The Era of Immortal Cultivation

Tong Guan is a fastidious person.

Ren Feizheng was inspired to agree to leave the mountain and go south, so he no longer mentioned the military affairs, but only talked about some interesting stories about the rivers and lakes, such as "Feng Yue", and the few of them could be regarded as guests and hosts.

Early on the next morning, a chamberlain led a group of porters up the mountain, delivered dozens of boxes of things, and read out the imperial edict.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says:

Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggar Clan, and the elder Ren Feizheng, who has always been loyal and kind, and a man from Xin'an County and a man from Yiyang County, are pardoned and granted a hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, a hundred pieces of brocade, and a hundred altars of wine. Special orders are given to Mr. Ren from the county to accompany his wife.

The division went to Jinling and surrendered the bandit leaders Fang La, Xu Zhu, Shi Bao and others."

"I'll take your orders!"

Li Hao only raised his hand, causing the eunuch who announced the decree to frown. He was about to reprimand, but Tong Guan looked at him and backed away.

Li Hao accepted the order and asked his disciples to distribute the gifts given by the emperor to the beggars.

Seeing Li Hao take the property after receiving the order, Tong Guan finally felt at ease and laughed boldly:

"Brother Ren remembers the people of Li and is willing to go out to help. Daofu feels deeply about it.

I want to take the oath from Tokyo in seven days and go south to quell the chaos. It will take me a month to reach Changzhou Road in Liangzhe. Brother only needs to arrive in Changzhou in mid-June."

Li Hao's face straightened up and he said slowly:

"This is the great justice of the family and the country, so what's the praise for helping? But Brother Tong, I am a humble person with no knowledge of politics and military affairs, so you and I have to make an agreement."

Tong Guan hesitated for a moment and thought:

I can't let the thug I finally deceived run away like this. No matter how harsh he says, I will agree to it first, but I may not be able to let him go on the battlefield later.

"Brother Ren, it doesn't matter what you say, Tong will do his best."

Li Hao smiled and said:

"It's not that difficult. Firstly, it's really hateful for Xu Zhu to steal my treasure. If I meet this person, I must kill him and not borrow it from other people's hands; secondly, I lost the Seventh Trumpet Hand

No matter who gets the chicken, he must return it to me; thirdly, I don't know the art of war, but since I am a boxing assistant, I don't want to know anything about the army's dispatch, so I want to get a job in the army and listen to the military discussions."<

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Reasonable, this request is so reasonable, it is much higher than Tong Guan’s psychological bottom line.

Xu Zhu and Shouji should have been dealt with by Ren Feizheng, but as for sitting in on the military meeting...

As long as the power of command is not required, what does it matter if there are multiple people observing?

What's more, Ren Feizheng and Xu Zhu have a grudge against each other for stealing a chicken, and they are die-hard teammates who will never leak the news!

Didn’t you see that when he heard that he was going to fuck Xu Zhu and beat Fang La, he immediately agreed with his eyes shining?

Tong Guan smiled cheerfully and agreed immediately: "These three things are not a problem!"

After finalizing the opinions and drinking with Li Hao and Qiao Feng for a while, Tong Guan said goodbye and left, returning to Bianjing.

......

The heat in May is ridiculously hot.

Tong Guan marched southward with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, advancing by waterway, recruiting civilians along the way, and his movements were known to the world, and went straight to the northern part of the Liangzhe Road that Fangla is still occupying.

Finally, at the end of May, the vanguard of the army rushed to the two Zhejiang provinces and defended Changzhou and Runzhou (today's Zhenjiang), preventing the two Zhejiang provinces from falling into Fang La's hands.

In early June, Tong Guan's army arrived in Changzhou, recruiting nearly 200,000 Xiang soldiers, rural soldiers, and civilians along the way, plus some remnant soldiers from Zhejiang, Zhejiang, and the east and west of Jiangnan who had been beaten by Fang La's army and fled in a hurry, leaving behind their helmets and armor.

An army of 400,000 troops occupied prefectures and counties north of Taihu Lake, regained lost territory and built camps.

