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The bronze pillar under the tree thousands of years ago by the hands of a great emperor has long been covered with rust and scars, but it still stands tall and asks the sky.

Ruan Yezheng rubbed the bronze pillar with his chapped old hand, feeling its roughness, like his own old skin, and sighed.

Ruan Hui, the character is Zheng, the history of Jiaozhou Thorn, and the head of the alliance of many wealthy families in Jiaozhi.

Although Jiaozhou is located in the Southern Wilderness, it has long respected the envoys of the eastern Sichuan Festival in Shu, advocating the civilization of the Central Plains, which is very different from the countries of the Southern Wilderness with strange customs.

The two major festivals were originally dominant in Yizhou, and they also had a strong influence on the Ningzhou Plateau and the Southern Wilderness. But since Wang Yanyun, with the support of Jingzhou Long Zhanye, rode into Yizhou alone and seized the Qingcheng faction to establish a foundation, the power of the two Jiedu envoys has been shrinking day by day.

In the third generation of the "Jiannan Lion" Wang Jiansheng, he defeated the 80,000 coalition army with 11,000, all of which were based on Yizhou and Ningzhou, making Qingcheng's influence reach its peak.

The envoy of the western Sichuan Jiedu was killed on the spot, and all the people were arrested and killed, while the envoy of the eastern Sichuan Jiedu fled to Jiaozhou and accepted the protection of Ruan Yezheng.

This means that he will be the enemy of the mighty lion.

But Ruan Yezheng, who is over seventy years old and has seen the vicissitudes of the world, just smiled.

Two Tigers

The first to covet Jiaozhou was not Jiansheng, the lion king of Jiannan.

After the First Battle of Meishan City, the expansion of the Qingcheng royal family was too large and needed time to digest, and the newly rising Donghu Dynasty in Burma also brought a lot of trouble to Wang Jiansheng.

On the contrary, Jiangdong Tiger Ma Qiancheng seemed to be extraordinarily energetic, and in his spare time fighting with the Northern Yan Ice Dragon Shang Qingying, he could also send troops south to attack Jiaozhou.

However, in front of the art of war of Ruan Yezheng, an ancient veteran, the Jiangdong army led by Ma Qiancheng, a generation of military gods, was defeated in five battles!

Because of the few light yellow markings on his forehead, Ruan Yezheng is known as the "Jiaozhou Yellow Spot", and the power of the famous general is shocking in the world, and many people say that Ma Qiancheng is just a waste of fame.

But the real situation, Ruan Yezheng is clear in his heart.

Ma Qiancheng's first attack only brought 13,000 people, but he organized a full 20,000 Jiaozhou soldiers to resist.

Ruan Ye Zheng, who thought that he had an advantage in troops and was familiar with the terrain, decisively chose a field battle and was determined to annihilate the enemy army in a battle.

Wise and brave, he set up a strange plan, bravely raided and organized a roundabout attack of the troops, but he was still crushed in front of Ma Qiancheng's amazing art of war.

The dense miasma and hot jungle of Jiaozhou do not seem to give any obstacle to the tough and brave Jiangdong boys.

All Ruan Yezheng could do was to attract the Beifu army to pursue with his Minowa, take on the responsibility of the queen of the palace, and successfully escape into the city, repelling Ma Qiancheng's desperate attack with a strong city wall.

This was regarded by the world as a defeat for Ma Qiancheng.

In fact, in this battle, including the failure of the siege, the Jiangdong side lost only more than 200 soldiers, while the Jiaozhou army lost 1,500 soldiers.

Samsung Door

The Taoist formation can create a short-range teleportation array. However, ultra-long-distance transmission is not something that can be done by human beings.

However, there are some "star gates" between heaven and earth, which can make people move thousands of miles away in an instant.

Some stargates are fixed and have existed since antiquity, and no one knows why they came into being.

For example, in the northeast of the Goryeo Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, and in the southern wilderness of Middle-earth, there are several "star gates" that connect these two regional plates, the larger of which can even allow large armies to pass through.

The existence of the "Star Gate" has made these two regions, which were originally on the edge, a battleground for soldiers.

In the south of Jiaozhou, there is a star gate that can go straight to Liaoxi. If Ma Qiancheng captures this place, he can go straight to Jiliao and cut off the territory of Northern Yan.

In the face of such a situation, it was of course impossible for the Northern Yan Ice Dragon Shang Qingying to sit idly by, although he did not directly send troops to help, he provided a large amount of material and financial support.

