Chapter 152: The Fall of the Hero

"It's too sudden, it's too sudden. How is this possible?" Chu Yun muttered in disbelief, although the Divine Stone Controller did not have any effect on increasing longevity, how could he not have died at such a young age. Shi Le is not even sixty years old this year, although he is not short-lived in this world, but as an emperor, he is not lustful and does not like to eat elixir casually, how can he die at such a young age? Besides, he is the master of the Divine Stone, and his body should be very good, and he suddenly dies like this, how can he think about it and feel weird.

Of course, not all the masters of the divine stone do not have the effect of enhancing longevity, Chu Yun's cultivation of the "Sitting and Forgetting Sutra" has the effect of health preservation, and some other Taoist and Buddhist exercises also have the effect of longevity.

However, Chu Yun still couldn't accept that what he thought was the great enemy in his life was dead. This may also be a limitation of the world, the Xianwu Continent where Chu Yun is located, after reaching the ground level, there is no problem in living for a few hundred years, and even the heavenly level can reach a thousand years of life. Many times, Chu Yun has been in retreat for more than ten years, but in this world, it is not good. But no matter what, Chu Yun had never heard of the old and dead Divine Stone Controller, Liu Kun, Liu Yao, Shi Hu and others died in the hands of others, and there was no old death. Even if it is Liu Cong's death, judging from the rumors, the blood-colored mist filled the palace before his death, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he was killed by someone, and he is not old and dead.

Chu Yunchu was still very disappointed when he heard the news, after all, the two of them had not fought in a proper manner. Chu Yun still admires Shi Le a little, if you don't see that Shi Le is a member of the Qi tribe, Shi Le's rise is really very inspirational, he was a slave when he was young, and later gathered eighteen brothers to rebel, but he didn't expect it to really make him happen, he relied on his own efforts step by step to fight the world, how many can there be in the world? It is estimated that Shi Le and Zhu Yuanzhang have a fight, both of them are the lowest little people who have reached the position of the Ninety-Five, just thinking about it is not easy.

"Meng Sungong, what do you think?" Chu Yun looked at Zhang Bin, the divine stone that Zhang Bin was sending was a very rare divine stone, this divine stone was a bit like the kind of treasure like soul-nourishing wood and soul-nourishing jade, and it could actually make the soul survive alone, it was really a bit of a fairytale, Chu Yun was still in a trance after knowing it at that time. Moreover, Zhang Bin's parasitic divine stone carries the cultivation method, only a "person" in this soul state can cultivate, and even practice to a high level, and it is possible to cultivate the body from the new, which is really wonderful.

Chu Yun couldn't help but think of the Soul Hall among the ten hidden doors on the Xianwu Continent, it is said that the people among them are this kind of people who are not ghosts or ghosts, it seems that the two seem to have something in common, the water in the Xianwu Continent is still very deep.

Zhang Bin's relationship with himself now is how to say, that is, the relationship of dependence, when Zhang Bin was dealing with the Iron Army, his already seriously ill body could not hold up after the defeat of the Iron Blood Army (in the original history, Zhang Bin died in 322 AD), but at that time, although Shi Le had a lot of strength, but the strength of the former Zhao was still not less than him, and the Xianbei people were not honest, Shi Le knew that he needed Zhang Bin, so he used this magical divine stone to save his soul. With Zhang Bin's help, Hou Zhao's strength continued to expand, and if Chu Yun hadn't suddenly appeared, Former Zhao would have perished.

After Shi Le defeated Dai Guo, Duan Xianbei and captured Liu Yao, Zhang Bin already felt that Shi Le's attitude towards him had changed, but he had nothing to do, because he was completely dependent on Shi Le to survive at that time. But he didn't expect Chu Yun to rise strongly, Shi Le had no choice but to use Zhang Bin again, and Zhang Bin survived again. Zhang Bin's cultivation requires the blood of a man in the prime of life every three days, Shi Le had not used it for Zhang Bin for several months at that time, Zhang Bin's soul was about to dissipate at that time, and I have to say that Chu Yun appeared and saved Zhang Bin's life.

But even so, Zhang Bin helped Shi Le to kill Chu Yun for the second time, but when he met You Ziyuan, Shi Le's plan was in vain. After Shi Le came back, he fell ill, and a series of things happened, and Zhang Bin was ignored by Shi Le again. If Chu Yun hadn't asked him by name, it is estimated that Zhang Bin would have really hung up this time.

