Princess Dongyang and Guangdetang indeed cooperate closely. Every county in Mianzhou has clerks and shopkeepers from Guangdetang, in order to ensure that once any precious elixir is discovered, it can be immediately flown to the capital to ensure its effectiveness.
It will not be lost and can be refined into elixir as quickly as possible.
But after Song Zheng took control of Mianzhou, it only took him one month to drive everyone in Guangdetang out of Mianzhou.
Judging from Long Yiwei's intelligence on world surveillance, after Guangdetang was kicked out of Mianzhou, the business has not been greatly affected in the past year, and they still have some stocks of the most high-end elixirs.
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However, Guangdetang has privately begun to search for sources of precious elixirs in other countries, but has encountered obstacles everywhere.
Mao Zhengdao speculated that Shang Jiuzuo persuaded Fang Fake to retaliate against Song Zheng because he had a grudge. This seemed to be true, but Song Zheng refused to believe it.
Shang Jiuzuo is a businessman. Even if he is really rich and powerful, his nature as a businessman will not change.
If the war can bring huge benefits, he will not hesitate to launch a war. However, the war with himself will not help Shang Jiuzuo. It will waste a precious elixir in vain. Such a loss-making business, Shang Jiuzuo will not
Do it.
And according to the nature of a businessman, he searched hard for the elixir but could not get it. At this time, the most appropriate thing to do was to kneel in front of Mr. Song and beg him to continue selling the elixir to Guangde Tang.
Song Zheng thought about it and found out that the real person behind this incident was probably the Queen Mother.
Everyone thought that the Queen Mother had issued a decree to allow Song Zheng to lead troops to Beijing, and they believed that the Queen Mother, at least for now, was supportive of Song Zheng and wanted to use him to contain Huang Yuanhe.
But Song Zheng would not be so superficial. Ever since he received Yi's order, he had been thinking about the real purpose of the Queen Mother. It was not difficult to figure out, and he soon understood: the Queen Mother wanted to keep his army under everyone's surveillance.
Enemies in the open are certainly easier to deal with than those in the dark.
But fundamentally, the Queen Mother still hoped to eliminate Song Zheng's fighting beast knight, so the Beijing camp shared the same hatred and wanted to keep all Song Zheng's knights outside the capital.
"This old witch!" He couldn't help but cursed secretly.
As he thought deeper, he felt more and more that the Queen Mother was sinister and terrifying.
Among the Beijing camps, the only one that the Queen Mother can really control now is Suying. Beishan Camp and Tiger Wolf Camp will probably not listen to her, and the Imperial Army, including the Fighting Beast Xiuqi, should also have a neutral attitude.
And Huang Yuanhe has taken control of the nine towns in Saibei, which are the most capable of fighting in Hongwu except for fighting beasts and riding horses. The Queen Mother now needs an army.
By taking advantage of the battle between Song Zheng and the Jingying camp to consume each other's strength, the Queen Mother could take advantage of the situation and gradually control the Jingying camp's army, thereby offsetting Huang Yuanhe's advantage to the greatest extent.
"It's just that none of them expected that a new army under my command would have such strong combat effectiveness. Caught off guard, she had no choice but to send out the first battalion of Fighting Beast Xiuqi." Song Zheng murmured to himself, at the same time
He cursed secretly: By annihilating the two real elites of the Beijing camp, he had done the Queen Mother a great favor!
Although I also gained a lot, I still feel uncomfortable.
"This damn old witch!" He couldn't help but cursed again, opened the door and shouted: "Please come over, Mr. Hong Tiancheng and Mr. Sun Bianfei."
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The Queen Mother was sitting in front of a jade couch, and the Emperor was still unconscious on the jade couch.
There were only mother and son in the huge palace. At this moment, a trace of tenderness and affection rarely appeared on the Queen Mother's sharp and cold face.
There was no love between her and the late emperor, they were just using each other. Although the late emperor gave her the position of queen, he also used various means to restrict her and restrict Huang Tianli's holy religion. Even decades after the death of the late emperor, she He can only lie dormant in the harem.
However, Huang Tianli's holy sect had endured for tens of thousands of years, and what was the mere decades of dormancy? She soon waited for this opportunity.
She and the late emperor only had one child, and the son was her own flesh and blood. The monks of Huang Tianli Holy Sect had a cold nature, but the love between mother and son was still hard to let go.
The emperor on the jade couch had sunken eyes, thin cheeks, and pale complexion.
No matter who it is, the situation will not be very good if someone collects blood and semen while in a coma. She used the "Baqi Counter-Shen Needle" technique to trap Prince Qianhe and used up half a liter of dragon blood from her son. Otherwise, how could a strong man who controlled the country be suppressed so easily?
No one outside knew about this matter, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel distressed when she looked at her son.
She wiped her son's face clean with a wet towel, then stood up, wearing a phoenix robe with a three-foot skirt, and walked out of the palace like a queen in the clouds. The only trace of tenderness on her face disappeared in an instant.
The good wife and mother who "took care of her husband and raised her children" in the palace was not the real her. The Queen Mother's desire for power far exceeded her so-called nature.
"How are the arrangements for Beishan Camp and Hulang Camp going?"
A eunuch quickly followed up: "We have sent people to reprimand Ma Muye and Ren Changye. They lost their elite troops and were completely annihilated by a group of new recruits. Let's see what dignity they have to defend their camp this time. No one else is allowed to interfere."
