The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 325 The Power of the Six Major Sects (3800 words)
Amid the continued discussions, Gu Xichao asked for a few days off.

On April 5, a breakthrough to the Grand Master level occurred in the capital, and the news spread quickly.

Gu Xichao broke through to the level of Grand Master.

Suddenly, the voices of the good stories between the emperor and his subjects became even louder.

On April 10th, a vision of a breakthrough to the Grand Master level appeared in the palace.

Outsiders were talking and guessing who it was.

Only a very few people knew that Li Yuanba took a nap and then broke through to the level of Grand Master.

The small body is like a diamond that has been tempered thousands of times, and is a powerful weapon on the battlefield.

All the girls who knew about it couldn't help but secretly call him a little monster.

If it weren't for the big monster, their husband, they would not be able to help but treat Li Yuanba as a human being.

After Li Yuanba broke through, he became crazy again and went mad again.

Zhu Houzhao asked everyone else not to move and excitedly woke Li Yuanba up. Li Yuanba covered his head and looked at his elder brother with fear, acting honestly and well-behaved.

Next, Zhu Houzhao's attention was more focused on the north of the Sui Dynasty, and the eyes of all countries in the world were the same.

Kublai Khan officially fought against the Sui Dynasty.

One side had 500,000 cavalrymen, and the other side had 600,000 soldiers.

Kublai Khan took the initiative with the power of his cavalry.

The Sui Dynasty relied on its geographical advantage to passively defend itself.

The two sides started a bloody fight.

April 24th.

Kublai Khan personally led nearly 300,000 cavalrymen to attack Taiyuan.

They encountered an army of 400,000 led by Yang Lin, Song Que, Qiu Rui and Yuwen Chengdu.

A great battle lasted from morning to evening.

Taiyuan City still exists, Kublai Khan temporarily withdrew his troops, and no one could do anything to anyone else.

And this war is obviously just the beginning.

Over the next ten days, the two sides continued to fight a life-and-death battle.

On the Mongol Yuan side, four great masters emerged, one of whom was Bi Xuan, once the strongest man of the Turks.

Another one is Fu Cailin, the former Goguryeo sword master.

On the Sui side, there were only two great masters, Ning Daoqi and Shi Zhixuan, so naturally they suffered some losses.

However, a lot of masters from both the Buddhist and Taoist sects were dispatched. With the advantage of being in the innate realm and the occasional assistance from Yang Lin, Song Que and the other three, they made up for the disadvantage at the grandmaster level.

After more than ten days of fighting, blood flowed like a river and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

But everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

The Mongols had spent so much effort and Kublai had prepared for so long, it was impossible for them to withdraw easily.

As for the Sui Dynasty, there is no need to mention it.

If it were just the Sui Dynasty itself, then it would be impossible for the now fragmented and disorganized Sui Dynasty to work together to resist the Mongols.

Even though they didn't want to see the Mongols occupy the Sui Dynasty.

This is the heart of the people.

But behind them there is a Ming Dynasty that is more powerful than the Mongols and the orthodox Chinese nation watching.

So taking all the reasons into consideration, they naturally have to give it a try.

Both sides still have a fight to go.

Another day of fierce attack and defense has ended.

In Taiyuan City.

Yang Lin, Song Que, Shi Zhixuan and others gathered together.

"So far, the Mongols have a total of 500,000 troops, including 400,000 Mongols, 50,000 Tiele and 50,000 Tuyuhun.

Kublai Khan led 300,000 troops to fight us in Taiyuan.

The remaining 100,000 Mongol cavalrymen attempted to attack several border defenses, while Tiele and Tuyuhun joined forces to attack Youzhou.

We don't have to worry too much about the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry and Youzhou. We are well prepared. With their strength, they will definitely not be able to break through."

"After more than ten days of fighting, if nothing unexpected happens, the limit of Kublai Khan's military power is to control this 300,000-man army.

So he only led 300,000 cavalry to Taiyuan.

Moreover, many of these 300,000 people were originally Turks. It is impossible for them to be completely united with the Mongols in such a short period of time."

“Therefore, the true limit of Kublai Khan’s military power should be 200,000 Mongol cavalrymen, who can only be defeated by two celestial beings.

At this moment, he is not yet at his peak.

So, I guess he wanted to train his troops.

With our help, we can completely subdue the Turkic people among the 300,000 cavalrymen."

“The purpose is self-evident, it is to confront the Ming Kingdom.

And when he has completed his training and reached his peak, that is when he will intend to defeat us in one fell swoop."

