The wind is cold and the snow is getting thicker.

The snow covered the entire northern land in silver, and as far as the eye could see, the mountains and rivers were covered in snow-white colors.

Therefore, the black iron cavalry is particularly abrupt against the backdrop of this heavy snow, and countless black cavalry are clustered together, like a black ocean that is constantly surging waves, giving people full of shock.

This is the Western Army.

At the forefront of the army is the most western, known as the elite invincible division of the Shenwu Army.

The king's flag sounded in the cold wind.

The Western Frontier Army, which had just annihilated the Northern Yan, had just rested for more than a month, and continued their journey when the cold winter was coming.

It's just that the goals of the army's expedition this time are somewhat different.

Jinling City.

The imperial capital of the Great Liang.

In the Western Army, most of the soldiers who followed Lu Ze were from the seven states of the Western Territory.

They originally belonged to the establishment of the Great Liang army, but later the seven states in the west had a new master, and with the knife of King Wuwei in the palace hall, all kinds of things that existed between the western border and the Great Liang were broken by that knife.

Emperor Xiao Xuan of the Great Liang Dynasty was not a very good emperor.

In this land northwest of Daliang, there have been countless brave and warlike soldiers, and nearly one-third of the soldiers in the world-famous Red Flame Army were from the seven states in the west.

It's just that the Red Flame Army was wiped out in Meiling, and the land in the west is no longer valued by the imperial court.

The land in the west is barren, and it is close to Xili and Dayu, Xiao Xuan asked Lu Ze to be the king in the west, just to let him consume himself in the land of the west, even if he can cultivate soldiers who are good at fighting, the soldiers in the west will only maintain a very small number.

Although he was crowned a king with a different surname, he completely tied Lu Ze to the western realm.

It's just that no one could have imagined that Lu Ze could change the face of the entire Western Territory from the root.

The Western Army was stationed at the mouth of the Hetao, less than a hundred miles away from Tanzhou, the nearest to the north of Daliang, and was stationed after crossing the mountains, and the Western Army was already faintly able to see the outline of the city in the south at this time.

"The one responsible for guarding the northern border is the Shangyang Army, and the commander of the Shangyang Army is Qi Hui."

"Now there are 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Tanzhou, and 30,000 troops from Taiwan who have just been transferred to the north."

Inside the big tent, the generals of the Western Frontier Army were talking in detail about the situation of the Shangyang Army in the North.

Although he didn't want to meet with the original Liang Paoze battlefield, but now, it seems that the two sides are only left with a knife to meet each other, rather than constantly hesitating, it is better to choose to cut through the chaos quickly.

This is also an important reason why Lu Ze decided to launch the order to go south before the New Year.

After the generals finished discussing, Lu Ze slowly spoke: "Before the Chinese New Year's Eve this year, capture Jinling." ”

Everyone in the big tent gasped in unison, looked at each other, and exchanged glances.

From now on, less than two months before the Chinese New Year's Eve was full, and the order set by Wang Ye really shocked everyone, but the generals did not express dissent, but returned to their respective camps and clearly conveyed this order.

The Western Frontier Army, which was originally a little unstable, instantly recovered to the appearance it had when it conquered Northern Yan.

Only then did the generals understand the true intentions of the prince.

The seventh day of November.

After the heavy snowfall, the northern border of Daliang ushered in the first major battle in more than ten years.

But this time, the enemy was not Beiyan from the north.

It was the army in the west of Daliang, and King Wuwei led his army from Beiyan to attack Daliang and point directly at the imperial city of Jinling.

The first battle lasted only three days, and the city of Tanzhou was broken.

The military discipline of the western border army is strict, and the people have not been disturbed after the city is broken, and there are soldiers on duty in the city after nightfall, and the people are even in a trance when they look at the faces and armor of these western soldiers, and they only feel that the days are no different from before the city is broken.

The defeated commander of the Shangyang Army, Qi Commander, was captured in front of Lu Ze.

Looking at Lu Ze, Qi Hui burst into tears, and then his eyes were split: "The thief who betrays the country and kills the king, everyone will be punished!" ”

Lu Ze chuckled: "This king first pushed Da Yu, and then destroyed Da Liang, is Qi Governor blind?" This king is a great contribution to the country. ”

Qi Hui snorted heavily on the ground and snorted coldly: "You are now a rebel of the Great Liang Kingdom, and you are also worthy of being the king?" It's just a wolf with ambition, who committed the great rebellion of killing the king in court, and he still doesn't know how to repent, and now he is trying to destroy Daliang again? ”

Lu Ze waved his hand at the guards who were about to take down Commander Qi.

