My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

"I'm Lu Xuan, the Taoist priest is..." Lu Xuan looked at the five people sitting on the gourd, but his eyes finally locked on Yang Ao, with a strange expression.

"My name is Zhang Yuanrou, gentle and gentle." The female Taoist priest jumped down from the gourd like a horse. After Yang Ao got Yang Mu off the top, she took the gourd back to her waist, clasped her fists at Lu Xuan and said, "This time Come, I was ordered to pick up Li Xinian."

"When I come back next time, he is no longer in Sanyang." Lu Xuan said with regret.

"I know, by the way, this is Huo Zhan, a disciple of the Heavenly Master and a martial artist at the peak of the Transformation Realm." Zhang Yuanrou pointed to the iron tower man behind her, then looked at Yang Ao: "You don't need me to introduce you, right?"

"Well, no need. I thought that Brother Yang would come, but I never thought that Brother Yang would walk with the emissary of my Guiyi Sect." Lu Xuan saluted Mother Yang and said, "Old madam, we meet again."

"You were thinking about today when you were betting against me that day?" Yang Ao looked at Lu Xuan. Along the way, Yang Ao recalled everything before. Lu Xuan seemed sure that he would lose. At the time, it was ridiculous, but now that he thinks about it, it is terrifying. .

"It's not difficult to guess." Lu Xuan stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone who has come from afar, come in first."

"So, you really didn't collude before this?" After Zhang Yuanrou sat down, she looked at Lu Xuan curiously. She always thought that Lu Xuan secretly recruited Yang Ao to surrender.

Lu Xuan and Yang Ao looked at Zhang Yuanrou at the same time. Did anyone say this about one of their own?

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuanrou looked at the two of them puzzled.

"No, Taoist Master is really... straightforward." Lu Xuan shook his head and explained: "Brother Yang was a loyal minister of the court before this. Although his positions are different, Lu admires Brother Yang's ability."

"Then why...are you so convinced that he will come?" Zhang Yuanrou asked in confusion.

"Now that Brother Yang is here, I am not afraid of Brother Yang's teasing about some things. I actually didn't expect to meet Brother Yang that day. According to my estimation, the government and army will not be able to reach Shangyang until the afternoon of that day at the earliest. Who can I know I met Brother Yang just after I left the city."

"So, you didn't come specifically to wait for me that day?" Yang Ao looked at Lu Xuandao.

"At that time, I only had eight hundred brothers around me. I have seen Brother Yang's abilities before, and I knew I was no match. The distance between you and me at that time meant that we couldn't escape even if we wanted to, so I could only deceive Brother Yang. Well, fortunately, I won my bet."

"What would have happened to you if I had ignored my mother and insisted on keeping you?" Yang Ao didn't expect that this would be the case at that time. Thinking about Lu Xuan's wisdom and determination, Yang Ao didn't want to admit that he did Frightened.

"What else can we do? If we fight, I, a little innate, may not be the enemy of Brother Yang, so I will have no choice but to survive." Lu Xuan said easily.

"Aren't you afraid?" Yang Ao looked at Lu Xuan. He didn't understand why Lu Xuan could talk about life and death so calmly.

"As the saying goes, it's up to people to make things happen. Lu has tried his best to fight for it. No matter what the result is, there will be no regrets." Lu Xuan said calmly.

"I don't know whether I should say that you are awesome or that you are a madman." Zhang Yuanrou couldn't help but sigh after understanding the whole process. She was in a different place and encountered Lu Xuan's situation. How could she have the time to think so much? If she didn't accept it, she would just do it. , the worst case scenario is death.

But Lu Xuan showed her another way. The most important thing is that this was a decision that Lu Xuan made in a short period of time. This courage alone is very unparalleled. Of course, it is also crazy. When a normal person encounters this situation, he probably only has two options: escape and fight, right?

"I just thought Taoist Zhang was praising me." Lu Xuan nodded.

"How was Sanyang City broken?" Zhang Yunrou frowned and looked at Lu Xuan. With such a person here, and Senior Brother Guo Chang not seeming to be simple, how could Sanyang City be broken so easily?

"The situation was urgent at that time. I was planning to leave the city to harass the army's food road. Unexpectedly, just after I left the night before, Sanyang was attacked the next day and two flag officers were captured. After knowing the situation in Shangyang County, I decided to abandon Sanyang. Go and attack Shangyang County."

