Loan Wusheng

Chapter 176: With his prestige known all over the world, Zheng Sanlang deserves to be made a marquis and appointed a general!
Since the beginning of autumn, the progress of the war has accelerated sharply, and all parties seem to want to end the fighting before winter.

The imperial court's anti-rebellion army was still fighting a desperate battle with the kings of Wei and Han in Pengzhou and Jinzhou. Although they had won repeatedly, they were still unable to break through the joint blockade of the four Yuandan Martial Saints.

At the same time, troubles arose within the Guanzhong region. Li Xun, the Prince of Qin, "followed the will of Heaven to quell the rebellion" and his troops had already broken through Hongnong County and were heading towards the capital.

And in the dark night, an army, like a circling fire dragon, was stationed in an open area and setting up camp.

The soldiers' morale was high and their steps were brisk, as if they had gained great benefits in the battle to capture Hongnong County.

The night was as dark as ink, and the Qin flags fluttered in the light of the torches.

Inside the central army tent, candles were ablaze, the ground was shaking with the sound of war drums, and the war horses tied outside the tent were paddling their hooves restlessly.

Inside the military tent, more than ten people were divided into two groups, watching the singing and dancing performance in front of them. The scene was grim.

Eight women wearing lilac gauze walked barefoot on the scarlet felt carpet, and the silver bells on their waists rang along with the sound of the pipa.

These dancers were all daughters of the wealthy families in the former Hongnong City. After the city was captured, they died and their families were destroyed. They were also captured and brought here to entertain people.

The golden hairpin in the lead dancer's hair was mostly askew, and Furong's face was still covered with smoke and dust from the collapse of the Hongnong County city wall. Her face was pale, and she moved her body mechanically like a zombie, dancing to liven up the atmosphere.

"waste!"

On the main seat, a burly man in golden armor and a python robe had a gloomy face. He suddenly threw out a rhino horn cup, and the amber wine splashed on the woman's snow-white feet. He shouted angrily: "I usually watch those singing girls dancing in the city every day, how come it's your turn today and you can't do it at all?!"

The burly man in the golden armor and dragon robe is none other than Li Xun, the King of Qin of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Xun's loud shouting caused the candlelight in the military tent to flicker.

He stood up suddenly, his golden armor scales glowing bloody in the firelight, and pointed his gnarled right arm at the trembling dancer: "Since you can't dance to my satisfaction, go and reward me!"

"Blood Wolf, I give you three!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of dislocated bones coming from the seats around him, and three generals wearing heavy black iron armor slowly stepped out.

Dark green phosphorescent fire seeped out from the gaps in their helmets, and beast-like growls surged from their throats. The general on the left raised his hand to open his visor, revealing a half-rotten wolf head, and the saliva dripping from its fangs instantly corroded the felt carpet into charred holes.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the banquet!"

The three-headed demon clasped their fists together, and white bone spurs appeared at their joints.

The dancer looked calm when she heard this, as if she wasn't thinking about it at all.

Their souls seemed to have died when Hongnong County was destroyed.

However, there was one dancer who did not seem so numb. Instead, she collapsed to the ground, and her silver bell rang suddenly in the dead silence.

The dancer staggered towards Li Xun, the golden hairpin in her hair falling to the ground with a clatter: "Your Highness, please have mercy! Your Highness, please have mercy..."

Before she finished her words, the wolf-headed demon had clamped her slender neck, and the stench of rancidity sprayed on her pale face: "Delicate skin and tender meat, just right for drinking."

The next second, the wolf demon dragged the screaming dancer into the darkness. The sound of cloth tearing and creepy gnawing sounds could be faintly heard.

However, King Qin Li Xun looked calm as he continued to raise his wine glass and look at the other generals under his tent.

The demons sitting on the left were all excited and drooling.

The human generals sitting on the right had cold and ugly expressions, and seemed very unhappy with the behavior in front of them.

