Jinling
was a large city in the south, also known as Nanjing in later generations. Not only was it prosperous, but it was also stationed with tens of thousands of troops from the Yuan Dynasty. After the Ming Cult raised the flag of rebellion, the Yuan army quickly gathered in Jinling.
There were 100,000 Yuan soldiers in Jinling City.
The 100,000 Yuan Army was defending Jinling. Even if they had another 100,000 soldiers, they would not be able to break through Jinling City in a short time. Of course, it would be different if a top martial arts master like Liu Yi attacked.
This world was not a restoration of the history of his previous life, but a world of martial arts where martial arts dominated.
Even if it was not obvious enough in this Low Level Martial World, a martial arts expert could already influence the outcome of a war.
However, Liu Yi did not do it himself. Instead, he had Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao sneak into Jin Ling City with their men before the attack. He had them act as spies when they attacked Jin Ling City.
On the night when the army arrived at Jinling, the commander of Jinling City was assassinated by Wei Yixiao. More than ten middle and high-level generals were assassinated by other Ming Cult experts. The city gates were opened by Yang Xiao and his men.
The 100,000-strong army entered the city. Before the Yuan Meng army had fully assembled, they were surrounded in the barracks.
Only one day, one day, and one day, the Ming Cult took down the ancient capital, Jinling.
In the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, almost all of the Yuan Meng army was gathered in Jinling. When Jinling City fell and more than half of the army was slaughtered by the Ming Cult, the rest could only surrender. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions no longer had the strength to resist.
Liu Yi did not allow the Ming Cult to expand their influence. After quickly conquering Jiangsu and Zhejiang, other than recruiting troops and horses, they recruited talents, developed the people's livelihood, consolidated their influence, and made preparations to defend against the Yuan Court's army.
Since ancient times, Jiangsu and Zhejiang had been producing salt. After occupying Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Liu Yi ordered the Ming Cult to take over all the salt pans and produce refined salt as the source of income for the Ming Cult army.
From the time the Ming Cult took Jinling and occupied Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it took only about a month.
In Jiangnan, Yuan Meng's control was weak to begin with, and Han people were the majority. After the Ming Cult's disturbance, regardless of whether it was out of ambition or dissatisfaction with Yuan Meng, various rebel armies appeared one after another, and Jiangnan was filled with flames of war.
Of course, the Ming Cult's support and instigation were indispensable in Jiangnan's war. There were even some rebel armies that were members of the Ming Cult's branch and were directly controlled by the Ming Cult.
There were not many troops stationed in the Jiangnan area. After the smoke spread everywhere, the troops stationed in the various places of Yuan Meng were busy putting out the fire everywhere. They did not have the time to deal with Liu Yi in the Jiangzhe area.
As for mobilizing troops from the Central Plains and even the North, it was not something that could be done in a short period of time.
Especially now, there were countless rebellions in the Central Plains and even the North.
With Zhang Sanfeng's support and encouragement, the six great sects of the Central Plains all participated in the resistance, whether directly or indirectly.
In fact, they could not retreat.
The great battle on Kunlun Mountain could be said to have resulted in both sides suffering heavy losses.
Prince Ruyang's 80,000-strong army was poisoned, assassinated, harassed, and ambushed by various Jianghu people. They were miserable. Moreover, Jianghu people sneaked into the army and set fire to their food. When the 80,000-strong army arrived at Kunlun Sect, they lost thousands.
Battles in the martial arts world were not like the usual battles in history. Any First Rated Warrior could easily take the lives of dozens of soldiers. Prince Ruyang's journey was indeed very difficult.
Fortunately, Prince Ruyang was indeed one of the few talented generals in the Yuan Court. There were also quite a number of martial artists gathered under him. In the end, he was still able to safely defend the foot of the Kunlun Sect.
Since ancient times, the sects in the martial world rarely openly opposed the imperial court because they were afraid of the army surrounding the mountain.
Similarly, the imperial court rarely exterminated sects because they did not want the army to surround the mountain.
Sects in the pugilistic world usually chose strategic locations that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially the Kunlun Sect.
Relying on their geographical advantage and familiarity with the environment, the thousands of Jianghu people on Mount Kunlun fought against Prince Ruyang endlessly. In the end, they ran out of food and forced him to retreat.
However, after this battle, the Yuan army had lost a lot of soldiers, and the six great sects and countless other small sects had also suffered countless casualties.
When they heard that the Ming Cult had raised the flag of rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and occupied them in a very short period of time, all the major sects came to their senses. If the Ming Cult could raise an army, so could they.
The various sects in the pugilistic world had great influence in their territories.
Take Wudang for example. In the ten or so towns near Wudang, the Wudang Sect's words might be more useful than the government.
With a single command from Wudang, they could pull out an army from these towns. Even if they were not the direct commander, they could still indirectly support others.
Therefore, after the fires of war were everywhere in Jiangnan, the Central Plains was also lit up.
Just as Liu Yi had thought, Prince Ruyang was directly placed in the Central Plains by the Imperial Court to quell the rebellion.
As for Jiangnan, where Liu Yi was located, the imperial court had also sent out an army.
"Are you saying that the Imperial Court sent the Seventh Prince with 300,000 troops to suppress the rebellion in Jiangnan?”
In Jinling City, Liu Yi looked at Wei Yixiao strangely.
"Yes, why?" Wei Yixiao saw that Liu Yi's expression wasn't right and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It's nothing. We'll deal with whatever comes our way. This Seventh Prince should be heading straight for us, right?”Liu Yi asked.
"That's right. Although there are quite a few rebel armies in Jiangnan, there is only one who has occupied so much territory like us. Naturally, they are coming straight for us!”Wei Yixiao said directly.
"Yes, once we destroy this army, there will be almost no more troops that the Yuan Court can mobilize. In this way, we only need to wipe out the other rebel armies in Jiangnan and we will be able to occupy the entire Jiangnan!”Liu Yi laughed.
"Cult Master, the Yuan Court has three hundred thousand troops while we only have one hundred and fifty thousand. This battle won't be easy to fight, right? It was said that this time, the other party had also sent out many consecrated experts. Unless the sect master personally made a move, it would probably be very difficult to assassinate and deal with the commander-in-chief!”Wei Yi laughed.
"There's no need to use the assassination strategy anymore. Even if it's a head-on battle, we still have a chance of winning. Moreover, we're defending the city and have the geographical advantage.”Liu Yi said.
"With Cult Master here, there's naturally no need to worry!”Wei Yixiao spoke loudly, but his eyes were full of confidence.
After occupying the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Liu Yi had spent most of his time training his soldiers.
Military Boxing had already been spread throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang by Liu Yi, and the soldiers in the army were forced to cultivate it.
There was a huge difference between having a real cultivation technique and just training.
Military Boxing was easy to learn but difficult to master. Even an ordinary person would become a strong man after practicing Military Boxing for a month. Their physical fitness would be comparable to the elite soldiers in the army.
Under Liu Yi's wanton promotion, every single one of the 150,000 soldiers in the Ming Cult could be considered elite soldiers. About 30% of the soldiers could be considered mediocre martial artists in the pugilistic world in terms of physical fitness alone.
As far as Liu Yi knew, although the Military Body Fist had been widely circulated and collected by countless forces, the only force that had truly been widely circulated in the military was the Ming Cult.
Therefore, even if they were to fight head-on, Liu Yi was not afraid of the 300,000 Yuan Court troops.
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