Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 202 Prevention, Talk

The Bei'an army marched all the way, and after leaving Torioka County, they left Changping Road overnight.Go straight along the official road in the northeast direction, and you will arrive at the capital Naikyo.

On the road, Su Yuan often saw displaced people, many of whom starved to death on the edge of the road, and some wild dogs and vultures gnawed on these shriveled bodies.

Some people who are still alive have no fear of the Bei'an Army.

It's all like this, what are you afraid of.There were even frequent people stopping in front of the marching army, begging for food.

Although Su Yuan felt sorry for them, the army did not bring much food, basically it was individual rations, which had been replenished in Torioka County before, and would not be replenished until the next town.

For this reason, he did not ask for alms, which attracted some curses and attacks. Su Yuan ordered that all those who showed aggressive tendencies should be treated as enemies and eliminated.

Shenqianle Lingmeng was silent about this, and didn't say a word.

She didn't beg Su Yuan because she knew that was not realistic.

If it was before, she might have done that, but after she experienced all these things, she knew that to change this situation, she could only start from above.

If all those shoguns are not wiped out, the people of Eastern Japan will never have a good life.

Adhering to this belief, she is now so firmly standing with Su Yuan, a foreigner.

After traveling all night, on the second day, the Bei'an army arrived at Chongming Road.

This is adjacent to Naiking, and you will reach your destination after passing through.

At this moment, the official road of Chongming Road has been artificially cut off, and a pit with a length of hundreds of meters has been dug out.

No need to guess, this must be the barrier that the Taoist officials of Chongming Road mobilized a large number of people to dig out after hearing that Changping Road was defeated.

It's plain and old-fashioned, but it does work.

Su Yuan thought not to mention that wars in ancient times liked to destroy terrain, even in modern times, destroying the highways of the enemy's country is the first priority after the war.

Looking at the long pit in front of him, Qi Jiguang said: "My lord, do we want to take a detour?"

"It will take a long time to detour..."

"It will take at least one more day to make a detour," said the magistrate of Torioka County.

Since this guy found out that his family was killed by Shanggong Shingen, he is now focused on helping Su Yuan, or helping himself.

Only when Su Yuan's Bei'an army defeated the Shanggong shogunate could he take revenge.Otherwise, he is a county guard and doesn't even have a soldier in his hand. It would be a dream to kill the shogun.

"I'm afraid it won't work if we don't take a detour." Qi Jiguang walked to the edge of the pit, looked down and said.

Su Yuan also went over to look down.

"Hiss...that's amazing."

Inside the excavated pit, there are many vertical spikes and caltrops, densely packed in a large area.

If you want to clean it up first, the delay will not be a day, at least two or three days.

"This should be Shanggong Shingen's idea." Shenqianle Lingmeng walked over and said at this time, "He must know that you want to fight him in Naijing, my lord. Therefore, in order to gather more troops, Chongming said officials do that.”

"Is that so..." Su Yuan glanced at her, as if pointing, "In that case, if the big snake appears, we will definitely not be able to reach it."

"..."

Shenqianle Lingmeng bit her lip.

Su Yuan was right, in the time she estimated, if the group of Orochi did not lose their chains, Yamata Orochi would be awakened within a day or two.

Originally, according to the Bei'an Army's marching plan, when the big snake woke up, the Bei'an Army could almost reach the city of Naijing.

At that time, the shogunate army and Orochi will be cleaned up together.

This is Su Yuan's idea.

But now such a detour, this idea will come to naught.

By the time the Bei'an army arrived in Naijing, the big snake might have been awake for a long time.

"...My lord, let's go as soon as possible." Shen Qianle Lingmeng was anxious, and couldn't help urging her.

"You don't need to decide what the commander wants to do." Tan Ya who was standing not far from Su Yuan said dissatisfiedly.

"Sorry..." Shenqianle Lingmeng immediately lowered her head slightly.

Although she said that she was cooperating with Su Yuan, she actually understood that Su Yuan could win this war without her help.But if she didn't have Su Yuan's help, she would definitely not be able to deal with the big snake.

"I know you are worried about the people in Nai Jing, but it's useless to be anxious, and my soldiers are the most precious. You still have to remember this." Su Yuan said lightly.

Shenqianle Lingmeng nodded heavily.

She understood what Su Yuan meant, that is, if the soldiers of the Bei'an Army and the people of Dongwa were in danger at the same time, he would give priority to helping the former... In other words, if he found that the big snake was terrible and would cause heavy casualties if he dealt with it, then Su Yuan The only choice I am afraid will be to retreat.

