In the twelfth year of Yuan Sui, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the New Year's Day had not yet ended. Under the Huwei Gate in Dangpu City, there was silence in the military formation composed of 50,000 infantry and 50,000 Green Harrier cavalry.
At present, this tiger and wolf division that has been tempered for several years is about to set off, and Yin Qujian, who is wearing a tiger-headed mountain pattern armor, is accompanied by a national teacher, standing on a high tower, looking down at the land under his feet.
You can't even see the dense military formation at the edge.
As if he had prepared his emotions, the leader of the Kingdom of Cheng, who was in his prime, took a deep breath and shouted loudly to the military formation below the tower:
"Fellow soldiers! You should all remember that just over ten years ago, we, Dacheng, were just a small border country that needed to look at the faces of other countries. However, since I succeeded to the throne, we have fought in the south and north, expanded our territory, and relied on our
It is not the bloodline and clan like that of Yubei and Weiliang, nor the condescension of Ye Guo who married the emperor's sister. Our descendants of Dacheng rely on countless families to eat chaff and wear rags, and the whole country is devoted to them.
Everything, every bit of copper, every drop of blood, sweat and tears, was exchanged for the armor you and I wear today and the weapons we hold in our hands!"
Yin Qujian paused for a moment, his sharp eyes scanning everyone's faces:
"Before you, there have been countless good men of Dacheng who have been buried in horse leather on the battlefield. Among them, there may be your fellow countrymen, your fathers and brothers. It is their sacrifice that has brought Dacheng to the sky! Let today's
We are no longer willing to be the weak people of the past who were spurned and looked down upon by others. Instead, we have the ability to use our own hands to fight for dominance and achieve a state that has the four states and seven countries in the south surrendering to our feet.
The Eastern Overlord!"
"The lord of the country is brave, the lord of the country is brave!"
One hundred thousand people in the audience raised their spears and shields at the same time, beating them and shouting, the shouts shaking the sky!
Yin Qujian pressed his hands towards the tower and continued:
"All of you standing in front of me at this time are all the good sons and daughters of my Dacheng. They are also the bones, blood and backbone of my Dacheng! Many of you will be injured, bleed, or even die on the battlefield. But your sacrifices
, but it will exchange for a richer and brighter future for my thousands of ordinary people, for your parents, relatives, wives and children!"
"Fight, fight, fight!"
Yin Qujian was worthy of being a hero of his generation who was described with thick pen and ink in later books. With just a few words, he immediately incited the soldiers on the field to become excited.
However, the Imperial Preceptor behind him always had his sleeves rolled up and stood motionless in the shadow of the city tower. If you didn't pay attention, you might have thought it was just a statue. The cloak on the Imperial Preceptor's head covered the entire image.
His face makes it difficult for others to see his face clearly.
Yin Qujian noticed the other party's abnormality, couldn't help turning his face, and asked with a little displeasure:
"Does the Imperial Master feel that what I just said is not good enough?"
"I dare not. Your Majesty is a great hero, and now that the whole country is united, this journey will be unstoppable and invincible. I am happy for you from the bottom of my heart."
The man in the cloak spoke without a hint of tone. But even Yin Qujian, who had experienced many battles, could not help but be secretly frightened because of the cold air radiating from his body:
"There seems to be something more in the words of the Imperial Master. Now I and Cheng Guo have put all their wealth on this battle. If you have something to say, it doesn't matter."
The other party finally came out of the shadows and asked:
"Does the unknown king still remember the purpose of sending troops this time?"
"The Imperial Master wants to remind me that we must seize the mysterious map from Ye Guo during this trip, right? You can rest assured about this matter. Now as long as we can successfully attack Mulu City, when the city is broken, I will
I will personally lead people into the palace to seize the map."
"It turns out that the king has not forgotten that he wants to seize it. It is something that can command the world and overturn the world."
The man opposite him still said coldly.
But Yin Qujian heard a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "What does the Imperial Master mean by this?"
"Has the unknown king ever thought about why that picture fell into the hands of Qi Shouyu? And if the other party knew that Cheng Guo was making a large-scale invasion just to steal what he loved, what kind of resistance would he make?"
The Imperial Master suddenly paused, pointed at the neat military formations as far as the eye could see below the tower, and said, "These 100,000 soldiers, if it were an ordinary war, one or two defeats, the military morale could still be boosted. But now.
Now, if Qi Shouyu intends to fight to the last man, how are you going to order them to fight to the death with each other? In my opinion, although the words just spoken by the king are powerful, they are still lacking in stamina, just like scratching the surface of an itch.
Normally. After all, the so-called success of a country is just that of you alone, and the lives of these people are their most precious thing!"
After saying that, the man bowed again and silently retreated into the shadows. Yin Qujian pondered for a moment, as if he suddenly understood something, his eyes flashed with excitement and greed, and he turned to the tower and said loudly
:
"My fellow soldiers! Today, you will leave your homeland and embark on an expedition to a foreign land. Today, you will follow my men to launch an attack on the country of Ye, which is thousands of miles away! This time, your opponents are no longer Huaiyou, Nanhua, and Yu.
