The hometown of Western Chu, outside Dahuang City.
Cao Changqing was wearing a green shirt, holding the girl beside him, his brows full of memories and melancholy.
Whether he was promoted to a Confucian sage or the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom now, the core lies in his finding the only bloodline of the Western Chu royal family at that time, Princess Jiang Si, who was also the maid Jiang Ni in the prince's yard in the Beiliang Palace.
If there is no handwriting from Beiliang, I am afraid no one will believe it.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Jiang Ni was sent away by Ying Zheng himself. At that time, there were conversations between Ying Zheng and Jiang Ni, and between Huang Longshi and Cao Changqing.
What Ying Zheng needs to do is very simple. With Luoyang as a powerful and domineering competitor, Jiang Ni will not choose to keep being a flower vase under the influence of others and be suppressed by Luoyang in the future.
Down.
Huang Longshi, on the other hand, learned a little from Chi Yao.
The great Qingyi Cao Changqing, despite his repeated assassinations of Liyang officials and even the emperor, shouted every day that Western Chu would not have been destroyed as long as he was around. But in fact, the importance of the country of Western Chu in his mind was not ranked first.
There is another person at the top of the list——
That is Queen Xichu.
Yes, Cao Changqing did not simply miss his homeland. What he missed more was the special person in his homeland. And the reason why he was thinking about restoring the country was not for anything else, but to clean up the aftermath of the fall of Western Chu.
, the scapegoat that was placed on the Queen’s head out of thin air, causing harm to the country and the people.
He wanted to tell everyone in the world that the demise of Xi Chu had nothing to do with that woman.
After understanding this, it is no longer so difficult to convince Cao Changqing.
Because the Queen of Western Chu was the most important existence in his heart, even though it was Northern Liang King Xu Xiao who destroyed Western Chu, Xu Xiao gave the Queen three feet of white silk as a final act of dignity, and did not let her be like other countries.
The queens and concubines generally fell into the hands of hungry ghosts like Guangling King Zhao Yi and suffered inhuman humiliation, so Cao Changqing never took revenge on Beiliang in all these years.
Huang Sanjia only said three sentences to Cao Changqing.
"If you want to help Queen Xi Chu restore her reputation, just denying her bad reputation is not enough. Her current identity is the last queen of Xi Chu, and she is closely connected with the subjugated emperor. No matter how she corrects her, she will inevitably be affected by the crime of subjugating her country.
Instead of doing this, it is better to give her a new, more resounding and glorious name. For example, the mother of a certain female sword fairy, the queen mother of the Empress of Dachu, etc."
"Of course, it's easy to come up with a new name, but if you want most people in the world to recognize it, you need someone with enough weight to say it. Compared with the praise of people in the world, the emperor's edict is more convincing.
force."
"Now the world is divided into three parts: Beimang, Liyang, and Beiliang. Who do you want to preside over this edict?"
Cao Changqing's lips twitched, wanting to say why Chu couldn't do it, but his reason was obviously still there. Even if Western Chu could recover, there was no possibility of unifying the world.
Among the three choices given by Huang Longshi, the relationship between Liyang and him was the most irreconcilable. Beimang was a vulgar barbarian. Cao Changqing, a great scholar, did not like him at all, so only Beiliang could barely take his fancy.
Coupled with the last dignity that Xu Xiao gave to the Queen of Xichu and the friendship he had adopted from the princess Jiang Si over the years, Cao Changqing closed his eyes, his whole body was full of momentum, and the words came out from the wind and thunder: "Yes."
On this day, Cao Changqing entered the land of immortals, and Western Chu declared its restoration.
However, despite reaching a secret agreement with Beiliang, the restored Western Chu was in no hurry to join forces with Beiliang who was moving south.
There are two main reasons.
First, although Cao Changqing did not have that deep hatred for Beiliang in his heart, not everyone who remained in Western Chu was like him.
In the eyes of most people who support the restoration of the country, Xu Xiao, who plays the role of executioner, is no better than Li Yang, and even hates Beiliang even more because of the blood feud. Under such circumstances, once Cao Changqing unilaterally declares a merger with Beiliang
, then Xi Chu will be in chaos first, which conflicts with his and Huang Longshi's plans for the overall situation of the world.
Secondly, the chaos in Beimang, Beiliang, Liyang, and Western Chu is the situation that the immortals in the sky like to see the most. They like to let the luck in the world disperse and not gather together, so as to facilitate their fishing. Therefore, they maintain
The form of multi-party coexistence has the benefit of paralyzing the heavens and buying more time for the development of the human world.
"So, we have to make our name known as soon as possible!"
Cao Changqing said in a deep voice.
"But, our army may..."
Sun Xiji, the grand master of the old Western Chu State, had some concerns.
