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Chapter 416 Tuotuo's plan, the imperial court withdraws troops (asking for monthly tickets)

Dangdang~
"The troops have been called back!"

For a moment, everyone on the battlefield was stunned. No one expected that at such a critical moment, the imperial court would actually call back the troops. It was simply unbelievable!
After all, although the three great masters of the Heavenly Ranking have been entangled by the Heavenly Ranking masters of the Zoroastrianism, they are still in the military.

The lineup of 20,000 White Deer Army, 30,000 Cang Wolf Army, and 5,000 Treasure Elephant Army still had the upper hand. Even when facing the elite of the elite of Zoroastrianism, the Five Elements Flag was able to hold up.

Although the enemy is very tenacious, as long as the imperial court is determined, it will definitely be able to capture Guangmingding at all costs.

So no one thought that the court would withdraw its troops on its own initiative, but the court still decided to withdraw its troops at this time.

On the high platform behind the army, the commander-in-chief of this battle, Prime Minister Tuotuo, waved his hand and asked his men to ring the gong to call back the troops.

The attendant officer beside him looked at Tuotuo in confusion and said, "Prime Minister, we have suffered so many losses on this trip. We were about to capture all the rebels in the court and capture Guangmingding. Why did you suddenly withdraw your troops?"

"Wouldn't this be a waste of all our efforts?"

After hearing this, Tuotuo looked at the bloody battlefield ahead and asked, "What is the purpose of our trip?"

The attendant officer was stunned for a moment, then said, "First, capture the direct bloodline of the rebel king Han Shantong, cut off the roots, and destroy the faith in the hearts of the Han people all over the world."

"Second, we must capture Guangmingding and wipe out this group of rebels to demonstrate the imperial power."

Tuotuo said, "That's right. Both missions have already had results. Little Ming King was not caught. It's a failure. Since both have failed, then there is not much difference between taking down Guangmingding and not taking down Guangmingding. And you heard the bell ringing on Guangmingding just now!"

Upon hearing this, the attendant officer immediately said, "I heard it. It should be the Gathering Bell of the Zoroastrianism!"

The attendant officer had obviously studied Zoroastrianism, so he directly stated the meaning of the bell.

Tuotuo said: "It's not a big deal. The Zoroastrians cannot ring this bell. I also got a piece of information from Natu. That Chen Jiusi found a secret passage that he couldn't open. Although he didn't know how big the secret passage was, he tried to seal the secret passage and he couldn't open it."

"Could that be the way to survive in Zoroastrianism legend?"

The attendant officer said in surprise. Tuotuo nodded slightly and said, "Yes, that should be the way to survive. According to the information in the Imperial Observatory's Jianghu Secrets Library, this secret passage can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people, and there are always food, dried meat, and wine in it. It can be said that as long as the Zoroastrians hide in it for a year or two, they can stay there without coming out. But we can't waste time here any longer."

Upon hearing this, the accompanying official instantly understood what Tuotuo meant. After all, Tuotuo was a high-ranking official in the position of Left Prime Minister in the imperial court. This expedition was to gain merit, and he could not leave the center for too long.

Otherwise, those ministers with ulterior motives would not let go of this good opportunity to seize power, especially Tuotuo’s first political enemy, the right prime minister of the court, Hama, who was eyeing him covetously and waiting for him to make a mistake.

If he didn't return to the central government for a long time and let Hama slander the emperor every day, that would be very bad.

Therefore, Tuotuo did not dare to stay outside for long. He thought that he would win the battle with a crushing victory. However, he never expected that he would encounter so many resistance in the end.

Peng Yingyu and Fang Guozhen will come to join in the fun, and what's even more hateful is that Chen Jiusi suddenly appeared out of nowhere. That's quite hateful.

Not only did he thwart the plans of the six major sects, he also injured the demon-slaying monk Natu and rescued the little Ming King. Now he has even found the legendary escape route [The Road to Survival], which disrupted all of Tuotuo's plans.

This also made Tuotuo want to withdraw his troops.

At this time, the attendant officer said: "Master Prime Minister, even if our Bright Summit line is difficult to maintain, what about those two princes?"

