More than three months have passed since the Zhou army was defeated in the southern region and more than four million troops were wiped out.
In the past three months or so, the Ming army has conquered the Qing Dynasty and expanded its territory. It is so overwhelming that no one dares to challenge it. It has already shown a hint of the momentum of a tiger that can swallow up the world and unify the eight wastelands.
The strong posture was completely forged. Not only was the myth of invincibility not broken, but it became even stronger.
Looking back at the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of the elite main force was lost in the great defeat of the Southern Territory, especially the losses of the Wu family nobles, which were extremely heavy!
Many of the backbones of the Wu family nobles were captured and killed in the decisive battle in the southern region. They lost their clan leaders and heads of families, leaving them without a leader.
The entire Great Zhou Dynasty Hall was mostly empty.
Most of the senior generals in the army were empty.
The four major shrines of the shrine, Tiancheng and Sword Gate are also mostly empty!
Most of the saint-level experts were also captured.
It can be said that most of the elites of the entire Zhou Dynasty were captured or killed by the Ming army. Of course, almost all of these elites came from the Wu family nobles.
The forces of the Shenzhou martial arts family suffered unprecedented and unbearable losses!
Although the power of the Wu family was in tatters, the previous strength of the Zhou Kingdom, as well as its ambition to unify the Divine Continent and aspire to be the world's hegemony, were also in tatters.
The distribution pattern of political and military forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty suddenly underwent major changes!
Originally, the Wu family nobles controlled the territory of sixty-two states, but there were only forty states under the direct jurisdiction of the Zhou Dynasty.
Most of the prefectures and counties of the Zhou Kingdom were nominally the territory of the Zhou Kingdom, and were under the orders of the Zhou court and the empress. However, the actual owners were still the nobles of the Wu family, and the officials in the counties and counties were almost all children of the nobles.
Whether it is in the army, the court, or the local area, the influence of the Wu family nobles is deep-rooted, intricate, and pervasive.
It can be said that although Yu Kuan was very strong and did hold a lot of power, she still had to rely on the power of the Wu family to maintain the overall situation of the Zhou Kingdom.
Before the defeat of the Southern Territory, the power of the Wu family nobles exceeded that of the Zhou court and the Zhou emperor. The Zhou kingdom was called a country ruled by laws and regulations, but in fact it was still an aristocratic government.
However, after the defeat in the Southern Region, the power of the Zhou Dynasty's martial aristocrats plummeted and they suffered heavy losses.
The originally strong and relatively independent military aristocratic groups in the Northern Territory, such as the original anti-demon camp, anti-demon camp, etc., experienced a great defeat in the Southern Territory and lost almost all their elites!
Relatively speaking, the strength of the direct subordinates and direct descendants of Zhou Ting and Yu Kuan has suffered much smaller losses, and now they are overwhelming the remaining power of the Wu family nobles.
At the beginning, Lord Zhou led his army southward with the slogan of occupying the southern region. The nobles of the Wu family were eager to destroy the Ming Dynasty and strongly supported the troops. As a result, they lost all their money.
Thinking about it now, all fools know that Lord Zhou probably had the idea of killing two birds with one stone. One of them was the power of the Wu family nobles.
However, when Yu Kuan went on a personal expedition, she suffered a huge defeat that annihilated her entire army. She lost more than four million elites and a large number of strong men. She only led a few hundred people to flee back to the north in embarrassment. Her prestige also plummeted!
Therefore, Emperor Zhou and the Wu family were both big losers.
What the Wu family lost was real strength, and what Yu Kuan lost was the emperor's prestige and even legitimacy!
The huge failure caused the remaining Wu family forces to burst into rage.
Yu Kuan, it was you who ruined the Wu family and the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Why do you have the dignity to continue to be emperor?
………
In the 21st year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on the eighth day of the eighth month, the Shenhua Tiancheng in Zhoujing was held.
In the Starry Sky Palace, Zhou Lord Yu Yan was sitting there quietly, drinking Tao Ming calmly.
She still looked like she had the pearls of wisdom in hand, and she didn't have the despondency that she should have after a disastrous defeat.
Despite her peerless beauty, which is like a disaster in the world, she still carries a supreme noble demeanor.
It is difficult for outsiders to imagine that the Zhou Kingdom suffered such a defeat, and the Zhou Lord Yu Kuan actually looked like nothing happened.
