Chapter 1683 - 1683: Evacuation (1)
Chapter 1683: Evacuation (1)
“Lord Wei gave me two tasks …”
The guard Captain suddenly stopped and looked at the two soldiers behind him.
Nangong qianrou looked at her two subordinates and said, ”
“All of you, back down!”
“Yes!”
The two soldiers retreated and closed the door.
The guard Captain sat down at the table and took out a silk bag.
“Lord Wei’s first mission was that after the previous Emperor’s death, if His Highness huaiqing wanted to seize the throne for the fourth prince, he had me come here to find him. To be honest, I don’t remember Nangong Jinluo before I came. The brocade bag only has the address.”
Nangong qianrou nodded.
“This is a Warlock’s ability to conceal heavenly secrets. I’m afraid no one in the capital remembers me.”
He knew his own things. Other than his foster father, he was not close to anyone. The more shallow the karma, the less he could remember.
It was just like how a person would remember the loss of their parents, but would not take to heart the disappearance of a stranger.
“You just said that if Prince huaiqing were to succeed the fourth prince, you would come and find me. But why do you address His Highness huaiqing as Your Majesty?” Nangong qianrou couldn’t help but ask.
“His Highness huaiqing has ascended the throne, and it was Xu yinluo who helped him to his position.” The guard Captain laughed.
……… Nangong qianrou took a long time to digest this shocking news and said, ”
“Xu Qi ‘an? Wait, how did yuanjing die?”
the previous emperor was personally killed by Xu yinluo. Not long after Lord Wei’s death, Xu yinluo became a transcendent and is now a second rank martial artist. The guard captain’s face was full of admiration.
“Wait, wait!”
Nangong qianrou raised her hand and interrupted him. After sitting there for a long time, she asked with an uncertain expression, ”
“How many years ago was it when Lord Wei launched his attack on Jingshan city?”
today is the Spring Festival. The Duke of Wei launched an attack on Jing Mountain City last autumn, which is about five months ago. The guard Captain replied with absolute certainty.
So. I really only stayed here for five months, not five years, not fifty years … Nangong qianrou pinched the space between her eyebrows.
“If you’re not in a hurry, tell me what’s happening outside first.”
The guard Captain immediately summarized how Xu Qi ‘an fought against 300000 troops of the witch God religion alone outside Yuyang pass after Wei Yuan’s death, how he barged into the throne room and killed the fatuous yuan jing after he returned to the capital city, and all the things he did in the martial world, up to the recent battle of tribulation.
Even though he had explained it briefly, Nangong qianrou was still dumbfounded.
.. see …”
He pinched the space between his eyebrows again. There was a sense of vicissitudes, as if there was no time in the mountains, but the world had already been a thousand years.
When sun Xuanji had blocked him, if he remembered correctly, that cheeky kid who only knew how to fight for his favor was a rank-five, and a rank-two was the beginning of rank-five.
“Tell me, what’s the second mission that foster father gave you?”
The guard Captain said bluntly, ”
“In the silk bag that Duke Wei gave me, he said that Xu Qi ‘an and the Directorate of Celestials will do everything they can to resurrect him. If they detect any movement in the stargazing tower, they will immediately leave the capital to find you and ask you to open the third silk bag. Lord Wei gave me the address of this place.”
As the captain of the guards, he would follow His Majesty wherever he went.
He had clearly seen the situation in the stargazing tower.
“Foster father has been resurrected?”
Nangong qianrou’s face suddenly turned red, and a delicate blush appeared.
His entire body trembled slightly as he stared at the guard Captain with an excited and fierce gaze.
In the orange light, his eyes were sparkling.
“This is the silk pouch that Mr. Wei gave me.” The guard Captain immediately took out a silk bag and handed it over.
He believed that no words would be as effective as this silk bag.
Nangong qianrou snatched the silk bag and opened it impatiently.
After reading it over and over again, he felt a lump in his throat. He took a deep breath and stopped his tears from falling.
Then, Nangong qianrou got up and pulled out a wooden box from under the bed. She took out two silk pouches.
