Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 124 Earth Level Body Refining Technique

"very good!"

Li Tianrun clapped the case and applauded, "The Zhennan Army fought this battle happily! Read it again!"

"Yes."

Xiao Guizi unfolded the third battle report, and read aloud: "Fenglei City was besieged by the Yue army for eight days, continuous fierce fighting, and heavy losses. Fortunately, Lu Fan, the commander of the Longying Guard of the Zhennan Army, provided timely support and turned the tide with his own strength. "

"General Lu Fan fought against ten thousand troops with one man, shot the enemy commander's flag with an arrow, and defeated the enemy general, causing the enemy army to be defeated."

"Our army took advantage of the chaos to attack, chased for more than a hundred miles, and won a complete victory."

"A total of more than [-] enemies were wiped out, [-] were injured, and countless materials and equipment were seized."

"The enemy army has withdrawn from our territory."

"Among them, Lu Fan alone beheaded more than [-] enemies, killing the enemy's general Huang Quan and the enemy's chief general Zhong Yue."

"The victory of this battle depends entirely on Lu Fan alone."

After reading, Xiao Guizi closed the battle report and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have finished reading."

"Great!"

Li Tianrun jumped up against the case and praised loudly: "Sure enough, I saw the right person. Lu Fan is unparalleled in bravery, and he is indeed the military god of my Great Zhou!"

At this moment, his heart that had been hanging for many days finally let go.

Not only because of these big victories, but also because of Lu Fan's presence, the whole south will be free from worries.

Originally, he was most worried about the situation in the south. After all, the south is isolated and helpless, unlike the north, where there is a royal army that can provide support at any time.

When the situation is in crisis, he can only keep the north.

And the few frontier armies in the south can only let them fend for themselves.

He really couldn't care less.

"Convey the battle report and let all civil and military officials know."

Li Tianrun instructed: "And let everyone know as much as possible, the farther the better."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xiao Guizi bowed and said goodbye.

Afterwards, Li Tianrun fell into deep thought.

He was thinking about the situation of the whole big week.

Although the south has temporarily stabilized, the enemy is bound to launch a counterattack.

The next wave of offensive will be extraordinarily violent.

Moreover, although the enemy army was defeated, its foundation was not shaken.

It is even possible that the main force of the enemy army has not been dispatched.

It was just a miscalculation of the strength of the surrounding army that led to the defeat.

In the final analysis, he actually lost to Zhennan Army and Lu Fan.

If it wasn't for Lu Fan and Longyingwei's timely support, Fenglei City and Cangyun City might not be able to last long even if the main force of the enemy army has not come out.

The current situation is still not good.

Even with Lu Fan around, he might not be able to hold on.

He had to find a way to improve Lu Fan's strength as soon as possible.

He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and there was.

It is not feasible for others, but for Lu Fan, it is perfect.

It is only because Lu Fan's talent is too amazing, and the path he walks is different from others, he is only young, and he has already been promoted to a strong innate realm.

Moreover, the bonus of having a strong physical body made Lu Fan invincible on the battlefield.

From the battle report, Li Tianrun can easily judge that Lu Fan's current strength is at least innate.

However, this is not enough, Lu Fan must become stronger.

After all, Chu, Yue, and Shu, these three countries also have many innate realm powerhouses.

In the early stage of the war, although these innate-level powerhouses may not participate in the battle, if in the later stage, when the armies of the three countries are repeatedly unable to attack, perhaps the royal families of various countries will find a way to invite these innate-level powerhouses to join the battle.

At that time, Lu Fan might find it difficult to deal with it.

Therefore, if he wants to stabilize the situation in the south, Lu Fan must improve his strength as soon as possible.

Then take this opportunity to give Lu Fan a big reward, and vigorously publicize Lu Fan's achievements.

With the help of these three big victories, he wants to let everyone know that as long as he makes great achievements for Da Zhou, he will never treat him badly.

Not only should Lu Fan be rewarded, but all the soldiers who have done meritorious service will be rewarded.

This will boost morale.

Of course, it is impossible for him to give Lu Fan all the good things.

It may not be a good thing to improve Lu Fan's strength in that way, it may be counterproductive, because Lu Fan's strength will stagnate because of too much learning.

