For Lu Yuan, being able to pinch his nose and agree to the conditions of the Five Poisons Sect to make peace was already a great concession.

Right now, in terms of the strength of the Five Poisons Sect, you're welcome, without that holy woman, what is the other party?

However, more than 30,000 remnants of the people's soldiers are now trapped in a small county.

This strength is no longer a force at the same level as Lu Yuan, who has 100,000 soldiers, more than 100,000 servant Miao soldiers, and militia groups.

The Five Poisons Sect thought that they had the qualifications to talk to Lu Yuan about the conditions, but in fact, this was just their wishful thinking.

If it weren't for Lan Cai'er, these remnants would have been swept away by him long ago.

But it doesn't work.

The other party is Lan Cai'er, and there is such an innate grandmaster.

So Lu Yuan had to hold back his temperament and sit down to talk to the other party.

But he is willing to talk, but it does not mean that he has to get used to the Five Poisons Sect.

Anyway, it was the Five Poisons Sect that was in a hurry now, not Lu Yuan, so he could wait slowly.

It's just that I can afford to wait, and it's hard to say whether the Five Poisons Sect can afford to wait.

Just like the Zhou people in Anxiang County, the Five Poisons Sect was surrounded in Qianling County for more than half a year, tens of thousands of people did not produce, and the daily consumption of food was astronomical.

Although relying on the previous savings, the Five Poisons Sect should be able to hold out for some more time. But no matter how much food is stored, it can't stand such a consumption method.

So the longer it drags on, the more uncomfortable the Five Poisons Sect becomes.

Right now, they are still putting up a show, wanting to negotiate fairly with Lu Yuan. Then boil them up again, and sooner or later train them down with that temperament.

After deciding on the attitude of slowly dragging and continuing to pull with the Five Poison Sect, Lu Yuan stopped caring about them.

Because Yan Wangqiu finally returned from Jian'an County three months after leaving, bringing news of the Jiuchuan Sword Sect.

Seeing this old grandmaster again, Lu Yuan found that the other party's expression was quite good, not only was his spirit very good, but he also looked happy.

"General Lu, I have met Su Xuange of the Jiuchuan Sword Sect and tentatively talked to him about the alliance, and Su Xuange is very interested in this.

After several months of negotiations, he was moved to join my alliance. And I started to prepare.

At that time, if there is really an incident on our side, Su Xuange is willing to raise 150,000 troops in Jian'an County, echoing from afar. ”

With a hint of relaxation, Yan Wangqiu slowly talked to Lu Yuan about his experiences and gains in the past few months.

"Okay, if there is the help of the Jiuchuan Sword Sect, then we will have one more innate grandmaster, and more than 150,000 soldiers and horses."

After hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked at Yan Wangqiu, and praised: "This time I went to Jian'an County, and the old sect master made a lot of contributions. ”

Yan Wangqiu stroked his beard and said proudly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that my Nanhai faction and Jiuchuan sword faction had a lot of friendship in the early years, so it's just so easy to talk." ”

"Huh! There are more people in the world who have friendships, but there are few people who can turn friendships into benefits. The old grandmaster doesn't have to be humble. ”

Lu Yuan waved his hand, then looked at Yan Wangqiu, and said something with a smile: "The old grandmaster has been gone for a few months, and a lot of things have happened on my side, but there is also a good thing, I want to talk to the old grandmaster." ”

Seeing his valued appearance, Yan Wangqiu said curiously: "I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Last month, the Five Poisons Sect sent people to find me......"

So, Lu Yuan told Yan Wangqiu about the Five Poisons Sect seeking peace with him. But after finishing speaking, he concluded: "So if we can collect the Five Poison Sect this time, then I can add another 30,000 Miao soldiers when I wait here."

Moreover, the holy woman of the Five Poisons Sect, I can also threaten the Miao people with the Five Poisons Sect and make her serve her life.

In this way, when the showdown comes, I will be able to dispatch 300,000 soldiers and horses, as well as two grandmasters.

On the old grandmaster's side, if we and the three families are united, there will be nearly 800,000 troops and four grandmasters.

With such strength, if the imperial court didn't want to break the net, it would have to make concessions. ”

Theoretically speaking, if Lu Yuan and Yan Wanqiu choose to backstab, then the so-called Ten Grandmasters plan of the imperial court will become a joke.

Without the two of them, even if there is only one grandmaster left in the imperial court, it is the Qiao family of Guanhai Villa, and in the end, there can only be eight grandmasters left.

