"If that's the case, then letting this woman escape this time won't be nothing."

Lu Yuan's face was slightly better when he heard Yan Wangqiu's words.

Although he couldn't get rid of Lan Cai'er, he felt a little regretful in his heart. But the other party is an innate grandmaster in the end, and it is not so easy to kill, which is expected.

But if the other party can be seriously injured and unable to make a move in this battle, then this time, it can be regarded as some gains.

The Miao people of the Five Poisons Sect lacked the combat power of an innate grandmaster, but they still had Yan Wangqiu, an old grandmaster, on their side.

Between the strength of the two sides, one plus and one minus, it is equivalent to more gaps between the two innate grandmasters.

This expedition against the Miao people may really have the hope of Keping.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan's heart was a little hot, and when he saw the generals gradually gathering around him, he couldn't help but say: "That demon girl has fled, but she has been seriously injured, and the Five Poisons Sect has no innate grandmaster to protect it at this time."

You immediately ordered your troops, treated the wounded, collected the bodies of the soldiers, and then continued the march.

In this battle, I must defeat the Miao thief. ”

Lu Yuan said categorically.

Now this great opportunity is rare in a lifetime, and he will never let it go.

"Yes."

When the surrounding generals heard the order, they immediately saluted and retreated, and went down to prepare.

Then, Lu Yuan and Yan Wangqiu, together with Yan Wangqiu, got into the newly prepared carriage again and continued to lead the army forward.

The attack was too sudden.

If it weren't even for Yan Wangqiu's early warning, he wouldn't have been able to detect that someone had assassinated him.

An innate grandmaster wants to hide, and it is too difficult to detect before he takes the initiative.

This also made Lu Yuan deeply feel the danger and horror of the Innate Grandmaster.

I also deeply felt how happy and safe I was to have an innate grandmaster as my bodyguard.

Therefore, after this experience, he couldn't help but pay more attention to Yan Wangqiu.

I have even made up my mind in my heart that during this battle, I must not be separated from the other party.

Otherwise, it's too insecure.

It is precisely because of this that he did not accuse Yan Wangqiu of his mistakes just now, but comforted him.

There's no way, I'm still counting on people to protect my life in the future!

At this time, you offend others, isn't this a joke with your own life?

Lu Yuan is not stupid, so he won't do this kind of thing.

Ten Thousand Poisonous True Qi is indeed powerful, and the smoke turned into this qi is basically a dead word for ordinary soldiers as long as it is inhaled a little.

Therefore, although Lan Cai'er killed fiercely, most of the people caused were direct deaths, and there were not many people who were really injured.

Except for a dozen lucky ones, who were lucky enough to save one life, most of the rest were corpses.

In addition to leaving some of the people to gather the bodies, bury them on the spot, and house the wounded by the way, the army soon reorganized its troops and continued to march on the road.

Lan Cai'er didn't find out the details of Lu Yuan this time, so she dared to assassinate her. As a result, it didn't work out, but he escaped with serious injuries.

The other party took the initiative to send a flaw, which caused the embarrassing situation of the lack of combat power at the top of his own family, Lu Yuan naturally wanted to follow the other party's wishes and return a big gift to the other party.

He was almost assassinated, such a big hatred, if he didn't retaliate back, he had been in vain for so many years.

At this time, if you don't take advantage of Lan Cai'er's injury to heal, kill more Miao people and grab more territory, you are sorry for the big gift sent by the other party.

At this time, it is time to race against time.

……

Just when Lu Yuan's side was vigorously marching and hurrying quickly.

Lan Cai'er, who had just escaped from the battlefield, endured the fatigue on her body after simply treating her wounds, and kept rushing to the rear all the way.

As Yan Wangqiu said, this Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect was hit hard by his true intentions, and it was difficult to recover from the stunt in a year and a half.

And the reason why Lan Caier can estimate the healing time so accurately is not because she is familiar.

Last time, she cooperated with Li Xiong and assassinated Li Liang, the Marquis of Wucheng, the governor of Dongting County.

At that time, both of them were just new to the congenital, and in the face of Li Liang's veteran grandmaster, although they occupied the first place in assassination, after a fight, she and Li Xiong were both seriously injured.

So after the assassination, the two immediately fled back to their lair to heal their wounds, not daring to come out again.

And that time of treatment, it took Lan Caier a full year to recover from her injuries. After that, it took another half a year to regain his vitality.

A grandmaster's fatal blow made her cultivate like this.

This time, Yan Wangqiu's cultivation was higher than Li Liang, and the sneak attack of the hundred-year-old grandmaster caused Lan Cai'er's injuries were even more serious than last time.

