Chapter 685 Great Chu Dynasty, Empress within the Great Wall!
The night was dark, but deep in the palace of Beimang Royal City, the majestic political hall was brightly lit.
In addition to the exquisite candlesticks, there are also many alchemical crafts emitting soft white light, illuminating the magnificent hall even brighter.
The throne at the top is empty.
Above the main hall, there are four figures waiting here, waiting for the king of the grassland to return here.
The first one from left to right is a white-haired old man wearing an ice-blue robe. Although he looks unfamiliar, his ice-blue dragon eyes are enough to identify him.
The second one was the only human being present. He was none other than Yang Qingmeng, a transcendent person wearing cyan robes, who was also the Minister of Xuanhu appointed by the Heavenly Khan.
The third and fourth are centaurs.
However, one is Centaur Queen Misha, and the other is Centaur Intelligence Chief Mitchell.
"Buzz——"
Suddenly, there was a spatial fluctuation in the position of the throne above the main hall.
A tall figure with white hair and blue eyes, dressed in black, immediately appeared on the throne.
It was Li Guanqi who returned from the Saint Gall Mountains.
"Greetings to the Khan!"
At the same time, all four figures in the hall knelt down and worshiped. Even the two centaurs, Misha and Mitchell, slightly bent their front hooves to show respect.
"No need to be polite."
Li Guanqi leaned against the throne and waved his hands a little tiredly.
After taking the throne, there are a lot of things to do.
Speaking of his return to the strange world this time, it seems that he didn't get much rest at all. He was either going here to do this or there to do that.
"Um?"
At this time, Li Guanqi looked at the old man in blue robe in the hall and couldn't help but be curious, "Randall? How come your giant dragon has turned into a human form? Is it a spell? Or a transformation potion? I remember that the dragon clan is not
Do you hate being in human form and wearing clothes?"
"If you tell me the king, it's medicine."
Randall lowered his head slightly, "As for the dragon clan's preferences... there are always things I can accommodate, such as coming to the palace and reporting the battle situation to my king."
"Then let's get started."
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed, "How was the war on the grassland during the month I was in Beimang's ancestral mausoleum?"
"The battle is invincible, but there are still hidden dangers that are worrying."
Randall, the ice dragon who transformed into an old man in blue robes, looked up at Li Guanqi and said solemnly: "In the past month, under your order, our legion's pace of conquest has never been hindered in the slightest.
Sweeping across the grassland.
Not only did we take over all the territory of the original Tauren clan, we even went a step further and conquered most of the territories of the Tiger and Lion clans.
Due to the good prestige of the Centaur clan that has been operating on the grassland for a long time, when we conquered the territory, we also took advantage of the situation and pulled nearly 80% of the orc tribes on the grassland into our camp.
However, this seemingly fruitful and gratifying result actually has no impact on the overall situation at all.
Because the Tiger Clan and the Lion Clan have officially joined forces, and gathered all the main forces of the two groups into the Neia Lion City of the Lion Clan, and since then they have retreated into the city and never go out again.
The defensive formation of Neia Lion King City is already extremely defensive, and with the two tribes joining forces... it would be difficult to attack by force with our previous strength. Even if we could break through, the casualties would be extremely heavy.
It seems that we have conquered most of the territory on the grassland, but in fact, if the two tribes do not surrender, it will be difficult to determine the ownership of the grassland."
"Neia Lion City?"
Li Guanqi leaned on the throne with his mouth slightly raised, "The Tiger King brought the main force of the Tiger people to the royal city of the Lion people? Beimang Khan Bat'er said that among the three beast kings, the Tiger King was the most cunning.
It’s true.”
"Exactly."
Randall nodded lightly, "If we raid the Lion City of Neia, no matter what the result is, the foundation of the royal city of the Lion Clan will be damaged, and the people killed and injured will also be the people of the Lion Clan, and the people of the Tiger Clan will be damaged.
The foundation of the royal city is still intact.