It has to be said that Xi Chu is indeed very popular. More than 20 years after the country was destroyed, Cao Changqing and Jiang Ni ascended to the throne and shouted, and he was still able to quickly recruit a group of people to restore the country in a decent manner.
But other resources are easy to come by, and a well-trained army cannot be built overnight.
Nowadays, the soldiers in their hands are all private soldiers from some families. Their weapons and equipment may not be inferior to Liyang's regular army. But as a Confucian general who has actually led troops, Cao Changqing can tell at a glance that they are fighting.
Weakness of strength.
Not to mention that in order to eliminate this rebellion as soon as possible, Zhao Bing, the king of Yanla stationed in the Southern Tang Dynasty, also sent troops.
King Guangling and King Yanla held almost half of Liyang's elite troops except the Northern Liang Army, and the other half was in the hands of General Gu Jiantang.
Faced with such an enemy, it is really difficult for Xichu to break the situation. In the past few days, the old grand master Sun Xiji has turned gray with worry.
However, Cao Changqing was particularly high-spirited today, and there was a bit more domineering in his eyebrows that he had never had before.
"It doesn't matter, this time the siege does not require the participation of the army."
He stood up with a flutter of sleeves and walked away quietly, leaving only one sentence that echoed for a long time.
"To return the great Chu to its old capital, I am enough!"
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Dahuang City, the former capital of Western Chu, is now the palace of Guangling King Zhao Yi.
But today, in the palace, there are not only the important ministers of the Guangling family, but also the troops of King Yanla who came from the hometown of the Southern Tang Dynasty to support them.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Yi ranks first, followed by Zhao Zhu, the crown prince of Yanla, who led the troops and horses, and then Chun Xuelou, the leader of Guangling civil and military forces, Zhang Zhupo and Lu Sheng
The elephants and so on are arranged in order.
"Cao Changqing announced the restoration of the country, and people from all over Western Chu responded. It's really shocking! What do you think, my nephew?"
Zhao Yi, who was spread out on the throne like a mountain of meat, looked at Zhao Zhu with a smile.
"It's all arranged by Uncle Wang. My nephew is here this time to learn from Uncle Wang's military skills and gain some experience."
Zhao Zhu is very smart, he is always humble and refuses to overwhelm others.
Zhao Yi was quite satisfied with this attitude.
To be honest, he was very unhappy when the imperial court sent reinforcements. Doesn't this mean that he can't deal with the remnants of Western Chu?
"Sheng Xiang, what do you think?"
Lu Shengxiang's eyes were cold and stern, and he replied after hearing the words: "Although the remnants of the Western Chu are powerful, except for one Cao Changqing, they are all local chickens and dogs! As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Cao Changqing is strong when he is strong. He does not have elite soldiers.
But there is also a lot of ambition but not enough strength.”
"good,"
Zhang Zhupo stroked the whiskers on his lips and echoed, "The so-called restoration of the country in Western Chu is a complete empty shell, and most people just verbally support it. Is it possible that Cao Qingyi alone can defeat our Great Phoenix City?
As long as the prince can be ruthless, when enough blood flows, Guangling Road will naturally be peaceful."
"Hahaha, well said!"
Guangling King Zhao Yi was very happy to hear this and waved his hand, "Then..."
At this moment, a long shout came from outside: "Cao Changqing, great Chu, please go to death!"
Rumble——
In an instant, the clouds rolled and relaxed, and strange phenomena appeared in the sky above the Phoenix City.
On the official road less than half a mile outside the city, there was a Confucian scholar in blue shirt walking slowly alone, holding a chess box in his hand, and stopped and sat down.
He sat upright, put his fingers together, and picked up a sunspot.
The originally clear and cloudless sky suddenly became turbulent.
Following those ten short words, there was a "click" sound, and the black piece landed in the center of the chessboard.
Start with Tianyuan.
It seems like a very unreasonable start.
But the even more unreasonable sight was that with this "snap", a gorgeous purple thunder column fell from the high altitude of the Phoenix City with a "squeak", crashing to the ground like a punishment from heaven.
A once-in-a-century earthquake seemed to have occurred in this majestic city.
The whole world is shaken by it!
On the eaves of all the palaces and pavilions, including the Great Phoenix City Palace, countless tiles shook in an instant.
Zhao Yi, Zhao Zhu, Zhang Zhupo, Lu Shengxiang...
Everyone was frightened and rushed out of the palace.
Then, under their unbelievable gazes, Cao Changqing outside the city picked up a crystal chess piece again, with a smile in his eyes, and gently landed it on the chessboard.
Boom——
The second thunder pillar arrived as scheduled.
"How dare he? How dare he?!"
The obese King of Guangling, Zhao Yi, was furious while being protected and dodged, and gnashed his teeth and cursed, "Come here! Come here! Kill me! Kill Cao Changqing!"
"
In fact, before he could give his orders, Lu Shengxiang had already rushed to the military camp.
