"How long will it take to mobilize 40,000 military cavalry?" asked Li Wumang.

Qinghao said: "Three days." ”

"Got it, I'll let my brother come then. ”

Bidding farewell to Qinghao and others, Li Wumang hurried back to the cottage with Yi Mingxiang, and on the way, Yi Xiang suddenly said: "Big brother, how can there seem to be something following us"

"You're just now finding out, it's a fang. Wherever we go, it follows. Li Wumang didn't reply.

"Oh, it's the demon beast that the big brother subdued, can the big brother call it over?"

"It's easy to call, but it's scary to sit down. ”

Fangji is very spiritual, following from a distance, and sometimes when someone comes from the opposite side, it will run into the mountains and woods or avoid it in the grassland. Now Fang Ji is only two or three miles away from Li Wumang.

Yi Mingxiang was curious and said, "Big brother, let me see." ”

Li Wumang got off the horse, changed his name, and got down from the black chasing tiger. Li Wumang whistled, and the fangji rushed towards Li Wumang like a fly, and the black chasing tiger and the white horse were frightened and fled desperately.

Fang Ji came to Li Wumang's side and rubbed his head against Li Wumang's chest, very docile. Yi Mingxiang reached out to touch it, and Fang Ji's throat whirred, and his fangs bared out. The frightened Li Wumang hurriedly stopped drinking, and Yi Mingxiang hurriedly retracted his hand.

"The demon beast is fierce, the second brother still don't mess with it. ”

"Can you eat people?"

"Yes. Li Wumang replied dryly.

Yi Mingxiang shook his head and said, "Let it go." ”

Li Wumang patted Fang Ji's head. "Let's go. ”

So he ran into the woods by the roadside. The two walked more than a mile. Rode two horses waiting for their owners on the side of the road. Shen Shi returned to Fuguang Village.

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Li Wumang went to Yi Lin's residence and briefly told him about the barbarian tribe.

"Since there are more than 200,000 barbarian tribal army horses. Why worry about the uncertainty of the west. Yi Lin was very happy.

"Old man Yi, Wumang heard that the barbarian tribal army rode into the Five Kingdoms, and the military supplies were all taken on the spot, so it was inevitable to burn, kill and loot. It's all the people who suffer, and I don't want to use 40,000 horses. ”

"What then?" Yi Lin didn't expect Li Wumang to say this.

"I have spoken to the two kings of the tribe, and my name may represent me. When it is a last resort, just let the name go and take it. ”

"King Jingxi loves the people so much, which is a blessing for the people and a blessing for the community. Yi Lin was impressed by Li Wumang.

"Old lady, is it okay to swear to send troops in the camp of the 'Yuanfeng' in five days?"

"Six days later, it will be an auspicious day. ”

Li Wumang went to the Floating Light Blessed Land to cultivate for five days, but he still didn't break through the suppression of the fourth layer of Qi training, and he was a little depressed.

On the sixth day, he took the oath at the camp. During the ceremony, Yi Lin According to the regulations of the security army, the 3,000 Liuzhai army wore new armor and weapons, rode a tall horse, and the morale was high.

The six generals all have their own banners, and the one on the banner of Li Wumang is the King of Jingxi.

Li Wumang wore the silver armor given by the barbarian tribe, and covered it with a battle robe embroidered with a strange python turning over pattern. Holding a silver spear with a tiger's head. Under the crotch is a white horse.

Yi Lin saw it and said: "King Jingxi, the one wearing the strange python turned over the robe must be the prince, and the king of Ji is also wearing a strange python." I took a closer look at King Jingxi's horse just now, and the jade lion is a good horse that I have seen for the first time. Sure enough, the man is the hero Ma Rulong. ”

"Strategist, today is the oath. Naturally, you have to wear more spirit. ”

"Good. True spirit. Yi Lin was very happy to see it.

