The Wind Rises 278;Looting the treasury

In the northern fortress of the Jason Kingdom, this place has been temporarily stabilized, all the wounded soldiers have begun to deal with the injuries on their bodies, some light pharmacists are also constantly exerting their light power in the rear to heal the wounded generals of the wounded, on the city wall, a team of wounded soldiers wrapped in bandages are patrolling on it with vigor, and now the walls of the fortress are hung with the heads of nine strong enemies, which greatly boosts morale.

On both sides of the city wall, a large number of craftsmen were crowded to repair the city wall, and countless stones of one meter square were pulled up from behind, and the broken city wall was simply connected.

Outside the fortress, thousands of soldiers from the Jason Kingdom dug several large pits in the distance, burying the bodies of the soldiers killed in battle. Now that the army of the Pingyang Kingdom has withdrawn to thirty miles and has not moved, there is no movement for the time being, and it is obvious that the death of several Xuan kings on their side has caused a very big impact on their hearts.

In the city tower, there were more than 30 general-level figures wearing armor gathered together, all of them with very serious expressions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this general has just received a flying pigeon transmission from three fortresses in the southeast and west, and now the enemy army has broken through three border fortresses, and the army is marching in the direction of the imperial city, our soldiers are suffering heavy casualties, and another Xuan King died in the hands of the enemy's strong, and the rest of the Xuan King are also seriously injured, and the situation is very critical." An old man looked around at everyone and said heavily.

Hearing this, the faces of the people sitting there became extremely solemn, the fortresses in the southeast and west have been breached, if they are not stopped, once the army breaks through the imperial city, then their Jason Kingdom will be completely finished.

"Now it seems that even if there are national teachers from the Ming Dynasty rushing to support, it will be useless, the gap in the number of strong men on both sides is too big, with the strength of only five of them, it is difficult to save the overall situation." One of the generals sighed.

"I hope that the national teachers of the Ming Dynasty can rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty to deter the enemy's army, I believe that they dare not offend the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty only needs a million elite soldiers to level the four kingdoms."

"I don't think things should be so simple, as we all know, the Ming Dynasty is far away from us, and in the past, our Jason Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty were only vassal countries, I think most of the strong people on the enemy side will not believe in the identity of the five national teachers of the Ming Dynasty, and will only regard them as the reinforcements that our Jason Kingdom has found."

"That's very reasonable, I think most things will be like this, since the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty can't deter them, then what should we do now, once the imperial city is breached, then what's the point of us staying here, in the end it's not just a good surrender."

The generals present opened their mouths and discussed fiercely, and everyone explained the possible situation in every word, and the situation was very critical.

"For now, our northern fortress can only send a group of troops to assist the southeast, northwest, and three fortresses, everyone, I don't know what you think." An old general voiced his opinion.

Hearing this, everyone frowned, and after a short silence, a general spoke: "But the total number of troops in our northern fortress is less than three million, almost all of them are tired and wounded, and they are also composed of countless mercenaries temporarily, lacking discipline, I don't think even if we send this group of troops to the front, we can't save the situation." ”

"That's the only way we can do it at the moment, and I agree with the proposal."

"Yes, we have to do this, now the northern fortress is now stable, the Xuan King of the Pingyang Kingdom has fallen eight, only the last two people left behind to guard the palace, I think most of them will not act rashly, just can transfer a part of the army to aid the other three fortresses, although they can't resist the enemy army, but they can delay for a while."

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After some fierce discussions, the generals finally made up their minds, and some of the strong generals present who were not injured were led by a group of two million soldiers who still retained the strongest combat power to rush to the other three border fortresses in three ways, and the Bright Saint Division who remained in the northern fortress was also transferred to a large part, leaving less than one-third of the number in the northern fortress.

Not long after, the two Xuan Kings of the Northern Fortress also got the news, and Chang Lao and Dean Jason didn't care about the injuries on their bodies that had not fully healed, and immediately rushed to the nearest Eastern Fortress from here, accompanied by everyone from Ouyang Mansion.

