Chapter 244: Sui Xiegu is reduced to ashes! Hongshu attacks Dunhuang City at night!
The Sacred Heart Art, as a martial art at the level of immortals on earth, is enough to shock the mind. Li Changan once used it to subdue Nangong Pushe.

The shout out to Sui Xiegu just now was made using the Tianxin Jie, a move that could even shatter a person's courage after being mastered.

Sui Xiegu couldn't help but feel nervous as he was about to be caught up by Li Changan. "Boy, you don't think you can kill me, do you?"

Sui Xiegu ran away because he felt that he could not kill Li Changan and could not fulfill Tan Tai Pingjing's request. So he had to continue collecting famous swords, and then he would be sure to kill Li Changan.

When one reaches the realm of a terrestrial immortal, everyone has some hidden tricks up their sleeves, so Sui Xiegu didn't think that Li Changan could kill him.

When the Sword-Swallowing Old Man was young, he was already able to compete with Li Chungang in martial arts. He was one of the most powerful people in the world and was very confident in his martial arts skills.

In Sui Xiegu's opinion, Li Changan had just recently broken through to become a terrestrial immortal, so it was impossible for him to have any powerful martial arts.

The main reason was that Li Changan's advancement was too fast, making it impossible for these old monsters to realize Li Changan's horror in time.

Sui Xiegu wanted to kill Li Changan, so how could Li Changan let him go alive?

As for why Sui Xiegu wanted to kill Li Changan, Li Changan had no interest in knowing. The masters in this world did things casually and sometimes did not need a reason to kill someone.

After Sui Xiegu finished speaking, without waiting for Li Changan's reply, a white and powerful aura came towards him from behind!

The dazzling Three-Point Return to Origin Qi shot out, and Sui Xiegu did not dare to be careless. He immediately turned around and resisted with sword intent.

He was known for swallowing all the famous swords in the world during his lifetime, and developed a sword spirit. The more famous swords he swallowed, the stronger his sword spirit became.

The sword intent and the Three-Point Return to Origin Qi collided violently, actually blowing up a hundred-foot mountain. Such a powerful energy made Sui Xiegu dare not escape anymore.

Li Changan is not slow. If Sui Xiegu just wants to escape and doesn't concentrate on dealing with the situation, Li Changan might really kill him with one blow.

Seeing that Li Changan did not answer him and directly killed him, Sui Xiegu could not help but be furious.

"I haven't been out for a long time, and the young people don't take me seriously anymore!"

Li Changan looked calm, with murderous intent in his eyes, and he unleashed the most powerful move of the Dahe Sword Intent.

In an instant, the sword intent within a radius of ten miles was awe-inspiring. Sui Xiegu's sword intent was gradually suppressed. Dahe's sword intent was gentle and docile when it came into contact, but it had infinite stamina and became stronger as the battle went on.

Sui Xiegu was shocked at this moment. This young man who did not specialize in swordsmanship had such advanced skills in swordsmanship!

The sword power of Sui Xiegu was gradually compressed in front of him. Seeing the danger of being shattered to pieces, he had to use his trump card to fight.

"Li Changan, when it comes to sword skills, I am the best in the world!"

Sui Xiegu and Li Chungang had been competing for their entire lives, and Sui Xiegu had always been dissatisfied with Li Chungang's status as the best in the world.

Li Changan knew that Sui Xiegu was going to use his ultimate move, but he was not worried. If Sui Xiegu was sure that he could kill him, he would not run away if he failed in one move.

Sui Xiegu opened his mouth, stretched out his arms, took a deep breath, then let out a long roar to the sky, and flying swords flew out of his mouth!

The flying swords he swallowed were all famous swords in the martial arts world, and were much stronger than the swords he had just borrowed within a thousand miles.

One after another, famous swords of various shapes but invaluable flew out of Sui Xiegu's mouth at a rapid speed. One after another, long swords soared into the air, connected from head to tail, and landed in front of Sui Xiegu one after another.

These swords were inserted straight into the ground, with more than a thousand swords in a row, totaling two rows, neatly arranged in the open space in front of the Sword-Eating Ancestor.

"The flood rolls, the spring is vast."

Sui Xiegu took a deep breath and dropped the flying swords behind him one by one, but these swords did not penetrate into the ground, but remained suspended in the air.

These two rows of sword formations are Sui Xiegu's last trump card. Together with the sword intent in his belly, they are the strongest means of this sword-eating ancestor.

Although the old man spoke toughly, he was already afraid in his heart because he felt Li Changan's murderous intent.

