Chapter 154 The easiest way to destroy a faction is
Chapter 154 The easiest way to destroy a force is to provoke internal conflicts
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Chapter 154 The easiest way to destroy a force is to provoke internal conflicts
West of Nanxing City.
On the low hills, sparse vegetation is scattered messily on the rocks, making the surrounding environment look a bit desolate.
Cao Zhengchun was wearing a purple brocade robe, standing on the top of the hill, his back slightly hunched, and his long pale hair hanging down beside his shoulders.
He looked at Nanxing City in the distance and waited quietly.
At this time, the atmosphere in Nanxing City seemed extremely chilling, as if it was being pressed down by an extremely heavy aura, like dark clouds and strong wind.
To the east of Nanxing City is an endless stretch of military camps with no end in sight.
That is the military camp of the Mingyue Army and the Yuezhou garrison.
Just as Cao Zhengchun stood quietly, several war horses suddenly galloped out of Nanxing City in the distance and rushed straight towards the hill where Cao Zhengchun was.
Looking at the group of cavalry, Cao Zhengchun had a kind smile on his face.
After a while, the war horse came to him, and Mao Jiang jumped down from the horse.
"Eunuch Zhu!"
He looked at Cao Zhengchun with some hesitation.
"Our Zhu Ji has met Mr. Hou!"
Cao Zhengchun bowed slightly and said with a smile.
Mao Jiang quickly replied: "I have met Eunuch Zhu!"
The two of them met and Cao Zhengchun went straight to the point and said, "Master Hou should know why our family is here."
Mao Jiang nodded solemnly, then took out a booklet from his arms and said, "This is my current understanding of the night."
Cao Zhengchun took the document, opened it, glanced at it casually, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Marquis. Our family will report this matter to Your Majesty as soon as possible!"
"However, there is one more thing we would like to ask Mr. Hou."
"Eunuch Zhu, please speak!" Mao Jiang said.
"Can the Marquis control Nanyang City?" Cao Zhengchun asked.
Mao Jiang looked slightly condensed, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I can only control half of Nanyang City."
"Where's the other half?"
"In the hands of night."
"Who is responsible?" Cao Zhengchun looked at him.
Mao Jiang took a deep breath and said: "Former Yunzhou Capital Commander Ji Ming."
"Well! Ji Ming!" Cao Zhengchun looked thoughtful.
Before Mao Jiang rebelled, Ji Ming was the commander of Yunzhou Dusi, in charge of the Yunzhou Dusi Yamen and more than a dozen garrison troops.
Compared with Mao Jiang, this Ji Ming is very low-key and inconspicuous.
Until now, few people have paid attention to him, or probably most people have forgotten him.
"Is he a man of the night?"
"That's right." Mao Jiang nodded and said, "But please, Eunuch Zhu, don't alert the enemy."
"Ji Ming is the person who talks about Ye Mu in Yunzhou. If you want to know about Ye Mu, you have to go through him. At present, I plan to stabilize Ye Mu first. When Lan Yue's army arrives at Nanyang City, it will be time to lead Ye Mu out."
Cao Zhengchun looked solemn and said: "You plan to use Lanyue's army to lure out the night?"
"Well, judging from the current situation, Ye Mu attaches great importance to Nanyang City, and they intend to use Nanyang City as the starting point to invade our country."
"As long as there is a crisis in Nanyang City, they will definitely not stand idly by," Mao Jiang said.
The rebellion in Nanyang City was a plan arranged by Emperor Li and him for more than ten years. The purpose was to draw out Ye Mu and find out the details of Ye Mu.
In Lihuang's plan, Lan Yuehou was just a sidekick. As for Qin Wei, he was not even a sidekick. It was just that Lihuang wanted him to stay away from Kyoto, so he threw him to Shuzhou.
"Our family knows, but our family will still keep an eye on Nanyang City." Cao Zhengchun said.
"That's natural. It might be better if Eunuch Zhu could reveal himself." Mao Jiang said.
"Are you planning to let our family put some pressure on them?" Cao Zhengchun said.
"Well! Ye Mu is very mysterious. The information I know so far is relatively shallow. If I want to understand Ye Mu more deeply, I have to put enough pressure on them." Mao Jiang said.
