Cultivating immortals, starting from immortality, bright moon toast together

Chapter 153

Here, Lu Yuan was working hard to retreat and prepare for the divine accomplishment, and then went to taste his own meal.

On the other hand, the music he sent more than half a month ago finally responded.

The end of February of the fifth year of Hirodo.

Sun Siwen, who was dressed in dust and servants, arrived at the military camp under Luyang Prefecture with dozens of retinues.

“Originally, I didn’t have any doubts about Brother Lu being able to quell this Seven Star Gate rebellion. But I originally guessed that it would take months and half a year to do anything.

But at this time, in just two months, Brother Lu broke the rebels one after another, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and surrounded the thieves in Luyang City.

It seems that I still underestimated Brother Lu. ”

After seeing Lu Yuan, this friend was praised in person.

Lu Yuan was a little proud when he was said, and he was happy in his heart, but he still said very modestly: “This time is just lucky.” Those thieves of the Seven Star Gate have a quack style, let them go to the martial arts, and catch and kill people Shangke.

But let these thieves fight with people, but still the rivers and lakes to nourish the qi. The ranks are loose, the military formation is not accustomed, and they all like to fight alone, no different from the homeless thieves.

Broken, easy. ”

In fact, if the rebels of the Seven Star Gate were a little more organized and understood a little bit of the art of war, Lu Yuan would not be able to win so easily.

After all, what kind of leadership level he has, he knows best.

His position on himself is clear.

The unified army operations are mediocre and may even be unqualified. The only advantage is that the soldiers and horses trained by his subordinates are quite strong, and their various qualities basically meet the standards of soldiers.

But such an unqualified commander, leading a qualified army, can still break through the rebels of the Seven Star Gate who are guarding the camp in half a month, and chase the other party all the way to Luyang City.

And Linwu County, which was originally supposed to be the lair of the Seven Star Gate, was also taken lightly by Lu Yuan.

By now, even Luyang Mansion City couldn’t hold it.

What is the level of this gang of traitors, you can imagine.

“No matter how incompetent the thief is, it is a fact that he saved Hengyang Mansion from fire and water, recovered Luyang Mansion, and annihilated 30,000 enemies.”

Sun Siwen shook his head and smiled, then looked at Lu Yuan and sighed: “This time I can be promoted to prefect, but it is also stained with the light of Brother Lu.” Otherwise, if you want to rise all the way from a little Sima to this position, you may not be able to do it for ten years.

It is really my blessing to be able to intersect with Brother Lu in this life. ”

Thinking about it carefully, Sun Siwen was able to be promoted several times, basically thanks to Lu Yuan’s help.

From the county seat of Wugang to the county commander, from the county commander to Sima, and now Sima to the prefectural government, all of which are inseparable from Lu Yuan’s credit.

This original Sun Xiucai, it can be said that he was a friend who was made in the cold and flew all the way.

“Brother Sun has said too much, I can have the status I have now, and I can’t do without Brother Sun to lead the way.”

Lu Yuan saw that Sun Siwen seemed to be a little self-deprecating, and quickly persuaded: “And to be able to intersect with my brother, Lu Mou is very lucky.” ”

He said this sincerely.

If Sun Siwen hadn’t led him to serve as a county lieutenant, with Lu Yuan’s nature, how could he have become an official?

And not an official, how can he now rise all the way to the current post of Zhengsipin Fenwu general with battle merits, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

And without this position, without these soldiers and horses, Lu Yuan wanted to get the money to buy the replenishing elixir, and wanted to have a way to buy medicinal materials, which was so simple.

Not to mention that he can now lead tens of thousands of troops, break the Seven Star Gate, and plunder the other party’s inheritance treasures.

All of this goes hand in hand.

Don’t even mention that.

As far as Sun Siwen’s original teaching and teaching and the gift of jade chips, I don’t know how much help he helped Lu Yuan.

He has been able to refine his cultivation so quickly over the years, in addition to a series of adventures, the skill of quenching the internal strength of jade chips is also indispensable.

Not to mention the unknown immortal fate contained in the jade piece.

Relying on the above alone, Sun Siwen is Lu Yuan’s lifelong friend.

At this time, after you are developed, it should be reasonable to pull a friend.

“What Brother Lu said is that I am light.”

After being told by his friend, Sun Siwen immediately admitted his mistake, and then straightened his face and said the right thing: “Now that I have taken the post of prefect of Luyang, there is a clear text in the county, and my main responsibility in office is to assist Brother Lu in calming the rebels of the Seven Star Gate, and at the same time stabilize the place and clear out the remaining thieves.”

