On the occasion of collapse

In November of the second year of Jianwen, the army of King Yan arrived at Dongchang Mansion and was defeated by Ping Yan General Sheng Yong.

King Yan took advantage of the chaos and put on his soldier's clothes and escaped on horseback.

The following year, in the third month of the third year of Jianwen, King Yan attacked Shunde, Guangping, and the three famous prefectures.

(Leap March is a special month that appears after many years. Sometimes it is eight years, sometimes it is 19 years. If you are interested, you can ask the elderly at home, they all know this.)

In the seventh month of Jianwen, Pingyan general Sheng Yong's army arrived in Yizhou. Yizhou was the throat of Beiping. King Yan was shocked when he learned about it and returned north with his army.

At the end of October, King Yan relieved the crisis in Yizhou and retreated to Peiping after retreating from the enemy in Baoding. He set out again in mid-December.

On the third day when they arrived at Guantao, King Yan sang loudly all the way. He crossed the river and arrived in Xuzhou in just ten days.

And it was here that King Yan met two people who could be regarded as old friends.

..........

"Xuzhou has become like this." Looking at the desolate scene in the city, Bai Zhi shook her head and said with a sigh.

It has been three years since they returned to the Central Plains from Northern Xinjiang, and Bai Zhi is now in her forties.

The heart-to-heart talk three years ago made the relationship between Bai Zhi and Poria even stronger, and the two have truly become each other's relatives.

Of course, more than 40 years have left their mark on Bai Zhi.

The subtle wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are the best proof.

"Yes, war is like this, and ordinary people will always suffer." Standing next to Bai Zhi, Poria remained the same as when she first met Bai Zhi, unchanged at all.

Looking at her sister beside her, Bai Zhi nodded, indicating that she understood.

"I don't know what the final outcome of this war will be." Bai Zhi raised her head slightly and looked at the sky, and Bai Zhi let out a long sigh.

In these short three years, she has seen too many things, and she has also seen clearly the darkness of human nature.

Maybe it's because the war-torn era I experienced when I was young is already over, or maybe my memory from that time is not clear.This battle made Bai Zhi truly understand the cruelty of war.

This is not a war to change dynasties, but just a battle for the throne.

But it was already extremely cruel, and Fuling took her to a battlefield.

scary.

The scariest thing she had ever seen was the bandit den that she killed with her own hands that year, but it wasn't until she saw the battlefield.

The corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed into rivers.

This is an idiom that everyone is familiar with, but no one has ever seen it, and no one knows the cruelty in it.

The same was true for Bai Zhi. She always thought that these two words were just exaggerated descriptions, but everything she saw that day told her that they were all true.

If you have never seen them, you will not know the weight contained in these two words.

But she had seen it.

It turns out that corpses can really cover the ground, it turns out that blood can really gather into a river, and it turns out that war is really so cruel.

That day she stood on a high mountain and had an unobstructed view of the entire battlefield.

From the confrontation between the two parties, to the collision between the two armies, and then to the end.

She watched the whole process.

Several times, she felt like she had no strength in her legs.

But she held on and did not fall down, because she knew that what she saw was just an insignificant one among countless human wars.

This is not a war for mankind, nor will it be the last. There will be more wars in the future, not less.

As for Fu Ling, she calmly watched the farce.

She had seen it countless times before humans killed each other for power.

Humans are always like this, longing for what they don’t have.

Power, strength, immortality.

These are all things humans want.

But after actually getting it, humans may understand that none of these are good things.

Power makes people addicted. People with high power and positions have no one with whom they can truly talk, so they must be lonely.

People with great power will be feared by others, and no one will worry about whether that great power will fall on him one day.

Immortality sounds like a beautiful thing, but only those who are truly immortal will understand that immortality is not a blessing, it is a curse.

If you can't stand being alone, then power is poison.

If you can't stand suspicion, then power is the reverse blade.

If one cannot bear separation, then immortality is a curse.

And God owns all of these, so God knows what these three together are.

It is the annihilation of humanity, the awakening of divinity, the annihilation of self, and the end.

No god can live that long without ever letting humanity prevail, not one.

God will not retain much of His humanity, for it would sink His heart.

So God is God and man is man. God will not have those superfluous emotions, which will not be of any help but will only become poison.

It will be the first sword to kill God.

The first lesson in becoming a god is to learn to annihilate one's own humanity.

Of course Poria does.

However, she didn't want her humanity to diminish so quickly.

Like most gods, she chose to go to other worlds to feel the glory of her humanity, and finally, after her humanity was satisfied, she allowed divinity to become dominant.

Just as An said to her, she is a god, and having too deep a relationship with ordinary creatures would be harmful to her.

