Chuzhou City.

On the tall and majestic city wall, there is a three-storey huge city tower with eaves and corners, standing on the highest floor, you can directly see dozens of miles away.

In the lobby on the top floor, a middle-aged man sits on a large chair draped in tiger skin with a knife.

He was wearing heavy armor forged from hundreds of steels, wearing a scarlet coat, and had a pair of narrow and sharp Danfeng eyes, and his facial features were quite handsome, which was five points similar to Emperor Yuanjing.

This person has both the battlefield spirit of a military general and the awe-inspiring arrogance of a nobleman. He is the kind of person who is born to be in a high position, and the weather is extraordinary.

Dabong Zhenbei King.

The life story of this prince is legendary, he has been immensely powerful since he was a child, and he has been tearing tigers and leopards apart, but he is by no means a reckless man. On the contrary, King Huai is gifted and intelligent, far superior to many brothers and sisters.

King Huai is good at killing, obsessed with martial arts, the first emperor once said that the seven princes are the protectors of the country sent by heaven. Therefore, the throne was not passed to him.

King Huai himself doesn't care, for him, as long as he can reach the pinnacle of martial arts, power will naturally come. The identity of the prince is just a help on his way to the top of martial arts.

Some people in this world are obsessed with beauty, some are obsessed with money, some are obsessed with power, and some are obsessed with spiritual practice.

King Huai was in charge of the army at the age of fifteen, fought all over the capital at the age of twenty, and sat in the north at the age of twenty-five, and now it is sixteen years.

When he was at his most beautiful, twenty years ago, he went out with Wei Yuan and served as a deputy general, holding the Zhenguo Sword to kill countless masters of the northern and southern barbarians.

It was evaluated by the history books as the second hero of the Shanhaiguan Campaign.

"Report!"

A black-robed spy walked into the lobby with his head bowed, kneeling in the hall with a stack of secret letters in his hands.

King Zhenbei stretched out his hand, and the secret letter automatically flew into his palm, and he unfolded the secret letter and read them one by one.

The first secret letter was an indictment, and the spies tried their best to search the border, but still found no trace of the princess and the four barbarian leaders who had taken her.

The second secret letter is about Zheng Bu's political envoy who escaped in the slaughter of the city, the letter said that the Feiyan woman Li Miaozhen successfully hooked up with Zheng Bu's political envoy, and in the interception of the Tianzi secret agent, she was blocked by a Buddhist master, and unfortunately let Li Miaozhen escape.

The third and fourth secret letters are military information, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Qingyan Department are dispatched, without carrying baggage, marching quickly, and are heading towards Chuzhou City.

Candle Jiu, the leader of the northern demon clan, led the demon clan under his command to the south and pointed directly at Chuzhou City.

They did not plunder the people on the way, did not try to attack other cities, and pounced on Chuzhou City with a strong purpose. And Chuzhou City is already very close to the border pass, and before dusk, the cavalry of the Qingyan Department and the demon clan under the command of Candle Dragon will come to the city.

The secret letter in the hand of the king of Zhenbei turned into powder, waved off the secret agent, he got up from the big chair, looked at the empty and unmanned lobby, and said in a deep voice:

"I still let them find out. ”

"This is to be expected, there are many people who know about Mu Nanyu's miracles. Countless pairs of eyes are staring at you, just waiting for you to cultivate and seize her spiritual essence. Even if you have been in obscurity all these years, there are quite a few people who can estimate your cultivation. We slaughtered Chuzhou City and concealed it for more than a month, which is already a very successful plan. ”

A voice sounded in the hall, responding to the king of Zhenbei.

"How long will it take?" King Huai looked ahead, his face calm.

"Three hours. ”

The voice chuckled: "Don't worry, you should know that the life essence of mortals is useless to you, you must refine them into blood pills, heh, 380,000 people, it will naturally take time and energy." Of course, if it weren't for refining the Soul Pill, as early as ten years ago, the Blood Pill could be refined. ”

After a pause, the voice said again: "If you lose Mu Nanyu, even if you take the Blood Pill, you will not be able to be promoted to the second grade." ”

King Zhenbei said lightly: "We've already thought of measures to make up for it, don't we, don't worry, I promise you, I won't break my promise." ”

The voice let out a hoarse laugh: "Together, it is mutually beneficial....... Someone's coming. ”

At the gate, the figure swayed, and the one-eyed protector Que Yongxiu, with a long knife at his waist and hips, pressed the handle of the knife with one hand, and strode forward.

"King Huai, there is still no whereabouts of Zheng Xinghuai. Que Yongxiu said in a deep voice.

"After this battle, if I am promoted to the second rank, I don't need to care whether he lives or dies. If I lose, there is a way to protect you, don't worry. King Zhenbei said lightly.

