Smoke dispersed forest birds, horseshoes startled night foxes. Under the clear starlight of late April, the mountains around Lüliang Mountain and Qingmu Stronghold, within a ten-mile radius, were a scene of chaos and wreckage. Search: \(¨Complete¨Book¨God¨Station¨) to read high-quality literature for free.

Across the undulating low hills, corpses stretched as far as the eye could see. Here and there on the grassland, flames flickered, crackling and illuminating the bodies nearby. The stench of blood attracted mountain wolves, which devoured something in the dark shadows. Occasionally, a staggering figure would emerge from the piles of corpses or the bushes, and moans could be heard in the night air.

In the direction of Qingmu Stronghold, and the opposite direction, occasional bursts of unknown commotion could be heard in the forests. Only this battlefield under the night seemed to have been temporarily forgotten. The great battle that had taken place earlier was like a sudden illusion in the night sky, and after the illusion dissipated, it left behind the corpses of the illusion…

Actually… it wasn't that big of a war…

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For this battle that would take place outside Qingmu Stronghold, the participating parties had, in a sense, made extensive preparations. Of course, on the side of the Lüliang bandits' alliance, what they prepared was a large number of people, while in Qingmu Stronghold, the preparation was more long-term and comprehensive, but of course, in terms of numbers, it was definitely incomparable.

From the time Ning Yi gave Hong Ti suggestions to the development and expansion of Qingmu Stronghold, elite training has always been a very important stronghold affair. The expansion and development of the stronghold took time, and the number of soldiers available gradually increased. Of course, the level of training, morale, combat effectiveness, and even the supplies that could be used, were not all-encompassing. Since the entire Qingmu Stronghold existed in such an extreme place as Lüliang Mountain, if mobilized, eighty percent of the population could take up knives, but those who received long-term training numbered more than two thousand. Among these two thousand people, the top one thousand two hundred soldiers were mobilized to participate in the external operations this night.

As for the remaining thousand soldiers, they could not be moved because they had to defend the stronghold and prevent the Great Brightness Sect, Martial Victory Army soldiers, and Tian Hu's elite subordinates from going berserk. Therefore, facing a lineup of nearly six thousand people united by the Lüliang bandits with a little over twelve hundred people was, in theory, a bit risky. Before the war, no one could say they had much confidence in the outcome. But of course, during the tense days in Qingmu Stronghold, Hong Ti, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and others conducted a lot of mobilization of these soldiers.

This kind of ideological work has never stopped since the development of Qingmu Stronghold. Ning Yi gave Hong Ti training methods that included some direct copies of later generations’ training, as well as some summaries of current military books. In fact, most ancient books emphasized brevity, and there were many reasons for this, such as the cumbersome nature of writing materials like bamboo slips, the simplicity of various ideas before they were fully integrated, and the "ritualistic" and "sublime" requirements that writing should be concise and even deliberately obscure during the early stages of writing development.

For example, Lao Tzu's saying in the "Tao Te Ching," "Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs," if simplified to modern thought, means that all things in heaven and earth can be regarded as ordinary elements. These elements operate under fixed rules and never deviate based on will or preferences. Therefore, when we recognize things, the world, and society, we must recognize these laws… From this sentence, a vast philosophical system is derived. When Lao Tzu wrote this sentence, it included not only the most superficial understanding but also the deepest level of deduction, so when he wrote books and established theories, he could not only write out the superficial level, but the deepest level of deduction was what he valued.

Similar to these classics, ancient people writing military books, such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War," also had a system in each section. It was like an outline, and based on it, one could deduce how to use it in all situations. But of course, as a modern person who had undergone countless ideological fusions, Ning Yi could still simplify it as much as possible into a directional part. In the end, his advice to Hong Ti mainly focused on three aspects: discipline, back cover and subjective initiative.

As for how to deploy troops, how to ensure logistics, and whether to eat and live with the soldiers, he threw a few military books at Hong Ti and told her to take them back for the mountain people to ponder over themselves.

A few unshakeable, iron-like disciplines ensured that his subordinates could carry out orders without fail. In various training exercises, trusting that someone was protecting one's back could increase the sense of teamwork and make people believe in each other and in their comrades on the battlefield. As for subjective initiative, it was of course morale, which was also a kind of brainwashing ideological work. These three points complemented each other and were actually similar to managing a company in later generations.

Therefore, since the development of Qingmu Stronghold, these three points have been done quite well, and ideological work has come through several directions: remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness; telling them what kind of enemies they were facing; letting them look at the surrounding strongholds and see if any of them were like Qingmu Stronghold; letting them discuss how to transfer if Qingmu Stronghold was breached.

——The last point was almost a monthly discussion among the soldiers. Afterwards, it caused a chain reaction: it would make most people imagine the consequences of Qingmu Stronghold being breached, and after that, they would be indignant, thinking who the hell wants to attack us. Some people would also ask, we train so well now, who has the ability to attack us.

Then the people above would throw out candidates: the Liao people, the Jin people, they might attack, of course, the Liao people had been wiped out at this time, but the Jin people were even more powerful, imagine the appearance of the past "cutting grass valley" (打草谷), they will definitely attack, what do we do then, so we must think about it.

