The next day, Liu Bing played to the emperor Liu Yu, showing that Tao Zhenbao did not participate in Wang Zhao's rebellion, Liu Zhener also interceded with his father in private, the emperor pondered for a moment, remembering that Tao Zhenbao had always been knowledgeable, virtuous and loyal, and for a while he also cherished his talents, so he mentioned Zhu Bi and approved Liu Bing's performance.

Tao Zhenbao was already dying when he was released from the prison, and after half a month, he struggled to get up and took Tao Hongjing to thank Liu Bing for saving his life.

"Brother Xian, after this change, do you have any other plans?" The Tao family is no longer in trouble, and Liu Bing can't help but sigh.

"Hey! Brother Liu, my family has lived here for many years, how easy is it to make another plan? Now it can only be counted as one step at a time. Tao Zhenbao sighed with vicissitudes on his face.

Liu Bing swept Tao Hongjing, who stopped beside his father, and saw that he was long and jade, with sparse eyebrows, and a beautiful demeanor. Several people made tea and sat opposite each other, and during the conversation, the young Tao Hongjing talked elegantly, and Liu Bingyin was moved to accept him as a guest.

"Brother Xian, I won't tell you, now that the dark tide of Jiankang City is surging, you might as well go out to work for stability. The territory of Jiangxia County, Yingzhou, Xiaochang Hou Guokong, has the position of Xiaochang Xiang, I can arrange it for you, as for Ling Lang, Xiao'er is short of a waiter, I think he is talented, if he is willing, I think he is the most suitable candidate. ”

Liu Bing's words undoubtedly made Tao Zhenbao let go of the heavy stone in his heart, and the father and son thanked him again and again for his kindness.

A few days later, in the early morning, by the Qinhuai River, Tao Zhenbao and his servants left by boat, Yang Liu Yiyi, Tao Hongjing saw the back of Xiao Suo who sent his father away, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sense of desolation in his heart, as if this was goodbye.

It was night, Xinghan Jiaojie, Qin Tianjian watched the sky at night, and found that Ziwei Star was dim, and the dragon qi of Jiankang City had changed. When reporting to the emperor, Qin Tianjian buried his head extremely low and pressed it to the ground, although he didn't see the emperor's face, he could also feel the extremely oppressive atmosphere in the hall.

"Someone is coming, the decree is to quickly arrest the king of Guiyang, escort the Jingshi, and the officials of the palace are imprisoned pending trial." Liu Yu no longer hesitated, Liu Xiuren, the king of Jian'an, stood aside at the moment, silent, this Jinling City is probably about to change.

At this time, in the Guiyang Palace, Liu Xiufan looked at Murong Zheng's letterhead and showed a meaningful smile.

After two days of traveling day and night, when the men and horses led by Liu Guangshi, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, rushed straight to the Guiyang Palace, the soldiers were boiling for a while.

"The criminal minister Liu Xiufan takes the order!" Liu Guangshi shouted loudly in front of the mansion, but there was silence in the palace.

"Bang the door!" He suddenly ordered.

The gate of the palace, which was magnificent and noble in the past, collapsed and dusty after many consecutive impacts.

"Search for me! Don't miss any corner! The people received the order and scattered in all directions.

Liu Xiufan was already prepared, he placed earth-shattering thunder in many places in the mansion, with a huge explosion of "dong-", the smoke of gunpowder rose in the mansion, and the screams of soldiers hit one after another, making people's scalps numb!

Liu Guangshi drew the silver dragon hammer, and by this time he had gathered the surviving soldiers back to reorganize the formation.

Liu Xiufan looked up to the sky and smiled, and the ravines in the corners of his eyes added a bit of heroic color, "Wait for the erector, today is your death date!" He leaped forward with a spear in his hand, drawing a trajectory in the air, and before everyone could react, the two Praetorian Guards had already landed on their heads, blood splattered on the spot.

The soldiers in the forbidden army looked at each other, as if they were retreating. Liu Guangshi scolded angrily, "You are a disciple of the clan, and you are secretly plotting rebellion, and the ambition of the wolf son is obvious, and you still don't kneel down to ambush you!" ”

With that, he swung his silver dragon and slashed violently. Liu Xiufan was not flustered, and stabbed at Liu Guangshi's lower plate with a spear in his hand, and the weapon slammed into the air, making a crisp metallic sound. Liu Guangshi was full of great strength, at first Liu Xiufan's spear almost got out of his hands under the strong impact, but he quickly changed his body shape and swept Liu Guangshi's waist with a spear, this blow swept Liu Guangshi into the air, seeing that Liu Xiufan was at ease, Liu Guangshi roared angrily, silently recited the magic trick, and with a wave of his right hand, the silver dragon turned into a silver streamer, drawing a brilliant arc in mid-air, and shot towards Liu Xiufan.