The Queen Mother nodded: "You have all seen the difficulty of our religion's rise. We must not let go of any opportunity. We must act carefully this time and be sure to keep Beijing Camp under the control of our religion!"
"According to the order!"
She suddenly stopped: "What's going on at Houting Pass? Has the battle started?"
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Song Zheng invited Hong Tiancheng and Sun Bianfei to discuss it.
The riding beast of the first battalion of fighting beast knights is the most powerful riding beast "Iron-coated Griffin" bred by the Hongwu Dynasty. This riding beast is half mad lion and half eagle, and it needs to be fed ten kilograms every day Iron ore has deposited a thick layer of Baosteel bone armor on the vital parts of the body, and the defense power is equally astonishing without the need for armor.
And because this kind of riding beast needs to fly in the air, it cannot wear armor to increase the load.
A riding beast that can run like a wild lion on land and soar like an eagle in the sky is quite terrifying. The name of the most powerful soldier in the Hongwu Dynasty is terrifying.
Fang Fake is the emperor's loyal dog, and the First Battalion of Fighting Beast Riders is the guarantee for the emperor's safety. The Emperor has always been greedy for life and afraid of death. Even in the most difficult moments of the northern battlefield, he never took the First Battalion of Fighting Beast Riders from him. In the eyes of the emperor, his own life is of course much more important than the loss of his country.
Regarding the iron-armed griffon, Song Zheng and Hong Tiancheng discussed and determined tactics repeatedly, and then Hong Tiancheng asked: "Sir, if the first battalion huddles in Houting Pass and defends the dangerous pass, what should we do?"
Song Zheng smiled, shook his head and said, "Fang Fake wouldn't do that."
When the first battalion set off, all the dignitaries in the capital knew about it, and many people were surprised, because the first battalion always only obeyed the emperor's orders, and there seemed to be no reason to fight Song Zheng to the death.
But now that the first battalion has been dispatched, this matter should have been settled. No matter how powerful the army is, facing the iron-armed griffin that can fly and run, they will only end up being crushed and sinking in the sand.
The Iron-armed Griffin is different from the Flying Sword Army. Although both can fly, the Iron-armed Griffin is much more flexible. What the Flying Sword Army needs is for the whole army to move forward with swords and destroy the opponent with an indomitable momentum.
But once the magic weapon impacts, you need to go in a big circle to change its direction, and its flexibility is far inferior to that of the Iron Shielded Lion Eagle.
The emperor was obsessed with pleasure and deducted wages from the army wantonly, but he was always generous to the first battalion that protected his life, so the equipment of the iron-armed gryphon knights was the best in the entire Hongwu dynasty.
Once they are dispatched, it will mean the end of the war.
When there was a stalemate in the northern battlefield, there were some loyal and brave veterans who wanted to suggest that His Majesty would lead the expedition in person. What they valued was not His Majesty's morale boost, but that His Majesty would definitely carry the First Battalion of Fighting Beast Riders with him.
As long as the first battalion appeared on the battlefield, the situation would be completely reversed. However, the emperor rejected these memorials without hesitation, and ordered all the old officials who dared to remonstrate with him to command and conquer personally.
The terrain of Houting Pass is dangerous, and the void here is complicated. Both sides are surrounded by endless mountains and ridges, and there are endless areas in the middle. The Hongwu Dynasty worked hard for tens of thousands of years and set up various strange formations here, making it impossible to escape from high altitudes.
If you pass, you can only knock on it from the ground.
Song Zheng stood at the foot of Houting Pass and sighed with emotion. This place was very similar to Huangtai Fort.
On the empty battlefield in front of Houting Pass, the First Battalion of Fighting Beast Xiuqi was already in formation. Four thousand knights formed an impact cone formation on the ground, and another three thousand knights were flying in mid-air, waiting for opportunities.
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Fang Fake wore a purple-gold fairy armor, with four flags stuck behind his back, and the treasure light shimmered. Magical weapons shrouded his body, turning into three protective haloes with a diameter of ten feet.
The iron-armored griffin under his crotch is exceptionally majestic, more than twice the size of the ordinary iron-armored griffin, and is the king of riding beasts.
Above their heads, the huge military formation condensed into a thousand-foot Kunpeng virtual spirit. It opened its mouth and sputtered, and its spiritual energy was rolling, constantly changing its shape between the fish and the Peng.
One thousand and five hundred Celestial Silkworms and Thunder Tigers came slowly from a distance, advancing steadily. The eight formation diagrams were opened and rotated. This time Hong Tiancheng chose the Golden Roc Army Formation, and the ethereal spirit of a thousand-foot-sized golden-winged roc bird condensed.
In the sky, accompanied by golden auspicious clouds, the cry was loud and loud, shaking the sky.
By this time, Song Zheng was actually heartbroken.
Along the way, he defeated more than ten powerful Hongwu soldiers with the Celestial Silkworm Thunder Tiger Fighting Beast Cultivation Cavalry. These elite soldiers had never appeared on the northern battlefield, but they were all placed in the position where their own people were fighting among themselves.
Every time he killed one, he realized that Hongwu's elite soldiers were reduced by one. He even preferred not to join the capital, as long as these military leaders were willing to drag his elite soldiers onto the battlefield to fight against the ancient Huaxu Kingdom.
If there were more than ten elite troops, why would the northern war have been so bitter?
And now, he was facing the First Battalion of Fighting Beast Riders, known as Hongwu's most powerful soldier. His mind couldn't help but recall Shi Yi's excitement when he first saw the Dark Tiger Insect Beast Knight.
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Chapter completed!