With today's communication conditions, when Tong Guan took the oath of surrender in the capital, Fang La already knew that Tong Guan would be the commander of the enemy, and the Western Army would be able to recruit him as a general if the leader of the Western Army was defeated.

The Mingjiao also responded carefully. They had already displayed most of the Mingjiao's wealth south of Taihu Lake, guarding key roads and passes, forming a rivalry with each other and involving Tong Guan's army.

Tong Guan did not rush forward and attacked immediately. Instead, he recruited the remaining soldiers from various places, practiced military formations, collected boats, and allowed the guest troops from afar to adapt to the local climate. At the same time, he sent small groups of elite troops to continuously attack and interfere with Fang La's army's garrison and occupation.

The fortress.

After several trials, both sides felt that they had underestimated the difficulty of the enemy, and became increasingly cautious. For a time, they were facing each other across the lake.

On June 11, Li Hao, greeted by Tong Guan, passed through the pass, walked through the towering camp barriers, and entered the Chinese military camp.

Along the way, Tong Guan enthusiastically introduced the various arrangements of the camp.

Li Hao was also amazed, showing the envy of a military novice, and asked Tong Guan to talk more, secretly keeping all these arrangements in his heart.

Okay, now Xu Zhu understands the layout of the highlands and springs that you have put so much effort into, and Fang La almost understands it too.

Having exposed all the defenses in his camp, Tong Guancai pulled Li Hao into the coach's tent and explained:

"Brother Ren has extraordinary skills. There is no need to care about all the generals this time. The only thing that can be done is the current head of the family. Brother Ren should be respected.

This person is the current head of the Zhe family. Although he only pretends to be at the peak of his powers, the Zhe family can be called the same as the Kong family of Shandong and the Chai family of the previous dynasty, which is also extraordinary. In real terms, he is stronger than the ordinary real form.

”

Li Hao laughed and said:

"Hahaha! This person is just here to help with the martial arts. He must speak less when he is observing the military. He will not be annoyed by this person."

Tong Guan lured Li Hao to settle down, and he became military counselor in the next few days. Li Hao also became familiar with Tong Guan's generals.

Zhe Keqiu had always looked coldly at him, but Li Hao didn't care. He attended the meeting on time every day and didn't say a word in the meeting.

For half a month, Tong Guan relied on his large number of troops and attacked with elite soldiers from all over, and also recaptured many important pass areas, and finally attracted Fang La to personally take action, destroying a thousand-man partial army.

At the beginning of July, the Chinese army was in the general’s tent.

Tong Guan was sitting at the main seat, while Zhe Keqiu, Li Hao and more than a dozen people were lined up on the left and right, each taking a seat, but no one touched the food and wine on the table, and everyone had a sad look on their face.

Tong Guan sighed and said:

"Yesterday, the officials sent me another message 78 times, saying that Prime Minister Cai had defeated Tian Hu several times and recovered the Three Continents. Gao Qiu rebelled against Chao Gai's leader named Song Jiang and also defeated Liangshan.

Prime Minister Wang also made gains in Huaixi."

The crowd in the tent was excited. They said that Fang La was not comparable to the other three thieves. They also suggested that they should continue to fight steadily. There was a lot of discussion for a while.

Glancing at Ren Feizheng, who was silent, Tong Guan patted his head with a headache. It was the first time he felt that this convenience could bring such trouble.

The officials are pressing hard, so this battle must be fought.

"Okay!" Tong Guan slapped the table and shouted angrily:

"If the officials want to fight, they must fight, and they must fight beautifully! Please, what are your plans?"

Zhe Keqiu, who had a dead face, said expressionlessly:

"Throughout the ages, both sides have more than 100,000 soldiers. How can there be any strategy? It is nothing more than a direct battle. The winner lives and the loser dies."

Tong Guan snorted coldly and said:

"Isn't it like attacking the enemy's southern camp directly like attacking a city? The original nine-point chance of winning is only five-point. It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!"