And among these eight grandmasters, there are still three who need to guard various places, and they can't move at all.

In this way, in terms of top-notch combat power, the imperial court can dispatch at most five grandmasters.

But on Lu Yuan's side, there are already four grandmasters.

As for the number of soldiers and horses, the three families on Lu Yuan's side are united, and they can dispatch 750,000 soldiers and horses. You don't care about the quality of these soldiers and horses, whether they can fight or not, at least the momentum and quantity are pulled up first.

But what about the court?

On the side of Jiuzhen County, there is an army of 50,000 led by Wuping Hou Xie Ning.

But these 50,000 people not only have to sit in Jiuzhen County to prevent the resurgence of the remnants of the coastal country. It is also necessary to suppress the two counties of Yulin and Nanhai to stabilize Lingnan.

It is also necessary to deter several small countries near Jiuzhen County, so as to prevent them from following the example of Jinghai Kingdom and jumping out to create a rebellion against the imperial court.

50,000 people to maintain the above many situations is already extremely reluctant, and it is naturally impossible to draw out people and horses to quell the rebellion.

Here in Dongting County, there are 50,000 left on the side of Yueyang Mansion, and there are only 10,000 or 20,000 left on the side of Bai Mengyang in Tianmen Mansion, which has been surrounded for so long.

There are still 150,000 border troops left in Guangling County, and I heard that in recent days, as Liang Guo saw that the Zhou people had won successive battles in Yueguo, they had all taken Xichuan, and they were even about to conquer Dongting County.

The peace negotiation, which had been biting the bullet and refusing to let go, finally showed signs of loosening.

If peace can be negotiated, the 150,000 border troops in Guangling County may be able to draw 70,000 or 80,000 at that time.

At that time, 20,000 or 30,000 will be drawn from the 50,000 forbidden army in Jingshi, or another 100,000 army may be organized to go to Dongting County.

But this last 100,000 army is already the limit.

In this way, the soldiers that the imperial court can take out are only about 150,000.

If you want to increase the number of soldiers and horses in the future, you can only force the people like Lu Yuan and them.

This may increase the momentum, and even with the ability of the imperial court, it is not impossible to raise an army of millions.

But with a force of this quality, it can only be said that compared with Lu Yuan's side, half a catty is worth eight taels.

Therefore, from the above data, compared with the alliance between the imperial court and Lu Yuan's side, there is no absolute advantage in strength, and it can even be said that the two sides are already in the same power class.

After Lu Yuan counted with Yan Wangqiu one by one, he said with a smile: "But the enemies of the imperial court are not only us. It also has Zhou people.

Now the Zhou people have 300,000 troops in Jiangbei, counting Li Xiong, the number of innate grandmasters dispatched has reached five.

This kind of strength can be regarded as overwhelming.

If the imperial court does not unite with us, then if you know that we are cooperating with the Zhou people, then it will be nine innate grandmasters, and millions of male soldiers will march along the west of the river.

At that time, the world will be turned upside down, the mountains and rivers will be broken, even if there are six surnames and seven clans, this time they will also have to destroy the country and the species, and the bloodline will be cut off. ”

The current situation is already very clear.

The power that the imperial court can really control is only 150,000 soldiers, and perhaps it can also be counted as the 50,000 sailors who are now on the river.

Relying on these 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus five grandmasters, to fortify along the river, it was not difficult for the imperial court to repel the Zhou people.

But if you count Lu Yuan's group of outsider forces, then no matter which side they support, the other side is bound to fail.

Support the imperial court, then the nine great masters will come out, and Lu Yuan will send another 100,000 soldiers here, not to mention repelling the Zhou people, even if he recovers Xichuan County in one fell swoop, it is an idle matter.

Support the Zhou people, then as said before, the Yue Kingdom will perish, and the family will be destroyed. These six surnames and seven clans, who have ruled the land south of the Yangtze River for thousands of years, have all disappeared.

Therefore, Lu Yuan and they have become a weight outside the scale, which side they fall towards, which side can win this battle.

And now it depends on the Zhou State and the imperial court, who gives better conditions and can buy this weight.

"I didn't expect that the general would have done such a great thing in this short period of time."

Yan Wangqiu listened to Lu Yuan's analysis and plan throughout the whole process, and after the whole person stayed for a while, a joy welled up in his heart, and his beard trembled with laughter: "If you can really subdue the Five Poisons Sect, then this time, the imperial court will not want to agree to my conditions, and you must also agree."

