I have been slaying demons in the Demon Slayer Division for thirty years

Yang Qi was very proud.

The messenger of plague in the south, the god of the plague department in the Eight Classics of Zheng'er. He is responsible for the diseases of the living beings and is involved in the punishment of life and death.

The original method of controlling insects and dispersing plagues was blessed by the list of gods, and its power increased more than ten times, and many mysterious changes occurred.

Hearing that the Immortal Chief came to southern Xinjiang to seek revenge, he wanted to charge into battle immediately.

Zhou Yi slowly said: "I have many enemies, including evil Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, demons and fairies..."

Yang Qi's expression gradually solidified. It was not because he was afraid of shrinking back, but because he was slapped in the face three times in a row today. He definitely didn't read the almanac when he went out.

"This time I came to southern Xinjiang to find the barbarian witch god and settle the cause and effect!"

Zhou Yi was neither a gentleman nor a villain.

If you can retaliate on the spot, do it on the spot. If you can't retaliate on the spot, do it from morning to night. If you can't retaliate temporarily, you can still tolerate it for ten years.

The Qingqiu Fox Clan has been inherited for nearly a million years. The ancestral land is called the dragon's pond and the tiger's den. It is necessary to accumulate mana and practice.

The Witch God is a polished commander with little background. The history of the unification of the Southern Barbarians is not as long as it lasts, and is classified into the category of "from morning to night."

"This guy, the Witch God, is not a son of a human being!"

Yang Qi immediately gritted his teeth when he heard this. The Witch God promised to save lives, but he regretted it immediately.

Then I thought about it, if the Witch God came to take action and fight with the immortal, I would most likely lose my soul and not be able to get on the list of gods. .

Zhou Yi asked: "How much do fellow Taoists know about the witch god?"

"If it's other true immortals, we don't know much about them. However, the Witch God has repeatedly recruited trails, and the Ten Thousand Insect Valley is close to the barbarians, so he has eavesdropped on a lot of news."

Yang Qi said: "The witch god is the only god of the Southern Barbarians. Four hundred years ago, he met Emperor Guangming Zhongxing when he reached the threshold of promotion to ghosts and gods. Daqian's soldiers defeated the Southern Barbarians, destroyed a large number of witch temples, and cut off his power of Shinto. road."

"Who would have thought that this guy was so lucky that when his body was destroyed, he accidentally acquired the inheritance of ghost immortals from the underworld and transformed into a ghost immortal. Because of Emperor Guangming's incident, he hated Daqian deeply. Since then, barbarians have repeatedly invaded southern Xinjiang. .”

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and asked: "Shinto cultivation of incense and vows, once contaminated like gangrene attached to the bone, can ghosts and immortals be able to remove it?"

"The power of a living being's will is hard to eradicate even if it becomes an immortal!"

Yang Qi said: "It is speculated that after the witch god became a ghost fairy, he reorganized the barbarians, pardoned the sacrifices and built temples, just to make up for the damage to the god's body."

"I see."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment, waved his hand to take back the list of gods, and said: "Fellow Taoist, please go find out where all the witch temples of the barbarians are."

"Don't worry, Immortal, Xiaodao will definitely be able to handle this matter."

Yang Qi bowed and saluted, then his body swayed and disappeared into purple-green smoke.

…

Jiulong Mountain.

The insect swarm was wiped out, and the entire valley was burned by real fire and turned into the shape of glass.

Many god-refining experts still dare not relax, and their spiritual consciousness scans over and over again to avoid missing anything.

"The demon has lost his soul. According to the established plan, His Highness has led the troops south."

Xuanji received the instructions from Zhouyi and stepped forward and said: "You should return to the army quickly, so as not to delay the fighting opportunity."

After everyone heard this, they deliberately searched for the relics of the ghost. The old demon had accumulated countless treasures over the centuries. Seeing that Qin Qiong, San Wu and other four first-class people had turned into escaping light and flew away, it was a pity that they cast a spell to catch a large piece of colored glass and quickly caught up with them.

Is there any benefit in grabbing a handful first?

Moreover, this glass is refined with the bones of strange insects and monsters, and it is a good spiritual material when given to disciples and disciples.

Half an hour later.

When everyone returned to the Chinese army camp, they had already marched hundreds of miles south.

The magic weapon tower ship was loaded with soldiers, and under the auspicious light of the formation, it crossed the puppet border and entered Anzhou.

