Chapter 249: An army of 1.2! Zhao Fengya surrenders! (6, plus yesterday)
Li Changan's No. 1 Tower in the World has recruited many first-class masters. Together with those who have been following Li Changan before, there are now more than twenty first-class grandmasters on the tower.

As for the second-grade junior grandmasters, their number reached forty or fifty. Many of these figures decided to join Li Changan after learning about the Northern Mang's bloody massacre in Youzhou.

There was civil strife in the Liyang court, and Xu Fengnian actually gave an entire state to Beimang, reaching a peace agreement with Beimang. Only Li Changan was still fighting against Beimang.

If a man of the world wants to help the people of Central Plains, he can only join Li Changan.

With the help of many masters, the Beimang army made no progress after attacking the city for most of the day, but lost more than 30,000 people. The Tongmen Pass seemed to have become a meat grinder.

In the following month, the Northern Mang army tried various siege methods that were once very effective, but in the face of absolute strength, they still failed.

What's more, Zhuge Liang was well prepared. The rolling stones, wooden beams, kerosene and other supplies on the city walls were enough to hold off the siege for three months. It could be said that Zhuge Liang's magic power had really hit a wall this time.

He had never imagined such a magical power. He assembled 300,000 elite soldiers from the Northern Mang, ready to wipe out Li Changan in one fell swoop, but was blocked by the first city gate.

In the Beimang military camp, behind Zhong Shentong were the two great masters Li Fengshou and Deng Mao. The generals under his command were all covered in dust and their morale was low.

"General, let's bypass this city and ask Xu Fengnian to borrow a passage from Lingzhou to attack the southern part of Liangzhou. I don't believe that Li Changan can turn all the cities into iron barrels!"

Yelu Dongchuang's suggestion is the most feasible one at present. Liangzhou is not a small place. Although it is indeed narrow and long with steep passes, it does have more than one entrance, namely Tongmen Pass.

It shouldn't be that difficult for an army of more than 200,000 to attack other cities.

Zhong Shentong didn't say anything. In fact, he had been thinking about it for a long time. The reason why he had not made up his mind was because of the empress's decree.

After Beimang lost 300,000 troops, Empress Murong was furious. Beimang, which claimed to have a million-strong army and could crush the Liyang Dynasty, could not even defeat a northwestern vassal king of the Liyang Dynasty.

In the eyes of the empress, she had not attacked Li Yang because of her relationship with Xu Xiao.

But she always believed that as long as Beimang went all out, Beiliang would not be able to stop Beimang from moving south.

Li Changan's military strength is at most comparable to that of Xu Xiao in his prime. How could he possibly stop the Northern Mang army?

Therefore, she gave Zhong Shentong a death order, which was to march straight into the country from Tongmen Pass, the gateway to Liangzhou, and show the Southern Barbarians the true military might of the Northern Mang.

It was precisely because of this imperial edict that the attack on Tongmen Pass became an action that concerned the face of Beimang and the empress. If it could not be taken, it would greatly affect Beimang's deterrent power in moving south.

After the Embroidered Uniform Guards obtained this information, Li Changan spent a lot of effort to prepare fortifications at Tongmen Pass, because he knew that the Northern Mang would definitely fight to the death at Tongmen Pass.

A month passed, and Zhong Shentong was a little shaken. No matter what, the most important thing was to break into Liangzhou. He couldn't be blocked here by a city wall.

As the general of Beimang, as long as he could successfully enter Liangzhou, he would not be punished for violating the imperial edict to attack Tongmen Pass. After all, a general is not bound by the orders of the emperor when he is away from home.

"It's no use continuing to waste time like this. We'll borrow a passage from Lingzhou tomorrow, and there's no need to inform Xu Fengnian. Once we've dealt with Li Changan, we'll go back and capture Lingzhou!"

In the eyes of these Beimang warriors, Xu Fengnian did not have the courage to be the enemy of Beimang, so he offered the land of Youzhou to seek peace. The Beimang army was just passing through Lingzhou, so there was no need for them to say hello to him.

The next day, the Beimang army continued to send a small number of troops to prepare for the siege. As they approached Tongmen Pass, they found that the city gate was wide open and a large number of cavalry rushed out.

Although the news of Zhong Shentong's secret withdrawal to the south had been discovered by the Jinyiwei, it had not yet been sent to Li Changan.

This decisive battle outside the city had been planned long ago, because everyone knew that the Northern Mang army would definitely bypass the pass if they could not capture the city after a long siege, so Li Changan wanted to have a decisive battle with the enemy before closing the city.

Li Changan also didn't want these 200,000 people to disperse and attack the borders of Liangzhou. If so, the cost of destroying the main force of Beimang would become very huge, and the war would be protracted.

But wars are sometimes accidental, and it may be that Li Changan has collected too much luck, so his luck is extremely good. The time when he just sent the army out of the city was exactly the time when the magical power went south to Lingzhou.

The small number of troops attacking the city were quickly defeated by the Tang army, and the Beimang military camps were also empty. Li Cunxiao, who was at the front, interrogated several officers and found out that Zhong Shentong had just gone south half a day ago.

"Hahaha, isn't this a coincidence! God is going to destroy your magical power!"

Li Cunxiao reported the news to Li Changan, who immediately ordered Li Cunxiao and Huo Qubing to lead 150,000 cavalrymen to pursue Zhong Shentong in two groups.

