Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 579 Did Darong win or lose this battle?

Tang Wuxi was not in a hurry at all at this time, and he was even a little secretly happy in his heart.

Although he had supported Uto before, his mind has changed now. The Wuliang tribe suffered heavy losses, so should the Wuliang royal court have a new master?

Among the seven major tribes of Wuliang, the Chici tribe should be the most powerful now.

Other tribes all went south and suffered heavy casualties in Beiyuan Town, but the Chici tribe alone did not go south and only stayed at the Menghe Mountain Palace.

Of course, the Chici tribe did not gain any benefits. Although other tribes suffered heavy casualties in Beiyuan Town, they also looted a large amount of supplies from the town.

Thinking of the heavy losses suffered by the Wuliang tribe, Tang Wuxi couldn't help but feel a strong ambition in his heart.

Perhaps he can also replace the Wuliang Royal Court and establish the Chishi Royal Court!

He was not the only one who had such an idea. Bai Mi of the Tatar tribe had the same idea. Although they had lost a lot of young and strong men in Beiyuan Town, compared with the spoils they obtained, the losses could be completely negligible.

There was also Sangkun from the Alaman tribe, who was also watching Utuo's retreat to Yemi City with cold eyes.

Many tribes of the Alaman tribe were plundered by Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze, but they were not seriously injured.

So some ideas that had not been there before popped up in Sangkun's mind.

In the Liangwang tribe, Cui Liang and Ji Feiyu sat together, both with regretful expressions on their faces.

"All tribes have withdrawn their troops. Unfortunately, this war lasted too short a time, so short that we haven't collected enough blood food!" Cui Liang said softly.

This time the Wulianghu tribe marched south in large numbers, and the Liangwang tribe also participated. However, as a vassal king who was just there to make up the numbers, Cui Liang had no right to compete with other tribes, so he could only lead his subordinates to pick up some leftovers in the back. At the same time, in order to please those tribes, he was also responsible for treating many wounded soldiers.

At this time, there were still tens of thousands of wounded soldiers in his camp, but these wounded soldiers were all ordinary herdsmen. Any Hu cavalry with a little status or some cultivation became their blood food.

They not only treated the soldiers of the Hu tribe, but also many wounded soldiers from Beiyuan Town.

Cui Liang had a very good reason, he wanted to recruit these wounded soldiers to surrender.

His behavior not only did not arouse resentment from other tribes, but made many tribes very grateful to him.

And they did save a lot of people. Compared with the blood and food they used, the number of people they saved was dozens of times more.

If saving a life is a merit, then Cui Liang's merit this time can be said to be immeasurable.

However, Cui Liang, who had done great deeds, felt that the war lasted too short.

Ji Feiyu grinned, "The war between Wuliang Royal Court and Beiyuan Town is over, but the war within Wuliang Royal Court has just begun. We still have many opportunities to come!"

Cui Liang showed a cold smile and said, "Yes, Wu Tuo has invited me to lead the troops to the royal city!"

"Tsk tsk, such a huge royal city was burned down by the people of Chongshan Town. What a pity!"

Ji Feiyu's eyes flashed bloodshot, "The one who burned down Yemi City was Yang Zhengshan!"

Cui Liang's face froze, "Yang Zhengshan!"

"Yes, it's him!" Ji Feiyu said.

Cui Liang fell silent.

He had never met Yang Zhengshan, but the name Yang Zhengshan had always lingered in his mind like a nightmare.

He will never forget the fire in the valley inside Guanshankou in his life.

Flames are rising, and hundreds of thousands of dead souls are howling!

Among these 100,000 dead souls, 20,000 were soldiers under his command, including even his wife and children.

His mother was burned to death, his wives and concubines were burned to death, and only the eldest son of his four children escaped with him.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Dahuo. It was he who took the initiative to abandon his wife, children and the elderly. In fact, his first thought at that time was not to escape with his wife, children and the elderly, but to find Wuto.

It is ambition at work and a balance of interests.

Now he no longer thinks that he made the wrong choice, nor does he think that he abandoned his mother, wife and children. He blames all the sins on Yang Zhengshan.

"I'm going to kill him!" Cui Liang let out a beast-like roar from deep in his throat.

Ji Feiyu sneered at him, "Just you!"

Cui Liang was discouraged. He really wanted to kill Yang Zhengshan. He hated Yang Zhengshan deeply, but he never took any action for revenge in all these years.

"Sir, don't you hate him!" Cui Liang asked in a low voice.

"Hate!" Ji Feiyu's face looked somewhat ferocious.

Cui Liang's family was destroyed, and so was Ji Feiyu.

