Chapter 313: The Great War Starts Again!
"I didn't expect that one day I would be as old as Su Nan. ”
Guojun Ning Yuanxian sighed.
His hair used to be a little gray, but now it was half dyed.
Not only that, he has eaten very lightly in the past month, and he has lost almost ten pounds.
Coupled with some deliberate dressing, the whole person seems to be twenty years older.
He's in his fifties, he used to look like he's in his thirties, and now he looks like he's in his seventies.
There is no way, people in the world only believe what they want to believe.
Whether it is the people or the courtiers, they all firmly believe that Ning Yuanxian has had a stroke, and he has a stroke on the woman's belly, and he will probably die soon.
Because stroke is easy to recur, once it recurs, it will definitely die.
At this time, even if Ning Yuanxian stood up and said that the widow was fine, it would be useless.
In this case, he simply acted to the extreme,
Appears to be extremely weak.
In the past month, he has never been to the court, and he is still the crown prince.
Of course, the important affairs still have to be done by Ning Yuanxian himself.
"Hey!" Ning Yuanxian put down the fold in his hand.
He was not angry at this point, otherwise he would have almost died of anger.
The people of this world are so realistic, whether it is the common people or the officials.
A few months ago, because he suppressed the Su Nan rebellion and won the battle of Wu Yue, how beautiful was he Ning Yuanxian?
What is the pinnacle of reputation?
So when did his reputation start to deteriorate?
It's because of the Lan madman and the ten beggars.
At that time, Ning Yuanxian allowed them to participate in the Enke civil and martial arts examination, which caused a lot of uproar.
Every day, the imperial history and the minister of civil and military affairs sprayed wildly, saying that he regarded the imperial examination as a child's play, ostensibly to criticize Shen Lang, but in fact he pointed a sword at him, the monarch.
The result?
Lan Maniac High School Xie Yuan.
All ten Lan brothers are titled on the gold list.
Facts have proved that he is not a faint king, but a discerning talent.
Ning Yuanxian slapped the whole world in the face at that time, and it was very cool.
It was at that time that his reputation worsened.
This group of civil and military ministers was obviously wrong, so they were slapped in the face, and countless scholars were also wrong.
But people don't care about right or wrong.
It is precisely because they were wrong that they hated the monarch Ning Yuanxian even more in their hearts, and even hostile.
Of course, Ning Yuanxian is a king after all, a scholar in the world, and some civil and military courtiers, even if they are hostile to him, they are helpless.
But people can ruin your reputation.
And it was at this time that Ning Yuanxian fell ill.
In an instant, countless gossips broke out.
The monarch immediately had a stroke, and the monarch had five daughters on the day, so he had a stroke.
There are even more unbearable people who say that the reason why the monarch loves Shen Lang is completely because he is handsome and has an ulterior relationship.
Between the king and his courtiers is an eternal enemy.
This is an eternal truth.
In this world, either the courtiers manipulate the king, or the king manipulates the courtiers, of course, more often than not, they are manipulating each other.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a master of manipulating courtiers, Emperor Jiajing.
He completely manipulated his courtiers to death, and he didn't know how many powerful ministers were manipulated to death by him.
But after he was a little old, after the lackey Yan Song was killed, it was his turn to be manipulated by his courtiers, and he couldn't get a good nickname after he died.
Su Zong is probably better than Emperor Yang, but he is also in the middle and lower. That is to say, you are a very mean and unkind person, and you are very bad.
Monarch Ning Yuanxian is also a master of manipulating courtiers, and in the past 20 years of his reign, he doesn't know how many courtiers have been manipulated to death by him, and he is definitely mean and unkind.
But he is a little stronger than Emperor Jiajing, and he basically moves the important ministers of the state.
No matter how big the trouble is, it will never move the foundation.
Shang Shutai, several pillars of the Privy Council, was always solid. Of course, Su Nan is an exception, he has already rebelled.
But now, this foundation is also a little loose.
The foundation of the civil official's side, the prime minister's wish to the lord, and the foundation of the military general's side, Taiwei Chongyao.