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On the third day, Hei Tai Sui Shuai 500 soldiers sneaked into the county seat, killed the officers and soldiers guarding the city that night and opened the city gate, took advantage of the night to steal the city of the Liuzhai army into the city, the county order took advantage of the chaos to escape, most of the defenders in the city descended the Liuzhai army, there were more than 1,500 people.

Early the next morning, Li Wumang allocated 500 troops to a battalion. According to the instructions of King Ji, a banner was set up at the head of the city to rebel against the Western Army and began to recruit troops. The matter of horses is not in a hurry, and the wild tribe still owes him seven thousand.

Joining the rebel army of the Western Army, I heard that King Jingxi was an immortal cultivator and must be a rich and noble person, so they all followed Li Wumang with peace of mind. The surrounding states and counties did not dare to act rashly when they saw the king of Ji. Gaozhou He Dangji also did not send troops.

In ten days, the Western Army recruited 7,000 people, and the horses taken by the renamer from the barbarian tribe were also sent, and the weapon county town could be built. The armor is a little lacking.

More than 10,000 people rebelled against the Western army and captured the city, and the report was sent to Tianshun. Tianshun hurriedly issued an order and dispatched troops nearby to suppress it.

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Liu Sicheng was quite scheming, and took advantage of Li Wumang's personality to repay his kindness, but he came out with two million taels of silver and a promised position, so that the rebel Western Army would take the lead in attacking. It was used to attract the attention of Tianshun and create a favorable situation for the military horses of the three northern states.

Liu Sicheng didn't know that Li Wumang's 3,000 men and horses were unlucky enough to make trouble in the west. It's just that Liu Sicheng cares more about success or failure.

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He Kangji got his will and mobilized 10,000 horses. Set up a village ten miles away from the county seat. And there is no rush to attack. After a few days, 50,000 people gathered around the county.

Because they belong to different states, there is no unified scheduling, and they all set up camp and wait and see. Li Wumang did not go out in the city. It's all right.

On this day, 20,000 horses suddenly came and surrounded the county seat. Duma, the governor of Duzhou, who led the troops, was also a close confidant of Tianshun. He brought 10,000 men and horses for a few days, and was very angry when he saw that the other states were not moving. Another 10,000 men were mobilized, intending to exterminate the rebellious Western army with their own strength.

Li Wumang looked around the city wall and saw the banner of the governor. A mile away from the East Gate.

Suddenly, the drums of war were heard urgently, and the soldiers began to attack the county seat. Li Wumang's men and horses have been preparing for many days, and the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city are smashed for a while, and the cottagers are condescending and experienced, and the same is true for defending the city.

The men and horses of Duzhou attacked and did not break the city for a day. By evening, both sides were exhausted. The Duzhou army lost nearly 3,000 men and horses, and the rebel Western army also suffered 800 casualties.

Li Wumang has never killed anyone since he was a child, and when he saw so many people fighting to the death, he became ruthless.

The Duzhou army retreated, preparing to withdraw.

Li Wumang summoned Fang Ji out from a remote place, put armor on it, and let a few people pull the other war horses away in front. When he arrived at the east gate, he suddenly opened the city gate.

Fang Ji also rushed towards Duma, the governor of Duzhou. Li Wumang's silver armor and silver spear were like a silver light, and the Duzhou soldiers and horses were dumbfounded. Fangji was everywhere, the war horses avoided one after another, and some of those who couldn't dodge collapsed to the ground.

The governor's personal guards saw it. Hurriedly opened his bow and released his arrows. The arrow was surprisingly slow in Li Wumang's eyes, and Li Wumang kept dialing with a tiger-headed silver spear, and in a blink of an eye, it was in front of Duma Yi.

More than 300 guards guarded the governor in the middle, and the fangji had spirituality, jumped up, jumped up two feet high, passed over the head of the guard, and rushed straight to Duma.

Duma's face was as earth-colored, and he stabbed him in the chest with a single shot. Fang Ji refused to give up, opened his mouth to bite Dumayi's neck, and jumped out of the crowd. The demon beast was full of brute strength, and it turned around and ran back to the city with the governor's corpse in its mouth. The officers and soldiers of Duzhou couldn't believe their eyes when they saw it.

