Half a month later, Tongchuan City

Because more than a month ago, the Wuwei royal family did not resist stubbornly in the city, there was no large-scale siege battle, the city walls were quite neat, and the market was still clean.

It's just that there is a depressing atmosphere in the streets and alleys, and the pedestrians who come and go are also sad--although they have no idea of being martyred for Wu Weiguo, they can't do it for a moment and a half to be full of joy and make themselves the people of the Jin Dynasty.

What's more, the Heavenly Jin Kingdom is not good to them.

Although the Jin army did not plunder and slaughter for several days, and withdrew from Tongchuan City after destroying the Mengshi Temple, what followed was the order to levy soldiers, each family, three Ding draw two, two Ding draw, but all men over fourteen years old and under sixty years old must go into battle to fight, and if they do not obey, they will be charged with a scout of Jingchu State, and the whole family will be reduced to slavery and sent to the battlefield!

For more than a month, the whole city of Tongchuan has been miserable, and the street market, which was not very prosperous, is as dead and silent as a grave, only the private soldiers of the Cao family with armor in armor patrolling the streets, the armor will make a "bang, bang, bang" collision sound, or a large family of slaves wearing shackles, crying and crying to be escorted outside the city, ready to go to the Central Plains.

In the miserable wind and rain, only the Upper Doctor's Mansion is like a city, more lively than in the past, from the extraordinarily gorgeous cars are the officials and nobles who were not very ambitious, but at the moment it is full of red light, in the courtyard, as if a large nest of chickens are raised, the hot atmosphere, and the cold street forms a sharp contrast.

After the fall of Wuwei State, Tongchuan City became the direct territory of the Tianjin Kingdom, and sent a city lord to manage it, but this city lord was the second son of the old fox Cao Yang, obviously, Cao Yang was the real ruler of Wuwei Sanzhou, and Shangdafufu replaced Wuwei Palace and became the political center of Tongchuan City and even Wuwei Sanzhou.

Now. In a delicate garden in the backyard of the Upper Doctor's Mansion, the old fox Cao Yang was lying on a soft couch covered with bearskin, half-squinting, talking to a young man with a fierce look.

The young man was in his early twenties, with a Chinese face, bright eyes, dark skin, and a large scar on his arm. There were a few pieces of iron and spar inlaid inside, and it seemed that this arm seemed to have been blown off, but he didn't care, and from time to time he touched this scar, which was quite show-off.

The young man's name is Cao Ke, and he is Cao Yang's youngest son, because he is a concubine, his mother is just a maid in the house, and he has not shown his head much for a long time.

But no one knows. Cao Ke is Cao Yang's favorite son, and as early as five years ago, he was sent to the Liuyun Sword Sect by Cao Yang. After five years of diligent study and hard training, he has also cultivated to the peak realm of innocence.

The twenty-two-year-old congenital pinnacle is definitely a rare existence in Wuwei Sanzhou!

Cao Ke was sent back by the Liuyun Sword Sect to replenish the strength of Wuwei Sanzhou and seize the time to eliminate the resistance.

At this moment, he was painting to the old man

Tell about the war in the Kingdom of Tianjin:

"In the past two months, the Heavenly Jin Kingdom and the Jing Chu Kingdom have not yet started fighting, but the Heavenly Star Alliance and the Asking Heart Hall have already been fighting each other! The tactics of both sides are to send an assassination team composed of small groups of cultivators to infiltrate the territory of the enemy country. Attack the baggage team, burn grain and grass, and assassinate the generals if they have the chance!"

"Last month alone, in the territory of the Heavenly Jin Kingdom. At least eleven granaries were burned down, twelve city lords were assassinated, more than twenty thousand commanders, and even ten thousand commanders were slaughtered!"

"However, there is no benefit on the side of Jing Chu Kingdom. The news I just received before I left was that the Liuyun Sword Sect and the Tongtian Sword Sect joined forces to set up an ambush in a large granary, dispatched a Jindan Stage elder and five or six True Transmission disciples of the Condensation Period, exterminated an assassination team of the Hall of Questioning, and killed two Condensation Stage Cultivators and seven Qi Refining Stage Cultivators!"...,

"In short, now the Tianjin Kingdom and the Jing Chu Kingdom are in chaos, the disciples of all sects and sects must be very careful when walking on the road, if they are not careful, they will lose their heads, especially a high-level martial artist like a child who is at the peak of innate nature, but has not yet advanced to the Qi refining stage, is the favorite target of the assassination team!"