Seeing the human generals like this, Qin Wang Li Xun immediately became serious, raised his hand, and a vast amount of true energy surged out, stopping the three wolf monsters: "Okay, the three generals, don't lose your manners in front of the tent. After the meeting, go back to the tent and eat!"

"promise!"

The three black-armored wolf demons immediately bowed and said yes, then returned to their seats with a smell of blood all over their bodies.

After seeing everyone and the monsters in place, Qin Wang Li Xun raised his hand, held up a letter in his hand, and said to the generals: "I summoned everyone here for one thing."

"My king, what is it?"

A demon with an unidentifiable demonic aura asked, baring its fangs: "What military intelligence do you have? Don't worry, my king. I'll go and devour those weak guys right away!"

"It's the battle situation in Lanzhou."

Qin Wang Li Xun did not even look at the demon, but continued to speak: "Fang Ji just reported to me that when the Lanzhou vanguard of 200,000 arrived at Jingyuan County, they were attacked by Zheng Jun. Zheng Jun personally led 5,000 elite cavalry and went deep into Jingyuan County. He defeated the Lanzhou vanguard in one battle. Zheng Jun personally killed Ba Tao and Hu Huaisu, trapped Dugu Jing, and forced the vanguard to retreat. In one battle, he beheaded 100,000 people and captured 20,000."

"The results of the war are very detailed. The two armies met at Hongkou, and our army was defeated. Zheng Jun pursued us from behind, and more than 50,000 of our troops were annihilated at Gushui. Our army continued to flee south, hoping to use the terrain of Pengshan to resist, but due to Zheng Jun's fierce pursuit, they could not gain a foothold, and tens of thousands of them were killed."

"Zheng Jun continued to pursue our deserters to the bank of the Xian River east of Ningyuan, and killed more than 10,000 of our soldiers again."

"Our army fled into the Xian River, and countless people drowned. Fang Ji told me that the Xian River stopped flowing. Then Zheng Jun surrounded the remaining 100,000 people and was about to annihilate them when a strong wind came. Sand and rocks flew everywhere, and trees were uprooted. For a moment, the sky was dark and the wind caused chaos in Zheng Jun's army. Fang Yan and Dugu Jing also took this opportunity to break through and escape."

"Dugu Jing's nephew Dugu Yuan and several direct descendants of the Fang family were captured by Zheng Jun. The vanguard was almost completely wiped out in this battle. Only 60,000 logistics personnel survived in Ningyuan County City."

After hearing the words of Qin King Li Xun, the demons did not react, but the human generals widened their eyes and could not believe it.

real or fake?

Five thousand elite cavalrymen defeated at least 150,000 soldiers in one battle, then chased them all the way, and only managed to escape thanks to the weather?
Isn’t Zheng Jun a martial artist with extraordinary powers?

How did he use only 5,000 men to defeat a great demon with universal enlightenment and 150,000 soldiers led by three universal enlightenment warriors?

He even killed two of them and trapped one of them?!

There is no other adjective to describe this record except "scalp-numbing".

Not to mention anything else, this way of killing, just chopping people would make people tired, right?
Everyone looked at each other, and none of them could accept this fact.

After all, we are not fools.

It's obvious at first glance that this is an absolute exaggeration.

But even if it was an exaggeration, Ba Tao and Hu Huaisu were really dead, and the vanguard army definitely suffered heavy losses.

It seems that at least 40,000 to 50,000 people died.

"It seems that Zheng Jun is indeed a great threat to me."

Qin Wang Li Xun sighed.

Although Zheng Jun is very powerful as a Yuandan Martial Saint, Li Xun is not worried, he just feels a little troubled.

I am about to march into the capital, and I will never leave.

In this case, someone in Lanzhou must stop them. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if Zheng Jun could kill his way through Lanzhou and reach the capital to provide assistance, or march south from Jinzhou to surround Daliang City and assist his brother in defeating the King of Wei and the King of Han.