After this blow, the Duzhou official army lost their souls and collected their troops, and set up camp ten miles away from the county seat. The main general was killed in the army, and the soldiers were panicked.

Rebelling against the Western Army is very different, seeing that his own master is so brave, and with the help of demon beasts, he is convinced of the ability of immortal cultivators, and his morale is high.

Li Wumang returned to the city, and because he had just killed someone, his face was full of violence, and he entered the county office. Ren Nafang Ji gnawed on the corpse of Governor Nadu in many places at the gate to inspire the sergeants to courage.

Six generals were sent in. Li Wumang's eyes showed a cold light and said: "How far is Duzhou from here?"

"King Qiqi Jingxi, a hundred miles away from here, there is an official way to reach. Hei Tai Sui clasped his fists and saluted.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Duzhou City?"

"Back to the words of King Jingxi. There were 30,000 horses, but now there are only 10,000 old and weak soldiers in the city. Da Hong clenched his fists.

"Thirty thousand horses came twenty thousand, and six thousand, in addition to those who ate empty wages, is considered too much. Black General. ”

Hei Taisui clenched his fists and said, "Yes." ”

"You have a battalion of 3,000 men and horses, go out of the city after dinner, ambush the soldiers near the east gate of Duzhou City, and when the deserters enter the city, follow into the city, kill the defenders, and take the city gate. The army then arrived. ”

"Yes. ”

Li Wumang said again: "General Chang, General Yixi." ”

The two stood up. "In. ”

"When the two of you prepared dry food, you went out of the city, robbed the camp of Duzhou with this king, and chased all the way to a distance of thirty miles from Duzhou. ”

"Yes. ”

Li Wumang nodded. "Let's all go down. ”

As soon as the time came, Li Wumang took 8,000 men and horses out of the county, and today happened to be a full moon, and he could barely see the road clearly.

stopped at a mile away from the camp in Duzhou, and gave an order.

"Rush. ”

The 8,000 troops rode their horses and galloped, and the soldiers of the Duzhou battalion were awakened by the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground, and they immediately panicked.

Fang Ji didn't know where to come out, and the soldier who saw it turned around and ran. The vanguard of the rebel Western Army had already arrived, picked off the antlers with long weapons, pushed them to the fence, and swarmed in.

The Duzhou army and horses had no intention of facing the battle, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Outside the camp were deserted soldiers, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were scattered.

This was a surprise to the unexpected. Li Wumang thought about it, and didn't care about the escape. When the surrendered troops were brought back, there were more than 5,000 people.

Li Wumang rode on the jade lion and said loudly: "I am willing to follow me Li Wumang to stand on the left, and unwilling to stand on the right." Since you have descended, I will not kill you. Let you go back. ”

More than 3,000 people are willing to stay. Li Wumang divided the people into two teams and let Chang Shan and Yixi Daoren lead them. The rectifiers chased down the official road to Duzhou.

The soldiers who escaped from the Duzhou battalion, seeing that no one was chasing, gradually gathered together, and an adjutant general counted the remnants of the soldiers, with 8,000 men and 3,000 horses. There was nowhere to go, so I had to go to Duzhou.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the lieutenant general ran away from his horse first. The three thousand cavalry fled with their lives, and those without horses scurried into the fields and woods by the roadside, and in a moment the men and horses arrived without a lot of effort, and they did not pay attention to the deserters, and pursued the cavalry in front.

The chasing soldiers of Li Wumang were not chasing fast, and there were no soldiers who fell from their horses. The deserters in Duzhou were different, panicked, and fell off their horses and killed and injured hundreds of people.

Li Wumang chased him to a place thirty miles away from Duzhou and listened. The soldiers ate dry food, drank water, and rested for a while. Give the people and horses who fled back from Duzhou a time to open the city gate.