With the departure of the two million army, the northern fortress has become a little empty, and there are only a few hundred thousand soldiers stationed here, and they are all wounded, sick and disabled.

The evacuation of the two million troops of the Northern Fortress naturally could not hide from the people of the Pingyang Kingdom, and in a big tent in the Pingyang Kingdom, more than a dozen generals of different ages gathered together, and their expressions were full of grief and indignation, because many of the dead Xuan Kings were the elders of their families.

"General Hong, what are you hesitating about, now there are only some wounded, sick and disabled generals left in the Jason Kingdom, you should directly order the siege of the city, this time you must break through the northern fortress, and then hang the heads of all the Xuan kings of the Jason Kingdom on the city wall to avenge my dead grandfather."

"No, now our Pingyang Kingdom has suffered quite heavy losses, which indirectly led to the fall of the eight Xuan Kings, and its strength is less than half of what it used to be, and now we have to think not about how to capture the Jason Kingdom, but how to protect ourselves." The old general in armor said in a deep voice, and his face was also very solemn. The fall of the eight Xuan Kings of the Pingyang Kingdom has made the top masters of the Pingyang Kingdom almost fall into emptiness, and such a kingdom has no deterrent power at all.

As soon as the old general's voice fell, a middle-aged man spoke: "General Hong is right, now there are only two people left in the palace of the Xuan King of our kingdom, once the Qianlong Kingdom, the Xiongnu Kingdom and the Anres Kingdom have broken through the Jason Kingdom, who can guarantee that they will not join forces to attack our Pingyang Kingdom when the strength of our Pingyang Kingdom is greatly damaged." ”

"Won't my grandfather's revenge be avenged?" The general who had died of his grandfather was indignant and said indignantly.

"Don't worry, this time the Jason Kingdom is doomed to perish, and those powerhouses of the Xuan King class will also be wiped out, and when those people die, won't your grandfather's revenge have to be avenged, is it possible that you still want to kill the Xuan King with the strength of the half-step Xuan King?" A general said with a cold face.

Hearing this, the general who died of his grandfather secretly sighed, and he also knew in his heart that it was impossible for him to kill the enemy with his own hands.

In the end, the army of the Pingyang Kingdom did not attack the northern fortress of the Jason Kingdom for various reasons, but only stood still thirty miles away from the border of the Gesen Kingdom.

However, not long after, the news of the destruction of the border fortress of the Pingyang Kingdom also reached the front line, and the news focused on an unidentified King Xuan who had broken into the territory of the Pingyang Kingdom and rushed straight to the imperial city.

This news frightened the commander-in-chief who had been fighting before, and immediately evacuated the army and returned quickly.

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In the underground labyrinth, the king of the Pingyang Kingdom and dozens of personal guards all frowned and stayed in a sealed space, staring intently at a jade on the table, this jade is a strange stone on the Xuantian Continent, known as the twin jade, a total of two pieces, once one of the jade is broken, the other jade will also be broken at the same time.

And this piece of the underground maze is Ziyu, and there is also a piece of mother jade in a very secret place in the palace, only a few important people know that once the crisis of the Pingyang Kingdom is resolved, the people outside will take down the mother jade and crush it, in order to inform the king hiding in the underground labyrinth.

Now, His Majesty the King, who was hiding in the depths of the labyrinth, and dozens of guards hoped that the jade would be shattered quickly.

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly reached the ears of His Majesty the King and dozens of guards, and one by one they immediately looked at the source of the sound with a look of surprise, only to see that on the ten-meter-thick fine steel wall in front of them, a rich purple and blue light suddenly appeared.

Everyone's faces changed, and their eyes looked at the purple and blue light with some shock and dazedness, although they didn't know what it was, but they all had a bad premonition in their hearts. "What's that?" His Majesty could hardly keep his composure, and said in a solemn voice.

No one returned to His Majesty's words, hiding in a completely enclosed space, and they had no way of detecting the situation outside.