More importantly, if he gave it all to Lu Fan, what will he get as a reward in the future?

When Lu Fan's strength is too strong, what will he use to restrain him?

What if Lu Fan no longer works for him?
These are all issues for him to consider.

There is a limit to everything, and he has to grasp that limit and make the best choice for Da Zhou as much as possible.

There can only be trade-offs.

Not only for Lu Fan, but also for other people.

It is necessary to employ people, but not to let this person out of control.

This is undoubtedly difficult.

……

……

The news of Lian Zhan Lian Jie, the three frontier armies in the south, quickly spread throughout the capital under Li Tianrun's instruction.

And continue to spread outward.

From the court officials to the soldiers in the barracks, everyone felt excited.

Even the common people were overjoyed.

Because of the intense battle situation in the north, after several battles, instead of taking advantage of the Great Zhou army, they suffered several big losses and suffered heavy losses.

For this reason, most of the Yulin Army dispatched, divided into three groups, and went to the northern battlefield to support.

This stabilized the situation.

Unexpectedly, the weak southern frontier army has won consecutive battles, how can it not surprise and surprise people?

"Have you heard? It was Lu Fan who went to Fenglei City alone to support and killed the enemy's general, which led to the defeat of the enemy."

"Yeah, he is so powerful, he is simply the military god of our Great Zhou!"

"Isn't that right? He's talented, he's already a strong person in the Xiantian realm."

"The most important thing is that he has only practiced for two years."

"Such a talent is really rare!"

In the streets and alleys, people were talking about the war situation in the south, and most of the focus was on Lu Fan.

Just because his record is too brilliant, people admire him.

Even the disciples of many aristocratic families and sects are full of praise when they mention Lu Fan.

Some people admire Lu Fan from the bottom of their hearts, and even worship him.

Some of them simply joined the military camp, just to fight side by side with Lu Fan one day.

Or like Lu Fan, kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds to establish immortal achievements.

Especially with the help of caring people, more young people joined the military camp and set foot on the battlefield.

At this time, Lu Fan was galloping his horse.

He is on his way to Cangyun City.

Before going to Cangyun City, he went back to Zhennan Pass, and after learning about the battle situation there, he felt relieved.

Whether it is Fenglei City or Zhennan Pass, they can hold on for the time being.

Then start from Cangyun City to completely eliminate the threat of the enemy army.

It just so happens that the strength of Shu is the weakest, so it is best to use it as a knife.

"drive!"

When the evening was approaching, Lu Fan came to Cangyun City and revealed his identity, "I am Lu Fan, the commander of the Dragon Shadow Guard of the Zhennan Army, please report quickly."

"Yes."

The soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to neglect, and ran to report as quickly as possible.

Not long after, Pang Rong, commander of the Southwest Army, led all the generals to meet him.

"Commander Lu, you have worked hard all the way, please enter the city quickly."

"it is good."

Lu Fan exchanged pleasantries with the generals, and accompanied by them, entered the city.

When he came to the barracks, Lu Fan declined Pang Rong's kind invitation and entered the camp where the Long Yingwei of the Zhennan Army was located.

"Lu Fan?"

Ye Wuchen was the first to discover him, and exclaimed, "You came so soon?"

"Master Commander!"

"You came!"

All the dragon shadow guards ran out of the camp with excited expressions.

Lu Fan looked at them carefully, and saw that almost all of them were wounded, but their excited expressions couldn't conceal the tiredness in their eyes.

"Are you all okay?"

Lu Fan is most concerned about this. These are all his subordinates, as well as his brothers and comrades-in-arms. Even if there is one less, he will feel distressed.

"fine."

Everyone shook their heads, "It's just a little injury."

"That's good."

Lu Fan was a little relieved, "Everyone, go and rest, let's talk about something tomorrow."

"Yes."

The crowd dispersed.

Ye Wuchen led Lu Fan into a tent.

The two sat down and told each other about their battle situation.

Only then did Lu Fan know that the battle in Cangyun City was extremely tragic.

The 1 Southwest Army killed more than [-] people and injured as many as [-].

The Long Yingwei of the Zhennan Army was injured even more.

Even Ye Wuchen was slightly injured.

Fortunately, they all survived.

