating Shu is very hanging. ”

Lu Yuan looked at the news in his hand, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

He is now standing on the ship of the Dayue Imperial Court, the imperial court has capsized, and for him, although it will not sink with him, it is somewhat a big loss.

After all, you have 15,000 soldiers and horses in your hands?

Such a large force, as well as the resources that can be mobilized by the current position, is not something that can be discarded.

"But for now, even if the Pingshu army is wiped out, with the heritage of Dayue, it will not be destroyed for a while, and it will be no problem to hold out for a few more years or more than ten years."

Just last month, that is, when Wu Anhou led his army into Xichuan.

Liang Guo, who has been fighting with Dayue for nearly four years and has used nearly a million troops before and after, finally can't support it.

Then after seeing that Dayue had almost quelled the civil strife, and the northern battlefield on his side could not break through, he finally had no choice but to retreat.

Now in the past month, it is estimated that most of the 400,000 Liang soldiers in northern Xinjiang have retreated.

They fought for four years and were tired.

At this time, even if he gets the news of Xichuan's mutation, it is unlikely that he will move his troops south again.

Otherwise, I am afraid that a large-scale rebellion and uprising will break out within the Liang State like the Yue State.

And without the threat of the Liang State in the north, the 300,000 troops stationed in the northern Xinjiang of Dayuetun only need to leave more than 100,000 troops stationed in the frontier, and the remaining half can be free.

With more than 100,000 troops, even if Xishu attracts the Zhou State, it is unlikely that Dayue may recapture Xishu, but it is not much of a problem to keep the existing territory.

However, this is only for the time being.

If Zhou Guo is like Liang Guo, he will fight in Dayue and fight for another two or three years.

No matter how strong Dayue's foundation is, it can't support such consumption, and it is bound to collapse.

"So now I look at the Zhou State in the north, I just want to take Xichuan County, and then take it when I see it. still has a bigger plan, and wants to swallow Da Yue in one gulp. ”

Thinking about this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and he was not optimistic about Da Yue's future in his heart.

Think about it too.

If he were the lord of the Zhou Kingdom, he would be afraid that he would not be able to help but want to try to come up and take a bite when he saw the frequent internal rebellions in Dayue and the appearance of being so weak externally.

If you can bite, it is naturally the best, and you can directly swallow most of the river soil.

If you can't bite it, you can also take the Xichuan County that has been eaten and leave the scene satisfied.

No matter how you look at it, Zhou Guo will have nothing to lose.

"There is also the situation in Dongting County, and even the situation in other counties in Dayue, I am afraid that it will also be unstable." Lu Yuan thought of something else.

In the past few months, perhaps it is the success of the Pingshu army that has given the imperial court great confidence.

Therefore, the news channel between Xichuan County and the outside world, which was originally blocked by Xishu, was also reopened by the imperial court.

As a result, the various situations in Xichuan County were finally known to the outside world.

This kind of practice, in the case of smooth sailing in the imperial court and successive victories, is naturally excellent.

When the news of the victory in the war reaches the rear, it can effectively inspire the self-confidence of the people at home and dampen the morale of those rebels.

And that's exactly what happened.

With the successive victories of the Pingshu army, the rebellions in Dongting County have died down a lot.

Some of the Miao rebels who were controlled by the Five Poisons Sect saw that the imperial court was revived. Some timid tribes have begun to collect their troops and go home, hide back in the cottages, and become their own good citizens.

And the military leaders who were gradually rising in Dongting County also changed their unruly and domineering temperament in the past, and re-accepted the orders of the imperial court and county government respectfully.

All of this can be based on the premise that the imperial court has always won great victories.

Now Wu'anhou has been defeated, and more than half of the Pingshu army has been lost.

This news can no longer be hidden, and after it reaches the rear, the situation, which has already begun to gradually stabilize, will certainly have another twist and turn.

Dongting County is definitely going to get even more chaotic.

The Miao people may be even more arrogant, and careerists in some places can't help but stand up and learn from Li Xiong to call the emperor a rebellion.

Even other county governments in the imperial court will emerge careerists like the Five Poisons Sect and stand up to rebel.

"The state is getting hard."

Thinking of these thousands of things, Lu Yuan also had a headache.

But in the face of these problems, he can't do much.

In the final analysis, Lu Yuan is just a first-class master, and he is just a miscellaneous general who has mastered an army of 15,000 at the same time.

This bit of power may be quite strong at the local level, and it is enough to affect the situation of a county and a government.

But if it is placed in the world, between countries, it is nothing.

Not to mention the three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang and Yue, there are hundreds of thousands of troops each.

Even the Five Poison Sect in Dongting County, the hundreds of thousands of Miao rebels that the other party had, were not something that Lu Yuan could deal with.

"So the strength is still not enough."

After recognizing his weakness, Lu Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, put down the news, returned to the quiet room, and continued to practice in retreat.

Since no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't change the situation, so he simply didn't bother to care about these bad things.

The sky fell, and there was a tall man on top of it.

In this Dayue country, there is naturally Emperor Hongdao and those nobles to worry about.

I'm just a local petty official, just a worker, what do I do to worry about the boss?

……

With a clear understanding of himself, Lu Yuan continued to be an ascetic.

Now that he has completed the transformation of the six meridians, he will work hard again to complete the remaining six meridians within two months.

Then you can try to move on to the more difficult scriptures.

Moreover, in addition to the transfer of exercises, the practice of Chiyang palming, Chiyang fingering, and Chiyang swordsmanship cannot be left behind.

