Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 489 The Way of Checks and Balances
After laughing, Li Fengxian quickly returned to normal, as if the madness just now was just a temporary illusion. However, under normal circumstances, Li Fengxian seemed to act even more crazy. After suppressing his smile, he quickly issued orders to the two battalions of star troops under his command.

"The whole army continues to move forward and spend the night in Liuyan City tonight."

As soon as these words came out, Xia Houying was immediately horrified: "What are you going to do!?"

Li Fengxian glanced at him, and then looked at Wang Luo with a questioning look.

Wang Luo smiled, took the initiative to reveal the answer, and said: "Li Fengxian wants to impose military control on Liuyan City and completely seal off all channels that may leak secrets. The most taboo thing about fishing is to make unnecessary noise and disturb the fish."

Xia Houying was stunned for a moment, and then sighed.

The truth is indeed correct: if you want the Queen Mother to fall into the trap, you must not reveal any obvious flaws. Then naturally, the existence of Wang Luo, the immortal messenger, must not be exposed... But he had already appeared in Liuyan City before, and was attacked by many people in the city. People see it. Although the folk customs in Liuyan City are simple and honest, they generally do not harm others intentionally. But precisely because of their simple nature, they never have any taboos when discussing new things.

No matter how remote and isolated Liuyan City is, it is still a small city with thousands of people. The coming and going of people cannot stop the news from spreading... At this time, military control is somewhat like making up for the situation.

What's more, the two battalions of star troops temporarily ordered by Li Fengxian at night may not all be credible. Although these elite soldiers are known as confidants, how can there be thousands of confidants in the world? Moreover, Li Fengxian has always had a bad reputation and has a grudge against the general. How can the court be completely relieved that such a person leads a strong army to guard the border county? He will certainly have eyes and ears in his army.

And these court eyes and ears must have just seen Wang Luo and Xia Houying blocking the army on the official road, so of course Li Fengxian could not let them return to the county town.

Wang Luo said: "Don't push yourself too far, Li Fengxian. Xia Houying is not yet your competitor. Even if you want to suppress him, there is no need to be so impatient. Besides, if you want to maintain order in the city, you cannot do without him as a prestigious city lord. Otherwise, why don’t you plan to use only a thousand soldiers to seal a city of nearly ten thousand people?”

Li Fengxian sneered again: "Kenren? Don't you understand the word military control? I will strictly restrain the soldiers and not rashly touch the people in the city to maintain order. But I will never be polite to an incompetent scholar like you. Follow me The usual way of doing things, in front of the army, just to clear the obstacles in front of you, and to get the best of you, I also want to throw you, the arrogant city lord, into prison first... whether you live or die. "

Although this was a rude rebuttal, Xia Houying breathed a sigh of relief and once again thanked him: "Thank you, General, for your kindness."

Li Fengxian remained silent.

Wang Luo added: "It's okay. You can test it boldly to see if I'm bluffing. Oh, when Zhang Jincheng submitted the letter of surrender to the Immortal Alliance, he also thought about moral kidnapping, but he didn't dare to bet on me. Ruthless, I wonder if Li Fengxian dares to bet?"

Wang Luo asked: "You are not afraid, so what am I afraid of? Don't forget that what you are doing now is to save yourself, not that I am asking you for help. The failure of Xinheng's matter is nothing more than the loss of a piece of possibility. The enclave you have obtained, and the Great Law has withstood some of the backlash, this is not even a flesh wound, but you are going to be put on the front line by the heaven, and you will die without any chance."

Xia Houying was so frightened by this naked threat that he shuddered and subconsciously asked Wang Luo for help.

The truth is a very simple one, but in the face of the strategic plan that affects Xinheng's survival, it is even more overwhelming. But as the city lord of Liuyan City, Xia Houying really didn't want to see his hometown ravaged by the star army under Li Fengxian.

Wang Luo sneered: "You have been granted the title of emperor, but you have become so arrogant that you want to bite the master? If you are thinking that after the army enters the city, you can take advantage of my unpreparedness and find an opportunity to take care of Xia Houying to avoid future dangers... …Then I tell you clearly, if Xia Houying dies, you must be buried with him.”

So after sighing, he raised his hands to Li Fengxian and begged.

Li Fengxian lowered his head slightly and did not argue with Wang Luo, but he obviously had other plans in mind.