Although some people were seriously injured, there was no fear of their lives.

"It's good that you come."

Ye Wuchen felt relieved, "The enemy's offensive has been too fierce recently, and we are extremely tired after repeated battles. I am really worried that they will die in battle and fail your orders."

"Let them rest for a few days, I will fight tomorrow."

Lu Fan said: "You too, take a good rest and leave it to me."

"That's not necessary."

Ye Wuchen shook his head lightly, "Today's battle was extremely tragic. The casualties of the Shu army were more than twice that of ours. According to my estimation, they will have to rest for at least a few days before attacking again."

"In that case, I have an idea."

Lu Fan had an idea and said, "Tonight, I want to sneak attack the enemy camp, harass the enemy army with fire attacks, prevent them from resting, and find a way to find their food and grass, and burn them with a fire."

"Good idea."

Ye Wuchen's eyes lit up, "In this way, they will be in a state of confusion and dare not attack us rashly."

"Yes."

Lu Fan had a new idea, "Once they are short of food, they will find a way to raise food, but I am afraid it will be difficult to get it all in a while. After all, there are too many of them, and the food they need is not a small amount."

"Even if they have collected all the food, when the food is brought over, we can do it again, robbing or burning the food."

"As long as they can't supply food and grass, they will naturally withdraw their troops."

"When the time comes, we will take the opportunity to rush over, and we will definitely defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and win a big victory."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan glanced at Ye Wuchen and asked, "What do you think?"

"I think it works."

Ye Wuchen took the initiative to ask for a fight, "When the time comes, I will personally watch the grain guards of the Shu army, and judge the time and route of their grain delivery in advance, and we will wait for the opportunity to act."

"It would be nice to have you watching."

Lu Fan was overjoyed and said with a smile, "No one is more suitable than you."

"Ah."

Ye Wuchen nodded and asked, "How many people are you going to take with you tonight?"

"I can do it myself."

Lu Fan said, "It's inconvenient if there are too many people."

"How about I accompany you?"

Ye Wuchen suggested: "The two of you should have someone to take care of you."

"No need."

Lu Fan didn't even think about it, so he rejected Ye Wuchen's proposal, "You have a good rest, as the two of us said just now, keep an eye on the food security officer, and there must be no mistakes."

He knows how dangerous it is to go deep into the enemy's camp, even Ye Wuchen may not be able to retreat unscathed.

Maybe it will distract him from taking care of it.

Far less comfortable than coming alone.

"Row."

Ye Wuchen didn't insist, and readily agreed.

He knew very well that he couldn't do what Lu Fan did, with a strong physical body, he could almost ignore injuries.

On the battlefield, Lu Fan's advantages gradually emerged.

……

……

After dinner and a short rest, Lu Fan was fully equipped and quietly slipped out of Cangyun City without disturbing anyone, heading southwest all the way.

The Shu army was stationed thirty miles outside the city.

It is said that there are 30 troops.

Tonight's mission is special, Lu Fan didn't take the cold iron gun, only the Kunwu knife and bow and arrow.

The arrow is a special rocket, and it is difficult to extinguish it after being ignited.

He still wears black armor, which is better for concealment in the dark.

Soon I found the barracks of the Shu army, and saw that the tents were connected together, with no end in sight.

The outside of the barracks is surrounded by a circle of wooden fences, with two floors in total. The top floor is covered with wooden boards. The soldiers standing on the boards can see far away.

Lu Fan did not enter the barracks in a hurry, but walked around nearby.

He roughly figured out that there are only three barracks in this area, and the distance between them is not too far, and they form an angle, which is easy to form support.

Looking at the size of these three military camps, it is impossible to have 30 troops, and it is estimated that there are only 10 troops.

Another 20 people must be stationed elsewhere.

In other words, if Lu Fan wanted to burn the enemy's food and grass, he would have to attack at least nine barracks.

Moreover, the grain and grass of each military camp may not be stored in one place.

This undoubtedly added a lot of difficulty for him.

But even so, he still has to do it.

He had already thought of the difficulties.

If it is really so easy to burn, there is no need for him to do it himself.

After finding out the surrounding terrain, Lu Fan decided to burn the food and grass of these three barracks first, and then go to the other barracks tomorrow at worst.