At this time, the first general of the crowd came out. It was Liu Menglong who escaped from Jinling with his life and ran all the way to Taihu Lake. He cupped his hands and said:

"Grand Master! How about traveling by water? It's difficult to train as a navy master. It can't be trained by Fang Ni in three or two months.

Fangla Yingpan was also built on the water. Today, the Taihu Navy still exists on Taihu Lake, which is our great advantage!"

Tong Guan became interested and asked: "How to use this naval force, any good strategies?"

Liu Menglong reported again:

"The grand master first taught the horse and infantry to explore the road, and arranged a battle with the thieves to lure the thieves out to fight. Then he mobilized water warships and some elite Western troops to rob the thieves' nest and prevent them from looking at each other, so that they can capture a group of thieves!

”

Tong Guan looked at Zhe Keqiu and saw him nodding slightly. He calmed down and decided to use this strategy. He also arranged with the generals to allocate troops and horses, and said to Li Hao afterward:

"If you want to lure a thief, then use a flag in an upright manner to force him to show up!

Please also ask Brother Ren to spread the chicken-hand technique throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang like the Xu Zhu, and arrange for Fang La to form a battle array at the time of pounding autumn seven days later!"

All the generals started to flatter each other:

"The Grand Master is brilliant! If the whole world knows this but Fang Thief does not dare to fight, he will lose the support of the army and the people. Even if he does not dare to do so, Fang Thief will have no choice but to fight head-on with us!"

A few people were flattering each other when they heard a messenger coming from outside:

"Murong Fu of Gusu brought thousands of people to pay homage to the Grand Master and said that he wanted to help the Grand Master pacify Fangla!"

Murong Fu had previously killed Lin Lingsu with Fang La in West Lake, but only a few people at the time knew about it.

After that, he basically did not participate in any Mingjiao activities. In the eyes of the world, Gusu Murong was still just a political influence and had nothing to do with the Mingjiao.

"Hahaha!" Tong Guan slapped the table and said happily: "Now we have more combat power in the True Form Realm. We will win this battle!"

Several people wanted to congratulate them, but Zhe Keqiu interrupted ignorantly:

"Among the people Murong Fu brought, are there any elderly women?"

The messenger replied: "Yes, quite a few!"

Zhe Keqiu's tense face relaxed a little, and he said to Tong Guan:

"Although a martial arts hero like Murong Fu would not seek refuge with Fang La, we still have to be careful. His family and subordinates may not be on the same page as him. You just tell him that we want to fight decisively, and don't talk about the naval surprise attack!"
"Good!" Tong Guan nodded, and then took Li Hao and other soldiers out to welcome Murong Fu into the camp.

After drinking for three rounds, Tong Guan smiled proudly as he looked at Murong Fu, who looked like a humble gentleman, and 'Ren Feizheng', who had been silent all the time.

How to lose now? It’s safe!

In the Mingjiao camp, 'Xuzhu' walked quickly through the layers of guards, walked to Fang La's tent, and said with a smile:

"The leader is really his destiny! Under the leadership of the leader, the young monk's fateful knowledge, which was sometimes ineffective at that time, came into play again!"

Li Hao handed over the defensive formation map of Tong Guan's camp, and then revealed Tong Guan's vicious plan for the sneak attack, which made Fang La grin from ear to ear.

"Since this Tong Guan wants to fight, let's fight!"

......

On July 3, Ren Feizheng sent a message to all the places in the south of the Yangtze River, and made an appointment to fight Fang La's army on the Taihu Plain seven days later. This place is extremely flat, with no traps or worries about ambushes. It can be said to be the fairest place for battle.

On July 5th, Xu Zhu sent a message to Jiangnan and agreed to the battle.

On July 10th, it was supposed to be warm at the beginning of autumn, but on this day, the west wind was bleak.

That day, there were turbulent waves on Taihu Lake. The sun shone on the lake water, like thousands of golden snakes, playing with the waves.

Under the dragon flag, on the big ship, 'Ren Feizheng' followed Liu Menglong and looked south. He could already see the shadow of Fangla camp in the distance, and suddenly dozens of small boats rushed out from the camp.