Two hours later, the cavalry of Li Cunxiao and Huo Qubing caught up with Zhong Shentong's army of more than 200,000. The Beimang army had never expected that the Tang army would arrive so quickly.

Zhong Shentong could never have imagined that Li Changan would seize the opportunity to withdraw his troops and when the scouts delivered the message, the vanguard of the Tang army had already killed its way into the rear of the Beimang army.

The Beimang soldiers, who were just marching normally, lacked experience in marching in the Central Plains and were unable to form an effective resistance for a while.

Zhong Shentong stood on a hill with his generals, watching the Tang cavalry slaughtering the Beimang army as if they were in an empty space.

Looking at the black dragon and the white tiger from afar, Zhong Shentong's face turned pale in an instant. His luck was really bad.

When Yelu Dongchuang and other generals saw the Tang army rushing out, they were all excited. "General, the Tang army has finally come out of Guikeziguan City. Now is the time to counterattack!"

Zhong Shentong is the great general of Beimang, a true commander. He is looking at the overall situation of the battlefield. "Nonsense!"

"If we and the Tang army were to line up and fight each other, given our numerical advantage, the outcome would be uncertain.

But now we have been caught in the act of withdrawing and transferring, and have lost the initiative. If we continue to fight, we will lose more than we win."

He had seen the combat effectiveness of the Tang cavalry at Yanjia Lake and witnessed the killing of Dong Zhuo and Tuoba Chunyun with his own eyes. He had a much deeper understanding of the Tang army than Empress Murong.

As a member of the Northern Mang royal family, Yelu Dongchuang was also arrogant at this moment. "The general has repeatedly boosted the morale of others and destroyed his own prestige. Could it be that he was frightened by Li Changan?"

"We have more than 200,000 troops here. Don't you dare to fight Li Changan?"

Zhong Shentong couldn't insult this rising star of the royal family directly, "So what if we can fight a battle, our goal is to destroy the Tang Kingdom.

If we passively fight a battle with Li Changan now and lose hundreds of thousands of soldiers, will we still have a chance to completely eliminate Li Changan?"

Yelu Dongchuang said angrily, "General, what do you think we should do now?"

Zhong Shentong sighed and said, "Return to the north and conserve the military strength. Your Majesty, please raise an army to attack the Tang Kingdom again!"

Hearing this, Yelu Dongchuang was very surprised, "General, if you retreat without a fight and give the Youzhou to Li Changan, your majesty will punish you!"

Zhong Shentong said calmly, "Even if I am punished, it is better than burying the entire army here.

Li Changan was lucky this time. I don't believe he will be so lucky every time!"

Under the command of Zhong Shentong and a group of veteran generals, the Beimang army abandoned some of its troops and suffered a loss of 30,000 men.

Although the remaining 200,000 people were hasty, they still managed to evacuate northward safely.

Li Changan and Zhuge Liang chased all the way to Youzhou, but found that Zhong Shentong had actually abandoned the entire Youzhou and gave it all to Li Changan.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh, "Your Highness, Zhong Shentong is truly a talented general. He knows when to advance and when to retreat, and knows the gains and losses, and has minimized the losses."

"We wanted to fight a decisive battle with his army, but he refused to fight unless he was sure of a decisive victory, and even abandoned Youzhou."

Li Changan was not surprised by Zhong Shentong's behavior. The general of a great country is no good-for-nothing.

"Zhong Shentong knows that the Northern Mang army is the foundation that the Northern Mang cannot abandon. Youzhou, which has been almost plundered, is dispensable."

"Zhong Shentong will definitely be punished and dismissed by the empress if he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops. General Gu Jiantang of the Liyang Dynasty does not have such a broad mind and will not sacrifice his own life."

Zhuge Liang continued, "General Li and General Huo demonstrated their military prowess at Yanjia Lake, allowing Zhong Shentong to accurately assess our strength, so he made the wisest decision."

"It's just that... With such a good general in Beimang, I believe that with Empress Murong's decision, the next large army will march south soon."

"I'm afraid the military strength this time will be more than 300,000, and Beidi City will also play more cards."

Li Changan smiled and said, "The next battle will be a decisive battle between us and Beimang. If Beimang doesn't play all its cards, we will eat up their army bit by bit."

"Military Advisor, the Empress won't give us too much time. It is said that the Northern Mang army of one million is invincible. This time we must beat them back to their original form!"

"Issuing a proclamation to the world, the Northern Wilds are about to march south in force. The fate of the Central Plains depends on this one move. Those who are determined to resist the Northern Wilds, come to Beilaoguan to help me in the decisive battle against the Northern Wilds!"

Half a month later, in Nanjing City, Beimang.

In the Nanyuan Palace, Zhong Shentong, Yelu Dongchuang and other generals were kneeling on the steps. It turned out that the gloomy-faced Empress Murong was sitting in Dong Zhuo's place.

What shocked him was that there were many familiar faces in the hall, including more than a dozen first-grade grand masters, as well as Murong Baoding, Taiping Ling, Qilin Zhenren Yuan Qingshan and other masters who had not appeared in the world for a long time.

Twenty to thirty important officials in the court, including Tuoba Pusa, Li Mibi, Yelu Hongcai, Helian Wuwei, etc., were also here. Empress Murong brought half of the court to Nanjing City.

It is estimated that only the thirty-year-old crown prince Yelu Hongcai is left in Beidi City to govern the country, and all the important officials in the court have followed the empress south.