Protector Que Yongxiu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Can you be sure of this battle?"

King Zhenbei nodded slowly.

Que Yongxiu suddenly smiled, sat on the chair with a golden knife, and said with a smile:

"It's time for me to be a second-class, the northern barbarians and demon clans have been arrogant and domineering all these years, and they don't take us seriously. After this battle, we set foot on the Tianshan Mountain, and then peeled the skin and bones of the candle nine, and stewed soup for the soldiers to drink. ”

King Zhenbei's serious face smiled.

Que Yongxiu was his companion when he was young, and then led the troops together, from the Battle of Shanhaiguan to the north, they had been a golden iron horse for nearly 20 years, and their relationship was deeper than that of brothers.

Otherwise, the slaughter of the city would not have been entrusted to him.

...........

As the sun began to set in the west, the soldiers who stood on the city wall and watched squinted and saw a cloud of dust rising from the sky, and countless cavalry galloped towards them. And behind the cavalry, there was a cyan giant two feet (six meters) high.

They're coming.

"Knock knock!"

The drums beat and shook the four fields, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately moved, methodically preparing the equipment to defend the city, such as rolling stones, fire oil, and sassal wood.

The news that the barbarian army was about to attack the city had already been transmitted back to Chuzhou, and neither the officers nor the low-level soldiers panicked about it.

In the sound of the clanging armor, the king of Zhenbei carried a knife, stepped out, stood on the lookout platform of the city tower, and looked at the leader of the Qingyan Department from afar.

The two third-grade powerhouses, looking at each other across the vast plain, clearly saw each other's expressions and eyes, Geely Zhigu smiled hideously, and the king of Zhenbei raised the corners of his mouth, with a little sneer and disdain.

After a brief moment of looking at each other, Ji Li Zhigu suddenly lowered his head, swung his arms, and began to run wildly.

Boom Boom Boom .......

The earthquake trembled, like a cannonball exploding, and the cyan giant turned into an afterimage, as if it wanted to crash headlong into the city wall.

"Fire!"

Protector Que Yongxiu roared.

The large bed crossbows and artillery on the city wall were aimed at the cyan giant.

The bowstring of the bed crossbow was pulled apart by the combined efforts of the four soldiers, and as the bowstring slowly opened, the incantations imprinted on the skeleton of the bed crossbow lit up one by one, and the faint light emitted by the incantations flowed like water, converging on the two-meter-long heavy arrow.

As the bowstring was full, the shimmer of light was condensed into the heavy arrow, and the two-meter-long heavy arrow burst into a dazzling light, as if composed of pure light.

"Collapse, collapse, collapse!"

Heavy arrows two meters long roared out, like streams of light, shooting towards the cyan giant.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

At the same time, the artillery, which was also blessed by the formation, shot out one after another flaming fireballs, like dazzling meteorites.

The Dafeng army is inferior to the barbarians in terms of personal strength, inferior in number to the Witch God Sect that can manipulate corpses, inferior to the treacherous and difficult Gu clan army in terms of flexibility, and inferior to the mid-level and high-level combat power of the Buddha Kingdom.

However, Dafeng was able to occupy the Central Plains and dominate Kyushu, relying on Confucianism in the past. When Confucianism dominated the court, the positions of commander of the three armies and general army were usually held by Confucian scholars.

The famous Confucian generals in history were basically born in Yunlu Academy.

The Confucian generals are not only proficient in the art of war, but also use soldiers like gods, and they can also fight by themselves, and the sky and the earth will fall apart when the cowhide is blown.

After the decline of Confucianism, Si Tianjian's magic weapons shouldered the heavy responsibility, and heavy killing weapons and firearms were the foundation for the survival of Dafeng. Especially when defending the city, it can be called a meat grinder.

Heavy arrows that radiated dazzling light and fireballs like meteors bombarded the cyan giants incessantly.

Ji Li Zhigu was carrying heavy arrows and artillery that could easily bombard the six-rank martial arts, and with each boom, his body would tremble.

But he did not evade, and even took the initiative to meet the baptism of heavy arrows and artillery, wielding a giant sword to scatter the terrible arrows and meteors, these attacks were not a big problem for him, but they would bring ruin to the cavalry behind him.

Even so, after a round of bombardment, more than 100 elite cavalry still died.

Less than two hundred meters away from Chuzhou City, Ji Ji Zhigu's knees sank violently, and in the collapse of the ground, his body tilted and crashed into the city wall.

The strong wind was howling, and the two-foot-tall cyan figure was wrapped in Pei Mo Neng's qi, as if it could knock down a mountain.

No, it can crash into a mountain.