The only way out at the moment was naturally to march the entire army straight to Liuyan City and then implement strict military control... until the Queen Mother and others noticed something unusual and took the initiative to bite the bullet.

"General Li, I hope... the general can show his dignity and restrain his soldiers more..."

Li Fengxian sneered: "Don't you understand the word military control? Do you think my Xingjun is a bandit? If you really allow the soldiers to plunder the city, causing chaos in the city and people fleeing in all directions, how can you be strict? Restrict the information from spreading to outsiders? Massacre the city without leaving a trace of grass?"

When Li Fengxian heard this, a ruthless light suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of delaying important events?"

This time, Li Fengxian finally bowed his head completely: "I understand, I will abide by my duty and put the overall situation first. However, if the envoy really wants to practice the art of balancing, cultivate and support someone beside me who can compete with me. He shouldn't choose such a useless scholar to compete with him."

Li Fengxian chuckled a few times and glared at Xia Houying with a stern look. After that, he no longer dwelled on this issue, but seriously made various detailed arrangements for his star army - after that, military control of Liuyan City would be implemented. Then many things must be arranged ahead of time. For a time, under orders one after another, the team of thousands of people gradually dispersed to both sides of the official road, like fishermen spreading their fishing nets, about to catch the small border town in front of them.

There is no doubt about Li Fengxian's ability to lead a strong army in a border county despite offending the general. Wang Luo listened to his methodical and meticulous command, sending every order to the first-line five-level Star Army units, as if he was playing with the stars with a pair of masterful hands, and couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Wang Luo smiled and said: "I don't need to support a person who can compete with you. A fight between two strong people will only do bad things. It is precisely a Taiping scholar like Xia Houying who is the best to use to contain you. If he is really useless , you are not so impatient to get rid of him. This is a talent that you, Li Fengxian, have proven to be useful, and there is no reason for me to abandon him."

The name of the Star Army probably refers to this unique style of meticulous command by the general. As for the combat power of this star army... Generally speaking, the combat power of an army can be seen through its military appearance when marching. As for Li Fengxian's star army, even if it is placed among the hundreds of Immortal Alliance countries, as long as it does not encounter the front-line troops of the five powerful countries, it can be called a strong army.

When Li Fengxian was mobilizing his troops, he was so focused that he began to pay no attention to everything around him... As a lackey, Tuoba Tiancheng was already familiar with this situation and was visibly relieved. Then, he showed a flattering smile, looked at Wang Luo and Xia Houying, cupped his hands and said: "I am the Sheriff of Xiasang County..."

Xia Houying returned the salute seriously: "Your Majesty, Xia Houying, I have met the Lord Sheriff." How could Tuoba Tiancheng dare to respond to this salute? He waved his hands quickly: "At this time, the number of official positions in the New Heng Dynasty has long been counted. Don't overdo it. "

However, this kind gesture did not win Xia Houying's favor. The other party only responded with a few words of neutrality, then turned his eyes to Wang Luo, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty..."

Seeing that he was asking for trouble, Tuoba Tiancheng was not ashamed. Instead, he shrank back to Li Fengxian very knowingly, and still put on a flattering smile at the two people.

On the other side, Wang Luo said: "If you want to be honest, if you want to keep it secret, I can teach you the secret language of the Immortal Alliance."

Xia Houying shook his head: "It's not a shady topic, and I don't intend to say anything private while General Li is distracted. But, my lord, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince me to choose someone with such a notorious reputation and bad morals like Li Fengxian as Emperor Xinheng." Everyone, is this somewhat... detrimental to the future cause of the Immortal Alliance?"

Wang Luo suddenly laughed and said: "Haha, you dare to speak out... Yes, Li Fengxian's character is absolutely rotten. He himself doesn't even bother to hide his shortcomings. But, what does this mean? What? The position of emperor has never had any strict requirements on character. I don’t know if every emperor in the six hundred years since the founding of Xinheng was a good person, but at least in the Immortal Alliance, the head of a country is a terrible person. Things like scum are commonplace.”

Xia Houying was silent for a while and said frankly: "If you only look at the history books, unless it is an extreme situation such as the death of a dynasty, every emperor, even if he did a lot of evil deeds, will be covered up in the history books. He is remembered as a mediocre king. But this is based on the inertia that the world is peaceful and the government has its own ministers to take care of it. The emperor's atrocities have their own people to whitewash them, so that they will not cause the anger of the people. At a sensitive time of change, the image of the new king is crucial. A greedy, cruel and ruthless king is really difficult to convince the public. "

Wang Luo nodded and said, "That's right. So after the overall situation of Dinghuang is settled and Li Fengxian ascends the throne and becomes emperor, how to restrain him and cover him up is what an important minister like you has to consider."