"Why is that?"

In front of his beloved little son, the old fox Cao Yang also had more words.

Cao Ke smiled and said:

"If you enter the Qi Refining Period, you will be able to master a lot of life-saving supernatural powers, and it will take a little effort to kill, if you can't kill them silently, but you may expose the existence of the assassination team, then the gains outweigh the losses! As for the small fish and shrimp that have just entered the congenital stage, it is convenient to kill, but killing a hundred of them is just to pull out a hundred hairs, and it will not hurt the spleen and stomach! Only a high-level martial artist like a child who is about to advance to the Qi Refining Period, is easy to kill and valuable, so it has become the best target of the assassination team!"

After a pause, he said: "In view of this, coupled with my father's hard work this time, he helped the Tianjin soldiers to take down the entire Wuwei without blood, and the Liuyun Sword Sect put the child back, on the one hand, to help the father, on the other hand, I don't want the child to lose his life for no reason!"

Cao Yang snorted noncommittally, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and slowly asked:

"Ke'er, you have been in the Liuyun Sword Sect for five years, and you should have more knowledge than your father, in your opinion, who will die in this Central Plains war?"

Obviously, Cao Ke had also thought about this question carefully, and without hesitation, he shook his head and said, "It's hard to say." ”

"What's a bad way to say?" Cao Yang's eyes bloomed with two essences.

Cao Kedao:

"The child has been in the Liuyun Sword Sect for five years, although he has not personally fought with the monks of the Asking Heart Hall of Jing Chu Kingdom, but he has also heard some news of the Asking Heart Palace, in general, the Heavenly Star Alliance and the Asking Heart Hall are half a catty and eight taels, they are not equal, no matter which side wants to eat the other unscathed, it will be even more difficult! If the two sides fight to the end, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation!"

"Therefore, who will kill the deer depends on the battle between the Tianjin Kingdom and the Jing Chu Kingdom, mortals!"

"The Tianjin Kingdom is an old power of the Qianyuan Dynasty, the five major battalions are galloping vertically and horizontally, and the world is invincible; Jing Chu Kingdom is a rising star, rising very fast, at present, these two countries have tens of thousands of rune crystal chariots, and they are both vast countries, this war of annihilation, I am afraid there is still a fight!"

"But, Dad, why do we care who wins and who loses?"

Cao Ke smiled faintly and said confidently:

"Wuwei Sanzhou is located in a remote area, and it has never been a battleground for soldiers. No matter who is the hegemon, I am afraid that we will not take Wuwei Sanzhou to heart! As long as our Cao family has a firm control of a group of soldiers and horses in our hands and can suppress the situation, even if Jing Chu State wins the Central Plains War, what if it is not up to our Cao family to maintain the situation? So-"

His eyes were as sharp as the old fox Cao Yang, and he said categorically:

"Instead of caring about the victory or defeat of the Central Plains War, it is better to think more about how to swallow the three states of Wuwei into your stomach!"

Cao Yang sighed:

"My son can see like that. It's not in vain that I have been in the Central Plains for five years! It's just that we want to swallow Wuwei Sanzhou completely, and it won't happen overnight, and we still need to think about it in the long run!"

Cao Ke frowned slightly and said:

"In the end, Dad is still kind-hearted and can't bear to make a big move, but has Dad ever thought that there is not much time left for us. ”

"Oh, what do you say?" Cao Yang was shocked.

Cao Kedao:

"Right now, the Central Plains war is imminent. The Tianjin Kingdom has no time to deal with the affairs of the three states of Wuwei, which gives us the opportunity of the Cao family, if we wait for the Central Plains War to come to an end. Therefore, before the Tianjin Kingdom frees up its hands, our Cao family must act vigorously and resolutely to get enough territory and benefits, so as to ensure that the foundation of the Cao family will last forever!"...,

Cao Yang was silent for a long time. Ran:

"Dad is old, really old, in Tongchuan City, everyone else calls Daddy Old Fox, Dad is right for this title. It's also quite complacent! It's only today that my father knows that this bloody world, no matter how cunning the old fox is, is useless. I want a wolf, a vicious wolf!"

