Chapter 114 The War Begins (Subscription Request)
Nanqing Palace.
Emperor Qing has been in a bad mood these days. The border was attacked unexpectedly, and Marquis Shenwu led Si Lili to kill millions of enemies and enter the territory of Northern Qi. Now, the Eighteen Tiger and Leopard Riders also disobeyed military orders and rushed into Northern Qi.
He was really curious now, why did Shen Qingzhou have so many elites under his command? The Four Famous Detectives and the God of Detective were fine, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that followed him, although they were all good fighters, they were not to such a level.
He found that the only thing he could rely on now was his status as a grandmaster. He doubted whether Dongyi City, which had the largest number of ninth-grade masters in the world, could compete with the current subordinates of the Marquis of Shenwu.
Anyone who could break into Northern Qi, even if it was just a breakout, should be at least an eighth-rank master. There are eighteen of them, and there may even be a ninth-rank master.
However, considering Fan Jian's Tiger Guards, the gap should not be that big. At this moment, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry's invasion of Northern Qi has been written into a picture book and spread throughout the world.
This is when the Six Gates started to make an effort, because the lottery was a money-making machine, and they had previously been paying various teahouses and brothels to advertise for them, so now it would be a piece of cake to just spend some money to spread the word.
For the Six Gates, the stronger the Marquis and his subordinates are, the happier everyone is.
Cangzhou City.
When the Four Famous Detectives learned that the Eighteen Riders had rushed into Northern Qi, they looked at each other in bewilderment. If you asked them to find a way to enter Northern Qi, there would be no problem at all, but asking them to fight their way in would be too difficult.
They are all good at fighting in the martial arts world, but when it comes to the battlefield, they are definitely no match for this group of veterans with rich experience in all kinds of warfare.
I originally thought that the Six Gates were the strongest force under the Marquis, but now it seems that they can never compare with the army, even if this army has only eighteen people.
Everyone was also thinking divergently, what if there were hundreds of them? The Four Famous Detectives and many of the Golden Medal Constables knew that many of them had the help and support of many cavalrymen who had been sent out.
They also knew that this group of people missed the time when they followed Marquis Shenwu all the time. They had also heard complaints that that group of people stayed because of their fighting ability. From this, it seemed that Shen Qingzhou could gather a group of veterans at any time.
"Gentlemen, the sixth disciple of Jianlu left through the east gate." Someone suddenly reported.
"I'll go take a look."
"Be careful, there may be traps."
Zhui Ming left. This was the purpose of these people coming to Cangzhou. Dongyi City was not like Northern Qi and Nanqing. These two countries had large armies. Dongyi City relied on experts and could launch decapitation attacks every time a large army attacked.
This time, the Four Famous Detectives and many gold and silver medal detectives gathered in Cangzhou to keep an eye on the masters of Dongyi City leaving.
This is actually quite provocative, after all, Si Gu Jian might leave the city and take action at any time, but everyone came here voluntarily, and there is nothing we can do if Si Gu Jian wants to take action.
As soon as they arrived, Cangzhou suddenly became the safest province in the world. Bandits and robbers didn't even dare to show up, let alone report it.
Anyway, Dongyi City, which has the most ninth-grade people in the world, has been temporarily under surveillance. Shen Qingzhou killed three and disabled one, and the Six Gates can really see through the rest.
Even Yun Zhilan, who was a ninth-rank master, was unable to defeat Wuqing after two secret fights because Wuqing's archery was too strong.
Although the Ninth Rank can move freely, because the main job of the Six Gates is tracking, we cannot say that we have not let any escape, but most of them are in confrontation.
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After passing the border town and entering Nanling County, one day, a killer came to Nanjing City, Shen Qingzhou.
He is not a murderous devil. Not only does he kill people on the battlefield, he also kills people in civilian areas. He is not that perverted.
After passing Nanjing, they entered the territory of Shangjing. Si Lili said that she wanted to send a message to Shangjing, trying to persuade Shangjing to stop, mainly to get in touch with Zhan Doudou again. Then Shen Qingzhou came.
At the beginning, they encountered several assassination attempts. Apart from the occasional military attack, most of them were poisoning, but they were all broken one by one. When the information came out, Zhan Doudou learned it immediately, but it was difficult to back down. She already knew that as long as Beiqi did not take action, Shen Qingzhou would come to hunt down Langtao He Daoren, but she could not not take action. What would happen?
Currently, Haitang Duoduo has sent a letter to Ku He, but Ku He is in seclusion and feels uncomfortable. How can there be a person like Shen Qingzhou in the world?
Later, I also received the matter of the Eighteen Tiger and Leopard Riders, which gave me a headache. Shen Qingzhou was strong enough, but why did he have such a cavalry under his command?
The enemy came straight in to kill them. Northern Qi had already lost its face this time. Now, apart from mobilizing the entire country's army to encircle and kill them and using up human lives, only the grandmaster could take action.
This time, Shen Qingzhou has become the enemy of the world. Not to mention himself and Dongyi City, even the Emperor of Nanqing, can he sleep peacefully like this?
However, the most urgent task is how Northern Qi should deal with it. They must not hand over He Daoren and Lang Tao, even though he is not very clear about the assassination.
This was an assassination planned by Jinyiwei commander Shen Zhong and coordinated by Dongyi City. When she found out about it, the action had already been taken.
Shen Zhong had good intentions, but to some extent, he really didn't take the emperor seriously.
Except for some upper-class people in Nanjing, the news of Shen Qingzhou's infiltration into Northern Qi was not widely spread. The spread of news in that era was not that fast.
They were not assassinated because they were afraid of Shen Qingzhou's revenge. They left immediately after resting. Shen Qingzhou also discovered that the previous sniping might be useless and began to decrease slowly. However, he got a piece of information that except for the border, the soldiers in the territory of Northern Qi had gathered to guard Shangjing.
Go to the capital.
The emperor and the empress dowager stood on the city wall and looked at the barracks outside the city. They felt a lot more at ease because this was a real million-strong army.
We also have to thank Shen Qingzhou and Si Lili for not working day and night. They have a normal schedule, otherwise, it would have been good enough to be able to get half of it.
The army at the border was also confronting Nanqing, still under the command of Uesugi Tora, but he had secretly sent 100,000 troops into Shangjing. He attached the most importance to Shen Qingzhou, the person involved.
He had a crazy idea that if he could keep Shen Qingzhou with a million troops, this battle would be worth it. Even if he died, he would definitely not be able to protect Northern Qi, but with Shen Qingzhou around, Northern Qi would be eaten up sooner or later.
He was a soldier and knew that Shen Qingzhou's combat power would boost the morale of the army, which was more useful than any strategy. How could such a person appear in the world?
Because the eighteen riders arrived late, although they kept rushing, they were unable to catch up with Shen Qingzhou for a while.
Not to mention that Nan Qing of Dongyi City was paying attention, even the grand master had already noticed it.
……
"Your Majesty, Shen Qingzhou has arrived thirty miles outside the city."
"Your Majesty, Shen Qingzhou has arrived fifteen miles outside the city."
In the palace, it was natural to hold a court meeting just for Shen Qingzhou.
"Miss Lili." A carriage drove over from outside the city.
"Master, I am confident that nothing will go wrong." Si Lili left and someone came to pick her up.
"Bei Qi, Taoist He, Lang Tao, Ku He, Haha, Bai Long, let's go meet this million-strong army."
(End of this chapter)