No matter how difficult this matter is, he will do it.

Turning around outside the barracks, Lu Fan quickly found a gap and slipped into the barracks quietly.

In the barracks, there are not so many guard posts.

Lu Fan hid in the darkness and began to look for the location of the food and grass.

The place where grain and grass are stacked must be different from ordinary camp tents, and it is easy to distinguish.

Among them, the grain and forage are separated.

Lu Fan went around the three military camps, and found a total of nine places to store grain. There were only three forage fields.

He glanced at the sky, it was almost time.

Almost all the soldiers of the Shu Kingdom fell asleep except those who stood guard.

start to act.

Lu Fan took out the flint, hit it, and quickly ignited the rocket.

"Shhhhhh!"

With the sound of breaking through the air, rockets fell into the granary and forage field, igniting instantly.

A raging fire started to burn.

"on fire!"

A loud cry woke up the sleeping Shu soldiers.

They got up and dressed, picked up various tools, and went to fight the fire.

But because the fire was too strong, it could not be extinguished.

At this time, Lu Fan had already left this barracks and went to the next barracks.

Do the same thing.

……

……

ten days later.

March 28th.

in the afternoon.

Lu Fan was meditating in the tent, when Song Yu came in to report, "My lord, the commander of the imperial guards, Mr. Gao, has arrived and said he has brought the emperor's will."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was quite surprised, got up and said, "Please invite him in."

"Yes."

Song Yu turned and left.

Not long after, Gao Wancheng walked into the tent with a smile on his face, and when he saw Lu Fan, he cupped his fists, "Master Lu, long time no see."

"Master Gao has worked hard."

Lu Fan stretched out his hand to signal, "Please sit down."

"I won't sit down."

As Gao Wancheng spoke, he took out the imperial decree, unfolded it in front of Lu Fan, and read aloud: "Lu Fan, the commander of the Dragon Shadow Guard of the Zhennan Army, is wise and brave, brave and decisive, and has made great military exploits for our Great Zhou."

"Specially seal Lu Fan as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhennan Army, and also the commander of the Dragon Shadow Guard, and add the title of Zhennan Marquis, with a reward of 1 taels, [-] households in the food town, and [-] hectares of fertile land."

"And seal the Shaobao, and receive 30 military exploits."

"Specially bestowed with a copy of the Earth-Level Body Refining Technique."

After reading, Gao Wancheng closed the imperial edict, handed it to Lu Fan, and said with a smile, "Lord Lu, accept the edict."

"The minister accepts the order."

After Lu Fan received the imperial decree and put it away, he couldn't hide his surprise.

Earth-level body training?
No, isn't there no earth-level body training technique in the library in the palace?
As if knowing what he was thinking, Gao Wancheng said with a smile: "Master Lu, this is an ancestral exercise passed down by the emperor. In recent years, no one has ever practiced it. The emperor thought of your meritorious service and specially rewarded you with this exercise. It can be seen that The emperor has great regard for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Fan felt relieved, thinking that this body training technique came in time.

Sure enough, his hard work was not in vain.

Li Tianrun saw all his achievements.

Not only this local level body training technique, but also the 30 combat achievements are of great use to him.

According to the strength of the reward this time, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to accumulate 100 million military exploits.

"Lord Lu, keep it safe."

Gao Wancheng took out a book of exercises and handed it to Lu Fan.

"it is good."

Lu Fan took the exercise and took a look, only to see three big characters written on it: Shenlong Jin!

"Master Gao, please sit down."

"No, I have to go back and report the good news to His Majesty."

Gao Wancheng patted Lu Fan's shoulder with a smile, "It just so happened that Master Pang Rong had a battle report for me to take back. I heard that you have made great achievements and even burned more than a dozen granaries of the Shu army. After His Majesty knows, Longyan will definitely be delighted and reward you again."

"Then there will be Mr. Lao Gao."

Lu Fan didn't hold back, he cupped his fists at Gao Wancheng, "Be careful on the road."

"Should be."

Gao Wancheng smiled and said: "Just for your credit, I am willing to run errands for you."

"The emperor said that the form in the south is entirely due to Lu Fan."

"If it weren't for you, the situation in Da Zhou would only be more difficult."