Opposite her sat Nangong Lingyi, on the left sat King Ye Yu Xuan, on the right sat Princess Shenhua Yu Shu, and below her sat a purple-haired enchantress.
A petite woman entered the palace quietly, bowed and said, "It's just as your Majesty expected."
This woman is Huaying.
"How is their connection going?" Yu Kandan asked with a playful smile in her eyes.
Huaying reported: "Tomorrow morning, we will launch an attack in Xuanfeng Palace. We will attack both inside and outside at the same time..."
"...The purpose is exactly as expected by His Majesty. The plan is to establish Xuanxun as the new emperor, keep the country's name unchanged, and change it to Yongjia..."
Yu Kan smiled, "Very good, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
When Hua Ying retreated, Yu Kan smiled and said: "If you can't be the Emperor of Zhou, you can only be the Empress of the Ming Dynasty. I'm not letting you down, it's just that the ginger medicine is too strong."
…
night.
The moment of application.
Suddenly a voice shouted:
"Yu Kuan is unethical! He colluded with Jiang Yao to ruin the army of one million people on Great Friday! He is called Emperor of Zhou, but he is actually a traitor to Zhou!"
Another voice also yelled: "Yu Kuan is rebellious! He is unfit to be the emperor! China and foreign countries are united to capture the traitor!"
At the same time, the roar of the formation was heard.
The densely packed city defense formations and palace defense formations were all roaring, opening and closing.
"Xiang..." The terrifying iron curtain of the battlefield fell, sealing off the entire Shenhua Tiancheng.
The hundreds of thousands of Wuzhen troops, 10,000 Wushen troops, and a thousand Wuxian troops stationed in Zhoujing were all mobilized.
Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred powerful martial saints appeared in Xuanfeng Palace in the imperial city. Among them were Xuanzhou, Yu Hua, Zhongli Dingnai, Gai Li, Danxizi, Zongji, Pei Zhong, etc.
Everyone is a big shot who has been famous in China for many years and is the pillar of the Wu family nobles.
One of the very young martial saints is Xuan Song!
Behind these more than a hundred powerful martial saints, there are also a large group of martial immortals and martial gods, all of whom are from the martial nobles.
They looked at the towering Xuanfeng Palace silently, with cold and stern expressions.
At this moment, the huge capital city and the imperial palace were blocked by large military battle zones and numerous formations.
To be precise, it was blocked by Xuan Zhou and others.
The imperial army and formations all fell into their hands.
"Yu Kuan rebelled! He is unfit to be the emperor!" one of them shouted again.
Above Xuanfeng Palace, several figures appeared, and one of them was a graceful figure, none other than Emperor Zhou Yu.
"What are you going to do?" Yu Kan shouted with authority, his phoenix eyes filled with evil and his jade face as ice-like.
"How dare you rebel?! Am I too merciful?"
Xuanzhou shouted: "Yu Kuang! You are the one who rebelled! More than twenty years ago, for the sake of the overall situation, we had no choice but to support you as emperor, and that's how the Great Zhou Dynasty came into being!"
"If it weren't for us, with your virtue, how would you be qualified to be the Lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
"But as the Emperor of Zhou, you are bent on covering up the fake discovery of ginger medicine, and have repeatedly delayed the suppression of the discovery, thus causing great trouble today!"
"You led more than 4 million elites to march south. Was it to conquer the Ming Dynasty and open up the frontiers? You were to deliberately destroy my elites of the Great Zhou Dynasty! You and Jiang Yao colluded and deliberately lost to him!"
"Yu Kuan, Yu Kuan, what you have done is outrageous to both humans and gods. It is outrageous. You are sitting on the throne with your face, so how can you face the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Zhongli Dingnai shouted: "For the sake of your claim to be emperor, I allow you to commit suicide! If you resist, you will be turned into powder!"
The others also stared angrily, wishing they could eat Yu Kuan.
They thought that Yu Kuan must have lost to Jiang Yao on purpose, which was intolerable.
Xuan Song took a step forward and said in a cold voice: "Junior Sister Yu Kan, you don't distinguish between public and private affairs, you harm the country with your love, you secretly collude with the Ming Dynasty, and conspire to ruin the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can you be worthy of being an emperor?"
"In troubled times and in times of danger, I really don't want to be emperor, and I don't have the virtue to be emperor. But I can't let you continue to sit on the throne of Emperor Zhou."