Zhang Bin saw Shi Le's cold-bloodedness of unloading and killing the donkey, plus Chu Yun found Shi Dong and knew the true situation of his son's death back then, plus Zhang Bin's own life and the lives of his family were in Chu Yun's hands, so Zhang Bin betrayed Shi Le and Chu Yun to cooperate.

"Your Majesty, I don't think things can be so simple, although Shi Le's body does seem to have a problem, but he is a very cautious person, take one step and look at three steps, I think he should not be dead, but even I don't know what he is doing. After all, Shi Strangulation is dead, which is definitely a major blow to Hou Zhao, especially when he is in a stalemate with our Daming. After Zhang Bin finished speaking, Chu Yun nodded, after all, Shi Le could leave Zhang Bin for more than ten years, how could he die so easily?

"Meng Sungong, what Shi Le is thinking, we will always know in the future, as long as we are cautious and do not take the wrong path. I don't know what Meng Sungong thinks, what should Da Ming do next now?" Chu Yun looked at Zhang Bin, Chu Yun spent so much effort to get him over, isn't it just to unify as soon as possible, so that he can find all the divine stones with the power of the country.

"Your Majesty, Qin Guogong (You Ziyuan)'s plan is good, if you take the annex state, the hinterland of Hou Zhao will be open to us, but Shangdang County has not taken it, so it is not very likely to take the annexation of Sili Prefecture, so we have to revise this plan. Chu Yun didn't speak and waited for Zhang Bin to continue, and Zhang Bin remembered that he had changed his boss.

Chu Yun's personality is really different from Shi Le's, Chu Yun doesn't compete with his subordinates at all, but listens patiently to his subordinates' opinions, but Shi Le is not like this, Shi Le's scheming is too deep, he will interrupt without waiting for his subordinates to finish the matter, and then tell the rest himself. His purpose in doing this was to tell his men not to be cautious in front of him, he knew everything. Doing so sometimes made Zhang Bin feel that Shi Le was a little petty, but if you think about it carefully, you know that Shi Le is forced to do it, he comes from a humble background, and he has some inferiority complex in his bones, and only by showing his strength will his subordinates be in awe, but Chu Yun doesn't care.

Zhang Bin continued to speak: "Your Majesty, Qianliang has been disabled by us, but they will never be so easily subdued, I think we had better beat Qianliang to death, get a complete Liangzhou and the Western Regions, and we will have depth, if it really doesn't work, we can also have a way out." ”

After Zhang Bin finished speaking, Chu Yun stared at Zhang Bin for a while before he spoke: "Meng Sungong, it seems that you are still not very optimistic about me." Why do you think I'm not the opponent of those people?" Chu Yun could hear what Zhang Bin meant, Zhang Bin knew that he and Chu Yun were tied to the same boat, and now Shi Le had "died" again, he could only rely on Chu Yun to maintain a drop of blood for three days, otherwise he would die, so he would give himself such a conservative plan. After Zhao Shihong integrated Shi Le's strength, how long would he have to fight with them to unify the whole country, one year, ten years, or twenty years?

"Meng Sungong, it seems that you still don't know my strength. Chu Yun didn't talk nonsense, more than twenty divine stones were thrown in front of Zhang Bin, how could Zhang Bin not know how many divine stones there were in the world, and how could he not know what these more than twenty divine stones meant.

A few years ago, Murong Xianbei, who dominated Liaodong, and Duan's Xianbei, who dominated Liaoxi, had a stalemate, and the two sides fought a big battle, Duan's Xianbei was defeated, and in desperation, Duan's Xianbei took refuge in Hou Zhao, and later Duan Xianbei's leader) Duan Liao, the grandson of Duan Rilu's family, betrayed Hou Zhao again, and there was also Chu Yun's reason, because at that time, Hou Zhao fought with Former Zhao again, and Duan Liao thought that there was an opportunity to rebel. As a result, although Shi Hu was captured by Chu Yun, Shi Le's army did not send troops to rescue, but comforted the country, Duan Liao looked for his own death, so he was defeated by Shi Le's general Kong Chang, and Duan Liao was killed. This guy, who could have lived for a few years in history, became the cannon fodder of Chu Yun's big butterfly. The remnants of Duan's Xianbei ran back to Liaoxi from Xin and attached themselves to Yuwen Xianbei. Murong Xianbei, the leader of Murong Xianbei, dominated Liaodong and part of Liaoxi, and overwhelmed Tuoba Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei to become the overlord of the grassland at that time.