Two months ago, on the surface, Prime Minister Zhu Hongzhu was completely on the side of the monarch, suppressed the troubles of the candidates who failed to make trouble, and nip a drastic change in the bud.
But it also sends a signal. He wished the Lord to speak out, like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests.
As a result, many civil officials have attached themselves to it.
"Lan madman, the ten brothers of the Lan family are taking the high school exam, and the widow is considered to be offended, these civil and military courtiers have been offended. Monarch Ning Yuanxian sighed: "But the funny thing is that this matter is obviously their own fault, but they have to blame the widow's head, is it possible to look at the talent and not take it? Is it possible that they want to monopolize the civil and military examinations?"
That's what they meant. The eunuch Li Ying said in his heart, but he didn't say it, and the eunuch was not allowed to interfere in politics.
"The widow has just been sick for a while, and he hasn't fallen yet, so these courtiers can't wait to find a new one to rely on?" the monarch sneered: "Look at the neutral factions in the court before, which accounted for one-third, and now they are scattered like birds and beasts, and they have gone to seek refuge with the new master." ”
"What have the widows done, that they hold such a grudge and curse me so much?"
And the people who hurt the monarch the most were the crown prince and the third prince Ning Qi.
Even if the two people had a struggle before, they were completely in secret, fighting but not breaking, which can be regarded as a kind of healthy competition.
And now?
After Ning Yuanxian fell ill.
The struggle between the two was instantly fierce.
For the official position of the governor of Tianxi Province, I don't know how many officials have been sent to prison, and I don't know how many people have been exiled.
This signal is actually very dangerous.
Once the country enters into partisanship, it will enter a vicious circle.
All developments, any diplomacy, will be affected or even shelved.
Fierce party strife will be like a black hole, swallowing everything.
At that time, there was no right and wrong, only the party and the same disagreement.
And now with Ning Yuanxian falling ill, the party struggle has begun.
Not only that, but the party struggle is also a kind of contempt for the monarch Ning Yuanxian.
The healthy competition between the crown prince and the third prince before can be said to be constantly performing, and let Ning Yuanxian be the arbiter to see who is better and who is more suitable to be the heir of this country.
And now the two sides are directly fighting fiercely, almost directly throwing Ning Yuanxian, the arbiter, aside.
The two of us will fight directly, and whoever wins will inherit the throne.
Does that mean I, the king, are watching from the sidelines?
Of course, it hasn't reached this point yet, but there are already signs.
The case of reselling military rations and embezzling military spending between the two sides is not only the beginning of the party struggle, but also a kind of temptation for Ning Yuanxian.
See if Ning Yuanxian is pressed or not.
And once the monarch chooses to suppress and completely quell this struggle, it will also require great prestige.
Otherwise, it will definitely become a pot of raw rice, and it will be considered incompetent and muddy.
That's why Ning Yuanxian's heart will be desolate.
He had just fallen ill when he was so neglected and attacked and slandered like this.
suffered a stroke in the woman's belly, and in order to please the king of Chu, he did not hesitate to sign a contract to lose power and humiliate the country, and ceded the interests of the country in the name of a ridiculous border hunt.
Isn't this a faint king, what is it?
And at this time, what did he use to suppress the two young and ambitious princes?
Lack of sufficient majesty.
If it is forcibly suppressed, it will definitely turn into a muddy mud, which will make people laugh even more.
Thinking of King Wu in the north, the Great Purge was in full swing.
Ning Yuanxian couldn't help but feel envious, it's good to be young.
But Ning Yuanxian is also a ruthless person.
Don't you think that the widow is old, sick and weak?
The widow will show you the old age, and the weakness to you.
When the border will hunt Shen Lang's army soaring into the sky, it will be the moment when the widow will return to the top.
At that time, Ning Yuanxian once again appeared heroically in front of the world, without any pathology, young and heroic, looking around with his sword, sharpening his sword.
And at that time, the world's doubts about his Ning Yuanxian will disappear.
All will lie dormant under his lust again.
In this world, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.
Ning Yuanxian sneered: "After the violent death of King Arugang of Qiang, not only did no one investigate the cause of his death, no one even paid attention to his corpse, and let him lie on the table and stink, the widow was still laughing at the time, and now it seems that the widow's sons are not much better." ”
Li still didn't answer.