"Didn't you say it? We can take this opportunity to seize the military power of these two princes."

The attendant officer whispered, "Isn't this the best opportunity? We can use this opportunity to have the Zoroastrians wipe out a large number of their direct descendants. This will also make it easier for us to take over in the future."

That’s right, Tuotuo’s purpose of coming this time is actually to kill two birds with one stone.

The first was to eradicate Zoroastrianism, which was a major concern for the imperial court. The second was to mobilize the two most powerful princes in the world to eradicate Zoroastrianism.

You must know that the imperial court is weak now, and there are serious internal and external troubles. The princes in various places each have their own troops and are quite unwilling to obey the orders of the imperial court, especially Li Siqi, the King of Qi in the Northwest, and Chagan Temur, the Prince of Ruyang in the South.

These two people each have the strongest army in the court, the White Deer Army and the Canglang Army.

The imperial court only had a Baoxiang Army of 20,000 men. Although it was elite, it was still stretched to its limits when facing the two powerful armies outside.

Tuotuo's political goal has always been to reduce the power of the princes. He wanted to take away the military power in the hands of the princes and put them under unified deployment by the imperial court, instead of having the princes have strong autonomy as it is now, becoming too powerful to be controlled, and only obeying orders but not announcements, leading to a situation that is difficult to cure.

Therefore, Tutu wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to suppress Zoroastrianism and take back the military power from the two vassal kings. This matter was also approved by the national teacher. The leader of the Baoxiang Army, Boluo Temur, also agreed to Tutu's proposal. Therefore, the purpose of this battle was not simple.

Eradicating Zoroastrianism is only one of the issues. In fact, Prince Ruyang and Li Siqi are also two fish on the chopping board.

But now, when Tuotuo looked over, he saw the chief commander of the Canglang Army, the Sword God Li Siqi, was dawdling with Fang Guozhen. He didn't know whether he had other ideas or had already seen through Tuotuo's plan to reduce the power of the feudal lords.

Moreover, when the Canglang Army was fighting, they mostly focused on saving their lives. The White Deer Army has suffered the heaviest losses so far.

Prince Ruyang, a court prince, really wants to make contributions to the country and is willing to consume his powerful military force. But Li Siqi is not like that. He is obviously trying to protect himself.

Moreover, the Kunlun sect of the six major sects also surrendered to him. If the imperial court is in trouble in the future and its control over the local areas is not strict, Li Siqi can make a call and really become the King of the Northwest.

This is something Tuotuo absolutely does not want to see.

So when Li Siqi was dawdling, Tuotuo knew it was time to withdraw his troops. After all, if this battle caused heavy losses to the other two armies, Li Siqi's Canglang Army would preserve its strength, and it would be more difficult to deal with him in the future!
After considering all these factors, Tuotuo decided to call off the attack.

As for the Little Ming King and these two vassal kings, he still has a backup plan.

After the plan was finalized, King Xiao Ming implemented it immediately. He saw the soldiers below desperately hitting the golden gongs in front of them.

dang dang...

The sound of the gong spread all over the place and was heard by everyone. At this moment, the soldiers on the battlefield, who had been blood-thirsty, all regained their sanity and gradually woke up from their state of fear, bloodthirstiness and excitement.

Then he confirmed again whether it was the sound of the golden gong that signaled the troops to retreat.

Dangdang~
The sound of the golden gong spread throughout the battlefield. At this moment, all the soldiers felt relieved, knowing that the war was over.

At this time, Chouniu was protecting the calf while standing in a sea of ​​corpses and blood. The big knife in his hand had already cut a hole in it, and his arms were shaking. He could no longer cut. Meanwhile, the imperial court commander on the opposite side was organizing his forces to annihilate the Zoroastrian elder in front of him.

However, they also suffered heavy losses and were tired of war. Since the imperial court did not order them to withdraw, they had no choice but to charge forward.

Just when they were about to rush forward to bury the Ox, they suddenly heard the sound of a retreat. Upon hearing this sound, all the soldiers immediately looked at their own Wanhu, who waved his hand and withdrew his troops.

The soldiers dispersed immediately, revealing the ugly bull covered in blood.