On the way here, I also learned a little about the situation here.

In the entire ten counties of Luyang Prefecture, except for Luyang County, which is still in the hands of thieves, there is only one Pingyang County, and there is a county order recommended by Brother Lu.

In the remaining eight counties, there are no local government offices, and now they are all guarded by the army.

Dare to ask Brother Lu, what arrangements do you have for these eight counties? ”

Now, with the gradual decline of the Great Dynasty, the majesty of the imperial court has diminished, and its control over the local government has become weaker and weaker.

Especially in places like Dongting County.

With the “local self-recruitment vigilante group anti-thief edict” issued by the previous imperial court, it is simply a clear hint, encouraging the military leaders in calm places to stand up, fight against thieves, and become warlords.

The influence of such a custom has also led to the fact that on the side of Dongting County, basically which military leader can take down the territory from the rebels, then as long as these military leaders nominally continue to respect the orders of the imperial court and pay taxes to the imperial court, then the land will be disposed of by that military leader.

This is also when Lu Yuan defeated the rebels of the Seven Star Gate and killed Luyang Mansion, those places that raised the flag anyway were powerful and refused to hand over the county in their hands.

Because according to the promise of the imperial court, after they rebelled anyway, it was equivalent to taking the county seat from the rebels, then this land naturally belonged to them.

It’s just that this kind of abacus is too good, which is equivalent to grabbing food from Lu Yuan’s mouth.

I Lu someone worked hard to defeat the rebels, and as a result, you who were originally thieves, or rats who were stooped to thieves, now jump out and say that you want to grab territory, do you really think that General Ben is a bully?

So these guys who don’t open their eyes, at this time, the grave has basically begun to sprout green shoots.

But those rats cleaned up, but on Lu Yuan’s side, no one had the strength and confidence to pinch him.

Although Lu Yuan nominally belonged to the regular army under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, it did not belong to those local militias.

But in this name, he is essentially a military leader.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his hands did not listen to anyone except Lu Yuan’s orders.

Luyang Mansion was beaten down by him, so according to the custom, it should naturally be handled by him, and outsiders don’t want to interfere.

This is also why Lu Yuan asked the county government to let Sun Siwen be the prefect, and the other side agreed so quickly.

Because the county government has acquiesced that Luyang Mansion belongs to his territory.

Therefore, at this time, even if Sun Siwen is a prefect, he needs to ask Lu Yuan’s opinion on the personnel arrangements in the prefecture.

After all, his own position was essentially given to him by Lu Yuan, how could he cross his sister’s behalf and arrange officials on his own at this time.

“I don’t know any readers, and I don’t have a clue about the civilian arrangements in the counties. Brother Sun was in Changning before and taught many disciples, there should be many suitable candidates, right?

If there is, I can compile a list, and then I will ask the county office for orders one by one.

As for other military positions, there are still quite a few generals and colonels in our army who lead the troops, but there is not much problem. ”

For this matter, Lu Yuan still chose to leave it to Sun Siwen, the prefect.

Anyway, he trusts his friend very much and is not worried about the other party’s betrayal.

As for the person recommended by the other party, is it reliable?

Not to mention that when he was in Changning County before, many of Sun Siwen’s disciples were familiar with Lu Yuan, and they were also half villagers and juniors, and they had some affection.

Let’s just say that in troubled times, force is honored.

As long as he controls the soldiers and horses, some literati, no soldiers and no generals, what kind of storm can he set off?

I was afraid that I wanted to rebel, so I was directly suppressed by those disciples of the disciples arranged by myself.

Therefore, instead of finding some unreliable people to be officials, it is better to leave the matter to Sun Siwen, a professional, and let the other party manage Luyang Mansion well.

After all, this is Lu Yuan’s territory, maybe it will be the foundation in the future, and it can be better here, and it is also a good thing for him.

“Brother Lu asked me to select someone?”

Sun Siwen was slightly surprised when he heard Lu Yuan’s words, he was actually ready for his friends to arrange those henchmen and martial artists to occupy the main official positions in each county.

But unexpectedly, the other party only wanted a military official position.

While feeling relieved in his heart, Sun Siwen couldn’t help but be a little moved, so he solemnly said: “Brother Lu, rest assured, since you let me elect officials, then I will definitely live up to the trust.”

I also have many disciples in Changning, and I have also met many talented people in Shaoyang Mansion, these are people with pure character and good governance.

Later I wrote to them and invited them to come.

With these people here, in less than two years, Luyang Mansion will be governed into a promised land. ”

Lu Yuan smiled when he heard this: “Then leave it to Brother Sun.” ”

In this way, the official arrangements for Luyang Prefecture were finalized in this way.