Cui Liang's mother, wife and children died in the sea of ​​fire, while Ji Feiyu's wife and children died in the chaos of soldiers.

Cui Liang was still lucky, at least he still had a son, and over the years he married and took concubines, and had many more children.

Ke Ji Fei Yu has become a lonely man.

"Then let's kill him!" Cui Liang said.

Ji Feiyu's expression returned to calm. He picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip. "We can't kill him now!"

This is a reality that is hard to accept.

Although he is now an innate warrior, he is very clear about the gap between himself and Yang Zhengshan.

Cui Liang fell silent again, but bloodshot appeared deep in his eyes.

"Then let's fight for more blood food!"

His strength before was not enough to support his revenge, but now his strength makes the seeds of revenge sprout in his heart again.

As long as he has enough blood food, his strength will increase rapidly. As long as his strength can be improved rapidly, one day he will surpass Yang Zhengshan.

Ji Feiyu nodded, "The civil strife in the Wuliang King's court is our opportunity. We will get more this time!"

The two men discussed how to obtain more blood food during the civil strife in the Wuliang royal court, and they buried their hatred for Yang Zhengshan deep in their hearts.

That hatred will not disappear, but will only be infinitely magnified over time until the hatred devours their hearts and makes them completely enslaved by hatred.

Xu Ling Blood Refining Technique is an evil technique, not only because its practice process is too evil, but also because Xu Ling Blood Refining Technique has many flaws and side effects.

The most obvious flaw is that in the same realm, the strength of the warriors who practice the Soul Continuation and Blood Refining Technique is not as strong as the warriors who practice down-to-earth. The second is the short lifespan. The lifespan of the innate warriors who practice the Soul Continuation and Blood Refining Technique is far less than that of other innate warriors. They will not live more than 120 years at most.

The biggest side effect of the Xu Ling Blood Refining Technique is that it affects the mind. It will stimulate the strongest evil thoughts in the practitioner's heart, such as lust, hatred, bloodlust, greed, etc., until they are completely reduced to slaves of evil thoughts.

For a normal warrior, the process of practicing Xuling Lianxue Gong is extremely painful, and for a warrior with good intentions, practicing Xuling Lianxue Gong will be even more painful.

The Xuling Refining Blood Technique has a strong temptation for many warriors because it can quickly improve the warrior's cultivation. However, many warriors will not practice it after obtaining the Xuling Refining Blood Technique because for a warrior with good intentions, practicing it also requires great courage.

But for those with evil intentions, it is as addictive as a datura flower.

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There was constant turmoil within the Wuliang King's court, and undercurrents were also surging in Darong's court.

The Wuliang army marched south, the Beiyuan town was defeated one after another, the Hu cavalry invaded Longyuan, and the Linyuan city was broken. These urgent reports were like huge rocks hitting the already turbid pond of the court, and the waves they stirred up became bigger and bigger.

Although Emperor Yanping could still sit back and relax, many court ministers were drenched by the waves.

When Beiyuan Town suffered a series of defeats, the first person to suffer was An Huairen, the Left General of the Left Military Governor's Office. Because Beiyuan Town was under the jurisdiction of the Left Military Governor's Office, when Beiyuan Town fought at a disadvantage, An Huairen, the Left General, naturally bore the brunt of the consequences.

The second victim was the Minister of War Wang Lu. This veteran official, who had served as the Minister of War for ten years, eventually came to a miserable end due to the impeachment of countless officials.

Wang Lu’s tragic story was not only due to the unfavorable battle situation in Beiyuan Town, but also because he was the representative figure of Shu School in the court.

The factors involved are very complex, including factional struggles in the court and school struggles among the literati.

The Shu School is a fairly large faction in the Darong literati circle. For example, the Shanyue Academy in Bashu is the representative of Shu School, and Wang Lu is also a representative figure of Shu School.

The Darong Scholars were divided into many schools, including the Northern School headed by the Imperial College and the Imperial University, the Shu School headed by the Shanyue Academy, the Southern School headed by the Nanshan Academy in Jiangnan, and so on.

Each school has different ideas, which will not only affect the court, but also the world.

Originally, the disputes among schools of thought in the court were not fierce, but recently, with the instigation of some ambitious people, the disputes among schools of thought have continued to emerge.

Wang Lu became the first victim of the school dispute.

And this is just the beginning.

After the urgent report of the Hu cavalry invading Longyuan was sent to the capital, the once prosperous Rongguo Mansion also came to an end.

Duan Rui was impeached by many officials from Longyuan Province and was dismissed from his post as the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army Commandery. If Duan Qifeng had not been holding out in Linyuan City, Duan Rui would not only have been stripped of his post but might have also been demoted.

