Chapter 44 Battle of Dadong Mountain

Emperor Qing calmed himself down and remained calm when facing the crowd.

Yan Xiaoyi took the lead and ordered his 5,000 longbow archers to launch an attack.

A large number of arrows flew out.

The two thousand imperial guards beside Emperor Qing fell one by one, and the soldiers on Emperor Qing's side were beaten back step by step.

Immediately afterwards, Si Gu Jian and Ye Liuyun arrived.

The tiger guards sent by Fan Jian to protect Emperor Qing had no power to fight back against Si Gu Jian's swordsmanship and were completely killed.

Of the hundreds of tiger guards, only one hundred remained. Seeing the critical situation, Emperor Qing immediately wrote a secret decree and handed the imperial seal he carried with him to Fan Xian, asking Fan Xian to return to Kyoto immediately to report the news.

But the roads at the foot of the mountain had been blocked by the rebels, and now the only way to get down the mountain was to climb the cliff. But in the end, he was discovered by Yan Xiaoyi, who shot several arrows at him, but Fan Xian dodged them all cleverly.

Faced with the pursuit of the powerful ninth-rank archer, Fan Xian could only take out the peerless magic weapon Barrett, which did not belong to this world. Fan Xian quickly assembled it, and then gambled his life by shooting Yan Xiaoyi in the head, but he was also seriously injured.

On the other side of Dadong Mountain, not long after Fan Xian climbed down the cliff, only a few hundred of Emperor Qing's two thousand imperial guards were left, and more than ten thousand swordsmen from the Inspectorate were killed or wounded. These hundreds of imperial guards and a hundred tiger guards were defending the only way up the mountain.

But not long after, Si Gu Jian appeared again, and a powerful sword intent directly blew away hundreds of imperial guards. Several extremely strong sword intents killed all the remaining tiger guards. Among the tiger guards, only Gao Da managed to escape. At this time, Wu Zhu made a brilliant appearance.

After Ye Liuyun and Si Gu Jian went up the mountain and saw Wu Zhu, they both stopped their actions tacitly. They thought about it in their minds and realized that fighting in a two-on-two situation would only result in both sides suffering losses. Therefore, they chose to stay put and wait for the last grandmaster, Ku He, to arrive.

When Ku He finally showed up, all the great masters in the play were present.

Originally, Ku He and Si Gu Jian thought that Ye Liuyun was one of their own, and Hong Sixiang was the hidden fourth grandmaster. However, the information they obtained was wrong. Ye Liuyun was an undercover planted by Emperor Qing, and Hong Sixiang was just a shield to confuse the enemy. The real grandmaster was actually Emperor Qing. Their information gap had already doomed them to defeat.

Ku He took the lead in attacking the fake master Hong Sixiang, and then Si Gu Jian also attacked Emperor Qing. However, Emperor Qing, this old fox, not only did not hide, but also deliberately walked into Si Gu Jian's attack range, forcing Ye Liuyun to reveal his undercover identity.

In the fierce battle, half of Si Gu Jian's face was shattered, and Ye Liuyun's situation was not optimistic either. He was hit by Si Gu Jian's fatal sword, and his cultivation as a grandmaster was no longer there.

On the other side, after Ku He smashed Hong Sixiang to pieces with one palm, he felt something was wrong, so he quickly filled his whole body with true energy and entered a defensive state. However, the old fox Qingdi seized the opportunity. He stretched out three feet and transferred half of his true energy into Ku He's body, directly bursting Ku He's meridians. Then Qingdi used the other half of his kingly true energy to transform it into a kingly fist, which smashed Si Gu Jian to pieces. The powerful impact instantly knocked Si Bu Jian's right arm and one leg away.

At this point in the battlefield, the three grand masters were all seriously injured, and only Emperor Qing and Wu Zhu were still able to stand normally. Emperor Qing originally wanted to use his true energy to kill Ku He and Si Gu Jian, but Wu Zhu blocked him with an iron pestle. Emperor Qing knew that even if he didn't take action, they would not survive long, so he magnanimously let them escape.