At this time, the king of Zhenbei on the tower of the city moved, and bang, he rose to the sky in the shattering of the stone bricks, and the scarlet daze was fiercely inspired, and when he jumped to the highest point, he drew his long knife.

Hold it high.

Immediately after, the king of Zhenbei swooped down and slashed out with his long knife.

Although he is alone, he gives people a sense of oppression.

The cyan giant had to pause in a collision posture, stabilize his body, and the giant sword fiercely counterattacked, slashing the king of Zhenbei in the sky.

Rumble!

Between heaven and earth, the loud sound is like a loud bell.

The tidal wave of air rippled in a circle, like dozens of artillery pieces detonating, and the shock wave spread in midair.

The Qingyan cavalry below narrowly escaped, and the walls of the city wall lit up with spells, forming an invisible barrier to block the aftermath of the qi.

The king of Zhenbei flew up again, fell back to the city tower, holding a long knife, and the abyss was in the mountains.

"King Zhenbei, God of War!"

Protector Que Yongxiu raised his weapon high and shouted.

"King of Zhenbei, God of War. ”

"King of Zhenbei, God of War ......."

On the city wall, the soldiers shouted and united as one, full of confidence in the king of Zhenbei, and respected like a god.

...........

At the gate of the northern city, in the boundless wilderness outside the city, a behemoth appeared at the end of the horizon, its whole body was red, without scales, and the one eye on its forehead was like a golden sun.

The crimson serpent swam close to the ground, rolling up the dust.

Behind it, there is a dense army of demons, there are Jiao, there are black-scaled giant tigers, there are one-horned lizards, and there are apes.......

Above its head, the army of black-pressed birds was overwhelming, and it swept quickly.

The soldiers on the walls were expressionless, their faces were not fearful, nor nervous, and they attacked the birds that circled in the air with mechanical bed crossbows, artillery, or bent bows.

The bird that fell from the arrow was already dead, but in the process of falling, it suddenly opened its scarlet eyes, flapped its wings again, and flew back to kill its companions.

The demon army that died from artillery fire and crossbow arrows also got up again, biting their companions around them, even the red python.

Before the demon army rushed to the city, there was a small-scale chaos in itself.

"Collapse ......."

The heavy arrows shot out, automatically ignoring the demon army, and targeting the red pythons, which did not walk in a straight line, but in a curve, and attacked the same target.

Seven inches of Monty Python.

Like an invisible hand, it is fiddling with heavy arrows and artillery fire, allowing them to aim at weak spots.

While the python is large and brings overwhelming strength, it also shows the disadvantage of not being flexible enough to dodge heavy arrows and artillery.

Although it would not suffer heavy damage, the seven inches were as if steel nails were embedded in the flesh, and the pain was unbearable.

"Whew......."

It raised its head and cracked open its bloody mouth like a dark red black hole, and the one-eye on its forehead trembled again and again, and it violently spewed out a golden light and slammed into the city wall.

The wall pattern lit up, and the invisible barrier stress emerged.

The golden light collided with the barrier, stirring up fine light chips, and the wall "clicked" continuously, cracking countless tiny cracks.

Since the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the north has ushered in the first large-scale battle, with a total of three masters participating in the battle, and an unknown master hidden in the shadows.

...........

In the city of Chuzhou, a famous person rushed out of the inn and house, and looked in the direction of the city gate in shock.

The roar of artillery, the sound of the crossbow of the bed, the hooves of the horses, the roar of the guards of the city walls.......... and terrifying, qi fluctuations from high-grade powerhouses.

These are clearly heard and perceived by the people in the city, which makes them inevitably fear in their hearts, and they just want to hide under the bed and tremble.

"What's the matter, the barbarians have come to Chuzhou City?"

"Damn, this group of barbarians actually dared to hit Chuzhou City, do they want to start a full-scale war with Dafeng. ”

"Let's go, let's go to the city wall and defend the city together. ”

At the door of the largest restaurant in Chuzhou City, several people from the rivers and lakes jumped and scolded angrily, and at this time, they saw the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper walking out of the inn with a blank face.

I saw the local residents walking out of the houses on the side of the street, their faces were pale, their eyes were empty, and they lacked aura, like walking corpses.

More and more people walked out of the houses and into the streets, looking at the sky with blank expressions.

Above their heads, thin pieces of blood spilled out, floating into the sky, and then converging into a huge ball of blood.

And inside them, one after another black shadows were pulled out and sank to the ground, and in the process, the black shadows kept struggling and crying:

"So I'm dead......."

"I'm dead, I'm dead!!"

"Unwilling, unwilling ......."

Everywhere in the city, the civilians and people who entered Chuzhou City after the slaughter of the city witnessed such a terrible scene, and their hearts were cold.

The people of Chuzhou City are dead?