This time it was a big loss. ’

When she was hurrying away, Lan Cai'er realized the wound on her left shoulder, and her heart was depressed, which was simply unbearable.

In her feelings, it will take at least a year for her to recover from her injuries and continue to play normally. And if you want to fully recover, it will take another half a year.

If you want to regain your vitality, you have to add another half a year.

Judging from the current situation, the Five Poisons Sect is in danger, and the survival of the Miao people is here.

The imperial court, and that Lu Yuan, how could they give the Five Poisons Sect two years?

So when the time comes, it is inevitable that he will play with an injury.

The only question is how much time her enemies can give her to recuperate.

And before he can recover his injuries and be able to make a move, it is already a sure thing that the Five Poisons Sect will carry out strategic contraction and delay time.

With such an idea, Lan Caier rushed for a day and finally rushed to Xinhua County, Shaoyang Prefecture.

At the beginning, Lan Zhaoyun led the army to attack Shaoyang Mansion from the north and south, and after half a year, he leveled the three counties north of Shaoyang Mansion, and the troops pointed directly at Shaoyang Mansion.

It's a pity that the city of Shaoyang Mansion is well guarded, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers brought by Zhou Qing in the city to assist in the defense, as well as tens of thousands of county militia soldiers to assist. Coupled with Zhou Qing, he won the essence of Lu Yuan's stability, and let Lan Zhaoyun provoke and scold outside, but he still refused to go out of the city to face the battle.

Therefore, even if Lan Zhaoyun launched a large army and attacked in the near month, with tens of thousands of casualties, he failed to capture Fucheng.

On the contrary, he himself lost his troops one after another, and his morale was greatly reduced.

The militia-like team of the Miao people couldn't fight a tough battle at all, so in the end, they could only see that after Lan Cai'er successfully attacked the county town, he hated to lead the troops away and went north to reinforce his daughter.

However, although he left at the beginning, Lan Zhaoyun did not abandon the results of his southern expedition.

The three counties of Xinhua, Xinshao, and Longhui, which were captured in the north of Shaoyang Mansion, were still divided into thousands of troops by him in each county, leaving 10,000 people behind.

And the person in charge of this aspect of defense is Bai Shuxuan, an elder who was newly promoted to Shaoyang Mansion and is stationed in the local area.

Therefore, after arriving in Xinhua County, Lan Caier went straight to Bai Shuxuan, who was stationed here.

"Holy Maiden?"

When she saw Bai Shuxuan, the elder stationed on one side was immediately taken aback when he saw the holy woman's pale face and covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "Are you okay, do you want to heal?" The subordinates let people send healing medicine. ”

"No need." Lan Cai'er stopped Bai Shuxuan's movements and went straight to the point: "I went to assassinate Lu Yuan this time, but I didn't expect that he was protected by the Innate Grandmaster by his side, and the assassination failed, but he was besieged by his army.

After some fighting, he finally broke out of the encirclement.

But now I'm so badly hurt that for a year and a half, I can't do it anymore.

Now that the thieves have an innate grandmaster, without my control, the ten thousand people under your command will not be able to hold the three counties in the north of Shaoyang.

That's why I'm here to ask you to withdraw my troops.

Now the Holy Religion is in difficulty, and our people are in danger. No soldier can be wasted lightly.

Withdraw the people to the head sect and garrison Wuling Mansion, and wait for me to recover from my injuries, and then deal with the Yue people. ”

For the Innate Grandmaster, as long as the number of enemies does not exceed 10,000, then the innate entry is almost equivalent to indiscriminate killing.

Just like this time, Lan Cai'er was not restrained by Yan Wangqiu, and she could easily be killed from the encirclement of Lu Yuan's thousands of troops.

And if the innate grandmaster is equipped with soldiers and horses, it will be equivalent to Yan Wangqiu against Lan Cai'er this time, which is like a tiger with wings, and his power has directly increased several times.

With Yan Wangqiu, a veteran grandmaster, Lu Yuan only needs to take him as a top soldier, and then rush to the city head-on, and he will only need one charge, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.

At the beginning, Lan Caier led a group of rabble, and they were able to sneak attack the county town and conquer it.

At this time, Lu Yuan led a group of elites to capture Xinhua and other counties, which would only be simpler.

It is precisely because of this that Lan Cai'er will not immediately return to the Five Poisons Sect General Altar to recuperate after being injured. Instead, they came to Xinhua and informed Bai Shuxuan that they were evacuated.

In order to keep this bit of family foundation.