"Shangyang County has a green spirit that protects the city. How can you break it?" Zhang Yuanrou asked curiously.

So far, all the cities that Guiyi Sect has conquered have relied on Zhang Yuqing's jade talisman. Lu Xuan used 800 soldiers and horses to conquer a county city with intact green energy. This was something he had never dared to think about before. of.

Lu Xuan briefly explained the situation at that time.

Although it sounds simple, even Yang Ao had to admire Lu Xuan's boldness and courage. He just learned about the strength of the army during the day, and decided to attack Shangyang County at night, and successfully found a way to break the green energy protecting the city.

Capturing the prefect was a trick, but he knew what happened later. Lu Xuan destroyed Shangyang County's city-protecting Qing Qi completely just by saying that the prince and general Xiang Ning had the guts.

"So, you were just talking nonsense when you were betting against me?" Yang Ao said bitterly. He originally thought that he was a person, but compared with Lu Xuan's experience, except for his cultivation, he could not compare with Lu Xuan in other aspects.

"That's not entirely true. As long as the general is able to break the city, the development of this matter will basically be determined." Lu Xuan shook his head: "As I just said, this is not difficult to guess."

"How do you say it?" Zhang Yuanrou urged, a little addicted to listening to it.

"It's very simple. Brother Yang has meritorious service, but his general cannot give him a reward." Lu Xuan explained.

"With such great credit, no reward?" Zhang Yuanrou asked in confusion.

"I heard a lot of news from Zhou Ji. The reason why the imperial court has not sent troops until now is because the internal coordination between the imperial court and the central government has not been well coordinated. Official positions in the army will gradually be taken over by children of aristocratic families. In fact, this phenomenon began ten years ago. Let’s start. To put it simply, in the past, the military power and administrative power of states and counties were separated. The military basically relied on merit to get promoted, and promotions depended on merit. Although there were injustices, it was basically this process. People like Brother Yang and others As long as you have real ability, you still have a chance to rise to the top.”

"Local governors do not have the right to mobilize garrisons from various places, but it is different now. In the past ten years, the imperial court has been fighting over this matter. Many families have sent their children to the army. Of course, the rules have not changed substantially. , it’s just that it’s harder for people with ordinary backgrounds to get ahead.”

"Why?" Zhang Yuanrou was puzzled.

"The reason is very simple. Children from aristocratic families who practice martial arts and study since childhood, and receive the best education, are generally better than ordinary people like us who have little chance to receive education. As far as I know, ten years ago, the military camp Zheng is a martial arts master at most, but now, most of the Yingzheng level are innate masters, and ordinary people have no chance to learn any skills. The joining of these people has virtually shortened the path for ordinary people to advance, unless they are like Yang Brother Yang is like this, but even Brother Yang can no longer be considered an ordinary person."

Yang Ao nodded silently. His background was not high, but he had been in the army for three generations. Not only did his family inherit the martial arts, he also had the opportunity to be exposed to the art of war.

The military believes in the principle that the capable will be promoted and the mediocre will be demoted. Under this logic, a rich man who has received the best training since childhood is naturally more likely to be promoted than ordinary people. This is truly based on ability.

"Then why can't I be promoted?" Yang Ao frowned.

"Because the rules have changed, this time our Guiyijiao uprising has shaken the foundation of Daqian, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for the wealthy families. Daqian only has so many troops, but our Guiyijiao uprising has spread all over the country. In Kyushu, the border troops still have to fight against foreign enemies and cannot be moved lightly, so some military power will definitely be allocated to the local areas."

"Then there are more official positions?" Zhang Yuanrou asked puzzledly.

"There are more, but it is still in the initial stage. The court will have to wait for several defeats before it will start to exert its strength. Local military attachés will definitely be selected from the army first. In order to control the military power, how can those wealthy families tolerate ordinary people? Interfering with the military power? At least not yet. When they truly take control of the local military power, they will select some people like Brother Yang as their confidants and bring them up."

"That's why they are so anxious to get rid of Yang Ao?" Zhang Yuanrou said suddenly.

Lu Xuan smiled and said nothing. In fact, he did not expect that the other party would be so extreme. The reason behind this was ultimately about military rations. They needed someone to take the blame, and Yang Ao, who was unstoppable and not easy to manage, Couldn't be more appropriate.

It's just that the root cause lies with him. Of course, Lu Xuan can't say it. Anyway, the meaning is pretty much the same.