"I don't know what the future holds for Great Zhou Dynasty, but I don't want Shenzhou to be unified by Jiang Yao. Anyone can do it except Jiang Yao and Charming Tapir!"
"Junior Sister Yu, go on your way. I hope you leave with dignity."
"Also, you thought our plan was leaked and tried to use it to kill us. Unfortunately, you miscalculated. We also know your plan."
"So, we have changed our plan. Your arrangement is useless. Now the only thing you can mobilize is a group of strong men and guards around you. You lose."
Yu Kan sneered and turned to look at Huaying, "Is it you? Huaying, did I make a mistake in handing the Shadow Organization over to you?"
Huaying swayed and stood beside Xuan Song, "Your Majesty, you are very kind to me, but I can't help you."
"If what I expected is correct, you were the one who killed the sect master, right? Doesn't your majesty know that I was raised by the sect master?"
"You can seize the position of the leader of the Dongyu Sect and unite the Void Sea. For your sake, I don't care. But you can't kill the leader for the sake of power! She is also your master!"
"Your Majesty, you are too cruel. Also, we don't want to see the Ming Kingdom unify the Divine Continent."
Xuan Song took Hua Ying's hand and said, "I'm sorry for you."
Yu Kuan smiled softly, "I killed the sect master? Who told you?"
"It's me!" A powerful Mahayana man came out and pointed at Yu Kuan, "Yu Kuan, it was you who killed Xianyan!"
This powerful Mahayana man is surprisingly the elder of the Dong Yu Sect, Mu Xianyan (Concubine Silkworm Yao) and Shi Xu’s senior brother: Tantai Yunzhi!
He used to have a very good personal relationship with Yu Kan, and he was also the one who had always had a crush on the sect leader Mu Xianyan.
Yu Kuan's expression condensed, "Uncle Tantai, are you also against me?"
"It's not just him? There are us too!" Two more Mahayana strongmen appeared, and they were Ling Qingxiu and Xiao Yuding, the top leaders of Dongyu Sect at that time.
"Yu Kuan, you plotted to kill the sect master and usurp the sect's throne. It's so hard for us to hide it."
Tantai Yunzhi shouted sternly: "Yu Kuang! We are helping you so much, but you are the real murderer of the sect master! Don't say that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not let you go today, even we can't let you go."
"Hua Ying has already told you all about your plan. You have no right to blame her for betrayal, because she is originally a disciple of Dong Yu Sect!"
Yu Kan looked at Hua Ying and said, "Hua Ying, you are very, very good. I treat you like a sister."
Hua Ying's face turned red, "You are indeed very kind to me, I admit it. But I can't separate business from private matters."
"What a good person who doesn't distinguish between public and private affairs!" Yu Kan laughed, not bothering to talk to his once strongest and staunchest supporters, and looked at Xuan Zhou and others.
"You think that I lost to Jiang Yao on purpose. But I can say with a clear conscience that I never gave in. I tried my best in that battle."
"You can cause rebellion and rebellion, but if you say that I colluded with Jiang Yao to deliberately destroy millions of troops, that is just a slander."
Fu Dao Shrine Taoist Master Yu Hua laughed loudly and said:
"Kan Lazi! You are about to die, so what can you do if you don't admit it? The Talisman Palace has lost tens of thousands of precious Talisman masters, all thanks to you!"
"Look. Even Hua Ying and others have abandoned you and recognized your viper heart. You are already alone!"
"The comrades who support you can't come to save you!"
There were only more than 800 people behind Yu Kuan at this time. Although their cultivation levels were very strong, they were too weak compared to the strength of the coup camp.
Moreover, the entire space is blocked by the rebels' battle zone.
Even if Yu Kuan is an immortal, he will not be able to fly at this moment. In such a powerful battlefield, an immortal will also suffer hatred.
What's more, Yu Kuan is now only the eighth level of Mahayana, not even a semi-immortal.
But the more than 800 people behind her were all full of fighting spirit. No one showed any fear, only full of anger.
Yu Kuan laughed, looked around at the other party and others, and said in a sarcastic tone:
"I originally thought that I would use my strategy to attack you tomorrow morning and catch you all in one fell swoop."
"Who would have thought that you could actually collude with both internal and external parties, work together, forge the commander's seal, and seize the power of the Forbidden Army? It's really impressive."
She looked at the generals and said, "You are all generals from humble backgrounds who I single-handedly promoted. I gave you everything, including military manuals and resource magic weapons. Is this how you repay me?"