It seems that the opportunity given by Tan Tai Pingjing is a chance for him to lose his life.

Sui Xiegu, who had swallowed countless famous swords in the world, released all the sword energy that he had accumulated for a hundred years into the two large formations.

Every flying sword was infused with a sharp sword energy, as if it were connected to telepathy or had spiritual power. The four thousand swords in the two large formations all trembled at the same time, and the sound of swords ringing was loud!

Li Changan's whole body exuded a chill, and ice swords flew out from the ground again, blocking his surroundings completely.

"Old man, you have released all the sword energy in your belly. This must be your trump card."

Facing Sui Xiegu, whom even Li Chungang had never been afraid of, he felt fear for no reason today, because he would not die if he lost to Li Chungang.

But now Li Changan really wants to kill him.

Sure enough, the endless ice blades around Li Changan suddenly shot towards the sky, and the entire sky became gloomy and cold.

Thousands of ice blades shot into the clouds, and then suddenly turned into blue thunder!

"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning fell, smashing dozens of flying swords into pieces!

The four unique skills of the Holy Heart are: Frost Sky Uniqueness, Mysterious Ice Uniqueness, Ten Thousand Ren Piercing the Clouds, and Emperor Sky Crazy Thunder!
Four powerful methods were used at the same time, and the cold ice blade instantly turned into powerful thunder.

Sui Xiegu's sword formation was soon covered by Emperor Tian's mad thunder, and famous swords were shattered in the cold thunder plasma!

The sword-swallowing old man originally wanted to kill Li Changan with the sword intent in his stomach, but he didn't expect that the sword intent would be so vulnerable in Li Changan's hands.

Looking at the thunder falling from the sky, Sui Xiegu couldn't help but be terrified. This is the real god!

Ice blades, thunder, these methods have surpassed the scope of martial arts and reached the level of resonance between heaven and earth.

The blue lightning liquid trapped Sui Xiegu who was fleeing in all directions. The famous sword-eating ancestor in the martial arts world fled in the overwhelming thunder.

Suddenly, the thunder stopped, and Sui Xiegu just stopped and found that Li Changan had come to him.

Immediately afterwards, the energy in the body surged out of the body like a flood!

Li Changan used the Holy Heart Mantra of Hai Na again, and all of Sui Xiegu's skills accumulated over eighty years flowed into Li Changan's Qi Sea!

"Li Changan...you monster!"

When Sui Xiegu's power was drained, Li Changan punched out, and the old man with the sword was completely reduced to ashes!

Sui Xiegu's powerful Gang Yuan is being assimilated little by little in Li Changan's Qi Sea, and soon it will completely become Li Changan's own Gang Yuan.

With the top-notch Sacred Heart Martial Arts, Li Changan's cultivation in the realm of immortals on land is mainly based on devouring. As long as he can devour the skills and luck of the strong, his own cultivation will continue to grow.

Therefore, now every time Li Changan kills a first-grade master, his cultivation level will improve.

After killing Sui Xiegu, Li Changan continued to rush to Liangzhou. At the same time, Huo Qubing had arrived near Jiange Pass, and Li Cunxiao's 80,000 troops on the northern grassland had already confronted the Rouran cavalry.

The border between Liangzhou and Beimang.

In the central army tent, cavalry generals such as Li Cunxiao, Zhang Huaiding, and Huyan Dashan were discussing military intelligence.

Zhang Yichao was stationed in Shazhou, but he took the initiative to ask his sons and nephews to disperse and not stay with him. He said that they would not be able to accomplish much by stationing in Shazhou, and that only by expanding the territory could they contribute to Li Changan.

In fact, during the hundreds of years of chaos in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was common for military generals to occupy territory and establish themselves as independent states. This was also a self-protection move by Zhang Yichao to reassure Li Changan.

These nephews and nieces served under other generals, and were in disguise equivalent to hostages in Li Changan's hands. The Zhang family was really wealthy and powerful, and several of their nephews and nieces were good at fighting, so they had no choice but to do so.

But for Li Changan, who has great wisdom, he can clearly see the loyalty of each of his subordinates, and of course he can get rid of those who have ulterior motives at the first opportunity.

As for Huyan Dashan, he is now determined to become Li Changan's vassal. Because Huyan Guanyin is very favored, the Huyan tribe has become the largest tribe in northern Shazhou.

When Shazhou and Beimang went to war, many tribes on the border of Beimang came to join the Huyan tribe. The number of cavalry in the Huyan tribe reached 20,000.