Liu Xiufan saw that this streamer was so mysterious, and he felt a sense of crisis. The spear instantly took off his hand, transforming into several spears suspended in the air, with a loud shout, "Extinguish!" All the spears stabbed forward, scattering the streamer.

Just as the two were fighting in mid-air, between the clouds and mist not far away, the monks of the Murong family came into the sky.

They stood in mid-air, silently reciting a mantra for the leader, and then a powerful dark streamer burst out of their hands and shot into the soldiers' bodies, imprisoning all the Praetorian Guards surrounding the palace in place, unable to move for half a minute.

Then the man took out a black jade-colored array disk, and countless air swords quickly condensed into a circular sword formation in the air, and a kind of fear was inexplicably born in the hearts of the Praetorian Guards, and they all raised their heads in horror and looked at the sky, countless air swords in the air rolled and flew, and the sword qi was extremely powerful, but the soldiers could not see it with the naked eye, and could only feel a suffocating depression.

Murong Zheng smiled cruelly, and then waved his finger lightly, "Kill!" ”

Thousands of air swords fell like raindrops, and the terrible screams instantly resounded throughout the Guiyang Palace, and the bodies of countless soldiers were pierced, and the internal organs and blood spurted out, the terrifying scene was like purgatory on earth, and many soldiers of the Guiyang Palace vomited on the spot when they saw such a tragic scene, and after a while, the two thousand Praetorian Guards were wiped out, leaving no one alive.

Only Liu Guangshi quickly dodged and changed positions in the air, but these sword qi were still with him. In the chaos, Liu Xiufan found the opportunity to put his internal force on the silver gun, the first few times he was at a disadvantage, he was observing the changes in Liu Guangshi's body style, and at this moment he accurately found Liu Guangshi's life, and a shot stabbed out, piercing through the chest. This shot condensed all his strength, and the head of the spear shimmered with dazzling blood.

Liu Guangshi still wanted to dodge, but it was too late. The visible blood hole in his chest made him quickly fall from the air and fall into the long corridor of the palace, a large amount of blood gushing out, which was unbearable to see. His body was completely lifeless, his pupils were dilated, and only those eyes were written with a strong unwillingness, which was difficult to look at.

The news that Liu Xiufan slaughtered the Praetorian Guards and raised troops in Jiangzhou spread quickly, and for a time there was a lot of rumors, and everyone was in danger. Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot at the court meeting, and his body was already weak after taking Wushisan excessively, and at this time it was already on the verge of decline.

Two days later, the rebel minister Liu Xiufan personally led an army of 20,000 down the river, marched day and night, and the news of the direct attack on Jiankang was sent by 800 miles in an expedited.

The situation became more and more tense, and Liu Xiufan, with the support of the Murong family, greatly increased his combat strength, and attacked Xinlin in the southwest of Jiankang in only a few days.

In the imperial study, Liu Xiuren, Yuan Cang, Chu Yuan, Liu Bing and other ministers were urgently discussing countermeasures with Xiao Daocheng, the general of the Right Guard, and Zhang Yong, the general of the expedition to the north.

Between the discussions, the rhetoric was fierce, and Liu Bing and Yuan Cang thought that they should gather all their forces and compete with Liu Xiufan head-on, and they must not show their cowardice. Chu Yuan didn't say anything immediately, and casually played with the glass cup in his hand.

"I think that Lord Shangshu's plan is inappropriate, and I heard the news from the front line, and there are northern Xiuzhen families in the rebels to help, and I even found that there are groups of demon beasts. Taicheng is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the current shortage of soldiers in Beijing, if there is no complete victory in this battle, it is better to stick to the key pass first, just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, the battlefield will be in front and back, and at that time, the rebels will be annihilated in one fell swoop. At this time, Xiao Daocheng suddenly had a fierce momentum on his body, which made people's hearts palpitate.

Liu Bing also wanted to refute, but in the end it was Liu Xiuren who finalized the overall situation, he decided to adopt Xiao Daocheng's suggestion, and when he reported it to Emperor Song, Liu Yu was sick on the couch, he took Liu Xiuren's hand and said, "The people of the country will be entrusted to the virtuous brother!" This gentleman and minister are in agreement, and everyone who hears it is in tears. It's just that when Liu Xiuren left, a strange light flashed in Liu Yu's eyes.

