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Chapter 373 The world is in chaos

In the 24th year of Yuanding, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

The messy Ningzhou Road ushered in the most important battle since the rebels swept across the country.

The imperial side, under the leadership of Dingguo Duke Zhang Wei, deployed 30,000 armored imperial troops and 50,000 government soldiers formed from various places. After operating along the northern part of Ningzhou Road for several months, they finally waited until 30,000 sergeants and 6,000 demons arrived at Yunjiang Road. The ethnic troops cut off the rebellion's retreat and formed an encirclement of several important rebel strongholds.

At the same time, 50,000 soldiers gathered on Beiyuan Road and Jianglin Road have been reinforced to the south bank of the Nonghe River as a reserve force for the army.

After analyzing the situation between the enemy and ourselves, Dingguo Gong Zhang Wei felt that the rebels lacked logistical experience, and their military discipline was absolutely terrible in winter. On the other hand, his own side was obviously superior to the rebels in terms of military strength, military discipline, and logistics.

Therefore, he decided to end this war before the Lantern Festival!

The military order to encircle was issued on the morning of the 10th day of the first lunar month. On the morning of the 13th day of the first lunar month, it was just dawn. As hundreds of priests presided over the ceremony, the sky in the north of Ningzhou Road was dyed golden. With the blessing of military orders one after another, the army of Dingguo Duke Zhang Wei Continue to advance towards several dangerous strongholds where the rebels are stationed.

The offensive was as smooth as Ding Guogong Zhang Wei expected. The rebels had no intention of resisting, but they abandoned their frontline strongholds on one day and retreated to Yangshan City, the capital of Ningzhou Road.

The city is named after Yangshan Mountain to its north.

There are also talented people within the rebel army. They stationed 20,000 armored soldiers on Yangshan Mountain, and used the city defense system of Yangshan City as a stronghold to block the advance of the Forbidden Army.

Facing the frustrated front army, General Zhang Wei cursed the governor's Yamen and the governor's Yamen who had lost Yangshan City, ordered the demon army heading north to form an encirclement as soon as possible, and personally led the Chinese army to the front line to supervise the battle.

The encirclement battle that had been prepared for five days finally started.

A quarter past noon on the 20th of the first lunar month.

The remaining half-hundred years ago, I heard that the emperor had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of lives for his own selfish purposes, which caused widespread resentment among the people in the world. Now he was elected by everyone and led the crowd to gather in Ningzhou and Yunjiang to attack Guangzhou with full force. , and at the right time, he obeyed the will of the people and used his body to restore peace to the world. He built the Ancestral Temple in Yangshan and named it "Qi" to fight against injustice.

"Since the prosperity of humanity, emperors of all dynasties have been based on humanity, and the neighbors on the left and right of Zhongzhou have respected us as the Central Plains. But now the world is disobedient, and the people are not in harmony. The emperor uses magic to rule the world, treating the people as fish and meat, and the courtiers as slaves, resulting in Humanity and ethics have collapsed, and ethics have been reversed, to the point where the superiors and the inferiors have become accustomed to each other.

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But I am worried that the people will not understand the deep meaning, so I issued this message to spread to the world. When the troops arrive, the people should not avoid it. I have strict orders and no offense. Those who return to me are the ancestors of humanity. I will treat them like nephews. Anyone who betrays me They are all acting against nature and will be punished by the heavenly soldiers! "

The city of Shangjing was already preparing to welcome the army's triumphant victory. A huge sacrificial platform had been set up outside the south gate of the city under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites.

But two days later, the answer they got was that the Forbidden Army was completely annihilated, and General Zhang Wei was killed in front of the battle by the rebels. Together with the news of the defeat, they were sent to the capital, as well as the news that the rebels had established a national temple, and Attached was a remonstrance in which the rebels openly declared that the imperial court was against the world, while they were in compliance with the people of the world.

The slogan is as follows:

After all, the war did not end on the Lantern Festival, but the congratulations of Zhang Wei, Duke of Dingguo, were handed over in advance because the encirclement trend had been formed, and he also cut off the rebels' food routes. A sure win.

