A Man in the Snow: Starting with a Sword Challenge to the Northern Liang Prince's Palace

"What? Ye Yun has become the lord of Dunhuang City and has even driven away all of our spies."

Chen Zhibao, who was stationed in Lingzhou, roared angrily after seeing the secret letter brought by his spies.

It is important to know how many warhorses Dunhuang City has supplied to Northern Liang over the years, and it also possesses a great deal of strategic intelligence.

The fact that it was suddenly cut off like that made Chen Zhibao very upset.

But he also knew that with Ye Yun's methods, if Xu Pu and the others did not leave Dunhuang City, they would likely be wiped out completely.

After he became the King of Beiliang, he discovered how Ye Yun had managed to hide in Lingzhou City. It turned out that Ye Yun's influence had already spread throughout Lingzhou City.

This made him realize that this descendant of the Western Chu military sage was not as simple as he had imagined, and did not only know how to solve problems with force.

This is much more difficult to deal with than facing a group of martial arts masters with unparalleled strength.

"Your Highness, in my opinion, this matter is not so simple."

A thin man next to him whispered a reminder.

This man is Xu Beizhi, the governor of Lingzhou.

Chen Zhibao was a scholar-general who was not only good at fighting, but also good at using talent.

"Oh, what's your opinion?"

"Your Highness, recently, Huishan in Jianzhou has been constantly gathering refugees. The fact that Xuanyuan Jingcheng was able to become a Confucian sage is actually more due to Ye Yun's influence."

Now that Ye Yun has taken control of Dunhuang City, the Northern Mang royal court has not sent troops but instead has taken the initiative to make amends, indicating that there is a deal between the Northern Mang and Ye Yun.

Xu Beizhi's analysis was very clear, as if she had seen through something.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhibao frowned: "You mean he wants to establish a nation?"

"That's right, and they want to unify the entire world."

Xu Beizhi's voice wasn't loud, but it made Chen Zhibao tremble completely.

It turns out Ye Yun's ambitions are so great.

"So, he was involved in the Liang-Mang War."

At this moment, Chen Zhibao finally understood Ye Yun's true purpose: to support Zhao Kai in becoming emperor, kill his adoptive father, and ultimately to allow the Northern Mang royal court to move south.

"But why did he spare my life and secretly help Beiliang in the first place?"

"Your Highness, this is where his brilliance lies. He spared you only so that you could take control of Beiliang. After the old prince died, you had the highest prestige in the army, and the young master could not control the entire Beiliang army."

He killed the old prince's other five adopted sons to clear the way for you.

When the time was right, the crown prince was killed in Dunhuang City, allowing you to sit securely on the throne of Northern Liang. The ultimate goal was to deplete the military strength of both the Northern Liang and Northern Mang armies.

Regardless of whether Northern Liang or Northern Mang wins, it will ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory. The one who seemingly benefits is Zhao Kai, but in reality, it is the ruthless warlord of this chaotic era.

Xu Beizhi, as expected of the top strategist of the Later Northern Liang who inherited Li Yishan's mantle, saw through Ye Yun's scheme with just a few things.

Chen Zhibao greatly admired this thin young man, who was indeed worthy of being the person Li Yishan had strongly recommended back then.

"I don't know, does the strategist have a corresponding plan?"

Chen Zhibao learned of Ye Yun's purpose.

"This is an open conspiracy. Although I have figured out his purpose, I have no better way to break it, unless the Northern Barbarians stop their southward advance."

Xu Beizhi shook her head.

"The barbarians of the Northern Wilderness are determined to march south. How can we stop them?"

Chen Zhibao knew that the next Liangmang war would probably begin soon.

Even if Northern Liang wins, it will ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory.

At that time, Beiliang will likely be completely swallowed up, which will just cause chaos in Liyang once again.

"Your Highness, if Beiliang allows Beimang to invade the south, Liyang will naturally send troops. I wonder if you have any desire to become the emperor?"

Xu Beizhi was even bolder; he hoped that a talented person would become the ruler of the world.

A glint of ambition flashed in Chen Zhibao's eyes; he had thought the same way before.

As Xu Xiao's successor, how could he allow the Northern Barbarians to advance unimpeded into the Central Plains and disrupt its peace?

He couldn't do it, and he didn't dare to do it.

Even if he eventually becomes an emperor, he will still be scorned by the world.

"This is something we absolutely must not do."

Chen Zhibao rejected Xu Beizhi's proposal.

Xu Beizhi was actually satisfied with Chen Zhibao's rejection. This young King of Beiliang had not abandoned his principles for his own selfish reasons.

"Actually, Your Highness, there is no need to worry. As far as I know, although Ye Yun is decisive in killing, the news from the martial arts world is that he never lays his knife on the common people or the weak. On the contrary, he lends a helping hand."

Even if one day, my Northern Liang cannot stop the Northern Mang army, Ye Yun will surely stand up to stop it.

"Because he is also a person from the Central Plains, we can take advantage of this to reduce the losses of the Northern Liang army, and ideally, we can coordinate with the Zhao emperor."

Xu Beizhi quickly came up with a solution.

"Zhao Kai is nothing more than Gu Jiantang's puppet. I think he certainly doesn't want to become a puppet like this. I will handle this matter personally."

"Ye Yun, you have severed my path in martial arts, so I will fight you with the art of strategy and tactics to comfort the spirit of my adoptive father in heaven."

Chen Zhibao said in a very cold voice.

Back then, Ye Yun severed his plum wine with a single sword strike and also cut off his right arm. That battle completely damaged Chen Zhibao's martial arts spirit.

Even though his cultivation level has recovered and he is still at the Finger Profound Realm, he has not made any progress in the past few years no matter how he cultivates.

It's as if his path in martial arts has been completely severed.

Meanwhile, his enemy, Ye Yun, grew stronger and stronger.

Even King Xianzhi of Wudi City died at his hands.

Even if Hong Xixiang was the reincarnation of Lü Zu, Xu Fengnian, even with his three incarnations, was no match for him.

This directly shattered Chen Zhibao's idea of ​​winning by force.

Now that Ye Yun has acquired a genius like Xu Beizhi and commands the Northern Liang army, he is determined to conquer the world.

Then he used his power to save him.

This completely severed his path to dominance.

...............

The news that Ye Yun had become the lord of Dunhuang City spread like wildfire throughout the martial arts world.

This peerless swordsman, who had disappeared for three years, has reappeared in the martial arts world. Some people once said that he fought against Hong Xixiang of Wudang and both of them perished.

Rumors circulated that Ye Yun had already ascended to the Immortal Realm, and various other rumors continued to spread.

Among the martial arts world, Ye Yun is truly the number one.

King Xianzhi of Wudi City died by his sword, and his disciple Song Tinglu became a newly promoted sword immortal, attracting countless challengers.

But in the past few years, no one has been able to defeat Song Tinglu.

Ye Yun became the city lord of Dunhuang City, and even the Northern Barbarian military god Tuoba Bodhisattva did not raise any objections, which is something that the entire martial arts world is very curious about.

Since Dunhuang City is within the territory of the Northern Mang and possesses abundant resources, wouldn't the Northern Mang be envious?

Only those who truly understand the global situation can know why this is so.

Ye Yu, a clone far away in Huishan, looked north and said with a smile:

"My Lord, you'd better hold on tight."