Murong Diao can be said to be the key figure in the rise of Murong Xianbei, he cultivated political affairs during the period, and cared for talents, so many scholars and people attached to him. From the defeat of Wang Jun, the king of Youzhou, to the present more than ten years, Murong Diao has continued to absorb the power of the Han people, developed and grown, and Murong Xianbei replaced the civil strife Tuoba Xianbei to become the overlord of the north.

However, at the same time as Shile's death, the northern overlord also died shortly after, and for a time the two heroes died together in this year. After the death of Murong Diao, the second son Murong Hao succeeded the Duke of Liaodong County, and used the official position of General Pingbei to exercise the power of Pingzhou Assassin History, supervise the regents, and rule Pingzhou. This Murong Hao is an ambitious person, after he took office, he immediately abandoned the Liaodong County Duke canonized by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, proclaimed himself King Yan, established the Great Yan Kingdom, pursued Murong Diao as the king of Wuxuan, and his wife Duan was the queen of Wuxuan, and established the son Murong Jun as the crown prince. Murong Xianbei completely stepped onto the stage of hegemony on the same level as Da Zhao, Da Ming, Da Cheng, Da Liang, Qiu Chi, and Dai Guo, revealing his great ambitions.

And just after Murong Hao was proclaimed emperor, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom came to Xiangping City, the capital of the Great Yan Kingdom (Liaoyang in later generations), in the name of congratulations. For the visit of the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, the Great Yan Imperial Court was still very surprised, after all, the Ming Kingdom inherited the status of the former Zhao, and in the past few years, the Eastern and Western Expeditions have been invincible, and it can be said that they are two major military powers side by side with the Later Zhao, so Murong Hao suppressed the opinions of those who demanded the execution of the Ming envoys, and met with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty for the first time. Murong Xianbei has respected the court of the Great Jin Dynasty in all dynasties, so the Ming Dynasty, who did not deal with the Great Jin, was not treated by many old ministers, but Murong Hao knew that countries could not communicate with each other on the basis of good and evil.

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty is Zheng Jie, who was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Chu Yun sent this person here, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this diplomacy, no one knows what the two of them talked about, and a few days later, Murong Hao held a grand banquet to entertain the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jie took his leave and left.

In the spring of the fourth year of Shengwu, 335 A.D. The first year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the first year of Dacheng Yuheng, the twenty-third year of Jianxing in Qianliang, and the first year of Jianwu in Zhao Dynasty.

The already turbulent world shook again, Qianliang was the first to launch an offensive, but the target was the entire Western Regions, Qianliang was beaten by the Ming Kingdom, but the strength was too weak to take revenge, so they could only prepare to take the entire Western Regions as their backup base. Zhang Jun personally led 80,000 troops into the Western Regions, and Qiuzi, Shanshan and other countries in the Western Regions united to fight against Qianliang, and the entire Western Regions was shrouded in war.

According to the news investigated by the Supervision Division, Li Xiong, the lord of Dacheng, was terminally ill, and Chu Yun immediately went to war after getting the news to prepare for a big battle with Hou Zhao. Because Qianliang and Dacheng are no longer a threat, this is a godsend.

Chu Yun sent the general Lu Zhong to lead an army of 50,000 out of Tongguan to attack Si Lizhou, and Shi Di, the poor boy, was the same as before, sending people to resist while asking Shi Hong for help, it seems that this has become a common practice. Shi Di is really talented, only a few years of hard work, he left his son Shi Hu left him with the family foundation, and after Shi Di was defeated, the Ming army took away no less than 800,000 people from Sili Prefecture, and now Sili Prefecture, a rich place in the middle of the world, has no rooster crow for thousands of miles.

In Bingzhou, Chu Yun sent Wang Jie to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Shangdang County, and Da Zhao relied on the dangerous terrain of Shangdang County to resist, and the battle between the two sides entered a white-hot battle at the beginning. At the junction of Bingzhou and Youzhou, Xie Ai led an army of 60,000 to be ready to act at any time. Chu Yun formed an alliance with the Great Yan Kingdom, and the target was the entire Youzhou. The two sides agreed to attack from west to east with Daming, while Dayan attacked from north to south, using the territory they had conquered as the dividing line to carve up the entire Youzhou.

In order to let Daiguo not interfere, Daming signed an agreement with Daiguo, and the two northernmost counties of the state were assigned to Daiguo, after all, Wuyuan County, the northernmost county of Bingzhou, and other places were not inhabited by Han people at all, just empty shells, and it was a waste of troops for Daming to occupy here, so it was better to sell personal favors. Although Tuoba Xianbei is in civil strife, but the strength is still not to be underestimated, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, Tuoba Xianbei can still easily make up the super power of 200,000 cavalry, it is really impossible not to win over, otherwise Zhao Shile will not be able to leave them alone, it is really worth the loss to beat them.

