Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1130 Liang Mang’s Ending
Seeing that the Queen of Beimang had regained some spirit, Taiping Ling continued, "Central Plains is in a turbulent time. Among the military commanders, there are only a few people like Liyang, Lu Shengxiang, and Xu Gong. They are outside the storm and still have a chance to choose a tree to live. People like Jin Lanting and Tang Tieshuang who are in Tai'an City will most likely end up miserably."

The Queen of Northern Mang seemed to have remembered something and asked Taiping Ling: "Is Wang Du, who likes to plant plum blossoms in the Southern Dynasty, really a chess piece?"

Taiping Ling replied: "Although Li Mibi has no solid evidence, he has concluded that Wang Du is a hidden chess piece of Beiliang."

The Queen of Beimang sighed: "Li Yishan of Tingchao Pavilion is really amazing."

Taiping Ling also showed some sincere admiration and nodded, "Indeed."

The Queen of Northern Mang said: "I think by now, his 10,000 private cavalrymen must have already joined forces with Yue Pengju's Anxi elite cavalrymen. And Dong Zhuo is probably no match for Yue Pengju."

At this point, the old woman shook her head and said, "Forget it. If we win the battle of Jubei City, we won't need these. If we lose, we won't need them either."

Speaking of such military and national affairs involving the direction of the Liang-Mang war, the old woman was obviously a little tired, and also a little upset that she couldn't hide. She slowly closed her eyes.

It seems like he wants to out of sight, out of mind.

She didn't want to reach the end of her life on earth and still be unable to escape from the intrigues and deceptions.

The old woman took a deep breath and her tone suddenly became firm. Her thin face no longer had the casual look she had when chatting earlier. "I only have two things to tell you. Yelu Hongcai must die before me! The Murong family must leave behind a bloodline, regardless of whether it is male or female!"

After saying the last sentence, the Queen of Northern Mang looked at Taiping Ling and asked with a smile: "You are a scholar of heaven, so tell me, is it that man's plans are not as good as heaven's plans, or heaven's plans are not as good as man's plans?"

Taiping Ling said calmly: "It depends on the time and place, and it depends on the person. Man's plans and God's plans, in the end, there is no fixed number."

The old woman withdrew her gaze, remained silent, and said to herself, "What a confusing account!"

There was silence for a long time, and the candlelight in the house was still dim.

The old woman murmured in a low voice: "It's getting cold...you all should go, I want to have a good rest."

Taiping bowed and left the hut.

Regarding the affairs after the death of the Queen of Beimang, when the old woman was at the end of her life, she clearly refused the "addition of oil" from the gods, because she knew that she did not have much time left.

She told Taiping Ling that if she could not survive the end of the Jubei City Battle, she would use the excuse of being infected by Autumn Cold to hand over all government affairs in the capital of Beiting to Taiping Ling. She had already replaced all the relevant personnel in charge of seals of all sizes with Taiping Ling's confidants.

After leaving the courtyard and walking a long way, Taiping Ling suddenly looked back, tears streaming down his face, muttering, "Miss Murong, Miss Murong..."

On the sickbed in the room, the old woman gently picked up an old mink fur coat beside her, covered herself with it, and slowly fell asleep.

Her dry fingers brushed lightly across the mink coat.

Just like the little girl whose face was as rosy as peach blossoms, when she first met the young man from Liaodong in a foreign country, she felt as if she were bathed in spring breeze.
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The third year of Xiangfu, winter.

The three-year-long battle between Liang and Mang finally ended with a winner, with Northern Liang winning a great victory.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Beimang died in battle, the military god Tuoba Bodhisattva was defeated and captured, and a number of veteran generals including Yang Yuanzan died in battle.

Of the 400,000 troops of Beimang, over 300,000 were killed or wounded, and over 50,000 were captured.

With the momentum of a great victory, Beiliang King Xu Fengnian led his troops straight to the heartland of the Beimang imperial court, intending to complete a feat that no one before him had accomplished.