After all, although Tiger King City is not fortified now, since the Tiger Clan troops are no longer there, we can at most occupy and take over, and there is no reason to invade the civilians of Tiger King City.
In addition, facing the current situation, the lion-man clan and the tiger-man clan are completely in the same boat. The lion-man clan will never attack the tiger-man clan, so the Tiger King can safely lead his troops into the Lion King City, and there
Please wait."
"Just like this, King Tiger can't be so relieved."
Li Guanqi looked at Randall and said calmly: "Isn't he afraid of us instigating rebellion? I don't mean instigating rebellion against the Lion King, but instigating rebellion against other senior members of the Lion Clan.
How long can they last in this situation?
Even if we cannot break through the city defense formation, as long as we carry out a long-term siege, the energy of the city defense formation will be exhausted sooner or later, and they will still be defeated by then.
Faced with such a situation, I don't believe that all the top leaders of the Lionhead clan will unswervingly become the main militant faction.
As long as the right people are dispatched to secretly instigate rebellion in the past, it stands to reason that at least some results can be achieved.
However, I think Randall, you should have already thought about instigating rebellion and even tried it, but judging from your expression, the result is not satisfactory.
If this is the case, then there is basically only one result.
All the top leaders of the lion-man clan firmly believe that they and the tiger-man clan can win the final victory in this grassland struggle.
And the reason is..."
Having said this, Li Guanqi raised his right hand and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, "They received assistance from the Sakura Shogunate, right?"
"My king is wise!"
Randall quickly bowed his head and flattered him.
"Okay, what am I wise about?"
Seeing this, Li Guanqi waved his hand casually and said lightly: "It's just a matter of lips dying and teeth cold. Although I am not very smart, at least I can still distinguish this point. Among the Sakura Nine Martial Arts, the old foxes who have lived for hundreds of years,
See more clearly.
If I were really allowed to capture the entire grassland, I would definitely take advantage of the time when Daluo was still closed by the Great Wall, continue to launch the Eastern Expedition non-stop, and capture their Sakura Shogunate in one go.
Therefore, in order to avoid this outcome, Sakura Jiuwu and the Liger tribe formed an alliance and prepared to join forces to fight against me.
So…what’s the specific situation?”
Having said this, Li Guanqi looked at Randall under the throne, "Did you get any specific information? For example, some details of their alliance?"
"I even know their final plan."
Randall looked serious and said in a deep voice: "The Tiger King and the Lion King have decided to join forces with the highest combat power of the Sakura Jiuwu to come to see you in front of all the grassland tribes on the day you ascend the throne."
"See me? Kill me?"
Li Guanqi looked thoughtful, "Are you sure? But where do they get their confidence? As far as I know, the nine major families of Sakura Jiuwu, although it seems that there are nine families, and each family also has a Jiugong level
, but in fact, most of them are in the early and middle stages of the Jiugong level.
Only the Miyamoto family, the head of the Sakura Nine Martial Arts, has an ancestor with a great perfection at the Nine Palace level.
With this power, choose to attack by force?
And still come to our base camp in Beimang King's City and attack Beimang King's city defense formation? This plan is too hasty, Randall, is there some information that we don't know yet?"
"Uh... no."
As early as when Li Guanqi was halfway speaking, Randall hesitated slightly, but still did not dare to interrupt Li Guanqi. It was only now that he had finished speaking, and the old dragon in human form corrected him: "My king, I said
What's important is that they come to 'see you', that is to say, 'to see you', not to 'kill you'."
"What?"
Li Guanqi was confused, "Meet? Meet me?"
"This matter is more complicated."
Randall was a little helpless, "King, you must not believe it. The reason why they joined forces to see you is to persuade you to surrender, not to kill you."
"Master, what is this old man talking about in his sleep?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Guanqi was still confused, and Shunkong couldn't help but pop up in his mind, "Isn't this nonsense? He can't even defeat us, and he still wants us to surrender?"
"..."
Li Guanqi didn't respond to the words in his mind. He just frowned and looked at Randall, "Don't gasp when you speak, and finish it all at once. What is going on?"