"Hahaha!" Liu Menglong laughed into the wind, thinking he was successful.

"How can a few dozen small boats stop our navy of ten thousand people? Mr. Ren, you have no idea!"

In the awning of the leading boat, 'Xuzhu' drank all the wine in his glass in one gulp and said to the person in front of him:

"Master, I will go out and lure Ren Feizheng away. After you use your magical power to destroy the imperial navy, you can lead your troops directly into the official camp. The retainers of the Murong family will meet you, and then go to the main battlefield to support you.

."

"Master, don't you really need my help? The two of us join forces..."

Li Hao quickly stopped Fang La's words and said: "I have calculated that this time there will be no danger! It is important to defeat the army, so don't worry, leader!"

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the boat.

Seeing the ugly monk on the boat from a distance, Liu Menglong couldn't stop laughing. He trembled and looked at Ren Feizheng beside him and said:

"Mr. Ren, that monk is Xu Zhu?"

"Hahaha! We've found you, thief monk!" Ren Feizheng rose into the sky and rushed towards Xu Zhu. Xu Zhu also pretended to be surprised and used his divine foot power to turn into a plane and escape.

The two chased each other and soon disappeared into the sky.

This was fine, it was enough to attack the camp with the strength of the navy. Liu Menglong, relieved, commanded the patrol boat to kill these Fang La's boats, and wanted to continue to attack Fang La's camp.

At this time, another person walked out of the boat where Xu Zhu was.

The wind blows, the clouds move, the water surges, and the thunder falls, leaving only a mess.

Fang La transformed into the body of a dragon and flew to the north. Forty miles away from the army camp, there was an ambush of elite soldiers and the retainers of the Murong family waiting.

......

With the sound of gongs and gongs, the boy was dressed in military uniform, riding a jade-carved gold-saddled horse, prancing forward, shouting and spreading the sound to both sides of the plain, shouting in a righteous and solemn voice:

"Rebels and rebels, don't be so arrogant! Fang La, the state has national laws, you openly rebelled, and the crime cannot be pardoned. Now the imperial troops have arrived, and you will be wiped out!"

On the opposite side, among the thousands of troops, there was also a general wearing a helmet and armor. He rode out and shouted:

"Child thief! Your grandfather Shi Bao will take your life today!"

What about Fang La? There was such a big battle, but he didn’t come to take charge?

Tong Guan felt bad and scolded:

"Why did you, the coward, come out? Where is the thief Fang? Did he run away without eggs?"

"Hahaha!" Shi Bao raised his sledgehammer, signaled the Chinese army to move forward, and shouted:

"The leader is probably already in your army camp now!"

The entire army behind Tong Guan was in an uproar, and their morale plummeted.

Tong Guan secretly cursed for being shameless, how could he steal the camp like me? In order to boost morale, he also shouted:

"You treacherous ministers and traitors, I have already invited Elder Ren Feizheng of the Beggar Clan and 20,000 navy troops to attack your camp, and they are now in your camp!"

All tactics converter?

The morale of the officers and soldiers was boosted, but Shi Bao had already beaten the drums and ordered the army to attack, and shouted again:

"With Master Xu Zhu guarding the camp, our army will be safe. You are the only ones without roots!"

No, without Xu Zhu Fangla, the other party will not only have Shi Bao's true form?

But there are two of us here, and they have real combat power. Three against one, the advantage is mine!

Seeing that Shi Bao had already led his army to charge forward, Tong Guan took the lead and rushed forward.

"Please, Mr. Murong, the three of us work together to kill this stone treasure!"

Zhe Keqiu shouted: "Ancestor, help me", and several phantoms entered his body. His momentum increased greatly, and he wanted to rush forward on his horse.

Then, Zhe Keqiu was hit with a sword in the back.

All the soldiers were shocked, and even Tong Guan, who had already rushed far away, turned back in surprise.

Zhe Keqiu reluctantly turned around and saw that under the sunlight, Murong Fu let go of the sword with an indifferent expression, squinting like a fox and smiling:

"I'm sorry! I'm an undercover agent."