"Farewell!"

After speaking, he turned to leave.

Lu Fan found a chair and sat down, and carefully read this local body training technique from the beginning.

Now that the army is in turmoil and the enemy is under pressure, it really takes a master like Gao Wancheng to escort him.

After all, earth-level exercises are too rare.

Especially the ground-level body training technique, it is too difficult to imagine.

After a long time, Lu Fan closed the exercises and began to try to practice.

If this set of exercises can be practiced to the extreme, the strength of the physical body will be comparable to that of a dragon, and it will have a strong defense, and its strength will also be greatly improved.

At that time, his strength will inevitably soar again.

On the battlefield, he is even more powerful, and few people can harm him.

Lu Fan quickly entered the state of cultivation, and he practiced for an entire afternoon.

As the evening approached, he heard familiar footsteps and woke up from his trance.

Ye Wuchen lifted the curtain and entered the tent.

"The food and grass escorted by the Shu army has already set off, and it will arrive at the Shu army's barracks in five days."

"I have already selected the best ambush location."

While speaking, Ye Wuchen took out a map, spread it on the table, and pointed to a place on the map, "This place is more than two hundred miles away from Cangyun City, within the territory of Shu Kingdom."

"The nearest border town to the Kingdom of Shu is more than 200 miles away."

"There are mountains nearby, so it is very easy to hide and retreat."

"Besides, it's far away from the Shu army camp. If the Shu army wants to support it, even the fastest cavalry will take at least half a day."

"Enough for our safe evacuation."

"Based on my estimation, it will take about three days for the Shu State grain transportation team to arrive at the ambush site. We just need to set up an ambush in advance."

After a short pause, Ye Wuchen glanced at Lu Fan, and continued: "So, we can leave early tomorrow morning, there is absolutely enough time."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded and asked, "How many people are there in the grain transportation team of Shu Kingdom?"

"There are more than 5000 people escorting food, and 6000 to [-] people transporting food."

Ye Wuchen said: "There are more than 1 people in total. The grain transport officer of the Shu Kingdom is called Xu Liang, and he has a first-rank cultivation. He has several second-rank masters and a dozen third-rank masters under him. The rest is not enough. Think about it."

"Let me think about it."

Lu Fan fell into deep thought.

This battle is extremely critical and must not be lost.

Although the enemy's 1 troops are quite a lot, he doesn't need to bring too many people with him in an ambush.

Just dispatch elites.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan raised his head and looked at Ye Wuchen, "Just let two Dragon Shadow Guards fight. We Zhennan Army Dragon Shadow Guards, plus Southwest Army Dragon Shadow Guards, there are more than 1000 people in total."

"You and Gu Cheng, the commander of the Southwest Army, are both first-rank, and several other captains are second-rank."

"The remaining captains are all third-rank cultivation bases, and there are more than a dozen of them."

"It's about the same strength as the opponent."

"Although there are fewer people, we have a good location, coupled with our good equipment and sufficient preparations, we can catch the opponent by surprise."

"It can completely beat the opponent."

After speaking, Lu Fan asked Ye Wuchen for his opinion, "What do you think?"

"No problem at all."

Ye Wuchen said with a smile: "Don't forget, you haven't counted yourself yet, having you is the root of our victory."

"I think so."

Lu Fan truthfully stated his thoughts, "After we rob food, we can transport as much as we can, and burn the ones that cannot be transported on the spot."

"Also, if we don't go back to Cangyun City, we will find a hiding place in advance on the nearby mountain."

"At that time we will transport the food to the hiding place and live there."

"When another food delivery team passes by, we will grab it again."

"If the Shu army can't hold on and wants to evacuate, we can also carry out an ambush to prevent the Shu army from evacuating easily."

"At the same time, we made an agreement with Pang Rong that once the Shu army runs out of food and starts to withdraw, we can attack the Shu army back and forth, and we will surely win a big victory."

"Of course, the information must be prepared in advance. If the Shu army becomes angry and sends a large army to encircle us, we will avoid their edge and withdraw quickly."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan asked: "Based on your observation, is there a good hiding place there? Can it cope with the encirclement and suppression of the Shu army? Make it safe to evacuate?"

(End of this chapter)