More than ten other soldiers were responsible for destroying the city and fortifying the city, and were responsible for capturing the cities outside Anzhou. After occupying the city, the third-level masters in the army gathered at the Chinese army camp and joined forces to attack Anzhou.

It's approaching evening.

On the warship built by the Mohists, Li Le looked at Dingxiang City, the second largest city in Anzhou, from a distance.

"Break Dingxiang City and move to Anbei City. The three major towns in Anzhou occupy two of them. They are the horns of each other. Hypocrisy will not be broken soon!"

Li Le said: "I'd like to trouble you all to take action and capture Dingxiang quickly, without giving Anbeicheng a chance to breathe, and try to reduce the casualties of soldiers as much as possible."

"As you command!"

Qin Qiong and others took the order and turned into escaping light and flew towards Dingxiang City.

Anzhou had fought wars with the barbarians for years, and Dingxiang City was as heavily fortified as a military town. However, those who attacked were only high-ranking men of the third rank.

Dingxiang City's defensive formation only withstood a combined attack from four first-grade warriors before it suddenly shattered into pieces.

There are two third-level martial artists and a second-level evil monk stationed here.

This evil monk has a fleshy face, a ring on his head, disheveled hair, and a string of white bone rosary beads hanging around his neck. When he saw monks attacking the city, he waved his hand and threw his rosary beads, which transformed into giant skulls, wailing and spewing magic smoke to kill them.

The evil monk rolled up his cassock, turned into black smoke, and escaped underground.

The Dharma light in the sky is strong, and many of them are comparable to evil monks. There are also four people with terrifying auras, who are fighting because of their brain problems.

Dashun canonized the evil monk as the protector of the country, so that he could promote the White Bone Buddhism, so he agreed to go out and take charge.

The evil monk ran too fast, and the reaction of the two stationed generals was a little slow, and their martial arts skills were not good at escaping. In the blink of an eye, one was immobilized by Fan Wujiu, and the other was hit by Xie Wushe's suppressive punishment.

It only takes a moment to break the city and capture the general.

The Chinese army's ship arrived late, leaving tens of thousands of soldiers behind to imprison the rebels and take over the affairs of Dingxiang City.

Then he turned the boat around and headed for Anbei City.

…

Soon Kyung.

It was once the capital of Anzhou and the headquarters of the Dragoon Army.

The people on the street were in a hurry, buying their daily necessities and going home immediately, staying away from the patrolling soldiers.

The Dragon Cavalry Army is the elite of Dashun Town, and they are treated very well, but they look down upon the few pennies that the common people have. These patrolling soldiers are different. They are city defense camps assembled by recruiting strong men after the establishment of Dashun.

The city defense camp is not allowed to go to the battlefield. It is only responsible for maintaining order within the city and arresting spies.

After such a hard patrol, the people on the road should be asked for some city defense taxes, and the restaurants on the street should be given a meal of food and drinks as a token of appreciation.

Dashun officials are not useless, but in the face of the oppression of Daqian soldiers, delicate diseases do not need to be treated first.

In just three years, the streets of the once prosperous capital of Anzhou became as quiet as a deserted city.

Suncheon Palace.

The royal residence of the Xu family was transformed from the former city lord's palace.

The interior decoration is not extravagant. Xu Fengxian is not greedy for pleasure, and he also has many admonitions for his tribe.

There were no chamberlains or maids in the palace, but the maids and servants of the General's Mansion were the ones who waited on the daily life. All the memorials sent by the court ministers asking Xu Fengxian to select the concubines were rejected.

The backbone of the Dashun Dynasty was the Dragon Cavalry Army. It was not tied down by Buddhism, Taoism, Baijia and other forces. Xu Fengxian could decide any matter with a single word.

Taishun Hall.

Xu Fengxian is handling the memorial.

Xu Ye hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted, and reported: "Father, Master Yang is dead, and Dingxiang City and Anbei City have been destroyed!"

"sit."

Xu Fengxian put down the memorial and sighed: "The affairs in southern Xinjiang alone are so heavy. No wonder Jingtai handled the military affairs of the sixteen states and worked day and night during the busy period."

"Father!"

Xu Ye said in a deep voice: "Once Dingxiang and Anbei are defeated, Shunting will no longer have a barrier."

"Why are you so anxious? Didn't you expect this day to come? Master Yang is extremely powerful. How many calculations can he withstand?"

Xu Fengxian said: "It is beyond my expectation that the leader of the army is actually King Yan."

