After Feng Manlou gave an order, the Shenxing Taibao sent a message, and the soldiers and horses stationed outside the city began to break up camp and prepare to march.
Due to the application of storage instruments, the army did not need to worry about transporting baggage and could move forward as quickly as possible. For a time, dust was flying outside the county and soldiers gathered.
In the city, some captains and captains either galloped on their horses or used light kung fu and body movements to join the army one after another. The whole county and city began to feel a sense of military chill.
In a residence in the city, Yan Hanqing pushed open the door, saluted the two Mohist leaders inside, and reported: "The news has been confirmed, and the eldest son-in-law suddenly ordered the march to start a war with the Taiping Sect."
"Start the war early?"
The burly middle-aged man frowned, "The climate problem can be overcome, but how to solve the problem of military strength? In the last war, one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers suffered heavy losses, and the prince-consort revealed his identity, and the royal family
He sent the main force to Badong for the reason that he is a great noble clansman, not under his command. Now Feng Manlou only has 50,000 troops in his hands."
Great Zun's identity as a member of the Feng Clan has gradually spread, and it is no longer a secret to some senior officials. Feng Manlou revealed his identity as a member of the Feng Clan during a confrontation with Lu Tianpeng.
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That is to say, it was the eldest princess who vouched for him and his contribution in the Donglin War that prevented this fang-baring Dragon King's son-in-law from being captured. But even so, the clan still used this as an excuse.
, limiting Feng Manlou’s power at hand.
In addition to dealing with equal enemy forces, the army also plays a diversionary role in the fourth-level battle, provided that the quantity and quality are sufficient. Now Feng Manlou's troops cannot play a role and can only be used to fight with the opponent.
The mixed soldiers fought hard.
"What if we include the masters of Mo Sect?" Tan Wuwei, another leader in the room, said.
"If we add the fifth and fourth grades of our Momen, we can make up for the lack of military strength."
If the lower levels don't have enough combat power, they have to use the upper levels to make up for it. Moreover, Mo Sect has a large number of Mohists and is highly disciplined. It can be called an army among sectarian forces. They also have various organs and equipment. In the competition of the lower levels' combat power, also
You won’t necessarily fall behind.
"However, the order to fully participate in the war can only be given by the emperor, and the Taiping Sect has no shortage of experts." The middle-aged man shook his head and said.
"Then let me give the order."
After the words fell, a shadow suddenly appeared beside the open wooden window and said lightly: "In the name of Yuko, I give the order to join the war."
Dressed in black, with a bamboo hat on his head, only his stubbled chin could be seen. Mo Ying suddenly appeared in ordinary clothes but also revealed a bit of mystery. One hand was behind his back, and the other hand held a sheathed black sword.
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That sword was the Tianzhi Sword forged by Long Yue, the master craftsman of Mo Sect in the original Sword Discussing Conference. It helped Mo Sect win the battle between modern and ancient weapons. And the current owner of Tianzhi Sword is Mo Sect.
Menjuzi.
The three of them were about to salute immediately, but Mo Menjuzi waved his hand to stop them, and then said: "As for the fourth rank of the Taiping Sect, they should be busy taking care of themselves at the moment."
Mo Menjuzi looked at the sky outside the window. The dark clouds had already surged here, and the thunder blazing on the other side was even more dazzling.
While the core area is being invaded, if there are troops attacking from the front, the Taiping Sect will be in a dilemma. This is indeed an excellent opportunity to attack.
"Moving like thunder from the nine heavens, extremely fast, Elder Jiang's actions exceeded everyone's expectations and had an astonishing effect."
Mo Menjuzi said, turned around and looked at everyone, and ordered: "Send out the flying kites and wooden oxen, and help the men and horses in Feng Manlou to march as fast as possible."
"yes."
The three of them obeyed the order and turned around and left the house.
Tan Wuwei came to the end and took a step slower. When she was about to reach the door, Momen Juzi suddenly stopped her and said: "Wuwei, the elders of the Jiang family's ancestral land have already set off to the capital of gods."
"Have Juzi figured it out?" Tan Wuwei stopped, but the words he said seemed to have nothing to do with Momen Juzi's words.
"just a reminder."
Momen Juzi shook his head and said: "What Jiang Li did today was not just to deal with the Taiping Sect, but also for other purposes. Now that he has been promoted to the fourth rank, he will finally begin to take back the Jiang family's position of power. Next, in the court
There will also be waves, and if you can avoid getting involved, it’s best not to get involved.”
"If we don't get involved, how can we change the ills of today's world?" Tan Wuwei did not look back, but said in a firm tone, "The rules of Momen are rooted in the common people, and you are not allowed to get involved in the court. Until that day,
Tan Wuwei will voluntarily quit Momen."
After that, she walked out the door and strode away without hesitation.
Soon after, large wooden birds flew out of the city, carrying batches of soldiers to set off in advance, while on the ground, there were mechanical beasts marching together with fifty thousand horses.
