Chapter 62: The Provocation of Kuo
After a short period of recuperation, Kuoto prepared for the implementation of the second battle plan. This made his sergeants very dissatisfied. The news of the annihilation of the entire army of 100,000 people was transmitted back to Beiyan, which made Emperor Yu very angry. However, Emperor Yu was so scheming, although he was very angry in his heart, he ordered to comfort Kutuo, and did not have a word of scolding.
This made Kuo Tuo more cautious while being grateful to Emperor Yu, but it was useless, with the help of the Great Covenant Xuanjun and Mingtang, the Great Covenant King drove the expedition in person. This made the entire Grand Treaty country unite as one, and all the people are soldiers, and the whole country fights. Although the population of Daqi is small, it has gathered 3 million warriors, and if you count the logistics personnel and women with combat effectiveness, it is enough to make up 5 million people. This is almost the entire population of the Grand Treaty Country, except for the old and weak, women and children.
Although these people can't be counted as an army, they are all warriors after all, and their lethality at critical moments should not be underestimated. Upon learning of this news, Kuo Tuo hurriedly asked Emperor Yu for help, and the second battle plan that was originally to be carried out was changed from offensive to defensive.
Soon Koto encountered the first wave of attacks from the Grand Treaty. These men used guerrilla tactics to harass the camp of the Koto army, making it difficult for Koto to deal with it. Soon he knew who these people were. These people are not armies at all, but the people of the Great Treaty. They spontaneously organized teams to attack the Kodan army from all directions. In order to let the army of Kudan have no time to rest.
Although these people have not received the complete training of the army, they are counted as 700,000 people, and the army of Kudoff is just a million people. Although the previous loss of 100,000 men may seem insignificant, it is a big blow to the morale of the army.
In such harassment by the Da Convertians, the Kuo Tu army was exhausted in a few days. Originally, Kuotuo still wanted to stay here, in the name of consolidating the results of the war. After all, if he can't stand the chassis of the Great Covenant Country brought down by the Wenren family, wouldn't he tell Emperor Yu that he is incompetent, which is something that Kuo Tuo can't accept no matter what, although this is a fact.
However, with all the people of the Grand Treaty country in charge, the news that the Grand Compact King was marching towards this place with an army three times his size also spread to the Kotoku army. This made Kuo Tuodang even unable to sit still. His cold sweat flowed down instantly. He knew very well that the million-strong army with low morale led by himself would not be the opponent of the magnificent Grand Kact Army at all.
If you don't retreat quickly, you will be in danger of being surrounded or even annihilated. This is no joke. Therefore, Kuotuo immediately decided to retreat with the whole army, which sounded good was actually to flee. The speed of the "retreat" of Kutuo was extremely fast, and within a few days it retreated to the border area between Daqi and Beiyan. At this point, nearly half of the territory of the Great Deed laid by the Wenren family in the early stage was lost, and they returned to the Great Deed country.
Upon hearing this news, the Northern Yan government and the opposition were in an uproar. The Wenren family spared no effort to add fuel to the fire. The entire Beiyan set off a shout of severe punishment. However, Emperor Yu did not punish Kuotuo in any way, but rewarded him, which made the people of Northern Yan very puzzling. Many ministers figured it out. Emperor Yu is also difficult to ride a tiger now, and the order to replace the Wenren family's army with Kuotuo is his own.
If this move ended in failure for the Northern Yan to attack the Great Contract, wouldn't that be tantamount to the failure of Emperor Yu's decision? Emperor Yu would not bear this pot anyway. He wanted to cut it with his own hands now, but he couldn't. This has nothing to do with face, it has to do with Emperor Yu's prestige as the lord of a country.
Soon he announced to the world: "The general is both wise and brave, and he can still retreat calmly when all the people of the Great Covenant are soldiers and their strength is five times that of himself, which preserves the complete combat strength of our army and minimizes the losses of our army." That's the biggest credit. This time, our army invaded the Great Deed not to destroy its country, kill its king, and slaughter its people. It's just to teach Daqi a lesson, so that he doesn't dare to offend my Yan Kingdom. The predetermined strategic objectives of this battle have been achieved. General Koto's contribution is indispensable. ”
As soon as this edict came out, Beiyan was abused by the whole country. No one is a fool, and there is not a single mention of the Wenren family in this edict, which makes the people of Beiyan very cold. It was the Wenren family that defeated the Great Covenant, and it was the Wenren family that captured nearly half of the territory of the Great Covenant, and even when the Wenren family was guarding, the Great Covenant did not dare to fight back at all. As a result, the fruits of the victory of the Wenren family were picked by the unmeritorious Kutuo, and before Kutuo's ass was hot, he gave 100,000 heads to Daqi for nothing.
