Although he was still less than 20 years old at this time, his swordsmanship had reached a state of perfection. When he was born, he won consecutive battles without losing, and he became famous in the southern martial arts world.
This guy was very arrogant and arrogant. All the way north from his hometown Lingnan, all the celebrities and green forest heroes he passed were defeated by him.
There was a notorious person who died directly under his sword.
He was invincible throughout the journey, and at a young age he had the power to overwhelm the martial arts community in the south of the Yangtze River.
Not to mention the general martial arts masters, even the Yin Kui sect entrenched in the essence of Nanchen felt the pressure, and then they transferred part of the pressure to the Qingxu Taoist who had just taken over.
They had given quite a lot of support to Qingxu Lao Dao before, and now it was time for Qingxu Lao Dao to step out of the trap.
"Ahu, this time Master is going to have a fight with the famous Song Que. I'm afraid he will lose more than he wins!"
Old Taoist Qingxu had been mentally prepared, and he was not angry after receiving the hint from the senior officials of the Yinkui Sect. He turned around and said to Lei Hu with a wry smile: "The senior officials of the Yinkui Sect want Master to test Song Que's background. What do you think?"
"How else can we watch? Let's fight!"
Lei Hu chuckled and said: "This time, I will take action with the master to test how powerful Song Que's sword skills are!"
"Okay, if we, master and apprentice, join forces, I don't believe that we can't defeat a mere Song Que!"
Old Taoist Qingxu clapped his hands and laughed. He was just waiting for Lei Hu to say this. After all, he is a master who has been famous in the world for a long time. Even if the tiger is on the verge of death, he is not willing to lose to a fledgling junior.
If he had known about Song Que's reputation in his heyday, and his transcendent realm of swordsmanship where he could "give up his sword and have nothing else" and "get the sword and forget about it", he wouldn't be so confident.
Lei Hu also wanted to see Song Que's strength when he was just starting out. With this guy's firm political philosophy, there might be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
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Let’s not talk about Song Que’s matter. After all, this guy is still on the road, and it will take several months before he reaches Jiankang. We can’t just wait and wait, he is not that big-hearted yet.
The senior officials of the Yinkui sect, headed by the demon concubine Zhang Lihua, are quite interested in Qingxu Taoism.
No matter how turbulent Nanchen Chaotang is, or how chaotic Nanchen's military circles are, in short, they are quite supportive of Qingxu Lao Dao and the 30,000 troops under Qingxu Lao Dao.
Not to mention that there has never been a shortage of money, food and materials, and there is no shortage of money and supplies. They do not follow common sense and let the yamen at all levels suck their blood. For Lei Hu's series of unruly reforms in the army, they also strongly supported and withstood the outside world.
of all pressure.
This is Lei Hu's handiwork. Since he has 30,000 Nanchen troops at his disposal, he will naturally not be polite.
For example, literacy classes are set up in the military and combined with regular military attendance, and also combined with the distribution of food and salary in the military, forcing the illiterate people in the military to become illiterate in the shortest possible time.
If this action can be said to be a popular education, then the other actions that follow are quite eye-catching, and can even be said to be taboo.
Lei Hu set up a martial arts school in the army. Regardless of whether they were low-level officers or middle-level officers, all officers who had control over personnel rights received rotational martial arts training.
This move caused an uproar. In this era, information was not as developed as in later generations. All kinds of military books and tactics were heirlooms of the generals' families, especially the military books and tactics that had been annotated by predecessors were priceless treasures.
Lei Hu made quite an opening. The martial arts teaching materials were all military books and tactics obtained from the library of the Nanchen Palace. They were also the kind with comments from masters on the art of war. They were placed in many general families and could be regarded as heirlooms.
There are also the military secrets of hundreds of schools of thought collected by the Yinkui sect. These things are good things that can shock the world and establish a century-old general sect. In Lei Hu's hands, they have all become martial arts teaching materials.
According to him, he is not afraid that martial arts will produce many talents, but he is afraid that these sub-officers are not smart enough and unwilling to learn.
After the military training reached a certain level, Lei Hu gained the power to send troops to suppress bandits through the relationship between his master Qingxu Laodao.
This is really amazing. Suppressing bandits can not only train the military's actual combat capabilities, but also allow the military's tentacles to spread to local areas, which is absolutely taboo.
Otherwise, the Nanchen court is completely ruined. Such a taboo matter, the enchanting concubine Zhang Lihua was blown away in just a few blows from the pillow.
That is to say, Master Qingxu and Master Lei Hu have no ambitious ambitions. If it were another careerist who wanted to seize power in the south, he would probably be dancing for joy and thinking that he could achieve great things.
But just like this, Qingxu Lao Dao and his 30,000 troops have become anomalies in the Nanchen system, and have been collectively ostracized and suppressed by the civil and military groups.
It's a pity that the demon concubine Zhang Lihua is here, so no matter how unhappy others are, they can only hold their noses and admit it.
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Unbeknownst to others, after several twists and turns by Lei Hu who was hiding behind the scenes, the strength of the 30,000 troops under the command of Qingxu Lao Dao was extraordinary.
It is definitely an exaggeration to say that it is the "elite in a hundred battles". Even a strong army is a bit reluctant, and it has just touched the threshold. Even so, it is the first "strongest army" in the entire Nanchen military world. Although it has not been trained with other Nanchen troops.
Yes, but Lei Hu has such confidence.
