Magic High School.

He almost forgot that Yi Lian's mimicry ability was only affected by the magic ban, but Yi Lian herself is a water person. By showing her water person form in front of everyone, coupled with the strange and mysterious things that Li Ge and the others had done before, she stunned everyone.

As for the Yellow Heaven and Earth, Li Ge wasn't sure if it was related to Zhang Jiao's Yellow Heaven, but it was probably some kind of belief from that era.

But no matter what, this had won them over. Looking at the undisguised fanaticism and faith in their eyes, Li Ge opened his mouth, only able to say, "In this era, pretending to be a charlatan is really useful..."

Actually, let alone this era, if Li Ge were to activate his Golden Eyes directly in Luoyang, even the Sima family's personal guards wouldn't dare to kill him. Li Ge doesn't really have much of a concept of prophecies and superstitions in this era.

"And you, how is that old general?"

Li Ge simply shook his head. Deng Ai had chosen to face death calmly. He couldn't stop someone who wanted to die. Perhaps Li Ge had known all along that this would be the outcome.

"Let's go," Li Ge sighed.

They still had to rush to Chengdu, but they didn't know what the situation was like there, or whether Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui had rebelled.

Too much time has been wasted, but there have been gains. Whether it's the hundreds of fanatical soldiers or the tokens and intelligence given by Deng Ai, they may all come in handy.

As Li Ge and his companions traveled towards Chengdu through the night, they looked back and, through the moonlight, saw a figure standing upright in the camp in the distance, like a stone statue.

He didn't turn back, but said to Yilian, "You could burn some talisman paper with liquid fire, and then send them a batch of talisman water or something. These people might trust you more then."

So, Yi Lian put on another performance, following the script Li Ge had taught her.

"I am a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, and I have been ordered to descend to the mortal realm to punish injustice!"

He casually picked up a piece of paper, activated the liquid fire paper to ignite a ghostly blue flame, and it turned to ashes in a moment.

"This fire is heavenly fire; those who drink this talismanic water will receive divine blessings!"

The soldiers were stunned at first, then they knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly.

Everyone became even more enthusiastic.

However, Yi Lian later admitted that her liquid fire was now so weak that she could barely light a piece of paper with it.

Li Ge simply shrugged.

These people were already exhausted from marching all day, but for some reason, they seemed to have inexhaustible energy and traveled day and night to Chengdu.

According to some veterans, this place is only a day's journey from Chengdu, meaning they had just left Chengdu not long ago.

Li Ge roughly calculated that Deng Ai died after leaving Shu, which means that there is a high probability that a rebellion has not yet occurred in Chengdu, and they still have time.

So the group hurriedly headed to Chengdu.

Along the way, they saw a large number of refugees, including those created by the Wei army's looting and those fleeing from Chengdu.

Li Ge remained silent. He had long anticipated how the Wei army's discipline had been since Cao Cao's time.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no cock crowing for thousands of miles.

This is a poem that Cao Cao wrote after witnessing the devastation in Xuzhou.

And now, it basically matches the current situation in Chengdu. This is the most desperate situation. Li Ge even realized that even if Jiang Wei succeeded, Shu Han would basically be dead. Yizhou had been completely ravaged by the Wei army and was no longer in any condition to support the people or build up its foundation.

Heaven is dead.

……

Meanwhile, in Chengdu.

Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui planned to use Empress Dowager Guo's will as a pretext to detain the generals of the Wei army and began preparations for a mutiny.

The conspiracy was completed tonight. Jiang Wei even used his last strength and sent the secret letter, which was destined to be passed down to future generations, to Liu Shan in Luoyang.

Even though he knew it was a plan with almost no chance of success, it was the last thing he could try at that moment.

Tomorrow, Zhong Hui will imprison the Wei generals and, based on Empress Dowager Guo's will, declare himself emperor of Shu Han. After controlling the Wei army, he will attempt to counterattack Hanzhong.

Meanwhile, Jiang Wei took the opportunity to communicate with some people in the name of the Han Dynasty. After Zhong Hui declared himself emperor, Jiang Wei attempted to betray Zhong Hui and rescue Liu Shan, thus completing the great cause of restoring the country.

Despite this, the entire Shu Han state had been hollowed out, and even places like Hanzhong, Jiange, and Dingjun Mountain had been lost. Shu Han was essentially dying slowly, but he had no choice; this was the last plan he could think of.

Whether it succeeds or fails, we'll see tomorrow.

However, what Jiang Wei was unaware of was that their conspiracy had already been leaked at this time.

But the next moment, it seemed that chaos was about to break out in the whole of Chengdu. Countless Wei troops were mobilized, and the torches and the movements of the Wei troops immediately shocked Jiang Wei.