As Chou Niu watched the imperial soldiers retreat, a smile appeared on his face. At this time, Xiao Niu rushed over and pulled Chou Niu, saying, "Uncle Niu, Uncle Niu, they are retreating, they are retreating!"

When the Ox saw this scene, a smile appeared on his face. He won, finally won!
His face was filled with an excited smile. It was not easy. He finally won the battle. He didn't have to die! Guangmingding was also saved.

At this time, all the imperial soldiers retreated like a tide and quickly retreated to their military formations.

At this time on the battlefield, countless Zoroastrian disciples, who had escaped death, were looking at the receding imperial army in fear and confusion, with a question in their minds: why did they withdraw like this?

Thinking of this, everyone looked at the army retreating like a tide in surprise. What was going on?
The six powerful men on the Heavenly Ranking who were fighting were also filled with surprise for a moment.

At this time, Borodimur, who was fighting against Peng Yingyu, was full of doubts, muttering: "Why are they withdrawing now?"

At this moment, he swept his eyes across the battlefield and found that only Prince Ruyang was seriously injured, while Li Siqi was actually just slacking off with Fang Guozhen. It looked like he was fighting vigorously and with amazing power, but in fact, a closer look revealed that this guy was just warming up and he wasn't even sweating.

This made Bolo Timur very angry, but he could do nothing about it. He even had a hint of doubt. Could it be that his plan with the court was discovered by him?

Borotemur thought about it, looked at Peng Yingyu who was not giving in, and said, "Laughing Buddha, that's enough!"

Peng Yingyu stopped moving, looked at Borodimer and asked, "What do you mean by almost done?"

Borodimer said: "You think I can't see that you don't really want to fight me, you are just pretending to fight me. Now that we have called off the battle, there is no need for us to continue pretending!"

Peng Yingyu said, "You don't believe I want to die with you?"

Borodimer said: "I believe it, but I don't believe you will die with me for no reason. Okay, that's enough. This time our battle ends here. When we meet next time, the scene will not be like this!"

Upon hearing this, Peng Yingyu put away the golden body. He felt a sweetness in his throat and almost vomited blood. The golden body turned around just now and caused his body to suffer a backlash. However, he pretended to be calm so as not to let Boluo see the flaw.

Borod Temur withdrew his hand and turned to walk away. Peng Yingyu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Borod Temur leaving.

A trace of sweat also appeared on his forehead.

At this time, in the middle of the battlefield, Li Siqi and Fang Guozhen, who were attacking each other with sword energy and fist power, also heard the sound of the gong.

At this time, Li Siqi put away his sword and said, "Fang Long Wang, let's stop here today. It's worth my trip to see the Dragon King's Dragon Fist today!"

Fang Guozhen looked at Li Siqi and said, "Haha, it's my good fortune to be able to fight with the God of Swords."

Li Siqi said at this time: "Fang Longwang, we are acquainted with each other after fighting. Are you interested in joining forces with me?"

Fang Guozhen was stunned and looked at Li Siqi and said, "Join hands? What is there between you and me that is worth joining hands with?"

Li Siqi said: "There are many areas where you and I can work together, such as this world."

"The world?"

Fang Guozhen's voice also changed slightly. After all, as a local hero, who would not be interested in the world? At this time, Li Siqi said, "The Dragon King is in the East China Sea, and I am in the northwest. One is in the east and the other is in the west. If we unite, we can swallow up these forces in the middle and complete the trend of swallowing up the world. Is the Dragon King interested in hunting with me and conquering the world?"

After hearing this, Fang Guozhen looked at Li Siqi and said, "You have a good plan, but you are the King of the Northwest, and it is not an exaggeration for you to be the head of the vassal kings of the court. Why do you have to do such a treasonous thing?"

Li Siqi smiled bitterly and said, "I am just trying to protect myself. To be honest with you, Dragon King, you have no choice in the court. If you don't want to go further, someone will pull you down and you will be doomed!"

"So your Majesty, nothing is white, in the end it is nothing!"

Li Siqi sighed and said, after hearing what Li Siqi said, Fang Guozhen looked at Li Siqi and said, "You really dare to say anything, aren't you afraid that I will report you?"