Cao Kehuo got up and saluted his father: "The child is willing to be the wolf of the Cao family!"

Cao Yang laughed and waved his hand: "Let's go, go to the front hall to meet the guests for a while!"

The front hall of the Upper Doctor's Mansion was already crowded, with dozens of people gathered, and there were hundreds of people waiting in the courtyard outside.

Before midsummer, these people were already so hot that their faces were red, they were sweating profusely, and they opened their clothes and fanned the wind regardless of their image, but their spirits were extremely excited, and they were looking forward to Cao Yang.

These people are all minor nobles in the three states of Wuwei.

Regarding the demise of Wuwei Kingdom, the nobles of the three states of Wuwei obviously had different views.

The largest nobleman, that is, the royal Mengshi, naturally resisted to the end, and Mengyu's tragic charge outside Tongchuan City had cut off all possibilities for forgiveness, and most of the remaining royal families were strangled cleanly, and it is said that only one princess Qinglan escaped.

The position of the three major families is also very clear, the Cao family took the lead in taking refuge in the Tianjin Kingdom, and became the strongest of the three families, and the attitude of the Bai family and the Zhao family is also very resolute, that is, to fight to the death.

Most of the middle nobles maintained a wise attitude of protecting themselves, although they had no intention of being martyred for Wu Weiguo, but it was impossible for them to take the initiative to send troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Bai family and the Zhao family - everyone knew that the wounded wolf was the craziest, and no one wanted to taste the final blow of the Bai family and the Zhao family.

Although the Cao family was angry at the uncooperative attitude of these nobles, their strength was limited at the moment, so they had to endure it first.

And the petty aristocracy is different.

Most of these small nobles only have fiefs of one or two counties, and some even have only one town fief, and most of them are in the poor countryside where birds don't.

These little nobles are a group of hungry wild dogs, eager to tear off a piece of flesh and blood on the two behemoths of the Bai family and the Zhao family.

In addition, they are alone, and they have no power to resist the Cao family's army at all, they are dead left and right, and they have become the minions of the Cao family, and there is a possibility of going further, as long as they are not fools, they know what to do.

"The old patriarch will meet with your lords!"

With a clear shout, everyone stood up and craned their necks to look forward.

When Cao Yang walked into the front hall tremblingly with Cao Ke's support, the front hall that was whispering just now suddenly became silent, and all the guests looked at each other, not daring to be the first to speak.

Cao Yang didn't speak, just stared at the guests in silence, and whoever swept his cloudy eyes would bow his head weakly.

The strange silence lasted for a moment, and finally someone couldn't help but break the silence, and said with a sad face:

"Old patriarch, you have to call the shots for the big guys!"

Since the fall of Wuwei Kingdom, Cao Yang's title of "Doctor" is of course gone, and he is not interested in being a trivial petty official in the Tianjin Kingdom, so he retreats into the background. "Farewell to the old man and return to his hometown", but this original "Upper Doctor's Mansion" has been occupied and not handed over.

Cao Yang raised his eyelids, and saw that the person who spoke was five short figures, and there were several new scars on his face, and half of his left ear had been cut off, and it took him a long time to recognize that this was the patriarch of the Gaoyang Lu family.

The Lu family and the Cao family are a little related. It is also the first family to stand up and join the Cao family, and they are also very hard working in the battle to encircle and suppress the Bai and Zhao families, of course, they have the qualifications to stand up first.

Cao Yang coughed for a while, and said slowly: ...,

"Patriarch Lu, if you have something to say slowly, with the support of the Tianjin Kingdom in the back, you can't solve any troubles, isn't it just a group of lost dogs?"

Rao is highly respected, as soon as he says this. The guests couldn't help but mutter, "Lost home" is true, but is it a "dog"? Those are all lost tigers!

What Patriarch Lu wants to say. Everyone has already summed it up just now, it's nothing more than that the combat power of the remnants of the two Bai Zhao families is too strong, and they can't eat it at all with the strength of their small families, and in a month, the big guys have suffered heavy losses, and some can't support it.

These words are true and false, but they are generally not bad, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Bai family and the Zhao family have stood in Wuwei Country for hundreds of years. Even if they were hit hard, how could they be easily knocked over by these wild dogs?

