"The Seven Star Gate has rebelled?"

When Lu Yuan heard Cui Changqing's words, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

Qixingmen is one of the few first-class factions in Dongting County.

It is rumored that this skill is cultivated to the depths of the essence, and the seven stars in the body can be opened, and when the fist is out, seven kinds of internal forces can be exerted, and it is like seven people at the same time.

What's even more rare is that the Seven Star Fist exercise, its mental method can still be cultivated to the third wonder scripture, which belongs to the first-class exercises, and is at the intermediate level.

Relying on this merit, the Seven Star Sect has always been in the role of leader among several first-class sects in Dongting County.

When Lu Yuan had the idea of snatching the exercises, the Seven Star Gate was the first target.

However, this idea, as he obtained the Red Sun Divine Skill, gradually gave up.

But it didn't come to pass, Lu Yuan didn't go to the other party's idea, Qixingmen, but jumped out by himself and started a rebellion.

That's really ......

Speechless for a long time, Lu Yuan looked at Cui Changqing, and finally asked, "Do you have to go to quell the rebellion?" ”

Now that he has transferred his exercises, he has reached a critical moment, and only the last two meridians are needed to completely transform the internal force in his body into the internal force of the red sun.

As long as you wait another three or four months, your strength will be able to return to its peak.

Therefore, at this time, Lu Yuan really didn't want to fight any counterinsurgency war.

The Seven Star Gate is also a first-class faction, and there are many masters in the gate, which is already difficult to deal with.

Now it has pulled up 30,000 soldiers and horses.

You don't care if these soldiers and horses are a rabble or not, at least the number is scary enough.

Lu Yuan only has 15,000 people in his hands?

To fight each other, that is a dozen two.

Even if the soldiers and horses on his side are well-trained and elite, they should have a good chance of winning against the rabble that the opponent has just pulled up.

But together, there are endless variables. Who knew that this battle would be won?

What if there is a risk of losing?

Lu Yuan is very precious to his own life, so he doesn't want to take any risks when he is weak!

"The county government has issued a death order, General Fenwu, you must send troops, otherwise you will send an envoy to hold you accountable." Seeing his obvious shirk, Cui Changqing was a little speechless.

In fact, in the past few months, since Lu Yuan took over the position of General Fenwu, he has not performed his duties much except for recruiting troops and expanding the army.

The scene that the county government originally expected Lu Yuan to recruit enough soldiers and horses to fight everywhere to quell the rebellion and suppress the local thieves did not appear at all.

Opposite.

The new general of Fenwu, after recruiting enough people, has been shrinking at the boundary of Shaoyang Mansion and refuses to move.

This posture once made people think that he wanted to support the army and self-respect and divide the place.

But when I looked down later, I found that Lu Yuan neither interfered in local affairs, nor did he grab territory, and he didn't even care much about the army, and he let his subordinates deal with all kinds of ordinary affairs.

This kind of behavior and posture does not look like he wants to be a warlord.

So in the end, everyone came to a conclusion.

This Fenwu general, who seems to have great achievements, is actually a lazy person, and he may be a little cowardly, afraid of death and afraid to fight.

As soon as the results came out, everyone was naturally speechless.

The county government even ordered several times to apply for punishment, asking Lu Yuan to lead troops to attack.

But no matter what the above says, people just don't move.

And in this troubled world, there is such a person who has no ambition and is strong at the same time. Seriously, it's not a bad thing for the imperial court.

In addition, the county government was also afraid of forcing Lu Yuan to rebel, so in the end, he said a few times, and after seeing that it was useless, he stopped caring about him.

So with the previous examples, Lu Yuan still wanted to learn from the past experience at this time, and directly pushed this matter away.

But now it seems that this kind of behavior is not working.

I saw Cui Changqing in front of him with a serious expression, and said extremely seriously: "Hengyang Mansion is a major grain producing mansion in our county, accounting for more than thirty percent of the county's grain output. Now the 150,000 troops in northern Xinjiang have been transferred to Xichuan, and nearly half of the grain has to be supplied by our county.