Li Wumang estimated that it was almost over, and ordered the soldiers to get on the horse. Go to Duzhou. When I arrived, Hei Taisui had taken the east gate, and the defenders in the city did not see it to fight. Li Wumang led the army into the city, and most of the defenders opened the west gate and fled out of the city.

Hei Tai Sui laughed when he saw it.

"King Jingxi, take Duzhou and take my first credit. ”

Li Wumang smiled.

"General Black, how did you take the city gate?"

"According to the order of King Jingxi, I ambushed outside the city, and just now the army came to open the city gate, and half of them entered. I rushed with my men and horses, and the army was in disarray, and the hole in the city gate was blocked, and the city gate could not be closed. I seized the city gate, and the defenders of the city and the fleeing Duzhou men and horses ran away, and I did not dare to move, waiting for the arrival of the king of Jingxi. ”

After a while, the sky was also bright, and Li Wumang made the governor's palace the king of Jingxi. Cleared the city of stragglers. In the battalion of the Duzhou official army, there are many armor and weapons, and there is plenty of food and grass.

Li Wumang asked the six generals to divide the quartermasters. Soldiers are restrained from looting. The six generals were distressed and tried their best to do their official work well. I'm afraid of causing trouble to Li Wumang.

In the past two days, the city of Duzhou has been the same as in the past, and the people have not felt that they have changed their masters. The market is also lively, Li Wumang looked around, and he was very satisfied.

The bloody battle was not too early for a fourteen-year-old immortal cultivator. Although Li Wumang is naturally arrogant, he has a stubborn personality. However, he is kind by nature. Killed Duma with his own hands and let Fangji eat it. So that Li Wumang can face the murderous killing. A crucial step on the way to immortality.

The moment he killed Du Ma Yi, Li Wumang's soul suffered a huge impact, and it was a tempering of the immortal cultivator's heart.

Li Wumang felt the fear of death, and the thirst for immortality and strength in his heart was extremely strong. Less serious about the things of the mortal world. This is also the process of cultivating the mind of immortal cultivators.

Li Wumang's cultivation is the fourth layer of Qi training, and his scheming and wisdom are far beyond ordinary people. subject to the etiquette, customs, and morality of the mortal world. Li Wumang has great respect for the elderly and those who have helped him, and shows his modesty and prudence. This is especially true for Liu Sicheng.

In the battle to defend the county seat, seeing the people around him die, Li Wumang burst out with the power that was originally hidden in his heart. There is both the power of the body and the power of the intellect.

Li Wumang summoned Fang Ji, broke into the enemy formation alone, stabbed the enemy commander to death in an instant, and calmly returned to the city. Decisive and ruthless. This is also the reason why mortals worship immortal cultivators.

Li Wumang can no longer think of himself as a fourteen-year-old boy, Duzhou is a lonely city. Under the disparity in strength, the six generals are not something they can rely on.

As for Liu Sicheng, Li Wumang knew very well in his heart that he was just using his identity as the leader of Liuzhai to gather some forces to achieve the goal of disrupting the west. I don't care at all about the survival of the rebel Western army.

Li Wumang, who was sitting in the lobby of the Governor's Palace, had an indifferent expression, and the six generals stood on either side.

Li Wumang said: "From today, I have received the banner issued by King Ji. Our army is called Liuzhai Army, and I am called a general in the army. 6,000 troops were surrendered to Duzhou, and the Liuzhai Army had 18,000 men and horses, divided into six battalions, and each general had one battalion. The head of the city is still the flag of Duzhou's past. ”

"General, what if King Ji blames him?" Chang Shan also counted on Liu Sicheng. Li Wumang looked at Chang Shan coldly and said: "The Liuzhai Army has been in the west for more than a month, but there is news of the southward advance of the northern three states? Doesn't General Chang want to die?"

The six generals all regarded themselves as Li Wumang's elders in their hearts, how many times had they heard Li Wumang speak so unkindly? The six of them were like a heavy hammer in their hearts, and Chang Shan's face was pale.