With this thought in mind, Li Xun, the King of Qin, looked around and immediately called out his generals, "Lang Wei, Lang Rui, Lang Jing, and... Gong Yangjin, the four of you, lead an army of 30,000 to the direction of Lanzhou to help Fang Ji! By the way, bring two pills to Fang Ji to help him break through to the Yuandan stage as soon as possible!"

This Fang Ji is the Fang family's ancestor who has reached the peak of Tongqiao, and is only one step away from Yuandan.

After hearing Li Xun's order, the three-headed black-armored demons that had just stood up stood up and said yes in unison.

These three monsters were all wolf monsters and originally had no names. After they joined the Qin King's army, they were given human names, with the surname "Lang".

And that 'Gong Yang Jin' was an old general with white hair and beard among the human generals.

Gong Yangjin's cultivation was also quite good, he had reached the fifth level of Tongqiao. He was also a famous general in Guanzhong and was one of the eighteen generals who followed Duke Yue to the south to attack Southern Chu. He was a warrior of the same generation as Cai Kang's father.

Cai Kang's father, the ancestor of the Cai family, died long ago, but he is still able to survive until now.

But he is old, his Qi and blood are seriously weak, and he is even over 40 years old, the average age of Tongqiao warriors. It is basically difficult for him to fight with others.

The reason for letting Gongyang Jin go was to rely on the military experience of this old general to mobilize troops and fight.

The attack was left to the three wolf demon brothers.

When the three brothers join forces, they are extremely powerful.

Seeing the four generals coming out together, the King of Qin Li Xun took a deep breath and earnestly instructed: "Old General Gongyang, the three generals, you don't have to kill Zheng Jun, just hold him back. As long as you can firmly pin him down in Jingyuan County, it will be your first achievement!"

Hearing Li Xun's words, the three-headed wolf demon did not take it seriously, but still appeared respectful on the surface.

And Gong Yangjin also nodded happily.

"Yes!"

……

Today's prefecture, Yongding County.

A majestic fortress was built here, blocking the imperial army's advance to quell the rebellion.

This place was specially built by the King of Wei to guard against the imperial army. He even took the battle array of Xinyang City in advance and placed it here. He also asked the King of Han and Yang Hui, the ancestor of the Yang family, to sit here. Therefore, the fortress once again blocked the imperial army's steps, which only gave Yongchang Emperor Li Ji a headache. The Yongchang Emperor was now very anxious.

After all, the current situation is somewhat different from his plan.

His plan was to subdue his two younger brothers, the King of Wei and the King of Han, then attack Huyang Chanyu of the Western Di, and finally go south to pacify the traitor Xiao Luan who usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, so as to reunify the Great Zhou and establish a Great Zhou with a lasting thousand-year reign.

But I never expected that something went wrong in the first step.

Here, three Yuandan Martial Saints, namely, Cai Kang, Jiedushi of Bozhou, Shu Weiyuan, Duke of Yue, and Li Dong, King of Yue, gathered. After spending several months, they only defeated the King of Han in Xinyang, Pengzhou, and have not yet pacified the King of Wei in Jinzhou!
A wave of waves has risen again.

The King of Qin in Guanzhong has caused trouble again, even more excessive than the King of Han and the King of Wei. He directly said that he had "killed his father" and wanted to obey the will of heaven and quell the rebellion and attack him. His troops have even passed Hongnong County and are about to approach the capital.

This made Emperor Yongchang, the true and orthodox emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, very angry.

I am the Son of Heaven, I am the Crown Prince appointed by the late Emperor!

Why do all of you, who are of royal blood, have to go against me? !
Aren't you afraid of internal strife and the collapse of your kingdom? !

Just when Emperor Yongchang was extremely angry, he suddenly saw the recent summary of the Pacification Office by Tie Chenzhou, the commander of the Pacification Office.

Emperor Yongchang was stunned at the first glance.