"Zhong Shentong, I plan to stay in Nanjing and wait for you to eliminate Li Changan, and then march south to completely eliminate Li Yang. You are so good, you gave me a warning."

The empress was obviously suppressing her anger, and her majestic voice made the beams of the hall buzz. Zhong Shentong did not argue, but played truthfully, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"I am incompetent and unable to defeat Li Changan. I dare not rush into a decisive battle and lose the main force of Beimang, so I retreat without authorization. I am willing to die!"

Out of an army of 300,000, they lost 60,000 to 70,000 men. Although they did not lose the battle, they fought very miserably.

The empress looked around the hall and said, "Everyone, what do you have to say?"

At this time, Yuan Qingshan, the Beimang State Master who had never cared about state affairs, spoke first, "Your Majesty, General Zhong is not only innocent, but has made contributions and should be rewarded!"

This Yuan Qingshan is not Qilin Zhenren himself, but one of his three incarnations.

A Taoist saint in Beimang, who called himself the Taoist of Four Directions, had mastered the magical power of transforming one qi into three pure ones. He predicted that Beimang would have a long life, so he used three avatars to guard Beimang while his real body traveled around the world.

"Your Majesty, Li Changan's luck is so great that even the Emperor of Liyang cannot compare to him. Ever since the civil strife in Liyang, Liyang's luck has been declining, while the luck of Li Changan and Xu Fengnian has been rising."

"Xu Fengnian's luck is not as good as Li Changan's right now. The only one in the world who can suppress Li Changan's luck is your Majesty!"

"In other words, this time Li Changan took advantage of the general's withdrawal and transfer, and his luck was relieved. If he rashly fought a decisive battle, the whole army might be destroyed!"

The Northern Mang Queen had to take Yuan Qingshan's words seriously, because this imperial teacher rarely expressed his opinions. This extraordinary person made the first suggestion in decades, which was when he suggested that the Queen lead the army in person a dozen days ago.

He also said that Northern Mang was blessed by heaven, and that with the Empress's army personally leading an expedition against Li Chang'an, Northern Mang would surely be blessed by the gods in heaven and defeat Li Chang'an, an unlucky man. Only then could Northern Mang last for thousands of years.

Tuoba Bodhisattva then said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master is wrong. The general was defeated in the first battle of Yanjia Lake and lost Dong Zhuo and Chunsun. Your Majesty did not blame him and gave him a chance to make up for his crime."

"The second time he led his troops south, he not only lost Youzhou, which was handed over by Xu Fengnian, but also lost more than 60,000 soldiers and horses. Such a loss of troops and generals has greatly damaged the prestige of the country. He must be blamed!"

For a time, important officials expressed their own opinions, but the majority supported Tuoba Bodhisattva. After all, a deity like Qilin Zhenren had not appeared in the world for a long time, and some of them were weird.

Finally, Zhong Shentong kowtowed and said, "Since I have lost the battle, I am willing to take the blame, but I hope Your Majesty will give me a chance. I am willing to be a vanguard in the south and witness the day when my army conquers Shazhou!"

The empress was not a despotic ruler, and she also knew that Zhong Shentong was not a coward. She took the initiative to withdraw her troops in order to preserve the strength of Beimang. As for Yuan Qingshan's words, it was better to believe them than not to believe them.

"Zhong Shentong relieves me of my post as general. This time the army is heading south, you will be the vanguard."

Then, she said to the ministers in the palace, "Everyone, civil strife has broken out in the Liyang Dynasty, and the time we have been waiting for to unify the world has arrived."

"Everyone has heard what the Imperial Master said just now. The little character we thought of as Li Changan is very likely to be our biggest enemy heading south!"

"In other words, if Li Changan is eliminated, the remaining Xu Fengnian, Zhao Bing and others will be useless rubbish!"

"I have decided to lead the army in person. Tuoba Bodhisattva, you must immediately gather an army of 600,000 and fight Li Changan!"

Zhong Shentong brought back 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Tuoba Bodhisattva led 100,000 soldiers and horses south from Beidi City, and gathered another 300,000 soldiers and horses to make a total of 600,000.

Because he had lost nearly 300,000 soldiers before, Tuoba Bodhisattva knew that mobilizing 600,000 soldiers in this battle was a complete effort.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Hearing that the empress had made up her mind that the Northern Mang court, which had enjoyed peace for decades, was finally going to war, the civil and military officials in the palace could not help but recall the glorious era when they had wiped out Dafeng in one fell swoop.

Back then, Dafeng was destroyed, but the Eight Kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Period were not eliminated. Now, destroying Liyang is the way to complete the unfinished business!

The Empress did not go south because of Xu Xiao, which made many people in Beimang secretly upset. Now that the war is about to start, the civil and military ministers, and the masters of the martial arts world can't help but get excited.

"Yuan Qingshan, Murong Baoding, send a letter to all the great masters in the world. This battle concerns the fate of the country. Those who want to help me quell the rebellion in the south should come and serve in the army!"

After learning that Grandmaster Li Yang was assisting Li Changan in guarding the pass, the empress thought that these martial arts forces should also be mobilized to use a Grandmaster to fight against a Grandmaster.

If an army were to fight against a grandmaster, hundreds or even thousands of soldiers would be casualties, which might be unbearable.

"Old minister accepts the order!"

Empress Murong personally took charge of Nanjing City and mobilized a large number of troops, and the entire Northern Mang Dynasty began to operate vigorously.

