Chapter 635: Only One Hope Remains
Chapter 635 There is only one expectation left
When Fang Xie led the team to Crescent City, where the Daozhi of Yongbei Province was located, the news sent by the Xiao Riding School at the fastest speed surprised Fang Xie for a while. Not long after he led his troops south, Luo Yao entered Pang Ba's army alone, and that night, he beheaded more than 30 generals above the fourth rank and more than 200 people below the fourth rank in Pang Ba's army, captured Pang Ba alive, and tore him into two pieces. The great cultivators in Pang Ba's army were also all killed.
Overnight, almost all the generals in Pang Ba's army were killed by Luo Yao, shocking everyone.
In fact, before Luo Yao walked to the big tent of Pang Ba's Chinese army, he had already taken a turn in the camp. Even a cultivator as powerful as him was definitely not capable of smashing an army of 300,000, but he could kill those generals quietly. Although this is not Luo Yao's style of acting, he has run out of patience.
A certain secret in Chang'an City made him more and more difficult to sleep.
If that rumor is true, then what the Yang family has arranged in the past hundred years is not just against an enemy like him who has the strongest cultivation. And on the battlefield, once the Yang family activates this secret, it may really turn things around. After the death of King Dalun Ming, Wan Xingchen also died, originally according to Luo Yao's speculation, he would no longer have a real opponent in this world, but the things in Chang'an City made him worried.
In order to confirm this as soon as possible, he did not hesitate to do things that went against his original intentions. Originally, this kind of thing was just a game in his opinion, but as he walked out of Yongzhou, he found that there were still many things in this world that he didn't understand, not to mention that there were many things in the entire world and in the Great Sui that he didn't understand.
And these things can threaten him.
So Luo Yao, who was originally a little bored, suddenly became full of interest in this world again, he thought of the secret in Chang'an City that he didn't know exactly what the Dao was from Wan Xingchen, and then thought about whether there was such an existence outside the Central Plains that made him jealous? If anything, he felt the need to go further.
Chang'an City is not the pinnacle of life.
And another reason why he walked into the camp of Pang Ba and began to slaughter was because he was wounded...... Wan Xingchen's sword seven hundred miles finally hurt him, although Luo Yao knew that he was just a doppelganger of the Great Wheel Ming King, which was too far away from the main body, and he did not accept the half of the cultivation that should have belonged to him after the death of the Great Wheel Ming King, so he couldn't win Wan Xingchen, who had nearly two hundred years of cultivation, and he didn't have many regrets about the loss.
He knows himself well.
Even if only half of the cultivation of the main body was left, it was impossible to stop Wan Xingchen's sword.
Of course, he also knew that Wan Xingchen at that time had already come to the end of his life, and the blow with all his strength was not the realm of his peak. He also knew that if the secret in Chang'an City was true, Wan Xingchen had consumed half of his cultivation to complete the secret.
But even so, he was confident.
Although his physique is not perfect, he has an alternative that has always been there. When he needed it, he would take it, naturally.
After slaughtering the lieutenant general of Pang Ba's army, Luo Yao stood in the camp and declared that the army belonged to him. The soldiers looked at him in horror, and no one could believe that most of the generals in the army had been killed overnight. The rest of the people, who would dare to say no to Luo Yao?
Although it sounded a little bizarre, Luo Yao took over Pang Ba's army in this straightforward way. When Luo Xiaotu was attacking head-on and suppressing the imperial army, Luo Yao took Pang Ba's men and horses to stab into the ribs of the imperial army from the flank. It's as if Pang Ba took people and horses a while ago and suddenly poked him in the back and touched him.
Heo Hyo-gung and Yoo Eun-jeong were defeated, and the imperial court lost half of its men and horses, and had to retreat to Gyeonggi Province.
Luo Yao is only separated from Chang'an City, and it seems that there is only one river and a mountain.
Receiving this news, Fang Jie's heart was shocked. He didn't know what secrets there were in Chang'an City, so he was even more worried. If Luo Yao advances at this speed, it may not be long before he can reach Chang'an. Chang'an City is very large and strong, and it is the first male city in the world. But Fang Xie had no way to rest assured, if Luo Yao captured Chang'an, then his own entry would be too slow.
Whether it is the entry of personal cultivation, or the entry of the competition for the country.
As long as Luo Yao walks into Chang'an City, then it is equivalent to getting the orthodox inheritance of the Central Plains, and at that time, more people will have to admit Luo Yao's dominance. At that time, it will be even more difficult for Fang Xie to lay down a territory of his own.
So he was anxious.
Very anxious.
So much so that he didn't stay long in Yongbei Road, and after taking over the grain and grass supply and the 10,000 soldiers of Yongbei Road, he immediately went south and went straight to Yongzhou. He wanted to go to Yongzhou not only because he had to fight against the Nanban, but also because there was also the biggest temptation for him personally. He needed to see Luo Yao's wife again, if there was anyone in this world who understood Luo Yao's weakness, it could only be the Chu family.
Luo Yao is a thorn in Fang Jie's heart, if this thorn is not removed, he will not be able to be steady.
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When Fang Xie arrived in Yongzhou, it was almost the New Year, but the climate in Yongzhou was warm and suitable. The weather was neither hot nor cold, making people feel extra comfortable. With nearly 40,000 cavalry, the team of 30,000 county soldiers looked very spectacular, and the people who fled north along the way stood on the side of the road and looked at this huge team curiously, and they didn't know who cheered first The imperial army came, followed by the refugees began to boil.