"Zheng Jun, the governor of Kangle County in Bozhou, defeated the Qin army of 200,000 with 5,000 cavalry, killed more than 100,000 people, killed two Tongqiao, and shocked Lanzhou?"

Emperor Yongchang was really shocked when he saw the news.

This kind of military results have occurred in history.

But they were all led by Yuandan Wusheng with 5,000 elite cavalry to sweep away some grassroots bandits.

It is extremely rare for an organized group of soldiers like Lanzhou to be swept away.

The last time the situation was almost the same was when the Great Zhou was founded. The late emperor had just entered Yuandan and led an army of 10,000 cavalrymen to attack and kill the defeated troops of the false emperor of Dachang, defeating hundreds of thousands of people in three days.

But at that time, the former emperor was Yuandan, and the enemy army was in disarray, with only three Tongqiao warriors in the army.

And, just crush.

Now, Zheng Jun, who is at the second level of Tongqiao, has killed two Tongqiao masters and killed tens of thousands of people?
This is a bit too unbelievable.

There must be something fishy going on here.

Emperor Yongchang continued to read and saw detailed records of the iron sunken boat at the back.

After the fall of Lanzhou, the Pacification Office had limited power and could only investigate the news that there was indeed an army marching towards Jingyuan County.

The Zhenfu Division in Bozhou found out that Zheng Jun had indeed led the cavalry out of the city.

According to Tie Chenzhou's estimation, this story should be true, but the number of enemies killed was definitely exaggerated.

However, this news was not spread by Zheng Jun, but came from Lanzhou City.

This made Emperor Yongchang feel that it was quite meaningful.

Emperor Yongchang sneered and said, "It seems that after losing many soldiers and generals, the old villain Fang Ji wants to take this opportunity to ask my brother, the Prince of Qin, for resources in order to break through to the Yuandan level."

With this thought in mind, Emperor Yongchang did not hesitate and issued an edict: "Come here, summon Duke Yue and the governor of Bozhou!"

"promise!"

The chief eunuch of the palace immediately took the order and left, activated his true energy, transformed into a light and flew away. Not long after, Shu Weiyuan and Cai Kang hurried over to pay homage to Emperor Yongchang.

Seeing the two of them coming, Emperor Yongchang did not hesitate at all and immediately handed over the secret letter in his hand, saying, "You two, please take a look at this matter."

Seeing Emperor Yongchang so serious, the two Yuandan Martial Saints were startled at the same time, stretched out their hands to take it, and passed it to each other.

Shu Weiyuan's expression remained unchanged, but Cai Kang was surprised.

Is my grandson-in-law so powerful?
Even if there are 200,000 pigs, it will take three days to catch them, right?

"I am very pleased with the famous general Zheng Jun from Bozhou."

Emperor Yongchang laughed heartily, looked at Cai Kang who was standing aside, and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Cai, are you familiar with General Zheng? Is he married?"

Emperor Yongchang has made his decision.

He wants to set an example.

The elite troops in the army had been attacking Yongding County for a long time but failed, so they naturally needed good news to motivate them.

Since the news that Zheng Jun defeated 200,000 troops spread among the enemy, I naturally have to publicize it widely to confirm this matter thoroughly!
In this way, the army will know that our army has such a good general who can use troops like a god and easily defeat the threat of the Qin army!
Although the enemies are numerous, with a great general like Zheng Jun, they are nothing but chickens and dogs, and the court will be able to defeat them sooner or later.

Therefore, Emperor Yongchang wanted to give Zheng Jun some honor.

For example, he could be recruited as a royal consort, marry a princess, or be promoted to a higher position.

"Your Majesty, I am not talented enough. Zheng Jun is your grandson-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Cai Kang also understood what Emperor Yongchang meant, and immediately stood up and said, "My granddaughter, An Yun, was promised to Zheng Jun a few months ago and they have already married. In addition, the Deng and Fan families in Bozhou both promised their daughters as concubines, and the Lu family in Xuanzhou also sent their legitimate daughter..."