Coupled with Ruan Yezheng's own outstanding resourcefulness, he built an intricate network of cities in the rugged terrain of Jiaozhou, and after exhausting the enemy's army, he launched surprise attacks from time to time with the help of high mountains and river valleys, burning the enemy's grain, grass and ammunition, and only then did he repeatedly make Jiangdong Tiger Ma Qiancheng and Jiannan Lion King Jiansheng lose their troops and retreat in vain.

But even so, his Jiaozhou city network is getting smaller and smaller, because he shouldn't trust a person.

Four confidants

In this world, there are always some people who can easily let others regard him as a confidant.

Huaiyang helped the widows of the Chen family, Chen Zilong and Chen Ruicong are one of them.

After the fall of the Huaiyang Gang, Chen Zilong defected to Ruan Yezheng and lived there for several years, but finally felt that Ruan Yezheng lacked the ambition and courage to expand and was not the master of his true life.

But Ruan Yezheng, who has been lonely for too many years, has long regarded this middle-aged man who is not good-looking as his friend of life and death.

When Chen Zilong wanted to leave, the strategists advised Ruan Yezheng not to let the talent be obtained by others, so as to avoid future troubles.

Ruan Yezheng pretended not to know, and it was not until Chen Zilong left the border of Jiaozhou that he sent someone to catch up with him, and gave him a horse and a thousand taels of silver tickets.

Five betrayals

In troubled times, there is no such thing as ingratitude.

In order to revive the Huaiyang Gang, Chen Ruicong must do whatever it takes, and only by making enough merits will Ma Qiancheng treat him, a guest general who has no roots in Jiangdong.

Using his understanding of Jiaozhou, with his amazing wisdom, under his mediation, the city lords of Jiaozhou turned against each other one by one, and the iron wall defense network built by Ruan Yezheng gradually shrank, becoming as thin as the gray hair on his head.

After repelling Ma Qiancheng for the fifth time, the exhausted Ruan Yezheng knew that his limit was also approaching.

The demi-saint master should have been at least a hundred years old, but who can be a military general on the battlefield without a hidden injury?

With the peerless majesty of Jingzhou Long's battle field, he died in his fifties, Ruan Yezheng felt that Cangtian was not thin on himself, and he was only worried about Jiaozhou and his fifteen-year-old son.

Six Starfall

Ruan Yezheng had many daughters, and he married them to the wealthy families of Jiaozhou to keep the alliance stable.

But it was not until his old age that he got his only son.

On the sickbed, he stared at his beloved son Ruan Yesheng, who had a beautiful face, and Quan Xiugang, who was known as a new generation of sword saints.

He knew that he was not Ma Qiancheng's opponent, and with them, it would only be more difficult in the future.

In the face of Ma Qiancheng's persuasion, Ruan Yezheng did not consider surrendering. Ma Qiancheng once solemnly promised that once he surrendered, he would still preserve his position as the assassin of Jiaozhou.

Many of his aides hoped that he would accept the persuasion to surrender and end the endless fighting. Since Jiaozhou has been the envoy of the eastern section of Sichuan, why can't he be subordinate to Beifu?

But Nguyen understands that this is fundamentally different.

Loyal to the envoys of the eastern Sichuan Festival, Jiaozhou still maintains its autonomy, but once it is returned to Jiangdong, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will continue to come.

Although Jiangdong was once wealthy, it has been seriously damaged by wars and floods and droughts in the past hundred years, and there is a lack of spiritual crystal production, and Ma Qiancheng is also quite embarrassed financially. In order to maintain his reputation as a lover of his people, he had to suck the marrow out of the newly conquered regions.

Ruan Yezheng's cloudy gaze slowly fell on Quan Xiugang's square face.

Quan Xiugang is the great disciple of the first generation of Sword Saint Chuan Ying, who shattered the void more than ten years ago and entered the Heavenly Realm, and is the only one who has ascended in the past two hundred years.

At the same time, he is also a native of Jiaozhou, and he was raised by Ruan Yezheng with his own eyes, and he is as loyal to the Ruan family as a rock.

"Lord......" The steely man said with tears in his eyes and trembling.

Even if he is a saint-level master, in the face of such a parting of life and death, he can't help but burst into tears!

Ruan Yezheng held up a trembling finger to cover his lips, signaling that he didn't have to speak anymore.

For Quan Xiugang's loyalty, he is extremely clear.

