Loan Wusheng

Chapter 182: Martial Arts Master, Self-Created Martial Arts

The defeated soldiers fled everywhere in the mountains and plains. More than ten thousand of them were wandering in these counties. Some fled to Ningyuan County, some fled to the camp in Hongshan River, and some were so frightened that they ran directly to Batang County to Guangping County.

It can be said that nearly half of Lanzhou knew that Zheng Jun had already rushed to the Tan County camp and destroyed Xu Hou's troops.

This news really shocked all the counties.

Ningyuan County’s choice was to surrender.

However, Guangping County and Batang County were in a dilemma.

No matter what, Batang County will not surrender.

After all, the county magistrate Zhang Wen is Fang's son-in-law.

He got his current position as county magistrate after marrying a divorced young lady from the Fang family with two children.

Although it sounds abstract, it is like pie in the sky for Zhang Wen.

Xu Hou is well-versed in military books, but even the second-married Miss Fang looks down on him, right?
As for Zhao Donglai from Guangping County, he fell silent for the first time and did not take any action.

He just secretly wrote a few letters praising Governor Zheng and asked someone to send them out.

Similarly, he wrote several letters expressing his loyalty to the Fang family until death, and asked someone to send them out.

Of course, the one who is under the most pressure is Hong Shanhe.

At this moment, in the siege camp of Yulian County, Hong Shanhe listened to the news from the defeated soldiers, and for a moment he fell into a daze.

"Xu Hou, Fang Yan, Lang Wei! Two enlightened warriors and a enlightened monster!"

Hong Shanhe's hands and feet were cold now, and he said in disbelief: "How could the three of them, with more than 30,000 soldiers, be defeated by Zheng Jun in one battle?! Could it be that Zheng Jun is really that powerful?!"

The deputy general on the side wanted to say something but hesitated. He struggled for a long time, but finally said nothing.

Hong Shanhe was a man of sturdy build, wearing armor, and was known as the "Sky-Holding Man" in the military tent. His broad, sturdy arms made the soldiers on both sides of the camp feel at ease.

But today, the great general who was always known as 'Qingtian' had an extremely ugly expression on his face, and even his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted.

After more than half a month of siege, they were unable to capture Yulian County, forcing the Yulian County guards to hold on.

And now, Zheng Jun, leading tens of thousands of troops, has arrived from the rear and has easily pacified the three powerful men Xu Hou, Fang Yan and Lang Wei!
This naturally made Hong Shanhe a little scared, and he didn't know what to do.

He is now in a dilemma.

If he continued to besiege Yulian County, he would not be able to escape after Zheng Jun's army arrived. Moreover, his own morale was gradually declining. If he fought with Zheng Jun's army, he would most likely be defeated.

But if he took this opportunity to withdraw his troops, it would be very difficult. If Wei Tu had the courage to directly order the entire army to charge out, his army would surely collapse at the first blow and would have no chance at all!
Based on the current situation and the results of the fight, Hong Shanhe felt that Wei Tu must have the courage to do so.

After all, Yulian County is not on the edge of Lanzhou. Wei Tu had the courage to openly oppose the Fang family and the King of Qin. This shows that this person must be bold and reckless, and is loyal to Emperor Yongchang.

When he saw his troops withdrawing and their morale collapsing, could he resist giving chase?
Hong Shanhe found it unlikely.

Now, I'm really stuck here.

Thinking of this, Hong Shanhe couldn't help but look worried.

He still has 40,000 soldiers under his command, and he has just received more than a thousand defeated soldiers. However, these defeated soldiers are completely useless in battle.

Because they were defeated too quickly, to a degree that was difficult for Hong Shanhe to describe: even if there were 30,000 pigs running all over the mountains, they wouldn't have been defeated so quickly, right?
These defeated soldiers have developed a deep psychological trauma from the banner of 'Ding Qin Hou Zheng'. If they are forced to go into battle, not only will they collapse at the first blow, but they will also easily lead to the defeat of their original troops.

Once the army shows signs of large-scale defeat, even Hong Shanhe will not be able to pull the defeated army back.

"General!"

Suddenly, a handsome young man hurriedly walked in from outside the tent, looking quite anxious.

If it were in the past, Hong Shanhe would have frowned and ordered the other party not to obey military orders.

But now, after seeing this person, Hong Shanhe stood up with a bang, looked at this person, and immediately said: "My dear nephew, is there any news from your family?"

This handsome young man is a member of the Fang family.

Serve in the Hongshanhe Army and gain military merit.

"My ancestor just sent someone to deliver a message."

Fang Yan opened his mouth in a low voice and presented a piece of Polygonatum.

This jade bamboo appears in the shape of a bamboo board, but the whole body is made of jade. Hong Shanhe took a closer look and found that it was a very rare stone called "Xudun Stone".

Seeing this, Hong Shanhe immediately understood the use of this Polygonatum.

