The facts turned out to be as Zhao Kuangyin expected. When he arrived in Taiyuan, he happened to catch up with the craze for joining the army. With his martial arts, he was naturally selected and became a recruit of the Han army. He was not in a hurry to identify himself with Liu He, but
I stayed in the military camp and continued to observe the combat effectiveness of the Han army. I started from the bottom and ate, lived and trained with the other recruits.
In the competition for new recruits three months later, Zhao Kuangyin, who thought he was fully prepared, made a surprise move. He defeated fifty opponents in just half an hour, won the first place in the competition, and received an unusual summons from Liu He.
It was not until after meeting Liu He that Zhao Kuangyin revealed his identity as You Longzi's apprentice, which really surprised Liu He. Liu He then verified the token on him and learned about You Longzi's current situation.
Afterwards, the two retreated and had a night of secret talks. The next day, Liu He announced that in view of Zhao Kuangyin's superb martial arts skills, he would be summoned into the most elite Forbidden Army and promoted to a captain. The Northern Han Dynasty also began not to lead.
People are paying attention to strengthening the mobilization of troops and food, not knowing what actions to take.
Zhao Kuangyin lived up to his expectations. He relied on his years of diligent martial arts practice and defeated all the invincible opponents of the Forbidden Army in just six months. He successfully established his prestige. For a time, everyone knew that there was a young master in the Forbidden Army.
In the following years, the Northern Han Dynasty reorganized its armaments and began to expand its territory. The first was to go to war against the Later Jin Dynasty, which had a large territory in Zhan but was unwilling to make progress and was content with the status quo. The banner of Daqing was also very simple, "
Drive out the Tartars and restore Han rule."
The Later Jin Dynasty did not expect that the Northern Han Dynasty, which had been fighting with them for a long time and had no ambitions, would attack so harshly and was caught off guard. The so-called "the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked". The rulers in the country are corrupt and degenerate, and those on the border
The defenders were naturally lax in their armaments and lacked the will to fight. Facing the menacing Northern Han army, it could be said that they collapsed at the first touch. In just half a month, they lost a large area of land and captured countless people.
Faced with such a great victory, all the slightly dissatisfied voices in the Northern Han army were silenced. The soldiers and civilians across the country unanimously demanded to pursue the victory and expand the results. Liu He also announced that he would temporarily reorganize the army for two weeks to digest the results, and promoted a general.
Among the large number of generals who fought bravely and made great achievements, Zhao Kuangyin was among them.
Since there was no emperor in the Northern Han army, the Forbidden Army where Zhao Kuangyin was serving was just a name. In fact, it was the best of the best composed of the most courageous and highly skilled soldiers in the army. It had always been used in the most intense wars, and
The combat power is extremely powerful, and he can often hit the target with one hit and seal the victory.
Moreover, when there is no war, the Forbidden Army is responsible for guarding the capital and other important areas, so it has great power. After Zhao Kuangyin joined the Forbidden Army, he seemed to have opened up his talent as a human emperor. With his strong martial arts and superhuman charisma,
He quickly recruited some subordinates and cronies. As his achievements in the war became higher and higher, his official position also became larger and larger.
The rule of the Later Jin Dynasty was corrupt, and even the response speed of the military system was very slow. Therefore, it was not until nearly half of the country was lost that they realized it. With the support of the Liao State, the master behind the scenes, they organized an army and began to fight back.
However, the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin Dynasty was really poor, and most of the military pay went into the pockets of corrupt officials. The soldiers rarely got a bite of meat a year, and even the weapons in their hands and the clothes and armor on their bodies were pawned to replace them.
They had money to maintain their lives. Even so, they didn't have enough to eat, and they were all skinny and disheveled. How could such soldiers be the opponents of the Northern Han Army, which had sufficient food, sufficient pay, and high morale?
What? So often when they meet each other, they are beaten to pieces and defeated.
The Northern Han army was so powerful that they fought all the way from the border to Kaifeng, the capital of the Later Jin Dynasty. Only one month after the war started, they were attacked. Faced with such a bad situation, not only the court of the Later Jin Dynasty was in chaos, but also their master, the Liao Dynasty.
The country was also panicked and quickly sent people to support them. After all, the Later Jin Dynasty was the buffer between them and the other countries in China. It withstood most of the pressure for them, and also provided them with a large amount of wealth, population, beauties, and food every year.
There are also many offerings. He is a very obedient dog, but he cannot be killed just like that.
In addition to sending troops to support, the Liao Kingdom also sent many monks to accompany the army on expeditions, because many low-level practitioners needed medicinal materials and weapon refining materials that they did not bother to collect by themselves. They needed to be collected by a large number of mortals, and every year after Jin
You can also pay them a large share of the tribute. If the Later Jin Dynasty is destroyed and these supplies are cut off, then many sects in the Liao Kingdom will face a situation where low-level disciples have no Qi training pills to take and no primary magic weapons to use.
There will definitely be heavy losses, so I am very positive about sending troops this time.
Bringing monks along with the army during battle is already an open secret among the top leaders of the cultivation world and secular countries. After all, monks can use magic, whether it is used for attack, investigation, medical treatment, defense, etc., and their abilities are far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Advantages. The secular world will also provide a lot of training equipment and medicinal materials for the monks who accompany the army. Even some evil and demonic practitioners will collect blood essence and vitality on the battlefield, and the ghosts and ghosts will be used to practice spells and refine magic weapons.
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After all, in a larger-scale battle, tens of thousands of people will die, and in a war, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will die. With so much blood and soul, even if only ten cents are collected,
One can also stand up to those who have practiced hard work for decades, and killing people on the battlefield is within the scope allowed by the rules of heaven. The sins they will be contaminated with will be much less than usual, as long as they do not take the initiative to kill a large number of people.
Mortals will not suffer divine punishment; even if the side they support wins the final victory of the war, the monks who support them will receive a lot of merit.
Moreover, war makes people mature, and it is also the place where it is easiest to witness life and death, and the changes in the world. Therefore, even those righteous sects will send their disciples to participate in the war when a war occurs as a way to experience and earn merit. Therefore, the world of cultivation needs
The human and material resources of the secular world help with cultivation, and the secular world is also happy to accept the joining of cultivators to improve their own strength. It can be said that the two get what they need, and this is the custom that has been formed.
The Later Jin Dynasty received strong support from the Liao State and was pushed to the bottom line, so it had to fight to the death and launched a violent counterattack. The Northern Han Army also fought for a long time and was exhausted, so it did not want to face the dying situation of the Later Jin Dynasty.
In order to counterattack, they retreated for a certain distance and stationed themselves thirty miles outside Kaifeng City. They slowly rested and faced off against the later Jin army.