A knife came, Cheng Leli just felt a cold neck, and then fell to the ground without knowing anything, his head and body were separated, and even if the gods came, they couldn't save him.

Cheng Leli was hacked to death on the street with a knife. But at this moment, no one is willing to speak for him, in everyone's opinion, if he wants to escape, he also injured the officers and soldiers of the Celestial Empire, which is obviously fleeing in fear of crime, and it is not a pity for such a person to die.

"Plop." The sound of kneeling on the ground caused everyone's attention to shift.

Xu Chu had just slashed Cheng Leli with a knife, and now when he saw the person kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but be ready to step forward again, and the murderous aura also overflowed at this moment.

The one who knelt on the ground was the envoy of the Dawan Kingdom who came to Jinyang City with Cheng Leli to Deyin.

Originally, he was sleeping with a little lady in his arms in the mansion, and was lifted to the ground by a group of vicious Celestial Empire soldiers, and when he saw that even Prince Cheng Leli was knocked unconscious on the ground, he knew that the good days were over, and if he didn't make a good one, it might lead to death.

Cheng Leli, who has a certain amount of power and has tasted the life of the upper class, does not want to die like this, because as soon as a person dies, everything will become nothing, and at that time, money, beauty, and power will all be away from him.

If you don't want to die, you don't want to die, and now seeing Prince Cheng Leli being beheaded in front of him, he knows that he has to make a choice, otherwise, the next turn will only be himself.

Because he didn't want to die, he knelt on the ground at this moment, and when he felt the murderous aura coming from Xu Chu's body, he knew that if he didn't say anything, he was afraid that no one would be able to stop the fall of the big knife in the next moment, if that was the case, everything would be gone.

reacted quickly, in order to survive, after kneeling, before Xu Chu could make a move, he cried loudly: "Prince, this matter is really wrong for you." ”

Xu Chu, who was about to swing the knife, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and the knife was stubbornly endured and did not swing it.

"O eldest prince, I think how good the emperor of the Celestial Empire is to us, and he gives us houses, gold and silver, but why are you not satisfied? Not only is this the case, but you still want to unite some unfortunate ministers of the Celestial Empire to overthrow the throne, can you, a foreign prince, have the opportunity to sit on this throne..."

"The eldest prince, the criminal minister has long advised you, you must know how to be grateful, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty is good to you, not because he is really afraid of our Dawan Kingdom, but because people are humble and have the world in their hearts, and they don't think of soldiers, why don't you listen..."

"The eldest prince, there is a saying in the Celestial Empire called self-inflicted evil, you can't live, look at it, you want to rebel against, and you want to rob other people's good things, and now your life is gone. If you don't listen to what you say, and now you're gone, let the courtiers go with you. After speaking, he actually wanted to bow his head and pick up the sword, so he obviously wanted to kill himself to apologize.

Xu Chu, who was originally about to make a move, suddenly heard that the other party was talking to him, where would he do it, and hurriedly said: "Quick, stop it, don't let him commit suicide, this is the most important witness." ”

Maybe the things in that carriage can be faked, but the reason for going is the messenger of the Dawan Kingdom, even if some people suspect that the Celestial Empire has done something in this matter, but if you go to the cause, you can't believe it.

Under Xu Chu's order, someone soon stepped forward to stop him and hugged him.

The reason for this moment, he is still struggling on the surface, but he is indeed very happy in his heart, because he knows that from this moment on, he is safe, and now he can't die, so as long as he doesn't talk nonsense and speaks according to other people's wishes, it is not easy to die. The Celestial Empire needs such a witness, and he is the most suitable candidate, and it is not impossible to eat and drink spicy food next.

With the shouts of Godein, the matter has been revealed. At this moment, some people doubted before, Cheng Leli was not bold enough to be unfavorable to the Celestial Empire, and the other foreign envoys did not dare to speak, they were just mourning for the Dawan Kingdom, with such a big prince, I am afraid that I don't know how much money I have to pay in the future.

Of course, even if the situation is found to be on the current scale, no one thinks that the Celestial Empire dares to take the initiative to use troops against the Great Wan Kingdom. After all, the distance between the two sides is too far, and there are dozens of large and small countries in between, so it seems difficult to fight such a war.

No one thought that this battle could be fought, just because everyone underestimated the determination of the First Emperor Zhang Chao.

This is a person who has no excuses and wants to make excuses, not to mention, now that people put the opportunity in front of him, if he can't seize it, he is not the First Emperor of Heaven.

Because of the cooperation of Deyin, Xu Chu's errand was completed very beautifully. After Zhang Chao heard the narration of the head of the guard, he was very happy, and arranged a sentence to treat the cause well, except for giving him freedom, other requirements can be met.

