Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 278 The enemy is coming
It's still Baoling Palace, but this time there are many royal family members participating. Almost all the royal family members in the capital are here.

When Li Qiang walked into Baoling Palace, all the royal family members took the initiative to say hello to him, regardless of whether they knew him or not.

These are all because of his status. Prince Yoshitaka is now ranked first among the princes.

In addition, he holds military power and is a member of the cabinet, which makes his status far superior to that of the royal family members here.

In addition, Li Qiang is also famous for his retribution. Who dares to show off to him now may find that his home has been emptied when he returns home.

This is not bad, but the most terrifying thing is that the family was slaughtered.

Li Qiang smiled and returned the favor with all the royal family members. His smile was sincere, his attitude was gentle, and he looked like a humble gentleman as gentle as jade.

Of course, only the ignorant boys and girls in the royal family would be confused by his appearance.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you want to repair Rongguo Mansion. The Ministry of Industry has the best architects!" The seventh prince took the initiative to come to Li Qiang and said with a smile.

Li Qiang was a little surprised. He didn't feel the seventh prince's malice this time, and even the seventh prince showed sincerity that he shouldn't have.

Now he only thinks about safely cultivating the 'Divine Foot Power'. By then, he will truly be able to conquer the world and go anywhere.

"Don't think about dying, you still owe me five taels of silver!" Ye Zi said in a deep voice.

Li Qiang didn't care where he stood, he could be said to have no desires or desires now.

"You are also an important member of the royal family now. There is something I want to tell you!" The Supreme Emperor asked Li Qiang to sit aside and said.

"It's a pity that several masters from the Ministry of Industry will be free during this time after the new year!" The seventh prince shook his head and said.

It seems that the Supreme Emperor also knew that he could not continue like this, and that Emperor Jingwen must retire from the throne.

After paying homage to the ancestors, the Supreme Emperor read out the sacrificial words, and then ended the activities of worshiping Buddha and praying for blessings.

"I don't know how long my body can last. I hope you will support the new emperor after he ascends the throne!" the Supreme Emperor said tentatively.

With the title of prince and his current official position, he has great luck, and the immortals dare not touch him.

The person behind is hugging the person in front, and the person in front has an arrow stuck in his chest. The arrow is so deep that it almost penetrates his entire body.

"Ye Zi, put me down, otherwise you won't be able to escape, that's the Tatar Archer!" Bai Tou forcefully swallowed a mouthful of blood and said with this strength.

Most of the immortals he met had abilities similar to the 'Divine Foot Power', which made it impossible for him to gain an advantage in speed no matter how fast he was. Instead, he was always wary of being suddenly approached by an immortal.

The Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother entered Baoling Palace. The Supreme Emperor saw Li Qiang waving to Li Qiang.

The third prince and the fifth prince could not help but feel wary when they saw the seventh prince's attitude towards Li Qiang.

Although Li Qiang's status is high, she is still a descendant of the royal family. No matter how much she is ranked, she should not be ranked next to the Supreme Emperor.

"Old man, I'm sorry!" He pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed the horse's buttocks with the dagger.

"Baitou, hold on, we're going back to the military town!" The man behind him kept comforting the man named Baitou in his arms.

"At the beginning of March, I plan to ask Jing Wen to abdicate!" the Supreme Emperor said.

This is a bloodletting method, which can greatly stimulate the speed of the war horse, but after this time, the war horse will be useless even if it does not die.

With the 'Shen Zu Tong', it was different. He could distance himself from the enemy at any time and even leave the battlefield.

In this large-scale royal worship event, everyone's position is determined based on their status.

But in today's Daqian, the Emperor's words are golden words, and no one can refute them.

The war horse was stimulated by this and its speed increased again.

Li Qiang sat up straight, waiting for the Emperor's next words.

"This matter is decided by Grandpa Huang, and I support Grandpa Huang's decision!" Li Qiang replied without any hesitation.

He wanted to see Li Qiang's attitude towards the throne. He knew Li Qiang's ambitions from his previous exchanges with her.

But his own strength is still improving.

Regarding Emperor Jingwen's abdication, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were aware of it, but they were all waiting for the Supreme Emperor's final decision.

"We do have this plan, but we don't want to make any big moves. We don't need the Ministry of Industry to step forward!" Li Qiang refused with a smile.

"Don't dare!" Li Qiang quickly replied.

Since the Supreme Emperor does not want to pass the throne to Li Qiang, he cannot let Li Qiang ruin this competition among the princes.