The affair between the Prince of the Supervisory State and the King of Yan is not a secret among the upper echelons of Daqian. The purpose of deliberately raising the Prince of Yan today may not be without the intention of guarding against the Crown Prince.

"Father, King Yan is coming with great force, and he obviously wants to finish the battle."

Xu Ye said: "We should quickly mobilize the dragon cavalry army to defend Shunjing, and then send two more troops to attack Dingxiang and Anbei to contain the Yan King's army..."

After Xu Feng listened to what Xu Ye said, he nodded first and then shook his head.

"In Luojing back then, to avoid suspicion, I couldn't teach you the art of war. Fortunately, Ye'er was smart and read military books on his own, and his marching formations were as good as those of famous generals."

"It's a pity that success is also a military strategy, and defeat is also a military strategy."

Xu Fengxian said: "The King of Yan took Dingxiang and Anbei just to wait for you to send troops to support him in order to reduce the cost of conquering Shunjing. His purpose is very clear, to concentrate all his forces to destroy the Xu family. Even if he ends up being surrounded by the city of Dashun, The Xu family is gone, who dares to touch King Yan?"

Xu Ye suddenly realized and asked, "What do you think, father?"

"wait!"

Xu Fengxian said: "With a head-on attack, Dashun is unable to resist. The only way to break the situation is in Jingtai!"

Xu Ye said in surprise: "Jingtai?"

Xu Fengxian's momentum suddenly changed, and his voice was domineering and cold.

"I must find out clearly why Jingtai ordered me to rebel!"

…

Longevity Palace.

In the hands of Emperor Jingtai is the Secret Memorial of Southern Xinjiang from the Chamberlain.

——The King of Yan's army advanced from multiple directions and swept through Xu Ni in the three states. The Chinese army broke through the important town of Anzhou, and only half of the state was occupied by Xu Ni.

Attached to the bottom of the secret memorial is a detailed process, from the demon ghosts dispelling the plague, the Zhouyi refining elixirs, and the military tent discussions...

One by one, everything is detailed, and the words and expressions of everyone in the company's military tent are described in detail.

"Prince Yan, you are indeed my good prince!"

Emperor Jingtai sneered and ordered: "Inform the prince of this matter and send Hong Chengye, the Minister of War, to see me."

"As commanded."

Eunuch Chu slowly exited the palace to summon him.

After a while.

Hong Chengye came to Wanshou Palace to see him, knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Emperor Jingtai asked: "Hong Aiqing, how is the war in southern Xinjiang recently?"

"The war in southern Xinjiang..."

Hong Chengye spoke slowly. After observing His Majesty's expression and then Eunuch Chu's expression, his heart sank with surprise.

Being expressionless is more dangerous than being gloomy or angry. Once you say something wrong, the consequences are unpredictable.

Unsure of His Majesty's anger, Hong Chengye could only say this: "...Xu Ni colluded with evil demons, and several armies retreated hundreds of miles. The Ministry of War is preparing to mobilize soldiers from Wuzhou to rush for reinforcements."

"By the time the Ministry of War rushed to rescue him, Fengxian had already died among the rebels!"

Emperor Jingtai suddenly had a look of pity and nostalgia on his face, and said: "I think back on that time, when I fell into the Eighteenth Route Army to rebel against the king, and fought Fengxian with swords and swords. During this period, there were sneak attacks by evil Buddhas and heretics, and Fengxian defended me to death several times... …”

Hong Chengye heard Emperor Jingtai nostalgic for the past again, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, Xu Ni may have had military exploits, but now he has committed treason, and even split the country to establish a puppet dynasty..."

Emperor Jingtai snorted coldly, and the majestic pressure came, like a mountain.

Even though Hong Chengye was a first-rate military strategist, he couldn't help but sweat dripping down his forehead. However, thinking of the death of the soldiers on the front line and the loss of several generals in the military training, he resisted the pressure and continued to speak.

"Since the surrender of Taizu, the country has never had the danger of cracking the earth. Although Xu Ni was young, he set the precedent for a pseudo-dynasty..."

"The imperial court should use the power of thunder to exterminate Xu Ni, and in response to the false officials, the nine clans should be killed..."

"Kill one to serve as a warning to hundreds, and only then can the king's path be rectified!"

"enough!"

Emperor Jingtai shouted with thunderous fury, and drove Hong Chengye away with a wave of his hand, slamming him against the palace wall.

Hong Chengye didn't dare to resist, and allowed the zhenqi to bombard him, causing blood to spurt out with a pop.