At this moment, the purple and blue light that broke through the wall suddenly moved slowly, and a circle with a diameter of two meters was drawn on the iron wall made entirely of stainless steel, and wherever the purple and blue light passed, a gap was broken in the glorious iron wall.

"Oh no, the iron wall is going to be broken." One of the guards exclaimed, with an unconcealable horror on his face, this iron wall made entirely of stainless steel was ten meters thick, which could block the powerhouse of the Xuanwang class, and now, it was so easily broken by the enemy, how strong was the enemy?

A group of guards immediately became nervous, covering His Majesty in the middle and constantly retreating, staring at the purple and blue light that broke through the wall with solemn faces.

"Impossible, how did this iron wall be broken so easily, could it be that the other party is a Xuanzun?" His Majesty the King also had an unconcealable horror on his face, and said in a trembling tone.

"Boom!"

As soon as His Majesty's words fell, a dull sound suddenly came, and I saw a huge iron pillar two meters wide and ten meters long flying out of the wall, and fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the strong vibration made the entire underground labyrinth tremble a few times. And where the iron pillar flew out, a two-meter-high passage had already appeared, leading to the outside.

At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps sounded in the quiet underground labyrinth, and I saw a young man in a white robe, stained with some blood on his body, slowly walking in from the outside, the young man was not very old, at most he was in his twenties, with short hair less than an inch long, and his resolute face was very handsome.

His Majesty the King and dozens of personal guards all looked at the young man who came out of the passage with a frightened expression, and kept retreating.

"You... You... Who are you? His Majesty asked in a trembling voice.

Chen Ning didn't say a word, his eyes looked at the king coldly, the king of the Pingyang Kingdom was an old man with a dragon clock, wearing a purple gold dragon robe and a purple gold crown, and his long position made him invisibly exude a temperament that belonged to the superior, although he was now frightened, but his majesty was still not much reduced.

Chen Ning strode forward and approached the king. Soon a group of people was cornered.

"Protect His Majesty." One of the guards suppressed the fear in his heart and yelled, and then rushed towards Chen Ning without fear of death.

One person took the lead, and the people behind were not far behind, putting life and death aside one after another, and quickly rushed towards Chen Ning.

Chen Ning shot mercilessly, his fingers moved one after another, and a stream of purple and green sword qi shot out from the tips of his fingers, killing all the guards who only had the strength of the half-step Xuanwang, and under this round of attacks, only three guards with the strength of the half-step Xuanwang survived.

"Your Majesty, run away, we'll hold him back." The three guards with the strength of the half-step Xuan King were not afraid, and immediately rushed towards Chen Ning at the same time, blocking Chen Ning with their own bodies and buying time for the king to escape.

The king of the Pingyang Kingdom looked at the dead guards with a sad face, and he did not choose to run away, because he also knew in his heart that he could not escape at all, and it was just a waste of effort.

"Stop!" The king of the Pingyang Kingdom suddenly opened his mouth to stop the three guards who rushed forward, his voice was so weak and lacking in energy. Then he looked at Chen Ning with a miserable face, and said: "This king has been forced to this point by you, there is no hope of escaping, can you tell me who you are, even if you die, you will let this king die." ”

Chen Ning looked at the king of the Pingyang Kingdom expressionlessly, and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to understand that I am from the Jason Kingdom." ”

"Sure enough, as the king expected, you are really from the Jason Kingdom."

The king of the Pingyang Kingdom let out a long sigh, looked at Chen Ning with complicated eyes, and sighed: "It seems that it is a wrong decision for this king to unite with the other three kingdoms to attack the Jason Kingdom, I thought that this matter was nine out of ten, but I didn't expect that there was a master with extraordinary strength hidden in the Jason Kingdom, and he broke into the palace of my Pingyang Kingdom with the power of one person, and finally forced this king to such a point, alas~~~"

The king of the Pingyang Kingdom became very depressed, and at this moment, he seemed to be much older, and his whole person became listless.