"How could this be? How could this be? Our secret plot has been exposed!" Jiang Wei looked at the large banner with the character "Hu" standing in the distance.

Jiang Wei's hand rested on the hilt of his sword, his knuckles turning white.

Could it be... that Heaven truly intends to destroy our Han Dynasty?

In the distance, torches blazed like dragons, and shouts of battle could be faintly heard.

Chapter 76 Today is the day to make a name for yourself.

"Everyone, from now on, please don't call me 'Li Ge' at any time. Just call me Ziyin or Cao Ziyin," Li Ge reminded her friends. "And try not to speak. Let me do the talking."

"Wait a minute, why are you talking so strangely? Like a native of this world?" Xiaoye immediately complained. She had always felt that the locals here spoke strangely, and even the translation module provided by the school often translated in a way that was difficult to understand.

But Li Ge seemed to be quite used to this situation, and now even his daily conversations with them had taken on this strange tone.

"Yeah, yeah, I saw you communicating with that old general without any translation module, and I knew something was off about you. But I was fooled before." Valerie added fuel to the fire. She had been completely baffled by Li Ge and Deng Ai's conversation, but now someone else was finally realizing something was amiss.

Li Ge: "..."

He took a deep breath. Explaining this would take too long, so he said, "Never mind that for now. In short, this world is very particular about social status. If you say the wrong thing, others may look down on you and not think highly of you. In short, this is very important."

Li Ge gave a brief explanation, and he wanted to confirm his false identity.

His pseudonym is Cao Ge, and his courtesy name is Ziyin. This is consistent with the characteristics of names and courtesy names in this era. His background is a branch of the Cao family in Qiao County. His ancestors were weakened to almost no power by Cao Pi, the clan killer. In the end, they had no choice but to rely on Liu Xie's wife, Cao Jie. He then served as a minor official in the Duke of Shanyang. Now, he is just a wandering knight.

This false identity has many advantages. After all, this is the early Jin Dynasty, where social status is extremely important. Without a certain social standing, it is inconvenient to do many things. Although this is the background of the Cao Wei clan, it is inherently labeled as being from the faction of Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, which means that one can benefit from both Cao Wei and Shu Han.

As long as his identity is confirmed, Li Ge can truly become a trusted good person anywhere except the Sima family. Even if Li Ge is not afraid of his identity being exposed, as long as he says that he confronted Liu Kang on the spot, he can recognize Liu Kang as his godfather and thus confirm his identity.

Even the Sima family treated the Shanyang Duchy left behind by Liu Xie with great courtesy, so it was not impossible to gain a good status within the Sima family.

Fortunately, Li Ge was fairly aware of Liu Xie's situation and was able to temporarily fabricate an identity that was not easily exposed.

Other rules roughly describe the various rules of this world, such as the distinction between noble families and commoners, the requirement that people not only have a given name but also a courtesy name, and that the courtesy name must be used when addressing someone, rather than the given name, as using the full name directly is considered an insult, and so on.

Seeing the other friends' heads spinning, Xiaoye gave up and said directly, "Why is a title so complicated? I'll just leave it to you. In other words, I'll just call you Ziyin?"

“Yes, it would be best if you changed some replacement words in the translation module and directly replaced ‘Li Ge’ with ‘Ziyin’,” Li Ge said, afraid that they would give themselves away.

After all, they only have two ways to overthrow the Sima family: one is to win over Jiang Wei, and the other is for Li Ge to become Sima Zhao's adoptive father and try to kill Sima Yan first through palace intrigue, so that he, "Sima Ge", can successfully usurp the throne and become the emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

However, the idea of ​​acknowledging Sima Zhao as one's adoptive father is too abstract, and this method may not even get high marks. After all, the decline of the Sima family was caused by the inherent lack of legal principles in the entire Jin Dynasty from top to bottom, resulting in chaos and inherent deficiencies.

After all, it was a usurped dynasty. Cao Wei's foundation was already ruined by Cao Pi, and the foundation of Sima's Jin Dynasty was even more ruined. The Nine-Rank System, coupled with Sima's ridiculous tactics, led to the fact that they could only govern the country with filial piety. They also went so far as to mythologize Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and wanted all the ministers in the world to learn from him.

Everyone in the world knows that the Sima family is afraid of another Sima Yi, which is why they encouraged other ministers to learn from Zhuge Liang, plus that ridiculous oath by the Luo River that will be cursed thousands of years later...

It can be said that the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty was already the end of the abstract process.

Therefore, most of the silly stories in the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars that we are familiar with come from the Jin Dynasty. At the same time, the Book of Jin is also known as the "magical Book of Jin" because it is too abstract.