As for how big the gap is with the elites of the Sui Dynasty, it's hard to estimate without actually fighting against each other.
It's just a pity that Nanchen is seriously short of war horses. The famous Pegasus Ranch is not very cooperative. Even if the demon concubine Zhang Lihua tried her best, she could only get less than 500 war horses for the army under the name of Qingxu. They were gathered by Leihu.
A heavy armored cavalry battalion was formed, which can be regarded as the absolute core combat force in the 30,000-strong army.
With such big news about literacy literacy, organizing martial arts classes with the army, and going out to suppress bandits for training, Lei Hu's move of popularizing iron cloth shirts in the army, which is a shabby external martial arts, did not cause even the slightest waves.
With Lei Hu's ability, he could easily handle an army of 30,000 people.
If he was given greater authority, although it would not be able to completely reverse Nanchen's rapid collapse, it would not be a problem to strengthen Nanchen's strength and foundation before the Sui army went south.
Compared to the north, which is completely controlled by aristocratic clans, the power of clans in the south has declined greatly. In addition, the economic activity in the south is much stronger than that in the north. Nanchen actually has a lot to do.
It's just a pity that Lei Hu can only think about such a thing. Even with the full support of the demon concubine Zhang Lihua, he can't even think of taking charge of Nanchen Chaotang alone. There are too many delays. Even if Lei Hu has three heads and six arms, he really wants to achieve Nanchen Chaotang.
As the first person, don’t even think about doing much.
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Time passes slowly, and March passes in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Old Dao Qingxu was invited to talk to the senior officials of Yinkui Sect again. When he came back, his expression was not very good, and there was also a layer of solemnity lingering between his eyebrows.
"Song Que from Lingnan has arrived in Jiankang!"
Before Lei Hu could ask what was going on, Master Qingxu directly stated the reason: "Zhang Lihua wants me to fight Song Que in three days!"
Although he had been prepared in his heart, Qingxu's mood was still not good when things came to pass.
It was uncomfortable to live under someone else's roof, especially since he had received a lot of help from the demon concubine, so he naturally had no reason to refuse.
The main reason is that Song Que's record is so amazing. He started from Lingnan and fought all the way to Jiankang. He challenged no less than a hundred celebrities and green forest heroes, but his record was a terrifying victory!
At the moment, Old Taoist Qingxu really has no confidence that he can stop Song Que's madness.
"Master, there is no need to worry. If we, master and apprentice, join forces to defeat Song Que, at least we can achieve an invincible and undefeated situation. It won't be a problem!"
Seeing the guilty conscience of the old Taoist Qingxu, Lei Hu comforted him with a smile.
"That's all!"
Old Taoist Qingxu cheered up and said proudly: "Whatever I say this time, we can't lose the face of the Taoist True Successor. We must let Song Que know how powerful we are!"
Now that Song Que has arrived in Jiankang, Lei Hu and Qingxu Lao Dao have put aside their military affairs to prepare for war. The top leaders of the Yin Kui faction in Jiankang also visit the military camp from time to time. Their thoughts are self-evident.
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"Your Excellency, is Song Que from Lingnan?"
As soon as he left a town under the jurisdiction of Jiankang, Song Que was blocked by a murderous squad of 100 people from the Nanchen Army. The leading 100-man general asked questions in a deep voice.
"Exactly!"
Song Que looked at the fierce and high-spirited hundred-man team in front of him with great interest, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He came all the way from Lingnan to Jiankang, and he had already seen clearly what the Nanchen army was like.
Unexpectedly, in Jiankang, we would encounter such a hundred-man team with a unique temperament. Is this not just the subordinates of that team?
"Please, Mr. Song, my general has been waiting for a long time!"
A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the hundred generals, but the expressions on their faces remained calm as they spoke in a deep voice, as if they were not affected by Song Que's name at all.
"Who is your general?"
Song Que smiled slightly, his handsome face full of confidence, and rushed directly behind the Centurion to Jiankang City. He was not worried at all that there might be fraud in it. It was obvious that he was extremely confident in his own martial arts.
"Jiankang guard general Qingxu!"
The hundred-man general said calmly: "Jianghu's identity is that he is the leader of the true lineage of the former Taoist ancestor, and he has joined forces with the young general Lei Hu to prepare for a battle with Mr. Song!"
"It turns out to be Taoist Qingxu!"
Song Que suddenly understood, and was quite surprised at the same time. His eyes inadvertently glanced at the extremely elite hundred-man team in front of him, and deep doubts arose in his heart.
It’s not surprising that Old Taoist Qingxu would take the initiative to challenge him. Anyway, when someone from Song arrived in Jiankang and learned of his existence, he would take the initiative to challenge him. However, Old Taoist Qingxu was just a lost dog who was kicked out of his lair by his disciple. How could he have the confidence to challenge him?
challenge?
It's not that Song Que looks down on people, the lineage of the true disciple of Dao Zu is an inconspicuous branch of the Demon Sect. The leader's strength is inconspicuous among the masters of the Demon Sect, otherwise he wouldn't be kicked out of his lair by his own disciples.
How embarrassing is this?
As for the young general Lei Hu mentioned by the Hundred Men General, he didn't take it to heart at all. The old Taoist Qingxu who was his master was like that, so how strong could his apprentice be?
However, this challenge, which he thought was just a formality, surprised him. He suffered a lot and almost capsized in the gutter!