Chapter 334: Zhenbei Movement (1)
Qingyun Kingdom, 800 miles southeast of Xiyun City, is Zhesun Prefecture.
This was a wealthy prefecture in Qingyun State. It was called "Zhesun" because there were large bamboo forests here, which produced the rare bamboo fungus. Eighty percent of the people in the prefecture made a living by picking bamboo fungus, hence the name "Zhesun".
Because the bamboo fungus produced in Zhesun Prefecture is of excellent quality, extremely delicious, and has the effect of nourishing the body, over the past thousands of years, the top-quality bamboo fungus produced in Zhesun Prefecture has been a unique product officially monopolized by Qingyun State. The best quality part of it is a must-have item for Qingyun State to offer to Yan Dynasty.
However, ever since the military adventure of the King of Qingyun was crushed by Yan Dynasty, although Zhesun Prefecture still belonged to Qingyun Kingdom in name, the actual control has fallen into the hands of the Zhenbei Army of the Nine Military Prefectures of Yan Dynasty.
The Zhenbei Army’s main camp was located directly in Zhesun Prefecture.
The general's mansion of General Jiang Yuan, the Great General of Zhenbei, directly occupied the official residence of the lord of Zhesun Mansion.
Early in the morning, when the sun had just risen halfway, a high-pitched roar like clouds could be heard from inside and outside the city of Zhesun Prefecture. The soldiers of the Yan Dynasty Zhenbei Army stationed in various military camps in Zhesun Prefecture had already woken up on time and started their daily training.
In the city of Zhesun, in the residence of the General Zhenbei, in the courtyard where Jiang Yuan lived, dozens of pretty maids were already waiting here quietly, holding basins of water, towels and other things.
From the main room, there were constant sounds of a woman's screams and panting roars.
The creaking sound of the wooden mortise continued for half an hour, and finally the door opened with a bang. Jiang Yuan, who was nine feet tall, strong, with long hair, walked out panting and sweating profusely.
He walked directly to the middle of the yard, raised his head, looked at the rising sun in the east, and opened his arms.
A group of maids hurriedly surrounded him, wiped his body, took care of his face, combed his long hair, and changed his clothes.
Jiang Yuan raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a satisfied smile.
"Your Qingyun country is a good place... The common people are rich, and the girls in particular are very young and pretty." Jiang Yuan smiled and praised the busy maids, "It's not like the imperial capital of Yan Dynasty, haha... Not to mention the jealous wives at home, and all those shabby things..."
Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand and pinched the cheek of a maid, and asked leisurely: "The emperor's cultivation is about to break through the Golden Lotus Realm. Once the breakthrough is made, he will abdicate and concentrate on comprehending the Great Dao and striving to improve his cultivation... Hehe, now there are 172 princes, and each of them is not an ordinary person. Which prince do you think will eventually ascend to the throne?"
The maids turned pale with fear.
How could they dare to interrupt and speak on such matters?
Jiang Yuan looked at the group of terrified maids and shook his head. "Really? I asked you to speak, so you just spoke... What's the big deal? I, Jiang Yuan, am not the kind of person who would be punished for words... Hehe."
Rubbing his meticulously trimmed three-inch beard, Jiang Yuan muttered in a low voice: "If I were to say, of course it would be best for our Jiang family if the dozen or so nephews of our family were promoted."
"But, the current queen... also gave birth to four princes... Fortunately, the Qingyun Kingdom behind the queen is a useless and weak vassal state... It is of no use and cannot provide her with much support."
"According to this calculation, among the dozen or so princes born to the daughters of our Jiang family, there are only a few people we need to pay attention to... Only those who have the support of the big families of this dynasty can compete for the throne."
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Someone knocked on the gate of the yard and then pushed it open violently.
Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at his deputy general Jiang Yun who strode in. He was also a member of the Jiang family and an absolute confidant. Only he dared to barge in so abruptly when he hadn't spoken a word.
"Did something big happen? Is there any movement in the imperial capital?" Jiang Yuan asked Jiang Yun slowly, "Is it the emperor who finally can't suppress his cultivation? Hehe, he has been suppressing it for nearly 30 years... Is he finally going to break through?"
Jiang Yun's face looked very ugly. He coughed lightly and said in a deep voice, "There's news from Xiyun City... Young Master!"
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he laughed: "Is Shaoan in trouble again? Last time, he kidnapped the concubine of the... that... what prince of Qingyun Kingdom in the street, causing quite a dispute. So, this time, did he rape the concubine of the Lord of Qingyun Kingdom?"
Shaking his head, Jiang Yuan sighed, "This child... is really a cause for concern, and he is not as good as his brothers... But I can understand it, after all, his mother's background... Although she is a prostitute, she was born a whore after all, so it is natural that her nature is a little worse."
"Well, forget it. Take your people to Xiyun City and help this kid. No matter what, his mother is quite kind to me. Compared to those vicious and ferocious hags, hehe..."
Jiang Yuan smiled brightly.
Jiang Yun blinked and stared at Jiang Yuan without saying a word.
Jiang Yuan's expression changed slightly: "Something happened?"
Jiang Yun nodded and said, "The Qingyun Kingdom's Biying Division was razed to the ground. From top to bottom, all 779 officials, 4,897 guards, and more than 6,000 hired helpers and hired workers in Xiyun City were killed."
Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, looked at the maids around him who were already frozen with fear, and gently waved his hand: "Go, go, don't get in my way... Hey, am I Jiang Yuan this kind of bastard... who takes others down to vent his anger?"
After the pale-faced maids ran out of the yard, Jiang Yuan put his hands behind his back and looked at Jiang Yun with a smile: "So, Shaoan is dead too?"
Jiang Yun pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "Death without a complete body."
Jiang Yuan suddenly raised his head, stared at the red sun in the east, and said in a low voice: "Death without a complete body!"
'Haha, haha'!
After a few strange laughs, a large cloud of fire rose up from under Jiang Yuan's feet. He stepped step by step to a height of hundreds of feet above the ground, overlooking the city of Zhesun Prefecture which was more than ten miles in radius.
"Death without a complete body... this matter."
"Haha, at this critical moment, my son, the son of Jiang Yuan, the great general of the Nine Armies of Yan Dynasty, and the direct descendant of the Jiang family of Yan Dynasty, was killed in a lowly vassal state like Qingyun Kingdom!"
"It's the kind of death where the body is not intact!"
“This matter!”
Jiang Yuan's eyes flashed with an intimidating fire, and he shouted sternly: "Come here, organize the troops. The first, second, and third battalions of the Zhenbei Army will be dispatched to attack Xiyun City. The seventh to twelfth battalions will follow up and clamp down on the counties, prefectures, and counties around Xiyun City."
"Lord Qingyun, no one in Qingyun has the guts to touch a hair on Shaoan's head!"
"This is, someone wants to color my Jiang Yuan!"
"Someone is provoking my Jiang family!"
"They, hehe, no matter which family stretched out their claws, since they dared to stretch out their hands, we will chop them off."
Jiang Yuan said coldly: "Send the news to our family and tell them that the emperor hasn't made any move yet, but someone can't hold back any longer. Since they want to take action, then, just do it! I lost a son, and the other families should pay the same price!"
"Damn it!" Jiang Yuan stomped his feet in exasperation, and the courtyard where he lived below was immediately flattened. A huge footprint more than ten feet long and blazing with fire appeared on the ground.
"Although I don't like Shaoan, I sent him to Xiyun City to bully others... But if he dies, his mother will definitely cry and make a fuss with me. Tsk, it will be troublesome for a little girl to serve him!"
Jiang Yuan raised his head and sighed: "Jiang Yun, hurry up and tell my family, and then, calculate for me, I, Jiang Yuan, have lost a son, how much money pay as compensation?"
Jiang Yun clasped his hands together and responded to Jiang Yuan.
Neither Jiang Yuan nor Jiang Yun took the death of a certain dandy young man seriously.
After all, the Qingyun Kingdom has been rotten for so many years.
The Qingyun Kingdom has absolutely no strength or courage to resist the Zhenbei Army... What they need to pay attention to are just some people within the Yan Dynasty.
At this critical moment of the succession of the throne, anything can happen!
Therefore, even though the one who died was only a dandy young man born out of wedlock, the necessary actions still had to be taken with swift and decisive action - if the people of Qingyun Kingdom were not bullied until they cried, wouldn't it make the Jiang family seem useless?
Of course, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yun also knew that as long as the queen in the imperial capital of Yan Dynasty was still alive, they could only cut a few pieces of fat meat from Qingyun Kingdom at most. It was impossible to destroy Qingyun Kingdom...
Of course, it's a good thing to take advantage of the death of a certain dandy boy to severely bully the Qingyun Kingdom, teach the queen in the imperial capital a lesson, and discredit the princes she gave birth to.
In the Yan Dynasty’s Zhenbei Army, each battalion has over a hundred thousand elite soldiers.
Especially the first, second and third battalions, which are a large army of accomplished monks, equipped with magical weapons, riding monster beasts, and have extremely amazing combat power.
As soon as Jiang Yuan gave the order, more than 300,000 elite heavy cavalry moved in unison, creating a strong wind, stepping on the fire cloud, and whistling away hundreds of feet above the ground.
Among the more than 300,000 heavy cavalry, the commanding generals are all at the Fiery Realm.
The middle-level legions are all at the Furnace Realm level.
There were many ordinary soldiers who were either cultivating their essence, half a step into the furnace, or had ignited one or two furnaces.
In addition, the monster mount runs very fast, and the spell can increase the speed of the mount.
In just less than a quarter of an hour, more than 300,000 heavy cavalrymen crossed 800 miles and arrived directly outside the south gate of Xiyun City. Even so, it was because the generals of the three camps slowed down and deliberately paraded through the skies over various prefectures and counties that it took such a long time!
Outside Xiyun City, the sky was filled with fire clouds and evil spirits.
The commander of the first battalion, a big man with a curly beard riding a spotted fire leopard, rushed out and shouted at the defenders on the city wall: "You bastards, open the city gate and welcome me into the city. Quick, quick, quick, if you dare to neglect me again, I will kill your entire family!"
Before he finished speaking, a Zen stick flew out from the city wall and hit the chest of the Fiery Realm general with a "dong", turning his upper body into a ball of blood mist.
On the city wall, Yu Dianhu rubbed his hands together and laughed wildly: "Someone who is not afraid of death has come... Hey, come, come, come, your Yu Ye will play with you for a while."
The more than 300,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhenbei Army were in an uproar, and dozens of generals rode out immediately.