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At the junction of Yongliang and Liang, there is the Dahang Mountains.
When Jiang Li passed by previously, although the sky above the thousands-mile-long mountain range was gloomy, it was just ordinary weather. The clouds were even taken away by someone's fanfare.
But now, dark clouds cover the sky again, becoming darker and heavier. Thunder and electric snakes shine in the clouds. Occasionally, a thunderbolt breaks through the haze, revealing a majestic appearance.
Zhang Zhixuan stood above the billowing dark clouds at this moment, with thunderbolts intertwining behind him. Thirty-six thunderbolts in total intertwined into a huge pool of thunder, hanging behind his head like a roulette wheel.
As the leader of the Taiping Religion, he did not take action against Jiang Li at this critical moment, nor did he pay attention to the movements of the imperial troops. Instead, he came here, to the junction of the two states.
Zhang Zhixuan's parallel fingers on his right hand were seen tracing the void, intertwining thunder and lightning, forming a thunder talisman as high as half a man, with many thunder god graphics on it, as well as ancient characters formed by the twisting of thunder.
"Edict!"
Zhang Zhixuan shouted softly, and the thunder talisman fell under the dark clouds at his feet. Suddenly the thunder clouds surged, and the lightning flashed, criss-crossing like dragons and snakes, and the opening and closing of their scales was filled with endless power of life and death.
Every inch of space in the sky seemed to be glowing, and the terrifying lightning spread, forming a sea of thunder and lightning, and then——
"Boom!"
The sky seemed to be shattered, and a bolt of thunder tore through the sky and cracked the earth, falling straight into the mountains above. With a shocking loud noise, the earth collapsed and the mountains were destroyed. The mountains at the junction of the two states stretched like a sky curtain, and a gap of one mile wide was blasted out.
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Afterwards, thunder continued to fall, and countless thunder lights shone between the sky and the earth, pouring the power of destruction onto the mountains.
Landslides, rock destruction, ground cracks, mountains and mountains collapsed by thunder, and huge gaps continued to expand.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, a 400-mile-long mountain range was destroyed. Even if the Dahang Mountains were connected to the thickest ground in Liangzhou, they could not survive Zhang Zhixuan's destruction.
The wind from Yongzhou blew into Liangzhou through a gap of four hundred miles, and the change in terrain also caused drastic changes in the climate.
Zhang Zhixuan turned to thunder again, turning death into life. A spring thunder exploded, and the opportunity for growth of all things spread along with the hot wind of Yongzhou to the entire Liangzhou.
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"boom!"
The sky was all white, and the mountains seemed to be shaking amidst the shocking sound.
The two giant gods who were fighting fiercely separated at the same time. Both Jiang Li and Lu Tianpeng looked sideways at the place where the lightning that penetrated the sky and the earth occurred.
Even thousands of miles away, the flash of thunder can still be seen, and the domineering power of killing people is also transmitted. The most important thing is——
"wind······"
Jiang Li was keenly aware of a hint of moisture, bringing with it a warmth that Liangzhou should not have at this time.
The climate in Liangzhou has changed. The spring cold that was supposed to last for at least a month is being driven away, replaced by vitality and warmth.
"besides······"
A crack slowly opened between Jiang Li's brows, and his heavenly eyes turned, catching an ominous aura emerging.
"Plague."
His eyes darkened.
The gossip was spinning in his left eye, and Jiang Li calculated the result almost instantly - the plague would permeate Liangzhou.
As the saying goes, a major disaster will be followed by a major epidemic. Environmental damage will lead to the emergence of disease vectors. Especially after floods, the pollution of water sources is the most likely vector to breed diseases.
The dead creatures are the biggest source of disease.
Liangzhou experienced the collapse of the Golden Embankment, and a land of thousands of miles was transformed into a state of marsh. Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. The flood disaster was so severe, and the epidemic it spawned was so widespread.
Jiang Li and Tianxuan had already budgeted for this, sent people in advance to take precautions, and achieved a lot of results. All epidemics in various places were controlled by practitioners as soon as they occurred, and then treated.
With the help of Dao Fruit and various magic techniques, the epidemic was contained in time, and weather problems also caused some obstacles to the epidemic.
All in all, it was a near miss.
Until now——
As the spring breeze blows and the climate changes, pestilence begins to breed everywhere, and the celestial eye can clearly see their spread.
It is not that the pandemic has been contained, but that it has not really broken out yet.
Before that, there should be one person, a strong man who was good at this, who controlled the plague and suppressed it until spring returned to the earth before it broke out in one fell swoop.
The suppressed plague has not disappeared, but is constantly accumulating. When it breaks out, it will take advantage of the spring breeze and spread throughout Liangzhou in a short period of time, and even spread to other places.
Moreover, according to the original plan, the two sides were to start a war when the weather got warmer. If the people on the court side were hit by the plague at that time, even the masters among the practitioners would be affected...
'It is almost inevitable that the lower fourth rank will be infected, because this is not a simple plague, but someone is controlling it.'