Su Yuan really thought so.

He doesn't know how powerful Yamata no Orochi is. He tends to have a master in his strength?Even Grandmaster level.

If it is a master level, it is still very easy for the Bei'an Army to take care of it.Li Yuanba can go back and forth with him alone, let alone other people.

If it is a grand master, it will be a little more troublesome. It needs the cooperation of various arms, and all kinds of acceleration and deceleration must be hung up continuously.

As for the land gods...it should be impossible.

If Yamata no Orochi had the level of a land fairy, it would not have been sealed in the first place.

In short, play by ear.If things can't be done, Su Yuan will never be a hero and take on his own soldiers for the lives of the people of Eastern Japan.

What he said now was to inoculate Shenqianle Lingmeng, so as not to have some unrealistic fantasies in her heart.

Seeing that she expressed understanding, Su Yuan stopped there and said no more, and asked the army to detour and continue on their way.

……

At the home of Prime Minister He Zhongping of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, He Zhongping was drinking tea with Jia Yi in a small pavilion in the backyard.

Looking at Jia Yi's young face, He Zhongping still couldn't believe that the person in front of him was actually that...

But Jiayi has already proved himself, whether it is the token or the secrets he told, He Zhongping is sure that he is the one.

"Master He looks at me like this, do you still not believe it?" Jia Yi asked.

He Zhongping shook his head: "No, no...just a little...curiosity. Everyone thought...that you were dead."

"Hehe, that's true. But it was a last resort. If everyone didn't believe that I was dead, then the pursuit of me would not stop... Mr. He would not see me today."

"..."

He Zhongping was silent, he had many doubts about that past event in his heart.But the matter is very important, and he is not easy to ask.

And he had a hunch that even if he asked, Jiayi would not answer.After all, that incident may involve many major events...

However, he still doesn't understand why Jia Yi came back now.

"Do you really want to help His Majesty unify the Jiangnan martial arts school?" He Zhongping asked a less sensitive question after a moment of silence.

"I do want to unify the Jiangnan martial arts, but not for Zhou Cheng, but for myself."

"you……"

"Master He, you are a smart person. I will not hide some things from you. I can maintain my current appearance, and the price I paid is not small... and as time goes by, the price will become higher and higher. For this reason, only All the rivers and lakes are in my hands, so it is convenient for me to do things."

Keep your looks, master the rivers and lakes...

He Zhongping suddenly thought of an incident that happened some time ago.

Su Yuan's Bei'an Army crusade against the demon sect Bai Sumen, and later declared Bai Sumen extinct, but the leader was nowhere to be found.

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that the leader ran to a certain deep mountain and old forest and dared not come out... But not long after this happened, Jiayi came to the door.

Could it be that there is some connection between them?Could it be that he is...

He Zhongping looked at Jiayi, who was also looking at him, their eyes met each other, everything was kept silent.

"...I understand." He Zhongping said deeply.

"Would Master He help me then?"

"This...Naturally. Helping you should be what I want to do."

He Zhongping's attitude is very humble.

On the one hand, it is true that the status of the two should be like this, on the other hand, he cannot afford to offend Jiayi now.

After knowing Jiayi's true identity, he already suspected that many officials in the court were probably Jiayi's people.He didn't know exactly who, but there must be a lot of people.

Moreover, these people are estimated to be high-ranking officials and ministers, and ordinary petty officials are not even worthy of knowing his identity.

"That's good. In the future, the great cause will be successful. I will definitely remember Mr. He's contribution." Jia said.

He Zhongping forced a smile.

At his age, he would not be too excited about any great cause.All he wants now is security.

Perhaps the young emperor Zhou Cheng was still ambitious every day to fight back to Jiangbei and kill Su Yuan.But as an old official, what he thinks now is that it would be good if the north and south can be divided all the time.

Although he regrets that the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is not as clear as the four seasons in the northern capital, and the frequent rainy days will make his legs and feet sore.But as long as it can be stable, these are nothing.

He Zhongping took a deep breath and said, "If you want to unify the Jianghu, you'd better start directly from the Tangmen of Shuzhou."

"Tang Sect... I have been thinking about them for a long time." Jia Yi shook his folding fan lightly, and said slowly, "Jiangnan martial arts, headed by Tang Sect, its unique lightness skills, hidden weapons, and internal skills have made other sects frightened. Very powerful."

"You're right."

As the prime minister, He Zhongping naturally had many people under his command to gather information everywhere.

He also has a lot of knowledge about Jianghu sects.