Song Que, dressed in blue armor, spoke in a casual tone, and his words gave people a sense of conviction.

Everyone present really believed it.

The reason is very simple, his name is Song Que.

In terms of strength, Song Que may not be the best in the Sui Dynasty.

But when it comes to military achievements, even Yang Lin cannot compare with Song Que.

This was the man who, when Yang Jian was alive, defeated the Sui army in ten battles with a force of ten thousand against a hundred thousand, and who used the situation in the world to make Yang Jian give up on completely taking over Lingnan.

After Yang Su's death, most of the Sui Dynasty's ten elders are gone, and today, the Sui Dynasty's military commander is headed by Song Que.

"Oh, then we'll see who will win." Yang Lin sneered and said confidently.

Kublai Khan used war as a substitute for training, intending to completely control these 300,000 cavalrymen and unleash the peak of their military power.

Aren’t they the same?
These 400,000-strong army is not on the same page with these few people.

They also need time.

Moreover, this is in the Sui Dynasty, and their advantages are always greater.

As for the harm caused by the continued war to the domestic people, they could not care about it and did not think about it.

"What we should worry about now is not Kublai Khan." Song Que shook his head solemnly and said in a serious tone: "As long as there are no problems internally, it will be difficult for Kublai Khan and these 500,000 cavalrymen with different minds to defeat us.

The real trouble still lies in the entire Yuan Dynasty.

If the Mongols risked the Chagatai Khanate being annexed by the Northern Mang and allowed the Chagatai Khanate and the Golden Horde to move south, we would find it difficult to resist. "

After these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present became more solemn.

Everyone had discussed this point long ago and had always been deeply wary of it.

"Now the Mongols and Northern Mang must have formed an alliance to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The Mongols were still in negotiations with the Jin and Liao dynasties. Once the negotiations between the Mongols and the Jin and Liao dynasties were concluded.

If the four countries formally form an alliance, I'm afraid the Mongols will dare to take this risk.

Therefore, we still need to keep an eye on the negotiation progress between the Mongols and the Jin and Liao countries." Song Que said confidently.

Then he looked at Yang Lin and Shi Zhixuan.

Among the people present, they were the only two who had the channels to find out this.

In other words, the power of the Sui Dynasty alone was not enough, but they could rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Lin and Shi Zhixuan's cooperation with Ming State is the deepest.

"I have been keeping an eye on this, but the negotiations between the three countries are extremely secretive, and I cannot find out what specific progress they have reached for the time being." Yang Lin said in a deep voice.

"Once the three countries reach an agreement, we must know as soon as possible, or as soon as the Chagatai Khanate and the Golden Horde set off, we should ask for help." Song Que said without any concealment.

There was a gleam in everyone's eyes.

Everyone understands what this means.

Ask for help, who to ask for help?
Who else can I turn to for help?

One after another, eyes were looking at Yang Lin, some implicitly and some directly.

If we were to say who is the person who is least willing to ask the Ming Dynasty for help, it would of course be Yang Lin, who represents the Sui Dynasty court.

Song Que was reminding or warning Yang Lin.

Yang Lin's expression remained unchanged, he just nodded calmly.

After discussing some military matters, everyone dispersed.

Li family.

"Dad, the Song clan leader is right. If there are no internal problems, we will be able to stop Kublai Khan.

But the problem lies in this sentence. Can there really be no problems internally? " Li Shimin said with some disappointment.

After the military meeting just now, he was suddenly awakened.

"Oh." Li Yuan smiled, as if he didn't care at all, or maybe he had known this for a long time, and said with relief: "Shimin, you are still young and know a lot of truths, but if you haven't experienced it yourself, you can't understand it after all.

This battle will teach you a lot.

The outcome of a war is often decided not on the battlefield, but outside it.

The games between the Mongols and the Sui Dynasty, the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty, within the Sui Dynasty, between the many aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and so on, have never stopped.

Thousands of people have thousands of hearts. "

As he spoke, his expression became serious: "Remember, no matter what time, you must focus on saving your own life.

At this point, our Li family’s Taiyuan can no longer be protected, and at least only one tenth of our foundation is left.

Therefore, the future of the Li family can only be in Ming Dynasty."

"The most fortunate thing is that your fourth brother is now by the side of Emperor Shengwu and is considered his foster brother by the Emperor Shengwu. You know very well what this means.

But if our Li family wants to grow stronger, we cannot rely on your fourth brother alone, after all, he is mentally handicapped.

Now is a time of great strife, and the Ming Kingdom needs talents, especially military talents like you, Shimin.