In the end, the personal conquest of the Grand Covenant King was not really realized, and Kuotuo fled in a hurry without even seeing the shadow of the regular army of the Great Covenant State. But he didn't leave. Because this place is already a succession of Daqi and Northern Yan. Moreover, the army of the Wenren family is not far away, backed by the powerful Northern Yan, so that Kuo Tuo is completely at ease.
The Grand Treaty did not catch up after all. They are not afraid of the broad, but they are very afraid of the Wenren family.
Soon the two countries began to negotiate peace. Emperor Yu meant to let the Great Deed cede a county of land as compensation. Naturally, the Grand Deed side could not agree. There are only five counties in total, and the cession of one county is equivalent to the cession of one-fifth or more of the territory and resources. This is something they cannot agree to in any case.
The two sides were thus at a stalemate. The Wenren family's opinion was to let the Grand Deed cede the three cities. This suggestion was acceptable to the Grand Contract. But Emperor Yu thought that three cities were too few. Soon the Grand Deed also replied, and could give up to five cities. After many encounters, Emperor Yu finally accepted the result of the Great Deed ceding five cities.
However, the ownership of the five cities given by the Great Deed made Emperor Yu even more annoyed. The Great Deed gave the five cities directly to the Wenren family. After all, for Daqi, the Wenren family represents Beiyan. The Wenren family did not accept all of them, but chose one of the cities, which made Emperor Yu feel a little relieved. As the patriarch of the Wenren family, Wenren Zhantian not only has an extremely high cultivation, but also has a strategy. He knew very well that it was not yet time to turn his face with Emperor Yu.
The current Wenren family is very humble in front of Emperor Yu, but these are all superficial, in fact, the strength and influence of the Wenren family in Beiyan are increasing imperceptibly day by day. These Emperor Yu could feel it very clearly, but he couldn't find any fatal fault with the Wenren family at all. This made him very unhappy, and the reason why he lifted Kuotuo up was to let him cause trouble for the Wenren family, and finally let the Wenren family reveal flaws. He will destroy the Wenren family in one fell swoop.
The ownership of the five cities soon came to fruition, with the Wenren family occupying one, the Kutok occupying two, and the two major families in the empire, the Shentu family and the Shantai family, each occupying one city. In fact, it is equivalent to Emperor Yu's side occupying four cities, and the Wenren family occupying one. Seeing that the Wenren family has suffered such a big loss, Kuo Tuo has been walking with the wind recently. Is it sneering at the Wenren family?
Seeing that the Wenren family is like this, there are also many people in the Northern Yan Dynasty who have fallen into the well, all this, the Wenren family seems to be invisible, and it is still what should be done.
No one knew that on this day, a distinguished guest came to the Wenren family, accompanied by Wenren Jing, the daughter of the Wenren family, and her son-in-law, Zi Wuji, who was either someone else or Xiao Che, who had been in retreat for many days. Since the Xuan Gang was changed to the Xuan Army, Xiao Che has made his identity public and has become a veritable leader of the Xuan Army. However, he hadn't really commanded the Xuanjun to do anything, and he handed over all the affairs of the Xuanjun to Murong Qing.
After all, Murong Qing, who had experience in forming the Ming Gang, was better at management than him. Therefore, Murong Qing is very busy these days, but fortunately, Tang Tang is now cultivating most of the time, and Murong Qing doesn't need to worry too much. Recently, the Xuanjun has been under the actual command of Murong Qing for several missions against Kuotuo. This made her known as Xuanjun's "big housekeeper". She herself was noncommittal.
As soon as Xiao Che came out of the customs, Murong Qing told her about the last few important actions of the Xuan Army and talked about them in detail, after listening to Murong Qing's story, Xiao Che praised him, Murong Qing asked Xiao Che about his next plans, Xiao Che thought for a while and told her that he was going to go to the Wenren family.
In this way, Xiao Che, accompanied by Zi Wuji and Wen Renjing, came to the Wen Ren family, where everything was the same. The people of the Wen Ren family still live in the original place, and the newly acquired Grand Deed City is taken care of by Zi Wuji and Wen Renjing. It's also an opportunity for both of them to exercise.