Unlike Jiangbei where a hundred flowers bloom, the Jianghu sect structure in the Jiangnan area is "one super, many strong".This "one super" refers to the Tang Sect.

In other states, the state pastor may be the most powerful person.But in Shuzhou, the state shepherd is just an empty shelf, and the real center of power is the Tangmen Tangjiabao.

Almost the entire Shuzhou is controlled by the Tang Sect. There is only one sect in the state, and no other Jianghu sects are allowed to exist, even street performers are not allowed.

Jianghu masters from other states are going to Shuzhou, and they will go to the inn established by Tangmen as soon as they arrive, and tell the people in Tangmen what to do in Shuzhou and how long they will stay.

It is equivalent to making a report. If you don't leave after the time limit, Tang Sect will send someone to send you away.

For this reason, any good seedlings who practice martial arts in Shuzhou will flow into the Tang Sect and will not have the opportunity to join other sects.

Such an overbearing rule should have aroused the anger of the Central Plains martial arts, but in fact, the Central Plains martial arts all acquiesced to the laws of the Tang Sect.

There's no way, it won't work if you don't acquiesce, in this area of ​​Shuzhou, the Tang Sect really says what it says.Some sects had fought against them before, but hundreds of disciples died overnight under various hidden weapons.

After that, no one dared to provoke Tang Sect.Anyway, it is only in Shuzhou and will not come out. If it wants to expand abroad, the sects may have to unite to destroy it.

"I heard that Tang Tiansheng, the old master of the Tang Sect, is now a great master. I don't know if it's true or not." Jia said.

"I don't know about this either." He Zhongping said in a deep voice, "If you are going to try it out, please be careful. Tangjiabao is full of hidden weapons, and there are hundreds of passwords inside the gate. If you make a mistake..."

"You don't need to teach me these things." A said with a smile, "I've been in the rivers and lakes longer than you."

He Zhongping quickly apologized and admitted his mistake.

Jiayi didn't care about it, but asked about the court.

"The Bei'an army attacked the Eastern Japanese mainland, what will the court say about this matter?"

The news that the Bei'an army attacked Dongwa was not a secret, it had been made public long ago.

Confidential, only the specific number of troops sent, and generals and other information.In particular, Su Yuan's personal expedition is the biggest secret, and only a very few people know it.

Even those Jianghu masters who went with him.It was also at the moment before departure that I realized that the prince was also going with me.

"Your Majesty and all the officials were shocked. I didn't expect that Su Yuan would fight against Xifeng Kingdom first, and then go to fight Dongwo again. It's like a madman's behavior."

He Zhongping shook his head and said.

"I'm afraid it's the successive victories against Da Zhou that dazzled him. He was able to win because of the fierce cavalry. But this time, how many people can he go to the Eastern Japan? How will his cavalry cross the sea? Baiguan Everyone thinks that Su Yuan will be defeated this time."

"Really." Jia Yi's expression was indifferent, not knowing whether he agreed or disagreed.

He Zhongping continued: "Your Majesty has decided that as soon as the news of Su Yuan's defeat comes, he will call on all states in the south of the Yangtze River to raise troops and join forces with Xifeng Kingdom to attack the Bei'an Army and try to take back the Jiangbei area."

"This is just a dream." Jia said, "Even if Su Yuan's Bei'an army was defeated in Dongwa, it was only due to the lack of sea ships. On this continent, he is still invincible."

"...I think so too, but I can't say these things to Your Majesty. Your Majesty still wants to recover the territory and fulfill the late emperor's last wish. If..."

He Zhongping suddenly realized that what he said was wrong with Jia Yi in front of him, so he shut up immediately.

Jia Yi didn't care, and suddenly asked: "Zhou Chong... is he still alive?"

He Zhongping didn't know why Jiayi suddenly asked Zhou Chong, nodded and said, "Alive. He also boarded the boat that day."

"Where are the others?"

"... His Majesty put him under house arrest."

"Is it just under house arrest?" Jia Yi said with a half-smile.

He Zhongping said: "After all, they are brothers..."

The old emperor finally chose Zhou Cheng to inherit the throne, and Zhou Chong naturally became an abandoned son.Even if he is still alive, he is forgotten by everyone, which is equivalent to death.

Unless one day Zhou Cheng died and Zhou Cheng did not have any heirs, Zhou Chong might still be released from house arrest.

But this is undoubtedly unlikely, Zhou Cheng only has three sons now...

He Zhongping asked curiously, "You asked him..."

A said: "Maybe it will be useful in the future."

(End of this chapter)