He continued: "The name of this king, the king of Wuwei, was given by the people of the seven states in the western border, didn't the royal family surnamed Liang Xiao also do this at the beginning? If this king loses to the new emperor of Jinling City, he will naturally go down to Jiuquan, but now it seems that it is not this king who will lose. ”

"Commander Qi, your Shangyang Army is really too wasteful."

When Qi Hui heard this, his face was surprisingly ugly.

Lu Ze picked up the letter placed on the case behind him and read it softly: "Thirteen years ago, Commander Qi was ordered to quell the starving people riot in Yanzhou and the bandits occupied the mountain, but in fact, you secretly slaughtered the three major villages in the Yushan Mountains in the northwest of Yanzhou, using the people as bandits and taking the lead to lead the army. ”

"Seven years ago, Qi Benzhen, the youngest son of your family, fell in love with a woman from a good family in Yuxi Village, Chenping County, humiliated her innocence and then killed, that family of five old and young, and then all died in the inexplicable banditry."

"Not to mention, you dare to resell war horse weapons in the north."

Lu Ze looked down at the Shangyang Army Commander who was kneeling on the ground.

He threw the envelope in his hand on the ground as if he had dropped a token for the decapitation of the judgment.

Qi Hui's face is bloodless.

"The reason why I talk so much about such a thing as you is that I want you to be able to understand it later with the people of your family."

"Being in a high position, embezzling and enjoying, wantonly slaughtering civilians, governing the army unclearly, and governing the family is not strict."

"Drag it down, drag it to Tanzhou City, and put it to death in front of all the people in the city."

The southward march of the Western Frontier Army has no shortage of such ruthless methods.

The territory of Daliang under Xiao Xuan's rule has long been full of problems.

Xiao Jingyu, the eldest son of the emperor at that time, had already seen this drawback, and wanted to carry out the restructuring of the army and the court in a big way, but unfortunately he died young, drank poisonous wine and died, and at the same time buried the hope of ideals and clarity in the hearts of countless people.

After Xiao Jingyan ascended the throne, this drawback in the Liang system is gradually changing.

But Lu Ze's existence has put all the problems on the surface, and the means of countering violence with violence are the most direct, as Mei Changsu said at the beginning, Lu Ze can do many things, but Jing Yan, who has become the emperor, can't do it.

The flames of war finally burned in the territory of Daliang.

Even though Xiao Jingyan and Mei Changsu had prepared a lot of coping strategies, when the war really came, the weak side of Da Liang's bones was finally completely exposed.

The Western Frontier Army did not even encounter great resistance, and won successive battles.

This is far easier than conquering Dayu and Northern Yan.

The transverse flute in the distance played the news of the defeat of the Great Liang, and Jinling City trembled!

Especially when I heard about the many bloody tragedies caused by the southward march of the Western Frontier Army, dozens of famous and powerful families were wiped out, but the people of Daliang were not affected much, although there are still people who are inevitably affected, but relatively speaking, a very peaceful situation has been maintained.

It's more like a civil war.

The power is high.

Now that the Western Frontier Army that destroyed Dayu and Beiyan has surpassed the royal family surnamed Xiao in Jinling City.

If the life and death of Daliang is only reduced to the overthrow of the royal family surnamed Daliang Xiao, then it is not surprising that the war has reached this point, if King Wuwei really becomes the co-lord of the world, then these Liang soldiers who are fighting with the Western Frontier Army today will probably be his subordinates in the future, and the resistance will inevitably be reduced by a level.

170,000 soldiers and horses are definitely not small, but there are not many of these people who really work for the Liang Xiao family.

Of course, if Beiyan or Dayu were to attack, the situation would definitely not be like this.

After all, Lu Ze was born in Jinling, and he was the king of Wuwei in the seven states of the western border, in addition to the ruthless methods against those powerful people, Ping Suri was a very good object to get along with, otherwise there would not be so many people behind him to support him wholeheartedly.

Mei Changsu also saw this.

Therefore, he wanted to take the Ice Continuation Pill and become Xiao Jingyan's strongest arm, instead of standing behind and acting as a so-called strategist.

Who would have thought that less than two years after the new Emperor of Daliang ascended the throne, he would issue an order from the king of Qin and call on the soldiers and horses of the world to come to the king.

Xiao Jingyan can definitely be regarded as a good emperor, and he is also known for his prestige in the army.

In addition to the western and southern borders, the wolf smoke in other places in Daliang was mostly carried out by Xiao Jingyan in the Jingwang era to go to the conquest, and the generals in the army originally supported the new emperor the greatest.

But now, what people need to face is the unparalleled god of war.

King Qin's order was not very effective.