Li Siqi laughed and said, "Since I want to recruit you, I have to be honest with you. I want to make it clear to the king. If you and I join forces and succeed, I can make you the King of One Word and One Shoulder, and we can divide the world into north and south, okay?"

Fang Guozhen squinted his eyes and looked at him and said, "Just you and I, do we have the strength to share the world?"

"As long as you think about it, there is hope. If you don't even dare to think about it, then it is truly impossible!"

Fang Guozhen looked at the fanatical Li Siqi, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Forget it, I live very comfortably in the East China Sea. How you fight for hegemony in the Central Plains has nothing to do with me, and I have no intention of competing with you for the world."

Li Siqi said: "That's a pity. It's a pity that Brother Fang has such great martial arts skills!"

Fang Guozhen said: "I can only say sorry, but don't worry, I won't spread your affairs to others."

Li Siqi smiled: "Of course I believe this. After all, who would believe you if you told them?"

Li Siqi was very confident. He was an official and Fang Guozhen was a thief. How could others believe what a thief said? If he and his vassal king could be convicted based on a thief's words, the whole country would be divided.

You have to know that the King of Qi is not the only vassal king in this world!

Li Siqi thought about it, put the knife into the sheath, and slowly retreated from the battlefield.

At this time, in the center of the battlefield, the battle was fierce. King Ruyang and Liu Futong hit each other with their palms, and then separated.

"Wow!"

Prince Ruyang spat out a mouthful of black blood and it looked like he was seriously injured. Liu Futong was originally planning to step forward and take advantage of Prince Ruyang's illness to take his life, or at least severely injure him.

But at this moment, the sound of a gong was suddenly heard from the imperial court.

Dangdang~
With the sound of the horn, Liu Futong gave up the idea of ​​continuing to move forward to finish off the enemy. Sounding the horn to call back the troops is an unwritten rule on the battlefield, which means that when both sides hear the horn, they must stop fighting.

Then someone asked, what would happen if we didn’t stop?
Don't stop. Stopping means continuing to fight, and that would be interesting.

It is the Zoroastrianism that is to be wiped out now. At this time, the imperial court is trying to show goodwill and withdraw its troops. You, my good fellow, will not withdraw your troops. You are arrogant.

If you come to pursue us, I'm sorry, but the imperial court can directly turn retreat into attack and continue to fight with you Zoroastrians. By then, the imperial court may suffer serious injuries but will fight to the death with you Zoroastrians.

Therefore, this peace was hard-won. Unless Liu Futong had gone mad, there was no way he could continue the attack.

Even though he saw that Prince Ruyang was seriously injured, he could only watch Prince Ruyang swallow the medicine to stabilize his condition and slowly stand up.

Liu Futong looked at King Ruyang and said, "Haha, King Ruyang, I really saved your life."

King Ruyang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Although I am not your opponent, it is not easy for you to kill me. If you don't believe me, you can come and try."

After hearing this, Liu Futong looked at King Ruyang and said, "Haha, I must try it if I have the chance."

The two of them were really angry with each other, and their words were full of tension. Unlike the other two battlefields, where everyone had their own ulterior motives, the fight did not seem too tragic.

King Ruyang looked at the tragic battlefield around him and sighed, "You are only one breath away. If you hold back your breath, you will surely lose!"

After hearing this, Liu Futong said, "As you said, it doesn't matter if we lose. With the power of my Zoroastrians, even if we lose, we will drag you into the abyss! Even if you win, you will suffer heavy losses. This is the price you pay for victory!"

After hearing what Liu Futong said, King Ruyang looked at his Bailu Army which had suffered heavy casualties and sighed.

In this battle, his Bailu Army suffered the most casualties. Out of 20,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 died, leaving only a few thousand remnants. The next highest number was the Baoxiang Army. Even though the Baoxiang Army was the elite among the elite, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed. You should know that he only had 5,000 soldiers in total.

On the contrary, the largest army, the Canglang Army, had less than 10,000 deaths, which was really a serious case of slacking off.

Seeing this scene, King Ruyang sighed and said, "If we can work together, we can destroy this Fire Worshiping Demon Sect!"