The Huyan tribe grew from a small tribe to a large tribe, and of course they were grateful to Li Changan, so they went all out in every battle and rushed to the front line.

Li Cunxiao had the information about the Embroidered Uniform Guard in his hands and was somewhat hesitant to make a decision.

In previous wars, Li Cunxiao always led a cavalry unit and served as the vanguard general of Li Changan or Zhuge Liang, but this time he and Huo Qubing each led an army on their own.

Huo Qubing led 30,000 men to Qingzhou, and Li Cunxiao led 80,000 men to resist Beimang. At the beginning, Li Cunxiao was a little proud. After all, he had followed the prince for a long time, so he led more soldiers.

But now, Li Cunxiao realized the importance of his troops.

Because the battlefield is changing all the time, it was previously believed that the Northern Mang only sent the Rouran cavalry to invade.

But now, Dong Zhuo, the King of the Southern Court of Beimang, has begun to quickly gather troops and plans to join forces with the Rouran cavalry.

Numerous signs make it clear that Beimang's massive march southward this time is by no means a simple nuisance.

There are now two options. The first is to follow the original deployment and prevent the Rouran cavalry from moving south.

But if this happens, once Dong Zhuo gathers his troops, the pressure from the north will be too great.

Especially since that old thief Xu Xiao is still keeping his troops in place, the military advisor and the general dare not underestimate Xu Xiao and they personally guard Liangzhou.

The second option was that Li Cunxiao wanted to annihilate 100,000 Rouran cavalry in one fell swoop before Dong Zhuo's troops could gather.

But this matter is somewhat risky and does not conform to the original military orders.

However, if someone was sent to ask Li Changan for instructions, by the time he received a reply, Dong Zhuo would probably have already assembled his troops, and he would miss the opportunity.

What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Rouran cavalry is not inferior to that of the Beiliang cavalry, and a rash attack is not without risks.

At this moment, the scout came to report, "General, Lord Sweet Potato is here!"

When they heard that Hongshu was coming, all the generals in the tent stood up. They all knew Hongshu's status.

There was no queen in Li Changan's harem, not even a concubine. These women were all concubines.

However, Hongshu controls the Military Intelligence Department of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, collects intelligence on the battlefield, and is directly responsible to Li Changan.

It can be said that the people with the most power under Li Changan on the surface are Zhuge Liang, Gu Dazu and several generals.

However, the underground forces are controlled by Hongshu, Xu Weixiong and Qingniao, and Hongshu is also the chief steward of the backyard of the palace.

In other words, Lady Hongshu of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is very likely to become a princess, and the only legitimate wife.

Which general would dare to look down upon such a person?

"I am here to see Master Sweet Potato!"

Hongshu led a dozen Jinyiwei into the central military tent. She was dressed in golden armor and a red cloak, with a cold gaze and a stern tone.

"Your Highness has ordered that Zhang Huaiding stay in the central army, and Li Cunxiao and Huyan Daguan lead the army to attack the five towns of Rouran." "Annihilate the Rouran cavalry within ten days, at any cost!"

Generals such as Li Cunxiao had no doubt about Hongshu's order and were more excited.

Li Changan's order obviously meant a decisive battle with Beimang, rather than taking a defensive stance like Beiliang.

If you plan to take a defensive stance, just retreat to the border to defend, just like Xu Xiao has done in recent years.

Since Li Changan ordered them to take the initiative, it meant that Li Changan had to seize the initiative and then compete with the 300,000 troops of Dong Zhuo, the King of the Southern Courtyard.

It seems that Your Highness is really very courageous.

"I will obey your orders!"

After Li Cunxiao and others received the order, Hongshu ordered someone to hand over the most detailed information about the Rouran cavalry to Li Cunxiao.

"General Li, these are the intelligence reports on the Rouran Iron Cavalry that the Jinyiwei has found over the years. Since the death of Hong Jingyan and Diwu He, the Rouran Iron Cavalry has been led by Gong Pu, the deputy leader of Tibing Mountain."

"Gong Pu is known as the number one diamond in the Northern Mang, but his prestige is still far behind Hong Jingyan and Diwu He, so there are many conflicts within the Rouran Iron Cavalry."

"Your Highness hopes that you can make good use of this information and eliminate the Rouran cavalry before the Northern Mang army gathers."

Li Cunxiao took a thick stack of intelligence from the Jinyiwei, and his confidence increased greatly.

After Li Cunxiao and Huyan Daguan left, Hongshu stayed in the central army. She not only had to ensure the intelligence of the northern grassland, but also had to complete another task of Li Changan.