Although there is no chaos in Jinling City, it is inevitable that some people in the ministers will think of the fate of those powerful people in Beiyan, especially when they heard that the Western Frontier Army slaughtered many people along the way to the south, and it was inevitable that there were high-ranking officials in Jinling who were related to their relatives.

Most of the bureaucrats in the Liang court remained calm, and many of them were promoted by the new emperor.

Such as Shen Chai, the secretary of the household department, and Cai Qian, the secretary of the criminal department, these people are not afraid of the shadow, and they are not less worried about the new emperor during this time, but they are the number one in handling the government affairs of their respective departments, and they are really powerless in the face of the pressure of the army approaching Jinling.

Xiucai met a soldier, and it was unreasonable.

"Alas, what an eventful time."

"The reform of the imperial court has just been carried out, and the war has burned to Jinling City."

"Lao Cai, where do you think we are going to go?"

The two Shangshu adults of the household department and the criminal department drank spirits and wanted to borrow wine to kill their sorrows.

The new emperor treats the two of them well, treating them as friends and confidants, but after today's court meeting, he instructed the two of them in the Yangxin Palace, which made the two Shangshu adults feel particularly uncomfortable: "King Wuwei guarded the western border and guarded it well, and suddenly raised troops to the north, and then returned to Jinling City, he... Alas! ”

Shen Chai's drunken eyes were hazy: "I only hope that we can create a clear situation that His Majesty wants to see." ”

On this night, there were a lot of people who bought drunk.

In the depths of the palace, Commander Meng was meticulously on duty, but a little sadness flashed in his eyes from time to time.

Emperor Xiao Jingyan asked his mother to say goodbye after dealing with the folds, and the Empress Dowager Jing looked at the son in front of her, stretched out her hand and gently stroked his head, and her tone was gentle and delicate: "Jingyan, you have done well enough, your father, your eldest brother, will be proud of you." ”

Just these words, Xiao Jingyan's eyes were already red.

"But... I have no shame to go to see the emperor's eldest brother under the nine springs. ”

"The girder, after all, is still broken in my hands to the continuation of the dynasty."

Empress Dowager Jing shook her head: "At least, you have already cleared their grievances for your imperial elder brother and Lin Shuai." ”

Su House at the same time.

Mei Changsu looked at the stars in the night sky in a daze, a tired look shrouded in his face, whether it was Mei Changsu or Lin Shu, this kind of fatigue was rare.

Except for the time when he escaped death in Meiling, he has rarely been so powerless in these years.

"Sect Master, it's time for you to go back to your room to rest, it's cold outside, if you let Doctor Yan see it, you will have to scold us again."

Li Gang came to Mei Changsu's side and reminded him in a low voice.

During this time, the state of the sect master was obviously very wrong.

This state has something to do with the recent war in Daliang, and it has a lot to do with His Majesty in the palace.

Mei Changsu got up and went back to the room, and as soon as he entered the room, he suddenly coughed violently.

"After all its efforts, the world will be unified."

But how can Jing Yan survive in this world? It seems like... I really hurt him! ”

If he hadn't entered Jinling City and meddled in the imperial capital, the former prince of the royal family surnamed Xiao was still fighting with King Yu, Xiao Jingyan was an unfavored prince at best, how could he get to this point?

Mei Changsu laughed bitterly: "I can't die, I want to see the world for Jing Yan." ”

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the southbound Western Frontier Army finally saw the face of the majestic imperial capital.

The emperor is still the same.

But things are not people.

At the end of the winter of the second year of Liang Yuanyou, the northern war was lost one after another, the western army came to the city, the Liang Emperor Xiao Jingyan Qin's royal order was fruitless, and the hundred officials of the clan opened the city and surrendered, and the Liang Dynasty, which had been established for more than 300 years, announced its withdrawal from the historical stage.

The next day, the news of the old emperor's suicide spread.

Even if Lu Ze had the intention of letting Xiao Jingyan die, the latter had no face to survive in the world, and the Great Liang Dynasty continued to break in his hands, and he had no face to face the martyrs of the royal family surnamed Xiao, and died with his face.

For the common people and courtiers, the changes brought about by the change of dynasty were not very large.

Life is still life.

However, the influence of the unification of Daliang, Dayu and Beiyan has subtly changed everyone.

Lu Ze built the dynasty as Yin, and the country name was Apocalypse.

The years of fighting ceased slightly, but everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before Dachu in the south and the East China Sea in the east.

After the beginning of spring, thousands of southern iron horsemen escorted the hostess of Mu Wangfu in the south into Jinling.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse, Lu Ze, got married.

Mu Nihuang phoenix crown is draped, and tears are in his eyes.

It was the happiest moment of her life.