On February 4th, nearly a month had passed since the army under the command of Gong Shangming had completely defeated the army of the Heavenly Absolute Empire, but there were not many smiles on the Tianji Hall in Tianji City, and in the past month, I could only hear one bad news after another.

"Bow is handsome!" the eunuch announced loudly at the top of his voice.

A group of civil and military officers looked sideways, only to see Gong Shangming dressed in a military uniform, wearing a long sword at his waist, and gilded combat boots stepping on the blood-red carpet into the main hall step by step.

After Zhang Sheng's death, all the generals were helpless, this Confucian stepped forward and turned the tide, not only won a good reputation, but also achieved his status above 10,000 people under one person in the Tianji Empire.

Even, even the Emperor Bei Mingyuan paid double attention to this Confucian marshal.

"Gong Shuai is here? "The North Abyss Dao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Gong Shangming knelt on his knees and said, "But Weichen can't sit down, there is new news from afar, and this news makes Weichen feel very gloomy." ”

"Oh, what's the news?"

"Sikong Yao and Bai Ze mercenaries have occupied Huoyuan City, and more than a dozen prefectures and counties in the entire Huoyuan Province have fallen one by one, Bai Ze's mercenaries have a very big appetite, not only Xishan Province, but they have even swallowed Huoyuan Province in one gulp!"

"How can it be!"

Bei Mingyuan took the case, his face was full of anger: "What is this little girl thinking about Sikong Yao, is she robbing and grabbing half of the country in the Ming Dynasty? Gong Shuai, as the marshal of the Empire, you must have a way to recapture the two major provinces from Sikong Yao's hands, right?"

Gong Shangming's face was pale: "Your Majesty, Weichen can't." ”

"Why?"

Gong Shangming raised his head and looked at the North Abyss, and said: "First, our treasury is already empty, and we can't take out more food and weapons to fight, and secondly, our strength has declined to an unprecedented level, the first battle of Dongning City is a decisive battle with the million-strong army of the Tianji Empire with the strength of our Tianji Empire, after the first battle, Chen Yu was defeated, and we are no better, Yanji Corps, The Lan Ji Corps plus the newly formed army of nearly 500,000 horses and horses are less than 200,000 left, and there are many seriously injured, many wounded soldiers can not re-enter the battlefield, and on the other hand, Sikong Yao, Bai Ze mercenaries only have one chance to enter the battlefield directly, it was an ambush on the border of Huoyuan Province, and there was not much loss at all, but they captured a lot of troops from the Heavenly Absolute Empire, plus the people and horses they recruited, the current Bai Ze mercenaries have at least 250,000 troops, in terms of strength, we are no longer above Bai Ze mercenaries. ”

"What......" Bei Mingyuan felt a little chill in his heart when he heard this, and said: "I knew that I shouldn't have invited Bai Ze's mercenaries to reinforce in the first place, this is simply luring wolves into the room, and I am confused!"

Gong Shangming smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, you are not confused, if there is no Sikong Yao's Bai Ze mercenaries to use a plan in the Refusal to Return to the Forest, I am afraid that Chen Yu will not be defeated, if you don't invite Sikong Yao to come, the Tianji Empire will fall!"

"Now, how is it good?" asked Bei Ying Yuan with a dead face.

Gong Shangming said: "Although Bai Ze's mercenaries are here to lure wolves into the house, which is a bad thing, it is not impossible for us to turn bad things into good things. ”

"Oh? ”

"Your Majesty, in the end, Sikong Yao has not completely torn her face with us yet, she is still the Xiping County Lord of the Tianji Empire, in my opinion, it is better for Your Majesty to give Sikong Yao a holy message, ordering her to lead Bai Ze mercenaries to the south to attack the Black Stone Empire's Lieshan Province, so that we can take advantage of the situation and recapture the two major provinces in one fell swoop. ”

"Good!"

Bei Mingyuan stood up and said, "Do according to the plan, so what if Sikong Yao doesn't accept my edict?"

"It is her business whether to accept it or not, and it is Your Majesty's business whether to issue an edict or not. ”

Gong Shangming said lightly: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask your golden order to be used." ”

"Oh, what's the use of the Golden Order?"

"The minister wants to go to Tianji Sect to see the sect master Sikong Ming, I'm afraid that at this moment, the only one who can restrain Sikong Yao is his old man. ”

"Hmmm......"

……

In the afternoon, the main altar of Tianji Sect.

Gong Shangming held the imperial golden order in his hand, and led dozens of guards to enter the main altar smoothly, along the way, it seemed that the spring of the main altar of the Tianji Sect came earlier than other places.

In the depths, the pear blossoms are in full bloom, there are few such beautiful and exquisite in Tianji City, even the imperial garden of Tianji Palace is not so elegant and chic, and in the depths of the pear blossoms is a thatched house, a well-known residence.

A disciple walked in front and said respectfully, "Sect Master, Marshal Gong Shangming asks to see you." ”

"Squeak......

The wooden door slowly opened, and Sikong Ming, dressed in a white robe, walked out in good spirits, but if you look closely, you can find that his feet don't touch the ground at all, and every step ripples with a frost, which is very magical.