Ruan Yezheng turned his eyes to the young son who was like flesh and blood in his heart.

"Yesheng ......"

Ruan Yesheng knelt on the bed for a long time, tears fell like rain, but his temperament had amazing fortitude.

Ruan Yezheng's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened, and he suddenly smiled, as bright as a summer flower.

The spirit seemed to return to his body in an instant, and he stared at his son, rubbing his thin palm against the top of his head.

There was a compelling light in his eyes in an instant, better than Gao Ri.

"Son, remember for me - the people of Jiaozhou will never be slaves, and you will eventually be crowned king!"

Ruan Yesheng and Quan Xiugang's bodies shook, as if solidified.

It's night, the stars are falling, and the grass and trees are sad.

Seventy-nine years

"It's been another five years. Ma Qiancheng sighed lightly: "Pacify Jiaozhou, in one fell swoop." ”

In the face of Ruan Yezheng's death and Ruan Yesheng's succession, Shang Qingying once strengthened his support for Jiaozhou, and Ruan Yesheng's resourcefulness was not much inferior to that of his father.

Coupled with the desperate bloody battle of the saint-level master Quan Xiugang, the Jiaozhou strategy is still progressing slowly.

After all, such a complex terrain, such a sophisticated city network, dense jungles and miasma, coupled with strong folk customs, make Ma Qiancheng feel powerless.

Those who are willing to surrender have been persuaded by Chen Ruicong to surrender, and the rest will only fight to the death.

After nine years of Jiaozhou, how can you not teach people to look up to the sky and sigh?

Fortunately, this time, it is already bound to be the last battle.

Shang Qingying, who understood that Jiaozhou could no longer be saved, had already chosen to give up, and instead let the heavy general Shu Guangsleeve occupy a small area in the south of Jiaozhou to defend the most important star gate.

All the branches of Minowa Castle have fallen, and the courtiers who are loyal to the Ruan family have stained the battlefield with blood, and now Minowa, the main city of Jiaozhou, has become a lonely city in the ocean!

Eight Sword Gods

Ma Qiancheng turned his head and looked at a middle-aged man with a rough appearance, this person was dressed in a strong suit and his eyebrows were majestic.

"Chaoxiu, it's up to you in this battle. ”

The sword god Xiong Chaoxiu, both civil and military, was once a well-known internal affairs talent in Beiyan, and was responsible for land inspection.

In the first battle of Guanggu, he even beheaded Xiao Tianhou, the general of the Beifu Army.

Now he is the general of the Yangzhou side.

It's not that Xiong Chaoxiu is disloyal, on the contrary, he is the same kind of person as Ruan Yezheng and Quan Xiugang, and he is a real gentleman in troubled times.

Shang Qingying needed to integrate the interior, so he had to measure the land, tear down the walls of the manor, and improve the mobilization power of Beiyan.

This is undoubtedly a work that is extremely offensive.

Xiong Chaoxiu has the skills of internal affairs, and he also firmly believes that there should always be someone to share the hatred for the Lord.

But he also loves music, especially the famous song "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

Chen Ruicong found out about this, so he cleverly created an opportunity to meet Xiong Chaoxiu, drink hot, and form a friendship of life and death.

As we all know, Shang Qingying, the saint of Yanshan, and Ma Qiancheng, the military lord of Beifu, have both drunk in the same wine shop many times, so in Xiong Chaoxiu's opinion, as generals, the two do not have to avoid taboos if they have a personal relationship.

Later, Chen Ruicong sent a number of letters to Xiong Chaoxiu, and then asked the secret agent to find out about Beiyan's military secrets, but hid the secrets in the letters.

Then, he secretly informed Xiong Chaoxiu's political enemies of the method of deciphering those letters!

The Four Heavenly Kings of Northern Yan and others hated Xiong Chaoxiu to the core, and immediately forced Shang Qingying to search Xiong Chaoxiu's home and decipher the letters, which were all key military secrets of Northern Yan.

Xiong Chaoxiu was speechless and was forced to defect to Yangzhou. Shang Qingying remembered the old relationship and wanted to protect Xiong Chaoxiu's family, but his family had already been killed by the angry leaders of the wealthy clans!

Xiao Tianhou, who was beheaded by Xiong Chaoxiu, originally served in the Qingzhou Army, but Ma Qiancheng took it under his command after several setbacks.