And at this time, the monarch couldn't help but have a person in his mind.
The fifth son, Ning Zheng.
This son is resolute and kind, isn't it better?
God is pitiful, this is the first time that Ning Yuanxian has faced Ning Zheng in his heart.
"Your Majesty, Lord Yama. ”
Outside, the voice of Father-in-law Li En rang out.
A moment later, the Grand Governor of Heishuitai, Yan E, entered and knelt down on one knee.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Failed again. ”
What failed?
Assassination of Jinjun, of course.
The monarch Ning Yuanxian was almost close to all means to prevent the monarch from unifying the sand barbarians.
Discord, money buying, assassination, and so on.
All means were used.
But Heishuitai's power in the Sand Barbarian Clan is still too small, who will go undercover in that ghost place if nothing happens.
So these tactics have had little effect.
There were not a hundred assassinations of the king, but eighty times.
All failed!
Even the Great Grandmaster Yan Nanfei took action in person.
Still failing.
Jin Jun's own martial arts are very high, and there are countless masters of the Sand Barbarian Clan around him, as well as the masters of the Great Tribulation Temple, almost all the assassins sent by Heishuitai are dead.
It's too hard to change the tide of things through assassination.
Shen Lang was assassinated many times.
Even he asked the sword king Li Qianqiu to assassinate Su Nan, but he failed.
The only time that came close to success was probably the assassination of Jin Zhuo by Ku Tou Huan.
But now that Jin Zhuo has the protection of the old demon of the Snow Mountain, it is almost impossible to assassinate him.
The old demon of the Snow Mountain has decided to move the Snow Mountain Palace to Raging Tide City. Because life is more comfortable there, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you can show off your might.
Of course, what's the matter with the Snow Mountain Palace without Snow Mountain? Don't care about these details. As long as my Snow Mountain Old Demon is here, even the Flame Mountain can be called the Snow Mountain Palace.
Yan E, the Governor of Heishuitai, said: "Your Majesty, let's prepare for war, we can't stop the monarch by abnormal means." ”
Ning Yuanxian closed his eyes and began to recall Jinjun.
I really didn't expect that this adopted son would go against the sky to such a point.
When he was in the capital a few years ago, how docile and elegant he was?
I didn't expect it to be so heroic.
Prepare for battle!
Two months ago, Zhang Chong said that he needed to increase the number of troops in Nanou, and he would increase the number of troops by 150,000 at one time.
It sounded alarmist at the time, but now it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration.
But where did Ning Yuanxian get the 150,000 army?
Even if he gave everything he had, he could only transfer another 80,000 troops to the battlefield of Nanou Kingdom.
Moreover, with the transfer of these 80,000 troops, there will be only Bian Xiao's army left on the entire northern front, the army of Hou Nangong Ao in Zhenbei, and the tens of thousands of troops under the command of the third prince Ning Qi, all of whom will go south.
Not only is the northern front empty, but even the defense of the national capital will be empty.
Once that time comes, the 100,000 army in Bian Xiao's hands will face the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Wu State.
Fortunately, with Shen Lang, he destroyed Su Nan early.
Otherwise, the Su Nan rebel army, the Qiang army, the Wu army, the Chu army, the Jinjun army, and the five strong enemies besieged the Yue country, it would really be in danger of losing the country.
Shen Lang and Zhang Chong solved the Su Nan and turned the Qiang State into allies. Bian Xiao and Jin Zhuo joined forces and defeated Wu Guo.
Now that the battle is full, there are only two enemies left in the entire Yue Kingdom, the Jin Jun and the Chu State, and perhaps a Wu State may be added.
Su Nan is really unlucky. He originally wanted to wait until the monarch unified the sand barbarians, recaptured the Nanou Kingdom, and swept the southern part of the Yue Kingdom before raising an army to rebel. But he was forced by Shen Lang to act in advance, and as a result, the whole army was wiped out and the whole clan perished.
"If I empty all the troops on the northern front, will King Wu's army go south?" Ning Yuanxian asked.