Cao Zhengchun thought for a moment and said, "We understand, and we will cooperate with you!"
"Thank you!" Mao Jianggong thanked him.
…
The Court of the Feather Witch King.
As Zhao Gao continuously arrested ninth-level warriors, all the tribes in the northern part of the Feather Witch King's Court fell into panic.
Among the major clans in the Feather Witch King's Court, every ninth-grade warrior holds a high position, either as a clan leader or a clan elder, and at the lowest level, they are worshiped by a major clan.
Every move of such a person has a huge impact. Not to mention the disappearance of more than a dozen people in a row, even the disappearance of one or two people will cause a shock.
In the Luowang Mountain Ping territory.
Zhao Gao walked into a large wooden house and looked at the dozen prisoners in the house casually.
These prisoners were their harvest during this period, and they had captured almost all the ninth-level warriors in the northern area of the Feather Witch King's Court, except for the Black Feather clan.
But now they have stopped their actions, because this matter has attracted the attention of the entire Feather Witch King's Court, and many innate warriors have arrived in the northern region. If they continue to act, they may lose everything.
Therefore, Zhao Gao has planned to stop this operation and send these people back to Shuzhou first before making the next step.
In the dim wooden house, Zhao Gao glanced at the people in chains, and suddenly his gaze stopped.
"who is he?"
He looked at one of the wizened old men and asked.
"Sir, he is a Luo Yu clan wizard." The follower next to him replied.
Zhao Gao took a step forward and looked at the unconscious wizard.
Wizards are a relatively special training system of the barbarians, just like the Confucianism cultivators of Dali.
Confucianism cultivators focus on practicing Confucian classics and comprehending the principles of nature and human nature, while wizards focus on comprehending the laws of nature.
Wizards also have a variety of methods. Some are good at controlling beasts, some are good at using poison, and some are good at observing the nature of the world and predicting celestial phenomena.
In short, wizards are like a hodgepodge, good at all kinds of mysterious methods, not as pure as martial arts and Confucianism.
"wizard!"
Zhao Gao came to the old man, thought about it, and slapped him to death.
Wizards are not warriors and cannot use the Yuan Devouring Pill to cultivate them into innate warriors. Keeping them will not only be useless, but may cause trouble.
After all, Zhao Gao didn't know much about the wizard's methods.
What if this old guy knows how to control beasts and use birds to convey messages, wouldn't they be exposed, or if this guy uses poison to poison them, then the gain outweighs the loss.
"Get ready and send them back to Shuzhou!" Zhao Gao ordered the followers around him.
"Here!"
After that, Zhao Gao walked out of the wooden house and stood on the top of the hillside, looking at the vast mountains.
The task Qin Wei gave him has been completed, but his follow-up plan is not over yet.
Before leaving the Feather Witch Royal Court, he also prepared a small gift for the Feather Witch Royal Court.
"The easiest way to undermine a force is to provoke internal conflicts."
"When conflicts reach an unavoidable level, no matter how powerful a force is, it will fall apart in an instant."
"The Feather Witch Royal Court is not far away from falling apart."
On the cliff, Zhao Gao's subtle voice spread slowly with the breeze, like the whisper of ghosts, like the chirping of insects, chirping, rustling, making it hard to hear clearly.
…
at the same time.
In Qingyu City, the home of the Qingyu clan, a group of senior officials from the Qingyu witch clan gathered in the magnificent hall.
A solemn atmosphere filled the entire hall, and everyone had a heavy and solemn look on their faces.
Hu Shen, the leader of the Qingyu clan, sat on the main seat, his eyes fixed and silent.
There were two skinny old men sitting on his left and right sides. They were the wizards of the Qingyu clan.
The status of wizards among barbarians is very high. Almost any larger tribe will have wizards. They are second only to the clan leader and their status is still above the elders.
Among the barbarians, wizards are a symbol of wisdom. They may also have powerful abilities, but what gives them such a high status is that they possess the knowledge and wisdom of ordinary people from afar.
The left and right wizards of the Qingyu clan are Jin Lan and Jin Tuosi respectively.
"In one month, our Qingyu clan has lost four branch clan leaders and elders! But now we don't even know who the enemy is!"
Hu Shen, who had a rough face, said coldly.