"God Khan!"
At this time, among the four people in the hall, Mitchell, the intelligence chief of the Centaur clan, stepped forward and said respectfully: "About this matter, maybe after I tell you some information, you will be able to understand."
"speak."
Li Guanqi, who was sitting on the throne, adjusted his sitting posture, his eyes serious, as if he was a little uneasy about what he was about to hear next.
"The civil war in Daluo has ended."
Mitchell opened his mouth with a bombshell.
As soon as he said this, Li Guanqi's right hand suddenly clenched into a fist, but then he loosened it a little bit and said, "Continue."
"Just eight days ago, the eight-month civil war in Daluo came to a complete halt."
Mitchell looked up at Li Guanqi and said in a deep voice: "Of course, rather than saying that the civil war in Daluo has stopped, it is better to say that the Daluo Dynasty has completely fallen into history and ceased to exist.
Eight days ago, the Wang family, one of the sixteen surnames of the original Daluo, who had mysteriously disappeared for half a year, suddenly appeared in the original capital of Daluo.
The leader, the new head of the Wang family, is a woman named Wang Yanqing.
No one knows what her cultivation level is. Even our centaur clan spies, armed with the most advanced detection instruments, cannot detect her cultivation level.
But what's even weirder than this is...
As soon as Wang Yanqing and the Wang family appeared in the capital, they started walking towards the Daluo Palace, which had been abandoned for half a year.
When Wang Yanqing walked to the palace square, the eight kings of Daluo appeared together!
These eight former Daluo Guozhu, who were said to have reached the realm of demigods, immediately formed a circle around Wang Yanqing after they appeared, knelt down and worshiped her, calling her 'Master'!
At noon that day, a piece of news spread throughout the territory within the Great Wall.
The Eight Kingdoms are disbanded!
The eight kings all disbanded the countries they had established, abandoned their thrones, and their former identities as the pillars of the Great Luo Kingdom, and began to call themselves the 'Eight Slaves of the Empress'.
These eight demigods... call themselves slaves!
And the 'empress' they serve is none other than the head of the Wang family, Wang Yanqing!
The next day, Wang Yanqing made a statement. The general idea was that she had quelled the civil war in Daluo and returned peace to the people. Then she would rebuild a more glorious dynasty on the land of the original Daluo Dynasty, and the country would be named
The word 'Chu'.
And she, Wang Yanqing, was the first emperor of the Chu Dynasty and the first female empress of Chu!
At present, we still don’t know the symbol and origin of the country’s name ‘Chu’, and the female emperor Yan Qing has not explained it.
But in fact, she has not officially ascended the throne and proclaimed herself emperor. She just released the news that the country is about to be founded.
As for the specific date of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the empress Yan Qing has not yet announced it.
But what is certain is that the former Eight Kingdoms Pillars and today's Eight Nuns of the Empress are gradually moving their power back to Luojing... Well, no, I'm afraid that in a while, it will be called Chujing.
, will be the capital of the Chu Dynasty.
Going round and round, the eight pillars of the country fought against each other for half a year. In the end, not only did they lose their status as pillars of the country, but they even directly reduced themselves to the status of slaves.
This is a weird thing, isn't it?
With the semi-god-level combat power of the Eight Kingdoms Pillars, I can’t figure out why they would call themselves slaves of the empress Yan Qing.”
Having said this, Centaur Mitchell looked at Li Guanqi and said in a deep voice: "It's okay even if they bow their heads. I can at least convince myself that the female emperor Yan Qing is too powerful and can defeat the enemy with her own strength."
Press the eight pillars to end the war.
But they call themselves slaves?
None of the Eight Guozhus are mediocre people, especially Wei Guozhu and Yun Guozhu among them. With their arrogance, they can definitely die, but their integrity cannot be defeated, let alone serve as slaves for women.
Unless...Tian Khan, we talked about the Demon King Family that day, Demons, do you still remember?"
"..."