Yan E was silent for a moment and said: "Definitely not now, but once the monarch unifies the sand barbarian tribe, recaptures the Nanou country, and when the army goes north, King Wu will not miss this opportunity, he is now rejecting the alliance request of the Chu country, but it is not because of credibility for our country, but it is just that the time is not enough, and the fire is not enough." ”
Ning Yuanxian said: "You said that if the widow hands over the entire northern defense to Duke Bian Xiao, can he stop it?"
Yan E was silent for a while and said, "I don't know, but Duke Bian Xiao is good at attacking, not good at defense. ”
Ning Yuanxian faced a huge problem.
Once Nangong Ao's 50,000 troops are transferred, who will guard the defense line of Tianbeixing Province?
"Once Nangong Ao's army enters the Nanou Kingdom, then who will be in charge of the Zhenbei General's Mansion?" Ning Yuanxian asked, "Yan E, who do you think is suitable?"
Now this Metropolitan Governor of Tianbei Province is a civil official, and he is also a royal family, Ning Gang.
This can be regarded as a legendary figure, a generation older than Ning Yuanxian, who has been guarding Tianbei Province for ten years.
Let him do logistics, the internal affairs are absolutely first-class.
But he really can't defend the city.
But for the position of general of Zhenbei, Yan E, as the governor of Heishuitai, really has no right to be promoted.
But Ning Yuanxian is like this, he is very casual when questioning.
Ning Yuanxian said again: "Chong'e, Xue Che, and Ning Qi, who do you think is more suitable?"
All three are of the same faction.
Yan E still didn't speak, no matter which one of these three he proposed, it was even more inappropriate.
Ning Yuanxian said: "Have the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household calculated it? If 80,000 troops are transferred into the Nanou Kingdom, how much military expenditure will be needed?"
The eunuch Li Falcon immediately found the relevant folds and handed them to Ning Yuanxian.
Ning Yuanxian glanced at it, and suddenly his hand shook violently.
An army of 80,000 such as Nanou Kingdom, the need for grain and grass, weapons, war horses, military salaries, etc., is converted into military expenses, plus the expenses of Zhu Lin's tens of thousands of troops, a total of more than 3.5 million gold coins.
It is almost more than the annual tax payment of Vietnam.
Of course, the end of the year is coming soon, and taxes will be collected all over the country.
But the money is useful.
I'm going to borrow money from the Hidden Yuan Society again.
But the old debt has not been paid, and the new debt is owed?
"Your Majesty, Eldest Princess Ning Jie asks to see you. Outside, I remembered the voice of Xiao Li's father-in-law.
The monarch waved his hand, and Yan E retreated.
Ning Jie entered.
"How much is the Yin Yuan Society willing to borrow?" Ning Yuanxian asked bluntly.
Every time he borrowed, he first sent his confidants to talk, and after the talks, Shang Shutai signed a contract with the household department.
The person sent to talk to Yin Yuan about borrowing money this time was Princess Ning Jie.
"The Yin Yuan Society is willing to borrow three and a half million gold coins. Princess Ning Jie said.
Suddenly, Ning Yuanxian couldn't believe it.
No way?
Will Yin Yuan be so generous?
He had already owed an astronomical debt to the Hidden Yuan Society before, and he had just borrowed more than two million gold coins a few months ago, and he hadn't repaid it yet.
Not only that, in order for Wu to seize Angry Tide City, the Yin Yuan Society paid more than one million military expenses for Wu State, and this money was completely wasted.
In the face of the aggressive Heavenly Dao Society, the Hidden Yuan Society has not had a good time recently.
Eldest Princess Ning Jie said again: "However, Shu Botao, the elder of the Hidden Yuan Society, wants to talk to you personally. ”
Ning Yuanxian frowned, then nodded.
Half an hour later.
Yin Yuan will enter the palace in Shu Botao, the big man of the Yue Kingdom.
"Meet the King. Shu Botao respectfully knelt down and saluted.
This person is in his seventies, and he has been in charge of the branch of the Yin Yuan Society in Yue for more than 20 years.
Back then, Count Jin Yu was killed by him.
Guojun Ning Yuanxian raised his hand and said with a slight tremble: "Elder Shu, please get up, you are more than ten years older than me, I can't afford it." ”
When there is a request for help, the king will say about me.