If the traitors of Qixingmen are allowed to capture this mansion, then the 200,000 Pingshu army in Xichuan will be cut off from food.

To win the battle, sufficient money and food are the most important thing.

The loss of Hengyang Mansion and the shortage of grain are very likely to lead to the defeat of the Pingshu army.

This matter is related to the fortunes of the country, and the imperial court is watching it very closely, and the county keeper cannot afford this responsibility.

Therefore, if you delay it any longer this time, then the county government may send another general to take over the military power of the 15,000-strong army here. ”

Cui Changqing's tone was gloomy, and his eyes were staring at Lu Yuan.

With his understanding of this person, if someone really comes to take over the military power, the other party will definitely not let go.

At that time, there was a conflict with the envoy of the county government, and maybe he would force Lu Yuan to rebel.

And with Lu Yuan's strength, if he really wants to rebel, then Dongting County will really be finished.

This situation is naturally something that Cui Changqing, a good official who is worried about the country and the people, does not want to see it.

Therefore, after receiving the order from the county government, he personally ran to announce it, in order to persuade the other party to agree.

If the old man's persuasion doesn't work, then the virtuous son-in-law can only be used. With the relationship between the virtuous son-in-law and Lu Fenwu, he will definitely be able to move the other party. Governor Cui was preparing for the other hand.

Being stared at a little hairy, Lu Yuan hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, can't I send troops?" I sent troops. ”

It was his friend's father-in-law who came to persuade him, and if he didn't give face, he really couldn't do it.

And Lu Yuan also roughly knew in his heart that the imperial court should tolerate himself to the limit. At this time, if you still play this set, you will really turn your face.

He doesn't want to fall out with the court yet.

How to say it, the imperial court now also has four innate grandmasters, as well as hundreds of thousands of troops, and its strength is not weak.

And judging from the operations seen during this time, they are still trying to win over those innate sects on the rivers and lakes. If the imperial court is really done, then Dayue, which has gradually sunken tendencies, may be able to hold out for another few decades.

It's not a good time to turn your face at this time.

'That's it, isn't it just sending troops?' The county government only asked me to save Hengyang Mansion, but it didn't say that I must suppress the Seven Star Gate.

It's a big deal, I'll bring these 10,000 soldiers and horses to Hengyang Mansion and fight back those thieves who have entered the palace.

You really don't have to fight each other to the death. ’

With this idea of touching the fish in his heart, Lu Yuan said that he finally let Cui Changqing leave.

This old man is indeed a good official for the country and the people, and it is rare that he is not old-fashioned and pedant, and his personality is quite open-minded.

In the past two years, Lu Yuan has gotten along with each other, and the relationship is okay.

Even in the past few months, when he was fishing, he did not cooperate less.

Therefore, the face that should be given at this time should still be given.

……

Although it was decided to send troops, the army was to move, and it was not something that could be set off casually.

After Cui Changqing returned, he immediately began to write in the official mansion, and asked his subordinates to start preparing grain and grass for the army.

Fifteen thousand soldiers, even if they fought in the county, would need the same number of men to ensure supplies, and 30,000 men would eat and chew, which was not a small number.

If you don't prepare in advance, these tens of thousands of people will go hungry.

So in the next few days, up to Cui Changqing and down to the low-level officials, they all had a great time.

The county government is busy here, and Lu Yuan here is also starting to take action.

Inside the barracks.

The soldiers who were on vacation were summoned by order, and the soldiers who were undergoing training were also notified to go on the expedition. An inventory of the arsenal of weapons in the barracks began to ensure that there would be no problems in wartime.

A huge military camp was lively in an instant.

Five days passed like this, the county government had collected the masters, grain and grass, and the military camp was finally ready to go out.

So Lu Yuan didn't delay any longer, and directly ordered to go on the expedition.

The army was mighty, stepping on the flying dust, stretching for more than ten miles, and embarked on the journey.

Hengyang Mansion is on the edge of Shaoyang Mansion, Lu Yuan marched fifty miles a day, only walked for six days, and then entered the territory of this mansion. Then after four days' journey, they arrived at Hengyang City.