"This king has now become your prisoner, and this king is willing to cooperate with you to make any decision that I can accept, and if you want to kill or chop me, I will listen to you, but this king begs you to forgive these guards around me, they are all innocent." The king looked at Chen Ning with a pleading expression and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister's mission is to protect Your Majesty's safety, and the three ministers are not afraid of death." The three guards were moved by His Majesty's words, and they all knelt down on one knee and said in an impassioned tone, long since they put life and death aside.

The king shook his head and said, "All the sins of this war are on this king, then the consequences should also be borne by this king, and it has nothing to do with you, and you also have your own families and children to take care of." ”

As soon as they heard their family members and children, the expressions of the three guards suddenly became complicated, and tears flashed faintly in their eyes.

And the look in Chen Ning's eyes also became a little complicated, the light in his eyes flickered, and the king was quite responsible.

The king looked at Chen Ning with pleading eyes and said, "All this is the fault of this king, this king immediately ordered me to withdraw the troops of the Pingyang Kingdom, I just hope you can forgive me for these three guards." ”

Chen Ning's gaze swept over the three guards, all three of them were pale, and they had received some damage from resisting Chen Ning's purple sword qi before.

Chen Ning hesitated slightly, but finally agreed to the king's proposal, and said, "I can forgive them, but if the three of them dare to do something unfavorable to the Jason Kingdom in the future, they will blame me for being ruthless." ”

The king breathed a sigh of relief, these more than 30 personal guards have been following him for twenty years, and have been silently guarding him, although the relationship between them is that of master and servant, but the relationship is very deep, and the king does not want to see all the personal guards who have tried their best to protect him die in front of his eyes.

Because he knew that Chen Ning was so powerful, even King Xuan couldn't stop him, how could he stop it with three guards who only had the strength of a half-step King Xuan, it was just a waste of death.

Chen Ning did not kill the king of the Pingyang Kingdom, grabbed the king's shoulders and left here, leaving the three personal guards who were lucky enough to survive to stand there with sad faces.

"Your Majesty!" The three guards had tears in their eyes, watching His Majesty the King disappear in the distance, although they wanted to rush forward to save the King, but they had no ability to do so.

Chen Ning captured the king of the Pingyang Kingdom and quickly walked out of the underground labyrinth, and reappeared in front of the magnificent hall, and now the hall is already crowded with people wearing armor, all of them are general-level figures, their status is not low, and there are even a few old men, all of whom are high-powered generals.

Seeing Chen Ning coming out of the hole, all the generals who were surrounding the main hall immediately became nervous, and many of them had already taken out their weapons, intending to stop Chen Ning desperately, because they had already sent out the message, and soon the strong people stationed at the border of the fortress would return.

However, when an old man wearing a purple gold dragon robe walked out of the cave, the faces of everyone in the field changed drastically, and with their shrewdness, they didn't need to think about it to understand that His Majesty had been captured by the other party.

Looking at the civil and military executives and a large number of elite soldiers who crowded the entire hall, the captured king looked up to the sky and sighed, and then quickly issued an order for all the soldiers to withdraw, and then without Chen Ning's orders, the king immediately issued a holy decree and withdrew the army gathered on the northern border of the Jason Kingdom.

After the decree was issued, the king turned his head to look at Chen Ning and said, "Now you still want this king to do something." ”

The strong strength displayed by Chen Ning has completely softened His Majesty the King, because the King knows very well in his heart that if he does not cooperate, it will lead to more people being implicated, and he will even make a bloody bath in the palace, because there are too many such examples in the Xuantian Continent.

"Take me to the treasury!" Chen Ning said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, the faces of everyone in the audience changed, and immediately a weak old man said: "No, the treasury is the source of our kingdom's financial resources, once the treasury is looted, then we ......."

"Poof!"

Before the old man finished speaking, he was shot out by Chen Ning's purple and green sword qi, piercing his head and falling to the ground on the spot.

"Prime Minister...."

Many officials and general-level figures let out a cry of grief one after another, and immediately looked at Chen Ning one by one, their eyes full of anger and fear.