The Supreme Emperor pulled Li Qiang and did not let Li Qiang leave just like that. Li Qiang followed the Supreme Emperor back to the Daming Palace.

Outside Ningxia Town on Jiubian in the north, two people were sitting on a war horse.

"Hey, it's because you recognized your ancestors and returned to the clan, and it was through your reputation that the royal family saved some face!" the Supreme Emperor said with a sigh.

The wound on the horse's buttocks was bleeding continuously, and the blood would not stop due to the galloping of the horse.

"Stand beside me!" Li Qiang came to the side of the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor arranged for him to sit next to him and said.

Although he can rely on Jia Gong's speed and the blessing of a divine war horse to reach a speed exceeding the speed of sound, this ability can only be used when he is on the road and cannot be used in battle.

From the strategy of dealing with foreign nations during the imperial examination, to the later mention of sending troops to conquer foreign countries to support the country through war, it can be seen that Li Qiang has her own views on world affairs.

"You still have to watch my children grow up. You still have the final say on the matter of the new emperor. I will not shirk it if it is useful to me!" Li Qiang promised with a smile.

"The Emperor and the Queen Mother are here!" At this time, the eunuch's voice came.

When the Supreme Emperor heard Li Qiang's assurance, he didn't know whether he was happy or helpless. He hesitated about his decision for the first time.

For this scout, the war horse is his partner. If there is no other way, Ye Zi will not do this.

Unfortunately, the horse was already tired, and with two people on its back, even with the bloodletting method, it only ran for five miles before slowing down again.

And this place is still ten miles away from Ningxia Town. It is impossible for this war horse to take the two people back to Ningxia Town.

The slowed-down war horse had walked less than a hundred steps before it suddenly collapsed to the ground, and the two people on the horse were left behind.

Ye Zi is rich in experience. He turned Baotou on his side and lost the strength of throwing him down.

He held Bai Tou in front of him. Bai Tou's injury was on his chest and he couldn't carry it behind his back.

At this moment, he heard the faint sound of horse hooves behind him.

"Yi Zi, I still have the strength to fight!" Bai Tou said through gritted teeth.

"It's here, it's here!" Ye Zi murmured.

At this moment, his physical strength was almost at its limit. His continuous escape had already exhausted his body. He was running on instinct.

Suddenly he heard a sound of breaking through the air coming from behind him. Having experienced the battlefield for a long time, he knew that it was the sound of arrows breaking through the air. And this voice was obviously coming to him, and death was coming.

He tried hard to cover the white head in front of him with his body, praying in his heart that the white head would survive.

As long as Baitou survives, the information can be brought back to Ningxia Town.

Otherwise, they would have killed so many scouts, all in vain.

Ye Zi felt that this moment was extremely long, which gave him the illusion that the world had stopped.

Just when the arrow from behind was about to hit the leaf, an arrow from the diagonal side arrived first and collided with the arrow that was about to hit the leaf in the air.

With a 'ding' sound, two arrows fell from the air.

The two knights three hundred steps apart looked at each other. The Tatar Archer gave up the fight. It was too close to Ningxia Town and it was not wise to fight an archer of the same level.

The Tatar archer turned his horse's head and disappeared quickly.

Ye Zi did not wait for death. He saw a war horse approaching. When he saw the silhouette of the war horse, his whole body couldn't help but soften.

"Master Jiang, the Tatar army is marching this way, and the initial estimate is that the number exceeds 100,000!" Ye Zi thought of his mission and reported loudly with all his strength.

This time he really couldn't hold on anymore, and he fainted with his head tilted.

Mr. Jiang is a powerful and sharp archer who is extremely famous in Ningxia Town.

He fired a rocket, then jumped off the horse, took out the water bottle and gave Ye Zi a sip of water. As for the white head, he didn't dare to give it water without a doctor's treatment.

Soon, a team of troops came from Ningxia Town, took the two scouts back, and also sent back the latest battle report.

The Tatars came very quickly, and there were cavalry all over the place.

They came to a stop ten miles away from Ningxia Town. They did not set up camp immediately, as if they were waiting for something.

The cavalry separated on the left and right, and a carriage pulled by four horses was led to the front.

The compartment of the carriage was completely closed, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

A man opened the carriage door, holding a wooden sign in his hand.

This is a disciple of the Tatar God Mountain. Such a person should not appear in this kind of war, but the Tatar God Mountain lost five corpses once, so the Tatar God Mountain decided to increase its help to the Tatar tribe.