So who did they talk to, who did they talk to, and who did they spend more than a month with?

It turned out that we had been living in a ghost town for more than a month.......

Great fear exploded in the hearts of the few living people who remained.

In the inn.

The members of the mission came out into the street in fear, and looked at a pale human figure, standing on a wooden scale, looking up at the sky.

Streams of blood poured out of their heads and into the air, black shadows peeled away from their bodies and swept into the ground.

Yang Yan muttered: "It turns out that the location of the blood massacre for three thousand miles is Chuzhou City. ”

"Brute!"

Suddenly there was a violent roar, and Dali Temple fell to his knees, tears gushing out.

"Chuzhou has a population of 380,000 and 380,000 resentful souls........ Throughout the 600 years of Dafeng, no one has committed such atrocities. This official, this official wants to return to Beijing to impeach King Huai, and he will rest until he dies. ”

He clenched his fists and pounded the ground hard, and with an "ah" sound, he began to cry.

Liu Yushi's mouth trembled, "How dare he, how dare he........ As the Prince of Dafeng, he is loved and supported by the people of the north, how can he do anything to these innocent people. It is not a pity for King Huai to die, and it is not a pity to die......."

Chen Zhutou's eyes were red, and the hand holding the knife kept trembling.

Yang Yan looked at them and was slightly moved.

These civil officials are slick and sneaky, and they love to intrigue the most, but they are not completely morally corrupted, and they still have the complex cultivated by the sages in their hearts.

Both bad and good.

Chen Zhutou gritted his teeth and said, "What does King Huai want to do?"

Yang Yan groaned: "I may have to be promoted to the second grade, this is my guess." ”

Promoted to the second grade........ Dali Temple, the two imperial historians, and Chen Zhutou were taken aback.

If, if King Huai really took this opportunity to promote the second rank, then, then even if they expose this matter and write a letter of impeachment, will the emperor condemn him?

Can the princes dispose of King Huai?

What is the concept of a second-grade martial artist, Dafeng has not produced a second-grade martial artist for three hundred years.

Looking at Kyushu, the second-grade martial artists have become extinct, at least the northern barbarians and demon clans are second-grade.

If King Huai can be promoted to the second rank, then is it still a crime to slaughter the city? Even if it is a crime, who has the ability to punish him?

I'm afraid that Your Majesty and the princes can only pinch their noses and recognize it. And once His Majesty compromises with the princes, even if it is a correction, it can only focus on the overall situation.

Is it worth exchanging the lives of 380,000 people for a second-class person?

Very well valued.

Liu Yushi took a deep breath, "If King Huai is promoted to the second rank, I will splash my blood in the Jinluan Palace, and I will die in Mingzhi." ”

Chen Zhutou said in a deep voice: "Can no one stop him? Who in the north can stop the king of Zhenbei ........?"

Yang Yan shook his head: "In the northern realm, who can be stronger than the king of Zhenbei?"

Without.

No one can stop the King of Zhenbei, and no one in Chuzhou can be a stumbling block to the promotion of the King of Zhenbei.

No one can do it, the mission can't do it, the Jianghu martial artists can't do it, they can only watch the promotion of the king of Zhenbei.

Chen Zhutou suddenly said: "I suddenly regret that Xu Qi'an's strength is not enough........."

In the eyes of everyone, he laughed at himself: "I used to be jealous that he was famous all over the world in Buddhism. Jealous of his ability to overwhelm the outstanding disciples of the Dao Sect in the battle between heaven and man, he was in the limelight. But now, I just hate him for not cultivating enough.

"Because if it were him, he would definitely not sit idly by, and even now, he has already drawn his sword against King Huai. That's right, Yang Jingong. ”

Everyone looked at Yang Yan in unison.

Yang Yan was in a trance, and he didn't know what he remembered, and he said in a sighing tone: "Duke Wei said that his biggest shortcoming is the courage of his blood. Whether it was to behead his superiors at the beginning, or to block the rebels alone in Yunzhou. ”

Yes, the man was a hob meat, a stone in a pit, smelly and hard.

The civil servants who hated him often said that sooner or later this man would pay the price for his temper.

Sometimes, however, it is such a person who becomes the "savior" in their hearts, the person they hope to raise their arms at some point.

Liu Yushi muttered: "The first emperor is wrong, if Dafeng really has a protector general, I think it is Xu Qi'an, not King Huai." ”

It's a pity that he is still immature and has not yet grown up.

Dali Temple Cheng showed a vicious expression: "This official now only wishes that the barbarians will break the city and behead the king of Zhenbei." If no one can stop Daebong, then let the barbarians come. ”

..............

PS: Thank you to the leader of "Akhil_Leung" for the reward. Thanks to the leader of the alliance of "Lu Erqi," for the reward.