He didn’t avoid the head guard beside him and opened the silk bag with the word “two” written on it first.
qianrou, I left a blood pill for Xu Qi ‘an. After I died in Jingshan city, he was already in a desperate situation. He could either advance to rank four and take the blood pill to become a transcendent, or die in the Jean d’ ARC’s reckoning.
“With his luck, he’ll most likely be able to safely pass this tribulation.
“With his temper, the first thing he’ll do after becoming a transcendent is to kill Jean d ‘arc.
“The Crown Prince is timid and content with pleasure, so he can’t take up the responsibility. Huaiqing had always been ambitious and bold, so it was very likely that she would take the opportunity to join forces with Xu Qi ‘an to seize the throne.
“However, Da Feng has not yet reached the end of its rope. The court only recognizes the Crown Prince as the legitimate heir, and it is difficult to seize the throne, let alone internal friction. Thus, you have to help huaiqing suppress the Imperial Army and settle the situation as quickly as possible.
“With the combat power of 10000 heavy cavalrymen, it’s enough.”
Indeed, he wants me to help huaiqing seize the throne … Nangong qianrou put down the note and opened the third silk pouch.
“Qianrou, when you open this silk pouch, it means that huaiqing did not seize the throne. Your next mission will be to launch a surprise attack on Yunzhou.
“Among the thirteen continents of Da Feng, the population of Yunzhou is only slightly higher than that of Chu Zhou. Xu Pingfeng wants to use Yunzhou as a base to attack the Feng Empire. No matter how well prepared he was in advance, the lack of military strength is the biggest disadvantage.
“There won’t be too many soldiers left in Yunzhou. Of course, this was still not something that an ordinary Army could swallow. “Thus, the heavy cavalry that I have put in so much effort to create finally has a place to be put to use. From horses to soldiers, as well as the armor and weapons you wear, all of them are magic weapons that can sweep away an Army.
“I’ll use my heart to hint to myself that after I’m resurrected, I’ll remember that the trump card I left to deal with the enemy is to launch a surprise attack on Yunzhou, but I won’t remember you. Therefore, you will have to ask the spies I sent to understand the specific situation of the battle between great Feng and Yunzhou.
“If the Dafeng Army can’t withstand a single blow and is suppressed by the Joint Forces of the Yunzhou Army and the Western Region’s monk soldiers, or if the two armies are still in a state of contest with Qingzhou as the battlefield, or if there are transcendents left in Yunzhou, you give up the surprise attack on Yunzhou and ask your spy to return to the capital quickly to report to me.
I will change my strategy and give up on the plan to end the battle quickly. I will try to control the troops and fight the Yunzhou Army head-on.
Did foster father ever think that when he woke up, Da Feng’s defeat was already set in stone? Well, by then, Xu Qi ‘an and huaiqing would probably not resurrect him … Nangong qianrou slowly let out a breath of air.
He looked at the guard Captain and said, ”
now that all the extraordinary cultivators are fighting, the cloud region Army has lost many soldiers and is now approaching Yongzhou. Is this the best chance to launch a surprise attack on cloud region? ”
The guard Captain laughed.
“I think it’s possible!
“His Majesty said that Xu Pingfeng had planned everything out and would not give great Feng the chance to launch a sneak attack on Yunzhou. However, he would not know about the heavy cavalry under Nangong Jinluo. After all, even Duke Wei can’t remember you.”
Nangong qianrou let out a shaky breath.
“Good! Soldiers are trained for a thousand days, but they can only be used for a single moment. I will lead my Army south now.”
The guard Captain cupped his fists and said, ”
“I wish Nangong Jinluo a triumphant return!”
………..
Stargazing tower.
Under the night sky, Wei Yuan stood at the edge of the eight trigrams stage, overlooking the sleeping capital.
He first looked to the South and muttered to himself.
He then looked towards the northeast, frowning.
Since he had been resurrected, the seal of the Confucius Saint had been broken, and the God of sorcerer had returned to his original state. It was only a matter of time before the seal was broken.
