After Gu Jiantang went to the capital to serve as Minister of War, he dispersed the old departments in one go and moved them to various places in Liyang.
In exchange, he has been able to stand firm in Liyang Chaotang for the past twenty years.
No one questioned the loyalty of this meritorious general, not the late emperor Zhao Dun, not the new king Zhao Zhuan, not even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
In Li Yang's eyes, this veteran minister is not only the best candidate to fight against the Northern Liang cavalry, but he is also Li Yang's biggest backbone.
As everyone knows, this loyal Dazhuguo in the eyes of outsiders has long been dissatisfied with Liyang.
He knew very well the nature of Liyang's royal family to kill people and kill donkeys, so he never showed any dissatisfaction with Liyang.
He also knows that with Xu Xiao in the northwest and Zhang Julu in the middle of the court, coupled with the separatist rule of the feudal towns, he is now stable.
But now, Zhang Julu's clan has been exterminated, and Xu Xiao is also old. Gu Jiantang understands that he must be next. If he wants to die a good death, he cannot just sit back and wait for death.
Originally, according to the agreement he reached with Cao Changqing, as long as Cao Changqing was around, Gu Jiantang could not rebel no matter how great his military achievements were.
Because Cao Changqing was able to kill him by himself.
Even if he, Cao Changqing, dies before me, when the time comes to unify the Central Plains and annex the great Chu of Beimang, there will still be Jiang Si, a fully grown land swordsman.
As long as Gu Jiantang dares to have evil intentions, someone can kill me, Gu Jiantang, single-handedly. Moreover, Jiang Si will definitely live longer than Gu Jiantang, so no matter how powerful the Gu family is, they are destined to live in peace for fifty years.
As for what the situation will look like fifty years from now, it depends on which of the two Jiang and Gu families is favored by fate.
And Gu Jiantang doesn't need to worry about whether he will die well.
Everyone in the world can see how the great Chu Jiang family treated Ye Baikui.
But all these assumptions ended when Cao Changqing changed from Confucianism to hegemony and died in Tai'an City.
Cao Changqing's death meant that the agreement between him and Gu Jiantang could no longer be fulfilled.
Now Western Chu is shaking the southeastern half of the country with great momentum.
Even if you are as strong as Nalan Youci, a great strategist, time cannot wait for us.
After being attacked by Liyang and Xichu successively,
King Yanchi’s defeat is a foregone conclusion
But the change of people in power also means a completely different way of doing things.
Gu Jiantang would not think that the powerful empress of Western Chu would abide by her agreement with Cao Changqing.
King Yan explained Gu Jiantang's situation, "Don't you understand? You have no choice now."
Gu Jiantang naturally understood what he was in now and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, I am not in this embarrassing situation because of you."
King Yan said: "That's wrong. Since you chose to reach an agreement with Cao Changqing, your situation has been doomed. You don't understand Cao Changqing, and dying under the city of Tai'an is his destined ending. The situation you imagined is just a
Empty talk.
Now, these 300,000 Liyang's most elite border troops are your only bargaining chip. Of course you can choose to march north. Even if you defeat Wang Sui, even if everything goes well, if you capture Beimang for Liyang, what will be waiting for you?
What ending?"
Gu Jiantang probed: "Can't I be loyal to Liyang? As long as I give the order, Liyang's most elite 300,000 border troops will go north, and the situation in the world will definitely change."
"The answer is wrong. Are you hiding your guilty conscience or showing your incompetence?" King Yan still spoke sharply, "Then you have disappointed me so much."
Gu Jiantang asked: "So, you asked me to cooperate with Beiliang."
King Yan said: "This is your only choice. You don't need to express your stance, you just need to stand still. Beiliang will accept your feelings, and you don't have to use up your own strength."
Gu Jiantang heard what King Yan said and replied: "This seems to be a good choice. Cooperating with Beiliang is indeed the most beneficial choice for me."
King Yan told the truth, "Actually, you had already made your choice in your heart before I came here. What you said just now was just a boring temptation on your part."
Speaking of this, King Yan changed his tone and said, "But before that, there is one more thing. Xie Guanying should have come to me before me and wanted to plot with you to kill me. How are you preparing for this matter?"
"Ha, you still figured it out." Gu Jiantang showed no embarrassment on his face and said with a smile: "Oh no, this is my fault. Indeed, before you came, Xie Guanying came to me to discuss cooperation. However,
, I dislike his conditions very much. Compared with Chen Zhibao, Xu Fengnian is a more reassuring partner."
The two talked for a while, and then the King of Wild Gooses left without disturbing any of the guards in the border camp.
King Yan was walking towards his destination when he suddenly saw a pillar of light piercing the dark night among countless stone peaks and rising into the sky.
"Do you want to use the changes in the stars to change Chen Zhibao's fortune against the heavens? It finally makes sense." King Yan recalled what he had said to Gu Jiantang and headed towards the magic circle.
King Yan slowly arrived not far from the magic circle, raised his hand and was about to destroy the magic circle.
Suddenly, the formation of the magic circle turned and expanded outward.
"Well, this is not the formation of fortune." At this time, the strong wind roared behind King Yan.
King Yan turned around and struck a shocking blow.
The visitor unexpectedly knocked King Yan into the formation, and the formation was instantly trapped.
"Xie Guanying said it right. If we don't get rid of you, the world will be difficult to bring peace to." The person who came here was a land god who was cultivated as a land god. He was none other than the useless monk from Mount Landuo whose real name was Liu Songtao.
King Yan asked back: "So, is this the reason why you helped Xie Guanying?"
The useless monk explained his cultivation practice and silently recited the Buddha's name. "This is the only time for me to invite you to enter the jar and retaliate for your plan to bring chaos to the world."
King Yan still didn't care about the crisis at hand, but "calmly analyzed: "Xie Guanying cherishes his life the most. Since he is not here, it means that he..."
At the same time, a hundred miles southeast of the stone forest, Aoxiao Hongchen, who should have been guarding his retreat and ready for support at any time, was also surrounded and killed.
Liyang and Beimang, the two most incompatible forces in the world, cooperated for the first time to deal with King Yan.
In terms of Liyang, two of the four great Celestial Masters from Longhu Mountain are Zhao Xiyi, the old Celestial Master, Zhao Xituan, the prime minister of Qingci, Wu Jian, Wu Qi, the master of the Wu Family Sword Tomb, and Chai Qingshan, the master of the Dongyue Jianchi Sect, a total of five masters.
In Beimang, there are also five people including Hong Jingyan, the founder of the Bronze Man of Qi Le Jian Mansion, Jian Qi Jin, Yi Jie Liu who was resurrected by Zhu Zhong using secret methods, and Zhong Liang, one of the top ten demons.
Except for Tuoba Bodhisattva who was absent from this battle due to his unrecovered injury, Li Yang and Beimang almost sent out the strongest lineup in the world in order to eliminate King Yan and destroy Xu Tianjiao's foundation.
Ao Xiao Hongchen looked around and said in a calm tone: "Li Yang actually chose to collude with Beimang in order to destroy Xu Tianjiao's foundation."
If one page of the book and the pinnacle of the three religions is here, you must understand that Aoxiao Hongchen was so angry that he seemed so calm.
In order to deal with Beiliang and Xu Tianjiao, Liyang not only killed himself, but also colluded with foreigners.