When he arrived here, he was a little surprised, because there was no trace of the rebels of the Seven Star Gate here.

'Didn't you say that the 30,000 troops of the Seven Star Gate had arrived in Hengyang Mansion? Lu Yuan felt a little strange in his heart.

Subsequently, when meeting with the prefect of Hengyang, who came to greet him, he couldn't help but ask the questions in his heart.

"Back to Lu Fenwu, since the palace detectives learned the news that the Seven Star Thieves were going north, they urgently dispatched militia groups from all over the country and gathered 10,000 people. Then another 2,000 soldiers were dispatched, 12,000 men, and went south to block the enemy.

Now the army in the house is being led by Zhu's commander, blocking the thieves in Changning County in the south and keeping the enemy out of the border. ”

This Hengyang prefect is surnamed Jiang, and he and Lu Yuan are also old acquaintances.

When he led the army out to recruit troops last year, he once passed by Hengyang Mansion and helped the other party repel a group of Miao people in the territory, and he has known each other since then.

Therefore, when it came to the battlefield in Changning County at this time, Governor Jiang's face was a little strange, and he looked at Lu Yuan twice.

Lu Yuan also knew what the other party was thinking, it was nothing more than that he had been in Changning for six years, and now it had become a battlefield, so he was afraid that he would think too much.

But this is obviously a lot of concern.

Although he has been in Changning County for six years, Lu Yuan is indeed very happy.

But his happiness is based on the conditions of coexistence with Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen.

If these two people are lost, Changning will be just an ordinary small county town for him.

Now that his friends and apprentices have all left Changning, this place has no special meaning for Lu Yuan.

Therefore, at this time, he just said very calmly: "Since this is the case, then the Japanese general will lead the army south to meet the thieves." ”

Today, I drove dozens of miles, and it was not early.

Although it was not that he couldn't travel for a while, Lu Yuan felt that it was safer to camp near Fucheng in this strange place.

Anyway, there are still tens of thousands of local soldiers and horses in Hengyang Mansion in the south, and those seven-star traitors can't be beaten for the time being, so what's the hurry?

At night, he refused the invitation to the banquet of the Jiang Governor's Mansion, and Lu Yuan hid in a hidden military tent in the barracks, and did not live in the general's tent on the surface.

When you go out, you can't be safer than in Shaoyang Mansion.

Considering that he still had the deep hatred of the Five Poisons Sect on his back, and the possibility of being assassinated by the Innate Grandmaster, he didn't dare to be careless about his safety at such a time.

Therefore, in the entire military camp, in addition to the commander's tent on the surface, Lu Yuan also arranged five camp tents in the dark.

But the camp tent in the shadows is only the first layer of cover for the enemy. Of the five tents, he didn't live in any of them.

Instead, he chose to prepare ten second-tier dark tents under the dark tent. Lu Yuan will randomly select one of these ten tents to move into.

Where to live, before the moment of choice, even he did not know.

With such layers of care and preparation, we strive to do our best in our safety work.

Although judging from the current situation, no one is really bold enough to assassinate him in the midst of hosts.

But be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

It's always okay to be prepared and find a few more ways to go back.

As an immortal with a long lifespan, Lu Yuan can be regarded as racking his brains about his safety, and he is extremely stable.

At this time, he hid in the random camp tent he prepared, and the whole person felt safe and confident, and began to practice martial arts with confidence.

Although it is very tiring to march every day, the matter of practicing martial arts to improve strength cannot be let go.

If you can improve your strength, you will have a little more guarantee for your own safety.

In order to save his life in this troubled era, Lu Yuan also fought hard.

And with his efforts, the transformation of the internal force of the second Sutra is also progressing smoothly, and now nearly half of it has been completed.

According to this speed, it will take more than half a month to complete the transformation of this meridian.

The night was silent, nothing happened, and it passed in the blink of an eye.

……

Day 2.

When the sky was about to dawn, Lu Yuan woke up on time from a short sleep, and then gathered his own personal guards at the location set in the camp tent.

At this time, the sergeants who had rested for the night also began to wake up, tidying up the camp tents, while the firehead soldiers were cooking breakfast, preparing for the soldiers to eat and drink enough, and then continue to hurry.