Xiao Daocheng led the forbidden army out of Tunxinting, while Yuan Cang, Liu Bing and Chu Yuan entered Weitai City. Taicheng is the place where Jiankang Palace is located, and it is also the core of the Jingshi, and the three of them dare not slack off.

"Uncle, Tongming is willing to go to the front line with you to resist the rebels, I have the Tao to help me, maybe I can help one or two." Before leaving, Tao Hongjing asked Liu Bing for his life.

"Confused, you are the only flesh and blood in the country, how can you put yourself in danger! It is good for men to be hot-blooded, but it is also necessary to distinguish the situation of the occasion. Liu Bing flatly refused.

"Uncle, please borrow your sword!" I saw Tao Hongjing performing the Qingfeng Sword Technique, the sword was like a dragon, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Liu Bing was secretly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the young man in front of him to have such martial arts.

"Okay, but you must stay with me and don't act recklessly." Seeing Liu Bing agree, Tao Hongjing couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he didn't know that the danger of the battlefield was far beyond his imagination.

In the next few days, Tao Hongjing observed the map of the city's defense, and at the same time led his soldiers to the canal in the north of the city, digging a canal to divert water, and at the same time purchasing military rations from the grain merchants and people in the nearby city to ensure that the army had no worries. This action, after Liu Bing listened to the reply of his subordinates, he also secretly appreciated it in his heart, "No wonder the princess will look at this person differently." ”

Due to the rebellion, the incident happened suddenly, and the imperial court did not have time to make a calm deployment, so it directly opened the two arsenals in the north and south, allowing the soldiers to use weapons and equipment at will, and it is unbelievable that most of these weapons are old or have been seriously worn.

Xiao Daocheng arrived at Xinting two days later, at this time they entered Xinting, they have not yet rested their clothes, and they have not yet built a camp, Liu Xiufan and the northern Murong family have already led 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack, the iron cavalry stepped on the earthquake and the wind and sand, countless monks flew in the sky, and there was a group of demon beasts army mighty. Murong Zheng sat on the back of a golden-winged overlord eagle, looking down at the palace in Jiankang City, and smiled.

Countless demon beasts with bursts of black gas on their bodies roared in the sky, dark clouds filled the air, the noon sun was obscured, and the black clouds overwhelmed the city.

In order to stabilize the army's heart, Xiao Daocheng used his internal force and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, today's battle is imminent, follow me to defend Jinling City, kill!" Xiao Daocheng has made many years of military achievements and has a very high prestige in the three armies, and when the soldiers heard this, they knelt down and asked for their lives for the country, and the bloody cries of swearing to defend their home and country swirled over the city wall.

"Kill!" Xiao Daocheng's first general, Wang Jing, took the lead in attacking, and the two sides immediately fought together, only to see Wang Jingze raise the magic weapon red teeth, the sword body was full of blood, containing boundless evil energy, attacking in the direction of Liu Xiufan, wanting to directly capture the enemy's head of the general.

It didn't take long for the three monks to surround Wang Jingze, and the four of them were fighting in the air, Wang Jingze roared angrily, and even reached out to directly break the chest of one of the monks in front of him, took out the bloody heart, and directly refined the essence in his blood, and his cultivation increased a lot in an instant, and a faint golden light flashed under his eyes. This scene made several monks around stunned, but they didn't expect that there were such ruthless people in the opposing camp.

At the same time, Liu Xiufan was looking at the map and muttered for a long time, Murong Zheng had already gone to the front line in person and came to the commander's camp, "The water war is not good for our division, we should abandon the ship and land as soon as possible, as long as we return to the land battle, then Xiao Daocheng will not be our opponent." ”

Liu Xiufan thought so, so he immediately ordered the troops to abandon the ship and go ashore, and the troops were divided into two ways, he led the main force to attack Xinting, while Murong Zheng led the demon beast army to Taicheng, all the way to the devastation.

As the battle continued, the originally clear sky was instantly overcast, the vast land was full of blood, corpses were all over the field, there were stumps and broken arms, and the unyielding heads, the soldiers who died in the battle were still unwilling, staring at a corner of the sky, where there were groups of golden-winged overlord eagles swooping down and landing on the blood-stained corpses, and there was a thick bloody gas wafting in the air.