Chapter 11: The Death of Zhou (I)
Heavenly grant, this is the first era name used after Wu Cong officially became the emperor, Datang has now officially changed its name to Da Zhou, for Dongsheng Shenzhou, no matter what kind of mentality the internal situation is about the matter of Ji Si Chen, but when this era name is set, on the surface, there is still a jubilant atmosphere of the whole country.
How many people living at the bottom of the ladder really care about these things? What they care about is always just the problem of food and clothing, and this problem is solved, and who becomes the emperor actually makes no difference to them.
In the northwest direction of the Great Zhou, on a floating island, Yue Fei sorted out the information that was constantly transmitted back from the secret hall at hand, for a woman, to have today's achievements, Yue Fei is actually very admired, especially those things analyzed from the intelligence, regardless of gender, this woman does have something extraordinary.
"Father." Yue Yun walked in from outside the main hall, looked at Yue Fei, who was carefully sorting out the information, and frowned: "We have been stationed here for ten years, but in the past ten years, we have been holding our troops, news from the south that Li Shuai's side has captured the four major territories of the Southern Toad Continent, with such a momentum, within fifty years, we will definitely be able to take the Southern Toad Continent, but we are holding on here." ”
Yue Fei raised his eyelids, glanced at Yue Yun, shook his head and smiled: "For the handsome, when you can judge the situation, the situation in Nanchanbu Continent and Dongsheng Shenzhou is different, there are many countries, although they are all respected by Buddhism, but it is impossible to really be harmonious with each other, with the ability of Li Yaoshi, only need to take advantage of the situation, so that they attack each other, our army will go on the expedition, and the natural situation will be like a bamboo, and the enemy army will fall in the wind." ”
Yue Yun was puzzled: "With the power of my Great Yan Army, it is not difficult to break through a few mortal realms within a hundred years. Why bother? ”
"So, you can only do it." Shaking his head, Yue Fei looked at his son helplessly: "You have to be clear, what we want is not only land, but more importantly, the hearts of the people." ”
There was a pause. Looking at Yue Yun's puzzled expression, he said: "You must know that even though Your Majesty is the emperor of the earth, we occupy the righteousness of the world, but in terms of the hearts of the people of the Zhou Dynasty, we are out-and-out invaders. It is not difficult to attack the city, but it is a hundred times more difficult to govern after that! ”
"I know, you're going to talk about the South Toad Continent." Yue Fei looked at his son's expression at the moment, and explained with a smile: "It's different there, I said, in the Southern Toad Continent, many countries stand side by side, plus religion governs the country. The people did not have a strong concept of the state, so it was easier to conquer it. With the talent of Li Yaoshi, fifty years is a conservative estimate, but it is really rare, but it is later governed, to suppress the belief in Buddhism, but not to provoke a popular uprising. You see that the people sent by His Majesty in the Southern Expeditionary Army, Gu Yuansi, Zhen Zhengnan, Tian Yuanhao, Fu Gonghe, as well as Du Rumei and Fang Xuanling, are all talents in governance, and Your Majesty obviously knows the difficulty. ”
"So we're just going to keep waiting?" Yue Yun sat on the ground a little depressed. Although he understood, he couldn't be happy just doing it.
"It's coming." Looking at the information in his hand, Yue Fei smiled incomprehensibly.
Great Zhou, Luoyang, Imperial Palace.
Wu Cong stood under the night sky, looked up, and quietly looked at the starry sky.
"Your Majesty, Murong Zhe has already deceived the city gate just now." Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward and gently put on a shawl for Wu Cong.
"Humph!" When Wu Cong heard this, a cold cold flashed in his bright eyes, and he muttered: "Back then, Shizun once said that this little junior brother of mine is talented, but he does not follow the right path, but he thinks very highly of himself, he looks down on the senior brother who studied art together back then, thinking that I have snubbed him all these years, hum...... A white-eyed wolf who can't be fed, do you really think that I don't know what he has in mind!? ”
Although she was scolding, Shangguan Wan'er could hear that this majesty was angry and silent, this was already a family matter of His Majesty, and she didn't want to say much.
"Do what you want, after tonight, I will wipe out all these forces that only know to be hidden in the shadows!" Patting the railing fiercely, Wu Cong said.
"Yes." An inexplicable look flashed in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes, and she bowed and retreated.
"Second Senior Brother, I'll leave the matter of Murong Zhe to you." After Shangguan Wan'er retreated, Wu Cong suddenly looked at the void and said indifferently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." A heavy figure appeared behind Wu Cong, nodded, and bowed slightly.