As soon as Cheng Leli's incident came out, it gave the Celestial Empire an opportunity to move troops to the Great Wan Kingdom. After all, everyone is ready to rebel, if the Celestial Empire still doesn't react at all, then where is the majesty of the great power?

Zhang Chao took the opportunity to order the Dragoon Legion to go out of the Jade Gate, and the Sixth Army Corps was responsible for the supply of grain, grass and ordnance.

did not choose to condemn or forbear, and the direct dispatch of troops by the Celestial Empire shocked the eyes of the land. But everyone can't say anything yet. What's the matter, only other people are allowed to do the first year of junior high school, and people have to do it for fifteen? After saying that, the Celestial Empire has begun to arrest those courtiers who had secretly contacted Cheng Leli, and for a while, I don't know how many courtiers' mansions in Jinyang City were investigated, and how many ministers were pushed to the guillotine.

is so ruthless to one's own people, not to mention the initiator of the incident, how can it be forgiven.

Naturally, what these laymen don't know is that the so-called ministers who were arrested were all because of the courtiers who had committed various things, and the Tianyan Organization had already found out the shady things they had done in secret. For example, some courtiers really did some things to communicate with foreign countries, but they did not have any secret connection with Dawan, but had a connection with Xishu.

Zhuge Liang's ability is naturally not small, in front of the promise of money and promises that once the Celestial Empire is defeated, he can protect these courtiers, there are really some courtiers belonging to the Celestial Empire who have contacted him and reported the big and small things of the Celestial Empire to Xishu at all times.

This time, they were implicated by Cheng Leli, and they were all exposed, and they became victims of Zhang Chao's largest internal tidying.

Half-heartedness, this seems to be a common problem for many people.

Yishan looked at the mountain high, even if the Celestial Empire was so powerful, but there were still some people who wanted to add an insurance, in their opinion, Xishu seemed to be the only force that could threaten the Celestial Empire. Thinking that if something really happened to the Celestial Empire one day, they could keep them safe, so they opened the spy.

To say, it is normal for people to leave a hand in trouble. It's like when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in history. As the victor, Cao Cao found many correspondence between his courtiers and the Duke of Yuan. At that time, he chose to burn all the physical evidence in order to capture people's hearts.

The same thing is put in front of Zhang Chao, he is indeed fighting evil with killing. In addition to the difference in the personalities of the two, this is also related to their respective strengths, and the current Celestial Empire does not need to settle anyone's hearts, at least there is no need to comfort the hearts of those duplicitous people, and what they want is the kind of courtiers who firmly stand on the side of the Celestial Empire.

A large number of two-hearted courtiers were killed, and there were fewer people in the court of the Celestial Empire, but I have to say that the hearts were indeed more aligned. On the contrary, after Zhuge Liang in Xishu learned about this incident, he was indeed very angry.

Those courtiers of the Celestial Empire, but he spent a lot of money to buy them out, and now they have not played any role, and they have been killed. This made him have to re-examine Zhang Chaolai again. Fortunately, he also got the news that the Celestial Empire was going to send troops to the Western Regions, which at least showed that in a short period of time, there was no danger in Xishu, and what he needed to do was to take advantage of this time to work hard to develop and strengthen his strength.

The so-called conspiracy and intrigue are simply not enough in the face of absolute strength. Only when you are strong enough can you speak your words and someone will be willing to believe them.

Ma Chao got the order, just stayed in Jinyang City for a day, had a meal with his father Ma Teng here, and the next morning, he returned to the front line in Liangzhou with dozens of personal soldiers.

After Ma Chao left, Dian Wei took the grain and grass prepared by Lord Lu Su and also headed towards Xiliang. There was still a hint of gloom on his face. This time, he spent a few years in prison in exchange for a chance to play, no matter how you look at it, he earned it.

In April 209 AD, in the sixth year of the Celestial Empire, Ma Chaoqin, the commander of the Dragoon Legion, led an army of 500,000 troops, out of Yumen Pass, and went straight to the Western Regions to kill.

A month later, the army of 500,000 people belonging to the Sixth Army Corps, carrying millions of stones, grains and grass and countless ordnance, also left Yumen Pass. At this point, the Celestial Empire officially entered the era of conquering the Western Regions.

Zhang Chao sent two legions in succession in the Western Regions, and his eldest son Zhang Tian was also among them, Zhang Chao was not worried, his eyes were still developing the country's strength, and the development of commerce and agriculture was still the top priority.

Time passed, in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed, it was October 208, and some good news came from the front. For example, under the brave impact of the dragoons, half of the cities on the periphery of Dawan have been captured, and it may not be long before the entire Dawan can be taken for themselves. At the same time, there were also changes in the West and the North.