In summary, after the Battle of Mount Dadong, Emperor Qing was the only grandmaster left in the world, and he was one step closer to his ideal of unifying the world. Emperor Qing also took this opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers in Southern Qing, including the forces of the eldest princess, the crown prince, the second prince, and his two old brothers.

Datong Mountain was soaked in blood and countless corpses were buried here.

This is the mentality of an emperor, he will use any means to achieve his goal, just to protect his own foundation.

Emperor Qing stood on the top of Mount Dadong with his hands behind his back.

"I am the only Grand Master left in the world today!"

He didn't know that Wang Jian was a grandmaster. Chen Pingping concealed this news, and Fan Xian only guessed and did not tell Emperor Qing about Wang Jian.

According to Emperor Qing's intelligence, the temple messenger was killed by Ye Qi's ten thousand snow dragon riders.

"Only 10,000 cavalrymen. Nothing to be afraid of. There are no great masters in the world. I can handle those cavalrymen by myself."

Emperor Qing looked down at the mountains and rivers. He was very satisfied that his years of hiding were finally released today.

"I heard that Ye Qi led the Northern Qi army to attack Changting Pass. Did they take it?" Emperor Qing asked the guards around him.

"Your Majesty, it's bad, Ye Qi has already broken through Changting Pass!" A messenger came running over.

Emperor Qing smiled evilly: "With his speed, this is as it should be. They think they are invincible if they defend Changting Pass. It's too simple. I will make Northern Qi bleed like a river at Changting Pass!"

The messenger soldier then said: "Your Majesty, they did not refuse to defend Changting Pass. Ye Qi led the army to break through Changting Pass and arrived in Danzhou. Danzhou is in danger!"

Emperor Qing couldn't laugh anymore. He thought Ye Qi was too simple.

While he was carrying out the Dadongshan Plan, Ye Qi went all the way south, broke through Changting Pass, and attacked Danzhou directly.

"Quickly send a message to Kyoto and send troops to support Danzhou!" Emperor Qing said loudly.

The messenger said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, Li Yunrui has joined forces with the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and General Qin Ye to start a rebellion. The capital is in chaos."

Emperor Qing took a long breath, his anger was self-evident.

Originally, as long as the news of his survival reached Kyoto, the rebellion would naturally be quelled.

However, at this time, Ye Qi rushed out, making the situation even more chaotic.

"Prepare your horses, everyone, follow me to Danzhou!"

Emperor Qing could no longer tolerate it.

He decided to go to Danzhou and kill Ye Qi personally.

There were no other great masters in the world, so it was easy for him to take Ye Qi's head from among thousands of troops.

So, Emperor Qing led the remaining troops and rushed to Danzhou at full speed.

However, just as Emperor Qing was on his way to Danzhou.

The messenger ran over again in panic.

"Your Majesty, this is bad!"

"What's wrong? Tell me what happened!" Emperor Qing felt helpless.

"Danzhou has been captured by Ye Qi!"

"What!?"

Emperor Qing's heart skipped a beat. What was going on? They took over Danzhou so quickly.

Emperor Qing changed his mind and realized that Qin Ye, who was originally guarding Danzhou, had returned to Kyoto to rebel, and now all the people left in Danzhou were good-for-nothings.

It is only natural that Ye Qi could lead the army to break through.

But Emperor Qing didn't expect it to be so fast.

He thought he could get to Danzhou before Ye Qi broke through Danzhou, kill Ye Qi, and end everything.

"Where is Ye Qi now?" Emperor Qing asked.

"Ye Qi did not stay in Danzhou. He led his army towards Kyoto!"

Emperor Qing's heart was beating rapidly, and he remembered the words Ye Qi left outside the gate of Kyoto that day, "I want to trample Kyoto on my horse!"

He means it!

"Return to Kyoto!"

Emperor Qing shouted loudly and rode his horse at full speed towards Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)