Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

Zhenfan Army.

As the name suggests, the purpose of Emperor Chengwu training this army is to deal with the disaster of the vassal kings.

Zhao Mingan lived up to everyone's expectations and trained an elite army to repel the barbarian army that went south to plunder several times.

He even went deep into the barbarian grasslands and defeated several medium-sized tribes, causing huge losses to the barbarians.

When Chu Chen went to Beiman City, he went to Beijiang Xiongguan on the way and saw the military appearance of the Zhenfan Army, which was far superior to other armies of the Great Yan Kingdom, even the Weiyuan Army was inferior.

"I have heard that General Zhao Mingan has expressed his dissatisfaction with the court several times recently, saying that the Ministry of War withheld the food and military pay of the Zhenfan Army, and for this reason he ignored the oral instructions of His Majesty, and seemed to have a rebellious heart."

Shopkeeper Zhu hesitated for a moment and said.

"Ahem!"

Hearing this, Li San coughed twice and forcibly interrupted the topic.

"What are you talking about these things for, drink, drink."

Shopkeeper Zhu understood and kept silent.

Both of them are smart people, so they naturally know what can be discussed and what cannot be discussed.

If some things are discussed in depth and fall into the ears of the Jinyiwei, they will inevitably go to the imperial prison.

"Zhao Ming'an."

Chu Chen's expression was slightly condensed. He only had one evaluation for this person.

A hero.

He controls the most powerful army in Dayan now. Over the past few years, he has quelled the unrest of the barbarians several times and established a very high prestige in the northern border.

He also formed alliances and bound the military leaders of the various legions in the northern border with interests, so that the troops of the four towns in the north are all headed by him, with the tendency of a vassal.

Emperor Chengwu could never have thought that just after solving the Wei Wangfu, Zhao Ming'an appeared again, making the northern border area tend to be out of control again.

Moreover, it was a mistake he made himself.

As a last resort, Emperor Chengwu began to suppress Zhao Ming'an and cut the military pay and food of the vassal army, which was a test.

Next, I am afraid that there will be another open and secret struggle between Emperor Chengwu and Zhao Ming'an.

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the struggle will never stop."

Chu Chen didn't find it strange.

Ambitious people are everywhere in the world.

The position above thousands of people attracts the attention of countless ambitious people.

Zhao Ming'an, King Kang, King Jin, if possible, who doesn't want to ascend to the position under Emperor Chengwu.

Chu Chen occasionally heard these news, just as a topic of conversation, and laughed it off.

With this spare time, it is better to make pills and draw talismans, practice immortality and practice.

With so many spirit stones in hand, even in the imperial capital, cultivation will not fall behind.

There is another thing that makes Chu Chen happy, Miss Yuedie left Qunfanglou.

Half a year ago, a wealthy businessman from Lingnan area redeemed Miss Yuedie and took Miss Yuedie as a concubine.

It is said that before leaving the imperial capital, Miss Yuedie went to the Zhuanyun Pawnshop to find Chuchen, but it was a pity that Chuchen was still refining pills in the Yunwu Mountains and had no chance to see him.

It's a pity... a ghost.

Miss Yuedie left Qunfanglou, which meant that he could go to Qunfanglou again and talk with the young ladies.

After hanging out for three days and three nights, Chu Chen left Qunfanglou contentedly.

…

In the spring of the sixteenth year of Chengwu.

Wanyan Shilie sent a letter to Chu Chen, saying that he had broken through the innate level and became the leader of the Silver Moon Tribe.

He would do his best to complete Chu Chen's entrustment and find the spirit stone.

"My training was not in vain."

Chu Chen glanced at the letter in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

After breaking through the innate level, Wanyan Shilie became the most powerful chess piece in his hand.

As Wanyan Shilie's innate master, becoming the leader of the Silver Moon Tribe was just the beginning, and he would definitely become an important figure in the barbarians in the future.

There were not many innate masters in the barbarians, only two.

One was a barbarian high priest, and the other was the first warrior of the barbarian royal court.

