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The battle was a battle, but the battle was over.

Taking advantage of the battle between Liangshan and Hu Yanzhuo, Lu Cheng took Xu Ning in, and gained another capable general under his command.

As for Hu Yanzhuo, who was fighting against Liangshan, Lu Cheng was not very interested. Not to mention Hu Yanzhuo's personality, Hu Yanzhuo's age of over 50 alone made Lu Cheng lose interest in taking him in.

Even if a general in his 50s was more capable, how many years could he fight?

Moreover, for a general who was too old, even if he was given a pill to help him improve his strength, it would not be of much value.

Now, the education system of the entire southern Liaoning region under Lu Cheng has been established. In two or three years, a group of young and outstanding military talents will be cultivated in the military academy in southern Liaoning. Those talents will be the backbone of Lu Cheng in the future.

As for the 108 generals on Liangshan, except for some useful talents with no big stains on their character, most of the others are mediocre and evil people, bandits who occupy the mountain as kings, scums who open black shops to sell human meat buns, scum who dig graves and rob tombs, idle rogues, etc.

Therefore, Lu Cheng did not pay much attention to the situation on Liangshan, but occasionally asked the intelligence department to report when he was interested.

In comparison, Fang La in Jiangnan was more interesting to Lu Cheng.

Fang La's family has lived in Qingxi County, Muzhou for generations, which is Hangzhou City in later generations. There is a lacquer garden in his family. It was originally a wealthy family, but it was often seized by local officials, so he hated the government.

At the same time, the people in the south of the Yangtze River had long been complaining about the imperial court because they had suffered from the Huashi Gang.

Fang La seized the opportunity and used the "Eat Vegetables and Serve Demons" religion to organize and mobilize the people, thus gaining the support of the majority of the people.

The so-called "Eat Vegetables and Serve Demons" refers to a sect active from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. The sect believed in Mani as the god of light, so it was also called Manichaeism or Mingjiao. Because this sect believed in eating vegetarian food, it was officially called "Eat Vegetables and Serve Demons", and Mani was also translated as demon.

This is an unorthodox secret. The folk organization was mainly spread in rural areas, and the believers were mainly poor people.

Fang La used the form of religion to gain a group of loyal fans and supporters, and then continued to develop power and expand influence, preparing for future uprisings.

It is impossible to find out where this "Mingjiao" originated from, but it is certain that this Mingjiao does not have any martial arts such as "The Great Shift of the Universe". Although Fang La is proficient in spears and sticks and has extraordinary martial arts, he is not beyond the scope of Lu Junyi.

Even Huang Shang, the governor of Fuzhou who was responsible for revising the "Wanshou Daozang", was just a weak civil official.

Asking people to investigate Huang Shang and Fang La was also a casual move made by Lu Cheng to see if there was anything strange about these two people and whether they could affect his own martial arts progress. The result was not unexpected, and Lu Cheng was not too disappointed.

After raising his martial arts to the Baodan level, although Lu Cheng never stopped tempering his own blood and strength, he had little effect, and it seemed that the road ahead was cut off.

After persisting for a period of time, Lu Cheng temporarily gave up the improvement of his personal martial arts. Anyway, his future was still long and there were many opportunities to study martial arts, so there was no need to rush.

If the road is blocked, stop and rest, or change the road.

However, while investigating Fang La, Lu Cheng also sent some people to join Fang La's sect and act as undercover.

In fact, the Fang La uprising in history lasted only half a year, and Fang La's family was captured alive and escorted to the capital to be executed. Fang La's generals supported it for nearly a year before they were gradually extinguished.

Fang La in the Water Margin world may be stronger, but he is doomed to fail.

By making some arrangements in advance, you can secretly control the situation, plant nails in Jiangnan, and prepare for the future.

Since you have a fixed base, you can develop with peace of mind and cultivate your own talents. Lu Cheng has more and more people under his command, so he can naturally play chess everywhere.

In addition to the southern Liaoning region, Lu Cheng also planted a lot of people in the Western Army through Dong Ping. Although those people are only the most basic officers and cannot play a big role for the time being, if Lu Cheng confronts the Western Army one day, it will also be able to have more internal support.

In Jeju Prefecture, Wu Song has now grown up. Once there is a problem, Wu Song can control the situation of the entire Jeju Prefecture with his troops alone.

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After the spring of the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117), the Yangwei Army in southern Liao and the Jin Army, as if they had agreed, headed westwards, one in the south and one in the north, and began to attack the land of Liao.

Among the five capitals of Liao, the eastern capital Liaoyang in the southeast had already fallen into the hands of the Yangwei Army.

Now, the Jin Kingdom is targeting the Shangjing Linhuangfu of Liao, while Lu Cheng's Yangwei Army is targeting the Nanjing Xijinfu of Liao, which is Yanjing in later generations.

In this battle, although Lu Cheng was at the front line, he did not go down in person, but sat in the central army, supporting generals such as Yang Zhi, Xu Ning, and Lu Fang, and watching how they performed.

With everything ready, Yang Zhi led 20,000 soldiers and horses drawn from Jinzhou, Laizhou and other places, all the way to the city of Xijinfu.

Twenty thousand troops were deployed outside the city. There was no fancy fighting. They just asked the firearms battalion to assemble dozens of catapults, and then launched three cannons, aiming at Xijin Mansion in the distance.

At 9:00 in the morning, when everything was ready, Yang Zhi rode on his horse, drew out his long sword and swung it forward. The prepared catapults were fired together, and the three cannons were ignited at the same time. Dozens of explosive packs and three shells flew straight towards Xijin Mansion.

"Boom boom boom" accompanied by continuous explosions, the walls of Xijin Mansion in Liao Kingdom suddenly became chaotic, and the guards scattered to avoid.

After more than a dozen rounds of volleys, the inside and outside of the walls of Xijin Mansion were in chaos. Some explosive packs that flew into the city ignited the houses near the walls, and a fire broke out in the city, which was completely chaotic.

There is no doubt that this is a siege battle without much skill, relying entirely on technology.

When the gate of Xijin Prefecture was completely blown open, it also announced the arrival of a new era.

In the evening, the fire in Xijin Prefecture had been extinguished, and the flag of the Yangwei Army was planted on the top of the city. Soldiers were maintaining order on the streets, and officials were counting the losses and taking inventory of the supplies of the entire Xijin Prefecture.

Because the defeat was too fast, Xijin Prefecture was relatively intact except for the serious damage to the city wall on the east side that was attacked and many houses were blown up.

Lu Cheng walked on the street with Yang Zhi, Xu Ning and others, and casually instructed some post-war arrangements: "Yang Zhi, Xijin Prefecture will be guarded by you and Xu Ning. Lu Fang and Guo Sheng will guard Laizhou. As for Jinzhou, leave it to Lu Da. Now the war between Jin and Liao is also quite fierce, you must also cooperate with the civil officials and manage well.

When you encounter fleeing Liao soldiers and Liao people, carefully identify them and properly place them. When you encounter a suitable opportunity, take action decisively. Don't be afraid of failure, we can afford to lose now..."

Yang Zhi has been with Lu Cheng for several years, and has experienced many battles and has fully grown up.

After the Yangwei Army took over Xijin Prefecture, Zhongjing of Liao was to the north.

With the Yangwei Army and the Jin Army attacking from both sides, the Liao Kingdom will certainly perish earlier than in history...