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Chapter 236: Destroying the Heaven (8)

After a brief investigation, all countries knew that the newly emerging force, like the Restoration Army, belonged to the remnants of the Small Chen Kingdom, and its leader was most likely the princess of the Small Chen Kingdom.

When the news spread, the world was in an uproar.

However, no one thought that the women of Xiao Chen Kingdom could cause any trouble. They just thought that they were puppets pushed up by someone to win the hearts of the people. The ones who were really worthy of fear were Xiao Hongfan and General Shao, as well as the "Red Blood Army" which was born with the Xiao Family Army as its cornerstone.

No one knew how the Xiao family army came to the southwest quietly from the northwest, but considering the legendary "magic army" that was invincible, no one found it too strange.

The Xiao family army was invincible in this land, and the neighboring countries were all terrified, especially the Da Chen Kingdom and Lu Chang Kingdom, which had been suppressed by the Xiao family army for decades and had long been overwhelmed.

Lu Changguo, who was happily scavenging in the northwest half a month ago, suddenly heard the news about Xiao's army and instantly became much more obedient. The nearby Da Chen Kingdom immediately quieted down.

Because Xu State was located in the southwest, it did not border Qu State before the destruction of Xiao Chen State. It was the only country that had never fought head-on with the Xiao family army. But now it is only a few dozen miles away from the Chixue Army, and war may break out at any time.

"I think we should try our best to recruit them first!"

At the Xu army's Huazhou camp, all the generals gathered to discuss countermeasures against the suddenly rising Red Blood Army. Currently, the "recruiting faction" has the upper hand, and their reasons are very sufficient: "When the Qu Kingdom broke into the city, the royal family of the Xiaochen Kingdom was almost slaughtered. Except for a few beautiful concubines, only a prince and a princess were left. It is said that the two were cowardly and were worse than dogs in the face of the invading enemy. Such a weak master is obviously just a puppet!"

Some people objected to this: "First you said that the Red Blood Army pushed Chen Wenjiang out as a puppet in order to win the hearts of the people, and then you said that her cowardice is well known to everyone. How can you win the hearts of the people when the people of Chen despise such a notorious princess?! You make so many excuses. I think you are just afraid of the Red Blood Army and dare not fight!"

"That's right! If we can't even get over this hurdle, how can we talk about destroying Qu? We might as well go home and farm! The army has been gathered in Huazhou and hasn't been able to fight a few serious battles until now! If we keep wasting time like this, it will be over sooner or later!"

"Who said we won't fight anymore? Fighting requires methods. If we can defeat the enemy without fighting, why should we sacrifice the lives of our soldiers?"

"Report——"

The camp was as noisy as a vegetable market, but after an urgent report was given, it finally quieted down.

General Xu rubbed his brows and said, "Send it!"

The generals turned their heads and saw a postman in mourning staggering in. He took out a copper tube from his bosom and presented it with both hands. His voice was filled with panic that could not be concealed: "General! The emperor has passed away! This is the crown prince's secret order!"

"What?!" The general stood up suddenly.

The other generals were also shocked.

The deputy general took the copper tube from the postman, checked it and handed it over.

The general unplugged the copper tube and quickly read the secret letter, his face still showing shock. "Your Majesty has always been in good health, how could it be..."

He came back to his senses, and immediately his eyes widened with anger: "Why did you publicize such an important matter?!"

The postman hurriedly said, "General! Everyone in the world knows about this!"

"How could this be?!" The general felt more and more uneasy.

Putting aside the strangeness of this matter, after the emperor's death, the entire Xu Kingdom will be in chaos!
The Emperor has been fond of playing with imperial tricks and finding balance all his life. There are various complicated forces in the court. Now there are 17 adult princes. The maternal families behind these princes are not easy to deal with, and the prince can't suppress them at all. So he had no choice but to issue a secret decree to urgently withdraw the Black Armor Army back to the capital to support them!
"General Zhang!" said the general of the Xu Kingdom, "Immediately bring 80,000 Black Armored Soldiers back to the capital to help the Crown Prince stabilize the situation!"

"Yes!"

