Chapter 20 - Separate Actions
The Demon Spirit Continent has been a bit unstable in the past two years, whether it is the Xuanling Continent that suddenly appeared in the north two years ago, or the Nine Domains that have been floating and sinking for more than three hundred years since they suddenly reappeared here recently. www.biquge.info The various crises that appear on the Demon Spirit Continent from time to time have made the two kingdoms of Fengqi, who were originally tense and ready to go to war at any time, temporarily suspend their wars. Especially the Holy Emperor, the monarch who is now sealing the country, he was originally planning to take advantage of the abundance of soldiers and food to delay the Qi country and the troops leaving the country through the army on the Xuanling Continent. And he himself led the army to march in person, preparing to annihilate the Qi State in one fell swoop.
But what he really didn't expect was that the Qi State left the country and joined hands with the alliance, first using the military strategic action of Xu Zhan, a general under his command, to annihilate the 50,000 troops he deployed on the Xuanling Continent, and then united with the troops who had already been ready to enter and attack the imperial Chen family, and the two sides jointly sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the imperial Chen family. Although he probably guessed that the royal Chen family might be in calamity at this time. But he couldn't have imagined that the royal Chen family had lost their assistance, coupled with internal instability, the royal Chen family had collapsed in less than a month, which made him really in a passive situation.
In addition, last year's red drought, the people's life was very difficult, and the Holy Emperor could only open a military warehouse to release grain, and use these military rations that he originally planned to use to attack the Qi State to ensure that the people survived this drought safely. Although he stabilized the hearts of the people and preserved his people's voice, what made the Holy Emperor very depressed was that he now wanted to enter the Qi country, which was probably an unlikely thing, at least in the past two years, he had no strength to launch an army to attack the Qi country. In desperation, the Holy Emperor could only turn his attention to politics, and through his iron-fisted methods and the powerful spy strength of the Sealing War Society, he successfully found several local tyrants and officials who tried to oppose him, but these officials insisted that they were not secretly connected with the Qi State. Enraged by this, the Holy Emperor dispatched the most elite intelligence officers of the Sealing War Society to torture the news, and finally obtained a piece of information, all of them were loyal to a mysterious figure named "The Celestial Maiden in White".
This news made the Holy Emperor a little confused, since he had a decisive battle with the feudal monarch Bu Ling seven years ago, and thus ascended the throne, the situation in the feudal country has not been in a particularly stable situation. Although the royal Bu family has become a victim of the defeat of the king, there are still many forces loyal to the Bu family in various places. If it weren't for him canonizing Princess Rongle to settle the hearts of this group of people, I'm afraid it would have caused even more chaos.
Although what he had done before was basically his own reluctant obedience, it basically stabilized the situation in all aspects of the country. But the Holy Emperor has never been a monarch who compromises with the forces that oppose him, and at this juncture when he is temporarily unable to send troops to conquer the Qi State, he has chosen such a path to temporarily eliminate hidden dangers in the country. At this time, the "white-clothed goddess" who appeared in his ears and sight happened to be the person he used to kill chickens and monkeys. And as time passed, the secret agents of the Sealing War Society under him have basically fully understood the situation, and learned that this white-clothed celestial girl seems to be based around Shengcheng, the northern spiritual city, and then bribe the surrounding people to work for them, nominally, they are still using the name of "royal step". This kind of move directly violated the bottom line of the Holy Emperor, and he would never allow such a force to appear in his territory. Moreover, if this force is allowed to grow on its own and is left alone, maybe one day this force will secretly unite with Qi to leave the country, giving them the most fatal blow to the feudal country.
It was precisely because of this concern that the Holy Emperor did not hesitate to carry out a series of actions. This series of actions is both civil and military. Previously, he had sent Wei Xu to lead an army of 50,000 to the north, nominally preparing to go to the Nine Domains Continent, which was about to return to the Demon Spirit Continent. In fact, it was a military force prepared by the Holy Emperor to go to the north of the feudal kingdom. With the assistance of these 50,000 troops, he took advantage of the support of local governments and the fear of the Yufeng War Society, and in one fell swoop traced down the sacred nature of this legendary force, the "Celestial Maiden in White".
Overall, there was nothing wrong with the Holy Emperor's plan, which was also a good indication of his strength and iron-fisted approach as a powerful emperor. But what he didn't expect was that the force he was facing this time called the "Lady in White" was actually dominated by a person he couldn't have imagined.