There were seven counties in the ancient Shazhou. After Li Changan arrived in Shazhou, he took back two counties that had fallen to the foreigners and one county that had fallen to the Western Rong.

There are still only six counties in Shazhou now, and the only one that has not been recovered is Dunhuang County.

Dunhuang County was under the jurisdiction of Beimang. Due to the Beimang court, Dunhuang City was in a semi-autonomous state. The lord of Dunhuang City called herself the empress, who was Hongshu's aunt.

In fact, the current Queen of Dunhuang City and Queen of Northern Mang Murong are sisters, so the semi-independence of Dunhuang City is tolerated by Northern Mang.

The task that Li Changan gave to Hongshu was to take back Dunhuang County.

The garrison of Dunhuang County has only 30,000 soldiers, and the city lord is Hongshu's aunt. If Li Cunxiao can destroy the Rouran cavalry, Dunhuang City will be completely surrounded by Li Changan's forces.

In Hongshu's tent, Xue Songguan analyzed with a smile, "My dear sister, this is not difficult to do. I'm afraid His Highness wants to make you the princess, and this is to establish your authority."

Hongshu's hand holding the intelligence suddenly tightened, and then he immediately denied it, "Sister, don't joke. It's a natural thing to destroy the Rouran cavalry and take over Dunhuang City."

"Your Highness asked me to do this mainly because the Queen of Dunhuang City is my aunt. He hopes that I can defeat the enemy without fighting and use less force."

Xue Songguan and Hongshu were both born as assassins from Beimang. They were very familiar with each other, but they did not dare to talk too much about Li Changan's harem.

After all, Li Changan has never appointed a queen or concubine, so he must have his considerations.

"Sister, we have a clear understanding of the situation in Dunhuang City, and we have almost gathered all the people. I think we don't need to wait for General Li to take down Rouran. We can take down Dunhuang City with the help of the Jinyiwei."

Over the past six months, Hongshu and Xue Songguan have already placed quite a few of their own people in Dunhuang City and have become very familiar with the situation.

Li Changan rose rapidly and gradually surrounded the city of Dunhuang. People of insight had already been looking for a way out.

Three days later, in Dunhuang city.

In the city lord's hall, the Dunhuang Empress, wearing a dragon robe, looked dignified, but her eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Everyone, Li Changan's letter of persuasion to surrender has arrived again. Tell me what we should do!"

Prime Minister Wang Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, three sides of Dunhuang City are occupied by Li Changan, and now the north is gradually being annexed by the Huyan tribe under his command."

"Although we have a deeper relationship with the Northern Mang, the situation is stronger than us now, so it is more appropriate for us to submit to the King of Tang."

Wang Yan's words were agreed by many civil and military officials and were approved by many people.

However, a woman in military uniform shouted, "I beg you to execute Prime Minister Wang Yan!"

"Li Changan has gone too far. Not only does he want Your Majesty to give up the title of emperor, but he also wants you to completely hand over the governance of Dunhuang County. This means Your Majesty can only become a commoner from now on. How can you accept this!"

This woman is the head of the Mao family, the largest family in the city, and her name is Mao Rou.

Although she was a woman, she served as the general of Dunhuang City.

"Wang Yan had long been bribed by the Tang King's Royal Guards, so he wanted to surrender to Li Changan. He deserves death!"

Wang Yan continued to insist, "Mao Rou, don't speak so pompously!"

"Your Mao family had a feud with the Zhang family in the past. Now Zhang Yichao is in power under Li Changan. You are afraid of revenge from the Zhang family, so you are unwilling to submit to the King of Tang."

"The Tang King has won every battle. Three of the five armies of the Liyang Dynasty have already retreated. Even the butcher Xu Xiao dares not to move. Do we really have to wait until the Tang King's army enters Dunhuang City?"

"How can a mere 30,000 soldiers in the city fight against the world-famous Black Armor Army!"

Mao Rou insisted, "This general has already made an appointment with the master of the Tibing Mountain Palace to launch a surprise attack on Li Cunxiao's central army on a chosen day, and then make Li Changan suffer a great defeat!"

“No matter how powerful Li Changan is, he can’t possibly fight against the millions of Beimang troops. If you want to submit, you might as well submit to Beimang!”

The relationship between the female Lord of Dunhuang and Empress Murong is a taboo and cannot be discussed casually.

The female city lord was even willing to send her niece to Beiliang as a hostage. She was unwilling to submit to Beimang even if she had Beiliang's protection. It can be seen that the two sisters had a lot of conflicts.