The outcome of the Liang-Man battle was decided so quickly, which was beyond the expectations of everyone in Liyang.

Emperor Li Yang and his court officials believed that even if Northern Liang had gained a huge advantage in the battle between Liang and Mang, it would probably take six or seven years to destroy Northern Mang, which controlled five states.

By that time, Liyang had already destroyed the rebellious Chu and recovered Guangling and Southern Xinjiang. He had an army of 500,000, plus 300,000 elite border troops from the two Liaos.

There are also famous generals such as Gu Jiantang, Chen Zhibao, and Lu Xiangsheng, who are not afraid of Beiliang who swallowed Beimang.

However, Li Yang could not have predicted that the battle between Liang and Mang would be decided so quickly.

The Jedi-Sky Link made the Imperial Observatory, which Li Yang had painstakingly rebuilt, completely useless.

There is no need to think about what will happen next. It will be a miracle if Beimang, which has lost all its main forces, can survive in Beiliang's hands for three months.

From Liaodong, there was another piece of bad news after the news of Beimang's defeat in the Battle of Liangmang was received.

Wang Sui, who was one of the four famous generals in the Spring and Autumn Period together with Gu Jiantang, led the last 80,000 Southern Dynasty border troops of Beimang to surrender to Liu Jinu, an old general of Beiliang who came to persuade him to surrender.

Xu Fengnian asked Wang Sui to continue to lead the former Beimang troops and increased his troops to 150,000 to continue confronting Gu Jiantang. His goal was self-evident.

After hearing this horrific news, all the nobles in the imperial court of Tai'an City were in a state of panic.

Now, Xi Chu alone has tied up a great deal of Li Yang's energy.

If Xu Fengnian destroyed Beimang and took the opportunity to move south, who could stop him?
Although Lu Xiangsheng gained an advantage in the attack and defense of Jiangnan Road.

But Xie Xichui and Kou Jianghuai were by no means easy opponents, and it was not easy for Lu Xiangsheng to gain the advantage.

Even though Li Yang urged him again and again, Lu Xiangsheng could only guarantee that the battle line would be pushed to the Guangling River by the end of this year.

There was the Western Chu Navy led by Gu Dazu, and the Qingzhou Navy had not yet been restored.

Without the support of the navy, Lu Xiangsheng would have no way of crossing this natural barrier.

As for the western barrier, after personally experiencing the power of Zhang Bianguan, Li Yang no longer had any extravagant hope of making a breakthrough here.

I just hope that Chen Zhibao can stop the Silver-haired Military Saint of Western Chu, and prevent him from taking advantage of the opportunity of Western Chu's military withdrawal and increased strength to break into the Lianghuai region.

It was also under such circumstances that Tan Tan Weng, who had originally resigned due to illness, had to re-participate in court meetings of all sizes, which made people feel a little relieved.
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In the dead of winter, the weather is cold and people's hearts are chilled.

A carriage slowly drove out of the Huan Mansion and came to a dilapidated mansion just across the street. The plaque had long been removed and it had become an ownerless place.

Tantanong got off the carriage carrying two jugs of wine, climbed the stairs, and reached out to tear off the seal on the door.

Pushing the door open with difficulty, the old man walked to the study room with ease.

In the study, some books have been moved away, while some remain. Those that have been moved away and those that remain are actually just gathering dust. They have simply moved to a new place.

A desk was covered with dust.

Huan Wen came to the desk, placed two jugs of wine on it, and then slowly sat down.

In previous years, the man with purple beard and blue eyes would have stood at the window.

Tan Tan Weng looked toward the window and whispered, "Look, Bi Yan'er, you just walked away and didn't get the peaceful and prosperous world you dreamed of. Instead, you got this rotten and rotten shitty situation. Don't you feel guilty? You're lucky to have died early, otherwise you would have regretted it so much!"

Thanks for the reward from Ding Fengbo, a bamboo stick and straw sandals that are lighter than a horse.

(End of this chapter)