Therefore, even if Li Ge usurped the throne, it would be difficult to change the root of the Jin Dynasty. What the Jin Dynasty needed was not a usurpation, but a major purge from top to bottom.

Li Ge took a deep breath. He wouldn't go so far as to change his name to "Sima Ge" unless absolutely necessary; it was too offensive. So, after discovering that Jiang Wei was not dead, Li Ge suddenly had a burst of brilliant wisdom and came up with this ingenious idea to restore the Han Dynasty.

At the very least, they can still struggle in the name of the Han Dynasty.

They traveled day and night, and even these infantrymen showed no signs of fatigue or exhaustion despite traveling through the night. Along the way, Li Ge kept Yi Lian busy, occasionally performing some magic that had now been nerfed down to just special effects, making the infantrymen as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Therefore, what should have been a journey of more than a day was completed overnight, and before dawn, the city walls of Chengdu could be seen in the distance.

But at this time, the whole of Chengdu was not peaceful. Countless torches in the distance formed long dragons in the city.

Li Ge was shocked, wondering if she was too late. However, when she saw the torches in the city gradually surrounding the "palace", Li Ge realized that there might still be hope. Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui had at least held on for a while after being surrounded.

"Gentlemen, now is the time to make our mark! Respect the Heavenly Emperor and charge with me!"

Furthermore, at this moment, Li Ge activated his Golden Eyes. In the early morning hours outside Chengdu, the brightness of Li Ge's Golden Eyes, like high beams, instantly excited the foot soldiers even more.

Indeed, pretending to be a charlatan is very useful, especially in this era.

Moreover, these people have undergone rigorous special training at magic academies, and their fighting spirit and patience are astonishing. Even when magic is suppressed, their unarmed combat ability far exceeds the limits of humanity. At the very least, they can fight to the death and take down a dozen heavy cavalrymen head-on. Even if Lu Bu came, Li Ge could beat him into a goldfish.

"Roar!" The infantrymen roared, their adrenaline surging like a fountain in this miraculous situation.

"charge!"

Without any hesitation, Li Ge and his three companions rushed to the front. At this moment, the soldiers at the city gate were shocked. They had just opened the city gate to let the Wei army outside the city in to wipe out Zhong Hui's troops, and the city gate had not yet been closed. Moreover, they had no idea when such an enemy army had appeared near Chengdu.

At the same time, this was also a custom of the time. Even after the garrison outside the city entered the city, they would arrange for trusted confidants to guard the city gates and leave them wide open. This was to avoid being trapped like turtles in a jar and to leave themselves a way out.

Now, this escape route they left behind has become the best breakthrough point for Li Ge and his team.

Chapter 77 Old General, do you know Cao Ziyin of Shanyang?

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Close the city gates, quickly!" The Wei army on the city wall seemed to have discovered this inexplicable wild neutral ambush force and immediately became alert, trying to close the city gates, but it was too late.

Li Ge gave Valerie a signal.

Valerie didn't hesitate at all; the signal was for her to blow up the pony!

In an instant, Valerie summoned the Holy Light Pony, which resembled an oversized light bulb. Without hesitation, she spun the pony in her hand and flung it into the air, sending it hurtling towards the walls of Chengdu in a perfect golden arc.

The defenders on the city wall had never seen such a sight before. Suddenly, a "golden crow and sun" appeared in the middle of the enemy, and they saw the golden crow crashing down directly towards them.

Even before the pony hit the ground, someone shouted in terror, "May the mighty warrior appear! May the mighty warrior appear!"

In this era, there was already a popular story circulating among the people that Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's grandfather once used a meteorite to defeat Wang Mang's 300,000-strong army.

Although this story is far-fetched, it is very popular among the people, just like the story of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang slaying the white snake, and is one of the most widely circulated folk tales.

"boom!"

The pony exploded violently on the city wall, and the blinding light and the stun-inducing sound immediately enveloped the entire wall.

In fact, after being nerfed, the Explosive Pony was basically changed from a high-explosive bomb to a flashbang, and the side effects are still there.

But it doesn't matter, in this era, a flashbang is enough to shock people!

At this time, according to the plan, Xiaoye will also be separated from the main force. Her main role is in assassination, not in charging into battle with them.

Therefore, Li Ge immediately drew his sword and shouted: "May the Emperor manifest his power and strike the enemy army with a meteorite! Everyone! May Heaven bless us, may Heaven bless our Emperor, may we always be victorious and bathe in glory!"

In an instant, the group went even crazier, howling as they followed Li Ge and Yi Lian as they charged towards the city gates of Chengdu.