In Liangzhou City, many people were kneeling under Li Changan's throne. These people were the first group of people who came to surrender.

The identities of these people surprised Li Changan. He thought it would be great to be able to summon some grand masters, but the first group of people who arrived were not just gangsters.

"Hu Gonglie, the garrison commander of Huatai in Southern Tang, pays respect to our king and to General Gu!"

An old man in military uniform with white hair, a hard white stubble on his face, a thin face but a dull look was the first to speak.

Gu Dazu looked at the old man in astonishment, "Hu Gonglie, you are still alive?"

Hu Gonglie's voice was sonorous and powerful, not giving the Hong family emperor any face, "Back then, the Hong family emperor surrendered before the battle, he lived a cowardly life and died in frustration!"

"The general left Southern Tang in anger, and I also felt I had nowhere to go, and was unwilling to surrender to Liyang. I simply took tens of thousands of veterans and settled on the border of Tang and Chu. Ten years have passed and now there are only about 20,000 people left."

"I heard that the King of Tang was rising in the northwest and had won a great victory over the King of Northern Liang, Xu Xiao, so I moved from Southern Tang to the northwest and fought for more than half a year. Thank God, I finally got to see my king and the general!"

Hu Gonglie cursed the emperor of the Hong family, but Li Changan didn't care at all. What does the emperor with the surname Hong have to do with me with the surname Li?

He is a reincarnation. If the relationship is good, Li Changan will not hesitate to make a good relationship with him. A useless fool like the Emperor of the Hong family is nothing more than a tool for reincarnation in Li Changan's eyes.

"General Hu has traveled thousands of miles to fight. Does it seem like he trusts me?"

Hu Gonglie had been a soldier all his life, so he didn't care about what he said. "Your Highness first fought in Beiliang, then in Liyang, and later won in Beimang. Your actions this time are a hundred times, a thousand times better than those of the previous emperor!"

"Now that the Northern Mang army is approaching, the fate of the Central Plains depends on this battle. I am willing to be a vanguard under my king's command!"

Li Changan nodded and said, "Old General, please don't be polite. With your help, Beimang will surely be defeated."

Next to Hu Gonglie were two middle-aged generals, both of whom had very complicated expressions, some worried, some unwilling, but more of hesitant.

"The criminal general Ye Xizhen."

"The criminal general Yao Jian."

Li Changan remained calm, with a hint of amusement crossing his lips. These two were Xu Xiao's adopted sons and were Chen Zhibao's die-hard supporters.

In the original novel, Xu Xiao poisoned these two loyal sons to ensure that Xu Fengnian would be able to secure the throne after his death.

Because these two people once hired someone to assassinate Xu Fengnian when he was traveling in the Beimang world.

However, now that Xu Fengnian is no longer traveling in Beimang, there are no these two assassins. Chen Zhibao was also killed by Li Changan long ago, and these two people have no major grudge against Xu Fengnian.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was sitting at the bottom, could not help but shouted angrily, "Ye Xizhen, Yao Jian!"

"You two are also famous generals who have fought many battles. You made many achievements in the Spring and Autumn National War, and you have never done anything bad in the past ten years of guarding Beiliang."

"What were you fighting for? You actually sent the people of Youzhou to the Northern Mang's iron hoof. Now more than 100,000 people of Youzhou have been killed or injured. There are countless bones and corpses piled up like a mountain! Shouldn't you be held accountable for this blood debt?"

"The people of Youzhou respect you like gods, but you are so cruel and ruthless. How can you be so cruel and have no conscience?"

"How dare you two shameless bastards who disregard the lives of the people stand in this world! Look at old General Yan Wenluan who died in the battle at Beilao Pass. How dare you kneel here!"

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Ye Xizhen and Yao Jian's faces became more and more embarrassed, their indignation was evident in their words, and they could no longer suppress their resentment.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhuge, it is not our wish to give up Youzhou. In order to make friends with Beimang, Xu Fengnian asked Beimang to attack Your Majesty first, and then offered Youzhou to Beimang."

“Although we disagree, the most ardently opposed old ministers were all assassinated by the land immortals behind Xu Fengnian. We are all angry but dare not speak out.

We have been confronting Beimang for more than ten years, how can we be willing to watch them invade Youzhou!"

"We heard that His Highness was going to have a decisive battle with Beimang. While Xu Fengnian was far away in Jizhou, we led more than 30,000 trusted Beiliang people to join His Highness the King of Tang overnight."

"We two know that we are ashamed of the people of Youzhou and have no face to beg Your Highness to take us in. We and our soldiers are willing to fight the Northern Mang army to the last man and avenge General Yan Wenluan and more than 100,000 Youzhou elders!"

Li Changan could tell from the emotional values ​​of these two people that they really hated Xu Fengnian. Although they were not loyal to him, they had no hostility towards him either. This was enough. As long as they had a grudge against Beimang, this was enough.

"You have such an idea, and it is worthwhile for the people of Youzhou to support you for more than ten years. The war between Tang and Mang is imminent, so I will order you two to be the vanguard. I hope you can take good care of yourselves."

Next to Ye Xizhen and Yao Jian was a fat man in a dragon robe. Even Li Changan found the appearance of this member of the Liyang royal family funny.

"Zhao Ying, the King of Huainan in Liyang, I heard that you offered your fief to me and surrendered voluntarily?"

The fat man bowed his head and said sincerely, "Your Highness, the King of Tang, is the chosen one by heaven. Now that Liyang is in chaos, only Your Highness can quell the rebellion and bring order to the world..."

