As soon as the New Year passed, Lu Yuan began to get busy again.

Now half a year has passed, and before participating in Tianluo***, the 15,000 new soldiers he recruited have been training for half a year, and they can barely be regarded as a preliminary army.

According to the usual practice, when the new pawns have been trained to this extent, they need to be pulled out to experience and experience, find some enemies to fight a few battles, and accumulate some battlefield experience.

It is only a closed-door training, and it is impossible to train elite soldiers.

Only by practicing and fighting can we get the elite soldiers of a hundred battles.

However, without the current situation, whether to send troops or not made Lu Yuan a little entangled.

Nowadays, in Dongting County, although there are constant riots in various places, the two main battlefields, Yueyang Mansion and Shaoyang Mansion, are generally stable.

The two battlefields, the court and the thief army, are basically evenly matched, and no one can help anyone.

Judging from the current situation, this situation will be able to be maintained for a long time.

Lu Yuan is now at the critical moment of breaking through the innate nature, everything is based on stability, and he doesn't want to have any big changes for the time being and disrupt the process of his breakthrough.

At this time, if he rashly mobilizes troops, it will undoubtedly break this stable situation and produce unpredictable variables.

Therefore, there was inevitably some hesitation about whether to use troops.

"Now the battle situation in Dongting County has risen to the innate level. With my current strength, rashly breaking the equilibrium is very likely to attract the attention of the Innate Grandmaster.

At that time, I still wanted to dive in and cultivate with peace of mind like I do now, but it was basically impossible.

This will undoubtedly slow down my ability to break through the innate speed.

But if I don't do anything, I can't afford to raise 60,000 soldiers now. Lu Yuan frowned.

Raising soldiers is very expensive.

A soldier is paid five taels of silver a month. He had 60,000 soldiers under his command, and he needed 300,000 taels of silver every month alone.

Now, half a year has passed, and 1.8 million taels of military pay alone have been spent.

Up to now, Lu Yuan has only about 500,000 taels of money left.

This amount of money will last for two months at most.

If, after two months, no new sources of income can be found, and no money can be paid, then even if the army can last for a while, it is inevitable that the army will be weakened.

In this way, the soldiers who have been trained with great difficulty will be scrapped.

Whether to send troops or not to send troops made Lu Yuan quite entangled.

However, his entanglement did not last long. Soon a message came from the north that made his decision.

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On December 16 of the fifth year of Hongdao, after the logistics road was cut off for nearly a year, the Pingshu army of the imperial court in Xichuan County had no supplies for a long time, and the military salary was not paid for several months, and there was a shortage of grain and grass.

As a last resort, the army changed from the original two meals a day to one meal a day, and most of them were gruel.

As a result, the soldiers began to complain.

On the sixth day of the first month of the sixth year of Hongdao, there were soldiers in Yuzhong City who made a noise and robbed the people in the city. Then he was suppressed by the Marquis of Wu'an, and nearly 100 heads were killed, so he finally shocked the sergeants and soldiers and maintained military discipline.

But this is the only time, the Israeli army in the city is in turmoil, and the soldiers are suspicious and distrustful of each other.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the defenders of Liujiang County, an important town in the north of Yuzhong Prefecture, took the lead in the rebellion, expelled the county guards, and rebelled with 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city.

These rebels sacked the county seat, and after plundering it, they sent people to contact the Zhou army in the north to surrender the city.

As a result, the barrier on the north side of Yuzhong Mansion was lost.

On the tenth day of the first month of the same month, in Wushan Mansion, the rear of Yuzhong Mansion, some defenders were dissatisfied with the lack of food and salary, and there was chaos, affecting several counties. The government cannot be controlled, and the situation is erosive.

In desperation, Marquis Wu Anhou sent a general of his cronies to lead 10,000 troops to fight.

However, halfway through the counterinsurgency army, there were generals and colonels who led the soldiers to make noise, refusing to pay food and wages, and refused to move forward.

The general who led the army was furious and led his own troops to suppress it, which caused public anger, and the generals of the battalions attacked him, killed the general, and then rebelled on the spot and plundered the neighboring counties.

When Bai Mengyang, Marquis of Wu'an, heard the news, he immediately wanted to personally lead the troops and suppress these rebellious soldiers.

But at this time, it took half a year for the Zhou-Shu coalition army to finally deal with the earthquake disaster and quell the rebellion in the rear.

Even in the past six months, he has re-accumulated enough food, grass, soldiers and horses, and has the strength to send troops.

At this time, seeing the turmoil within the Pingshu army, the coalition army naturally would not miss the opportunity, and immediately raised 150,000 troops to attack Yuzhong Mansion.