Spread the message!
Such an item must be priceless. When going out on an expedition, each unit basically has this kind of treasure that can be used for long-distance communication, so as to avoid problems arising at the front without the rear being aware of it.

The treasure in the Hongshanhe camp is obviously the Yuzhu in the hands of the young man from the Fang family.

"Choose the best soldiers to flee, and leave the rest to guard."

There were only two simple sentences on the jade bamboo: "Abandon the three counties of Yulian, Ningyuan, and Jingyuan, and gather troops in Batang. All units must not advance rashly and wait for the arrival of the Marquis of Hancheng!"

Marquis of Hancheng?
After seeing this word, Hong Shanhe was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that this "Hou of Hancheng" should be Gongyang Jin, the Earl of Hancheng.

Now that the King of Qin wants to seize the world, it is very normal for him to promote the title of Hancheng Earl by one level.

"How did the Marquis of Hancheng know about the defeat at the front?"

Hong Shanhe had some doubts in his heart, but these doubts disappeared in his mind the moment they arose. After seeing this news, Hong Shanhe felt very relieved.

"That's it, that's good."

Hong Shanhe murmured to himself, this way he wouldn't have to take the blame.

Moreover, leaving half of the people behind would also prevent the guard in the city from taking any action.

Although Wei Tu is a martial artist with extraordinary powers, after defending the city for many days and recently going out into the field to fight, he probably only has three to four thousand soldiers under his command.

but……

How many soldiers and horses should I take with me?
This gave Hong Shanhe quite a headache.

These 40,000 people were all brought from his hometown by him, and he treats them like flesh and blood!

Now that he has to sacrifice 20,000 people to be "cannon fodder" here, Hong Shanhe really doesn't know what to do.

I can leave now, but I have new doubts.

……

In Tan County, prisoners of war are building city walls.

More than 10,000 surrendered soldiers naturally need to be mobilized.

Their current commander is still the Tongqiao warrior Xu Hou.

This made many surrendered soldiers feel helpless.

Before the battle, General Xu Hou was in command; after the defeat, General Xu Hou was still in command.

So you are still the general even if we keep fighting? Then why should we fight? We should surrender early, and maybe we can even win the reputation of "rebellion on the battlefield"!
The surrendered soldiers complained in their hearts, and then continued to build the city walls and fill the gaps in their time.

Apart from these soldiers, there were no other civilians in Tan County.

After choosing Tan County as the garrison for Xu Hou's troops, all the people in the county moved south and moved into Batang County, leaving the entire Tan County vacant to serve as a garrison.

In just over ten days, Zheng Jun had captured all the soldiers and tens of thousands of them surrendered. It was a bit of a waste of time.

Zheng Jun would naturally not allow these surrendered soldiers to fight in the next battlefield against Lanzhou.

Zheng Jun was not brave enough to let the newly captured soldiers serve as vanguards.

If they suddenly turn against Zheng Jun, then Zheng Jun would have no choice but to swallow his anger.

Therefore, Zheng Jun planned to use them only as engineers, and not in the territory of Lanzhou, but to send them back to Bozhou to carry out farming and fortification operations in Yanting County and Kangle County of Bozhou until the end of the Battle of Lanzhou, and then incorporate them into the battle sequence.

But now, Zheng Jun has not taken any action.

After all, he gave the army two days to rest, and he himself took advantage of this time to swallow the inner elixir of the demon Lang Wei and began to practice.

The tremendous demonic power turned into a red torrent and rushed straight to the dantian along the meridians.

Zheng Jun's expression remained unchanged. Although he felt a burning pain in his internal organs as if they were burned by fire, he had experienced this kind of thing too many times and didn't feel any pain.

Not long after, Zheng Jun had completely refined the demon pill. The true energy in his dantian was more than 30% stronger than before, and he immediately felt refreshed.

"It's a pity that the demon pill has too many impurities. The level of this Tongqiao wolf demon is really average, far inferior to the six-winged black python and the white crane."

Zheng Jun shook his head and made this comment in his mind.

For Zheng Jun, the white crane demon 'Li Heji' and the black python demon 'Chen Mang' can be said to be the two with the strongest true essence among the many demon pills he has taken.

The alien species in heaven and earth are indeed different.

It tastes much better than these ordinary things.

However, this kind of strange species in heaven and earth is hard to come by, and Zheng Jun can understand that.

After swallowing the demon pill of the great demon Lang Wei, the true energy in Zheng Jun's body has become so powerful that it is difficult to describe. If he had not previously advanced the small success of the "Taixu Ningyu Pian", he would not have been able to digest so much true energy.

The true energy in Zheng Jun's body is considered to be the best even among the three realms of Tongqiao.

The reason for this situation is that when I was at the second level of Tongqiao, I took the 'Nine Transformations Dragon Pill' in order to seek a breakthrough.

After all, the 'Nine-Transformation Dragon Pill' is a realm-breaking elixir. When Zheng Jun took it like this, it naturally had a lot of medicinal power.