Zhuge Liang interrupted him directly and said, "Compared with Zhao Bing and Xu Fengnian, we are the closest to your fiefdom, so you came to surrender, right? Tell me how many troops you brought with you?"

Zhuge Liang did not hesitate to expose the lies of this flattering vassal king. He defected to Li Changan simply because his fiefdom was closest to Qingzhou.

The relationship between Zhao Ying and Zhao Bing was average. Even if Zhao Bing, the Prince of Yan, won the world, it would not be of any benefit to Zhao Ying. He probably couldn't even become a vassal king, and might even be killed.

Zhao Ying, King of Huainan, one of the six vassal kings, was in charge of Xiongzhou. He was known for abiding by the rules and regulations. He never dared to overstep the boundaries of the royal family in anything. Occasionally, when his descendants violated the rules and were punished, he was gentle and polite and never said a word.

This man had some soldiers and horses, but no real power, and he never participated in the Spring and Autumn War. He was known as the most incompetent vassal king.

"Replying to Lord Zhuge, the 40,000 soldiers under my command are willing to surrender to His Majesty the King of Tang!"

The Zhao family surrendered, which was not surprising at all. The country was in chaos, Zhao Ying had no ability to stand on his own, and he was at odds with Zhao Bing. He was so far away from Xu Fengnian that he had no better choice except Li Changan.

In addition to these three who came with their troops, there were more than a dozen first-rank grandmasters. Gongsun Xiushui, the number one swordsman of the old Southern Tang, came with four second-rank disciples. The number one sect of the old Southern Tang, Nanjiang Dragon Palace, even moved its entire sect to Liangzhou.

Including the conscription of troops from West Shu, Qingzhou, and Liangzhou, Li Changan's military strength now has reached 500,000!

However, considering that troops need to be sent to guard various places, only 400,000 people can be deployed for a decisive battle with Beimang. In Li Changan's view, with elite troops with fusion templates, 400,000 troops are enough to completely destroy the main force of Beimang.

[Your power ranking rises to 2nd in the world! ]

[Your wealth ranking has risen to 2nd in the world! ]

The first place in these two rankings should be the Northern Murong Empress, but Li Changan is confident that after this decisive battle, the rankings of these two items should be able to rise to the first place! During this period, other rankings have also been improved, but the system has not yet settled. Based on the experience of the previous life, the system should settle when a certain ranking reaches the first place.

【排名：权势2、财富2、武力4、风流3、文艺2】

Li Changan returned to his study and began to check the latest information. He wanted to grasp the general situation of the world as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, Princess Ye asked me to deliver the latest intelligence."

The woman who was speaking looked reserved and cautious. This maid named Xiaoya no longer had any trace of Princess Liyang's demeanor.

Zhao Fengya walked over respectfully, knelt on her knees, and placed several sealed small wooden barrels in front of Li Changan.

After Xu Xiao was killed, Xu Weixiong's three major enemies, Chen Zhibao, Li Yishan and Xu Xiao, were all executed, and she changed her surname back to Ye.

Li Changan originally wanted to name her Ye Qingmei, but Xu Weixiong thought it was too ostentatious and did not fit her current goal of being a good wife and mother. So she named herself Ye Yuqing, and Li Changan let her do what she wanted.

[Emotion: 100 (die-hard)]

Princess Ye is indeed an expert at training maids. The former jewel in the crown of Emperor Li Yang has now become his loyal fan. No wonder Li Changan feels that Zhao Fengya is looking at him with more and more admiration.

Li Changan opened the wooden barrel and looked through the information piece by piece. They were not military secrets, but things that would soon spread throughout the world.

Li Dangxin of Liangchan Temple was killed and his Vajra body was destroyed before his death.

Li Changan immediately became concerned. The number one Vajra in Buddhism was being targeted and his power was broken.

This matter must be related to the fortune of Buddhism. Apart from Li Changan, the only people who are keeping an eye on the fortune of the world are the Qi-refining masters of the Guanyin Sect and the Fulong School.

The Guanyin Sect has already defected to Xu Fengnian, one third of the Fulong-affiliated Qi-refining practitioners were killed by Li Changan, and the Zhao family has the Tianren Palace and the Longhu Mountain Qi-refining Center, so they should not try to seize the fortune of the three religions.

From this point of view, the only one left is Xu Fengnian who has come to his senses.

Li Changan knew that Xu Fengqian's abilities in his previous life should have been partially awakened. For example, exchanging the land of Youzhou for development space was something that only a hero with a heart as cold as iron could do.

If Xu Fengnian unified the world in the future, such abandonment of the people would be gradually downplayed and even glorified in the end.

At first it might be said that he was forced to do so, then it might be transformed into the unruly people secretly communicating with the Northern Tartars, and finally it might be transformed into Li Changan instigating the unruly people to let the Northern Tartars enter the pass.

In short, once you have conquered the world and sat firmly on the throne, there will always be great scholars who come to debate with you.

It seems that Xu Fengnian should start collecting the luck of the three religions. Li Changan is about to have a decisive battle with Beimang and has no time to take care of him for the time being. He can only wait until after this battle to deal with Xu Fengnian.

For this decisive battle, Beimang will definitely send out a large number of first-rank grandmasters. Li Changan's Nahai Sacred Heart Mantra can absorb a large amount of power, and he may be able to break through to the celestial being on land.