But when Xiong Chaoxiu fell under the military gate of Ma Qiancheng, Ma Qiancheng was overjoyed, and said with a long smile: I lost Xiao Tianhou, if I lost a chicken, now I have a sword god, if I have a phoenix!

Nine Brothers

When the inner city gate collapsed in flames, a pair of figures confronted each other on the top of Minowa.

"Senior brother. ”

Xiong Chaoxiu clenched the long sword in his hand and sighed lightly.

Few people know that he and Quan Xiugang are brothers in the same family, and they are both from the first generation of Sword Saint Chuan Ying Sect.

"I really don't want to fight you to the death. Quan Xiugang said: "You are not my opponent. ”

At the beginning, it was just a trial, and Flax Modo Kansky, who was also a senior brother, was cut off by Izumi Xiuzuna, and the sword qi entered his body, and he never healed.

It is for this reason that in the Fourth Battle of Guanggu, Flax Modo Kansky, one of the three army divisions of Beifu, easily died at the hands of Zhuang Lingxiao, a famous general of Yanshan.

"The lord needs this city. Xiong Chaoxiu replied unhurriedly.

"I won't let you hurt my lord. Quan Xiugang said coldly.

"Let's fight, then. Xiong Chaoxiu said proudly.

The sword, unsheathed, is like snow.

Heaven and earth are like oblivion, without light.

The division went out of the same door, and both sides had a very thorough understanding of each other's sword skills, parrying and parrying, and they were in good order.

Xiong Chaoxiu knew that his true qi was a little weaker, and he was mostly defensive, like an iron bucket, and water could not be splashed, but occasionally with a wonderful pen, Yinquan Xiugang had to return to the sword to defend himself.

More than twenty times passed in a flash.

Xiong Chaoxiu gradually felt weak and began to gasp.

However, Izumi suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

The younger brother is still unharmed.

This is obviously a battle between a saint-level master and a half-saint.

Once you enter the holy level, you are invincible in the world.

What are you afraid of?

His heart flashed like lightning.

Because even if you kill your junior brother, nothing can change.

The people of Jiaozhou will never be slaves? The entire Jiaozhou has fallen.

Use a sword to cut off Xiong Chaoxiu's head, as well as the twenty-four generals of Beifu and Ma Qiancheng himself.

What is the purpose of all these struggles?

Izumi suddenly burst into laughter, with tears in his eyes.

Not far away, Lie Changjing, one of the four generals of the Wind Forest Volcano, came to support with hundreds of soldiers.

Quan Xiugang sneered, and fought a bloody way, and in an instant, more than fifty soldiers were already lying on the ground.

Only the story of the decisive battle at the top of Minowa is left, as a joke after tea and dinner for future generations.

Ten Kings

In the city lord's mansion, Nguyen Ye Sheng, who was only twenty years old, had already worn a crown made of gold.

The history of Jiaozhou assassins in the past dynasties was loyal to the Central Plains.

But Ruan Ye Sheng was crowned king on the day the city was broken.

He fought out of the city gate before, broke into the formation of the four generals of the Wind Forest Volcano, and rode back eighteen times in a row, which was already the best sacrifice for his ascension to the throne today.

Today, he finally understood his father's dying words.

No matter how stressful the war was, he never levied a penny more on the people.

But the smoke of the war has made the entire Jiaozhou people miserable.

After the war, Ma Qiancheng will definitely choose to exploit the newly conquered Jiaozhou to maintain his image as a generation of benevolent monarchs in Jiangdong.

What's more, what has Jiaozhou's loyalty gained after so many years? The people of the Central Plains have always only regarded them as barbarians, no different from monkeys!

Maybe one day, Jiaozhou will really break away from the Central Plains and establish a set of its own cultural system, and Jiaozhou people will never be slaves.

Nguyen Ye Sheng believes that day will not be too far away.

The sword shone brightly, slashing across the young man's white neck, and the blood stained the golden crown red.

When Quan Xiugang rushed in, all he could hold on to was the cold corpse of the young master.

Eleven Juggernauts

Quan Xiugang has his own fiefdom in Jiaozhou, with a large number of fields and estates.

Ma Qiancheng was willing to give him all back and give him ten times more.

Izumi smiled slightly, and then refused.

He chose to live, but because the Sword Saint lineage still needs to be inherited.

Senior brother, this kind of practice in Beifu will perish sooner or later, and your character will only be buried with them, so you can do it yourself.

Quan Xiugang said silently, carrying his bags and heading into the distance, the setting sun reflected his back in red.