"You and I have been friends for many years, but it doesn't have to be like this." Glancing at Ling Huluo, who was steady and revealing a little majesty, Wu Cong sighed lightly.
"There is a difference between a monarch and a minister." Ling Huluo's solemn face revealed a little seriousness.
Nodding, Wu Cong no longer insisted, and after Ling Hu Luo left, he looked at the direction of the distant palace gate, shook his head and sighed: "If Murong Zhe has half of the second senior brother's loyalty, how can there be today's situation?" ”
The firelight, accompanied by shouts of killing, broke the silence of the night.
"Why is this happening? Murong Zhe, didn't you say that everything is under your control? Why is Feng Wei here? Why did the Worry Relief Army defect on the verge of battle!? During the battle, a scribe, escorted by several military generals, broke through the barrier of the chaotic crowd and roared angrily at Murong Zhe.
"Shut up!" Murong Zhe's eyes were red, how could he not know that he had been calculated by Wu Cong, a silver spear in his hand danced wildly, and countless guns gathered into a dense array of guns, strangling all the Fengwei and the Relief Army that were shrouded in it, turning around, looking at the city wall, Shangguan Wan'er calmly waved the order flag, and her eyes gradually turned red.
"You resist here, now the sword is out of the sheath, don't expect that woman to pardon you, she is the emperor and a woman, she wants to consolidate her rights, many things, more ruthless than men, we have touched her bottom line, we can't go back, wait for me to capture Shangguan Wan'er, as long as we capture her, we still have a chance!" Murong Zhe almost said this to the scribe after the growler, and then regardless of the other party's promise, he stepped on it and went straight to Shangguan Wan'er.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, at this time, you can only solve this battle in this way, at least retain your vitality, withdraw from Luoyang, in order to make a comeback, if you are trapped here, then what awaits them is just a dead end, even if he now has the cultivation of the Yuan Infant Period, but he knows very well that Ruowu is determined to kill him. On your own, you can't escape at all.
The three-zhang high city wall naturally would not stump Murong Zhe, however, at this moment, Shangguan Wan'er looked at Shangguan Wan'er who was rushing straight forward, but a sneer appeared on her face. Retreating two steps, at the same time, a tall figure blocked in front of Shangguan Wan'er.
"Linghu Luo!?" Looking at the person who appeared in front of him, Murong Zhe's eyes were full of fierce light: "Get out, it's none of your business here!" As he spoke, the spear in his hand had already stabbed Ling Huluo's throat, and he didn't mean to keep his hand at all.
Seeing Murong Zhe shoot himself without hesitation, a sad look flashed in Hu Luo's eyes and he shook his head. Stretched out his hand and grabbed the spear blade that stabbed him: "Little junior brother, stop it, tonight, you can't escape." ”
"Joke, since you want to die, then it will be done for you!" Murong Zhe saw that the other party actually came to pick up his spear with his bare hands, and a hideous smile flashed in his eyes. The spear in his hand was at this moment. A few points faster.
"Poof~" grabbed the barrel of the gun with his big hand, and in Murong Zhe's incredible gaze, his life's strength, almost the pinnacle of the gun so far, was simply caught in the other party's hand like this.
"Impossible!?" Feel each other. The momentum that erupted at this moment seemed to have broken through the Yuan Infant Realm and reached the strength of the Out-of-Body Realm, and there was an incredible light flashing in his eyes, and he couldn't accept this fact.
Yun Xuan Zhai Li Xuan received it that year. There are eighteen disciples including Wu Cong and Hou Ming, Hou Ming and Wu Cong don't talk about it, in terms of talent, Murong Zhe is the strongest one among the other sixteen people, and the facts have proved that Li Xuan was not wrong back then, he was the first person to enter the Tao with martial arts among the sixteen people, and then he advanced by leaps and bounds, and now he is already the strength of the Yuan Infant Stage, even if he is compared to Wu Cong, in Murong Zhe's opinion, it is just a line behind, how can this second senior brother who has never been looked up to by himself be stronger than him?
