Chapter 335: Shocked Zhang Xianzhong, Anxious Lu Xiangsheng
Huangzeling is located at the starting point of the inner circle of the ancient Great Wall.
It runs from north to south, stretches for thousands of miles, and has extremely dangerous terrain.
Among them, there is a top-level demon beast tribe called the Black Wind Tiger, which is a famous tiger-hunting place in the Ming Dynasty.
Today, Huangzeling has become a place where the rebel army and the government army play hide-and-seek.
The leader of that group of Black Wind Tigers went berserk not long ago and attacked the Tianxiong Army once, but was killed by Lu Xiangsheng. Afterwards, all the Black Wind Tigers disappeared without a trace and dared not to cause trouble for the government army again.
This also allowed the various rebel forces hiding in Huangzeling to play hide-and-seek with the government troops among the mountains without having to worry about being eaten by the Black Wind Tiger.
In a dense forest about a thousand miles south of the ancient Great Wall, there is a small sacred land with a radius of about a hundred miles. This is the temporary habitat of Zhang Xianzhong's army.
On a flat grassland, Zhang Xianzhong sat on the ground with a dozen big leaders of his own rebel army, listening to the report from Ma Weixing, the commander of the scout camp, who had returned from gathering information from the outside world.
"Your Majesty, and everyone else, you have no idea what incredible information I got when I went out to gather information this time."
There was a look of deep shock on Ma Weixing's face.
After he heard this information and knew some of the inside story, he was in shock and still finds it hard to believe it.
"Ma Weixing, stop keeping us in suspense and speak up if you have something to say!"
Ai Nengqi shouted anxiously.
He had a fortuitous encounter a year ago, and with the help of what he gained from the encounter, he has now reached the peak of the initial fifth level of martial arts, becoming the undisputed number one master in Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army.
Ma Weixing did not dare to ignore Ai Nengqi's words and quickly said, "Ai Nengqi, do you still remember your good friend Li Dingguo?"
"This time, the intelligence is about his latest news."
"Your Majesty, don't you often mention the evil genius Li Dingguo?"
"After he disappeared for three years, he actually created a formidable force called the Renaissance Army."
"You can't imagine that Li Dingguo has not only formed a revival army with a million warriors, but also brazenly led his army into the pass three months ago, advancing by land and sea, and conquering cities with unstoppable force!"
"In just three short months, his five main battle corps and personal guard corps of the Renaissance Army captured Yansui Town, Suide Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture and other places!"
"His Xuanwu Corps, divided into three groups, has already captured all the fortresses and towns in the middle and northern parts of the Yellow River basin that separated Qin and Jin provinces!"
"At present, the vast territory of more than 100,000 miles in the northeast of Qin has been completely occupied by Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army!"
"All the major forces in Qin and Jin provinces have had their fleets intercepted by the Xuanwu Army, which means that the Xuanwu Army has at least 300 large treasure ships, including nearly ten high-quality large treasure ships!"
"Including the Wuding River, the Yellow River, the Yanchang River and other major rivers, almost all the rivers in the northeast and east of Qin are now under the control of the Fuxing Army!"
"According to reliable information, the Xuanwu Corps of the Restoration Army alone has 150,000 regular warriors, equipped with hundreds of psychic cannons and thousands of psychic crossbow carts!"
"It is said that these two large spiritual weapons have been improved by Li Dingguo. They are much more powerful than similar spiritual weapons of the imperial court. Even the middle-grade and low-grade treasure ships are equipped with medium-sized spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts with smaller power!"
"The situation of their Azure Dragon Army, White Tiger Army, Vermillion Bird Army, Qilin Army, and Royal Guard Army is even more outrageous!"
"These five main battle corps, except for the Royal Guard Corps which has only 30,000 men, each corps has 90,000 men."
"All the warriors and soldiers of these main battle legions are equipped with two spiritual beast war horses, at least middle-grade dragon-scale horses!"
"That's not all! Each of them is equipped with at least a mid-grade spiritual weapon suit. They are armed to the teeth!"
