Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Storm Rises

Li Zitong's submission finally alleviated Cao Xu's dilemma of having no generals. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Yangzhou army began a new round of digestion process.

Soon, the 12 years of the great cause came to an end.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers.

In the governor's mansion, Cao Xu ordered someone to summon Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, plus Wei Zhenzhen and Fu Junwu, and barely made up a table.

The five of them said goodbye to the old and welcomed the new together.

The south has calmed down for the time being, but the land in the north is turbulent.

Because, in the past ten years, Zhang Xutuo, who has been fighting in various places and repeatedly breaking the army, died in battle and died in the hands of the Wagang army.

Even in Yangzhou City, many people can talk about this matter again. Among them, Zhai Rang and his number one general, Li Mi, are often mentioned.

Zhai let people call the "big dragon head", the leader of the Wagang army, six years ago and another fierce general Xu Shiji rebelled in Wagangzhai, ceded the land and became the king, and repeatedly defeated the Sui soldiers, but was controlled by the Sui general Zhang Xutuo and failed to expand his power.

Last year, Li Mi voted to serve Zhai Rang, so that Zhai Rang's strength doubled, Li Mi even broke the Sui army in Xingyang Dahai Temple, attacked and killed Zhang Xutuo, the Wagang army has been more powerful since then, and there is a faint momentum of the head of the world's righteous army, and it is respected as the big leader by many passers-by, which is indeed extraordinary.

The momentum of the Wagang Army overwhelmed the Yangzhou Army in the south.

In the governor's mansion, Cao Xu flipped through the information sent by Yun Yuzhen.

Li Mi designed to kill Zhang Xutuo, and after defeating the Sui army, Zhai Rang ordered him to divide the unified army. Li Mi built the Pushan public camp, and it is rumored that the military orders were serious and the rewards were generous, and the soldiers were willing to use them for him.

After that, Li Mi suggested attacking Xingluocang, opening a warehouse for relief, expanding the team, and then entering the eastern capital Luoyang.

Xingluocang is located in the east of Luoyang, the west of Xingyang Luokou, is the confluence of Tongji Canal and the Yellow River, more than 100 miles away from Luoyang, is one of the strategic granaries of the Sui Dynasty.

There are 3,000 cellars in more than 20 miles around Cangcheng, and there is enough grain to cope with the Wagang army for several years, and once it succeeds, it can immediately expand the army by hundreds of thousands, and the Wagang army can soar to the sky and truly become one of the main forces qualified to obtain the world.

Reading this, Cao Xu sighed with emotion and said: "Li Mi is really a rare hero in the world. It's a pity that he is a courtier, but he has a high merit to cover the master, and in the future, he will have to kill the lord and stand on his own, so that our people can contact more generals of the Zhai Rang family within the Wagang Army?"

Yun Yuzhen said: "Back to the chief manager, Xuanwu Hall is already secretly contacting. If Li Mi really rebelled against the master, I believe that some Wagang generals will lead their troops to join our army. ”

Cao Xu nodded, what the Yangzhou army lacks most now is qualified generals. No matter how much effort is spent, it is a big profit to be able to poach one from the Wagang Army.

At the beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed.

In a martial arts training ground in the backyard of the governor's mansion, a long sword in Cao Xu's hand was wielded at will, and the swordsmanship was like flowing water, anything. It seems to be disorganized, but there is a strange charm hidden in it, which makes people can't take their eyes off.

After finishing a set of swordsmanship, Cao Xu asked Fu Junwu on the side, "Miss Fu, what do you think of my set of swordsmanship?"

Fu Junwu wanted to say a few ugly words, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't spit them out in the end, and the pride of a swordsman did not allow her to deceive when commenting on swordsmanship.

In the end, he could only snort coldly, turn his head and walk away.

Cao Xu smiled and didn't care. After these days of exploration, he roughly knew some of the principles of the "Nine Xuan Dafa".

Fu Cailin's martial arts concentrated on the achievements of the Soil, the Western Regions and Goryeo, and he came out of his own cardinal. What we pay attention to is to keep our hearts in one and break our ego. Then the spiritual sense of heaven and heaven, all come one by one. As for the subsequent access to the meridians and the regulation of qi and blood, they are all trivial matters.

Because it begins with "one" and ends with "nine", it is called "Nine Xuan".

"Nine Xuan Dafa" is the way of the mind, "Dao Heart Cultivation Demon Dafa" is also the way of the mind, and Cihang Jingzhai's "Cihang Sword Codex" also belongs to this category.

The human heart has infinite potential. The root of the "Broken Void" also cares about the cultivation of the mind.

"The Recipe for Longevity" is the authentic Taoist method of refining qi, which pushes the way of refining qi to the perfection of the inner pill technique, and there is no such thing as "shattering the void".

What exactly is the difference between the two?

Just when the Yangzhou army was developing silently and accumulating strength, on the northern land, Li Mi had already led the army to conquer Luokoucang, opened a warehouse to help the people, and recruited hundreds of thousands of hungry people.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue who stayed in Luoyang, sent Liu Changgong, a general of Hu Benlang, to lead 25,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Li Mi. was defeated by Li Mi in one fell swoop, and Liu Changgong was only spared.

So far, Li Mi has gained a firm foothold in Luokou and has the capital to compete in the world.

Somewhat similar, if Li Mi wants to go further, he must first solve Zhai Rang's problem. And if Cao Xu wants to expand, he has to solve the problem of Wu Jun's Taishou Shen Faxing.

In May of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (617), after half a year of development, the Yangzhou army can be said to be a soldier with enough food, just as Cao Xu was preparing to cross the river to the south and level the southeast in one fell swoop, Du Fuwei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly started an incident in Huiji County.

This time, Du Fuwei was really well prepared, and it can be described as a success in one fell swoop. Subsequently, Du Fuwei went north and swept Yuhang County to spy on Wu County.

Faced with such a situation, Cao Xu was overjoyed.

An army of 100,000 marched up the river, aiming at Baling County.

Baling County, the south can echo with the Song valve in Lingnan, and the north can take the Pegasus Ranch of Jingling County.

With Pegasus Ranch, it is possible to compete in the Central Plains in the future.

The south ships and the north horses, and the north is the main battlefield of the cavalry.

There were not enough cavalry, and the Yangzhou army went north to the Central Plains no different from looking for death.

In this world, there is a super-perverted Pegasus ranch in the south. With tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of horses.

It is not impossible to obtain this pasture, from the south to the north.

After occupying Yuzhang County last time, the Yangzhou army was able to directly attack Baling County. Cao Xu was expanding too fast and his troops were insufficient, so he pressed his thoughts.

After Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo, the world was in turmoil, and the heroes were everywhere.

Baling County has long been secretly controlled by the Baling Gang.

Cao Xu looked at the information presented by Xuanwu Hall.

The Baling Gang is powerful, but they have a very bad reputation because they are engaged in human trafficking. In total, there are 300 gambling halls and 200 green buildings in the country, and both black and white dishes can be eaten.

The big boss of the Baling Gang is Lu Kangshou, and the second leader is named Xiao Miao.

And the object that Cao Xu focuses on is Xiao Milling.

Xiao Milling was originally the great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang. Xiao Mizhi's uncle and aunt were canonized as queens, that is, Empress Xiao. Xiao Mo was then appointed as the county lord Bo, and his subordinates controlled half of the county, pushing the power of the Baling Gang to the extreme.

After looking at the information in his hand, Cao Xu rubbed his eyebrows, remembering that Xiao Mo was also the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty, and in this world, there was more of a demon background. (To be continued.) )