"Yes." When Bai Shuxuan heard that the Holy Maiden had failed to assassinate and escaped, his expression instantly became serious. He knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "My subordinates will gather people and horses and withdraw their troops to Islam." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Lan Cai'er nodded, and then said, "I will stay here for a few days, waiting for you to gather soldiers and horses to protect you to Islam together." Hurry up and gather people, then Lu Yuan may chase after him at any time, don't delay. ”

Since the Five Poisons Sect raised its army, the sect also followed the example of Li Xiong of Western Shu, taking the opportunity to defeat many Jianghu sects in the territory, plundering the accumulation of the other sect over the generations, in order to strengthen itself.

Among them, in the southern Nine Doubtful Mansions, there is a first-class sect, and the gate was destroyed by it. And the accumulation of the past dynasties in the sect, even the divine blood xenomorphs, and all kinds of elixirs, naturally also entered the hands of the Five Poisons Sect.

Relying on these gains, the Five Poisons Sect's treasury treasures, which had been completely depleted in order to supply Lan Cai'er to break through the innate nature, were once again abundant.

In addition, after the assassination of Li Liang, the left and right protectors of the sect have been killed, and the first-class masters have suffered serious losses.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Lan Zhaoyun took out the Divine Blood Spirit Pill and Divine Blood Xenomorph that he had obtained and distributed them to the outstanding young juniors in the sect to enhance their strength.

Among them, Baizhuxuan is one of the beneficiaries.

Including him, the Five Poisons Sect has newly promoted a total of four first-class masters, filling the vacancies after the death of the left and right protectors.

But because of this, the harvest from the previous defeat of that first-class sect, as well as the little accumulation left in the sect, were also completely squandered.

And now the expansion of the Five Poisons Sect has also suffered heavy setbacks one after another with the blows of the imperial court and Lu Yuan's moves.

The original plan to continuously destroy the first-class sect and harvest the other party's accumulation was also completely empty.

Therefore, Bai Shuxuan and the other four first-class masters are already the only remaining high-end combat power for the current Five Poisons Sect.

If you die any of them, you can't replenish them for several years.

Counting the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the other party, this large force is already extremely important to the Five Poisons Sect.

Therefore, even if Lan Caier knew that it was dangerous to stay, she was unwilling to leave like this.

Instead, I want to stay, escort a little longer, and at least take people back to Wuling Mansion.

Fortunately, Bai Shuxuan did not live up to her expectations.

It only took half a day for this local elder to gather 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and then set fire to the grain and grass treasury here, and under the protection of the holy woman, he led the people to Xinshao and Longhui counties.

Two days later, Lan Cai'er and Bai Shuxuan gathered 5,000 soldiers and horses from the other two counties, also burned the treasury of the two counties, and then went all the way north to Wuling Mansion.

When they arrived at Wuling Mansion, the two led the army and did not stop.

Instead, they gathered the defenders of the two southern counties, retreated to Chenxi, an important town in the south of Wuling Prefecture, and then defended the fortified city with 15,000 soldiers and horses.

However, it is still too difficult for this little soldier and horse to carry the enemy's 200,000 army.

Lan Cai'er had personally assassinated Lu Yuan, and had seen the army under the other party's command with her own eyes, it was indeed vast and boundless.

Therefore, the other party's claim of 200,000 is a bit exaggerated, but there are more than 100,000 people.

With so many soldiers and horses, more than ten times the defenders of Chenxi, and with the help of the innate grandmaster, even if there are fifteen thousand soldiers and horses in Chenxi, and Bai Shuxuan, a master guarding it, it is too dangerous.

Whether it's Lan Cai'er or Bai Shuxuan, they are not too sure that they can hold it.

The latter, in particular, was even ready to die here in battle to repay the grace of the Holy Sect.

Fortunately, at this moment, the 60,000 soldiers and horses led by Lan Zhaoyun finally returned to Wuling Mansion.

And after receiving the news that his daughter's assassination failed, she was seriously injured, and the southern part of Wuling Mansion was in danger. This Blue Sect Master was even more anxious, urging the army day and night to quickly retreat south.

It can also be regarded as those Miao people of the Five Poisons Sect who were born in bitterness, and they are used to going through mountains and mountains on weekdays.

Although the combat effectiveness is not very good, the endurance and endurance are extremely strong.

Therefore, even if he was urged too much, he still endured the complaint and hurried up day and night.

After traveling day and night, three days later, the army arrived at Chenxi.

And after arriving here, with 60,000 soldiers and horses reinforcing them, Lan Cai'er and Bai Shuxuan finally put their minds at ease.

This saint and her father hurriedly explained some things, explaining the details of Lu Yuan's background that they had found when they went to assassinate them, and then they left with peace of mind and returned to the main hall to recuperate.

The injury was too severe, and it dragged on for these days, which has further worsened the fan situation.

If you don't recuperate, it will really hurt the root.

After Lan Zhaoyun sent away his daughter, he also began to arrange defense with heavy worries.