"General Ben knows what you think, and the six of you go back to discuss. With a wave of his hand, the six generals retreated.

Li Wumang didn't see Liu Sicheng's movements, and he was angry in his heart. I want to dismiss the army and quit Duzhou to return to the trade road.

Liuzhai can continue to do business, and he plans to travel around looking for pills. Thinking that the owners of Liuzhai Village want a rich background, they are a little hesitant.

Today, Li Wumang also told everyone with an attitude that wealth is not easy to obtain.

The next day in the lobby, Li Wumang asked, "How are you discussing?"

"General, yesterday according to the general's order, the men and horses were redivided, and the banner was changed. We consulted, and we all listened to the general. Hei Tai Sui replied.

"In a few days, Tianshun will get the report, and he will definitely mobilize a large army to come to encircle and suppress, whether to leave or stay, what do the generals think?"

Da Hong asked, "General, how about leaving, and how about staying?"

"If you go, you will dismiss the Liuzhai Army and go back to the cottage to do business, and you will also be rich in time. To stay is to stick to this Duzhou, to worship the marquis, and to live and die in peace. ”

At this time, all six of them said to stay.

"In this case, money and food are the most important. The army of Chengtianshun has not arrived. Prepare early. And all the great families of the city apportioned to them two taels of silver. Buy more grain and grass. Li Wumang coldly ordered.

Yixi said: "General, there is an official road forty miles north of Duzhou, and most of the grain, grass, and silver handed over by the military department to the Gaozhou battalion are from the road. ”

Li Wumang nodded.

"Let some delicate people go out, and report the news immediately. ”

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Emperor Tianshun got the report and learned that the governor Duma was also killed in battle, and the rebel Western army occupied Duzhou, so he was busy discussing with the ministers.

Some say that the three northern states are not opposed, how did Duzhou come out of Liu Sicheng's rebellion against the Western Army. Besides, I didn't see Liu Sicheng's banner, as if someone was fake. It is also said that Liu Sicheng's handwriting appeared in Gaozhou, or it is not known if it is true.

Tianshun issued an edict to reprimand some of the generals and ordered the surrounding states to gather men. He Kangji, the governor of Gaozhou, was the main general, and Duzhou was recaptured within a time limit. He Kangji didn't dare to slack off, and people from various states arrived one after another and stationed outside Gaozhou City.

On this day, Li Wumang received a report from Hei Tai Sui, saying that it was a batch of silver from the imperial court, about 10 million taels to be transported to Gaozhou, and tomorrow it would pass through the official road more than 40 miles away from Duzhou, and 5,000 officers and soldiers would escort it.

Li Wumang went out of the city and went to see the terrain alone. Deployed overnight after returning. He personally brought 12,000 men and horses. The ambush soldiers and the forest beside the road, after a while, I saw the officers and soldiers pressing a hundred carts over.

The officers and soldiers did not guard against anyone daring to rob the official silver, and the convoy walked to the ambush of Li Wumang, and thousands of arrows were fired on both sides of the official road. More than 1,000 people were shot at that time.

The rest of the people saw that the Liuzhai army was strong, and their fighting spirit was lost, so they knelt down and begged to surrender. Li Wumang robbed 10 million taels of silver, surrendered more than 3,000 people, and returned to Duzhou City.

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He Kangji discussed with the generals of various states in the Gaozhou Governor's Mansion to take Duzhou, and when he encircled and suppressed the rebel Western Army for the first time, these people also came. At that time, he was just standing still far from the county seat, and the death of Duma Yi, the governor of Duzhou, was clear. Talking about the fangji and changing color.

"Now that the Holy Lord has taken Duzhou within a time limit, if we don't move forward bravely, the court will blame it, and it will be difficult to escape the involvement. He Kangji had no way out.

"The head of this Duzhou city is still the banner of this dynasty, and there is no banner of rebellion against the Western Army and the puppet king. I think these thieves are just borrowing the name of Liu Sicheng to deceive people's hearts. I heard that it was an immortal cultivator who rode a fang ji to kill people. A general said.