Dunguo and his ilk are the second largest princely state in the four southern states! If I win, I can take over the entire rich Wanzhou step by step! I ask you, do you dare to go with me to get the land that belongs to you?
One portion?”
"Why don't you dare? Why don't you dare!"
"Okay! According to my wishes, I am going to the Kingdom of Ye. Regardless of whether I am a general or a captain, anyone with meritorious service in the army will receive a salary and a title. It will be hereditary and will not be replaced! Whoever takes the lead in attacking the city of King Ye will be rewarded."
Confer the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of cheers louder than before suddenly broke out in the military formation. It seemed that it was only then that the soldiers of Chengguo finally saw clearly what benefits they had from sending troops to Yeguo.
——After all, people are real. If we don’t promise huge profits now, how will we make them die generously in the future?
Yin Qujian finally threw down the command flag in his hand from the top of the city. The army moved forward, and the soldiers like black ants moved slowly, gradually covering the snow-covered fields outside the city. The meandering team seemed to be like a mighty line.
The giant python that swallows the sun and the moon cannot see its head or tail.
Low dark clouds gathered over the vast plains, as if a blizzard would fall on people's heads at any time. I don't know who took the lead, and a low and vast military song gradually sounded in the procession:
“On a cool autumn night, the moon is covered with frost, and you wear iron armor and sharpen your swords and spears.
The sky is vast and my heart is not slack, and the journey with my son is long.
The cow's horns are croaking and the sun is blocked, the horns are roaring and the tigers and eagles are flying.
When a scholar strives to be the first, the enemy can be destroyed; when he fights with his son, he sings without fear.
Stepping on the clear mist, I crossed the Yanjiang River, and my bones and blood were buried in the battlefield.
We share life and death with the same enemy, we fight with you, when will we return home?"
This military song called "Wu Shang" originally described the soldiers who were fighting abroad and missed their homeland. However, when the soldiers sang it at this time, it was vigorous and vigorous, with a strong murderous intention. .
Yin Qujian turned back again and glanced at the Imperial Master behind him - the man who had always been hiding in the shadows finally took off his cloak from his head. His face was thin, his skin was pale, and he looked like a frail scholar. However, the smile on the corner of his mouth and eyebrows is extremely wanton and frivolous.
The leader of the Cheng Kingdom was stunned for a moment, and then he started to laugh along with the other party. Because in the eyes of the man in front of him, he also saw the same ambition as his own, which was almost ready to burst out.
At the same time, in Kun Jie's mansion in Jingshu City, Ning Yue once again sneaked into the study while the man was out. Until now, she still couldn't piece together what the other man's plan was in his mind. But she But I always felt that this leader of the rebel party, who claimed to be righteous but lied endlessly, must still be hiding some ulterior secrets.
At this moment, the adult little white fox stretched its head and helped the girl sniff around the room. Suddenly, it stretched out its front paws and scratched a green brick in the corner. Ning Yue followed the sound. When I came, I found that there was actually a hollow under the brick, which was the many dust-covered secret letters that Kun Jie had hidden!
Ning Yue stroked the little white fox's snow-white fluffy tail a few times, and immediately squatted on the ground to read the contents of these secret letters one by one. However, the more she read, the faster her heart beat, because all the envelopes were stamped with There is a gold seal with a tiger head that represents Yin Qujian, the leader of the Cheng Kingdom. Yin Qujian called Kun Jie "Your Excellency, the National Preceptor", and the contents of the letter are all about the two conspiring to invade other countries.
A recent secret letter made the young girl even sweat. Because in the letter, Yin Qujian actually informed Kunjie that his army was ready and would soon take advantage of Huaiyou to attack Ye State in a large scale!
"No wonder, Xue Ling, you were jumping up and down and full of hostility the first day you saw Kun Jie. It turns out that he is the source of the constant wars in the seven southern countries! This letter was written on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month last year. The letter said that the army will be launched in half a month. We are leaving, and we have to invite Kun Jie to watch the ceremony together - isn't that today?!"
Ning Yue counted with her fingers and found out that the Chengguo army was about to set out today to launch a sudden attack on Yeguo. She immediately screamed in panic. Because of her anger and fear, her hands also trembled violently, and she was stunned. The letter he held in his hand clattered softly.
"Unexpectedly, I was discovered by you in the end. I originally planned to wait until the Chengguo army invaded Mulu City before telling you. However, it doesn't matter if I find out sooner or later. After all, I have achieved my goal."
At some point, Kun Jie, who Ning Yue thought was not in the house, appeared quietly in the study. He had never made any sound before, and even the alert Xue Ling was surprised by the sudden presence of a living person around him. He was startled, the hair on his back stood up, and he started chirping.
"Didn't you go to Chengguo to observe the ceremony? When did you come back!"
The red-haired girl crumpled the letter in her hand angrily and threw it at the opponent's face. For her, Kunjie's instigation of Chengguo to attack Yeguo had completely torn apart the existing relationship between the two. The last layer of face.