Wanyan Shilie was the third innate master of the barbarians. It can be imagined that Wanyan Shilie was so important that even the barbarian royal court could not ignore him.

By then, it would be more convenient for Wanyan Shilie to explore the existence of spiritual stone veins in the barbarian grassland.

As expected, without waiting too long, news came from the barbarian grassland.

The barbarian Han named Wanyan Shilie the Silver Moon King, ruling three large tribes including the Silver Moon Tribe. Wanyan Shilie became one of the most important figures in the barbarian tribe.

In the autumn of the 16th year of Chengwu.

After becoming the Silver Moon King, Wanyan Shilie led his three large tribes to plunder southward in order to consolidate his position and plunder supplies for the winter.

In front of the Northern Frontier Pass, Wanyan Shilie led his army to defeat Zhao Mingan.

Zhao Mingan, under the protection of his personal guards, escaped back to the Northern Frontier Pass by chance. No matter how Wanyan Shilie challenged him, he dared not fight.

In this battle, Zhao Mingan lost 30,000 garrison troops.

The news was passed back to the imperial capital, causing an uproar.

Countless officials of the Great Yan court stood up and accused Zhao Ming'an of poor command and that he should be dismissed from his post as the commander of the Zhenfan Army.

Emperor Chengwu did not make any comments, but instead ordered the Minister of War to investigate the shortage of military pay and food reported by Zhao Ming'an, and asked the Minister of War to make up the military pay and food for the Zhenfan Army this year.

The Minister of War took the order and left, and the voices accusing Zhao Ming'an in the Great Yan court disappeared.

"Emperor Chengwu, this is because you are afraid of a repeat of the chaos in the Wei Wangfu in the past."

Chu Chen saw through Emperor Chengwu's concerns at a glance.

Emperor Chengwu was afraid that Zhao Ming'an would surrender to the barbarians and cooperate with the barbarians like the Wei Wangfu, causing chaos in the northern border.

It took Great Yan nearly twenty years to restore the impact of the original barbarian chaos.

No one wanted to do it again.

At the same time, Emperor Chengwu was also supporting Zhao Ming'an to fight against the barbarians.

The appearance of Wanyan Shilie made the barbarians more powerful and threatened the safety of Dayan.

If Emperor Chengwu continued to suppress Zhao Ming'an at this time, the barbarians would be happy.

"The world will be unstable again."

Chu Chen read the intelligence collected by Jinyiwei and came to a conclusion.

If everything went according to Emperor Chengwu's idea, after twenty years, the power of the court of Dayan would be enough to free up hands and wipe out the palace of Prince Kang and the palace of Prince Jin.

Zhao Ming'an's problem was even smaller, and he only needed to suppress it slowly.

The development of the situation was not under the control of Emperor Chengwu. The revival of the barbarians forced him to stop his plan to suppress Zhao Ming'an and support Zhao Ming'an to fight against the barbarians.

But doing so would probably make Zhao Ming'an grow stronger.

However, Emperor Cheng'an had no choice.

In the seventeenth year of Chengwu, summer.

The low-grade spirit stones in Chu Chen's hand were all consumed. Correspondingly, he broke through the peak of the fifth level of Qi training and was only one step away from breaking through the sixth level of Qi training.

The next day.

He left the imperial capital and went to the Yunwu Mountains, intending to practice in seclusion in order to break through the sixth level of Qi training.

Practicing in a place with abundant spiritual energy will help one break through.

However.

Chu Chen did not expect that this time he would spend three years in seclusion.

...

Cave.

"After three years of seclusion, I finally broke through the sixth level of Qi training."

Chu Chen opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, looking a little helpless.

The difficulty of breaking through from the fifth level of Qi training to the sixth level of Qi training is much greater than he imagined.

He almost absorbed all the spiritual energy in the cave in the Yunwu Mountains, which allowed him to complete the breakthrough and step into the sixth level of Qi training.

Chu Chen realized more clearly why most cultivators were unwilling to stay in the secular world.