Chapter 643: Scarlet Emperor (4)
The battle ended quickly, and the result even made me feel a little surprised, even Liu Fan didn't expect the battle to end so early. Iron Hand's hands hung down weakly, and the fierce battle consumed too much aura and liliang of Iron Hand, and now Iron Hand didn't even have Liliang who raised his hand. The ninjas besieging this time, except for one Thunder Shield Ninja and Earth Ninja who were sealed, the rest of the ninjas have been killed by Liu Fan and Iron Hand.
"Lord, are you alright?" Ruthless's face was still very pale, without the slightest trace of blood, ruthlessness itself was not suitable for one-on-one duels, and today's duel had been ruthlessly forced to a desperate situation. If it was just this kind of one-on-one duel, Ruthless would definitely not be forced into such a desperate situation. Although Ruthless is not suitable for this kind of one-on-one duel, Ruthless will not be forced into such a desperate situation, but everyone did not expect that there are so many masters hidden here.
"I'm okay, are you two okay?" Although the battle ended quickly, no one dared to doubt the intensity of this battle. The consumption of aura in Liu Fan's body is also extremely huge, if there is another batch of such masters to come to Liu Fan and the three of them, they will have no power to fight back, but fortunately, they landed in front of everyone, and they stood in front of everyone with a solemn face.
"My lord, General Bai has personally brought someone over, and he will be there soon. Seeing the situation around him, Chase's face was also very ugly, and anyone could see the surrounding environment, and there was a fierce battle here. Chasing Life looked at the ruthless and iron hand, and the corners of his mouth moved, obviously both of them had already moved.
Not long after the words of chasing for life fell, there was a rush of footsteps in everyone's ears. Bai Qi appeared in everyone's sight with a team of Jin Wuwei's soldiers. On the way, they already knew that there was a battle here. The guards patrolling the surrounding area should rush to the rescue. I didn't expect to find that there were no weapons to support at all, and looking at the surrounding environment, the battle was extremely fierce, which made Bai Qi, who was in charge of the entire palace security work, look unusually ugly. Before the enemy was able to infiltrate the palace without knowing it, and before the strength was like this, it was obvious that the enemy was far stronger than they expected. In other words, every corner of the palace is no longer a safe place, which makes Bai Qi's murderous intent even heavier.
"Lord, the last general is too late to save the car, and please atone for your sins!"
Liu Fan shook his head at Bai Qi and said, "It's not your fault. The strength of these people is very strong, and the means are even more mysterious, even if we want to prevent it, we can't prevent it. Liu Fan's brows furrowed instantly, the palace is very large, and now he has encountered such a Dongying ninja near the Heart Cultivation Palace, how many other places are there? Liu Fan's heart was clouded with a heavy shadow, and there could not be any mistakes in the palace now, otherwise it would disrupt Liu Fan's entire Jihua.
"Strengthen the security in the palace, from now on, in addition to the necessary eunuchs and palace maids on duty, the rest of the palace maids and eunuchs will be kept in custody, and all the harem queens in the palace will be centralized. The old concubine and others all gathered in the Heart Cultivation Hall to strengthen the vigilance of the Heart Cultivation Palace. Remember to be sure to use your own henchmen. The requisitioned army is stationed near the Heart Cultivation Palace, and this kind of thing must not happen. "The huge palace, if you scatter all the dragoons and Jin Wuwei, it will not be enough at all, you can only find a way to gather these people to protect them, in addition, those little eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are also very likely to hide the enemy's secret agents, and the name of the thousand-year-old net is not given in vain.
There is an even more terrifying net pressing on everyone's hearts, Liu Fan has read the memories of these two sealed ninjas through Fluttershy, there is no valuable record in the mind of the two, the only valuable memory is that they were once enclosed in a secret space training, and they are the best of the best, the cruelty of the selection is far more than a war, and all their memories are stuck in that period, their identities are about to come out, that is the real dead. And at present, there is only one real dead man known to everyone: that is the dead man of the earth net.
Liu Fan hurriedly walked towards the headquarters of the Black Ice Platform with people, and the chasing and cold-blooded two followed behind Liu Fan. The defense of the Heart Cultivation Hall is guarded by thirty-six Tiangang, although Liu Fan does not know the true strength of these thirty-six people, they are all trained by Shi Ling himself, even if they eat poorly, it is impossible to be bad. In the short time with the requisitioned Dragoons and the Jinwu Guardian Heart Cultivation Palace, there is no need to worry. Liu Fan can be sure that there must be hidden enemy spies in the Dragoon Army and the Jinwu Guard, but Liu Fan is not worried at all, there are thirty-six Tiangang with thousands of Dragoons and Jinwuwei guards, unless these people are all spies and killers who have been caught, no one will be able to take the Heart Cultivation Hall in a short time.
Blood has become the mainstream of the imperial capital, this day the imperial capital is immersed in a killing everywhere, when the night generals, those who were chased and killed by the army during the day finally came out from everywhere, black is their most haode veil, only at night is their most haode activity time, compared with the army, they have a natural advantage in the night. Countless Jianghu people wearing night clothes moved in the imperial capital, and the soldiers who garrisoned everywhere strengthened their vigilance, and the torches all over the imperial capital lit the imperial capital into daylight.