After all, Zi Wuji is now a Venerable Realm martial artist, and although he is young, he can also manage a city. The city wasn't easy to manage, but it wasn't that hard for Zao Wou-Ki. Soon he arranged the Great Covenant Xuanjun into this new city, and Wen Renjing renamed it Bauhinia City and marked it with Bauhinia flowers.
The Xuanjun of the Great Covenant is already a Great Contractor, and it is most suitable for them to be responsible for managing Bauhinia City. Moreover, Zi Wouji made a move to attract investment in Bauhinia City, and set up a special place for the Daqi and the Northern Yan people to conduct trade and trade, and also set up a trading area for other countries, which attracted a large number of Daqi and Northern Yan people and business travelers from other countries to come here. So it didn't take long for Bauhinia City to be a thriving scene.
Compared with Bauhinia City, the other four cities are a little desolate and dilapidated. This made Kuo Du very angry. Previously, he had asked the Wenren family how he could hand over the management of the city to a person from the Qingxuan Empire, but the Wenren family ignored him. Later, Kuo Tuo wrote this matter to the emperor. This attracted Emperor Yu's questioning of the Wenren family.
Wenren Zhantian's reply is also very simple, although Zi Wuji is a member of the Qingxuan Empire, he is now the son-in-law of the Wenren family, and there is nothing wrong with using his own son-in-law to manage his own city. This made Emperor Yu unable to say anything wrong.
But in the reply letter to Kuotuo, Emperor Yu asked Kuotuo to spare no effort to find trouble with Bauhinia City and Zi Wuji. Recently, Kutuo actually sent troops to block the merchants from entering Bauhinia City within his range, which made Zi Wuji very angry at this shameless practice.
Fortunately, Xiao Che was out of the customs, and he also learned about the current situation, so he found Zi Wuji as soon as possible, and asked him to take him to the Wenren family to see the patriarch Wenren Zhantian.
"Dad, we're back. Accompanied by Zi Wuji and Wen Renjing, Xiao Che met Wen Ren Zhantian in the Wen Ren family.
This is the second time Wenren Zhantian and Xiao Che have met. Xiao Che's appearance and cultivation are different from before. The last time I saw Wenren Zhantian, Xiao Che was still in the identity of Xiao Yuan. Now Xiao Che has regained his appearance and identity. Wenren Zhantian also learned about Xiao Che from Zi Wuji's mouth many times. This made him appreciate Xiao Che very much.
Now seeing Xiao Che's appearance and bearing and the cultivation of the Venerable Realm, Wenren Zhantian has a new understanding of Xiao Che. Moreover, he knew that Xiao Che had become a disciple of Qing Xuance, and the news had already spread at the level of the Supreme Realm powerhouse. Now Xiao Che also has a deeper understanding of the Supreme Realm.
The level of the Supreme Realm powerhouse is clear, step by step, his master Qing Xuance can be said to be the first person in the Supreme Realm, and his cultivation has reached the Nine Rank Supreme. In other words, he is only one step away from becoming a "god", that is, he once existed like Xiao Xuan. Since Xiao Xuan, no one has become a "god" again. Qing Xuance is regarded as the person who is most likely to become a "god" after Xiao Xuan.
Wenren Zhantian's strength is not weak, and there are seven grades of the Supreme Realm. I can't find much of this kind of cultivation in the whole continent, Wen Ren Lie is the supreme sixth grade, Wen Ren Aotian is the supreme sixth grade, and Wen Ren Xiaotian is the supreme five grades. This Wen people's strength is really terrifying. This is also the reason why Emperor Yu is very jealous of the Wenren family, but he is unwilling to kill the Wenren family.
If you don't want to, you can't. Not to mention that the Wenren family still has a million army. It is these supreme realm powerhouses, if they launch madness and are desperate, it will be an irreparable loss for Beiyan. This has also become a dead knot in Emperor Yu's heart. For this reason, he can only suppress the Wenren family instead of destroying it.
For so many years, the Wenren family has also known very well that only its own strength is the eternal capital of the family. What army, what power, no strength is all floating clouds. Therefore, the children of the Wenren family are all cultivators. It is precisely because of this that the Wenren family's choice of patriarch is entirely based on personal martial arts strength. In fact, in the Wenren family, everyone is reluctant to be the patriarch, which requires more time and energy.
