Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 614 My lord, the sky is about to fall in Donghan County.

The instant the thunder shattered the beast-head eaves, Emperor Jiang Yuanliang, who had ruled the Qi Kingdom for ten years, saw his pupils shrink to needles, and the letter he wrote crumbled into powder under the grinding of his dragon-patterned thumb ring: "An iron wall that even Yuwen Jue couldn't break through has crumbled to the ground by ants?"

"Your Majesty, those are no mere ants. According to a secret report from the Shadow Pavilion, Eastern Wei has dispatched two Grandmasters." The old man who spoke was dressed in a black robe with dark patterns, and his body was filled with aura and fierce energy.

Grandmaster.

This is clearly a grandmaster as well.

"Your Majesty, 100,000 Azure Scale Cavalry have assembled and are ready to crush the boundary marker of Luoxia Pass at any time!" A middle-aged man in a brown-green military robe clasped his hands and spoke from below.

Murong Gu, General Zhenyuan of the State of Qi.

Murong Gu looked up, a hint of excitement on his face: "We await only Your Majesty's command, and this humble general will use the signal fires to breach the twenty-seven beacon towers along the border within three days—"

Success and achievement are just around the corner.

Without Marquis Qingyang Zhang Yuan in charge, Donghan County would inevitably fall into disarray.

The tens of millions of newly recruited troops collapsed without a fight.

Jiang Yuanliang's expression shifted, revealing a hint of struggle.

"Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Murong Gu's voice was filled with undisguised eagerness.

"Insolence!" The black-robed elder standing in front raised his hand and waved, sending a gust of wind blasting Murong Gu three zhang away. "What decisions His Majesty makes is none of your business."

Murong Gu's face flushed red, and he lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Jiang Yuanliang waved his hand, and a bronze divination stick slid out from his sleeve.

"I need to first determine whether Zhang Qingyang is alive or dead..."

Golden light shimmered in his palm, and the divination sticks swirled and flowed. After three breaths, they formed the "Kan above Li below" hexagram of incompleteness, and the faint shadow of the character "Zhang" in the hexagram pattern twisted and struggled like a living thing.

"Click——"

With a crisp cracking sound as the divination plate shattered completely, Jiang Yuanliang trembled violently. He pressed down hard on the cracked plate, the black blood at the corner of his lips staining the divination patterns into hideous purple spots.

"Your Majesty!" The old man in black robes stepped forward and supported Jiang Yuanliang in shock.

As the emperor of Qi, protected by the Heavenly Dao, how could he possibly be devoured by it?

Jiang Yuanliang turned his head, his blood-stained fingertips almost digging into his palm, and gritted his teeth as he hissed, "Issue the decree! Before seeing Zhang Qingyang's corpse, any Qinglin Cavalry member who dares to cross the border even half a step—will be executed!"

He looked up at the "Mandate of Heaven" plaque blurred in the downpour, his voice hoarse as sandpaper grinding iron: "Send someone to Donghan County. Master Yao is in Donghan County; he will surely see through this fog!"

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The Eastern Frontier Camp of the Great Qin Dynasty.

In the central command tent, light and shadow rose from the bronze armillary sphere.

The nine stars trembled violently, transforming into a faint curtain of light.

Sitting behind the long table, Duke Han Qi of Ningguo looked up at the figure that appeared in the light screen.

Marquis of Xichang, Ji Liang.

Xun Huo, Marquis of Pingyun.

Zhou Chang, Vice Minister of War.

At this moment, the expressions of the people seen through the light screen were extremely solemn.

Duke Ningguo Han Qi glanced at the "Deployment Map of the Twelve Passes in the Eastern Border" floating in the tent, and said in a heavy voice: "With the assassination of Marquis Qingyang, the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi and Zhao will surely deploy troops to the border tonight. The army in the Eastern Border needs to redeploy."

"Furthermore, you all should know better than I how much food and fodder the 50 million new army consumes daily. If something really happens to Marquis Qingyang, how should the training of the new army be handled?"

Within the light screen, the expressions of several leaders of the Eastern Territory changed.

No one expected that Marquis Qingyang would be assassinated at this time.

The training of the new army in the Eastern Territory has always been personally overseen by Marquis Qingyang.

Marquis Ji Liang of Xichang looked up, pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "The mobilization of the army has resulted in a huge loss of food supplies. If we force ourselves to continue training now..."

Shaking his head, he said in a low voice, "Given the current situation, the best course of action is to disband the newly arrived troops on the spot and wait until we can weather the storm—"

"Training is the foundation of the Eastern Territory and must not be stopped," said Marquis Pingyun Xun Huo.

He looked up at Han Qi in the center of the light array, his posture straight: "If we stop training the army now, the Marquis of Qingyang will surely investigate when he wakes up. His Majesty has entrusted the training to the Marquis of Qingyang."