Then, Sun Siwen talked about his future governance philosophy, what policies to implement, and what plans to make, all of which required the nod and agreement of Lu Yuan, the lord of Luyang Mansion.

After all, this cost his subordinates’ human and financial resources, and without the nod of the Lord, it could not be done at all.

However, since Lu Yuan has given Sun Siwen full authority to handle government affairs, of course, he will not veto the other party’s plan, and basically all policies have agreed.

Although it costs a lot of money on this.

According to Sun Siwen’s plan, in the next three years, if you want to restore the people’s livelihood and let Luyang Mansion come out of the trauma of war, you must invest at least 800,000 taels of silver.

During this period, this place needs to be tax-exempt, and money and food cannot be collected.

But Lu Yuan’s conquest of the Qixingmen rebellion this time, swept the entire province of Luyang Prefecture all the way, and confiscated the land of those traitors, I don’t know how much.

Although it has not been counted in detail, according to today’s rough estimates, the cash obtained is no less than one million taels. Other types of real estate, such as acres of homestead shops, are worth more.

All of the above is only the harvest in the county.

If Luyang Fucheng is conquered, the wealth of this city will be more than a million taels of gain.

With such a strong family base, the consumption of 800,000 taels of silver, how can Lu Yuan still see it?

Not even just to restore the production of Luyang Mansion, he is still planning to send people to recruit troops again, wanting to expand his soldiers and horses to more than 30,000.

After all, the territory is now bigger.

It is also necessary to guard Shaoyang Mansion, and it is necessary to guard Luyang Mansion, and at the same time, it is necessary to maintain a certain number of mobile forces and fight elsewhere at any time.

Now there are only 15,000 soldiers and horses, which is indeed a little less.

At least 30,000 soldiers must be prepared to meet today’s needs.

After all, Lu Yuan’s enemy, that is the Five Poisons Sect with more than 100,000 troops, for this big enemy, he has never forgotten.

For various policy projects, Lu Yuan basically chose to nod, and then gave money to let Sun Siwen do it. He acted as a handshaker and did not interfere much.

But in addition to these, Sun Siwen mentioned another thing that needed his assistance.

“Now that the counties are dilapidated, there are no county soldiers and militia groups in the localities, and when Brother Lu is there, there are soldiers to guard and maintain. But if Brother Lu leaves, the place will be empty, so I want to refer to Shaoyang Prefecture and establish a prefectural and county soldier and civilian regimental system on the Luyang Prefecture side, rebuild the prefecture and county soldiers in the counties in the prefecture, and at the same time establish a militia group in the townships and towns.

However, now the local population is withering, especially adult men, who have been swept up by the thief army.

If I want to establish the Fuxian Soldier Corps, I need Brother Lu’s help. ”

Sun Siwen spoke about his request.

Luyang Prefecture is a poor province in the mountains, and the population is not large, only about 200,000.

Previously, when the Miao people rebelled, they killed many local Yue people. Later, the government suppressed the rebellion and killed many Miao people. As a result, the population dropped to 1780,000.

This Qixingmen rebellion engulfed another thirty or forty thousand people, almost sweeping away the adult men in the locality.

Now that the local area is full of women and children, old and weak, Sun Siwen wants to recruit troops in these crooked dates, which is really a difficult thing.

Lu Yuan thought for a while and nodded, “This is easy to do.” In our barracks, many thieves were taken prisoner. Most of them were wrapped up by the traitors of the Seven Star Gate, and they were not deep thieves.

There are roughly 14,000 of them, and then I will have people choose qualified men to serve as prefectural soldiers.

The rest can also be organized into vigilante groups and released.

In addition, there were 3,000 volunteer soldiers, and these combat strength were not strong, and they were simply reorganized on the spot into the county soldiers of the militia group. ”

When he was in Changning County before, Lu Yuan captured eight thousand prisoners. Then he wiped out those land snakes in Luyang Mansion who did not obey the generals, and captured more than a thousand prisoners. Later, when he fought Luyang City, more than a thousand people died. However, after conquering Linwu County, more than 3,000 prisoners were captured. These days, there are seven thousand people who have descended from the city of Luyang Prefecture.

In this way, there are more than 18,000 prisoners in his hands.

However, of these 18,000 people, more than 4,000 are from Linwu County.

Although these people surrendered, they belonged to the deeper subordinate thieves. Put them in place, and there is a high probability that there will be another mess.

Therefore, Lu Yuan did not intend to release these prisoners from Linwu County, but planned to continue to form the Xiandeng Battalion and manage it by military law.