But it is not as simple as just helping Zheng Jun break through from the second level of Tongqiao to the third level of Tongqiao.

As long as it is slowly digested later on, breaking through the fourth level of Tongqiao will not be a problem within one or two years.

Feeling the violent energy surging in his body, Zheng Jun shook his head, stood up, looked around, and then the Xue Shou Sword was unsheathed, and a golden light flowed through it.

"If we can simplify 'Yiri Liuguang', can we create a martial art?"

Zheng Jun's eyes moved around with a look of surprise and doubt.

Zheng Jun's current attainments in martial arts are no longer comparable to when his wisdom was first awakened.

Although, all his martial arts skills were acquired through loans.

But the process of repaying the loan is based on my own talent and hard work!

Therefore, Zheng Jun's attainments in martial arts are still quite good.

With so many magical powers at his disposal, if Zheng Jun was a little shameless, he could call himself a "martial arts master".

Asking Zheng Jun to create a magical power on his own is a bit far-fetched.

To create a top-grade martial art, one might need to study it carefully for seven or eight months.

However, if he were to develop a martial art based on a certain magical power, Zheng Jun would be confident that he could do it within three to five days.

The principle is simple...

You are a college student who is proficient in calculus. Using your knowledge of calculus, you can come up with a few questions for junior high school students. Isn't that easy?
These questions can be solved using junior high school math knowledge, but they can also be solved using calculus. For college students who are proficient in calculus, this is not difficult.

Among the junior high school students who answered the questions, 99.998% of them probably cannot understand how to use calculus and thus comprehend the complete calculus.

But there are also 0.002% of the chosen ones who may be able to comprehend the mystery and learn some magical powers.

The probability of this happening is extremely small.

The Canghai School has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, and the Treading Wave Sword has been circulated everywhere, but not many people have been able to uncover the mystery and learn the "Lushui Zhan Jiao" technique.

If you count, I am the only one who relies entirely on talent and hard work.

Zheng Jun was still able to create martial arts like the Treading Wave Sword Technique.

The various martial arts of the Canghai School, not only the Treading Waves Sword Technique, but the other sword techniques are also derived from the 'Lushui Zhanjiao Fulong Sword Technique'.

The only difference is that the Treading Waves Sword Technique is the basic martial arts of Yu Kai in the previous dynasty. Yu Kai created the magical power of 'Lu Shui Zhan Jiao Sword Technique' through the Treading Waves Sword Technique, while the other sword techniques are simplified martial arts from 'Lu Shui Zhan Jiao Sword Technique'.

Zheng Jun let out a breath, then turned the blade and began to simplify rapidly.

All of a sudden, a flash of swords and shadows appeared in the central army tent.

"..."

Until the stars flow and reach the next morning.

Zheng Jun stood in the central military tent, exhaled, and looked at the small ink characters appearing in front of him, and couldn't help revealing a satisfied expression.

【Martial arts: Unnamed.】

[Current state: Perfection.]

After one night's work, Zheng Jun actually created a martial art.

After all, it is a fledgling martial art and can only be classified as an intermediate martial art, which is slightly weaker than the Treading Waves Sword Technique.

However, this was a martial art created by Zheng Jun himself after all, which made Zheng Jun quite complacent and gave him a feeling of being a 'master of martial arts'.

As long as I improve on it, this medium-level martial art can at least be perfected into a top-level martial art.

"We need to give this martial art a name, so what name would be best?"

Zheng Jun thought to himself that he was going to give his first martial art a nice name.

At this moment, Dugu Yuan's urgent voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Grand Commander, General Fu of the Brave Army has an urgent report!"

Zheng Jun was immersed in the story all night. When he heard Duguyuan's voice outside the door, his eyes suddenly fixed and he said, "Tell me."

"General, the brave army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses led the way. When we reached Ningyuan County, we encountered the Ningyuan County team that was willing to surrender. Ningyuan County Magistrate Liu Yuan, County Lieutenant Huang Ming, as well as six team leaders and three local celebrities, all wanted to surrender Ningyuan County."

Dugu Yuan spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice outside the tent: "Huang Junwei and Liu Juncheng have captured Ningyuan County Governor Yu Pei, and the brave army has stationed in Ningyuan County. Regarding the issue of the surrendered generals of Ningyuan County and the governor Yu Pei, please make your decision, General!"

Hearing Dugu Yuan's words, Zheng Jun, who had just created a new martial art, was stunned.

"Ningyuan County surrendered?"

Duguyuan agreed repeatedly.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun directly brushed aside the curtain and walked out of the military tent, looking extremely surprised and happy: "Send out the troops, immediately!"

"Attack the Hongshanhe camp in Yulian County!"

If Ningyuan County surrenders, Hong Shanhe of Yulian County will probably run away!
We can't let him run away!

(End of this chapter)