Xia Houying was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, this..."

"Why, you don't think that if Li Fengxian becomes the emperor, you can return to Liuyan City and be the city lord? At least you have to be the prime minister."

"I have little talent and little knowledge, so I will never be able to take on this position!"

"Then study hard from now on, make progress every day, and strive to be worthy of the position of prime minister one day. There will still be some time before we enter Dongdu and open the star platform to bring order to the chaos. You still have time to work hard now. What's more, even if Li Fengxian is There are all kinds of mistakes, but at least he knows the current situation... When the Immortal Alliance lays down the cornerstone of the Desolation in Mingzhou and incorporates the entire territory of Xinheng into the Desolation of Bafang, then he will have countless pairs of eyes on his head. Without the supervision of you, the prime minister, he will pretend to be wiser than any wise king. It's like he is pretending to be in a trance to eavesdrop on the conversation between you and me now that he has clearly finished dispatching troops and dispatching generals. "

After being exposed in public, Li Fengxian did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he smiled calmly and said, "The envoy is indeed very discerning and has seen through me completely. That's right, when I really become the emperor of Mingzhou, all my bad reputations over the past few decades will be shameless frame-ups by the former empress dowager and the general. As for me, I actually came from a humble family, but I worked hard to improve myself. Finally, with the blessing of the right time, right place, and right people, I became the Mingzhou legend who holds the divine weapon!"

As he said that, Li Fengxian looked at Xiahou Ying, and in the latter's stubborn eyes, he smiled and said: "Prime Minister Xiahou, how will you write a book and biography for me when the time comes to convince the people? You literati will need to put a lot of effort into it."

Xia Houying felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly.

However, before he could think of words to retort, he heard the report from the scouts in front of him in the starship.

"General, Liuyan City has arrived."

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For the simple people of Liuyan City, this night must be a sleepless night.

Thousands of Star Army soldiers arrived at Liuyan City at night. Coach Li Fengxian's star boat docked in front of the city gate. Under the swaying candles on the city, the star boat looked like a huge nocturnal beast with a ferocious outline.

And more than 80% of the Star Army officers and soldiers have been micro-managed by Li Fengxian and distributed to all directions in Liuyan City. These hundreds of star army elites quickly formed a simple and practical siege formation. Then, under the general's order, he activated the great formation and used his own true energy and the army's weapons and equipment to form a translucent birdcage, enclosing the entire city in the cage...

Li Fengxian's first step after arriving at Liuyan City was to treat Liuyan City as an enemy city.

Such extreme actions will naturally alarm the people in the city. No matter how remote Liuyan City is, it is still a regular administrative unit registered by the New Heng Dynasty. The city has its own various organs and weapons to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. At this time, being wrapped in the birdcage of the Star Army, those institutions with a lifespan of a hundred years were activated one after another, issuing various stern alarms in the night. During this period, there were also some scattered and unsystematic thunder and fire techniques as a counterattack, but facing the elite of the Star Army, the mere thunder and fire techniques were nothing more than fireworks.

In the chaos, thousands of people in the city were alerted, and then the chaos quickly spread in panic. For a time, cries and screams broke out one after another, and all kinds of panic rumors swept through the city like a storm, and then pushed the people's emotions to further extremes.

Almost in the blink of an eye, some places in the city began to catch fire. Under the light of the fire, Liuyan City, which had been peaceful for hundreds of years, was reduced to a state of destruction.

Fortunately, Xia Houying appeared in time. The Lord of Taiping City, whose cultivation had reached the half-step Nascent Soul realm, rose into the air alone and arrived directly above Liuyan City. Then he ignited his true energy and turned into the sun in the night sky. In an instant, the light shone all over the city, attracting the attention of everyone in the city. The chaos in the city was brought to a standstill.

"Fellow folks, don't panic. I am the city lord Xia Houying... There is no foreign invasion at this time, but the county star army will be temporarily stationed outside the city for a period of time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liuyan City, which had returned to tranquility, suddenly erupted into even more piercing and desperate cries than before.

(End of this chapter)