The disaster of the world begins with Dongfang Bubai

Chapter 20 Enlistment and Promotion

In the following days, Xi Mingzhang traveled while reading the martial arts methods. The cultivation methods of this world were quite similar to his ideas of martial arts training.

They all start from essence, energy and spirit. Due to the different energy levels of heaven and earth, the foundation laid in the main world is naturally not comparable to that of the small thousand worlds.

For example, when one reaches the first realm, one has unparalleled power. At least a swing of his arms can have the force of a thousand pounds, and he can run like a wild horse, which can be called a beast among men.

This is even more true for those who have broken through to the second level. The fierce ones can directly fight back and forth in an organized army. As long as their energy is not lost and their strength is not exhausted, they can be said to be unstoppable. As for whether they can reach the next level, it is yet to be known.

According to his observation of the Liu family, as long as one is diligent enough, even if one has very poor aptitude, one can enter the first realm after practicing for seven or eight years. Therefore, most of the Liu family members who practiced martial arts were at this realm.

There are very few people who can reach the second realm. In the huge Liu family, there is only one person, and that is the head of the Liu family who persisted for a while.

From this point of view, Xi Mingzhang guessed that if he wanted to reach the second level, he would either need qualifications or some precious resources to complete the breakthrough.

He was able to advance to the second realm with ease. In addition to his accumulation from the Proud World, he also relied mostly on the Dao Tribulation Bell. Something must have happened when he was reborn that he was unaware of.

If we follow this line of thought, then what prevents people from making further progress is probably their qualifications.

If aptitude is really so important, and the military is a place where the strong are respected, then no matter how much one values ​​family background, military merit is more important.

After all, this was the founding period, not the rigid middle and late period of the dynasty. As the founding monarch, how could Emperor Wen be a stupid man? While he was suppressing rebellions everywhere, he would certainly suppress the powerful and restrict the aristocratic families.

This will surely greatly promote children from poor families and meritorious soldiers from the countryside.

When Xi Mingzhang thought about this, his eyes lit up slightly and he said to himself:

"Then this is my chance to acquire advanced martial arts techniques."

Afterwards, Xi Mingzhang only glanced at the "Liu's Body-Refining Guidance Technique" and then began to practice the "Heel Breathing Sitting and Forgetting Method" intensively, because his foundation was as solid as it could be, and it was natural for him to break through to the second level.

"The Method of Sitting and Forgetting" allows one to enter a state of tranquility without any worries. The heart moon is the only bright one, which means one has entered a deep state of concentration, absorbing and exhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nourishing the body and qi.

After practicing for three to five days, he fully understood the method and began to revise his "Invincible Sutra".

After about ten days of various fine-tuning, his practice was back on track.

It must be mentioned that if others want to learn the "Invincible Sutra" he created, they still have to castrate themselves.

And it was from the grand and heavy sound of the Daojie Bell that he realized a secret method of clearing his mind. He used the sound of the bell to nourish his mind, so that his mind would not have any distracting thoughts and would be detached from the world. He then used his mind to control his body and exert his power.

A few days after Xi Mingzhang's cultivation got on the right track, he arrived in Liaodong County.

More than a month later.

frontier fortress.

Xi Mingzhang rode a big horse, wore black armor, held a long spear, and guarded a majestic and murderous general with many soldiers.

He shouldn't say whether he was lucky or unlucky. When he joined the army, he showed his tremendous strength of three thousand pounds with his arms, which shocked many military officers in the barracks and made them fight for him.

You should know that most people in the first realm have a strength of a thousand pounds, and Xi Mingzhang has such a talent at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so a captain thought it would be a pity for him to become an ordinary soldier. It happened that the prefect was recruiting personal soldiers, so he decided to send him to the prefect's mansion.

In fact, this lieutenant was the governor's entourage, commanding 400 personal soldiers of the governor's mansion. During this period, Xi Mingzhang first learned about the origin of Cui You, the governor of Liaodong County. He was Emperor Wen's childhood friend, and had been with him since he was a child. He had made great military achievements and was a direct descendant and confidant.