There is also information that Zhao Chun and his son Zhao Zhuan have agreed to give up the throne, and Zhao Bing will ascend the throne as emperor and make his son Zhao Zhu the crown prince.

"Xiao Feng, your father abdicated, and your uncle, the Prince of Yan, became the emperor."

Zhao Fengya's status in the palace was no different from that of other maids, so she still heard the news of the chaos in the world.

Now hearing this news, she finally confirmed that her father was defeated after all.

"Father is hasty and easily trusts others. It's hard for him to sit on the throne. I hope Uncle Prince Yan can treat Father well."

Li Changan looked at Zhao Fengya with some surprise. Zhao Fengya couldn't help but blush when Li Changan stared at her.

Zhao Chun’s biggest shortcoming is that he has never experienced real life and death crisis. Everything is too smooth and his ideas are too naive.

Because of naivety and assumptions, he acted rashly and trusted Yuan Benxi too much. What Zhao Fengya said was not wrong.

It seems that Princess Ye has completely transformed Zhao Fengya, and she has some ideas of her own. "You have made some progress. It seems that you are not stupid."

Zhao Fengya blushed and replied, "I was ignorant before, and I thought I was the most precious among the rich and powerful people in the world."

"Later, I arrived at the palace. The prince was a dozen years younger than my father, but his insights and temperament were much more brilliant."

"That's why I feel that Father is not only not doing a good job sitting on the throne, but is also exhausting himself."

Li Changan was an emperor for decades in his previous life, so he was of course much stronger than Zhao Chun.

"Go and close the door."

Zhao Fengya stood up and closed the door, then walked back slowly, still kneeling obediently in front of Li Changan.

The former princess is now so docile and has none of her former explosive temper. Li Changan is very satisfied.

"What you said makes sense. I'm going to reward you today. Hold your head up high."

Zhao Fengya raised her head, her delicate skin was slightly red, and her bright eyes were full of affection.

Then, she opened her mouth slightly in surprise, but quickly suppressed the shock in her eyes.

Princess Ye had taught her about this matter, so she knew what to do.

She repeated a few words in her mind: never use your teeth, your tongue must be soft and flexible, and you must be as careful as sucking out the marrow from a bone.

Li Changan pinched her snow-white chin with one hand, and with the other hand pulled out the golden hairpin on Zhao Fengya's head, pressing his fingers on her bun.

"Kneel down and open your mouth."

Then Li Changan pressed Zhao Fengya's hair with his slender fingers, and gradually reached into the hair, inadvertently messing up the originally neatly-tied hair.

Some things are experienced and inexperienced, and some are inexperienced. Soon Zhao Fengya lay on the desk with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, and began to twist her waist unconsciously.

Ever since she was abducted into the palace by Li Changan, she knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect that she would be so willing.

Princess Ye was right. Any woman would be attracted to His Highness after spending a long time with him.

Li Changan held Zhao Fengya's slender and tender waist and began rounds of exploration to seize the luck of Princess Suizhu of the Liyang Dynasty.

After winning over Zhao Fengya, Li Changan's romantic ranking actually rose directly to second place. After all, Zhao Fengya was a genuine daughter of a wealthy family and had a very noble status.

The next day, Li Changan came to the No. 1 Restaurant in the World and found Nangong Pushe who was teaching Xuanyuan Qingfeng martial arts.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng had good aptitude, and indeed she had broken through to the Vajra realm in half a year. Li Changan occasionally came to see her, and the lively and smart Xuanyuan Qingfeng was not very shy, and her favorability had reached 80.

Nangong Pushe has a cold personality and is relatively introverted. He doesn't dare to actively communicate with Li Changan. His emotional value towards Li Changan is sixty.

"Master Xuanyuan, now that you have broken through the Vajra Realm, when do you plan to return to Huishan?"

Xuanyuan Qingfeng felt embarrassed when Li Changan said this, "Huishan is the Xuanyuan family's Huishan, but in the final analysis, it is your Highness's Huishan. If your Highness hadn't helped, my father and Qingfeng would have died in the hands of the ancestor long ago."

As expected, he was the martial arts leader who would dominate the world in the future, and he was indeed clear about gratitude and resentment.

"Okay, Qingfeng, you can answer me now."

Xuanyuan Qingfeng bowed and replied, "Your Highness, several masters and retainers of Huishan will come to support us in this decisive battle with Beimang."

"Qing Feng wants to return to Huishan with them after this battle."

Li Changan nodded and said, "That's right. You can also establish your authority through this battle."

As he spoke, he stared at the two beautiful women in front of him intentionally or unintentionally. If he could win over one of them, he would be able to top the ranking of romanticism.

Fortunately, Li Changan is not in a hurry at all now. It is really boring to do things just because of the system ranking.

He turned to Nangong Pushe and said, "White Fox Face, your swordsmanship has reached a certain point. During this battle between Tang and Mang, Xie Guanying will definitely come to spy on him and wait for an opportunity to seize his luck."

"If you want revenge, this is the best chance."

When Nangong Pushe heard this, his delicate face suddenly became serious, "Your Highness, I have already practiced to the sixteenth level, but I think I am still a little short of the skill to kill that old villain."

Li Changan said, "If you use all your strength, I will test your power and see how good your martial arts are. Maybe I can help you."

Nangong Pushe was not a pretentious woman, and she would not say anything like she was unwilling to hurt the prince. She immediately drew out her two swords and started fighting with Li Changan.