In the past two months, in addition to cultivating the mind method, Lu Yuan has also set aside two hours every day to practice these three external moves.

After actually learning, the progress is also quite gratifying.

After all, his realm is here, especially since he has also practiced the Liuyun Palm before, so he has a certain foundation for the palm technique.

Therefore, this time, Lu Yuan deliberately picked the Chiyang palm technique to practice, and then relied on the experience base to quickly get started with this set of first-class palm techniques.

In just two months.

Although he didn't dare to say that he had already mastered the technique, some of the basic moves of this master's technique had also been learned.

I don't dare to say how powerful it is, but now that the six meridians that have been transferred to the cultivation have been completed, the moves they cooperate with have been able to be used completely and smoothly.

However, the deeper the Chiyang Palm Technique, the more complex it is to learn, and the more meridians that are cooperated in the back, the more knowledge and skills need to be mastered, and it is not as easy to practice as it is now.

It may take longer to practice this set of palm techniques than to practice the Chiyang Mind Method, and it is normal to practice for three or five years, or even longer.

And if you want to complete the cultivation, the remaining two fingering and swordsmanship, then the time may be counted in ten years.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan has no other specialties, that is, he can live.

For him, this time is no problem at all, just get through it slowly.

As long as he has the goal of continuing to rise and move forward, Lu Yuan's mentality is still quite flat in terms of improving his strength.

After all, what he originally wanted was to recruit troops and train the army, that is, to snatch the exercises of those first-class sects.

Now that everything is in hand, there is naturally no hurry.

Of course.

If he finished cultivating the Chiyang Divine Skill and saw the limit of the realm again, he would naturally prepare again and look for an opportunity to break through the innate nature.

But at that time, let him go and rob the Innate Sect, this is not daring.

Innate grandmaster and first-class master, the gap between this is still very big.

Lu Yuan just wanted to improve his realm, and he didn't want to die.

"So I guess at that time, I should only choose to slowly study and create my own skills, and rely on time to boil out an innate technique, right?"

Thinking so in my heart, there is nothing to be frustrated about.

is still the same sentence, he is a Buddha now.

……

Here Lu Yuan is practicing in the Buddhist system, experiencing the transformation of the exercises every day, feeling the strength of the new Chiyang internal force, and spending every day in pleasure.

But he's having a good time.

But the people in the outside world are very unhappy.

After receiving the news of the fiasco of the Pingshu army, the imperial court waited for half a month before confirming that the Liang people did not make a comeback, but really retreated.

Immediately, he dispatched 150,000 troops from Northern Xinjiang and rushed to Xichuan County to aid the Pingshu army, which had been hit hard.

At the same time, in other counties, there were also many careerists who saw the decline of the imperial court and couldn't help but stand up and rebel.

But these guys, the strongest is just an ordinary first-class force, and they don't have the kind of top-notch first-class or even innate strength to participate.

That's why the rebellion came out, and it was directly suppressed and extinguished by the county governments in various places.

Later, the imperial court may have seen its own weakness, and it slowly changed its original national policy.

According to the latest news from Jingshi.

It is said that Emperor Hongdao has sent officials and envoys to Linhai County, where the Jingshi is located, to visit the local Baifeng Temple, a congenital sect, and it is rumored that he intends to invite the innate master of this temple, the holy monk Jihui, to preach Buddhism in the capital.

But that's just a rhetoric.

Secretly, it is rumored in the official face and in the rivers and lakes that the imperial court may want to canonize the holy monk Jihui as the protector of the country, and then use the power of the other party, and even the Baifeng Temple behind the other party, to help the imperial court stabilize the increasingly chaotic world.

If this matter can be accomplished, it may be that in the next step, the envoys of the imperial court will go to the Liuyang faction of Yuzhang County, the Nanhai faction of Nanhai County, and other innate sects.

In the end, maybe there will be several more national teachers in the imperial court.

In times of crisis, instead of saving the country with virtuous ministers and good generals, he turned to the reckless and monk monks in the rivers and lakes to seal them as national teachers.

This operation is really a bit of the country's demise, and there must be a demonic atmosphere.

Let's see where Da Yue can go in the end.

Lu Yuan only sighed twice about these news when he was idle and drinking tea, and then ignored them.

No matter whether the court is dancing with demons or not, no matter how chaotic this world is, as long as Shaoyang Mansion is stable and the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands are stable, the world will be turned upside down, and he will not do his own business.

However, he sat and watched the world rise and fall like this, and my leisurely days in the world lasted only another three months before they had to end.

In the middle of the month.

Just as the New Year was approaching, after more than three months of hard cultivation, Lu Yuan finally completed the transformation of the twelve canons of the Chiyang Mind Method, and even transformed a strange scripture, successfully cultivating this mind method to a first-class realm.

At this point, although there are still two strange scriptures left that have not been converted, but with this skill, he has once again reached the first-class realm.

But it was at this time that before Lu Yuan could rejoice in the transformation of his mind and make a major breakthrough, a bad news came over.

"The Seven Star Gate of Luyang Mansion plotted a rebellion, and now it has raised 30,000 troops and has captured the city of Luyang Mansion. At this time, he led the army north, and the troops approached Hengyang Fucheng.

An order has been issued from the county guard, asking you to immediately lead your troops to Hengyang Mansion to suppress this rebellion. ”

In the barracks outside the city, the prefect Cui Changqing personally came and pulled out Lu Yuan, who was in a leisurely retreat, and said with a solemn face.