When Yu Yan said this, his tone was still as calm as water, but his expression was very cold.
Several Forbidden Army generals said nothing, looked ashamed, and did not dare to raise their eyes to look at Yu Kuan.
"So what? Can you give them fiefdoms?" Xuan Song sneered, "We can! Compared with fiefdoms passed down from generation to generation, what are official titles?"
"Kan Lazi, you underestimate the desires of people. What do poor families like most? Is it a reform like Jiang Yao's, attacking the martial arts to share resources? Becoming an official in the imperial examination? It's a big mistake."
"What Han Clan likes most is to become a new martial artist! A new lord! Do you understand?"
"You don't need to blame them for being ungrateful, because we can give them more!"
As soon as these words came out, the important figures of the Wu family looked at Yu Yan with sneers.
Yu Kuan looked at Xuan Song and said, "Over the years, I have underestimated you and Mo Yin. Mo Yin pretended to be Emperor Ming, almost defeated Jiang Zhengyi, and almost led to the destruction of Ming Dynasty."
"And you, who have been holding back for so many years, are planning to usurp the throne and make such a big fuss. I really shouldn't look down on you two."
Xuan Song sneered: "Who do you think highly of, Yan La Zi? Haven't you always despised the heroes of the world, and no one can fall into your eyes? Haven't you always boasted that you are unparalleled in the world?"
"When you were so high and mighty, did you ever think about today?"
Yu Kuan suddenly raised her head, looked at the vast sky, and shouted:
"Master! You participated in this drama, and I fell into a desperate situation as you wished. It's time for you to show up!"
Many people looked at each other in confusion, wondering what the fuss was about.
There was no movement in the air.
Yu Kuan continued: "What's the matter? Master doesn't dare to see his disciples? Now that things have come to this, why does Master need to hide his head and show his tail, hanging a lamp and carrying a sword?"
As soon as Yu Yan finished speaking, a voice like a silver bell sounded like the sound of nature:
"Gee, Kuan'er, you are really smart as ice and snow. This is what my teacher likes about you."
Immediately, a stunningly beautiful woman who looked like a goddess from the Nine Heavens appeared in the sky with outstanding grace.
She did not enter the rebel battle zone, but stood on the edge of the battle zone, far away.
However, her voice reached everyone's ears very clearly.
That kind of grace could only be matched by Yu Yan in the room. When everyone saw this heavenly woman, they couldn't help but be overwhelmed by her.
What kind of cultivation level does this girl have? Is she...an immortal?
"Fairy face..." Tantai Yunzhi looked at the beautiful figure in the sky with drunken eyes, "You finally came in person."
"Sect Master!" Xiao Yuding and others saluted together.
Huaying and others burst into tears, "So the sect master is still alive!"
It turned out that this woman was actually the former head of the Dongyu Sect, Mu Xianyan.
That is, Silkworm Princess!
She came back from the Black Abyss to avenge her son Jiang Zhengyi. However, she has not found Jiang Zhengyi's enemy yet.
But she has found out that her son was not killed by Jiang Yao.
Of course, the purpose of participating in the Great Zhou Dynasty coup was to settle matters with his disciple Yu Kuan.
Yu Yan suddenly burst out laughing, her smile was full of dominance, "Concubine Silkworm Yao, you are finally back. Good! Very good!"
What! Silkworm Medicine Concubine? This woman is the famous Silkworm Medicine Concubine in the Witchland?
Many people who didn't know the details looked surprised.
Xuan Song raised his hands and said, "Senior Yao Fei."
Other important figures also bowed their hands to Concubine Silkworm Yao.
It is obvious that Yao Feifei was involved in this coup, and she must have played a big role in it.
Tantai Yunzhi and others suddenly rebelled, of course, because they saw Concubine Canyao. Otherwise, they would not have opposed Yu Kuan and colluded with Xuanzhou and his son.
Concubine Can Yao looked at Yu Kuan with a smile: "Kuan'er, my master is back, how can you show your respect to my master?"
Yu Yan also smiled.
"In order to gain power in the Divine Continent, you deliberately planned to use me and then seize me. No matter how much favor you did to me, it was just to make better use of me. Is it a real favor? Of course I don't owe you anything."
"On the contrary, you deceived me first and sought Shenzhou later. You are sorry for me and Shenzhou. But you dare to come. I really admire you."
Silkworm Princess narrowed her eyes, "What did you say?"