The two of them have been sent to the Heart Cultivation Hall to guard, and only their own people are the most reassuring. There wasn't a lot of bloodshed on the first day, except for a fierce battle in the palace, where the armies everywhere had only captured a few minions. Those big fish were still hidden in the shadows, and Liu Fan knew that they were not out of the blue, but because the time had not yet come. As Shi Ling said, the news of Liu Fan's presence in the Imperial Capital has spread, no matter which aspect the Imperial Capital will not be so calm, the only thing that can be explained is that these people are waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a chance to make a move.
Although the nobles had agreed to join forces with Liu Fan, they still did not take any action during the day, as if they were bystanders to this coup. What these people are thinking in their hearts Liu Fan is naturally very clear, in the case that the situation is not clear, although these people agreed to marry Liu Fan and form an alliance, they don't want to let themselves fall into this bottomless pit, they are also waiting. I'm waiting for the situation to be clear. Naturally, Liu Fan would not visit these people again. It's about watching how they perform. Liu Fan is just watching their performance, and now the only thing that maintains the relationship between them is interests. If they didn't show enough sincerity in the process of this coup d'Γ©tat to provide enough help for Liu Fan to stabilize the situation in the imperial capital, it would be obvious that they would not get what they wanted when Zuihou's interests were divided.
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, these nobles are too old, and they have lost their determination to fight. Following Liu Fan's command, the ordinary generals of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, each of them are doing their best to fight for Liu Fan, but these nobles only know how to guard the wealth left by their ancestors. Hold on. Only those low-level hereditary nobles took refuge in Liu Fan, constantly contributing to Liu Fan's shili, and fighting desperately to make the family go further. This time Shili shuffle, there must be a lot of old nobles who are going to fall, and the decline of the two kings of Pingnan and Pingbei has become inevitable.
On the day Liu Fan ascended the throne as emperor, King Pingnan and King Pingbei officially lost the strength of the two kings of Heping West and King Pingdong. The real interests always depend on military merits, although the strength of the two kings who stayed in the imperial capital is strong, and the prestige in the army is not small, but the formation of the Shenwu Army is based on the children of the two Liu Xia families. At this point the two are never comparable.
Liu Fan understands that these two families naturally understand this, and the nobles who stay in the imperial capital are very clear. Now that they are leaning on Liu Fan, at best, it is the icing on the cake, and it is not a charcoal in the snow at all. Liu Fan has gathered a group of nobles in Yangzhou and Yizhou, and these people and those who escaped from the imperial capital with the Liu Xia family are the ultimate beneficiaries of Liu Fan's accession to the throne. They understand their current situation very well, they don't make a move, they are just waiting for an opportunity to send charcoal to Liu Fan, and the icing on the cake is never as good as sending charcoal in the snow.
They knew very well that the news of Liu Fan's presence in the imperial capital would spread, and what kind of bloody battle would be caused in the imperial capital. All the nobles have already mobilized all the liliang they can muster, and they are waiting for a suitable opportunity to make a move. The situation in the imperial capital has not yet been so bad that it is uncontrollable, Liu Fan still has the dragoon army and Jin Wuwei in his hands, these ordinary people in the rivers and lakes are not able to set off strong winds and waves at present, as long as there is a strong enemy outside the city, and when there is chaos inside, it is the best time for them to make a move.
Dijing is now a huge chessboard, everyone has a large number of chess pieces in their hands, and they all set up the chess games they want on this chessboard, but no one can control the chess games on this chessboard in line with whose wishes. The intricate parties are intriguing and fighting bloody battles in the imperial capital, and in various parts of the empire, armies are urgently marching towards the imperial capital in the night. Since ancient times, the army has been a sharp sword in the hands of those vying for power, and only the army is the most convincing language.
"How's it going?"
"My lord, the situation is not very good, my Ruishi of the Black Ice Platform and the fans and assassination team of the East Factory have already begun to mutiny. Zhao Gao, who was standing behind Liu Fan, said with a very unpleasant face: "I have asked my subordinates to urgently kill these mutinous people, and now the situation has stabilized, I am afraid that there will be more people who will mutiny tonight and tomorrow." β
"We can't stop this matter, after all, these people you recruited are also people in the rivers and lakes, as long as they are in the rivers and lakes, they want my head in exchange for the glory and wealth that they will not enjoy for several lifetimes. Liu Fan smiled helplessly, since he had a feud with the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, Liu Fan's worth has also risen sharply, as long as someone in the empire can get Liu Fan's head, he can have the glory and wealth that he can enjoy for several lifetimes, Liu Fan even felt that his head should be made of gold, so that at least it would be worth the money, but this also made Liu Fan, who had never enjoyed such a valued person in his life, wait to taste the feeling of a celebrity.
"Lord, should we inform those nobles?" Zhao Gao's voice was very low, he was also a smart person, and naturally he understood what these nobles were thinking. It's just that the water in the imperial capital is getting deeper and deeper, and there are more and more enemies. The news of Liu Fan's presence in the imperial capital has spread, and more and more people in the rivers and lakes have begun to move, today's battle may not be too tragic, but tomorrow's battle is almost unimaginable, and the degree of fierceness of the battle is definitely not comparable today.