"Command..."

Emperor Jingtai opened the secret memorial, glanced at it and said: "With the sacrifice of demons to worship Zhou Yi as the leader, and the mysterious secrets under King Yan's tent as the supplement, I went to the capital of Shun to recruit An Fengxian. I am kind and kind, and I don't want brothers to kill each other. King Yan must not use weapons rashly!"

When Hong Chengye heard this, he was horrified and said: "Ahem! Your Majesty..."

Emperor Jingtai waved his sleeves and swept Hong Chengye out of the palace, and the palace suddenly became silent.

"My companion, go and deliver the order."

"As commanded."

Eunuch Chu bowed to accept the order and was about to retreat.

Emperor Jingtai then ordered: "Hong Aiqing's loyalty is too much. In consideration of her old age, I will give you the elixir."

"Your Majesty has mercy."

…

Ministry of War.

Eunuch Chu personally came to summon the southern Xinjiang military camp.

Taizu established the Internal Affairs Bureau, recruited talented people to practice martial arts, and guarded the palace. He also left an edict not to taint the authority of the six ministries.

Hong Chengye had recovered from his injuries and handed over the Shangshu Seal and Tiger Talisman.

After the summons was completed, Eunuch Chu took out a spiritual jade box from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty pity Master Hong for his hard work. This Pure Yang elixir can extend your life."

In addition to being promoted to the legendary military sage, the only thing a first-class military strategist needs is to extend his life.

"Thank you for your gift, Your Majesty."

Hong Chengye raised his hand in the direction of Wanshou Palace and carefully put away the elixir.

Eunuch Chu advised: "Master Hong, your Majesty has a bad temper recently. Don't go against him for small matters in southern Xinjiang."

"Of course I understand what Eunuch Chu said, but I have to do it as a minister. Since Taizu, no one has been punished for remonstrance."

Hong Chengye said expressionlessly: "As for what your Majesty should do, you have your own considerations and it has nothing to do with me."

Eunuch Chu suddenly realized that Hong Shangshu had been an official in the court for 130 years and had experienced four generations of monarchs and ministers. He had never experienced anything.

It is the duty of ministers to advise, and whether the emperor listens or not is his business. In Hong Chengye's eyes, perhaps the effectiveness of the advice is more important than the effectiveness of the advice.

Buzz!

The Tiger Talisman of the Ministry of War vibrated, and a message came back from the commander's seal of King Yan.

Eunuch Chu cupped his hands and said, "Master Hong, our family has returned to life."

"Eunuch Chu..."

Hong Chengye said hesitantly: "Eunuch Chu has been your personal servant since His Majesty's retreat. Your Majesty has changed in recent years, and Eunuch Chu should know that there are some things... Perhaps Eunuch Chu's advice will be useful."

"Our family knows."

Eunuch Chu turned and left. After stepping out of the threshold of the military department, a message rang in Hong Chengye's ears.

"It would be better to pay tribute to the elixir that your Majesty has given me!"

…

Southern Xinjiang.

Building boat.

Li Le looked at Shun Jing several miles away, and could faintly hear the neighing of war horses and the clash of swords and guns.

The order came a moment later, and Li Le issued an order to attack the city. However, his father's order was so strong that he had to obey it.

"Return to Dingxiang City!"

Due to His Majesty's decree, we are not allowed to attack Shunting. We have already occupied Dingxiang and Anbei, so we must not make any mistakes.

Give an order.

The more than 200,000 Zhenbei Army, plus the troops from the three prefectures that had already gathered, nearly one million troops, slowly changed direction.

The vanguard changed to the rear, the rear army changed to the forward, and left with a false shot outside the city of Shunjing.

There was huge smoke and dust on the road, dyeing the soldiers' armors and swords khaki, the flags were wilted, and the mighty army collapsed thousands of miles away.

The third battalion of the Zhenbei Army.

Li Xun frowned and turned the horse's head.

Shunjing is close at hand, and with the potential of a great victory, he is 90% able to destroy the hypocrisy.

Li Xun's meritorious service in quelling the rebellion and destroying the country was enough to be awarded the title of third-grade military attaché. Who would have thought that he would receive a retreat order.

Chen Ying, who served as a school captain under Li Xun, rode up to catch up and asked, "General, why didn't you attack Shunting?"

Li Xun shook his head. He subconsciously guessed that it was related to the prince of the prison country.

"Let's get together back to Dingxiang. Brother Zhang is well-informed and will definitely know."