Shu Botao still knelt down meticulously, and did not want to sit down after the salute, but stood humbly.
Ning Yuanxian said: "I heard that the Yin Yuan Society is willing to lend us another 3.5 million gold coins, and the widow is really grateful. ”
Shu Botao said: "Although I am not from Yueguo, I have been in Yueguo for too long, and I completely regard myself as a Yuechen and it is natural to be loyal to Your Majesty." ”
Ning Yuanxian said: "Then I don't know what the specific conditions of this loan are for Yin Yuanhui?"
Shu Botao said: "The formula of the glass mirror. ”
This person is very straightforward.
Hearing this, Ning Yuanxian's eyebrows twitched.
Shu Botao said: "Your Majesty, Shen Lang is extremely loyal to you, and his fate is in your hands. If you open your mouth, he will give you the secret recipe for this glass mirror. As long as I get the secret recipe, my Yin Yuan Society is not only willing to borrow 3.5 million gold coins without interest, but also willing to forgive the previous debt of 2 million gold coins. ”
That's a lot of money.
Monarch Ning Yuanxian closed his eyes.
Shu Botao said: "This matter does not need to pay any price for the country, nor does it need His Majesty to pay any price, why not?"
The monarch sneered in his heart.
On the surface, there is no price to pay, but free is the most expensive.
What I paid was the trust between me and Shen Lang.
In the eyes of Monarch Ning Yuanxian, the trust between him and Shen Lang far exceeded more than three million gold coins.
The monarch's face suddenly turned cold, and he said lightly: "Then there is no need, thank you Elder Shu, send off the guests." ”
Shu Botao didn't say much, bowed and left.
After he left, the monarch Ning Yuanxian sneered desolately: "I all feel that the widow is old, and I feel that the widow is no good, and everyone is going to come to oppress me." Go tell Shen Lang that he must fight for his anger, lest our two masters be looked down upon. ”
When Xiao Li's father-in-law heard this, he immediately set off.
"Forget it, you don't have to tell him, he knows it very well. ”
Ning Yuanxian stopped it again.
"Li Falcon, the proposed decree is to let Nangong Ao gather an army of 50,000 and be ready to go south to the battlefield of Nanou Country at any time!"
"Yes!"
Shen Lang Ningzheng, the widow is waiting for you to make a blockbuster and shock the world.
At that time, the widow roared again in the mountains and forests.
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North Garden Hunting Ground.
Astronomical amounts of food and meat are consumed here every day.
After this group of zero-bloodline people were transformed into bloodlines, their food consumption became larger and larger.
There is no way.
The amount of training per day is staggering, almost more than five times that of a normal army.
Each person has to eat two catties of grain, three catties of meat, and five catties of vegetables and fruits every day.
And when you eat it in your stomach, you basically don't grow meat.
I was skinny before, and I still look skinny now.
But as soon as you touch it, you can see that everyone's muscles are like iron.
Now the long-handled war knife in everyone's hand has exceeded two hundred and sixty catties.
The vast majority of soldiers couldn't lift it at all, let alone swing it, and no one would be so perverted and use such a heavy knife.
And these bloodline transformers have to slash 20,000 times a day.
Now, of course, it's finally a change of posture.
Originally, it has always been a straight split from top to bottom, and now there are oblique splits and upward picks.
Now I train not only during the day, but also for three and a half hours at night.
Training in the evening is much simpler.
Climb the mountain with weights.
Carrying a weight of three hundred and fifty pounds, in three and a half hours, marching back and forth for one hundred and fifty miles.
An average of twelve kilometers per hour.
It's about endurance.
This kind of training intensity is unprecedented.
The training is simply not a soldier, but a devil.
Without absolute willpower, it is simply impossible.
But......
Of the more than 2,300 people, not a single one was left behind.
Almost in the way of self-harm, he completed weight training again and again.
Then Shen Lang consumed not only food and meat, but also countless medicinal herbs.
After training every day, I have to make a medicinal soup for half an hour to restore my muscles and pulses.
So this army is simply made of gold.