"Has Da Ming Guo done it?" Murong Hao asked three times a day, he had been living in the military camp for more than half a month, but Da Ming had not moved. Murong Hao was called the king when he first ascended to the throne, and he desperately wanted to achieve convincing achievements. Moreover, his brother-in-law General Jianwei Murong Han is brave and talented, and has always been loved by many people in China. And his half-brother Murong Ren, the general of the conquest, and Murong Zhao, the general of Guangwu, were both favored by his father Murong Diao, and Murong Hao was also indignant in his heart. Murong Hao's position was not stable, so he agreed to the covenant of the Ming Dynasty.

But whoever sends troops first, who will have to face the full resistance of the Youzhou Assassin History of the Great Zhao State, the Great Zhao is very strict against the Xianbei people, Youzhou is heavily defended, and there is the fierce general Zhao Lu of the Great Zhao State to guard Youzhou, Zhao Lu is one of the members of the Shile Eighteen Cavalry that year, although he has been a civil official over the years, and is not reused, but after Shi Hong took the throne, he immediately used it as the Youzhou Assassin History, holding the male soldiers against several Xianbei. As soon as he came to power, a great wall was built up to defend the line, so it was difficult to attack from north to south. Murong Hao always wanted to wait for Da Ming to make a move to attract firepower first, and then he would send troops to pick up the cheap, but Chu Yun was not a fool, how could he be cheap Da Yan.

What's more, Wang Jie's army of the Ming Dynasty is progressing smoothly, last year, the Ming army did not bring siege equipment in a hurry, so it was blocked by the defenders of Shangdang County, but this time Wang Jie was fully prepared and brought enough engineering equipment. Moreover, after Shi Hu broke through Shangdang County, he destroyed all the defenses of Pingjingu and other Shangdang County, which can be regarded as killing Shi Hong, it has only been a few months, how could they build a strong position from the new.

Wang Jie's young general Ran Min was out of the limelight, Ran Min was extremely brave and rushed into the enemy army many times, capturing and killing several generals of the Great Zhao Army, making the Great Zhao Army frightened, you must know that he is only a teenager now. Under the leadership of this sharp knife, Wang Jie won three battles and three victories, and almost attacked the hinterland of Shangdang County in one step. Because of this, Chu Yun was able to calm down, and he never let Xie Ai do it, you must know that if Wang Jie takes the Shangdang County, the position of the Shangdang County will be able to threaten Luoyang at all times. Chu Yun can completely mobilize Xie Ai's army to Shangdang County, attack Luoyang, and complete Youziyuan's plan back then. When Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Sili Prefecture, Bingzhou, and a part of Liangzhou are in hand, Daming will become a behemoth that is not inferior to Da Zhao, and there is no need to help Da Yan take benefits.

In April of the fourth year of Shengwu, Murong Hao of the Great Yan Kingdom finally couldn't bear it, he gathered an army of 60,000 to kill into Youzhou, but he bumped into Youzhou Thorn Shi Zhao Lu head-on, and the strength of the two sides was almost equal. But Xie Ai's army still stood still, and Chu Yun did not command indiscriminately, and the general was not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, and Chu Yun trusted Xie Ai very much. Therefore, whether he sent troops to help Wang Jie or Chu Yun occupied Youzhou, Chu Yun gave him absolute support.

"Your Majesty, the Supervision Department has received information that Li Xiong is dead. As soon as Chu Yun came out, Zhou Yan ran over, and Chu Yun's brows furrowed suddenly.

Who is Li Xiong, Li Xiong is the founding emperor of Dacheng, ruled Dacheng for more than 30 years, annexed the entire Yizhou during his reign, and later annexed Hanzhong and Nanzhong, and occupied all the territories of the Shu Han regime during the Three Kingdoms period. His death represents the imminent outbreak of civil strife in Dacheng, after all, it is his nephew, not his son, who is enthroned as emperor, and his sons are not the lords of peace.

But it was not the right time for him to die, after all, the Ming Dynasty was at war with the Great Zhao State, and it was preparing for a three-front war, at this time the Ming Kingdom could no longer support the fourth road, and the war was fought by logistics, and although the Ming Dynasty had developed for several years, it was still not rich.

"Li Xiong, this bastard, can't he die a little later?, what did Da Jin do?" Chu Yun asked again.