This rebellious memorandum spread throughout the world in just one month. At this moment, the imperial court was discussing the negligence of the Demon Suppression Department and trying to abolish the Demon Suppression Department. Finally, the emperor issued an explicit decree to blame the commander of the Demon Suppression Department, Niu Jiliang. Hundreds, barely able to block the crowd.

After the discussion on this matter was over, they looked back and saw that the rebels in Ningzhou and Yunjiang had advanced their troops to the north bank of the Nonghe River. Standing on the high ground in the inner city of Shangjing, they could even see the rebel camps spreading out. Handsome flag!

What's even more terrible is that there are a large number of small-scale rebellions on Beiyuan Road and Jianglin Road. After a long discussion between the cabinet and the ministers of various ministries, they found that except for the elite soldiers from the north, they now have no troops available to quell the rebellion!

Therefore, they sent envoys to Zhenyang Mountain, hoping to use the land of Liangjiang to quell the rebellions in Yunjiang and Pingzhou.

north.

Yunhai Grassland, a newly built town in recent decades, has developed into cities of various sizes with the help of a large number of monks.

Princess Xia Yao's power has approached the border of the northern cold land. The two sides have fought hundreds of wars on the border in recent years, but neither side has done anything to help each other. Deep in Yunhai City, the palace surrounded by the water of Shiquan River is not only filled with rich water spirit energy, but also surrounded by bursts of golden light.

On the top floor of the huge stone attic behind the palace, Xia Yao woke up from a trance. The moment she opened her eyes, thick water spirit energy surrounded the magic circle under her body. This magic circle connected the entire Shiquan River. It can nourish the spiritual veins and Qi sea in her body.

With the help of magical skills, Xia Yao's cultivation has been improving day by day over the years, and the "Hundred Waters Secret Technique" has been infinitely close to the third level, and is just short of the last step of 'turning into a dragon'.

According to Linshui Mansion's cultivation system, in the third realm, one must transform into a dragon and use the dragon's soul to control water. Of course, ordinary people will definitely not be able to do this, so one needs the inspiration of the dragon and the practice of the "Hundred Waters Secret Technique" The dragon soul emerges and reaches the third realm.

"There's still one last bit left!"

Xia Yao looked up at the golden halo gathering above her head, and suppressed the urge to use magic to forcibly turn into a dragon. Now she has almost half of the Xia Dynasty's luck. If she uses it with all her strength, she can fight against Fu Jun, but That would be a bit of a waste.

"Take your time, we still have plenty of time."

With a flash of green light, Jiang Cun appeared in front of the cloud bed. He looked at his wife up and down and said, "The things in this world are the same as this practice. They all do their best, and obeying fate and forcefully doing things will only be counterproductive. , just like the chaos in Pingzhou and Yunjiang this time."

"The emperor is a little anxious. He has not cultivated his mind, and has been given half of his luck. He is destined to be unable to suppress his inner desires. It is natural for him to be unable to calm down."

Xia Yao stood up and walked towards the window, listening to the sound of gurgling water around him.

Jiang Cun leaned next to her and said, "The cabinet still wants you to send troops back to suppress the rebellion!"

Xia Yao shook his head, "How could border troops be sent to suppress rebellions since ancient times?"

As she finished speaking, a crane fell from the sky and landed on its perch in the backyard.

"It's hard to live in this bitter cold place."

Jiang Cun looked through the boulder fortresses and looked at the grassland in the distance. It was the end of February, and the heavy snow had not stopped, and the snowflakes turned the grassland into a pure white.

Xia Yao did not continue this topic.

The two of them just stood there, as if waiting for something.

After a while, a female disciple from Linshui Mansion came to the couple holding a bamboo slip with code written on it.

Jiang Cun picked up the bamboo slip, but did not read it himself. Instead, he handed it to his wife and said, "Is it the information from the northwest? Is there any change there?"

"The Northwest Army responded to the appeal of the Yunjiang and Pingzhou rebels!"

Xia Yao frowned slightly.

Jiang Cun was also stunned. After taking the bamboo slip and reading it quickly, he asked, "Does this mean Taoist Fellow Changqing? Speaking of which, Yang Kui's rebellion was also indirectly caused by him."

(End of this chapter)