At first, when the clan leaders and elders of Moling Mountain City disappeared, they did not pay attention to it, but then two clan leaders of the branch tribes disappeared, and they could no longer ignore it.
"Clan leader, not only us, Bai Yu and Akabane have also lost many strong men. According to our understanding, the number of missing strong men has reached more than ten."
"That's the problem. We all have strong men missing, except the Black Feather clan."
"Not only the Black Feather Clan, but also the small Feather Clan, no powerful person is missing."
"The small Yu clan! Of course they don't need to suppress them. Only us Qing Yu, Bai Yu and Aka Yu are regarded as a thorn in the side of the Black Feather clan!"
"This is done by the Black Feather clan!"
"That's right, who else could do such a thing besides them?"
…
In the hall, all the elders of the Qingyu clan discussed one after another, and finally identified the murderer of the strong man's disappearance as the Black Feather clan.
It's no wonder they think so. The conflict between the Black Feather Clan and the other three tribes has been going on for a long time, and the Black Feather Clan has been sparing no effort to suppress the other three tribes over the years.
The Black Feather clan has done this kind of thing more than once by recruiting troops from all three of their clans, recruiting strong men on a large scale, and sending them to the battlefield as cannon fodder.
The war between the Feather Witch Royal Court and Dali is the most convenient way for the Black Feather clan to suppress the other three clans.
But now, a large number of strong men in their clan are missing, and they put the matter on the Black Feather clan's head without even thinking about it.
Now even if Zhao Gao comes forward and says that he did it, these people probably won't want to believe it.
This is the great gift that Zhao Gao left for the Feather Witch King's Court.
"We must seek an explanation from the Black Feather Clan!"
"That's right, clan leader, we can't sit still and wait for death. If this continues, our Qingyu clan may be wiped out by them!"
"Yes, we must let them release the people. If they don't, then we will fight them to the death!"
"Unite the Akabane and Baiyu clans, we will fight them!"
A series of indignant voices sounded in the hall, adding a sense of solemnity to the heavy atmosphere.
Hu Shen sat on the main seat, with a gloomy light shining in his eyes.
He was also suspicious of the Black Feather clan, but he still had some doubts in his heart.
He couldn't understand why the Black Feather clan did this?
It is true that the Black Feather clan is the dominant family in the Feather Witch King's court now, but if Qing Yu, Akakura, and Bai Yu unite together, it is not impossible to challenge the Black Feather clan.
Although the Black Feather clan has been suppressing the three other clans, they don't dare to do things too seriously.
Hu Shen had some doubts in his heart that this matter was not done by the Black Feather clan.
"Two wizards, what do you think?" he asked Jin Lan and Jin Tuosi on both sides.
Jin Lan and Jin Tuosi looked at each other.
"The Black Feather clan is the most likely, but we'd better not act recklessly now!" Jin Lancao said in a hoarse voice.
However, Jin Tuosi shook his head slightly and said, "This may be our opportunity."
"Um!"
Hu Shen and Jin Lan both looked at him in surprise.
"Let the three clans of Qingyu, Baiyu and Akabane have a chance to unite!" Jin Tuosi said again.
Hu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this.
The reason why they cannot fight against the Black Feather clan is because there are many gaps between the three clans and they cannot truly unite.
If they can unite through this matter, they will be qualified to fight against the Black Feather clan.
At that time, maybe the Black Feather clan can be dethroned from the throne.
"But if we don't solve the person behind the scenes, will there be others missing in the future?" Jin Lan said.
Uniting with the other two tribes can fight against the Black Feather tribe, but it cannot solve the problem of the missing strong men.
"These two things are not contradictory. It is more conducive for us to investigate this matter together and to fight against the Black Feather clan." Jin Tuo thought.
Hu Shen nodded, what he said was correct. In short, joining forces with Bai Yu and Chi Yu would not do any harm to them now.
In the past, there were many conflicts of interest among the three tribes, and they were all defensive and hostile to each other, making it difficult to form a true alliance.
But now with greater pressure, they may be able to put aside their hostility and defensiveness and form a tight alliance.
"Then it's decided. I'll arrange for people to contact the Baiyu and Akabane tribes first."
Hu Shen directly confirmed the matter.
Jin Lan and Jin Tuosi looked at each other and nodded, agreeing with his decision.