"I'm very disappointed." Yu Kuan shook his head, "Master, you are far worse than Tang Wangshu in the previous life."
After speaking, he looked at Xuan Zhou and others, "Do you think that I have really fallen into despair?"
Before he could finish his words, suddenly the battle formation in the air roared, and a huge handsome seal with a phoenix shadow appeared above Yu Kuan's head.
The handsome seal in Xuanzhou's hand suddenly became dull.
At the same time, the battlefield expanded rapidly, including Concubine Silkworm Yao.
In the sound of "boom", all the formation restrictions roared.
Almost instantly, control of the entire battlefield and all the formations was transferred to Yu Yan's hands.
Yu Kuan thought of a military order, and all the soldiers shouted together: "Your Majesty, you will be victorious! You will be victorious! You will be victorious!"
Several Forbidden Army generals who had participated in the coup before fell in front of Yu Kuan and bowed down: "I have fulfilled my mission... pay homage to your Majesty!"
Yu Yan nodded: "Pingshen!"
A pair of extremely bright phoenix eyes looked around the nobles of the Wu family, "Your understanding of the heart of the poor family is too superficial and one-sided. If I can't even identify the people I employ, am I still Yu Yan?"
Huaying flashed and appeared in front of Yu Yan again, "Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Yu Kuan patted Hua Ying's shoulder and said, "Well done, very good."
Huaying smiled sweetly at Concubine Silkworm Yao: "I'm sorry Master, I can only be loyal to Your Majesty."
Concubine Silkworm's face was as cold as frost and she said nothing.
Xuan Song looked at Hua Ying with a livid face, wanting to kill someone.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Kuan miraculously regained control of the entire situation by controlling the Forbidden Army battlefield and the palace formation.
Even the powerful Immortal Silkworm Yao Fei was blocked by the Forbidden Army's battlefield and formation.
Xuanzhou father and son and other important figures in the Wu family were all stunned.
How is this going?
Yu Kuan looked disdainful: "You are the only one who wants to play a coup against me? Your tricks are so naive that they are hardly worth mentioning."
"All your steps are in my calculations. Humph, you don't go to the Void Sea to inquire, what are my methods?"
"I am patiently acting with you. I just want you to jump out and catch them all in one fell swoop. Now, do you have nothing to say?"
"I said that whoever makes me unhappy for a moment, I will make his whole family unhappy for the rest of his life."
Concubine Can Yao tried to escape, but the battlefield locked her under Yu Kuan's command, and she could no longer move.
Yu Kuan walked up to her and sighed: "Master, your skills have declined. Is it because of the death of your son? Oh, how pitiful."
After Master Zhou finished speaking, he patted her on the shoulder and returned to the same place again.
Concubine Canyao showed a sad smile. Did she really regress because of the pain of losing her son?
Xuan Zhou and others all had a look of despair in their eyes.
It turns out that this is a plan, a trap by Yu Kuan!
It's over, it's all over.
If you fall into Yu Yan's hands, can you still survive?
Sure enough, Yu Kuan waved his hand and ordered: "Kill them all and destroy the three clans."
The Xuanfeng Palace Incident came to an end with Yu Kuan's cruel order.
However, before Yu Kan could finish her words, the King of Ye, Yu Xuan, suddenly rose up behind her and stabbed her in the back with a sword!
The incident happened so unexpectedly that no one expected it.
Yu Xuan is a powerful martial artist, and it is simply impossible to plot against Yu Kuan, a powerful Mahayana warrior.
But at this time, Yu Xuan's sword was definitely not as powerful as the Martial Saint, but far exceeded it!
He is not a martial saint at all!
That sword carried a terrifying aura of death and murder, as if it was about to pierce the sky.
Xuanzhou and others suddenly showed ecstasy.
Xuan Song and others didn't know what was going on, but they saw that it would be difficult for Yu Kuan to avoid this back stabbing move.
Because Yu Yan never expected that her brother would suddenly stab him in the back with a fatal sword.
They seemed to see that the powerful sword had crushed Yu Yan's vitality and nailed her in the air!
good!
In an instant, Xuan Song and others cheered!
PS: What will happen if this sword is stabbed in the back? A reward for the new cute protagonist of Crab and Crab, 'Little Fifth Master'. At the finale stage, there is no point in adding more chapters, but I will write a few more chapters after the completion.
It’s more fun to repay everyone and the new cute protagonist with a side story. Crab!