Ma Weixing's tone was so shocked that he was trembling slightly, and even his voice was shaking. He continued, "The information I have inquired about shows that Li Dingguo is now at the peak of the middle stage of level five. The Fuxing Army currently has several generals with level five cultivation, and hundreds of generals with level four cultivation!"
"Li Dingguo still has nearly ten level five spirit birds under his command, and several of them are at the peak level of level five!"
"There are even three level 5 top-grade dragon-scale horses, and every Qi Refining Realm general has a level 4 spirit beast dragon-scale horse!"
"What is most shocking is that wherever the Fuxing Army goes, they kill all the local tyrants, evil gentry, corrupt officials, and even their entire families!"
"There is no doubt that Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army have become the undisputed number one traitor in the world!"
"It is said that what he and his Fusion Army did has completely angered all the aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons in the three northwestern provinces."
"These major forces have united and are preparing to collect a large amount of food and supplies, cultivation resources, and various spiritual weapons and equipment. They will arm their own clan soldiers and the army of the new Sanbian Governor Hong Chengchou to launch a desperate counterattack against Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army!"
“They are really scared this time.”
"If we don't find a way to contain Li Dingguo's Renaissance Army and allow them to expand rapidly, these powerful forces are on the verge of death and extinction. Maybe they will be completely wiped out by the Renaissance Army in the near future!"
"The imperial court has issued an order to promote Hong Chengchou to the position of governor-general of the three borders, responsible for eliminating Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army as soon as possible."
"The aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and super-rich people are more united than ever this time. They contribute money and manpower. Now, a huge amount of supplies are transported to Tongguan City via large fleets every day!"
"Under Hong Chengchou's orders, the powerful generals and lieutenant commanders from the three northwestern provinces are marching day and night towards Tongguan."
"Hong Chengchou promised them enough money, food and supplies this time. These generals and lieutenants were so excited that their eyes turned green. This is unprecedentedly proactive."
"Under the joint urging of all the representatives of the noble families in the three northwestern provinces, I heard that the court would even transfer Lu Xiangsheng, who was leading the army to encircle and suppress us, to encircle and suppress the Fuxing Army."
"But Lu Xiangsheng will not join forces with Hong Chengchou. Instead, he will form an eastern army and advance westward from Jin Province, trying to attack the Fuxing Army with Hong Chengchou's southern army."
"Compared with Li Dingguo, who is now so powerful that he is difficult to control, our rebel army is nothing."
"Not long after that, Lu Xiangsheng and his Tianxiong Army left, and we, the rebels, finally got a chance to catch our breath."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the people in front of him, only to find that they all stared at him with their mouths wide open, their eyes wide open, with a look of disbelief on their faces.
This is also normal.
Many of them were very familiar with Li Dingguo, the leader of the Fusion Army.
Li Dingguo initially joined the rebel army in Dingbian City together with several talented people such as Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier, and they practiced martial arts and lived together.
The rebel army led by Zhang Xianzhong, which was resting in Dingbian City at that time, was successfully ambushed by Cao Wenzhao's 3,000 elite troops and was instantly defeated. The rebel soldiers fled in all directions.
As a result, Li Dingguo got separated from everyone and there was no news of him soon after.
Who would have thought that this guy Li Dingguo would be so outrageous now!
The strength of the Restoration Army he founded is far greater than that of all the rebel armies in the world combined.
"How can this be?"
Ai Nengqi was the first to scream, "How could Li Dingguo be so awesome? After disappearing for three years, he actually built such a large and powerful army?"
"Ma Weixing, are you kidding?"
He was still in disbelief and kept asking Ma Weixing.
"Ha ha……"
Ma Weixing laughed at himself and said, "I also thought this was a joke, but it is indeed true!"
"I also know that guy Li Dingguo. I met him many times when I was in Dingbian City."
"This news has already spread widely outside. If you go out and ask around, you will find out that what I said is true."
"I have to say, this is a miracle. Only Li Dingguo can create such a miracle in the world."
"Compared with Li Dingguo and the Restoration Army he founded, our rebel army is like playing a child's game of house. It seems so childish and ridiculous!"