To be honest, it is not uncommon for a top martial artist to attack a city alone. Wang Xianzhi's famous battle was when he single-handedly defeated the Dongyue Royal City.
But to kill Wang Xianzhi, he also needs to go in personally and kill him face to face with punches and kicks. It is not the same concept as Cao Changqing where you can't even see his face and the sky is struck by thunder one after another.
In the former, at least you feel that he is still a human being, but in the latter...
Lu Shengxiang walked through the streets and alleys and saw that the people in the city were either closing their doors and shivering, or kneeling tremblingly on the ground and praying to the gods for mercy.
Scenes like this made him feel even more angry.
After arriving at the military camp, he ordered his own soldiers and went straight to the city.
"Fire the arrow!
"
The crossbows on the beds let out deafening roars.
Sususususu——
Arrows like spears pierced the sky, shooting towards the cyan figure in the distance.
There was a loud sound breaking through the air, like thunder wrapped in the wind.
But Cao Changqing turned a blind eye completely.
He just stared at the chessboard in front of him intently, twisted out a sunspot again, and dropped it gently.
The vitality surged in the mid-air, and hundreds of huge arrows like beams fell into the air and shattered. Even the dozens of crossbows placed on the city wall were inexplicably turned into powder.
Lu Shengxiang was so angry that he was trembling all over on the top of the city, but when he was asked to lead his soldiers to rush forward and fight, he didn't dare. He just kept shouting, "shoot arrows, shoot arrows."
Cao Changqing ignored this and continued to make moves.
Royal palace, military camp, Chunxue Tower...
No important place in the Great Phoenix City can escape the divine punishment falling from the sky.
Swish! Swish!
Suddenly, two rays of sword light shot out from the tower.
Dongyue Jianchi, Bai Jiangshan, Li Yibai!
It turns out that Chai Qingshan, the previous great swordsman of Dongyue Jianchi, was the chief guest of Chunxue Tower.
After he was injured by Chi Yao and went back to recuperate, Dongyue Jianchi always sent people to maintain a cooperative relationship with King Guangling.
The two people currently in charge of the rotation, one is a disciple of Song Nianqing, the master of Dongyue Sword Pool, and the other is also a talented swordsman who once made a name for himself in the capital.
Originally, two first-level swordsmen should be able to deal with any enemy with ease if they join forces.
But he didn't expect that he would happen to run into a big scene where the big Qingyi man was attacking the city alone.
The two brothers came out of the city with their swords. They were not in a hurry to follow Cao Changqing. Instead, they raised their hands and said with emotion: "We, the swordsmen, have been tirelessly pursuing the great realm of fighting bulls with Qi and penetrating the rainbow with Qi from ancient times. We never thought that
You, Cao Qingyi, are just a Confucian scholar, but you are able to bring the awe-inspiring righteousness that fills the world from the blue sky into the human world. If you are a swordsman, that would be great!"
Cao Changqing ignored the two juniors and kept making moves, getting faster and faster.
Almost as soon as a thunderbolt hit, a second bright beam of light fell from Jiutian Qingming followed closely behind. A beam of light appeared in one fell swoop, not only making the rain of arrows flying from the top of the city unable to get close.
Even the speed of demolishing the city has not slowed down.
"well……"
Er Li stopped talking and looked at each other, seeing a look of determination in each other's eyes.
"Dongyue Jianchi, Li Yibai/Bai Jiangshan, please enlighten me!"
After finishing his words, two rays of sword light rose up from the ground and went straight towards the bullfight. The light was so brilliant that it was like two white rainbows hanging in mid-air.
The white rainbow rose from the top of the city and was about to fall to the head of Cao Changqing in green clothes. However, it seemed to have hit an insurmountable invisible thunder pool in mid-air. It only splashed a large group of sparks and electric light, and the sound pierced the eardrums. It looked fancy, but it was ineffective.
Shake the opponent even a little bit.
On the contrary, Li Yibai and Bai Jiangshan were affected by the force of the counterattack. One groaned and retreated, while the other's mouth bleeded, and the gap was obvious.
However, they knew in their hearts what they represented at this time, and even if they died here, they could not retreat. Once they retreated, the relationship between Dongyue Jianchi and Liyang Chaotang could not be reunited.
So, with their gritted teeth and persistence, two famous swords flew rapidly around Cao Changqing, who was sitting cross-legged. Unfortunately, no matter how powerful they were, the flying swords could only hit each other like headless flies, never getting within ten feet of him.
In the end, when the two swords were shattered by Haoran Zhengqi, two more corpses appeared on the top of the Great Phoenix City.
"Are there no new surprises?"
After a long time, Cao Changqing looked up at the Great Phoenix City in front of him and threw out the last chess piece in his hand.
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It's the day.
Cao Changqing of the Western Chu State single-handedly attacked Dahuang City and massacred all of Guangling King Zhao Yi's direct henchmen.