With Nangong Pushe's cultivation level, of course he would not cause any harm to Li Changan. No matter how fierce his moves and true energy were, they were easily resolved by Li Changan.

After sixteen strikes, Nangong Pushe failed to break Li Changan's defense at all, and Li Changan didn't even stretch out a hand.

Nangong Pushe thrust his two swords back, his beautiful eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and his thin lips were tightly pursed.

Her talent is very good, so good that even the innate sword embryo Jiang Si is amazed, but the gap between her and Li Changan is so huge.

Although Xie Guanying was not as strong as Li Changan, he was also at the top of the Land Chaoxian List. Nangong Pushe knew that he could not kill him, so he was of course a little frustrated.

"White Fox Face, I've discovered that the later your swordsmanship moves, the more it consumes your own Qi."

"If you continue to practice like this, your 18th and 19th stops will greatly harm yourself, and even seriously affect your lifespan."

Nangong Pushe said without hesitation, "Your Highness is right. This is why my swordsmanship is difficult to practice. Only by being ruthless enough to yourself can you improve your martial arts!"

Xuanyuan Qingfeng suddenly smiled and said, "No wonder Master Nangong always has a stern face. It turns out there is a reason for it."

Then, her smile suddenly stopped. She thought of the ancestor who had taken over her mother and wanted to take her by force, and also of her father who almost died because of her.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng said with anger, "If it is really a life-and-death feud, I would not hesitate to perish together with my enemy. What does it matter if I lose a little life span?"

Nangong Pushe's frown suddenly relaxed a lot. She held Xuanyuan Qingfeng's hand and said, "Qingfeng is as courageous as any man. I really like what you said. In order to avenge my mother, I am willing to die with my enemy!"

Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Qingfeng's beautiful face changed again and she sneered again. Nangong Pushe, who was always serious and reserved, was confused by this angry and laughing woman.

"Master Nangong, it was Your Highness who helped to eliminate the worst ancestor in my family. You can totally ask Your Highness to help you, and then you can serve Your Highness to make up for it. This way, you don't have to hurt your lifespan."

Nangong Pushe seemed very stubborn about avenging his mother, and he couldn't bring himself to ask Li Changan to kill the number one on the Lu Di Chao Xian List.

"This is all my family affairs. How can I trouble Your Highness? Your Highness has helped me a lot. My martial arts have improved a lot in the past six months. Xie Guanying, I want to kill him myself!"

Nangong Pushe gripped the hilt of the sword tighter in her hands, but when she heard Li Changan's next words, her mood changed again.

"White Fox Face, you can't be stubborn when practicing martial arts. The way you damage your own Qi to hurt the enemy may not be impossible to improve."

"I will teach you a set of mental skills. Although it is a little difficult to practice, it can help you absorb your opponent's luck when attacking others. This way, you don't have to damage your own energy, and it won't affect your lifespan."

Nangong Pushe looked a little dazed, "How could there be such a technique in the world..."

Before coming to the palace, Nangong Pushe would never have believed that there was such a martial art in the world, but since she saw Li Changan in action, she became a little unconfident.

Li Changan continued, "However, this set of skills requires extremely high comprehension, and people with average aptitude will not be able to learn it even if they just listen to it."

Xuanyuan Qingfeng looked at the plum blossoms in the book for a while, and then looked at her toes for a while, as if trying her best to deny the fact that Li Changan's words were implying that it was okay for her to be present.

Li Changan told Nangong Pushe a small part of the Sea Sacred Heart Mantra. This technique was very difficult to practice, so Li Changan only picked out a small part of it that attacked and absorbed luck.

But just this small part made Nangong Pushe's clear eyes even brighter and opened a new door to her world of cultivation.

On the other hand, Xuanyuan Qingfeng, this woman from a martial arts family with above average talent, had eyes that were equally clear and moving, but no matter how you looked at her, she had a confused look on her face as if she didn't understand.

In Youzhou.

Two old men walked slowly past, one stepping on air and the other riding a donkey.

Looking at the deserted villages on the roadside and the wild dogs and birds snatching corpses everywhere, even Li Chungang, who always liked to make jokes, couldn't stand it anymore.

"When I was in Tingchao Pavilion, why didn't I see that Xu Fengnian was such a ruthless character who would just give up hundreds of thousands of lives."

Deng Tai'a, who was riding a donkey upside down, watched everything with cold eyes and said abruptly, "Why haven't you died yet?"

Li Chun was so angry that his beard stood up. "I'm almost dead, but I heard that Li Changan is going to have a decisive battle with Beimang, how can I not come!"

"You have made great progress in martial arts, so why are you so arrogant now? I helped Xu Fengnian once before, and you also helped the Beiliang Palace to stop Li Changan."

Deng Tai'a said, "I was repaying a favor to the former Queen of Beiliang, and I didn't help Xu Fengnian directly. I am different from you."

Li Chungang was too lazy to argue about these things. The human relationships and grudges in the underworld were already complicated and could not be explained clearly with words.

"It is said that the barbarians will not last for a hundred years, but the Northern Mang destroyed Dafeng and has been established for six or seven hundred years. How come they haven't perished yet?"

"Look at this, look at this, these are things that humans can do, you uncivilized beasts!"

Although the two men were hermits, they felt uncomfortable watching these common people die in vain.

At this moment, a loud sound was heard in the air.

"The civilized people cannot grasp the destiny, and let these barbarians invade the Central Plains. What is the meaning of the civilization of the Liyang Dynasty?"