Jiang Li slowly said the person's name: "King of Yue, Ji Wen."
The royal prince who once supported the fourth prince, a fourth-level powerhouse, and the founder of the "Nine Insect Jue" - Yue King Ji Wen.
He contained the Dao Fruit of Emperor Haotian of Plague and was the originator of the plague god. He was the only one in the world who could suppress such a widespread plague. If Huang Tian was also there to cover it up, then even Jiang Li and Tian
Xuan could not have been discovered before.
As for the Great Master, to be honest, Jiang Li doesn’t know much about it.
But no matter what, the other party's plan finally came true.
Jiang Li started the war in advance and took the initiative to show his face. The opponent simply destroyed the Daxing Mountains, connected Liangzhou and Yongzhou, and let the climate warm up in advance.
"Ji Wen, is he yours?"
Jiang Li stared at the giant god transformed by Lu Tianpeng and told the question in a determined tone.
"If not, how could you enter Baoji Cave?" Lu Tianpeng chuckled.
No one knows about the Cave Heaven Paradise sealed in the Iron Pillar Temple, not even the royal family. However, the fourth prince is fully aware of how to open it, and can even accurately lead people into it.
Moreover, at that time, the fourth prince attacked Jiang Li without any scruples. It was obvious that he was relying on something and was not worried about divine punishment.
The doubts about the fourth prince were answered at this time.
The reason why he knew so many secrets was because of the help of Yue King Ji Wen. And the source of information from Yue King Ji Wen was the real owner of Baoji Cave—Ji Jiji, who is now Gongsun Qi.
Because Jiang Li obtained the "Yin Fu Jing" and practiced the Heavenly Aspect, Lu Tianpeng later stole the fully awakened Shennong Aspect through resonance. Everything in Baoji Cave Heaven was for him to possess the Shennong Aspect.
This phase serves as a foreshadowing.
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"Jiang Tao, was it you who killed him?" Jiang Li asked again in a determined tone.
If you want to obtain the form of Shennong, you must either awaken yourself, or use Jiang's secret method that only the head of the family knows to activate the Shennong Cauldron, and use the Shennong Cauldron to help you forcibly awaken.
If Jiang Li was Gongsun Qi, then he would not put his hope in one path, but would make preparations for both.
If you need the secret method and the Shennong Cauldron, you can also try to awaken on your own.
However, judging from the subsequent development, his own awakening failed, and although the Shennong Cauldron was obtained, the secret method did not seem to be successful. Otherwise, Gongsun Qi did not need to take advantage of Jiang Li.
"If he hadn't been killed by a member of the Ji family, how would the emperor have been punished by heaven?"
A vision like the sky appeared behind Lu Tianpeng, and a huge vertical eye loomed in it, bringing with it a lingering sound.
The former head of the Jiang family, Jiang Tao, was indeed killed by Gongsun Qi!
Jiang Li figured out the specific situation almost instantly.
If you want to kill Jiang Tao, a third-level powerhouse, Lu Tianpeng, a fourth-level expert, can never do it. Only Tianjun Gongsun Qi can do it. With the strength of the strongest man and the old fox's scheming, he has made arrangements in advance.
Under such circumstances, it may not be possible to attack and kill a third-grade person.
Then, the heaven will send down the punishment.
But Gongsun Qi was able to avoid heaven and practice the "Yin Fu Jing" back then. After so many years, he created another wonderful method. He cut off the secrets of heaven and cause and effect, and avoided the punishment of heaven every life.
The Heavenly Punishment lost its target, so it was transferred to the strongest person of the Ji family to be the emperor. In the oaths of both parties, it was the emperor of the Ji family who was the target of the Jiang family head. Even if the person who took action was not the emperor, in Jiang's case
If the head of the Ji family dies as a member of the Ji family, the emperor will also be punished by heaven.
What's more, Gongsun Qi cleverly avoided the divine punishment and caused it to shift.
The emperor is taking the blame for his own people.
However, Jiang Tao seemed to have guarded his soul before his death and did not let the secret method be leaked. It seemed that even God was despising this man who turned his back on heaven, causing Gongsun Qi's attempt to fail again.
However, Gongsun Qi was indeed Gongsun Qi. When both methods failed, he just found a new way and made a plan.
After that, Tianjun entered the divine capital to heal the Emperor's wounds. Based on his understanding of the Emperor's Dao Fruit, it should not be difficult to take the opportunity to interfere with the influence of the Emperor's Dao Fruit and restore the Emperor's humanity.
Even when the Fairy Queen was later able to use the Shennong Cauldron to refine elixirs, it was not necessarily just because the Shennong Cauldron could be used by outsiders, but because people from the Jiang family helped her activate some of the Shennong Cauldron's power.
If Gongsun Qi was the one who killed Jiang Tao, the Shennong Cauldron would definitely have been in his hands, and he would definitely not have failed to study it.
Many clues strung together into a thread, ultimately pointing to one person.