He Dang basically didn't want to offend King Ji, and seeing the fierceness of Li Wumang's department, the soldiers and horses of the various states he commanded were all cowardly, and he didn't know what to do, so he nodded and said: "The court doesn't know where these thieves came from, if they are immortal cultivators, it is better to recruit An." ”

Suddenly, someone came to report that the 10 million taels of silver allocated to Gaozhou by the Ministry of War had been robbed. Half of this batch of silver taels was given to the people from the states this time. He Kangji was secretly happy in his heart, broke the fortune and eliminated the disaster, discussed it with everyone, and wrote an excerpt to Tianshun.

It is said that Duzhou is still the banner of the imperial court, and there is no sign of rebellion against the Western Army and the puppet King of Jingxi. I think it's just a group of giant thieves, but its leader is an immortal cultivator, who can indulge monsters and beasts to hurt people. Now the silver sent by the imperial court has also been robbed by thieves in Duzhou, and the military horses of various states participating in the encirclement and suppression have no food and salary, and people's hearts are fluctuating. The generals of the states all thought that it would be better for the imperial court to recruit peace.

Emperor Tianshun heard that he was an immortal cultivator, and he moved his mind to recruit. Someone from the minister of the DPRK and China persuaded: "Your Majesty." There have been no immortal cultivators in this dynasty for three hundred years, when have immortal cultivators heard of the self-proclaimed king, if he wants to be rich in the world, who will not compete for the title of king and him among the emperors of the five countries, why should it be so?"

There is also a saying: "It must be a demon, there are some demon arts, how can mortals drive demon beasts, I am afraid that it is a trick." ”

Tianshun was worried about the three northern states, afraid that the west would be chaotic first, so he raised food and salary and sent it to Gaozhou by detour, and issued a strict order to suppress it.

He Kangji and others had no choice but to mobilize people and horses and surround Duzhou first. There is no rush to storm the city. Duzhou City has enough food and grass, and Li Wumang is not in a hurry, and only practices in the house every day. Wait for news from the three northern states.

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Liu Sicheng learned in the northern three states that Li Wumang had taken Duzhou. It was whimsical to hope that the immortal cultivators could pacify the west first, so that Tianshun could use most of the imperial court's army to deal with Li Wumang. to reduce damage to people and horses in the three northern states. Therefore, although Liu Sicheng tried his best to plan, he was reluctant to send troops.

After a while, Liu Sicheng saw that Li Wumang was just sticking to the city and did not take the initiative to attack. had no choice but to swear in the three northern states and set up a banner to crusade against Tianshun. I thought that there were not many soldiers and horses in the nearby states, and the rebel army would open the city and surrender wherever it went.

How do you know that these governors of the state capital are all Tianshun's henchmen, Tianshun has already had a will, seeing that the three northern states are opposed, they actually abandoned the state city, led their troops to the south for more than 800 miles, and a total of more than 200,000 people retreated to Guguan.

Guguan is the first pass in the north of the capital, with lofty mountains on both sides, holding the road to the north. Liu Sicheng's more than 300,000 horses were blocked in front of the pass.

The Northern Sanzhou Army challenged in front of the pass day by day, and those officers and soldiers could not hold out, and Liu Sicheng was at a loss. Tianshun mobilized more than 500,000 people and horses in the east and around the capital to come to Guguan.

Liu Sicheng was far away from the three northern states, and the lone army was deep, and he could not besiege the capital one by one, and it was bound to be besieged by the imperial army, and it was difficult to escape the end of the annihilation of the whole army.

Liu Sicheng made a decision immediately, and the Shuai Suo's department slowly retreated to the northern three states. The surrounding five states were included in the bag, forming a pattern of separation. Liu Sicheng said to Zhang Wang and others: "If you want to go against the big thing, you should slow down." "I don't care if Li Wumang and others are in danger.