Faced with the pressure of the enemy's army, Bai Mengyang naturally couldn't care about quelling the chaos, so he had to gather his troops and horses and stick to the enemy in Fucheng.

But at this time, after two rebellions, there are only more than 20,000 defenders left in Yuzhong Fucheng, and they have been starving for a long time, so how much combat power is there?

Therefore, after defending for less than half a month, some low-level generals and soldiers, after being forced to go to the city to guard, found an opportunity, turned against them on the spot, opened the city gate, and let the enemy troops outside the city enter the city.

Bai Mengyang, the Marquis of Wu'an, who heard the news, personally took action and wanted to recapture the city gate. But he was stopped by the four innate grandmasters outside the city who had been prepared for a long time, and besieged it again.

This time, without the escort of the army, Bai Mengyang's military spirit could not exert his full strength at all.

After only fighting the four grandmasters for a moment, he retreated and fled wounded. I didn't dare to stop on the road, and went all the way to Tianmen Mansion.

Subsequently, the defenders of the city did not put up much resistance, most of them surrendered, and Yuzhongfu fell.

Three days later, the Zhou Shu joint army pursued the victory and killed Wushan Mansion. More than 10,000 rebels who rebelled in the area surrendered directly.

The Zhou and Shu coalition forces were incorporated all the way, and soon led the troops to Tianmen Mansion and joined up with the 100,000 Zhou soldiers there.

For a time, the coalition army swelled to 300,000 people, and the momentum was overwhelming.

At this time, Bai Mengyang finally stopped and stayed in Tianmen Mansion.

Because of the proximity to Yueyang Mansion, money and food can be guaranteed to a certain extent, so the morale of the army can be maintained, and there will be no rebellion.

So this Marquis of Wu'an gathered the imperial soldiers and horses of Tianmen Mansion, and led 50,000 people to hold on to the palace city, blocking the footsteps of the 300,000 enemy troops and preventing them from crossing the river wantonly.

But with a six-fold gap in strength between the two sides, Bai Mengyang can only hold on to the city at most, and it is really difficult to say how much blocking effect it can have.

Even how long the city can be defended is now unknown.

Maybe in a few days, in two months, Tianmen Mansion will also follow in the footsteps of Yuzhong Mansion and Wushan Mansion and be trapped by thieves.

But no matter what the fate of Tianmen Mansion was, 300,000 enemy troops entered Dongting County and watched from across the river, which undoubtedly put great pressure on Shangguan Ming.

Even the Zhou and Miao coalition forces, which were originally cowering in Anxiang and Shiyang, began to move after hearing the news from the north, and there were faint signs of sending troops to Baling City again.

The Five Poisons Sect even mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses from the rear to increase the front line, so that the Zhou and Miao coalition forces in Yueyang Mansion once again recovered 100,000 people.

As a result, there were 300,000 enemy troops in Jiangbei and 100,000 in Jiangnan.

The 400,000 army pressed the border, but the imperial court defenders in the north only had the 50,000 army of Bai Mengyang in Tianmen Mansion City, and the 90,000 army of Shangguanyang in Baling City.

In terms of the innate grandmasters, Zhou, Shu, and Miao are united, and there are six people, but there are only three people on the court side.

With a gap of more than twice the strength of the army and twice the gap of the top combat power, the situation is simply not bad for the imperial court.

In this case, Lu Yuan's old acquaintances, the Shangguan brothers and sisters, came to Luyang City again.

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"Marquis Wu Cheng wants me to send troops north to attack Wuling Mansion?"

In the living room, Lu Yuan looked at Shangguan Guangbai who explained his intention in front of him, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Yes, Brother Lu."

Shangguan Guangbai nodded, and then said seriously: "Now the thieves of Zhou, Shu, and Miao have converged, and the number has reached 400,000. My father had only 90,000 soldiers, so he couldn't fight against him.

Inevitably, the battle situation collapsed, so that the thieves drove straight in, and my father hopes that you can lead your troops to attack Wuling Mansion and smash the lair of the Five Poisons Sect.

If the Five Poisons Sect can be forced to withdraw from Yueyang Mansion, then without those 60,000 Miao soldiers, the pressure on Baling City will be greatly reduced.

In this way, my father could take the opportunity to sweep the Zhou soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and then deploy defenses along the river to block the enemy in the north of the river. ”

The land of the ten prefectures of Dongting County is divided into two pieces by the Yangtze River.

Jiangbei is Tianmen Mansion, Jiangnan is headed by Yueyang Mansion, and the other nine prefectures.

