Chapter 138 "Your Highness is Mighty!"

"Your Highness is mighty!"

"Your Highness is mighty!"

"Your Highness is mighty!"

The Jingnan Army knights waved their weapons, shouting loudly.

In this era, a commander as a military god was definitely worthy of worship and following.

If it was a commander like a god of war, it could also achieve a similar effect.

And the Prince of Jingnan,

shouldered both the god of war and the military god.

Coupled with a series of glorious achievements,

it was not surprising that the Yan troops from all directions other than the Jingnan Army were also bowing their heads under the royal banner.

Personal prestige,

the prestige of power,

the only regret was that he didn't wear the yellow robe (become emperor),

but in the army,

he was the true deity.

The soldiers felt that following such a commander, even if they died in battle with him, would be the greatest glory of their lives!

No wonder Wu Mazi sighed before his death: How can there be someone like the Prince in this world?

The Zhenbei Army has six garrisons, and has accumulated a century of foundation of the Zhenbei Marquis Estate;

But the Jingnan Army,

aside from the first few almost non-existent predecessors,

the real Jingnan Army has only been established for more than ten years.

But now, the name of the Great Yan Jingnan Army has long overshadowed the Zhenbei Army.

This was partly because the former Marquis of Zhenbei, now the Prince of Zhenbei, needed to guard the desert,

but the reason why the former was able to continue to stay in Beifeng County was also because in the battles in other directions,

one Southern Marquis,

was enough.

The old Chancellor Zhong of Great Qian had just passed away, and the three border armies plus the various military garrisons directly fell into a state of leaderlessness. Everyone knew that they should launch a northern expedition to help the Chu Kingdom share the pressure, but they couldn't muster enough strength to do so.

The Regent of Great Chu appointed Nian Yao as the commander-in-chief because he didn't trust the other pillar-state officials and noble families.

In contrast, the Yan Kingdom,

while the Southern Marquis was invincible as commander-in-chief,

could also leave a Prince of Zhenbei leisurely enjoying the scenery in Beifeng County.

What a luxury,

an unparalleled luxury.

Because no one would naively think that the Marquis of Zhenbei only relied on his family's influence and couldn't fight.

For a country, having one such military god was already great luck, but Great Yan had two.

Of course, these kinds of people often don't have good endings.

Like the tattooed Chancellor of Great Qian back then, after pacifying the southwest war, he also sharpened his knife and prepared for a northern expedition to avenge Emperor Taizong, but he was imprisoned and died under a trumped-up charge.

A good horse deserves a good saddle,

having such a military god also depends on whether the one on the dragon throne has the courage to use him.

Tian Wujing put away Wuya, and with a flick of his hand, the broken knife flew towards the Pixiu behind him.

The Pixiu opened its mouth,

and swallowed Wuya in one gulp,

then stretched its neck and burped silently.

Immediately afterward,

Tian Wujing walked towards Ling Yin standing at the gate of the palace.

Ling Yin had a smile on his face,

and stuck out his tongue to lick his chapped lips.

Shadow died, and died without much value.

Or rather, this value might not be something that an old man like himself, who didn't understand martial arts, could see.

But Ling Yin still let out a sigh:

"Your Highness, it's a pity you didn't become the Emperor."

Tian Wujing ignored him.

"Your Highness, with your abilities, you could have gone against the heavens long ago. Why be a knife for the one on the dragon throne?

The blood of your relatives,

is it not dazzling?

Does it not sting your nose?"

Tian Wujing still ignored him.

Ling Yin opened his mouth, reached out and touched the tip of his nose,

he felt that he was just barking madly now.

To put it bluntly,

verbal stimulation could not have any substantial impact on the military god in front of him. These kinds of people have hearts as hard as rocks, and their minds are like ten-thousand-year-old ice.

But what else could he do now besides indulge in verbal abuse?

"Your Highness, do you know how your wife died?"

Tian Wujing stopped,

not because of this sentence,

but because he had already walked up to Ling Yin.

"A complete corpse, spraying blood?"

Ling Yin nodded and said, "Actually, the Phoenix Nest Inner Guards didn't find any evidence either, and I don't know anything, you… please accept my condolences."

Tian Wujing reached out,

grabbed Ling Yin's neck, and lifted him up.

His hand loosened;

Ling Yin's body fell down,

Tian Wujing punched out, hitting Ling Yin's chest.