Especially the Bai family, the West Qinzhou where the Bai family is located was originally famous for its poor mountains and bad waters, and the dock forts and walled cities in the West Qinzhou could even withstand the tide of beasts, let alone people!

Although the Bai family has now set up a second son, Bai Python, as a puppet patriarch. However, there are still many people who do not accept the white python, and these people only need to hide in the dock fort and the walled city, and if they want to smash the dock fort, they often have to pay more than ten times the troops.

These small families were originally not prosperous, and some had only a few hundred private soldiers. Where can such consumption be stopped?

"Old patriarch Mingjian, it's not that we don't want to contribute to the Tianjin country, we really can't hold on, in more than half a month, I knocked out a dock fort of the Bai family, but I also lost more than three hundred lives, old patriarch, how can I explain to orphans and widows?" said Patriarch Lu with a sigh.

The rest of the guests also chimed in.

Cao Yang's face was expressionless, he didn't even raise his eyelids, and asked quietly, "That's it?"

Patriarch Lu and the rest of the guests looked at each other for a while, gritted their teeth, and said, "Just this matter, I hope that the old patriarch can help the big guy get a charter, and we can't let our small families loyal to the Cao family die!"

Cao Yang coughed and looked at his son.

Cao Ke nodded, and suddenly high-fived.

Thirty or forty big men came in from outside, panting, and carried more than twenty large wooden boxes into the front hall, piling up a hill.

The wooden boxes are exquisitely crafted, with large pieces of flowing clouds engraved on the front and sides, and some guests have already guessed what they contain, and they can't help but swallow their spit.

Cao Ke smiled and kicked a wooden box to pieces.

With a "bang", hundreds of swords poured out of the straw, and the "clanging" fell to the ground, blooming with a chilling light.

"Wow!"

There was a burst of exclamations from the crowd.

Cao Ke hooked his toes, kicked a long sword into the air, and grabbed it with his backhand, and the real air turned, and the sword body suddenly bloomed with a faint blue light, swallowing out a three-foot-long light flame, and the dazzling light made the guests in front involuntarily take two steps back.

"This, this is—" The guests' bulging eyes were eager to reach out.

"This is a small gift from the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect to all the patriarchs. ”

Cao Ke said lightly, "They are all talisman soldiers originally used by the five major battalions of the Tianjin Kingdom, although they are not new, their power is also quite considerable, you can go outside and try it later!"

There was another discussion in the crowd, the talisman soldiers used by the five major battalions of the Tianjin Kingdom, needless to say, are all first-class goods, with this batch of talisman soldiers, they can at least increase their combat power by more than five times, and the Bai family's dock fort does not seem to be so difficult to gnaw!

"This, this is all for us, and we don't need any money?" someone asked in disbelief.

Cao Ke laughed: "It's just two thousand talismans, what is it worth? Since it was said that it was a gift to you, of course it didn't cost money!

With a smile, his expression suddenly became extremely hideous, and he said in a calm tone: "Since the Liuyun Sword Sect has given us this great gift, we must also be worthy of others, seeing that the Central Plains War is imminent, we have all become Jin people, so naturally we should serve the country! Within two months, the entire Wuwei Three Prefectures will gather enough 50,000 soldiers to send to the front line, such a difficult task, but it depends on the concerted efforts of all the patriarchs to complete!"

"Fifty thousand!"

Everyone froze.

Wuwei Sanzhou has just lost 30,000 elites, and the battle of the three major families has consumed tens of thousands of combat power, and if you want to take out 50,000 soldiers, it will really hurt your muscles and bones!

But in front of the Cao family's father and son, as well as these thousands of Fu soldiers, who dares to say half a "no"?

Cao Ke smiled, he knew that these people were still hesitating in their hearts, and if they didn't give them some powerful looks, they wouldn't agree happily, so he took the long sword and strode out of the front hall:

"Patriarchs, let's take a look at the power of this batch of runes!"

After reading it, who would dare to bargain with the Heavenly Jin Kingdom, the Liuyun Sword Sect, and their Cao family?

Cao Ke thought triumphantly.

Then he flew back like a dead leaf, and before he could hit the ground, a green flame erupted around him!

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