He left Zuo Protector and Bai Shuxuan, and let the two of them lead 40,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Chenxi County.

Then he took the remaining 35,000 soldiers and horses and withdrew to the territory of Qianling County, where the main altar is located, intending to stick to the old nest here.

As for Linyuan Mansion City and other cities, they withdrew to the defenders and gave up directly.

In this way, the two counties of Chenxi and Qianling each have 40,000 soldiers and horses, and there are also first-class masters in the city, even if they face the surprise attack of the innate grandmaster, it is enough to be guarded against.

Moreover, the two counties are not more than 100 miles apart, and they can be horns of each other, and if there is a situation on either side, the other side can support in time.

With such a well-arranged defense, Lan Zhaoyun finally felt a little at ease.

Then he handed over the city defense affairs to the right protector who was urgently transferred back from the three southern provinces, and he returned to the main altar to see his daughter.

……

Just when the Five Poisons Sect in the north was frightened by Lu Yuan's rumors and panicked.

On February 20 of the sixth year of Hongdao, Lu Yuan led his army into Shaoyang Mansion, and then led his troops north, pointing directly at Xinhua County, which had been caught by thieves.

On the 22nd, the army arrived in Xinhua County, where the Miao people had abandoned the city and fled, and the county was recovered.

On the 23rd, Lu Yuan divided his troops into two routes, and ordered his disciples to lead 5,000 teachers to collect Xinshao and Longhui counties respectively.

On the 24th, the two counties sent back news that the Miao thieves had fled and the county seat had been restored.

On the 25th, Zhou Qing, who received the news from the south, brought 10,000 troops from Shaoyang Fucheng to join his own master.

The master and apprentice, who had been separated for more than half a year, finally met again, and both the master and the apprentice were extremely happy.

"The disciple has seen the master."

As soon as Zhou Qing met, he knelt down and saluted Lu Yuan.

"Get up."

Lu Yuan stepped forward, pulled up his disciple, then looked at the other party carefully, and couldn't help laughing: "Not bad, not bad." For most of the past six months, the teacher has not been around, and you have not wasted your martial arts.

Not only is it becoming more and more heroic, but the internal strength aura is also stable, and you can try to cultivate the next Qi Sutra. ”

After more than half a year of tempering, especially being in charge of military affairs alone, Zhou Qing's transformation has improved a lot all of a sudden.

Now not only does he look more stable and mature, but his own state of mind cultivation has also been greatly improved compared to years ago.

At this time, there is no Divine Blood Spirit Pill, otherwise if you give one to the other party, your own disciple can break through a meridian on the spot.

"It's all taught by Master. If the master had not arranged for the disciples to come here to practice, the disciples would not have been able to grow up to this point. Zhou Qing still respects his master very much, as before.

"You......"

Listening to these familiar words, Lu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and then said: "You came just in time this time, for the teacher to crusade against the Miao thief this time, you just have a heavy responsibility entrusted to you." ”

When Zhou Qing heard this, he immediately said solemnly: "Please give an order." ”

Lu Yuan said: "According to the report from the spies, the Miao people of Wuling Mansion have abandoned Fu County, and all the people and horses have shrunk to the old nest of Chenxi and Qianling.

Now that there are 40,000 soldiers and horses stationed in these two places, even with my troops and the help of the grandmaster, it will be difficult to capture them.

And even if it is captured, hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded are indispensable. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Yuan also felt a big headache.

He was worried that the population was not enough, how could he waste soldiers and horses at this time, and let more than 100,000 people die under Chenxi and Qianling City.

Therefore, it is impossible to storm the city at the expense of casualties.

The art of war is cloudy, the upper army is strategic, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city.

Although Lu Yuan is not a pure general, he has led troops over the years, and he has also fought many cities. Knowing the horror of the siege, of course he would not make a brain pump at this time and do this.

So at this time, he said: "Therefore, the division is ready to let you lead those militia soldiers and horses in the army, with great fanfare, while recovering the prefectures and counties abandoned by the thieves, while slowly moving Chenxi and Lingling, making a gesture of going north."

As a division, he was ready to lead the elite soldiers, and together with the national division, he returned to the south and attacked the Nine Doubts Mansion.

The Miao people in the province are soldiers and horses, or transferred to Yangshan Mansion, and they are entering Kou Luyang, and they are inseparable from Brother Sun.

Or they have been stationed in the south of Shaoyang Fu, guarding against our army.

Now in the land of Nine Doubts Mansion and Lingling Mansion, Miao thieves are empty of defense, and there are even no soldiers to defend.

If you can lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to break through here, you can quickly capture the back road of the Miao people in the three southern provinces, and you will be able to break it. ”

Lu Yuan said categorically.