Ling Yin's body didn't explode,

but it trembled, and then, from his back, a cloud of blood mist sprayed out, splattering on the palace gate.

"Thump!"

Ling Yin's body fell to the ground, remaining intact.

After doing all this,

Tian Wujing didn't look at the two corpses on the ground again, but raised his head and looked at the palace gate in front of him.

The Great Chu Palace,

was right in front of him.

"Open the door."

"Yes!"

A team of Jingnan Army knights immediately dismounted and began trying to push open the city gate.

Another team took out grappling hooks, preparing to try to climb the palace walls.

However, the city gate was not locked from behind, and the first team of soldiers directly pushed open the palace gate.

Inside, there were no hidden arrows, and no one suddenly rushed out. Instead, it was extraordinarily quiet.

The Pixiu came to Tian Wujing's side and silently lay down.

But Tian Wujing waved his hand and walked straight into the palace gate.

The Jingnan Army knights rushed into the palace from both sides, expanding the alert area to prevent other accidents from happening in the palace.

But inside, there were no palace maids, no eunuchs, and no guards.

The entire palace seemed to be empty.

But soon, a knight reported that after passing the Golden Hall, there were people in another wide area behind it.

Yes,

there were people.

This place was filled with flags, and in the center, there was a sunken area.

Below, there was a patch of sharp barbs, and the barbs even gleamed with colorful light, obviously poisoned.

Above, six adult men were hung and tied on a wooden rack. Their mouths were sealed, and when they saw the Yan army knights appear, they began to "woo woo woo" instinctively, twisting their bodies.

Besides these six bound people,

there was also an old eunuch with white hair and beard.

The old eunuch seemed to have been dozing off, and was just awakened by the sound of the Yan army cavalry entering. Then, his eyes began to scan, and finally, they landed on the Prince of Jingnan.

"This old servant greets His Highness, the Prince of Jingnan of Great Yan."

The old eunuch stood up with some difficulty, and saluted the Prince of Jingnan from afar. His voice was very hoarse, but it was very penetrating.

As expected, he should be a sorcerer.

Because beside the old eunuch, there was a command flag and a compass.

In the old eunuch's eunuch robe, the lining of the Eight Trigrams could also be vaguely seen.

"According to the rules, Your Highness must greet our Great Chu princes."

Great Chu princes?

Tian Wujing's eyes fell on the six bound men.

These were,

the six princes who had caused the chaos among the princes of Great Chu.

After their uprisings, they were captured one by one by the Regent and imprisoned neatly.

Originally, according to the normal procedure, they would be imprisoned until death, and their descendants born after their imprisonment would be able to have some clan qualifications and status.

To spread the branches and leaves of the Xiong clan.

But that was the normal procedure,

and now it was obviously not the normal procedure,

because the Regent had already abandoned the imperial capital and left in advance, and for this reason, he had covered the eyes and ears of the entire Yingdu noble family.

Planning slowly,

was what the Regent had originally thought;

but who knew that the situation would be so pressing.

In fact, Zhennan Pass wasn't the beginning. The beginning was under Yupan City, where the Chu army and the barbarians failed to stop the Yan army west of Wangjiang River.

Next,

Nian Yao was constantly frustrated and at a disadvantage when facing Tian Wujing.

Immediately afterward,

Wangjiang River burst its banks, and Zheng Boye led his army to raid Jing City by boat, burning the grain and grass in Jing City, indicating that the Chu people basically had no way to win this national war.

Finally, after hearing that a Yan army was rapidly heading south, the Regent no longer hesitated, and simply discarded all these old things, along with this old capital.

Since they were discarded, they should be discarded cleanly.

These brothers who had once competed with him for the throne were originally kept to win him a reputation for being "virtuous". Now, there was no need for that, so why continue to keep them?

The old eunuch smiled and bowed,

saying:

"Please forgive us for this embarrassment, Your Highness."

Tian Wujing reached out and pointed forward.

Immediately,

dozens of knights beside him drew their bows and fired arrows towards that side.

But the arrows, when flying towards there, seemed to be blocked by a layer of air, and fell around.

The wooden stakes also swayed, and could collapse at any time.

The princes cried out in horror, "woo woo woo."

The old eunuch raised his hand to stabilize the situation, and then he floated up and jumped onto the wooden stakes, looking down at Tian Wujing and the Yan army soldiers below.

"Your Highness, please don't be anxious. My king still has a few words to convey to Your Highness through this old servant."