But at that time, the Tatar tribe had not yet recovered from the huge losses, and it took several more years of training before they were able to fight again.

At the beginning of spring, the Tatar tribe gathered a large number of troops, hoping to break through Dagan's defense line.

This time they chose the military town Ningxia Town, which is further away. In their opinion, Ningxia Town should be the town with the weakest defense. There are relatively few wars here.

The Tatar Holy Mountain disciple drives the wooden sign. His face is pale, and it is still very difficult for him to drive the wooden sign with his strength.

Fortunately, he didn't need to issue too many instructions, otherwise he might be too mentally exhausted and unable to bear it.

A divine corpse walked out of the carriage. The divine corpse accepted the instructions from the disciples of the Tatar Mountain and looked in the direction of Ningxia Town.

The Tatar Holy Mountain disciple took out a bottle of potion and poured it into his mouth.

His strength is low, but this is also good. He has very little energy in his body, so the luck of the Tatar tribe and Dagan has little impact on him.

His mission is to control the divine corpse and use the divine corpse as the tip of his spear to break through the defense of Dagan City.

The divine corpse moved, and he strode towards Ningxia Town.

With a speed of 70 meters per second, it is many times faster than a war horse on the battlefield.

The Tatar Grand Master waved his hand, and a cavalry team of three thousand people rushed out and followed the corpse.

Ningxia Town's city walls were filled with sergeants. After receiving the intelligence brought back by the scouts, Ningxia Town was ready for war.

This Ningxia town was run like an iron barrel by Li Qiang, and the military attachés here were all powerful generals loyal to Li Qiang.

The small town of Ningxia has more than 300 warriors, including two warriors and archers.

The city wall is even equipped with heavy crossbows and defensive artillery. Its defensive power can be said to be at the forefront of the army.

The magic archer Jiang Shang on the city had excellent eyesight. He saw the flying corpse, and remembered the corpse that Li Qiang had mentioned when he was taught the art of war in the capital.

Li Qiang gave all his money to the heroes who were loyal to him. Anyway, these heroes were his help.

Jiang Shen Archer judged the identity of the divine corpse from its speed.

"Be careful, that monster cannot be dealt with by manpower. The powerful generals will use artillery and heavy crossbows to block the attack. The powerful generals will gather together and prepare to deal with it!" Jiang Shen Archer reminded in a deep voice.

The warriors and archers have a relatively high status, and since they are all 100% loyal warriors, his reminder is equivalent to an order.

The heavy crossbows and artillery were aimed at the cavalry in the rear instead of at the approaching corpse.

The artillery fired first, and four artillery shells flew out under the salvo of four artillery pieces.

The Divine Corpse does not know how to dodge. He runs straight and at a constant speed. It is easy to calculate the amount of advance.

This means that those who control the divine corpse are Tatar sacred mountain disciples. If they are stronger, they can continuously command the divine corpse through wooden signs.

But such a powerful being would not dare to participate in such a war. The backlash would be too serious.

Two of the four shells hit the corpse. One of them hit the corpse's body and hit its shoulder, while the other shell actually hit the corpse's chest.

The body of the corpse flew backwards, and the defenders on the city wall were about to cheer, but they saw the corpse jumped up and continued to rush forward without any problems.

Jiang Shen Archer had already expected it, and his expression remained unchanged, only more solemn.

"Tough generals, follow Master Jiang's command. Don't stop attacking with artillery and heavy crossbows!" At this time, General Liu arrived, and he issued the order as soon as he arrived.

The artillery attack takes time to reload. At this moment, the corpse is close to within a hundred steps and is about to reach the city wall.

Huge crossbow arrows flew out and shot at the corpse.

The Divine Corpse ignored these crossbow arrows. The order he received was to enter the city wall before fighting. This order was fully implemented and would not change if he was attacked outside the city wall, so he did not even dodge.

The power of the huge crossbow arrow can even penetrate a heavy shield, but hitting the corpse will only block the forward momentum of the corpse and make it take a few steps back.

The divine corpse is about to reach the city wall. The ten-meter-high city wall may be very high, but the divine corpse rushing at a high speed can easily rush up to the city wall without the help of any external objects.

"Go to the big net!" Jiang Shen archer opened the bow string, and an arrow flew out, hitting the eye of the corpse, but still not hurting the corpse.

Upon hearing his order, several warriors who had been prepared threw the nets in their hands.

(End of this chapter)