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The northern border of the feudal kingdom is an area centered on Shengcheng and Lingcheng. The symbol of this place is the small number of people but the vast territory, which has the largest northern grasslands and pastures on the Demon Spirit Continent. The reason why the feudal state was able to build a strong cavalry force mainly relied on the vast pastures and land here. Every generation of feudal monarchs attaches great importance to the animal husbandry resources here, and the Holy Emperor is no exception. After he ascended the throne and became emperor, he specially issued a new order, ordering Shengcheng Lingcheng to dispatch troops to garrison the pasture, this order, the garrison of the ranch doubled at once, and even the number of troops stationed near the prairie has exceeded the number of troops stationed in Lingcheng and Shengcheng. It can be seen how much the Holy Emperor attaches great importance to the animal husbandry resources here, and with the pastures here, he can achieve a comprehensive cavalry combat policy. The 50,000 troops stationed in the ranch were basically the most powerful and elite troops in addition to the elite of the Feudal War Society of his lineage, and each of them was a strong man who had experienced a hundred battles.
Originally, the northern border of the feudal country has always been a very peaceful area, and the people and soldiers here do not participate in the war between the two countries, compared to other feudal areas, this is a pure land. However, since the 50,000 elite troops guarding the ranch were completely annihilated by the Qi army on the Xuanling Continent, the military strength of the northern border of the feudal country has been greatly affected by a large part of the situation. Because the Holy Emperor was preparing to launch another campaign against the Qi Kingdom, he did not implement a policy of increasing troops on the pastures here. Even after hearing about the appearance of the "Celestial Maiden in White", his attention was still focused on dealing with Qi State, and he did not take any measures to suppress it. Obviously, this force called the "Celestial Maiden in White" is a force derived from the environment around here.
However, as a king with extreme power, since the Holy Emperor had made up his mind at this moment, he would not continue to tolerate the existence of this force. The army of 50,000 had now rushed to the north under the leadership of Wei Xu, and Wei Xu's army marched day and night, and in less than three days had arrived at Shengcheng, which was located on the northern border of the feudal country.
Shengcheng originally had a garrison of 10,000, but this was because Feng Yuchong and Gao Hanyue had made a big fuss in Shengcheng and found Feng Chiyun to hire the commander of the two armies and increased their troops here. But later, as the surrounding Holy Emperor dispatched troops to the northern pastures to garrison, the troops in Shengcheng were transferred out one after another, and the current garrison of Shengcheng was only 3,000, led by Wei Yu, the governor of Shengcheng.
Wei Yu had already heard about this force called the "White-clothed Heavenly Maiden", but he had no way to go here to encircle and suppress it. This is partly due to the lack of garrisons in Shengcheng, coupled with the harsh surrounding environment, and the large reason is because of the special location of buildings near Shengcheng. This made Wei Wei not dare to move troops easily, and he did not get the Holy Emperor's order, which made him powerless to change the rampant and intertwined forces of the "Celestial Maiden in White", and gradually stabilized their power.
At this moment, the 50,000 elite army led by Wei Xu rushed to Shengcheng, and the elite army that entered the city was welcomed by the people near Shengcheng. In this case, these 50,000 troops are a great deterrent to the forces of the "Heavenly Maiden in White". In the midst of the welcoming crowd, there were several people with strange and complicated expressions, although they were dressed in the clothes of ordinary people, but in fact they were far taller than ordinary people. Their eyes seemed to be staring at the army in front of them, but in fact they were secretly observing the situation around them.
Wei Xu, as the henchman of the Holy Emperor, and even as one of the leaders of the original Holy Emperor's family. He had been following the Holy Emperor since the beginning of the Battle Meeting, he was not only strong in martial arts, but also quite intelligent, he knew that he had dispatched troops on such a large scale, and now this "Celestial Maiden in White" force must have already learned the news, and had already fled into their hiding place to start preparing for follow-up actions. This is why when he now dispatches troops on a large scale and enters Shengcheng with great fanfare, the eyes of the "white-clothed goddess" who are ambushed here will inevitably monitor them here. Since he had already anticipated the enemy first, Wei Xu was naturally fully prepared.
Before entering Shengcheng, he had already sent hundreds of his henchmen and guards to enter Shengcheng in batches disguised as merchants, and ambushed them in various inns and taverns, only waiting for the army to enter the city on this day to investigate the situation here, and strive to find the possible "white-clothed goddess" spies from among them.
At this time, these hundreds of Wei Xu's henchmen had already been ambushed in the crowd and ready to cover the actions of the army at any time, and at this time, a third of the army in front of them had passed. At this moment, Wei Xu, surrounded by the surrounding guards, appeared majestically among the soldiers on a tall red horse in armor, his horse pressed a golden red tasseled spear, and was wearing a white battle armor, including helmet and armor. Wei Xu, who is about forty years old, looks quite heroic and still fighting. The young women around him couldn't help but cast admiring glances at him, and Wei Xu's mature masculinity attracted their attention.
Wei Xu waved to the people around him, and said that his attention stayed on the guards around him who were secretly gesturing to him. Along the way, he saw many familiar faces, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, it seemed that his plan was being implemented step by step.