Secondly, he understood why Cui You sent people to the military camp from time to time to recruit his own soldiers.

The situation in Liaodong County was quite complicated and they often had to face invasions from the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan. Cui You's strategy for defeating the enemy after taking office was to engage in a head-on confrontation.

He was like a strong man sent down from heaven, often serving as the vanguard of soldiers, leading his personal soldiers to fight in front of the battle line, so he often needed to replenish his personal soldiers.

This time, the Xianbei invaded Liaodong on a large scale, dispatching more than 10,000 cavalry.

Cui You, as usual, put on armor and charged at the front, leading his personal soldiers and county soldiers, only a few thousand men, to fight.

When the two armies were facing each other, the Xianbei lost their courage again and again in the face of the Han army, which was as fierce as wolves and tigers. It wasn't long before they began to disperse and flee.

Cui You immediately seized the opportunity and pursued the enemy out of the border, causing more than half of the soldiers to jump into the water and die. During the period, he beheaded more than 3,000 people and captured thousands of horses, returning with a great victory.

In this battle, Xi Mingzhang fought bravely and was comparable to Cui You. Relying on his unparalleled speed, he killed one or two hundred people.

Cui You couldn't help but look sideways. At the moment of great victory, Xi Mingzhang's black armor had turned into blood armor. Except for his eyes which were clearly black and white and bright, blood was dripping from his whole body.

According to the statistics of the number of enemies killed this time, Xi Mingzhang was second only to Cui You.

After the war, countless people in the Han army lamented that heroes emerge from youth.

Who could have imagined that this young man, who was so handsome that he looked like a little girl when he just joined the army, would first attract the competition of many military officers, and then after gradually becoming silent, he would stand out so quickly and become famous throughout Liaodong County with his astonishing speed in killing the enemies.

Cui You, who had made great military achievements, naturally would not treat his subordinates unfairly. The reason why the soldiers of Liaodong County fought so bravely was more due to Cui You's clear rewards and punishments.

Therefore, after this battle, Xi Mingzhang was promoted three levels in a row, surpassing the sergeant in charge of five men and the squad leader in charge of ten men, and was promoted to the captain in charge of fifty men.

Ten days after the Liaodong Battle.

After Xi Mingzhang was promoted, he bought a small courtyard with two entrances in Liaodong County.

Also because the previous battle had achieved amazing results, the Xianbei were frightened and dared not to peek into the border again. It also indirectly frightened the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, so that Liaodong County returned to peace.

During this period, Cui You took the initiative to convey the signal that reconciliation was possible to the defeated Xianbei, and showed them money and benefits. The Xianbei, who had already been defeated, saw that the Han army actually took the initiative to make peace and gave them rewards, so their leader did not hesitate at all and immediately expressed his willingness to surrender.

Afterwards, Emperor Wen sent an edict to reward those who expressed their willingness to submit to the Xianbei. The Xianbei leader felt ashamed to receive such a large reward, so he led his subordinates to pay a visit to Cui You and expressed his willingness to serve the Han Dynasty.

Cui You proposed to use the barbarians to control the barbarians and asked them to fight the Xiongnu, and the Xianbei leader immediately agreed.

In just over a month, the Xianbei beheaded more than 2,000 Xiongnu and sent their heads to Liaodong County to report their achievement. However, the Xiongnu refused to give up, and from then on the Xianbei and Xiongnu fell into a cycle of mutual attacks and killings.

Even if Xi Mingzhang did not absorb the murderous aura, resentment, and negative energy generated on the battlefield, his Mars calamity body would autonomously absorb the evil energy of soldiers on the battlefield to grow. Therefore, he used source energy to block the absorption of Mars calamity body, which led to increased source energy consumption.

So, when there was little source energy left, he began his second journey through the heavens.

(End of this chapter)