"I don't know what happened to the marshal coming to me, an old man?" Sikong Ming said with a smile, but he was very easy-going and close.

Gong Shangming immediately saluted and said respectfully: "Old Sect Master, I came this time for the matter of Miss Sikong Yao, does the old sect master know what Miss Sikong Yao has done recently?"

Sikong Ming smiled slightly: "You mean Ah Yao? I don't know, Ah Yao has grown up, and I can't control her with this old bone, and I won't ask Ah Yao what she does, so I'm afraid that this time the marshal came in vain." ”

"Old Sect Master!"

Gong Shangming's voice was earnest, and he said: "The Bai Ze mercenaries under the command of Miss Sikong Yao have already stolen the two major provinces of Xishan and Huoyuan in a row, her actions are tantamount to treason, is the old sect master really sitting idly by?"

"Treason, is there one?" Sikong Ming looked kind, and said with a smile: "Didn't Your Majesty make her a Xishan County Lord? ”

Gong Shangming frowned and said: "Old Sect Master, if you say such a thing, how can your Majesty be embarrassed, Miss Sikong Yao captured Huoyuan Province without even saying hello, once Your Majesty investigates this matter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be good!"

Sikong Ming's face turned cold: "What? Investigate? Who dares to touch my granddaughter's hair, just try it, don't think that my Sikong Ming can't do it if he doesn't do it for decades, tell you, the old man should be strong!"

Gong Shangming was stunned: "What does the old sect master mean...... Miss A-Yao doesn't care about you outside, but once Your Majesty wants to sanction her, you will definitely intervene, right?"

"yes......"

Sikong Ming stroked his beard lightly and said: "The old man has already said that everything in the world has nothing to do with my Sikong Ming and Tianji Sect, Ah Yao is a sensible child, I can understand what she does, but if anyone wants to hurt Ah Yao, then don't blame me Sikong Ming for fighting this old bone and breaking the net with him." ”

Gong Shangming's face was dazed, he had never seen such an unreasonable person in his life, and this person was actually the sect master of the Tianji Sect, known as the strongest person in the plane of the Tianji Continent, even if it was that Hui Angel Midnight, he might not be stronger than Sikong Ming, but he would never be so unreasonable.

It's just an old fox!

Gong Shangming secretly thought so in his heart, but he couldn't attack, once he provoked Sikong Ming, I am afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable, Sikong Ming's strength was unfathomable, it was possible to kill the king in the palace, and he could do it.

"So...... I took my leave under it. ”

"Don't send it, marshal, remember not to hurt my family A-Yao, otherwise, the marshal will understand. ”

"Yes......"

Gong Shangming slowly withdrew from the pear orchard, his face became even more ugly, he was ordered to be a marshal in danger, but now it seems that this handsome position is really not easy to sit on, when Bei Minghuan was in power, he ate and drank spicy food all day long, and when he sat on the handsome position, he was afraid to carry the black pot all day long, and every day was like a year.

"Gong Shuai, what now?" asked Custer, the commander of the accompanying Longji Corps, with some uneasiness.

"What else can I do, let's take it one step at a time. ”

Custer frowned: "I'm afraid I can't wait for you to take a step at a time, many important people in the court have been talking behind your back recently, maybe one day someone will jointly impeach you as a marshal." ”

"Oh, what are they talking about me?"

They said......" Castel stopped talking.

"Don't worry, just say, Commander. ”

"Hmm. Cassette nodded and said: "They talked a lot, saying that you are a cannibal marshal, and you ordered cannibalism when you broke the Ding Realm, and now you have been trapped in Dongning City for more than a month, and your subordinates have eaten more than 200,000 corpses, including civilians in Dongning Province, and even the three daughters of Taishou have been eaten, they said, you, the cannibal marshal, are not even human, how can you be worthy of being a marshal? Gong Shuai, don't be angry, these ...... It's just the jealousy of some villains. ”

"I know ......"

Gong Shangming stood in the cold wind, the marshal's cloak slowly flew, but the body under the cloak looked a little thin, he sighed to himself, and said, "It's cold, go back early." ”

"Yes!"

However, when Gong Shangming came to the edge of the war horse, he stepped on the stirrup several times, and even fell on the horse's back, pressing his face tightly in the saddle, the saddle was very cold, but he was not cold, Gong Shangming didn't know whether what he was doing was right or wrong, and he didn't even know whether he should take the left foot or the right foot next.

"Gong Shuai, are you alright?" said Custer in a low voice.

"It's okay......"

Gong Shangming raised his head and said, "It seems that the path of Sikong Ming's old sect master is also impassable, we must think of other ways, how to recapture the two major provinces from Sikong Yao's hands, otherwise the south will be uneven, and the Tianji Empire will soon be shattered." ”

Custer nodded, "Yes!"

He helped Gong Shangming to get on the horse, holding the reins, but said, "Does Gong Shuai still want to continue fighting for that group of ungrateful villains?"

Gong Shangming straightened his iron helmet, his eyes were like torches: "No, I continue to fight for my eternal fame, not for them, and I won't be ...... anymore."

Custer: "......"