After the fall of Linyuan City, countless memorials impeaching Duan Qifeng floated into the imperial study. Duan Qifeng still did not escape the punishment of demotion. He was demoted three levels from a first-class duke to a first-class marquis.

The Longyuan Party overthrew Duan Rui, but soon the Longyuan Party was also besieged by many officials.

Because a large number of Hu cavalry invaded Longyuan, many officials of Longyuan Province lost their cities, and many local gentry in Longyuan were forced to succumb to the blades of the Hu cavalry.

Not to mention the Longyuan Party, even Zhang Luan, the Marquis of Jianchang and the Minister of Shangwu Temple, was impeached by many people.

Shangwu Temple is also a military organization. The Shangwu Temple of Longyuan Province was not doing well in combat and was also targeted.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan, the general of Chongshan Town who had only been in office for a few months, was also impeached by many officials.

Naturally, no one in the court knew about Yang Zhengshan's plan. The ministers in the court only knew that the army of Chongshan Town was afraid of the enemy and did not advance at the Menghe Mountain Gate.

Zhang Luan and Yang Zhengshan were impeached, which in turn caused turmoil among the noble group.

Although the noble group is divided into many factions, they have always stick together for warmth.

The noble group could tolerate the impeachment of Duan Rui and Duan Qifeng, after all, the fact that Beiyuan Town was not doing well in combat was an unconcealable fact. When the Wuliang army invaded Longyuan, Duan Qifeng, as the general of Beiyuan Town, could not escape blame.

Even if the noble group was dissatisfied with this, it was difficult for them to refute the civil servants.

However, Zhang Luan and Yang Zhengshan were impeached. Not only Zhang Luan and Yang Zhengshan, but also many other nobles were impeached. After all, there were many nobles serving in Beiyuan Town, and there were more than a dozen nobles involved in one border town.

The impeachment of so many nobles naturally led to a counterattack from the noble group.

Originally, the court was a factional struggle among civil officials, but later it evolved into a struggle between civil and military officials.

But what is the most important thing at this time?
Instead of fighting, we should mobilize troops to support Longyuan.

However, the officials in the court were only concerned with self-preservation and attacking, which resulted in repeated delays in mobilizing troops to support Longyuan.

On the tenth day after the Hu cavalry invaded Longyuan, that is, when Yang Zhengshan broke through Yemi City, the court had not yet come up with a plan to mobilize troops.

After Linyuan City was captured, the fighting in the court became more intense, and as a result, no one paid attention to the Hu cavalry wreaking havoc in Longyuan.

Time passed day by day, until mid-June, when the chaotic court finally remembered Longyuan and began to draw troops from various garrisons to support Longyuan.

But at this time, Yang Zhengshan had already entered the snowy plains, and the armies of the Wuliang tribes had slowly retreated and were about to withdraw from Beiyuan Town.

Yang Zhengshan launched a surprise attack on Yemi City, causing heavy losses to the Wuliang tribe, but he was unable to make up for the losses in Beiyuan Town and Longyuan.

After this battle, Beiyuan Town was completely destroyed, and the Longyuan area was ravaged by tens of thousands of Hu cavalry.

In late June, Yang Zhengshan bypassed Menghe Mountain and returned to Chongshan Town’s camp at Menghe Mountain.

He sat in the tent and read the documents from the court, his brows deeply furrowed.

Seven documents in total.

The earliest one was from the Ministry of War in mid-May. At that time, Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze had already penetrated deep into the heart of the Wuliang royal court.

The latest one came from ten days ago, and it was a question from the cabinet, asking him why he did not go to support Linyuan City.

Among them were two inquiries from Emperor Yanping.

"How did you respond?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Tang Feihu and Niu Zhuang and asked.

Tang Feihu sighed quietly, "When the first order from the Ministry of War came, we reported the Marquis's plan to the court!"

Yang Zhengshan was silent.

Since his plan had already been reported, why did the court issue so many official documents?
Beiyuan Town failed to stop the Wuliang army, Linyuan City was breached by Wutuo, and Longyuan was ravaged by the Wuliang Hu cavalry. These were results that Yang Zhengshan had not expected.

He really didn't expect that Beiyuan Town would be so useless and couldn't even last three months!
Did Darong win or lose this battle?

The Wulianghu tribe retreated, and he burned down the royal city of the Wuliang king's court. The Wuliang tribe suffered heavy losses, and it seemed that Dayong had won.

However, Beiyuan Town and Longyuan were ravaged by the Wuliang army, and Dayong's losses were much greater than those of the Wuliang Hu tribe!
(End of this chapter)