An old man with gray hair sat on the ground, tears in his eyes.
"I thought...... I will never see our Great Sui soldiers again in this life. ”
His voice was dry and quivering, and it was heartbreaking.
A middle-aged man hurriedly came over and helped him up to wipe away his tears: "Dad, don't cry, seeing the army sent by the imperial court, our hard days of peaceful business are over!" The court didn't give up on us, no! ”
After entering the Pingshang Road, Fang Xie did not ride in the car again, but rode a white lion in the procession, and he witnessed the sadness on the faces of the people and the joy when he saw the arrival of the army. It was a joy from the heart, without a hint of hypocrisy. This old man who cried to the ground may have been stubbornly claiming to be a merchant and refused to admit that he was a Sui person. But when disaster came, he found that the only thing he could hope for was the Sui army.
Fang Xie walked past the old man and kept looking back.
"The army is coming!"
The cheers among the refugees came and went, and they also infected the Black Flag Army and the county soldiers. For the first time, they found that the people welcomed them with such sincere feelings.
"Kill all those Southern Barbarians!"
"Kill them all!"
The people waved their arms at the army, and their pale faces became redder and redder. They spontaneously moved out of the way of the road, and stood in the ditch on the side of the road and cheered at the team. They were ragged, they were yellow-skinned, they were tormented, and just when they were on the verge of despair, the army came.
"Disasters are worse than natural disasters......
Sitting in the carriage and looking at the refugees outside the window, Sang Sassa sighed lowly. From the western prairie to the southern Xinjiang of the Central Plains, she has seen too much suffering along the way. The people on the grassland are suffering from the disaster of war, and the people of the Central Plains are also suffering from the disaster of war. I don't know who opened the devil's box and let the worst disaster in the world befall the West and the Central Plains at the same time.
She looked up at the sky again, as if trying to find answers in the ethereal clouds.
Is this disaster, which has affected almost half of the world, man-made or providential? If it is providential, why should Heaven treat its people in this way? Is it to destroy something?
Unfortunately, she couldn't find the answer.
The speed of the march had been slowed down by the influx of refugees, and many soldiers had thrown their rations at the refugees on the side of the road, but he did not stop such a move, although he knew that it would not be a good thing for the army. He turned around and instructed Chen Dingnan to take people to protect the baggage camp behind, no matter at any time, some people would do impulsive things.
"If someone storms the baggage camp and steals something, try not to kill people."
Fang Xie let out a long breath, then withdrew his gaze from the refugees. The big city called Yongzhou in front of me has appeared in the sight, the last time I saw the gray-black silhouette, I felt very majestic and solemn, but today I look at it a little more lonely and desolate.
Fang Xie suddenly thought that he had been going back in the past few years.
Left Fan Gu, and then went back. Leave Huangyang Road and return to Huangyang Road. Left Yongzhou and came back to Yongzhou...... When he thought of this, two words came to his mind irrepressibly, if he was destined to go again to every place that was once important to him, then maybe it was no exception.
These two words are Chang'an.
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This was the second time Luo Qiu saw Fang Jie, but he found that the young man in front of him looked so strange. When Fang Xie came to Yongzhou last time, Luo Qiu's impression of him was just a young man with some bad luck, but this time, he didn't dare to have the slightest contempt.
Fang Jie's temperament seems to have changed a lot.
"Awakening...... Long time no see! ”
Luo Qiu selectively did not call General Fang, but used a closer name. He seems to have aged a lot since then, and the gray hair on his temples has increased significantly.
"Your Excellency!"
Fang Xie made a salute far away, no matter what this person had in mind when he came to Yongzhou last time, at least he didn't have the intention of harming him. And when he was in Yongzhou, this person had a lot to take care of in life. Without hatred, Fang Xie naturally would not be cold and arrogant.
"What's your name...... You and I are not allowed to be separated like this. ”
Luo Qiu took Fang Jie's hand and walked towards the city together: "If you still treat me as your own, just call me Shibo, and it won't disgrace you, right?" ”
"How so!"
Fang Xie smiled: "Then I will change my name in the future, and I will die tonight!" ”
Luo Qiuha smiled, and when he saw Fang Jie's eyes sweeping through the crowd, he immediately understood what he meant: "Luo Yao's wife Chu was originally going to come, but I stopped her. After all, you are here on behalf of the imperial court today, and Luo Yao's current identity ...... If she shows up, it's not good for you. But I've invited her to my house, and you'll see you later. ”
Hearing Luo Qiu say this, Fang Xie was sure that Luo Yao had not told his wife the truth. Luo Yao should know very well that Fang Xie was not his son at all, just a physical candidate he replaced. Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why Luo Yaowei didn't tell the truth about the Chu family......
She has suffered enough over the years, even Luo Yao can tolerate her personal feelings, how can she be willing to hurt her? Back then, Luo Yao killed Luo Wu with his own hands, and then killed Luo Wen with his own hands who was seized by Shi Yuan Tianzun, which was like stabbing Chu twice in the heart. If she was told that Fang Xie wasn't her son, she might really break down.
This woman, after her lover and son died one after another, it seems that she only has one expectation.