On the endless grassland, wolf smoke and smoke filled the air. Led by Luo Kedi, the commander of the temple guards, Xiling's 50,000 cavalry went deep into the grassland and joined forces from Dahe, Yuelun, Yan and other multinational coalition forces.
Inside the military tent, Luo Kedi summoned the military leaders from various countries in the name of the commander-in-chief of the allied forces.
The person who came to the grassland from Yuelun Kingdom this time is Qu Ni. She is the biological sister of the monarch of Yuelun Kingdom. She looks like an old woman, but she is also a practitioner and practices Buddhist techniques intensively.
This time when she came to the grassland, Qu Ni brought many masters from the Buddhist sect. They were very high-profile and even Luo Kedi did not dare to neglect them.
The person from the Dahe Kingdom is Mo Shanshan, a disciple of the Book Sage of the Dahe Kingdom, one of the three bookworms in the world, and a talisman master of the Dongxuan Realm.
The one who came from the Yan Kingdom was Prince Chongming. He should now be called the Prince of Chongming. Since Long Qing brought him back to the Yan Kingdom, he was made the prince by the King of Yan. Now he leads the most elite cavalry in the Yan Kingdom and has military power.
It's just that since the Yan Kingdom experienced the First World War in the Tang Kingdom, its domestic talents have withered, especially the practitioners have almost become extinct, and it has become the weakest party in the coalition.
Many forces gathered together to jointly attack the Huangren and the Golden Horde Royal Court, but no one was willing to send troops. In addition to having their own agenda, they were just waiting for the Tang Dynasty's Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry.
A month ago, King Li Zhongyi of the Tang Dynasty agreed to send troops, and sent his third prince Li Hunyuan as a general, assisted by Ning Que, the thirteenth master of the academy. He sent troops from Chang'an, and by the time he calculated, it was time to reach the grassland.
"Has the Tang army not arrived yet?" Luo Ke asked his subordinates.
"Hmph, the Tang army has not arrived for a long time. Do you think you don't take the oracle of the Xiling Temple seriously?" Qu Ni said in a strange tone.
"Probably not. Since the King of Tang promised to send troops and made the third prince a general, he would not break his promise and get rich. There must be something delayed on the way!" Mo Shanshan said softly.
"The heavy cavalry of the Tang Dynasty's Xuanjia moved like the wind, traveling thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles at night. Even if they climbed from Chang'an, it was time to climb to the grassland." Qu Ni continued:
"Besides, Weicheng of the Tang Dynasty is closest to the Royal Court of the Golden Horde, so if we send troops directly, we should arrive at the earliest. I think the King of Tang just wants to openly defy the oracle."
Mo Shanshan didn't want the coalition forces to have conflicts before the war started. When she wanted to speak for Tang again, Qu Ni interrupted her first.
"Master Moshan, I heard that you are the disciple of the Calligrapher Dahe, not a disciple of the academy. How come you keep speaking good words for the Tang State? Could it be that Dahe has become a vassal state of the Tang State."
Mo Shanshan frowned slightly, he didn't expect Qu Ni's mouth to be so tricky.
"Cough!" A clear cough came from Luo Kedi's side.
Ye Hongyu, who was wearing red clothes and a red sword, said coldly: "Send someone to ask where the Tang army is."
Luo Kedi was vaguely displeased. He was the coach of Xiling this time. Ye Hongyu was only a supporter of the Judgment Department and had no right to give orders to him.
"Report, people from the Tang Dynasty have arrived outside the camp, requesting an audience." A knight from Xiling walked into the camp and reported.
Luo Kedi was overjoyed and said, "Please come soon."
"Slow down." Ye Hongyu interrupted Luo Kedi and said, "Let the Tang army station themselves outside the camp, and the general will come alone to discuss matters."
Luo Kedi's face darkened, and he became even more dissatisfied with Ye Hongyu, but with outsiders present, it was difficult to get angry.
The Xiling knight hesitated and said: "Only three people from the Tang army came, and no large army followed!"
"What? Three people!" Rock enemy shouted: "Where is the army of Tang State?"
The Xiling knight replied: "The scout did not see the Tang army."
Luo Kedi said coldly: "What does Tang Guo mean?"
Ye Hongyu said calmly: "Let the people from Tang come over first."
Luo Kedi waved his hand and signaled the Xiling knight to bring him over.
A quarter of an hour later, the three of them walked into the camp. Prince Chongming of Yan State immediately stood up when he saw the visitor and said to the three of them respectfully:
"Chongming has met Mr. Thirteen, the third prince of Tang Dynasty, Mr. Wang Da."
The visitors were none other than Wang Gang, Li Hunyuan and Ning Que.
