After Wan Wan's repeated persuasion, Li Ling and Zhu Yuyan reached an agreement, Zhu Yuyan signed an employment contract similar to Li Sizhu, and Li Ling promised to obtain the relics of the evil emperor to help her cultivation reach a higher level. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After all, most of the goals of the two are actually the same, such as unifying the Demon Gate, fighting for the world, attacking the Buddha Gate, etc., and the core contradiction is just the issue of dominance.

After getting rid of the Yin Kwai faction, following the relationship network of the Yin Kwai faction, Li Ling soon won the allegiance of Rong Fengxiang and Zuo Youxian under the help of Zhu Yuyan and the rest of the people, and the true preaching was under control.

Then there was Shi Zhixuan's hardcore junior brother An Long and his Heavenly Lotus Sect, this excellent merchant organization was very important to Li Ling, so it was included in the first list to be taken.

The rest is not easy to deal with, Shi Zhixuan, who mastered the inheritance of the Heavenly Pavilion and the Flower Sect, was let go by Li Ling first, and then the Heavenly Monarch Xi Ying, who was in the Dao of Extinguishing Feelings, did not know where he was hiding to practice Purple Qi Tianluo, and Zhao Deyan of the Demon Sect took refuge in ****** and was not in the Central Plains. Li Ling, the four scum of the Evil Extreme Sect, such as You Niaoti, is not eye-catching, and if he provokes the possible Xiang Yutian, the gains outweigh the losses.

After doing the math, the entire Demon Gate Yin Kui Sect occupies almost half of the power, and the other seven sects, that is, the masters cultivated, have some bright spots.

With manpower, Li Ling's money, food, and ordnance began to flow through the channels of the Demon Gate, recruiting troops, accumulating strength, and waiting for the moment of outbreak.

At the same time, the commercial channels mastered by Anlong's Tianlian Sect and Rong Fengxiang and Yin Kui factions began to sell all kinds of rare goods, but Li Ling only accepted and did not sell the grain iron tools that were really useful for dominating the world, weakening the strength of others.

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In the eighth year of the Great Cause, the Sui army set out to conquer Goguryeo under the personal leadership of Yang Guang. The Sui army had a total of more than 1 million main battle soldiers and horses, divided into three routes, and the left and right armies were divided into 12 routes, each with its own military purpose, plus a large number of auxiliaries and grain transport troops divided into 24 routes, and planned to complete their respective tasks and eventually meet in Pyongyang. In addition, there was a naval army led by Raiga to attack from the sea and raid Pyongyang.

The total number of Sui troops from all walks of life has exceeded 1.13 million, and the number of people transporting supplies for the army is twice that of the Sui army, and the number of direct and indirect participants in the Sui has exceeded 5 million.

In this expedition to Goguryeo, Yang Guang set two major goals. The first is to destroy Goguryeo and address the threat posed by the growing country. Instead, he used this to exchange blood for the national army, fight against the Guanlong aristocratic military group, promote his henchmen, and enhance his control over the army.

The Guanlong nobles, represented by Yuwen, Dugu and Longxi Li, fought back, not only delaying their feet in various ways, deliberately burying Yang Guang's henchmen, but also ultimately leading to the failure of the expedition to Goguryeo.

Yang Guang's prestige plummeted in an instant, coupled with the losses caused by the defeat of the war, and the contradictions of arrogance and lasciviousness and tyranny over the years, suddenly detonated, and uprisings continued in various places, and the Sui Dynasty unveiled the prelude to its demise.

It was at this time that Li Ling came to Luoyang under the arrangement of the Yin Kui faction, preparing to meet Yang Guang, the legendary Emperor Yang of Sui.

In other words, the Yin Kui faction still made a lot of efforts in the process of Yang Guang obtaining the throne, so it was not difficult to arrange for Li Ling to meet Yang Guang in person.

In Luoyang Xiyuan, Yang Guang came to a pavilion to rest after hunting, and the left and right guards, eunuchs and palace maids were secretly replaced by Yang Guang's henchmen or people from the Yin Kui faction. Li Ling was dressed in white and walked to the pavilion where Yang Guang was under the leadership of Wei Lianxiang.

As an elder of the Yin Kwai Sect, Wei Lianxiang naturally couldn't escape Li Ling's control. After signing the master-servant contract, Li Ling not only gave Wei Lianxiang a elixir to make the Dharma Protector General, but also passed down the [Sunflower Treasure Book] that had been perfected by himself, so that now Wei Lianxiang's strength has also increased to the grandmaster level, and she is more and more valued by Yang Guang. This meeting was arranged by him.

Contrary to Li Ling's expectations, Yang Guang, who was only middle-aged, now looks quite old, his hair is a little gray, his half-step grandmaster's cultivation is vain, his breath is extremely vain, and there is no trace of high-spiritedness and eloquence at all. It seems that as the only major setback in his life, he really suffered a big blow.

"Li Ling! You really didn't expect to be able to make the Yin Kui Sect bow to you, and it only took half a year to almost dominate the Central Plains Demon Gate. Yang Guang bowed slightly, motioned for Li Ling to sit opposite him, and then spoke slowly. As soon as he came up, he tried to take the lead and show his powerful intelligence network, but he didn't know that Li Ling actually let him know about this news.

"Your Majesty surprised me even more, he actually dared to move the Guanlong Group, which is the pillar of the dynasty, otherwise this expedition to Goguryeo would not have been defeated, at least not so badly." Facing Yang Guang, Li Ling also said unceremoniously, also trying to hit his arrogance by revealing the scars.

In this regard, Yang Guang was not angry, and said expressionlessly: "There is nothing to dare or not, it is nothing more than becoming a king and defeating a villain!" In this game, although I lost, they may not be comfortable. Where I fall, I will get up from there, and I will win the next game. ”

"What a king and a loser! However, in the face of this defeat, how much strength does His Majesty have in his hands to continue to play this game of chess? This defeat, in my opinion, Your Majesty has already been defeated, at most it is just a fish to death. Da Sui, I'm afraid there is not much time left. Li Ling stood up and said leisurely.

"How so?" Yang Guang's voice was a little excited, maybe he had already seen it, but he didn't dare to think about it, or he didn't want to admit it.

"I don't know how many people are willing to really carry out His Majesty's order after Luoyang?" Li Ling just had a fluttering question, and he shattered all of Yang Guang's illusions.

His face turned pale, and he sighed. He was actually forced to be helpless. Even with his prestige, in the face of the Guanlong aristocratic group, he had to constantly compromise, watching them extend their tentacles to all aspects of the country, and gradually hollow themselves out.

If he doesn't do anything, it won't take too long, and in a decade or two he, the emperor, will become a puppet.

Once he dies, the successor may continue to be a puppet, or he may be replaced by someone else, just like his father Yang Jian.

He has no way to escape, and would rather gamble on the fortune of the country and fight to the death.

"You didn't come to see me just to say that, did you?" Yang Guang's Qi cultivation kung fu was good, and he quickly calmed down, stared at Li Ling and said.

"Of course not! I can only talk about the current reality before I can continue to talk! I'm here today to make a deal with Your Majesty! Li Ling sat down anew.

"Deal! What can you come up with? What do you want? Yang Guang relaxed, he didn't mind doing business, provided that the deal was beneficial to him. What's more, from the other party's words, he guessed that he had firmly grasped the initiative, so he just had to wait patiently.

"What I can give Your Majesty is the capital that Your Majesty can gamble again!" Li Ling said seriously.

"Do you know what you're talking about? Do you know how much money and food I need to gamble again? Yang Guang suddenly changed color and said word by word.