The paper ball flew past Kun Jie's hair, but he did not dodge, but stood motionless on the spot:
"At this moment, I am both in Chengguo and here. As long as I want to, I can appear anywhere in the world, know the whereabouts and movements of anyone, and know what they have said and what they have done. In ordinary times, As far as humans are concerned, I am the sky, I am the earth, and I am the omnipotent God!”
The other party's arrogant laughter made Ning Yue's head buzz. However, she still suppressed the extreme fear in her heart and wanted to get something out of the other party's mouth. She also wanted to find out the whole story:
"Is your purpose to cause the princes to fight and cause chaos in the world again? Why? Do you know that the four states and seven countries in the south have only had peace for a few years? And do you know what the war will bring to the people of this land? ?!"
"If you don't know what the war will bring, why would you bother me so much?"
Kun Jie narrowed his eyes, as if he didn't care at all about the thousands of creatures that were about to fall into the war again, and just smiled coldly, "But you, as the daughter of the chief priest of the Cangyu tribe, would actually sympathize with these ants on the ground? War and chaos should be something they are accustomed to!"
"Unfortunately, I had always naively believed that the so-called rebels were all upright people who had different opinions from my father! Since you and your father both want to eliminate all the people on earth, why not work together instead of tit-for-tat everywhere?"
"With Feng Weishu's ordinary methods, I don't know how many years and months it will take to kill the last person on the land. Wouldn't it be better to let them kill each other? Wouldn't it be more labor-saving? What I care about is, but It’s just to find the Holy City and then find the secrets hidden in it! It’s just that Feng Weishu doesn’t dare to think about it, and he doesn’t dare to mention it!”
After these words, the girl suddenly realized that all the things the other party told her about the Holy City were lies. She felt shocked and immediately asked further:
"Actually, you didn't go to the Holy City to find the way to the Paradise! What secrets did the ancestors leave behind in the Holy City? And the reason why my father wanted to kill the rebels back then was because of this matter. no!"
"Isn't it too late to understand now? What is hidden in the Holy City is the power of God that is enough to make the whole world tremble! And the person who will eventually get this power can only be someone who has been planning for a hundred years. My seat!"
Kun Jie's eyes shone like a madman.
"Power of God?!"
Hearing these three words coming from the other party's mouth, the girl immediately remembered that when she was in danger at the General Temple, Qi Ziyin had mentioned the ancient picture hidden in Baipi that recorded the whereabouts of the power of God, as well as the events caused by it. The endless disputes and entanglements. In addition, now that Chengguo wants to go to war with Yeguo, these seemingly unrelated things suddenly seem to be connected.
At the moment, she just felt dizzy in her head. After trying to stand firm, she continued to ask: "But since you have chosen Chengguo as your puppet, why don't you set up your base there instead of hiding in Weiliang? Hide In Jingshu City?"
"You underestimate me too much. The reason why I want to provoke the war between Cheng and Ye is precisely because it needs to bring continuous chaos, disease, death and pain. Now, as long as these ants on the ground continue to be Being kept in the dark, as long as they are like scattered sand fighting against each other and unable to unite, they will give me enough time to make final preparations!"
"What are you preparing for? What exactly do you want to do with the power of God in the Holy City?!"
"Although I have confessed some things today, it does not mean that I will tell you all my plans. You can take your time to guess and think about the answers to these questions. When we actually arrive in the Holy City That day, I will verify it with my own eyes!”
"Now that things have happened, do you still think that I will use my own blood to help you open the gate of the Holy City?!"
Ning Yue knew that it was no longer possible for her to get the answer from the other party. In her rage, her red hair gradually stood up one by one, like a blazing flame.
However, Kun Jie didn't take the girl in front of him seriously at all, and laughed unscrupulously:
"As expected of the daughter of a high priest. What, are you planning to use your three-legged cat technique to deal with me? You don't even know who your opponent is!"
Before he finished speaking, two fierce lights suddenly shot out from the man's eyes. In just a moment, Ning Yue seemed to have someone's neck tightly clamped, and her hands and feet were clamped. She was speechless and hung motionless. In mid-air.
"This is—Feng Xi?! Kun Jie did not inherit the position of chief priest, so where did he learn Feng Xi?!"
The red-haired girl's heart suddenly thumped, but she could do nothing. She could only watch helplessly as Xue Ling, who pounced towards Kun Jie, was heavily ejected by the opponent's spell, and curled up on the ground, trembling in pain.
"I will spare your life for the time being, but I will not be as tolerant to you as before. If you are unwilling to obey in the future, I guarantee that everything you cherish on this land, including this white fox, will The people and things you love will all die before your eyes! From now on, you'd better pray that your blood can really open the entrance to the Holy City!"
After the man finished speaking, he personally placed the girl and the white fox under house arrest and ordered people to keep them under strict guard. Ning Yue hugged the whimpering Xue Ling with tears in her eyes. While healing her wounds, she still couldn't bear to think about what she would do next. What countermeasures can be taken.
However, it seemed that all the roads in front of her were dead.