Liu Fan smiled helplessly: "No need, the reason why these people haven't done it now naturally has their reasons." When the situation in the imperial capital arrives, they will naturally make a move, and they are just waiting for an opportunity. β
"My lord. It's better for you to leave the imperial capital first. Leave it to us here. The lord went to Yizhou to gather his army. Open a road to the imperial capital from Yuzhou, please rest assured, we will definitely defend the imperial capital to the death. Zhao Gao's face changed, and after being by Zhang Rang's side for a long time, he naturally knew how dangerous Liu Fan was in the imperial capital now.
"No need, there are a lot of people who want to kill me Liu Fan now, how many people in the world can kill me?" Liu Fan snorted and laughed twice and said to Zhao Gao: "Those people in the Black Ice Platform and Dongchang who you ordered to go down to you, there are many people in the rivers and lakes who are staring at my Liu Fan's head. But how many people can get my head? Instead of thinking about the benefits that cannot be obtained, it is better to grasp the immediate benefits, and follow me so that they will not suffer. β
"Is the lord trying to buy these people?" Zhao Gao said softly while standing behind Liu Fan.
"Buy, they're not worth that much, I just don't want to kill too much. They take refuge in you just because of the willingness of interests, now that there are interests in front of them, how they choose is their business, some things cannot be solved just by killing, and now our liliang is still very weak, it is better to bring them under my command and use them for my use. Liu Fan smiled and said to Zhao Gao, the only thing that can move people's hearts on shijie is interests, and now Liu Fan has thrown out the cake of interests. Whether these people can catch it or not depends on their choice.
"I see. Zhao Gao nodded solemnly and continued: "Lord, the news about your marriage to the Hades Sect has been leaked. In a few days, the whole day will know the news. I got information that the main mother's team would arrive in the imperial capital in about five days. β
"I know, this matter is entrusted to you, you immediately send an order, let all the reinforcements give me time to hurry, and be sure to rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible. In addition, let Yuwen Chengdu and Li Jing find a way to drag down the army of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, don't want them to drag all of them, at least drag out half of the army for me. Liu Fan thought of the army outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and his heart suddenly became extremely heavy. The tens of millions of troops outside the Tiger Prison Pass are simply a big mountain, and the people who are pressed are a little breathless, if there is a choice, Liu Fan would rather choose to deal with those people in the rivers and lakes.
Their army was not the rebels everywhere, they were armed to the teeth, and they were all absolutely loyal to them, and most of the army was made up of their slaves, and the source of these slaves was prisoners of war bought from various shili. Not only are there the Heavenly Dragon People, the Lion People, but even the Demon Clan, the Barbarian Clan, and the Sea Clan have a lot of soldiers, not to mention the huge war beasts and orcs in the battle report sent by Li Jing.
Li Jing and Yuwen Chengdu's strength is insufficient, and it is already in danger under the blows of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, if it weren't for the follow-up reinforcements that continue to rise, and the strength of the generals of the two legions is a super-perverted existence, Li Jing and Yuwen Chengdu's corps have collapsed. It is obviously unrealistic to want them to completely drag out the army of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, even if the sacrifices they may pay are not insignificant, what Liu Fan urgently needs now is a large number of soldiers. Liu Fan's soldiers had to be recruited from the mainland, but the Eight Great Imperial Merchants could easily buy a large number of slaves and prisoners of war from the major empires and overseas, and the weapons workshops they controlled could easily arm these soldiers to the teeth, which Liu Fan could not match in any way.
"My lord, there is no information yet that they are going to mobilize a large army outside the Tiger Prison Pass, but our spies have sent information that they are recruiting experts from all over the world, and they are currently hidden in various parts of the Imperial Capital. β
"No matter what, the tens of millions of troops outside the Tiger Prison Pass are always a threat, once they turn around and fight us, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to defend, don't underestimate these people, their tentacles have stretched into every corner of the empire, we don't have the strength to directly confront them now, we can only find ways to weaken their strength layer by layer from the outside, waiting for him to become a sick tiger. β
Thinking of this, Liu Fan's mood instantly became heavy, and the strongest opponents that Liu Fan needed to face in the process of dominating the world were these people. Their wealth has accumulated to a level that is absolutely unimaginable to many, and their wealth cannot be calculated by numbers. The Empire's annual taxes are just a drizzle in their eyes, and if they don't pay a penny, then the Empire's treasury will live a day of starving rats this year.
"You go down, let Wei Zhongxian, Bai Qi and Zhang Wuji be on guard, our real challenge has begun, and we will have a restless night. Liu Fan said to Zhao Gao in a heavy tone, I don't know how many eyes are staring at the palace in the dark, staring at his head.
"Rest assured, my lord, as long as these people dare to show their heads, we will definitely let them come and go. Zhao Gao said categorically, and after saying that, he saluted Liu Fan, and his figure disappeared into the night, just like many people in the rivers and lakes. (To be continued......)