Anyway, I don’t know where to go to fight in the future, instead of using your own elite soldiers as cannon fodder at that time, it is better to use these thieves and directly waste them.

In this way, the matter of rebuilding the system of soldiers and civilian groups in prefectures and counties can be regarded as finalized.

After talking about this, Sun Siwen had nothing else to do.

After chatting with Lu Yuan for a while, he recounted his friendship, and then got up to take his leave and went to his own business.

To re-establish order from the ruins and rebuild the official system, Sun Siwen has a lot to do.

It can be imagined that in the next period of time, even years, this friend will not be idle.

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Sun Siwen also hurriedly came and went in a hurry, only staying in the barracks for one day, and then returned to the county town of Pingyang in the rear.

Now that Luyang Prefecture City has not been captured, he, the prefect, wants to work, and he can only work in Pingyang County.

And Lu Yuan also found Zhou Qing after he left. After talking to this disciple about the rebuilding of the prefecture soldiers, he waved his hand for him to deal with it.

According to the imperial court system, Luyang Prefecture needs a thousand soldiers and a thousand county soldiers, a total of 2,000 soldiers and horses.

There are now 17,000 volunteers and released prisoners, and it is not difficult to select 2,000 qualified soldiers from them.

The people under the hands have experience in these things, just leave it to them to deal with.

However, after being selected for two thousand elites, the rest of the people were also uneven, and it was a waste of food to keep it, so Lu Yuan simply sent a sum of money directly and dismissed them all.

Now in order to restore the production of Luyang Mansion, Sun Siwen is the time to hire people, and these people are put back to the place, just enough to provide sufficient manpower.

And after such a streamlining, in the camp outside Luyuan City, there were only 10,000 main forces left, and 4,000 prisoners from Xiandeng Camp in Linwu County.

Although the number of people has decreased, the combat power has not decreased, on the contrary, it has increased a lot.

After all, it took a lot of effort to watch more than 20,000 prisoners and manage so many people before.

Now to dismiss those bloated personnel, leaving only the elite and a certain amount of cannon fodder, is equivalent to reducing the burden on the army.

At the end of February of the entire fifth year of Hongdao, Luyang Mansion came to an end in such a chaotic atmosphere and ushered in a warm spring and March.

However, in early March, Lu Yuan got bad news.

The Miao people of the three provinces in the south of Dongting County finally made a big move after two months of silence.

After watching again and again, these Miao people did not dare to face Lu Yuan’s soldiers directly after all, and chose to go north from Luyang Mansion. Instead, he gathered 70,000 soldiers and horses and invaded the already empty Shaoyang Mansion City.

The headquarters of the Five Poisons Sect in Wuling County in the north also mobilized 50,000 soldiers and horses, and I heard that the sect leader personally commanded it, and cooperated with the Miao people of the three provinces in the south to attack Shaoyang Mansion together.

Looking at this gesture, these Miao people are preparing to capture Shaoyang Mansion and completely open up this shortest passage between the Miao people of the four provinces.

In addition to sending troops to Shaoyang Mansion, the Miao people of the three provinces also gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses. They also did not take the initiative to attack, so they stopped at the junction of Shanyang Mansion, Jiuxuan Mansion and Luyang Mansion.

Looking at this idea, he was obviously preparing to rely on stationing heavy troops on the border to contain Lu Yuan’s soldiers and horses on this side and buy time and opportunity for the main army on the other side.

Shaoyang Mansion made an urgent report, and flew towards the county capital like snowflakes.

But on the side of the county capital, it could not send soldiers and horses, except for Hengyang Prefecture, which had already settled down, and sent five thousand prefecture soldiers and militia to support, it was just to let Shaoyang Prefecture defend itself.

Of course, naturally it is indispensable to summon Lu Yuan, let this side quickly end the war in Luyang Mansion, and rush to support Shaoyang Mansion.

Fortunately, Shaoyang Mansion has been sorted out by Lu Yuan before, and a perfect system of soldiers and militias in Fuxian has been established, and now even in the face of a large-scale invasion by the Miao people, it can gather 20,000 or 30,000 men and horses to defend the city.

With the assistance of 5,000 soldiers and horses from Hengyang Mansion, it can withstand for a while for the time being.

In the midst of such chaos.

On the seventh day of March, Lu Yuan, who had been in retreat for half a month, finally opened the sixth strange sutra after taking five water purification Xuandan, practiced the Chiyang Heart Method, and broke through to the realm of first-class peaks.

After fifteen years of hard practice, he finally became the pinnacle under the innate.