"Grandpa!" Several young generals looked full of grief, and immediately sacrificed their weapons, their eyes flashing with hatred and anger, and shouted: "I fought with you." With that, several generals rushed towards Chen Ning.

"No, all of them retreat." The king immediately shouted.

It's a pity that it was too late, Chen Ning shot mercilessly, his fingers pointed out one after another, and several purple and green sword qi shot out, piercing the throats of several generals who rushed in, staining the hall with blood.

"Stand down, all step down, and no one should act rashly." The king shouted anxiously, these people in the main hall are all high-level figures of the Pingyang Kingdom, and they are all pillars of existence, and they can't be lost at all, otherwise, I'm afraid that the Pingyang Kingdom will also exist in name only.

Then he hurriedly agreed, as if he was afraid that Chen Ning would kill all the people in the hall in a fit of anger; "This king will take you to the treasury now, no one can stop you, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

Subsequently, the king of the Pingyang Kingdom led the way in front and personally led Chen Ning to the direction of the treasury, and behind the two, a large group of heavily armed generals and elite soldiers followed the two closely, all looking extremely nervous.

Soon, Chen Ning was led by the king to the treasury, and the king ordered the soldiers guarding the gate of the treasury to open the gate, and then walked in with Chen Ning.

The treasury of the Binh Duong Kingdom was built in the Imperial Palace, which was a very large underground space, divided into several areas, each of which stored various materials.

Chen Ning took the king of the Pingyang Kingdom into the area of the savings demon core first, this is a very spacious room, the room is stacked with dozens of large wooden boxes with a length and width of one meter high, exuding powerful energy fluctuations, and in the innermost, dozens of spatial belts are hanging on an iron frame.

Chen Ning's divine sense swept and directly penetrated the wooden box to observe the demon cores inside, and found that these demon cores contained in the wooden box were all first-order and second-order low-level demon cores, and the number was simply incalculable.

Chen Ning came to the innermost iron frame with dozens of spaces to carry, and found that each space had a note pasted on it, which detailed the names and quantities of the items inside.

"There are a total of five hundred second-order demon cores."

"There are a total of six hundred and twenty-one second-order demon cores."

"There are a total of a thousand second-order demon cores."

"There are a total of seven hundred third-order demon cores."

"There are a total of five hundred and thirty third-order demon cores."

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Among the dozens of space belts, there are second-order, third-order and fourth-order demon cores, each space belt is equipped with at least five hundred pieces, of which the second-order demon cores are the most, roughly estimated, there are at least sixty or seventy thousand, and the third-order demon cores are relatively few, about ten thousand, and the fourth-order demon cores have the least number, only more than four hundred.

Looking at the number of demon cores marked on the space belt, Rao couldn't help but gasp with Chen Ning's concentration, the number of demon cores here added up to a terrifying level, which made Chen Ning feel dumbfounded.

However, when he thought that the Pingyang Kingdom had a total population of more than one billion people, he was relieved, this is the treasury of the Pingyang Kingdom, with the population of the Pingyang Kingdom, throwing this pile of demon cores out will not cause the slightest ripple, perhaps, this batch of demon cores are the results of the Pingyang Kingdom's savings for decades or even hundreds of years.

Chen Ning put all these space belts full of demon cores into the space rings, and as for the dozens of large wooden boxes containing first-order and second-order demon cores placed in the middle, he didn't let go, but fortunately, there were several space rings on his body, and the space was large enough to hold these things.

Seeing that these demon cores were all taken away by Chen Ning, His Majesty the King, who was following him, had to show a look of wanting to cry without tears, and sighed in his heart, after this catastrophe, even if the Pingyang Kingdom was not destroyed, the national strength would decline for a long time.

Next, Chen Ning came to the place where the Xuanshi was stored in the treasury, took away all the space belts inside, and obtained a large number of Xuanshi and spars, even the spirit stones are quite a lot, conservatively estimated, at least hundreds of millions, and this is almost all the property of the entire kingdom of the Pingyang Kingdom.