He couldn't accept such a result, looked at Ling Huluo, and suddenly roared with all his might: "Sure enough, he also left other exercises, isn't it!?" ”
In his opinion, it must have been Li Xuan who left some secret book of magic skills in Yunxuanzhai that made Ling Huluo, a guy with little talent, have today's cultivation, and a miserable smile appeared on his face: "No wonder, all these years, you have refused to leave Yunxuanzhai for a single step!" ”
"Little junior brother, you have fallen into the devil!" Looking at Murong Zhe who was exhausted, Ling Hu Luo shook his head and said: "The master only left Yun Xuan Zhai, over the years, you have been burdened by fame and wealth, but I have been staying in Yun Xuan Zhai, practicing the martial arts left by the master day and night." ”
"Just practice hard to surpass me!?" Murong Zhe couldn't accept this fact, back then, he was the most talented one, if he just practiced hard, he could make up for the gap in talent, so what was the use of this talent? looked at Ling Huluo, shook his head and said, "I don't believe it!" You lied to me, the old thing must have left a treasure! ”
"Presumptuous!" Hearing Murong Zhe's insult to his teacher, Hu Luo's eyes were cold, he shook his hand, and a strong force surged from the barrel of the gun, and his body was thrown out along the same road without resistance, and fell down among the rebels like cannonballs, and more than a dozen rebels who couldn't dodge were directly shocked out by the impact.
"Impossible, how can there be such a big gap!?" Murong Zhe crawled out of the big pit that he had smashed out of with a disgraced face, and looked at Ling Huluo, who was standing on the city wall in disbelief, faintly, as if a big mountain was lying in front of him, making people unconsciously, giving birth to a sense of insignificance, looking ahead with blank eyes, and muttering.
"Rubbish!" Shangguan Wan'er looked at Murong Zhe who was depressed, and pursed her lips disdainfully, this is a typical glass heart, she can't withstand any setbacks and failures, when she succeeds, she is high-spirited and carried away, but when she fails, she is vulnerable, what is the use of such a person, no matter how talented he is?
"Break through, Murong Zhe, there's no hope!" The scribe came to Murong Zhe and said a little decadently.
"No, we haven't worshipped yet!" Murong Zhe's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance, and he turned his head to look at the scribe and said, "Buddhism, we still have Buddhist masters, what about the relics they gave us!?" Quick, take it out. ”
A few days ago, there were Buddhist masters who came to secretly discuss the matter of joining forces, but at that time, Murong Zhe didn't think that he would lose, and he didn't want to be constrained by Buddhism after he established the country, so he refused without hesitation, but at that time, Buddhism still left a relic, if necessary, you can ask the Buddhist master to help.
"You're crazy!?" The scribe took back the Buddhist beads, glared at Murong Zhe and said, from the perspective of the court, the harm of religion naturally has a little experience, especially after the Buddhism has grown in those years, it has brought a lot of burden to the economy and politics of the Tang Dynasty.
Buddhism pays attention to putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the ground, so some of the most vicious sinners in the head of the road, often shaved the monks, these people, some are really repentant, but more are just looking for a shelter, and Buddhism Pudu sentient beings, for the people who come to vote, no matter how big the fault, will bear for them, religion and law collide, but also caused Li Shimin in his later years of the Tang Dynasty gradually has a chaotic trend, Buddhism in the good and bad people, Wu Cong to punish Buddhism, most of them are through these villains, widely publicized, will be so smoothly suppressed the fundamental suppression of Buddhism forces almost extinct in Datang.
Otherwise, why did Li Shimin go to great lengths to suppress Buddhism, and was finally taken advantage of by Wu Cong, and there was more Li in the world.
"I can't care so much!" Murong Zhe took back the relics, and without hesitation, he crushed the relics and said: "So far, if we don't invite them, we will only have a dead end!" ”
"Maniac!" Looking at a ray of Buddha light shooting into the void, the scribe cursed fiercely, and what else to say, in the sky, the Buddha's light appeared, illuminating the dark night, and the soldiers in countless battles invariably stopped the movements in their hands and looked up at the sky.
"Amitabha!" With the endless sound of the Buddha, the golden cicada fell from the sky, with his arrival, whether it was the rebels or the soldiers of the Great Zhou army under the shroud of the Buddha's light, they all showed a peaceful look, and many people bowed down to the golden cicada devoutly.
"Monk, this is the Great Zhou world, who borrowed your courage to dare to meddle in state affairs without authorization!?" With an angry snort, Wu Cong stepped on the altar of the Human Emperor, appeared not far away, and looked at the golden cicada coldly and said angrily.
"Amitabha." Jin Chanzi shook his head and looked at Wu Cong with an indifferent gaze: "The poor monk and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty still have a period of cause and effect, and now the deceased is dead, but the poor monk can't bear to fall into the hands of others. ”
As Jin Chanzi's words fell, a figure walked out from behind him, looking at Wu Cong with a hateful expression.
"Li Chengqian, are you still alive?" Wu Cong frowned. (To be continued.) )