"What if he doesn't wake up?" Marquis Ji Liang of Xichang looked at the trembling light screen in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Fifty million new soldiers, if anything happens, it will be a cataclysmic event!"

The light screen inside the armillary sphere trembled and then fell into a sudden, deathly silence.

Inside the large tent, Ningguo Duke Han Qi sat behind a long table, tapping his fingers on the surface, his eyes revealing a deep gaze.

He slowly turned his head to look at Zhou Chang, the Vice Minister of War.

"Minister Zhou, you happen to be stationed at the Yunming City camp. Did Marquis Qingyang leave any instructions before he departed?" These words caused the three people in the light screen to sit up straight.

exactly?

When Marquis Qingyang left the Yunming City camp, Zhou Chang happened to be stationed there.

Isn't that too much of a coincidence?

Zhou Chang remained calm as he bowed to the three pairs of eyes on him: "Before the Marquis departed, he instructed that even if the sky were to fall and the earth to collapse, the reorganization plan would remain unchanged."

The sky is falling!

Marquis Qingyang had anticipated the ambush!

Since he calculated it, was his serious injury and seclusion a real injury or a fake one?

Ji Liang looked up, his eyes flashing with divine light.

He recalled the scene at the Northern Great Wall where he saw Marquis Qingyang single-handedly defy fate and advance the Great Dao of Qingtian Continent.

Marquis Qingyang is a very bold man!

Xun Huo smiled slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Qi's gaze fell upon the defensive map, his aura and qi becoming increasingly intense.

"Send orders to all camps in the eastern border!"

"The army is stationed at various border fortresses, and the Duke himself is stationed at Tianlang Pass."

His gaze shifted to the light screen, sweeping over Zhou Chang and the others.

"Following the 'Nine Rivers Strategy' to advance the training, not a single soldier will be spared..."

“You will go and explain to Marquis Qingyang yourselves.”

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The capital of the Wei Kingdom.

Tianji Palace.

Suddenly, the ninety-nine mermaid-fat flames on the bronze lamp tree exploded simultaneously. On the blood-red jade pendant in the palm of Emperor Yuwen Tuo of Eastern Wei, sword marks crisscrossed, transforming into a scene of Blood River Ancestor and Lu Wenzhao besieging and killing Zhang Yuan.

The emperor, who had held power in the Wei Kingdom for ten years, had white knuckles and his eyes were filled with a sharp, piercing light.

In the interplay of light and shadow, Lu Wenzhao pierced Zhang Yuan's chest and abdomen with his sword. Yuwen Tuo laughed loudly, the sound shaking the beams and pillars, causing the wolf relief sculptures to shed dust: "Good! Good! Good! Issue an edict to the Imperial Ancestral Temple—"

Deep within the Wei Kingdom's imperial palace, three long laughs erupted, the sound waves carrying demonic energy that shattered the glazed tiles of the nine-tiered palace.

Yuwen Tuo, dressed in a black robe with a blood-red dragon design, crushed the fragments of the jade slip. His eyes reflected the blurry image sent back by the Blood River Ancestor from a thousand miles away: the moment Zhang Yuan's chest was pierced by the Seven Kill Sword Qi.

"Good! That old man Blood River has truly not disappointed me!" Yuwen Tuo stomped barefoot on the steps, his face full of satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, the Azure Wolf Cavalry has prepared 100,000 able-bodied men." A black-bearded retainer dressed in purple robes emerged from the shadow of the dragon pillar.

Yuwen Tuo clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and his aura exuding a cold and fierce aura.

"deliver an imperial order--"

"Set up the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Array as requested by the Blood River Ancestor. When he returns, the news of Qingyang Marquis's death will spread throughout the Eastern Territory, and 100,000 able-bodied men will be escorted to the Blood Pool as a sacrifice!"

"I request Wu Daoling of the Nine Yang Sword Sect to personally lead 800,000 sword cultivators to garrison Tianhai Pass. After the Marquis of Qingyang falls and the pillar of light rises into the sky, I request that he transform Donghan County into a sword tomb!"

"Tell him that once he conquers Donghan County, I will grant him the entire county as the base of his sect!"

His face contorted with madness, and Yuwen Tuo let out a long shout:
"The closure of the Luoying Gorge grain route has been initiated ahead of schedule. Within three days, Luoying Gorge will be sealed off, and not a single grain of rice from our Great Wei will be allowed to enter Qin territory."

"I want to see the fifty million new soldiers recruited by Zhang Qingyang routed for three thousand miles, with people fighting over food!"

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Donghan County.

The river embankment on the north side.

The riverbanks stretched for miles, lined with tents for river workers, as millions of them gathered there.

The tent curtains were kicked open as the night rain washed over the camp.

Cao Jiada, who was sitting upright in the large tent, raised his head and frowned.

"Why are you panicking?"

"My lord, the sky is about to fall in Donghan County..." The confidant in the straw raincoat knelt down in the mud, his face full of panic.

(End of this chapter)