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Fuxing Army, which is still aggressively attacking cities and seizing territories in Qin, will be able to occupy most of Qin in three months at most!"
"If Li Dingguo can defeat the two government armies led by Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, and even occupy the entire Qin territory this year, there is more than a 90% chance that he will establish his own regime!"
"By then, two great Han Chinese forces will emerge on the vast land of China: the Ming Dynasty and Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army!"
"At that time, the world would be in a very bad shape."
Ma Weixing smiled bitterly and shook his head, then continued, "It is said that the Fuxing Army is far more powerful than this. According to some reliable information, he has also formed a super powerful navy in the Jiaozhou Bay area on the southeast coast!" "This navy entrenched on Lingshan Island in Jiaozhou Bay now has a total number of soldiers and civilians of tens of millions, occupying all the islands outside the entire Jiaozhou Bay!"
"Even the Later Jin Tartars, the white barbarians in Haojing, and the Ye family of Ye Xianggao in Jiangnan were defeated by this navy. They suffered heavy losses one after another. Even most of the treasure ships under the command of these three top forces were seized by this Renaissance Army!"
"Rumor has it that the Restoration Army entrenched in the coastal islands of Jiaozhou Bay has already gathered 90% of the refugees in Qi and Lu and transferred them to various large islands. They still have 300,000 elite soldiers!"
"They have been robbing merchant ships of various forces at sea. They not only have five top-quality treasure ships, but also dozens of high-quality treasure ships and hundreds of medium-quality treasure ships."
"As for the inferior treasure ship, that kind of low-level stuff cannot sail normally in the sea, so of course there is none."
"All the treasure ships of this Renaissance Army are equipped with hundreds of spiritual cannons and thousands of spiritual crossbow carts. Their power is even greater than that of the Renaissance Army that has captured half of Qin's territory!"
"I have to say, this Li Dingguo is really going to defy the will of heaven!"
"I don't submit to anyone except the king, but now I have to say to Li Dingguo: I submit!"
Ma Weixing was not joking. After learning about Li Dingguo's current situation, he really admired him.
This kind of miracle has never happened throughout history, and this is the first time it has happened.
"This……"
"Is this news actually true?"
"This Li Dingguo is really going to defy the heavens!"
"His Fuxing Army is so powerful now, will it really replace the Ming Dynasty and become the master of the nine provinces of China in the future?"...
Everyone at the scene fell silent for a moment, with all kinds of thoughts in their minds. After a while, everyone started shouting at the same time.
The two people with the most complicated emotions at the scene were Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Kewang.
"Li Dingguo, I didn't expect a little guy like you to be so amazing!"
"When encountering wind and clouds, you will turn into a dragon. I'm talking about you."
Zhang Xianzhong looked up at the sky blankly for a long time and uttered these words.
"Li Dingguo..."
Zhang Kewang's performance was completely different from Zhang Xianzhong's. His fists were clenched tightly, veins popped out, and even his breathing became rapid.
He really could not have imagined that Li Dingguo, whom he thought had died in the chaos of war, not only did not die, but instead created a huge family business.
He now has only 5,000 soldiers under his command, and his martial arts skills are only at the peak of the fourth level. In front of Li Dingguo, he would probably be killed with just a slap in the face!
Liu Wenxiu had a similar reaction to Zhang Kewang.
He recently broke through to the late fourth level of martial arts, and has three thousand soldiers under his command.
But in the eyes of Li Dingguo today, this kind of strength is probably not even as good as an ant.
"Godfather, no! I want to go out and personally verify whether this news is true!"
After being stunned for a while, Ai Nengqi jumped up from the ground, said something to Zhang Xianzhong, and flew towards the outside world!
With his current cultivation level at the peak of the early fifth stage, his speed was extremely fast. After flashing twice, he disappeared without a trace.
"Godfather, I'll go out and find out if the news is true, so that we can have a clear idea of our next move!"
"Foster father, I will also go out to inquire about the reliability of the news, and by the way, observe the movements of Lu Xiangsheng's army."