After Luo Kedi learned the identities of Wang Gang and the others through Chongming, his expression became slightly better.
"Third Prince of Tang, where are your Tang troops? Why are you three here?"??
After Li Huanyuan greeted Chongming, he said to Luo Kedi: "Don't be surprised, General Luo. The Tang army encountered a mudslide on the way. The army was stuck halfway and could not arrive in time. In order to avoid delaying the important task of exterminating the Huang people, the three of us came here first.
The army will arrive shortly."
Luo Kedi said displeasedly: "How long will it take? There must be some time!"
Li Hunyuan said, neither humble nor arrogant: "My father has urgently mobilized the Northern Army, and it will arrive in ten days at most!"
"Xiahou's Zhenbei Army." When Luo Kedi heard this name, he felt a little at ease.
There are five great guests in the Xiling Temple, namely Liu Bai, the swordsman of the Southern Jin Dynasty, Wang Shusheng, the calligrapher of Dahe, Yan Se, the divine talisman master of the Tang Dynasty, Li Qingshan, the national master of the Tang Dynasty, and Xia Hou, the general of the Tang Dynasty.
Among the five guest ministers, except Xiahou, the other four are all great practitioners in the world. Even the temple has to be wary of three points. They gave the status of guest ministers, mostly to appease them.
Xiahou can be ranked alongside the four of them not because of his high cultivation, but because of his special status.
As the general of the Tang Dynasty in the north, Xiahou was also the biological brother of Queen Xia, but he had a shady identity.
Disciples of the Demon Sect!
Because of this identity, Xiahou was hampered in everything. He was manipulated by the Xiling Temple and did a lot of dirty work. Ning Que's family was wiped out. It was Xiahou who acted on the surface, but in fact it was secretly instructed by the Xiling Temple.
Luo Kedi had always regarded Xiahou as the dog of the Xiling Temple. When he learned that he would lead the army to the grassland, he immediately smiled.
At this moment, Wang Gang poured a basin of cold water on him.
"This time the troops are dispatched, the third prince is the commander-in-chief, and Xiahou is only the deputy general. Everything is under the command of the third prince." Wang Gang said to Luo Kedi.
Luo Kedi immediately understood what Wang Gang meant.
"The King of Tang wants to take over the military power of Xiahou Zhenbei Army!" Luo Kedi secretly exclaimed.
No wonder Luo Kedi thinks so. Everyone knows that Xiahou's sister is the Queen of the Tang Dynasty. As the uncle of the state, Xiahou can only support his nephew Li Amber.
But now that Li Hunyuan is in power and is deeply loved by both the government and the public, he is only one step away from becoming the crown prince. The person standing in the way of this step is Xia Hou.
Xiahou held the power of the Zhenbei Army, and even the king of Tang Dynasty was afraid of him. If Li Hunyuan was really appointed as the crown prince, God knows what Xiahou would do.
At this time, it was strange that Xiahou was willing to hand over the military power of Zhenbei Army to Li Hunyuan. He would definitely not come to the grassland to hand over power.
Everyone present was a smart person. They instantly understood the powerful relationship and looked at Li Huanyuan in a different way.
This move is really too high.
If Xiahou brings his army to the grassland, Li Hunyuan will naturally get the military power of Zhenbei Army.
If Xiahou did not come, he would be deceiving the emperor. Li Hunyuan could use this as an excuse to accuse Xiahou of being a mercenary who respected himself and refused to accept the dispatch.
On both sides, Li Hunyuan took advantage. This was an obvious conspiracy.
Luo Kedi had a deeper thought. This time the Xiling Temple sent troops to the grassland. In addition to annihilating the people who went south to the wilderness, there were more important things.
After the deserted people went south, the great priest of the Xiling Temple predicted that the lost Heavenly Book with Mingzi Scroll would appear on the grassland.
Xiong Chumo, the headmaster of Xiling, immediately mobilized his troops to the grassland, and at the same time issued oracles to various countries in the name of Haotian to borrow troops.
Xiong Chumo's fundamental purpose is to take advantage of this time to wipe out the deserters and weaken the military power of various countries, especially the Tang Dynasty's Xuanjia heavy cavalry!
Now that the Tang Dynasty doesn't send troops, the Xiling Temple is still in ruins!
As for the Book of Heaven's Mingzi Scroll, Luo Kedi glanced at Wang Gang, the old god, and felt unsure!
It wasn't long ago when Wang Gang crushed Taoshan with a ruler, but Luo Kedi was the one who experienced it firsthand!
Ye Hongyu looked at Wang Gang with a hint of excitement. If no one else was present, she would have wanted to meet the teacher.
Wang Gang gave Ye Hongyu a look and asked her to meet him in the evening!