Now that he thought about it, if he hadn’t killed his way to the headquarters of the wizard God religion, the wizard God would have broken the seal completely.
the God of venomous worms will break the seal soon. I don’t know the condition of the one in the Western Region, but I think he is in a much better state than the God of venomous worms and the God of sorcerer. A Great Tribulation is coming.
Wei Yuan turned around and looked to the North.
“You little brat, even Luo Yuheng has become your Dao companion.”
In fact, he had already vaguely guessed what Xu Qi ‘an was up to, but he didn’t tell huaiqing.
Wei Yuan laughed and said, ”
“You’ve done well,”
Of course, he wasn’t referring to sleeping with the state preceptor of Da Feng after sleeping with the number one beauty of Da Feng.
It was good that Xu Qi ‘an was able to carry the burden of Da Feng after him.
………..
Yongzhou City.
Yongzhou City had already been sealed for several days. The people and soldiers in the city were not allowed to enter or leave.
The guards on the city wall patrolled day and night. The dark Gu tribe warriors acted as Scouts and watched the cloud region Army’s every move from the shadows.
As long as they didn’t get close to the cloud region’s Army, the dark venomous clan’s Warriors would be the most secretive Scouts.
These few days, the entire Yongzhou City was shrouded in an atmosphere of fear and uneasiness, especially the common people in the city. Every day, they wanted to leave the city and escape. The secret agents of the mysterious heavenly Palace fanned the flames in the city, creating panic and instigating the common people to rebel and attack the city gates.
It was difficult to control Yongzhou’s chief administrator, Yao Hong, because he was one of the people and aristocrats who wanted to leave Yongzhou City.
Everyone knew that Yongzhou couldn’t be defended. After Danzhou was lost, the last elite of Da Feng was less than 5000 and retreated to Yongzhou.
How could they defend against the Yunzhou Army outside the city with such a small force?
In the end, it was Xu Erlang who settled the matter. He killed Yao Hong and then got the leader of the corpse Gu tribe to turn Yao Hong into a puppet to stabilize the Yongzhou officialdom.
Then, under the banner of “for the sake of wealth,” they exterminated the families of the fiercest rich families, arrested the rioters, and beheaded them in public. Then, they used the property and food obtained from the shakedown to help the people, and painted a picture in front of the porridge stands with their sharp tongues.
Xu Erlang’s eloquence was extremely good and he was very good at bewitching people’s hearts. However, he usually used it to spit at people. In other words, the fact that he could spit at people to such a perfection was proof of his eloquence.
Under the combination of kindness and severity, the people in the city were indeed much more obedient.
Xu Erlang finished his patrol and returned to his living quarters. He saw li Caiwei leading her soldiers into the kitchen, carrying buckets of fish.
These fish were caught from the river in Yongzhou City. Besides eating them, they were also a “medicine.” To be precise, the fish skin was a medicine specially used to treat skin burns.
Due to the fire from the cannons and the use of oil, many of the soldiers in the DA Feng Army were injured.
If the wound was not treated in time, it would soon ooze with pus, get infected, and finally die. The shortage of medicinal herbs could not allow all the wounded to be treated.
Hence, Yan Caiwei invented fish skin to treat burns. As long as the burn area was covered with fish skin, it would prevent infection.
This was indeed a method that only Yan Caiwei could come up with.
Xu Erlang entered the barracks and was walking back to his room when he met his teacher, Zhang Shen.
“You’ve come at the right time!”
Zhang Shen said in a deep voice, ”
“The teleportation formation in the living quarters just sent a seal eunuch from the palace. He was sent by His Majesty. I’ll gather all the rank-4s for a meeting.”
As the core city of Yongzhou, sun Xuanji had built a teleportation platform here, and the teleportation formation could only teleport one province at most.
“What’s the matter?”
Xu Erlang asked.
“His Majesty has ordered us to leave Yongzhou overnight.” Zhang Shen’s expression turned unsightly.
Xu Erlang’s face also darkened.
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[ PS: this chapter has fewer words, and it’ll add more chapters anyway. ] Happy May 1st!