This group of people don't want military salaries, but these days of crazy training, Shen Lang spends an average of more than two thousand gold coins a day.
In three months, it cost nearly 200,000 gold coins to train more than 2,000 people alone.
And the equipment on their bodies, whether it is a super Mo knife or a super heavy armor, is forged from the best steel, and each piece requires a high cost.
This is not just the most powerful army, but it must also be the most expensive.
Shen Lang is so rich that he can only afford to support a few thousand people at most.
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The bloodline transformer is Wang Da.
I couldn't sleep a little every night.
Not because I'm too tired, but because I'm too excited.
He is extremely focused in everything he does, and the same is true for his knife practice.
There are only three moves in total, and he has practiced them a million times.
But it seems that every time, there is a new insight.
A new perception of power, speed, angle.
Even, in his mind, he could form the relevant knife light trajectory, as well as the power and speed of the knife everywhere.
And that's not all!
He and all his brothers also studied the anatomy of the human body every day, learning about the density and hardness of various metals, as well as the structure of war horses, bone hardness, and so on.
Everything you learn has only one purpose.
How to split the enemy in half with the fastest speed and the least force.
Split the enemy's horse in half.
Today, I train for more than nine hours a day.
Supposedly exhausted.
But when he sleeps, he can't help but practice it over and over again in his head.
If it were someone else, such a boring training would have been impossible for a long time, not to mention comprehending the true meaning of combat in simple moves.
But this group of bloodline transformers can.
They used to be able to watch the clouds in the sky for an entire day.
Not to mention practicing knives!
Ay!
It would be nice if people didn't need to sleep.
Then I can train all the time, I'm just stupid, my grades are just too bad.
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The results of this group of people are really good.
A real leap forward.
Compared to when the bloodline had just been transformed, each of them had made great progress.
And it's not like the genius of the ten Lan brothers, but a very solid progress.
One step at a time, progress full of blood and sweat.
The ten Lan brothers will train hard only if they are under the whip of bitterness.
And the more than 2,300 bloodline transformers are completely fighting with themselves, competing with themselves.
Ku Tou Huan needs to suppress them all the time.
Otherwise, this group of people will desperately not sleep, and just keep practicing.
In the eyes of others, they are like fools, just such an oblique split, they can practice hundreds of thousands of times without getting tired.
Although only for three months.
But the amount of training they have has exceeded that of an ordinary army for two years.
Even after the bloodline transformation, they are still not geniuses, but they are definitely the most desperate group of people.
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Time flies, years go by.
The days when you can't pretend to be forced pass quickly.
Three months have passed.
It's only a few days away from the border hunting.
The training of more than 2,000 bloodline transformers in the Beiyuan Hunting Ground is coming to an end.
Today is the last day!
All of them have to face the final assessment.
The content of the assessment is simple!
Everyone uses a hundred catties of super Mo knives to cut down trees.
A large tree about a foot in diameter.
Cut diagonally, cut in two.
Everyone only gets a chance to cut the knife.
"We only sent 2,000 people to participate in this border hunt, and more than 300 people will be eliminated, and we will not be able to win glory for the country. ”
"Each of you only has a chance to cut a knife, as long as you don't cut down a tree with a diameter of one foot, even if you fail, you will be eliminated. ”
This assessment is very strict.
A one-foot-diameter tree that you want to cut with a knife?
How hard is it?
This requires the highest levels of power, speed, and angle.
And if you can cut down the tree with one sword.
Then no matter what enemy, no matter what war horse, it can definitely be cut in two.
In three months, this group of people wielded a 200-pound super big knife and slashed more than a million times.
Now is the time to test the results.
Wang Da was the first to assess.
Raise the broadsword and take a deep breath.
"Phew!"
Slash down.
Flowing water.
Cut it in two!
The tree, which is one foot in diameter, was directly split into two sections.
The second to play was Li Gouzi.
"Phew!"
Cut it in two!
The third, the fourth, the fifth......
A few hours later!
Shen Lang was completely stunned!
More than 2,300 people, all of them succeeded, and they were cut in two.
I...... My day!
This group of people is too rebellious!
This border hunt is really going to win with your eyes closed!
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