Even if we wait for the conditions, we can raise them higher, and the court may also back down. ”

Originally, Yan Wangqiu's goal was to change the location of the founding of the country to Yulin County.

But the strength on his side suddenly increased to two grandmasters, as well as 200,000 soldiers and horses.

On the imperial court's side, the three potential grandmasters were weakened accordingly.

The balance of power has changed.

Then according to the principle of how much strength and how much food you eat in the rivers and lakes.

If you are strong and the court is weak, then it is natural for the other party to spit out more benefits.

Yulin County is still a little poor after all, and it is still Nanhai County, which is more suitable for itself.

'Nanhai faction, Nanhai County, this auspicious name, doesn't it just indicate that I want to build a Nanhai country? ’

Yan Wangqiu thought like this in his heart, but people were already starting to be moved.

If he really established a country in Nanhai County, then the strength of his Nanhai faction can be fully retained. Not only will there be no loss, but it can even grow rapidly.

With such a broad vision, how can it not be exciting.

Lu Yuan looked at Yan Wangqiu's happiness, and he could guess what the other party was thinking, but he didn't care about it.

The other party wants to take Nanhai County, which is normal.

Just like he wanted to take Dongting County himself, he didn't want to abandon his foundation. Who wants to take the risk of changing to a new nest if they can stay in the old nest?

Therefore, at this time, he said: "So after some time, I should have to negotiate the conditions with the Five Poisons Sect." At that time, I hope that the old grandmaster can follow with him to deter those Miao people. ”

Yan Wangqiu nodded and said, "This matter is easy to hear." ”

Whether or not they can subdue the Five Poisons Sect is already related to the alliance on their side, and whether they can successfully make the imperial court back down.

Therefore, for this matter, this old Grandmaster Yan also attaches great importance to it.

At this time, after thinking about this matter, he thought about it and said, "Over there of the Jiuchuan Sword Sect, I can also ask someone to go and see if I can invite Su Xuange." Now that the three of us have formed an alliance, it's time to find an opportunity to talk about it together.

When the three Grandmasters will unite, the Five Poisons Diocese should be faster. ”

The deterrence of the three innate grandmasters and the deterrence of one of Lu Yuan's innate grandmasters represent different meanings.

The former means that if Lu Yuan and they are willing, then they can completely gather the power of the three innate grandmasters and spend a few years chasing down Lan Cai'er to eliminate this hidden danger.

The latter means that Lu Yuan is just alone, he is still a newcomer, and he has no absolute force.

Lan Cai'er can recklessly and without scruples to take revenge on Lu Yuan's extermination of the clan and religion, and give full play to the force of his nuclear deterrence, killing his subordinates everywhere and disgusting him.

The difference between the two and the deterrence of the Miao people are not at the same level at all.

So when Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then this matter will be handed over to the old sect master." ”

Yan Wangqiu said: "This matter is on me." ”

……

Now that the strategy has been decided, Lu Yuan and Yan Wangqiu also took their own actions.

Yan Wangqiu soon sent his cronies and disciples to Jian'an County, preparing to invite Su Xuange over.

Lu Yuan's side was still dragging the Five Poisons Sect and continued to boil the other party's temperament.

Even if the Five Poisons Sect sometimes backed down, he still did not agree to meet for peace talks, but continued to grind time.

What Yan Wangqiu said is very reasonable, the deterrence of the three grandmasters and the two grandmasters against the Five Poisons Sect is completely different.

Before Su Xuange arrived, Lu Yuan would not plan to meet Lan Zhaoyun.

Anyway, if you go from Dongting County to Jian'an County, if you go back and forth faster, you can go back and forth in less than a month.

At this time, he delayed for another month, which was not too long.

On the side of the Five Poisons Sect, let them feel uncomfortable for a while.

……

When Lu Yuan was waiting for Su Xuange to come, there was a new news coming from the imperial court.

After more than half a year of negotiations, Liang finally agreed to the request for peace.

Not only that, after the imperial court agreed to cede the land of the three provinces of Hebei in Guangling County, the Liang State formed an alliance with the imperial court and decided to send 200,000 troops south, and the troops pointed directly at Nanyang County of Zhou State, threatening the retreat of the 300,000 army in Jiangbei.

It seems that the situation of the Zhou State being connected to the war and constantly expanding its territory in the Yue State has caused the Liang State to be uneasy, making the other party begin to interfere in the Zhou and Yue Wars.