However, everything has its own pros and cons, Wen Renlie is a cultivation maniac, he basically didn't care about anything when he was the patriarch, Wen Ren Zhantian is different, not only his own cultivation is becoming more and more sophisticated, but his management ability is also very strong. Many people don't know, but it is precisely because he realized the various states of the world and the warmth and coldness of people in the family management, which made him cultivate to the current seven-grade supreme.
Cultivation can only be known when you reach the supreme realm, and cultivation is one, and everything is as you like. It is precisely because of this that Wenren Zhantian can have such cultivation, and Qing Xuance is also like this. And now Xiao Che has realized this. In addition to his own talent, the help of "God Devourer" and his diligence, his rapid improvement in martial arts cultivation is also related to this state of mind.
It's easy to say, but very few can do it.
"I really didn't expect that the virtuous nephew was Xiao Che, who was famous all over the world. "I still heard that the people Zhan Tian said to Xiao Che first.
"Uncle Wenren has tormented me, and it is also notorious to move the world. I still haven't figured out why the Qingxuan Imperial Family treats me like this. Speaking of Xiao Che, he was also very helpless.
"Presumably there is something outsiders don't know about, the virtuous nephew is relieved that the Xiao clan has made such an act and has been spurned by the world. Originally, this Hundred Battles Tournament was also regardless of country, as long as it was a human race, it could participate, but since Xiao Xuan left, it has now completely become a matter of the Qingxuan Empire, and even the right of others to participate has been deprived, which also caused strong dissatisfaction at the time, but because the Qingxuan Empire is powerful, even if it is dissatisfied, there is nothing to be done. "Wen Ren Zhantian also knows something.
"What the hell is going on in this hundred battles, I don't think it's as simple as just getting the title of 'fighting god'. There must be something we don't know. Xiao Che thought about this for a long time and couldn't figure it out, he didn't have time to ask his master Qing Xuance, but he guessed what Qing Xuance should know. He was sure to ask when he planned to see his master again.
"Dad, it's not too early, let Brother Xiao eat first. The kitchen prepared a banquet, and Wen Renjing came to ask Wen Ren Zhantian and Xiao Che to eat.
After a while, they all came, and they talked at the dinner table about how to deal with Kuto.
"Hmph, Kutuo is a complete villain, the old emperor sent him to King Yu's Mansion to let him watch King Yu and prevent him from rebelling. Ke Kutuo saw that his uncle had lost his momentum and turned his head to support King Yu, and there were many unjust souls who died in his hands. Speaking of Kuotuo, Wen Renjing looked disdainful of him. The aunt she was talking about was Murong Qing and Murong Ming's mother, the princess of the year.
If it weren't for Emperor Yu's sake, the Wenren family would not have gone far away from the border and stationed here all year round. Now he will also be the leading giant in the court. The most important thing is that they can live a more secure life as they do now, and not live an insecure life like they do now.
"Although Kutuo is a villain, his strength is the top among the martial artists of the Supreme Master Realm, and he is not far from the Supreme Realm. Judging from his current cultivation, he may break through at any time. He is a diehard loyalist of Emperor Yu, and once he breaks through to the Supreme Realm, we will not be able to deal with him. He used to be so far away from us that we couldn't do anything about him. Now that he's running right under our noses, it's a good time to get rid of him. "Wen Ren Zhantian can be said to know a lot about Kuotuo.
Xiao Che didn't know that Kuo Tuo was able to enter the Yuwang Mansion at the beginning, or it was recommended by the Wenren family, and Kuo Tuo's actions after that also made the Wen family hate him to the core. Later, Kuotuo had the support of Emperor Yu, and he had been by Emperor Yu's side, and the Wenren family couldn't find a suitable opportunity to clean him up. As a result, this guy's cultivation has made a lot of progress, although he was already in the Supreme Master Realm ten years ago, but the accumulation of these ten years is not trivial, making him only one line away from the Supreme Realm.
Once he breaks through the Supreme Realm, he can't be touched unless he fights to the death.
"Now the time to deal with him is coming, but his cultivation makes my Xuanjun really powerless. But we can do that. Saying that, Xiao Che told his own method.
Listening to Xiao Che talk about his own method, they also frowned when they heard the people and the people who fought the sky, thinking about the feasibility of it.
Xiao Che didn't make a sound to disturb, he and Zi Wuji were quietly eating something on the side. Soon, Wenren Zhantian agreed to this method. However, he told Xiao Che to be cautious, otherwise it would be easy to cause big losses to his side.