Tian Wujing looked up at the old eunuch.

"Our king said that Great Chu seems to have lost because it lacked a Prince of Jingnan, but in reality, it lost because of its national strength. Why can the Yan Kingdom, with the most barren land and the smallest population among the four countries, support hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry that can sweep across the four countries!

The Yan Kingdom can do it, and our Great Chu could have done it. The Yan Emperor can do it, and We, can also do it.

The place to determine victory is in the imperial court, not in Tian Wujing, nor in Li Liangting, let alone that Pingye Earl who stole Our sister."

Tian Wujing listened quietly, and he could feel that the barrier in front of him was very weak.

But the key to the barrier was the small flag that the old eunuch was holding in his hand.

As long as the old eunuch had a thought, he himself and the six Chu princes would inevitably fall into the abyss of thorns below.

And this Great Chu Palace...

Princess Xiong Liqing of Chu once said that the Great Chu Palace was several times more magnificent than the Yan Kingdom's palace.

This Chu Imperial City, can't be seen clearly from the outside, but after entering and seeing this situation,

one will truly understand,

why that generation of Chu Emperor wanted to use the reason of "the fire phoenix dwelling in the Mijiang River" to build a new capital on the bank of the Mijiang River.

This palace,

was not just a palace,

but also a great formation.

"Great Chu has lost, and We, have also lost, but We, will not admit defeat. We are very regretful, because in Our opinion, the era of great contention has just begun, but those opponents that We admire and respect have already begun to die young.

We can already imagine,

in the future,

We,

will be very lonely.

Fortunately,

We are prepared to endure this loneliness, because We know that the one who lasts until the end laughs the best.

Tian Wujing,

what use is it for you to conquer Yingdu?

Can you,

defend it?

The Yan Kingdom behind you,

the Jin region behind you,

can they continue to support you to fight this war?

Even,

you,

since you have entered today,

then We will wait and see,

can the Great Yan Prince of Jingnan,

walk out of this imperial city, walk out of this Yingdu today!

We know that,

you know that We are not here, but you still enter this imperial city, because you want to, want to trample all the pride of our Chu people under your feet.

We,

give it to you to trample on,

this lost pride,

We will spend ten years, twenty years, to gather it again.

At that time,

We would like to see,

if your Yan Kingdom,

is still there!

We,

have plenty of time, plenty of time, to wait and squander.

Those who know me and those who blame me, it is only the Spring and Autumn Annals."

After the old eunuch finished reciting these words, he smiled embarrassedly,

and said:

"Your Highness, this last sentence is what this old servant heard Your Highness say to that Shadow outside, and this old servant thinks that these words are very appropriate for our King.

Your Highness,

and our King,

are both outstanding figures of the ages,

and the merits and demerits of the ages will naturally be left to the ages to discuss.

This old servant is really regretful,

can't see it,

can't see it."

"You can also be considered a character, loyal to him, why didn't he take you away?" Tian Wujing asked.

"This old servant made a mistake, and since he made a mistake, he must stay and be punished. This is the truth since ancient times."

"What mistake did you make?"

"Six years ago, the King, who was still the Fourth Prince, asked this old servant to bring a bowl of soup to the late Emperor who was reviewing memorials, ah~"

The old eunuch reached out,

and stroked his throat,

with a trace of remembrance and emotion in his words and expression:

"Ah~ This old servant has served the late Emperor for most of his life, and this old servant thought, it's okay for the late Emperor to go, but looking at the master-servant relationship for most of his life, wouldn't it be good to let the late Emperor go easily?

This old servant took the liberty of reducing the amount of soup;

Hehehehehe……………”

The old eunuch laughed,

looked down,

at Tian Wujing below,

and said:

"Your Highness, guess what? Ah ah~ This amount was already adjusted by the King, so that the late Emperor would die from a sudden illness, lingering for half a month, and no matter how skilled the imperial physician was, he would be powerless;

But as it turned out,

because of this old servant's soft heart, the amount was reduced, and the late Emperor was sick, but he stubbornly refused to die, and persisted on the dragon bed for several years, several years."

The old eunuch began to wipe away tears,

and cried:

"This old servant regrets it, hates it, and asks you, why was this old servant so soft-hearted back then, letting the late Emperor suffer for so many years, and letting the King wait for so many years in vain.

Your Highness,

you say,

if this old servant hadn't made this mistake back then,

would Your Highness be able to enter this Yingdu today, be able to enter this imperial city?