Zhou and Liang, the clouds of war have begun to slowly open.

And on the side of the imperial court, after the news of the success of the peace negotiation was returned, the reaction was also extremely fast.

After confirming that Liang had fulfilled the treaty and sent the heavy troops deployed around Guangling County to the west, preparing to participate in the war against the Nanyang army of the Zhou State.

The imperial court directly transferred the 80,000 border troops of Guangling County to the south to join the 20,000 forbidden troops on the side of the Jingshi.

The most direct reaction was that Lu Yuan's side had already received repeated urging from Yang Jing, asking him if he had broken through the innate nature?

If not, when will it be able to break through?

According to Yang Jing's words, he had already broken through the innate a month ago, and now he was consolidating the realm.

Among the top ten grandmasters, the last remaining one is also Qiao Kangquan, the owner of Guanhai Villa in Guangling County.

Now that the top ten grandmasters have gathered, there is only one person left on Lu Yuan's side.

At this time, the imperial court was already preparing for a westward expedition, and in three months at most, it would send troops westward to expel the Zhou people.

On Lu Yuan's side, if he can't break through the innate at this last time, then this time the top ten grandmasters will be missing one person.

At that time, the benefits promised to him by the imperial court were gone.

For this urging, after pondering for a while, Lu Yuan still decided to send the news that he had broken through the innate to the imperial court.

Now that the showdown is almost coming, there is little need to hide the news of his own breakthrough.

The Five Poison Sect is about to surrender, and the Zhou people are even more inseparable from the imperial court, even if he wants to fish, he can't do it.

In contrast, after breaking through the innate and spreading the news, it can cause more deterrence.

So a letter recording his breakthrough to the innate was sent back to Jingshi in this way.

And not long after the letter was sent, another message that Lu Yuan had been waiting for finally had a reply.

……

The disciple who had been sent to Jiangxia County for more than three months finally came back after going for so long.

It's not just him who doesn't want it, the old Anqiu Dao, who has not seen him for a year, actually came here in person at this time.

"At the beginning, we really didn't misunderstand Lu Daoyou, it was only a year after the separation, and Daoyou broke through the innate and became successful in martial arts, and since then he has been a grandmaster."

In the living room, Lu Yuan received Anqiu, and the other party had just sat down, took a sip of tea, and congratulated him.

While speaking, Anqiu also looked Lu Yuan up and down, secretly surprised in his heart.

Because compared with the ordinary congenital, this Lu Daoyou's body, the immortal aura similar to that of an immortal cultivator, is getting stronger and stronger.

But if you distinguish it carefully, it is still a little different from the immortal cultivators, not so pure.

Therefore, for this, Anqiu Lao Dao can only guess in his heart that the immortal fate obtained by the other party at the beginning is estimated to be not small, so that he can have this vision.

Just thinking about it like this, Lao Dao was even happier in his heart.

The closer Lu Yuan got to the Immortal Cultivator, the more reliable and useful the experimental data he had made would undoubtedly become.

At that time, cultivating the Taiping Dao Book should be a little more convenient than ordinary martial artists.

With this in mind, this person should not be like the other chosen pawns, who will be defeated so quickly. ’

Anqiu thought of the few experimental chess pieces he had found in the past year, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Since the Tianluo Festival, he returned to the Liang Kingdom, and he also selected several first-class martial artists to let them practice the Taiping Taoist Book.

But these people, one by one, didn't last more than half a year, and not long after cultivating the Daoshu, they died directly.

After this experiment, Danding Dao couldn't help but be more convinced that the martial artists under the innate could not support the cultivation of the Taiping Dao Book at all.

If you want to experiment with the Taiping Dao Book, you have to find a grandmaster above the innate level.

But the innate grandmaster, how rare?

In the entire Liang Kingdom, there are only about ten people.

These people are all powerful people, and their status is no worse than Anqiu.

If you want these people to test the short-lived exercises of Danding Dao, to put it mildly, even if Danding Dao is one of the six great avenues in the world, it is not worthy at all.

So seeing that the experiment had entered a predicament, Danding Dao was worried about what to do.

I wanted to doze off, so someone brought a pillow.

Lu Yuan, who was originally just an idle man, really broke through the innate nature.

And it's not enough to break through the innate nature, this guy is really stupid, and he plans to cultivate the Taiping Daoshu.

Hearing this news, Danding Dao was naturally overjoyed.