After hearing what Cai Kang said, Emperor Yongchang couldn't help but laugh and said, "You've taken in four wives at such a young age, but I'm worried that your body won't be able to handle it."

Cai Kang also laughed twice.

However, Emperor Yongchang had no intention of marrying the princess off.

The royal family must also have the dignity of a royal family.

But this boy is only twenty years old, but he is already so impatient, which shows that he is also a lustful person.

This made Emperor Yongchang feel relieved.

I'm not afraid of people having shortcomings, I'm afraid of people having no shortcomings.

As a military general, you are neither greedy for money, nor lustful, and you don't kill people indiscriminately.

what do you want?

"Han Shuren's daughter, the former Princess Qingning, was captured in Xinyang together with Yang's legitimate daughter, right? She should be given to Zheng Jun as a maid to commend his loyalty to the country."

Emperor Yongchang said casually, promising his niece: "A reward of ten thousand taels of gold. Doesn't the snow horse named 'Zhu Yue' in the Imperial Horse Administration have no owner? Give it to Zheng Jun as well."

Although she is a niece by blood, the daughter of the rebel has been kicked out of the royal family.

But even if he was kicked out, his surname is Li after all, and it would be difficult to deal with him.

You can't really stay in the palace and kill tigers, right?

Now we have Zheng Jun, a loyal and brave minister. In this case, we can let him go and feel at ease.

The so-called slavery was just a title, but in reality it was a reward to be a concubine.

As for Yang’s legitimate daughter?

A convenient thing.

Cai Kang said nothing, feeling relieved.

Zheng Jun and the Yang family have a blood feud, and as for Han Shuren's Princess Qingning, she has no capital to make a comeback.

These two girls posed no threat to his granddaughter and were just playthings, so it was fine to agree to her promise.

But at this moment, Shu Weiyuan suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the governor of Zheng is a master at using troops. If that's the case, why not let him take full charge of Lanzhou affairs to prevent the Fang family from joining forces?"

"Although Fang Ji is at the peak of Tongqiao, he is only at the peak of Tongqiao and has not yet reached Yuandan. If the governor of Zheng County responds, it will be enough to deal with it. The pressure on Lanzhou will be gone. At that time, Your Majesty can quietly send the general or the governor Cai and the King of Yue to replace the generals to kill Fang Ji in one fell swoop and protect the capital."

Shu Weiyuan's words were very calm, and Emperor Yongchang agreed with them. He immediately said, "Come here, draft an edict."

"I have heard that praising virtue and honoring merit is the great system of the holy king; honoring merit and rewarding generously is the law of the prosperous times. Zheng Jun, the governor of Kangle County, is a man of noble bearing and has a long history of military skills. In the Battle of Jingyuan, the Qin army of 200,000 men pressed forward, and the momentum was like destroying a city. You led 5,000 elite cavalry alone, crossed the dangerous place at night with your mouths sealed, and divided into battle formations to encircle the enemy in the morning. Wherever the iron cavalry went, you cut off the enemy's head like cutting grass; wherever the black armor came, you broke through the strong battle formation like tearing silk. The three armies were discouraged, and the counties were saved. Such special achievements are truly the best among all the colleagues!"

"I have specially promoted you to be the Grand Commander of the Military Road of Bozhou, in charge of the military affairs of the nine counties, and granted you two banners and two festivals; you will also be the Grand Commander of the Suppression of the Rebellion in Lanzhou, and you will be allowed to open a government office. You will be granted a title of nobility, a fief of 1,000 households, and your family will inherit the throne. I hope you will continue to be loyal and diligent and put an end to the rebellion as soon as possible. Please work hard and don't let me down!"

"Announce it to the whole world, and let all know it."

After saying this, Emperor Yongchang paused, pondered for a moment, and then spoke again: "As for the title, let's change Hengshun County in Zhili to Dingqin County."

"The title is given to Marquis Ding Qin!"

(End of this chapter)