At this stage, some people would inevitably be depressed, and then the people above would tell them, let them think about whether they could avoid this result even if they escaped to other strongholds in Lüliang Mountain. Then the conclusion could be easily drawn: only Qingmu Stronghold was the best. Next, a signal would be given to everyone, that Qingmu Stronghold's good life and powerful training were aimed at dealing with the Jin people in the future - they were the real opponents!

After the ideological work reached this step, everyone would start talking about the Jin people - that is, the history of the Manchurian Jurchens' rise, who were invincible with ten thousand men. This information was all provided by Ning Yi and was quite inflammatory. Then everyone would discover that the Jurchens' past situation was actually similar to that of Lüliang Mountain. They had also suffered greatly, had been bullied, also had ruthlessness, could not survive, and dared to fight desperately. After they unified, they had a powerful ruler who was disciplined and obeyed orders, and then the myth of the Manchurian Jurchens' invincibility with ten thousand men began.

——People would realize, aren't we the embryonic form of the Jurchens?

This series of ideological rectifications went through a lot of trials. During this period, specialized training, enough food to fill their bellies, and the awareness that they had "become stronger" in such a group after hard training were very obvious: We are very awesome now!

At the same time, Qingmu Stronghold has been expanding and developing. Although it often has friction and killings with the outside world, it has never really launched a large-scale expedition. The Blood Bodhisattva's (血菩萨) good relations with others made many people feel a little eager and impatient: The people in Lüliang Mountain are different from the new recruits in other places. They have all seen blood before. Killing a few people for a bite of food is a very normal thing. The lack of food and the strength of Qingmu Stronghold have taught them discipline. After learning discipline and feeling that they are stronger, they cannot be dispatched. It's like a pearl cast into darkness, walking in brocade clothes at night, and looking at the other mountain strongholds in Lüliang Mountain jumping around, it's really annoying.

And this time, the Jurchens didn't come, and the people from other mountain strongholds really jumped over.

Because not many people had to be dispatched, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and others had been mobilizing for several days before the dispatch: "Think about your purpose! Think about how much more training you have received than those guys outside the mountain! Look around you, you are very strong! Outside the mountain, they are just a mob that relies on courage and doesn't even have formations! If you let them see blood, they will turn around and run! Now, they dare to force us to Qingmu Stronghold, it's simply outrageous! You have been waiting for a year, now, it's time to let the entire Lüliang Mountain open their eyes—"

After these mobilizations, the soldiers in the mountains were very enthusiastic. In the large and small teams, one or two were so excited that they were about to die: "Boss, tell us who to kill…"

"Boss, I know who to kill, I know a lot of those people… a bunch of cowardly bastards dare to join in the fun…"

"Finally, we can go out and do something, it's so cool…"

In this atmosphere, Hong Ti had to pass on the word to Cao Qianyong and Han Jing, asking them to order their subordinates to be as calm as possible, not to be reckless, and not to be arrogant, to remember the previous training, to despise the enemy strategically, and to pay attention to the enemy tactically. And this order was naturally Ning Yi's indirect persuasion to Hong Ti.

As the first battle, he had no confidence in his heart, but caution was not wrong. And even if the people below were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, the leaders of the stronghold like Cao Qianyong and Han Jing had enough vigilance in their hearts. This night, when the bonfire was lit in the Hall of Gathering Righteousness, they took more than one thousand two hundred people out and very seriously discussed the strategy of the battle: which part of the people to attack first, which team to capture the leader first, and how to intersperse, respond, and cooperate with each other. After such careful planning, they joined the two hundred people who came down from the back mountain escorting the Elm Cannon, and the final lineup was one thousand four hundred against six thousand.

Seven miles away from Qingmu Stronghold, between the mountains of Huochuan Ridge, there were bonfires and military formations everywhere. "Black Skull King" Luan Sanlang was in the center, and the team from Chenjia Canal led by "Chaotic Mountain King" Chen Zhenhai was on the left front. The Fang Yiyang brothers' team was on the heights of the mountain, slightly to the right rear, but they had the most cavalry in their formation. In the middle, there were also a large number of Lüliang freelancers, as well as the more than six hundred people who originally belonged to the Little Bandits, who were arranged on Luan Sanlang's side.

The firelight all over the mountains and fields faced the square formation drawn up by more than one thousand four hundred people. The two sides confronted each other silently. Although Luan Sanlang and others also sent envoys to chat with Cao Qianyong and Han Jing, they were all waiting for the decision of Qingmu Stronghold, suppressing their emotions.

Compared to the slightly quiet lineup of one thousand four hundred people in Qingmu Stronghold, the six thousand Allied forces on Huochuan Ridge seemed to be in particularly high spirits. Many freelancers lit bonfires, roasted meat, sang, drank, wiped steel knives, and looked down at the Qingmu Stronghold crowd below with disdain. Luan Sanlang and others occasionally went to enjoy themselves with some of them. As long as they could take Qingmu Stronghold, this gathering would be the best time for them to increase their influence. Among them, some people spoke loudly to provoke them, and even several groups of people fought because of their arguments, causing a small disturbance on the ridge.

Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and others looked solemn and were quite annoyed by some people's provocations.

Until fireworks rose from Qingmu Stronghold, and then another firework came from several miles away, even if the people on the mountain ridge didn't understand this, they could guess that it was a signal sent by Qingmu Stronghold. They drew their knives and formed their teams while gathering on the mountain, and the torches were like a turbulent ocean gathering together. On this side, Han Jing said in a low voice to the people around him with a gloomy face, "This is the first battle…" He took out a piece of paper in his hand, glanced at it, and he had always felt that the things on the paper that were not originally publicized were a bit messy and shameful, but at this time, he said it very naturally.

"Operation name: Beating up children. Start."

This mobilization order was definitely not written by Hong Ti… he thought in his heart. And on the side, Cao Qianyong rode his horse, raised his knife, and roared loudly.

"All the brave men of Qingmu! Follow me… crush them——"

The next moment, Luan Sanlang and others roared from the ridge: "Charge! Eat them——"

The earth was shaking, and the figures surged forward. The front row of the Qingmu Stronghold lineup only fired a burst of arrows, and the comrades behind them were already shouting loudly and running out frantically. Those with bows and arrows then carried their bows and arrows on their backs, drew their knives and followed.

It seemed to be the same morale. The soldiers clashed, and all the figures melted together, making it difficult to distinguish the crazy fighting of the camps…

Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and others tried hard to identify their own people in the battle formation, trying to see clearly the advantages and disadvantages of the battle. After a short while - about five minutes in Ning Yi's time - light began to shoot out and explode on the side of the battle formation. That was the secret weapon that came because of Ning Yi. And after another two times as long, the development of everything was a bit caught off guard…

"Straighten the formation! Straighten the formation! Whose team is running up the mountain——Don't be rash, go and stop them, don't be rash! Don't fall into a trap! Who is on the right! Why did that group of people rush into the forest——****! Come back to me——"

"Third Battalion! Third Battalion, Qi Qianjun! Why are they still pushing forward! You mother… what are you doing… what? They were previously asked to cooperate with the Fifth Team? Those people who ran past the ridge are the Fifth Battalion? Zheng Shitou and his group will be fully responsible if something happens! Just because his father is the second leader, he can mess around! I'm going to tell his father about this, I'm going to tell his father about this, tell them not to be rash——Why are you bringing a head over to me, whose is it——"

"Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang——"

"Fang your mother——"

"Fang Yiyang's…"

"Gah…"

On the huge battlefield, after seeing the scene clearly, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and others suddenly found that their command authority had collapsed like a mountain, so anxious that they jumped up and down, their eyes were red. However, if a review of the entire situation were to be done, the whole scene was really strange and unspeakable.

Originally, it looked like a passionate charge against each other, and the morale on both sides was extremely high——Of course, because the number of people on their side looked smaller, the people of Qingmu Stronghold were still nervous. Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, they went all out to kill towards the mountains of the Lüliang bandit coalition. The current military system of Qingmu Stronghold is very simple - because Ning Yi just wrote "make an analogy" in the book, and wrote it simply, so the Qingmu Stronghold followed step by step with a naive compilation of five people as a team, ten people as a squad, thirty people as a company, and one hundred people as a battalion——Because there were people everywhere around, the captains of each battalion could not see exactly what was happening, anyway, according to the planned plan, they would just kill forward desperately.

When they reacted slightly, they found that their own people were cutting into the mountains of the Lüliang bandit coalition like cutting tofu…

Especially after the artillery fired, under the gorgeous light and shadow effects, the six hundred people who originally belonged to the former Little Bandits in the center of the Allied forces suddenly mutinied, and many people shouted, "The sorcery is coming again…" and turned around and ran. For the people in Qingmu Stronghold, many people simply didn't know what had happened, especially a battalion chasing after these hundreds of people, shouting "Stop and die for me", ran the fastest, but didn't kill many people. They fought with high morale, and then a team of rescue heroes descended from the sky, trying to stop them. When they saw clearly, a horse-riding man had already roared: "Who dares to fight me, Fang Yiyang!" and charged head-on.

The momentum of the two sides was like waves hitting the reefs. Fang Yiyang rode his horse and held his knife horizontally, and the most powerful Qingmu Stronghold members in front of this team simply couldn't think too much and rushed up, while delivering moves. The matching moves were what Hong Ti usually taught, and then for some reason, Fang Yiyang was knocked off his horse after knocking one person flying. When his subordinates behind him rushed over, Fang Yiyang himself had been drowned in the surging crowd, and then he was trampled to death.

For Luan Sanlang and others, the scene in front of them was definitely the strangest experience ever. Some of his core subordinates were still strong. But the coalition's charge was like a tide, after washing them ashore, the water quickly receded. When they reacted, three companies from Qingmu Stronghold had begun to surround them and gnaw at them, and Chen Zhenhai's men turned around and fled. Han Jing in the distance cursed in the darkness in exasperation. Luan Sanlang simply didn't understand what he was still cursing, who the hell won, what the hell is going on…

The situation on the entire battlefield was completely out of control in such boiling and weirdness…

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