Chapter 172: Pacification
Yang Zongheng and the others traveled day and night, through the vast desert, flying over the lofty mountains, and finally came to the territory of the Kingdom of God. Then they flew to Lindu without stopping.
In the air, they saw that the flags were flying on the Shenjiang River in the area of Whale State, the boats were connected to each other, the mighty and mighty, the people on both sides of the strait were sparsely populated, the scene was bleak, and the prosperity and liveliness of the past had long since ceased to exist.
When Yang Zongheng returned to Lindu, the first thing he did was to find Wen Yuanjiong.
At this time, Wen Yuanjiong was still in the court and did not come back, but fortunately, those subordinates still remembered Yang Zongheng, so they led them to a warm room and let them wait quietly for Lord Wen to return.
A few people rested in the house, Yang Zongheng sighed and said: "Looking at the scene along the way, it reminds me of the scene when the Qin State attacked the Zhao State, it is really a withering people's livelihood, and it is unbearable to see, speaking of which, the most injured people in the war are those people." β
Yang Zongheng sighed, and turned his head when he saw that everyone didn't speak, but saw that Chu Yunlou was secretly wiping away tears.
Yang Zongheng couldn't help but be a little moved: this kid always said that he didn't have any concept of family and country, but if he really witnessed his motherland suffering from this, he really couldn't help it.
Thinking of this, Yang Zongheng also had a sour nose, he hurriedly calmed down his mood and glanced at Dingfan and the others.
Unexpectedly, Mo Xingyan, a monk of Dingfandu, also burst into tears, well, they must have been moved by the heroic and fearless spirit of the army and people of the Great God Kingdom, these guys are really reliable at a critical time.
Yang Zongheng was about to comfort everyone, but he heard Chu Yunlou scold: "This is a brazier that smoked Lao Tzu to death." β
Yang Zongheng almost didn't vomit blood.
Nima, I really think highly of you.
Alas, I'm still too young.
The butler hurriedly ran in and apologized to everyone, and then ordered his subordinates to replace them with the best coals.
Chu Yunlou touched his eyes and said to Yang Zongheng, "What did you just say?"
Yang Zongheng said "haha" and said, "It's nothing?" He didn't want to say anything now.
In the evening, Wen Yuanjiong and Zhang Ben came to the mansion together, and when they heard that Yang Zongheng was back, they hurriedly walked into the conservatory.
"Why did you come back?" Wen Yuanjiong asked with some curiosity.
This sentence stunned Yang Zongheng, "Shouldn't I come back?" Yang Zongheng asked speechlessly.
Wen Yuanjiong immediately realized that his wording was easy to cause misunderstanding, and hurriedly smiled: "I mean, aren't you looking for some artifact?"
Yang Zongheng said: "I found one and there is still one that I haven't found, I heard that the whale king is reversed, so I rushed back." β
"You're going to give up treasure hunting for such a trivial matter?"
"Is the prince's rebellion still a trivial matter?"
"I can't say a word or two about this kind of thing, anyway, the whale king is over.
"But I saw a lot of warships on the Whale State. β
"That's our warship, didn't you read the words on the flag?"
"Flying too high to pay attention. β
"We're going to attack the city in a few days, and you're back just in time to see the real war. β
"What about the Mo family, will they be caught?"
"Those mages won't interfere this time, otherwise they won't be able to fight quickly. β
Seeing that Yang Zongheng was puzzled, Wen Yuanjiong took out a piece of paper, which was the "Guanghan Linfa Sticker" of the Sea Clan.
"Isn't 'Guanghan Pro Posting' only posted in the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can it be posted in this winter?"
"Because the Sea Clan has a great event?"
"Don't tell me it's Wind Dance Moon who wants to get married. β
"You're right, since the last time you made a big fuss about the Moon Tower, the Sea Clan has repeatedly postponed their marriage, until today, the Wind Dance Moon is now almost twenty, and if you don't get married, you will become an old girl, and the incident in the Moon Moon Tower has almost been forgotten, so the Sea Clan will decide to hold a wedding for them on the fifteenth day of the lunar month. β
In fact, Yang Zongheng didn't want to disturb the wedding of Feng Wuyue, but at that time, for the sake of the old man, he couldn't care so much at that time, and now that Feng Wuyue is about to get married, he feels a lot more comfortable.
Although he is still the nominal sect leader of the first-line sect, and he still has a blood feud with the Sea Clan, he doesn't want to fall into the notoriety of breaking up the marriage.
Although it's a bit hypocritical to say this, it's hypocritical to be hypocritical, whatever.
"Those mages just want to attend a wedding, so they don't care who wins and who loses?"
"In fact, participating in the wedding is just an excuse, before the war, the Qin family said that they would not support either party, although the Mo family said to remain neutral, but in the dark it is to help the whale king, but we have the Huang family here, although the nosy patriarch, but when it comes to the civil war, his chief shepherd will not work, I heard that the whale king allowed him to be a great teacher, so he helped the whale king is also understandable, the Wu family said that they are in a remote location, unable to support either party, the Bai family simply pretended to be sick, anyway, each has an excuse, so this war is almost the purest war since the mage, it is completely a war of knives and swordsγ β
Hearing this, Yang Zongheng also felt that he was back in vain, if there was no mage, not to mention anything else here, there was only one Zhang Ben who could reassure him.
But now that he has returned, he wants to do his part, hoping that the war will end as soon as possible.
Zhang Ben was about to rush to the front line, so Wen Yuanjiong asked Zhang Ben to take Yang Zongheng, hoping to end the war as soon as possible, after all, there was still a Qin State eyeing it.