Surrounded by a large army, Lu Yuan's sense of security returned.

After using the carefully prepared breakfast prepared by the military chef he brought, he digested it.

He immediately took the whip and led the army on his way south.

After two more days of travel, finally on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the army arrived at the battlefield in Changning County.

Although it is already the time of the New Year, the atmosphere here in Changning County is particularly solemn.

In the fields, you can see a large number of abandoned and burned houses, stinking and rotting human bones, and you can see several bodies on the road every mile you walk.

Some villages that were still a little populated, after seeing the army coming, were also frightened and trembling, and a few people who had barely gathered together, led by the elderly people in the village, trembled and sent some food and supplies, praying that the army would not enter the village to harass.

Lu Yuan looked at them, and without thinking too much, he knew that these villagers must have been victimized by soldiers and bandits.

When he led his army to various places to quell the rebellion last year, he saw many beast armies who were soldiers in name, but in fact they were doing things worse than bandits.

The militia groups pulled out by those local heroes are ostensibly armed by the imperial court, but in fact they are completely private troops.

These guys don't have much constraint when they do things.

In order to reap the benefits, there are many crazy things to do.

With a sigh in his heart for these suffering people, Lu Yuan did not accept the supplies sent by the other party. This little thing is a drop in the bucket for his army, and it is not enough for even one person.

But for the village, it is likely to be the only food ration.

In the cold winter, the villagers are also very difficult, and now it is the Chinese New Year, so it is better not to push people to a desperate place and make a tragedy of starvation.

After appeasing these villagers and asking about the battlefield situation, Lu Yuan ordered the army not to disturb the people, and then turned his horse forward.

The army continued on for a while, and soon came to a small town.

The town is protected by a two-metre-high earthen wall, and there are even several towers behind it, which are guarded by people.

At this time, those people saw that a large army was coming, and they immediately became nervous. Fortunately, after seeing clearly that it was the imperial army, he was a little relieved.

But even so, the gates of the town were closed and had no intention of opening.

Just like the previous village.

In troubled times, sometimes soldiers are more vicious than bandits.

This town is probably also afraid that the soldiers will enter the city and cause something uncontrollable.

The people are afraid of the soldiers, and they really don't know what to say.

Maybe I can only sigh, I'd rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person.

When Lu Yuan arrived at the entrance of the town, there was already a man dressed as a gentry in the town, sitting on the wall with a hanging basket, and walking over at a trot with two retinues.

After seeing Lu Yuan, the gentleman was taken aback.

But this man had seen him.

Lu Yuan also thought about it, and then remembered that this was one of the squires who had attended the visit when he was in the school field.

But it can only be a scholarly family, the family has a poetry and book heirloom, and he is not interested in buying officials and joining the army, so he chatted with Lu Yuan at that time, and there was no friendship.

But things are changing too fast.

Four years ago, Dayue was still singing and dancing, and the sea was clear.

At that time, reading, literacy, and fame were the best way out for many people.

But today, four years later, Da Yue is already full of thieves and rebellion.

Even Changning County was invaded by thieves, and Huo Huo became what he is now.

This kind of situation is really embarrassing.

chatted with this gentleman for a few words, and listened to the other party talk about the relocation of Changning County in recent years.

After learning that this place is also full of disasters, and has encountered Miao bandits and bandits several times, and even the county seat has been broken once, he also sighed again and again.

But before the two of them could say more, the vanguard in front of them had already arrived in a hurry.

After saluting, he said that the vanguard army had fought with those seven-star thieves, and now they had routed a peripheral force of the enemy.

Then the scouts probed and found that the enemy numbered about 20,000 and had surrounded the county seat of Changning.

However, there are still imperial soldiers and horses camped outside the city, although they are also closed and do not go out. But there are still people outside the city who are horns for each other, and they are not completely blocked in the city, and the situation of the court officers and soldiers over there should not be too bad.

When Lu Yuan heard the news, he didn't care to say more.

After bidding farewell to the gentry, he led the army and joined the vanguard.