On a dilapidated house not far away, stood an old man in a gray robe, with gray hair and a bleak look on his face.

"Heaven is cruel."

He just raised his hand slightly, muttered something softly, and the energy around him began to fluctuate.

"The dead are great, and should not be violated. They should rest in peace in the earth."

All the wild animals within a few miles exploded and died, and their exposed corpses were slowly buried by piles of yellow earth.

Deng Tai'a and Li Chungang were both shocked by this man's cultivation. Both of them were contemporary sword gods, but they would never have such cultivation.

He said that they should not be violated, and the beasts and birds died. He said that they should be buried in peace, and the corpses were buried.

"The law follows the words! The Confucian saint!"

They both blurted out that this was the heavenly realm achieved by practicing Confucianism and Taoism, and other sects could not achieve such magical powers.

However, the two of them took stock of all the Confucian saints who had existed in the world for nearly a hundred years, and none of them matched the man in front of them.

At this moment, another middle-aged Confucian scholar stopped from a distance, and bowed respectfully when he saw the old man in gray robe.

"Teacher, you are out."

The old man glanced at the middle-aged scholar, then his eyelids drooped, obviously very dissatisfied.

"Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, and inherit the lost knowledge of the ancient sages."

"What did you do?"

"Was it his eloquence that led to the unjust wars of the Spring and Autumn Period, or was it the instability of the court and the strife in the martial arts world?"

This middle-aged Confucian scholar is none other than the top three Huang Longshi in the Spring and Autumn Period. The old man in gray robe is Zhang Fuyao, the first sage of Confucianism and Taoism, who has lived for eight hundred years!

Deng Tai'a and Li Chungang, who had seen Huang Longshi, were both famous martial arts masters, but now they were just looking at him from afar, like young martial arts masters who had just started out.

Compared with the two monsters who are seven or eight hundred years old, aren't they just young people?

In response to Zhang Fuyao's question, Huang Longshi said frankly, "Master, what I am doing is to use the chaos of the moment to bring peace to the world for eternity."

Zhang Fuyao glanced at Huang Longshi, who still had his head lowered, looking like he was obeying orders.

"The temporary chaos is over, but where is the eternal peace? Less than twenty years after the Yang Dynasty, the world was in chaos again."

"Not only is the Spring and Autumn Period in chaos, but even the Northern Wilds are trying to invade the Central Plains. Where is the eternal peace?"

Huang Longshi raised his head and found a faint aura in Zhang Fuyao's eyes. He then muttered, "Let you, the top three in the Spring and Autumn Period, take a good look at your eternal peace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fuyao and Huang Longshi disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Li Chungang couldn't help but admire this kind of magical power that was completely beyond the scope of martial arts, "I said I was going to take a look, and the person flew away directly. This is too weird."

"Who dares to say that a martial artist is stronger than someone who practices the three religions alone? If this old monster shouts "Li Chungang, you're dead" when fighting with me, then I will die immediately!"

Deng Tai'a shook his head and said, "Confucianism places the greatest emphasis on cause and effect. To directly take someone's life is too overbearing. The caster will probably be bitten half to death."

"What's more, even if someone speaks out of his will, he can't beat a strong destiny. If your destiny is strong enough, you won't be afraid of him speaking out of his will. Besides, no matter if you are a celestial being or an earthly immortal, there will be a time when your destiny runs out."

Li Chungang scratched his head. The more he thought about it, the less reliable it seemed. "There are many ways to disrupt a fight without taking someone's life!"

"For example, the old monster could yell, 'Your pants fell off! You shit in your pants! Your hair is three thousand feet long...'"

Deng Tai'a couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing this, not knowing how to explain Li Chungang's question.

"Looking at Saint Zhang's appearance, he should also help resist Beimang. We can just see what he can do then."

Seven days later.

In front of Beilao Pass, 400,000 Tang soldiers set up camp in front of the pass, ready to defend the pass to the death.

Beilao Pass is not as steep as Tongmen Pass, and this time Beimang has also gathered great masters, so the advantage of using the masters' magical powers to defend the city like last time no longer exists.

Instead of letting the enemy break through the city and engage in street fighting inside the city, it is better to set up your battle formation outside the city and fight face to face, soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals!
In this battle, there were 400,000 Tang troops, and more than 30 first-class masters defected to Li Changan. Because Li Changan intercepted a lot of luck, there were not so many immortals on land.

A hundred miles away was the dark army camp of the Northern Mang army. The 600,000-strong army was eyeing them covetously and camped in several groups.

Li Changan knew that the Queen of Northern Mang was deep in the opposite military camp. This decisive battle between Tang and Mang was a matter of luck. If the Queen did not come, Li Changan could kill the opponent by luck.

However, Li Changan knew foresight. He knew that the biggest opponent in this battle was not the 600,000 Beimang soldiers, nor the more than 30 Beimang first-class grandmasters, nor even Yuan Qingshan, who had transformed into the Three Pure Ones, but Murong Baoding, the world's number one Vajra.

The real enemy is the immortal outside the Tianmen. The immortal is fishing for luck, and what he wants is for the world to fall apart and prevent the formation of a powerful dynasty.

The rise of Li Changan must have aroused the memory of heaven. It is not impossible that the immortals descended to the earth or injected luck into Tuoba Bodhisattva to make him a celestial being in the original work.

Therefore, in this battle, we must not only kill people, but also behead immortals!

(End of this chapter)