You will have a better future in Ming Country than your elder brother.

The future of the Li family lies in your hands.

Understand? "

"Son understands." Li Shimin felt a little unwilling in his heart, but he couldn't tell exactly what he was unwilling about.

Maybe too much.

In the end, I could only nod in response.

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Zhu Houzhao paid close attention to the war in the Sui Dynasty every day.

In order to prevent Temujin from secretly going to the Sui Kingdom and defeating the Sui army in one fell swoop, he even sent Zheng Gong and Zhang Sanfeng to the northern border of the Ming Dynasty to show their strength and intimidate and warn Temujin.

Of course, according to the inference of the Ming Dynasty’s top leaders, Temujin would not secretly go to the Sui Kingdom at this time to defeat the Sui army in one fell swoop.

Because if that happened, the Mongols would have to worry about whether the Ming Dynasty would directly attack the other three khanates.

Secondly, the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty would engage in a real fight with swords and guns in the Sui Dynasty.

Even though hundreds of thousands of Mongol troops entered the Sui Dynasty at that time, the Mongols still had the upper hand.

However, the Ming Dynasty could have immediately invaded the Sui Dynasty with its absolute superiority in experts, and in the Sui Dynasty, it could have joined forces with those aristocratic families to fight against the Mongols.

The Mongols were exhausted.

The current situation, where the Ming Dynasty does not intervene and Kublai Khan fights the Sui Dynasty, is the best situation for the Mongols.

One is to train troops.

Secondly, Kublai Khan gradually eliminated the power of the aristocratic families on the battlefield.

Third, if there is time, they can form an alliance with Jin and Liao and transfer the power of the Chagatai Khanate and the Golden Horde to the Sui Dynasty.

Fourthly, the later the Ming Dynasty entered the Sui Dynasty, the more time the Mongols had to win over the forces within the Sui Dynasty.

Even though the aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty all expressed their intention to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

But before the Ming Dynasty completely controls the Sui Dynasty, anything could change.

There will definitely be people who bet on both sides, and perhaps quite a few of them.

In short, unless it was absolutely necessary, Temujin would not go to the Sui Dynasty in person to pull the Ming Dynasty's forces to the Sui Dynasty in advance.

But what if?
There is also a little possibility on Wang Shouren's side.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao still asked Zheng Gong and Zhang Sanfeng to go to the border to issue a warning.

The most fundamental reason for this is that the Ming Dynasty also does not want to enter the Sui Dynasty at this time.

There are many reasons, so there is no need to list them all.

Anyway, for the Ming Dynasty, the best situation now is that the Mongols and the Sui Dynasty continue to fight.

It's better to fight until both sides suffer losses.

At the same time, it can buy time for the Ming Dynasty, because the strength of the Ming Dynasty court is now growing rapidly.

By May, the Censorate had finally completed its thorough investigation and purge of the six major righteous sects.

Although the six major righteous sects had been prepared and had conducted self-examination for a long time, the situation was still deeply rooted and had far-reaching implications.

There are many dark places that they themselves don’t even know about.

The factory guards conducted a thorough investigation, and after several years of preparation and several months of drastic action, they basically uncovered all the dark elements.

A total of two grand masters have responsibilities and need to make up for their crimes.

The nine people in the innate realm deserve to be put to death.

There are also eight people in the innate realm who are responsible or have committed crimes that are not punishable by death.

As for those in the acquired realm, there are as many as more than 2,700 people.

Among these people, a small half are from the six major sects themselves, and the majority are people who have various connections with the six major sects.

After all, the six major sects are not like Shaolin and Wudang, which have disciples all over the world.

But they are second only to Shaolin and Wudang, and they have their own network of relationships in every part of Ming Dynasty.

So many people have been arrested, including grand masters. One can imagine how fierce a battle has been waged between the factory guards and the six major sects over the past few months.

Although there was no large-scale fighting, the battle of wits was also filled with swords and sabers.

And there will definitely be secret fights, tests, etc.

After all, they are all martial artists, and they don't have such a good temper. When they are provoked, they will use fists to speak.

The process was not easy, and some parts could even be called thrilling, but the result was good.

A thorough investigation and elimination of the six major sects also means that the power of the six major sects has been integrated.

The imperial court completely controlled this power.

All of a sudden, the imperial court gained one more Grand Master and ten more Grand Master-level warriors.

(3800 words, but it is still short of words. Please forgive me. I will make up for it tomorrow. It should not be considered as breaking my promise. Please forgive me.)
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