After that war, Bai Zhi seemed to have grown a lot, which was incredible. Sometimes growth really only took place in an instant.

Poria knows what it feels like, as if there is a cruel battlefield ahead, and someone is pushing you from behind, not allowing you to step back, and you must accept the reality.

And you can only move forward, abandon the useless toys in your arms, pick up the weapons on the ground, and step into this battle called growth.

The one who survives in the end is you after growing up.

What dies can be your former innocence or your former romance.

But there is no doubt that they died in the battle called growth.

.......

"The end of the war..." Listening to Bai Zhi's words, Poria looked at the soldiers and horses outside the city.

"It's nothing more than winner and loser."

The soldiers and horses outside the city slowly approached, and Bai Zhi could clearly see the big flag held high among the soldiers and horses.

'swallow'

There is no doubt that Xuzhou is already in King Yan's pocket.

So, can Yingtian Mansion, the capital city, still be far away?

Bai Zhi felt that she could already vaguely see the outcome of this war.

King Yan will win.

She didn't know why she was so sure, but her intuition told her that King Yan would win and become the final winner, Emperor Ming.

Chapter 345 Even if we are enemies of humans, I will still stand by you

Looking at the former fourth prince and now King Yan from a distance, Bai Zhi's mood was a little complicated.She still didn't understand why the fourth prince, who once fought for the Ming Dynasty, would single-handedly provoke civil strife.

Leaving the people in dire straits and ignoring them.

Did this change because of power?

Bai Zhi knows the answer, this is what changes because of power.

Power makes people addicted and crazy.

So she did not choose to see King Yan, but looked at him from a distance and left silently.

She knew that at this point, King Yan could no longer look back.

There is no turning back when the bow is drawn. King Yan can no longer hold back. He can only continue to move forward, either to die or to become Emperor Ming.

Simple truth, easy to understand.

Her appearance here has already shown that she will not interfere in their war, which can be regarded as reassuring King Yan.

.......

"Your Majesty, do you need your subordinates to invite Miss Bai Zhi to come over?" The men next to King Yan cupped their hands and asked.

"No." King Yan said decisively without hesitation.

Bai Zhi doesn't want to get involved in this war, which is a good thing for him.

He could have captured the Imperial Capital and achieved his goal without Bai Zhi's help.

Without Bai Zhi's help, the new emperor would probably be defeated.

In this case, there is no need for him to disturb Bai Zhi.

He also didn't want his relationship with Bai Zhi to get too bad.

"Let's go into the city." Turning the horse's head, King Yan drove his horse slowly towards the city.

"Yes."

.........

On the other side, Poria looked at Bai Zhi, who was slowly walking over, and slowly stood up.

"Let's go." Poria didn't say much. Bai Zhi didn't need much persuasion from her now.

"Okay, sister, let's go to Yingtian Mansion?" Bai Zhi looked at Poria and said slowly.

Fuling knew that Bai Zhi had her own ideas, so she should support them.

........

In April of the fourth year of Jianwen, Yan's troops were superior to Lingbi.The new emperor wanted to cede territory and seek peace, but King Yan refused.

In June, Yan soldiers crossed the river and approached Jinchuan Gate of Yingtian Mansion.

Ying Tianfu.

"Sister, today has changed after all." Standing on the trees in the forest outside Yingtian Mansion, Bai Zhi looked at the Yan soldiers surrounding Yingtian Mansion and said with a sigh.

"Isn't this expected?" Fu Ling didn't look surprised, but said calmly.

"The King of Yan has a heavy army, and the new emperor is declining. Without enough time and troops, the new emperor will naturally be unable to defeat the King of Yan." Fuling stood under the tree and looked at the army in the distance calmly.

"Sister, immortal, don't you care about this?" Bai Zhi hesitated for a moment, then asked slowly.

"Hua?" Hearing Bai Zhi's question, Poria glanced in the direction of Taixu Mountain.

"No, her enemy is Honkai, and the human war has nothing to do with her." Saying this, Fuling couldn't help but think of Hua who was now on Taixu Mountain.

She is still like that, always living with the expectations of others.

If she could, she didn't want Hua to find out one day that she was Honkai, a human from the previous generation who fought hard to defeat.

She didn't hope so.

But Poria also knew that this day would come sooner or later.

If the humans in this world can really defeat Honkai and pass the screening, then someone will definitely come to Him.

who's that person?Fu Ling didn't know, but she didn't want that person to get to know her.

"Hengkai..." Upon hearing this word, Bai Zhi jumped off the tree trunk and stood next to Fuling.

"Sister, no matter what, I'm on your side." After taking a few deep breaths, Bai Zhi said to Fuling as if she had made up her mind.

"Even if they are enemies of humans?" Poria looked at Bai Zhi and smiled softly.