General Zhang took the order to inspect the troops, while the others had different thoughts.

The general saw everyone's expression and knew that things would change soon. Although these people were gathered here and under his command, they were not united...

The general made up his mind instantly, drew out his sword, and pointed the tip of the sword at a spot on the sand table: "Declare war against the Qu Kingdom immediately tomorrow!"

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"Within two days, Xu State will go to war with Qu State again!" Xiao Hongfan said: "Xu State has many internal forces, the old emperor died suddenly, the prince can't control it, and civil strife will surely break out!"

The Red Blood Army received the news of the sudden death of the Emperor of Xu only half a day later than the Xu Army.

"If that's the case, why would they take the initiative to start a war?" some people wondered.

"The Xu Kingdom's Black Armor Army is headed by the Cen family, who are die-hard royalists and have close ties with the Queen's faction. Plus, the Crown Prince is the legitimate heir, so they will protect him if nothing unexpected happens. The current Xu Kingdom general, Cen Wu, is good at making plans and is also a war advocate. I guess he will definitely think of using external conflicts to divert internal conflicts!"

"In this way, we can achieve the goal of starting a war and relieve the pressure on the prince. He must be afraid that something might happen if we delay any further, so I say it should be within these two days!"

"As for why we are sure that the target this time will not be us... First, he is in urgent need of a strong enough enemy, and our strength is obviously not enough to create external pressure; second, we have been expanding eastward to avoid blocking the road of Xu State, which is obviously telling them that we do not want to be hostile for the time being. According to Xu State's consistent style, they will not easily take action before they fully understand our background."

General Shao nodded: "The premise is that the Emperor of Xu is really dead. This news is really strange."

The old emperor of Xu State had always been in good health, so why did he suddenly die? What was even more strange was that Xu State did not even think of covering up the incident, but instead spread the news everywhere.

"He is indeed dead."

As a familiar female voice sounded, several figures appeared in the tent, led by a woman wearing blue and purple sleeves, followed by a Taoist priest, a woman, and three little rascals.

When everyone saw who was coming, they were shocked and quickly stood up and saluted: "Greetings, my lord!"

"No need to be polite." Shi Xuanying walked towards the main seat and sat down before continuing, "Don't doubt it. I saw him die with my own eyes."

After that, he pressed his hand towards the confused generals and said, "Sit down, don't stand there."

Everyone took their seats.

General Shao had a guess in his mind, but he still hesitated and asked, "My Lord, you said you saw Emperor Xu die with your own eyes... What does that mean?"

Others may not know, but Xiao Hongfan knows it very well. That’s how they got rid of General Cen Bu of the Xu Kingdom. Now they are probably using the same method to get rid of the Emperor of the Xu Kingdom...

Shi Xuanying narrowed her eyes: "It's just what you think."

There was silence in the tent.

There are several grandmasters stationed in the royal palaces of each country. Unless one's realm is far higher than that of a grandmaster, it is impossible to come and go freely there.

For a moment, countless thoughts arose in the minds of the generals.

"I don't like fighting." Shi Xuanying suppressed her smile, "It's just that the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop."

A peerless master said that he did not like fighting. All the soldiers thought in unison: Was it because wars had been too frequent in recent years that the hidden master was forced to step in to stop the war?
"You still have to fight the battle. But I will find a way to remove the obstacles and try to avoid more casualties. For the sake of world peace and for everyone to live a good life..." Shi Xuanying used her lifelong acting skills and bowed to everyone, "I rely on you all!"

There was silence in the room for a moment.

Xiao Hongfan stepped forward to help her up and was the first to speak out: "For the sake of world peace!"

"For the sake of world peace!"

"For the sake of world peace!"

The roar resounded through the sky, and the red blood flag fluttered in the wind.

All the soldiers in the camp stood up and looked towards the main tent. At first, a few people followed the shouting, but as the voices grew louder, everyone was infected by the atmosphere. The soldiers felt their blood boiling and they shouted together, "For the great peace of the world!"
One soldier shouted excitedly and asked the person next to him: "What is the Great Harmony of the World?"

"I don't know either!" The man answered with the same excitement.