You say,

this old servant's mistake,

is it big or small,

should this old servant stay and be punished?"

The core of power is a changing state.

Situ Lei borrowed a sword from the Sword Saint and killed his father with one sword.

Afterwards,

he calmly seized power and ascended the throne;

that was because before that, Situ Lei had already controlled the government, and had even demoted his two threatening brothers to Xuehai Pass to gnaw on snow.

But six years ago, the Regent, who was still the Fourth Prince, might also have been confident that after his father's death, he could defeat other competitors and sit on that position.

But that was based on the fact that after his father's death, Great Chu would need a new emperor. Only then could the princes' struggle be justified. The sooner the struggle was over, the sooner one would win and sit on the throne, and everyone could continue to live their lives.

But the problem was,

the Chu Emperor didn't die, but stubbornly persisted on the bed for several years.

The Emperor didn't die,

and it was difficult to move below, because there was no justice.

Moreover, because of this incident, many aspects were touched, and there were obviously people in the court who were loyal to the late Emperor, such as the Shadow in the Imperial City Alley.

And the great noble families were eager to have an emperor lying in bed above them, so that everyone could maintain harmony on the surface without worrying about the actual threat from imperial power.

Therefore, all forces defaulted to maintaining this political status quo.

Even the Regent back then didn't have the confidence to seize the throne through a coup on the surface.

He could only wait,

and after waiting for a few years,

his wings became fuller,

and when the late Emperor finally died,

the Regent was truly in control of those brothers.

The Imperial Guards stood behind the Regent after the late Emperor's death.

The great noble families also defaulted to the Regent's ability and accepted the fact that he had ascended to that position.

Because someone really needed to sit there.

Moreover, after Great Yan trampled on the aristocratic families, attacked Qian, and then conquered Jin, it put great pressure on the Chu Kingdom.

In the past, the nobles hoped that the emperor above them would be bedridden and unable to manage the government;

afterwards, the nobles hoped that they would change to an emperor with ability, talent, and skill.

It can only be said that,

times change,

the Regent finally got what he wanted, but he lost those most precious years.

One step behind,

step by step behind,

until the end,

this game was really impossible to continue, so the Regent chose to overturn the chessboard and start over.

The old eunuch sighed,

and at this moment,

Tian Wujing moved.

The old eunuch smiled slightly,

and the small flag in his hand instantly burned,

in an instant,

a tyrannical air pressure collapsed the barrier,

and the old eunuch himself, along with the six princes, fell into the abyss of thorns.

Tian Wujing stopped,

he ultimately couldn't catch up, although he knew in advance that he couldn't possibly catch up.

The bodies of the six princes were pierced by dense sharp thorns,

the same was true for the old eunuch,

but even though the barbs pierced through his neck and face,

he still used his qi to shout:

"Use the blood of the royal family to lay the foundation for the spirit of the fire phoenix, the holy fire descends, washes away the filth, and recreates the universe;

Heaven bless the Xiong clan, Great Chu will be reborn!"

The blood of the six princes was instantly drained and disappeared into the ground.

And the fire phoenix sculpture on the eaves of the main hall,

actually started to burn at this time,

a huge phantom of a fire phoenix rose into the air, making a cry!

Below,

the old eunuch, whose body was pierced, on the verge of death,

smiled:

"Great Chu has a phoenix... if it doesn't sing, then it won't... if it sings... it will shock the world!"

Above the main hall,

the fire phoenix stretched its body,

in a condescending posture,

cast its gaze,

downward.

"Roar!"

The Jingnan Prince's Pixiu immediately stepped forward and roared at the fire phoenix above.

The Pixiu is the totem of Great Yan;

the fire phoenix is the totem of the Chu Kingdom.

In the past, Cang Fuzi of the Qian Kingdom cut off the dragon veins of Great Yan outside Yanjing City;

today, the Great Yan Prince of Jingnan will destroy this Chu Kingdom totem from the Great Chu Imperial City!

The difference is,

Cang Fuzi only had Bai Li Jian by his side back then, and the two of them did not enter Yanjing City;

but today,

the Great Yan Prince of Jingnan leads his iron cavalry into Yingdu and then into the imperial city!

The former cut off illusions in the past;

the latter destroys hope today!

The next moment,

Tian Wujing held Kunwu,

leapt up,

and slashed down at the imposing fire phoenix phantom,

with a single strike!