Therefore, if Lu Yuan can attract the 60,000 Miao soldiers of the Five Poisons Sect, then there are less than 40,000 Zhou soldiers left in the land south of the Yangtze River.

In this way, Shangguan Ming was able to quickly sweep away the 40,000 Zhou soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River with 90,000 people.

Solve these Zhou people entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, no one responds in the south of the Yangtze River, so relying on the benefits of the boats and sailors of the Yue Kingdom, they can deploy defenses along the Yangtze River and block the 300,000 allied troops of Zhou and Shu in the north north of the Yangtze River.

At that time, even if Tianmen Mansion fell and there was a sailor, the Zhou people would not be able to cross the river.

I have to say, this is indeed an excellent strategy.

It's just that......

Lu Yuan looked at Shangguan Guangbai and said in a calm tone: "Guangbai, although there are 60,000 soldiers in our department, 40,000 of them are all recruits who have been trained for less than a year, and they don't have much combat power.

The Miao people of Wuling Mansion, although they have been transferred several times, as far as I know, there are still more than 10,000 people left in the place to guard.

If you want to attack this place, you need 30,000 elite soldiers to shake it.

But Shaoyang Mansion in my jurisdiction was still attacked by tens of thousands of Miao people, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were held back there, unable to move.

To the south of Luyang Mansion, there are also 30,000 Miao soldiers eyeing each other, and they also need to be watched here.

In such a situation, it is really difficult for me to mobilize troops. ”

Although what Shangguan Guangbai said is very reasonable, Shangguan Ming, the Marquis of Wu Cheng, has no problem formulating a strategy.

But for the sake of the overall situation, why should Lu Yuan be allowed to attract firepower to the other party and attract the main force of the Five Poisons Sect away?

That's 60,000 Miao soldiers!

Attracting these people back, wouldn't it be like replacing Lu Yuan with Lu Yuan to bear the pressure that originally belonged to Shangguan Ming?

Even when the main force of the Five Poisons Sect returns and merges the Miao soldiers of Wuling Mansion and Shaoyang Mansion, then Lu Yuan will face an army of more than 100,000 Miao people, and there may even be Lan Cai'er, the innate grandmaster, among them.

And what about Lu Yuan's strength?

There are more than 10,000 veterans of a hundred battles, about 50,000 recruits, and maybe 10,000 or 20,000 prefecture and county militias.

Yes, this is nearly 80,000 horses, which is indeed enough to compete with the Five Poisons Sect, and even be able to fight back and forth.

But after such a battle, Lu Yuan's strength loss, you don't have to think about it, you know how big it will be.

If you count Lan Cai'er, the assassination that will almost inevitably come, the risk is multiplied.

Although Lu Yuan joined the Ten Grandmasters Program of the Imperial Court, he and Shangguan Ming were allies with common interests.

But no matter how allies they are, they can't pay without a bottom line?

Why did Shangguan Ming let him pay such a price.

In the name of the top boss, or is it just a bit of a beautiful daughter?

"Brother Lu......" Shangguan Haiyue also pleaded at this time, and wanted to come forward, but was quickly stopped by an indifferent gaze, and her face turned slightly pale.

Lu Yuan just glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze.

Although he is about to break through the innate nature, he is already thinking about whether to marry someone and begin to approach women.

But just a woman, she wants to sell her life, and she can only say that the other party thinks too beautiful.

Shangguan Guangbai next to him saw this scene and lamented in his heart, knowing that the strategy of impressing the other party with beauty and pornography was already unworkable.

Although realistically speaking, there is not much affection between them and Lu Yuan.

However, this strategy did not work, but the strategy set by my father still had to continue.

Therefore, Shangguan Guangbai changed his attitude and said: "Brother Lu, I think you also know that if my father is defeated, the entire Dongting County will fall into the hands of the enemy.

Brother Lu, you live in Dongting County, isolated from the Miao people in the north and south, and the Five Poisons Sect has long hated it. When the time comes, how can they easily let you go?

At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops will go south, how can the eldest brother stop it?

So my father and Brother Lu are really cold lips and teeth, interdependent, and no one can leave anyone. ”

However, Lu Yuan didn't buy this set of rhetoric, and only said with a smile: "If Marquis Wu Cheng really leads the troops to retreat, it's a big deal that I will retreat." Luyang Mansion is not far from Yuzhang County, and after a few days' travel, you can withdraw to Yuzhang County.

When I let this side out, will those Zhou people still be able to chase after me?

Even if they really chase after them, would they prefer to chase the main force of the imperial court of Marquis Wu Cheng, or chase me, a small partial army? ”

When Shangguan Guangbai heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

What Lu Yuan said is very reasonable, the Zhou soldiers crossed the river and went south, which was to destroy the country.