As soon as Ai Nengqi left, Zhang Kewang and Liu Wenxiu could no longer sit still. They stood up together and said something to Zhang Xianzhong, then they used the Yunlong Nine Turns Technique and instantly disappeared into the dense forest in the distance.
The two people who were most confused at the scene were them.
They really don't want to believe the authenticity of this news.
If what Ma Weixing just said was correct, the two of them would probably be so depressed that they would want to vomit three liters of blood!
With the power of Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army, the future of the world will have nothing to do with them!
There is even a possibility that the two of them would be killed by Li Dingguo, die tragically, and be eliminated by this mighty historical trend.
After the three of them left one after another, the remaining Qi-refining realm generals of the rebel army at the scene fell silent.
Especially Bai Wenxuan and Ma Yuanli, the two were communicating with each other implicitly with their eyes, with the gleam in their eyes, and no one knew what they were thinking.
If Ai Nengqi, Zhang Kewang and Liu Wenxiu returned and confirmed that Ma Weixing's news was true, then not only their own army, but also the armies led by Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng would become uneasy.
According to conservative estimates, many rebel soldiers will quietly leave their respective rebel forces and defect to Li Dingguo.
No one is stupid. Compared with the now powerful Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army he founded, these rebel forces, big and small, are simply ridiculous.
If I could be accepted by Li Dingguo and settle down in Qin with my family, wouldn't that be a thousand times better than hiding from place to place and living in fear of death?
If Li Dingguo could rule the country in the future, maybe he could become a founding hero, which would bring honor to his family.
I have to say that these rebel soldiers think too much.
Serving as an official in Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army will be completely different from being an official in previous dynasties.
If you just want fame, that's fine.
If you want fame and profit, it won't work.
If you can’t get rich by being an official, you won’t be an official if you get rich.
Li Dingguo had already set this rule, and anyone who dared to violate it would be severely punished.
……
"Li Dingguo?"
"A peerless demon who is less than fourteen years old?"
"He actually has such ability, leading hundreds of thousands of troops to brazenly march into the pass, wantonly attacking cities and seizing territories, and now has occupied half of Qin territory, and even blocked most of the Yellow River basin between Qin and Jin provinces?"
On a large plain near the Great Wall in Huangzeling, in the temporary camp of the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the urgent information in his hand with a look of astonishment.
He even rubbed his eyes with his hands, and carefully read the stack of latest military newspapers in his hand again, before looking up with an expression of disbelief.
This little thief Li Dingguo actually quietly created a powerful army with over one million soldiers!
The stack of intelligence letters in Lu Xiangsheng's hand contained detailed descriptions of the Fuxing Army that occupied the Dongtao Plain and half of the Qin territory, as well as the Fuxing Army on Lingshan Island in Jiaozhou Bay.
The combined number of warriors and soldiers from these two Restoration Armies easily exceeds one million!
"What happened to the Ming Dynasty?"
Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were somewhat confused, and he muttered to himself, "In the past few years, not only have there been endless rebellions everywhere, but even a giant bandit like Li Dingguo, who has a million soldiers, has suddenly appeared?"
"Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army are not just ordinary rebels, but powerful bandits that have the power to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty!"
"In just three months, the Fuxing Army swept through half of Qin and most of the Yellow River Basin between Qin and Jin provinces like a broken bamboo."
"If Li Dingguo is given another year or two, he might occupy Qin territory and declare himself king!"
Although he was a die-hard fan of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng was not stupid. He knew what Li Dingguo, with such a huge army, wanted to do.
The question is, can the Ming Dynasty, which is now facing internal and external troubles, really wipe out this Fuxing Army that has become so powerful that it is difficult to control?
As the Fuxing Army continued to capture cities and territories, its strength was growing rapidly, while the Ming Dynasty was declining.
Although there is still a huge gap in foundation between the two, as long as Li Dingguo is given a few more years, the gap with the Ming Dynasty will surely narrow rapidly, and may even be surpassed in the future.
Thinking of the seriousness of the matter, Lu Xiangsheng became extremely anxious and sat there, lost in thought.
(End of this chapter)