Liu Futong understood what King Ruyang meant and said, "Haha, King Ruyang, although I don't want to admit it, your court is really rotten. With twice as many troops as mine, you can't even take down my Bright Summit. It's really ridiculous."

As he spoke, Liu Futong looked at the Zoroastrians who were crawling up from the ground, from the pile of dead bodies, and from the pool of blood.

There is light in each of those eyes, and that light is an unyielding light!

Seeing these Zoroastrians with shining eyes, Liu Futong sighed sincerely: "Magnificent, holy religion, magnificent saints!"

Seeing Liu Futong like this, King Ruyang said in a cold voice: "Crooked devilish evil way!"

After hearing what Prince Ruyang said, Liu Futong ignored him and looked at him and said, "The troops have been called back. If you don't leave, you're waiting to die."

Prince Ruyang looked at Liu Futong and said, "One day, you and I will have a battle."

Liu Futong said: "You are not qualified!"

When Prince Ruyang heard this, he frowned in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

At this time, I could only leave angrily.

So what if I’m not as skilled as others?

At this time, the imperial army retreated rapidly. Seeing the imperial army withdraw completely, all the Zoroastrians exclaimed excitedly.

"Ah, we win, we win!"

With each shout, the Zoroastrians went completely crazy. This battle was so difficult for them!
At this time, everyone shouted loudly: "Victory, victory!"

The sound spread throughout Wangchuan Pass.

Liu Futong finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the next moment a mouthful of black blood spurted out.

He stood there dejectedly, holding his chest.

This battle was extremely difficult for him. First, he was imprisoned by Du Zundao for half a month without any food or water, and then he was pierced in the collarbone by Han Miaozhen. Just after he was released, before he had a rest, he was attacked by the imperial court. Then, as everyone knows, the scene was extremely tragic.

He first fought against King Ruyang, and in the middle he forced himself to use his internal energy to capture the more intelligent fox, which made the injuries in his body more serious. During the battle just now, he had been enduring the pain and forcing himself to keep his internal energy flowing.

Although he defeated King Ruyang, he was also seriously injured.

At this moment, he finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

At this time, he stood there holding his chest and feeling miserable. However, this scene was soon seen by Duozhi Fox, who immediately ran over and said, "Venerable, are you okay? Are you okay?"

After hearing this, Liu Futong stretched out his hand and said, "It's okay, ahem, it's just that my lungs are injured!"

Duozhihu said: "Then let me use my inner strength to help you heal your wounds."

Liu Futong said, "No, the most important thing now is not my injury, but the immediate care of the followers. Now pass on my order, everyone clean up the battlefield, and let the doctors treat the followers' injuries quickly. I don't want our followers to die among the wounded instead of on the battlefield."

"Also, count the casualties, prepare supplies, and comfort the families. We can't let soldiers die on the battlefield without anyone caring about their parents and the elderly!"

Liu Futong passed down the orders one by one. After receiving the orders, Duozhihu looked at Liu Futong who was vomiting blood and said, "Venerable, these are not urgent. Let's heal your wounds first."

"Nonsense, my injuries are fine, go count the casualties first and save those believers who are about to die."

"This……"

The wise fox was in a dilemma, but then he heard a voice saying, "Little fox, just listen to the master."

Duozhihu was stunned when he heard this, and turned around to see Peng Yingyu and Fang Guozhen who came for the marriage proposal.

"Your Excellency, Dragon King!"

Duozhihu saw how enthusiastically there were in the eyes of these two people, especially when he saw Fang Guozhen, there was a hint of eagerness in his eyes. His idol was Fang Guozhen, Big Brother Fang.

At this time, the two saw Duozhi Fox and said, "Just do as the Master just told you. As for the Master's injury, we are here to take care of it."

After hearing this, Duozhi Fox immediately said, "Yes, I will listen to you two adults."

Duozhihu left in a hurry. At this time, Fang Guozhen looked at Peng Yingyu, then at Liu Futong and said, "Haha, two brothers, long time no see!"

After hearing Fang Guozhen's words, Liu Futong and Peng Yingyu looked at each other and said nostalgically, "Yeah, it's been a long time!"

(End of this chapter)