As expected, the female city lord said impatiently, "Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's wait for Xu Xiao's news."

"If Xu Xiao can gain a foothold between Li Changan and Beimang, we can certainly do it too. If Xu Xiao is willing to send troops to launch a surprise attack on Li Changan, we can do it too!"

After all, this female city lord just didn't want to submit to anyone and wanted to be an empress like her sister, even though this empress could only govern one county.

After the city lord said this, everyone could only disperse with their own thoughts.

What Mao Rou said was right. Wang Yan had long been won over by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. The Wang family was an emerging family in Dunhuang City and had no grudges against Li Changan and Zhang Yichao. After surrendering, the Wang family was still a powerful family.

However, the Mao family colluded with Beimang and drove Zhang Yichao's Guihan army out of Dunhuang County. The Mao family played a big role in the current female city lord's ascension to the throne.

Therefore, if Dunhuang City was conquered by the Tang army, the Mao family would definitely be liquidated.

Late at night, Mao Rou was discussing with Spider Web's spies.

"General Mao, you still don't believe what Lord Li said? This time, His Majesty has decided to completely eliminate Li Changan."

"The King of the Southern Court is gathering his troops. They will soon join forces with the Rouran cavalry. By then, we will crush them like a whirlwind and bring Shazhou and Liangzhou back to the Northern Wilderness!"

Mao Rou was in his thirties, tall and strong, and very majestic.

"That's certainly true, but distant water can't quench a nearby fire. The city lord is still placing his hopes on Xu Xiao..."

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a strange sound of piano in the yard!

The sound of the piano contained a strange kind of energy. Ordinary people would instantly become insane and crazy after hearing it, and would soon die with blood coming out of all their orifices.

Only warriors above the third rank can use their inner strength and true qi to resist this strange demonic sound.

The Spider's expression changed drastically, "This... This is the sound of the Qin Demon's piano. The Qin Demon is still alive!"

The warrior pointed to Mao Rou, who was in the Xuan realm, and picked up the spear on the rack, and took two steps into the yard.

"Who are you, thief, to dare to trespass into the general's mansion?"

Just as he finished speaking, two stunningly beautiful women, one in purple and one in red, fell from the sky. The music of the piano continued, and people were still dying in the general's mansion.

The Spider Web Agent said with trembling lips, "Evil Master Xue Songguan... you are still alive. It turns out that Geng Louzi didn't kill you!"

Xue Songguan smiled slightly, then stopped playing the piano. Then hundreds of Jinyiwei climbed over the wall and killed their way in.

"I'm not dead, even if Louzi died, I can't die."

Mao Rou stared at Hongshu intently, "Song Xiaoyu, you actually came back alive."

Hongshu's slender fingers grasped two daggers, and the blades gleamed coldly in the moonlight.

"If I don't come back, do you think I can let you inherit the throne of Dunhuang City?"

Hongshu, the legal heir of the female city lord of Dunhuang, was sent as a hostage. The Mao family has the greatest influence in Dunhuang City. After the death of the female city lord, the next city lord is very likely to be Mao Rou.

This is also the reason why Mao Rou prefers Beimang. Even if she cannot become the empress, Beimang will support the Mao family to continue ruling Shazhou.

"What are you doing back here?"

The corners of Hongshu's mouth curled up slightly, "Of course I'm coming back to be the city lord."

Mao Rou held her spear across the sky and said contemptuously, "Why do you think you can be the city lord?"

"Is it because of your round breasts or your thin waist and perky butt?"

"Or... it's because of your fake Vajra and fake finger, you will never be able to advance any further in your life..."

As a woman, Mao Rou was jealous of sweet potatoes.

Just when she thought that her realm was enough to crush the sweet potatoes and was speaking mocking words, suddenly a red shadow flashed before her eyes.

Before she could see her opponent clearly, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and then a large amount of blood spurted out of her chest.

Then, her other hand holding the spear was cut off from the forearm!
Sweet potato has two short knives, one for digging out the heart and the other for cutting off the hands.

A gorgeous, charming and seductive face appeared in front of Mao Rou, with a mocking look on her lips.

"She is prettier than you, has better martial arts skills than you, and is the legal heir to the city lord."

"Tell me...is it infuriating..."

Mao Rou wailed in pain, but she didn't understand why. "Fairy...what realm are you in..."

The next moment, the sweet potato dagger exerted force again, slashing across Mao Rou's neck, and a head was held in her hand.

"True Vajra Realm, True Finger Mysterious Realm, killing people is enough!"

(End of this chapter)