It is impossible for them to let the main army of the imperial court not chase after them, and instead divide their energy to find trouble with Lu Yuan, a partial army who has been fishing.

By then, the Zhou people had already crossed the river, and the imperial court would have to exhaust its energy if it wanted to deal with the danger of destroying the country, so naturally it had no spare strength to trouble Lu Yuan.

Even the other way around, he had to appease him, a local prince with a heavy army, lest he lead people to directly join the Zhou people.

After all, an innate grandmaster, or an innate grandmaster with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, has such strength, even if it is Zhou Guo, he will give a good treatment.

At least it won't be worse than Li Xiong and the Five Poisons Sect.

So thinking about it this way, Lu Yuan's retreat is indeed very big.

The current crisis for Shangguan Ming, the crisis for the imperial court, for him, it is really not necessarily a crisis of life and death.

Seeing that this last resort didn't work, Shangguan Guangbai was completely helpless.

Looking at Lu Yuan, who was not affectionate at all, he had to smile bitterly: "If the eldest brother really does this, I will have nothing to do." It's just that the eldest brother is also my Yue Ren in the end, do you really want to see those people who are killed by me?

I have no ill intentions here, I just want to save the country.

I maintain the national ancestry, I think it's a good thing for Brother Lu, right? ”

Lu Yuan glanced at Shangguan Guangbai and saw that he finally stopped being sloppy with himself, so he said: "As a person from the Yue Kingdom, I naturally don't want to see the Yue Kingdom perish. It's just that as soon as the upper and lower mouths moved, Wu Chenghou wanted me to send troops, which was too much.

You must know that I have soldiers and horses, but I raise them at my own expense. And I have to take risks when I fight against the Miao people.

The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and if they are not careful, they will lose their lives.

So it's okay for me to send troops, and I can also be considerate of the country's hardship, but some compensation that should be given, some assistance that should be given, always have to be given, right?

You can't let people be enthusiastic and work for the court without what you want, right? ”

The implication of this is that if I am allowed to send troops, I can, but I have to give money.

After all, Da Yue is the Da Yue of your six surnames and seven clans, and the court is also the court of your families.

Lu Yuan is not a person with vested interests, why should he bring his own dry food to work for these families.

How cheap does this have to be to do something wrong?

And Shangguan Guangbai saw that Lu Yuan finally relented, and was overjoyed, and immediately said: "What does Brother Lu want, just say that as long as he can do it, the court will not shirk it." ”

Lu Yuan said: "First of all, it is military salary. The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the court must give some opening fees. One million taels of silver, send them to me, and I will go on the expedition.

Also, the soldiers fought for the imperial court and worked hard for the imperial court, will the imperial court also have to bear the military salary in the future?

I have 60,000 soldiers, 300,000 taels of silver in a month, which must be given by the imperial court, and cannot be in arrears.

Is this possible? ”

Raising soldiers is burning money, and Lu Yuan can be said to have a deep understanding of this.

The expenditure of 300,000 taels of silver a month almost emptied his pocket.

At the moment, he was about to be unable to support it, but Shangguan Ming came to the door, so he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to transfer this pressure to the court.

Originally, the 60,000 soldiers and horses belonged to Lu Yuan's private army, and there was no way and excuse to ask the court for money.

But at this time, he helped the court fight, and the court couldn't help but give money, right?

Sure enough, after hearing this condition, Shangguan Guangbai hesitated, but still nodded and said, "Yes." A military salary of one million taels of silver will be delivered later. In the future, Brother Lu will command soldiers and horses, and the imperial court can also allocate them to Yuexiang. ”

Now, with the crushing defeat of the Pingshu army, the imperial court has lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. Without these soldiers, the DPRK and China will naturally have a surplus in their finances.

From these surpluses, it is not difficult to allocate a part of Lu Yuan's improper military salary.

That is to say, the court spends money to raise soldiers, which is a little uncomfortable.

But now that the country is in danger, as long as the Zhou soldiers can be repulsed, they can't care about anything.

Let's deal with the difficulties in front of us first.

Hearing that his conditions had been agreed, a smile suddenly appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

The financial crisis that plagued him finally found a solution, and he was naturally in a good mood.

So taking advantage of the interest, he put forward the second condition: "I will lead the Five Poisons Sect away, and the Holy Maiden of its sect is likely to follow." But there is no innate grandmaster in our army, and if you are above the battle formation, you will inevitably suffer a big loss if you encounter Lan Cai'er.

Therefore, if I want to send troops, the imperial court has to send me an innate grandmaster to sit in charge of Lan Cai'er.

Is this possible? ”