On the third day of June, Zhu Zhan, a wealthy man in northern Sichuan, was wiped out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Yu Qingzhou, the head of the Qingcheng faction who accompanied the protection, died, and one hundred and sixteen disciples of the Qingcheng faction and people from the rivers and lakes of northern Sichuan died;

On 17 June, the Qingcheng faction was besieged, with 359 dead and wounded, and less than 30 escaped;

On June 22, the Bishan faction was exterminated;

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Anjiabao announced the closure of the mountain gate and ignored the world;

On July 13, Shanxi Huajia announced its withdrawal from the rivers and lakes and closed its doors;

On July 19, the Qilian faction was uprooted, and more than 500 people were left alive;

On July 26, the Qinzhou branch of the beggar gang was attacked, and more than 10 people escaped;

On July 27, the Kongtong faction was attacked, and only Han Xian, the head of the Kongtong faction, and three or four disciples escaped.

Li Sheng looked at the news in his hand, which still eliminated some smaller sects, and couldn't help frowning, but suddenly remembered something, and immediately shouted outside the door: "Someone!"

Xing Xingshu entered from outside the door, hugged his fists and said, "What does the prince command?"

"Xingshu, you take my token, go to Beijing to select two thousand people, and hurry to the 'Shangqing Palace'. Remember to protect the Qingxu Daoist, and if possible, invite the Qingxu Daoist to the palace to live. Li Sheng thought for a while, and then said: "In addition, notify the beggar gang and let the beggar gang inform that the heroes and heroes who come to participate in the martial arts conference from all over the country should have more than three hundred people together, so as not to be attacked by the exterminators." The northwestern provinces, in particular, should be even more cautious. ”

"Yes!" Xingshu took the token and turned to leave.

Although Li Sheng was worried about the above, what worried Li Sheng even more was the news of the severe drought in the northwestern provinces. Due to the severe drought, it is estimated that the summer grain to be harvested in the northwestern provinces will be less than 20 percent. Although Li Rui had allocated 2 million taels from the state treasury to relieve the famine, it was only a drop in the bucket.

Li Sheng came out of the study and went to the backyard first. On the third day of the seventh month, Xia Lingshuang gave birth to a baby boy for Xuanqi, but this is the eldest son of the fourth generation of the palace, and naturally the whole house celebrates. It's just that Xuan Qi has been missing so far and has not been found, which has also diluted this joy. The old princess personally gave this great-grandson a nickname Qingqing, hoping to bring some joy to the palace and let Xuanqi return as soon as possible. As for the daimyo, the old princess insisted on waiting for Xuan Qi to come back, and Xuan Qi would personally name her son.

The old princess sat in the lobby of the attic with Xia Chongxiao, Xia Xuejing and others. Qiqi and the others were around Qingqing, who was about to full moon, and kept teasing. As for the upcoming full moon of Qingqing, everyone discussed it and decided not to do much of it, just a simple meal as a family.

By the beginning of August, there was still no news of Xuanqi. Due to the continuous tragedy of exterminating the sect in various places, Li Sheng had to ask most of the officers and soldiers and beggar disciples to withdraw from Qinling and suspend the search for Xuanqi.

That is, after the officers and soldiers and the beggar disciples withdrew from the Qinling Mountains, a mysterious search team of less than 30 people searched north along the banks of the Jialing River.

On 15 August, thousands of people from the rivers and lakes gathered in the capital to discuss the matter of exterminating the sect. After the mutual agreement, all factions agreed to form a coalition according to the region for the time being, share news, and jointly resist the extermination.

At the beginning of September, displaced people began to appear near the capital, although there were not many, but they attracted Li Rui's attention. Outside the gates of the capital, the proposed shacks were set up to accommodate the homeless. Li Rui also ordered all parts of the northwest to open warehouses and release grain in official warehouses to relieve the famine of the people.

In mid-September, a battle report came from Lanzhou, and Luo Yuan, who was hugely rich, gathered more than 100,000 displaced people to attack Lanzhou City. Liu An, the garrison general of Lanzhou Prefecture, was killed in battle, and the city of Lanzhou was broken;

On September 21, Tao Qingping, the deputy general of the Liangzhou garrison, killed the garrison general Wu Yunding, and Yan Hua, the assassin of Liangzhou, was forced to commit suicide, and the city of Liangzhou was broken;

On September 27, Qinzhou assassin Shi He Wenfang colluded with the garrison general Fan Xiong, led an army of 50,000 and more than 200,000 displaced people, and rebelled;

The above three states, as well as more than 20 surrounding counties, all fell into the hands of the rebels. Since then, the capital and the Western Regions have completely severed contact with each other in less than a month.

Then came the news that Tubo had sent 150,000 troops to the northern part of the plateau and temporarily held its troops still; Helian Yinshan, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, was 75 years old and personally led an army of 200,000 troops, which was gradually approaching the border; and the countries of the Western Regions, because they had severed ties with the Central Plains, were in danger and were ready to move.

Li Rui convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs overnight to discuss, and finally decided on a countermeasure. In the northern part of Xinjiang, Zhuge Yunzhi, the guard of Yanmen Pass, was the main defender, and only defended but not attacked, and the Tibetan side sent envoys to communicate with them, even if they gave up some interests, they could not let the Tibetan army out of the plateau.

The focus is on quelling civil strife. First, Li Shengqin led half of the army in Beijing, about 300,000 troops marched westward. Officers and men from Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Gansu provinces were all transferred half of them to encircle the rebels; second, they were to take care of the homeless people and prevent them from becoming rebels; third, they were trying to find ways to bypass the rebels and reach the Western Regions directly to stabilize the countries of the Western Regions, and at the same time, they also asked the countries of the Western Regions to send troops to help them break up the rebels and eliminate internal troubles in the shortest possible time.

Li Sheng led the army all the way west, and defeated Fan Xiong's forward army of 60,000 in the first battle. Most of these 60,000 forwards were homeless, and under the impact of Li Sheng's army, they collapsed at the first touch. In late October, Li Sheng's army had already forced Qinzhou City, and He Wenfang and Fan Xiong hurriedly retreated westward with an army of 200,000. The 200,000 army was united with Luo Yuanbing in Longzhong, but it was more than 500,000.

At the beginning of November, Li Sheng's army arrived in Longzhong, but because the weather began to turn cold, the army could only temporarily confront the rebels in Longzhong. At this time, news came that the four people and horses sent to the Western Regions were all attacked on the way, and none of them survived. The communication with Tubo was smooth for the time being, because the Tubo army happened to be led by the national teacher Sanji, and Sanji was willing to stand still for the time being for Xuanqi's sake.

Li Sheng could only smile bitterly, if Xuanqi came out on this trip, I am afraid that Sanji would lead a large army to help besiege the rebels. But this is also an excellent result, at least I don't have to be distracted to watch out for the Tibetan army. With the ferocity of the Tibetan war, the 150,000 army is much more terrifying than the 500,000 rebels.

At this time, there was another bad news, the 300,000 troops of the South Vietnamese State forced Yunnan, and the Yunnan defender Luo Lie had fought several times, each with its own victory and defeat. Li Sheng immediately ordered Liangguang, Guizhou, southern Sichuan and other places to send 100,000 troops each to support.

Such a storm of smoke not only made Li Sheng a little anxious, but also made the people of the entire Celestial Empire worried. In particular, many civilians in the warring areas have moved their families to escape the war.