In order to avoid the inconvenience of a large number of people, Zhang Ben only took Yang Zongheng to go upriver by boat, and Du Xingsheng and others were arranged in Lindu, which made Chu Yunlou so happy that he almost woke up laughing from his dream.
Two days later, Zhang Ben and Yang Zongheng came to the city of Whale State, and the boss Yang Zongheng saw the endless military tents, and those banners had the majestic Yang character written on them.
The two entered the big tent of the Chinese army, only to see Yang Fuzheng discussing this siege strategy with the generals.
Seeing Zhang Ben and Yang Zongheng coming in, Yang Fu hurriedly stood up and saluted, and Zhang Ben hurriedly said: "General Yang is now the commander of the Chinese army, give me a little Zhonglang official salute, it's really a villain." β
Yang Fu said: "If it weren't for Lord Zhang's strategy, how could we come to the Kingdom of God safely, without Lord Zhang's recommendation in front of the prince, how could I, Yang Fu, a general, lead the troops independently again, such a great kindness and great virtue, I Yang Fu should keep it in mind all my life." β
After the politeness, Yang Fu told Zhang Ben about his plan.
Zhang Ben shook his head and said: "Now that the soldiers of Whale City have become trapped beasts, such a siege is bound to take a long time, and there will be heavy casualties, I estimate that Murong Hong on the other side wants to see this scene." β
Yang Fu couldn't help but be angry when he heard Murong Hong's three words, and said, "You must not give that dog thief a chance to take advantage of, I don't know if Master Zhang has any other good plans?"
Zhang Ben smiled: "I came this time to send siege weapons for you." β
Yang Fu was puzzled: "I only saw Lord Zhang and Brother Yang, and I didn't see any siege machinery." β
Zhang Ben said with a smile: "Isn't the siege weapon I am talking about Brother Yang? General Yang forgot how the city gate was opened in the first battle of Liangguo that day?"
Yang Fu Huang realized and said with a smile: "Look at me, a big old man, I know how to use brute force, forget that Brother Yang's magic is superb." β
But then he said: "Isn't it this time, those mages don't participate? β
Zhang Ben sneered and said: "It's better to be angry, just take a look at who is loyal and who is traitorous, and this account with the Fa family should also be settled." β
Yang Fu saw that Zhang Ben's eyes were cold, and he was much bigger than Zhang Ben, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
Yang flew into the sky, and thousands of arrows in Whale City were fired together, and in the rain of locust-like arrows, dozens of golden rays of light were at home.
Sure enough, there was a mage secretly helping, Yang Zongheng said in his heart.
But this little trick Yang Zongheng didn't pay attention to at all at this time, he immediately sacrificed the Nine Heavens Demon Wheel, and the Demon Wheel quickly became as tall as a city wall in the air, and smashed heavily into the city gate.
In an instant, the city gate of Whale Prefecture was expelled from a gap of more than ten zhang.
Yang Fu was just about to wave the flag to order a general attack, when suddenly a team of military academies drove a group of civilians to the city wall, and a general-like man pulled a young man in his twenties to the front, put a knife across his neck and shouted: "Zhang Ben, if you want your brother to live, withdraw immediately, otherwise you will wait to collect the body." β
That young man is Zhang Ben's younger brother Zhang Ji, since Yang Zongheng and Zhang Ji separated from the Leizhou Law Museum, this is the first time they have met.
Yang Zongheng was just about to set off to rescue, only to hear the military academy say: "Young Master Yang, I know that you have superb spells, and you can subdue me casually, but Zhang Ji has already taken poison, and he will die of poison in less than half an hour, and we have also been covered with gunpowder inside and outside the city wall, as long as I die, the entire Whale State will become a sea of fire, if you want so many innocent people to be buried with us, come and kill me." β
Hearing this, Yang Zongheng hesitated.
At this time, Zhang Ben smiled and said: "Robin, you don't care about the life or death of the people of Whale State, do I care? If you can be obedient, I will protect you in front of King Liang, if not, I guarantee that you, your parents, wife and children will suffer from pain that you can't imagine." β
Robin smiled: "I am alone, both horizontal and vertical, the whale king has the grace of knowing me, I will die in return." β
Zhang Ben sneered and said, "Do you think that everything will be fine if you send your parents, wife and children to the Western Regions? β
Robin's original indifferent expression suddenly froze when he heard this, Robin has followed the Whale King since he was a child, loyal and filial to his family, which is an advantage, but at the last moment he became his handle.
Zhang Ben said with a smile: "Robin, I will say it again, even if I am kidnapped by you above, I can't stop the Heavenly Army from entering the city, not to mention my brother, if you let these people go now, I promise not to kill a single person in the city, but if you are stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless." β
Robin pondered for a moment and said, "You really don't kill the people in the city."
An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Ben's mouth and said, "This is natural." β
Robin immediately ordered the soldiers to throw down their weapons and said, "We are willing to surrender." β
Yang Fu's army immediately entered Whale City without blood.
Zhang Ben walked up to the city tower, didn't look at Robin kneeling on the ground, just looked at the scenery outside the city and said, "Where is the antidote?"
Robin said: "Actually, Brother Ling Di didn't take poison. β
Then several soldiers came forward and reported: "No gunpowder was found." β
Zhang Ben couldn't help but say dumbly: "Robin, you really scared me, it's a pity to ......" and strode down the city wall as he spoke.
At this time, there was already a war in the direction of Shenjiang in Whale City.