On the throne, Li Guanqi lowered his head, put his right hand on his forehead, and was silent for a long time.
The direction of things is proceeding according to the original trajectory.
As early as March last year, Luo Di had approached the Kobe clan of the Sakura Shogunate to seek prophecy.
In the prophecy mural, a female emperor enslaved the Eight Kingdoms Pillar.
The Heart of Time and Space also used the [prophecy] ability that was said to be "prophecy" but was actually "directional simulation" and saw a fragment of Wang Yanqing's future wearing imperial robes.
So, this is the fact.
Wang Yanqing awakened her demonic bloodline, used the power of demons to enslave the Eight Kingdoms Pillars, quelled the civil war in Daluo, and prepared to create a dynasty named "Chu" and become the first empress of Chu.
"so what?"
On the throne, Li Guanqi was silent for a long time before speaking again, looking at Mitchell and Randall below the hall, "The ligers and tigers have joined forces with the Sakura Shogunate to come in front of hundreds of grassland tribes on the day I ascend the throne.
What does urging me to surrender have to do with Yan Qing, the female emperor of Chu?"
"They have sworn allegiance to the Chu Dynasty!"
Randall said solemnly: "Although the Sakura Shogunate is ruled by the Sakura Kyubu, the Sakura Emperor family is still the king. However, just five days ago, the Sakura Emperor announced to the whole country in Heian Kyo, clearly stating that the Sakura Shogunate has joined
Under the command of the Empress of Chu, from now on, the Sakura Shogunate will be a vassal state of the Chu Dynasty."
"oh?"
Li Guanqi frowned, "Loyalty from a distance? With the Great Wall blocking the way, Emperor Sakura and Wang Yanqing can't even see each other, how can they swear allegiance? And hasn't Wang Yanqing not officially proclaimed the emperor yet?"
"It is indeed loyalty from a distance."
Randall nodded slightly and continued: "But the Great Wall will not block the transmission of weak spiritual power. Someone in the Sakura Shogunate has developed a new magical weapon that can achieve 'holographic projection'.
Wang Yanqing himself cannot leave the Great Wall, and neither can his soul projection.
However, using this special magic weapon to create a 'holographic projection' can.
That day, the projection of Yan Qing, the female emperor of Chu, came to Ping An Jing.
Although she has not officially proclaimed herself emperor, she has already performed a ceremony to confer royal power on Emperor Sakura in front of the entire Heian Kyo.
From then on, there was no emperor in the Sakura Shogunate.
The Empress of Chu thought the name "Emperor" was not pleasant, and ordered the Sakura Shogunate on the spot not to use this name. From now on, the title of the Sakura Shogunate must be changed to "Sakura Queen", and only women can serve as Sakura Shogunate.
The king of.”
Speaking of this, Randall's expression was extremely strange, "This matter was a child's play throughout the whole process, and judging from the expression of the empress, she seemed to regard this matter as an insignificant matter, with a casual look on her face.
."
"..."
Li Guanqi was silent for a moment and did not express any opinion on this matter. He just turned around and asked: "So, the Tiger King and the Lion King also used holographic projections to show their allegiance to the Empress of Chu from a distance?"
"Exactly."
Randall lowered his head slightly, "They even swore allegiance to Emperor Sakura one day earlier, six days ago."
"So, this is why they came to persuade me to surrender?"
Li Guanqi leaned against the throne and looked down at the old man in blue robes with cold eyes, "The Lion King, Tiger King and Sakura Shogunate have all pledged their allegiance to the Chu Dynasty. Their move is tantamount to pulling the banner of the Empress and representing the Great Chu Dynasty.
The will of the Chu Dynasty to order me to surrender to the Chu Dynasty?"
"Yes, that's what they meant."
Randall lowered his head and responded.
"What does the Empress of Chu mean?"
Li Guanqi looked complicated and asked slowly: "That... empress, what do you mean? Isn't there a holographic projection? Since she wants me to surrender, why did she ask her lackeys to persuade me instead of doing it herself?"